My new favorite characters of Vampire Knights are the Kurans. They are just so awesome, even Rido. The new VK calendar picture that had Haruka, Juuri, Kaname, and Yuuki together inspired me to write this. The story is probably only going to be four to five chapters because I have other stories I have to work on. Please tell me if I make the characters OOC, kay?

IMPORTANT NOTICE: In this story Haruka and Juuri are still alive. Rido died before Yuuki was born. Yuuki was raised as a Kuran pureblood.

I hope you guys enjoy the story and please review.

Disclaimer: I do not own the amazing manga that is vampire knight. I just don't.

Chapter One

Beginning

It was one of the most beautiful nights of the year. The stars were shining brightly like diamonds in the sky and snow was falling gently to the ground. The land was silent expect for the swish of the wind blowing. The quiet atmosphere was disrupted, however, by the sound of many cars pulling in front of Kuran manor. Lamps were lit around the curved driveway and cars lined up as they waited to get to the front of the mansion. It was an exquisite house and it was looked upon with a mixture of awe and jealousy. Once a car got the front of the mansion the chauffeur would hurry to open the door for the beautiful vampire aristocrats inside. The nobles were wearing stunning gowns and handsome suits as they headed toward the huge double doors and chatted amongst themselves. They were greeted at the door by servants who led them to the ballroom were the party was being held.

No one seemed to notice the pureblood watching them from one of the top most windows. Kuran Yuuki heard the noise of the guests arriving and it didn't help her calm down at all. She turned away from the window she had been looking out of and walked to her full length mirror. She concentrated on the striking reflection in front of her. The light brought out the highlights in the straight, auburn hair that went to her waist. It framed a flawless face that had crimson eyes that shined like rubies, thick eyelashes, and full pink lips. The dress she wore was made from pure white silk that glowed slightly in the light. The back of the dress went to her ankles, but the front stopped at her knees and showed her long legs. The whole dress fit every curve of her petite body perfectly. The straps of her silver high heels wrapped around her ankles and the white ribbon choker on her neck had the Kuran crest on it. There was no doubt she would be one of the most beautiful women at the party.

Yuuki sighed and turned away from the mirror. Why did the announcement of her engagement require a party? She didn't feel like spending the night entertaining nobles who were only interested in gaining favor with the pureblood prince and princess. She didn't like crowds of people. It made her senses alert and feel as if she had to watch her back. What did it matter to them if she was getting married…?

She was engaged to be married…

…to Kaname.

The Aidou family was close allies to the Kurans. Haruka and Juuri had their older brother, Kuran Rido, locked away after he took Kaname away from them. Unfortunately, Rido was favored by the vampire council and they wanted to use him to get rid of his pacifist siblings and their son. Rido hated Haruka and Juuri and their son was just a sign of love Juuri never shared with him. Plans had failed, though, when Rido had been found dead in his cell. The council automatically blamed Haruka and Juuri of the murder, but they had the alibi of being at one of the Aidou's parties. Rido's killer was never found and the Kuran residence was heavily guarded in case of an attack. A year later Kuran Yuuki was safely born into the world.

The first five years of Yuuki's life no one knew of her existence except her family. She was kept hidden from vampire society until her parents decided it was safe enough for others to know about her. They kept her hidden until they were sure that the council was not planning anything. Everyone had been more than shocked when they found out that the Kurans had a daughter. Yuuki still spent most of her time at home even after her existence was revealed to the vampire society. Juuri wanted her child to grow up in an environment where she would be free to laugh and cry without being judged. The only vampires Yuuki spent time with who was her age was Kaname, Ichijo Takuma, and Aidou Hanabusa. During the summer Yuuki would stay with a month with Cross Kaien who would teach her how to blend in with humans and ideas of pacifism. He became like an uncle to her. Eventually, Yuuki was old enough to attend functions with her parents and Kaname. She would become the center of attention in the room, no matter how much she wished she wasn't. The other vampires became drawn in by the sweet scent of her blood, her innocent smiles, and polite personality.

