Vampire and Human
Haruki's POV
'It's annoying', I thought, from the shadow where I'm hiding... while around me, high-pitched squeal continued without any hint of stopping.
'Argh... It is very annoying!' And still the excited scream didn't end but instead gaining volume.
'At this rate, I will really have hearing disorder.' I grumbled in my mind without opening my eyes from where I leaned against a tree... a very big tree with shades that could hide me perfectly.
"Haruki! I know you are here somewhere, don't just hide like there is nothing wrong with this situation! Help me!!!" Came the voice of my dear sister that was trying to block a platoon of monster called girls-in-their-so-called-love-frenzy.
All for a bit of glimpse to the residents of special class, a class full of the night creature called vampire.
'As much as I love my sister... can't she try doing better than that flimsy attempt?' I asked no one in my own mind while slowly opening my eyes. 'At least the sun is almost set.' I mused while very slowly stretching my body from its kink.
Moment passed and I just sighed, then walked rather leisurely but stealthily to the front of the dorm gate. And when I finally stood right in the middle of the enormous gate, the student who wreaked havoc with their squealing immediately stopped when they finally noticed me.
At their attention, I smiled a rather bland smile, according to me and my sister, but a charming smile according to majority of female students, opened my lips, and started to speak softly.
"Ladies... I think it's better if you show them your gentle, disciplined, and elegant side, because I'm sure all of you like those who behaved themselves. And I also know that no one here wants to be hated by their idol, no? It's a shame to be hated just because someone doesn't have any mannerism." I stated calmly and softly with a soft, but rather bland smile, adorning my face.
At that speech, silence filled the yard just outside of the 'special' dormitory. But the silence didn't last very long, because the next thing that came out from them all was, "Yes, Haruki-sama! We're sorry for our behavior." Came the chorus replay... and not one minute later, all the students were out of the dorm's path and made a very neat line in the right and left side of said path.
"There...." I said to my sister, and before she could reply, I continued. "You don't have to force them, Nee-san. Just talk to them." I said simply before walking back to my little nock of hidden place in this never quiet school yard, then shut my eyes and crossed my arm in front of my chest.
It's been twelve years since I remembered my past memories, as Hadrian 'Harry' Potter... From the betrayal of my supposed friends and surrogate family, my choice to restore the Dark Lord's soul so he could finally think straight and change the world for the better, and a blatant 'fuck you' to those who betrayed me, and also the beginning of my life as Master of Death when I claimed all my possessions including the Deathly Hallows, the infamous objects that made the Peverell Family famous...... and also went crazy.
I was grateful when I got my memories back... but, all of it came back when my memories from this world was being whipped clear without trace... and the only thing I remembered was gaining consciousness in the field of snow without knowing anything about my own situation.
At that place and at that time... was the worst possible condition to recall everything when the headache I suffered. Not only from the recalled memories but also from the sudden lost of memories. Those stupid headache nearly got me and my sister, at that time just a strange girl that coincidentally right beside me, killed by rogue vampire in the middle of snowstorm. And when I thought we were going to die, came the knight in shining armor, Kuran Kaname.
Since then, I lived my life feeling complete but at the same time feeling lost. Yes, I got my memories from my past live, but at the same time I'm feeling unsettled because I didn't know anything before Kuran Kaname found us in that field of snow when I was five years old.
He not only saved us but he also gave us a place to live, in some Manor with eccentric man called Kurosu Kaien... the man who adopted us just because Kuran Kaname made a request to the man to take care of us.
Then, six years ago... I finally got my memories from this world back. And honestly, it shocked the hell out of me.
That day... I still remember that day perfectly well because I, who weirdly never got sick as long as I could remember even if I was just ordinary human, caught a cold. A common cold yes, but a very bad one that make Kurosu Kaien went into tizzy. And in the night of that day, I was visited by Kuran Kaname.
"Huh... Kuran-san. What can I do for you?" I asked him breathlessly from my position, wrapped tight in multiple very thick blankets in the middle of the bed.
