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 & the Fujiwara Clan featured in this story.
Author's notes: This is it, the last chapter for Visitors of the Future – the twins and Akane going back to their own time now. Sequel will be up soon, and it will focus on Zero's and Kaname relationship without the trio around. I'm still planning…probably it won't be up too soon, I need to get some planning done first
Chapter 52 – In which the trio return to their own time…
On the morning of 10th May, all the luggages were being loaded into the car that will bring them back to the academy grounds. The journey was taken in silence as it was morning, and majority of the members were actually too sleepy to be creating havoc. They took a total of two cars, with the Kiryuu-Kuran family in one, and the rest of the night class members in another.
Matsushita Ayano and Wakaba Sayori took the subway train instead; their luggage though was transfer over to the academy together with the rest of the belongings of the night-class members. Due to the trip back to the academy, Ichijo Takuma had skipped out on his daily trip to Ichijo Enterprise.
"Damn… I'm seriously going to need a secretary if I'm going to be in the company every morning." Ichijo Takuma muttered aloud, the current secretary was his grandfather's and he didn't feel comfortable assigning duties for the said person to carry out. That guy would always eye him critically as though judging him whenever he issued orders, and to be honest those gazes he was being subjected towards unnerved him most of the time.
"Well, just ask Kiryuu whether you can use Risa for a long term basis then. I am sure he won't mind…" Akatsuki Kain throws out to the green eyed blond, since it was apparent that the said vice-president of the night-class had been using the said female vampire as a secretary over the past one month or so.
"Yeah… I think I'll do just that." Ichijo nodded how he wished he could have just sacked off his grandfather's trusted subordinates and employed new personnel for the job. However, Zero had said it would be best to hold it off for a while and Kaname had seconded that opinion.
They had both mentioned something about training up new employees for the position could be a chore, so until he had managed to grasp the big picture of the whole situation it would be best not to touch any of the current employees in the company.
The journey back to the academy grounds by car took them approximately six hours doubled the time used for subway trains. Henceforth, by the time they arrived at the school – the two human girls' has already reached and was more or less done with the settling in procedures.
"Well, the Moon Dormitory is ready for usage. We have basically cleaned up the area before your arrival, and this is the keys to the building." Wakaba Sayori started, handing the keys over to the president of the night-class – Kaname Kuran.
"Thank you for your effort in tidying up the place for us, your luggage is in the back of the car trunk – feel free to retrieve them by your own means." Kaname responded, nodding towards the hazel brown haired girl.
Zero and Ichiru had both been given a room for usage in the Star Dormitory, the newly built dorm building for students. Although, Zero highly doubted he would be using his new room much – it was apparent that Kaname had no intention of releasing him from the Moon Dormitory. He would be lucky enough that the former still allowed him to take classes under the day-class scheme rather than forcing him into the night-class schedules.
The twins were still sleepy, and therefore they were being carried into the dormitory building by Zero and Ichijo Takuma respectively. Kaname, on the other hand, busied himself with the task of allocating rooms to the members of the night-class again.
The twins, being back in the Moon Dormitory are back to sharing the quarters with the pureblood prince of the night-class. Akane, on the other hand, would be sharing her room with Yuuki – the rest of the arrangement was more or less similar to how it has been before. The two new transfer students would be arriving only later on in the day, probably when night falls arrived.
Zero left the Moon Dormitory for a tour about the campus while Kaname was busy with the task of reviewing rules and regulations for the night-class members to follow. Ichijo, on the other hand, set aside his own issues at hand and assist Kaname in the night-class administration matters.
During the tour of the newly renovated campus, Zero noticed the obvious heightening of the school's academic building – and the class lists posted on the notice board near the school gate for new students to check their classes. Next, he checked on the class schedules of the day-class and night-class members before smirking.
The day-class students' schedules were more or less about the same, with core modules in English; Mother Tongue; Mathematics; and Science. Minor subjects in the fields of Geography; History; and Social Studies also there's the elective subjects of Art; Music and Economics. Non-examinable subject but compulsory to attend – Physical Education…
The night-class schedules consists of mainly subjects to learn about human behavior and lifestyle, since the vampires are mainly learning about how to co-exist with humans population. However, there are a few selected changes made in the class schedules too – like the additional class of Economics; Organizational Behavior; and Interpersonal Skills.
