A Meeting Of Interest

A Meeting Of Interest

'Hey, Dora,' I called, waving to her from near the trees.
Dora and Boots looked up from our sand castles.
I sounded confused.
They had no idea how I'd managed to move over to the trees without them realizing that I wasn't next to them anymore.
'What is it, May?' Dora asked, standing up.
'Come and check this out,' I said, indicating for them to come over.
They looked at each, shrugged and hurried over to me.
'What is it?' Dora asked, stopping in front of me.
I pointed to the tree I was standing in front of.
They looked to where I was pointing.
Carved into the bark of the tree was the shape of a heart with words inside of it.
The words in the heart said: Kaname + May Forever.
They looked at me, confusion all over there faces.
I shrugged.
'I don't get it either,' I said, shaking my head. 'That "May" was definitely written in my handwriting, but I don't remember ever writing that.'
'And who's Kanami?' Dora asked, frowning at the name above mine.
'It's pronounce Kana-may,' I said, shaking my head. 'It's a Japanese name. Or rather, it's spelt the Japanese way with letters from the English alphabet.'
'You know that from your world?' Boots asked, looking at me.
'Yeah,' I said, nodding. 'I've got a Manga novel, back in my world, where one of the main character's names is Kaname.'
'What a Manga?' Boots asked, raising an eyebrow.
'It's the word the Japanese use for graphic novels,' I said, frowning at the carving in the tree again. 'I have a few of them, back at home in the real- my world.'
I'd almost said "real world". I'd have to be more careful when talking about my past.
I put my right-hand on the tree and moved it down, feeling the indents the carvings made.
'Ow!' I said, pulling my hand back and holding it.
There was a splinter stuck in my ring-finger.
I grabbed the tip of the splinter with my other hand and yanked it out, tossing it aside.
A small bit of blood trickled out from the tiny hole in my finger, dripping down it, a few drops falling to the ground.
'Well, isn't this nice?' a deep voice said behind us. '3 friends, just waiting for me.'
The 3 of us whirled around.
A man was standing in the trees, not to far from us, the top half of his face in shadow.
'Friends?' I said, glaring at him. 'I think I'd remember being friends with someone as old as you.'
'Isn't that the pot calling the kettle black?' the man said, his lips curling into a smile.
'What?' I said, my eyes narrowing.
Did he know that I was a 19 or 20-year-old boy trapped in a 5-year-old girl's body.
'What do you want?' Dora asked the man, her face firm.
I knew, at once that Dora shouldn't have asked that question.
The man lifted his head.
His eyes glowed blood-red.
'That delicious smelling blood, of course,' he said, looking at me.
'He's a vampire!'
I gasped the words before I could stop myself.
Dora and Boots stared at me in horror.
'A what?' they said, looking at me, fear in their eyes.
'That's right,' the man said, his grin becoming larger. 'And now, I'll sample your blood!'
He lunged at us.
'No!' we all shouted, closing our eyes tightly.
There was a loud squelching sound.
I opened my eyes a little to see what had happened.
Someone was standing next to the vampire.
Their left-arm was sticking out the other end of the vampire's head.
I blinked.
This was familiar.
Was it possible...?
'A disgrace to all vampires,' the other person said, pulling their arm out of the vampire's head in one, swift movement.
I blinked.
There was no way. It wasn't possible.
This was the wrong cartoon.
The other person turned towards my direction, bringing his arm to his mouth, licking it lightly as the body of the vampire turned to dust and was blown away by the wind.
I gasped.
He had black hair and marron eyes.
It was Kaname! Kaname Kuron!
But how? This world was DORA The Explorer's world, not the Vampire Knight world.
He was wearing a white long-sleeve shirt and black jeans.
He bent down, holding out his blood-stained hand to me.
'Are you alright?' he asked me kindly.
I wasn't able to say anything.
I was still trying to wrap my head around the fact that Kaname Kuron, Vampire Knight's Kaname Kuron was here, in DORA The Explorer's world.
That shouldn't be possible.
Dora and Boots opened their eyes and saw Kaname.
'Who- who are you?' Dora asked, looking at him.
'Someone close to May,' he said, not looking at her, still focused on me.
I reached out, took his hand and he help me stand up.
'Are you alright?' he asked me as I looked up at him.
'I'm fine,' I said quietly, looking away.
This was too weird, even for me now.
Being pulled into DORA The Explorer's world and being turned into a girl with a magical singing voice was 1 thing. But learning that Kaname Kuron was in this world too? I'm sorry, but when did I get off the bus at Crazy Town?
I looked back up at him, not sure if I was seeing things or not.