"It seems you have gotten a cold, Haruki, and a bad one at that. Are you all right?" He asked me without answering my question while his hand touched my forehead.
"I'm all right." I answered with just half-consciousness, "What are you doing here Kuran-san? And where are Kurosu-san and Yuuki?"
"They are going out to buy your medicine... and some dinner, Kaien-san said. Coincidentally, I arrived right when they were bickering over Yuuki's desire to buy your medicine but Kaien-san didn't want Yuuki to go out alone. So I volunteered to take care of you for a while." He replied with ease but there was something strange in his voice.
At that time, I thought that was reluctant in his voice, because usually Kuran Kaname only visited for Yuuki's happiness. "It's all right. You don't have to, Kuran-san." I said simply but still only barely a whisper. And with that, I lost consciousness.
The next day, I woke with surprise because my mind felt like a jumbled mess of tornado. So many memories didn't match, either with my past life or with the past five years of my life with my sister and Kurosu Kaien. And so... for the next two hours, I 'patched' everything together and came to the conclusion that explained my lost memories... and my lost status as Pureblooded Vampire of Kuran's Family.
"Kaa-sama... Tou-sama... Nii-sama..." I said and touched my forehead that had been touched by his hand.
That day in winter when I was eleven... I finally remembered everything, from my past life as 'Harry Potter' until my reincarnation to this world as Kuran Haruki.
'I'm pretty sure that it was Kaa-sama who did something to me and Yuuki Nee-sama. She... sealed? our memories and vampirism... in exchange of her life? I wonder why she did that? To protect us?' I mused what I can gleaned from my limited memory of that night.
I didn't know if I must feel annoyed or amazed by what Kaa-sama did. But whatever my feeling was now, nothing can't be changed. Kaa-sama and Tou-sama still perished. And my long awaited treasure still lost... sacrificed... for our protection... from... what?
'Well... there is no way to know except to ask Kaname Nii-sama directly.' I mused, 'And frankly, I'm not really ready to face it.'
Though, now that I finally understood my own condition... 'Hhhhh.... It seems Fate really likes to play with my life.' I thought with a resigned sigh.
At least, it's not that bad because I still have Kaname Nii-sama and Yuuki Nee-sama, for now that's enough. I will not let anything happen to us more than this... I will protect them with my life. I don't really care how, but I will. I won't lose my family again.
Though for now, Yuuki didn't have her memories because of Kaa-sama's seal... that not only sealed our vampirism but also prevented us to remember anything about our memories as a Pureblood Vampire.
But because of my 'status' and the fact that I had more experience and mind barrier for this kind of thing, I succeed to break down that seal, though embarrassingly it took me almost twelve years to take it down... at least partially, because in the end, I still maintained my 'human' status.
And as for Yuuki... I didn't know when she will get it back, either the memories or even the vampirism. Maybe... when Nii-sama deemed it necessary. Because no way that Nii-sama didn't know how to break it... and there is no way that Nii-sama didn't have some kind of plan for what to come... whatever that was.
I was snapped from my thoughts when I heard the door to the Moon Dorm open, then the scream of 'excited' female students filled the yard connecting the dorm to the school ground. I finally focused my mind when I saw Yuuki being pushed by the students and almost fall gracelessly to the ground... almost that is, because just like always, Kuran Kaname coming to save the day.
I stared... and then stared more... 'Ahh... there it is... the itch that always comes when I see Nii-sama with those who looked at him longingly... or even when he is with those who looked up at Nii-sama like he is some kind of god.' I thought rather confused with my own reaction.
'I wonder what is this... feeling?' I thought. 'Sometimes I do regret my decision to seclude myself in Death's realm after 'that' day till my reincarnation, with just emotionless Death as company.' I mused but in the end I didn't really care about it too much.
Though my mind snapped to attention once again when not long afterward, the other pair of twin, Kiriyu Zero and Kiriyu Ichiru came. And just like always, Zero rather rudely snapped at Kaname. And like the other time when confrontation happened between the two of them, Ichiru became the person in between. I pity Ichiru sometimes.
