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Vampire Knight isn't mine but if it was, I'd make Ichiru real!
~ Chapter 2: A Whirlwind of Events~
It was a snowy Monday afternoon within the walls of Cross Academy, though the original night class had already graduated, The Academy welcomed their children with open arms, one of the children was the spawn of the current chairman of the hunter association and the other a famous pureblood, a romance some would say was rather unexpected.
"Ichiru! Ichi-chichi-Ichiru~", sang a girl with long fair mahogany hair tied up in one black ribbon, cerulean eyes shadowed by bangs and a smirk in between a pocky stick, the young man whose name was called in sing-song voice only replied with a simple 'Hn'.
Ichiru Kiriyu, the current dorm president and a topic well discussed and common among the girls of the day class, some started friendships with the basis of this handsome topic, cool amethyst eyes, cream skin, unruly yet clean looking mahogany locks much like the girl who was currently making his table dirty with crumbs of pocky.
"Ichiru! Oi! Pay attention to me!", said the girl pointing at him accusingly with barely a pocky to point with, Ichiru looked up sourly and pouted, "What do you want Shiki-san?", the girl furrowed her brows and slapped him in the back, "You must address me with my first name, Baka! Repeat after me! Kawaii! Shiki! Kawaii Shiki!", Ichiru's eye twitched at the annoying presence of his cousin, she resembled his mother yet Kawaii was more violent and not like her laidback parents at all, his hurting back agreed, she even added a bit of electricity in her blow!
"Stop it Kawaii-chan~", said a soft voice from behind her, "We all know Ichiru will never say your name, he's cutely stubborn that way, trying to push unfamiliarity between you two and trying to deny you guys are related". Kawaii turned to see a tall young man with dark scarlet hair from his mother and bright emerald eyes from his father, plastered on his face was a smile of sincerity, a smile well known for pissing little Kawaii off, "Don't try to get chummy and smart-assed with me, Ichijo! Just because our parents our close doesn't mean we are!","But isn't that the same treatment you are giving poor Ichiru?~", commented the red head, " Mine is different! You jerk! Don't compare me to you!","How so? Little Kawaii?", the little enraged brunette picked up a chair and hurled it at the red-head earning multiple face palms from some bystanders, this was their typical day-to-day routine, a battle royal for Ichiru's attention, Kawaii Shiki vs. Azuka Ichijo.
Ichiru sighed as the two opposing forces prattled about their childish fighting. He stood up and walked out of the classroom as he always did when the two fought, Instead of thinking about how to break the two up, he thought about something else, something unusual, something that seldom ever crosses his head when he was in school.
His parents.
When Ichiru would come home, he would expect two typical scenes. One being his mother sitting on the couch trying to conquer the knitting needles beside his father, preferably pretending to read a book while attempting to get his hand across to his preoccupied mother's hand which she would not notice the whole time as she would be puffing her cheeks at the needles or occasionally complaining on how hard it was but insisting to it so she could get more into her 'Mother role'.
Ichiru found that scene rather laughable.
The other scene was not so much. Ichiru would sometimes come home just as his father was about to leave for work, wearing his duster, the bloody rose on his belt, wearing either a mask of determination or a face of sadness. His mother would either be polishing Artemis, ready to come along or just wearing plain clothes and watching as her husband would leave, cherishing the moments in which a possibility of him not coming back would arise.
Today, Ichiru would expect a different scene of course.
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" Mother, I'm home...".
There, in the space between the living area and the dining area, he found his mother, kneeling over a cat who had been drinking from a bowl filled with milk, smiling as she patted the annoyed cat AKA his father, the president of the hunter association, at his not so finest, they both noticed Ichiru and looked at him.
"Hi Ichiru! How was school?"
"Meow Meow mew meow.." (Even a vampire cannot translate this...)
"I never knew I could mix blood with milk! But it seems that your father's Bloodlust has turned into some kind of Milk-lust!", His mother giggled and smiled at his father who had just finished his 3rd bowl. "Good thing, Zero, knows when to use the toilet~ saves work!", then she received a low growl from the silver haired kitty, oh she's going to get a little surprise when I accidentally rip the satin curtains! Then after that I will put paw prints everywhere!, Thought Zero Kitty, Wait...What the hell am I thinking!.
