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The Proposal	By : Sexybvirgo Category: +S to Z > Vampire Knight Views: 4566 -:- Recommendations : 0 -:- Currently Reading : 0
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Chapter Twenty

The soft drop of feet on his balcony drew Kaname's and Ichijo's attention. Both males were seated at Kaname's desk, their conversation hushed in the twilight of the room. The only light was from the fire in the small fireplace. Not like they needed it. Kaname's eyes flickered briefly towards the bedroom as Seiren entered the room smelling of moonlight and fresh night. He'd placed Zero there after he'd passed out, anticipating this meeting. His expression softened when he thought of his hunter. His stubborn mate had fought to the end, causing him unnecessary force. The result was that he would most likely sleep until the sunset of the next day. It pained him that one more sin would be added to his roster. He could just envision the betrayal Zero would feel when he woke. He sighed heavily, pushing away such thoughts and focused his attention on his lieutenant. Seiren's eyes were somber when she stepped into the room. She bowed low to Kaname before speaking.
"Kaname-sama he has moved. His range of victims is also getting wider."
Kaname nodded. It wasn't anything he didn't know. He could feel him just on the edge of his conscious. Could feel him getting closer. He nodded at Seiren.
"The currently orders still stand. You know what to do."
Seiren nodded back, bowing low once again. "As you wish Kaname-sama."
Kaname watched as she departed again and turned his attention back to Ichijo. "Are you prepared?"
It was Ichijo's turn to nod now. "What are you going to do about Kiryuu?" Ichijo was one of his most trusted advisors and his knowledge extended way beyond his situation with Zero, though he'd been the one to set up the chess board to begin with. Kaname had made sure that his lieutenant didn't have any designs on his mate before he did something drastic. Even though he knew the emotions he was feeling were paranoid he still couldn't curb the impulse to fix Ichijo with a stern look.
"The issue of Zero is mine and mine alone. I will deal with that when he awakes." He pushed the thick vellum envelope on his desk forward. "This is what we should be worried about."
"A set up, yes I know." Ichijo eyes him seriously. "And yet you still plan on attending?"
Kaname moved his head in an affirmative manner. "I do. I need to know what plan they are concocting. I can definitely bet on the fact that it has something to do with Zero."
"And if it does?" Ichijo's eyes were faintly curious, he'd learned not to question Kaname too much.
Kaname's eyes and face turned as cold as Alaska during winter and his shoulders went stiff. "If they dare to touch Zero, than they should not regret my actions."
At the suddenly dangerous atmosphere that filled the room, Ichijo had the urge to press back against the seat. Reminded of his own run in with Kaname regarding his mate, he felt a little sorry for the other team. When it came to his 'precious' Zero the pureblood didn't know the meaning of control, letting his basic instincts control his actions. It was a scene Ichijo truly didn't want to witness. He didn't think the Senate would either. The retribution that would follow their idiotic actions would go down in the history books they would hide from future generations, Ichijo was sure. He'd never seen Kaname as cold and heartless as on the night he'd jokingly tried to claim his mate. It wouldn't have made a difference who he'd been that night. Kaname would have killed whoever was on the premises if Zero had completed a blood pact with anyone other than himself. He'd read the mating chronicles himself and what he'd read there would haunt his dreams and nightmares forever. Thwarted, mated purebloods were a force that you couldn't reckon with when it came to their heart's true desire. From the looks of it, Zero was just that for the pureblood.
Ichijo watched as Kaname's eyes once again strayed towards the bedroom where Ichijo knew Zero was sleeping. He decided that he'd worn out his welcome and nodded as he prepared to stand. Kaname stopped him with a look. His eyes were no longer cold but heated and crimson red. Ichijo immediately froze, not daring to make a move that would upset his vampire Prince unnecessarily.
"What are you doing with Yuki?" His voice belied his eyes, soft with no hint of censure yet……the air in the room became oppressive and tight was the only way he could think of to describe it. It was like he was caught in a cube of ice, frozen and unable to move. He stifled a sigh and faced Kaname's murderous gaze.
"I'm serious." That was all that needed to be said. Kaname's eyes faded back to their original chocolate brown.
"Just to be sure." Kaname murmured. "She is family also."
"Respectfully, Kaname-sama." Ichijo stood, prepared to leave. "All will be taken care of." He wasn't surprised when he didn't get an answer. He and Kaname had dealt with each other for a long time. They almost had a bond as strong as he and Zero's.
He left Kaname in the near dark, his dark eyes shadowed by unaccustomed worry.
