The hiding girl and the lost Vampire

Author: Suryallee

Rating: T, Mature for later chapter's contents!

Parings: Akasuki Kain /Nadashiko Shindo (Yes people, that girl is actually a real character from the manga and books, she was the one that Zero had to catch on the valentines day debacle grins there are more people to write about as Mary Sues and Yuuki or the others ^_- p.s. if you don't believe me, Wiki her, lol ) others

Disclaimer: I don't own Vampire Knight and its characters nor the Manga or the story.

Authors note: This is a un-beta fic, Sorry for the grammar and spelling: I am native German, please be kind.

Warning: m/f. if you have a trouble with such pairings, please leave now.

Story: a typical what if story with the usual twists of yours truly ^^

However, it is after Kaname killed Aido's father, somewhat in that timeline. Shrugs' This was meant as a Oneshot that did not let go on my since two weeks. Had me forget my other stories together with a Aido/Yuuki Oneshot that is currently in work here too. Sorry for that, but if I have an idea I have to write it down when still fresh or it escapes me again.

This beast has already made it to more then thirty pages! It's a monster that has grown on its own here, please let me know if you like it,

You're Suryallee

Summary: What if Kaname set Kain earlier free again? What if he run into a mousy looking girl names Shindo after that?

Chapter three

When he awoke anew, he was surrounded by another thick blanked and under his head was a small pillow.

He could hear Cross Kaien talk to the girl he kept calling Shindo chan. So, he thought, that was her first name eh? He had noted the small schoolgirl in the past and had remembered her surname just because she had at one time caught his interest by chance. She had been the one that had pursued that Kiriyuu so persistently for a while what had made Kain remember her name. Moreover, she was one of the few human friends of Yuuki Sama that she still had left, Kain yawned hugely and rubbed his tired eyes to get the sleep out of them.

He just wondered how she had managed to sneak up on him to place the blanked and the cushion here.

A sad smile shortly crossed his features. Had he truly lost his touch with the world this much in the last two months? He could hear the ex Hunter tell her that Kain had been seen last without Kaname and later with Ruka. Here he closed his eyes before he stood and still clutching at the blanked, walked over to the living room.

"He let us go."

Kain roughly told the surprised looking couple onto the now with a large throw over cloth covered couch. Stepping inside he closed the door again behind him. Then he walked over to the two and sat down onto a sitting cushion on the floor. "He let us go, told us to go home. Ruka… she was slowly falling apart, so he send us back to our families." He looked down onto the floorboards. "That was roughly six months ago. Ruka's family immediately send her into therapy in an sanatorium. I was questioned by the new council but quickly set back on free feet, since he never told us much and kept us by his will with him. well, Ruka he did, Kuran Sama needed her powers and she was always in an one sided love with him."

Here Kain had to take a deep breath before he continued.

"I have all the time known in a way that she did never love me the way I loved her, Cross San. It was only hope that held me upright and by her side, no matter how bad it got with Kaname Sama. Constantly I warned her and never she did listen, in the end she hurt herself with this more then she could mentally handle. After we were set free, I thought… I hoped that she, maybe, would finally recover and perhaps would see me… I was dead wrong."

His pained amber gaze met that of the ex Hunter on the couch who had an sympathetic look in his eyes. Next to him Shindo also seem to get it and gave Kain a sad look. It wasn't pity that he read in her blue eyes, it was empathy and that was actually making him feel a little better as before.

"She, Ruka wrote me a letter around four months ago to the place I went too to sort my mind out.

In the sanatorium she had met another Vampire who went by the name of Sagita San. The two seem to get along right fine from the start and I was OK with that. All was better as her pinning away for the love of the Kuran Pure Blood who would never love her back like she deserves it, Cross San. Even if it wasn't me that she choose in the end…

Two months ago she let me know that she had fallen in love with him and as it looks, he with her too. But what hit the top off my cake was that he is also a Pure Blood! One of the Masame line. Masame Sagita Sama, the second son of lord Masame Nagano. He was there because of his depressions and both seem to have hit off from the start. Her family is of course, overjoyed… what a Bull! The old Souen would sell his unborn heir off to the devil if he could catch a pure blood with it. It isn't that I am angry that she found a new love, no matter what you think of me right now, it is the irony! She got out of the clutches of one only to fall into the hands of another! What was she thinking, Cross San? Tell me that. We both know that besides Yuuki Sama, Pure Blood's as a rule, do never marry out of something so common as love! Can't she see that he will only use her for his own plans in the end? I have seen that guy from a distance before, on a party. He is just as bad as the rest of his power-hungry family… the Souen family is RICH. It is her money that the Masame Family wants, not Ruka, even I can see that and where it will lead to in the end."

Here his eyes took on a dangerous shade of bright vermilion red.

As suddenly as it had seeped into his eyes it faded out of them again and Kain suddenly looked defeated to Shindo and Cross. Shindo was more fascinated then scared from the sight of his eye color change. This was the first time that she ever saw such and it mesmerized her. Also, she slowly got the feeling that she knew what exactly he did mourn over so badly, what had Kain neglect himself so badly.

