Yuuki ran through the ice cold rain, her heart beating to the beat of the flashing lightning around her. Kaname had asked her to marry him - but Yuuki knew deep down in her heart that she still loved Zero. She was now the pureblood princess, and Zero had already made a promise to kill her - but she also knew he loved her. It was a tough decision, but she had walked away with Kaname in the end . . . Yuuki questioned herself if she had been too quick with that choice when she saw, standing right before her, Zero Kiryuu. He looked sad, his lavender eyes gleaming. Yuuki could tell that it wasn't the rain making his eyes wet, either. He had been crying and walking away from a graveyard. Yuuki swallowed hard.

" Zero, " She looked at him. He looked at her, scowling - Zero wished Yuuki hadn't seen him crying. " Zero, what's wrong? "

" Go away. " He pushed her aside gently, moving foward. His white hair hid his eyes now - Yuuki couldn't know what he was feeling without seeing his eyes. She sniffled, starting to really miss Cross Academy and just being a "human" who watched the vampires and protected their secrets. In just a few months, she had begun a different life. A life she feared she might not want. Every turn now was a life-threatening one; every word she said now was extremely important. She feared inside her heart she wasn't ready to be the Princess, but then she pictured her mother and tried her hardest to be a good ruler. Still, the yearning for the past lurked inside her, where the "Human Yuuki" still remained, crying and suffering - wishing to be at home, with Zero and the Headmaster and Yori.

" Zero, wait! " Yuuki called out. . . But he was already vanishing into the Summer storm.

...

" Onii-sama! " Sara called out to Ichijou as she hugged him. Her long blonde hair curled around her shoulders and smelt of honey. Ichijou smiled at his so-called sister.

" Ichijou-san? " Came the twin murmers that belonged to Shiki and Rima. Ichijou turned to see his old best friends, a feeling of sadness and guilt washing over him. Sadness from not seeing them in two years and guilt from not letting them know where he went; he actually completely dropped contact with them. Even though he had accidently bumped into them at a meeting and they had forgiven him, he still felt awful for it. Sara's big eyes scanned over Shiki and Rima. She showed no real interest in Shiki, but when the Pureblood girl locked eyes on Rima, she smiled and giggled.

" Hi, there. Do I know you? " Sara shook Rima's hand. Rima blinked, unsure what to say or do. Shiki took Rima's hand away slowly and held onto it, giving Sara somewhat of a evil look. He didn't like Sara, and he wasn't about to let Sara be involved with Rima - no, Shiki had to watch out for Rima. Ever since what happened with Rido, he made a promise to himself as he slept beside her, waiting for her to heal. He made a promise to himself, God, and Rima that he would protect her at all costs from that point on. The thought of losing Rima that day was what made him promise that -he had realized he loves her. Shiki had kept that to himself of course, but he knew he would tell her later if Rima didn't find out herself.

" Um, no, but I'm Rima Touya. Nice to meet you. " Rima said politely, half-way smiling at Sara. Shiki and Ichijou stared at Rima's sweet smile, amazed. She never smiled - especially not to strangers. Sara smiled back.

" Sara. I hope we can be good friends. "

" Maybe. " Rima tightened a pigtail.

" Let's go shopping this weekend together. Just me and you - it will give us some girl time, you know? We can finally get away from the boys. " Sara giggled and hugged Rima, then swiftly went back inside Ichijou's mansion before Shiki could protest. He turned to Rima -

But shut his mouth when he saw how happy Rima looked. She had made a friend - a friend that was a girl. Rima didn't have a girl friend . . .

Why should he take that away from the one he loves? Besides, Sara shows no threat . . .

Right?

CREDITS

Matsuri Hino owns Vampire Knight.

Leave a reveiw please? I will add more chapters to this as soon as I can

*Ruka, Kain, Aidou, and Seiren will be in the next chapter.

Sorry this one is so short.