A/N: Special thanks to everyone who faved and/or alerted and/or reviewed. I've read your reviews and I truly appreciate them. If you believe somehing isn't right or should be changed then write in in the review or PM me. Also I'm sorry if I have grammar mistakes. A small part of the plot (New Orleans) is borrowed by the American TV show The Originals. Enjoy.
Warning(s): Might contain violence, curse/bad language and sexual content. Also Zero is a girl.
Rated: M.
Declaimer: Disclaimer: Vampire Knight © Matsuri Hino. I don't own the Vampire Knight. Matsuri Hino does. However I do own my OCs and story.
For the love of a Queen
Chapter 12
We're born alone, we live alone, we die alone. Only through our love and friendship can we create the illusion for the moment that we're not alone. -Orson Welles
America - New Orleans – 11 years ago
Monsters are real...
"Okay. Heads; we play your game. Tails; we play mine." Kol flipped the coin. Opening his palm both children saw that it was tails and Kol smiled victoriously.
Little Hope frowned, "Please Kol!" She looked at him and gave him her best puppy dog eyes, "I'm tired of it. Please!"
Ghosts are real too...
Kol pursed his lips, he couldn't say no to her. She had him wrapped around her little finger. "Alright." He agreed and Hope hugged him tightly. "You'll hide and I'll seek, and if I find you you're mine."
They live inside us.
Hope giggled, "I'm already your friend Kol." He smiled darkly; it was scary what a smile can hide. "Now let's start!"
Kol turned around; he closed his eyes and faced the tree. Taking a deep breath he started singing the song they had created on Halloween.
One, two Kol is counting.
Three, four better play along.
Five, six don't laugh at him.
Seven, eight stay hidden in your place.
Nine, ten everything is… dead.
The song was right; there was only dead silence in the meadow.
"Ready or not, here I come." Kol turned around and started searching for his little princess.
And sometimes…
Hope clapped her hand over her mouth, trying to stay still and silent.
"Hmmm…" He hummed, "Where she could be hidden?" Kol smirked when he realized where she had been hiding the whole time.
Coming from behind her, he wrapped his arms around her and chuckled. Hope's eyes widened and she let out a squealed.
"Looks like I found you." He buried his face in her long silver hair and murmured, "You are mine, now."
They win.
1 Month later
Cross Academy – Present
"Not detention again!" Yuuki complained. The teacher had put her in detention again for sleeping in class.
"It's your own fault for staying up all night and sleeping all day." Sayori commented. "Where's Zero anyway?"
Yuuki stopped rubbing her eyes and looked at her friend, "Oh he is visiting a relative." She nervously lied. "He'll be back soon." or I hope so.
"Good." Yori gathered her books, "You look too tired."
"Don't push!" A girl complained as Yuuki pushed past them stood in front of the gate.
"Hurry up and move it!" Another girl yelled out as she refused to move from the moon dorm gates.
"Okay, okay! Everybody move back please!" Yuuki yelled out at all of them. "It's curfew time for everybody in the Day Class, so just go back to your dorms!"She yelled at them but no one moved.
"Don't get so bossy just because you're a prefect." The fan girls yelled.
Oh Yuuki sighed sadly. I wish I didn't have to do this all by myself.
The girls became angrier due to her pestering for them to leave and started their normal charge forward and she instantly tied her hardest to hold back the annoying, squealing cattle that were trying to get past her.
"Please move-" Yuuki started yelling at them but before she could finish she heard the door that hided the moon dorms opening. "Damn it! Late again!" All the fan girls instantly lost the chaotic rage, and now stared at the Night Class making their arrival.
"Girls please stop" Poor Yuuki pleaded as some of them started pushing again and suddenly she fell backwards. Before she could meet the ground a grip hold her from falling.
"Oh I'm so sorry! I-"She quickly got up and turned around only to see…
"Exactly what are you doing?" The silverette stared at her blankly but Yuuki could see that her eyes twinkled with amusement.
"Zero!" She breathed in shock, "You're back!"
"I knew you wouldn't be able to handle them." She shook her head, "You can be so useless sometimes."
Yuuki blinked, and to Zero's surprise she saw her eyes glitter with tears. Before the huntress could start forward, however, Yuuki's smile broke through like sunshine through a cloud bank. She didn't care if she looked stupid; some tears she had been holding back escaped her eyes and she wiped them quickly and went to hug her. "It's about time," she said as she went into Zero's arms.
