Within Temptation

By Lady Massacre

Chapter 5: What have you done

Enjoy :)

A/n: So. You know how I said this was a fast paced fic? Well... yeah. In the last chappie you both found out she was preggers and she was nine months preggers, albeit a little later on, WELL.

Yuukihasthebabyalready.

Sooo not repeating that.

Any way, VampireMaddy insisted on a sequel after this is all done and over with, SO. When it's all done and over with, look for "Second Chance" it'll be under Kaname, not Yume or Riki (RidoxYuuki) because it's KanamexOC.

Maddy wanted Kaname happy so yeah. I couldn't manage to leave him all on his lonesome either.

Slight change of plans in this chapter. Kaname fans, I think you will be especially happy.

(This is also the last chapter.)

:)

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Yuuki stared at her little baby girl, smiling, truly happy for the first time in months. Her family, and her friends, watched little Mizuki with happiness. Yuuki, tired, handed her tiny daughter over to Juuri. Juuri, took the dainty girl in her arms carefully, as if she were glass. Sending a small smile to her daughter, before she walked out of the room. Ruka and Rima followed the elder woman, each wanting to take a turn in holding the baby. Aido, Kain, and Shiki followed suit. In all honesty, Senri was a bit anxious to hold his little sister.

Until now, Senri had been an only child. His mother had no real relationships after him, and his father... Well, Senri detested his father for what he had done to his mother. But, this child had done nothing. She was just a newborn babe, innocent of the world and it's truths. He would not hate her for something she has had no control over. Besides, it seems as if Rima has taken a liking to his little sister.

As for Yuuki, he found it a bit odd his cousin was in love with his father, but considering that purebloods were purebloods for a reason, thought nothing more of it. Let Yuuki do what Yuuki wished, even if Kaname was not happy about it.

"Oba-san, may I hold my little sister?" Senri asked quietly. Juuri glanced over him, and sent him a small smile.

"Of course..." Juuri placed a small kiss on Mizuki's forehead before handing her over to Senri. Senri, nervous, took her in his arms after sitting down. This little baby was like a glass flower, so easily broken. He was unsure of what to do. Rima sent a small smile his way, sitting down next to him.

"She is so adorable!" Aido finally exclaimed, his hands up in the air. Mizuki released a loud, bone rattling wail as soon as Aido spoke. Ruka glared and hit him upside the head.

"You idiot, now look at what you've done!" Ruka exclaimed. Aido winced, massaging the large lump forming on the back of head. He pouted.

"I didn't mean for Mizuki-chan-sama to cry..."

Juuri giggled at the seen before her. Senri was attempting to calm his sister down, who plainly refused to calm down, while Rima at pocky calmly beside him, and Ruka yelled at Aido. It really was an entertaining sight. Haruka stood beside his wife and smiled happily.

"Darling, may I speak to you in private?" he suddenly asked. Juuri nodded, but held up a finger and smiled. Gracefully, she walked over to her granddaughter Mizuki and took her from Senri, sending the boy an apologetic smile.

"Shh, little one... Shh..." she cooed, whispering sweet nothings to her granddaughter. Senri seemed to relax a bit. He was still wasn't used to this sort of thing. No one really expected him to be, but he still felt a little ashamed.

Rima patted him on the head before handing him back his pocky. Senri popped one in his mouth as he leaned back into the chair. Haruka and Juuri exited the room with Mizuki. Haruka led his wife into their own room, which Kaname had provided for them while they stayed with Yuuki.

"Darling... do you think we made a mistake?" Juuri asked, looking down at Mizuki. The girl was as red as a tomato, but she was still beautiful.

"Perhaps..."

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Kaname paced in his room. Yuuki, his dear Yuuki, had given birth to that... that monster's child. He was furious, but knew she could not help her pregnancy. No, that wasn't right. She could. If she had not slept with him, this would have never happened. Kaname finally calmed down enough to realize that Yuuki would never be his again. He had lost his dear girl some ten years ago, and she would never return to him the same, ever again.

He did not feel bad for harming Rido. Even if Yuuki felt he was being selfish, destroying him like that, in Kaname's eyes he had every right to do so. His mother and father had agreed. But... Kaname sighed. All he wanted was for his Yuuki, his darling girl, to be happy. That was all he wanted. In a fit of rage he had beaten Rido to a bloody pulp, but he had not killed him. He couldn't, because of the past.

