An: Thank you so much for the wonderful reviews! As for the pairings, I've got a few people asking for Haruki to end up with Kaname. Be aware that if that does happen Haruki won't just stand by and watch at the sidelines as Kaname goes and does what he wants, not if he can do anything about it. In fact the whole ending was nice in its own way, I won't say what happens but those who read the manga know what I'm talking about, but expect major changes especially for certain characters.
Also does anyone have any ideas on what Haruki's weapon should be? I actually want to give him Artemis, for various reasons, but I don't know how people will react to that.
Warning: AU, HarukixKaname(?) ZeroxYuuki(?), Violence.
Summary: Yuuki wasn't alone on that fateful snowy night. Instead she had her twin brother with her. With another Kuran in the world looking a great deal like a certain hooded lady, fate gets twisted and Kaname finds there's one piece on the board he can't control.
Haruki- shining sun
{Breaking the strings of fate}
"This is ridiculous." Zero growled at the chairman "How can you possibly expect the three of us to guard the whole bunch of those blood-suckers and deal with the screaming idiots?"
"I admit that it is a difficult to deal with every night." The chairman agreed from his seat.
"Nee," Haruki voiced from his place on the wall "it's not like you show up half the time anyway, so you shouldn't be complaining."
Zero gave him a light glare before turning back to the chairman. "At least find someone else more convenient," he pointed at Yuuki, "she's worse than useless. At least Haruki can do something useful once in a while."
Yuuki twitched. "Hey! I don't want to hear that from you."
The chairman calmly sipped his tea. "Impossible."
"He's right," Haruki agreed "since there's no one else brave enough to do it, we have no choice but to make sure the vampires don't go on a rampage and drain the students dry."
The chairman sweat dropped. "That's one way to put it I guess."
"That and he's too lazy to do it himself so he forces us to stay up all night and day. Who would want a job where the people hate you, there's less than twenty percent chance of sleep and no pay? Let's not forget you're in danger of getting eaten." He tilted his head a bright smile on his face.
Zero snorted in amusement.
"Well at least the night class seems to get along really well with the others." Yuuki added.
The chairman started to tremble, "You're such a good girl Yuuki! I'm so proud of you!" his fist clenched sparkles surrounding his body. "Yuuki is the only one who truly understands my pacifist idealism…!"
Haruki's smile twitched.
"And me?! I dream that one day we will break out of the dark cycle of hatred that haunt the relationship between humans and vampires!" The blonde got up, dramatic tears water-falling down his cheeks. "I believe that-"
Haruki toned the chairman out. He agreed with the Chairman to a certain degree, no, not all vampires were blood sucking beasts, but they could easily be if they wanted to and without a weapon you wouldn't be able to do anything to stop them.
"Kaname would never do anything like that! Right Aniki?"
Haruki broke from his thoughts and smiled hesitantly at his sister. "Right….?"
"Mou!" Yuuki bopped him on the head "Listen when people are talking! But don't you agree that Kaname would never prey on a human?!"
His smile titled down and he gave his sister a warning look. "He is still a vampire Yuuki, which means he needs to consume blood to survive. Though he doesn't, he could easily pick off random people and start draining them and we wouldn't be able to stop him. He is a Pureblood after all."
"But he doesn't! And there are plenty of vampires out there like him, they too are pacifists!" She exclaimed.
The chairman gave Yuuki an adoring look. "Yuuki.."
"That's why it's going to be okay! Just leave it to us Guardians!"
Haruki felt his arm get tugged as Yuuki passed by, dragging him toward the window. He gave the chairman a smile and saluted before Yuuki pushed him out the window.
"We'll be going now." Yuuki said before following after.
The two siblings easily landed on the ground below and ran off to start their rounds.
He and Yuuki didn't have any memories of before they were five, yet when Kaname brought them to The Chairman's house after he had saved them, the Chairman welcomed them with open arms. Just for that Haruki would be eternally grateful. Yuuki was the one thing that Haruki valued most in his life, and if anything would have happened to her he didn't know what he would do.
Even if he complained about how tiring the job as a Guardian was, and was lectured endlessly by the teachers for falling asleep in class, he understood how important the school was to the Chairman. If being a Guardian was the only way of showing the Chairman how grateful he was, then he would continue doing it, even if it was more trouble than it was worth.
{Breaking the strings of fate}
A cool night breeze rustled chocolate brown locks and green eyes watched the Pureblood from outside the window. A barely noticeable blush highlighted his cheeks as he took in the handsome features, his fingers unconsciously running through his hair nervously.
"So how is Kuran, your hero, doing tonight?" Zero suddenly asked.
Haruki jolted, wincing when he scraped his hand on part of the stone.
"It-it-it-It's not like I was only looking at Kaname or anything! Everyone in the Night Class is behaving themselves perfectly tonight!" Yuuki stuttered from beside him.
He relaxed once he realized that Zero wasn't talking to him.
"Besides Aniki was doing it too!"
Haruki snapped his head sideways giving his sister a sharp smile. "Maa, I wasn't looking at Kaname in particular, he just happened to be in the general direction that I was watching."
Yuuki laughed nervously. "Looks like we're in for a quiet and peaceful night! We probably don't even need to be here!"
