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: Okay… so I killed off Asato, and because I am too lazy to write about how Rido died… I'm sure those whom read the manga knew it already. Overall, Zero's the one that does the job… so I am going to skip directly to the aftermath of it all. In the end, I decided not to kill off Yuuki – though she can be a tad too annoying for her own good, but well.
Chapter 39 – In which peace is finally restored to the Cross Academy…
"…" Yuuki Kuran stared at the hand that held on to her tightly from before starting to turn ash pale and cracked before dispersing into nothing but sheer dust. The Rose Whip that pierced through the heart of Rido Kuran from behind retracting back to where it originally was, before it all vanishes from sight disappearing under the skin of Zero's pale arms.
Blinking once, then twice – Yuuki could hardly believe her eyes. That Rido Kuran was no more…? Even with that severity of the wounds inflicted upon Rido by her beloved brother – Kaname's hands about 10 years ago, failed to kill the man… but a single shot from Zero's Rose Whip did it, without hurdles?
"Ooi, stop daydreaming and get back in there already!" Zero took one look at Yuuki's expression before stalking over and knocked his fist lightly on the girl's head, drawing the girl back into reality.
"Zero… you are alright with me being a vampire?" Yuuki could not help but asked, she have been coming up with a thousand possible reactions to Zero reacting to her vampire heritage but nothing could come close to the current situation at hand.
There was no anger; no violent reactions either – just merely a look of impassiveness from all the recent development. Was this really the same Zero Kiryuu that she had gotten to know of over the past few years?
Zero ignored the question put forth to him by Yuuki, he was still busy coming to terms with his own 'heritage' problem – Yuuki's vampire heritage was the last thing on his mind as of current. Besides, Kaname had already filled him in with all the events that lined up till the point whereby Yuuki was 'turned' into a human for a period of ten years in prior.
It would just be a matter of time before the vampire side of Yuuki wakes from that slumber and emerged from within. Since he was already mentally prepared for the possibility of facing a pureblood Kuran Yuuki, he certainly would not be irked by the change in Yuuki.
"Zero…?" The sound of Yuuki pestering him for a response caused the silver-haired teen to sigh aloud, one thing Yuuki should definitely learn from that brother of hers' – that is to read moods.
"Yuuki, I can't say I am happy about the change in you but I can't change your heritage so I am just going to suck it down and lived with the idea of it. Does that answer your question?" Zero throws over his shoulders to the girl trailing behind him, sounding slightly annoyed. Though, his annoyance had nothing to do with Yuuki, but more towards the situation in general.
"Zero-sama, Yuka-sama says for you to go to her upon your return." Risa Miyazaki greeted Zero when he arrived back from the battleground with Yuuki in tow.
"I see, and where is she now?" Zero questioned back in return.
"From what I've just heard, she had gone over to the Chairman's place." Risa Miyazaki responded.
"Huh…? What's she doing there?" Zero frowned; certainly that girl had no dealings with his foster parent – right?
"That – I am not very sure of, but Yumi-sama is also there with her." Risa answered truthfully.
"What of Fujiwara Haruto then? Has that issue being settled yet?" Zero arched an eyebrow up in question that was the exact reason why the Fujiwara Clan had gotten them-selves involved in this whole fiasco in the first place when Ichiru first approached them.
"Already tied up in a corner of the Chairman's residence, it would seem." Sawashiro Makoto suddenly appeared out of nowhere, as he responded to Zero's question. And then, he was off heading for the inside of the Moon Dormitory.
"…" Yuuki stared, blinking on in disbelief – nodding absentmindedly to those Common Class Vampires greetings to her as she mulled over the term of 'Zero-sama' in her mind. Just what the hell was going on here? Why was Zero being addressed as such? Not that she minded about the sudden respect being showered upon her friends by a fellow night-class member, but still it irked her slightly that she had absolutely no idea what exactly was going on.
"Zero-sama…" Wakaba Sayori greeted with a twitch in her lips, inwardly wincing at how awkward she had sounded in her greeting.
Then again, she was initially just a normal classmate to Zero Kiryuu; her 'guard' role did not come into play until after the last vacation trip home. One simply cannot adapt to the change of roles at so short a time, right? Or perhaps she was just unnerved that she had an immensely curious looking Yuuki to be dealing with.