Sighing, he finally gave in. He would allow his dear girl to be happy. Even if it meant she was not with him.

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Zero sat beside Yuuki, tired, watching her sleep. Yuuki had done a lot for him in their time of friendship. He would remain a loyal friend of hers because of all that she has done thus far, like preventing his decent into level E. He did not like all of the vampire's surrounding them, but considering who Yuuki was, he supposed it could not be helped. Yuuki was very tired, and, he imagined, thirsty. After that bloody display of giving-birth, one he never wanted to see again, he could imagine the amount of her thirst. Zero, using a sharpened finger, cut his wrist and held it to her mouth.

Almost immediately, he got a response. Yuuki's eyes flickered open, shining brightly. Her nose twitched, sniffing his blood.

"Thank you, Zero..." she whispered lightly, before she sank her teeth in, and drank.

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The Madly Blooming Princess was blooming with anger. That insolent little child had given Kiryuu Zero her blood, thus disrupting her plans to fully take control of him. She had ripped her leverage over him to pieces, only leaving the sound of her voice, which could take over slightly. But if a great amount of her blood was in him, then it would only magnify the effect times a hundred.

Scowling, Shizuka paced back and forth. She had to get her back for what she did to her. No one interrupted her plans. No one ruined them. Absolutely no one. And if they did?

Shizuka smiled slightly. There would be murder on her head.

"Ichiru... Why don't you help our dear friend Ichijou out."

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It did not take long to find his uncle. Inside the elder Ichijou's house, Kaname stared at his uncle's bloody form. It would take ten years, more or less, for his body to recover. But..

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Ichiru glared at Kuran Kaname. What was he doing here? Was he planning on finishing his uncle off? Kaname glanced at him.

"Do not worry, Ichiru. I won't harm him, because I can't."

What did he mean he couldn't? Ichiru scowled, his eyebrows furrowed. He watched as Kaname drew out a long sword from it sheath, and stabbed his own hand, along with Rido's newly formed chest. Their blood mingled. Ichiru watched as the process of a dying pureblood was reversed, and the body of Rido Kuran formed right before his eyes.

Ichiru assumed it had to do with the Kuran blood, but somehow, he knew it was much more than that.

"Go and tell your master what is happening. I'm sure she would love to hear it."

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Shizuka Hiou watched Yuuki hold her baby, still in Maria Kurenai's body.. She was thinking. How long, exactly, would it take her to just take the baby and run? This baby... the daughter of the fiance she never loved, and never cared for... But it seemed as if her fiance cared for it, and his little niece... If she took it, it would be the perfect revenge against both Rido and Yuuki, for what they had both done to her. Oh yes, it would be perfect.

Quick as lightning, her hand reached out, but she was stopped, just as quickly. A cold hand grabbed her wrist, tightening his grip.

"I would not do that, if I were you." Zero said coldly. Maria glared at him. Snatching her hand away from him and the baby, Maria retreated from the room. She wasn't a bit shaken by the hard glares she was receiving.

"Who is that... that girl?" Juuri asked her daughter. Yuuki glared at where Maria once stood.

"Shizuka Hiou, the Madly Blooming Princess." Yuuki spat. Zero turned around to look at her, anger written all over her face. Yuuki smiled softly, apologetically..

"That was your master, in Maria Kurenai's body. Don't go after her, Zero. Not yet."

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Yuuki, now well rested and full of energy, kissed her daughter goodnight before walking out of the nursery. The absence of both her brother and Maria did not concern her all that much. However, she was a bit concerned on Zero's actions. She was afraid of what he would do to Maria. Maria was innocent in this mess. She did not deserve to die. The person inside Maria, however, was an entirely different matter.

Yuuki walked along the silent corridors of the Moon dorms, watching as the sunrise peered above the clouds. It was truly beautiful. Yuuki sighed, before she began to walk again, following the faint scent of blood. The trail led her to the lower basement level, one that not too many people tread. Some would go down here if they wanted privacy, or if they wished to hide something.

Not surprised, Yuuki opened the one door that allowed Yuuki to see Shizuka Hiou's true form. A beautiful woman, she had to admit. Maria turned to her.

