Disclaimer: I do not own either the Vampire Knight manga or the anime. I merely own my mind, which created based off of the manga and anime this story. I also own a great love for the character Zero! Easily the strongest character in the show in my opinion!
A/N: Hello Vampire Knight fans or simply readers curious to see what this story is all about! And might I say "Happy Halloween!" lol, Ok, before you think, 'Dang this chick has her months mixed up,' let me explain: I work in the great world of retail (honestly, I really do love my job. it presents new challenges for me every day, and if the challenges aren't so obvious, I love being able to make mini challenges for myself to make the store all that much better), and lo and behold (but hopefully not a shocker to my fellow USA residents), we're already putting out Halloween costumes and such where I work. What does this mean? This means that I as an author am seeing so much orange and black that I am beyond hyped up for one of my favorite holidays this year! I actually sprang for "Repo! The Genetic Opera" and "The Nightmare Before Christmas" soundtrack today. So I can watch Repo and drive to the sounds of one of my favorite Tim Burton movies! I also can NOT hardly wait for a Halloween store that always opens up around October to open up down here. :D Furthermore, I've decided to celebrate the holiday by writing a fanfic that's been in my head for a couple of weeks now about one of my favorite anime and manga series: Vampire Knight! I hope to actually have it done by the 31st of October, and hope that it will be a great gift to all of you! Even if parts of it may be rather . . . disturbing or touchy.
So, what's this story about? Ok, before I continue, I must scream from the top of some place very high: SPOILER ALERT! I have watched all of the anime and am working my way through the manga, and let me tell you, that leads to me including information in this story, and even in this very chapter, that is gathered throughout the anime and parts of the manga. So what does this mean? If you don't want the secrets spoiled, do not read. As for this story, it starts right after the end of Episode 4 of the anime, and basically involves that last scene betwixt Zero and Yuki taking a turn for the worst. This story follows what happens after said turn.
Overall, major warnings are going to be this:
-In the beginning, pretty much everyone's emotions regarding one another are similar to those felt in the show. Sure, there is going to be some OOCness occurring, due to situations, but overall, I try to keep a bit close in the beginning to how the characters are portrayed in the show. I try my hardest to get into the mind of the characters and experience what they would be experiencing (but clearly without sinking my teeth into a neck). So, if it is OOCness, I hope that it is still a joy to read!
-This story will contain bondage, gore, S & M, slavery, and graphic sexual scenes. Is that the goal of the story? No. It is merely a way for me to get this idea in my head down on paper. And I swear, in my mind this story does have a happy ending. I also will try to be gentle with the darker scenes. But, I must also ask that you keep in mind as the reader that it is rated Mature for a reason.
-This story will include guy on guy sexual/intimate scenes, whether non-con or con. So if you don't like yaoi, just. . . keep that in mind.
-This story will take an AU twist within itself. So please, if you like the outcomes from the show and don't want to read anything other than that, don't read, please. With my last story that I posted, I had one fan of a couple from the franchise pestering me about keeping that couple in the story. Which wouldn't have worked in the story. However, I got so irritated with said fan that it turned me off from the franchise completely, and I took the story down. On that note, please no flamers. And, just so you guys know, I consider a Flamer anyone who tries to impose their ideas upon others at levels that imply closemindedness, a lack of listening skills, zero constructive criticism, etc. If someone is persistently a flamer in regards to this tale, I will report that person for abuse. Everyone has a right to their own way of thinking about things. Don't hate, appreciate.
-This story is actually my first Mpreg story. So don't let that alarm you, please.
Ok, sorry about rambling on and on if it seems that I did. Just wanted to make sure I got everything down! so, without further ado, please go ahead! Read! And please, tell me what you think, beloved readers!
Zero trembled beneath Yuki's arms as he stood staring at the full moon above. A mere shadow of the almighty sun, much like how Zero was now a mere shadow of the hunter he once was. How could he possibly be a hunter again, now that he'd . . . he'd given in to that side of himself? Zero's fangs pierced Yuki's flesh, the girl's skin breaking away easily for him as his teeth sank through the tendons and into her arteries, the pearly penetrators held firmly in place by the hugging muscles of her neck and bathed in the sweet flow of blood beneath. Her sweet blood drained from the arteries and into Zero. He sucked hungrily at her, the liquid like cool water to a parched throat as it ran down his tongue. But rather than be satisfied with the refreshment he'd received, Zero only wanted more. Thirsted for more. NEEDED MORE. Her neck muscles moved around his fangs with each quickened breath, stimulating his gums and sending not shocks of pain through him, but pleasure. Zero's hands gripped Yuki tightly his fingernails digging into her along with his fangs to hold her in place as she began to mildly struggle. Each tremble she made only added to his appetite, stimulating his dark desires. As he dug his fingers in deeper, in an attempt to keep the squirming girl closer, more blood was drawn from beneath his nails. He held her closer, breathing in the scent of the spilled blood, drinking the sweet life giving fluid that she had kept hidden away from the world. . .Zero trembled, tears forming in his eyes as he gazed at the moon.
