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: In which Shiki and Takuma finally make their appearances… although the Shiki is actually Rido in this one. A little of father-son bonding between KanZe and the twins towards the end, I know the chapters are getting less fun to read/write about. *Roll eyes* but … it has to be done…so bear with it eh… I'll try to put 'fun' in it as I write though. Amended a mistake in here, accidentally put chocolate instead of lilac eyes for Akira. but it's all changed now XD Sorry for the mistake :P
Chapter 33 – Troubles Brewing…
"Kya! Idol-Sempai, please look at me!"
"Oh my gods… Kuran-Sempai looked at me just now!"
"Oh… Ruka-sama, my beloved goddess – would you please glances at me for once!"
The usual rowdiness of the class change-over routine caused the vampires of the night-class to sigh inwardly as they stepped out from the gates of the Moon Dormitory building. Yuuki Cross, the female guardian of the academy was as usual bustling around trying to keep the students in line and away from the members of the night-class in general.
The male guardian, on the other hand, had on his mask of irritation on as he controlled his side of the students easily. All he needed to do was to sends a glare in those enthusiastic girls' direction – they would tone down their level of excitement on their own accord. Further away from the crowd, another silver – haired teen stood hidden from view with the aid of the trees surrounding him as he watched on the period of class change over in silence.
"Sorry for the inconvenience caused to you, Yuuki." The pureblood had greeted the female guardian, as per normal upon his exit from the dormitory gate. And then he shifted his glance over to where Zero Kiryuu stood, and nodded to the other guardian discreetly.
'Do drop by the Moon Dormitory tonight.' Zero could read from the pureblood's eyes, and while he was irritated by the pureblood's blatant and open staring in his direction. He still obliged to the pureblood's request with a curt nod of his own. And then, the stare in his direction was gone and diverted elsewhere towards Yuuki – most likely, Zero surmised.
The eye-contact shared between Kaname Kuran and Zero Kiryuu did not go unnoticed by another similar set of lilac eyes that is watching them from a distance. A frown marred the younger Kiryuu twins' expression as he took in the nods being exchanged between both parties.
It certainly does not surprised him that the pureblood was making an effort in being civil to his twin, but the surprising thing here was that the pureblood was adamant on receiving response from that twin of his. Then when he saw his twin sending a nod back towards the pureblood with an obvious look of annoyance, Ichiru had to admit it took all his will power to not drop his jaw in slack then.
'Was there anything going on between Zero and that pureblood – Kaname Kuran, that he had previously missed out on?' Ichiru could not help but wonders.
Zero who sensed someone fixing intense gaze upon him, hurried to scan the area for possible reason and when his eyes landed upon a departing figure from the site with silvery hair strands. An inaudible sigh escaped from him as he shifted his attention back towards his duty on hand.
The silver-haired guardian had initially meant to speak with his twin yesterday evening, but was side-tracked when the Chairman send him out to run an errand and by the time he came back – it was time for his patrolling duty. Hence up until the current point of time to speak, he had yet to get a chance in conversing with his twin.
Ichiru was half-way across the lawn when he found himself being stopped in his path by a day-class student, a female with hazel brown hair.
"You are…?" Ichiru prompted, finding the girl in front of him but somehow he could not seem to put a name to it.
"Wakaba Sayori." The girl responded then, cluing him in on her identity.
"I see…" Ichiru commented with a knowing tone to it. The Wakaba – loyal supporters to the Fujiwara Clan since the olden days. Judging from the solemn expression on the girl's face now, Ichiru had a pretty good idea of her reason for being here.
"I would like to have a word with you, if you don't mind." Wakaba Sayori started, wasting no time in cutting to the main point behind her approach. And then she proceeded to lead her way out of the woods towards her ideal location for the conversation to take place, without caring if the person behind her had made any move to follow in her wake.