I sighed in resignation at that. 'Well... I suppose it's time to go do some work...' I thought after I looked at the other female student behind Yuuki who looked rather jealous because like usual, Yuuki got all the attention. I sighed again and straightened my body... then walked to the spot where Yuuki and the others occupied.
"Where's Haruki?" That was the first sentence I heard when I got within the hearing range. After the question that no one bothered to answer, Yuuki, Zero, and Ichiru looked past Nii-sama's shoulder to where I was coming through.
Nii-sama turned around when I was just a couple steps away from him. "Kuran-san, you're going to be late if you don't go to class now." I said blandly without any emotion.
But it seems that Nii-sama was not affected by my tone of voice and just looked at me with familiar warmth from his burgundy eyes... though there was something in his eyes that screamed of hurt and loneliness. "Haruki, are you well this day?"
"I'm good Kuran-san, and--" But, before I could finish my sentence, Kaname interrupted me.
"Yes, Haruki... I know that I'm going to be late. Well then..." and with that, he walked away with his friends, or minions... or pawns... I don't really know, to the school building.
"Like always, your clumsiness does not know limit or time to come out, Yuuki," I said to Yuuki, rather amused with the condition. And Yuuki just childishly stuck out her tongue.
Meanwhile, Zero gave away his temper to the students that didn't have any sin except being fan girls and boys.
"More than the student's body silliness with all of this... What are you really doing Yuuki?! You're a guardian, for goodness sake. Your job is to protect the students from the beast, not flirt with said beast!" Zero snapped after all the students ran away from him.
"I know that, stupid Zero! You're the one who were always late... You don't have the right to scold me!"
And then the bickering between Zero and Yuuki occurred like usual.
"And you..." Said Zero, suddenly directing his gaze, or glare, at me, "What are you doing? Like brother like sister, you two are the same!" He started, no doubt the beginning of another scolding, though this time aimed to my person.
But... before he could start, I directed my piercing gaze at him and he suddenly snapped his mouth shut before he could make out another words. He purposely looked away from me and just walked to Headmaster's office to report. Yuuki then followed him, but not before she looked at me questioningly. In the end, I also followed them, then... with practiced ease Ichiru stepped beside me.
"As expected, the only one Zero afraid of is you, Haruki. I still don't understand why, though." Ichiru started our conversation.
"Hmm... I don't really know either. Maybe because my eyes have such uncommon color that everyone unconsciously unnerved by it. Though I know that Zero is not the type to be unnerved by something like that." I replied with a vague answer.
Ichiru only hummed. "True... Zero is not someone who easily cowered by others." He answered easily.
"But... I do think that there's more about you Haruki. More sinister, more mysterious, unknown to others that made everyone unconsciously 'know' that you are someone not to cross." He continued.
"Hmmm... Is that so? And... What about you? Aren't you afraid of me too Ichiru?" I asked carefully because usually Ichiru just shrugged and walked away when I asked him about this particular topic.
"Nope." He surprisingly answered, "I respect you Haruki, and I will follow you wherever you go because you're my savior, the one who gave me my life to live with Zero." After that answer, he ran and stopped beside his brother and Yuuki who were steps away from where I leisurely walked.
I just looked at them and thought about Ichiru's answer. I didn't really think that my help six years ago, shortly after I remembered everything, to him would have given me his loyalty over anything.
"Kurosu-san, where are we going?" I asked our guardian when he invited us to tag along with him one day two years after we were placed in his care.
He, Kurosu Kaien, just smiled at me and replied with 'You will see', and continued our journey to somewhere. On the other side of our guardian, Yuuki, my twin sister, just babbled anything that came to mind with Kurosu-san. After another half an hour, we've arrived at a secluded house, a surprisingly normal looking family house, considering its seclusion.
"Kaien, you came! It has been so long since you visited us." A woman with gentle smile and gorgeous light-purple-colored eyes greeted us warmly.
