A/N: I LIVE. I can't believe it's been so long since I last updated! But between university, my job, and then PAX, sadly I haven't had much time to write this last year. Which just kills me, cause writing is what I love.
Thank you so much to everyone who follows, favourites and reviews - I love reading about your reactions! Special thanks goes to Nameless Angel 00 who reminded me that people actually read my stories.
Anyway, SO Nanowrimo came back! And it is the BEST motivation (and excuse for procrastinating on everything else) EVER. I'm so sorry I haven't posted in so long, but I wanted to get at least a few chapters all done and edited, etc before I posted anything. Anyway. On with the show!
Summary: Vampires are real. I attend Cross Academy, a school where the student body is populated by the human Day Class, and the vampire Night Class. This was all supposed to be fiction. A story I read for entertainment. But it's real. It's all real. SI, OC Insert.
Disclaimer: Everything to with Vampire Knight is owned by Matsuri Hino. I only own my OCs Maya and Katsumi.
WARNING: this fanfiction includes dark themes; mentions of death, serious injury, murder and suicide.
Chapter 11 - Child of Mine
I was back in that room Ichiru had brought me to during the dance, but this time no one was there.
Turning to look outside, I saw the earth was blanketed in white snow and there was a forest of barren trees, unlike the area that usually surrounded the old dorms... but exactly like in my dreams.
Footsteps in the hallway drew me from the room, where I found a trail of fresh blood leading down the landing.
The trail lead to Shizuka's room, the door ajar enough for me to see inside.
From this distance, I could see the pureblood was in there, blood soaking her pale white kimono where Zero wounded her, but she wasn't alone.
I... I was there.
At first I wasn't even sure, as the person's back was turned to the doorway, but as I approached I recognized the dark purple chiffon dress, the light purple lace cardigan, and the scarf I always wore now, wrapped loosely around her neck, and stained with blood.
It was beyond weird at this point. I'd seen others I knew in the dreams before, sure, but they were from the past, meaning the person looked different but was still similar enough to recognize. This... this must've happened just before she died.
Something was wrong.
I felt it the moment I entered the room. It was in the confident way 'memory me' was standing, the calm expression on her face, and just the way Shizuka was looking at her
It was me... but it wasn't me.
That was when I realized, the cloaked woman... she was nowhere to be seen.
"Will you do me this favour?"
I looked up in alarm, was that my voice? It sounded so cold and authoritative, nothing like my usual voice!
"I will, of course" Shizuka replied, moving to a desk on the side of the room, where she retrieved an empty vial from the top drawer - the vial she'd given me - and began filling it with her own blood.
So that's where it came from.
"Thank you, Kuruizaki-hime"
Shizuka only bowed her head slightly in recognition, before slipping the vial inside a hidden pocket within the folds of her kimono, then she frowned "I must ask... what is this child to you?"
Memory me smiled. It was creepy seeing yourself move without remembering it, and the smile disturbed me in a way I didn't understand.
It was a cold, chilling smile that made me feel uneasy... afraid even.
"Do not play coy with me, Shizuka" she replied "I know you have sensed it. This girl... this child... she is mine, and I will use her to do what I was not able to"
Pureblood arrogance seemingly resurfacing, Shizuka chuckled dryly "nothing but a tool..." she smirked, a knowing glint in her eyes "... then why is it I sense much more from her... Ancestress?"
Wait, Ancestress?
Wait- what- so- SHE'S THE FRIGGING ANCESTRESS?!
I'VE BEEN TALKING TO THE GOD DAMN HOODED WOMAN THIS WHOLE DAMN TIME?!
Oh fuck my life. And the dream isn't even fucking over yet.
"Ara ara~ you mustn't tell, Kuruizaki-hime" the Ancestress chided, her cold smile turning deadly, a sharp look in her eyes that disturbed me.
