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: Amended twice to get this out, hard chapter to write… I apologized in advance if there's any portion that goes slightly ooc… I edited this until my mind went a little 'off' so… make do with it eh. Not much of the twins in here, but I put in KanZe to cheer things up a little…
Chapter 32 – In which Kiryuu Ichiru transfer into the Day-Class...
Aidou Hanabusa was reading a book in the privacy of his dorm room, when the scent of their resident pureblood's blood hits him in full force. Almost immediately, he had dashes out from his room and into the corridor.
"Was that…?" There was no need for him to finish his question, because Ruka Souen had finishes off the sentence for him.
"Yes… Kaname-sama had bled." Ruka Souen stated flatly, her face taking on an unreadable expression.
The rest of the aristocrat members within the Moon Dormitory then were equally affected by the scent of Kaname Kuran's blood. Akane and the twins upon catching on to the lingering scent of the blood belonging to their parents' stepped into the hallways too, unlike the rest of the Moon Dormitory occupants' – they are merely there for damage control; if any that is.
"Seiren, what do you reckon happened in there?" Akatsuki Kain, being the logical one down here – sends the question towards the direction of Kaname Kuran's guard rendering the said female speechless.
"…" Seiren had no idea what to respond under such situation, because she had no ideas either. Thus, she ended up glancing towards the future trio's direction instead.
"Okay… so what if Kaname-sama bled some… being a pureblood doesn't make him a 'saint' okay?" Akane refrained from rolling her eyes upon the looks of those aristocrats surrounding them, they are all making it seem as though shedding some blood will caused the death of their beloved pureblood prince.
"The thing is – Kaname-sama is in there with Kiryuu, and bleeding no less. How could we not afford to be worrying for his life – under this circumstance?" Aidou Hanabusa pinched in, a frown marring his features as he said so.
"…Uncle Aidou, pardon me from asking this… but did you hear any gun-shots coming from in there?" Subaru Kiryuu interjected then, bringing up a valid point – Akane surmised.
"Well… no, not exactly…" The blond responded after a moment of contemplation.
"That did it, isn't it?! Since the bleeding is not a result from a gun-shot attack, then it cannot be anything serious to render us worrying for his fate out here – right? I mean, this is our parents we are talking about here. Granted, the younger version of them – but still them in all essence, no? If the three of us aren't even showing any slightest hints of being worry, then there is no point for you people to be fretting right?" Akane added in soon after, although she had inwardly worried there for a minute – wondering whether or not Kaname-sama had decided to heed her advice by seeking out a chance and opportunity to spar with Zero. However, like Subaru mention earlier – no gun shots being sounded means good news, right?
"Akane, not you too…" Akira then groaned aloud, drawing every one's attention to him.
"Yes, Akira? Anything you want to say?" Akane prompted.
"What is it with you people tendency to link the sheer presence of blood scent to them having a fight or sort? Haven't it occurred to you people that there is a chance of them feeding off one another in there? I know the scent is kind of mild with the pureblood's scent of blood overwhelming in here, but there is sign of another being's blood scent lingering here too – right?" Akira pointed out, his tone flat as he surveyed the group of people around him with a look of annoyance.
Upon Akira's statement, Akane felt her eyebrow twitching once then twice… and then she finally face-palm her-self.
"Akane…?" Subaru looked up at his elder sibling with a questioning look apparent on his features.
"No… it's nothing, history was already changed when we first got here… Therefore, it shouldn't even strike me as 'surprise' if they got bonded earlier to say. Besides, I highly doubted with that temper of Zero – Kaname-sama can succeed in his attempt to go all the way." Akane was mumbling to her-self, but seeing as she did not bothered to lower down her volume – it was loud enough for those who are standing closer to her side to hear things just fine.
"Hanabusa, no matter how upset you are – you are not allowed to barge in there! Do you get me?!" Akatsuki Kain whom was one of the unfortunate being to have caught wind of Akane's words, then turned his eyes towards his cousin and warned.
"EXCUSE ME… I am not that stupid, okay?!" Aidou Hanabusa had all but snapped in annoyance, he was already irked by the sheer fact that his pureblood leader had finally allowed himself to be bitten by Kiryuu and then Kiryuu had also allowed Kaname-sama to 'mark' him. That issue itself was already a blow to him, and then his cousin has to approach him with such a warning – as though he would be that stupid to attempt anything of that sort.