Two weeks ago the Kuran family had attended a soiree at one of the Aidou's vacation homes. They always hosted the best soirees and the first people they always invited were the Kurans. The other nobles had been more than shocked to have four rare purebloods attend. The most memorable moment of the night, though, had been towards the end of the party. Haruka and Juuri announced that their two children, Kaname and Yuuki, were engaged to be married once Yuuki came of age in two years. They would carry on the pure bloodline of the Kuran clan. A party would be held in honor of their engagement at Kuran manor.

Yuuki slumped onto her bed. It felt like things were still the same between her and Kaname, but also different. Kaname had been with her all her life. He made her feel special and loved every time he looked at her with the same warm eyes and gentle smile. Every nightmare she ever had as a child he was always there for her when she woke up. His warm arms and soothing words kept her safe and unafraid. As they got older Kaname taught her how to use her pureblood powers and control them. Kaname recently started taking her out on romantic outings and his sweet words and good-natured teasing made her blush. She always knew that they were engaged and as long as Kaname seemed to be happy she was happy, too.

Yuuki touched her throat as she felt a pang of guilt. Kaname never said no when she asked for his blood. Her family was the main promoters of pacifism between humans and they used blood tablets made by the Headmaster of Cross Academy. The synthetic blood worked, but sometimes they were not enough. One night Yuuki's bloodlust had been so strong that the blood tablets did not work and she instinctively went to Kaname to help her. When he offered her his blood it had been too tempting for her to resist. His pure blood tasted so incredibly delicious and it washed away the bland taste of the blood tablets. She pulled him closer as her fangs sank deeper and she continued to feed. As she drank, however, she saw into some of his thoughts. She saw how much he loved her, how devoted he was, and how much he wanted a taste of her blood. The thoughts had been so overpowering that she had to force herself to pull away from him. She hurried to wipe the blood away from her mouth as she breathed heavily. She instantly felt guilty about drinking his blood and seeing his thoughts. She offered him her own blood in return, but he declined. He said that he did not want her offering it out of obligation. He would let her drink his blood every time she needed it without anything in return. He never denied her anything.

After seeing how Kaname felt about her Yuuki noticed that her own feelings were not so platonic anymore. Things had gradually started to change between them.

I do not offer my blood out of obligation, Kaname. I want you to have it…

I was born to be your wife…

I would do anything for Kaname-oniisama…

She and Kaname shared a bond that she would never want to be broken. She loved him more than anyone and couldn't picture them with anyone but each other. That was one of the reasons she didn't want to go to the party. Shirabuki Sara would be attending tonight. She had been at Aidou's soiree when the engagement had been announced. Yuuki could still remember the icy glare Sara had fixed on her. The two pureblood females had met on several occasions and Yuuki always watched irritably as Sara openly flirted with Kaname and ignored her completely. Sara was the last of her clan and it was obvious she was hoping for marriage to Kaname. Her dreams had been crushed at the soiree and Sara had not been afraid to share thinly veiled insults with Yuuki as she said goodbye that night. It had really taken a lot of Yuuki's self control not to slap Sara then and there. She didn't feel like dealing with such a hateful presence at the party. That woman would try to seduce Kaname away from Yuuki.

And Yuuki was possessive.

A crack formed on the mirror as she lost control of her aura for a moment. She took a deep breath as she calmed down. It would be really bad if she accidently killed someone tonight. She rose from the bed and went to the window again. More guests were still arriving. She watched as a classy black limousine pulled up. Nobles who were making their way into the mansion stopped and watched as a servant opened the car door and the pureblood Katoaka Kiyoshi stepped out of the car. His dark red hair was impeccable and his emerald green eyes scanned the crowd lazily. He fidgeted with his green tie as he started walking towards the doors in a casual manner. Before he was out of Yuuki's field of vision, though, he looked up at her window. A smirk formed on his face when he saw her and he winked before going inside. Yuuki quickly pulled away from the window as she blushed. She had met Kiyoshi twice before and he was both arrogant and charming. Before the announcement of the Kuran engagement the gossip at the soiree was all about Kiyoshi. Apparently, he recently ended his engagement to a pureblood female his uncle had arranged for him to marry. It was really sudden with no explanation and his ex-fiancée had left the country in a fit of rage.