Shizuka sighed, her eyelids lowering tiredly "dead women tell no tales, Ancestress"
"So you know then"
"Of course" she replied, a grim smile on her face "that boy will not let this opportunity pass by"
"He does always do what needs to be done..." the Ancestress continued, before her eyes drifted over to the window "don't you, Kaname?"
Turning, I realized Kaname was standing by the window, leaning casually on the sill with moonlight streaming in through the glass.
The conversation proceeded as normal - well, as much as I remembered anyway, which wasn't exactly accurate considering how long it had been - after that, it wasn't long before Kaname pierced Shizuka through the heart with his own hand, dealing the fatal blow that would end her life, and then began drinking her blood.
Even though I knew I couldn't do anything to affect the dream, I felt a strong urge to do something, anything, in some sort of futile attempt to help her, help Shizuka, but the Ancestress - who was apparently in control of my unconscious body at the time - didn't even flinch.
Of fucking course. It's her goal to kill all purebloods, isn't it?
I stood helplessly beside Shizuka's body now laid out on the floor, my hands clenched uselessly into fists.
The Ancestress, probably feeling my blood loss finally catch up to her, tried to support herself on a wall, before sliding down to the floor as her legs gave out from under her.
Kaname watched her silently for a moment, before opening his mouth to speak.
I woke up in an unfamiliar room, feeling... groggy. And cold.
Nooooo, it was just getting to an important part! I have to deal with that guy on a daily basis, damn it. Stupid secret conversations...
An attempt to sit up left me dizzy and disorientated, with a piercing headache, so I decided to observe my surroundings from a laying position.
The room was sparsely decorated, and lacked anything more than basic furniture - a guest room, maybe?
Looking at the bedside table I found my glasses, which I immediately put on, and the small revolver Zero gave me.
Zero... he is so going to be pissed at me.
I frowned, eyes narrowed.
What the hell do I even say? I did what I thought was right. Like my Grandad always said 'if you can't do the smart thing, do the right thing'.
I breathed out slowly, one hand reaching up to rub the bridge of my nose. Stupid headaches.
The bedroom door opening made me instinctively reach for my gun holster... only to find it missing. My heart jumped painfully in panic, before I realized it was only Katsumi and my body slumped back onto the bed, sighing in relief.
"Thought you'd be waking up soon" she commented, before sitting down in an armchair between the bed and a curtained window, a tray of food in her hands.
"How long was I asleep?" I asked, yawning as I managed to force myself up into a sitting position.
"Oh, about a day or so" the woman replied, depositing the tray in my lap - minus a couple of things "before you ask, nothing much has happened since the dance" then she took a bite of my red apple.
No? Then the Council assassins must not've shown up yet... yeah, I know. Poking my nose where it doesn't belong again.
Yeah, well, I don't have much of a choice anymore now, do I? After that night's clusterfuck, I'm probably on a few people's hitlists.
I mean, first I piss off Hiou Shizuka by being the 'One Who Tamed Kiryuu Zero' - fucking great, by the way, I fucked up something else.
Then I point a gun at Zero - after he saved me from Shizuka trying to turn me - to protect the woman who murdered his goddamn parents.
Then I'm present - although passed out - when Kuran Kaname kills Shizuka.
And, last but not least, I now have a vial of the last of pureblood Hiou Shizuka's blood in the world.
... though no one knows about that last one.
Hopefully.
Otherwise I would be in some deep shit trying to explain why the hell I have that.
And that's without even mentioning the whole Ancestress shitstorm I apparently have going on.
Where the hell did that even come from anyway? I mean, what the absolute fuck.
... my life is so fucking screwed up.
Tell you what though. I may have been seriously depleted on blood by the end there - hence my repeated loss of consciousness - but I think I got out of it pretty okay.
I mean, I'm still 0human at least - I think, I mean the whole Ancestress thing confuses things on that front a lot - and although Zero will probably hate me for a while, I now have a way to save him from falling to Level E... you know, other then eating his twin brother.
Though that just brings up a whole bunch of other issues that are just making my headache worse.
