#kiryu zero

Yuki is never revealed to be a pureblood and is therefore not related to Kaname, but during the school ball, she ends up turned by Shizuka to save Zero in Volume 4, Chapter 17.

After her transformation, she remembers how Kaname prevented her from helping Zero during the first fight with Ichiru in Volume 4, Chapter 16. Shizuka gives them both her blood and tells them how the Kiryu massacre was orchestrated by Kaname Kuran, which irrevocably shatters her bond to him.

Zero helps her adjust to the life of a vampire, but they stay in the Day Class.

making of a villain

1100:

Kaname is born in what will later be England.

1120:

Kaname is bitten and after committing a massacre of people, escapes to a ship and tries to sleep forever.

1637:

Kaname wakes up in Japan, eats the people who find him, walks into the sun to try and die. It does not work.

1643:

Kaname meets the “Hooded Lady”, Tani Kuran, a fellow vampire and an oiran. She gives Kaname the name Kaname since Kaname forgot his original name (Cain I.) and he takes her surname, Kuran. They fall in love (very weird codependent love) and have a son named Christopher/“Krist” (he’s dead).

1646

After the Hooded Lady attempts to kill the current vampires in charge to stop infecting Japan and influenced Kaname to join. While Kaname is fighting with the leader, Tani steps in between the two to protect him. This allows Kaname to kill his opponent but, in doing so, he unintentionally impales Tani also. Tani tells him she might’ve done this on purpose.

Kaname burns the rest of the current council down but decides to seize control in their place before leaving Japan, thus leaving Vampires having no power there.

Though this is throughout time nearly all of Kaname’s descendants inbreed and die, except for Juri and Rido.

1761:

The dhampir and future revered vampire hunter Kaien Cross is born in a British colony (he’s Irish).

1779:

Kaien throws a rock at Kaname’s head in anger at the bourgeoise. This causes the two to meet.

2002:

Yuki Cross/Kuran is born.

2003:

Zero Kiryu is born.

2004:

Ichiru Kiryu is born.

2005:

Emi Yagari is born.

2007:

Juri Kuran-Tomita, Kazuya Tomita (Juri’s husband and Yuki’s father), and Rido Kuran are killed. Yuki is turned into an amnesiac pseudo-human and taken in by Kaname before being given to and adopted by Kaien.

2014:

Toga Yagari (33 years old) mercy kills his wife Babette after she’s bitten and turned, she begs him to kill her before she goes berserk.

Emi is nine when her father comes home and frustratedly says her mother isn’t ever coming back because she is dead.

Toga would later lose his left eye a few months later.

2015:

Ichiru is bitten and conceals this using illusions.

Zero and Ichiru’s parents are killed in an orchestrated killing by Ichiru and Shizuka Hio. Zero is bitten. They are taken in by Kaien after Kaien saves them from dying and kills Shizuka.

2021:

Part one begins.

Late 2021:

Ichiru Kiryuu kills Kaien Cross. Vampires are exposed to humanity.

Zero gives up half his humanity to evade execution with the help of Kaname.

2022:

Society collapses. The world goes to shit after vampires are revealed, The Council only does stuff that will get them more power. America and Russia nuke each other, Japan closes itself off, groups of humans live in city zones like Half Life, the sky is permanently grey so vampires aren’t affected by the sun. The Japanese military splits off and joins either the Hunters or the Catholic faction known as the Templars, the only successful human colonies outside of the City Zones.

Zero fights Kaito Takamiya and leaves Kaito behind with a magazine of silvers. (A Light Novel I planned)

2023:

Part 2 begins.

Zero saves Emi from a club in which she is a sacrifice. Though Emi kills the other half of the club.

Zero, Emi Yagari, Toga Yagari, Kaname Kuran, Hanabusa Aido, Ruka + Akatsuki Souen, and the hunter army kill the council and dismantle the council’s reign.

Zero and Ichiru fight each other while Kaname kills any remaining councilmen. Ichiru dies. Immediately after, Zero is speared by Yuki out of spite and Kaname sees Zero’s body before killing Yuki, his final descendant, in vengeance.

Kaname blows up Cross Academy, and he almost dies. Albeit Kaname is given Yuki’s heart so he is comatose.

Emi Yagari resurrects Zero Kiryu with help of Toga Yagari by getting his metabolic processes back on with magic, which takes weeks.

A day or a few hours after Emi Yagari resurrects Zero with help from her father, The Templars nearly kill her for this as this would make her equal to or above God/Jesus. Aido quickly diverts their attention to “other pressing matters”. Emi resurrects Zero in hiding.

Yuki Cross is dead. Ichiru Kiryu is dead.

2024

Part 3/Post-Series

5 months after, Zero wakes up.

Emi has become Cross Academy’s headmistress, though she’s more of a “Mockingjay” situation.