No matter how much he tried to ignore it, he couldn't deny the memory of those feelings of euphoria, of pleasure, that his body and soul had felt as he'd drained Yuki. He'd been able to feel every pulse like it was his own heartbeat, and it didn't revolt him but only egged him on, urging him to satisfy his lust. The memory of those feelings were even crueler than the fear he'd felt as Shizuka Hio had bitten savagely into his own neck four years previous. After all, fear was something he'd felt on occasion growing up: lusting for blood in such a manner and feeling such euphoria once awarded the crimson liquid was something he'd vowed never to do. For years, Zero had believed Vampires to be monsters, lusting after blood and enjoying the act of stealing it from mortals who sorely needed it more. Such was the mentality his Vampire Hunter Master Yagari had taught Zero throughout his training. That was the mentality that had enabled Zero to cope with the idea of his fate as a hunter. He could kill monsters, because they weren't like him. At least, not before. Now he was the monster. Those feelings he'd felt as he'd attacked Yuki proved it. Zero felt the tears forming in his eyes streak down his cheeks, and his lips shook as he gazed at the moon.
Right after he'd bit Yuki, after he'd lost control of the beast within himself, he'd tried taking his own life. He'd had Bloody Rose in his mouth, crouching on his floor. Nothing seemed better than the idea of squeezing that trigger and putting an end to any harm he could further commit. But as he'd rested his finger on the trigger, he'd realized rather grimly the dark truth: he couldn't do it. He couldn't take his own life, even after he'd become the thing he'd sworn to destroy, the creature he'd grown up despising. In spite of all he'd gone through, he was still too selfish as he clung to life to just let it go and allow the world to live on without him in it. That was why he'd tried to get Yuki to do so. She deserved the right to, anyway. She was the one his fangs had sunk into. And yet, the anger he counted on to be in her wasn't there. Instead, she clung to him as he stood in the moonlight, just as he'd clung to his own pathetic life. He shut his eyes tight, gritting his fangs as the tears raced down his throat, right next to his racing pulse.
"For the past four years I've stayed by your side, and I had ABSOLUTELY no idea what you were going through! . . . I am NOT afraid of you! No matter what, I'm still gonna stay by your side." The words rang through Zero's mind like a funeral knell even minutes after Yuki had uttered them. Didn't she get that staying near Zero would be the worst thing she could do for either of them? How could it do anyone any good? She'd constantly be in danger of being attacked as Zero gradually became more and more of a Level E, and if he managed to actually restrain himself, his body would be in constant torment due to her closeness! She was the forbidden fruit that once tasted he could not forget. He would constantly thirst for her. Even now, it felt as if a hot rod was being shoved down his throat, leaving him parched, thirsty for the relief he felt only her blood could give. And he didn't know how long he could go without appeasing that feeling. Zero gulped, closing his eyes tightly, as his tongue seemed to grow in his mouth, as dry as the desert sun. Was she so determined and stubborn to prove to Zero that the strength she falsely perceived to exist within him was truly there, to the point where she'd put so much at risk? Zero gritted his teeth.
He'd hoped for so long to have that kind of strength. But now, he knew all too well that it didn't exist. It might have in the beginning, but over time and countless battles with his Vampire desires, it'd gradually eroded away, to where now there was nothing where that strength once was. Zero ground his teeth harder together, feeling his jawbones creak against the pressure. No matter how much he wanted to believe that Yuki could solve everything by being at his side, another part of him-the logical part- knew that she'd become only a hazard for Zero and herself. He couldn't ever deny that now her mere scent was causing his mouth to begin to water and his hands to twitch, wishing to grab her and sink his teeth into her and drain her of all her blood until she was dry. And she wasn't even bleeding yet! Zero hung his head, giving a shuddering breath as he gazed at the cobblestones. There was only one solution he could think of, "Yuki, I've got to go. It's not safe for me to be here. Not with you . . . not with anyone . . . not anywhere. . ." he made to move away, pushing her arms away and forcing her back a step. Yuki grunted as she staggered backwards, but then quickly glared at Zero's backside, "NO! ZERO, I WON'T LEAVE YOU ALONE TO STRUGGLE WITH THIS! YOUV'E BEEN DOING THAT FOR TOO LONG! NOW I'M HERE, AND I'M GOING TO HELP YOU!" Lunging forward, she grabbed his wrist, wrenching it back towards her. Zero roared as he was wrenched around, staring in fury and worry at her.