"Into your original body now, Shizuka-chan. I won't fight you in that body." Yuuki said. Maria, also known as Shizuka, scowled.

"Insolent little bitch. You honestly think you can beat me?" she asked, whispering.

Yuuki smiled slightly.

Her brows furrowed, and her smile turned into a smirk.

"I know I can."

She could. She wasn't unaware of her powers, aside from the normal vampire hieghtened senses and strength. She knew what she could do. She could destroy Shizuka. She could mutilate her. She could make it where her body wasn't even recognisable.

But she wouldn't.

And for one reason only.

Zero.

Zero was such a good friend to her. Zero did what she asked, and she did the same for him. There was a silent understanding, between the both of them. He would never fully trust her, and she would never trust him. Because she was a vampire, and he was a vampire hunter. He hated vampires, and himself. She wanted him to be strong enough to kill Kaname. She couldn't do it. If she did it, her parents...

Yuuki shook her head slightly.

It didn't matter what would happen, because it wasn't going to happen. She wasn't going to kill her brother. Zero was.

The only way for Zero to be physically and mentally strong enough to kill her brother was if he drank the blood of his brother, Ichiru, and if he drank the blood of his master, Shizuka. Not to mention, he already has drank her blood, which held a lot of Rido's blood, Kaname's, and Shizuka's.

He would be strong, if he would just drink her blood.

Shizuka pounced at her. Yuuki's fingers stretched, sharpening into claws. A sadistic smirk graced her lips, and as Shizuka fell forward, in her real body, Yuuki launched herself at her, and dug her nails into Shizuka's skin.

Yuuki's fingers left Shizuka's body at the other side.

Yuuki smiled. She was as good as dead.

"Do you not know? The punishment, for killing a pureblood... Your life, filled with unimaginable horrors..." Shizuka choked out. Yuuki smiled.

"I know." she whispered, before she sank her teeth into Shizuka's neck.

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Yuuki held Shizuka in her arms. She combed Shizuka's silver hair with her fingers, laying in Yuuki's lap. Yuuki sighd, watching the sunset. Shizuka was slowly dying. She did not drink all of her blood, but just enough. Her blood soaked the floor. Yuuki sighed.

"Tell me, Shizuka-chan. Why is it that you never gave Ichiru what he wanted? Why not turn him into a vampire? He was always loyal to you..."

Shizuka didn't answer her. Her breathing was slightly heavy, shallow. She didn't expect her to answer. Yuuki didn't expect much from her now.

"You loved Ichiru... you did not want him to suffer the same fate as your previous lover, is that it?" No answer. Even so, Yuuki did not need one. It was the truth.

"He... he is alive..." Shizuka whispered.

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Drinking from someone other than Rido felt slightly... thrilling. It was something she has never done before. She had refused humans, even if Rido still drank from them, she would only drink from him. The time with Zero... she had been desperate, just after giving birth. It had been satisfying, but she only really truly desired Rido's blood.

Yuuki watched as the crystals formed along Shizuka's body, and dispersed into the air.

She was curious. She had never seen the same reaction to death when Rido died. She never saw him crystallize. So... what did that mean? Did that... Did that have anything to do with hat Shizuka had last said? He is alive? But who?

Yuuki was not stupid, but it has been so long since hat happened. And yet, it seems just a short time ago. A good eight months at least. Still...

Ichiru was alive. That's who she was talking about.

Shaking her head, Yuuki stood up, and moved out of the room. Only the remnants of her blood, and Maria's sleeping bodice, remained.

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Zero was shocked, to say the least, when she had told him. He was also angry. Very, very angry. He wanted to kill Shizuka himself. It was his right. But he never could. Because her voice would stop him from doing anything. It was the only way.

He didn't hesitate to drink Yuuki's blood when she offered, taking most of it to quench his seemingly unquenchable thirst. Yuuki hissed as his teeth sunk into her skin, but she was used to it by now. She watched Zero, tiredly. She was so tired. So tired of hating someone. So tired of planning. Plotting. So tired...

It was sad.

Once, she was so in love with her brother, Kaname. She would do anything for him. She had been bright, and bubbly. She did not blame any one of them, not once, for being stuck in.. in that damned room. She didn't blame them then, she would not blame them now. Because her Kaname-nii sama had been with her.

