I am so sorry for such a long wait on an update, so has been hectic and I've had so much to do. Please forgive me and enjoy this chapter that has some new character development in it! I hope everyone had a good Thanksgiving! Here is a new chapter of Forevermore!
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"Mom, why are we running again?"
I use to ask my mother that all the time, wondering what it was she would be trying to keep us away from. She never answered that question, in fact she always avoided the subject and told me I would have to live with the fact that we constantly moved and I will never have friends but hey, that was okay. But there was one day she answered me, and ever since I had been careful.
"You can't trust anyone baby girl, because one day that trust will get you killed."
Forevermore
Fifth Night
The Promise
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Kai's hand never left the crook of her neck where the blood continued to bleed, so much that it was slipping through her fingers. She would have removed her hand to inspect the damage, but Kai didn't dare try in fear that Zero would suddenly lunge at her in a frenzy of bloodlust. The witch couldn't bring herself to look up to his lilac eyes, she just couldn't. She never felt scared before, she hated the feeling- freezing her in her place on the stairwell. If her father had been here, he would have yelled at her to defend herself, maybe when she had been seven. Now, Kai could only rely on herself, on her magic- but she couldn't muster it up at the moment. She was in shock.
The thumping of her frantic heart beat resonated as echoes in Zero's mind, the taste of her blood lingered on his tongue. Her blood was so sweet, but yet so bitter- something that seemed addicting. It made Zero hate himself more if that were even possible.
"Kai, I'm so sorry." Zero whispered taking a step forward, surprised when Kai didn't step back. In fact that little moment caused Kai to feel threatened, and her eyes suddenly narrowed. The fear quickly receded, and the hatred of a witch shining through.
Kai said nothing, not when she heard running footsteps, not when her magic momentarily peeked and suddenly Zero was groaning in pain, holding his head in his hands- confused as to where the sudden pain exploded from. It felt as if his brain would explode over and over again, and he forced himself to looking into Kai's distant grey eyes, how they were focused on him intently. Was she doing this to him? Was Kai somehow inflicting this unbearable pain?
"Kai, stop it." A voice commanded. Yet Kai's gaze stayed intensely focused, her hand falling from her neck finally- causing Zero's eyes to flash red- in return the pain intensified. "Kai!"
Kaname Kuran was suddenly in front of Kai, blocking her view of Zero, and Zero's view of Kai. Zero could hear Kaname whispering to Kai, commanding in a way, and slowly the pain lessened in his head. Soon enough Zero was fine, and Kaname moved away from Kai, now staring at Zero. Kai was shaking, she was shaking so badly that Zero wondered if it was from the blood loss or from Kaname Kuran.
"So you've finally fallen to the bloodlust of a beast, Zero Kiryu?" Kaname says, somewhat mockingly.
Kai glared, "You're no better Kuran."
Kaname chuckled, "How amusing you defend him when he just tore your neck open Kai. Maybe I've been mistaken, but have you misplaced your morals?"
Kai glowered, her eyes flashing a dangerous shade of grey. "You think you can control me- this isn't even about Kiryu! Yeah he tore my neck open, he drank my blood, and you know what I don't care. What I care about is how you walk in here, and think you own the place, that you own me. But you don't! And you just don't get that!"
"What I don't understand Kai, is what you are trying to say." Kaname says calmly, glancing at Zero, who watched confused.
"Zero lost control, he messed up, and I can overlook it because I've been a bitch. I forgive Zero, but it doesn't mean I trust him more than I did before." Kai was seriously calm and collected, and it meant nothing good. Both males knew this. "You Kuran, I have no respect for. I have no trust. Me and you, we are enemies- law or no laws, binding or no binding, I won't forgive you for taking away my freewill."
"What are you talking about?" Zero finally asked, and Kaname gave Kai a look, but Kai gave the pureblood a deifying smirk.
"I'm a witch Zero." Kai simply said, as if it were the normal thing to say.
"Kai." Kaname ordered, and instantly Kai's mouth shut and she was glaring. "Go back to the infirmary now-"
"What's going on down here?" Yuuki's voice came from the top of the stairwell, gazing down at Kaname, Kai and Zero, taking in the scene. Besides her was the Chairman who looked grim. "Why do you have blood Zero? Kai?"