Yuki's blood pulsed and boiled with her frustration, and Zero could practically hear it racing just centimeters from his own through their skin as she gripped him tightly. It sent a surge of want through him, an animalistic instinct to strike the woman from whom it flowed and drain her of every ounce of it. Zero barred his fangs at Yuki, as his now glowing eyes fell upon her neck, pale, bare, and shining in the moonlight. It was an attempt to both scare her and to keep his teeth together-after all, they couldn't clamp onto Yuki if they were held tightly together-but both goals were seemingly unattainable. He could feel the fangs moving slowly apart, could feel his tongue whisk out and lap at them, as his breathing quickened and he panted through them. "There we are," a cold voice slurred throughout his mind, "Nice and slick, and ready to grab on. Now that they're even wet, they'll be able to slide right into the wounds they've already made." Zero shivered. Yes, it'd be so simple to just open the puncture wounds up more, to finish what he'd started. . . So frightfully simple . . .
He roared, and his other hand flung up and gripped his face and head, the fingers running through his locks of silver hair and pulling harshly in an attempt to maintain some sort of control, as he jerked his head around, panting hard into the hand as Yuki glared hard at him and tightened her grip on his other wrist, "YOU CAN'T RUN AWAY FROM THIS, ZERO! YOU HAVE TO FACE IT HEAD ON! YOU CAN CONTROL THIS!" she jerked him closer, and Zero began to panic, trying hard to jerk away, to fight the urge to lunge forward and sink his teeth into her neck. It seemed as if the conflict between his instinct and intellect would rip him apart, and it only became worse the closer he was to her. The easier she made it for his Vampire side. . . He jerked his head around, staring at her in fear, as Yuki reached out to touch his cheek. . . "Right there, the wrist. It doesn't have to be the neck first. Just twist around, grab it, and sink your fangs into that nice, fragile wrist. She won't be able to pull away. You're too strong for that. You could make short of work of her . . . just reach around . . . just twist your head, jus. . ." that dark voice murmured in his mind. Zero cried out, and tried to wrench away, doubling over with his head ducked, eyes shut tight, "NO! NO I WON'T DO IT!"
He jerked his head around, staring terrified at Yuki, sweating. But he wasn't afraid of her: he was afraid of himself. Was afraid of what his eyes saw before him. Yuki Cross was beginning to look less like his friend and more like his prey. He automatically analyzed all of her weak spots, and his mind was a whirlwind of possible ways for him to disarm her and sink his teeth into her tender flesh . . . He whimpered, tears streaming down. He needed to leave, or for her to leave! He couldn't stay here much longer, "P-p-pl. . ." he began to stammer, and then cried out, his free hand moving to cover his ear. All he could hear was her pulse. It pounded on his brain, and son his heart was racing in time with hers. All he could smell was her blood. It left him both highly stimulated and with the beginnings of a headache. His tongue swirled and flicked at his fangs, longing to have that blood rushing over it. Zero felt as if he was sinking into darkness with no way of getting out. And the feeling was getting worse by the second. He shot up and gripped his arm that she held tightly with his free hand, beginning to tug at it, trembling and panicking all over, "PLEASE! PLEASE LEAVE ME ALONE, YUKI! GET AWAY FROM ME! GET. . ." He grunted and backed further away, dragging her with him. He moved his hand over hers, trying to pry her finger away, and his own fingers fumbling about in his hurry. He could practically feel the clock that was the bomb of his control counting down. Soon, he'd lose it. Soon, he wouldn't be able to hold back. He had to get away from Yuki Cross, NOW!
She glared hard at him, "NO! NO I WON'T LEAVE YOU TO THE DARKNESS, ZERO! I WON'T SEE IT DEVOUR YOU!" Zero's skittish eyes flew to her face, his breath coming in gasps. "Y-Yuki, please. . . I don't want you to be hurt . . . please. . ." Suddenly her eyes softened, and she gazed at him with sweet pity, "Zero, I understand your concern. But I want to help . . . Zero, you're like a brother to me, please let me help yo-"she reached out a gentle hand to touch his cheek. Zero's nostrils flared as she touched his skin. He saw only red, and a ringing flooded his ears, even drowning out her very heart beat. Suddenly, his hand was lunging forward and grabbing at her shoulder, his mouth was going for her throat. . . "I don't think so," a cool voice murmured, as a harsh hand grabbed Zero's own and wrenched him away from Yuki as another cold grasp circled his throat and tightened, twisting around the body part, nearly cutting off his airways due to its vicelike tendency.
Yuki stared, mouth agape, at the Pureblood Vampire who now held Zero's back flush against his chest, one firm, iron like arm wrapped around Zero's two upper limbs as his other arm's cool hand clutched Zero's throat in a way that kept the Vampire behind Zero out of the turning Level E's bite zone as Zero panted, staring with mad red eyes up at the moon, nostrils flaring, his wet fangs hanging apart from one another and gleaming in the moonlight. Kaname turned his cold crimson eyes to the Ex-Hunter, and narrowed them as he gripped Zero tighter, his nails biting into the silver haired teen's own skin, causing rivers of blood to run down Zero's neck. The younger male whimpered slightly, shutting his eyes slightly as Kaname's rage towards him seemed to flow off of the brunette in waves that nearly drowned Zero with their intensity. Kaname leaned down, and ran his long, rough tongue up one river on Zero's neck, before pressing his smooth, cold lips against Zero's trembling ear, whispering venomously, "Sorry to interrupt your late night snack, Zero, but I won't let you bite Yuki a second time. Certainly not in the same week." At that moment, a shock seemed to race up Zero's spine, and the borderline Level E shuddered and groaned as he was knocked out, head hanging forward and draped over Kaname's cool fingers which stroked his throat roughly. Kaname felt the fury rising within him as he felt Zero's pulse slow, felt the lowly Level E's blood still on his tongue . . . He felt his own fangs extend. More than anything he wanted to kill Zero, to drain him until he was nothing more than a lifeless corpse on the ground. Especially after what the rabid Vampire almost did to Yuki. . .again! How dare he even think of touching a Pureblood, even if she was currently locked away in a human form? Kaname flared his lips away, allowing his fangs to fully shine in their glory, and leaning in, raked them against the unconscious male's neck, causing two long lines to be left behind from which new blood streamed.
