Chapter 5: A New Aido

Kaname made his way towards them and he let out a sigh before he knelt down next to Aido's body. Zero glared at him and Kaname looked at the other vampires "Make sure Marya doesn't escape." Ruka nodded and she held down to the girl as well as Serine. Marya started to scream and kick wanting to get out of the girls grasp. "L Let me go!"

"What is going on here?!" Yuki exclaimed and she made a fist when she saw both Ruka and Serine holding Marya. "Hey! Let her go." Ruka blinked and Serine shook her head "I am sorry but we can not do that, Kaname order us to not let her go." Yuki blinked "E Eh? K Kaname? Why?"

"Don't listen to them, they want to hurt me, all of them!" Marya fought. Kaname ignored all of the commotion and he looked down at Aido. "I don't know if you remember but, you have met Aido before." Kaname informed making Zero look at him. "W What?" Kaname bit his wrist before he started to suck on the blood that slowly ran down his hand. The pure blood them leaned down lifting Aido's head just a little before he pressed the his lips against the others slowly passing his blood into the others mouth. Once he was done Kaname looked at Zero. "Give me your hand." Zero glared at him "What for?"

"You want to save him too don't you? Give me your hand." Zero looked at Kaname and he handed over his hand and Kaname sunk his fangs into the males wrist and started to drink the blood before he gave it to Aido once again. Once he was done Kaname stood up and he looked at Zero. "You met him on a snowy day when your brother was lost. He was the kid with dead eyes, after that day Aido went into indefinite sleep and only blood from a pure blood and a hunter could wake him up."

Zero's eyes grew wide. "T That can't be."

Kaname looked down at Aido and he smiled "Welcome back Aido..." Aido's eyes opened and he sat up spitting out the bullet that had hit him.

"A Aido?"

Aido looked over at Zero and Zero's eyes grew wide "H His eyes, they are..." Kaname nodded and he lifted Aido carrying him in his arms "Yes, they are silver." Aido wrapped his arms around the males neck and Zero stood up "W Wait what?" Kaname looked at the other and he sighed "You have hunter blood in you, I know you can tell that Aido is a pure blood, but he is purer than pure. In other words, he is one of a kind."

Aido laid peacefully on Kaname's hands and Zero made a fist "D Did he know?" Kaname shook his head "Of course not, but when his stepmother found out, he went through hell, calling him monster and such, his stepmother punished him for breathing. You found him when he was about to break..."

Kaname smiled seeing Aido and he bowed "I will take him now, make sure Marya doesn't escape." Yuki blinked and she fell in her knees "A Aido is a pure blood?" The other vampires followed Kaname and left both Yuki and Zero alone.

"W What's going on?" Yuki asked.

Zero stood up and he headed to his room.

Kaname laid Aido down and he covered him. "It's nice to have you back, Aido." Kain waited outside and he sighed. "How come none of us new?" He wondered as he waited for Kaname to get out of the room.

Once Kaname was out Kain walked to him "How come none of us knew about Aido?" He asked and Kaname looked at him "It was a secret I had to keep. When his real mom died she asked us to take care of him. She wanted us to take care of him. His power was too great for his body, but things went wrong when his father remarried." Kaname stopped and Kain made a fist "Are you using him? Why are you doing this?" Kaname face the male and he smiled "He is the most important person in the world to me." Kain made a fist "Bullshit! You hurt him, why would you do that?!"

"Because, it was the only way to keep his true self under control." Kaname said. "Zero will never forgive Aido." Kaname looked at Kain, "Zero has nothing to do with this, Aido doesn't need him." Kain walked past him "Aido doesn't need you either, Kaname."

Zero sat down on the edge of the bed and he looked down "He is a pure blood." Zero shook his head "That is impossible, there is no way... But..." Zero made a fist and he hit his bed with his fist "Damn it! I was tricked!"

Aido looked at the ceiling and he blinked before turning his head to the side to look at the marble that silently sat on the sand next to his bed. "Marble..." The boy thought before he sat up looking around "Where is this?" The male wondered before letting out a soft yawn touching his lips. "Tsk..."

Aido turn on his side and he looked at the wall tracing his finger on it. "Boring." He thought before he closed his yes "Might as well go to sleep." He thought closing his eyes falling asleep after a few minutes of staring at the wall in front of him.

Kaname looked outside at the moon and he crossed his arms in front of his chest "I wish this could have happened a few years later but I guess there is things that need to be done now." He sighed and rested his head on the window in front of him "Now that Aido is awake things will start to get a little harder."

