A/N: Hello! Good news, I finished my exams yesterday and as soon as I got home I started writing this chapter. The past few weeks I had been angry at myself for not updating and I was so happy when I read your reviews! Thanks so much my readers who have favorited/alerted or reviewed this story. You always brightening my day.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
Her eyes met his and Zero let out a sigh of annoyance, "Kol…"
Chapter 15
From an early age, Zero was never easy around people. Sure she could be polite and maybe she could make some acquaintances but that was it. She didn't have friends when she was a child, after all who would be comfortable enough to hang out with a young princess. Zero understood that and accepted it.
Anna was someone she had saved but she had no intention to keep her around, and even if she wouldn't admit it the raven haired girl had grown on her. Dean, on the other hand, was just betrayed and hurt by the person he had spent decades loving; she didn't know when they became friends, they just… did.
As for Ichiru, he was more of a brother than a friend; sure she could trust him but she couldn't burden him with her troubles and Yuuki? Yuuki, was still fragile and young, easily breakable in her eyes, she never wanted to hurt her because hurting her was like kicking a puppy; just cruel.
To sum up, in this life, Zero had two friends and two siblings or so she thought. When the memory of Kol returned, she felt angry, scared but most of all betrayed.
It was stupid, she knew that her parents had only erased the memory of him to protect her but she felt betrayed that the pureblood hadn't told her the truth until she found out on her own.
She hated Purebloods, she hated how arrogant they could be; thinking they had the right to do whatever they pleased no matter who got hurt in the way. And really, she kind of thought the world could be a better off without them, but now only in the thought of never seeing her former friend again… it caused her pain in her heart and Zero hated, She didn't want to miss him and she certainly didn't want to care about him. It terrified her.
"You-Purebloods just don't know when to listen, huh?" Zero got up and brushed the dust off her clothes but winced when she felt pain in her body. Kol made a move to help her but she shook her head and tried to take some deep breaths.
"I knew you were hurt." That was his answer, and Zero wanted nothing more than to shout at him. He can't appear like this out of nowhere! She thought angrily.
"That still doesn't give you the right to come and kill the vampires that I was supposed to finish off." She raised her chin and held his stare, nothing had changed about him; he still had that dark smirk on his lips, though it look more like a bitterly smile now. His hair were still dark brown, so dark that they could easily be mistaken for black; his hazel eyes were as bright as ever and for one brief second, they reminded Zero of stars.
He chuckled, "Glad to see that you haven't lost your stubbornness, love." And there it was his stupid nickname for her!
Zero ignored him and said, "Well you helped me and now you're done, so bye, bye." It didn't surprise the pureblood that she didn't thank him. He would actually be disappointed if she had, after all, thanking him would be very out of character for both of them.
She slowly turned around; it wasn't easy to walk, not when she didn't have any blood to heal her. Before she could take a second step, Kol appeared right in front of her in vampire-speed and prevented her from leaving, "As I said you are hurt." he grabbed her hand firm but gentle, "Despite how things turned out, you're still the most precious thing to me."
Zero looked at him shocked, of all the things he could have said that was the least she expected, "First of all, I'm not a thing!" She tried to yank her arm but the vampire had a strong hold, "And you have no right! You lied and manipulated me to believe you were something you weren't!" There it was, he could see it, the hurt she felt, it was clear to him behind her lavender eyes, "Let go!" She demanded and then threatened, "Otherwise I won't hesitate to use my powers on you."
"I won't leave until you drink from someone!" He hissed at her and she froze, "There are some college students few blocks from here-" He started suggesting but was cut off.
"No." She looked at him wide-eyed as if he had said the craziest thing ever, "No, I'm not killing anyone!"
Kol sighed, why couldn't his sweet princess see that killing was almost unavoidable? She's not afraid to kill a vampire but she's terrified of the thought of taking a human life. He thought mentally.
He wasn't sure who hurt her, because it couldn't be only the Level Es; someone else must have hurt her too, probably from the school. If he ever found who, he would kill them,
"I'm fine, and there's absolutely no way I'm hurting anyone."