"Ichijo would cry…" Zero mumbled to himself, the three additional modules are related to business fields of studies. Among them, Economics was a core module – only at diploma level, they split it into Micro-Economics, and Macro-Economics. The other two were mainly electives modules and it as to do with office relationships.
True to Zero's prediction, Ichijo Takuma's reaction to the new schedule was one of utmost depression.
"Here I thought I could have escaped from the hell-hole of the business management crash course by coming back to school here…" Ichijo muttered under his breath, glaring at his new schedule in irritation.
"Well, stop complaining and get used to it already. Cross Academy are now affiliated with Fujiwara Gakuen, so definitely the schedules would have a few changes here and there. Besides, Organizational Behavior and Interpersonal Skills are already in the Night-Class Schedules right from the beginning as an elective subject, now the only changes made to the schedules was to make them a compulsory subjects for all night-class students to study.
After all, co-existence starts with understanding one another, isn't it? I am sure Ichijo Enterprise has humans' employees too, right? At least, on the outer-most layer of the enterprise… positions such as receptionists; salesmen etc. To minimize company's staff turnover rate, understanding them is essential. Why else do you think the Fujiwara are so successful in this area?" Zero commented from his position next to Kaname Kuran.
"Zero is right, and Chairman Cross did spoke to me about the amendments made on the schedules. In fact, I had agreed to have them on the night-class students' curriculum. All of you here are successors to your parents' business, it would be better to have some inkling as to what you might be dealing with in future – even if it was only in the form of theoretical manner." Kaname concluded, bringing the evening's discussion on the new curriculum to a close.
The Kiryuu-Kuran household of five were over at the Cross residence for a late dinner when Fujiwara Yuka popped by for an impromptu visit. The two boys of six immediately fell silent, and Akane stopped in her middle of a ranting session about Akira's bad habit of picking out the beans from his plate of chicken pie. The future trio's sudden change in demeanor alerted both Kaname and Zero to the possibility of an impending separation with the trio.
"A-ra… Yuka-chan, what brings you over at this late of time?" The Chairman immediately whizzes over to greet the female pureblood.
"I've brought with me some news, and also to bring along the two new transfer students for the night-class." Fujiwara Yuka responded, matter-of-factly – looking at Zero with intent as she stressed on the term 'news'.
Her eyes scanned the surrounding until it landed upon the figure of Akane Kiryuu and the twins, and then her expression took on one of solemnity. The future trio shared a common look among themselves before Akane spoke up on behalf of them.
"I assume the date has been set?"
Yuka nodded, before responding. "Yes, the date's set – in fact; it's just the next full moon."
"I see…" Akane made a knowing sound before turning her attention back to the meal and continue eating in silence. The boys mirrored her actions soon after.
"Right, anyway – Zero; this is Sakaki Miyako and Tachibana Kenjiro. Both of them were quite knowledgeable of the operations procedures in Fujiwara Electronics. If you came across any questions, feel free to approach them for help. That's the reason I sends them over…and do help to inform Ichiru that my mother is requesting for him and his fiancée to drop by the main house for a visit." Yuka told the silver-haired guardian, before bidding them farewell and departed from the academy grounds.
"So…Zero-sama, what should we do now?" The two newcomers questioned, after sharing a look between them-selves.
"…Sit down and have dinner first, we will talk later." Zero instructed, and the Chairman gleefully head into the kitchen to bring out new sets of cutlery for the new guests.
"Akane, what was all that about?" Zero asked, once Fujiwara Yuka departed from site and was no longer in vision range.
"Later… not now, I'll fill you in on the details later on in time." Akane said, darting a look over to the two newcomers.
"Fine…we will speak later then." Zero agreed reluctantly, somehow he had nagging feeling tugging at his navel – it seems like whatever was going to happen, he would not be enjoying the information.
Kaname Kuran, on the other hand could only make a wild guess – judging from the look of seriousness on the trio's. The pureblood was willing to bet anything against the fact that it concerns their departure from this time period. Truth be told, he was not looking forward to the moment at all…
After dinner, the group of five made their way back to the Moon Dormitory with the two new students of the night-class tailing behind. Upon their entry into the said dorm building, Kaname beckoned for Ichijo to take charge of the two new students – assigning them with rooms and all. The Kiryuu-Kuran family then retreated into the privacy of the pureblood's chamber suite, there – Akane relayed the information she had gained from Fujiwara Yuka earlier on in time.
Turns out, Kaname's guess had hits target after all – the next full moon would be when the trio departed from the current time frame and head back to their own future time-line.