Yuki gasped, seeming to come out of the trance Kaname'd kept her quiet under as he'd knocked out Zero. She'd found her voice as his attention had been diverted by his own blood lust, "KANAME, NO! STOP! DON'T HURT HIM! PLEASE!" He snarled low in his throat, his fangs having dug just deeply enough to break through the first arterial wall, to feel Zero's blood against them and to feel the bones of Zero's neck creak under the slight pressure as Zero's head was tilted to provide better access. Reaching up with the throat hand, he quickly gripped Zero's bangs, pulling away and licking his tongue over the puncture wounds, releasing molecules that would stop the bleeding gradually. He glared at the pale cheek of the boy he held securely in his grasp. Growling . . . If she didn't care so deeply for you, Kiryu, I'd do much more to you than make you pass out. A groan escaped Zero's throat as he was released, a dark print from Kaname's hand-sure to bruise later- around his throat.
"ZERO!" Yuki shrieked, staring in horror as Zero collapsed, sliding down Kaname to crumple on the ground. She turned to Kaname, believing her childhood friend to be dead, tears racing down at the blood Kaname quickly took out a black handkerchief to wipe from his lips, still glaring down at Zero's form. She took a step forward, "Kaname, how . . . why . . . what . . . he didn't know what he was doing!" Kaname narrowed his eyes at Yuki, "Oh, he did, Yuki. He just couldn't control anything he was doing. Zero's been battling that savage part of him for years, the part that has always thirsted for human blood. And now, no matter how much he wants to, he can no longer keep it in check. So I took the liberty of doing that for him. Forgive me if I wasn't in a great mood as I did so. He was about to kill you, after all." Yuki glared at Kaname. In spite her love and devotion towards the Vampire, she wouldn't let his harsh actions towards Zero go unchecked, especially if Zero . . . she darted her eyes down to the silver haired boy on the ground. In that instant, seeing him lying so still, she felt fear grip her heart. Was he dead? She had to know, even though she was fearful of the answer. . .
She rushed forward and collapsed next to him. She wasn't going to deny that Zero's blood lust had terrified her yet again, that as he'd lunged she'd felt fear well up inside her at the pain that would surely follow-and she'd been so sure that he could still fight it- but she couldn't just let him be killed! She rolled him over, and pressed her fingers hurriedly to his neck, holding her breath as the tears streamed down her cheeks, waiting for a pulse. . . Kaname's lip curled back in fury, and his eyes glowed red. How DARE Yuki feel such concern for her attacker? "I didn't kill him Yuki. You needn't worry about that. I merely knocked him out for a few hours. . . Aido, Kain." he turned to the two Vampires who after hearing their names walked out into the moonlight as quietly as ghosts. Their eyes darted over the entire scene before landing on Kaname. Like clockwork, each placed his right hand to his chest and bowed to him, "Lord Kaname, what is it that you request of us?" "Take Zero Kiryu to my quarters. I'll deal with him once I arrive there. He's not to be further harmed," the Pureblood muttered, his tone laced with the frustration he felt towards the situation in general. Aido frowned confusedly for a moment before nodding, "Of course sir!" With that the two rushed forward without further hesitation.
Yuki gazed at the Vampires with uncertainty in her heart, and held Zero closer to her, gripping him tightly and pulling him away from Aido and Kain's hands. "W-what are you going to do to him?" Kaname frowned as her eyes, frightened, fell on him. He sighed, moving to rest a hand on her forehead as a small smile found its way on his face in an attempt to reassure her, I'm sorry, Yuki. I hate having to do this, but I can't let you put yourself in harm's way for Zero's sake. I know what's best for him, and you'll just have to accept that.