Further away from the dormitory building, another silver-haired teen that mirrored Zero in all sense of words saved for the different hair-style and choice of weapon stepped out from a car that parked just outside the academy grounds.
"Kindly remember your duty for being here, that is, if you still want to receive aid from my master for your revenging act." The man whom dropped Ichiru Kiryuu off at the front gates of the academy, stated pointedly.
"Of course, I would never forget my duty…" Ichiru Kiryuu, the younger twin of Zero – responded with a charming smile of his before stepping through the gates of the Cross Academy.
''Although… it still remained a mystery of whom is the exact person I'm looking to take my revenge on.' The silver-haired teen thought inwardly to him-self, as he bade the person whom sends him over farewell.
The person seated in the back of the car passenger seat was none other than the uncle of Shiki Senri, a member of the Vampire Council. Ichiru knew what he was getting himself into…on one side; he approached his maternal uncle seeking help to be brought into the hunter's association. Over there, he fed the Chairman of the association some fanciful tale of wanting to offer his service to the association while high-lighting the abilities of the Kiryuu Clan members.
Then he fed some theories as to how his elder twin would not be able to serve them any longer than before, because it would be only a matter of time for Zero to descend to the 'Level End' stage for an ex-human. To make things more convincing, he even offered to slay his own twin if the situation escalated down to that particular point of time.
Although, Ichiru highly doubted his elder twin would descend to that level that soon … the Kiryuu combined with the blood of the Fujiwara flowing through their veins had made sure of that. And if Shizuka Hiou did somehow managed to get his twin to ingest her blood somehow in one way or another, then probably the descend into 'Level End' would not even come close for his twin at all.
Well, that is if Zero did managed to get a hold of those blood… if not, worst come to worse – Ichiru surmised he would just have to persuade his twin into the idea of 'eating' him… should the worse scenario ever to occur. That should ended up with the same effect in the end… granted, the results would not be as good as ingesting the blood of Shizuka Hiou directly… but well, it would have to do .
Either way with the help of one very motivated Fujiwara Haruto, he succeeded in his task to gain the support of the association in no time. Of course the process was not to say without hurdles, but Ichiru had managed to talk his way through – using the excuse of him wanting to avenge Shizuka Hiou, and that insisting to say that Kaname Kuran had something to do with it.
Placing extra emphasis on the theory of if he could get his revenge work done, and then there would be no harms in teaming up with the hunters on the issue. The Chairman of the Association then wasted no time in bestowing upon him the duty to supervise and observed the doings of one Kiryuu Zero, then proceeding to prepare the paperwork required for sending him off to Cross Academy for his mission.
Prior to his entry into the association, Ichiru had also paid a secret visit to the Vampire Council. Over there, he met up with the Head of the Vampire Council – Ichijo Asato. Making full use of his relationship with Shizuka Hiou, he fed the former what he wanted to hear from him – tweaking a little of the stories which he had fed the hunter's association pertaining to his desire for revenge against his twin brother and one Kaname Kuran. Here though, he did not come outright in his speech at hinting that it was Kaname Kuran that killed his beloved Shizuka-sama.
Instead, he placed emphasis upon the fact that despite being a fellow pureblood member – the Kuran heir failed to step in when he should and thus causing the death of Shizuka Hiou by his brother's hand.
Ichiru claimed that his ultimate aim of coming to the vampire council was to attempt in getting help from them in order to avenge the pureblood princess of the Hiou clan. Ichijo Asato had promised to give the matter some serious consideration then, and just a little three days after his visit to the council – he was called in for another discussion pertaining to the subject which he had brought up to their attention.
Ironically enough, Ichijo Asato's plan for him was to infiltrate the academy and provide aid to a certain someone whom will be joining the night-class members at a later point of time. If the task was beautifully executed according to plan, then Ichiru would get all the help that he required in his quest for revenge. Ichiru had then complied with Ichijo Asato's request without questions asked; he was, going to do just that anyway.
