Hey Guys, it's me again! And this is my new story called Never Let Go. It features ZeroXYuki and Kaname. On the R.M.S. Titanic.

I've often wondered how the Vampire Knight characters would act and behave if they were alone on a Cruise ship, or on a plane. Then it hit me. The Titanic. Tragedy. Love. Loss. It's all there! And I hope you all enjoy it. Review please! Flames are welcome.

DISCLAIMER: I do not own either the Vampire Knight manga or the movie Titanic.

May god rest all the souls that went down that tragic night of April 15.

IMPORTANT NOTE: In this story, Zero and Kaname are vampires still. Yes, vampire hunters exist as well. The only difference in this story, besides the fact that they are on a ship and not in the Academy, is that Zero and Yuki have never met in their lives. The way Zero obtains blood is from those vile, sickening Blood Tablets. He has never drunk real human blood before he met Yuki.

Er, I think that's a hint there to what will about to happen later on in future chapters. Hee hee. Oh well. A bonus to reading this little, important message...

Enjoy!

All Aboard

The starry night sky was blanketed in the silver mist of the clouds, scattered and adorned with golden rays from the sun. Blue and purple vapor colored the heavens, surrounding the sun with a darkened halo.

The silver mist, the pale clouds, the purple shadow arising from the ocean and into the sunset...oh, how it reminded her of him.

Her best friend.

Her first love.

Her dear...Zero.

Yuki sighed as she stared out into the ocean and at the magnificent view of the sunset. How the colors danced and schemed, reminding her of her dreadful, tense, and unforgettable past. How the view of the sunset and of the ocean reminded her of lost lives and of the waking screams that bellowed into the crisp night.

That horrible night was much like this one. So quiet, so still. So peaceful and filled with tender love. You never would have thought that in just one night, any one of your neighbors or even your family was destined to a more deadly fate than yours. With each passing second, millions of lives were at stake. With each minute, another life was going to be lost.

The girl sighed again, reaching up to pat her pale, damp, wrinkled cheek. Just thinking of that night would make her heart quench. She gained so much during that fateful journey from Europe. Yet she lost so much in return...

Almost 2,230 lives boarded that boat. And so many were lost. Not even half had been recovered.

It was only seventy years ago according to dear old Yuki, and still she could remember the salty, warm air of the European port. She remembered that on April 10, 1912, she had arrived before the ship named the R.M.S. Titanic in a silk red dress, riding inside a large, elaborate and luxurious carriage fit for a King.

Beside her stood what could have been mistaken for a King. Although, he was not close to anything of the sort. No, it had been her fiancé. A wonderful man, a gorgeous, stunning, rich, sophisticated man. A man whom Yuki had never loved. Maybe once, when she had been younger.

But she had been eighteen by then. She was grown up and well ready for the world and all its messy dilemmas. Or so she thought.

She hadn't been quite ready for what had awaited her aboard the Titanic.

Seventy Years Ago:

"Master, will you please tell me why you suddenly decided that we should go to America?" a silver haired youth complained to the older, rougher looking man standing beside him.

Toga Yagari didn't look at the boy as he answered. He was too occupied in searching for the correct ship that would take them to their next destination. "We are going because of your training, Zero. The Vampire Hunter Association is giving you a rare chance among rare chances to actually leave their eyesight to further your education in hunting down those disgusting monsters. America isn't the best place in the world to pick, but that's the only option that the Vampire Hunter Association can give us. Be grateful, Zero. This is a chance to uphold your name and rid of those vampires at the same time."

He said nothing more, and Zero didn't say anything further also. He was glad to finally get away from his home. After his parents had been murdered, he was given to Toga, his master. Under his guardianship for more than five years, Zero was now a walking Vampire killer machine, the best in his class at the Hunter Association. Although he would miss the bright out look of the culture, he was looking forward to improving his training.

Good thing Zero was also advanced in his English class. He could almost pass for an American with his light English accent and silver colored hair.

Zero followed his master down the wooden steps of the Port until they finally arrived before the ship they had been looking for. Zero read the name off the side, "R.M.S. Titanic." It was rumored to be the only unsinkable ship around; the best in its class.

Still...Zero couldn't help but sense a dark, black aura around him. He wasn't sure if it was his vampire instincts or not, but he got a very bad feeling about today. About the ship actually. He wasn't entirely sure yet if there actually were vampires among the crowd that was boarding the ship, or if it was just his mind playing tricks on him.

