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Kaname spoke, "As we speak, Yuki is turning Zero into a human. So, why don't you just cooperate and give them a little space? Or if you prefer, I continue to beat you black and blue. It's entirely your choice."

"It doesn't make a difference either way," Kaien grunted, "Whether I cooperate or not, Yuki turning Zero is never going to happen."

Kaname's eyebrows rose. "And why's that? Do you think she doesn't have the will to die?"

"Yuki would die for you or for Zero in a heartbeat," Kaien insisted.

"So then what are you getting at, Kaien Cross?" Kaname asked.

"Yuki doesn't have the ability…no, the necessary powers to do anything like that," Kaien claimed.

"Of course she does. It's an innate Pureblood power," Kaname stated.

"Right," Kaien agreed. "The only problem is Yuki is not a Pureblood."

"What are talking about?" Kaname demanded. "Yuki has the blood of Kuran flowing through her! I can taste it, feel it, every single time I drink her blood!"

"Yes. It's undeniable that Yuki is a realm far above even a vampire aristocrat, even being only half Kuran. But even so, because she is only half Kuran, she is not a true Pureblood." Kaien said.

"What do mean, she's only half Kuran?" Kaname demanded. He grabbed the collar of Kaien's shirt and jerked him back to his feet. "That's impossible!"

"The moment Juri told me that she had a child inside her that she had to protect, my whole world changed," Kaien said. "I, an infamous vampire hunter, was going to be the father of the very thing that I hated the most…"

"Wait…what?" Kaname whispered as he released his grip. "You're…Yuki's biological father?"

"Initially, I wasn't sure. But, Juri confirmed it," Kaien said. "And that was when my heart melted and began to show compassion toward vampires rather than desiring to just eliminate them one by one."

"I see," Kaname murmured. "That's also why you were always so desperate to gain her acceptance of you as her father…because you really are her father."

"Yes," Kaien nodded. "And by now, Yuki's surely passed out on the couch because she over exerted herself. Shall we go check on her?"

"Don't you ever intend to tell her?" Kaname questioned. "Why didn't you just tell her—and me—on the night I brought her to you? She wouldn't have spent the next ten years wondering about what happened to her parents!"

"Why didn't you just tell her, Kaname?" Kaien demanded.

"Because I didn't want her future to be as bloody as her past!" Kaname insisted.

"Exactly," Kaien said. "If I had told Yuki I was her real father, then I would have had to explain what happened to her mother. We agreed that we would keep her past a secret from her. And that unfortunately involved both us keeping who we really were from her."

"And now? Do you intend to tell her now?" Kaname wondered.

"She is going to expect some explanation for why she couldn't make Zero human," Kaien said. "I suppose it doesn't really matter anymore. She already knows everything after all."

"She's going to be furious with you, though," Kaname pointed out. "And I take it that's why you kept it hidden…until even now?"

"Let's go inside," Kaien pleaded and opened the door to let Kaname in.

And so I finally learned the truth about who I really was. My father, a vampire hunter became captivated by a strange and happy Pureblood. And my mother, if I'm anything like her, felt obligated to help someone who she saw was in dire need. She simply took things too far. It only happened once, but once was enough. And the first child ever to be born half hunter and half Pureblood came into being…

I can see it now, Yuki. I can finally taste it in your blood. You really are what the Association President claims. It makes perfect sense, though. How else would you be able to wield Artemis?

It took some time to dig through the rubble that used to be the Association's headquarters to reach the Parent Furnace. During that time, my hair grew back to my shoulders and even though I was still a vampire, I started to finally recognize myself in the mirror again. Kaname and I kept our relationship platonic during that time as he still planned to throw his heart into the Furnace and restore the vampire weapons. I kept things platonic between Zero and I during that time out of respect for Kaname. It would have been too much, considering how closely the three of us were working together.

The Headmaster was also tried and convicted of endangering his students some weeks after he finally told me the truth about what happened between him and my mother. He was sentence to 20 years in prison for his crime. He planned to fake his death again within five years, however, to avoid his own secret getting out. Mr. Yaguri took on the duties of Association President after the trial.

