Title: Visitors from the Future
Genre: General/Romance/Friendship
Rating: T
Pairings: Zero/Kaname
Disclaimer: No, I do not own Vampire Knights. It belongs to Hino Matsuri - I only borrow the characters from the series and use it in my own fic. However, I do own the three original characters featured in this story.
Author's notes: Continue from where I left off last chapter… in this chapter, Kaname would definitely come into play. I will skip the happenings at the association, instead concentrated on the twins' action in here. Again, I amended what I wrote three times before coming down to this version – try to bear with it eh…
Chapter 28 – Short interlude of Peace (?)
"Shiki… are you absolutely sure that you will not be joining us?" Touya Rima asked the redhead.
"… My family butler has been calling me relentlessly since 2 hours ago, questioning on the timing for my return." The male vampire model said, flatly.
"Alright then… do take care while being at home." Rima finally decided to let her co-worker and friend off the hook, but not before delivering such a sentence in solemnity.
She was no fortune teller, but she just has a bad feeling pertaining to her friend return trip to his hometown – this time around.
"I will, you go on and have fun with the rest of them over at Aidou's." Shiki Senri replied.
"That's needless for you to say." Touya Rima shot back at the redhead.
With that, the female vampire joins the rest of her friends over at the front of the train station – they are going to be taking a train towards one of the holiday resort of the Aidou family. This is Aidou's suggestion; he had called his father one day in prior claiming to say that Kaname-sama had decided to make a change to his holiday plans. Instead of heading over to the Aidou's residence, they will be heading for the Touya's family resort in its place. That was a disappointment for the elder aristocrat, but who was to argue with the decision made by their pureblood leader.
When in actuality, Aidou was going to sneak around his father's back and bring the lots of them to one of the unoccupied family resort instead. To make things work out well, he had even conspired with a family butler of his – informing the latter to stick by the words of them heading for the Touya family estate if his father decided to call up for a random check.
"Remind me again, why did I agree to this suggestion of taking a train over instead of just letting the drivers bring us there?" Aidou Hanabusa muttered aloud, when the entrance of the lot of them brings them under the scrutiny of a whole group of humans surrounding their environment.
"Because the suggestion was brought up by Kaname-sama…that's why you had agreed to the idea of traveling by train." Akatsuki shot back at his cousin while keeping wary eyes about the humans surrounding them.
"Right… and why did Kaname-sama suggested it again?" Aidou questioned next.
"To shorten the time journey that would take us over to that resort of yours." Ruka helpfully supplied from her position, next to Ichijo Takuma – trying her best to remain unfazed under the number of stares she is getting from the general male population on the train, excluding her kind of people.
"…" That successfully silenced the blue-eyed blond, sending him off into yet another routine sulking mood of his. Staring out into the scenery reflected and shown through the moving train's windows, the blond found himself thinking about a certain human girl whom is currently his interest of observation – Wakaba Sayori; as he wondered if the girl would have any trouble back home.
After all, according to what he had observed of the girl thus far – her recent phone conversation with her family members was not exactly 'wonderful' to say. He had almost seen the girl dump that phone of hers into the lake at one point of time.
The rest of the journey taken towards their final destination was engulfed in tense silence, seeing as how the night class members were generally on their guards around the humans surrounding them. Thankfully though, the train heading towards their desired destination point were not always fully packed and swamped with traffic – else as controlled as they are with their tendency to lust after human blood, they might still find themselves being challenged by the large number of human beings flocking around.
"Akane… where did you say Daddy is, again?" The wavy haired boy with lilac eyes asked, as he kept his eyes on the outside through the window panes of the house.
"…" Seated on the sofa couch in the living room of the Chairman's residence, the silver-haired boy rolled his eyes at his twin's question while keeping his eyes on the book he was currently scanning through.
"Akira, I've told you that he's out at the hunter's association with Yuuki and the Chairman just ten minutes ago – remember?" Akane sighed aloud from her position at the dining table, with her biology textbook opened up in front of her.
She was trying to concentrate on reading through the chapter before attempting to do any assessment work set by the subject's teacher as holiday homework, but she found herself failing in her task miserably because of Akira's tendency to check with her the location of a certain silver-haired parent of theirs, incessantly.
"Did he tell you what time he will be back?" The boy felt it in him to ask again, much to the frustration of his elder sibling.
"…No, he only said he will be back in four hour's time." Akane responded in exasperation, before throwing a look in the other twin's direction – seeking help silently.
Subaru Kiryuu sighed in resignation as he put away the book of 'Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone' which he had found great interest in reading, after browsing through the private collection of books that belonged to his beloved uncle Takuma.