Nevertheless, Zero remained wary during the entire walk up the wooden planks toward the ship. It was a long wait. People pushed and shoved into Zero the entire time. Good thing he and his Master only owned one bag each. They didn't think it necessary to bring everything they owned with them to America. Just their clothes and shoes...a few Vampire weapons here and there.

Someone suddenly poked into his side, and Zero half turned to see a group of rich, elegant teenage girls behind him. All of them gasped when they realized whom they had been pushed into.

"Wow, he's so cute," Zero heard one of them gasp.

"Yes, absolutely gorgeous, isn't he?"

"Oooh, the man he's with isn't too bad, either. I wonder if they're both taken."

"Oh, have you ever seen that shade of hair color before?"

"How unnatural."

"Yes, indeed."

All of them stared at Zero with admiring gazes. Though, to their intense disappointment, the object of their fascinations turned away, indifferent. Zero didn't care much about such girls like them. Rude, loud, noisy, and immature. Every single one of them.

"Hurry up, Zero. Stop your foolish daydreaming," Toga called to him. Zero instantly obeyed and hurried to close the gap between them.

In his hurry to move forward, Zero's head swung to the side for a moment. He almost froze at what he saw.

There, climbing out from the luxurious, carefully painted carriage was an angel. She was so small, so innocent and frail. Yet she had all the womanly curves in just the right places of her body. And although her small figure said she was a young child, those chocolate colored eyes and red, red lips told him otherwise. She wore a ruby colored gown, and her hair was let loose in soft strands about her face.

She was so beautiful. For a long moment, Zero couldn't keep his eyes off of her. Even from such a long distance, the girl was a true angel to his eyes. It felt so right to just bask in her presence. Zero, a vampire whose body was already doomed to Hell--corrupted--felt cleansed just witnessing the angelic light emanating from the brunette girl.

And then his heart quenched slightly when a handsome, stunning, rich clothed man stood beside her to take her hand and hold it to his lips. He was obviously her boyfriend, if not already her husband.

Zero's gaze swung away back to his Master, who was now climbing into the ship after already presenting his ticket. Zero hastily caught up, also climbing aboard the Titanic. He didn't look back at the couple again.

"We're finally aboard the ship, love," the man beside Yuki mumbled into her ear. Yuki smiled at Kaname, who was holding her hand tight against him as he presented each of their tickets. They weren't a mere five feet into the entryway when a steward introduced himself to take their numerous bags to their room. Yuki and Kaname, along with their chaperone, the Headmaster of a school called Cross Academy, was to stay in the First Class Wing.

Yuki giggled when she glimpsed the Headmaster behind her, his optimistic laughter filling the hallways as they toured the ship. He was her step-father and her guardian, and still she loved him with all her heart just as a daughter should.

Behind her father were two teenagers, both devilishly handsome and dressed in elegant clothing. Their names were Aido Hanabusa and his cousin, Kain Akatsuki. And both were here to accompany and protect Kaname Kuran and Yuki Cross, his future wife.

For hours, all five of them toured the deck and the first class wing of the ship. They paused numerous times to admire the handiwork and craftsmanship of the sunlit veranda fitted with impressive trellis decorations. They even stopped to tour the Café Parisien, where little Yuki was exultant to stay for hours.

But all too soon, they all had to return to their rooms. After all, the result of being too close to so many humans at once were dangerous to Kaname and his friends, Aido and Kain. They had a dark, forbidding secret that no one could no about. Only family relatives, and the Headmaster and his daughter, Yuki, knew.

They were vampires.

Since she had to marry one of them, of course Yuki would have to know. It was an arranged marriage provided by her step-father. It was his belief that humans and vampires could co-exist one day in the future that led him to giving his step-daughter's hand to Kaname Kuran. Yuki supported his pacifism and agreed to the marriage. After all, since she had been young, Yuki had always had a huge crush on the popular Night Class Student of Cross Academy.

But now, after being with Kaname for more than five years, Yuki was unsure if what she felt for him was real love. Of course, she still loved him. Just not in the way she had thought at first. And certainly not in the same way he felt about her.

"Yuki," a velvety voice broke her from her thoughts. Yuki glanced at him from across the room. It was Kaname's room they were now in. Down the hall was the Headmaster's, where next to his was Yuki's. Farther down the corridor was Aido's and Kain's bedroom.

"Yes, Kaname?" Yuki asked, tilting her head to the side as she watched him walk closer to her from the closet. He had shed off his top jacket, so now Yuki could glimpse the white garment underneath. The white color blended in with Kaname's deathly pale skin. And it contrasted nicely with his soft, black locks that settled over his shoulders.