Vampires and vampire hunters still remain a mystery to the world at large.

Aidou promptly returned to Kaname's side, who offered little explanation for why he'd killed his father. He was just another threat that needed to be dealt with, it seemed.

I told Zero I erased his memories and I told him all about our life growing up together. I even let him drink my blood to let him see those memories, but as the Headmaster said, seeing them wasn't the same as actually remembering. He still struggles with it to this day.

A year a half went by. The Association and the Parent Furnace were finally rebuilt. The last night Kaname I ever spent together, he finally revealed to me what he had really been doing during all that time he'd been sneaking around and then ultimately vanished.

"I wanted to make you human again," Kaname told me. "While at first I thought we'd finally be able to be together, I soon realized that your connection to Zero and my connection to Haruhi were always going to keep us apart."

"Haruhi…so that was her name," I murmured.

"I could see how you longed for both mine and Zero's blood and all I wanted was to take that pain away from you," Kaname said.

"So why didn't you just do it?" I wondered. "What were you waiting for?"

"I knew the Parent Furnace was about to erupt. I am still connected to Haruhi and she was the one who called me back here…the first time anyways when she ultimately wound up swallowing all the vampire weapons. She just couldn't take it any longer." Kaname explained. "I told her I'd take her place, but I pleaded for her to hold on for just a little bit longer. I told her I needed to find a way to make you human again and still be able to become the new Parent. She erupted before I could find the answer."

"Did you ever actually find it?" I wondered.

"Yes…" He said softly.

He told me that he only pulled out half his heart and throw into the furnace, that he'd still have the other half to be able to use the last of his strength to make me human again.

"The new weapons won't be nearly as powerful of course, but…that's the decision I've made…"

I told him that I had already accepted his decision sometime before. I told him that only having half his heart was better than not having it all…

"That's exactly how I felt when I realized that you were in love with Zero too…"

Except I still hadn't let go of my desire to make Zero human again. And so I asked Kaname to offer his life to him instead.

"I couldn't live myself if I became human again and just left him hanging," I said.

"You do realize he would feel much the same way, don't you?" Kaname pointed out.

"Yes…but his existence is far more difficult than my own. He needs it more than I do." I insisted.

Kaname agreed, buts said we were going to have to be discreet about it. He would do everything within his power to corner Zero and make him human again…if I did everything in my power to bring him to Kaname.

"He's going to hate you for this. Are you going to able to live with that?" Kaname wondered.

"Yes," I replied.

Kaname kissed me for the final time that night. It was a soft and sad goodbye kiss. It wasn't even passionate…

I thought a lot about Aidou said about the capacity to love someone without actually being in love with them. And I thought long hard about what it actually meant to be in love with somebody. I took a long hard look at my relationships with both Kaname and Zero. I realized I really was in love with them both. And I accepted that the reasons weren't selfish or forced. They came about as a result of bonds that couldn't blossom into anything but romantic love. Even if both Kaname and Zero were both my brothers in their own ways, we were all just beasts in love. It happened. And I decided after that year and a half that I was finally okay with that.

"Alright, it's ready," Yaguri grunted as he opened the furnace door. The flames inside we weak, but all those around knew the firing would soon be blazing. "Anybody who doesn't want to bear witness to this gruesome scene better leave now."

No one budge even an inch.

And Kaname did just what he said he was going to do. On that day, 12 and a half years after I was attacked by my own uncle and 6 and half years after Zero's life had changed forever…all of our lives changed forever once again.

And that the was last night of the Vampire Knight. All that followed Zero from there was nothing but bright, sunny days.

I'll always be with you, Yuki, Kaname's voice boomed from deep inside my heart as I watched his become engulfed by flames.

And this sweet dream finally comes to an end…

A/N: Coming soon, the sequel to Vampire Knight: The Alternative Ending!

Hunter Knights will follow Hunter twins Kaname and Ichiru Kiryuu as they protect the world from bad vampires…and any their adorable little sister, Juri, from pre-teen boys!