"I guess… I lost my last marbles for a while after that news. I was just drifting around since the message reached me. Thus that, I still do not dare to face Hanabusa after what Kaname did to his father… I think, you get the point. All what I want at the moment is to be left alone and to crawl into a hole to wallow in my pain, pitiful, I know."

He hung his head and looked again at the floor.

On the couch, Cross heaved a heavy sigh before he simply laid a hand comfortingly on Kain's shoulder. "Oh Akasuki Kun, I wish this would not have turned out this way, truly. I know very well how you must feel now and what you mean… however, you cannot hide forever, you know? Hanabusa Kun is practically turning around every stone in town upside down since he heard that you two were released from Kuran Sama.

He is almost frantic in his tries to find you, you silly boy. Not even Yuuki and I have managed to make him stop searching. Can I let him know that you're ok at last?"

The tall Vampire nodded slowly. "Yes. Please stop that idiot from getting into trouble, Cross San. Tell him please, that I need… time to deal with this all my own way?" The former Hunter nodded slowly.

"Do you have a place in mind to stay for a while?" Akasuki Kain shook his head. Cross heaved another sigh. "You know, you could always go back to the school or stay at my house if you want to." Kain shook his head. "No. Hanabusa would find out and hunt me down there. I guess I will search myself a room or so."

Here Cross Kaien shook his head vehemently. "Look how that turned out the last time, Akasuki Kun." The Vampire gave him and Shindo a gloomy grin. "Shindo Chan? I know, it is much to ask from you, but would you be so kind and let this fool stay until the end of winter break? I fear without someone to look after him, this young Vampire Noble is prone to get himself into the same state as before…"

She looked from Akasuki's rather put out looking face at Cross dare to take over his live so bluntly, to Cross begging one and back.

Looking shortly at the roof of her room in her helplessness to refuse both in a way she gave in.

"Fine Cross San, I will let him stay in my Fathers former room. It is empty anyways and lately, you know what, I have had visits from those con-artists again who wanted to bully me into selling them my property. Maybe they will stay away when they get in that a man is living here? I hope so, at least it is worth a try. They have been scaring me lately a few times and even went so far to wait for me at my door. I already wanted to ask Nogunata San to move in for a while but he is an old man and I sadly, do not believe that he will be enough to stop them.

Akasuki san, I believe, actually could. Since he is younger and since he is so tall and well, what he is?"

Shindo knew that she was playing dirty here but somehow she agreed with Cross San here wholeheartedly. If left alone on his own again, Kain Kun was truly bound to get back into a shape that was not healthy and she knew from own experience what emotional pain could do to a persons will and life. As she had hoped, Akasuki did bite and got hooked on her bait right away.

"What does Shindo Chan mean with this, Cross San? Is she having troubles, why then does she live alone?"

The Hunter fell right in with the plan, having understood what Shindo was up to the minute she looked at him and Cross played along. "Well, you see, Kain Kun, Shindo Chan here inherited a slight fortune from her adopted Father when he did die away this year in spring. He was already very old when he had adopted her and had been in property business all his life and was also owning some land around in town and out of it.

These formerly low rated estates have become a fortune with time. Most are placed on spots that bigger companies want badly, to build their business estates upon, or shopping malls onto for that matter. Land for industrial estates has become rare and high prized around here and more so in good spots as well as you should know. Since your family too owns a few and is too doing business in this industries. Shindo owns a few places that are highly sought after and some have gotten out where she lives.

It would actually help you both to have you stay here.

She wouldn't be bothered so much anymore and you would be safe here from your family and your cousin. Hanabusa Kun does not even know that Shindo exists, I suppose, what is fine I think. Anyways, it aides your wish to be left alone and mine, to have you looked after."

He gave the tall Vampire on the cushion his most innocent smile, behind his back one hand had crossed fingers. Next to him, Shindo tried to look at everything that wasn't Kain.

Akasuki really had the feeling that he just got tricked… he really was sure, however, he could not prove the cunning duo on the couch that they had for the live of him and so he reluctantly mumbled an agreement. To be honest, he had nothing against it to stay here. Shindo was rather nice to have around, the house suited his more traditional tastes in living quarters and he had the feeling that this quiet place had a soothing air that was doing him good.

A plus was that Shindo seem to understand him to an extent that was almost scary, still, Kain could deal with it. Why had he never taken much notice beyond her being in love with Zero Kun before?

"Alright, that's settled then! But he will need his gear back, Cross San. What were you thinking stealing his clothes when no one was looking and don't give me that look, headmaster Cross! We both know that you did it." Shindo folded her arms at the now rather sheepish looking man next to her who squirmed under her stern look. Next to both Kain broke out in a fit of chuckles. It was nice to know that she had that effect not only on him!

The entire situation ended with Kaien, confessing that he had them burned since they had been beyond repair and telling them of his hope that it would make Kain stay for a while. Then he gave Kain his personal things back.

2012 By Suryallee