Vampire Knight; Brave (COMPLETED)

Chapter 33

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Emiko's POV

"You cursed child! I regret ever giving birth to you. Cursed, Cursed, Cursed, Cursed!"

I felt like I was getting hurt by someone. There was painful impacts everywhere on my body. I cried and cried for them to stop, but they didn't listen to me. They kept on going.

Everywhere was blurry, my vision unclear by the tears that drew from my eyes. I screamed and covered my body was my hands from the attacks.

"No!" I yelled, whipping up in my bed with sweat covering my forehead. Tears dripping from my eyes, dampening the blankets on me.

"Emiko?" Kaname onii-san appeared in the doorway of his room. He immediately walked towards me when he saw my face.

He sat on the edge of my bed and brought me closer to him by pushing me into his chest. I tightly wrap my arms around his torso and I hid my face as I try to calm myself down. He caressed my hair and waited for me silently.

It took me several minutes to control my sobs but I was finally able to pull away from him.

Nii-san just stared at me for a moment before smiling at me, "I have a present for you." I didn't even notice he was holding a large box. Kaname-nii knew I didn't want to talk about my little nightmare so he decided to lighten things up a little.

He slowly removed the lid and I gasped in amazement. It was the most beautiful dress I have ever casted my eyes upon. I slowly reached out and touched the material.

I hesitantly looked up to meet Nii-san's eyes. I couldn't possibly accept this.

"Nii-san, I—"

"Shh, it is fine, Emiko. I want you to wear this for the party, it's more than enough to make me happy."

With his usual gentle smile, Kaname-nii stood up and exited my room. Today was my 14th birthday—of course as well as Yuki's. It has been approximately seven years since I've lost a little of my memories.

Juuri-sama and Haruka-sama weren't mean to mean anymore and they let me call them mother and father. They treat me more kindly now. As for Yuki, it seems that she still hates me. She would often give me glares when okaa-san and otou-san weren't looking. She would even shove me sometimes.

I jumped out of my bed and quickly got ready. Today, I'll speak to her. I want a face to face talk with her and to clean things up once and for all.

Yuki's POV

"Kaa-san, have you seen Onii-sama?" I asked, walking over to her. She was standing beside Otou-san chatting about. I was really desperate to see Kaname-nii. I wonder where he is..

"No, I'm sorry. How about you have some juice while you wait for him to come, hm?" She kindly suggested, take a cup from the food table and pouring some orange juice in.

She brought it over to me but I pushed it away, "No! I want to see Nii-sama!" I cried, stomping foot.

She only sighed, "Come now, Yuki, don't be like that. Take some juice for Kaa-san and be patient, okay?"

I puffed out my cheeks and turned my head away in a spoilt manner.

"You look very beautiful, Yuki. That's a very nice dress you're wearing." Otou-san complimented, changing the topic.

"Really?!" I exclaimed excitedly, "Okaa-san let me pick this dress out myself!"

He only chuckled and placed a warm hand on my head, scruffing up my hair. I gasped and pouted, quickly turning away from him to fix my hair. I had to make Kaname-nii impressed! He wouldn't like to see a trashy appearance.

I was wearing a white dress with red ruffles. I thought the colour matched quite well. For my hair, I let it down freely and I asked one of the maids to help curl it. I also had a red headband and wore a golden necklace around my neck.

Everyone I walked past complimented me and I was very happy with that.

I suddenly heard the sound of footsteps and gasps around me. I knew then that Kaname-nii had appeared and I swiftly turned around. I was about to run but something refrained me from doing so. I stood there with my eyes wide open and my fists clenched tightly.

Emiko.

Emiko was dressed in a white dress, almost like mine but looked better. Her dress had these lace patterns of snow flakes that complimented her pale complexion while mine just had red ruffles on it. Her hair was left down and straight as she brought it over her right shoulder. She also had a clip in her hair of a snow flake.

"Oh my, is that Lady Emiko?" One of the nobles nearby me whispered.

"Yes, it is. Very beautiful isn't she?" Another whispered.

I was furious. I was angry. The should be complimenting no one but me! What made me even more angry was the fact that she held onto Kaname's arm with her disgusting hand and looking at him with her disgusting mismatched eyes.

I waited for everyone to turn back to their friends and for chatter to fill the hall. I then proceeded to walk right up to her. She was currently picking her food at the one of the food tables while Kaname acquainted with a few nobles, keeping him distracted. She sensed that I was coming and she gave me a half-hearted glance.

"Oh, I was going to come and to speak to you." She said, placing her plate down on the table as she turned to me.

"I specifically told you not to come but you just HAD to steal all the attention to yourself, didn't you?" I spat, glaring at her.

"No. I just came because it was my birthday too. You should stop being so self-centred all the time, Yuki. The Earth doesn't revolve around you." She retorted, igniting fire inside of me.

"What did you just say?"

"I meant what I said," She says, looking directly in my eyes, "For fourteen years of my life, I've had just about enough of you immature attitude. You, what, hate me because I have mismatch eyes? Grow up, I didn't ask for these eyes. My eyes may be ugly, but it's not as ugly as your personality and I hope this sentence haunts you for the rest of your life."

I grit my teeth and lunged at her, hissing my fangs and pushing her with so much force. She was taken by surprise and didn't have much time to comprehend.

I watched as she fell, her head hitting the corner of table and her body collapse onto the floor. She yelled in pain and gasps were heard around me. A sudden commotion of panicked chatters filled the halls.

My eyes widen. I-I didn't mean to push her that hard.

She pushed herself up so that she wasn't laying on the floor but rather sitting on it. Blood slowly trickled down the sides of her head and she touched her face before looking down at her hands.

"Blood!" Someone in crowd around us yelled.

I looked around to see nobles trying to control themselves from the smell of a Pureblood's blood.

Kaname-nii appeared right in front of her and crouched down. He grabbed her hands in his and whispered, "Emiko?"

She only stared at her blood stained hands in bewilderment before ripping them away from Kaname's. She held her head, dipping her head down and started groaning loudly. Glass cups broke into pieces and windows were forming cracks as well as the walls of this hall. 

What was happening?

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