But she did not regret leaving it. Her safe little haven, filled with all the toys a little girl her age could ever want. But she didn't want it. When she left her little sanctuary, what she had wanted was to feel the air kiss her skin for the first time. To watch the moon and the stars dance in the sky. To listen to the tree's sing... She wanted it, and craved it, because, all of the picture books in the world could not show you, tell you, or even attempt, to describe what it feels like to simply be, without hiding in the shadows, unaware of the world.

She was sorry. Really sorry. Because Kaname loved her, but she did not love him.

Rido never kept her inside. He hid her, but never, not once, was she locked in a room, never allowed to leave. She was free in the Americas. She could go to school. She could have friends. She could feel.

And she was happy.

She was a bit sad, though. Her family was not there. Now, she realized it was so stupid to believe all of Rido's lies, especially the one concerning her family's death.

She understood the reasoning behind it though. He had wanted her to forget about them. He had wanted, she believed, for her to love him in the ways he wished her mother would. She would never be her mother though. She was a lot different.

She also understood the reasoning behind Kaname's own... reaction, to her loving their uncle. The uncle who had stolen him away, and drank her orignal brother's blood, and then, kidnapped Yuuki. And managed, somehow, to make her fall in love with him.

He wanted to do terrible things to Rido. Anyone in their right mind would, but Yuuki saw it differently, at least, a little bit. He should have let them be. But he didn't. He killed her lover, because he wanted his sister back, and believed that, somehow, he would convince her to love him again.

But Yuuki couldn't love him again. For such a long time, she had believed him dead. And she had gotten over it. Sure, she would and should have been excited to find him alive and well, but... During the time she had been mourning, she fell so desperately in love with her uncle for just... being there. Not to mention she felt a little sorry for him.

Yes, Yuuki was sorry. She was sorry for so many things.

She didn't regret anything, though.

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(Dude, I seriously dont remember how the frick their encounter happened, just that it involved chains... and lots of blood....)

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Zero glared at his brother. The person who betrayed him, and his own mother and father, to that... that vampire! He practically killed them himself! Zero spat at his feet, glowering. He was pissed if he thought he could get to Yuuki. He would never, ever, allow him to get near Yuuki. Yuuki was... Yuuki was a friend, who, oddly enough, he could not trust, and at the same time, could trust with his own life.

"She needs to die, Zero-nii, she killed Shizuka-sama. She needs to die." he told him, his katana pointed at his neck. With one, small thrust...

Zero clutched the Bloody Rose tightly.

"Shizuka needed to die. If Yuuki hadn't killed her, I would of."

Ichiru glared.

He moved forward slightly, and Zero tugged gently on the trigger.

Niether one of them actually made the final blow. They were stalling, contemplating, wondering, what it would be like... What would it be like to kill your own brother. It was doomed to happen anyway. The hunter twins were never meant to exist. The couldn't exist. Not together.

Because Ichiru hated Zero, and their parents, because of their doomed curse. The stronger of the two would win, and with Zero, having taken so much of Ichiru's life force anyway....

There wasn't really a point. But they didn't budge.

Until, that is, Ichiru dropped his weapon. It landed on the ground with a metallic clanging sound, but Zero paid it no mind. What was he planning? Zero glowered.

"Shizuka-sama is gone, Zero. There is no reason for me to live any more."

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"Drink, Zero." Yuuki whispered. They were alone in the nursery, while Mizuki slept in her crib peacefully. The moon illuminated their figures beautifully, revealing a scene of porcelin dolls, an argument between friends, however silent said argument was.

Zero shook his head. He would not, he refused to. His brother was dead... His brother was dead... but he was happy....

"Drink, Zrero." she said again, extending her arm out to him. No... she could not make him.. he was suffering. Could she not see that?

"You killed her... you drank from her..." Zero whispered. "And you make me drink from you, again. What more is there to gain?"

"Energy, Zero. Because I need for you to do me a favor."

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Juuri held little Mizuki, already a year old, in her arms. Mizuki giggled, tugging lightly at her Oba-chan's hair, unaware of th intense seen before her. Haruka stood by her side protectivly, his hand on her waist. Yuuki was standing beside her friend, Kiryuu Zero, the Vampire Hunter, a longs way from them. Kaname stood beside Haruka.