Zero wrapped her arms around Yuuki. She would never admit it to anyone but she had missed the short haired girl and her stupid remarks. "Don't tell me that you actually missed me."
Yuuki smiled a little and let out a small laugh. "Shut up you jerk!" She lightly punched her arm.
Zero took a step back and glanced the Night Class. When she finally decided to call Cross he had told her about what he said to the vampires, to say she was mad, it would be understandable. However it seemed to her that the vampires hadn't believed a word from the Chairman and that was why they looked at her the way they did.
Akatsuki's jaw actually dropped while Shiki and Rima's usually stoic face turned to shock. Good thing they don't have poky in their mouths otherwise it would have dropped. Aido was frozen, his expression a mix between shock and disbelief, while Takuman simply smiled at her, and Ruka glared at her. As for Kuran, if he had reacted at all, he hid it quickly.
"Takuma, I hope you do realize that you don't have to call me Yue-chan anymore."
The green eyed vampire nodded and stared at her for a moment. Her long silver haired was tied in a fish-spine braid; he was right after all, Yue was indeed Zero.
Yuuki frowned and looked between them puzzled, "Huh?"
"Nothing." She turned her attention back to the Day Class girls, "Okay brats, break is over! Go back to your dorms!" She yelled at them.
Some of them complaint but they couldn't really talk back to Zero. "Wait!" Suddenly one Day Class girl stopped them, "Kyriuu-kun, do you know if Ichiru-kun has awoked?" She asked, playing with her fingers.
Zero glared at her and sighed in annoyance. "Yes, he is in-"
"Yay!" Some of them cheered and quickly left.
"What just happened?" Yuuki asked once again confused.
She licked her lips, "I think my brother got his own personal fun clab."
Did she hear her right?" Your brother? I thought he was…" Dead was the right word but Yuuki didn't dare to say it.
Zero looked at her and patted her head, "I'll tell you later."
Zero had succeeded avoiding Yuuki, she knew the brown eyed girl would kill her with questions.
As soon as she opened the door she was hugged tightly by none other than Cross. "Seriously?!"
"My little girl returned to her uncle!"
"Agh! Get off of me you!" She tried to push him, "you crazy man!"
Suddenly the Chairman released her from the koala hug. "Why didn't you come here earlier? Do you know how shocked I was when I saw Ichiru sleeping in your room?" His tone serious and concerned.
Okay he has a double personality. There's no doubt about it. Before Zero could answer, Yagari stepped into the office, "So I see you're back, princess."
Zero glared at him, "Sensei."
Taking out a cigarette he lit it up, "Care to tell us where you have been?"
"No, not really."
Chairman smiled one of his bright smiles and stood between them, "Now Yagari, I'm sure Zero-chan is tired. Why don't you two talk about this tomorrow, hmm?"
Seeing none of them answering him he quickly went to his desk and pulled out something he had hidden. "And now I have something for my cute niece…" With a bright smile he showed her the uniform.
The silverette looked at him wide-eyed; No, no, no, absolutely not! "I'm not going to wear a skirt!"
"Oh come on Zero-chan!" Chairman whined with a pout, "Skirts are the girl's uniform and it'd be odd if you're the only girl wearing pants."
"I hate you!" Zero crossed her arms, "You should change the dress code and stop calling me Zero-chan!"
"I believe you can pull off a skirt quite well, princess."
"Shove it!"
She never thought what it would be like to be bitten by creatures like him, but now that she was she realized that it was like being bitten by a poisonous snake. The fangs snag on the flesh under your skin and tear further in every time you try to shake them off and suddenly you go numb.
To him, her skin felt as a rose petal, smooth and fragile. As the monster sank his teeth into it, he could feel the rich, sweet blood flow into him. Adrenaline pumps through the girl's body, and the vampire felt alive again.
Her blood would be better though. A voice in his head disagreed and he shook his head and focused on what he was doing.
He sank his teeth into the soft flesh. His fangs found themselves drawn to the jugular vein. The sweet blood flowed into his mouth like a grotesque river flowing down the rocks. For a few seconds he was lost into the rich, beautiful blood.
The poor girl felt a tremor run down her spine as she felt his cold hands brush against her neck, and she had to bite back a gasp as his tongue flicked against her neck. "Pl-please." She tried to beg, "Don't do this, please let me go!"
