Blood ties- Chapter 2

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"Yuki" Juuri kneeled down to be eye-to-eye with her daughter. "Someone important is coming to meet you."

The little girls eyes shined with excitement.

"To see me?" She asked. "Mommy, who is it?"

Juuri smiled down at her daughter.

"He's a friend of mine, Yuki, his name's Cross Kaien"
Kaname looked up from his book that he was reading next to Yuki.

"Cross- San? The hunter?"

"Ex-Hunter" Juuri corrected.

"You're going to let a hunter meet Yuki?" He demanded.

'How can she be so careless as to let a trained hunter know of Yuki's existence' He thought to himself.

"Cross is a good man" Juuri defended. "And he's known about Yuki since before she was born, if he wanted to attack, why would he leave it so long? Kaien is a very good friend of mine" She trailed off.

"He tried to kill you once, No?" Kaname counterd, his voice sounding surprisingly calm.

"Things were different then, Kaname" She whispered.

Haruka finally decided to intervene, he looked at Kaname as he spoke.

"We trust Cross- San, and wasn't you the one saying that Yuki should be able to go out and meet people?"

Kaname sighed, defeated and put his arm around Yuki's shoulders to bring her closer to him.

"If he does anything to harm Yuki..." He started but Juuri interupted before he could finish his threat.

"He won't"

Yuki looked up to her brother curiously, wondering why he was trying to stop her from meeting this man. He smiled hesitantly at her and lifted her up to sit her on his lap so he could lean down and whisper in her ear.

"It's ok, Yuki, I'll protect you."

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The four Vampires were seated in the basement waiting for their guest. Everyone was unnaturally quiet as they waited.

The sound of a car entering the grounds of the Mansion made Juuri jump up from her place by Haruka and dance towards the door, eager to see her friend again.

As the other three patiently waited in their seats, Juuri made her way up to the ground floor of the Mansion and stood by the stairs as a Maid opened the door to a tall blonde haired man who had a cheerful smile on his face. He looked older then he did the last time she sae him, while she looked exactly the same, she felt a twinge of sadness at the thought, but shook it off and went to embrace her friend.

"Kaien...it's been too long" She said.

He nodded. "It has. It's good to see you're doing well, Juuri- San"

Juuri smiled. "You,too."

Kaien's curiousity eventually got the better of him and he looked down at Juuri with unmasked excitement in his eyes and smile, making him look more like a young child then a grown man. Juuri laughed lightly at him and reached over to link his arm with her own and proceeded to walk.

"She's in the basement" She informed him and he nodded.

As the two walked, they talked about what they'd been up to over the years and Kaien sighed.

"I've missed you, Juuri."

They had reached the door by now and Juuri smiled sadly before opening it and gesturing for Kaien to walk in, he did and she was right behind him.

Kaien's eyes met Haruka's and they shook hands. He then looked at Kaname who just nodded at him, until his eyes finally set on Yuki.

Yuki just stood there for moment, unsure of what to do until she snapped out of it and bowed her head.

"It's nice to meet you, Cross- San." She sang in her high voice and looked up to him with a bright smile on her face.

Kaien was shocked, it was like seeing Juuri as a child, she had the same shape face, the same warm eyes, that all the family had, but her hair was straight like her Fathers, and not curly.

"Yuki- Chan is so cute!' He exclaimed and kneeled down so he could be face to face with her before reaching his hand out to pat her head. Yuki giggled at the look on his face.

------------------------A few hours later---------------------------------

"Uncle Kaien!" Yuki screamed before pouncing on him. "Tag! You're it!" She ran away giggling loudly as Kaien picked himself up and started to chase after her.

After a few minutes of playing Tag, Kaien looked at his watch and sighed.

"It's time for me to leave" He said.

Yuki gasped and hugged his leg tightly.

"No, Uncle Kaien!" She cried.

He sat down on the floor and pinched her cheeks lightly.

"I'm sorry, Yuki, I'll come back soon, Ok? I haven't won the game yet" He told her.

"You'll never win!" She giggled.

"Aw, is that so?" He questioned, and started tickling her waist and she started squeling and laughing.

"Yuki, I really must go" Kaien told the little girl who nodded sadly.

"Goodbye, Uncle Cross" She said and she hugged him around his waist.

"Bye bye, Yuki" He kissed her cheek and stood up.

Juuri and Haruka went upto the ground to see him out and Yuki ran over to her brother and crawled into his lap.

"Uncle Kaien is so fun" She giggled but stopped when she saw the sad look on Kaname's face.

"Kaname- Onii- Sama, what's wrong?" She whispered and wrapped her arms around his neck to lift herself up so she could look into his eyes.

Kaname smiled sadly at her as he answered.

"I was just thinking if Yuki would leave me when she can start playing with everyone else"

Yuki tightened her hold around her brothers neck and rested her head on his shoulder.

"Yuki will be always be with Onii- Sama" She told him.

"Promise?" He asked.

"Promise."

He smiled and wrapped his arms around her waist to pull her tighter against him and buried his face in her hair and breathed in, enjoying the smell of her.

The door opened and Juuri walked in with Haruka behind her.

"Yuki" She called. "Time for bed, come on and i'll read you a story"

"But Mommy" Yuki protested "I want Onii- Sama to read me a story"

"Your Father needs to speak to Kaname, Yuki, come on"

Yuki nodded sadly and kissed Kaname's cheek.

"Good Night, Onii-Sama. Good Night Daddy." She sang as she walked over to her Mother and took her hand.

"Good night, Yuki" Kaname and Haruka said as Juuri shut the door.

After a few minutes of silence Haruka turned to look at his son.

"Kaname" He spoke quietly, with a hint of worry in his tone. "Myself and Juuri have been talking, and we think that with Rido...gone, then now would be the best time to let people know of Yuki's existence"

Kaname was silent for a while as he thought. He wanted Yuki to be free to go outside as she wished, but he couldn't get rid of the nagging thought that she would leave him for someone else.

"When?" He finally asked.

"Well, the Aidou's are hosting a ball in two weeks.." Haruka trailed off.

Kaname sighed. "So soon..?"

His father nodded.

"If it's with the Aidou's we know nothing will happen, Yuki will be safe"

Kaname sighed and nodded once.

Kaname awoke to some light shining through his door as it opened and a light weight added to his bed as someone small crawled in next to him.

"Yuki..?" He asked. "What's wrong?"

A small hand come up to touch his cheek.

"Kaname- Onii- Sama, I had a bad dream... can I stay here with you?"

She sounded so scared that Kaname wouldn't have said no, not that he would have anyway and his arms encircled her waist as he pulled her closer.

"Of course, Yuki...Do you want to talk about it?"
He felt movement against his chest as she shook her head.

"Then, go to sleep, Yuki" He whispered and listened to her breathing evening with sleep before closing his eyes and drifting to sleep with Yuki in his arms.

A/N: How was it? I apologize if the characters are too out of character, but I hope it didn't ruin the experience for you. Please review and let me know what you think. Thank you.