Instantly, Kol's mind was filled with many thoughts.
This could go wrong or it could be perfect…
He decided to risk it, the idea was too tempting. It practically whispered in his ear, coaxing him along to go through what he was about to do in seconds. It was either stay weak and pass out from the pain or this and frankly in his mind she had no choice but the latter.
"Fine, love, just remember you did this." He grabbed her hand and drugged her to a dark alley and pinned her against the wall.
Zero looked at him confused and suspiciously and didn't hesitate to struggle. "What the hell? Let go off me!" She demanded but Kol ignored her.
Lifting his sleeve slightly, he sunk his teeth into his skin, and crimson bubbled to the surface of the wound and strained the rim of his teeth. "Either take it on your own or else I'll force you." He knew how prideful she could be.
"What?" She asked lost, sounding far away as she looked back at him with unfocused eyes gleaming with sheen of thirst.
"I'm offering you my blood, love." He gestured his palm to her, extending it closer to her. When she shook her head, clearly denying to drink from him, he frowned, "You didn't seem hesitant when you drank from him." He spat and her eyes widened. "Oh yes I could definitely sensed it, the blood of a pureblood." He told her darkly.
"Drink, love." he repeated, "Just don't tell anyone." He quickly added before she could say anything else.
"Why not?" she was breathless, becoming more transfixed by the crimson liquid; it shone in the dim light like rich wine.
"Because blood sharing is kind of… personal." The world intimate might scare her away…
Because in reality, blood sharing could go farther than just personal.
It all depended on your feelings at that time; if you loved that person… it had potential to feel sexual, while if you didn't you could simply create a bond.
Zero hesitated, tearing her gaze away, she searched for something in his eyes and he just nodded in encouragement, hoping it was enough, after all, what kind of men would want to admit the jealousy they felt?
Zero started to take a few calming breaths into her lungs, though they came out more like she was gasping for air. Slowly, her finger curled over his. Shaking for a few seconds before stilling, her eyes tore from his, and she looked elsewhere before her mouth latched onto his skin and her teeth dug into his flesh.
Her fangs were where her teeth had been. They sliced further into his skin and reopened the area where he had wounded himself. Her eyes darkened further before she shut her eyes tight in ecstasy. Her other hand covered the rest of his own hand as if latching onto safeguard.
Zero couldn't help but groan as soon as she began drinking the blood pouring from the wound, she kept digging deeper, trying to extract as much of his life force as she could.
Kol felt the sting in his hand but ignored it; he wasn't fully used to it because no one had even bitten him before. The blood of a pureblood was too precious to be simply taken but the silver haired princess was exception to his every rule.
He was hit with so many emotions, all at once; they were overpowering and almost overwhelming. The feeling of her drinking his blood was incredible. It was almost like having her joined to him, as if her mind was touching with his own, and for a brief second, he wondered if the other pureblood had felt the same way he did.
Hot jealousy was burning in his veins at his own thoughts but he quickly dismissed them when Zero leaned closer to him and with his free hand, he brought her closer, and stroked her long hair tenderly and lovingly as he was bombarded with a mass of feelings.
He was burning.
He was on fire.
It burned where her fangs were embedded into his flesh and it burned where her lips were lips where latched onto his flesh, brushing the skin as she drank from him.
Pulling her closer and brushing her hair with his fingers, he almost sunk to his knees. Instead he felt himself stumble back, his mind hazy with desire and love, his own breaths leaving in gasps like she did. It was so difficult to breathe at this point all he could do was hold her closer to his body and keep stroking her hair while encouraging her to keep drinking her fill.
His eyes closed and like her, he was lost.
Kol didn't want to let go, he wanted to stay like this with her, he didn't want to stay in the shadows anymore. Instead he wanted to stay with her in the sunlight even if it burnt him. He didn't want her to go back to the god damn Academy, and he didn't want her to even be in the same room as the Pureblood Prince. He feared not seeing her again and he trembled at the thought of losing her to Kaname Kuran.
He didn't trust the pureblood prince even though he seemed almost disinterest in Zero, surely, hadn't he be the same before he fell for her?
