A/N: Hello! I'm back! After weeks of studing I finally returned! :D Special thanks to everyone who faved and/or alerted and/or reviewed. You guys are awesome! Also I'm sorry if I have grammar mistakes, but english is not my first language. 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 14
"That's the tragedy of them, they've lost faith and with that loss they have no idea what to be afraid of."
The luminous full moon glowed in the night sky as Aido's ice reached her; Zero jumped backwards and shot a branch which fell on top of Rima. Suddenly fire came from behind her and she knew it was Akatsuki's doing.
As she went to shoot him a whip-like weapon grabbed her arm and through her on the other side. Rolling on the ground, she suddenly felt sharp pain and she realized she had hit her head –hard.
Blood was slowly running down to her face but Zero did not give up. She wasn't a coward! As Akatsuki lighted up a fire again very damn close to her, she didn't hesitate to shoot him. With a strong bang! The vampire was kneeling on the ground and was holding his arm in pain.
Zero cocked her head to the right and smirked, "I'm not the one to blame for that am I?" She used the words he first told her after she had thrown him on the ground the first time, in a tone mixed with mockery and sarcasm.
Aido took a step closer to her. She could see his fury behind his eyes, the desire to kill her was becoming more and more evident to his face. It seemed as If the Night Class had decided tonight that she had lived long enough.
"You think you're so smart don't you, Kiryuu?" he spat.
Zero blinked, "No..." She said slowly and stepped back. "I know I am." she shot again but Rima with Senri's help had managed to get the branch off of her, threw a lightning in front of her which caused her to lost her focus.
Aido saw this as a chance and he completely froze her legs.
Damn it! Zero tried to move but the ice was too strong.
Ruka left Akatsuki's side and grinned at the sight of the thought to be- defeated Level D."I bet you're regretting it messing with us now, aren't you?" Ruka asked, grinning showing her pretty white teeth. "You know what? I don't think I do," She pulled a knife she had tied on her thigh and threw it at Aido's leg.
Ruka's eyes widened as she saw the blue eyed vampire growing in pain.
Taking advantage of the situation Zero used the back of "Bloody Rose" and hit the ice with great force. Jumping, she grabbed Ruka's arm, and was going to say something when another lightning landed in front of her feet, "Seriously?!" She glared the light orange haired girl and the next thing she knew, she was on the ground because Ruka Souen slapped her.
Zero had never talked with the vampire, neither had she ever given her a reason to keep an eye on her like Aido. However her obsession with Kuran was enough to make Zero feel disgusted and bothered. So it wasn't a surprise at all when the silverette punched Ruka straight in the jaw with no hesitation.
The beautiful aristocrat hissed in pain but seemed to heal quickly, unlike Zero who hadn't drunk blood wasn't going to heal anytime soon.
Blood gushed out in a stream and Zero became dazed. Ruka got up smiling, but winced in pain at her jaw. "I told you, you'd regret it," She said.
Quickly she wiped the metallic smelling blood away from her nose and ducked the punch the vampire was about to threw her.
The huntress grabbed her hair and threw the blond in Rima's direction and they both fell down.
Everyone was down; Akatsuki was still holding his arm, probable feeling a lot of pain since she had shot him. Rima and Ruka were both lying tired on the ground, while Aido although, he had pulled out the knife, he looked as if he was about to cry.
Zero relaxed a little and smiled at the sight of the group, "What, no more?" She raised an eyebrow and heavily sighted.
However, she forgot one Night Class student but really, who could blame her? The boy, was always quiet and kept a blank face, he was easily ignored and forgotten.
In flash, Zero's "Bloody Rose" was taken from her hand by Shiki's whip-like weapon and Ruka tackled her on the ground.
The bitch just doesn't want to stop, does she? Zero grabbed and twisted one of her arms behind her back and she yelped in pain. Zero didn't feel a little bit sorry when the vampire's eyes started to get little tearful, after all, it was their fault they had come to her in the first place.
She thought it was over but of course the emotionless vampire had to prove her wrong. With his whip-like weapon he grabbed her wrist and twirled her a little before he threw her against a tree.
A loud smash sounded and Zero hissed in pain, she touched her forehead and slowly brought her palm to her face only to see that she was bleeding- a lot.
By now, Aido had once again stood up, with Shiki staring at her blankly, while Ruka and Rima were supporting the injured Akatsuki.
