A/N: SORRY FOR THE LONG DELAY IN UPDATING, I'VE BEEN WORKING TWO JOBS FOR A WHILE, WAKING UP EARLY IN THE MORNING AND NOT GETTING OFF TILL LATE AT NIGHT, AND HAVING TO REPEAT THE WHOLE CYCLE OVER AGAIN! BUT DON'T WORRY; I'LL TRY TO UPDATE MY STORIES AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE! THANKS
Chapter 4:
*****Several Months Later*****
"She's beautiful, Yuki." Kaien said.
"I'm glad I decided to push through it all."
Yuki looked down at the still child. Never before has she thought about this picture. She always wanted children, but in her mind, the picture was a little different. Instead of Kaien, Kaname would be by her side together they would watch Juri sleep like the angel she is.
"Do you think I did the right thing?"
"What do you mean, Yuki?"
"Keeping this a secret from Kaname. I mean, she is his daughter, and she is a vampire. I don't want to do the same thing to Juri, that my family did to me."
"And what's that, Yuki?" Kaien asked.
"Hid me from the truth."
Kaien nodded and let out a sigh. He knew why her parents did what they did, to save her. But it did hide her from everything.
"Does Kaname know about Juri?"
Yuki slowly shook her head.
"Don't you think he has the right to know about her?"
"Yeah, but I want her to be safe."
"Won't Kaname be able to protect you two?"
"He probably thinks I'm dead."
Kaien covered his mouth in disbelief. Why would Kaname think that? He thought to himself.
"Ever since the whole encounter with Zero, he thinks the decision I made was selfish and idiotic. I thought he'd be proud that I was able to protect us and him."
Yuki paused as she reached down and gently caressed her daughters' forehead.
"But since the nurse told us about my condition, he changed all of a sudden. Like he's lost all of his faith in me and doesn't respect my decisions."
~~~~~~WITH KANAME~~~~~
He slowly gritted his teeth as he clenched his fists together, sitting in his chair, looking at the picture of Yuki on his desk. Never before has he hated himself so much, with how things have turned out, he wished he could turn back time just one more time and redo it all.
The warmth of your smile melts my heart
I could see someplace, like a fleeting dream
Even if it were to all end right now, in the sinking sun,
Our shadows would be lying atop one another
Just like a crisscrossed fate, endlessly distant, limitlessly deep,
Grasped over and over, lost over and over, it's something met by chance at last
As the sky wants the earth, flowers wait for the rain, and the night loves tomorrow
Two hearts long for just this, to be one
If we meet by chance tonight while taking a lengthy sleep
We should...
"Damn it all to hell!" Kaname screamed, as he threw the radio off his desk. The song slowly reminded him of Yuki, and he had no idea what was in store for her, or whether if she was even alive.
"Kaname…" A whisper echoed through the air.
Kaname sat up and looked around the room. He knew she wasn't there, but it sounded so real, he thought she finally came back to him. There was a loud knock on the door, which brought him back to reality; the one place he didn't want to be. He opened the door, and saw Kain breathing hard, with his hand on the edge of the door.
"What's the matter, Kain?" Kaname asked.
"It's Yuki…"
Kaname reached out for him and grabbed his shirt, pulling him up.
"What about her?"
"She's alive…" Kain said.
Kaname dropped Kain to the floor and covered his mouth, letting out a sigh of relief.
"What about the baby?"
"There's no news on the baby…just Yuki."
Kaname fell to his knees. At least Yuki is alive.
~~~~~~~~Yuki~~~~~~~~
She rocked back and forth, singing to Juri to sleep, as she watched the sunset. Juri let out a quiet yawn and soon fell asleep in her mothers' arms. Yuki slowly stopped rocking and stood up and placed Juri in her bed, and turned on her lullaby music. Yuki looked out the window, and felt something strange. She couldn't tell what it was, but she wasn't going to risk anything. Kaien knocked on the door, and slowly opened it.
"Yuki…" He whispered.
"Kaien, watch over Juri." Yuki started as she opened the window.
"Where are you going?"
"I'll be back, don't worry."
Kaien nodded, and watched Yuki jump out the window and vanish into the night sky.
~~~~~~IN THE FOREST
Yuki landed in the middle of the forest and looked around, her loose hair blew in her face as the wind began to pick up. She tensed up as she saw a shadow appear in the fog straight ahead.
"I don't know who you are, but you are unwanted on these grounds." Yuki growled. "Take another step forward, and I will end you."
"I've missed you…"
Yuki hissed at the ominous shadow and released her fangs.
"You asked for it!" Yuki growled.
Yuki lunged for the shadow with full force; she suddenly stopped and gaped when she saw the familiar person standing right in front of her.
"Hello, Yuki." Kaname said.