After the woman introduced herself as Kiriyu Rei, which immediately grabbed my attention, what with the rather famous surname of Hunter Family that I know from some books I read in Kuran's Library... one Family from several family of Hunter that hunted rogue Vampire. I stared at her for a while, though not long after I lost my focus when the conversation occurred. I only kept my silent and chose to look around the quaint house.
And when I finally snapped back to attention, there was a man, lean built but strong and tall with lilac-colored eyes and strange silver hair, beside the woman,no doubt her husband, and it seemed they were going to introduce us to their own pair of twin.
And not long after, they came out and our respective guardian introduced us to each other. While we were being introduced, I took my time to observe the twin in front of me. One looked healthy, the other looked sickly. And for obvious reason, I could feel that the two of them were too much connected in term of their soul, and as much as a twin was supposed to be one soul split in to two, that was not the case with this pair of twin.
They have the same lilac-colored-eyes and unique silvery-gray hair that framed the typical cherubic face of a child, and of course the two are equally handsome. One look and you know that they are identical twins. After another few minutes, the adults told us, Yuuki and I and the newly introduced Zero and Ichiru, to play in their backyard.
While we were in the way there, I grabbed Ichiru's wrist and dragged him to the other side of backyard from the side Yuuki and Zero were heading.
"What are you doing?!" Ichiru asked me with harsh and angry tone while he snatched back his wrist from my hold.
I faced Ichiru calmly, not really caring about his hated glare. And despite that glare and that darkened mood, it didn't deter me from what I wanted to do. I forcefully grabbed both of his hands in my hands and clasped them firmly together like a prayer.
And without further ado, I fed him my magic, healing magic and raw magic, to strengthen his body and to fill him with power that was absent from his body. After fifteen minutes, in which Ichiru just stared at me uncomprehendingly but fortunately silently, I stopped feeding him and let go of his hand.
"How are you feeling now?" I asked him calmly. Surprisingly, or not, he stared at me in bewilderment. "Are you still there?" I tried again.
He snapped back with a blink and then, "Oh...Uh..." He tried, "What did you just do?" He asked me again but this time with something like awe, excitement, and also confusion.
"Just tell me, how are you feeling?" I asked back, deliberately not answering his inquiry.
At that, a smile so big that I'm surprised he could manage bloomed in his face, "It's amazing!! I feel hundred times better than ever!!" He beamed at me with too much excitement for my liking.
I just gave a soft smile, "I fed you something... You see, I have some power even if I am just human. I still didn't know the extent of it but it has something that can heal anything, and for your case, I also strengthen your body. We will do it again next week, and every week till you get better... But of course, only if it's all right with you."
And Ichiru in his excitement immediately agreed "Of course! If after just one try I feel like this, maybe after some more I can do some training with Zero. You see... Zero already started the Hunter training, and even if I don't really want to be a Hunter, I don't like it when I can't always accompany Zero and only waiting for his return sitting by myself in our room."
Ichiru practically blabbered, but then he stopped and looked at Haruki with concern, "But... are you alright? I can feel it you know... even if I am only a weak Hunter-in-training... what you 'fed' me, it was not a small amount of power. I can even say that it is a lot of power you gave me."
"It's all right," I said with a soft smile and sincerity dripping in my words.
"But... why?" He asked and tilted his head rather cutely in his confusion.
I smiled and answered softly, "Who knows why... I just... like it to see you two that close. Your bond with your brother isn't a simple one. If you hurt, your brother will know it... and vice versa. Just promise me one thing, don't betray your family, especially your brother. If you cut it once, it will be very difficult to mend it back."
And then a year passed with us, Ichiru and I, meeting once a week. Sometimes Yuuki would tag along and we played together after our 'session', which of course is a secret. Though, Zero eventually knew what we were doing and just asked us to be careful, but he expressed his gratitude many times after that.
And then... more or less three months later, finally Ichiru's condition was just like those normal kids our age. He also followed his brother in Hunter training almost religiously without rest, considering that he himself told us that he didn't have any desire to be a Hunter, that was rather amazing, just to be with his beloved brother.