"…" Ichiru Kiryuu stared and frowned for a moment, before making a move to follow the girl. Inwardly, he was wondering whether or not the girl was send along to him by his brother to gain information out from him. Imagine his surprise, when the girl – Wakaba Sayori, came outright with the proclamation that she was here by her own free will and that Zero had no idea of her role of being his 'guard' for the moment.
In response to reward her for her honesty, Ichiru had kindly dropped the confirm news of the hunter's association and Fujiwara Haruto conspiracy act into her laps. Then he relates to her also the tale pertaining to Shizuka Hiou wiping out the Kiryuu clan, he believed with the intelligence that the girl had in her. It would just be a matter of time before she pieces everything together to form the complete picture out of the puzzles. Whether or not the girl chooses to inform Zero about it then, would be entirely up to her decision.
"Shiki, it's time to wake." Around 8.a.m. in the morning, Ichijo Takuma strolled into one of the more fanciful bedroom situated within his childhood home and attempted to wake the person sleeping in it.
There was a moment of rustling of the sheets, before he heard the familiar sound of his friend responding. "Shut up, Ichijo-Vice President… It's still way too early to wake…"
The green eyed blond vampire eyes widen in surprise, before he moves to shake the teen and said. "Sorry about this, Shiki… but you have to wake for a while."
"Shut the hell up; Takuma!" Shiki snapped as he grabbed on to the hand shaking him in tight grip.
Silence as Takuma Ichijo took a moment to observe the Shiki Senri in front of him, holding him in a vice-like grip manner. The obvious difference in the orbs colour clued him in on the fact that the Shiki Senri was not the one he was familiar with – if anything, it was the father of his friend in fact. "Where's Shiki?" The green eyed vampire asked then.
"Shiki… Shiki… that's all you ever asked. To answer your question, the Shiki whom you knew was currently deeply asleep within his own body to speak. And although… this might sound a little weird and strange coming from me personally, but don't you think that my son is a cute and adorable being?" Rido Kuran whom was using his son body as a container for his soul, pointed to 'him-self' and asked.
"…" Takuma Ichijo had no idea what to make of that particular statement, and had wisely chosen to maintain his silence over it.
"How are you feeling today, my lord?" The sudden sound of the elder Ichijo speaking up caused the duo that was engage in a staring contest of sort to shift their eyes over to the new comer.
"Alright, it seems like neither of you are going to let me continue my sleep in peace today. Speak your mind then, what brought you over this morning. To answer your question in prior, I've more or less gotten use to this body already." Kuran Rido questioned, as he regarded the elder Ichijo through the irises of his own son.
"I'm just here to inform you, the person whom will be assisting you in the plans of execution on campus had already been sent into the academy safely. Just as you'd expected, he managed to get into the academy without the slightest hint of a problem." Ichijo Asato said, directing his words to the teen seated upon the bed with his utmost respect.
"Oh…you are referring to that kid which Shizuka kept by her side all these time?" Rido mused aloud in Shiki's voice, causing Takuma Ichijo to frown – having not being used to seeing such behaviour from the initial redheaded vampire in prior.
"I'm genuinely convinced that it would not be long now for you to be revived completely; the one and only true heir to the pureblood clan of Kuran; Rido-sama." Ichijo Asato then proclaimed with an expression that crept his grand-son out.
"Now then… shall we hurry along with the rest of the arrangement then? I'm kind of looking forward to meet that particular nephew of mine now." Kuran Rido said with a wry grin visible on his son's features, while Takuma Ichijo whom was trying his best to minimize his existence within the room felt himself breaking out in cold sweat.
Staring at the sight enfolding in front of him, the grand-son of Ichijo Asato was trying his hardest to appear unfazed but it was not an easy task. His heart was thumping wildly against his ribcage, as he feared for his pureblood friend. Part of him was tempted to do something that will somehow in one way or another warned his friend about the current situation at hand, and yet there was nothing he could do with him being stuck under the scrutiny of his grand-father's spies at all times.