He was so godly and stunning. And he was extremely significant in the Vampire World. Yuki should have been glad to win such a man of his stature.

Kaname was closer now, and he bent his head forward to leave a chaste kiss upon Yuki's small pair of lips. "Goodnight, Yuki. I wish you sweet dreams."

Yuki briefly returned the kiss before nodding slightly and returning his courtesy. Then she left the room. But she avoided her bedroom and went up on deck instead.

Yuki had always been a lively girl. She never liked to stay indoors much, and she hated even more to have to stay in her room. She wasn't exactly independent, but she rather be alone with her thoughts than with Kaname and his friends, who were also his cousins.

Because of him being a vampire but also wanting to live the day life with Yuki, Kaname and his cousins had to adjust to being awake during the day. As a result, they were dead tired around twilight time. And they collapsed in their beds. It was the only time when Yuki was at last alone, to her intense relief.

She hurried up on deck, forgetting to change her red gown to a more simple, relaxed dress. But she didn't bother going back. She wasn't going to do anything exciting anyway. She just wanted to get a quick glimpse of the sunset before she went to bed.

The Titanic had already been sailing for hours, and the bright sunlit sky from before was now darkening to a nice shade of black, blue and lavender.

With one hand on the rail, Yuki walked along the deck of the Titanic toward the nose of the ship. There, she saw other crowds of people slowly departing to their rooms. She glimpsed a few couples coming out to have a quick kiss before also retiring to their bedrooms.

She sighed.

What she would give to really feel what it's like to be in love...

She began to slow down her stroll as she looked up ahead in front of her. There, before Yuki, stood a tall, lean boy who was leaning over the rail of the nose of the ship. He was looking down at the ocean, long silver strands of his silver hair falling across his pale, taut face. The features of his skin were all muscular, yet still managed to keep their youthful and slender boyish figure.

He was so handsome, Yuki thought. Even with his casual, dark colored clothing, Yuki could tell he was probably from the second class.

His eyes were covered by his hair, but just by his body language, Yuki could tell something was bothering him.

Zero closed his eyes for a moment, suddenly catching a whiff of something that smelled floral and sweet. His bloodlust was consuming him, and he had managed to sneak away from his Master in the Dining Hall to outside. With too many people around him, Zero would have lost it. He was better out here with the wind to help blow the scent of humans away from him.

But now, this strange and pleasant scent caught his full attention. Zero opened his eyes and turned to the side a bit to see what presence could be this dangerously close to him. And his jaw nearly dropped when he glimpsed the girl from earlier. She still wore her red gown, and her brown hair was muddled from the strong wind. Still, she looked just as radiant as before when his eyes had last fell on her.

Could that wonderful scent possibly be coming from her? he wondered. Zero could feel the ache in his jaw grow as his fangs lengthened a bit just at the anticipation of drinking such tasty human blood. He quickly turned away so that the girl wouldn't see, and he shut his eyes tight.

No, no, no, he wanted to scream. Not an option! He was not going to give into his bloodlust now, especially due to his surroundings. What would the girl think if he attacked her? Only vampires and his Master had such skill to wipe away the memories of humans, and Zero was not about to ask his Master for such help. He didn't want the older man to witness such a scene.

No. He would control it. He had to. No way in hell was he going to bite some human. Just the mere thought of it was sickening. Ugh, he thought. Those damn vampires are such monsters. Creatures of the night that drank from humans. How could they live with themselves?

No wonder they had no heart to endure.

To Zero's disappointment, the scent did not falter after awhile like he had thought. He was too frightened, for himself and for the girl, to turn and actually check if she was still there. If she wasn't a fool, she would leave. He purposely set up an icy, remote barrier around himself to keep humans away from him. He often used this technique during times like these when he was afraid of getting too close to humans. And the technique mostly always worked. One glance at the rude, moody, depressed looking boy and crowds of people would be dashing away.

Now, it seemed, his act wasn't fooling the girl. In fact, the smell was actually becoming stronger. Zero shut his eyes tighter, clamped his lips firmly together to the point where his fangs cut into the skin, and clutched hard at the rail before him.

Please, just go away! he wanted to yell at the girl. Just go if you want to save your life!

"Um..., excuse me..."

No! Go away! Please!

"Sir...?"

Zero didn't want to move. He really didn't. If anything, he wanted to throw his body off the ship and down into the icy depths below where he would surely die.

"Sir...?" the girl repeated softly, her hand reaching out to touch his arm. His vampire instincts enabled him to react fast, and Zero swung his arm up to catch hers in a tight grasp.

