Childish Whims

Summary: Kaien Cross came across a young vampire. He brings her back to Cross Academy to show her to Kaname, hoping that he could help. The problem? She is terrified of vampires and won't go near them. Kagome/Zero Vampire Knight/Inuyasha

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Disclaimer: Sigh, I don't own anything. I still don't understand why I must say this, after all, it is quite obvious.

Chapter One
Found

Walking along by himself whistling a small tune, Kaien Cross enjoyed the day as he made his way back to the Academy. He had just come from town buying a few groceries and the like, and was enjoying his walk back home. Normally he would have sent Yuuki or Zero to do the shopping for him, but it was a sunny day and he wanted to stretch his legs. Besides, there was something inside of him telling him to go. He had yet to discover why exactly he got the feeling, but his instincts were never wrong so why would they be this time?

Still... He had come up with nothing suspicious or out of the ordinary. Forgoing his thoughts, Kaien focused more on the sky. Frowning, he couldn't believe that such a beautiful day could turn like this so drastically. The clouds were coming in fast, and he knew that they would bring rain. Sighing, Kaien decided to up his speed. Hopefully he would make it a bit before the rain hit. But he didn't think he would make it in time. Holding the bag on his back tighter, he prepared to run for it. Just as he was about to take off, he heard a rustle in the bushes to his left. Waiting cautiously, Kaien watched to see if whatever had moved would come out.

Thinking that it was just a small woodland creature, he prepared to run again. But as the first raindrop fell, he was met with the most startling blue eyes he had ever seen. They were a deep ocean blue, but around the pupil was a lighter shade of blue. He admired them for a second, right before those eyes closed and the small body they belonged to, collapsed through the bushes and into his awaiting arms. Her clothes were torn and bloodied, and she was now unconscious. The most shocking part he found, was the fact that she was a vampire.

Hours later and Kaien was sitting in his office waiting for his two children to meet him. Kagome, as he had found out her name was, had woken up as soon as he had brought her home, cleaned her up, and put her in new clothes. Because he had not had a little girl around for years, he had no clothes that fit her in size. So currently she was wearing one of Yuuki's blue shirts. The sleeves had to be rolled up to accommodate her smaller arms. She was also wearing one of Yuuki's dark blue skirts, it came to about her knees, and the waist had to be tightened with a safety pin.

She was standing on his left and looking curiously around his office. He was asking her questions about her family and other relatives. From what he could gather they were dead. He tried asking her what happened, but she always broke down in tears and would not speak. Thinking that it was best to save the questioning for later, Kaien waited patiently for his two children to arrive.

Not a minute after he thought that, was there a knock on the door. Bidding them to enter, Kaien waited until Yuuki and Zero were fully in his office and the door was shut before he began to speak.

"Ah, Yuuki-chan, Kiryuu-kun, I am glad you made it so fast."

Yuuki bowed and said, "Well you did ask us to hurry and said it was rather important."

"Did I? Hmm." He seemed to ponder that for a moment before remembering that they were there for a reason. "Oh, yes, of course. I asked you here to introduce you to the prefect's new job." As he said this he pointed to his left, where there was nothing but thin air. "EH? Where did she go?" Looking back and forth rapidly, he became worried when he could see her nowhere. As he got out of his chair to further look for her, Kagome shyly peaked out from the back of his chair and moved to the right side of his desk, just as he moved his chair to search behind it.

Kagome watched with curious blue eyes as Kaien searched frantically in his office, yet never saw the little girl in blue standing in plain sight. As he was spinning his chair around and looking under his desk, Yuuki decided to get his attention. Clearing her throat, Yuuki flinched as the Chairman hit his head on his desk.

"Um, Cross-san, were you looking for her?" Yuuki asked as she pointed to Kagome.

He looked up and as the light reflected off his glasses, he jumped up and hugged Kagome to himself saying, "Ah, Kagome-chan! You can't do that to me, you had me worried."

Kagome looked up to him, after he moved away, with sad eyes. And as a single tear fell from her blue eyes, she let out a quivering apology.

"Ah, ah, it's okay. You don't need to cry! I just didn't know where you had gone, and I was worried." When he saw that the tears were beginning to lessen, he let out a breath he didn't know he was holding. He truly could not stand it when children cried, it was almost as bad as when women cried. Turning to Yuuki and Zero, the Chairman said, "Yuuki-chan, Kiryuu-kun, I would like you to meet Kagome-chan. I found her on my way back from town today. She will be staying with us until we can figure out what to do with her. Kaname-kun should be here in a few minutes to help us out with that."

"Kaname-senpai...? Why would he come here?" Yuuki asked curiously.

"Have you not noticed yet? Kagome-chan is a vampire."

