This is my first Vampire Knight story so please be kind!
Chapter One
God. He was so fucking hungry. He could smell blood all around him, in the children playing in the street to the stray dogs begging for attention. It was everywhere. He cupped the bottom part of his mouth pressing the palm of his hand to his nose in attempts to block the sickening—yet so very addictive—smell from penetrating his nostrils.
He stumbled down the steps and into an abandoned building—he had left school grounds for fear of attacking some poor innocent student and fled to the city on the outskirts of the school. He slid down the wall pressing his hand flatter against his face.
Why was he so weak? Not only could he not fight his vampirism but he had even stooped so low as to accept blood from his sworn enemy. He groaned, he shouldn't think of Kuran now—even the mere thought of the pureblood's sweet blood would cause him to lose control.
He should have never accepted it from him in the first place. It had made him dependent on the pureblood prince, he needed Kuran if he wanted to survive. Sure, he could take from Yuuki or one of the other students but now that he had tasted Kaname Kuran's blood nothing else quite compared.
His blood was like fine wine, while everything else was just grape juice in contrast. He groaned again—he really shouldn't have thought of Kuran's blood, especially in his current condition. He hadn't fed in a few weeks, tonight he had forced himself to leave school property to ensure he would not go to Kuran, begging like a useless animal for the vampire prince's blood.
Suddenly Zero opened darkened red eyes—that he hadn't realized he closed—with a start. His hunter skills were tingling on the outer-most parts of his starving mind, before warning bells sounded and Zero found himself no longer alone in the murky building.
A Level E stared down at him from its perch upon one of the many heavy rafters of the old warehouse, its red eyes glowing obsessively in the darkness.
Shit. Zero was weak with hunger, barely able to walk let alone defend himself. The E quickly assessed the destabilized position of its prey, looking gleeful when it realized that Zero would be an easy catch. Before Zero could raise a finger to the handle of his Bloody Rose the E was upon him. He closed his eyes, waiting for the inevitable feeling of being torn to shreds by a ravenous monster. When so such pain assaulted him, he slowly opened his eyes in surprise to see teeth chomping inches away from his face.
The E was being held back by the collar of its filthy shirt by none other then the pureblood prince himself, Kaname Kuran. "So troublesome." Whether Kaname was referring to the E or Zero, the hunter was not sure.
With a flick of his wrist Kuran sent the E flying backwards before it was pierced through its chest by Kaname's regal hand. The E gurgled on its own blood for a fraction of a second before it went still and disintegrated into dust.
Kaname licked some of the E's blood from his hand, nicking one of his fingers with his enlarged fangs as he did so. Immediately Zero was assaulted by the intense aroma of Kaname's blood. The scent scorched his nose and throat, burning him alive from the inside out. He took ragged breaths, forcing himself to stay under control. "I-I didn't need y-your damn help, Kuran."
The pureblood looked condescendingly down on the hunter's pathetic image. "You're right, Kiryuu, the situation was under your complete control." Zero bared his teeth threateningly at the vampire prince above him in response to his sarcastic tone. "Do you honestly believe that I enjoy saving your wretched life time and time again?"
The younger vampire growled again, "Then why didn't you just let me die? Let that filthy monster tear me to pieces!?" Zero's hands balled into fists at his sides as the pureblood squatted down, still above him, and stared at him with murderous, crimson eyes.
"Because…" Kaname stretched out his hand and gripped Zero's chin, forcefully, allowing him to peer into the equally deadly eyes of the younger. "Because…you have taken my blood, thus you are apart of me—you belong to me. And I do not share with others."
The hunter's eyes widened, frightened for a moment by the sheer possessiveness at which Kaname uttered that sentence. However, he snapped out of his stupor quickly and responded stubbornly. "I don't give a shit how much I've f-fed from you! I belong to no one!"
Kaname shook his head slightly, shifting his hand from Zero's chin to his neck causing the younger vampire's breath to hitch in his throat. "No. You crave me—and my blood—every waking moment of your life, whether you're aware of the fact or not. You are connected to me by bonds that I myself to not fully comprehend."
Zero swallowed thickly. Bonds? Bonds of what, exactly? The hunter opened his moth to issue a firm denial but his body suddenly convulsed painfully. His hands quivered violently while his breathing became more restricted.
Kaname looked down uncaringly at the suffering ex-human, keeping his hand firmly on the hunter's neck. "See how much you need me?" He smirked at the growl he got in return, "Are you hungry, Zero."
The use of his name only seemed to further anger the struggling boy, but he was helpless to punish the older vampire for his unfeeling words. "G-Go to hell, Kuran."
Kaname's smirk only grew before he withdrew his hand from Zero. "I'd rather not. But if you'd like I could send you there instead." Growing irritated by the constant backtalk from the hunter, the pureblood sunk his teeth into his own wrist and presented it to the pained boy in one swift movement.
Zero immediately flinched back, "N-No, I don't need—!"
"You fight me every time I give you blood, and every time you give in. So if you could please stifle your melodramatic personality and feed we could both be free of each other shortly."
Zero snorted but nonetheless gave in to the pureblood's request, quickly latching on to the older vampire's wrist and indulging himself in the sweetness of the other's blood.
Kaname smirked as he watched the ex-human greedily take from him, not caring in the slightest that what they both were currently partaking in was highly illegal. All that mattered to Kaname was that the more blood Zero ingested, the more the hunter was unknowingly claimed by the pureblood above him.
The elder vampire's smirk widened considerably as his eyes glowed an eerie, possessive red.
What could Kaname possibly be planning I wonder? Please review with questions and comments!