Night 89 The night after numerous nights
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(Zero in flashback): I’m able to live on, perhaps thanks to you…
Zero: Stop it…
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(Zero in flashback): I crave only your blood…
Zero: Her face, and her scent are disappearing from my memory…is disappearing…Don’t take them away from me!
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Yuuki: From now on your thirst will be considerably alleviated, because the girl who is the source of your thirst has disappeared from your heart.
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Kaien: I never thought I'd have to shut down the academy and use this classroom building as the association headquarters again.
Kaito: Is this the right thing to do? This is the academy that you put so much hard work into to keep it running till now, it’s your dream come true.
Kaien: There’s no other way…
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Kaien: Even after we lost the original metal and the majority of the weapons, and our base collapsed, we cannot afford to stop operations in the association. The incidents caused by vampires won’t go away all of a sudden either. Besides, we now have reliable allies.
Vampire A: I’m feeling weird because I stopped taking those blood tablets…yes! It’s the tablets that are at fault. That’s why I attacked the suburbs! So…please help me…no, wait…Why are you working together with hunters?!
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Vampire B: It’s simply because as nobles, we can’t ignore the stupidity of our own kind.
Vampire A: Ugh…
Vampire B: Let’s go after him.
Hunter: Yes.
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Vampire B: That’s…Hanadagi-sama’s empty mansion…?
Kaien: Do you know the history of this academy? This place is where the association originated. The original metal was also created on this hill. After that, my ancestors bought the place, and remodeled it into the academy.
Kaito: Of course I’m well aware of that. I also know that you took over your parents’ work running the academy after that.
Kaien: Truth to be told…I don’t want to turn this academy into what it used to be. But…
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(cont’d) This is the only place with the equipment intact to keep the association running…
Kaito: By the way…it’s been a week today, since Isaya-san’s envoy brought those two in. I’ll go and check on them.
Kaien: …Yuuki…really…what has she done…
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Yuuki: Are you alright? Is your thirst serious, Mr. hunter?
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Zero: There’s no need for a vampire who I don’t even know to worry about me. Get lost.
Yuuki: Hmm…
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Yuuki: I’ll let myself out, because I’m done checking. Take care, you who are too nice to pull the trigger after all.
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Kaito: Take away what others hold dear and twist their way of living…what you did is the proof of pureblood atrocity. After that, (you show up in front of him) looking kind, hiding your tears from everyone…
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Kaien: I see, thank you for your report.
Whoever with only half a head visible: No problem.
Kaien: Yuuki, can you come over here for a bit?
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Zero: That pureblood woman…is the association president keeping her here?
Kaito: She’s more or less an ally, and she is a wielder of the precious weapons. Are you particularly concerned about her?
Zero: She’s just an eyesore, that’s all.
Kaito: Zero…you…are you really not thirsty anymore?
Zero: No…gulping down tablets like crazy before feels surreal…
Kaien: No…take your time and wait for him, though I can’t tell you why in here…
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Yuuki: But…I can’t wait on like this without knowing the truth. You already have Zero to take care of, so I must go out after Kaname…
Kaien: No, it’s not like that. Let’s talk more about this. It’s not what you think. Actually, just now…
Some woman: Association president!
Kaien: Come with me please, Yuuki.
Yuuki: Chairman..?
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Kaien: Ah, here you come. We can finally talk alone, just the two of us.
Kaname: Is the furnace ready?
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Kaname: As the last remaining ancestor, it’s my responsibility to succeed “her”, and keep the original metal, the source of weapons that kills vampires, on the human side. I’ll throw my heart into the furnace.
Yuuki: “Succeed”…
(Kaname in flashback) I will succeed you.
Yuuki: Kaname plans to become the original metal.
Kaien: Before that, there’s still something you should talk to me about.
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Kaien: Kaname-kun, don’t decide on everything on your own, without revealing your intent to anyone anymore. What good will it do to anyone if you are the only one getting your hands dirty little by little? Yesterday…my subordinates and some night class students entered an empty mansion while pursuing a target. It’s the mansion where you killed the head of the Hanadagi family, and Aidou-kun’s father.
