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 this chapter, everything just seem to happen at the same time… very very tough to write T.T How I wish Rido would just died off already… and spare me all these trouble .
Chapter 37 – In which everything just seem to be happening at one go…
"Ah…Aunt Yuuki has awakened…" The sudden announcement of Akira Kuran stunned the many vampires guarding him and his twin. This announcement was made as soon as the vampires within the dormitory caught wind of the lingering scent of their pureblood leader's blood, and of course – the sudden detection of another pureblood vampire's aura.
"…" Subaru sighed inwardly, not knowing how to react to this particular piece of news. The existence of their Aunt Yuuki was always a complicated factor in his parents' relationship; else it would not have taken them several years before coming to terms with their own affections for one another.
"Subaru… stop worrying yourself over nothing. Things are different now." Akane interjected, before making a move to leave the area.
"Akane…?" The two boys immediately turned their eyes upon the girl; they were all now gathered in the library of the Moon Dormitory. Because this is the only place within the building that could possibly contained all of them without any problems of overcrowding or sort.
"I'll be fine; besides your uncle Akatsuki and uncle Aidou … they were both out there." Akane responded, sending a look of assurance over to the twins before leaving the library to head out.
Zero lingered on in the back as Kaname Kuran carried the unconscious body of Yuuki back to the Moon Dormitory, it seems like the sudden torrent of memories that swept through the mind of the girl had rendered her unconscious on her way towards the building.
"So Yuuki Cross is a pureblood, after all…" Aidou Hanabusa commented, upon sighting the return of his pureblood leader. Then he asked. "Is she your sister?"
"The Kurans' does not have a daughter, from what I knew." Akatsuki Kain said from the side.
"She is the daughter of Kuran Haruka and Kuran Juri, hidden from public eyes." Kaname eventually said.
"Enough of that chatters out here, they are on their way over. I have let Touya Rima went out there to buy us some time, Yuuki need to be settled down now. The twins are getting worried, one of you have to be there to calm them down." Akane's sudden arrival snapped Zero back to reality plane, it was obviously not his job to settle Yuuki down.
The sheer notion of what Yuuki would be doing to Kaname later still bugged him a little, but he decided that now is not the time to dwell upon it. He could only hoped that man have enough sense in him not to do anything else aside from getting Yuuki to feed.
"Where are they?" Zero asked, there was no need for further questions – it was obvious that he was referring to the twins' whereabouts.
"The library…" Akane responded, and with that – Zero was gone in a sped of light.
Akane next proceeded to where she had seen Rima headed off to – and was just in time to witness the sight of the model duos being engaged in a fight.
"Rima-chan, would you need any form of help down here?" Akane then spoke up, not wanting to be playing 'dumb' anymore.
"Akane, stay out of this. You'll get yourself injured." Takuma hurried to say.
"Then why the hell are you standing in front of Rima, blocking her from harm's way then?!" Akane throws back at the former.
During the process whereby they were busy chattering among them-selves, Rima was still baiting Rido Kuran with words and eventually one of which sentence managed to hit a nerve.
"Good going Rima! Continue to bait him, Shiki Senri is waking from within… then let them trash around in there and fight for the control of the body." Akane gloated by the side, egging Rima on with her words.
"Akane…!" Takuma was incensed by Akane's aggressive method of handling things.
"I know you are worried for Shiki, but for heaven sake… if he's fine from where I come from – he certainly would not suffered much from this particular short phase of 'mental torture'. Besides, what's the worst that could have happened – at most, render him unconscious at some point of time." Akane snapped; facing Rido Kuran is ten times worst than facing one Shizuka Hiou – in her opinion.
"Come now, Rima… let's get you back to the dorm." Akane then shifted towards the injured noble, and helped her up to her feet.
"…Forget it Akane, I'll handle Rima. You go and keep an eye out on Shiki, set him on one of those charms of yours – if necessary." Takuma finally said, after deciding that the current frozen-like redhead was not considered too much a risk to anyone.
"Daddy…! You're finally here! Where's Father?" Akira asked, as he ran towards the approaching figure of Zero Kiryuu.
"Your father is off to settle down your Aunt Yuuki, and would be here in a moment of time… Now, did you behave yourself while being here?" Zero questioned the boy as he knelt down to address the younger twin.
"I did behave myself… and although it's a little bit boring by now." Akira responded his tone soft and filled with longing for the outside world.