"Mother! Give me my baby!" Yuuki screamed. Juuri shook her head.

"You are endangering her, Yuuki. Surely you must see this?"

Yuuki growled, digging her nails into her skin as she balled her hands into fists.

"I am not endagering my daughter. I would never harm her, you know this!" she spat. Yuuki turned to Zero."Shoot Kaname, just don't harm my parents or Mizuki."

Zero cocked the gun and aimed.

"Would you allow me to explain, Yuuki? If he misses, he could kill Mizuki." Kaname said as he moved in between them and Mizuki. Yuuki bit her lip, glowering at him.

"And what could you possibly have to explain?"

"Me." someone said smoothly.

A new voice. One she never thought she would ever hear again. Yuuki slowly turned to the owner of the voice, and was utterly shocked. Rido. Her beloved Rido. Did he not die? Why was he gone for so long? Did he lie to her again? Did Kaname lie to her again? Why has he not come for her before?

"Yuuki," Rido drawled, a smirk on his lips, "surely you would not kill your brother? He did save me, after all."

Yuuki tried so hard to swallow the large lump in her throat, tears threatening to spill from her eyes. She thought she would never see him again, never hear him say her name again. God, she thought he had died.

"Rido!" she finally cried, the tears spilling. She ran into his arms, sobbing in complete sadness and joy. Oh how she had missed him! She had missed his voice, his scent, the way he would say her name. She missed the way her heart would nearly beat for him. Rido wrapped his arms around her, and held her close.

Zero dropped his gun, watching the two lovers. He snarled lowly, but said nothing. He had heard of Yuuki's uncle, from Yuuki herself. He had heard of how he had kidnapped her, and Yuuki fell in love with him. It was disgusting, but... Yuuki was happy. And after all that she had done for him, regarding Shizuka, mainly, she deserved happiness, especially after all she had gone through.

Rido kissed Yuuki on the head. Yuuki looked up at him and smiled, and then, as if she finally remembered something, she dashed from his arms and ran over to Mizuki. Grudgingly, Juuri handed her granddaughter over, and Yuuki soon introduced Rido's daughter to him.

"Mizuki-chan." Yuuki said, catching her daughter's attention, "Meet your father." Mizuki looked up at Rido with bright, curious, red and blue eyes. Proof that she was indeed Rido's child. Mizuki's hair, soft brown locks curled, framing her heart shaped face. At first, she stared with wonderment, and then reached up for him. She was such a gentle girl, bright and bubbly, a memoir of what Yuuki once was, the child she had once been.

"Up!" she had said.

And Rido obliged.

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Kaname had been forced to watch the woman he love go into the arms of another. He hated it, with every fiber of his being, but... Yuuki was happy. And that was all that mattered.

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The End

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Yeah. Yuuki basically used the same plan to kill Kaname that Kaname used to kill Rido. Well... didn't exactly work, ne? ANY WAY.

I hope ya liked it. Sorry to end it so soon, and especially sorry if ya hate the chapter. I kind of hate it to?

I don't know. Many thanks to those who had reviewed it and read it, and I'm sorry the unlikeliness of it all. Oh, and sorry for the OOC-ness.

But, just to explain things:

Being ten years away from someone could change your relationship with them. Just like with Kaname and Yuuki. Yuuki was gone away from Kaname for so long, she had changed, being around Rido's somewhat emo self, she had become a little melencholic. She is not bubbly in this story. Which is where Mizuki comes in, and is basically just like Yuuki when she was a child.

Yuuki thought Kaname had been selfish for killing Rido (even though he didn't actually kill him.) It was just her point of view on things. She felt that Kaname should have just left them alone, and let her be happy. Naturally, Kaname would do it. He was slightly different though, letting his anger and hatred for his uncle beat him to a bloody pulp, practically nothing.

Kaname's blood, the ancestor blood, revived Rido and quickened the healing process. In all honesty, I didn't want to wait ten fricken years for them to be together again. Sorry, not happening. In the manga it just revived him in a sense. Well, it's different in my story.

Anymore questions? Just ask.

Oh, and please review.