Kai sighed and shared a look with Zero, "Good luck Kiryu." With that, Kai made it up the stairs to go to the infirmary, and Zero went to say something when Kai swayed, and began to fall forward. She would have hit the oak stairs, hard, if Kaname hadn't caught her quickly.
"Headmaster." Kaname said as he carried Kai's limp form past Yuuki and Kaien.
"Yes I know." Kaien sighed when the pureblood and witch were out of side.
Zero looked down at the floor shamefully, trying to avoid the stares of Yuuki and Kaien. Maybe this wasn't the best of times, but he had to tell her his secret. He'd keep Kai's to himself, but right now all that was left was to reveal the truth and face punishment from the Headmaster. So that's exactly what he did.
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{{Ryou}}
I stood outside her door all night after I saw Kaname Kuran carrying her in the infirmary in the Headmaster's building. I waited about an hour until he finally left, and another thirty minutes before I knew she was asleep. That's when I entered her room, and made my way over towards her bed. There Kai laid, sleeping so soundlessly. Just like she did when we were kids, but things were different now. I came in here to get the damn spell book, and I silently spent twenty minutes looking over for it in her room, but Kai was smart, she probably hid it with a cloaking spell.
So instead I stood by her bedside, and glanced down at her. Everything was different now than it had been before. It was painful, but deep down we still cared about one other- but the hatred of history repeats itself sadly, and we can't help that. Kai can't help who she is, just like I can't help who I am. We were once so close, and it was when we had started to have feelings for one other that reality slapped us in the face. We could never be, not when so much was at risk. So I did what I had to do to protect Kai from myself and my people- I broke her heart. I broke her confidence. I broke who she was. I was the reason the sun stopped shinning, the reason for the constant darkness and hate. I ignited everything in this Kai, because she needed to learn how to survive. Without her father, Kai lost it. Her mother didn't support her, but I did. I was the reason why Kai had been surviving, and I was that reason for nearly five years, but I cut the strings.
Kai was a sweet girl once, she had saw a bright future for herself ahead. She wanted to dance, to entertain. That's how we met in fact, in our dance class. I was her partner, and she was mine. She would always be mine in some way, so I knew for a fact when I saw her with Zero Kiryuu this pervious day, I was angered. I was the only male she spoke to but now I wasn't. She wasn't mine, she was Kuran's now. Kai was a servant to a pureblood and I couldn't help but pity her, knowing for a fact that this was the last thing she wanted. She never wanted to get involved with vampires, not after her father.
"Ryou.." Kai whispered, catching my attention. I could see her struggling to get up, and I saw the gauze on her neck. Had Kaname Kuran bitten her?
"Kai, what happened?" I asked, indicating to her neck.
Kai shook her head and laid back down, "Doesn't concern you." She turned her lips into a bitter smile. "Remember, you wanted nothing to do with a monster."
"Kai-"
"Don't." Kai whispered. "Don't say it okay? It just makes everything harder, and right now I don't need to deal with this."
"Talk to me Kai." I say, kneeling next to her bedside.
Kai though closed her eyes, ignoring me. "Remember when we were kids? How we chased the butterflies in the day, and caught the fireflies at night on the hills? We snuck out of our houses. Do you remember where we meet up at?"
"Of course." I remembered it clearly. "We met by the horse stables on the ranch your mom owned. We ran up the hills, climbed the trees and played with fallen tree branches."
A smile, one of Kai's genuine smiles I hadn't seen for years, graced her pale lips, "Remember our promise?"
I take her hand, "Of course I do."
"Make me a new one." She whispered so tentively, I had to strain to hear her. "Promise me that if I ever lose myself, you'll kill me."
"Kai, why would you say that?"
Kai opened her grey eyes momentarily, before shutting them again, "I'm not going to make it out of here alive Ry, and if I lose myself, I want you to be the one to kill me with your anti-witch gun. I want you to shoot me in the heart with Witch Bane. Can I count on you Ryou?"
