A/N: So, I think we can all agree that I am a horrible douchebag who sucks at updating, but honestly, this idea was too amazing for me to not work on it immediately. For any of you that are waiting for the next chapter of Mending, I'm sorry but you're just gonna have to a little bit longer. Yeah, I suck like that.

So, a little bit about this story. This story is based on…The Parent Trap. *awkward silence ensues*

Don't judge me; you guys are gonna love this, trust me.

Disclaimer: *glances at volume 13* Nope, still don't see my name up there.

Warning: (admittedly, this warning is only present for my internal amusement) Zero-chan in an "omg wtf" situation. Need I say more?

ENJOY!

Zero Hio scowled at his mother for a few moments longer, allowing the full magnitude of his displeasure to sink in. The silver-haired pureblood tapped his foot against the marble floors disapprovingly, but his mother simply smiled at him gently. Shizuka Hio looked up from her book, purely unfazed by her son's disapproval. "Is something wrong, darling?"

Zero's frown deepened. "I'm not going." The muttered words escaped his lips at he glared at the relaxed woman with burning violet eyes.

Shizuka laughed, a light tinkling sound. "Oh, Zero! You seemed to be under the impression that I was giving you a choice!" She placed the book on the table and stood, smile unwavering. "Now, your cousin should be here within the hour to ride with you to the academy. Have you packed all of your things, dear?"

The vein above Zero's left eyebrow throbbed from irritation. "I said I'm not going! I refuse to be around a bunch of selfish, entitled vampires for the next three years!"

His mother sighed and rested her hands upon the young man's shoulders. Her eyes tinged with regret, and the smile on her face was now one of sadness. "Zero, I'm sorry. I know that other vampires treat you poorly even though we are purebloods, and I admit that is partially my fault. But perhaps things won't be so bad at Cross Academy, hmm? It'll give you a chance to interact with others and get to know new people. Eternity is a long time to be without friends. Trust me on that, Zero." Zero frowned but did not reply. Shizuka sighed once more.

"How about this?" she conceded. "Go to Cross Academy, with an open mind, for one semester. If you like it, you can stay on for three more years; if not, you can come home. How's that sound?"

The teenager stared at his mother for a moment before nodding begrudgingly. "Fine."

A car horn honked outside, and Shizuka ushered her son towards the door as few servants carried Zero's few belongings to the sleek car outside. The long-haired woman embraced her son and pressed a loving kiss to his forehead. "Call me when you get to the academy, and please Zero, try to stay out of trouble!"

Ichiru Kuran smiled at his older cousin pleasantly. "Thanks for letting me ride with you, big cousin. Dad offered to come with me, but he can be kinda scary sometimes so I didn't really want him to."

Kaname nodded at the silver-haired boy as he crossed his long legs within the roomy confines of the limousine. "There is no need to thank me, Ichiru. I understand that you must be a little nervous about your first day."

Ichiru nodded. "Yeah. I've never shared a room with anyone before, so it'll be a little strange. I hope my roommate's nice."

"I'm sure the two of you will get along just fine."

The limousine rolled to a comfortable halt, and the driver exited and opened the door for the pureblood cousins. Ichiru gasped as he took in his surroundings: all around him, students in black and white uniforms piled out of cars, immediately embracing familiar faces or shrugging off sentimental parents. And in the background of all this was Cross Academy, the buildings standing tall, imposing yet beautiful. It took Ichiru's breath away. There were so many different people before him, so many different possibilities and experiences within those school grounds.

Rather suddenly, he found himself surrounded by vampires, some who he already knew through Kaname, others who were rather eagerly introducing themselves to the pureblood cousins. Ichiru greeted them all with a polite smile – an expression he had learned from Kaname – but he was slightly distracted. His violet eyes roamed around looking for spiky auburn hair and cool icy eyes. Where was Senri?

Finally, lavender eyes landed on a familiar lanky figure, and Ichiru found himself waving and shouting in a manner that would've made his father cringe and scowl. Kaname simply glanced at his cousin with an indulgent smile before beginning the trek to the Moon Dormitories with a few of his close friends and loyal followers in tow. Ichiru ran over to Shiki, a large smile plastered on his face.

Senri and Ichiru were half-brothers, and though they didn't get to see each other much, they were still relatively close. Senri lived with his mother in a different city. Growing up, Ichiru had always been a little jealous of his half-brother because Shiki looked so much like their father. The silver-haired boy simply hadn't inherited the Kuran looks, a fact that'd always made him feel outcasts. He blamed his absent mother for having such dominant genes.

"Ichiru," the dark-haired vampire replied with a blank expression, though Ichiru managed to detect a faint glimmer of happiness in those icy blue eyes. "How are you?"

"I'm great!" Ichiru then latched onto his half-brother's arm and dragged him towards the dormitories, chattering excitedly the entire way. Senri nodded every so often or commented now again, but Ichiru managed to keep the conversation flowing even without much help from the other vampire.

He hadn't inherited the cool Kuran silence either.

Maria Kurenai dragged her grouchy cousin out of the car, excited and eager as usual. "Oh, Zero, this is going to be so much fun!" she gushed. "I was getting so tired of staying with my parents, not to mention I get to see my favorite cousin every day!" Zero rolled his eyes a bit.

"I'm your only cousin, Maria."

