CHAPTER-23:BEAUTY AND THE BEAST (PART-3)
The smell of blood was thick in the air as the Kuran's fought Rido's minions. Bodies littered the front garden and the white snow on the ground was died red in patches.
Kaname was in a heated battle with Shinobu. They where both formidable opponents and neither was able to get the upper hand at any point.
Kaname lunged to the left, narrowly avoiding Shinobu's katana as it swept past his neck. Spinning around, the pureblood counter attacked and slashed at the bonds throat, but only managed to cut a few of his long hairs. Kaname readied himself, for another hit, but it never came.
"Sorry to disappoint you Kuran. But I'll have to end our dance hear. I have a prior engagement." Shinobu informed with a cheeky grin.
"Running away so soon?" Kaname mocked while spinning his daggers elegantly in his hands.
"Retreat is not normally in my vocabulary, however I am willing to make an exception in this case. But do not threat, I'm leaving you in good hands." Shinobu smiled as he holstered his Katana and backed away. A mighty raw echoed threw the air as the transformed Hybrid landed in front of Kaname.
"Round two?" Kaname stated with a smile. He'd wanted to get his own back on this guy for a while. Now he finally had his chance.
"Your Going down Pureblood. Now that you don't have your little bodyguard to save you." The Creature mocked with a crocked smile.
"We'll just see about that." Kaname replied as he lunged forward and the fight began.
Shinobu raced towards the Kuran Manor, trying to evade the other Kurans as he went. Reaching the house, he snuck in and using his vampire sense of smell headed to the basement. A crude grin appeared on his normal placid face as he neared the basement door. Pushing it open his jaw dropped in horror, as he looked on into the room. He found Yuki Kuran lying motionless on the hard floor, but apart from her the room was empty.
Growling, Shinobu stepped into the basement, and his anger grew as a new sent reached his nose. Blood, he could smell blood. But not just any blood. "Shizuka!" Shinobu thought angrily. Turning around he stormed from the building and re-entered the garden, signalling for his men to follow him, he fled the scene.
Kaname landed neatly on his feet behind the Hybrid after lqnding anouther blow to the monsters back. They where both covered in small scratches and cuts but nothing serious on either side. Hearing a strange noise, Kaname looked round to see all of Rido's men retreating quickly. "What the hell?" Kaname though as he watched them flee.
"Sorry Pureblood. I'll have to rip your head off, some other time." The Hybrid growled as he to turned to run.
A few moments later, the Kuran clan where left standing in the blood bathed snow, looking curiously at the backs of their enemies as they ran away.
"What the fuck was all that about?" Kain questioned, raising an eyebrow.
"Beats me." Shiki replied as he placed his knives back into his belt.
"Come on. We better get back inside. Yuki and Zero will be worried." Juri stated as the group turned around and walked back to their house. Inside they headed straight for the basement, but just before they reached the door a distinctive smell hit their senses.
Panic washed through Kaname as he rushed past the rest of the group and barged threw the agar door. Looking around he gasped when he saw Yuki lying, prone on the ground.
"Yuki!" Juri called out as she ran to her daughters side and cradled her head slightly. Yuki groaned as she began to come too, her eyes slowly opened up to see Juri's worried face. Panic ran threw her body as she scurried up and pushed her mother away.
"You!" Yuki exclaimed as she pointed a shaky finger at the mother. Seeing his sister's paniced look and his mother's consern, Kaname kneeled at Yuki's side and placed both his hands on her shoulders.
"Yuki look at me. Tell me what happened." Kaname demanded camly.
"She came. I though it was Mother. She said she was Mother. She looked like Mother. Even smelt like Mother. But she wasn't Mother. She wanted Zero. I trued to stop her, but I couldn't. She took him. I'm so sorry Kaname. I couldn't stop her. I couldn't protect Zero like I promised. Please don't hate me. I'm sorry." Yuki ranted as she sobbed.
"Shh! It's ok Yuki. Nobody blames you." Juri cooed as he wrapped an arm around the girl.
"Mother?" Yuki questioned with wide eyes.
"Yes darling. It's me. I promise." Juri reassured as Yuki collapsed into a fit of sobs in her mother's arms.
"Yuki. Please listen to me. I need to know who did this. Who took Zero?" Kaname pleaded.
"Shizuka" Yuki choked out, before another fit of sobs shook her body.
Kaname's eyes widened at the realization. If Shizuka had Zero, then that meant that she would be taking him to Rido. The purebloods anger grew and grew as he though about what Rido might do to Zero. He could not let anything happen to Zero. He's promised the boy that he wound never be harmed again. Standing up straight, Kaname turned to the group. "I'm going after Rido." Kaname stated sternly as he eyes hardend. "And I'm going to kill him, once and for all."
Sorry it took me so long to post this, but I've been really sick recently and I haven't been able to get any work done.
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