"You called?" Serine said while walking in and Kaname nodded "Where is the girl?" He asked and Serine walked to him "She is in the basement." The girl stated. Kaname nodded and he walked past her "Keep an eye on Aido." The girl bowed and she walked out of the room once Kaname was gone.

Kaname headed to the basement and he walked to where Marya was being held. Marya glared at him and she banged the chains on the floor "Get me out!" She yelled and Kaname looked at her "You got yourself in this mess, you get yourself out." The vampire hummed and Marya glared at him "There is no way Aido can stay in control forever." she whispered "You need to pick which Aido lives and you know that, as days go by the nice Aido is dying little by little." Kaname looked at the girl "And that is what we want."

"What?!" Marya looked at the male and she got closer to the jail cell door "You want the other Aido to die?" Kaname knelt down and he looked at the girls eyes "Of course, having the nice Aido around will only make things complicated for us, plus he is really useless for us right now." The girl glared at him "Stop messing around!" She yelled "He is not a toy!" Kaname glared at her "He is to the vampire society."

Marya looked down "So, what is he to you?" She asked "Is he also a toy you enjoy pushing around?" Marya made a fist "It would have been better if he was dead." She whispered "There is no reason for him to be here." The girl walked back to the back of the room and she looked at the vampire in front of her "That boy is pure, purer than pure, what you are doing is worse than what anyone could have done."

Kaname sat up and he looked at her before turning around giving her his back. "I know." He whispered "But... I am not in charge of commands here." Marya looked at the sky and she closed her eyes before she started to sing softly. "Kaname you idiot..." She thought. "All you are doing is hurting him and yourself, even if you put up that stupid poker face of yours, I can tell that your heart is in pain." Marya made a fist and she placed her hands together "I am sorry Aido but for now... You will have to be nice." She thought before taking off the spell from him. "Aido, I can only give you so much, you need to be able to break through this twisted society..." She thought "Your other half can only do so much for you, so if you want to continue living, wake up!"

"Do I have a reason to live?" Aido thought while walking through snow. "Is there a reason to?" The boy wondered and stopped when he saw a figure a few feet away from him. Aido stopped and he looked at the figure.

"Aido..." It whispered placing his hand in front of him "Come with me..." It said.

Aido looked at the other figure and he shook his head. "N No.." He said "I can't, it's evil..." Aido backed away a little and the figure started to walk towards him. "Aido let me show you who you really are." The figure told him as it got closer. "I will make sure you wake up."

Aido fell on his back and the figure stopped in front of him. "Y You are... Me?" the other smirked and he cupped his cheeks "Open your eyes and see reality, Aido!" Aido's pure blood said as Aido started to get glimpse of the life that pure blood Aido lived.

"S Stop." Aido said with tears in his eyes when he saw himself murdering innocent people. "STOP!" Aido begged and pure blood Aido smirked. "WAKE UP!" He yelled and Aido covered his ears trying to block the cries of pain and crying. "Please stop."

"Aido! Hey Aido!" Kain said shaking the boy after hearing him scream. "Aido wake up!"

"You understand now?" Pure blood Aido asked. "You are not normal, you are a monster." Aido's eyes grew wide as the word monster repeated in his head "I'm a... Monster?" He whispered and the other nodded.

Aido looked at the dark sky and tears rolled down his cheek. "Who are you?" He asked in a whisper and the other looked down at him. "I am Kuro, at least that is what I was called when I controlled your body." Aido closed his eyes tightly and he bit his lower lip "W Why? Why did you...?"

"Kill?" Kuro chuckled "Because, that is what I was born for." Aido shook his head "You are wrong!" He yelled "You didn't have to kill them." He cried "They did nothing to you." Kuro rolled his eyes "Of course they did... They killed all my clan."

Kaname walked inside of the room where he heard Kain trying to wake up Aido "what's going on here?"He asked and Kain turned to face the pure blood "It's Aido..." Kaname walked over to where the other laid and he stroked his hair gently kneeling next to him before he whispered to Aido's ear "wake up Aido."

Aido's eyes grew wide when he heard Kaname's gentle voice and he looked at his other half. "Tsk. He always messes everything up." The other half of Aido said angrily before standing up from where he was and he started to walk away. "Aido, wake up." Aido heard Kaname say once again.

Marya placed her hands together and she closed her eyes before she started to whispered "Oh heavenly Father please forgive all of this boys sins, they were committed without his knowledge please make him forget, give him some time to think everything over, hold down the prisoner until the day that you will call fort his judgment. Forgive the innocent, he has done nothing, weaken the strong and give strength to the weak, help him find his own way, and help him be who he wants to be. I call for the on Kuro a jail of Heaven until Aido wakes up from his slumber. I, Marya, the angel of death signs this contract with the evil side named Kuro. Amen." The girl finished and she opened her eyes as a small star sign appeared in the corner of her left eye. "Aido this is all I can do for you, please do the right thing." She thought looking outside.

