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Chapter 28 - Who I am

Elizabeth placed Kuro on the bed whilst she brushed her hair to get some of the blood out of it. Kuro sat up and gazed at her, loving how her shaggy blond hair shone in the lamp light. He needed to tell her who he was. There was a burning desire to do so. He had to tell her.

"Riji-sama," Kuro started, "Can I tell you something?"

Elizabeth turned around on her dresser stool and looked him in the eye, "Yes, Kuro-kun," Elizabeth answered, "What is it?"

Kuro jumped off the bed and trotted over to her. Elizabeth placed her brush on the dresser and picked him up, placing him on her lap, "What I am about to tell you…is…upsetting and…I find it very hard to think about."

"Just take your time, Kuro-kun," Elizabeth said with a kind smile, "I'll listen to your every word."

Kuro nodded and settled into her arms, "Eighteen vampire years ago...I was born to a pureblood family who was the sovereign family at the time."

He paused and looked up at Elizabeth, who nodded when he did so, "Go on…I am listening."

"My uncle, who was my parents' elder brother," Kuro began, "He offered to do them a favour and he took me away from my parents who had protested to him taking their newborn son away from them so soon. I was taken down to the crypt where the ancestor was laid and…well…my uncle sacrificed me to bring him back for the dead. Well…I don't remember much after that."

Elizabeth felt numb. Her eyes were wide and she didn't know what to say, "Well…that doesn't really explain who you are," she whispered. Kuro sighed and nodded, steeling himself for what was going to happen next.

"I am Kaname Kuran," Kuro said, "The real son of Juuri and Haruka Kuran. Rido Kuran is my uncle and Yuuki is my younger sister."

Elizabeth numbly gazed at him, wondering what to do next. Kuro saw the uncertainty in her eyes. Kuro nuzzled her hand and Elizabeth flinched slightly, "What about Kaname?"

"The Kaname you know and are in love with," Kuro continued, "Took my place in the family. I was sacrificed to bring him back from the dead. He is my great, great grandfather. He was one of the first vampires. However, you already know that…don't you? You were his lover back then. Reborn as a human, you lived a normal life; you were then bitten by Rido and then reawakened by your lover's bite and blood, therefore, turning you back into a pureblood vampire. Since you were and are Kaname's lover and the progenitor of the Kuran family, you're my great, great grandmother."

"How did you become cat though," Elizabeth asked.

"Well…" Kuro laughed nervously, "My mother, Juuri, she had a kitten and my soul, incidentally, was trapped inside the kitten and I've grown up as a cat."

Elizabeth blinked. She would have laughed but she was too shocked, "Can you…have your body back?"

"No," Kuro said, "I don't want it back. I enjoy being a cat. Besides, it would be really difficult to introduce me into the vampire way of life. I never really was in the first place. I only knew about the vampire world through my parents who didn't know I was residing in the body of a cat."

Elizabeth cradled him in arms and started to sob into his fur. Kuro nuzzled her neck and gave her neck an affectionate lick, "Kuro-kun," Elizabeth sniffed, "I'm so sorry…I didn't realise. You're my great, great grandson…" Elizabeth's heart felt like it was beating a mile a minute, "So that's who you've been all this time."

"Yes," Kuro said softly, "And I have been in love with you all this time….I know it's weird that I would be in love with my great, great grandmother, but technically, you're still younger than me because you were born human sixteen years ago. But you can never love me the way I love you because you're Kaname's life mate and you love him."

"Well, it would be incest if we ever got together anyway…" Elizabeth nervously chuckled, "Well, that's if you had a human form."

Kuro gazed at her sadly and nodded, "I'll always love you, Riji-sama."

Elizabeth hugged him tightly, sobbing into his fur, "I love you too, Kuro-kun," Elizabeth was about to wipe her tears away when there was a knock on the door. Elizabeth placed Kuro on the bed and quickly wiped her tears away before opening the door. Kaname immediately walked inside and Elizabeth blinked.

"What is it, Kaname," Elizabeth asked, clearly worried by his behaviour. Kaname turned to her as she closed the door. He grabbed her and pulled her into a tight embrace, "Kaname, what's wrong?"

"Yuuki has been awakened," Kaname whispered, making Kuro look up. Kaname pulled back a little and he caressed her cheek. He noticed the cuts and bruises on Elizabeth's face, "What happened," Kaname asked. Elizabeth swallowed.

"I fought Rido," Elizabeth said, "Kuro saved me from his blood whip."

Kaname turned his attention to Kuro before he turned back to Elizabeth. He wrapped his arms about Elizabeth's waist and Kuro jumped off the bed, "I'm going to see Kisetsu-sama," Kuro muttered as he trotted off in a huff. Elizabeth giggled softly before Kaname leaned down to kiss her tenderly. He broke the kiss and gave her a stern look, "I told you that I didn't want you to sacrifice yourself again and you promised me that you wouldn't. I don't want you to fight."

"But, Kaname," Elizabeth cried, "We have to fight Rido when he gets his body back. I only fought him in Senri's body. Imagine what it's going to be like when he's in his own body! This is going to be a bloody war!"