Yuuki looked shocked at the little girl who was clinging to her adoptive father. And Zero was looking at her with an unreadable expression on his face. After the shock wore off, Yuuki knelt down to Kagome's level, and beckoned her with a smile. A few seconds of uncertainty, and Kagome let go of the Chairman and jumped into Yuuki's welcoming arms.

Yuuki let go of her after a few moments of tight embracing. Looking into Kagome's eyes, Yuuki said, "Hi Kagome, my name is Yuuki."

"Yuuki-nee-chan?"

Shocked showed on her face for all of about half a second, before a smile broke out on Yuuki's face at Kagome's new title for her.

"Yes, Yuuki-nee-chan."

The Chairman was, at that point, dancing in circles at how well they were getting along. He looked down at the little girl in front of his adopted daughter and asked, "Ah Kagome-chan, would you want to live with us if we cannot find your family?"

Kagome tilted her head to the side as she tried to contemplate what he was saying. Before her young mind came up with the simplest solution to his question.

"You would be my Otou-san?"

Streams of tears fell from his eyes at her simple question. He ran to her and hugged her tiny body close. His other children had never really taken to calling him their father. He had no clue why. But now he had another seven-year-old to call his daughter. Unless of course, Kaname could tell them something about her family. And though he would like to keep her for himself, he would not keep her from her real family.

Yuuki, seeing that Kagome was getting a bit uncomfortable with their tight embrace, as well as losing air, pulled her out of her father's arms. It took Kaien a few moments before he realized that Kagome was not in his arms anymore. Startled, he looked frantically around for her, only to find her safely in Yuuki's arms.

Any reprimand he would have given Yuuki for taking away his new little girl, was halted when a knock came to his door. Straightening up, the Chairman called for the person to enter. Kaname walked through the door and looked to the Chairman.

He bowed as he said, "Good evening Chairman Cross, Yuuki-chan, Kiryuu. What was it you needed to show me?" He could not see Kagome because she was hiding behind Yuuki's legs.

"Ah, Kaname-kun. Thank you for coming so quickly."

"Of course Cross-san. You said it was rather urgent, and I trust your word."

"Ah, thank you Kaname-kun. And yes, I had a question for you." His face changed from the playful and all smiles, to a serious all business expression as he asked, "Do you know, or have you heard, of any vampire families that have either been murdered or have lost their child recently?"

Kaname looked a bit taken aback by the question. He truly had not expected that to come from the normally cheerful Chairman's mouth. Looking straight into the Chairman's eyes, Kaname said, "I have not. But why are you asking such a question?"

Kaien pointed to the small being still hiding behind Yuuki and explained, "I found her on my way back from town. Her clothes were bloodied, and she was a bit scraped up. It is a wonder that no vampires had come running. I brought her here and got her cleaned up and in some new clothes. She is a vampire, so I decided to ask you if you knew anything. If not then...," he trailed off as he looked at Kagome and back at Kaname, before smiling hugely and exclaiming, "I will keep her! She has already called me her otou-san and Yuuki her nee-chan. She would fit right in!"

Kaname ignored his rather loud exclamation in favor of getting a closer look at the child. He couldn't see much, but he could tell that she had black hair and shining blue eyes. He took a sniff in the air around the child to make sure that she truly was a vampire. Yes, he trusted the Chairman's word, but he wanted to make sure. As he finally took a good whiff of her scent, he reeled back in surprise. Kaname didn't even try to hide his shock as he stared at the small child before him. He tried to step closer to the child to ask her a question, but she cried out in fear and hid behind Zero's legs. Understanding that it was he that she was afraid of, Kaname stepped back and watched as she clung to a rather annoyed Zero.

Zero looked down at the small girl glued to his leg as he said gruffly, "What are you doing?"

She just looked up at him with her large blue eyes. He could clearly see the tears forming on the edges, yet she didn't let her tears flow. Seeing that she was not going to let go anytime soon, Zero turned his head toward Kaname, about to ask him what that was all about. Before he could voice his question, Kaname asked the Chairman one of his own.

"Cross-san, are you sure that you found her injured in the woods. And that there was no one around her or you?"

"Why yes, I may have wanted to get home because of the rain, but I made sure that there was no one around who would be looking for her. Why? Do you know who she is?" Kaien asked in a slightly depressed tone. No! His new daughter couldn't be taken away from him!

His fears were relieved when Kaname shook his head and said, "No, I do not know who this child is. However, how that is possible is beyond me."

"What do you mean Kaname-kun?" the Chairman asked with a tilt of his head.

Kaname looked seriously into the eyes of the Chairman as he explained, "This child is not only a vampire, but a pure-blood."