Fuck knows how I'm even going to do that. Especially since logic is still curled up in the fetal position at the moment and therefore is, unfortunately, unable to answer.
"-thinking about?"
Oh whoops, totally forgot I wasn't alone. What did she say?
"Uhhh... lots of stuff?" so articulate, brain. So fucking articulate.
Damn it, logic, get your shit together, sarcasm doesn't work as well without you.
Katsumi smirked, breathing out a laugh through her nose "understandable, considering what happened - how are you feeling, by the way?"
"Little dizzy" I replied honestly, putting aside the tray as I held a hand to my head and felt my cold, clammy skin "lethargic... and I think I may throw up later - otherwise, I'm pretty good. You know, considering"
Also traumatized. I am going to need some serious therapy some day.
As in not enough days in the fucking week kind of therapy.
Oh and last but not least, what the fuck was going on with those memory flashes when I was touching both Yuuki and Zero? It felt like my head was going to fucking explode.
And the emotions... they've never been that bloody intense before - maybe it was because I was already feeling terrified, and the addition of those specific traumatic childhood memories caused everything to build up and result in an emotional overload?
I mean, seeing one person's memories in my dreams gave me a headache - but two in real time? I'm surprised my brain didn't fry.
Suddenly the blinds flew open.
"Ugh-! God-! What the hell?!" I protested, glaring at Katsumi. She almost fucking blinded me! What the hell is she-?
... does she thinking I'm a fucking vampire?
For fu- well. I guess I did get bitten... and nobody really saw that happen... so for all they know, I could be Shizuka's last prodgeny.
Ew. But I guess it is kind of justified... still. Why the hell does my hunter teacher have to be such a sadistic bitch?
"You could've just bloody asked, you know" I ground out "I mean, you can always tell when I'm lying- jesus christ, I'm not a fucking vampire!" I screeched, falling backwards and on to the floor in a tangle of sheets as I completely failed at dodging.
Yeah, you react civilly when somebody shoves a gun in your face, and fucking fires.
God fucking damn it, Katsumi! You fucking psycho!
"Sumi-chan~!" yelped the Chairman as he burst into the room, before going on a tirade about firing guns in his house or something - I'm not exactly sure, considering my ears were still fucking ringing and I was busy trying to untangle my fucking limbs, thank you very much.
With his appearance though, I can now confirm this place is the Chairman's house. Yeah... now that I think about it, the decor is kind of familiar-
"Are you alright, Onee-chan?"
I reacted, moving faster then I ever remember moving before. I threw myself over the bed and snatched up my small revolver that Katsumi had thankfully left sitting on the bedside table.
It was her.
What the fuck is she here for?
She was standing just inside the doorway, looking straight at me.
"You..." I breathed, my furious light brown eyes glaring straight into her identical ones.
Her hands clasped behind her back, she giggled, smiling "I thought we were past this stage, Onee-chan"
I scoffed "what? The stage where I threatened you with something? Cause I distinctly remember saying that would never happen" I snapped back, glaring. Especially after what fucking happened the last time I saw you. You psychotic bitch.
"Maya, she's your sister-!" the Chairman started to protest.
"No, she's not" I interrupted slowly, through gritted teeth "she is nothing like my sister" I spat.
Everyone, say hello to my identical stalker Himura Aiko. She's a complete bitch who helped me out once by creating me an identity in this world - hence my weird name 'Matsumoto Maya' - she's responsible for some of the worst thing that happened to be since I came to this world. Including almost killing me outside Cross Academy by ripping open my shoulder and part of my throat.
Yep. This is that bitch.
Also, no, she's not really my twin sister - I don't give a fuck what she says/claims.
She. Is not. My fucking. Sister.
My only sister is five years older than me and lives six hours away - back in my dimension/universe/whatever.
Aiko is this universe's version of me - it's got to do with the whole multi-verse thing, like parallel worlds and stuff.
