AN: Thank you for the reviews! I'm glad so many people are enjoying this story so far.

Warnings: Vampire Violence, self-insert OC, this is actually the first female I've written, there's actually no slash and I don't like that, some AU.

Disclaimer: I own nothing.

Yuuki really had forgotten everything.

At first it hadn't been very obvious, but as soon as Cross handed her some clothes and she had only stared at them blankly I realized I had a lot to help her with.

Well I wanted to, I really wanted to help her figure out how to put on clothes and eat with a fork but I had to play the clueless child as well unless Kaien were to figure me out. Which meant I needed to 'forget' how to do things as well.

It was irritating.

"What's this?"

I turned toward the small voice and looked at what Yuuki was holding, in her hand was a sock but she was eyeing it as if it were an alien. I looked around the room to make sure Cross wasn't around before I walked over and sat in front of her.

As far as Cross was aware Yuuki hadn't said a word, around him that was. I could see in her eyes that she was still trying to figure out if he was going to do anything bad to us. Which made sense since her first impression of people was a crazed vampire trying to devour us.

I took the sock from her hand and motioned toward her leg. "It's a sock, you put it on your foot." I explained softly.

Yuuki blinked at me then looked at her leg. "Why?"

"To keep it warm." I made a movement with my hand for her to bring up her leg, when she did I started to put the sock on her foot. "Like this."

A small smile formed on her face, but nonetheless bright and just pure Yuuki.

The sound of feet coming toward the room we were in made me stiffen, and Yuuki instantly pulled her foot back to hide it underneath her leg. I didn't have much time to be startled that she was playing along before Cross came in, his long hair tied in a low ponytail.

"You are both are so cute!" He cooed as we stared up at him. "I was just coming up to say it was time for dinner!" And with a wave he was heading back down the hall, leaving Yuuki and I staring after him.

I could feel myself pale, another thing that was bad about being such a young child was the fact that I couldn't cook. So that meant we had to eat Kaien's food that he tended to add a little bit of his 'imagination' to.

Getting up with Yuuki following soon after we both headed to the kitchen, the smell of some sort of vegetable wafting through the halls. I held back a sigh and the inner carnivore in me whimpered, I was a really heavy duty meat eater so to have a meal with just vegetables was saddening.

Hesitantly I peeked into the room, eyeing the bowls set on the table.

Kaien noticed us and waved with a bright smile on his face from his seat. "Come on in and sit where you like, everything is served already."

I walked over to the table and hoisted myself on a chair, Yuuki doing the same thing, and eyed the soup warily.

"It's Avocado, Banana and Strawberry soup! Enjoy!"

I had to stop myself from making a terrified face, as far as Kaien knew I had no clue what any of those things were not to mention what they tasted like. So that meant I had to eat it.

I peered down at the soup, wincing at the thought of all those ingredients that were mixed together and risked a glance back up at Kaien. He was staring at us with expectant brown eyes, most likely waiting for us to tell him what we thought about the food.

Yuuki picked up the spoon and poked a Strawberry piece curiously but otherwise had yet to try the soup as well.

The polite thing to do was thank him for the food and then eat it, Kaien was nice enough to take us in so I would be rather rude to say 'hell no' like my stomach wanted me to.

Slowly I picked up the spoon and dipped it into the soup, I brought out a piece of banana a moment later. It shouldn't be that bad, apart those three things were okay so together it shouldn't be deadly or anything.

Even though I said that I found myself having to force my mouth to open as I brought the spoon closer, eventually I was closing my lips around the cutlery and swallowing the odd sounding food.

It…was terrible.

I forced an awkward smile on my face. "It's…okay…" One down, countless other spoonfuls to go.

When the entryway door slammed open a few days later I nearly jumped out of my skin, from beside me Yuuki flinched eyes wide as she stared toward where the sound had originated.

A moment later Kaname was standing at the door that lead to the room we were currently occupying, eyes alert as he scanned the room meticulously.