"So when's the next full moon coming then?" Zero asked, trying his best not to sound emotional by the impending separation to come in time.
"One week from now, I think…" Akane answered, not exactly sure – herself. She need to double check on the issue later on.
"Well, there's still one week left… all the more to treasure it, isn't it?" Zero commented, patting the boys' on their head – drawing them out from the gloom clouds that hung above their head.
"Yeah, that's right – all good things would eventually come to an end. It's only a matter of time, and besides – we are bound to see one another again." Kaname Kuran added, with a small smile.
"Exactly, who knows what we would end up seeing once we are back in the future." Akane piped up with extra cheerfulness.
"Yes, who knows – we might get a few more additions to the family, isn't it?!" Akira suddenly interjected his mood high again. Beside him, Subaru Kiryuu rolled his eyes at his twin's words as he muttered something like 'there he goes again…' much to the amusement of Kaname Kuran. Zero, on the other hand, did not bother to know what Akira was yapping on about.
That very night following the discussion of the trio's impending departure from the time-frame was spend meaningfully, Akane was busy spilling forth details concerning the twins' embarrassing moments when they were still in diapers stage.
Both Kaname and Zero also reached to a common agreement that the trio's impending departure news were to be keep under wraps, away from the knowledge of the night-class members. No point creating more gloom around the building, and while Zero and Kaname themselves were quite sad to let the trio goes off but they knew – they need to go. Besides, they are their future kids so they are bound to meet once again at some point in the future.
The next one week were spends mainly on family bonding, or group activities. Zero and Kaname even set aside their work duties, to play with the twins and often have dinner over at the Cross Residence. When the night-class members questioned the reason behind their constant gluing to the kids' side – Kaname simply declared it was a family week and leaves it at that. Three days before the trio's scheduled departure, Zero decided to let the twins off the diet plan – allowing them the freedom to choose what they wanted to eat.
"So do you have any idea how the three of you are going to go back?" Zero asked during dinner, the day before the trio's scheduled departure over at the Cross Residence.
"Eh… no idea, but Yuka-sama says that I would know when it happened." Akane responded, feeling kind of puzzled herself.
"I see…then are there any further instructions from her? Says for example, the venue to be waiting etc?" Zero prompted.
"She just told me to stay in the Moon Dormitory's library and wait for the moment to come." Akane answered, frowning as she tried to recall the pureblood's words from before.
"Any specific timing in particular…? I gathered we would need to restrict the number of users in there for tomorrow…" Kaname Kuran pressed on.
"Between 10 to 12 mid-nights, I think… since that's when I started the ritual back then too…" Akane responded, sounding slightly uncertain.
"Then I think it's better to ban anyone from using the library when night falls approached." Zero told Kaname after thinking for a moment, it is after all better to be safe than sorry.
"Indeed, I'll just say I need the library for personal usage and no one was to intrude on us tomorrow then." Kaname responded.
"That would work, I supposed…" Akane murmured as she bites into her share of mango pudding.
"Alright, enough of the gloomy talk already – now why don't you lot help me out with the task of re-organizing the books in my Study?" Chairman Cross interrupted then.
"…Why the sudden desire to re-arrange the books?" Zero questioned, regarding the Chairman strangely.
"I want to spend some time with them too… it's not fair that both Kaname-kun and you hogged on to them all the time. They are considered my grand children too, you know?!" The Chairman whined.
"…Fine, you win… but I certainly hoped to see them back in one piece by tonight." Zero responded, before bringing the empty dishes back into the kitchen to clean up.
"Don't worry; I'll keep an eye on both the Chairman and Akira." Akane responded, she knew by now how clumsy the Chairman and Akira both can be at times.
Later that night, after the twins had been lull to bed by yet another tale of 'Merchant of Venice' – Zero spend a good long while doing nothing but staring at the sight of the two boys.
"I would most definitely miss them…" Zero commented, as his mind went back to that fateful day when the trio first appeared in front of them claiming to be their future off-springs.
"So will I… in fact, I bet everyone here would miss having them around. They did make a very big difference to our lives…" Kaname commented, as he pressed a kiss to his silver-haired lover's cheeks.
"Indeed… I would never have thought it possible for us to come this far if they didn't appear that day…" Zero mused, a smile playing on his lips as he recalled all the happenings over the last six months.
No matter how Zero had yearn for the time to stop right there and then, the morning hours would still comes by when dawn breaks.
