"Zero…" she whispered his name with surprise as the hunter sharply pointed his gun to her forehead. It was late, probably after midnight. She was sitting on her bed, with a deadly weapon between her eyes, held by the man who was once her closest ally.

He was standing in front of her. He wore an emotionless mask on his face.

The dark haired beauty smiled at him. He was taken aback by her smile, but his face revealed nothing. He hadn't expected her to have the same kind, warm smile, after all these years. He took a moment to study the pureblood female in front of him.

Her face was pale, yet somehow her cheeks seemed rosy. She wore a white nightgown that hugged her fragile looking body gently. The soft colour of the fabric worn by her matched the soft light of the moon that was peering through the large floor to ceiling window not too far from her bed.

She was beautiful, and seeing her after such a long time caused his heart to ache painfully. But he did not relax from his posture. He still held the gun to her head with no sign of hesitation.

"so," she started saying, "have you come to kill me, then, Zero?" She didn't seem upset by the weapon pointed at her. " you've gotten stronger, I see", she observed.

After a few moments of silence, Zero answered, " No, not tonight. I won't kill you tonight", his words were cold.

She put her hand on his gun and moved it away from herself. "Then there is no need for this right now", she casually said to him. "sit with me, tell me how you have been. I've kept little touch with the Chairman over the years. And I occasionally get news about the Association. But I never get to see you.." She seemed sad.

He withdrew his gun and relaxed just a little bit. " I had no intention of keeping touch with you Kurans."

Yuuki looked at him with sad eyes but said nothing.

Zero spoke again, his tone even more business like now. " Kuran Kaname is in Europe, if the information I received is correct. What is his relationship with the European Vampires? What is he doing there?"

Yuuki looked into his eyes for a second and then looked away.

"Maybe I'll tell you if…" she was cut off mid-sentence by the hunter. " I will not hesitate to shoot you if you do not co-operate."

She stood up from her bed and walked to the window. "No, you won't", she said while opening it and letting the cool midnight breeze scented with the smell of roses dance in the room.

"Zero, you need to get out of here. Right now." She spoke urgently, all of a sudden.

She seemed tensed." Meet me tomorrow evening, at 7. I'll answer all your questions then."

Zero was trying to analyze the situation in his head. Why is she acting so like this?

Well, he can wait until tomorrow evening, she seems reluctant to speak at the moment and he needed to know everything she knew about the matter. Getting her to talk freely was important. He had to wait a day to make it happen, he wasn't really a patient person, but he decided that he could manage.

"tomorrow, then", he agreed. "Where?", he asked, looking out the window and planning his exit.

" I'll be outside the Cross Academy's main gate."

"Fine", he said before he leaped out the window and landed on the ground, swiftly, silently.

After a few minutes, a maid walked into Yuuki's room.

" Miss, I thought I heard you speaking with someone."

" ah, it was no one. Can you get me Kaname on the phone? Make it on a private line, please."

The maid nodded. "yes miss."

After a few minutes Kuran Kaname was reached. Yuuki was on the phone.

" Yes Kaname. It's just as you predicted. I'm sorry for the disagreeing with you childishly before. I will you exactly as you say."

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