Chapter 5: The picnic
Yeah, I'm back, everyone, this time is a quicker update right :"). And tomorrow is the Lunar New Year, wooooh, I'm so excited, but also sad at the same time since when the holiday is over I will have to go back to school :((. Well, think about it later :D
And wow, it was hard writing and translating this chapter, I hope you guys will be pleased with the result, seriously, I should go to bed or play games and stuffs, but no, I don't want you guys to wait any longer, so here, please enjoy it :D. And chapter 6 is being beta-ed so the next update probably will come soon :D. And umhn, what do you want me to draw next, since someone asked me to draw a picture of Akuma, Tsubasa and Zero, and I think may be I can take requests from you guys too, so what do you want to have for a cover of a chapter ;;), feel free to tell me and I'll draw it for you.
Now, onto the chapter, shall we?
Chapter 5: The picnic
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Honestly, Zero's life has been a lot easier since Tsubasa went to the Day Class. Obviously, having the pureblood as his partner prefect has lessened the screaming of those fangirls every time the Night Class passed over. It was mostly because of the eye-catching appearance and the friendly smile of Tsubasa, sometimes it was Akuma who took the initiative in reminding the Night Class students to be more 'docile' in order to avoid causing trouble for his best friend. Because of that Aidou hasn't dared to fool around freely anymore, also the Night Class didn't need to be told by Akuma to understand that they shouldn't provoke a – pureblood-prefect- to put themselves in danger. Besides, Cross seemed pleased that the relationship between Zero and Tsubasa was no longer as bad as before, so he has given Zero a little peace, and it means no more grumbling and whining to the hunter's ears. That's why the image of Tsubasa in Zero's eyes has been much improved, the silver haired boy has told himself to treat that idiot nicely after all these things and reduce the violence he's been using to him.
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And that was Zero's thinking from yesterday, but now he really wanted to shoot the brain out of that Tsubasa Hamasaki's head. Not to mention that long haired bastard who was sitting next to him with his feet on the couch comfortably.
"Tsubasa, answer me immediately, what does this mean?" Zero said angrily while pointing towards Akuma who was drinking coffee with ease as if nothing has happened.
"Eh? Why did you ask, Zero, didn't you invite me to come living together?" Akuma replied with an ignorant face.
"It was this bastard, I did not!"
"Ahh...please restrain yourself Zero, anger is not good for your health..." Realizing that the situation has become tense, Tsubasa jumped into the conversation to dissuade.
"If you want me to stop being angry then tell your friend to get out of here!" Zero shouted.
"How can I do that, are you telling me to break my promise? A pureblood never do that. Moreover, Akuma is my best friend, how can I let him stay in the dorm and not being able to welcome him in my house?" Tsubasa said as he presented a melancholy face.
Zero kept silent, although he was very angry but the things Tsubasa had said weren't wrong, also, his invitation of living with them to Akuma had nothing to do with him, it's just...whenever those two pureblood are together the result's always been him being irritated, nonetheless, prevention is better than cure.
Then Akuma waved his hand and said, as if he could read the hunter's mind:
"If you're going to worry about me disturbing your peaceful life then you can rest assured, I won't do that, in addition to now you also have the ownership of this house, I don't want to cause trouble for Tsu-chan, look, you've made him scared out of death there, put off your frowning face will you? I promise I will not annoy you anymore, if I do so I will return to the dormitory immediately, is that ok with you?"
"Please Zero, please, please, please, please let Aku-chan stay with us~" Tsubasa spoke out to beg after seeing the conversation between Akuma and Zero. In front of Zero now was no longer the pureblood Tsubasa but only a child who was asking his parents to buy him a new toy.
"Also, Akuma's schedule of studying is different from us, of course the time for you and him to meet will not be many if not rare, that's why it will be fine, so please Zero, please, I'm begging you" Tsubasa added to be sure.
"All right, but if you do anything troublesome then don't charge me for being cruel to you." Zero finally said, revealing his bored face.
"Uh, ok, we won't do that, thank you Zero" Tsubasa jumped up excitedly and hugged Zero but quickly took Akuma's hand and ran upstairs after being nagged and threatened to have Bloody Rose pointed at his head by the hunter. Being left alone in the room, Zero sighed, wondering to himself perhaps for the umpteenth time why he could easily agree to that idiotic pureblood.