"Come on! All this for Kuran?" Their eyes darkened and some of them turned red at the mention of their leader and Zero felt her heart beat a little bit faster. No! Like hell will I be frightened by them! "Did I slap him that hard?" She tried to get a reaction from them as she touched the tree from behind her for support. "I wish I had stayed to see him."
That did it!
"You-" Ruka stopped Aido and looked at the bleeding silverette with a evil glint in her eyes as a slow smirk spread over her beautiful face. "Have you ever seen a nightmare Kiryuu?" She asked slyly.
Zero tried to get up and next thing she knew, the blonde was so close to her, she could particularly feel her breath. What kind of question is that? Ruka grabbed both her arms and held her steady as Zero was still breathing heavily. "Let me go you damn bloodsucker!" She groaned but Ruka only held her tighter.
"That's going to hurt a little." Ruka murmured darkly and Zero started getting dizzier as more minutes passed.
"Shh… Everything will be alright!" She heard her mother's comforting her.
Mom? She wanted to call but her throat felt dry.
"My sweet girl."
"You are cursed on this earth."
"No, no, no." She struggled against Ruka, "Let go! Stop!" She kicked the blonde on her knee and she now realized that it was a very stupid mistake, because in the next instant Ruka had smashed her forearm with a sharp object, sending pain rocketing through her nerves. She couldn't ignore this one, screeching in agony. She stepped back and quickly examined herself by pulling her sleeve up, seeing another purple bruise forming. It didn't seem to be broken, but all her adrenaline made it hard to distinguish between anything but who her enemy was.
Ruka's illusions were getting stronger and she backed away frantically, until she felt the cold touch of the brick wall behind her.
Dead end.
"You are cursed on this earth!"
"Shut up!" She hissed at the illusion but the woman was simple smirking at her.
"What the hell?" She murmured when she saw Shizuka. "Are you scared?"
"No." She answered with a frown.
"Yes you a-a-are" She giggled as she said in a sing-song tone.
Another illusion appeared, "Your family's entire death is all, your fault."
"No" She denied, "No, no!" She shook herself and tried not to cry.
Aido frowned a little, he wasn't supposed to feel guilty for Kiryuu's pain but he was. Watching the strong huntress fighting Ruka's illusions wasn't as satisfying as he thought it would be.
However, every pity left him as he saw Kiryuu's face change. Her eyes became red, but there was little black in them. Aido could see her fangs, and for a Level D, she seemed to have sharp fangs.
With a sudden movement, everyone except Ruka were thrown away by an unknown force and all of them looked around wide-eyed clearly freaked out.
Meanwhile, Zero who had unintentionally had used her powers on the vampires grabbed Ruka by her neck and growled at her, "Stop it right now!" Zero compelled her, and with a blank look Ruka did what she was ordered and took a step back. Soon enough though the blank look was replaced by a look mixture of anger and shock.
Zero took deep breath in and out, in and out.
She tried to take a step but everything seemed to be spinning around and a sudden dizziness hit her like a train, causing to have a huge headache. Falling on the ground, she could particularly feel the vampires' power coming for her. As she heard a worried voice shouting, Zero allowed herself to close her eyes and let the darkness claim her.
Kaien Cross had done horrible things in his life; he had killed, lied, manipulated and even betrayed, but he liked to think that he has changed; he had become a better person, not a hunter, but an uncle, a friend and most importantly; a father.
Hope or Zero as the silverette prefers, always had a big place in his heart. Zero was in a way, a reminder of everything he was and is. The Princess had been threatened by him when she was still a newborn-something which Kaien is still ashamed.
He liked how his life had turned out, and couldn't imagine what it would have happened if he hadn't met Juri and saw Lydia. He had a purpose, a goal, and for a while he had thought it was working.
He knew Zero never liked the idea of Cross Academy, from the day she heard it till now, Lydia didn't like it either, but for different reasons. Nevertheless, he had promised to Juri to establish the school that she so much wanted; a school where vampires and humans could coexist peacefully together.
However, the peace he had created was crushed when he was informed by the new night class student named Anna who had told him and Yuuki that the vampires were attacking his adoptive daughter.
"Hold it right there!" Yuuki shouted from behind him as she jumped and landed in front of him, "Fighting is forbidden! Didn't any of you read the students' handbook!? If you refuse to back out, as a member of the disciplinary committee you'll have to come through me first!"
Ruka rolled her eyes while Shiki sighed in annoyance as Aido stopped his ice.