The vampire yanked his fangs out abruptly and pushed her against the wall. "Shh." He shushed her by putting a finger against her lips. "It's okay."
The girl sobbed louder, "Let me go!" She struggled to get free, "Please I-I won't tell anyone! I swear I-"
Angry with her pathetic words, he took a breath and forced himself to stay calm. Grabbing her jaw, he forced her to look at him. "I told you it's okay." he said gently. "If you won't tell anyone then I will let you go, my dear." his voice grew soft and persuasive.
The girl swallowed hard and tried which got her an amused smirk, "You will let me go?"
Foolish girl! He sneered inside him.
"Of course, just answer one question; what am I?" His eyes met hers, asking her the most obvious question.
"You are a…" beast, a monster! She wanted to yell, she could still feel the pain in her neck but she had to be smart, she could get out of this alive. She just had to play right, after all all this was a game to him; a game of prey and predator. "vampire." she cleared her throat, "You are a vampire."
"That's right." He let her go and took a step back.
The young girl watched him carefully as she started leaving. Turning her back on him, she smiled. She won! She had actually won! She was a survivor! She was…
an idiot.
In a sudden movement, he pulled her roughly into his arms and she tried to pull. "What a silly little mouse you are." He made a sound of disapproval."Thinking that I would actually let my dinner go." He laughed sadistically.
She felt him biting into her flesh once again, and moaned quietly in pain. Why? What had she done to deserve such a suffering?
His razor teeth sliced through the wet skin without resistance, penetrating deep into the flesh of her neck as they cut through the thin blood vessels and permitted them to spill their precious liquid. As the scarlet fluid flicked onto his tongue, he moaned along began to greedily suck upon it, like a starving infant to his mother's nipple. Her screams which were like music to his ears, were now printed in his mind.
As he continued drinking her blood, he could feel her heartbeat slowing down. His arms tightened around the girl's waist as she took her last breath before closing her eyes forever.
The body fell down as he let go of her. Even though as he drunk blood, her, he knew it wasn't enough. He craved more; he always would since it wasn't her blood.
The vampire wiped the blood from his lips with the back of his knuckle. He was still hungry.
Zero looked at herself in the mirror and she had to admit she did look good. I can't believe I actually agreed on this, she thought as she pulled her hair into a high ponytail. Her tie was loose; and her jacket wasn't button well which made her look like a badass.
Chairman had said that she had to wear the Day Class girls uniform because it was in the school code and of course Yagari had to remind him that she had to change room because she couldn't keep staying in the boys Dorm with Ichiru.
But then, the thought of staying in the girls Dorm, near the Day Class idiots, or worse, having one of them as a roommate; actually scared Zero a little. So she forced herself to make a deal, "I'm wearing the uniform only if you let me stay in my room." And with a little persuading, he finally agreed with the condition that Ichiru had to stay in a different room.
Shaking her head, she took a deep breath, mentally preparing herself for Yuuki's questions and headed outside.
In Night Class the teacher had given them 10 minutes break as he had to organize some papers.
"Do you believe that Kyriuu is a girl now Hanabusa?" Ruka asked sarcastically with a smirk on her face.
Aido's cheeks were red as he glared at her, "Shut up! Shut up! Shut up!"
"Ichijo…" Shiki's voice surprised everyone as he spoke, "What was that with you and Kyriuu?" He took one of Rima's poky and started eating it.
"Yeah…" Aido's anger towards Ruka disappeared and he turned his attention to the Vice-President who was looking little nervous as he noticed that he had captured the Pureblood's attention as well.
"I… eh I had seen Kyriuu can around here before." He ran his fingers through his hair and smiled happily, "In her true…em… form." He added.
Aido's eyes popped out and he dramatically gasped, "What?! And you didn't say anything?!"
He blinked, "I didn't know it was Kyriuu!" He said defensibly and looked at Kaname, "She told me her name was Yue and I thought she was… nice."
"Nice?" Akatsuki raised an eyebrow, "That doesn't sound like Kyriuu at all."
Takuma shrugged he had always believed that the huntress wasn't bad, just misunderstood and lonely, just like a certain brown eyed Pureblood. "Well she seemed very nice to me." He crossed his arms, "and I'm going to be her friend. How hard can it be?"
Before any of them could answer, the Night Class's teacher called them, "Attention class." He got up, "Let's start the lesson."
