Something in Kaname's words seemed odd to Shiro. The last sentence he had uttered was laden with thick sarcasm. Were they, then, not a novelty to him?
She pondered this as she faced Kaname, still positioned protectively in front of Kuro. The latter had calmed significantly; his eyes were no longer red and his aura, though still very clearly regal, was not so pungent in the air.
"You know us?" Kuro hissed with distaste. He had vowed to kill anyone who knew of their secret in order to protect his and Shiro's lives, so how had he overlooked Kaname if he claimed to know them? According to Kuro's promise, he should be dead!
"My mother told me of you," Kaname said. "Come. I will speak with you in privacy if you want to know more."
He ushered them to follow him as he retreated to the stairs, Takuma close behind him. It was the latter's business too if the situation posed a threat to the Night Class. Reluctantly, Shiro followed, and despite his protests, she ordered Kuro to come as well.
The party entered Kaname's room in apprehensive silence. At Kaname's beckoning, Shiro and Kuro sat on the sofa by the window as Kaname took a seat directly across from them. Takuma stayed at the door, casually leaning upon it, one hand resting cautiously on the sheath of his katana.
"Tell us how you know us," Kuro pressed agitatedly. Shiro rested her hand upon his; he needed to calm down. Kaname took note of this and chuckled to himself.
"You really are opposites," he mused. "I shall tell you how I know of you if you agree to one thing."
"Go ahead," Shiro coaxed quietly. She was not so afraid of Kaname as she was of her other half. In his unstable condition, he could lose control and allow Takuma and Kaname the justifiable grounds of hurting or killing him. She could not allow that to happen if she valued her life, both in her form and in Kuro's.
"You will find a way to merge. Even though you are the same person, you are hunter twins nevertheless. You must merge together, otherwise you will die," Kaname replied. "But you will not do so until I say."
Shiro contemplated his bargain, and finding it to be fair – she had known that she would have to merge with Kuro at some point – nodded meekly. Kuro remained silent; he trusted his host to preserve his life as well as hers.
"Good," Kaname approved. "I will begin then: I do not know you personally, but I had heard of you through my mother. She told me that you were a liability, a danger to your parents and to anyone who knew of you. Because of that, she feared for her life, even though she was a pureblood. She was of…close relations to a hunter at that time. She had had to erase his memories of you; he suffered immensely by your hand."
Here, Kaname paused, seeming to contemplate how he should impart the rest of the story to the two 'siblings' across from him. Should he tell them, or shouldn't he? Yes – he would.
"My mother told me that the hunter child's parasite – she hated you, Kuro, for making her friend suffer so – had killed their mother and a doctor. For this reason, my mother erased the hunter's memories of you. It was after that, and because of a promise that he had made to my mother, that he quitted his sword for life."
Shiro's eyes grew wide as she listened to Kaname finish his story. She knew now, of course, whom her father was. But in understanding as to why Kaname had not told them his name, she acknowledged she could act nothing on it. If his memories remerged now, whilst he remained only human, he would suffer even more. She would wait, then, until he awakened as a hunter.
"Kaien Cross," she uttered. Kaname nodded, surprised at her fast comprehension. He had not expected her to be so intuitive; perhaps he had underestimated her. "Only he can merge us, can't he?"
"As your father and a hunter of the supernatural kind, he has the power to merge you, yes. But only if he accepts you as his children," Kaname warned. "For this reason, the timing of your news to him must be impeccable."
Shiro nodded, and Kuro, awestruck, said nothing. He was unsure as to if he wanted to merge with Shiro. He knew that only one could survive if they merged, and he loved Shiro too much to lose her in this form, but he wished not to perish as well. If they did so, they would be one – unable to contact each other ever again.
So what did you think? I love Kaien Cross as a character in this anime so much, so I wanted to find a way to incorporate his as a vital character in my story, and this is what I came up with. I hope you like it. Romance coming up soon~
If you haven't figured it out just yet, here are the pairings I intend to put in my story:
Shiro x Senri, Kuro x Rima (I'm sorry if you're a Senri x Rima fan), also there might might might be some Kaname x Shiro/Kuro for political purposes only.
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