Ichiru watched as this gruesome heart warming scene slightly tainted the image of his once bad-ass parents, even they have a limit to looking amazing apparently.
"Where's uncle Kaname? I thought you contacted him already, mother", Ichiru said as Yuuki got up and patted her baby blue dress, Zero's ears perked up at the mention of Kaname's name, Kitty fury unleashed itself from the deep crevices of the cat's small heart, making his anger be heard through cute growls or barely audible meows.
"We don't need Kaname's help!", Yuuki said to Ichiru as she acted out as Zero's voice through his amusing kitty tantrum, attempting to stand from his four legs once in awhile.
"Kaname is no good! We can't trust him!" said Ichiru laughing to himself as he was right on cue with Zero's lip movements, Yuuki noticed this and laughed too, the two brunettes found themselves clutching onto stomachs, pissing the hunter off.
Then speak of the devil and the devil shall come, the doorbell rang.
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"Kaname", Kaname smiled as he was greeted by that simple word, it had been awhile since he had seen Yuuki, even after his betrayal to her, she still wanted to keep in contact with him. So here he was running to her door all the way from Paris after on simple phone call the night before ending with a very charming, 'You don't have to come if you don't want to'.
Yuuki Kuran, you can count on her to be so considerably cruel.
Beside Yuuki was their son of 16, Ichiru, he had an uncanny resemblance to Haruka, yet bared the eyes of a hunter, a union Kaname had yet to approve but it seemed that Yuuki did not bother to wait for it, a small part of Kaname hated Ichiru for he was the symbol of love between his sister and Zero.
Zero, now where was he?
"Thank you for having me, Yuuki, You seemed rather urgent on the phone, may I ask what is wrong?", Yuuki bit her lip as Ichiru put a hand on her shoulder, whispering words into her ear, 'Mother please try not to alarm Uncle with the news', Kaname was thankful for having such sensitive hearing.
"W-why won't you get inside first? It must be cold considering its winter! Come on in!", Yuuki smiled warmly, the smile itself was enough for Kaname to brave the cold but he stepped in nonetheless, he looked around his sister's warm home, it was the house of Zero's deceased parents, renovated and restored. Zero and Yuuki decided that it was best to live here and raise Ichiru, Kaname never found out why but it had something to do with getting over the past, this house symbolized that they had embraced their past together.
"The past" meaning the doings of Kaname himself and Shizuka Hio's massacre of Zero's parents.
Kaname was happy that he was welcomed into this house but he knew that the master of the house would never ever fully let him in.
Yuuki and Ichiru sat in the couch opposite Kaname, Ichiru stood up to get some tea leaving the siblings alone actually not fully alone, they were with a kitty whose ominous aura was somewhat appealing to Kaname, "Uhm Kaname, I asked you here so you can help me with something...", Yuuki said placing Zero on her lap.
"Well if it is of great importance to you, I would be glad to lend you a hand", Yuuki swallowed all of her doubts on telling Kaname this, "Is it possible for a pureblood to have the power to alter appearances? Like uhm...Turn a human into a cat? ", Kaname simply chuckled.
"Yes, it is possible, I turned Aidou into a rat once myself", Yuuki perked up and did not hesitate to tell Kaname that she accidentally turned Zero into a cat receiving another chuckle from Kaname, now what did he do to make her do that?
"So Kaname! How do I turn him back!".
Kaname thought of an appropriate answer, it took him awhile to look for the right words to say it this rather funny predicament.
"We wait?"
Mouths dropped to the floor including the soft pawed kitty, WAIT? WE WAIT? IS THAT ALL? IS HE MOCKING ME? GET ME MY DAMN GUN! I WILL SHOOT HIM WHERE HE STANDS! The Kitty's thoughts exploded into the room, no one could blame him for reacting that way. if you had been drinking your spouse's blood from a bowl with the name 'Earnest' etched into it and being degraded from the pedestal of greatest hunter of his generation to an adorable kitty, Zero's reaction was actually better than what Yuuki initially had in mind.
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