"Rose, you awake?" someone asks.
"Huh-?" I open my eyes and see Hanabusa standing over me. "Oh, hey Hanabusa. Is it time?" I ask.
"Yes, now get dressed and lets get going."
I jump off of my bed and head for my closet. I look through it and find my favorite outfit; a black long sleeved shirt with holes at the end of each sleeve for my thumb to go through, a pair of boot-cut jeans, and high heeled combat boots.
I change into them (I rushed Hanabusa out of my room first) and we leave. It isn't quiet light out, but it isn't dark either. We sneak all the way to the gates and quickly leave the grounds. It is only about four or so as we walk to town. I look at Hanabusa constantly and he looks right back.
"Hey Hana, why is it you are afraid of Kaname?" I ask.
"I am not afraid of him. I just simply highly respect him," Hanabusa replies.
I just about fall to the ground. "You respect him? Of all people, you respect him? That dirty, spoiled rotten piece of shit?" I look at his face and see he is a little pissed, or even furious.
"What has he ever done to you?" Hanabusa asks me.
"You wanna know what he did to me? I'll tell you. When my family died when I was six he took me in. I was, and still am, grateful for that, but I hate the way they all treated him. He was everyone's special little boy. I am a pureblood as well, but they treated me like I was their maid or something. I never got anything. Nothing. I had finally had enough and I left. And after a year of all that survival stuff I met you."
Hanabusa apparently wasn't expecting that. He was quiet the rest of the trip. We finally walk into the airport building five minutes before five and wait for Sky's arrival.
After ten minutes pass, I see her walking towards us. "Hanabusa, do you have the sign?" I ask.
"The one with her name on it? Yeah, I got it," Hanabusa says as he gets it out of the backpack he brought along.
Hanabusa holds it in the air hoping to get her attention. And it works. She runs over to us and I practically freak out. Her hair was dyed pink and wore the exact same outfit as me, just pink instead of a black. We stare at each other in complete amazement.
"Are you Sky?" I ask.
"Yes, but why do you look like me?" she asks hesitantly.
"Just come to the café with us and we will explain," Hanabusa says.
"All right."
"So you are my sister. And we had the same family, but we don't remember each other. And our family was killed by Shi-"
"Don't say her name. There is no telling how many V's are around," I say quickly.
"V's?" Hanabusa asks.
"Stupid. Us, we are V's."
"Oooohh."
I slap my forehead and continue to talk. "I know you came here to talk to Kaname, but I wish you wouldn't."
"Why?" Sky asks.
"She hates Kaname and wants the rest of the world to feel the same way," Hanabusa says quickly.
"Not true," I say and jack-slap him. "Although that doesn't sound like a bad idea." He cradles his head and I say, "You are a jerk sometimes Hana."
"Hey, if you are my sister, then why have we never met?" Sky asks getting up. I get up as well, pulling Hanabusa up with me, and we start to walk home.
"I guess after she killed our adopted family, we were sent different ways. Do you remember any of them?"
"I remember all of them but you," she says.
"Same here. Maybe we weren't supposed to meet. It might ruin her plans." We walk the remainder of the trip in silence. We get to the front gate and Kaname Kuran is waiting for us.
Damn Kaname. How did you figure it out?
"Rose, how dare you leave the school grounds without permission," Kaname says in his devil impersonation.
"Whatever Kaname. You can kiss my ass. I had to find my sister before you did 'cuz I might not have gotten to see her otherwise," I say just as evil.
"Wait, you snuck out of school?" Sky asks.
"Well, I had to. Kaname doesn't trust-"
"I do trust you," Kaname says, interrupting me. "That is why I haven't told headmaster Cross yet. If he finds out that you snuck out, you will have to leave."
Does he think I care? "Kaname, you are no longer the boss of me. I don't care if you are older, I don't have to listen to-"
"Rose, shut up!" Hanabusa yells.
I look at him. His face is blood red. "Hanabusa, are you ok?" I ask, a little scared.
"You can't talk to him like that. I won't allow it any longer! He is a noble pureblood. He doesn't deserve to be treated the way you are treating him!" he yells at me.
I stare at him. "Hana-Hanabusa, please tell me you are just messing with me," I say as a tear falls down my face.
"I'm not. I don't want you to get me wrong, we will always be together, but you will have to learn to respect purebloods, Rose."
"You jackass!" I scream. I slap his face and I run off. I can hear Hanabusa yelling for me to stop, but I won't ever speak to him again if that's how he thinks. I run to the fountain and I put my head under it. I pull back after a few minutes and see a shadow behind me. I turn around and see Zero standing there.
"Are you alright Rose?" Zero asks as he sits on the edge of the fountain.
I look at him. "Zero, why is it everyone thinks so highly of Kaname, but I get treated like dirt?" I sit down on the ground and lay me head down on his leg and cry while he pats my back.
"I don't know. I wish he would just die or go away, but there is someone I lo…I care about that thinks otherwise," he says.
"Same here," I say.
"What happened?" Zero asks.
"Zero, you promise you won't hate me after I tell you?"
"Depends on what it is."
I look at him. "I snuck out of the school early this morning to see my twin sister at the airport."
"Your twin sister?" Zero has this shocked face. I love the fact that I snuck out is oblivious. I stand up and sit beside him on the fountain.
"Yeah, I have a twin. I snuck out because I knew she was coming to see Kaname, and I didn't want to lose her to him. I wanted her to know she had a sister before Kaname did something horrible and ruined it."
"That would explain why he was so pissed off, saying something about you and Hanabusa disobeying school rules and how Ichijo is horrible about lying to him. Did he leave too?" Zero asks me.