Akane spend the morning penning down a letter to her cousin, explaining the reason behind their decision to not let anyone in on the information pertaining to their impending departure. Then she wished him luck with his 'business' and finally she unravels the mystery behind his future wife's identity.
After which, she posts the letter out after making a trip down to the town area returning only in the evening hours. Then she holed herself up in the library of the Moon Dormitory together with her younger siblings, and waited for the moment to arrive.
"Kaname-sama, do me a favor – will you?" Akane asked.
"What kind of favor?" The pureblood leader questioned.
"Please sign on this, and acknowledge the fact that I had completed my second year of high school education. I really have no intention to repeat the syllabus again…" Akane responded, pulling out a acknowledgement slip from somewhere and show it to the pureblood heir of the Kuran Clan.
"…Fine, give it over." Kaname responded, and signed on the acknowledgement slip without a moment of hesitation.
"Thank you." Akane took the signed slip back and folded it before tucking it into her skirt's pocket.
When the mantle clock struck ten, Akane felt a twist in the air almost instantly. She knew then, it was time for their departure.
"Akira, Subaru – it's time. Says your goodbye to Zero and Kaname…" Akane started, smiling down at the boys' encouragingly.
Akira and Subaru shared a look between them, before heading up front to hug each parent once before stepping back to where Akane waited for them as they bid their farewell to the Zero Kiryuu and Kaname Kuran of this time frame. No sooner have they completed their farewell acts, the wall where the clock was hung – slowly split open, and a black hole appears.
Gushes of strong wind blows out from the hole, and Akane gathered the two boys closer to her as they ventured closer to the gigantic hole in the wall. With one last lingering look in their young parents' direction, the trio turned towards the hole and stepped through it without another backward glance. As soon as the trio entered the hole, the gushes of wind stopped and the twist in the air was gone.
When Zero and Kaname had it in them to look again, the trio was no longer in sight. The whole library were engulfed in silence, the only sign of the trio's presence earlier on in the room was that unfinished game of chess sitting abandoned on the table.
"They're gone, isn't it?" Zero whispered, trying his best to blink back the tears threatening to spill forth now that the trios are back in their own time.
"Yes, they're gone… but one of these days we will meet them again." Kaname said, giving Zero's shoulders a comforting squeeze.
"Damn… I should've taken a picture of them just now." Zero muttered aloud, now regretting that he didn't bother to snap any of the trios' pictures prior to their departure.
"Don't worry; I'm sure the Chairman had his private stash of the kids' photos somewhere hidden in his place. You can always go and 'convince' him into the idea of sparing you some of those snap-shots he had taken when you weren't looking." Kaname told his silver-haired lover truthfully.
"And how did you know that?" Zero arched an eyebrow up in question.
"I would know because I'd seen him snapping those pictures during dinner period over the last few days with my own eyes." Kaname responded dryly.
"Aa… and here I was wondering whether you send any of your flock over to spy on him." Zero throws back in a mocking tone of voice.
"As though I would send Seiren off to do something this insignificant..." Kaname rolled his eyes at his lover's words, before steering the subject of conversation elsewhere.
The rest of the night-class members did not find out about the trio's departure until the following day, and as expected Yuuki was in a grumpy mood for the whole evening throwing looks of annoyance towards her two brotherly figures in the past 10 years of her life as Yuuki Cross.
"Ichijo Vice-President, there's a letter for you." The maid whom collected the daily mail from the administration office returned with an envelope addressed to Ichijo Takuma, on Wednesday evening slightly before the class change-over period.
"Thank you…" The green eyed blond greeted back in response, before reaching for the letter addressed to him. Inwardly, he was wondering who the person sending him the mail was – since after his grandfather's death; he didn't think anyone working in the Ichijo Residence would be thinking of sending him mails to update him of the happenings within the estate.
"Who's it from?" Shiki Senri questioned, curious to know who the sender of the mail was.
"Wait… gives me a minute to scan through first…" Ichijo Takuma responded, as his eyes scanned the contents of the letter swiftly and efficiently. When his eyes landed upon the name signing off towards the end of the letter, he was completely dumbfounded.
"So, who is it?" Shiki poke his room-mate and jolted the blond back to the plane of reality.
"Akane… letter's from Akane, apparently – she send it out before leaving for her own time." The blond grinned before passing the letter over to Yuuki Kuran, for the pureblood princess to read. Seems like Akane had most if not all of their possible reactions figured out and hence her decision to pen down this letter, posting it out on the same day they were scheduled to depart for the future.
