Alas, I am back and I bring this gift. :) Unfortunately, this one is shorter than the first, but that's okay. Twisted Insanity is a collection of drabbles/short stories/one shots (whatever you want to call them) based on one plot.

I apologize for disappearing for long periods of time. With school, it's hard to find time to write. And then with not having internet, when I do write, I can't upload it until my hotspot on my phone is working (which now it is). :D I wrote this whole thing on my phone, simply because when I do have time to write or have spouts of inspiration, it's when I'm not near my laptop. -_-

By the way...I never do keep true to my word. =/ I only have part of the next chapter of Alice written (on my phone), because, again, I hardly have time to write since school is around and whatnot. And since my roof collapsed and I've been moving around, my life has been simply hectic. D: BUT, the good news is I have moved into a new apartment, so hopefully with that out of the way I'll have some time to write. Plus, this Friday I have a half day, and then no school Monday or the Friday of that same week. :D So, I'll definitely be updating stuff.

News: There will be a sister collection to this, except it'll consist of ZeroxKaname one shots based on the same plot. ;D I already have the first two planned, so hopefully they'll both be up this weekend (but I'm not making any promises). Waking Innocence and Possession are in the process of being rewritten. WI because I'm not really happy with the prologue, and Possession because I'm just reconstructing the whole thing, but the plot will remain the same. Alice will be updated the moment I finish the next chapter. :) I'll also be changing my pen name again (one of those people that change pen names until they find the right one), so don't think someone stole my stuff when I do change it. :D

Another thing, a lot of people want this story to have a happy ending, but unfortunately, since this is a collection of one shots/short stories/drabbles of Kaname being cruel to Zero, there will be no happy ending or ending at all. The last one shot/drabble/short story (jeez, that's tiring to write ^^;) is the last chapter.

Last thing (for now xD), at the end of this...whatever you want to call it (x3), you may be asking yourself two questions, but no worries, all will be explained at the end. And there's no sex in this...just angsty fluff. :3


"Kiryu-sama, please wait!" The small maid zipped after Zero, huffing in annoyance. She had turned her back on him for one measly minute, and he had used the advantage to dash out of the room before she had a chance to get his bath ready.

"Kiryu-sama, if Kaname-sama finds out about this, he'll have my head! Please return to your room!"

Zero paid no heed to his caretaker, choosing to run throughout Kuran Manor. It was large, having multiple doors to multiple rooms, and seeing as how Zero was never let out of his, he was easily becoming lost.

"Kiryu-sama!"

Zero groaned. Was she still following him? Zero boosted his speed, zipping around corners sharply, on purpose. He knew she meant well, but Zero had his reasons for leaving his room.

The main reason being that he felt the need to be somewhere. He felt that someone (though, he didn't know who) needed him. Never once had he felt that way before.

He had lived in the manor for six months, occasionally Kaname would come home to visit him, but then he would leave for business. He would return a month later, only staying for a day or two.

Zero didn't mind, though, because Kaname was a pureblood. But lately, Zero had been feeling lonely, and the constant nagging of his mind wouldn't leave him alone.

"Kiryu-sama, please return to your room!"

Zero smiled. Her voice was getting further away. He doubled his speed, tapping into his vampire nature. Just a bit more and he could stop running.

The maid panted heavily, but refused to slow down. She had to get to Zero and return him to his room before Kaname returned home. She knew that Zero wasn't a fool - he would find his way out one way or another...

"Kiryu-sama, you'll get into trouble, too! Please return to your room. I'll bring you anything you want!"

But the hunter was far too gone to hear her. Deeming it safe enough, Zero slowed. There had to be a way out if there was a way in...

Upon reaching the end of the hall, Zero reached a flight of stairs that brought him to another floor of the manor. As he descended, he noticed that the only there was only one door on that floor.

The hunter rushed over to the door, jiggling the doorknob, expecting it to be locked as were all the other doors in the manor. So when the door swung open with a creak that made Zero hesitate before entering, he had begun to doubt that everything the maid told him was true.

He waited, checking to make sure that said maid hadn't found him before he slipped into the narrow hall. He shuddered when his bare feet met the cool concrete. Was it winter out? Zero wouldn't know; Kuran Manor was void of any windows.

As Zero walked further and further into the hall, it gradually became larger - enough to lead him into a room. The room was different from the other room he had been in. For one thing, the room was much colder, making Zero shiver ever so gently. Another difference was that there were two entries: one with a large steel door that made it look like a vault, and a large hole in the wall.