"Well now that she's here…" Akatsuki murmured and stopped the fire he had created
"I'm over it." Aido shrugged, the last thing he wanted to do was harm Yuuki Cross. Not that he liked her, he just knew there was something about her that made Kaname-sama to protect her.
"Yes." Ruka agreed, "The mood is completely ruined. Let's go back to-"
"I'm sorry for not enjoying the mood anymore, Ruka-chan." Cross cut the blonde off and Yuuki looked at him in shock; she had never heard him speaking in a tone so… cold and deadly.
The Night Class had the same reaction with Yuuki, but bravely Akatsuki took a step towards him and started talking calmly, "Headmaster Cross, us and Kiryuu had a-"
Yuuki didn't seem to hear what the vampires were talking about; before she went for patrol she was enjoying her time with Ichiru who was telling her funnies stories about him and Zero when they were kids. After doing some of her homework she was called to go to the Headmaster's office who wanted to tell her something only to become confused when the new student came inside the office and told her and the Headmaster looking panicked and slightly scared about the fight.
The slap! Yuuki thought, That must be the reason why they fought!
Oh Zero when will you learn not to fight them? Are you keeping more secrets from me? The short prefect wondered as she knelt beside the defeated huntress. "Come on Zero let's go." She told her sister gently but she received no response. "Zero!" She shook the silverette harder only to notice that she was heavily bleeding.
Oh my God! "Headmaster!" whatever the vampires were saying stopped as they heard her, "She's bleeding!" Yuuki looked down at her hand that had touched Zero's blood, and was suddenly fascinated by the red liquid…
"This is not over." Cross told them sharply. "Kaname-kun will be informed for this and I will make sure you receive the right punishment."
"But-" Aido tried to protest, he didn't want to be punished for Kiryuu of all people!
"Yes, Headmaster." Akatsuki stopped his cousin and answered. With that the Night Class left, they knew that the old Headmaster used to be a vampire hunter, and not just any hunter, but the "Vampire with no fangs." Akatsuki like the other vampires were sane enough not to challenge such a person when he was angry.
So, after they left, Cross knelt like Yuuki and shook the huntress, "Zero! Come on, wake up." The former hunter spoke, there was clearly worry in his voice as Zero didn't move.
Having no choice left, he picked her in his arms and planned to carry her to her room, before he called a doctor.
"Will she be okay Headmaster?" Yuuki asked worried, Zero looked so weak when she was in such a state.
Cross smiled comforted at his other adoptive daughter, "Of course she will." He assured her as they kept walking. Suddenly a thought hit him, which made him scared more and more as he thought about it.
As soon as Yagari knew about what happened, he was going to kill him.
Night Class
"…And next time you should think twice before going after Kiryuu-kun." Kaname told them coldly with a serious face as he looked at the group of vampires in front of him. When the Chairman informed him about the vampires' activities with Kiryuu, to say he was angry would be understandable.
At the same time he tried to convince himself that the only reason he wanted the silverette safe was for Yuuki, because he knew how much his little sister loved her. However the 'It's for Yuuki' excuse seemed to becoming more and more lame. The more he repeating on his mind, the more he felt like he was lying to himself.
He needed to think…
He needed to collect his thoughts…
He needed…
Zero. He needed to see Zero. He wanted to see in his own eyes that the teen was alright. Although Kaname didn't know why, but other than furious he also felt concerned. He knew how to recognize the feeling of worry, and the fact that he worried for Ze-Kiryuu made him frown.
Kaname sighed as he dismissed the Night Class and started heading to his room; a place which he had been staying inside since he kissed-no… since he fed Kiryuu.
Meanwhile, Senri was outside of Takuma's room, he had been begging the green eyed vampire to let him in, but the blonde was angry at him from attacking Zero.
I didn't even touch her much. Senri thought with a frown; attacking the older prefect was a bad idea, but he hadn't thought that his crush would stop talking to him!
Senri had been in love with Takuma for the past two years, and he wasn't embarrassed to admit that he was jealous of the huntress for making Takuma interested in her, it was after all the reason he had agreed to go with Aido in the first place.
"Takuma come on open the door!" He knocked once again but the door didn't open. The thought of breaking the door crossed his mind, but he quickly dismissed it; the last thing he wanted was to face his angry cousin who had seen Takuma's silent treatment fit for punishment.
"Takuma! If you open the door I'll give you half of my pocky sticks!"
