Alrighty! I've been playing around with this idea for a while. So here it is. ;D

Disclaimer: I do not own Vampire Knight. Matsuri Hino does.

Yori and Yuki were shopping in town for some clothes and shoes. Yuki only had to bat her eyelashes at the headmaster with a reluctance call of "father" and they were home free. Though Zero was begrudgingly following them in order to keep them safe. The two girls had immediately used the taller male as a pack mule and handed him all their shopping bags while they would endlessly goof off, walking into an infinite number of stores. Least it say Zero was tired after only about an hour of shopping. When the trip began to hit the three hour mark Zero demanded for them to sit down and have a break. The three had found a local cafe and sat down.

"What's with the long face Zero?" Yuki had asked with a giggle teasing him. Zero only responded with a glare and ordered a black coffee. Yori and Yuki just laughed and ordered some lemonade with a slices of chocolate cake. They hadn't noticed their stomachs growling while shopping until they sat down.

"Today was so much fun, Yuki! We need to do this more often." Yori exclaimed. She was shocked when Yuki asked her to hang out. Normally Yuki would be too busy catching up on sleep or handling the night class. Yori understood her busy life and just accepted that there wasn't a lot of time for them to hang out.

"Definitely! We tried on so many dress and shoes. We honestly should have bought them all Yori-chan!" Yuki joked. Zero just watched the two balls of joy sitting in front of him talk and talk away about their day despite them spending it together. Their cakes arrived shortly after. The rich looking delectables were mouthwatering. It wasn't until Yori caught Yuki stealing bites of her cake that a cake war started.

"Yuki! What do you think you are doing?!" Yori asked with fake disbelief. A hint of amusement in her eyes.

"Nuffin." Yuki said with a mouth full of chocolate cake. Yori quickly retorted by stabbing her fork into Yuki's cake and swiftly swallowed the bite. The two engaged in a cake stealing battle. A mess was made least to say. The two didn't realize their mess until a spoon was thrown smearing Zero's face in chocolate frosting. The two girl's froze and awkward silence hung in the air. Or at least it did until Yuki burst out laughing. Yori's eyes widen and she elbowed her cackling friend to shut her up. Zero's menacing glare was frightening her. Yuki kept laughing accumulating tears in her eyes. Zero growled, wiping his face clear of the offending frosting. He stood up and walked out of the cafe. Yuki, now breathless from her laughing session, gathered up their bags, and headed on out with Yori at her side.

When they were outside they noticed it had gotten slightly dark. They should started heading home. Zero was standing off to the side. When Yuki got closer she noticed Zero's eyebrows furrowed in concentration and his eyes staring off into the dark. When Yuki grabbed a hold of his arm sensing the air of urgency, Zero turned to look at her. They both nodded their heads, a serious air enveloped them. Zero took of running in a direction towards where he was staring. Yuki turned to Yori who was caught up in admiring the night sky to notice the previous exchange.

"Yori-chan~ Zero left something behind in the last shop we visited so he went to go look for it. He told us to wait here." Yuki said catching the attention of her best friend.

"Well let's go help him then." Yori stated starting to walk towards the last store. Yuki quickly grabbed Yori's arm to stop her.
"No! uh… I mean…I'm sure Zero can handle it by himself." Yuki offhandedly said trying to cover up her initial distress.

"Wouldn't it be faster if we all look for it though?" Yori countered with logic. She always was a reasonable one. She continued off into the direction of the store dragging Yuki with her a bit. .

"Uhhh, Here. How about I go help him!" Yuki was in no way about to put her friend in danger of an level E vampire. Zero would reprimand her for it as well. But exactly what would stop her friend? Yuki had to think fast. Suddenly an idea hit her. "I'll go help him. Besides I know what the thing he's looking for looks like." It wasn't necessarily a lie Yuki thought.

"You however can stay at the cafe and eat more cake. My treat for ruining your cake earlier." Yuki persuaded with a warm smile knowing her friend couldn't say no to cake. Yori's face blushed a bit imagining the dreamy taste of chocolate again. She shook her head out of her daze slightly embarrassed about her weakness to chocolate.