"Tsk, that damn angel, she did it once again." Kuro said scratching his chest where the same star that was on Marya had appeared. "This wont stop me, I will take over this kids body and will make sure that it stays like that." He smirked and he watched as Aido stood up wobbling away from where he was. "This is just the start of all of this."

"Aido..."

Aido opened his eyes and he looked around rubbing his eyes. "K Kaname?" He whispered before looking at Kain smiling brightly jumping to hug Kain. "Kain!" He exclaimed and Kaname stood up looking outside "Marya, what did you do?" He thought and Kain blinked "A Aido?" He whispered with tears in his eyes. Aido blinked and he looked at the other "K Kain?! Eh? Why are you crying?" He asked cupping the boys cheeks smiling a little at him "Kain, don't cry, everything will be okay." Kain nodded and Aido smiled at him and Kaname walked out of the room.

"It seem as if the angel once again chained Kuro down." Kaname said through the phone. "Yes sir, I will keep an eye of Aido." Kaname said before hanging up walking to his office. "I'm glad you remember nothing, Aido." Kaname thought putting on his uniforms blazer walking down stairs "Lets get going." He said and Aido smiled before they wall made their ways outside and to the gates.

Aido looked around and he stopped to look up at the night sky before he smiled widely. "I do not know why, but it feels like I have forgotten something really important." He thought placing his hands behinds his head catching up to Kain waiting for the gates to open. "It might be something painful, or something really scary, but I want to remember." The male looked over at Kaname and he tilted his head "Neh, Kaname..." He thought "Why are you crying?" He asked himself as a sakura leaf fell gently on top of Kaname's hair. Aido scooted to him and gently took that leaf from Kaname's hair and Kaname looked down at the other.

"They say that if a leaf falls on top of your hair, something wonderful will happen, Kaname." Aido said as the gates opened and he started to walk "So please, don't cry anymore." Aido whispered before he ran to Kain jumping on his back leaving Kaname alone where he was.

A gust of wind blew making more leaves fall and Kaname looked up at the sky letting out a soft sigh before he started to walk once again. "Crying?" He wondered "When was the last time I cried?" He wondered and took a deep breath smiling and waving at all the girls who called his name.

Aido smiled widely and he waved happily to the girls making Yuki blink "It's as if nothing happened." She thought and Aido blinked when he looked at her before he waved his hands smiling at her looking around for Zero. "Eh? Why am I looking for him?" Aido thought and he stopped walking over to Yuki "Where is Zero?" He asked and Yuki blinked "Eh? Uh, he is..." Yuki stuttered "He is on leave for a little..." Aido blinked and he rubbed his chest tilting his head "Has something changed? I feel like I have forgotten something really important." He whispered and Yuki blinked "Ai-do?"

Kaname placed a hand on Aido's shoulder making Aido jump a little. "Aido... We need to get to class." Aido nodded and he waved at the girl before heading to the school and Yuki looked down as her hands started to shake. "I will talk to you all about it later." He said "For now go along with it..." Kaname whispered "Make sure to bring Kiryu to the meeting we are having today, Yuki." The girl nodded and Kaname made his way to the school leaving Yuki with lots of questions on her head.

Aido sat down on his seat and he looked outside rubbing his chest a little. "Why? Why is this feeling still here, everyone seems to be acting normal, then what is going on?" He wondered tilting his head watching Yuki do her rounds. "Zero..." He thought looking at the blue sky "What is going on?"

"Aido?" Kain said while he sat next to the other making Aido turn around. "Yes?" Aido answered tilting his head to the side as Kain placed a handkerchief under the boys nose "Your nose is bleeding." Kain informed.

"Eh?! Really?!" Aido exclaimed holding the handkerchief in place. "Thank you Kain, you are always taking care of me aren't you?" He asked smiling making Kain smile. "I'm glad you are smiling again." Kain whispered. "Eh? What do you mean?" Aido asked tilting his head to the side a little confused. Kain shook his head and he ruffled the blonds hair gently. "Never forget to smile okay?" Aido nodded and he smiled "Un of course, its like you said, my smile is the most beautiful one in the world." Kain blinked and Aido stood up running to Shiki "Shikiiii, give me some food." he exclaimed jumping on him and Kain blinked "It wasn't me who said that." Kain thought "I never told you your smile was the most beautiful in the world, I didn't have the guts... Your smile is like the snow, so pure and innocent."