Well, at least I know how he found out. Note to self: remember not to tell Ichijo any secrets. "I asked him to, Zero. But when we got back from the airport and we went to the gate, Kaname was waiting for us. Kaname and I started arguing and Hanabusa yelled at me. He kept saying that I should learn to respect purebloods and that I shouldn't treat 'em that way. I called him a jackass and slapped him and ran off. Zero, will you tell anyone if I leave this place and runaway?"
Zero gives me this evil look. "Yeah, I'll tell. I just started to like you. We have more in common now than before, especially since you hate Kaname. You can't just leave and expect everyone not to notice either. Listen, do you want me to handle it?" he asks.
"No, there isn't anything you can do," I say. I stand up and Zero follows.
"Well, I could talk to Hanabusa for you. Well, I could knock some sense into him anyhow," Zero says.
"No, 'cuz then he'd just hate me," I say. I begin to walk away, but he grabs my arm and stops me. "Zero, what is it?"
"I have an idea. We both have someone who practically worships Kaname, right? Well, maybe if we fake date, then it would make them jealous," he suggests.
"But I can't do that. Zero, I'm talking about Hanabusa. He does that. I can't just breakup with him," I say.
Zero lets go of my arm and looks at me with his usual look. "Here he comes. Better get ready."
I turn around and see Hanabusa walking our way. I can tell this isn't going to end well, but I could hopefully get lucky and he could apologize about being so mean.
"Rose, I have to talk to you," Hanabusa says in a pissed tone as he stands before me. He grabs my arm tightly and starts to pull me away, but Zero grabs my other arm and pulls me away from him.
"Ow!" I yell.
"Hanabusa, don't you dare treat her that way. She has done nothing wrong," Zero says as he pushes me behind him gets in Hanabusa's face.
"What do you mean? You have no right to interfere, Zero Kiryu. And the only thing she did wrong was not suck your blood dry from your veins."
"Hanabusa!" I yell.
"Stay out of this Rose. I'll talk to you later," Hanabusa says.
"No, you need to listen to her Hanabusa. She loves you, but you're screwing it up," Zero yells.
"Zero, what do you think you're-" I try to say.
"I'm helping," Zero says.
"What would she have to say?" Hanabusa asks.
"Listen to her for once and maybe you will find out."
They both stop arguing and look in my direction. What the hell am I suppose to say?
"I'm listening, Rose," Hanabusa says impatiently.
"Hana, I just wanted to tell you that…that…" I take a deep breath before I continue speaking. "That I don't like the way you are treating me," I say shyly.
"What do you mean? You were the one who slapped me," Hanabusa argues.
"She also called you a jackass," Zero adds.
Not helping. "Yeah, but only 'cuz you completely ignored the fact that I am a pureblood as well you dumbass," I say.
"What do you mean I-"
"You said I should treat Kaname, which just so happens to be a pureblood, with more respect. You are just like everyone else. You give in to him, but when my needs come along I'm ignored because I have no real family. No one that can even prove that I am a pureblood. You all just care about him. That's all you jerks have ever cared about!" I scream.
No one says anything, and I am so angry that I fall to the ground and cry. I stare Hanabusa down till he can't even look at me.
"Do you understand now?" Zero asks. "You were her world, and you were her escape from it. But you are about to let it go just because of Kaname Kuran. Are you that absorbed in him that you will let the love of your life go?"
Hanabusa looks at Zero. "He was in my life before her," was his reply.
"Hanabusa, please don't," I beg through my tears.
"If the two of you can't get along, then I don't see how we ever will." Hanabusa walks away and Zero leans down to me.
"Rose, are you alright?" Zero asks calmly.
"Why did he ever say he loved me if he knew I hated Kaname?" I ask through tears. There is no answer to my question, but I wish there was.
Zero helps me up and we walk to headmaster Cross's home. We aren't looking for him, instead, we are actually looking for Yuki. She is so nice and I need someone better suited to help me with my problem than Zero is.
I open the door to enter and Yuki comes out. We bump into each other and just about knock ourselves down. I rub my head.
"Rose, what's wrong?" Yuki asks forgetting about her own needs.
"Hanabusa broke up with me because of Kaname," I say flinging myself into her arms and cry. "He didn't like the fact that I hate Kaname and he thought… he thought…"
"Sssshhhhhh. It'll be fine. I'm sure he was just angry," Yuki says. "He loves you too much to-"
"No," I say. "He said Kaname was first. I lost Hana to Kaname, Yuki," I cry.
"He just left her Yuki. He had no heart. I was there," Zero says.
"Did you have something to do with this? He does hate you," Yuki says.
"He didn't, I promise. Yuki, can you talk to Hanabusa for me," I beg.
Yuki pulls back enough for me to see her face. "I can try, but even you know that Hanabusa is stubborn sometimes. Maybe if I ask Kaname to handle it, since he did leave you for him. I don't know, just give me like a day or less and I'll do my best, promise," she says.
She rushes off and Zero and I are left alone. "Are you going to be ok?" he asks.
I think how to respond, but I decide to ignore it and say something else. "I'll go along with your plan Zero. Even if it doesn't get me Hana back, maybe it will get you Yuki," I say.
"How did you know it was Yu-Yuki?" he asks with a chocked voice.
"She is the only girl you ever hang around stupid. Really?"
"Oh…"
We walk back to the fountain and sit for a while in complete silence. Then I see Sky running towards us as if something happened.
Du-du-duuuuuu! Weren't expecting that one, were ya? Even though now I have a RosexZero pairing, it may or may not last. Who Knows, except for one person. One person knows that I have other plans in store. Mwahahahaha! LOL. Thanks for reading, and don't mind my evil laugh, I'm just super excited about my story and that sooooo many people have read it. GO ME! And all of you readers! Please leave a review of any kind, just don't go and say "I hate your story" and stuff like that. Tell me things that you'd like to see and what not. Thanks!