Oh, and did I mention that Aiko's a fucking vampire? Yeah... it's really creepy just looking at her. She looks exactly like me. Well, mostly. More like me with that unnatural vampirical beauty thing going on, you know?
Plus her being a vampire just makes it extra creepy because it makes me wonder if I was a vampire, would I be like her? Hopefully fucking not. She's a manipulative bitch that takes pleasure from causing others emotional pain.
She even started wearing glasses just so we could look more alike, though she refuses to put her hair up like I do. Something about 'certain lines she won't cross', which is complete bullshit since she said the same thing about coming here - and low and behold, here she fucking is.
It took some serious convincing from the Chairman to get me to lower my gun.
And even then, I still had it in my hand - no way was I letting my only weapon at the moment out of my grasp. That Aiko bitch is fucking unpredictable when it comes to her homicidal tendencies - okay, that's probably pushing it a bit, but she is a vampire, she did seriously injure me, and despite a certain perfect example of human-vampire coexistence named Ichijou Takuma, I generally assume negatively of vampires.
Taking a minute to calm myself down some, I asked in the most level tone I could muster, what the fuck she was doing here.
Okay, so I didn't actually swear. But that's not the point. I was clearly pissed that she was here - especially since she specifically told me she wouldn't come here.
Oh, and do I need to remind you that her idea of 'getting me into the school' involved ripping open my shoulder and part of my throat, permanently scaring me, and giving me amnesia for four fucking months?
Yeah. Not her biggest fan.
"You said you wouldn't come here" I said instead.
"I can't help it if I was asked to enroll here" she replied, her smile sickly sweet.
I narrowed my eyes. Asked? By who?
"... I think I may have overstayed my welcome, Cross-san" Aiko sighed, faking a sad expression as she turned to the Chairman "do you mind if I go to the dorms a little early?"
"Of course not, Himura-san" Cross replied, shooting me a warning look as he left with her "I'll escort you there myself"
My tense muscles only relaxed once I was absolutely sure she'd left the building. Then I fell backwards onto the bed, the fatigue feeling twice as bad.
Probably sensing I didn't want to talk about it, Katsumi helped me back into the bed and then left the room - despite what I'm sure was burning curiosity on her part.
... and I thought things had just gotten more complicated with the whole Shizuka-Kaname-Ancestress thing. Now I've got this fucking curveball to deal with.
I mean, seriously.
"-it doesn't even make sense. How can she have a Noble vampire for a twin sister while she's still human?"
... who's that talking? I was half-awake, still recovering from that massive amount of blood loss and general mental drain from having to deal with vampire fuckery, when I heard a conversation coming from down the hall.
Damn it, did somebody leave my door open?
"Are you absolutely sure she's actually human?"
I froze.
"I don't think I like what you're implying about my student, Kaien"
I don't like it either. I am not secretly a vampire, thank you very fucking much. Keep that thought process to your adoptive daughter, thank you.
Besides, I like being human.
Sure, I have a short lifespan. Sure, I'm significantly weaker then most of the people I know here - but at least I don't have to drink blood to sustain myself, and continuously police my animalistic tendencies to want to rip out the throat of some poor bastard.
Also, I tend to throw rank out the window sometimes... and they take rank pretty seriously in vampire society, right?
Ugh. I don't have the energy to deal with this shit right now. It can wait until I've had a decent amount of sleep...
The next thing I remembered was waking up the next day, my brain filled with thoughts of going to see Kurenai Maria.
Because I'd realized something.
I... cared about Shizuka.
When she was possessing Maria, I actually became... friends with her. And that doesn't happen easily for me.
So I have to know.
I have to know if there's something of Shizuka left in Maria.
Because if there isn't... then I just let someone, that I cared about, die.
When I got to her new room, she was still sleeping. So I just sat in the chair by her bed and waited.
If I remembered correctly, Ichiru would be long gone and working for the Vampire Council by now. So she would be all alone.
Chapter End
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