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"Didn't I tell you not to make any mess already?" Zero slapped his hands on the table, yelling angrily while Tsubasa hide behind Akuma as said pureblood told Zero to calm down constantly and tried to force him sit back on the chair.
"We didn't do anything, this is really one of the activities from the peace agreement, it's because Tsubasa has joined the Academy that Cross wanted to hold it now" Akuma replied calmly while Tsubasa continually nodded as if to confirm what Akuma has said.
"Don't lie to me, Cross told me it was you two who suggested!" Zero gritted his teeth. He has known there was something fishy when he was called to the principal office today, but hearing about the announcement of a collective picnic between the Day and Night classes was really inconceivable.
"Suggesting or not, it is the same now, the plan has been on the paper already , Zero, even if you kill us now, both students from those two classes would still take part in the upcoming activity." Akuma then smiled confidently and added "That is, if you can kill me and Tsu-chan eh"
"You...!" That's it, this pureblood dared to talk back to him? That bastard Akuma, his character is really the same as his name.*
"Erm...hey Zero, I know you're angry, but can you sit down and hear me out?" It was until this moment that Tsubasa decided to speak as he was pulling Akuma by the sleeve.
Silence, then Zero sank in his seat and said viciously:
"All right then, say anything you like, I knew right away that there will surely be trouble!"
Realizing Zero's reluctant acceptance, Tsubasa just smiled sadly and continued:
"Zero, I know it's really hard for you to give your trust to us vampire, especially after everything you had to suffer, but you also have to give us a chance to prove it to you that not every vampire is as bad as Shizuka and Rido."
"Moreover, aren't you a vampire yourself, Zero?"
Zero froze, then he looked at Tsubasa surprisingly, who was wearing a serious expression to face him this time. But somehow he wasn't angry, just feeling bitter choking suddenly in his throat, he remembered the time when he had a bloodlust and also... the time when he was on the edge of losing his own humanity.
"You don't need to remind me, I understand it too well, but that just gives me more reasons to oppose. You know how dangerous blood thirsts are to a vampire." The tragic sight has appeared in Zero's amethyst eyes for a moment, making Tsubasa suddenly felt guilty, yet he still tried to convince the prefect:
"Trust me, Zero, we're able to restrain ourselves. Furthermore, everyone is trying to build a better relationship between vampire and humans, so I'm sure that nothing negligent will happen. And I also want you to understand that I didn't talk about you being a vampire for any sarcasm but because I believe that if you can overcome your bloodlust easily and not falling to level E then we absolutely can do that, Zero, please, just this time, aren't things would go smoothly if you agree to cooperate? The time you get stuck with me will be shortened too." At the end of his sentence Tsubasa began to lengthen his voice purposely, emphasizing the meaning of "shortening the time"
Zero didn't know what to say to Tsubasa, he couldn't tell the pureblood it was because of Kuran and Ichiru's blood that had prevented him from falling to level E, but now thinking back, did he really not try to do anything? Could it be that, up until now he still thinks about himself as a useless person? Right after telling Tsubasa that he will not hide from the past anymore? Can he trust this pureblood again, trust him, and give himself another chance...
"What do you have to ensure?"
"Eh?" Hearing the hunter spoke suddenly, Tsubasa turned his face upward and looked at him.
"What do you have to ensure that the Night Class will do no harm?" Zero repeated.
"Ah, it's simple, I've contacted Kaname about this and he seemed interested so he's promised to look after the Night Class carefully, also he had told Cross to set up a group of observers in case the worst would happen. Not to mention if you count Akuma and me then we have four purebloods in the Academy currently, I think there won't be any vampire who's stupid enough to commit suicide like that" Tsubasa said while waving his hands and laughed.
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"Zero?"
"Fine, just do as you like..."
"Ah, really, well it's good, you'd agreed to participate in the activity then, let me help you to register neh, I finally can rest assured now, you know, I'd feared that if I have to convince you any longer then we can't keep up with the deadline, after all, the picnic is tomorrow" The pureblood said excitedly, rubbing his hands together.
"You're really...hey wait, what did you just say? When will the picnic occur?" Zero's left eye twitched slightly when he realized the abnormality in Tsubasa's words.
"Tomorrow? Why?" Tsubasa tilted his head and said while Akuma grabbed his best friend's shoulder and ran to the door to fend off a few bullets from Bloody Rose.
"BASTARDS! WHY DON'T YOU SAY IT SOONER?"