As Takuma paid attention to the teacher, little did he know that a Pureblood and a poky-lover were glaring at him, both with anger and hidden jealousy.
It's a quiet night, Zero mused as she was patrolling the school grounds of Cross Academy. She walked with a distant gaze as she felt the night breeze. Closing her eyes, her mind went back few weeks ago; she and Ichiru had decided to stop travelling and actually find out the reason why her aunt died.
Of course that was easier said than done, it took them week to find out a witch who was the last person Mihoko talked to only to find out that her aunt didn't just died she committed suicide, and not for nothing, but for her. She had tied her life to her grandmother and had killed herself.
Zero couldn't understand why her aunt did that. Why not let me fight her? She wasn't worth it. Zero felt hopeless, depressed, sad, frustrated, angry but most of all; she was scared; scared of the world and all she would have to face.
"Zero!"
Lilac eyes opened and met brown, "What Yuuki?"
The short haired girl crossed her arms, "You own me some answers." She crossed her arms stubbornly. "Do you have any idea how worried I was? The Chairman?"
She winced, feeling the guilt hitting her like a train but she tried not to show it. "Yuuki…"
Yuuki frowned and her eyes saddened, "Where were you Zero?" She asked softly.
Zero sighed and pursed her lips as she sat on the balcony, "It's complicated."
"I'm sure I can keep up."
"I was travelling." She told her without looking at her, "with Ichiru." She added.
Yuuki nodded, "Wasn't he…?" dead
"I thought he was. I'm glad he's not though." A faint smiled appeared on her lips, "You can meet him tomorrow."
"I'd love that." Yuuki brightly smiled but she soon frowned again. "But wait, how did the girls know about Ichiru and how did they know it was you?"
"We arrived at school in the morning." She started saying and chuckled as she remembered what happened, "they were shocked of course but Ichiru can be very charming when he wants to."
"Huh?"
"I now understand why he never became a vampire hunter. He should become an author and work in Hollywood." Zero smiled, "the thing he told them…." she shook her head, "he made a melodramatic story about my appearance and our family's death and how cruel life separated us. It was amusing to say the least."
Yuuki's eyes brightened, now they actually got somewhere! But wait… "If you came here in the morning…" She started asking, "Why didn't you come to me then?"
Zero shrugged lazily, "I had been travelling for hours Yuuki, I was tired."
The brunette looked at her wide-eye, "Jerk!" She tried to hit the silverette but she dodged.
Yuuki suddenly stopped and she smirked, "You know Zero…" she started backing away, "The skirt really suits you."
Zero clenched her fists, "Yuuki…" She tried to remain calm.
"I mean you look so cute."
But then again Zero was known for her temper, "Yuuki I'm gonna kill you!"
The brunette let out a shriek and started running to save her life.
Zero started coughing. After chasing Yuuki for a half hour her throat started hurting. In her state, she would probable hurt Yuuki, so she went to the lake; one of her favorite places in the school's ground. The blood tablets that she had once again tried didn't work. Not that she had expected them to.
Zero hissed when the thirst became greater and her knees gave up on her. She groaned in pain as she slid down and shook her head, shutting her eyes tightly. Zero tried to take deep breaths in hopes of relaxing only to sense the last person she wanted to see.
"Did you try the blood tablets again, Kyriuu?" Kaname asked, even though the answer was obvious. He came closer to the silver-haired teen who was presently sinking to her knees.
"What the hell do you want, Kuran?" She demanded the contemptible Pureblood.
"You need to feed," replied Kaname, as he knelt beside the selverette seizing to be amazed at how impudent the vampire hunter was. It amused him and irritated him at the same time.
"Get the hell out of here, vampire!" The Bloody Rose that was beside Zero was lifted and pointed to the Pureblood. "I don't need any help from you." She added glanced elsewhere.
Kaname's fist bawled as he watched Zero turn away from him. However when he spoke, his voice remained calm. "You still have problem with your thirst I see, here."
Zero didn't need to look up to see what Kuran was offering because she could smell it. And oh God it smelled delicious. Kuran had brought his fingers up to his own neck and had pricked it the skin over the tight neck muscle and a thin line of blood tricked down to the Pureblood's throat. "Kyriuu I am here to help you because you are Yuuki's shield. And as her knight you need to be strong, so drink." His voice calm and modulated as it always was.