"I'm merely helping Zero, Yuki. I have a plan that will make him all better," Yuki frowned at him and opened her mouth to object towards his vagueness, to demand more information, but then Kaname's eyes flashed purple, and a purple orb of electricity formed over her head as she was knocked out as well, her memory instantly modified, before she fell to the cobblestone path. She'd not remember this night as it transpired, but rather as Kaname felt it best remembered. After Zero asked her to kill him and he left on his own, leaving her in his room, she'd simply remain there. Nothing like this would have happened. It was cruel, Kaname knew, to do this to her, but it was a necessary cruelty. Moving around her and kneeling beside her, he scooped her up in his arms and turned to Aido and Kain, who frowned at him, waiting for him to speak again. "I'm taking Yuki back to Headmaster Cross's office. You two, take Kiryu to my room as ordered. I have something to discuss with the Headmaster, but after that, I'll be right back in the Moon Dorm," the Pureblood remarked calmly.
Kaname stood, holding Yuki close, watching as Zero was lifted up and slung over Kain's shoulders, the darker haired Vampire much stronger than Aido. Taking the lead, the shorter blonde led Kain away, both bowing their heads to the dorm president they sought so fervently to serve. Kaname spared one last frown at Zero's head as it lulled back and forth on Kain's back, some of the blood that still seeped from the wounds on his neck racing down and intermeshing with his silver locks of hair. Licking at his lips once more at the last traces of the Ex-Hunter's blood, sensing Yuki in each bit, Kaname sighed before turning and beginning a quick pace as he made for Headmaster Cross's office. The night was halfway over, and yet he still had so much to do. He'd be sure to get Zero the control he needed, if only for the sake of Yuki's protection. If everything went as planned, Zero wouldn't lay eyes or even a hand on Yuki Cross ever again. And although Kaname felt sad about what sort of feelings such an arrangement would cause in Yuki, he knew that this was what was needed. For a while he'd entertained the thought of allowing Zero to remain a part of the Day Class, at least for a little while. But now, realizing how easy it was for Zero's Vampire half to take control of the hunter and guardian, the Pureblood knew that that notion was and always had been nothing but a folly.
Kaname made quick work of arriving at Cross's office to find the Headmaster collapsed at his desk. He arched an eyebrow, not accustomed to such slumping in his presence, "Late night with the association president, Headmaster Cross?" Cross jerked his head up and stared at Kaname in surprise, before his eyes moved to Yuki lying passed out in the Pureblood's arms, "What happened?" the man whispered, all business for once as he rushed to take Yuki from the Vampire and lay her down on the couch of the room. "Just what I predicted might happen. Zero lost control. Again," Kaname muttered coldly, crossing his arms. "He didn't. . ." Cross whispered, quickly moving to inspect Yuki's neck. "No, I got there in time to stop that from happening. But only just in time . . . when I smelled Yuki's blood, I knew haste was necessary," Kaname remarked. He blinked and gave a sigh, his fury towards Zero from earlier subsiding slightly to give way to calmer reasoning, "I have reason to believe that Zero didn't willingly intend to do anything of the sort towards her. But Yuki refused to leave him alone, stubborn to be there for him. . ." he sighed and shook his head, muttering a quick "Foolish child" before continuing, arms folded behind his back, " In the end, his animalistic urge for blood was too much for the young Kiryu. I stepped in at that moment and detained him." Cross looked up and frowned at Kaname, "How did you detain him, might I ask?"
Kaname frowned right back, "I didn't kill or devour Zero, if that's what you mean. I wanted to, believe you me. But I didn't. I merely knocked him out and had Aido and Kain transport him to my room in the Moon Dorm. There Zero will remain under lock and key until a decision is made to solve the current problem. It's truly the best thing for Zero, other than locking him in a dungeon-and don't worry, if push comes to shove I have no objections to that idea either-for you see, my room has reinforced walls and doors. And the windows are reinforced as well, and will only open at my touch." Cross narrowed his eyes, "I can smell Zero's blood, ever so slightly, on you. You may not have killed or devoured him, Kaname, but do not deny that you didn't get a taste." Kaname flared his nostrils, glaring at him, "With the fury I was feeling, you best be glad I didn't drain him immediately, ravenously, as he was about to do to my sister. If it weren't for her, I would have given him just what I felt in that moment he deserved." Cross glared at him, and then sighed. The smell of blood wasn't too terribly strong, and he knew Kaname wouldn't be able to go forth and devour Zero with Yuki present, no matter what trance he tried to place the girl under. The Headmaster therefore lowered his eyes and sighed, running a hand through his hair, "Well, at the very least that's a relief . . . at least Zero's alive, I mean . . . and Yuki. I suppose you modified her memory as well?" "Of course," Kaname remarked, blinking, his emotions once more in check, "Zero's issue shouldn't harm her any more than it already has."
Cross sighed and sat down at his desk again, groaning as he leaned back in it and Kaname continued. Sometimes, he truly felt that although he'd quit fighting Vampires, he still felt as if the weight of the world remained on his yoke. Kaname tilted his head, frowning at the man, "I delved into her mind and found that she had previously lain down on Zero's bed. I have modified that so that after he left she 'fell asleep'- or 'passed out', rather- there and you came in and moved her to your couch," he explained. Cross nodded, taking off his glasses and moving his hands towards his face, "Good, good, that's at least a believable story, with all that she's been through recently, she very well could pass out," Cross rubbed at his temples. Kaname frowned. He wished to get to the true matter at hand. Now. He took a step forward, and pressed onward, "And now there's the issue of Zero to deal with."