It was time like these were I questioned how much I knew about Kai, how much I wished I could read her like a book- but she kept her reasons to herself. She knew something I didn't, and I knew that it all came back around to that Kuran pureblood. Maybe there was something she was trying to fight, and I knew then. Kai was talking about that spell book, she was tempted- wither she'd admit it openly or not.
I leaned closer and kissed her forehead that was running with a temperature, "I promise you Kailyse."
Now I just need to find that spell book.
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{{Yuuki}}
"Yuuki, are you afraid of vampires?" Kaname asks me, and in that moment I felt selfish. I wasn't the one who had been attacked by a vampire, no- it was Kai. Kaname should have been with her, checking up on her and asking her these questions instead of me. I didn't answer as Headmaster Cross came in and told Kaname that he should get back to the Night Class, who were causing a ruckus at the lingering scent of Kai's blood in the air.
How was she? How was Kai in this moment? Was she scared of Zero? Or of the vampires? Kai, she was so different from the others here. She was independent and clam at times, but she had a past. She was so similar to Zero in ways I couldn't understand, but he could. Zero and Kai understood each other wither they knew it or not, because much like Zero, Kai kept her past a secret from us all. Her father, and her mother and even Kaname. I wanted to ask him about it, but somehow I knew he would disregard my questions of Kai. It was saddening to me that she pushed so many people away, and all I had wanted to do was be there for her. I won't give up on Kai, just like I won't give up on Zero.
"I took Zero back to his dorm room, he's calmed down a bit now and Kai is in the infirmary resting." Headmaster Cross tells me. "We've hidden it from you so long, and you have every right to be shocked, just like Kai has every right to hate him, especially since it turned out like this…..Yuuki I'm sorry."
"How could I have known that Zero was a vampire!? For the last four years-"Tears prickled in my eyes.
Headmaster Cross sighed, "I know it was because Zero was human, up to four years ago. Four years ago the Kiryuu family was attacked by vampires. Zero barely survived. When I found him, he still had the signs of a deep bite mark on his neck."
"He used to be human, but now he's a vampire because he was bitten?" I asked, slightly confused. What did that mean for Kai? Would she turn.. no, she was bitten before and so was I and we remain the same.
"Yuuki, you don't believe in the legends that humans bitten by vampire turn into one themselves do you? But it's true. Vampires that can turn humans into one of themselves, they exist. They are called The "Pureblood" Vampires."
"Pureblood.." I whisper.
"But you don't have to worry about Kai or Zero. Zero isn't one of the Pureblood vampires, so Kai won't turn."
I didn't know anything. Zero, for four years you've been afraid and alone. But in honest truth, I wasn't afraid of vampires, or of Zero. I was more hurt in a way that Zero didn't trust me, he had to bear this secret all alone and tell no one. For four years he kept this secret
"One last thing Yuuki, it concerns Kai." Headmaster Cross continues. "You must understand that this world has more than vampires. Werewolves have long died out, but the witches have not. Kai is one of the last witches on this Earth. She has a long past, and is the daughter of my good friend who trained Zero to be a hunter."
"Witches? The ones burned at the stake?" I ask, trying to make sense of it all.
Headmaster nodded, "This is not my secret to tell, but you can't be in the dark no more, but what I say to you in this room must never be repeated to someone else. Do you understand?"
I nod listening to the stern, serious tone in my adoptive father's voice. Something that was so rare to hear, letting me know just how important this topic was. This was the truth I had been blinded too. This was Kai's story, why she was who she was.
"Witches alone have a long history in this world, because it was them who created the vampires. How? I am no sure, only Kai could answer that question, and she has yet to tell the story, seeing as it was her coven that created the vampires. Kai, you see, was born into a family of Vampires Hunters and Witches. She belongs to a coven long extinct, one of the most powerful covens known in history. Only they know the true origins of the vampire race, and none of them have told how vampires came to be. Kai though, refuses to tell, but the thing is- witches are highly cautious.