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Meanwhile, Kaname was looking at the contents of tomorrow's picnic carefully which has just been sent to him, including the rules for the "Treasure Hunting" contest proposed by Cross.
"Kaname?" The voice coming from behind the door has let Kaname knew it was Takuma Ichijou, he then allowed the blond vampire to open the door while sitting back and played with the paper.
"So I assume that you've read about the activities tomorrow already? How're the rules of that "Treasure Hunting" contest?" Said Takuma with his usual smiling face.
"Hmnn, it's indeed interesting" Kaname smirked since he knew Zero was strongly opposing right now.
"Tomorrow will be very promising."
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Sometimes Zero wondered if Cross was truly a mature man or not since he's always acting like a three-year-old kid no less. For example, today picnic's activities were all irrelevant and childish games that no high school student would be interested to join in such as racing, tug of war, then a quiz about the Academy's history. It was really boring in Zero's opinion, so he didn't understand why the other students could accept them and seemed so excited to participate, they're even looking foward to the "final contest" or something that was about to happen. In fact, Zero doubted if he would gather here to listen to that joyful voice of Cross announcing the final activity of today's outing if not for Tsubasa and Akuma going after him all day and insisted on playing with them. To him, suffering Cross's stupid games until now was enough.
"And finally, it has come to the 'Treasure Hunting' contest between the Day and Night Class, whoever finds the treasure first will have the right to own it completely with a little gift from me as a bonus: The answers paper for the upcoming exam." Cross winked at his students in the loud cheers.
Zero clapped his forehead; really, even answers for the monthly exam can be used as the prize too? No wonder those students seemed interested, but why did the Night Class also looked so eager like that, well, they're abnormally smart right?...
"It was mostly the spirit of emulation Zero, award or not is not important; the main purpose is being fun." Tsubasa said while flapping Zero's shoulder.
"Uh huh" - The prefect nodded and said absently. Well, whatever, he could endure it as long as this outing's going to end soon.
"And these are the contest rules, everyone here will be divided into several groups, each consisting of two people and they will take turn to solve the puzzles and follow the available road signs to the treasure's place..." Cross's voice rang out steadily as Zero continued to be oblivious, he could tell that Tsubasa will surely want to be in the same group as him. On the contrary, he also didn't know who to pair with except that idiot...
"And those two-people groups will be decided by random draw."
"What!" Zero suddenly shouted, then after realizing he has attracted too much attention, he immediately lowered his face as he muttered softly despite Tsubasa's concerned gaze. From afar, Kaname chuckled when he saw Zero's response, it was so predictable...
"Oniisama? What's wrong, you seem happy..." Yuuki spoke softly
"Nothing, Yuuki, I just feel that this contest will be interesting" Kaname smiled and answered his beloved sister.
"Yes, I think so too" She nodded.
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"Tsubasa you didn't tell me about this!" Zero hissed angrily.
"I swear Zero, I really have no idea, I've just heard about it for the first time…" Tsubasa shook his head.
"I don't know, if I have to pair up with some freaking vampire from the Night Class then I absolutely won't take part in this contest!"
"Zero, please, you still want to shirk even after we've got to this stage? How can the peace agreement end soon if you don't have any try yourself?!" Tsubasa's voice turned to plead as usual but this time was somewhat more assertive.
"But I..."
"And how can you be so sure that you will be pair up with someone you hate? You see, there are many Day Class students here, as well as Aku-chan from the Night class, the possibility is really low."
Carefully considering in his mind, Zero thought may be it wasn't bad at all, just like Tsubasa has said, the probability that he'll paired up with the Night Class is not that much, besides, he could negotiate to change partner later since being together with the Night Class in a group is the biggest wish of every Day Class student, or if he didn't have anyone willingly to have their fellow changed then he still can ask Tsubasa's partner to change their position with him and he's sure the pureblood would help him too.
"When I'm done with this I swear I'll never agree to any request of that Tsubasa anymore..." Zero thought, sighing. Seeing the prefect has seemed to accept his persuasion, Tsubasa then drew his attention to Cross, who now was reading out loud each group's names.
"The first group: Akuma Shihebi and Kain Akatsuki"
"Ah...Aku-chan, so you're not with me then, it's really unfortunate neh, anyway, try your best ok?" Tsubasa lengthened his voice, showing his regret as Akuma gently smiled to him then walked away to stand next to Kain.