"Yori-chan…why are you also addressing Zero as such…?" The pureblood princess of the Kuran Clan was completely bewildered.
"Long story… I'll tell you later, I bet you are tire out from these entire ruckuses going on. Why don't you get yourself cleaned up and settled down – the explanation will come in a short while. In the meantime, I need to report." Sayori shot Yuuki an apologetic look, before turning towards Zero and recounted all the happenings that she had chanced upon while guarding the twins with the assistance of Risa Miyazaki.
Including the piece of news whereby Ichiru Kiryuu was brought in by Sawashiro Makoto to seek assistance from Fujiwara Yuka.
"Where are the twins now?" Zero questioned when he didn't hear the usual enthusiastic greetings from his future sons.
"They are tired out, probably due to all the high stress level around over the past 48 hours. Now they are by the bookshelves trying their hardest not to fall asleep and staying awake in order not to miss out any details. They were quite worried for your condition, I'll add." Sayori commented, gesturing towards one of the shelves in the library of the Dormitory.
"Hn. You might want to find some time to head back to the Sun Dorm; the dorm manager might find it strange for you to be missing." Zero commented, as he picked the sleepy boy up in his arms.
"Daddy…?" Akira blinked sleepily when he felt strong arms carrying him up, and upon the sight of the silvery hair strands – the boy murmured before allowing his eyelids to droop fully.
"Akira dear… don't fall asleep yet, come now… you need a bath before you can sleep." Zero told the little boy, as he started for the direction of the stairs.
"Subaru put aside that book for a little while – I am sure the book will not disappear by itself. Come now, you are joining your brother in the bath too." Zero directed his speech to the silent boy then, and Subaru nodded quietly and followed dutifully behind Zero as they headed for the pureblood Kuran Prince's room to get settled down.
Shooing the two boys into the bathroom, Subaru took one look in his twin direction and sighed in resignation. Looks like Akira was going to have their 'Daddy' aiding him in the bathing procedures, seeing as Akira can't really handle it on his own. Chances of Akira falling asleep in the bathtub are too high, and so Subaru made his way for the showers stall instead. The showers stall and the bathtub could both be used at the same time and that goes to show just how big the private bathroom in Kaname Kuran's room was.
Zero knew the younger twin was completely exhausted, it could be seen from the way Akira was fighting his drooping eyelids and trying to stay awake for his sake. Hurrying up with the bathing process, the silver-haired teen reached for the boy's towel and wiped him dry before dressing him up in a set of teddy bear design pajamas set.
"Okay, all done… Come now." Zero commented as he hoisted the boy up in his arms, and made his way towards Kaname Kuran's canopy bed – then proceeding to tuck the younger boy under the covers with a peck on the boy's head.
"Goodnight Daddy…" Akira mumbled before slipping into oblivion.
"Goodnight Akira…" Zero murmured back in response, before shifting his attention to the other boy who had just emerged from the bathroom – completely dressed in the night attire.
"Why are you still standing there? Come over here!" Zero said, and then the silver-haired boy come padding towards him – still looking hesitant about something.
"Subaru, your actions of wandering off alone just now was rather reckless. If you hadn't been found by Master Touga, and was found by someone else – you might be in peril danger. Are you aware of that?" Zero prompted, knowing that if he left the issue hanging there is likelihood that Subaru would not be falling asleep anytime soon.
"Sorry Daddy…" Subaru said in a muffled tone of voice, staring sullenly down at his feet in guilt.
Zero took in the boy's apologetic look and sighed, before responding. "I shall let it slip this time around, but you had better prepared yourself for your father's lecture to come in time." Zero warned then.
Nodding obediently, Subaru started to climb onto the bed and get ready for his long over-due sleep too. Just like Akira, the elder twin also fell asleep soon after his head hits the pillow.
"Okay… now what?" Zero muttered aloud, and then he recalled Risa Miyazaki's earlier words to him and sighed. "Looks like a visit to Fujiwara Yuka would be next on the agenda…but I could perhaps use a shower first."
With that, Zero wasted no time in raiding Kaname's wardrobe for some clothes that he could probably 'borrow' for a minute.
