Hi everyone, this is my very first time being here and my first story. I had originally written this story for an English project. My friend told me of this website and set up an account for me. So here I am. I hope this will be good to pass my time during summer. Please enjoy and review! I own nothing!

The Chosen Mate

Flesh!

It is said that when a lock is unlocked by a key meant for it; it could leave to a lifetime full of happiness and love. It has gone on for a long time, the locks and keys not ever failing once. Many humans were happy to find their other half, no one complained; even if they are with someone they couldn't cheat. Even for vampires it is rare to see them miserable, every painful second they are waiting or searching for their lock or key.

Some were scared to look for their other half, what if they died before they meet or would simply get rejected. Even though it is impossible getting rejected, the locks and keys work in mysterious ways to get them together no matter what happens. It is true that many surprises await everyone, but one person will soon get the shock of their lifetime.

"Zero, we need your help." A small petite woman said coming down to where he was taking his break from work.

Said young man looked up to see his friend since high school rushing up to him. She stopped and pulled some of her strands of chocolate-hair out of her pale face. Her face was flushed a pink color, he saw as they also caught the attention of the med tech.

"Lily slipped in the bathroom, can you help me pick her up. Yori went to go check on her sick daughter, I told her we could cover for her. So I'm in need of help." Yuki said looking at him.

"Why not, let's go." Zero rushed to where the fallen woman was. They made sure to ask questions and see where she is hurt, Zero gently picked her up by the armpits, while Yuki slowly put her hands behind her head and back in case of any head injury. When they were done Yuki left to go write a report on the resident and her falling. Zero stayed to over check if anything was wrong, he took her top off and saw a small bruise the size of a pinball right on the side of her stomach. He looked and saw that she fell on top of her cane. He put her top on and checked her lower part of the body to see that the wrappings weren't damages from the fall.

Nodding he waved to the old woman seeing that nothing bad had happened but just a bruise who the tech med can see it later. He went back to clock back in to see Yuki writing down her report and checking what time it was. He looked at the empty halls, he got his pager and began to walk around checking his side of the rooms, He heard the beeping and went to his room.

"Yes Natalie?" Zero asked as he entered the room.

"I need to get to the toilet." The woman said.

Zero nodded and helped her to the bathroom. The poor woman didn't have no more use of her arm, so he always helped her. He found the woman to be calm and fun to talk to. He cleaned her up after she was done and helped her back to bed, he made sure to put a dipper on her for when he was not walking around here. He got out of the room wishing her goodnight and went to patrol more rooms.

He was called again by another resident. He checked his pager and groaned when it was the resident almost everyone doesn't like. He went to her room and see that the big woman was laying on her back.

"Zero, baby I need a big glass of apple juice and some hot cereal now!" the woman said trying to get up.

"Jo, it's three in the morning,"

"I want my cereal!" Jo complained glaring at Zero with her blue eyes.

"As you wish," Zero bowed and went to get the key from the med tech and walked inside the big kitchen to cook for the woman.

Zero grabbed a pan and some hot cereal, he poured milk into the meal and began to stir it with a whisk. He stirred it for five minutes and smiled when it was done, he poured it on a bowl. After he put a wrap on top of it, he left to go take it to the over weight resident.

"Jo wanted hot cereal again." Yuki said watching Zero bring the bowl inside the room. He nodded before closing the door.

Zero placed the bowl on top of Jo, who already was sitting up thanks to the pole attached to the bed. He glanced at the room, he sighed grabbing the dishes and trash bag. He cleaned the mess, he made sure to growl at the woman who was eating her hot cereal. He left the room to go check on more of the residents.

He looked at the clock and noticed that it was one more hour until he could go home and sleep all day. He started getting the residents up and changing some of them into clothes. He had to change their dippers or pads and put their pajamas on the hamper for house keeping. Zero mentally checked the list on who he was to take a shower that morning.

He got done and waited inside the nurse station, he looked at Yuki and Yori who were giggling about something, they both looked at Zero with shiny eyes. Zero raise an elegant silver eyebrow.

"Go take the trash out," Yuki said sitting down and writing some last-minute notes.

"Why can't you both do it, it's always me…" glaring while he snatched the key from Yori who smirked. Her ring finger showing her wedding band, he knew that under the wedding band was the initials of her soul mate.

Zero was there when it all happened, she had a crush back in high school too afraid to get rejected Zero and Yuki played match making. He couldn't remember much, but all he knew was that Yori had placed her destined key inside her soul mate's lock. He closed his eyes trying to remember how her smile brightened and his did as well. The lock with the key began to glow a silver glittery light until it explodes on their hands and initializing their ring finger with each other's names. Zero was only fifteen when he saw his friend's intertwined with her soul mate. He felt light, like it would lift him up from the darkest part of his body and never to be seen again. It made him want to go out there and find his soul mate. He got to the trash bins and unlocked the lock. The night was quiet, not a chirp, peep, or wind howling.