"Akira, stop bugging Akane – she needs to finish up her holiday assignments and your incessant questionings on our Daddy's whereabouts is not helping. If you are indeed this bored… maybe we could just finished that game of ours, from last night." The silver-haired boy said, as he eyed the unfinished game of chess sitting quietly in another corner of the room.
"Eh…? I thought you said you wanted to finish reading that book today, and start on the next one?" Akira sends a questioning look in his twin direction, since that was the exact thing Subaru had told him when he had asked the boy earlier on in prior.
"…I changed my mind about it then, now would you like to finish that game of ours?" The silver-haired boy refrained from rolling his eyes, as he waited patiently for his twin to respond to his query.
"Yes!" An enthusiastic shout of the positive response was received from the other boy soon after.
"Thanks Subaru, you saved my life!" Akane beamed as the two boys passes her by to reach the side of their half-completed game of chess.
"I know and there's no need for you to exaggerate on your reactions this much." The silver-haired child retorted as he rolled his eyes at his elder sister's words.
Chess playing is the only time that Akira could maintain his silence, and it is the only game which Kaname Kuran had it in him to play with the boys. Then again, that was to be expected – Kaname Kuran is simply not a snowball fight person. Zero, on the other hand, would once in a while do that with the boys, but definitely not the pureblood. Therefore, when the said vampire pondered over the number of things he could have done to keep the boys entertained while spending time with him aside from the training hours pertaining to the powers that they had inherited from his side of the family – chess playing is the next logical activity to pick.
With the two boys pre-occupied by the game, Akane finally could concentrate on her task at hand – reading her biology text in peace. Silence is the only thing going on in the estate, saved for the occasional sound of the textbook being flipped and the sound of the pawns moving about the chess board. Therefore, when the first sound of the keys jingling were heard – the trio had all snapped their eyes up towards the entrance way.
"Daddy!" The twins voiced out in unison, as they went forward to greet the trio in the midst of entering the house.
Zero allowed a smile of sort to break across his features as he handed the bag of chocolate treats to the boys. Satisfied that the boys are now no longer crowding about him, Zero trudged into the inside of the house wearily.
"Are you okay?" Akane asked, upon taking in the sight of how pale Zero had appeared now as compared to before.
"I'm fine… slightly winded, but fine." Zero responded, trying to push the disturbing images that he had seen back in the headquarters of the hunter's association away.
"Did anything unpleasant happen there?" Akane cocked her head slightly to the left as she voiced her doubts across, regarding the silver-haired teen with intent as she did so.
"… Just saw something undesirable over there, that's all." Zero muttered aloud, deciding to spare Akane the details of just how the Chairman of the Association had bait his reaction by bringing him into a room that is filled with the strong stinging scent of the blood.
Apparently, that was a room that contain the so-called precious internal report submitted by the hunters' whom got it off somewhere off the 'dead'. The pungent smell in the room had nearly send him off into another moment of bloodlust then, then the Chairman of the Association had took one look at his expression and commented something about Kaname Kuran – the pureblood.
Truth be told, he was too pre-occupied then with the task of controlling his urge to get some blood into his system that he had failed to register most if not all of the Chairman's words. The only distinctive thing he remembered spilling forth from the lips of that man was for him to try and get some of the pureblood's blood into his body, for it was rumored that the blood of a pureblood would indefinitely helped to prevent the inevitable fate of the ex-humans falling into the state of a 'Level End'.
That disturbed him greatly, and when he responded that he will not stoop to that level just to survive for a longer period of time – the expression of the man in front of him then, struck him as a 'hypocrite' for a while. Thankfully, Yuuki's cries of distress then had successfully get him out from that room which reeked of blood and once he came back out into the corridor way – he felt relatively better, and even the bloodlust had subsided somewhat.
"I see… still I think it will be better for you to feed." Akane stated flatly ignoring the look of surprise on the silver-haired teen's features as she threw a bottle of blood over which the young man had easily caught it with his hands.
"How did you know what I was thinking?" Zero felt stupid as he voiced his doubts aloud, directed towards Akane.
"Obviously, it's my powers at work here. Every noble have their own specialty, just like Aidou with his ability to wield ice and Akatsuki with the ability to control fire. Shiki has his blood whip; Ruka with her powers of wind; Takuma I am not so sure since I never see him fight with his powers before, he was always using that katana of his when slaying the enemy of sort. However, mine was the ability to read the thoughts of anyone so long there is eye contact at work." The sandy haired female vampire smiled in amusement when she takes in the dumbstruck expression of Zero then, before the dumbstruck gave way to annoyance.
Akane then hurried out from the room where the silver-haired teen was, she certainly does not want to be facing off an irate Kiryuu Zero. The man might not be doing anything harmful to her, but the sheer idea of being subjected to a long-winded nagging session from the man about the hundred reasons why she should not be using her powers on him is definitely not something she wanted to deal with – right now.