Cross frowned and looked up at Kaname, eyebrow raised slightly. He certainly isn't wasting time with this . . . if I didn't know how efficient he typically is with his plans, I'd say he was enjoying this too much. Was too eager. . . Kaname frowned right back at the man, noting his skepticism and ignoring it, "I agreed to keep Zero in the Day Class under one condition, Headmaster. And I plan for you to uphold your side of that bargain."
Cross gritted his teeth, as he recalled his previous conversation with the Pureblood: "You know that Zero Kiryu can't go to the Night Class, Kaname," Cross muttered, turning away from Kaname shortly after the Pureblood made his bequest. Sighing, the longer haired man began to clean up the medic station Kaname had used as he'd cleaned off Yuki. Kaname gritted his teeth, eyes flaring dangerously, "He's too much of a threat to remain in the Day Class, though. And not just to Yuki, but to all the mortal students. Even you and your pacifism can't deny that." "The Night Class would rip him apart, Kuran! He disrespects you, at least according to them, and has had confrontations in the past with each of its primary members!" Cross snapped, whipping around to face Kaname, frustration in his gaze. Kaname walked quickly over, and grabbing the bloodied gauze from the man's hand, held it up in his clenched fist to be mere inches from the Ex-Hunter's face. "So what do you propose we do? Just leave Zero in the Day Class and wait for the next attack?" "That was a freak accident," Cross sighed, closing his eyes and shaking his head, bowing it in his exhaustion, "Zero had one moment of weakness. After four years of controlling his hunger, I think he's entitled to one. I'm sure he'll be able to keep his Vampire side reined in from now on. At least for a little while. . ." Kaname frowned hard at the man, then his eyes softened, "Very well. I'll give Kiryu the benefit of the doubt. Perhaps he can keep his Vampire tendencies under control. As long as that remains true, I'll allow that he stays with the Day Class. But only on one condition. . ."
Cross gritted his teeth, "Kaname, I agree that something should be done concerning Zero, but . . . but this?" "You agreed to it," Kaname pointed out and tilted his head down, reaching into his jacket and pulling out some folded up sheets of paper. Cross sighed and hung his head in defeat, "Zero's a hunter's child . . . he was raised to hunt, to kill, Vampires! To serve Vampires . . . it'd be a fate worse than death in his eyes!" "But it won't be death. In fact it will be a way to give Zero the thing he wants most: control," Kaname slurred soothingly. Cross gritted his teeth and moved his head and gaze up, taking the papers Kaname offered him. Unfolding them, he sighed as he ran his eyes over them. "You had these printed out?" "Of course. Right after our agreement. After all, if Zero is going to be on the Vampire Slave Auction Block, he's going to need papers, with as much information on him as possible contained within them," Kaname replied. Cross frowned and looked up at him, uneasiness remaining in his eyes in his eyes. Kaname frowned at him, "Cross, I can assure you. Some of these bidders, they're not so bad. And at least Zero can get to know them before they have a chance to buy him. You know how it usually goes! He can let us know if any seem iffy. And you would have the power to deny them the right to bid on him should he feel that you would need to."
Cross frowned, "Kaname, I know you're thinking of your father. And I'm sure he treated his slaves very well . . . but you can't base every single situation regarding these auctions off of those cases, no matter how devoted they were or how kind your family is." Kaname frowned and turning, pulled out the one thing he kept in his pockets at all times: a slender, silver, engraved collar with beautiful rose stems and the actual flowers themselves formed out of rubies carefully cut embedded within the design. In the center at the front of the collar was an ornate "K".
"I can't help it, Cross. One of them raised me, and in the end, saved me," Kaname whispered. It had been his maid and protector, Rose. She'd taken care of Kaname long before and in more ways than Seiren ever would. Bought by his father specifically for the purpose of raising him, she'd had always been there to watch over him. They'd been out for a walk one day, mainly because Kaname wanted to get out of the manor, when a Level E had attacked. Rose, had attacked with no less ferocity than as if Kaname had been her own offspring and in turn had destroyed the Level E before dying from battle damage herself. Kaname had held her in his arms as she'd died, and hadn't even moved from that spot until someone had come out looking for him. He'd begged his father to give him Rose's collar. The one that had kept her normally out-of-control-Level-E tendencies in check. It was that collar which had bound her to Kaname's family, and now bound him to her memory.