"I see…and where is your brother?" Zero scanned his eyes around the area and upon the sight of his other son missing in action – he question Akira with a frown on his features. Somehow he had a very bad feeling to this, despite the fact that Subaru was usually the obedient one but he would always be the one to run head-on into their enemy when something bothered him.
"Eh…?" Akira's eyes widen upon the sight of his missing elder twin too, and then a quick glance around he found Risa and Ruka also missing from sight.
"…Oh dear, I think he went after Akane…" Akira eventually said when he caught sight of an open window towards the far end of the library. Apparently, their two female guards had gone after the boy out of worry…
"Ruka…" Kaname Kuran whom just came around the corridor of the building started upon the sight of the female blonde vampire, after he told Seiren to gather around those whom can move in the daylight to stand guard around the vicinity area of the Sun Dormitory.
"I'll go ahead first; you stayed behind and listen to whatever Kaname-sama had it in him to tell you." Risa Miyazaki throws over her shoulders, as she ignored the pureblood completely and sped down the hallway – she had a run away boy to be dealing with.
"Kaname-sama…" Ruka started to greet, to have the pureblood waving her off and simply asked what the matter down here is.
"Sorry to inform you of such news, but Subaru-sama had ran off by him-self. We are, as of current, on our way out to get him back." Ruka reported, in an apologetically manner.
"Subaru… he ran off by himself?" Kaname echoed, sounding extremely surprised. He would have expected such behavior from Akira, but not Subaru… that boy was the usually obedient one…
"Kaname, is Yuuki alright?" Zero came out from the library then, and inquired.
"Aa… she's fine, I left her in my room to wait for my return." Kaname responded with ease, whereas Zero shot him a look of 'stupidity'. How the pureblood could merely left Yuuki alone to her device? That girl would sneak out at the very first opportunity available, or was that also within the expectation of Kaname?
True to Zero's words of premonition, Yuuki had indeed sneaked out from the room by making use of the room's window. She was of course stopped in her path by the two blond – Aidou and Akatsuki, whom had been entrusted with the task of guarding her.
"Yuuki-sama, please do not make things difficult for us. Kaname-sama has left behind specific instruction that you are not allowed to leave this premises." The two cousins hurried up front to speak.
"…Aidou-sempai, Akatsuki-sempai… if the two of you are afraid of being held responsible by Kaname-sempai then do feel free to follow me. The place I am heading for – is the Sun Dormitory Building." Yuuki said, her idea in mind is actually quite simple – vampire or not, her responsibility of being the school guardian will not allow her to stand by and watch the scene unfolding in front of her without batting an eyelid.
If the school was to be under trouble, then her responsibility would be to protect the students within. What she had not known was that her room-mate, too has a deeply guarded secret against her – and it would be out in the open soon enough.
Yagari Touga sighed inwardly as he stood outside the gates leading to the academy; he was under specific orders from the Association to put his once favorite disciple under arrest from this point onwards. The Chairman of the Association seemed to have finally deemed Zero as a potential hazard to the general public. However, that was not the only reason behind his coming over now – he had been on a trail of a pureblood vampire whom had vanishes for a period of 10 years and his gut feeling was telling him now that he could find the person he wish behind these gates leading to the academy.
Topping it off together, his old friend – the Chairman of the Cross Academy had called him earlier on seeking his presence. That was why he had finally decided to come over to find things out for himself.
Subaru Kiryuu was on a quest to search for his adopted elder sibling when he chanced upon the veteran hunter – Yagari Touga. His first instinct was to get the hell away from the man, seeing as he was not his younger twin – he had no idea how he was going to 'worm' his way out from the veteran hunter's grasp.
"Pray tell, why on earth are you wandering out here and not staying put at whichever place that you were told to?" The veteran hunter questioned the vampire child in front of him with a frown marring his features.
Rapid footsteps were heard hurrying towards their decision, and then the familiar figure of Zero Kiryuu appeared in front of the duos with another unknown vampire following suit from behind.
"Subaru, come here!" Zero commanded, trying his hardest reign in his temper. Part of him wanted to lecture the boy on his little 'run-away' scheme, and yet another part of him just wanted to fuss and make sure that nothing had befall the young boy in front of him.
"Daddy…I apologized for running off, but I'm concern about Akane…" Subaru responded, trying his best not to cower under the dark look on his 'Daddy' face.