Aidou Hanabusa sighed inwardly as he listened to the words tumbling forth from the lips of Ichijo Takuma, grandson to the Head of the Vampire Council – Ichijo Asato. If there was anything he failed to comprehend about this particular vampire – it was the former tendency to be obsessed over anything in relation to the human lifestyle. Heck, he was even willing to bet that if it was not for the fact that too much sunlight will give the former a major headache to be dealing with – the former was more than willing to opt for the day-class schedule than the night-class schedule which the green-eyed blond vampire was being subjected towards.
"Ichijo Vice-President, care to enlighten me on the reason behind your insistence to try one of those 'sleepover parties' and 'pillow fight' thing?" Aidou Hanabusa questioned, with an arch of his eyebrow.
"Well… isn't that what the usual teenagers does on vacation trips with friends?" Takuma responded, with his index finger pointing to his chin – looking thoughtful.
"…I thought that is a scene you'd witnessed from one of your manga volumes?" The blue-eyed blond retorted, sarcastically.
"I've checked with Akane too… she says people does do it, once in a while." The green eyed vampire responded, after a moment of silence.
"Fine… but those are humans, no?"
"She says occasionally a vampire does it too!"
"Oh… if I may inquire, did she tell you whom is it?"
"Eh… her best friend, Asami."
"…" The pureblood, Kaname Kuran nearly choked on his drink then – while he turned disbelieving eyes upon his childhood friend. Is Takuma so desperate to have even drag his future daughter in – on this topic of discussion?
"Asami…, isn't there a last name for it?" Aidou continued to prompt.
"…" The Vice-President of the Moon Dormitory mumbled something under his breath, but it was too soft for everyone to catch – so Aidou repeated his words as he pressed on for the answer, again.
"Ichijo… the full name's Ichijo Asami." Throwing caution to the wind, Takuma Ichijo announced in all its glory, sounding proud of it even.
"Ichijo Asami … I supposed that is the name of your future daughter?" A quirk of an eyebrow, as the comment slide easily out from the lips of one Akatsuki Kain.
"…The one and only vampire that do that sort of thing just have to be your daughter eh? Just go to show how much an oddball you are, and it went down to influence your future daughter as well. By the way, did Akane ever inform you the name of your future spouse?" Aidou Hanabusa asked suddenly curious.
"Hanabusa, why do you even want to know the name for Ichijo's future spouse?" Akatsuki Kain questioned his cousin with his eyebrow raised – he hardly thinks that his cousin would be that snoopy for issues that does not concern their Kaname-sama.
"To advise that poor lady to never let Ichijo Vice-President had a hand in their daughter's education; it was bad enough with him this 'strange' – no point letting him influence his future offspring too." Aidou Hanabusa responded, matter-of-factly with both his hands up in the air.
With that, everyone burst out laughing including a certain pureblood that was outright smirking at his childhood friend's 'inside joke'.
"…" The green eyed vampire was silent for a moment, before he turned pleading eyes onto his pureblood leader – only to have Kaname stared at him for a moment before breaking out into a full blown laughter.
"Kaname!" Takuma fumed, as his face redden with embarrassment now.
"I apologized, its' just… you reminded me of Akira when you do that." The pureblood masked his laugh by coughing a few times into his fist, before addressing his childhood friend.
"Well… good job, Vice-President. I would have thought it would take more to get Kaname-sama to really laugh, but you'd done it so effortlessly!" Akatsuki decided to save the distressed green eyed vampire then by coming up close to pat the said vampire in a comforting manner on the shoulders, while he speak.
"Gees… thank a lot!" Takuma muttered under his breath, before a look of longing took its place on his features. "How I wish Akane and the twins could be here…at least they would indulge me in my hobbies."
"Well you could always just backtrack and find your way back to the academy – I'm sure Chairman Cross would not mind taking in another stray. Furthermore, I am more than certain – the people over there, saved for Kiryuu would be more than willing to satisfy your interest in having a sleepover party or a pillow fight – whichever you desire." Akatsuki Kain interjected in a logical manner.
"Yes, either that or you can just go back to your own home. I certainly would not mind your absence for this particular vacation, since we are already missing out on one person." Aidou Hanabusa added on.
"Aidou… how could you say that?! Akatsuki… am I really that much of an annoyance for you two to be dealing with that the two of you are so eager to send me back home?!" Takuma Ichijo had all but wailed aloud in a dramatic manner then.
The two cousins sweat-dropped in unison upon the sight, but before they can say anything else – the green eyed vampire had all but clung onto their pureblood leader commenting about how the two of them has been bullying him all these while.