Yuuki knew Kaname would be angry that Juuri hadn't shown him the guest list for the party. Even though Yuuki's dislike for Sara was well hidden, Kaname did not try to hide his dislike of Kiyoshi. The two times Yuuki had met Kiyoshi the male pureblood showed that he was attracted to her. When Kaname was talking to another guest Kiyoshi would ask her to dance or flirted as shamelessly as Sara. Kiyoshi would only stop when Kaname would appear behind Yuuki with a hand on her shoulder and a dark glare fixed on him. After that Kaname would not leave her side for the rest of the night. He was kind of possessive, too.

"Come in," said Yuuki softly as she felt her mother's presence outside her room door. She had been fixing her hair in the mirror but she turned around to greet the pureblood who entered the room. Kuran Juuri was wearing a lovely purple silk gown and her curly auburn hair was pulled up. It still amazed Yuuki how alike her and her mother were, both look wise and personality. Although Yuuki got the straight forward gene from her father, the rest of her personality was all her mother's. They both had happy and carefree attitudes and Yuuki was glad to share such a deep connection with her mother. She couldn't imagine a world without her.

"Oh, Yuuki! You look stunning. You're going to be the center of attention tonight. I'm so excited!" said Juuri as she walked up to her daughter and wrapped her arms around her. Yuuki smiled affectionately as she returned the hug. Her mother loved this sort of thing. If Juuri had a choice she would probably want to throw Kaname and Yuuki a party every week until the wedding.

"I just came back from talking to Kaname," said Juuri. She pulled away from Yuuki and went to the dresser. She pulled out a silver hairbrush and walked back to Yuuki. She pulled the brush through Yuuki's thick hair as she made sure all the knots were gone.

"Tell me you didn't tease him too badly," said Yuuki. She didn't want Kaname to be in an annoyed mood when he found out who was attending the party. It wouldn't help her with dealing with Sara. Her mother giggled as she continued to pull the brush through Yuuki's hair.

"You know how much I like messing with your brother. He's just so serious all the time. He needs to smile more," she replied. She had to admit that she did miss her cute son, but she still loved Kaname. He had been the perfect older brother to Yuuki and she knew he would be a good husband.

"He smiles," said Yuuki a little defensively.

"Only around cute Yuuki, hmm?" said Juuri teasingly, "tell me, darling daughter, where did you and Kaname go yesterday and how come you came back looking so happy?" Yuuki face turned red and she mumbled something so quickly and quietly that Juuri's vampire hearing couldn't even pick it up. Juuri wouldn't let her get away with not telling her that easily.

"What was that?"

"Roses, okay. Roses. Do you remember when I was five and he told me about those roses that only bloom once every ten years? He brought me to see them yesterday. There was a whole field of them and they were so beautiful. I even preserved one and brought it back with me. It's in my dresser. He said he would take me to see them once they bloom again. You and father should come see them next time," said Yuuki as she thought about the night before. Yuuki was kind of surprised that Kaname remembered a promise he made such a long time. It had been a truly magical evening.

"It sounds like you had a wonderful time."

"Yes, I did," said Yuuki dreamily. Juuri stopped brushing her hair and put the brush up. She and Yuuki were about the same height so she was able to look her daughter in the eyes. She placed her hands on Yuuki's shoulders.

"You have made your mother so proud, Yuuki. You've become such a beautiful young woman. I hope you and Kaname will be happy together." Her eyes shined with unshed tears and she seemed so happy. After all that had happened her family was safe and happy. For one night they could forget the misfortune that came with being a pureblood and enjoy themselves.

"We will happy. Kaname and I will be just like you and father," said Yuuki. She wrapped her arms around her mother and gave her a warm hug. They stood like that for a few minutes before they both pulled away. Yuuki looked away as Juuri wiped her eyes in embarrassment. They both jumped when they heard a knock on the door. They had been so distracted that they didn't notice another presence in the room. They turned to see Haruka standing in the doorway smiling. Juuri walked to him and he put an arm around her waist.

"Yuuki, your mother and I are going to go great the guests. Kaname is waiting for you," said Haruka.

"Okay, father," said Yuuki. Haruka gave her one last smile before leaving the room with Juuri. Once they were gone Yuuki turned to look at her reflection in the mirror one last time.

"It's going to be a long night…"

I hope everybody enjoyed this chapter. Please review and give me your opinion on how it was and if I should continue. Next chapter will be out soon.