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Kaname was waiting for him when he woke, gasping, his brain revolving inside his head at a sickening speed; though he didn't notice at first over the party that was going on in his head. There was another life, teeming with memories in addition to his own and it caused havoc as it seeped in slowly with wakefulness. He groaned, head bowed and clutched between his hands as he tried to acclimate. From what he could feel it was night. Either he hadn't been out that long or he'd been sleep way too long. It was then, as he forced his body in to some sort of semblance of calm that he finally noticed Kaname standing just inside the door.
A ten thousand year old Kaname.
He flinched with the remembrance, refusing to look at his mate. That was the last thing that he wanted to do at this point. He wanted time alone to sync what he now knew to what he had known. The new life inside of him was like an enormous self portrait and the picture was not pretty. Being mated to a ten thousand year old vampire was the least of his worries.
He heard the quiet shuffle of Kaname leaving the room. His breath of relief shuttered in his throat however when the pureblood returned immediately still maintaining the silence. He felt Kaname approach the bed, his aura snaking through the room before him to settle around Zero like the hands of a lover. Used to this, he didn't react, continuing to hide be hid his palms as the almost inaudible step came closer to the bed. Knowing the pureblood could move in complete silence let him know that Kaname was trying to alert him to the fact that he was drawing nearer. The soft slosh of water against glass right next to his ear gave him a heads up to the whereabouts of his mate. He would have frowned if the racket in his head had allowed it. Instead he let his eye drift closed again and reached out for the glass of water blindly, still not looking at he man who handed him the glass.
" You slept for a night and a day." Kaname informed him quietly, going on when he didn't speak or acknowledge his presence. "As in all things between us, avoidance is not the answer." Kaname spoke gently, his concern evident in his tone. This almost caused Zero to open his eyes and confront him right then. If he hadn't felt so horrible he would have. Instead new facts and facets of his situation were pounding wildly away at this skull. So he just took the water, tipping the rim against his lips and allowing the cold water to flow through and soothe him. Let it soften the facts.
Finally he let his eyes open, surprised at the duality for a moment. He was looking through two sets of eyes, a tired image of himself materializing before his eyes a split second before his own eyesight provided a sterling clear pictures of his surroundings. He was in the bedroom and still fully clothed (a relief in itself) but minus Bloody Rose. He realized suddenly that he hadn't responded to the Vampire by his side. He shook his head, hoping to clear it and was rewarded when Kaname made a soft exhalation. It seemed the disorientation went both ways.
"What the hell?" The words from his throat were scratchy as if he hadn't used his vocal cords in a while and he shuddered against the pillows. "Why am I seeing double?" It was the best he could do at the moment, not particularly wanting to start a meaningful conversation when his brain felt it was falling around him in tatters.
"A full melding." Kaname answered just as softly.
Oh. Another piece of the puzzle that his mate had not provided.
"How is it different from….…Before?" He was hesitant to voice the question, fearing that the answer would send him into another downward spiral. He still hadn't look at his mate. Instead choosing to let his concentration bleed out into the room around them. He saw unconsciously, the silver sheets decorating the bed, the blood colored curtains that blocked the sun out. Because the sun was shining hard in it's mid day glory. What the hell was Kaname still doing up anyway?
"Not as much as you think," Kaname said hesitantly, voice hushed with the need to not hurt his mate any further. "Though now we are pretty much inseparable."
"Inseparable?" Zero uttered a short laugh. It wasn't happy. "Tell me something new."
"We can no longer hide anything from each other." It was somber answer. "The natural state of the bond is to be fully open at all times," Kaname began. "Before when you had to concentrate to open it now you will have to concentrate to keep it closed. In short." The pureblood finished.
The bed dipped beside him as Kaname sat, the Vampire King's scent flowing over him. "We will be intimately connected at all times." Kaname continued and it was all that Zero could manage not to pull away from him.
"Doesn't that get a little troublesome?" It was said sarcastically, his tone caustic. "I don't want to walk around seeing the world in your perspective all the time."
"It takes a little training and practice to control it." Kaname replied, moving even closer. Zero couldn't stop himself this time, he winced as the touch he knew was coming moved towards him, letting his eyes slide shut again. At his action, Kaname sighed, halting his movement, fingers outstretched just short of touching soft skin. "It does take some getting used to I admit." He watched Zero's fingers tighten around the glass, his knuckles bleaching white as his hand clenched. Extreme heat was emanating from the hunter, the rage flowing through the bond totally at odds with the calm facade that Kaname was witnessing. His aura responded to his mate's distress weaving around the room to form a barrier, curling around him in undulating, caressing movements.