Akane was the one whom decided to keep their departure from Yuuki, claiming to say that if the pureblood princess were to find things out prior to their departure – the atmosphere hanging around the dormitory walls would be too depressing and gloomy for their liking. After all, nobody enjoys doing farewells.
Last but not least, she apologized for her decision to not reveal their departure issue to Ichijo Takuma personally and instead had chosen to pen him a letter instead. Towards the end of the letter, Akane wishes him luck on his managing of the newly inherited Ichijo Enterprise and also well-wishes for his still non-existent romance life.
The post script was written in small and cursive form, but it did not hinder him from deciphering it at all. The name 'Risa Miyazaki' stood out to him almost immediately, and although he was still a little skeptical about what Akane revealed to him towards the end of the letter – he decided to leave things be for the moment.
"Wow, what's written in the post-script? It's too cursive; I can't make any sense of it." Yuuki Kuran complained aloud, and the green eyed blond took that opportunity to grab the letter back for himself.
"Hey, I wasn't done reading it yet!" The princess wailed in protest.
"This is my letter that you are reading, so please kindly refrain from reading anything that doesn't concern your part." Ichijo Takuma interjected kindly, hurrying to stuff the letter in his pant's pocket.
"Yuuki, Ichijo was kind enough to let you have a scan through of the letter. Do not cross the line, it was after all a letter addressed to him and probably the content were written on a more personal scale. Would you enjoy it if someone were to read a letter addressed for your eyes in details?" Zero cut in before Yuuki started to argue her point, again.
"…I apologized, Ichijo-sempai… but I really missed Akane." Yuuki sniffed, her voice cracking up with the emotions trying to boil over.
"I know… everyone of us missed having them around, but if Zero and Kaname can take it in stride…I don't see why we can't do the same." Ichijo advised.
"Yes, and they are from the future – so we are bound to meet them eventually." Aidou Hanabusa interjected from behind Yuuki, he hated dealing with emotional woman – it gives him a headache.
"Still, it wouldn't be the same again…" Yuuki commented, she had grown to like Akane as a friend but the next time around they met – she would be considered an elder to Akane; and the Akane taken in then would not be the same to the one that had 'visited' them here in the past then.
"Yes, it wouldn't be the same but think of it this way. You would be able to get back to her for all the things she had done to you all these while, isn't it?" Aidou suggested in a gleeful manner that earned him a warning look from his beloved pureblood leader.
The blue eyed blond gulped nervously, before mouthing something similar to 'I'm only trying to cheer Yuuki-sama up…' and then doing a surrendering gesture to Kaname to proof his innocence in this matter.
"Alright, enough of all these chattering – it's about time for the change over." Kaname said, bringing a stop to the endless chatters among the night-class members. His silver haired lover by now had disappeared from sight, probably off to control the shrieking banshees from the day-class. Those whom are oblivious to their nature, that is – there are some of the day class students who chooses to have their memories from the Rido fiasco intact. Those are the ones that now stop idolizing them, and generally would keep their distances from them.
These minorities are part of the newly established student council within the campus, and of course the newly elected president for the Student Council just happens to be Zero Kiryuu. The Vice-President for the student council was none other than Zero's personal assistant – Wakaba Sayori, treasurer would be Ichiru Kiryuu and Secretary for the student council is Matsushita Ayano. Basically, the student's council is to assist the school in managing student's welfare issues. In other words, to keep track of the co-existing policy on campus and see to it that nobody broke the rules and regulations sets in place by the school governing board.
The night-class has their own supervising system in place, and generally the head person in charge would be Kaname and Ichijo – since they are the President and Vice-President for the Night-Class. However, Kaname was thinking of allowing Yuuki to slowly take over the task of maintaining peace and harmony within the campus – as he has other priorities duties to attend. Regardless of the circumstances, it would not change the fact that he was still the overall person in charge for the Moon Dormitory and affairs relating to the vampires on campus.
All in all, life still has to goes on despite the trio's absence – but one thing's for sure, nobody would ever forget about their being here in the past.
Date started: 29/1/2013
Date completed: 29/1/2013
P.S: Interested to find out more about KanZe life after the trio's departure? Want to know what's going to happen next? Stay tuned, for the Sequel 'Embracing the Future' to come in the near future