"Semantics, dear cousin!" she declared with a dismissive wave of the hand. "C'mon, Zero, you can't tell me you aren't just a little excited? Like a teeny tiny little excited? There isn't just a slight thrum of eagerness in that cold icy fortress called your heart? Tell Maria-sama the truth, Zero-chan!"

Silver lilac eyes twitch in barely repressed annoyance. "Cold icy fortress?" he repeated, thoroughly insulted. "What the hell is that supposed to mean?" he gripped as he linked arms with his cousin and proceeded towards the imposing Moon Dormitory. "And why the hell did you refer to yourself as Maria-sama?"

Maria shrugged at the final question. "Just felt like it. And let's face it: your heart is like a cave of solitude or something. Cold, hard, seemingly impenetrable with a small warm fire on the inside, that no one but the few people you love knows exists! But someday, a brave contender will appear, arrogant and willful enough to tame the wild beast of your heart, Zero! And that burning fire will grow into something larger until there is no longer a hard, icy barrier!" Maria proceeded to pump her fist in a very dramatic manner.

"So, not only is my heart an igloo, it's also some evil monster and a wild, uncontrollable forest fire. Thanks, Maria; thanks a lot."

"You're quite welcome, Zero-chan!"

The silver-haired boy rolled his eyes once more as they passed through the gates of the Moon Dorm and strode up the steps to the large ornate doors before them. Zero hiked his duffle bag onto his shoulder more securely. Almost magically, the doors swung open without a touch from either of the silver-haired teens, garnering a shared glance between the two cousins. Together they stepped forward, Zero's strong pureblood aura directing curious gazes in their direction.

Maria and Zero stood in the doorway staring at the vampires, and the vampires stared back. No one moved for a moment, but finally someone cleared their throat and the cousins fully entered the lobby of the dormitory. A girl with long brown hair came stampeding down the stairs and threw herself at the female of the two. "Maria-chan!" she yelled.

"Yuki-chan!" Zero raised an eyebrow, partly at the mystery girl's strange aura – she felt like a pureblood, but there was something different about it – and partly at her surprisingly cheerful demeanor. Zero excused himself, promising to meet up with his cousin later before heading upstairs to find his room.

KxZ~KxZ~KxZ~KxZ

Kaname exited his private suite – unlike his younger cousin, he had no desire whatsoever to share a room with anyone – after unpacking and strode down the hallway under the pretense of checking on his cousin and seeing if his sister had arrived. Admittedly, if he wanted to do the latter, he need only to hone in on her familiar aura, but Kaname was quite curious to explore the newcomers he'd heard entering just downstairs. The two unfamiliar vampires had auras that were faintly similar to a woman his uncle used to be associated with years ago, but the pureblood found himself unable to put a name or face to the person.

As he approached the stairs, a familiar shock of silver hair had just reached the landing. Kaname smiled gently, prepared to greet his cousin, but was soon silenced. The aura of the person before him was strong and willful, quite unlike the calming one of his little cousin. The silver hair was also shorter than Ichiru's, just slightly kissing the nape of the boy's neck. Those lilac eyes, tinged with flecks of silver, were burning and defiant, particularly when they glanced in Kaname's direction. Over all, the pureblood in front of him was…delicious.

Of course, Zero mistook Kaname's carefully veiled leering as a glare and quickly narrowed his eyes angrily. "What are you looking at, pureblood?" the younger teen growled. Even his voice intrigued Kaname; it was low and annoyed but almost melodious.

As delighting as the boy was both to Kaname's eyes and mind, most prevalent in the older vampire's thoughts was the undeniable resemblance he bore to his cousin. The same hair, the same eyes, the same height, the same build – it was almost as though they were…twins. This sudden development was certainly interesting, and Kaname swore to himself that he would look into it later. In the mean time, he smirked at the shorter boy. "Nothing at all." At with that, the vampire prince gracefully slipped down the stairs.

Zero stared after the brunette, still thoroughly pissed off at the way that creep was looking at him. This was exactly why he didn't want to come here! A bunch of self-entitled vampire assholes looking down at him just because he was a Hio! They all thought they were so much better than him, and it pissed him off to no end! As he stomped down the hall to his dorm room, he couldn't help but continuously recall that mysterious pureblood. Conceited bastard! How dare he smirk at me like that! I swear, the next time I see him, I'm gonna punch his face in! Zero slammed the door open with such force that it banged against the wall, startling the figure that was partially under one of the massive queen-size beds. Zero couldn't see the other teenager, as his upper torso was hidden under the bed as he frantically reached for something.

With yet another annoyed sigh, the silver-haired teen trudged over to his bed and tossed the duffle bag onto the plush surface. He eyed the parted curtains of the canopy disdainfully. This has got to fucking go. Zero felt the vein in his forehead throb, generally pissed at the world around.

"Aha! Got it!" the voice of the person beneath bed called triumphantly as they finally stood up. Zero turned around at the same moment the other did. The teen in front of him held his cell phone in one hand and had a victorious grin on his face, though the expression soon faded as soon as they made eye contact. For a wild moment, Zero thought he was looking in a mirror, but he soon shrugged that theory aside – after all, his hair hadn't grown in the past three hours, and he sure as hell wasn't wearing that lame ass button down shirt when he left the house this morning. Neither spoke at first, choosing to simply stare at each other with wide disbelieving eyes. At least they opened their mouths and blurted in unison:

"Holy fucking shit."

A/N: Ahh, this was too much fun to write. Seriously, why am enjoying this fic so much? I think I'm gonna start on the next chapter after this.

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