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Kaien: That mansion was supposed to be empty, but my subordinates and the students found a “full” coffin in the shrine deep underground….inside which, Aidou-san, who was supposed to be dead by your hands, was alive, sleeping. Kaname-kun…
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Kaien: Aidou-kun went there immediately.
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Kaname: Is that so…that’s good…
Kaien: You put on an act just to push them away, didn’t you? You did it to push away those at your side who are important to you, and who trust you with all of their heart. Even Yuuki and Aidou would start having doubts about you after witnessing such atrocity.
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Kaname: I…didn’t come here to talk about this.
Kaien: Are you going to shoulder everything on your own again? Because of what you’ve done, Yuuki even erased from Kiryuu-kun’s heart all of his memories about her. She did it for Kyruu-kun, and for you as well!
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Yuuki: Chairman! You don’t need to tell him…
Kaien: Take Yuuki and leave, Kaname-kun. I’m sorry, but the final adjustments to the furnace have not been completed yet.
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Kaien: Please understand that this (bring Yuuki here to eavesdrop) is not my intention. I was just taking my chances, and hoping that Yuuki could stop you.
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Kaname: What have you done, Yuuki…
Yuuki: I can’t cry, I can’t rely on him. I can’t, because…
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(cont’d) Because I want to turn him human…
Yuuki: to turn into human…you asked him to do that, didn’t you?
Kaname: Ask whom? And turn whom?
Yuuki: You asked Isaya-san to turn me human.
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Kaname: Let go of me, Yuuki. I’m not going anywhere.
Yuuki: I don’t believe you. If you were telling the truth, you’d take me to our hidden home, not here. This is where I was born. You are always lying to make sure I stay out of terrible deeds, to make sure to disappoint me….everything, everything's for me. You wouldn’t even let me in on the truth at the end..
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Yuuki: Your lies started the moment I woke up 11 years ago on that snow-covered mountain, didn’t they? You protected me against the Senate. In exchange for a peaceful life for me, you agreed to become a bait for vampires. You tried hard to hide your thirst, while praying that my life as a human could continue… But…your prayers didn’t work. Then you decided to stay by my side so that I wouldn’t have to live on alone forever.
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(cont’d) Because you understand loneliness better than anyone. What a fool…why didn’t you forget about killing purebloods, and just erase all of my memories about Zero from my heart!
Kaname: It hurts, Yuuki…I won’t run away, let go of me.
Yuuki: You are lying.
Kaname: I’m telling the truth…
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Kaname: I won’t run away anymore…I should have turned you human with my life before you erased Kiryuu-kun’s memories…
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(cont’d) I should have left you in the care of Kiryuu-kun sooner…
Yuuki: How arrogant of you…do you really think that you can continue manipulating him?
Kaname: His feelings for you wasn’t part of my plan.
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Yuuki: Answer me…all this, did you really do all of this for me?
Kaname: (at the beginning it wasn’t.) The turning point was the night when Rido attacked this mansion to get to you.
Yuuki: Then why did you give up on living with me?
Kaname: Because the way I love you…
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(cont’d) can’t let you smile from the bottom of your heart…
Yuuki: We’ve…really come to a stalemate. You wish to throw your heart into the furnace tomorrow, and I…
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(cont’d in thinking) I want to relieve you from the destiny of eternity with my life…
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Kaname: It hurts, Yuuki…what is it? Is that so…
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Kaname: If you don’t know where your heart lies, let me tell you, Yuuki. If you are OK with me as I am now…
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Touma: All of a sudden he became the association’s savior? He should have just remained a slaughterer. This is the ultimate betrayal, isn’t it, Madam?
Woman: Yes, ultimate…we should work together to get rid of Kuran Kaname…
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Kaito: What is it, Zero?
Zero: …Nothing…
Kaito: Good. Then don’t just idle. We have a new mission to carry out. We need to guard and keep an eye on Kuran Kaname’s mansion.