As Senri was trying to convince Takuma to open the door, Ruka, Aido, and Akatsuki were talking, or more like Aido and Ruka were complaining while poor Kain was listening as he drank a blood tablet.
"Agh! It makes me sick! Why is Kaname so protective of that ex-human!? It's so irritating!" Ruka managed to grind out between her teeth after the Pureblood was out of sight. That ex-human wasn't even pretty! Why didn't Kname notice her? Ruka thought bitterly.
"Why should we care? We should leave her alone in her own matters." Kain replied without looking at them, he never had any problem with Zero, even though the silver haired girl seemed to hate all of them. Well now nobody can blame her. He thought to himself and sighed quietly, he felt guilty for hurting the huntress. He wasn't Aido, he should be responsible. Lord Kuran had every right to punish us.
"Ruka's right!" It was one of the rare moments when he and Ruka were actually agreeing on something, "That piece of trash should be kept on short leash!" Aido complained, it was Kiryuu's fault that Kaname-sama had to punished him.
"Don't do anything else Hanabusa." Kain warned him, "Unless you want Lord Kaname to punish you."
"Or maybe you just want to be slapped by Kaname-sama…" Ruka flipped her blond hair with a bored look, her was voice had gone teasingly and amused.
Aido clenched his fists as Kain chuckled, "Shut up, shut up, shut up!" He yelled at them both, and made an attempt to hide his blush.
A thought crossed his mind, "Ruka what happened when Kiryuu told you to stop?" He asked curiously, "Why did you stop?"
"Hanabusa-" Kain tried to stop him from asking such questions to her, as he saw the vampire shifting uncomfortable.
"I don't know." Ruka cut off Kain and answered quietly, "It was like I was forced by something… like something was making me do it." She stated, "I felt like…"
…a puppet. He completely on his mind, before nodding, "Did you felt that force?"
"Who didn't?" Kain answered not able to keep quiet, "I wonder from where it came from…" He murmured.
"You know…" Aido started saying, "…we don't know a lot of stuff about Kiryuu." He stated, "What if it was her?"
"What?" Ruka burst laughing, "Like that ex-human would have any power over us!" She shook her head.
"But we know nothing about her!" Aido argued, and she glared at him.
"Okay, I'm not going to waste any other minute of my life to talk about Kiryuu of all things." She got up and left; leaving the two cousins alone.
"Don't do anything dangerous Hanabusa." Kain told his cousin, noticing the calculating look on his face. Curiosity was a huge part of Hanabusa's personality and was usually the cause of their trouble.
Aido rolled his eyes and look out the window, a new goal was set on his mind; he would find everything about Zero Kiryuu.
The next morning, Zero woke up at last with the smell of coffee and bacon. As she opened her eyes she saw Anna humming before her eyes suddenly widened and she jump beside her bed.
"Hey, you finally woke up!" Anna exclaimed, "Oh I also brought you breakfast." She pointed at the desk which was where the food was.
Zero ignored the hunger she felt at the mention of food; there were more important stuff than that. "What happened?" she tried to sit up only to feel her head hurting so bad she thought she might pass out again. She pressed her finger to her temples only to have to hug her arms across her abdomen, pressing them against the twisting ache in her middle.
As the spike of pain drove through her head, a hot wave of nausea welled up though her. She fought the building urge to throw up.
"Wow, take it easy." Anna pushed her gently back to the bed. "Stay here. I'm going to tell Yuuki and Ichiru that you woke up."
"You met them?"
"Yeah!" Her green eyes lightened up, "And let me tell you, your brother is adorable!"
"Yeah he's fantastic." replied Zero sarcastically.
Anna frowned a little as she remembered something, "By the way, the Night Class President visited you while you were sleeping."
He did?
"Though I told him you needed rest so don't worry, he didn't stay long." She continued.
Zero nodded silently and Anna left to inform the other.
After eating her breakfast the silverette quickly got bored of waiting and tried once again to get up, but the throbbing pain in her head overwhelmed her again, making her all more dizzy and sick. With all her might, she fought back the expanding waves of nausea.
In the end, the nausea won out.
As her insides began to convulse, Zero urgently struggled out of the tangled blanket and ran to the bathroom.
She did her best to resist the urge to throw up, but her body wouldn't obey her will and she began heaving so hard that it felt like her stomach was trying to turn inside out.
Undulating waves of sickness swept through her again and again in rhythm with the pounding pain in her head, making her vomit each time.