When he was heading back to the building, he checked that he only had a bit before he could clock out. He heard a rustle out by the bush. Narrowing his eyes, he went closer, to inspect what it was, the moon was full and bright making his human eyes see a bit better. He placed the trash can besides him and went to check what was hiding behind the bush.

Zero put both hands inside the bush and split it apart to come face to face with a man with different eye coloring. One blue and the other a burgundy color.

"What are you doing?" Zero frowned when he saw the other figure lean in forward sniffing him.

"Mmm,"

"Why did you just sniff me you freak?" Zero was about to back down when the man grabbed his polo shirt and brought him over in front of him. Inches from his face.

"You smell divine," he smiled showing his fangs making Zero go paler than he was.

"He-" Zero was hit over the head and fell on his bottom.

He looked up to meet crimson eyes, he gulped seeing that those were not plastic fangs and were indeed real. He was about to get up when he was pinned to the ground. His brain shut down when the man bit down on his neck. His eyes were wide, life slowly started to leave his amethyst eyes, he began to feel weak as his life was draining out of his slender body. Zero tried to pull him off his body leading him to fail. He weakly kicked him until the man's lock came out landing next to his key.

Zero felt the man pull out and noticed his lock next to the key. He grabbed both of them and put the key inside the lock, it only went half way in making the man smile an insane one before someone shouted.

"Hey! What are you doing!" one of his co-workers yelled as he held his belt in the air read to kick ass if he had to.

The man stopped putting the key inside and looked to see a man, Zero weakly struggled to get the man off him. Said man cackled as he hugged Zero from his waist and whispered something in his ear making him gasp. All he saw was crimson and fangs, and then something moved with his lips opening them. He felt something thick flow inside his mouth before sweet dark waters took him to dream land.

"I feel bad for making him go out and throw the trash away,"

Zero groaned as the mother of all headaches came his way, he tried to remember what had happened. He opened his eyes to see that he was on the floor, the lights made him groan even more, he rolled to his left side and flinched when pain soared on his neck. That got him up, flashes of what happened played before his eyes.

Different eye color.

A smirk.

Fangs…

"Zero what happened?" Yuki asked him in her worried tone.

"I don't remember…" Zero lied looking between his hands seeing the floor. His silver bangs covering his eyes not showing any emotion.

"Well your wallet was stolen and I found that the man held a switch blade. He only slid the blade over the skin nothing too deep." The man said with a sigh. "I tried going after him, but he just ran super fast."

"That's okay, it was just my wallet. It had some cash and my ID. Along with some gift cards and other shit." Zero said feeling his neck and flinched as he put a little too much pressure on the sensitive wound.

"Well we can finally go home and you can make a report to the police." Yuki said with a smile and led him up slowly to clock out.

"I would go to the doctor if I were you," the man said as he waved at them with a worried expression.

"I'll take him right away!" Yuki promised as she led him to her car and gently buckled his seat belt on.

"I can do that you know," Zero glared at the girl who huffed and stomped away to the driver's seat.

"Your welcome," Yuki growled playfully.

They drove to the hospital and got an appointment right away. They sat in a comfortable silence watching the news and how people are turning up dead. Yuki shivered and looked away with a sad expression, she sighed and looked at the plain white clock to see that they only had ten minutes until the next doctor was available.

"Zero Kiryu," a nurse looked around, her brown eyes landing on a silverette. "Follow me please,"

Zero followed the woman inside a room, he looked around to see many posters of bones and other scientific things. He was busy reading the board that he didn't notice a young doctor come inside with a clipboard on his hand. His sapphire eyes glanced at Zero with an interest, he sat down seeing the wrapped up neck fearing for the worse. He sensed that Zero was not-

"Oh! Dr…."

"Hanabusa Aidou." The wild blond said checking Zero from eye to eye, he frowned after he took his flashlight from his pocket. He began to examine the young silverette.

Zero stayed calmed for a bit, he didn't say anything else for a while longer until the doctor took out a small letter opener and sliced his finger. A small trickle of blood slid down his finger slowly, Zero stared at it for a while until he started to feel the urge to lick the blood and suck on the finger.

He didn't realize that he lent forward and had his tongue out of his plump lips. He stared at it in pure horror and looked up at Aidou who looked equally serious. He licked his finger and thought how to break the news, he knew that he was no longer a human, but one of them now. And when he saw the red eyes shine with hunger his suspicions had been confirm.

"Zero, you're not human any longer." Aidou said as he leaned back hiding a smirk as he crossed his legs over each other.

"What?" Zero asked looking at the now insane doctor. He made sure that this was a doctor and not some insane person who escaped the mental house.

"You are now a vampire,"

How did I do? Since my project was only five sheets long I'm beginning to see a whole new plot! Please help me out and support this story! I barely know what to do! I'm just confused. Thank you for reading and see you all next time!