'Maybe I should try and slip in some information when we head back to the academy…' Takuma thought inwardly to himself, but he knew even that would not be an easy task. Especially, with Rido Kuran seizing control of his room-mate, Shiki Senri's body as of current to speak and then another through came to him. Was that why his grandfather had told him to group Shiki together when the night-class was first formed?
The reason his grandfather given him then was for the only two off-springs coming from the vampire council's family to be staying together, to look out for one another. Now he wonders whether that was just a particular arrangement to ensure that when the time comes around for this, to guard and to cover up for Kuran Rido who had taken the first chance available to possess Shiki.
"May I inquire the reason for calling me in here at such late timing?" Ichiru Kiryuu asked as he entered the Chairman's residence at 12 mid-nights, looking still very much awake and alert.
"I apologized for calling you in here at this time, but well… as you can see; we have a night-owl here in our midst." The Chairman then pointed to the president of the Moon Dormitory – Kaname Kuran.
"Kiryuu Ichiru-kun, this is the first time we have meet officially, is it not?" Kaname Kuran prompted.
"Indeed, so may I know what have I done to deserve a meeting with the president of the Moon Dormitory? I certainly hoped that this had nothing to do with being a pawn in that game of yours…" Ichiru raised an eyebrow up in question. Of course, there was no response from Kaname as of yet – the pureblood was still taking the chance to observe the younger Kiryuu twins from his perspective.
"What a hassle, you vampires are always so troublesome…" Ichiru muttered to himself, unknowingly his twin – Zero was actually listening in to the conversation somewhere hidden in the shadow.
"Whether or not are you a pawn in my game, I truly believed that you are already standing in the middle of it all. So May I inquired who's your opponent?" Kaname responded, he certainly does not believe Shizuka kept the younger Kiryuu twin around for no reason.
"Even if I do let you in on that little piece of information, there isn't much that you could be doing – isn't it so?" With that, Ichiru pushed himself away from the wall he had been leaning against previously and made his way towards the exit. However, before he vanishes from sight – he added.
"I am not a hunter but a mere human, and therefore you are not allowed to harm me in any sense of words. That is precisely why the vampire council had wanted to make use of me…"
"I hardly think you are one to stand around and let them make use of – anyway." Zero entered the scene then, and in the process succeeded in the task of preventing Ichiru's escape.
"Eavesdropping is not a very good habit to have." Ichiru commented dryly as he turned towards his elder twin.
"I would not have to resort to such method, if you had been willing to face me instead of walking away every time I came near you." Zero responded, sarcasm clearly in his tone of voice used.
"Alright then, dear brother of mine – what is it that you intend to ask then?"
"Your motive, rather what are you playing at?" Zero questioned.
"My motive is of course to take revenge… what else could I be playing at then?"
"Seriously…? Do you think me an idiot? You involved the Fujiwara, the hunter's association and the vampire council all into one muddy pool of water and you expect me to believe it's all for the sake of avenging that woman? If avenging that woman is your damn wish, then go ahead and shoot me right now then." Zero snarled glaring heatedly at his twin as he did so.
"…I thought Maria Kurenai has already filled you in on the information?" Ichiru started slow and deliberate, as he observed the facial expression of his elder twin.
"So what if she did?" Zero snapped back in annoyance, inwardly cursing and swearing at Ichiru's current way of speaking – why does it reminded him so painfully of those pureblood vampires that he had ever come across. By that he meant the way of them speaking in riddles, better yet – beating around the bushes just for a simple point. Why can't they just be outright of what they wanted to reveal instead of going one big round for that?
"Then why the hell do you think I am here to avenge Shizuka-sama?! Can't I be trying to complete her quest for revenge on her behalf instead? Well, if it irked you lesser – you can think it this way … thinks of it as though I'm avenging for our parents." Ichiru eventually said, before he turned around and exited from the room – fully, this time.
Kaname Kuran took one look at Zero's expression and knew then – the silver-haired guardian failed to catch on to those subtle hints left behind in his brother's words. The pureblood then told the Chairman that he will be 'borrowing' Zero for the rest of the evening, and then he proceeded to drag the confused ex-human away from the Chairman's place and headed for the Moon Dormitory instead.
