Yuuki the Vampire Hunter
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Chapter 2 : The beginning of the end
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Summary: When Yuuki lost her memory at age 5 she was found by a pair of vampire hunters on the mountain and they rescued her from the evil vampire. Yuuki grew up as the child of the renowned Nagameyufamily who were the best hunters alongside the Kiryuu family. She grows up as a vampire hunter but when her past catches up with her will she survive?
Setting: Ryuu, Miho and Yuuki face the hunters association.
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Thank you to everyone who has put an alert/favourite on my story and especially thanks to those who reviewed;
Cristalelle : Thank yah for another - and very helpful - review. I have taken what you said in to account and have managed to change my chapter so that Yuuki is a lot simpler in her answers. Although in her mind she is still very smart, lol. I honestly have no idea how a 5 year old acts so your information was a great help, thank you. I will keep in mind what you have said for future chapters but thankfully Yuuki won't be staying 5 for too much longer, lol. I am glad you liked the previous chapter and I hope you will also like this one. ^_^
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Aslickain Kiant : Thank you for the review; it gives me more hope and motivation to carry on writing the story when I get reviews. Sorry the chapter is up so late. I hope yah will enjoy it anyway ^^ . I promise to try not to make you wait too long for the next chapters from now on ^_^
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Sorry that this chapter is up so late. I have been really busy with my As level exams for the past couple of months now. I have finished them now but we have started our A2s early so that we get homework over the summer holidays. :[
Finally I managed to check over this chapter and post it up.
I will technically finish college at last in two weeks so I will have time to update more frequently from then on ^^
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Disclaimer: I do not own Vampire Knight (unfortunately :"] )
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It is getting very dark now that it is late at night while they walk through the mountains and remote areas to get back home. In the distance the vampire hunter couple can see their destination and a short while later they arrive back at the association headquarters having completed another task and another day of work. They are used to the harsh weather conditions and a huge amount of walking every time they are sent on a mission; they have been trained to withstand these types of things to make it easier to catch their target. However, Yuuki isn't the same; she is only a child. She tried to stay wake at first but by now she is fast asleep in the woman's arms as she is being carried to somewhere safe and hopefully warm. She is sleeping soundly for someone who has just lost all her memories and been attacked by a rogue vampire. Her chest moves silently up and down as she breathes deeply in her peaceful sleep. To all who would look upon her at this moment she seems just like an angel.
As they are mere steps away from reaching the hunter's building Yuuki shuffles in her sleep and instantly wakes up. She feels the sensation of movement but does not comprehend for a moment since she isn't moving herself. Suddenly the past few hours come flooding back to her and she realises that she is still with the people who saved her and they are still carrying her. She folds her tiny fingers inwards and makes fists with her hands to rub the sleep away from her eyes. Now that her vision is no longer blurry she takes in their surroundings. She squirms in the woman's arms for a moment before she settles in a more comfortable position and looks up at the dark and tall ominous building in front of her. A shiver runs through her as they enter through the big main doors and step in to a huge main hall. She wriggles from the hunter's grasp and manages to convey that she wants to be put down now. The couple let her down and place her in the middle of them so that they can hold one of her hands each and guide her through the building to see the council.
There are quite a few people in the entrance hall, even at this hour and as they walk past them to the sign in desk they begin to notice the little girl. At first only a few stop and stare but then whispers gather and people point at Yuuki. Their eyes go wide as they receive a slight shock when they see a child is in the association headquarters and is accompanied by some of the most renowned vampire hunters. Yuuki glares back at them, suspicious of so many people now. She doesn't like how they are all looking at her and decides to ignore them. With a huff she turns away from them sharply and focuses her attention on her rescuers. Paying no head to the muffled laughter of those who found her reaction amusing, she follows the vampire couple who saved her and happily and instinctively swings their arms which have a grasp on her hands and smiles innocently up at the couple when they look down at her.
Yuuki then takes a proper look at the inside of this place and she notices the huge domed roof of the hall and the pretty marble walls and flooring. It is all so amazing to her and as the couple drag her along she just stares up at the beautiful building. The vampire hunter's headquarters is truly a unique and special building. Even at the young age of five Yuuki can feel the power in this place. It was all so mesmerising. The tall cold building decorated in the 19th century style possessed so much anti-vampire power it was almost overwhelming. She could feel the power rushing over her, through her and all throughout the building, it was amazing and she was beginning to feel giddy; every step she took released more of the unusual ancient power; engulfing her as it was protecting her. Yuuki smiled and her soft innocent laughter echoed throughout the building. She was safe here and she loved it. The building wasn't only beautiful, it was magical, powerful, invincible and eternal; everything she wished she could reach out and touch.