All in all, Ichiru was going to be playing double-agent for both sides. He was spying on the activities for his uncle – Fujiwara Satoshi, pertaining to the conspiracy act between the hunter's association and Fujiwara Haruto. Next, he had some sort of agreement with both the hunter's association and the vampire council pertaining to his desires for revenging Shizuka Hiou.
Ironically enough, both the council and the association had wanted him to infiltrate the academy with different purpose in mind – of course. The funniest thing here though was that Ichijo Asato did not even bat an eyelid upon being informed by him that the application for enrolment into the school had already been submitted under the name of the hunter's association.
In fact, not only did the noble vampire failed comment on that sheer fact; if anything he seemed pleased about it even. To create more confusion for the Chairman and probably the resident pureblood of the academy – that old man even put in a referral and recommendation letter under his own name and the vampire council to be send off for the academy's assessment.
The sight of the Chairman's residence area being neared caused the silver-haired teen to shake his head to rid his mind of such thoughts. Carefully, he replaced his mask of smile back on as he made his way to the Chairman's place – spinning up a plausible tale to feed the man later.
The feeling of sharp fangs piercing through the side of his neck snapped the silver-haired guardian back to his senses, and almost immediately he glared at the culprit – a certain pureblood by the name of Kaname Kuran.
Zero removed his fangs from the pureblood's neck hastily when the first sound of his cell-phone blares to life, seeing as he had placed his cell-phone in the back of his pants pocket. With him being held in the pureblood's embrace, there is no way he could have reached that gadget by his own means.
"Kaname, kindly passes me my phone!" The silver-haired teen growled at the pureblood that is still engrossing in the task of tasting his blood.
Kaname removed his fangs from the teen around the same time he passes the phone gadget over, and while Zero busied him-self with the call. Kaname licked the remaining blood of Zero's off his lips, as he savoured the wonderful taste from it. Then he shifted over to the cabinet situated next to his bed, and pulled out the drawer.
From there, he withdrew a box of the blood tablets which he had kept around for his usual consumption. Dropping a few tablets into the glass of water he had poured for his own usage in prior, he waited until the crystal clear water turned red as the tablets dissolved completely before downing everything down his throat in one shot.
"I see… okay; I shall speak with him at a later point of time then." Zero told the Chairman before he ended the call.
Turning around, Zero arched an eyebrow up at the pureblood that was downing a glass of blood tablets.
"Is that sufficient already? I knew I had taken quite a vast amount from you…" Zero commented then, he had not been thinking straight when he took from the pureblood earlier on but now as he came back down to his senses after the bloodlust retreated...he actually found himself being worried for Kaname's well-being much to his annoyance.
"I've taken some from you too… that combined with this should be just sufficient to curb that bloodlust of mine." Kaname responded, as he placed the emptied glass back onto the top of the bedside cabinet.
"…" Zero fell silent then, fingering the side of his neck where the bite marks from the pureblood prince was starting to heal and seal by it-self. He could feel the distinctive tingle that he usually felt when the one whom marked him was being neared.
'Great … freaking great, just when I thought I've finally escaped from that woman I just had to be bitten by another pureblood. Well… good thing he wasn't the one whom marked and turned me. If not… there's no guarantee that I won't shoot.' Zero thought to himself.
"So… what's that call about?" Kaname started, wanting to get rid of the awkward silence that now hung between them following the end of the so-called 'feeding' session off one another.
"The Chairman calling me to inform that my twin has just arrived on campus." The silver-haired guardian responded, slightly distracted for he was still in deep thoughts pertaining to the previous 'feeding' session.
"Kaname…did we just created a bond or sort?" Zero sounded hesitant when the question was being asked, then again – it was to be expected. Considering that Zero was not a vampire by birth and being originally born in a family of hunters – the last thing he will go researching is on the vampire's way of life, outside of their 'bloodsucking' nature.
"A tentative bond was indeed formed between us with our earlier actions." Kaname replied, choosing his words carefully not wanting to trigger off any nasty reactions from the ex-human seated opposite him as of now.
"A tentative one meaning it wasn't exactly complete in all essence then?" Zero asked next.