She gasped for breath between the spasms and was little shocked upon realizing she had been throwing up blood. Zero was only a hybrid princess who was also working as a vampire hunter with a lot of complications in her life, but even she knew without some medical knowledge that throwing up blood was anything but normal.
Then I again I'm not normal either
Taking a towel she wiped her mouth with it and then washed her face with cold water. The waves of nausea had quieted, allowing her to catch her breath. Her head still throbbed though.
Getting out of the bathroom she quickly got dressed in a plain white shirt and wore a pair of jeans while pulling her hair in a high ponytail. Even though she still felt like crap, she would still go to the mission she was required to go. Screw the headache, I'm stronger than that. Zero thought stubbornly
Knock! Knock!
"Not now Yuuki, I'm busy." Knowing Yuuki she would probable get all worked up, and start worry about her.
Opening the door, he stepped in and closed it, "I wanted to talk to you."
Hearing his voice, Zero turned around before she shot him a glare, "What the hell do you want Kuran!?" She growled with a scowl on her face.
"As I said I-"He paused as the sweet and delicious scent reached him; the smell of blood made his fangs ache, and he wanted nothing more than to drink from the owner of the heavenly scent. "Is that blood I smell?" He asked with a stoic face as he tried to keep himself in control.
Zero blushed a little, "Emm yeah I- you see I-"There is absolutely no way I'm going to tell him. "It's none of your business Kuran!"
Kaname blinked before he composed himself, "You're right Kiryuu it isn't." Although he wouldn't admit it, it was kind of weird seeing the huntress after their kiss, and with how she looked today…
Has she always been so… beautiful? The Pureblood wondered
"After you careless action I wanted to solve our misunderstanding."
"Who said it was careless?" She scoffed, "I actually thought about it and I realized that you needed a good slap." She raised her chin up and told him bravely.
Kaname's eyes darkened, "Is that so? Do you any idea what would have happened to you if I hadn't told the Night Class not to I attack you?"
"And look how it turned out!" She laughed humorlessly, "It seems to me that even your pets don't obey you, and don't talk as if you weren't glad for their attack…"
Kaname's mask slipped as a frown appeared on his face, "Why would you think I'd be glad for their actions?" Zero opened her mount but Kaname talked before her, "Believe me, they have all received the right punishment."
"You hate me!"
"What makes you say that?"
Zero looked at him hide eyed, something which Kaname found very amusing, "Are you kidding, you hate me for biting Yuuki! Hell! You even hate me for being near her and now you say you don't hate me at all? What the hell is wrong with you!?" At this point, Zero was yelling and Kaname was surprised no one had come in.
"I simply rethought about you and realized that I have been quite unfair towards you." He honestly said.
"…"
She suddenly realized something, "Did that thought crossed your mind before or after you fucking sexual assaulted me?"
Kaname raised an eyebrow, "Now don't you think that you may exaggerating, Kiryuu?" He shook his head, "You misunderstood my actions."
"Misunderstood?" She hissed, "How?"
"You see in vampire society vampires can give their blood through kissing, I was merely feeding you."
Bullshit "Do you really think I'm-"
"Zero!"
Perfect! "Yes Yuuki of course you can come in." She told Yuuki who had suddenly burst through the door.
"Is there something wrong Yuuki?" Kaname asked her gently and she looked frantically between the two of them before she answered, "I thought I heard yelling."
"I can assure you Yuuki, Kiryuu-kun and I were simply solving an argument we had the previous day, right Kiryuu?" He glanced at Zero, looking for any kind of reaction to his answer, but as usual the hunter didn't care for the Pureblood's words and kept scowling at Yuuki.
The huntress's careless attitude towards him irritated him beyond belief but it also excited him. He had secretly liked how Zero wasn't obedient like other vampires; it was refreshing, not that he'd admit it if he was ever questioned.
"Right Zero?" questioned the Pureblood again sounding stoic this time.
Zero gritted her teeth before answering, "Yes Yuuki, everything is just fine."
The voice of Chairman reached to their ears as he asked in a sing-song tone, "Which one of my beautiful children want to drink milk?"
Zero sighed in annoyance, Fuck my life
Chairman's Office
"I still don't agree with this."
"No one cares about what you agree with or not." Zero snapped, finally reaching her point. For the past hour Kaien had been trying to convince Zero not to go on the mission that the Hunter Association had asked her to. Even though with Zero's yelling Kaien made the same dumb expression like he always did in the past. Sometimes she would miss the old serious-comforting Uncle Kaien.