Kaname Kuran arrived back at the Academy sometime around 4.a.m. and was immediately greeted by his most loyal supporters – Ruka Souen; Akatsuki Kain and Aidou Hanabusa. The trio then started to fret over his well-being and also to pose questions that will help them clarify the present circumstances.
"Kaname-sama, May I inquired why the Fujiwaras' involved them-selves in this situation?" Aidou then asked, after the pureblood had pretty much proved him-self unharmed during his trip to the council.
"Aidou… you are always the anxious one, aren't you?" The pureblood mused, before he responded again.
"The questions would be addressed at a later stage of time, for now – let's deal with the repercussions. The Chairman should be done with his share of the fight now, the day-class students need to be attended to. I suggested for the lot of you to aid Seiren in that, while I headed back to the dormitory building to attend to other matters at hand. If anyone of you happened to see Ichijo and Akane, send them over to me."
With that said, Kaname Kuran made his way back towards the Moon Dormitory Building without another look in the nobles' direction.
"Chairman Cross…" Wakaba Sayori greeted, her voice jolting the rest of the aristocrat members of the night-class back to their senses.
"Thank you every one for your effort made in protecting the day-class students, and in its process blowing your own covers of being a vampire in nature. And although my ultimate aim was to promote co-existence between both races – but with what has been happening over the past 48 hours to boot has kind of put a dent in my plan as of current." The Chairman was saying, before he was abruptly cut off by his hunter's friend – Yagari Touga.
"Cross, stop blabbing and get to the point already!" Yagari Touga snapped as he slapped his hand onto the back of the Chairman's head.
"Ouch, that hurts!" The Chairman moaned aloud as he turned to his friend with a pitiful look in his eyes, only to receive a roll of eyes in response.
"…" Sayori watched on the scene with a shake of head, although she felt the urge to remind the Chairman his current outlook does not suits his antics of whiny episodes but she managed to suppress it down. She was never one to say such things and she intends to keep it as that…
"Okay… fine, I get the point – no need for you people to glare and stare. Right, I am certain that with the current state the school building has now become… it would definitely require some time to finish with the fixing procedure. Therefore, it has been decided that the school shall be closed for the term, and resumed next term instead.
Students are to leave academy grounds for home until the notification of school re-starting were sends out to their residential address, but before that – it would be good for the memories of theirs' pertaining to the events of the last 48 hours to be remove from their mind. Like I'd mentioned before, my ultimate aim is co-existence and therefore if the student insisted upon having their memories intact – then we shall leave it as that." The Chairman added, glancing in the direction of Wakaba Sayori as he said so.
"…" Sayori knew the Chairman was saying this for her benefit, but she cannot afford to be the only one not subjected to the removal of the memories procedure. That was why the Chairman had given the students the option to choose between retaining and discarding the memories of the past 48 hour's events leading up to the temporary closure of the school.
"I shall take it as Rido Kuran is officially dust to ash?" The sudden invasion of Akane's voice bring Sayori out from her train of thoughts, as she turned her eyes upon the missing girl for most if not all of the evening hours.
"Well… yes, I thought you would have known that already?" Sayori responded.
"It never hurts to be certain." Akane replied with a shrug of her shoulders.
"Kaname-sama says for you and Ichijo to report to him upon returning to the academy." Akatsuki Kain then interjected, drawing a close to the conversation between Wakaba Sayori and Akane.
Kaname Kuran entered his room just in time to witness Zero emerging out from his private bathroom with hair dripping wet, obviously the former was in the showers prior to his coming in. A quick glance of his silver-haired lover, he was blessed with the sight of Zero being wrapped loosely in his white bathrobe.
"Took the liberty to use my shower, did you?" The question was out from his mouth before he could put a stop to it.
"Obviously…" Zero retorted dryly, before he added on as an afterthought. "You looked as though you needed one – too. The shower or a bath, whichever you prefer..."