"Well… no… technically, the bond would only be considered complete after intercourse. Ah… don't worry, even if we did complete the bond earlier on – you won't be falling pregnant yet. For that particular thing to happen, it required another ritual procedure of sort…" Kaname added as an afterthought, successfully rendering the pale looking ex-human to flush crimson at his words.
"Damn it Kaname! Stop putting images in my mind with your words!" Zero flushed crimson upon the pureblood's mention of them doing the deed to complete the bonding…before it turns into a darker shade of red when he heard the word 'pregnant' from the pureblood's lips.
"Fine, I'll stop… but are you embarrassed?" Kaname had to refrain himself from smirking outright upon the red-faced Zero…
"Kaname Kuran, can you stop that already?!" Zero had all but snapped then, he knew he was blushing like a damn virgin on the wedding night. Still he cannot help it, with all those suggestive images in mind – how could he not flush crimson at it?! And the pureblood had the audacity to tease him for it?
"Stop what?" Kaname had asked innocently enough, a smile playing on his lips – he was truly enjoying this, he decided.
"Argh! You…Hell, this is it! I am getting out of here!" Zero allowed a groan to escape from him before he made a move to stand and stalked towards the door of the pureblood's room with every intention to get out of this place, immediately.
Once Zero closed the door and stormed out of the pureblood's room, Kaname Kuran could hold in his laughter no longer. Zero looked absolutely cute back there, especially when he was blushing…Granted, Yuuki had looked adorable when she flushes deep red too but… with Zero, it's just different.
Yuuki is a girl, and girls from what he'd gathered blushes all the time. Zero, on the other hand, is anything but that – it was easier to witness him going around scowling than to see him smiling, let alone to say see him blush.
Outside the room, majority of the noble class vampires whom was hanging around waiting to see how the situation will turn out to be - were genuinely surprise to hear full blown laughter coming from their pureblood leader. Then followed by the sight of an oddly flush looking Zero Kiryuu stalking down the stairways before breaking into a brisk-like walk and by the time the silver-haired guardian stepped out from the dormitory building, it had long become a mad dash already.
"Was it just me, or did Kiryuu really appeared to be flush just now?" Aidou Hanabusa questioned, still staring at the widely open front doors of the dormitory building.
The twins and Akane took one look towards the direction of the pureblood's room, and then towards the doorway where Zero had fled from… before sharing a look among themselves and then promptly bursting out into laughter. Inwardly, Akane was wondering just what on earth did the pureblood do that managed to get Zero Kiryuu to flush a deep shade of red. That alone, was enough to render the girl to suffer from insomnia …for that particular night.
"Akane… have you seen Yuuki anywhere around?" Zero Kiryuu asked when he strolled into the class around noon time whereby lunch was in process.
"Huh…?" The sandy-haired girl lifted her head up from her napping position as she blinked sleepily to the silver-haired teen in front of her, looking absolutely bewildered by the question.
"If you are here to look for Yuuki, she's with your brother in the hallway just around the corner." The newly returned figure of one Wakaba Sayori responded, her expression cool and collected as she regarded the bad-tempered guardian.
"…" Zero cursed inwardly before he turned on his heels to make his way over to where Sayori had mentioned the duos are.
"…" The two girls stared as the elder Kiryuu twin stalked off in search for his younger twin and a certain female guardian in a huff, before sharing a look among them-selves.
"Have you got any idea as to why Ichiru's here?" Akane throws her question out to the silent girl.
"Unfortunately … I have no idea. However, I do know that he had paid a visit to the Fujiwara's estate situated in Chiba during our vacation period." Wakaba Sayori responded, before settling back down in her seat with her sandwiches in hand.
"That's all you're having for lunch?" Akane arched an eyebrow up in surprise.
"I had a full and heavy breakfast this morning. Also, this is actually meant for Yuuki's consumption." Sayori said as she explained herself to the girl seated behind her.
"Oh… I see… Let me know when the next period begin, I'll take chance of this opportunity to catch some winks." Akane then told the girl seated in front of her.
"… Did you have a late night last night?"
"You had no idea…" Akane commented dryly, it was quite the opposite. She had had an early night the day before, but found herself suffering from insomnia because she was too busy wondering about just what exactly had transpired between the younger version of her 'adopted parents' prior to her finally falling asleep at 2 .a.m. in the morning.