"There's no need for you to concern yourself over it, and besides – Akane got back ten minutes after you run off by yourself with your Aunt Rima in tow. Now hurry up and go back to the Moon Dormitory." Zero said, as he signaled for Risa Miyazaki to step forth and guide the boy away.
"Daddy…" Subaru was about to say something, when Zero cut him off with a 'stern' look and said. "Subaru – do not assume that this matter is over just yet. I am not in the mood to lecture you now, because neither your father nor I have the time for it. Now go with Risa."
"Master Touga…" Zero started, finally making a move to acknowledge his Master when Subaru was no longer in his vision range.
Back in the Moon Dormitory, the room shared by Ichijo Takuma and Shiki Senri – the younger Kiryuu twin was guarding the coffin of Rido Kuran as he had claimed previously. That was exactly how Kaname Kuran chanced upon his entry into the said room.
"Might there be a chance for you to open up that coffin for me, or do I have to resort to doing it by force?" Kaname had asked then.
"Sure, I don't mind doing you such a small favor. Since I am certain that I would be no match for you if we were to fight against one another." Ichiru responded with ease, as he turned and removed those chains that were wrapped around the coffin of one Kuran Rido.
"I see you are quite an obedient one, unlike that twin of yours…" Kaname commented then, causing Ichiru to glare at him from the corner of the eyes.
"Correct me if I am wrong, but I was under the impression that you are quite chummy with that twin of mine. No wait… it was probably threading on the lines of love already, seeing how you had easily accepted those nephews of mine." Ichiru throws back at the pureblood coolly before he stepped back and allowed the pureblood to approach the now open lid coffin of Kuran Rido.
"You know it is quite surprising for a set of twins to be born in a family of the hunters' lineage, because by far it has been a common trait that those twins conceived in the mother's womb had a 95% chance of either being miscarried or that one twin would be devoured by the other in the womb. However, the two of you had surprisingly made it out to the world of living without much problems arising." Kaname then proceeded to say as he took a moment to observe the body of his 'uncle' that now lays motionless in that coffin of his.
"…Twins runs in my mother's family, and apparently tradition doesn't matter when it comes down to the Fujiwara." Ichiru responded, calmly though he was slightly irked by the pureblood sudden intention to create conversation between the two of them.
The sudden sound of his katana being pulled out from the sheath held in Ichiru's hands, caused the silver-haired teen to widen his eyes in surprise. With the way the pureblood was now raising the sword above the head level, for a moment he had really thought the man had it in him to destroy the body of Kuran Rido – just like that.
Takuma Ichijo entered the room with the unconscious Shiki draped over his shoulder like some rice sack, and froze for a minute before closing the door behind him.
"Kaname, what on earth are you planning to do now?" Takuma then asked.
"Well… you said you wanted to save Shiki, and the best way I figured is to give Kuran Rido what he wants. The blood of the Kuran which he had craved so much…" With that said, Kaname stabbed the tip of the sword down hard onto his palm letting his rich blood flows out from the wound running freely down the body of that 'uncle' of his.
Meanwhile, over at the Chairman's residence – Zero and Yagari Touga was locked once again in a face-off situation.
"I'm certain that you are not one to be call in this easily with just a phone call from the Chairman, there should be another reason pertaining to why you are here – now." Zero said as he regarded his master in the hunting skills evenly.
"Zero… whose blood did you drink recently? There is something particularly off with that aura of yours…" Yagari Touga then commented, he finds that the aura which his beloved disciple giving off right now getting more and more like those from the noble class and that is unsettling for him. After all, ex-human are supposed to 'fall' not 'rise' above the ranks…
"Touga… this is not the time for such questions." The Chairman then interjected.
"Master, just come out with the information already... You are not one to beat around the bush, leave that to someone else." Zero commented then.
"I'm in pursuit of another pureblood with unknown traces, like previously with the case of Shizuka Hiou – this particular pureblood had also disappeared from the public eyes for a period of 10 years. Now, it was that instincts of mine that brought me here… along with a latest order issued by the association for me to arrest Zero Kiryuu for being a potential danger to the general student body." Yagari Touga responded then, his tone solemn.
"… Do you think I've fallen?" Zero arched an eyebrow up in skepticism towards his master, as he directed his question across.
"Honestly, I do not know. Your aura has changed, but it certainly doesn't struck me as a potential Level E yet." Yagari Touga eventually responded, sounding gruff as usual.