Looking up from the book he was reading Kaien didn't seem the least bit shocked. "Hello Kaname, I didn't expect you to come this evening."

"Eh?" Kaname looked confused for a second. "Didn't you send a telegram saying that vampires who are tracking them are attacking this place?"

Cross flipped a page of his book, eyeglasses shining mischievously in the light. "Though I was skeptical of the people watching me…I made sure to hurry and ran all the way back here."

I snorted softly in amusement, making Kaname's eye turn to me. Instinctually I straightened when his gaze met mine, practically feeling his age from the look in his eyes. Kaname was a very old Pureblood despite his looks and I didn't want to take his childishness as signs he was any less dangerous then he was.

"Who…are you?"

I turned my head toward Yuuki who was staring at Kaname from beside me, eyes looking at him with curiosity but also a little bit of hesitation.

The taller brunet straightened and sent her a small smile. "Kaname, and you?"

She looked toward me and I nodded, she visibly straightened. "We're Yuuki and Miki." She replied softly.

It was odd to see her this way around Kaname, since she had always seemed so happy to be around him in the Manga. I suppose though, she had a reason to be wary around him since she had seen him destroy that vampires head effortlessly.

"It's nice to meet you both."

Within a week the two had slipped into a perfect synchrony that he had a hard time grasping the fact that they didn't remember being sisters. Kaien had watched their growth quietly as the days passed, it wasn't very obvious but Yuuki was starting to copy the way her older sister acted toward things like Kaname.

Miki had instantly straightened when the Purebloods eyes settled onto her form, eyes hard and posture surprisingly rigid much like the Hunters had when he had passed while still working for the association. Unintentionally or not Yuuki had copied her, though her eyes were softer and even filled with curiosity showing that she wasn't as wary around Kaname.

It only made sense that Yuuki was trying to copy her sister, he had a feeling she was silently looking up to Miki as a role model ever since the night they came to his house.

He could see that their reaction to Kaname made the brunet unhappy, though he didn't visibly show it Kaien saw the flash of sadness before it was instantly dispersed.

It would take time, but he knew that the two would eventually warm up to the Pureblood if they were able to unconsciously remember each other then some part of them would recall Kaname as well. Well at least Yuuki might warm up to him, Miki would take a bit longer since she was so on guard around the vampire at the moment.

Distractedly he wondered if she would be a good vampire Hunter but then got rid of the thought as quickly as it came. Kaname would kill him if he put her in such a dangerous position.

"Is Kaname a bad person?"

I turned to face Yuuki who's wide eyes regarded me with the openness of a child, after the tense meeting with Kaname he had left we had headed to bed. Being a vampire meant he was only available at night and being a Pureblood meant he was going to be very busy dealing with politics and the like so he wouldn't be able to stay long.

I thought a moment before answering. "Inherently, no."

Her nose scrunched up in confusion. "What does inhe-inherntly mean?" She asked, struggling a moment with the word pronunciation.

I held back a smile. "It is not in his nature to be 'bad' ," I explained silently. "sometimes when you have no choice, there's decisions you have to make that make people turn against you."

"That sounds sad." Yuuki commented, and she brought a hand up to grip mine. "Do a lot of people think Kaname is bad person?"

I paused and thought of the future, perhaps not so much in the past but I knew for sure that people would call his actions 'evil'. "I'm not sure."

"Though he's kind of scary, his eyes look gentle."

I had always thought Yuuki was very observant when it came to Kaname and his feelings, well at first she had been but as time passed she had turned to Zero. It was surprising to hear those words out of a five year olds mouth but with Yuuki being well Yuuki it wasn't all that unexpected.

I nodded in agreement. "He did save us from that vampire, so I suppose he might not be too bad."

A small smile bloomed on her face. "You're right."

After that Yuuki just sort of started liking Kaname a little more, it may have been because of what I said or a completely different reason but I was relieved to see her run up to him a year later with a wide smile.

I had honestly been worried that she would turn a cold shoulder to him, for some reason she had been very reluctant to talk to him the last time he showed up.