"Next: Aidou Hanabusa and Tsubasa Hamasaki"
"Damn!" Zero cursed silently, it's over now, his plan of convincing Tsubasa's companion is already a failure, 'cause he didn't expect that blond guy to accept anything from him let alone his offer.
After that, headmaster Cross continued to speak out other groups's names, most of Zero's acquaintances has been called already, he began to get nervours when he didn't hear his name, wondering who would be his partner.
"And finally: Kaname Kuran and Zero Kiryuu" Cross ended his long list.
"What the hell is it?" Zero yelled then ran to grab Cross's collar – "Are you kidding me? Why does it have to be Kuran and me?"
"Zero, ca...calm down, how can I know, it was the lot..." Cross said in a weak tone, he knew it, he's known right away that he would be in such torture since he opened that last lot.
"That's right, Zero, it's not Cross's fault, take your hands off now or you will kill him for sure." Tsubasa tried to lessen Zero's anger. Then it was Kaname who spoke this time:
"Hamasaki is right, Kiryuu, I'm asking you to have more control in your actions, and moreover, I'm not happy with your attitude there." Kaname frowned, of course he knows Zero didn't enjoy the fact that he'll get stuck with him in the same group because he also didn't like it at all, but does he need to seem so pissed off like that? He's acting as if he's really that hateful.
"Shut up! Tsubasa, change your partner with me, I will be in the same group as you, tell Aidou to go with Kuran, doesn't he always like his leader? Just change the group!" Zero threw a disgusted look to Kaname then turned to tug at Tsubasa's jacket.
"You can't Zero, changing partner is against the rules!" Cross said incapably.
"I don't care. I don't want to be with Kuran."
"Come on Zero, there you go again, just please, I'm begging you, is not being cooperative for once hurts you that much? Come on Zero, I also want to pair up with you but it's really impossible..." Tsubasa frowned miserably, sometimes Zero's temper really made him want to give up...
"Yeah, besides, if you can change your partner then it will be unfair to the others, don't be such a child, Zero, it won't kill you if you try to endure this time" Akuma added.
"You...you..." Zero froze; he didn't expect everybody to fight against him together like this.
Kaname stared at the sight of Zero tightening Tsubasa's sleeve and didn't want to let go. Somehow this scene made him feel uncomfortable. What was that, Zero only showed him his hatred but now he was clinging to Hamasaki – another pureblood – like that, he was nothing more than him.
"Kiryuu, if you want to change the group then it's fine with me, because I think you're unable to leave your beloved Tsubasa there" Kaname said calmly, deliberaty stressed his sentence.
"What?" Zero turned to Kaname and growled, what does it mean? What was he refering to? Was it about that time he ran into Tsubasa and him?
"Ah, so that's the reason, why don't you say it sooner? Aww, Zero-chan, if you don't want to leave me then all you have to do is say so neh" Tsubasa said as he raised his hand to cover his face, pretending to be embarrassed but soon turned to grimace in pain by Zero's kick.
"Shut up! And you, Kuran, fine, we'll go together, no need to provoke me!"
"I'm just telling the truth" Kaname remained the calm look on his face. Zero grimaced then grabbed the guide-paper from Cross's hand violently and left, leaving Kaname behind for quite a distance after the pureblood decided to follow him.
"Aaaaa...I hope the contest will go well..." Headmaster Cross put his hand on his chest, whispering.
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"Heh heh, that previous scene with Zero was so interesting" Akuma said joyfully while waving the guide-paper in his hand.
"Hmnn" - Kain nodded silently, to tell the truth; so far it has just been Akuma talking while he just listened to the long haired man quietly. Even though he knows that the pureblood will be tired of his boring company but he couldn't notice anything at the moment.
"Eh? Why don't you say anything, am I that bad in talking?" Akuma turned to Kain.
"Ah, no, forgive my rudeness, Shihebi-sama, I just didn't focus that much"
"Are you worrying about something? Can you tell me? Ah, I know, you're worrying about Hanabusa, right?"
Kain nodded.
"So it's true then, no way I'm not going to notice it after being in the same class with you for several days, that kid's always causing trouble and leave things for you to settle later. You don't feel comfortable now because you had to leave his side and not being able to look after him, am I right?" - Akuma smiled evilly
"May be, moreover, being together with him for so long has made my worry turned into responsibility and no longer a duty anymore." - Kain sighed.
