Blood Ties 11
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Deep red brown eyes snapped open as a knock echoed around the room. Kaname tried to lift himself up, but was held down by a pair of arms encircled around him. His still sleeping sister lay on the bed, her hair sprawled out over the pillow. He admired the sight for a moment, listening to her quiet breathing before another knock sounded, the knock seemed hesitant, if that was possible. Kaname sighed and distangled himself from her arms carefully, as not to wake the sleeping beauty up. He reached his long arms out in front of him as he walked, trying to stretch the stiff muscles. He made it to the double doors in the main room and pulled one open, coming face-to-face with a cheerful Takuma.
"Ah, Kaname!" He exclaimed, a little too loud considering the time. "Sorry for waking you up so early, but the Chairman dropped by and asked for you to pop into his office before classes start."
The brunette nodded, using one hand to push his hair away from his eyes. "Thank you, Takuma."
The Noble smiled and waved as he walked away, a book tucked under his arm. Kaname shut the door and began walking back to his room, one hand covering his mouth as he yawned. He smiled as the door closed behind him, Yuki was still asleep, her mouth slightly open and her expression peacefully. He made his way to his wardrobe, and pulled out a fresh uniform and stepped towards the bathroom, stopping only to press a light kiss on his sisters forehead.
He shut the bathroom door behind him gently, as not to make too much noise and rubbed the remaining sleep from his eyes before proceeding to strip himself of his clothes and climb into the shower. He sighed as the cold water hit him and his mind slowly began to wake up.
After a few minutes, long fingers turned the dial to turn the shower off and he reached out to grab a soft white towel to wrap around the lower part of his body before stepping out of the large shower cubicle and looking at his reflection in the mirror opposite him. He yawned once more as he took another towel to dry his shoulder length brown hair, leaving it slightly damp as he moved on to dry his body.
Walking out of the bathroom fully dressed, Kaname saw Yuki with her eyes slightly open looking up at him and offered him a tired smile.
"Onii- Sama. Where are you going?" She asked, yawning before she could continue. "It's still early."
"I know, my love." Kaname spoke as he walked over to the bed and kneeled on the soft bedding. "The Chairman wants to see me. Go back to sleep, and I'll be back before you wake up again."
She nodded and he leaned down to press a single soft kiss on her lips, before going back to the door and stepping out, with one more look at Yuki.
Long fingers clasped the paper and a inaudible sigh passed through perfectly shaped lips.
"I won't admit her without your permission, Kaname- Kun." Kaien spoke, a serious atmosphere circled the room, one that seemed out of place.
"No, let her come. It's time the game begun." Kaname told him.
Kaien inclined his head but didn't ask as the Pureblood stood up and handed the file back over.
"I'll ask one of the Maids to set up a new room, then." The blonde said, dropping the file on the desk, papers spilled out on the wood and gray eyes stared up from a picture on the right hand side of one of the papers.
A extended hand was grasped by a much smaller one as a elegant body stepped out of the car, a knee length coat blew out behind the form as the wind blew, causing the hood of the coat to blow back slightly, uncovering a beautiful face topped off with long layers of silver hair. Thin lips turned up into a small smile as the girl walked closer towards the entrance of the Academy, closely shadowed by her silver haired male companion. Their shoes made quiet 'clacks' on the floor as the pair walked towards the Chairman's office, taking in the surroundings as they moved.
The tall male knocked on the door, and then pressed his back against the wall as the wooden door opened, exposing a tall blonde man with a welcoming smile.
"Ahh, you must be Maria- Chan!" He said, his smile growing wider. "Come in!"
The young girl smiled as she walked through the door, sharing a final glance at her masked friend.
She met lilac eyes as she entered the room, and watched as the silver haired boy turned to glare at the Chairman, un-hidden rage in his expression. She bowed her head when he looked back at her.
"Welcome to Cross Academy, Kurenai- San!" Kaien exclaimed, his smile grew more and the girl giggled, the sound filled the room like bells.
"Thank you. I'm happy to finally be here, Cross- San."
"Who is this, Chairman?" Zero demanded, as he stood up from his seat, gripping the edge of a wooden desk in one hand.
