Lilium Chapter 5

Hana lead Freya to a park that she didn't know was there. She felt stupid that she missed something so big. The park was surrounded by trees, filled with play sets, a large garden, and a beautiful angel fountain. The place was peaceful and so soothing that she hopes that it is a safe haven for many.

"Wow," Freya said.

Hana smiled as he sat on a nearby bench. The night was cloudless. The moon was at its fullest too.

"Freya, why do you hate vampires?"
Freya stops fluttering around and looked at the sky. "The same reason I hate the full moon."
Hana scowled she deliberately ignore the question and gave him a cryptic answer.

"Why did you go on a date with me?"

Freya smiled, "In hopes that could tame you of course."

"What made you become a hunter?"
"I was adopted by a hunter, but I'm no hunter."
"Why not," Hana seem surprised at that. Raise by a hunter, surely trained by one too. So why?

"Hmm, why indeed," Freya said.

Hanabusa cursed the only thing that he really manage to get out of her was that she had some trust issues.

"You don't want to talk about it," Hanabusa said.

Freya shrugs and played with the water in the fountain.

"You don't like vampires," Hanabusa hinted.

"No," Freya said after a few minutes.

"Not all of us are bad," Hanabusa said.

Freya shrug, "Whether you're good or bad, you're still you. You still drink blood, you still threaten humans, you still take away human lives, and you're still among us. However as much as I despise your kind, I have no choice but to tolerate you because you enter my life and pretty soon, you'll enter billions of more lives. "

"I hate your kind because you took away everything from me and when I mean everything you didn't leave enough for me to…" Freya trailed off.

Hanabusa grabbed her hands and said, "Please, please tell me what happen."

"You're kind must've followed my sibling home when he snuck away. He was sick, very sick and he was not allowed to go outside especially not in the winter. But he got so tired of being coped up in the room apparently. He left and we didn't notice he came back until he walked in the door and that where it all ended. The level e's swarmed our foyer and killed my brother instantly in cold blood. I didn't realize what was going on and who those people were until my parents started shooting. Mom pulled me as far as to the kitchen and she told me to run, of course I refused, but the look she gave me left no room for me to argue."

Hanabusa was ahh, "So your parents were vampire hunters."

Freya shook her head. Hanabusa paled.

Before he could utter a word of sympathy, Freya pulled out her bloody rose and pointed at him. "I hate, despise vampires, yet I tolerated them because you will always be in my nightmares." She pulled the trigger and there was aloud horrified shriek of a level e vampire and soon more showed up.

Hanabusa hissed and let a barrage of ice hit the level e's. It should've been over right? Wrong. They just kept on coming. Freya sighs as she shot each vampire with ease. She fought them before, but this was ridiculous.

Finally it was over there was nothing but a big pile of dust left behind.

"I guess we should call it a night," Hanabusa was thoroughly depressed.

…

The made it back to the campus in one piece. Hanabusa lead her back the Headmaster house.

"I had a good time, thanks," She closed the door before he could say anything.

He went back to the moon dorm sad.

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Hanabusa walked back into the dorm where, Ruka, Kain, Rima, Shiki, Ichijo, Kaname, were waiting. They same my face and Ichijo asked:

"It didn't go well," the got up.

"Oh no it was great, took her to a nice restaurant, it turn out that it was Karaoke night so she sung a lot of songs. We went to a park where I asked her why she hates vampires and what not and just when I thought I could connect with her. Just my luck that a small troop of level e's came out of nowhere and attack us."

Hanabusa snapped out his dishearten mood and flipped right into an anger state. The room chilled a bit.

"What I don't understand is where all those level e's came from,"

Kaname who've been quite up until now said, "We'll run a full investigation until then everybody go to bed." As everybody filed out one by one, Kaname told Hanabusa to stay.

"I don't know what it is that she told you, but I'm pretty sure she told you something important and the date ended with a sour mood that much is certain. So be sure to talk to her tomorrow."

"Yes, Kaname-sama," he bowed and left.

…

Freya sighs as she looked at her home. There was nothing left. It was all wood and despite it being almost five years, the burn smell still lingered behind.

Freya felt another presence behind her.

"You know this place can't stay like this forever," Yagari said as he lit up a cigarette. "I plan on having it rebuild."
Freya asked, "Can you do that?

"It's up to you," The two sat in silence as Freya/Zero remembered the good time with his family. Well good time might've been a stretch, but they were a family nonetheless.

"Sensei, what am I doing?"

Yagari leaned on a nearby tree.

"Why am I still hiding," Freya asked. "I got accustom to being a female to the point I forget who I am most of the time. It's horrible, it's like everything I lived for and worked for when I was with them had gone to waste."

"Must I continue to hide?"

Yagari blew out a smoke, "It's up to you, and I used the spell to keep you hidden from the vampires and association. I don't care what you do, because I'll support you and you know that Kaien, Yuki, and that Yori girl will be there too."
"But all the hard work you put into saving me, you'll be known as a traitor," Zero said as he released the seal on his neck, it held on to his vampire side too, but it won't be long before he starts to fall into a level e.

He remembered the time that he went crazy that he was slowly turning into a vampire. He his life was completely over, but Yagari told him that if you're really that angry than get revenge.

"Maybe I'll do that?"

Yagari looked up, "Hn."

"I'm angry and I want my life back, but I won't get it back, but I can chase my nightmares away," Zero said.

"Yagari-sensei," Zero said.

"Hmm, this is it." The line didn't need to be said. Zero understood perfectly that there was no going back.

…

The sun was up and Hanabusa got up to go talk to Freya and apologize for last night.

Hanabusa was so nervous he didn't know whether to bring something or just go. He decided for the latter he would just be stalling for time.

He went to the headmaster home knowing this would be the time they would have breakfast.

Knocking the door flew open, the headmaster look really disappointed to see him.

"Freya is not in right now," Kaien could see the question arising. "And I'm not sure where she at, she left a note saying that she's not sure when she'll be at, but she's no longer in town that's for sure. Sorry." Kaien closed the door and Hanabusa left to ponder over what just happened.

…

Zero sat in front of the head of the hunter association.

"I'm sorry, but you can't do that," the council look shock at what Zero just said. Did that kid just tell them no? "It maybe true that if I was a hunter than it would require handling the execution as quick as possible. However," Zero had a sadistic smile. "I was never instated as a hunter. The rules don't apply to me, because I am a civilian."
"Even so," one of the council men said. "You're a level e."

"No," Zero corrected as if the man was a child. "I am a level d vampire as you can see I've been around you lot for a long time surrounded in your blood. Seeing how I'm incomplete I should've easily fallen, but I haven't. So I'm still a level d vampire. So you can't kill me because I haven't killed anybody."

"Yet," somebody grumble.

"Even so," Zero said narrowing his eyes. "If I should fall into the cursed level e state, sensei would do the honors of eliminating me."
"Excuse me," the head hissed.

"It's either immediate date or one of your silly trials," the gritted her teeth.

Zero sigh, "Well it would seem that the meeting is adjourned."

"Zero Kiryu, once you leave you're never to set foot on the hunters ground."
Zero turned, "Well that's rather unfortunate, don't you think? I'm a resident here. You can't tell me where I'm allowed or not. Sensei we're leaving."

Yagari left with a smirk on his face.

"It turned out well don't you think?" Zero asked smiling for the first time in years.

"Perfect."

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I think this turned out rather nicely if I do say so myself. Tell me what y'all think. I'm really excited to here from you.

Bye for now,

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