Upon the entry into the Moon Dormitory building, Zero finally managed to snap himself back into reality because he was nearly tackled down by the wavy haired boy of six again.
"Akira…why are you running about the place, I thought I specifically told you not to run in here?" Kaname asked, as he reached a hand out to balance the silver-haired hunter.
"Sorry father… but I'm trying to avoid being frozen by uncle Aidou." The boy replied.
"Why on earth is Aidou trying to freeze you then?" Kaname prompted, staring down at the boy with a stern expression on his face.
Akira seemed to have mumbled something under his breath, but it was too incoherent for the pureblood to make any sense of it.
"Come again, Akira – what was that?"
"I accidentally dropped my bowl of macaroni on his manuscript…" The boy said pitifully, as he looked up at his father for help.
"…" Kaname was speechless; this has once again proven the theory of Akira being accident prone… whereas Zero merely sighed aloud upon hearing the reason behind Aidou's anger.
"Zero… kindly bring them upstairs, I'll be coming in at a later point of time. I will need to settle this issue first." Kaname instructed Zero before heading off in search for the fuming blond.
"Boys… come along with me then. Akira, next time do try to be more careful." Zero said as he pulled the boys along with him, up the stairways and heading for the direction of the pureblood's room.
"Aidou, I've heard of the incident already. While Akira is at fault here, I thought I should perhaps remind you again. Never to put anything that you deemed important to you carelessly about the place especially with kids around the area. I'm certain that Akira had already apologized to you, so please stop terrorizing the boy for it. The boy might not have it in him to remind you of his status, but you are not supposed to forget that easily – Akira is a pureblood. Need I remind you again of the repercussion of harming a pureblood?" Kaname started in on the blue-eyed blond before the childlike vampire had the sense to start whining at him of his 'son' actions.
"Yes…Kaname-sama." Aidou Hanabusa responded sullenly, as he shifted his eyes painfully away from that pile of manuscript paper. Now he would have to re-write them all… and he could only hoped that could be done before the editor came by and asked for them.
"Kaname-sama…Ichijo Vice-President just called in, he said he would be coming back tomorrow evening with Shiki in tow." Akatsuki Kain then seized the chance to inform their pureblood leader of the issue.
"I see… did he say anything else?" The pureblood prompted.
"Not exactly, but he did mention about wanting us to be prepared for their arrival…" The wild vampire responded.
"And then…?" Kaname arched an eyebrow up in expectation while he observed the cousin of one Aidou Hanabusa.
"…He sounded slightly 'off' when he said that." Akatsuki eventually said.
"I see… nothing to worry yourself over with, just continue as per normal will do." Kaname told the cousins duo in front of him, as he ventured off towards his own room to mull things over.
Kaname Kuran entered the privacy of his room to be met up by the sight of Zero engaging the set of twins with stories about his own childhood. Having been curious of the hunter's past for some time now, the pureblood did not interrupted nor put a stop to the stories – as he too, settled down on the sofa couch and listened on. The twins though were comfortably snuggled into the middle of his canopy bed as they listened to Zero's childhood story.
"Oh… so Daddy have a twin too?" Akira asked.
"Yes…" Zero smiled fondly down at the cute little boy eyeing him with sparkling lilac eyes, each time he looks into those eyes of Akira – he could find himself melting upon the sight of it.
"So is it like us then?" The boy asked again, with immense curiosity.
"No… not exactly, Ichiru and I … we were identical twins. The two of you are more like a set of fraternal twins." Zero responded, as he looked the two boys over – again before nodding to confirm his thoughts.
"Oh… so does it means that uncle Ichiru is completely similar to Daddy?" Akira piped up, sounding extremely excited to know more about that uncle he had never gotten a chance to know.
"Not exactly… we may be similar in our looks, but our temper and personality are of complete opposite…" Zero eventually said.