I watched them from afar in pants and a shirt with a small cloak over me, unlike Yuuki I didn't take a liking to wearing a dress in winter.

"Kaname-sama!"

The Pureblood allowed her to cling to his legs, eyes startled before he calmed down. "Kaname-sama?" He repeated with a raised brow.

Yuuki turned and motioned for me to come closer, I reluctantly did as she asked but stopped when I was a foot away from the two. Yuuki took a step back as well and beamed up at the vampire with slightly red cheeks. "Today is our birthday! It's been a year since the day Kaname-sama saved us!"

Then in perfect sync we bowed. "Thank you Kaname-sama." We chorused.

Thanks to the Navy I had been posted in Japan and eventually learned the language as well as their customs, I had planned on formally thanking Kaname by myself but I hadn't expected her to do the same thing.

I turned my head toward Yuuki, who simply giggled.

We straightened and looked up to Kaname who looked shell shocked at our behavior. I didn't blame him, over the past few months Yuuki and I had progressed to the point that we were now saying things at the sometime without realizing it. It was a mixture between being around each other so often and being so close that made us that way.

In a way I wasn't really her twin, but that didn't stop me from boding with her like I was. I always had a deep bond with my past sister, and after arriving here it just sort of passed onto Yuuki without warning.

Kaname turned to Cross who cowered at the stern gaze sent his way. "Hearing that Miki and Yuuki had been kidnapped I rushed over." Cross flinched under his unwavering stare. "Haven't you had enough? Can't you call me by normal methods?"

Kaien scratched his head sheepishly. "Well…"

"And what's with the 'sama' and bowing?"

Before the Pureblood could say anything else Yuuki interrupted, eyes shining as she stared up at Kaname.

"So today," She chirped making him turn his eyes down to her. "Congratulations Kaname-sama!"

I felt the urge to face palm, I suppose someone should have explained what birthdays meant to her. I was glad my memories hadn't been erased like hers had, it must be tough to have absolutely no memories.

Kaname's eyes softened and I closed my eyes as he suddenly placed a hand on each of our heads.

"That's wrong Yuuki, it's congratulations to you two." I could almost imagine the soft look he had on his features. "But thank you."

Sometimes I forgot I was also was his sister, it wasn't because he showed more affection for her since I was the one who stayed away from him. But instead it was a mixture between the fact just slipping my mind and the huge difference between him and us.

The way he stood, spoke, his face, everything about him spoke royalty and inhuman. No human could pull off the effortless glide he had to his steps, nor could anyone have such sadness in their eyes unless they went through what he had.

I felt a little cruel that I was acting clueless, but I had no choice. Besides the fact that I didn't feel the connection that had sparked between Yuuki and I, Kaname was just too manipulative for me to fully open up to him. He played people like pawns on the chess board and while that might come from his age I couldn't agree with it.

People should choose their own destines, not have someone use them for their own means.

I didn't hate Kaname but I wasn't as affectionate as Yuuki was with him. It came from dealing with more then a few people in past that I had trusted and then been stabbed in the back by.

No it wasn't hate I felt for him, it was sympathy and hesitation.

I had completely forgotten that I had to go to school, again.

"Look they're exactly the same."

"Amazing I've never seen a pair of twins before."

I felt my eyebrow twitch in irritation at the less then subtle whispers echoing through the hallway as Yuuki and I passed the students. Didn't they have something better to do?

I could feel Yuuki's nervousness radiating off of her as she walked beside me, this was the first time we had stepped outside of the Kaien's house and so far it was less then pleasant. We were attending the Elementary school located near the middle of town, and though it was slightly more formal then I was used to it was still school.

"One of them looks kind of scary, she reminds me of my grandmother."

"I can't even tell them apart, maybe they're clones."

Don't terrify the small children, don't terrify the small children. I knew that being twins people were sure to be interested and talk, but this was terrible. We were just people, and we could also hear everything they were saying.