"Ah, it's ok, he's with Tsu-chan now, everything will be fine, Tsu-chan won't bully your beloved cousin, so don't worry" Akuma pat his partner's shoulder.
"You and Hamasaki-sama seem to be very close, right?"
"Yes, that guy and I are best friends since childhood. But that childish and credulous personality of him was not suitable for a pureblood at all, so I always have to take care of Tsu-chan and prevent him from doing anything stupid, that's why I understand your feelings, Akatsuki" Akuma shook his head slightly and smiled at the thought of those times when Tsubasa ran to him to complain because he had nothing to do.
Kain laughed quietly to sympathize with the pureblood. Then they kept going.
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"What will we do now? It's your fault" - Tsubasa lamented
"What, it were you who cheated" - Aidou opposed.
"It wasn't cheating, it was distracting, Hanabusa, and besides, Kaname can't get lost with his pureblood abilities, it's your fault for making a fuss over it" Tsubasa pouted, looking at the road sign that was broken. His team has reached here a while ago and when the pureblood knew that Zero's group was also moving towards this place he's decided to change the direction of the sign just to annoy Zero, but he didn't expect Aidou to object his idea because it will cause more difficulties for his Kaname-sama, therefore the result of their quarrel was the sign being broken after being pulled about from here to there.
"Well, if you ask me, it's better to get away before Zero and Kaname come here, I don't know how do you think but I don't want to die because of some stupid bullets." - Said Tsubasa while pulling Aidou to run as soon as he realized the hunter's group was coming despite Aidou's yells and struggle. He will apology to Cross later for disrupting the contest but right now he has to run for his life.
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Zero frowned while looking at the pile of woods that used to be a road sign. Okay, he knows the prize for this contest is really promising, but do they need to play a foul game like this?
"Seem like we have some trouble" - Kaname moved on from behind Zero.
"Yeah" The hunter answered indifferently. The situation between them has been like that since earlier, he went and Kaname followed, they absolutely didn't said anything except for the time they needed to solve the puzzles and report to the observers at each station, anyway, this was a big step, at least they didn't work on killing each other as usual.
"What do you plan to do then?" Kaname asked.
"Don't know, just do whatever you want"
"Kiryuu, in case you forgot, we're now partners, of course I can't decide anything on my own without your opinion."
Zero fell into silence, there he goes again, why does this pureblood have to be serious all the time, it's not like they like each other that much, besides, this is just a game, does he need to speak with an air of importance?
But then again, so far Kuran hasn't done anything to provoke him, all right, if he was trying to cooperate then he also had to make concessions, just think about it as a part from that stupid agreement.
"Well, certainly many other groups have came here before us, so if we can find out their tracks then we would know which way they'd gone to" Zero spoke after a while.
"All right, then let's go" Kaname walked away and this time it was Zero's turn to follow the pureblood, they kept going to the forest until some creatures appeared and made them come to a stop.
Level E.
Zero slowly backed down tensely, he didn't think those monsters can blatantly break into Cross Academy, but depending upon the situation then he and Kaname were besieged by more than 5 level E. Compare to Kaname's strength – although Zero hates to admit it – they're nothing. Plus some silver bullets from him will be enough. Turning to his right side, Zero realized that Kaname was fighting with three of them, ok, so his work was the two left. Thinking so, Zero intended to take out Bloody Rose but suddenly remember he didn't have that important weapon with him.
"Damn that Tsubasa! What the hell with 'you don't need to carry a gun around when you go to a picnic'? Now what do I do?" - But before the hunter has anytime to think, a level E has rushed to him, Zero promptly dodged its attack then turned to kick at its leg, as soon as it became slightly staggered, he quickly added another punch on its chest. Seeing the monster has knelt down completely, he drew a symbol of hunter charm in the air above the level E's head. Then Zero shouted:
" Bruciare" **
After Zero finished his sentence the level E in front of him caught fire on its body immediately, it screamed in pain while the body slowly decomposed and broke apart into dust. But the hunter barely had the time to breathe when he discovered the second level E had ran to him from behind, not having enough time to react, he lose his balance and fell on the ground as he rolled over on it to evade the attack from high above, not being able to counter-attack, he held up his hands in front of his face and closed his eyes, thinking silently "It's over."
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Not feeling the attack came onto him, Zero opened his eyes, to his surprise it was Kaname standing in front of him as the level E was disappearing gradually. His left hand's holding onto his right shoulder which was now soaked with blood. Obviously, it was because of the level E that attacked Zero earlier.