But that normality too was scattered without trace because of a vampire's thirst for revenge on that unremarkable night... unremarkable yes, if not for when Ichiru and I arrived at his home and faced with the aftermath of carnage.
'Hhhh... Honestly... What the hell was wrong with this bloody world I reincarnated to?' I thought that over so many times that I lost count. But... how many times I mused about it, I only got one answer, that was... this is what Fate created for this world, and we could only roll with it.
"Thank you for your hard work in guarding the students today!!! And don't forget for your patrol after this meeting!!" Beamed Kurosu-san, our guardian, and also the Headmaster of Cross Academy.
"Honestly..." Zero grumbled, "Why should we guard a bunch of students that went ballistic each time those beasts passing through?! We have so much better things to do."
"Your protest won't be listened by Kurosu-san, Zero. I'm pretty sure we go through this every night. And I'm surprised you still push your argument every day when you know that Kurosu-san won't listen no matter what." I answered with the same sentences each night.
And then, just like always, the next argument would come from the Headmaster.
"Haru-chaaaannn!!!" The Headmaster whined rather loudly. "Call me father, dad, or papa, please!! We're family after all!" Exclaimed the Headmaster with his bubbly voice and crocodile tears that irritates me so much, and if I could I want to just curse him to the next week.
Then right at that second, I decide for the first time that I'm going to answer that question which usually I left hanging. "We are not family... at least not blood family. Kurosu Haruki is not my rightful name." I replied curtly.
And with that answer, Headmaster snapped to attention and changed his demeanor abruptly, which immediately made me suspicious of him. "Then you remember?" Headmaster asked seriously, but there was also a hint of worry.
'Worry... why Headmaster would worry if I remember my past or not? And that worry... I'm pretty sure that's not a worry for if there is complication because my long lost memories... medically that is...' I mused, but outwardly I only stared at him blankly.
"No." I said softly, "I just know that it's not my right name." Then the atmosphere became tense.
And just like always when situation took a deep dive, though this time not from Zero's protest, Yuuki saved the day. "Father! Don't worry, I believe in your dream! We can get along well with vampires and your dream will come true!" She exclaimed excitedly... But for me, it was obvious that Yuuki was forcing her usual cheerfulness.
And like always once more, Kurosu-san beamed to his precious daughter and chit chatted about his dream to unite human and vampire. Like father, like daughter.
"Don't you understand?! They are just beasts! They won't and can't get along with humans. The vampires will annihilate the students here sooner or later." Zero started grumbling again.
"Kaname-senpai isn't going to allow that!" Yuuki said, "Kaname-senpai isn't like that! And he won't let anyone do that!" Persistent and hardheaded like always.
"Tch..." And just like that, Zero exited the room with a glare but without any further complain. He was either going to patrol or going somewhere to take a nap.
Meanwhile, Yuuki started to reassure the Headmaster. And after that, she went to patrol through the window.
"I can feel it crashed to me like waves... Zero's jealously." Ichiru stated not longs after.
"Don't be ridiculous, Ichiru. You are not an empath. There is no way you can feel it." I claimed.
He sighed deep and exasperated. "Honestly... his blatant jealousy knows no bound. I don't know if I want to cry or to take a pity for Zero when his 'feeling' to certain someone always managed to overwhelm his common sense." Ichiru said after a minute or two.
"There is no way that you will cry or take a pity for Zero. I am sure that you will choose to roll in the floor laughing out loud for your brother misery in 'love'." I said with amusement thick in my tone. And Ichiru only chuckled at my answer.
"Should we become the cupids who bring them together?" Somehow our discussion became stranger.
Though, before I could talk back, the Headmaster voice made us to end our conversation.
"You two... don't ridicule your brother and sister too much." Kurosu-san chided, though his lips twitched a bit when I looked at him.
"We're not ridiculing them at all...." Ichiru and I trailed at the same time, then got out of Headmaster's office and went to our areas of patrol respectively.