The couple smile at Yuuki, noticing that she seems to be having at least a bit of fun in this boring and stuffy old place. They continue their steady pace, walking Yuuki up to the front desk and announcing themselves. The person who checks hunters in and out is there and he takes their names down and looks quizzically at the little girl before letting them pass. They travel further inside the headquarters and pass more and more staring and obviously curious people before they finally reach the council chambers - deep within the heart of the building – where the leaders of the vampire hunter's reside. Yuuki doesn't know if she can take much more of this being centre of attention stuff. Honestly, right now all she wants is be able to disappear. But as the hunter couple explain to her, she has to meet some important people before they can decide what will happen to her. As an incentive to do as they ask they tell her that they will look after her and keep her safe and they promise that they will try to help her regain her memories.
They are a little early for their appointment according to the guard in front of the council chamber so they proceed to sit on the sofa across from the entrance to the room and wait. The hunter couple are silent as they sit still so Yuuki takes an example from them and does the same. She begins to study the guard, the only person who hasn't stared at her – because he isn't permitted to while he is on duty – and when she gets bored with that she observes the much more interesting and complex door that leads to the council of vampire hunters. The door is huge and arches at the top. It is a dull gold colour and very intricate patterns are carved in to the metal. There are unknown symbols which Yuuki just sees as doodles all over the handles and outer area of the door while on the main body there are pictures of mythical creatures and unusual looking weapons alongside phrases in a language that makes no sense – Latin – to her. Yet she has a strange feeling that she has heard the words spoken before. She whispers the phrases under her breath so that no one else hears her, but nothing happens, much to young Yuuki's dismay. She had been hoping it was like another fairytale; that if you said the words something interesting would happen. At last she had the image of the door firmly in her mind and finished scanning over it; not having missed a single detail.
Just as Yuuki is on the brink of boredom, a couple of vampires exit the room signalling that it is now their time for meeting with the council. So they go in through the heavy golden doors that Yuuki had previously been staring at so intently and then descend in to a circular chamber. It is quite dark here but it seems likely that this room is also made of marble. As they reach the bottom of the steps the lights illuminate them and a row of stern looking people sit at a huge long table opposite them. The people sat at the fancy table - which seems to stretch and go from one end of the room to the other and curve around to fit the circular shaper of the room - stare ominously at the three figures which have come in to their presence. The hunter couple who are with her address them formally by bowing and stating that their mission has been completed. They keep Yuuki standing behind them and out of sight for the time being as they begin to give their usual report to the council and leave Yuuki to stare around the room curiously.
She can't make out much except the outline of the walls and floor and turns her head back to look at the people before her. The council are lit perfectly so she can see them, unfortunately. The council look scary to Yuuki, they are all so cold in their expressions and the sound of the leader's voice echoes hollowly around the room as he speaks to the vampire hunters who brought her here.
The council nodded to them and their leader spoke. "Good to see you both returned well. Now, mission report please."
"Your honours." Ryuu stated as he and his wife nodded their heads and slightly bowed to address the council before them.
Ryuu was the one to account the mission because he was the senior hunter over his wife.
"We successfully tracked the vampire to a small town at the base of the mountain not too far from here. We found more dead bodies of people that the rogue vampire had drained dry of blood. We found him after he had just finished with a young woman but he was too quick after just feeding on so many. We chased him out of the town and followed him up the mountain. We could only sense this one rogue vampire at the time. When we caught up to the beast we were shocked to see it looming over a young girl and took immediate swift action."
Yuuki had clung to Miho's leg the whole time but she tightened her grip at the mention of the attack she had barely escaped.
"I took aim with my bloody rose gun and shot the vampire straight through the heart. It instantly turned to dust and we rushed over to make sure the child was all right. The rogue was very much dead so we turned our attentions to the girl. She was scared of us at first but she seemed to relax and act very calmly after a moment of shock. She recovered from such a frightening ordeal amazingly fast and then proceeded to ask us many questions. From what she told us we found out that she can't remember much at all, not who she is or how she came to be on the mountain. However, she does know about the existence of vampires and remembers one thing, that her name is Yuuki and she is 5 today. We brought her back with us because we couldn't leave her out there as prey for other vampires, not while she was defenceless and with amnesia. So since we had completed out mission we carried the girl, Yuuki with us as we returned to report the mission."
The council all raise their eyebrows at this and the leader speaks.
"Well done on your successful mission and for saving the life of a young child. We are curious about her as she knows about vampires, would you please introduce us." He asked, but his tone was underlined with demand.
Both hunters step aside slightly to let Yuuki forward. Miho lets Yuuki keep a tight hold of her arm as the little girl stands in front of the two hunters and in to the sight of the ominous council. They all stare coldly and dispassionately down at her but Yuuki doesn't try to hide from them, instead she lifts her head and locks her eyes with theirs, impressively holding their gazes, almost defiantly daring them to challenge her.
The girl before the council is a wild thing. She has the grace and looks of a beauty, with long dark hair and soft pale skin. But her hidden personality is unusual for a child so young, she is already defiant and seems even a little hostile towards them. The only other child they know like this is Zero Kiryuu. This young girl, Yuuki, is very interesting indeed.
The leader lifts the corners of his mouth in a slight smirk at this. He likes this girl; she doesn't back down and he can tell that she most certainly has the potential to become a vampire hunter.