Cross sighed, gazing at Kaname. Kaname had remarked earlier when they'd made the deal about Rose. "Zero won't like the idea. He's not like her, Kaname, and never will be. . . But you're right . . . it seems that it would be the best path. . . I don't want to kill him if it's not necessary, after all. . . I'm not even sure if I could . . . I just hope he'll not be too upset. . ." "He'd probably rather us kill him," Kaname granted, before turning to Yuki as his frown deepened, "But even if I could lie to Yuki about killing him, in my heart I could never live with doing that to her. I already lie about so much regarding her. . ." Cross nodded, "I understand. You know that killing Zero would be the greatest insult should she know that it occurred. And so, even if you could wipe her memory, you'd know in your heart that you'd have done something she would hate you for." Kaname frowned, "Exactly." He turned to Cross, "So, that leaves this auction as the truly only option. So fill out that form and come to the Moon Dorm. I'll be in my room, waiting." Turning on his heel he walked briskly away from Cross. Cross sighed, sagging his shoulders, and turned to the top sheet of the forms. Gazing at the blank name slot. Zero, please forgive me. Reaching out, he gripped his pen, and scrawled the boy's name down.
Moments later, Kaname entered his room and frowned at Zero lying still on the bed. Walking over, he gazed down at the lower level Vampire, lying with his arms flat to his sides. Reaching out, he brushed Zero's hair away from his forehead. It was then that Zero's drying blood caught his attention. Aido and Kain truly had done nothing towards Zero. The blood remained on his neck from the wounds Kaname had caused. The Pureblood took in a deep breath and leaned down. He couldn't deny the smell of Zero's blood was slightly alluring. He hadn't had fresh human blood in so long. . . As if he needed further encouragement, his father's voice rang through his mind, and even in its joking tone, Kaname felt obliged to listen and heed it, "Waste not, and want not, Kaname. Where blood is spilt, there is opportunity for nourishment."
Kaname ran his tongue up Zero's neck, scraping up some of the blood that had streamed down and taking in the unique sweet yet biting flavor of the boy's life giving elixir. As he moved his tongue over the neck, his fangs nicked the holes he'd caused earlier, causing more blood to fall from their entrances, touching his lips as he passed over them. Cupping Zero's cheek gingerly, taking advantage of the situation, he tilted his head, and sucked hungrily- merely with his lips- from Zero's neck wound, feeling the powers the turning vampire held flowing over his tongue and down his throat. Holding Zero closer, the Pureblood lost himself temporarily in the sensations caused by the act. Now fury didn't fuel his actions. Merely desire for the power he could gain from the unconscious form beneath him fueled this blood drawing. Reasoning that Zero owed Kaname for thinking so far ahead in regards to protecting Yuki and Zero from the turning Vampire, for being prepared for Zero's uncontrollable blood lust, Kaname was able to convince himself to tilt his head more and use his teeth to nick at Zero further, eyes shutting tight as he widened the wounds just a little, sucking harder as Zero gave an involuntary groan at the act. Kaname only pressed closer, growling gently.
This sort of thing was always harder with an unconscious form. Sure they didn't fight back nearly as much, but their heart wasn't pumping nearly as fast as when awake and in the midst of a moment of having their blood taken, and so it required more work from him to get the amount he craved . . . Kaname continued to drain the Vampire, until he could sense Zero's breath quickening just a bit too quickly due to the blood loss. Pulling away, he frowned down at the younger male, moving a hand up over Zero's neck, stemming the flow for the moment, as he moved his other hand over his face, rubbing the crimson liquid away from his lips and chin. He knew he'd drained too much, or at least, much more than he'd originally planned. If he left so little in Zero, he knew the boy would be mad with lust for blood once he awoke. He didn't need Zero mad . . . well, not insane . . . he could understand him being angry with what they had planned . . . He sighed deeply, as he felt more blood drizzling from the newly widened bite marks. Turning, he rose and walked to his bathroom, to return with a wetted rag, gauze, rubbing alcohol, and bandages in one hand and a rather large bag of blood, type A, in the other, with a large syringe's handle looped around the middle finger of that hand. He sighed, blowing hard through his lips.
He hadn't looked at Zero's records close enough to know the boy's exact blood type, but he'd sniffed at all of the different types of bagged blood he kept on reserve in a fridge in his bathroom, for late night snacks to help hold him over. Blood Type A actually smelled the most like Zero. Settling down beside Kiryu, he wiped away the extra blood from Zero's neck before dousing the gauze strips in alcohol and wrapping them around the boy's neck before bandaging the gauze into place, Zero twitching at his neck at the slight stinging sensation. Once the Pureblood was satisfied that the wound's flow had been stemmed, he turned and jammed the syringe's needle deep into the bag of blood. Kaname licked his lips, holding back his own lust for the liquid as he quickly drew a third of the bag out before turning and inserting it into the opposite side of Zero's neck, into the vein beneath the skin. Moving aside Zero's clothes and placing his hand on Zero's chest, he let a spark run through his skin and Zero's, exciting the muscles of Zero's heart and pushing the new blood into his vein at the same time, moving it at a gradual pulse through the Ex-Hunter. Pausing, he turned and jammed the syringe into the now leaking bag even more and drew more out using his teeth to aid the single hand on the syringe, using his other hand to continue to keep Zero's pulse up. Turning to Zero's left arm, he dove the syringe into yet another vein there and pushed the blood out and into Zero's blood stream. Turning, he did the same with the other arm. Before moving away with the syringe and just resting his hand on Zero's pale chest, stroking it gently and patting it, feeling Zero's pulse quicken slightly, licking the last traces of the boy's blood from his lips. Normally he wouldn't waste any of his private reserve of blood on the boy, but seeing as he needed Zero healthy for the kid to even be accepted for the auction, he saw fit to use the reserve on him . . . once.