Zero shook her head and got up. "I'm not your puppet Kuran! I never was!" She shot him a glare. "Go find a new toy to protect Yuuki."
In a blur move Kaname slammed Zero against a tree. With his hand around Zero's throat and his other gripping Zero's wrist, making sure she didn't get to fire at him, Kaname's eyes narrowed dangerously. "I admire your audacity, however talking to a Pureblood that way." Kaname shook his head. "If anyone were to listen, you would be hunted down and killed mercilessly."
"I'm not afraid of your pets" She snarled at him
Kaname smirked inside him, amused by the girl's stubbornness. "Kyriuu this is the last time I'm going to tell you rather than force you; drink." He warned and let go of her neck.
Force me? Zero's eyes darkened at the thought. The damn Pureblood would actually force her!?
Her eyes darkened and she bit down using both her top and bottom row of teeth as if she was trying to take a chunk out of Kaname's neck.
The Pureblood groaned, not in pain but pleasure and stifled a moan. He wrapped his arms around Zero's waist , bringing her closer to his body. With tonight's weird events, Zero stirred something deep inside him; something protective more than his protectiveness for Yuuki. Although that didn't surprised him; the past couple of weeks he discovered that his love for Yuuki was more of a brother to his sister than to his lover.
And Kiryuu shocked him today; she looked so much like the woman from his dream but if she was her then why had he dreamed Zero?
The huntress pulled away after getting enough blood, feeling more at peace than she had ever felt.
Meanwhile Kaname opened his eyes; he didn't realize that he had closed them in the first place while giving blood to the huntress and surprisingly he felt as if he had done the right thing.
The Pureblood didn't remove his arms around Zero's waist. Instead he observed those eyes that pierced into him, that would glare spitefully, boldly declaring that she would shoot or attack without hesitation. Now those eyes were half closed in daze still lost in the taste of the blood that she now has inside her.
"Why is it…" Kaname whispered starring intently at Zero as though his answer could be found on her face. "That I can't get you off my mind?"
Zero blinked, wondering if she heard correctly. "What are you doing?" Why was the Pureblood looking at her like this? The hand around her waist tightened.
He didn't know what possessed him to do what he did next but Zero looked so beautiful, as she was trying to come back to hers senses after her bloodlust while still having blood on her lips that looked so kissable right now.
Kaname slowly lowered his head towards and before she could react, his lips were against hers. It was a gentle kiss, soft lips over pliant ones, and it was over quickly since Zero pulled away and tried to get out of his hold. "Kuran stop!" Zero tried to free herself, "What about Yuuki huh?" She tried to reason with him, "Are you going to hurt her?" Receiving no response she pushed him with all the strength she could manage. "Let go!"
Having enough from the huntress, Kaname untied her hair from the ponytail she had made and pulled her into a more passionate kiss by grabbing her long hair.
Zero struggled against, the kiss, doing what she could to shove him away, but the damned Pureblood was too strong. She felt Kaname's lips moving against hers, trying to open her lips, but Zero kept them lock, only to let out a gasp as she tripped and fell down with result having the Pureblood on top of her.
Not able to take it anymore, Zero finally kissed him back, forgetting who she was and with whom she was. She moaned a little as their tongues started fighting for dominance. Zero ran her fingers through Kaname's hair, taking liking at how soft they were.
Kaname started kissing her neck as his left hand was currently resting on her thigh, as his right hand travelled from her waist to her neck; feeling the huntress heartbeat that was ringing in his ears. His hand started lowering down to her...
"Zero?" a voice called from afar, "Where are you?"
Yuuki's voice made Zero to snap out of whatever spell she was under and with all her strength she managed to push Kaname off of her.
Wide-eyed Zero got up quickly and picked up Bloody Rose from the ground. She didn't glance at Kuran mostly because her cheeks were flushed in anger and embarrassment and she didn't want to let him know that she was affected.
Taking a breath, she turned to the opposite direction of where Yuuki was and headed towards her room, knowing that she wouldn't be able to patrol because she would spend the rest of the night washing her lips to make sure she got the taste off of her lips.
Damn her luck and Kuran's kissing abilities.
A/N: So, what do you think of this chapter? You finally got Zero and Kaname! Also, who do you believe was the vampire who drank from the poor girl? And who was the mad and jealous poky lover? Rima or Senri?
Hope you like this chapter,
xLonelyDreamerx