"I agree," Kaname said imperiously, "That's why I don't want you to fight in the upcoming battle. You will stay with Yuuki whilst I am going to the Senate to take care of some business."

"What business," Elizabeth asked.

"You will find out soon enough," Kaname said as he leaned down again and kissed her. Elizabeth was made powerless against him as his lips caressed hers and his arms wrapped around her petite waist. Elizabeth felt his tongue slip into her mouth and her eyes fluttered closed.

Breaking the kiss, Kaname gazed into her eyes, "Drink my blood, Erisabesu," he whispered, "You need it."

Elizabeth blinked at him and just as she was about to shake her head and protest, Kaname was offering his neck to her. Elizabeth blinked before nuzzling his neck and licked it gently before sinking her fangs into his neck. Elizabeth let Kaname's blood gush into her mouth. He intoxicated her every sense and her attention could not be deviated. Kaname held her tightly to himself as they indulged in one of the most intimate of vampire activities. Vampires were not mindless drinkers. They were greedy and easily lost themselves in the taste of their lover's blood.

As Elizabeth stopped drinking, she pulled her fangs out and licked his wound clean. She pulled back and gazed at him. They tenderly touched their lips together, savouring every moment they had together. The lovers held onto each other, "Make love to me again, Kaname," Elizabeth whimpered, "I really need you at the moment."

Kaname gazed at his mate for a moment before kissing her again and let his hands wander around her body. He couldn't refuse his mate when she was offering her own body to him. Kaname gently laid her on the bed and they tenderly began to undress each other. Their lovemaking was passionate yet it was loving and tender. They held onto each other desperately and nothing else in the world mattered. Blood was splattered across the cream bed sheets as they drank each other's blood. Kaname made her cry out his name many times and he cried out hers as well.

As they lay in the afterglow of their love for each other, they knew that this moment of love and tenderness would not last. They were not naïve, "Please, Erisabesu, stay safe whilst I am gone. I don't want you to make reckless decisions."

"But, Kaname-" Elizabeth started as she sat up before Kaname growled and pushed her back down.

"Don't defy me," Kaname said imperiously and his eyes flashed red, "I don't want to have to mourn you all over again. Don't leave ma again." Elizabeth blinked at him

"Kaname…I just want to do my bit," she replied, "Don't stifle me…please don't…"

The lovers passed meaningful looks between them. Tenderness replaced pureblood command in Kaname's eyes and he sighed silently, "I don't want to stifle you, my love, I just want you to be safe."

"I will be," Elizabeth replied, caressing his face, "I don't want to be an idle princess; that is not who I am."

"Indeed you're not," Kaname said as he kissed her forehead, "And I love you for it."

Kaname moved from on top of her and grabbed his clothes which were on the floor. Elizabeth watched him as he dressed and she picked up her own clothes. They dressed in silence and Elizabeth, once she tied her tie, walked over to Kaname as he pulled on his trench coat.

"I will fight, Kaname," Elizabeth asserted, "Rido has damaged too many lives and I won't let him get away with it."

"Erisabesu, he is your pureblood master and regardless of your pureblood status now, you cannot kill him. I will have Zero Kiryuu kill him. I have been feeding him my blood to make him to the more the powerful that Rido."

Elizabeth glared at him, "You're cruel to that boy," Elizabeth said, "He is just another pawn, isn't he?"

"What do you think," Kaname said as caressed her cheek. Elizabeth averted her gaze and huffed slightly.

"Well, good luck, Kaname," she said as she hugged him, "Keep safe for me, won't you?"

"Only if you do the same for me," Kaname replied and Elizabeth nodded.

"Of course," Elizabeth said as Kaname kissed her forehead and then swept from the room. Elizabeth hugged herself and turned to the window. The sun was rising and she knew this was not going to be a good morning. She walked out of her room and looked around. The scent of blood was heavy in the air. She turned her head and saw Takuma walking towards her with his katana in his hand, "Takuma, I'm so glad I foun-"

Takuma walked right past her with a grave expression on his handsome face. It seemed entirely out of his usually character. Elizabeth stared at his retreating back before shaking her head and walked off in the direction of Kisetsu's room. She came to her room and knocked urgently. The door swung open and Kisetsu pulled her inside.

"Riji-chan, what's going on around this place? Why can I sense another pureblood?"

"Yuuki Cross has been awakened," Elizabeth said, "Kaname told me before."

"Yuuki Cross," Kisetsu questioned, "Awakened? What do you mean by that?"

"Yuuki is Kaname's sister," Elizabeth replied, "I don't know about anything so don't ask me because I didn't ask."

Kisetsu raised an eyebrow, "Oh…right…"

Kuro walked over to Elizabeth and sat down, "It was most likely Juuri who turned Yuuki into a human."

"What do you mean, Kuro-kun?"

"I watched Juuri for years and she specialised in casting spells," Kuro said, "It was a high level spell though and it would most certainly have killed her because it required blood."

"Ah, I see," Elizabeth said, "Well, the morning has finally broken and we should get ready for what could be a bloody war. I can feel it and smell it in the air."

Kisetsu, horrified by this revelation, was struck speechless. The horrible realisation was now upon them and then it was the time to prepare themselves for what was to come.

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