He breaks his gaze from hers and nods his head as most of the others do the same; some choose to keep looking, trying to figure out this child and the mysterious and strong power behind that harsh and hard holding gaze. Lifting his head the leader looks back at the Nagameyu hunters and one again addresses them.
"Since you are two of our best hunters and you did save this little girl's life we have agreed to monitor her amnesia and care for her and raise her as a hunter. We know you have wanted a child for a while now so we will leave her in your capable care. We will be checking up on your progress every 3 months and you will still have missions and assignments to complete. We know you are friends with the Kiryuu family so we will arrange for Yagari to teach Yuuki as well and he will look after her as he does with the twins when their parents are out on hunter business. You are dismissed and we hope to see you all again soon" The council glanced at Yuuki as they spoke; they were very interested to see how she would turn out as a hunter as the Kiryuu twins showed great promise.
So they are dismissed from the council with promises of help as long as they take the girl in to their care. This is their wish come true in a way; finally they have a child. Even though they will search for her family who she doesn't remember and who may be looking for her, since she is technically a missing person case, there is little hope.
With that said the meeting ended and Ryuu and Miho each took a hold of one of Yuuki's hands and lead her out of the council's meeting chambers and back out in to the hunter's association's grand hall.
They assume that this must be very confusing for Yuuki so they sit her down between them on one of the –luxurious 19th century style- sofa's in the grand hall and explain to her what is happening.
Miho started "Yuuki, since you cannot remember anything about your past or your family we must take care of you till your memories return. We want you to know that you will have a home with us if you wish, but if you do not feel comfortable with us then we understand." She finished by smiling warmly at the young girl before her.
Ryuu knows how his wife is used to conversing with other adults and so is not very good at talking to children. Even though Yuuki seems very intelligent for her age he wants to make sure Yuuki understands what is happening. "You were alone Yuuki, but we found you. Would you like to come live with us for a while?" He simply asks her.
Yuuki is silent for a moment, thinking and understanding that she should live with these people as their daughter because it would make them happy and she has nowhere else to go since she has no memories. She knows these people will look for her family and try to help her regain her lost memories but for the meantime they can take care of her and teach her too.
She nods her head and tells them in her sweet young voice that yes she would like that very much. She smiles at them and they look lovingly in to each others eyes at their dream come true before they smile back at her. Taking their hands again Yuuki pulls them up off the comfy couch and leads them towards the sign out desk so that they can leave to take her to her new home. As they sign out the person at the desk nods and smiles at them. Needless to say that the news that the Nagameyu hunters had adopted the girl they found and taken her home with them spread throughout the vampire hunters like wildfire.
Yuuki is fine with the arrangement and goes home with them. She is happy to be with such nice people but she still can't get out of her head that she had a life before this. They climb in to a car outside of the hunters' association building; Ryuu drives while Miho sits in the back with Yuuki. Miho strokes Yuuki's hair and looks at her lovingly. This cute little girl is now their daughter and she couldn't be happier.
They finally arrive home early in the morning and Yuuki is yet again fast asleep. Ryuu insists on carrying her. They get out their car and with Yuuki's small frame cradled in Ryuu's arms they open the door and step in to their home that now seems brighter with this little presence in it too. They lock the door behind them and walk up to their bedroom. Putting Yuuki down softly on to their bed they gently take off her coat, mittens, shoes and socks, leaving her in her dress as a nightgown and then Miho and Ryuu get ready for bed too as they speculate about how first thing tomorrow they will need to redecorate and refurnish the guest room for Yuuki and definitely get her some more clothes.
But for now they are so tired after their long mission that they manage to get to sleep almost as easily as Yuuki. Snuggling up in the bed and making sure that Yuuki is all right, they tuck her in to the covers between them and they all fall soundly asleep.
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So that was my long overdue second chapter. I hope yah liked it.
The title is 'The beginning of the end' because even though Yuuki has started her life over it is doomed to end as her last one did. Her actions have contributed to her beginning the end of life again.
To me this chapter was a little boring but I plan to make the next few a bit more exciting. ^_^
I am still trying my best to write in the present tense so please let me know if I am sticking to it throughout the chapters.
Hopefully there shouldn't be many grammatical errors either because I checked over this chapter a few times, but if there are any major errors on my part then please tell me and I will remedy them as soon as possible.
Now that Yuuki is going home as an adoptive daughter to live with the vampire hunter couple who saved her, the real story begins. Zero will be coming in during the next chapter and Yuuki will meet even more new people. Yuuki is now part of a vampire hunter family. How will this way of upbringing affect her? Continue to read to this story to find out. From now on the story should get more interesting. :']
In the next chapter Yuuki will be adjusting to her new life and you will see her meet the Kiryuu family.
It isn't till the fourth chapter that she starts getting on with her new life and in the fifth chapter you will see what her life is like as she begins to get older.
I will try to post the third chapter up next weekend but I will warn you now that I have coursework to do already that needs to be in so I am focusing on that first.
Thanks for reading and please review
…Anie