I wasn't a fan of going to school again, but neither did I want to show my so called 'genius' and just skip it all together. That would draw attention and really wouldn't make any sense since I supposedly had no memories of my life before five years old.

I'd have to stick through this, even though the very thought made me want to hit something.

We eventually reached our classroom and headed inside. The classroom was similarly built to resemble Cross Academy's rooms, which made me wonder if the two were connected in some way. The children here would graduate and then head to Cross Academy completely unaware that there was about to be vampires living right next to them.

Yuuki followed me silently as we walked up the steps and toward the back of the class. I wasn't about to have my back to any of these children, not when they could throw paper balls or something of the like at our heads.

I ignored the curious gazes aimed our way and allowed Yuuki to sit in the seat closest to the window incase we needed to make a quick getaway. She sat down, shoulders tense making me sigh internally.

I may be hating this but for Yuuki this was one of the first times she had been around children her age that wasn't me. I reached out a hand and rested it on her shoulder comfortingly, she shot a look my way and I forced myself to give her a small smile.

"It's okay."

She visibly relaxed and rose her own hand to place it on mine, she gave it a light squeeze and murmured a quiet 'thanks' but still stared at the children warily that chatted below us.

"Wow, twins."

"So cool I wish I had one."

I crossed my arms and closed my eyes. Do not terrify the small children. Do not terrify the small children.

…

…

Arriving back home was like a godsend, I nearly sobbed in happiness as we stepped through the doorway. The day had been easy, we had learned our alphabet and chatted how to add and subtract numbers. Nothing I didn't know.

I had fallen asleep three times despite my attempts to listen and be a good student. It was hard though since I had already been through school and while I wasn't an honor student I had passed. Now I had to go through everything all over again.

Well at least Cross Academy would be interesting, I had that to look forward to.

Sort of.

It was when I was eight that I finally decided to approach Cross.

"How can I help you my adorable daughter?" He cooed making me want to scowl at the tone. I didn't really care that he called me his daughter, it was the way he talked to me like a child that hurt my ears.

I crossed my arms and stared him straight in the eye. "I want to learn how to protect Yuuki."

He became silent as he peered at me, eyes hidden behind the glare of the glass lens. I could feel the seriousness in his aura, it was not unlike a General but also had a certain quality to it that spoke of age and knowledge. I didn't move my eyes from his face, he needed to understand how serious I was about doing this.

"Why do you think I could help you?" He finally asked.

I thought my answer out carefully, I had never shown Kaien any real sort of reason he should expect I was smarter then a normal girl. I was serious yes, he most definitely knew that, but he shouldn't think I was a genius or anything. "I don't, I just want to protect Yuuki and you're the only person I can think of to ask for help."

Which was true, beside Kaname, Cross was the main figure in Yuuki and I's lives.

He steepled his fingers and placed his chin to rest on them. "I see."

I stood stiffly, not moving a muscle as he stared off in space. Ever since Yuuki had been attacked by that vampire when we were first found I knew I needed to find a way to fight. I didn't want to be that weak in the face of our enemy, not when I could learn how to defend against it.

I hoped he would understand my intentions and allow me to go to a martial arts class or higher a tutor in the very least. If not I'd figure out something else by myself.

A reminiscent smile formed on his face. "You're just like her…" I could see he was caught in the memories of his past, perhaps thinking about the time he was a hunter.

I blinked. "Who?"

He broke out of his daze and shook his head. "Never-mind about that," Brown eyes seemed to look into my very soul as he stared me down. "I'll accept your will to protect your sister, it's only natural after all."

I internally sagged in relief but made sure to keep myself still on the outside. Thank goodness he accepted me.

"In fact I'll be the one to teach you."

That…hadn't been what I was expecting.

AN: I was really excited to write this story since I was starting to enjoy it and all my readers seemed to have the same thoughts.

Someone asked if Yuuki will be alive in this story, and if you're talking about later in the future then yes, she shall survive .*plays song in the background* I'm pretty sure Miki would be devastated if her younger sister died.