"Will you tell me what's my new mission is or will I have to take the repost from your hands by using force?"
"Zero-chan just think about your injuries you could get hurt and-"
"I'm not Yuuki Headmaster!" Zero cut him off, "I'm not some delicate flower that can break easily if you're rough with it!"
Kaien sighed and adjusted his glasses before speaking, "There have been reported about some weird attacks on the elm street, and the President insisted for you to go." He said with a frowned.
Zero narrowed her eyes; to say she had a good relationship with the president would be a lie. When Kaien informed the Night Class about her "real" identity, he also informed the hunters as well, and of course they were all curious as to why she had to hide herself in a boy's appearance. Of course Kaien made sure not to tell them that Zero was adopted; he knew that if the hunters knew about what she was, they'd probably try to use her for their own benefit.
"Alright I'll go."
Kaien didn't expect anything less.
Night Class
Papers were spread all over the desk, while there were many books that were lying on the floor. "Hanabusa, exactly what are you doing?" Kain asked as he entered the bedroom he shared with his cousin.
"I told you I'd search about Kiryuu." Aido replied without taking his eyes of the old book he was now reading.
Kain rolled his eyes and decided to ignore his cousin as he lay on his own bed. After a few minutes, he confidently said, "You're wasting your time Hanabusa, this new obsession with Kiryuu will only get you in trouble with Lord Kuran."
Oh yeah?" His ice blue eyes darkened skeptically. "Did you know that there's no birth record for Kiryuu, Kain? I found Ichiru's but not Zero's." He grabbed another piece of paper that was beside him, "Also, Kiryuu had the tattoo on her neck before she arrived at Cross Academy and in the medical report, not even a single bite mark was found anywhere on her body." His tone was quietly and tensed as he finished and Kain could only look at him in shock.
"How did you get all these information, Hanabusa?"
The blonde bit his bottom lip and answered hesitantly, "I may have stolen them from the Chairman's office." He played with his fingers as he tried to avoid Kain's disappointed gaze.
"What? Do you have any idea what-"
"But don't you see?" Aido cut him off, "I have evidence that something is not right with Kiryuu!" He said ecstatically happy at the thought of the huntress getting in trouble, "And as soon as Kaname-sama knows about this he'll-"
"No Hanabusa, telling this to anyone will only get you in trouble." and since he was the older between the two, it was Kain's job to protect Aido, also, Lord Kuran was already mad at them for what happened with Kiryuu and although he had given Aido a special punishment for him, Kain was worried that his cousin would get worse if the Dorm President knew that the blonde stole files from the Chairman's office. "You shouldn't tell anyone about this, especially Lord Kuran, he doesn't need to know." Kain somewhat ordered him and before Aido could argue, another voice questioned.
"What doesn't Lord Kuran need to know?"
A cloudy fog descended around a small tent where a young couple was camping for the night. Sharing a romantic kiss the cute girl stopped and pulled away from her boyfriend's lips, she looked around because she thought she'd heard something.
"Did you hear that?" The young girl asked in a worried voice, and her boyfriend narrowed his eyes and tried to focus on what was going on outside the tent, but after a minute, he heard nothing.
Looking back at his girlfriend he asked, "Hear what?"
"I heard thunder." She replied softly as she clutched to her boyfriend's shirt, camping outside with the chance of rain to look at the stars was hard enough, but with thunder and lightning it would be impossible.
"There's no thunder." He assured her and smiled softly, before he kissed her again, if there was any thunder he was sure he would have heard it.
"Are you sure?" She stopped kissing him and looked into his eyes with a small frown on her face. "Because if it rains we won't be able to see the stars." She added, tucking a lock of her hair behind her ear.
"It's not gonna rain." The man answered in a voice that was fairly annoyed. By the time neither of them noticed the sea of fog that had completely circled their tent. "Listen, I… got a little something. It's back in the car. Don't move." He placed a soft kiss on her lips and got out of the tent.
"Stay dry!" She hollered and the boy laughed as he zipped his coat to keep warm out there in the brisk night.
"It's not gonna rain." He told her before he got out, in a way that filled her with hope.
After a while of not hearing anything from her boyfriend, she begun to think that something might had happened… However, something cut off her train of thought; the sound of tricking made her want to laugh. "I knew it." She shook he head, before standing up inside the tent, and picking up a flashlight. "I told you it was going to rain!" She called.