"Is this okay?" Ruka asked while sitting next to Kain. "Is it okay that Aido forgot everything? What if he goes through more pain?" Kain looked outside and he let out a soft sigh "I do not know if its for the best, but for now it has to do, there is no reason to take this happiness away from him now, he has gone through enough." Kain whispered and Ruka looked at Aido "What will happen if he meets Zero and Zero doesn't know anything?" Kain looked at Aido and he stood up "Lets hope that doesn't happen, if it does then Aido might start the cycle all over again."

Ruka looked at Kain and she nodded "I hope everything goes well with Aido this time." She whispered and Kain turn to face her nodding in agreement before the teacher walked inside of class letting everyone get situated before he started his lesson.

"Zero?" Yuki called "We have a meeting today, you need to be there, please." She whispered trying to get Zero to go out. "It's about Aido." She said making a fist looking down "Please Zero... Come today." She said almost begging.

Zero looked at the night sky and he closed his eyes letting out a sigh before he stood up walking to the door stopping in front of it placing his hands on the cold wood in front of him "I'll be there." He said in a soft voice. "I want explanations." Yuki nodded and she looked at the door in front of her "Thank you, Zero."

Zero sat on his bed and he looked at the palm of his hand letting out a sigh "Why did I forget about him? Why can't I remember ever meeting him?" He wondered laying back in bed looking at the wall. "What is going on?"

Aido doze off in class and he blinked as his head started to slide off of his palm and his eyes started to grow heavy. The male rubbed his eyes an he looked outside "Why am I so tired?" He thought as he tried to stay awake. "Come on Aido pay attention." He ordered himself and tried his best to pay attention but could not concentrate one bit and soon was asleep on top of his desk space.

Kaname stood up and picked up the other before heading to the office where the meeting would be taking place. Kaname laid Aido on a sofa that was close to him and he took a seat looking at everyone "We are just missing Yuki and Zero, lets wait and we will start this soon." He said and took a seat on his spot and waited for the other two to get there.

Kaname stood up and he looked at the door as Yuki and Zero entered. "Now that we all are here I will explain what is going on." He said letting Zero and Yuki sit down. "First of all this can only stays within this group no one else can know if the other clans find out then Aido will be in danger and I dont think we all want to deal with vampires wondering around this school,right?" Kaname stood up and he walked to a board getting a chalk piece drawing a symbol on the board. "This star symbol means that right now Aido's other self is chained up with him, the people who are able to chain him are the angels of death, one of them is Marya." Kaname stated as he undid Aido's shirt showing them his chest "As you can see, the mark is there, he is the only one who can not see it. Next is Aido, Aido is the only one of his kind left, his mother was one as well as well as his father but they were murdered by another clan. The Kuran clan then was left to take care of Aido, only pure blood and a pure hunter's blood can wake and break the seal from which Aido's other self has, his name is Kuro, a killer who does not care who he kills, unlike Aido, Kuro is an unpure vampire, but it wasn't always like that, the reason to why it happened was because Aido was tortured when he was with his stepmother. How much or how cruel it was only Aido and Kuro know, Aido is a pure soul with an evil side of him." Kaname continued "His eyes are what can let others know who he is, that's why they are silver. The vampire society wants to get rid of the soft side of Aido in order to be able to control Kuro, in other words, Aido will one day disappear. "

Zero made a fist and he stood up slamming his hands down on the table "The hell is wrong with your stupid vampire society. The one they need to vanish is Kuro!" Zero angrily stated "Why does Aido have to get killed? Why do you all want a killer out there?!" Kaname looked at Zero and he crossed his hands in front of his chest "Because he will serve as a dog for us, we need Kuro in order to kill trash out there." Zero let out a scuff "That is lower than Kuro, killing an innocent person just for power what kind of vampires are you all?! That is stupid, why not ask Aido what he wants? Did you ever consider his feelings?!" Zero exclaimed "All you all care about is being strong, and you do things that only benefit your likings, was this really what his mother wanted?!" He asked Kaname "She wanted you..." Zero said pointing at Kaname "She wanted you to protect her son and look at you, you are killing him! That is low, really low, so much for being a pure blood!"

Aido made a fist as he listened and he buried his face on his arm. "No Zero you are wrong..." Aido thought "My mom did not want anything, all she wanted was also power, and the Kurans were the ones who had that." The boy bit his lower lip and Zero glared at Kaname "Why can't you see that Aido also wants to be able to live just like everyone else? Why can't you see that Aido has a human side as well, he is not a heartless person like the rest of you. His silver eyes not only say who he is, but they also say that he is a pure soul, it also says he is like the snow that falls to the floor, and his evil side is the twisted world he was in." Zero made a fist "Aido deserves to be alive more than any of you."