For centuries, there have been vampires and vampire hunters. Then there are the witches, and the witch hunters. Witches have been seen as evil, but that is not the case. There are two types of witches, light and dark. Kai is a rare witch, like Zero, Kai is fighting her own inner demons. She is a light witch, mixed with a dark taint. For now she is safe, but the future can only tell."
"So Kai is dangerous?" I question.
Headmaster shook his head. "Kai is not dangerous in the least, she is getting her power under control. She's good Yuki, do not fear her because fear is what causes power to go berserk."
"What about Kai's story, with her father?" I ask, trying to know more.
Headmaster only shook his head, "That is not my story to tell, you'll have to ask Kai herself that. Now get some rest Yuuki."
That night I was left alone to my own thoughts and left to wonder about Kai. About witches, whom I always thought were just fairytales, and to learn they exist, and always have, is a surprise. It leaves me to wonder the types of lives Kai and Zero have led. Zero who hates vampires so much- he'd kill them all if he could. All of them, even himself. Kai, who was strong and beautiful, but yet she was hurting. She was left by her father, and her mother sent her here. It just leaves me to wonder, how to they truly feel?
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Kai
There are something's in life we can never anticipate, like the fact of getting attacked by a vampire. I wasn't hateful towards Zero, and I had my reasons not to be, but I was hateful towards Kaname Kuran. I never thought I could be hateful towards one person, but I loathed Kaname Kuran with every fiber of my being. There was just something in that pureblood that could not be trusted, because I knew vampires. I knew how they worked. That's what happens when you're the last of your coven, of course there was my mother- but she was selfish, pushing the duties of a coven leader onto me. As leader, I'm stuck with the burden of having to deal with history's problems, such as Kaname Kuran. I'm a bound witch and right now shooting myself with Witch Bane doesn't seem like a bad idea. That was if Ryou even let me use his gun, plus I'd never be able to wield it.
That wasn't the problem, the problem was that I was on my way to see Kaname Kuran, and I'd really rather not. I'd rather stay in my room and rest, seeing as I have been for the past three days. It was nice, being left alone but now it was about to be shattered. I wasn't heading towards the Moon Dorms, and I was heading into the woods near the dorms, but off to the side where Kaname could truly be alone with me. The thought alone made e shudder and all I wanted was to crawl back to my dorm. There was this dreading pit in my stomach that I was about to get asked to do something I truly didn't want to be asked to do, but I didn't have a choice. Seeing as Kaname Kuran was patiently leaning against a tree waiting for my arrival.
"Master." I mocked, doing a curtsey. This caused the pureblood to look at me amused.
"Nice to see you learn your manners Kai." Kaname taunted, earning a sharp look, causing him to chuckle.
I sighed, "I'm guessing this isn't a checkup is it?"
"Yes and no." Kaname says. "How are you feeling?"
"I was doing a lot more better in my nice, warm room under my blankets and not talking to a evil master." I say seriously. "But I've been good, Lord Kaname."
I smirk at his scowl, but nothing less he regains his composure, "My apologies Kai, I should have thought about your state." His gaze drifts to my neck. "You're healed." He pointed out.
I grin at this, "Healing spells do wonders Kaname. Now what is it that you truly want me to do?"
Kaname shook his head, "Why can't I just care about you Kailyse?"
Only one person knew that name, and it was not Kaname. In total, it was my mother, father, and Ryou who called me by my full name. Kaname had no right, but yet how the hell did he learn it? I guess my facial expression showed my question because Kaname chuckled.
"I overheard your conversation with Ryou Aiko, one of the lead witch hunters that are trying to locate your mother and dispose of her." Kaname's eyes narrowed in on me. "Yet you trust him enough to ask him to dispose of you if you get trapped in your dark magic."
This… was new information to me.
"He's trying to kill my mother?" I ask.
"Did he fail to mention that Kai?" Kaname asks. "Did you get blinded by your past affairs that you let down your guard?"
"You left me alone in that infirmary! He could have killed me in my sleep, but he didn't!" I shout. "That counts for something!"