The pureblood ran his eyes down his own appearance, before sighing aloud. Seems like Zero was quite right about him needing a shower, his whole coat is covered with dust, soot and blood from the battles out there. If only he could arrive several minutes in prior, then probably he could have tried his luck out at the idea of sharing a shower or a bath with his wonderful Zero…
"Well, aren't you going in?" The prompt in Zero's words jolted the pureblood back to his senses, as he trudge over to his wardrobe and retrieve new clothing for him-self only to arch an eyebrow up in surprise when he found one of his boxer shorts missing from his undergarments collection.
"I see that you have really made yourself comfortable around here…" Kaname smirked then, causing the silver-haired guardian to throw him a look of annoyance.
"You did mention that I could borrow some of yours during my last visit here, didn't you?" Zero throws back with a mock glare directed towards the pureblood, remembering the last time he was here – that guy had practically make use of the twins to get him into agreeing to stay the night. Heck, the man was even suggesting for them to share a bath – of course, he had not caved in to 'that' request back then.
"That – I most certainly did." Kaname mused, before he made a move to enter the bathroom only to pull the unsuspecting Zero back into the bathroom with him.
"What the hell… Kaname, let go now!" Zero glared at his assaulter, trying to look threatening but failing miserably because his glare towards the former no longer held that much venom as before.
"Why…? Don't bother with the shooting me issue, you and I both know that is kind of impossible now." Kaname smirked outright then, the 'Bloody Rose' had been melted into the skin of his pale-skinned lover and converted into the form of a whip. That, he had heard from Yuuki earlier on when he went to check on the girl.
"I may not have the Bloody Rose on me anymore but my Rose whip isn't all that harmless to vampires either." Zero throws back in response, not giving in without a fight.
"You can try, but I'm not letting you go now… I missed you." With that, Kaname Kuran wasted no time in capturing the silver-haired teen in yet another bruising but passionate kiss on the lips. Then his hands started to move on its own accord, the next thing Zero knew – the bathrobe he had been wearing slide off his shoulders and then falling into a heap landing on the bathroom floor.
Outside the bathroom, on the bed – the two kids slept soundly and totally oblivious to what their young parents are busying them-selves with in the bathroom under the disguise of the running water.
Two hours later, a fully satisfied pureblood exited from the privacy of his bathroom with his beloved partner held in his arms – bridal style. He had finally succeeded in his attempt to complete that bond between Zero and him; granted the silver-haired teen had looked very much tempted to kill him back then. However, that was just during the beginning stages of it – by the time the deed was half-way into the process; it was completely another issue for his silver-haired lover already.
Pecking Zero lightly on the forehead, he set the teen gingerly down onto his large canopy bed beside the elder twin – Subaru. And then Kaname allowed his eyes to take in the sight of the three exhausted figures on his bed sleeping peacefully for a minute, before he made a move to leave the room. Although, he was quite tempted to sleep his fatigue off like the trio – but unfortunately, he still had other pressing matters to attend to.
Akane and Takuma Ichijo shared a look among them-selves when they detected the familiar scent of blood belonging to the Kuran being spill, soon after the scent of Zero's blood was detected in the air.
"…Okay, now I am certain – it's not Yuuki but Kaname whom had bled." The green eyed blond said slowly and deliberately.
"Judging from how the scent was light as compared to the previous time around, I reckoned they did it in the bathroom. The water from the showers must have washed out the blood a little, hence the mild scent." Akane mused as she wondered how embarrassed Zero was going to be the following day.
"Well then… I highly doubted Kaname-sama has the time for us now. So why don't you enlightened me on the reason behind your insistence to hurry back to the academy grounds now?" Takuma Ichijo said, as he shifted his glance towards his one Akane Kiryuu.
"It might sound ridiculous for you, but I had no reason to be lying either – therefore I highly suggested for you to just leave it as it is after I am done with the explanation." Akane warned, and then went on to relate the events that would most likely occur if she had not intervened back at the council.
"…You are not telling me that if we dawdled any longer in the council, we are going to get ourselves kidnapped by Sara Shirabuki – are you?" The green eyed blond vampire sounded incredulous when he finally caught on to Akane's explanation of her previous jittery state during their return from the council.
"I am not kidding here, and correction – the only one whom will be kidnapped by her is you. That is, if I hadn't intervened and merely allowed the history to run its own course." Akane responded with mild annoyance.
"But why would she want to kidnap me?" Takuma pressed on, failing to see a possible reason behind what Akane had just relayed to him.