However, that was something she would not be sharing with outsiders and therefore following the end of that comment she had all but dropped her head back down on the table and took her so-called nap leaving Wakaba Sayori alone to ponder over her words.
Meanwhile, the hallway just around the corner was Yuuki with a determination look on her face, and one Ichiru Kiryuu with a strange expression on his features.
"I think I now know the reason why Zero always had his eyes on you." Eventually, the younger Kiryuu twins commented.
"What do you mean by saying that?" Yuuki frowned as she asked.
"…" Ichiru threw her a look that clearly said 'Are you an idiot?' before making a move to answer the girl's question. "You took me out here alone by your own will, but have you even given your own safety any thoughts prior to your actions?"
"Huh…?" Yuuki looked absolutely bewildered by Ichiru's words, that caused the teen to mutter under his breath – something that sounds eerily to 'how on earth did Zero managed to put up with her' kind of statement.
"Haven't it occurred to you that I might be a potential danger to you?!" Ichiru questioned his tone flat as he tried desperately hard from withstanding the urge to shake some sense into that dense girl in front of him.
"Oh…" Yuuki then fell silent, and grudgingly coming down to the conclusion that she might have once again acted on that sheer impulsive traits of hers.
Ichiru, meanwhile, fought against the urge to face-palm himself upon the look of reflection being spread across the features of that female guardian.
"Yikes! Its Kiryuu no. 1… he's stalking over here!" One of the random girls, whom stood around the corner admiring the handsome features of Ichiru, suddenly gasped and flees from the area.
"…" Ichiru had no idea what to make of his elder twin's obvious status of being a terror to the majority of the school population. Yuuki, on the other hand, seemed to be guilt-ridden by the knowledge of Zero coming around the corner and most likely it had something to do with her impulsive acts.
The first thing Zero did upon his reaching to a stop in front of the duos was to make a grab for Yuuki and then pushes her behind him in a defensive manner. After which, he proceeded to speak – gritting out each words that spill forth from his lips with extreme irritation.
"Ichiru… if revenge is all that you wanted to do down here in the academy, kindly centred it all on me instead of dragging in the innocents – so to speak!"
"…Don't mind me saying this, but can you kindly keep a leash on to that busybody defender of yours?! She was the one whom dragged me out here alone, and not the other way round! For today, I'll just let it slipped… but if there is ever a next time, I would not be letting her off the hook this easily." Ichiru throws back at his elder twin, before turning on his heels and stalking off for that lunch of his or whatsoever.
With the departure of Ichiru Kiryuu, the remaining twin turned towards a particularly guilt-ridden girl and glared. He had the urge to berate the girl for her stupidity acts, but he suppressed it down. How many times has he warned the girl to not attempt anything like this, and he was certain that a certain pureblood did the same to Yuuki as well. However, it seems like neither the pureblood nor his advices the girl had made it a point to remember in her. One of these days Yuuki was going to drive them insane with worries, Zero believed.
"Come along, lunch is ending. Let's head back to class now, I'm sure that friend of yours must have remembered to get you something from the cafeteria earlier." Zero eventually said, as he made a move to head back to where the classroom was situated.
"Zero… you are alright with this arrangement – being in the same class and all…?" Yuuki asked, sounding slightly hesitant and wondering if she should storm over to that adopted father of hers and lectured the former or something…
"…It is fine, and I meant to inform you earlier about Ichiru transferring in… but I guess it must have slipped from my mind." Zero responded then, after sighing aloud at Yuuki's words of being worried of his emotional state.
"Eh…? You mean you knew that HE was coming?!" Yuuki exclaimed from behind, causing Zero to wince slightly at the high pitching voice of the girl. Looks like his sense of hearing was getting more and more sensitive these days, he certainly did not have any problems dealing with Yuuki's occasional high-pitching tone of voice before.
"Yes, I know… I had to sign a bloody approval slip before the Chairman allowed his transferring in. I'd just forgotten to inform you this morning." Zero kindly explained his reasoning to the upset girl, all the while keeping himself from the urge to roll his eyes at Yuuki's childish display of annoyance towards him and the Chairman, in general.
Date started: 6/1/2013
Date completed: 8/1/2013