I was getting defensive. Why was that? I hated it, I hated him, I hated Kaname and Ryou, but yet I didn't. Kaname was a bastard, controlling me, but he was trying to gaurtee my survival were Ryou ensured my death. Sometimes I really disliked the battles that went on inside me, the love and hate. Light and darkness… that what it was. So much hate, and yet so little love. I wasn't capable of compassion no longer, I lost that so long ago. I haven't cared about anyone in so long. I was already dark, there was no light in me. That was why Kaname was trying to keep me at bay, so I wouldn't lose it. I wasn't any time soon though, that was if Kaname intended to have me do.
"You can't love him Kai." Kaname said sternly, stepping so close to me that his body was firmly pressing me against the tree. "Do you understand that?"
"What game are you playing Kaname?" I asked in a whisper, staring up in his wine red eyes. He was confusing at times. "What is it that you want?"
"You will hate Ryou Aiko." His eyes glowed with red luster. "You will not trust him, you will not seek comfort in him. He broke your heart, you hate him. Do you understand that?"
Kaname was so close that his lips brushed against mine and I felt hypnotized, "I understand Kaname-sama." Kaname leaned even closer, and I felt my body react. I felt the hormones, and I felt the utter happiness that waved off of my at his close proximity. I hated him so much, but something overtook my mind as I leaned in closer to him, my eyes never leaving his. "Is that it?"
"You will tell no one of our meetings from now, do you understand? You will keep Zero at bay, even if that means offering him your blood." Kaname eyes shinned a bright red as his lips attacked mine roughly. "You're my witch Kai, as your coven has been for centuries, and do you know what makes you so special? Your blood?"
"Pureblood bites don't affect me." I whisper, my hands tangling into his hair. "I won't turn."
"Precisely." Kaname agreed. "And as long as I feed from your blood, I am tied with you and your magic." That's when he pierced me, his fangs diving into the soft flesh of my neck. A moan escaped my lips as Kaname bucked his hips into mine, growling in pleasure. There was something about his bite, something different. Then he was licking my neck, healing my wound, and staring at me intense into my eyes. "You'll remember nothing of this meeting or any meeting at all. Just remember to keep Zero Kiryuu at bay, no matter what it takes, and to shower the scent of blood of yourself."
I closed my eyes, feeling dizzy as I felt a breeze. Opening my eyes, I looked around. How the hell did I end up here in the woods outside? I was just in my room… Must have slept walk. Sighing, I felt the need to shower, so I headed back to my room in the Headmaster's building.
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Three days later Kai was up and kicking again, back to her normal brooding self. She was done, done with everything at the moment. Her school work was all caught up on, and she was caught up on her spells. It was a weekend, meaning no classes. Of course there was patrolling but she didn't mind, anything to keep her mind off the current events. Kaname, Ryou, Zero.
Upon that thought, Kai absentmindly stroked her neck where there were two puncture wound had been before she did a healing spell. She wasn't mad, surprisingly, instead she understood. Zero was bitten by a pureblood, it all made sense to the witch now. Those dreams, they were of the past- Zero's past. His family murdered by a pureblood, and him left to become a level E. So no, Kai wasn't mad, or hateful towards Zero, in reality, she wanted to help him. She wanted to help him control his thirst, but Kaname wouldn't let her. He already given her a strict order to stay away from Zero Kiryu, yet she found it in herself to be rebellious. Which was exactly the reason why she stood outside his door past the curfew hours in the Academy.
"Zero." Kai softly called, sensing the vampire from the other side of the door. Kai let herself in then, closing the door silently behind her. The sight the welcomed her surprised the witch greatly. There Zero sat on his dorm bed, holding Bloody Rose to the temple of his head, lilac eyes closed. "Just what in the hell do you think you're doing Zero!?" Kai hissed as she tackled him and the wrestled the gun away from his grasp.
"Nothing." Zero grunted, turning his head away from her piercing gaze.
Kai glowered, "Nothing my ass Kiryuu. That safety is off that gun, and you point it at your head. Are you really that cowardice? That you'd take the easy way out instead of persevering past this?"
It was then Zero's intense lilac gaze snapped back into her, and in a sudden movement, Zero was on top Kai, pinning her to the bed. His finger caressed the spot he'd bitten her, as if he knew the exact location. Zero grimaced feeling Kai shudder underneath him, seeing her trying to calm her racing heart.