However, his insecurities didn't matter, now, all he wanted was Zero.
Kol didn't want to think anymore and he wouldn't because he was going to be selfish for one more time.
He was going to enjoy this moment for every second he could; to be this close to her, as if nothing had ever came between them.
Kol let himself get lost in the moment because it seemed like a dream he never wanted to wake up from. And reality, god reality would be too harsh to face later, but he didn't care now.
Right now it was just him and her, Zero and Kol, sharing this one moment that nothing and no one could take it away from him.
Cross Academy-Night Class
"What doesn't Lord Kuran need to know?" A female voice questioned in a bored tone.
Both cousins froze and looked at the vampire who had entered under their notice.
"He doesn't need to know that Aido has been craving human blood." lied Kain and Hanabusa looked at him in shock.
Rima eyed Aido suspiciously before she asked him directly, "You have?" She bit another pocky.
"Eh…" the blonde hesitated a little and looked at his cousin who nodded at him, "Yes." he decided to go along with the lie, "Yes, I have."
Rima held his stare for a moment and then she shrugged, "Hn, whatever."
Both Kain and Hanabusa let out a sigh in relief.
They were safe… for now.
"Are you okay, Yuuki?" Anna asked when she noticed the silence that had fallen between them; the brunette was taking her to the Night Class for her first lesson,
Yuuki looked at the vampire surprised before she smiled a bright smile and nodded, "Eh yeah!" she rubbed the back of her head, "I'm perfectly fine, don't worry!" She lied, because truth to be told Yuuki wasn't alright; the past few nights her dreams were filled with nightmares about a man with red and blue eyes but she was too embarrassed to tell about her dreams to anyone.
"Em Anna-chan. did you see Zero? She left this morning and hasn't come back." Yuuki said softly, with saddened eyes, he felt 'little' hurt when her sister left like that. The more she thought about it, the more she was sure that she and Zero drawing apart from each other.
Anna observed the young girl. To be honest with herself; Anna never liked Yuuki, even before she met her, the thought of Zero's step sister always made her feel odd. "She had to go on a mission, didn't she tell you?" She already knew the answer but she took personal pleasure when she saw the human girl looking down at her hands with a small frown on her face, "No, I didn't see her."
Anna pouted and hid a smirk that was threatening to appear on her lips, "Pity."
The two girls didn't speak to one another till they reached the night class, "Here we are Anna-chan." Yuuki stated awkwardly and Anna rolled her eyes, "Good luck." She shyly bowed and took some steps back before turning around to leave.
Anna sighed and smiled a big, sweet smile before she opened the door. The sensei hadn't started the lesson yet which she considered good, she had always been curious about the so called Night Class, though they didn't make a nice impression from their last night's activity.
"Hello Sensei." She bowed respectably and smiled, "I'm Anna Jones; the new night class student, I'm sure Headmaster Cross has informed you." She handed him the papers she had been given by the Chairman and the teacher nodded.
"Oh yes." he looked at her papers and then told her, "Well take a sit-"
"That's it!?" she cut him off and glanced at the Night Class who was watching her curiously, "In my country when new student would come, she would have to introduce herself in order for the class to get to know her."
The teacher looked little uncomfortable but nevertheless nodded, "Eh of course, tell us some stuff about you."
Anna smiled her usual sweet smile. It was one of the common things she had with Ichiru, their sweet smiles were their way to enter someone's heart and they always do its magic. "Greetings everyone my name is Anna Jones, I'm eighteen; some things I like doing is watching movies and hanging out with my best friend; if I'm lucky I do both." she giggled, and Kaname looked at her suspiciously from where he was sitting; he was aware tht she knew the silverette but hadn't expect her to want to attend here after what the night class students' had done. I should keep an eye on her.
"I lived in America but decided to move in Japan because I missed my best who is by the way Zero Kiryuu." she continued brightly and ignored the gasps and glares that were directed on her, "I'm sure you're familiar with her, right? Well I hope we can all be friends." Anna finished with an angelic smile and looked at the teacher who looked little astonished.