"He...saved me?" Zero thought surprisingly, staring at Kaname's wound.
"What are you doing Kiryuu? Why didn't you shoot them?" - Kaname finally turned to look at Zero and hissed angrily – "Would you still be alive if I didn't come on time? If you want to show off then this is not the right time"
"What, you..." Zero was going to respond when he suddenly realized there was some water drops fell on his face, he looked up at the sky and saw dark clouds began to gather, it looked like rain.
"Now fighting isn't the best solution, we better find a place to shelter from the rain, everything will be discussed later." Kaname sighed, waiting for Zero to get up quickly then they both left.
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The melody of rain falling steadily on the window's frame sounded so peaceful. The small cabin in the forest seemed to be engulfed by the white screen of rain surrounded it. Look like this was one of the Academy's forgotten warehouses that Kaname and Zero had founded by luck before they'd both been soaked. However, contrary to the overwhelming and impetuous rain outside, the atmosphere inside the house was quite stressful and serene with the two vampires.
Zero sat in a corner, trying to fix his hair that was soaked with water while Kaname stood beside the window and looked outside. Zero started to feel uncomfortable with this dilemma. He swore quietly:
"That idiot Tsubasa, let see what I will do with him when I come back..."
But Zero wasn't aware that Kaname was looking at him from a distance. The pureblood also had the same thought as Zero, he didn't like this silence at all, even though they're not arguing but it's still unpleasant. Further more, being alone with Zero like this has made Kaname remember about the questions in his heart lately, so may be he should take this opportunity to clarify everything at once.
"Kiryuu"
"What, Kuran?" Zero replied, not bothering to look at the brunette vampire.
"About you and Yuuki, I want to know, what did you mean when you said she had evil intentions?"
"That again? Why do you and I have to be back to this subject every time we meet?" Zero grumbled dispiritedly
"Because I don't want to have any untrue bad words about Yuuki, as you know, she's my sister and fiancée; I won't allow her to get hurt." - Kaname replied calmly.
"Ah, of course, the royal vampire princess can't be insulted by a level D and an ex-human, the strong always win, doesn't it, Kuran?" - Zero said sarcastically.
"Kiryuu, I need a serious answer!" Kaname hissed, again, it's was this attitude of the hunter that always made him frustrated and not being to control himself over his desire to kill him.
"I'm being serious, if you don't want to hear your beloved sister and fiancée being humiliated anymore then why bother to ask me? Or may be you'll try to kill me later to cover her offence, who knows..."
"Kiryuu!" - Kaname growled, that's it, he wants to test his patience?
"Did I say anything wrong? Moreover, why are you so preoccupied with that? Yuuki totally belongs to you, she's no longer Yuuki Kurosu, she is Yuuki Kuran now, so why do you need to worry about my opinions, isn't it better if you're just live happily together?" - After finishing his sentence, Zero turned to look straight into Kaname eyes, and for a moment the pureblood realized there were so many mixed feelings in those amethyst orbs, it included the resoluteness, anger, anxiety and...
...sorrow...
Kaname didn't say anything. He doesn't understand why he couldn't bring himself to talk when he was faced with that gaze of Zero. It seemed like he has seen some weaknesses at the bottom of the hunter's heart when it comes to Yuuki in the brief second he looked at those eyes, and Kaname knows, Zero doesn't hate Yuuki entirely as he'd thought.
They kept silent again and Zero turned his head away, it was until then that Kaname's started to draw his attention to the white skin on the non-tattoo side at Zero's neck, the Day Class prefect didn't fasten his first two buttons as usual, revealing a part of his chest and neck. If Kaname wasn't injured he wouldn't bother about it, but he has lost a lot of blood from the wound caused by the level E earlier and being able to feel the pulse under Zero's neck like it was inviting him doesn't help at all, Kaname was aware that his eyes are changing its color to red and his canines are lengthened gradually.
Noticing the anomaly from Kaname, Zero looked back; when he saw the pureblood's red eyes he realized he was too careless. Right, Kaname was injured and being alone with him like this was clearly rousing the thirst for blood from him. Knowing where the pureblood's look is going toward, Zero pulled back his collar then cough quietly, expecting Kaname to realize what he means.