Zero figured that the wall was due to Kaname's anger, and he cautiously approached the steel door. The closer he got to it, the colder it became. At this point, Zero was shuddering violently, but he refused to turn around to put on anything warm.

The silver headed male reached for the door's handle, hissing silently at the contact. The door was absolutely frozen. His hand instantly froze up, beginning to turn blue, but Zero tightened his grip on the handle and began tugging on the door.

While it didn't budge, Zero's hands slipped from the handle and leaving a nasty burn behind.

The male grumbled, gripping the handle firmly and tugging at it once more.

"Zero, what are you doing?"

Zero froze. His arms fell to his sides on their own accord. He knew that voice so very well, despite hardly ever hearing it. The young vampire whipped around with a deep flush gracing his face. "Kaname-!"

Despite the frown on the pureblood's face, Zero found him breath taking. "Zero, you know I hate to repeat myself. What are you doing?" He paused, taking in Zero's shivering being. His wine colored orbs rested on Zero's bare feet, causing Zero to curl his toes and shift uncomfortably. "And where are your shoes?"

Meanwhile, the maid had zipped throughout the manor, in a frantic search for Zero. The hunter was nowhere in sight.

She sighed, slowing to a walk. What was she to do when Kaname came home and found Zero wandering around? How would she get him to listen to her instead of just turning her into a pile of ash (as she had seen him do so to others on many other occasions when Zero was treated less than princely)?

A breeze swept past her as she passed the stairway to the main floor.

Breeze?

She turned robotically to find the door ajar. "Oh no..."

In an instant, she was down the stairs and through the door. "Kiryu-sama, come back! You're not allowed in here! It's not safe! Kiry-"

A wave of anger had her falling onto her knees and clutching her throat. That wasn't good...Kaname was home.

"Kaname-sama!"

Before she could fully comprehend what was going on, Kaname had lifted her by her hair. His crimson gaze bore into her - death clearly awaiting her.

"Explain yourself, now!"

"Ah...it was an accident! I went into the bathroom to get his bath ready as usual, and he just flew out of the room."

"So you're blaming him?" Kaname screeched, tightening his grip on the maid's hair.

"No, no, never Kaname-sama! It was my fault! I didn't lock the door!" The maid shut her eyes tightly in an effort to keep from crying.

"Kaname!" Zero launched himself at the pureblood, gripping his raised arm tightly. "Let her go...it was my fault! I was trying to leave!"

Kaname released the maid. "You are to count every single bolt and screw in every single door and cabinet. It you run out, see what you can find in every room. After you have finished, start on running up and down every flight of stairs in the manor." Until I can punish you properly, he added mentally.

The maid's lip quivered, but she didn't complain. She stood from the floor and bowed, leaving the males to start on her punishment.

Kaname turned to Zero, and Zero flinched. Kaname's face was twisted with despair, making it seem as though his world had shattered. And it was his fault...

"Kana-"

"You were trying to leave?" Kaname's voice was shaky. He licked his dry lips. "Why?"

Zero flinched once more, wrapping his arms around his chest in an effort to stop the pain that came from hurting Kaname. He stepped closer to the pureblood, who kindly welcomed him into warm arms.

"Why?" Kaname repeated, slowly sinking to his knees - his arms now at Zero's waist. "Don't you like being here? I take good care of you."

Zero laced his fingers in the pureblood's wavy brown lock of silk. Her gently petted Kaname's head. "Of course, I like it - I love it. But...Kaname...someone needs me. I can feel it."

And he was right, Kaname knew. Yuuki needed him. While Kaname had fabricated the lie that Zero was off with the Hunter's Association, he'd noticed that as time passed, Yuuki slipped further into depression.

Kaname shook his head, lifting it so that he was looking up at Zero. "I need you..."

Zero grimaced slightly, the guilt building. "Someone else, Kaname."

A moment passed in silence and the room grew colder. Zero shuddered violently, his teeth clattering. Kaname stood, sweeping his arm around Zero's knees and catching him in his arms. He chuckled; hearing - and ignoring - Zero's yelp and grumble. "Come, before you catch a cold."

Kaname carried Zero to his room, setting him down on the bed. He kissed Zero's pink cheeks before pressing his forehead against the hunter's.

"Kaname...I have to go..."

Kaname shook his head, murmuring, "They'll take you from me...she'll take you from me. She can't have you."

Zero blinked, confused. "Who?"

"No one." Kaname brushed his lips against the hunter's. How he missed him...yearned for him. He wished he could stay longer, but he was needed at the Academy and questions would spring if he remained absent. He would take Zero with him, but Yuuki would take away Kaname's time with Zero. She would snatch him away from the pureblood - something Kaname was never going to let happen. "I've missed you, my sweet," Kaname whispered lovingly into Zero's ear.