The night class teacher blinked and took a deep breath before he smiled weakly at the new student, "Very well now take a sit, in front of Hanabusa." he pointed the desk and the blonde glared at the new vampire but she simply smiled and waved at him.
Yes, Kaname should definitely keep an eye on her.
Cross Acadmy-During patrolling
Meanwhile Ichiru had left quietly while his roommate was sleeping so he could find Yuuki; he had noticed something odd about his friend and had wanted to get her alone so he could ask her what was going on.
When he finally found Yuuki, she was sleeping under a tree which he found somewhat ironic because she always complaint about his 'twin' skipping patrol and sleeping under the tree or in the stables.
"Yuuki?" She started shaking and a frown appeared on her face. "Yuuki!" Ichiru started to shake her, "Yuuki!" he exclaimed.
Yuuki woke up with a fright, and she panted a little as she realized what was going on; Ichiru was in front of her with a concerned look but she couldn't feel guilty now, the nightmare still played in her head.
The man with the weird eyes and husky voice had almost gotten her just like in her previous dreams, but this time he had killed Zero and Ichiru, and even worse she couldn't do anything but watch!
"Yuuki?" He questioned, looking at her with soft eyes. She sat up, and he knelt beside her, and almost immediately, he was in a tight embrace with the short haired girl, "What is it?"
"You're alive!" She exclaimed and her grip tightened. Few seconds past, flustered and embarrassed, she started pulling her hands away, but Ichiru gently took her left hand and placed it against his cheek.
"What's wrong Yuuki?" He kissed her palm and his eyes met his, "What are you not telling me?"
Yuuki's eyes widened and she tried to pull her hand away but failed, "Ichiru, I'm fine, you don't ne-"
His eyes darkened and his lips twisted into a smirk, "You're lying, Yuuki." His voice was dark and had an accusable tone. "You're lying to me but mostly you're lying to yourself." He stated and demanded, "Tell me what wrong."
Yuuki shallowed hard, he was too close; she could feel his breath on her face but if she was honest with herself, she didn't want to pull away. "I just had a nightmare; nothing to worry about. "She tried to sound confident but luck wasn't on her side because Ichiru just laughed.
It was a soft or a cheerful laugh; it was kind of bittersweet as if he knew she was lying again. Maybe he does.
"Nightmares, you mean." He corrected her, "I've noticed that it had been happening for a while." He told her and Yuuki looked at him in disbelief. Ichiru continued, "So, who's going to tell nee-chan, you or me?" He raised an eyebrow.
"No, you can't tell her!" Yuuki exclaimed and grabbed his arm so tightly that it actually hurt him a little, but he wouldn't show it, he did have a small pride after all. "You- you'll only make her worry over nothing." She tried to persuade him, and it actually seemed to be working.
Ichiru frowned and pressed his lips together as she bit his bottom lip; silently wondering if she had convinced him.
The silver haired boy sighed but nevertheless nodded and Yuuki smiled, she had actually convinced him! However her happiness didn't last long when Ichiru spoke in a serious tone and said, "But you have to tell me, everything."
Her eyes met his and she slowly nodded, not finding any other way to get out of this, Yuuki started speaking.
In his room, he pulled the girl's body closer to his, he could hear her breathing hard but at this point he ignored her.
Kaname's fangs sink into her neck and Ruka grabbed onto his shoulders tightly. She knew that the only reason she was here was because he wanted someone else, craved someone else.
Hot jealousy was burning in her veins and she wanted nothing more than scream from her anger. However, she hold her anger back , and tried to ignore her wounded pride; it was fine as long as she could sate Kaname's thirst, even the slightest; it was fine.
Unfortunately for both of them, Ruka's blood did nothing to satisfy his unbearable thirst for the huntress.
A/N:What did you think of Kol-Zero scene? I hadn't given them any special moments in the beginning, so I did now.
And what do you think of Ichiru/Yuuki? I realized that I hadn't given them enough attention, especially Yuuki.
Also, did anyone felt pity for Ruka? Kaname's using her to keep himself in check; it was so difficult to write that scene between them.
Anyway, I hope you liked this chapter. Thank you for reading!
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