"I am more than certain that during my last visit to the association which is just some bloody weeks ago… I am still quite sane in the mind. That particular Chairman of the Association purposely took me into one of those rooms with bloody scrolls retrieved off the 'dead' and expects me not to go into a bloodlust – that notion alone is next to impossible. Now he sends you over to put me under padlocks using that pathetic excuse…? Doesn't he have any other possible tricks up his sleeves now? How does conspiracy acts with the Vampire branch of the Fujiwara Clan sounds like? That one would seem more plausible in this situation – too, isn't that so?!" Zero throws back at his all time respected model of a teacher – Yagari Touga.
"…Still the situation is too muddy out there, so until it clears up – I'm going to have you stay put in here." Yagari Touga finally said in a clipped tone of voice.
Zero's only response to his master's request was a shrug of the shoulders, there was nothing he could have done out there – yet. Kaname had already sends out the nobles to guard the Sun-Dormitories, protecting the day-class students of the school. Knowing Yuuki, she's probably somewhere in there too – most likely preparing for battle mode. Her responsibility of being the school guardian would not allow for her to sit out on this issue.
The twins are with Akane and the rest of the Common Class vampires that stayed within the Dormitory wall… and Kaname has Seiren by his side at all times. Ichiru… nothing to worry himself with - that twin of his is old enough to make his own judgment. So until the official moment came for Rido Kuran, he is going to abide by his master's words and simply stay put in here.
"Why are you so obedient today?" Yagari Touga then asked, the lack of any response following the end of his announcement to have Zero stay put in the Chairman's residence area was quite a surprise to him.
"…" Not knowing how to answer the veteran hunter, Zero settled for the option of leaning his head against the wall behind the couch he was settled upon with his arms crossed over his chest in a defensive manner.
"Not willing to talk…? Never mind, we can catch up later – for now, I'm going to have a good long chat with that old friend of mine." With that said, the veteran hunter exited from the room Zero was in and proceeded on to go in search for one ex-hunter – Kaien Cross.
Kaname Kuran by now had left the room of Ichijo and Shiki; he was on his way back to the twins and Akane's location. There was nothing else that he could have done, with the contribution of his blood to the revival of Rido Kuran – his role was complete in this.
Being the ancestor of the Kuran Clan brought back to life by Rido Kuran whom had make used of his own nephew body as a form of human sacrificial act – Kaname had no way of inflicting real harm against Rido. His best bet now lies in the capable hands of Yuuki and Zero, combined.
Meanwhile, far across the state where the academy was situated – within the family residence of the Ichijo's… Another secret meeting between the head of the Vampire Council, Ichijo Asato and the head of the hunter's association were in process.
The two conversed about the revival of Kuran Rido, and Ichijo Asato's ultimate aim of using Rido to replace Kaname as the head of the Kuran clan to gain more supporters for the Council. Also, he expressed his worries of why Rido had wanted to be keeping the Kiryuu twins around.
"Well… for one, I highly doubted there is any need to worry yourself over the younger twin. It is the elder one that you have to watch out for…Then again, I've already taken precaution over that little problem." The Chairman of the Association then smirked upon his announcement of his already issued order for the elder twin to be lock up in jail.
At the same time, in an olden traditional style house situated within the city of Kyoto, Japan. Fujiwara Yumi, the clan head for the Fujiwara Vampire Branch turned her eyes upon her trusted assistant – and said.
"Come now; let's make a move on too."
"Yes, my lady." The whole cohort of subordinates of her then knelt and answered her in a respected manner.
"Where's Yuka?" The lady of the house then questioned, again when she failed to notice her willful daughter anywhere in sight.
"I apologized, my lady… but Yuka-sama has already made a move on several hours ago." Mishima Yuko, better else known as Wakaba now – responded.
"I see… then let's not dawdled any longer and get a move on." Fujiwara Yumi concluded, as she left specific instruction of one Fujiwara Sayaka – her youngest to take charge of the house affairs until the issue over at the Cross Academy was settled.
"Saa… let's just hope I am not too late to the party. Come on, Makoto – let's go in and have some fun too." A petite girl of fourteen, with hair in the similar shade of silver like the Kiryuu twins stood outside of the academy's gate as she directed her comment to another male figure standing behind her like a dutiful follower.
"Yes, Yuka-sama..." The man named Makoto responded to the girl, as he took a step forth to push open the gate leading to the academy.
Date started: 10/1/2013
Date completed: 10/1/2013