"A-alright." Yori agreed. "But! You have to get me the double dark choco cake with cherry sauce." Yuki just laughed relieved that she derailed her friend's stubbornness. "Don't think I'm doing this for the cake either. I just dont want to trouble you and Zero by being dead weight." Yori huffed.

"Sure, sure." Yuki complied. When Yori was all settled with her cake and enjoying it's wonderful taste, Yuki headed off to help Zero, promising she'd be back in ten minutes tops. Not before making Yori promise to stay in the cafe though.

The cafe was mostly empty besides a rather tired looking cashier, and an elderly couple sitting in a far back corner. And of course, there Yori was. In a dreamy state of bliss. It was very rare for her to get the luxury of chocolate. The rich creamy substance was regulated in the academy. So she slowly savored the taste letting the flavor swirl around in her mouth enticing each taste bud. Her face melted into an absolute relaxed state. She wasn't disturbed when the store chime bell rang in the air signaling more customers. A group of unnerving guys came in and sat down a few table away from the elderly couple. One of the guys went up to order for the group, coming back with multiple cups of coffee. They looked tired and worn out as if they had been searching for something all day. A guy with expensive looking cowboy boots lit a cigarette and started smoking to relieve stress. The old women sitting nearby started to cough a little bit before having a fit. The elderly couple quickly got up and left. The cashier cared little about the smoker and continued to daydream.

Yori was halfway through her slice of cake still relishing in the chocolatey goodness. Little did she know that a few pairs of eyes were watching her. It wasn't until they saw the cashier go to the back room for a break did they approach her.

"Hey there pop tart. What's a pretty little thing like you doing out this late alone?" One of the taller more scruffy looking guys spoke up. He's friends joined in.

"Yeah, where are your friends? You here alone?" One male wearing a dingy beanie prodded with a creepy smile on his face.

Yori was startled out of her happy state by these couple of dangerous looking guys. Fear was the first thing that started running through her veins. She hasn't ever been out in the town alone without friends. Not only was she alone but strangers were bugging her. They seemed to be rather persistent seeing as they haven't gone away yet with Yori ignoring them.

As quickly as fear had come, Yori steered it away trying to think rationally. Normally girl's would lie about their friends being in the bathroom right? Or like say their boyfriend was about to arrive any minute and would kick their butts if they found them talking to her…right? She wasn't good in this situations. Man...Yori wished she listen to the girls' stories at the academy about this more. While Yori was having a mental meltdown, she remembered something. Yuki said she was going to be back in ten minutes tops right? Which meant she was going to be back any minute. Relief hit Yori instantly. It was short lived seeing as the shady men were still trying to get her attention.

"Hey!" One of the men nudged her rather harshly on the shoulder. Yori helded in a flinch. "Are you a mute or something?" He poked fun at her, he's friends laughing with him.

"You know if she is a mute she would do perfectly." the one with a beanie mumbled under this breath. This caught Yori's attention as she stopped mid-bite. Okay. Fear crept back into her as she now felt like she was being targeted. She wished Yuki would hurry back already.

"Hey boss, Don't you think she's exactly what we are looking for?"

"Hush." The taller scruffy looking guy ordered silencing his friend with a look. "Hey girly. How about you hang out with us for a while?" he continued. Yori continued to ignore them, putting full trust in Yuki and Zero to show up any minute now.

"I'm telling you guys, she's a mute. We should just take her now before the cashier gets back."

Yori's blood started pumping. Her whole body wanted to tremble, but she held it back as best she could. The group of men were crowded around her and were making plans with what to do with her right in front of her. Yori couldn't believe what she was hearing. They thought she was a mute? Did they know that mutes could still hear? Honestly these people were the dangerous type of dummies. Yori decided she wasn't going to sit here and wait for Yuki and Zero. She was just going to get up and leave, walking towards where Yuki and Zero were. She steeled her nerves and stood up from her seat. She refused to make any eye contact as she pushed passed the men who oooing and ahhing at her actions. She headed for the door and exited the shop.