"Gees… I don't know, okay?! Neither the future you nor Kaname-sama had it in mind to reveal the reasons behind it. Although, from what I've gathered – the kidnapping of you did caused a series of troubles to come in time and so I thought I might as well intervened and put a stop to all possibilities of it happening all over again!" Akane snapped.
"…Okay…I get it, no need to bite my head off at it." Ichijo Takuma immediately surrendered, it was obvious the lack of sleep is getting to his cousin and he supposed he could put off the questions for a little while longer – and so he wasted no time in sending the girl back off to bed.
Yuuki sat on the edge of Akane's bed uneasily, she had been told by her beloved brother to be staying in here until he came back for her. And that was apparently an hour ago, now as she stayed in here – she could not helped but wondered just what exactly was happening outside and why is it that there is a mild scent of Kaname's blood lingering in the air. Has Kaname being hurt somehow during his trip out there?
She was so engrossed in her thoughts that she failed to register that the rightful owner of the room has now returned and has been trying to gain her attention for the past ten minutes. Until, Akane resorted to the act of hitting her hard on the head.
"Ouch!" Yelping out when she felt the pain on her head, Yuuki finally snapped her eyes towards her 'attacker' in annoyance before it gave way to a sheepish look.
"Good to see that you are finally back down to the plane of reality." Akane commented, when she finally had the girl's attention to her-self.
"Akane…" Yuuki started, debating whether or not to ask Akane about her beloved brother's condition when Akane addressed her unasked question.
"Kaname-sama is fine; the blood is not from any wound. If you really must know, he's just feeding Zero." Akane said after some slight hesitance on her part.
"Eh…!" Yuuki's eyes widen upon Akane's statement, shock apparent on her features. She had thought Zero to be feeding from Akane all these while, but obviously she was quite out of the loop for some-time already judging from the tone of Akane's voice – this is not something that could be considered as new occurrence.
For a while, Akane contemplated on whether she should respond to Yuuki's underlying question but eventually she decided to leave it to Zero or Kaname to do the honors of explaining to the girl. And so, she ignored the inquiring gaze from Yuuki and dug under her covers – falling asleep the instant her head touches the pillow. She too, like everyone else, was exhausted – the previous charm over at the council and also the stress that follows soon after.
Yuuki stared and sighed, thinking that perhaps it would be better to leave all her questions for later. Obviously, with the battle against Rido Kuran just over – nobody was in the mood to address questions, as weariness and exhaustion these are the only thing on their mind.
A creak sound from the door draws Yuuki's attention to it, and then she found herself staring into her beloved sempai or rather brother from this point onwards.
"Kaname-niisan…"
"Shh…" Kaname raised a finger to his lips, darting his eyes towards the sleeping figure on the bed. The sandy-haired girl had only just fallen asleep; he had no intention of waking her up in the process of getting Yuuki's attention. That girl would be mad if her sleep was rudely disrupted with no apparent reasons…the residents within these walls have quite registered that little detail by now.
Yuuki followed Kaname's line of vision and upon landing on the sleeping Akane – she gulped nervously. Thankful that she did not wake the girl, Akane's reputation of having a nasty temper when being rudely awaken – that little detail she had seen it forefront in prior. Akane had nearly bitten several girls' head off when they purposely disturbed the napping girl in class, and that was just merely an afternoon nap of sort.
If waking Akane up from a nap gets her grouchy enough to glare and stare, Yuuki dared not think of the consequences if one were to wake the girl up mere minutes after the girl had just managed to fall asleep.
Slowly, Yuuki crept out from the room she was in – and ended up having the conversation with Kaname Kuran in an empty guest room situated down the hallway instead.
"Yuuki, the Chairman has decided to close the school off temporary for a few months to get the renovation and repair works done on the campus grounds. We would be heading back to our family home in about three days' time, until then – this would be your temporary room. We will make the re-arrangements again once school resumes and I hoped that you are aware when the new semester begins – you will be transferring into the night-class by then." Kaname decided to start slow, by cluing the girl in on what to expect for the future before getting onto the topic of his relationship with Zero.