"I know that…" Zero said making the siblings turn toward him "The Chairman thinks that the members of the night class are pacifists… But I don't believe it." Zero glared at nothing as he continued, "And there is no way in hell… I'm going to let my guard down."
The silverette turned to look at them. "You said it once yourself Yuuki. The reason they look like humans… is so that they can hunt us down more efficiently.
Haruki's eyes narrowed slightly. "We know that Zero," he gazed evenly into lilac eyes "we aren't fools. We know all too well what vampires are capable of, so don't think we underestimate them just because of their looks."
Zero paused for a moment before he turned and walked away. "I'm going on patrol."
Though he would never know what it felt like to go through what Zero had to, Haruki understood why Zero felt the way he did. But he wouldn't allow the prefects hatred of vampires to confuse his sister even more then she was. Yuuki wasn't a stranger to the true nature of Vampires, but she also still had a pure outlook on life. He wanted her to keep that until she was finally able to open her eyes and see the world how it was, but in her own time and not when someone forced her to do it.
His train of thought broke when he heard the loud sound of a tree rustling. Curious, he turned his gaze to the side and sighed when he saw Yuuki confronting some Day Class students.
"Creepy, who walks around at night just to take pictures of some guy?" He asked out loud, already knowing what they were there for.
His brows furrowed slightly when he saw his sister start to panic, leaning over the banister to get a better look. He tensed as he saw two familiar figures make their way out of the shadows, his body acting without a second thought.
Propelling his body up and over the banister with his arms he landed in a crouch between the vampires and his sister, his eyes serious.
He gained an impressed look. "How scary… but I expect nothing less from the Chairman's foundling."
Haruki ignored the squealing girls, straightening from his crouch. "What are you doing here Atatsuki Kain and Hanabusa Aidou?"
Aidou chuckled. "We smelt blood and decided to come take a look around. You really are mean..." He tensed when the blonde vampires eyes started to turn red. "After all… we came here especially to see you."
Haruki reached behind him grabbing the weapon his sister had before she could react, and extended it within seconds, a sharp smile on his face. "Too bad, you came all this way for nothing."
Red eyes gazed half-lidded in his direction. "Mmm… the scent of your blood…"
In a flash of silver Haruki had the weapon inches away from the blonde's neck, "I won't allow you to lay a finger on my sister."
He jolted when Aidou gently grabbed his hand, stroking it slightly. "Did you fall earlier? The scent I was talking about… was yours Haruki."
He struggled as the vampire grabbed his hand, lowering his face toward the small wound. He had forgotten about checking his hand when it scraped against the stone, too involved with talking.
Haruki started to panic when he found he couldn't move his hand away or his weapon, both within the vampires grasp.
"Mmm… You really are…" The fangs slowly were extended and scraped lightly against his cut "…tempting…me."
"Aniki!"
In a bout of panic Haruki lashed his leg out, catching Aidou between his legs.
A moment of stunned silence fell across the clearing, before the blonde made a slight whining sound his face turning pained. Haruki slowly dropped his leg, not believing he had done such a thing to another man, watching shocked as the vampire fell to the ground whimpering.
Zero stepped out from the bushes his face contorted in an amused but pissed look as he viewed the vampire curled on the ground.
"Serves you right for drinking blood on campus, Vampire."
"Haruki-baka!" Haruki winced at his sisters patronizing tone "Was that really necessary?"
He smiled retracting the staff. "Did you expect me to just sit there as he drank my blood?"
Yuuki hesitated. "No… but I didn't expect you to react that way…"
"Me either." Haruki agreed.
"Zero's right, Aidou."
Haruki turned toward the familiar voice, watching as the Pureblood stepped forward gracefully, a dark aura surrounding him.
"Well then," Kaname easily grabbed Aidou off the ground by his collar "I'll take care of these fools. The Chairman will need a full report."
The Kuran turned his attention toward the unconscious girls. "Do we need to take care of the girls also?"
"Actually," Yuuki spoke up, a blush on her features. "They fainted before they could see anything…"
Kaname raised an eyebrow. "Oh?"
Yuuki laughed nervously. "As soon as Aidou touched Haruki's hand they fainted… saying something about Yaoi…"
"I see…"
Haruki straightened when he found himself under a brown gaze, but didn't look away from the Purebloods stare. "Haruki, I hope the experience hasn't awoken any bad memories for you…"
He smiled at the vampire, his eyes glinting. "No not at all, if anything it gave me gave me good memories that will last me for a long time."
Kaname smiled making him blush. "I'm glad."
He nodded in their direction once more before walking off, Haruki slightly dazed at what happened.
"Is your wound okay?" Zero asked.
Haruki nodded. "Yeah."
Yuuki huffed taking his hand up and brought some bandages out of her pocket. "Geeze, next time don't act so rashly, who knows what could have happened to you."
He smiled apologetically. "I apologize Yuuki…"
"But thank you-"
"Next time I'll make sure to let you take care of the vampires."
She bopped him on the head "Haruki-Baka, you ruined the moment!"
He smiled. "So sorry."
"Baka!"
{Breaking the strings of fate}
An: We got to see Haruki's protective side… I do feel a little bad for Aidou though… I hoped you enjoyed the chapter! Make sure to tell me if I should give Artemis to Haruki or not, I'll make sure to give Yuuki a different weapon if the answer is yes. See you next time!