"Can you hear it?" Zero asks gently. "The sound I made when I sucked your blood? While that sound is running through my ears Kai, you'll never be safe around me."
Kai gave Zero a look of bewilderment, before a hysterical laugh escaped her lips. This caused Zero to momentarily become confused before Kai simply shook her head, "You don't understand do you Zero? I was never safe to begin with… in honest truth Zero, I'm safer with you than I am with Kuran. Than I am with Ryou…." Kai shook her head. "Don't you get it? I'm not scared of you Zero."
"I attacked you Kai…."
Kai shook her head, "You fought against it for so long, four years right?"
Zero slowly released Kai, his lilac eyes questioning, "How did you know that? Kuran-"
"Didn't tell me a thing." Kai reassured. "I'm a witch, and we all sometimes have this little unique ability, and mine happens to be sight. I saw your past, not on purpose."
"Then you know about my parents and brother." Zero stated earning a nod.
"I'm not here to pry into old scars Zero." Kai whispered, her grey eyes suddenly holding some type of emotion that Zero couldn't place. "I'm here to forgive you, because you are no monster- even if you tell yourself different. You just need help."
"How can you help me?" Zero asked.
Kai eyes closed before she reopened them and forced a smile, "There's a spell, it's ancient and it'll take some time for me to decipher, but it helped contain level E's or falling vampires. I can try to help you Zero." Then Kai did something she never has, she gently put her hand onto Zero's cheek, leaning up to him. "Let me help you Zero. Please."
Zero eyes narrowed, something was off with Kai. She was to…open. She was up to something, and the way Kai was speaking was nothing like Kai at all. She was off, she wasn't right now- off her rocker. That would be how Yuuki would put it, then it hit him. The binding Kai had with Kaname…
"Tell me about what binding is." Zero mutters, sitting next to her.
Kai nodded, "Witches are very rare now days you see, much rarer than a pureblood. We are hunted down by witch hunters, who we have a long distinct history with that is messy. Like you and Kaname, I have a hunter that will strike me down- Ryou." Kai grimaced. "Our story is going to be left alone for now, but the point is, Purebloods have this ability to claim a witch as their clan witch, and Kaname claimed me, taking my free will. Enslaving me."
"Is it that bad?" Zero asks, curiously because of the way she described it.
Kai chuckled, "It's absolutely horrible. Kaname Kuran controls me, and there is not on single thing I can do. I have to wait for my liberation basically."
"Hn." Zero grunted thinking carefully. It made sense if Kaname was controlling her this second, but she doesn't seem to have a clue. Sighing, Zero made a disturbed face and shook his head. "You must not get much free time."
Kai sighed and smiled slightly, "Not really. I'm supposed to start these stupid classes with Kaname, and honestly- between you and me- I don't want to be alone with him." Kai ignores Zero's look. "But I have to learn magic one way or another."
Zero nodded, "How did you become a witch?"
Kai laughed, sitting up and sitting besides Zero, "I was born this way Zero. I didn't chose to become one, just like I was born as a natural vampire hunter- only difference is that I haven't have a clue how to hunt."
This caught Zero's attention, "You are Yagari's daughter, you would be the first one he taught."
Kai sighed, her mood dampening, "My father believed I was more witch than hunter, he never tried to teach me, but I wish he had- then maybe I could fully embrace myself."
Zero perked up slightly at this, "I could teach you."
"What?" Kai asked, surprised.
"I could teach you to be a hunter. Your father taught me, and I could teach you." Zero offered. "Plus you'll learn to fight, could fight off Ryou. Is he out to kill you?"
Kai shook her head, "Ryou is there to keep an eye on me, I guess. And Zero, teach me." Kai smiled at Zero, and in that moment he saw the girl Yagari described. The bright smile that pulled you in, commanding you silently to do as she said. "I want to be who my father never wanted me to be, so please help me Zero."
Zero nodded, knowing that his teacher would not be thrilled with him, but Zero couldn't deny the girl who sat on his bed, opening herself up to him. "We'll start in the morning, five o'clock sharp in the clearing. Now got get some rest Kai."