"I'm Kurenai Maria. Nice to meet you."
"Maria- Chan is the new night class student. Can you show her to the Moon Dorm, Kiryuu- Kun?"
"No." Was all Zero said before walking to the door and storming out.
The sound of the slamming door echoed around in the silence and Kaien sighed, pushing his glasses up higher on his nose.
"I'll take you myself then." He spoke, diving forwards to take the girls small hand. "Come on, Maria- Chan! Class have already started so you can introduce yourself."
"My Pocky!" Aidou called. "Shiki, I was going to give some to Kaname- Sama and Yuki- Sama!"
"I was hungry." Senri replied, bored as he offered Rima a stick of Pocky.
A childish laugh surrounded the room as Maria walked into the classroom and all heads turned towards the girl as she sat on the edge of the desk at the front of the room, her hair bouncing as she did so.
"I'm glad this seems like a fun class." She sang. "Hasn't class started yet?"
"Who are you?" Hanabusa asked, his tone disrespectful as he stared down at the new student.
"Do you mean me?" She replied, her voice a direct opposite to his.
"It's not a big deal if the new comer introduces herself, Kurenai Maria." Kaname interrupted, his attention going back to Yuki.
Maria danced through the room and kneeled on the desk in front of the Kuran couple.
"Oh, I'm so happy to meet two purebloods!" She exclaimed, grabbing a hand off both of the siblings and holding it to her, and each Noble froze, staring at the scene, the aura of the room tense.
"Nice to meet you." Yuki spoke, her brown-red eyes wide.
Maria stood up, realizing the effect she had on the room.
"I'm sorry, it appears I've caused a heavy atmosphere. I'll excuse myself for now. Goodbye everyone! I look forward to being classmates with you all."
She danced gracefully towards the door, her hair and uniform flowing behind her like a veil.
Yuki sat at the desk, attempting to do her homework, but looking up at Kaname from under eyelashes every now and again. Kaname sat opposite her on the desk, playing with the chess board. The chess pieces were never in the right place, and he often moved them, as if he was playing his own game. The game would always end with the black King knocked over and the white King and Queen standing side by side, surrounded by Knights and Pawns, before Kaname would sigh, and put them all back the way they were.
Yuki never understood his obsession with the game, but she knew better then to move any of the pieces, because her Brother watched the pieces like they were important, as if he was in a game and he was plotting his next move. He always held the white Queen in his hand as he played, as if it was precious and he was protecting it from the cruelty of the game. Yuki watched her Brother with interest, he looked so deep in thought when he sat at the board, and tonight was no different. Kaname watched the black Queen intensely, as if expecting it to make a move by itself. He moved the two white Knights to flank the white King as the King was moved to stand in front of the black Queen before suddenly using his fingers to push the Queen and watched as it wobbled, before falling over completely and rolling off the board, knocking over a black Pawn in the process.
Kaname sighed, as he usually did, and set all the pieces back, scattered over the board, but hesitated as he was about to place the white Queen down in its place, and put it in the desk drawer instead, away from the game and Yuki raised a eyebrow. This was new. Her brother smiled softly at her, reaching over to press his hand against his cheek, feeling the soft skin there and sighed in contentment when she leaned into his touch, moving her face to kiss his palm gently.
A/N: What do you think of this chapter? Can you believe this is the 11th chapter already?? It's amazing!
I'm actually a bit annoyed at myself now..I wrote a lovely scene at the start of this chapter... only to have to cut it out because it's a rated 'T' fanfic... damn my perverted mind! So, unfortunately, you've missed out on a very detailed Kaname shower and dressing scene. -giggle- I'm going to have to console myself by writing a rated 'M' fanfic. (About Kaname and Yuki of course!) Which i'm hoping to have written and posted soon. ;) It's my first 'M' FF, so i'm not sure how it'll work out. Wish me luck!
I do try to personally respond to each and every person who reviews this story, but if I miss anybody, i'm really sorry, and your review is very much appreciated!
Congratulations to those who figured out who the new guests to the story was. Hope you all enjoyed your cookies!
~Disaster