The night sky was lit up with several clusters of stars. She felt comforted by them. The crisp chilly air nipped a bit at her skin. The streets were eerily empty. It was after dark and most people were already home. She trekked towards where she thought Zero and Yuki were. She quickened her pace when she heard several footsteps echoing hers. Speed walking now, her paranoia was on high alert. Her heart pounded as her rational thoughts looped around frantically in her head.

'Look casual, and confident. They pick on the weak. Dont run. They will only chase. Locate a busy street and get noticed. Calm down. You are fine. You are safe.'

These thoughts all were thrown out the window when she realized the echoed footsteps were closer and they were yelling back at her.

"Hey, sweet thang, where do you think you're going?"

"Yeah, Come have fun with us."

Fight or flight response kick in.

As she sprinted off into a run their calls grew more aggressive. Yori's head was fuzzy as she looked for a well light area densely populated with people. She turned corners trying to find a safe place. Her legs pumped with blood, aching for a break. It was only when she saw a grimy brick wall in her path that she knew she had hit a dead end. Her body finally started to tremble. Their footsteps were nearing. There was no place to hide so she just hoped they would give up and leave already.

Fate was not favoring her as one of the men rounded the corner and spotted her immediately. He approached her as she screamed and backed up against the brick wall. His big calloused hand roughly was placed over her mouth to stop her screaming. He wrapped his free arm around her body to keep her from flailing and trying to escape. A muffled sob escaped her body. He called to his other friends.

"Hey guys! I found her! Come here," he hollered. He then took a closer look at Yori who was now crying. "Dont be like that. No one will want you if you show them your ugly crying face now will they sweetie?" He said with a sickening smile. If he was trying to even remotely comfort her….he was an even bigger creep than she thought he was.

Yori struggled in his hold. She tried to think clearly as she pushed away her panicked thoughts. She needs to get away from this one guy before his buddies show us. If the flight response failed, how about the fight response? Boy, was she glad her father made her take some Mixed Martial Arts classes. She calmed her breathing and thought through a plan. She swiftly maneuvered her mouth out from underneath his hand and bit down hard on his hand. She cringed mentally at the taste of his dirt and blood on her tastebuds. She spat on the ground trying to rid the nasty taste in her mouth. She almost threw up. He reacted and let out a yelp and tossed her away from him. He cradled his hand to his body spurring curse words like a sailor. He glared at her with a look of resentment.

"You bitch!" He yelled as he came at her trying to apprehend her. Yori saw his hands coming at her and she grabbed him at the wrist twisting one of his arms behind his back tightly. He writhed in pain and Yori pushed him to the brick wall harshly. When he slammed against the wall she kicked him on the back further pushing him against the wall. He groaned in pain. He was temporarily down. It was her chance to get away. She didn't have time to turn around and escape when she felt someone grab her from behind. One of his friends must have found them. She struggled violently in his tight hold. He was much stronger than the other guy as she could already feel the bruises forming. The other guy recovered a bit from the hit and stood slightly smirking at her. He slowly started to walk towards her knowing his friend had her under control.

When he got into range, Yori lifted both her feet off the ground and kicked the man into the wall his head hitting it with a sickening crack. He was knocked unconscious. After kicking the guy, Yori struggled to throw the guy holding her over her shoulder. He kicked her in the shins and she fell to her knees. The group's other lackeys showed up and helped hold her down even more. Yori was surrounded as she tried to scream again. Before she could a cloth was held over her mouth and nose. A sticky sweet smell overwhelmed her. She struggled to shake the men off her and run away but her muscles began to weaken. Her body felt heavy and muggy. A piercing ringing began to sound in her ears only to grow louder to the point of it being all she could hear. Dilated eyes tried to search frantically for a way out only to find her vision blurry and going in and out of focus. Her eyes were getting harder and harder to keep open. Soon they closed and Yori drifted off into the darkness. Her limp body was quickly carried off and put into a van where they had other young bodies. The car speed off towards an undisclosed location leaving behind a tranquil air as if what just happened didn't in fact happen.

Next chapter will set even more things in motion.