"Focus on your cen-"
The glass smashed into the wall, glittering shards raining down to garnish the thick white carpet. Zero's breath huffed in the silence that followed. Kaname's presence beside him was setting off all kind of inner alarms as Zero's perception swayed back and forth. This was his mate, the man who'd totally taken over his life and ingrained himself so deeply within it. Yet……….…
Memories of his pureblood swam up from his consciousness, breaking the surface of his mind and taunting him with images. The plump baby crying in Kaname's hands right before Kaname succumbed to his blood lust and feed greedily and fatally. Kaname talking to Yuki of a rose that only bloomed every ten years, her silky, shiny brown hair framing her huge sienna eyes. Eyes just like his because she was a Kuran of his lineage. Juri Kuran placing the seal on Yuki as Rido attacked and then so, so much blood. And Juri and Haruki Kuran dead at the end of it and Rido tiny bits of skin, bone and blood in the cold of the night. His heart tugged as a scene of Kaname and Ichijo talking idly as they waited fro Cross to join them so they could head back to Cross Manor so that Kaname could visit with Yuki. Even in his anger the bright memory of Kaname's first sight of he and Ichiru standing in the snow their eyes anxious on Toga, warmed his soul. Mine. That had been the pureblood's first thought as the innocent vision had filled his view. And when Zero had turned and looked at the car, his violet eyes dusky with suspicion….…The pure desire to own and tame him made Zero shudder. And finally the memory reel stopped on a a tete-a-tete between Kaname and Shizuka Hio through a caged cell, Kaname as always outwardly composed and cool while Shizuka was pale and lovely, her features blank and cold in the moonlight that filled the room. This was the vision that wrenched his heart and sent a shaft of recrimination through him. It was the one thing that could turn the silver haired hunter against his mate. He shivered with dread and anger as the memory replayed itself in his mind's eye.
…….The younger pureblood stared at the elder, his expression bearing faint hints of hauteur. The pureblood princess stared back the very image of cool despite the small trail of blood that slid down from the corner of her mouth. He spoke first from simple curiosity.
"You are the Insane Night Blooming Princess confined to a cage." It wasn't a question he knew exactly who she was.
"And you are born at the next leader of the Kuran Clan." She scoffed still looking chillingly impassive. " How pitiful."
"And you as well." He gave as good as he got confident in who he was and his social status. A chess board opened in his mind and settled over the room, with Shizuka occupying one of the squares. "Why are you here? "
"She stretched languidly, the sleeves of her yukuta falling back over her elbows. "They've declared me insane." Her translucent eyes shimmered with strong emotions. A small smile graced her white lips. Kaname continued to just watch her, dark chocolate eyes deceptively soft. They penetrated her motives. Shizuka sneered and her eyes hardened. "It could be true. My mate was murdered." A grimace crossed her face. "And I was locked in here so that I wouldn't go on a rampage and kill everyone." She laughed almost gaily but it held a clear edge of psychosis. She quieted almost immediately and the fake amusement sloughed away. "I would kill everyone. Down to the last child. He shouldn't have died. He hadn't fallen to a level E." Her face fell into it's previous serenity.
Kaname's eyes sharpened and he moved closer to the cage. "If you were freed…"
She smirked. "I would go straightaway and seek revenge."

Yuki being a vampire and a pureblood at that, Kaname having kept tabs on his life from the moment he saw him, Kaname as the ancestor no the progenitor of the Kuran line; all those facts were obsolete. A picture of his murdered parents tacked itself to the walls of his mind. Agony lanced through him. And the man partly responsible for that was sitting next to him. He'd set Shizuka free and she'd gone 'straightaway' and put an end to his existence as he'd known it. He ached with the pain of it, wanted to curl around the hurt. He needed to get away from it.
Slowly, cautiously he allowed his lids to lift and was once again assaulted by the double vision. Him bent over his knees and his knees themselves. He hurriedly shut his eyes again to battle the nausea. He cursed softly under his breath. How could he leave if he could barely see? The world was cruel. And the man sitting next to him was even crueler. He'd wrapped Zero around his little finger, completed the last bit of chaining without Zero having to capitulate. Until he was the center of Zero's world. He'd planned it that way. Damned conniving, scheming pureblood.
He felt Kaname react to his increased anger, felt his intent, tried to move out of the way before the pureblood's hands closed around him. He nearly fast enough in his disoriented state and only managed to scoot sideways before Kaname pulled him hard against his chest. He snarled before he could check the sound and pushed against Kaname's arms. There was a brief shuffle as Zero tried to tug and away while Kaname concentrated on keeping him where he was. Of course he didn't really stand a chance against all of that pureblood strength and the scuffle ended with him plastered to Kaname his hand curled over his shoulders as he tried to maintain some sort of space between them. So he would be tempted by the lusciously long, delectable body pressed to his.
"Let me help you." Kaname cajoled gently, laying his forehead against Zero's.
"Like I would." Zero snapped back, eyes still tightly shut. "Let go!"