Aido sat up and he looked down making the others turn to face him. "A Aido..." Yuki whispered and Aido smiled sadly "I knew... I knew this all along." He whispered and looked outside "I knew this day would come, I've known for years that the vampire society wanted me as a weapon but I ignored it and pretended to know nothing. I was dreading this days, I wanted more of life, but... Isnt this for the best? Isn't it best to just let me die?" Aido asked looking at both Kaname and Zero smiling at them "It's okay to die, I do not regret anything." The male stood up and he walked over to the window opening it letting the wind caress his skin gently "Spring is here... And yet another year goes by without any suffering at all." Aido closed his eyes and he took a deep breath "What does it feel to be hurt?" He asked making Zero and Kaname blinked confused as Aido stretched his arm out of the window to catch a falling sakura leaf before turning around making Yuki gasp when she saw Aido.

"A Aido?" Zero whispered walking to the other cupping his cheeks "Y Your eyes, they are..."

Aido smiled and he covered his left eye "It's already too late, Kuro has control of half of me, soon I will be gone." He whispered and Zero stared at the silver eye of the other shaking his head "N No..." Aido uncovered the eye that was his original color and he looked outside at the moon shining over all of them "Kuro is the person who is pure..." He whispered and Zero looked at his back. "Kuro took my place while I was tortured, he took my place every time I would get hurt... I am not the pure soul here, he is." Aido turned back to them with his both his eyes normal and he smiled buttoning his shirt back up. "Once Kuro breaks through the seal once again, it will be the end of me." Aido rubbed the back of his neck and he smiled brightly "So for now, lets have the best spring we can."

"H How?" Yuki thought "How can you smile so brightly knowing that you are going to die soon?" She looked down and closed her eyes tightly as tears streamed down her face "It's not something that anyone can do, Aido found peace in him, and he found a person that is worth suffering for, and that is Kuro." Zero said looking at Yuki "He has accepted reality and will go on with life as if nothing will happen." Yuki hugged her knees and she cried silently "Isn't he lonely?" Aido smiled and he bowed apologizing for all of the trouble before he walked out leaning on the wall looking down "Of course its lonely, but... That's just what has to be done."

Zero sat outside looking at the sky and Aido took a seat next to him "Its beautiful isn't it?" He asked making Zero look at him making Aido smile "I can't remember what happened and I know something painful happened because I can feel Kuro's pain." He whispered as he touched his heart, we might be two different people but we share one heart." Aido smiled and he looked at the sky "I'm weak, Kuro is strong, the worlds needs Kuro..." He whispered and stood up stretching a little. "Today all I knew was that I had to apologize." Aido rubbed the back of his neck and cleared his throat "I do not know exactly for what but I am sorry." Aido said bowing "Also..." Zero looked at Aido and the blond smiled sadly "Thank you, for not looking at me differently." Aido bowed his head once more before he headed to the night class dorms. "You were the only one who looked at me the same way you always do..."

Kuro looked at the dark side over him and he let out a sigh "Idiot." He whispered laying down on the grass he was sitting on. "Feelings are for the weak." He told himself and looked at a flower in front of his face. "Feelings are for the weak..." He repeated.

"Settle down everyone..." The teacher said looking at the day class students. Clearing his throat the teacher smiled and introduced a new student "Please welcome Ichiru. Kiryu Ichiru."

"Ichi-ru?" Zero said as he entered the class seeing his twin in front of him. Ichiru turned to the side and he smiled "Zero... I'm back." Zero fell in his knees and Yuki knelt down next to him "I thought he was dead." Zero thought "Why..." Ichiru knelt down in front of his brother and he hugged him "It's been a while hasn't it, Zero?" Zero nodded hugging his brother back showing signs of weakness.

Aido looked at a butterfly on his finger and he blinked "Feelings are a sign of weakness..." He thought and he looked at the sky "No, they are a sign of being alive..." He watched as the butterfly flew away and rested his head on the wall. "Feelings..."

Kaname watched Aido from afar and he let out a soft sigh.

"Neh Kaname?" Aido said startling him. "Will I be able to live another day?" Aido asked turning to face the pureblood. Kaname looked at Aido and could not master any words to say. Aido chuckled and he walked over to Kaname bowing with respect "I will be in your care Kuran Kaname." Aido said just like the first time the two boys had met and Aido put on the same innocent smile that he had put when he was a child "Lets get along from now on." Aido walked past him and Kaname watched as Aido's back got smaller and smaller.

I watched him walk away, I watched his life tick down with every second. I stretched my hands to catch him, but as I tried to catch him, I noticed it was already too late, he was already out of my reach..