Juri Kuran

Juri Kuran (玖蘭 樹里), Yuki Cross's mother and a pureblood vampire who resembles an older version of Yuki. Juri was the wife and sister of Haruka Kuran.

Appearance
Juri Kuran had the etheral beauty of the purebloods, she posessed brown eyes and dark brown hair typical of the Kuran family. As mentioned before, she had very similar looks to Yuki and but appears more mature, taller and with curly hair instead of straight hair like her daughter. Juri refered herself as a cute young girl and appeared to be in her early 20's when she died.

Background
Ten years ago when her eldest brother, Rido Kuran, appeared, she sacrificed her life to suppress Yuki's vampire side and erased her memories. She had wanted Yuki to be able to live happily like a normal human girl. Headmaster Kaien Cross stated that he is in debt to her. When she was pregnant and he had attempted to kill her as a vampire hunter, she had spared his life. Her last wish was for Kaname to look after Yuki.

Relationships
Juri did not like Haruka at first and was irritated at his attempts at courtship at first. He evidently won her over and they had been a happy couple for many thousands of years, but only recently decided to have children. Despite their amical relationship, Juri chose to sneak out of her husbands protection in order to pursue her goals.

Though Rido was in love with Juri and even drank her blood, its unknown what sort of relationship they had at that time. After he stole her first child, Kaname, away, she harboured a great deal of anger towards him. Rido continued to desire Juri even after her death and sought Yuki as a replacement for her. His attachment to Juri bordered more on obsession than on love.

Juri and Kaien established a friendship sometime during his youth, before his prime as a hunter, Juri went as far as to inviting him to live with them. Following Kaien's rise as a hunter, they lost touch and only re-established their relationship when Kaien attacked her when she attempted to seek him out. She made him promise to establish her school for vampires and humans. After Yuki was born she again approached Kaien. They had a very strong friendship and its possible that Kaien was in love with her.

Trivia

 * Her name Juri is the Japanese pronounciation of the name Julie which means "soft haired" or "youthful", which may refer to her apperance as an young woman. Her last name Kuran, is a combination of the old fashioned way of writing "ku", meaning "nine" and "ran", meaning "orchid".