Leaning closer to Zero's face, the boy's lips moving gently with each breath, he slurred, blinking, "Your blood was delicious, Zero. And in exchange, it's time to give you what you want most, regardless of how you feel about the means. It's time to give you unbreakable, undeniable, CONTROL." Reaching down, he gripped Zero's hand, and sent tremors through his arm and into Zero's, putting the remaining materials of what he'd brought from the bathroom in his bedside table's top drawer, letting the current of his energy work its way through Zero's nerves and through Zero's brain, stimulating it. Zero grunted, his face twitching sporadically, eyes scrunching up and brows furrowing before relaxing only to continue to relax and contract again. His entire body began twitching as well, and he grunted, his mouth jerking a little as he slowly came to, being forced out of the state Kaname'd placed him in. Suddenly, his door opened, and he breathed in deeply, analyzing the scent cast by the interloper.
He blinked, "Finished Cross?" The Headmaster sighed, gazing down at the papers, "Most of its just documentation to show that Zero's willing to be in the auction. We can't fill that out until we convince Zero of our plan's effectiveness. The other stuff, I just had to pull up his files to fill in. It was only a matter of copying that information down." He rolled his eyes, "Most owners aren't interested in anything but the physical description and blood type until they actually meet the potential slave. I don't know how the latter matters, though. . ." Kaname blinked, watching as Zero grew closer and closer to awakening, "Some Vampires prefer the taste of one blood type over another. And the physicality of the slave can heighten blood lust and pleasure." "Forgive me, but I'd rather not think of Zero as a Vampire's midnight snack," Cross said haughtily, marching across to frown at Zero and the gauze on his neck.
Turning to Kaname, he took a deeper whiff of the air in the room, eyes widening, fearing the worst but expecting it all the same, "You didn't. . ." "I replaced it with more blood, don't worry," Kaname said harshly, casting the Headmaster a cutting look, "And he wasn't even awake yet. All he'll have as evidence of it will be soreness. Perhaps a bit of quickness of breath or a headache." Cross narrowed his eyes, "You're the one who's supposed to help keep mortals safe from the Vampires here." Kaname growled at him, bristling at the insult, his hair flaring from his head in his power, "I can assure you, Zero is a Vampire now, or at least a turning one. Not a mortal. And if you can find pity for him for going without feasting off of a human for four years, even though he ATTACKED Yuki and made her unable to even stand afterwards, you should be able to find pity for me who has not feasted on a human for far longer, in spite of me ATTACKING him. Especially since I REPLACED his blood and did the feasting while he was unconscious." Cross sighed.
He couldn't deny that Kaname was accurate in pointing out the double standard. He could think of Kaname as cool, calm, and collected all he wanted, but he couldn't deny that Kaname deep down was a Pureblood Vampire. Kaname had been raised with a feeling of entitlement and a thirst for blood. One that it was extremely hard for him to properly fulfill without feeding off of humans. And though he was humbler than most Purebloods or Aristocratic Vampries, Kaname had just witnessed his sister being attacked by Zero. Whether Zero had meant to attack or not, Cross could only imagine the fury Kaname had felt towards Zero. He supposed they were lucky Kaname had just drunk from Zero, nothing more. . . Choosing to change the subject, he turned and gazed at Zero, leaning down and stroking his pale, angular face,"So, he's not awake yet?" Kaname frowned, blinking at him, before turning his eyes to Zero again, "Not yet, but he's getting there. He should be awake any moment now. . ." He narrowed his eyes at the turning male beside him, sending an extra powerful current into him, Wake up. Even if you don't want to. I won't release the pressure until you wake up. At that, Zero stirred, sucking in a deep breath and tensing slightly. Kaname blinked and moved his hand away from him.
A few seconds later, Zero groaned, and slowly, his dull purple eyes moved to be open, as he breathed deeply, gazing at the crimson canopy above him. "Rise and shine, Zero. Sleep well, Vampire?" Kaname muttered. Cross sighed and leaned down, as Zero frowned and turned to them, wincing slightly as he did so at a pace that irritated the puncture wounds on his neck, "Wh-why am I here?" Kaname blinked, "I had Aido and Kain bring you here. Yuki's safe and in Cross's office." Zero narrowed his eyes at Kaname, "But why am I here? In YOUR room?" Cross sighed, and hung his head, as Kaname leaned forward, "Because, Zero Kiryu, you are a problem I intend to solve." Cross lifted his gaze up, gazing at Zero sympathetically, "Needless to say, we have a lot to talk about, Zero."