"But you can't leave like this." Kaname's voice was half teasing. He couldn't help but be somewhat charmed by his mate's anger. As always, his hunter defied him without worry of retribution or fear. "And you did want to leave hmmm?"
Zero stopped struggling at that. The pureblood would actually allow him to leave?
"Not without a fight." Kaname bit out, voice suddenly vicious. "But I will still let you try." The words felt like silk against his mouth and he concluded that they were way too close at the moment for any of his brimstone and fire to be effective, his mate's closeness doing what it was designed to do. His body instinctively melted against him, full trained to expect the pleasure Kaname always bestowed on him. He strained backwards desperately needing space. Kaname's arms slid around his back destroying the minuscule ground he'd gained re securing him against his chest.
"Dammit! Why does everything with you have to be so touchy feely?" He growled glad that his rage bolstered him. He would fare well if he had to fight Kaname and himself. "Just get it over with."
"You have to be still." Kaname said dryly, doing a wonderful job hiding his hurt beneath the tone. That his mate struggled against him so strenuously made him want to go and kill something even though he knew it was deserved at the moment. It still rankled. "Center yourself and then focus on that center. Make the bond with your core bigger than the bond we share. Breathe deeply."
Zero obeyed reluctantly, breathing in deep, feeling calm try to override the rageful tumult inside of him. It worked barely and he concentrated on that place deep, deep down that was wholly his. It worked just barely, edged along by his determination to get up and escape as soon and swiftly as he could. He needed to think without the pureblood's influence. Gradually he felt the exaggerated awareness of Kaname shrink until it was a little ball at the center of himself. He relaxed abruptly, the only thing keeping him upright was Kaname's arms. He didn't think about it, too relieved to be by himself in his own skin again. He opened his eyes and looked at his mate for the first time since ingesting his memories his vision no longer dual.
Regret and pain slammed into Kaname at the shattered look in his mates eyes, the windows to his soul broken into little pieces of lavender anguish. His arms tightened involuntarily as all of his instincts and the beast inside roared to life. When his mate looked like that a vampire went on a rampage to make sure that whoever caused it would be subject to the most painful, gruesome death to be offered. That it was himself made him feel doubly worse. His aura stormed around the room, spreading out into the study in it's wrath and Kaname felt more than heard the windows crack.
Zero gasped, Kaname's emotion almost making him lose his tenuous grasp on controlling the bond. He pushed back unconsciously when everything inside him urged hime to comfort his mate. He didn't want to feel those emotions. Didn't want them to dent his resolve. Kaname was holding him too tightly, his feelings to strong to counter though and he knew if he didn't find someway to break the hold he would be overwhelmed. Desperately he sought out the center of himself again letting him sink inside it. The hunter portion of himself rose to meet him. He felt the sereneness of his true self wash over him, felt it separate him from the vampire side of him that was reacting to Kaname.
His vision narrowed down to Kaname's now crimson eyes as he reached up and gripped his mates, glossy brown locks painfully tight. He knew his eyes were the cold, the way they looked right before he pulled the trigger of Bloody Rose. His voice, when he spoke was distant yet still deadly.
"You have controlled this entire situation from the beginning, arranged every event to suit your needs, deciding every last detail on your own. This you cannot decide this on your own. You cannot stop me from leaving." Kaname's eyes widened as he felt something open within him, responding to the command his mate's voice. His aura settle abruptly and the beast inside of him lay down and whimpered. He felt his arms loosening and couldn't force them to close again. He could only watch as Zero detangled himself, keeping wary eyes on him as he snatched bloody rose from the dresser. He glared at his hunter as he laced his shoes never once looking away from Kaname lest he lose his newfound hold on him.
"Zero."
Zero paused in backing out of the room. A sliver of ice slithered down his spine. He could almost see Kaname's aura flaming around him.
"You can take any road you like." A tendril reached out and stroked over him. "I'll just destroy everyone until the only one left is the one that leads right back to me."
The dark promise in Kaname's mind held Zero for a moment before he backed out of the room completely breaking their gaze. He went out of the window having no desire to meet up with any of the night class, but truly there was no true escape from the one he really wanted to escape from. No him he felt even as he moved further and further away front eh moon dorm just waiting for the chance to swamp him again. Make him lose himself. He'd didn't allow his own emotions to take over either, knowing it was too soon to look at them closely. He just made his feet carry him away, every step feeling like a cut.

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Once again thank your for all of your amazingly wonderful reviews!!~

I hoped you liked this chapter and no one was confused. I'd originally wrote this chapter with flashbacks but found that it was boring and I hate boring so I rewrote it this way- as I always enjoy interaction between these two-and hope you do also. This is not the end of the confrontation between the two so stay tuned!!~~ Until next time!!!!
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