"Okay…" Yuuki had responded obediently to Kaname's words, she was now no longer jittery about the idea of staying in the Moon Dormitory. It seems like the two sides of her personality had finally fused and form a new one as she regained her pureblood status of being Yuuki Kuran – sister of Kaname Kuran.
"Yuuki… there's something else I need to inform you." Kaname took a deep breath as he said.
"Was this going to be about what happened between you and Zero?" Yuuki prompted then, surprising the pureblood prince in the process.
"…" Kaname stared, blinking twice as his mind registered his beloved sister's words – and then he nodded warily to it. "How did you know that?"
"I caught the lingering scent of your blood from before, and then Akane mentioned something about you feeding Zero…" Yuuki responded, her tone soft as she glanced down at her feet.
"Yes, that's what happens but it wasn't quite the end of it yet. Zero and I…we've officially bonded with one another." With that, Kaname dropped the news atop of Yuuki like a bombshell and inwardly he was thankful that the girl had no absolute ideas of that initial engagement arrangement between the two of them. At least, there would be no further complications on this issue – saved perhaps for Yuuki getting around to the idea of seeing Zero as his 'partner' in life and vice-versa.
The pureblood prince left Yuuki alone to her thoughts approximately thirty minutes later, then he went on to search for his childhood friend – Ichijo Takuma. He left specific instructions behind that all the questions reserved for him would have to wait till at least eight hours later to be addressed, until then no one is to go knocking on his room's door. Those who ignored his warnings would be severely dealt with at a later stage of time.
Date started: 11/1/2013
Date completed: 15/1/2013
Note: I have readers telling me to put up a profile for the Fujiwara Clan members on my profile wall, which I already did – but just in case nobody sees it. Here's another copy of the OCs in my fic – for the Fujiwara related scenarios.
Fujiwara Yukari: mentioned earlier on in the story. Mother to Zero and & Ichiru; from the hunter's branch of the family. Sister to Fujiwara Satoshi and wife to Kiryuu Kaoru (Zero's Father) – Dead by the hands of Shizuka Hiou.
Fujiwara Haruto: The current clan head for the Hunter's Branch; Cousin to Fujiwara Yukari & Satoshi. Father of Fujiwara Misaki; In charge of accepting Free-lance Hunter's jobs for the fellow Clan members of the Hunter's side. (First mentioned in Chapter 18 or so)
Fujiwara Satoshi: Uncle to Zero and Ichiru; Brother to the deceased Yukari and Father to Fujiwara Akemi & Satomi. Based in the Chiba Prefecture; Hunter's Branch side of the family – but now managing a Doujo instead of being a hunter. (1st Appearance: Chapter 29)
Fujiwara Satomi: Elder Daughter to Fujiwara Satoshi, Same age with Ichiru & Zero. Hunter in Training; and currently a typical high school girl. Trained in areas of Kendo, helped in the daily management of her family Doujo. (1st Appearance: Chapter 29)
Fujiwara Akemi: Mentioned in passing in Chapter 27 during conversation between Sayori & Akane. Would be appearing in later half of the story.
Fujiwara Shiori: Mentioned in Chapter 16 of the fic, near victim to a Level E bite. Human Branch of the family.
Fujiwara Misaki: Daughter to Fujiwara Haruto – will be entering the fic in Chapter 40 or so. Age would be around 24 to 25.
Fujiwara Yumi: Head of the Vampire Branch Side of the Family, Pureblood Descent, age unknown but most definitely older than Kaname. Probably same generation as Kuran Rido, Juri and Haruka. Knows Ichijo Asato, but hated to associate with the Council members in general. Mother to Fujiwara Yuka & Sayaka. (First mentioned in Chapter 18 or so, then appeared in Chapter 37 ending portion)
Fujiwara Yuka: Daughter to Fujiwara Yumi, Pureblood descent – age around 14. Ability to communicate with Future Self using Dreams. Master to an ex-human by the name of Sawashiro Makoto. Dubbed as the 'willful' daughter by Yumi. (1st Appearance: End of Chapter 37)
Fujiwara Sayaka: Younger Daughter to Fujiwara Yumi, and Sister to Yuka. Pureblood Descent, quiet and aloof by nature. Mention in Chapter 37 towards the ending portion.