Cross Academy is rebuilding. Zero isn’t given any credit by the government due to a lot being done and is given an apartment in one of the city zones as well as his charges dropped. Zero goes back to being a hunter, but this proves repetitive because not much happens, and he can’t exactly be used to nothing happening being good. Everyone is kind of annoyed at Zero reasonably not being as nice as he is.

Zero wakes Kaname Kuran up out of boredom due to his repetitive life.

Kaname attempts to starve himself for a week out of just wanting his life over. Zero finds him.

Kaname’s pissed off zero brought him back but then Zero isn’t taking his shit. They almost bang and then they do (Zero instigated it), so now they’re a weird casual relationship where Kanamr loves Zero but Zero doesn’t care if he leads Kaname on, not that Kaname cares.

Waking Kaname up results in what remains of the civil coming to get Kaname, and now Kaname and Zero are in a deeper rabbit hole than they afforded.

2040

Emi has her son Mei. The father is unknown.

20?? (A few years after Emi has a child, but now I don’t know when because their relationship is a lot more complicated now when I write it)

˚୨୧˚⊹♡⊹Zero x reader ⊹♡⊹˚୨୧˚Title: Shadows of Night

Chapter Two: Crimson Tensions

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The night stretched on, shadows lengthening across the stone corridors of Cross Academy. The moon cast a pale glow through tall windows as her steps echoed softly beside Zero’s. Though their patrol had ended, neither seemed ready to return to their dorms.

The rose and its ominous note still lingered in her mind, nagging at her thoughts despite her efforts to dismiss it. Who had left it? And why?

Zero walked a step ahead, his hand resting near the grip of his gun. His expression was as guarded as ever, but the tension radiating off him was impossible to ignore.

“You’re still thinking about that rose,” Zero said without looking at her.

She blinked, surprised he had spoken her thoughts aloud. “It’s hard not to. Someone went to a lot of effort to make sure I saw it.”

“It’s more than just a prank,” Zero muttered darkly. “Whoever’s playing games needs to be stopped.”

They reached the entrance to the dormitory, and the cold night air swept around them. Her breath clouded in the chill, but she couldn’t shake the heat rising under her skin at the intensity of Zero’s words.

Before she could respond, movement near the Moon Dormitory caught her attention. Kaname Kuran stood near the entrance, his figure bathed in moonlight. His presence was striking, calm, and composed as always, though something in his gaze sharpened when he saw her.

“A late patrol?” Kaname's voice was smooth as silk, his eyes flicking between her and Zero. “I hope it’s been uneventful.”

Zero’s jaw tightened. “Uneventful enough.”

She cleared her throat, stepping between them. “We’re done for the night.”

Kaname’s gaze lingered on her for a fraction longer than necessary. “Be careful. The academy isn’t as safe as it once was.”

Her lips pressed together, but she forced a nod. “Thank you for the warning, Kaname.”

Zero scoffed quietly, but Kaname ignored him.

“Goodnight,” Kaname murmured, his gaze lingering before he turned back toward the Moon Dormitory.

Zero watched him go before muttering under his breath, “He’s always got to be the center of attention.”

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The next morning, the academy stirred awake slowly. After a long night on patrol, exhaustion weighed heavily on her, but duty called.

In the shared restroom, the steam from the running shower fogged the mirrors, and she relished the moment of peace. As she washed her face, the door creaked open behind her.

She glanced up, startled to see Zero enter casually, a towel slung over his shoulder and his hair still messy from sleep.

“What are you doing?” she asked incredulously, turning to face him.

Zero raised an eyebrow. “Getting ready. What does it look like?”

Her jaw dropped as he moved toward the shower stalls without a second thought. “You couldn’t wait five minutes?”

He shrugged nonchalantly. “There’s nothing I haven’t seen before.”

Her face heated, and she turned on her heel. “What do you mean?!” she said annoyed, storming toward the door. “You’re impossible.”

Behind her, she heard the sound of running water and Zero’s quiet chuckle. “See you in class.”

Later that evening, shadows crept across the academy grounds once more. The reader made her way through the quiet pathways, a feeling of unease settling in her chest. The note from the night before still lingered in her thoughts, and despite her best efforts, the creeping sensation of being watched gnawed at her senses.

Unknown to her, two sets of eyes followed her movements—one from the cover of trees near the Moon Dormitory, the other from the rooftops above.

Kaname Kuran stood quietly among the shadows, his gaze unwavering as he tracked her path across the grounds. His crimson eyes gleamed faintly, betraying none of the turmoil beneath his calm exterior.

At the same time, Zero Kiryu knelt near the edge of a rooftop, his gun resting loosely in his hand. His sharp gaze never left her form, even as conflicting emotions warred within him.

Neither of them spoke, but their silent rivalry was palpable even across the distance. Both men were driven by forces they couldn’t control—one by the desire to protect, the other by something darker, more possessive.