Zero flushed, shuddering slightly. He would never be able to get used to the intimacy he shared with the pureblood. He didn't quite understand it - why his body would freak out when Kaname was near - but he never complained because it would soon settle into nothing. "I've missed you, too. I'm lonely without you..."

Kaname smiled, "The holidays are nearing. I'll be able to stay home for two whole weeks, undisturbed."

Zero grinned goofily and Kaname had to restrain from breaking Zero's bones as he collected him into a tight hug.

Kaname would be home for two weeks, which meant Zero wouldn't be alone for the holidays. The steel door suddenly flashed through Zero's mind.

"Kaname?"

The pureblood hummed, snuggling into the hunter.

"What's that steel door for?"

Zero felt Kaname tense. He frowned. Was Kaname tried to hide the fact that the door led to outside?

Zero's mind became fuddled. He'd been standing in front of the door earlier, tugging on it. It hadn't moved. Kaname couldn't have come through that door without Zero seeing, or feeling the door move. Judging from Kaname's silence, Zero knew Kaname was hiding something...just not the exit.

"Kaname?"

"It's nothing, Zero."

"But you didn't come from there...what's behind the steel door?" Zero pressed.

"Never you mind," Kaname growled, tightening his hold on Zero. The younger vampire squeaked and froze, chewing on his lip.

"But...I -"

"Zero, enough," Kaname warned. He would have to do it again, even if he hated it. But it was the only way to keep Zero...

Kaname placed butterfly kisses along Zero's face, lingering on his plump lips. "Forgive me, my Zero."

Zero's eyebrow rose in question, but the world was becoming hazy as was his mind. His eyelids drooped, though he did not feel sleepy. His body was becoming heavy, and he couldn't fight against it anymore. He slipped into unconsciousness.


Zero trotted behind Kaname, stopping when the pureblood turned around mid-step on the stairs. Kaname smiled, pulling Zero into a small embrace and kissing his lips.

Zero flushed deeply to which Kaname chuckled. "Cute," he murmured, kissing the hunter's forehead. He turned around and descended the rest of the way.

Before Kaname had a chance to get away, Zero called out to him. "Kaname!"

The pureblood looked over his shoulder, eyebrow raised in question. Zero was leaning against the banister, looking as if he were about to spring at him.

"C-can I come with you?"

Kaname frowned, "Zero, you know you can't." He paused, his chest tightening when he saw disappointment and sadness latch onto Zero's angelic face. "But if it helps, you don't have to be locked in your room anymore. Just make sure never to enter my room."

Zero's face brightened and he nodded, ignoring the tug at his mind. "Okay. See you later, Kaname." He put his hands over his eyes as Kaname had told him to do before he left.

Kaname smiled sadly, "I'll be back before you know it, love."

And he left Kuran Manor.


Now, for those two questions you may be asking yourself. One may be how the hell is Kaname beastly in this (besides toward the maid) and the other may be why Zero isn't acting like...well Zero.

I'll answer the second question first because it'll make the first question's answer make more sense.

First, you can view this fic as a connection to the first fic or a stand alone.

Zero is OOC in this fic because Kaname erased his memories. When I say Kaname erased his memories, I mean he remembers absolutely nothing - not even his family. He knows he's a vampire, but he doesn't know that he's a hunter. Which is also why he doesn't have (or mention) Bloody Rose. Kaname had taken it away from him and hid it somewhere so that it doesn't cause anything to trigger Zero's memories. In fact, Kaname has had to have erased Zero's memories on multiple occasions because the first time he left his room (in this fic, it's the second time), Zero found a picture of Yuuki, and remembered her. Seeing as how Kaname wants Zero to himself, he erased his memories and locked every door in Kuran Manor, in case it happened again.

Hope that makes sense...if it doesn't feel free to ask questions. :D

Now, onto the second question. How is this cruel?

Well, I think it's pretty cruel to have my entire memory erased and then locked in my room, in a place where there are no windows, and every door is locked. It's like freaking jail. On top of that, to only see the one you love once a month for only a day or two, leaving you with a maid? Yeah...that sucks.

If you're wondering where Kaname would go, by the way, his business was really just going to the Academy. :)

PS. If anyone wants to give the one shots/drabbles/short stories titles, feel free to do so. :) I'll give you credit for them.

PSS. It's funny how the AN blurbs seem longer than the actual fic. o.o