Kai got up, feeling tired and drained. She felt accomplished, as if she did something right. What did she accomplish? Groaning Kai fell back onto Zero's bed, feeling lazy and curled into a ball onto his bed, "I don't trust you to be alone with that gun Kiryuu." Kai playfully smiled. "Can I stay here tonight?"
Zero hesitated, and this caused Kai to sit back up and place both hands gently onto his face. Lilac eyes forced to meet a warm pair of grey. Something Zero had not been expecting was the warmth and deep concern in her eyes. Why did she suddenly care so much? "I trust you Zero, but can you trust me?"
As if compelled, Zero replied without thought, "Yes."
Kai smiled, pulling Zero to lay beside her. Kai was admiring Zero at the moment; bring a hand up to his cheek, just like she had done multiple times before. She completely trusted him, and right now Kai was an open book, Why? She had no clue, but she couldn't force herself not to care, because suddenly she had cared. Without second thoughts, Kai began to close her eyes, laying her head on Zero's tense chest, drifting off to the rhythmic sound of his heartbeat. Slowly Zero loosened up, wondering what was going on with Kai, who was acting loveable.
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{{Kaname}}
"Kailyse!" A man shouted, watching the ebony haired witch pick up her dress and run full speed into the woods- disappearing into the woods.
The women, Kailyse, ran with all her might trying to reach the revenue point where she agreed to meet him. The man she fell in love with madly, and would do anything for. Even betray her own flesh and blood. Even disgracing herself and her family, and abandoning prior engagements. In this distance she smiles, catching the wine colored eyes she adored.
"I've manage to get away my lord." She said, smiling widely as she bowed. "I've made up my mind Lord Kaname, I do wish to explore the world with you."
Kaname gently took her delicate hand, smiling as he brought her closer to him. "Kailyse-"
Her smile turned into a frown slowly, "Kaname, I left my family for you. I love you Kaname, forever and always."
Kaname sighed, "How do I know you will not regret this? Kailyse, you know you will miss your family because once we leave, you are not returning."
Kailyse placed her warm hand onto Kaname's cold cheek, smiling softly, "I thought long and hard about this decision my love, and I know what I want. I want you, and only you. I'll be your wife, your lover. I chose you, and your beast. I chose all of you and to remain by your side forever my love. Always and forever."
Sometimes we all regret things, it's the mundane thing to do, but then again- some of us have no remorse. Like me, I have no remorse for doing the things I do to Kai. Even if I promised her mother, her ancestors, this was different. It was one thing to protect a lover's family bloodline, but it was another to look exactly like someone I loved once in the past. I did not regret the pleasure I felt in taking Kai's blood, in kissing her- but I regret having to make her forget. I wanted her to remember, but Kai was not Kailyse, not my Kailyse at least. For Kailyse lied, she was a trick- because in the end she left me with the burden of our problems, and for that I could never forgive her.
Kai was much more like Zero, therefore she served as a better distraction and pawn, but I would never let any true harm come to Kai just because I had an old grudge. Kai was a hunter's daughter, and a very powerful witch at that. She was special, and right now she served a very large purpose. She was the one that had to control Zero, I did not want Yuuki to get involved with Zero Kiryuu, but I didn't mind sacrificing Kai. I could toy with her, erase her memories, and let her go back to that vampire hunter. It may seem cruel, but there was one thing I learned in all my years.
Love is to destroy.
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So how was it? Things are changing, so are some character relations, as with Kaname and Kai, you all got a little of them, plus a little Kai and Zero and a little look in kai and Ryou's past and relation. Who do you want to see Kai get cozy with? I had fun with this chapter, seeing as I changed the storyline a little bit, but anyway, please leave a review and check out my other VK story, The Other Daughter, which I plan on updating again with chapter two soon. Please R&R!
The way Kailyse is pronounced is kai-lee-ce.
I know for a fact that this might be the last chapter of Forevermore for this year, seeing as I have to many other stories to update. So Happy Holidays and New Years! May you have a great time!