As she stepped out of the tent, she felt that there was no rain but she could still hear the droplets. Turning around, she saw streaks of red rolling down to the tent; her curiosity got the better of her and she looked up to see her boyfriend dead hanging from the tree, a large gauge bitten from his neck.
A scream erupted from her and she took off from there as fast as he legs could carry her, looking behind her, she almost tripped on the uneven ground, but she didn't see anyone standing there. Reaching her car, she tried to pull the door open but it was useless. "Come on, open! Please!" She begged, scared out of her mind.
She was surprised when the car's door suddenly unlocked, looking around her fearfully, she saw no one standing there. She could feel her heart beating faster when a dark figure dropped from the trees in front of her.
A cold hand grabbed her neck, as the figure brought his mouth to her heck. Before she could make a sound, everything went black
Elm Street
Bang! Zero shot another one and he turned to dust before his body hit the ground.
Okay going to a mission with a bag filled with blood bags while she was still injured might not had been the best idea, but she was thirsty and still hurt, so, she made a stop at the hospital before she went to the mission.
"I'm hungry, little girl, give me your blood!" The Level E snarled and tried to grab her by her neck but Zero jumped backwards and shot him multiple times, "My name is not 'little girl'."
They're so many
She knew that was the President's job, probably to test her once again, and for a brief second Zero wondered whether she should use her powers instead of "Bloody Rose." but then she reminded herself that the President would somehow figure out that she didn't kill them with an anti-vampire weapon.
It's not worth the risk Zero thought as she shot another vampire.
Cold arms suddenly wrapped her, as a tongue licked her neck and Zero shivered in disgust. Gritting her teeth, she kicked him in the balls and the Level E fell on the ground and moaned in pain.
Meanwhile, Zero continued to mutter curses about the Hunter President and her weird obsession with trying to get her to fail.
Just when she thought she was done, another vampire snarled at her, and before Zero could shoot her, the red haired Level E tackled her to the ground. The struggling huntress tried to shoot her but with a sudden movement the vampire grabbed her hand that was holding "Bloody Rose" and directed it to her leg, so when the silverette shot, the bullet got inside her thigh.
Damn it! As if Zero wasn't hurt enough. The last thing she needed was that!
With a sadistic smile the vampire whistled and approximately five more vampires appeared for behind her.
It's official; the President wants me dead. Zero thought as she narrowed her eyes at them, she wouldn't go down without a fight.
She raised her head and with her forehead she hit the vampire's chin hard, and she let her go.
As the huntress supported herself on her elbows, Zero chuckled humorlessly and the groaned as she braced her good arm across her ribs. "Sorry vampires..." She said unapologetically, "...but I'm not on the menu." She was going to shoot but they all suddenly froze as they all felt the dangerous presence.
Zero lowered down her weapon and they took some steps back as the Pureblood came out from the shadows.
The Level Es tried to talk but they couldn't; they were too frightened with the way the Pureblood was glaring at them. The powerful vampire didn't say anything as he used his powers and the Es turned to dust.
Heading towards the silverette, he kindly offered her his hand but instead of taking it, she simply stared at him imperiously.
She should have known that he wouldn't stay away, that he probably hasn't taken her threat seriously. Stupid Purebloods, always cocky and arrogant.
Her eyes met his and Zero let out a sigh of annoyance, "Kol..."
A/N: What do you think? Also, I remember Ruka's and Rima's powers and I realized it's kind of sad we didn't see more of them in the anime.
In addition, you saw in this chapter that Senri is in love with Takuma (should I also put yaoi on the warnings?) What do you think of them?
And do you think Aido will tell of his discovery? And who was the person that came in Aido and Akatsuki's bedroom?
Attention!
My Dear readers,
To begin with, I'm sorry that I didn't update sooner. However I'm taking exams and I have to study. Just to understand, I was going to update yesterday but I ended up standing for 8 hours so I was exhausted.
My exams will be over on Wednesday, July 17th, but I'll try to update if I have an easy lesson.
Thank you all so much for reading and reviewing, each of you have a special place in my heart and you can't imagine how happy I am when I read your reviews whether they're good or critical.
This story is far from over, and I've already started writing the next chapter. This story won't be on hiatus, it will just have slow updates.
Thank you so much for your love and patience.
Sincerely,
xLonelyDreamerx