"…There it goes again…" Touya Rima remarked from her spot, fighting a smile from tugging at the corner of her lips.
"I know… I understand, but it cannot be help seeing as how we are the guests now and that they are the hosts for this place." The pureblood patted the green-eyed vampire on the head gently, and spoke in a slow but deliberate manner.
Aidou Hanabusa spluttered unintelligently, before proceeding to yell aloud in frustration. "EXCUSE ME! When the hell did I ever mention anything about wanting to chase you people out?!"
"You didn't exactly say it in that manner, but you hinted about it." Ichijo Takuma responded then, still using his pitiful voice and expressions on the blue eyed blond aristocrat.
"…Fine! You can stay, heck – you can even take the liberty to call those people up and invite them! I don't care anymore!" The child-like blond had all but thrown his hands up into the air, surrendering against the Vice-President of the night-class. What is the point of arguing with him, anyway – since he never did won any in the first place.
"…Poor Hanabusa, even with us being away from the academy – he still failed to escape from his tendency to fall for those tricks hidden up the sleeves of our Vice-President and ended up being a source of entertainment for our dear Kaname-sama." Ruka Souen commented from her position next to the silent model – Touya Rima.
"So… can I call Yuuki up and invite the lots of them over?" The Vice-President now turned towards their resident pureblood leader and asked for the permission to do so.
"…No, you may not – please try to not let my efforts of coaxing the twins into cooperation with me on this issue to go in vain. I meant what I say to them, and I believed you know me enough to judge that I am not one to go back on my words." The pureblood, while tempted by the idea refused to play into his friend's hands.
"Aww… you are no fun at all!" The green eyed blond wailed aloud, again.
"…" The onlookers fell silent, as they witnessed just how patient their pureblood leader was with the obviously nutcase of their Vice-President.
"Rima, come now – we shall go and explore the house." Ruka suggested, not wanting to stay on longer to watch that stupid exchange between her pureblood leader and the green eyed vampire.
Meanwhile, back in the academy grounds – a sandy-haired vampire girl sneezed for the umpteen times in a row – and ended up being the subject of observance for the rest of the evening.
"Honestly, I am fine – quit poking me with the thermometer. I am certain that I am not coming with influenza, as for my sneezing – I honestly think it to be the brilliant work of someone mouthing off behind my back." Akane emphasized when she noticed the silver-haired teen marching towards her direction with a digital oral thermometer in hand.
"Still, it's better to be safe than to be sorry. Now open your mouth!" Zero practically ordered for the girl to obey his words.
"…" Akane huffed in annoyance, glaring at the thermometer stick with venom – that Zero had practically took chance when she tried to open her mouth in order to throw back a retort to stick that offending piece of gadget into her mouth. Now she could only fume silently while she waited for that thing to 'beep' with her body temperature.
"See, I told you I am fine!" Akane muttered aloud, after the temperature reflected on the thermometer cleared her off as 'healthy'.
"Like I say, its' never hurt to check things out for sure. Why are you so against the idea of taking body temperature, anyway?" Zero questioned, unable to comprehend why Akane was kicking up such a big fuss over the mere issue of temperature taking.
"I know I know… Akane's never a fan of taking medicine, she hated them. The only kind of drug she had even bothered taking are the blood tablets, but that is because – that is a necessity that she cannot go without." Akira piped up.
"I see… so Akane's afraid of taking medicines, eh?" Zero commented with a wry grin of sort, eyeing Akane strangely. The girl's so bold at times that Zero wondered whether or not she had anything that she is afraid of… turns out, medicine is what she feared.
"Hey! I protested that – its' not that I am afraid of taking medicine … it's more like – I find it extremely hard to swallow pills. If every medicine out there could be like the blood tablets whereby all I need to do is to drop them into the water and it will dissolve into liquid form – I won't have problems with them then." Akane claimed to say.
"No wonder you are always trying to get us sick together with you, then you can try and get the doctors to prescribe syrupy medicine for kids' consumption." Subaru interjected then, the mystery behind how his younger twin medicine would always finishes off earlier than those pills which the doctor had prescribe for Akane's consumption.
"… Subaru! I thought you promised that you won't tattle tale!" Akane shriek then.
"Technically, I did not tell on you – seeing as the 'Daddy' in front of us, is not the same one as that 'Daddy' in our time." Subaru reasoned.
"Still… they will know in the future, with you telling them now!" Akane responded, somewhat unhappily – even if Zero did not lecture her about it now, it does not guaranteed that the Zero in the future will not nagged at her about such acts on her part.
Zero, in the meantime, just shrugged and ignored the trio debating outside while he concentrated on getting the dinner dishes ready to be served in ten minutes time.
Date started: 3/1/2013
Date completed: 4/1/2013