Summary: Rido wants Aidou's blood. Who will be there to save him? Why none other than his beloved older cousin, Kain.

Pairing: Kain x Aidou

This one-shot was inspired by chapter 42: Bloody Rose, pages 11-13, where Aidou comes across Rido, who thinks his blood is worth drinking.

In this one-shot, Aidou comes across Rido a few minutes earlier, so Yuuki is still in her room trying to convince Kaname to let her fight.

Disclaimer: I do not own Vampire Knight, those rights belong to Matsuri Hino.

Aidou's ice blue eyes grow dazed as Rido commands him to come down. He does not know what is wrong with him, but his body is suddenly moving against his will, his feet stepping into the gaping hole in the roof. He can feel himself, but his body will not move to try and catch himself from the impending danger.

So this is the purebloods' power…to command…any lower vampire…to do their bidding…

Just thinking that takes a strain on Aidou's mind. He can feel the presence of Rido in his mind, pushing him to keep falling towards his outstretched arms. His mind is growing hazy and his eyes clouded as he continues to fall limply towards the awaiting Rido, who has a smirk on his face as he watches his prey falling towards him.

"Aka-ts-uki." Aidou manages to stutter out before blacking out from the stress on his mind.

Kain's POV

I rush through the crowd of Level D's, burning them to crisps with my fire power, pushing myself to run faster, hoping to catch up with my cousin who has taken off in another direction. Knowing Hanabusa's attraction to trouble, I cannot help but worry for his safety.

What if a group of level D's caught him off guard? What if the vampire hunters came and mistook him for the level D's and took him out? Or worse…what if Rido got him?

He does not know how accurate that thought is until he comes across a building of the academy with a giant, gaping hole in the roof. A bit of smoke is trailing from within the hole. I jump up onto the roof, running as fast as I can towards the hole only to have my heart hammer in fear as I see an unconscious Hanabusa falling towards a smirking Rido.

"Hanabusa!" I yell in a panic, jumping into the hole after my cousin. I reach out, grabbing Hanabusa's arm and pulling him into my arms. I cradle Hanabusa's head to my chest, sweeping him into my arms bridle style as my feet touch the floor. The impact hurts my ankle a bit, but my vampire healing powers quickly take care of the pain.

"Now, now. You should know better than to take away the prey of your pureblood king. Hand him over." Rido says darkly. I glare at him, stepping back and cradling my cousin closer to my chest. Rido's look turns darker at my refusal.

"You dare to disobey your king? Well then, shall I make you hand him over?"

There is no way I can fight a pureblood, let alone a Kuran. What am I going to do? I cannot protect Hanabusa and fight a pureblood. That would only result in both of our deaths.

As I am contemplating what to do, an unexpected savior comes to our rescue.

"Leave them alone!" Yuuki shouts, a deadly looking scythe in her hand. Next to her is Kaname, who is slightly in front of Yuuki. Rido turns his attention towards them and grins at Yuuki.

"I see you brought my other prey to me." Kaname glares at him, shielding Yuuki from view by stepping completely in front of her.

"I will protect her." Kaname says fiercely, sending out a shockwave along the floor towards Rido. Rido grins, dodging the attack right as it gets near him and in a flash, he is gone.

"Kain, take Aidou and Yuuki to a safe place." Kaname orders, bringing Yuuki over to me. I nod, rushing towards the door. I stop as he realize Yuuki is not following me. Turning around, I see her looking at Kaname with a determined look on her face.

"I want to help you fight Rido." She says defiantly. Kaname looks pained at the request.

"Yuuki…" He starts, but is cut off by Yuuki.

"No buts, I am staying with you to help bring down Rido since I am the one he wants."

Kaname nods reluctantly. "Fine, but stay on the defense and attack from a distance."

Yuuki nods, probably only agreeing because she knows it is the only way that Kaname will let her stay and fight. Kaname turns towards me, motioning towards the door.

"Take Aidou to safety." Kaname says.

I nod at him, running out the door with my cousin in my arms. I keep running until I can see the chairman's house in view. I run faster, opening the door and flying up the stairs towards the chairman's room. I enter, laying Hanabusa down on the chairman's bed. He has a look of pain on his face. A bit of sweat rolls down his face as he tosses and turns in his sleep.

"Akatsuki…" I hear him mutter quietly.

"Akatsuki…help…" He murmurs, turning back towards me. I smile, placing my hand on his head, smoothing back some of his blonde locks. He calms down at the touch, leaning into me.

"Hanabusa." I say, petting his hair. He stops tossing and turning, opening his eyes slowly. He looks blearily at me, looking a little dazed.

"Akatsuki…?" He questions, as if he is unsure that I am here in the flesh.

"I'm here Hanabusa." I say, smiling at him and bringing him into a hug. He breathes in my scent, wrapping his arms around my back and snuggling his face into my chest. I smile at how cute he is being and continue petting his hair.

"You're here." He says quietly.

"I'm here." I agree, putting my head on top of his.

"I thought…I thought no one would save me and he would have me…" He whispers softly, snuggling closer into my chest.

"I would never let that happen to you my love. I will never let anyone take you away from me." I say, kissing the top of his head. I can barely feel his tears as they soak through my coat. He is trembling in my arms. I hug him closer, lifting his chin so he is looking into my eyes. His beautiful ice blue eyes are filled with tears. Leaning down, I kiss his tears away, cupping his cheeks and pulling him into a passionate kiss.

He moans into my mouth, kissing back. I lick the bottom of his lip, begging for entrance, which he immediately grants. We kiss for another few minutes before coming up for air. He smiles at me and I bring him back into my chest, shielding him from the war going on outside.

So cute. I just love Kain x Aidou together, even though they are cousins.

The next few chapters will be about what I think should have happened after Shiki was possessed and when Kaname was feeding Zero his blood. However, as I continue reading and going back over the Manga and Anime, I will add more one-shots from scenes or even made up one-shots off the top of my head.

Sorry if some of the characters seemed OOC. I might end up going back and re-writing this.