"Aa… that's kind of like us then… we too, are what Akane would refer to as 'bi-polar' when she described our personality to outsiders." Subaru then interjected, finally making his presence known and to emphasize on the fact that he had yet to drift off to 'la-la-land' yet.
"So…Daddy, seeing as we are here in this time frame now … would it be possible for us to meet up with uncle Ichiru at least once?" Akira questioned, his eyes emitting off the sparkles of being curious.
"… You might…" Zero murmured, but that was all he was willing to supply to the twins. Inwardly, he was pondering just how it could be considered a miracle that Ichiru and the twins had yet to cross path yet. Akane wise… she had already met Ichiru, seeing as they were both in the same class and all. Funniest thing is – Ichiru had yet to bring up any questions to him pertaining to Akane's existence… why is that so?
Sensing that it was perhaps time to interrupt the father-son bonding session between Zero and the twins, Kaname interjected then.
"Boys… seeing as you'd already gotten your Daddy to tell you two a story for tonight – kindly go to sleep already. Meanwhile, Daddy and I have something to discuss – and we would just be inside the study. I trust that the two of you are able to behave yourself for the time-being, or do I have to get your aunt Seiren in to watch over you two?" Kaname questioned the boys, as he headed up front to join Zero by the side of his bed.
"We will behave ourselves, Father." Subaru responded on behalf for the twins.
"Good." Kaname said, before he steered Zero towards the direction of his private study situated also within the same suite while leaving the boys where they are – on his large canopy bed to lull themselves to bed.
The issue pertaining to Yuuki, the twins and Akane's safety after the return of Ichijo with the possessed Shiki in tow were to address immediately. There was no time for him to lose, as compared to the confused Zero – he had a conjecture as to Ichiru's words. This discussion between Zero and him for tonight is most definitely going to be a long one.
His plans concerning Yuuki would need to be lain out in the open, and he may have to divulge some of his utmost secrets to the silver-haired hunter as well…to ensure that Zero would cooperate with him on this one. He was uncertain whether the silver-haired hunter had any ideas pertaining to Wakaba Sayori being his personal guard or sort… but he truly believed that it would be better if Zero was willing to approach the girl by himself rather than he does it by his own means.
The Fujiwara is one very complicated party to be messing with, but it was obvious that Zero's twin had already involved some of them. Self-governing has always been the case for the Fujiwara, and so if the Fujiwara members did anything wrong – it would have to be one of their own to step forth in dealing with it. No one else could intervene, but Zero probably could. Seeing as he was a direct blood descendant of the Fujiwara through his mother's relationship with the clan.
The discussion between Kaname and Zero took nearly an hour to be done, and by the time they emerged from the private study of the pureblood. The twins were already fast asleep on the bed, cuddling up to one another.
"Wonderful kids to have around, don't you think so?" Kaname commented, glancing at the silver-haired teen from the corner of his eyes.
There was no immediate response from Zero's part, but judging from that look of fondness on the teen's features – Kaname knew the former had agreed with him on this particular issue.
"So…would you care to join them on the bed too?" The pureblood then suggested, only receiving a look of irritation from his silver-haired companion.
"Come on, Zero… you know how much they would have love the idea of waking up in the presence of both their parents. Moreover, nothing could be done with them sleeping between us – isn't that so?" Kaname continue his persuasion act in getting the silver-haired teen to stay the night over in the Moon Dormitory.
"Fine, but you'd better make sure that you don't try anything later if not I have a thousand ways of making you regret your decision to keep me here tonight." Zero finally responded, after taking a moment of silence to consider things over.
To which, Kaname Kuran's response was merely a shrug of his shoulders followed by his making a move to capture those wonderful lips of Zero in a deep kiss – taking advantage of the sheer fact that Zero would not want to risk waking the twins. Therefore in which process successfully safeguards himself from the possibility of being shot by the irritated silver-haired hunter.
Date started: 7/1/2013
Date completed: 8/1/2013