This wasn't the Kaname I knew.
He was younger.
He looked about 14-15.
But he had the same, kind smile.
'Yes?' Kaname asked, when I'd stared up at him for 20 seconds without saying anything.
'Kaname... Kuron?' I asked, looking up at him.
Kaname looked a little surprised.
'Not quite,' he said, smiling, putting his right-hand on my head. 'My first name is Kaname, but my last name is Koron.'
'Koron?' I asked, not quite thinking straight yet.
He smiled, taring off a small piece of his shirt and wrapping it around my finger like a bandage.
'Try not to hurt yourself again, okay?' he said, tightening the bandage. 'I might not be able to help you next time.'
He stood up and walked off into the trees, disappearing.
'May?' Dora said, looking at me. 'Who was that?'
I looked down at the bandage around my finger and back up to the trees.
'I'm not sure,' I said truthfully as the wind blew through my hair.
'Dora?' Mrs Melina voice called from the beach.
'Boots? May?' Mr. Melina's voice called too.
'Come on,' I said, shaking my head, grabbing Dora's hand and hurrying back to where Dora's parents were. 'We'd better get back.'
But thoughts were whirling through my mind.
That had definitely been Kaname.
Maybe not the exact same Kaname I knew from the Vampire Knight Anime, back in the real world, but it was definitely him.
Those words he'd used, the way he'd saved us from that vampire, his kind, soft, caring smile.
They were all the same as Kaname Kuron.
The way he'd looked at me. It was the same way Kaname Kuron looked at Yuki Cross.
But why?
I was just a 19 or 20-year-old boy from the real world. What would Kaname want with me?
For that matter, what was Kaname even doing in this world?
This wasn't his world. It was Dora's. Why was he here?
Several hours later, we packed everything up, got in the car and drove away from the beach.
We'd be dropping Boots off, by his house before going back to Dora's.
As the car drove off, Kaname watched from within the trees.
'Please,' he said as the car went over the hill. 'May, be safe.'
During the drive, I kept thinking about what had happened today.
How was Kaname here?
Why had he looked at me with such tender eyes?
Yet, along with the tenderness, I saw sadness too.
Why?
If I'd only seen more of Vampire Knight, back in the real world, maybe I'd know. But I hadn't. I think I'd seen up to episode 6 and that was as far as I'd got.
You know. Because I fell into Dora's world before I could watch anymore.
If I hadn't, I might have learned why Kaname Kuron was so kind to Yuki Cross and, inturn, figure out why Kaname Koron was so kind to me.
It must have been a similar reason, but I didn't know what.
We dropped Boots off at his house and headed back towards Dora's house.
I was still lost in my thoughts.
'Kaname Koron,' I thought, looking at my bandaged finger. 'You're a vampire, but you were so kind to me. A mere human. Why?'
When got back to the house we unpacked, went inside and changed into our clothes.
I chose to wear the clothes I'd been wearing when I'd arrived in this world.
Dinner was couscous with honey soy chicken.
I didn't really feel that hungry.
I had too much on my mind.
Why was Kaname even here, in Spain?
There was no real reason why he should be here.
Why had he saved me?
Why would I matter to him?
Suddenly an image flashed in front of my eyes.
It was of a woman with blonde hair, like mine, wearing a light-purple fancy dress, like the ones you see people wearing in old fashion movies, leaning towards me.
It lasted only a second but I saw it.
I gasped, not sure what had just happened.
'May?'
I looked up.
Dora and her parents were looking at me.
'Are you alright?' Dora asked, looking at me.
'Y-yeah,' I said, looking away. 'I think I'm just a little tired. Can I go to bed? I'm not feeling very hungry.'
A few minutes later I was wearing my orangey pyjamas, standing by the window, the summer breeze blowing softly through my hair.
'What's going on?' I whispered, looking down at my finger.
I'd taken the bandage off when I'd had my bath.
My finger had stopped bleeding.
I was a little worried.
That vampire hadn't been come near us until I'd pricked my finger and some blood had trickled out.
Did that mean my blood smelt really delicious to vampires?
Wait; was it my blood, as in, Ben's blood, or this girl body's blood? Oh, that was gross.
I sighed, walked to my bed, got in, and laid there for a while, just looking at the ceiling.
What was going on?
Why was Kaname in this world?
I didn't care whether his last name was Kuron or Koron. He was still Kaname and he shouldn't be in this world. It wasn't right.
Then again, you could say the same about me.
After all, I wasn't from this world either.
I was from the real world.
I sighed, turned to my side and went to sleep.
Things were becoming too confusing for me.