Hearing Zero's cough as well as seeing his action, Kaname then realized he's just lost his control when he stared at the hunter as if he was a delicious food. Clearing his throat softly, he spoke:
"I apologize for my previous action, Kiryuu, but you can rest assured, I won't attack you"
"Hmnn" Zero nodded slightly, he also didn't want to argue with Kaname, and nonetheless, he was injured because of him. But, ultimately, if Cross didn't organize this ridiculous game then may be they wouldn't be in this mess. The thought of his monstrous adoptive father made Zero grumble:
"Stupid Cross, it was all because of his childishness, we're high school students here, what about this 'Treasure Hunting' game?"
Kaname smiled at Zero's saying, he seemed to agree:
"I agree with you, Kiryuu. But I'm also curious about the treasure Cross wanted us to find, well, although with our situation like this, I have to say we have given up half way."
Zero turned to looked at Kaname with amusement, so he has the same thought as him? Good, at least he was not the only one who was the victim of Cross's crazy games:
"I wouldn't expect anything at all; have Cross's gifts ever been normal?
"Yeah, right..."
So they both took turns to complain about Headmaster Cross after that, in fact, there was only Zero saying and Kaname adding some comments. But the strange thing was that they have felt pretty comfortable while talking to each other, no Yuuki, no vampire or hunter, simply two students talking about their Principal. The feeling was very different compared to the previous talks between the two. Zero suddenly thought that may be Kaname was not so bad, his sense of humor was quite good and he was not as rigid and serious as he thought. And Kaname, he realized that behind the usual stern and frowning face of Zero was a profound person, and the prefect also proved to be a good listener. In a moment, a lot of bad impressions of them about each other were greatly reduced, so they they continued to talk until the rain stopped...
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"Zero!"
"Kaname-sama!"
Everyone had found out where Kaname and Zero were after roughly an hour. Tsubasa, Cross and Akuma rushed to hug Zero while the Night Class surrounded the pureblood and Yuuki was sobbing. They were really worried when they realized that the two were missing.
"Zero, you scared me out of death there, when I knew about those level E breaking into the Academy I thought my heart was going to drop out" - Tsubasa hugged Zero while Cross's clinging to him and cried, saying he was a bad 'daddy' because he couldn't protect his son.
"Agrhhh, come on Cross, I'm fine, let go of me, it's annoying!" Zero yelled exasperatedly.
"Kaname-sama, I'm truly sorry, it's my fault that you're injured, please punish me." - Aidou said as he was weeping while Kaname just looked at him quietly while Kain was trying to pull the blond vampire away from their leader.
"I'm fine, Aidou, it's really nothing, but if you want to atone for your fault then please investigate the reason why those level E could appear in the Academy like that" - Kaname frowned slightly. Yes, this is clearly strange, there must be a reason behind it and he has to find out quickly before having any danger threatening the peace of the school.
"Yes, Kaname-sama!"
"All right, let's come back to the Dorm" - Kaname wiped off Yuuki's tears and waved his hand to dismiss the Night Class students around him. He was going to walk away when he heard Zero's calling him from behind.
"Kuran!"
The pureblood turned back and saw Zero standing there, the hunter's face didn't show any emotion, he motioned the Night Class and Yuuki to go ahead then started to walk to Zero's side.
"What's wrong, Kiryuu?"
Zero lowered his face awkwardly, he kept quiet for a while then looked up at Kaname, looking puzzled:
"I...uhm...about your wound..."
"What about my wound?" - Kaname asked again, both surprised and excited at this newly expression of Zero.
"Thank you...for saving me." - Then Zero quickly turned away and ran toward Tsubasa and Akuma who was urging him to hurry and Kaname was left alone, suddenly aware of Zero's words after being stunned for a long moment.
And what Zero didn't see was the smile appeared on Kaname's face right after that.
TBC
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Note :
*: Akuma's name means "Demon" while the words "Shi" and "Hebi" in his last name mean "Death" and "Snake" in Japanese, that's why Zero has said his personality is the same as his name, demon eh, he's really a little devil there.
**: It means "To burn" in Italian
Awww, isn't it great, our Zero didn't hate Kaname so much like before, he even thanked him for saving him :"). And the scene of Akuma and Kain was just so sweet, they both worry about their important persons. Well, I really want Kaname to talk about his Zero like that someday :"), probably soon...so until that day, please be patient with me. And the last words, thanks for your reviews, and for those who subscribed and added favourite to this story, I appreciate that :D