Yuki's breath caught in her throat as the boy suddenly reached up to grab her arm, and then he twirled her around so that he was directly behind her, pulling Yuki's body against him.

She was too stunned to move, and too much in shock. What was he going to do to her? she wondered, panicked. Should she call for help? Who would come anyway? Everyone must already be in bed.

She could feel his labored breathing in hot puffs against her exposed neck, which was tilted at an uncomfortable angle. She tried to move away from him, but his arms were tight around her. They wouldn't let her go for anything.

Zero tried to remain in control. But the faint sound of the girl's blood rushing in her veins, especially that huge, juicy vein right there on the corner of her throat... He didn't want to hurt her, or scare her. But that was exactly what he was doing.

No. He could fight this. For years, he's fought his body and had maintained control. Now he was going to do that, too. He had to. He was not a killer, and he certainly was not going to drain this girl of her blood.

Still, without thinking, his tongue lashed out to taste her skin and he felt the girl's body shudder against his chest. A nervous chill ran up both their spines as Zero continued to lick and nip at the girl's neck. But Zero ignored the girl's whimpering. No matter how much he fought with himself, half of him still wanted to dig his fangs into the girl and suck her dry. Just so he could relieve his bloodlust already and get over the pain.

Yuki whimpered as she suddenly realized the truth. The boy, who ever he may be, was a vampire. A hungry vampire at that. The signs were all there. She could even feel the pointed fangs of the boy barely scraping the neck of her skin. She knew he wasn't a pureblood just by the way he acted. Was he a Level E then? she wondered. Should she scream for Kaname? She knew how overprotective he could be. If Yuki barely even whispered his name, he would come running to her at vampire speed.

So why couldn't she get his name past her lips? she screamed to herself.

This wasn't right, Zero thought to himself. The girl was beyond frightened of him. He had destroyed any hope or thought of ever having a nice, polite chat with her in the future. Great...

Zero didn't want to, but the half of him that screamed for him to pull away finally won. It wasn't easy, though. Zero practically threw the girl away from him as he dashed to the side. He leaned on his back against the railing, his breathing harsh and ragged as he bent over his knees. He closed his eyes tight and balled his hands into tight fists until his knuckles couldn't turn anymore whiter.

The bloodlust was practically eating at him now. With the girl still so close by, he wanted to just throw her down on the floor and rip off the skin of her throat. He was so desperate now, it was pitiful.

Damn. He knew he should have brought those blood tablets with him before he left his Master.

Zero fought another painful spasm that ran through his chest. The tight bands running from his throat all the way around to his back were rough, and they hurt like hell. He groaned as he clenched at his chest, his knees weakening until they finally fell out from underneath him.

As he collapsed, he heard the distinct gasp come from the girl. He tilted his head to the side slightly to look at her. God, why wouldn't she leave? he wondered. She was standing just a few feet out of his reach, her face pale and filled with utter shock. And her brown eyes were round as globes.

If she was so afraid, why couldn't she just leave him? Why couldn't she relieve the torture just a bit?

"Please..." Zero choked out, still grasping at the collar of his shirt for control. "Pl-Please, just g-go..." He whimpered at another sudden agonizing spasm.

Yuki was both shocked and moved as the boy spoke. His voice was so beautiful, even when it sounded as if it was in pain. She was well known of the various levels of vampires and she knew, now that she got a closer look at him, that he was a Level D vampire...for the time being...

She was surprised, however, at how strong willed the boy actually was. She had had her share of witnessing vampires actually becoming Level E's. It was not a pretty sight, and she couldn't imagine the torture the boy must be going though just trying to keep himself under control.

Despite the fact that the boy had almost just bitten her a few seconds ago, she sympathized for the boy. She found herself wanting to help him, to actually give him her...blood.

She reached out with a shaky hand toward the boy, and prepared to speak.

But Zero wouldn't have it. He knew, at once, what she was doing. Was she insane? What kind of normal human wouldn't be afraid of a vampire? Has she encountered one of his kind before? he wondered. But all these questions seemed insignificant as Zero hastily stood up and away from her.

Their eyes met for a short moment, silver eyes boring into chocolate colored ones, and back. And then, he took off running.

Zero couldn't handle it any longer. He had to get away from her. He just had to. He couldn't stand the look on anyone's face if they were afraid of him. He didn't want to be a disgusting monster. He didn't ask for this curse. He just wanted to be left alone. That was all.

The sound of rapid tapping footsteps from behind caught his attention, and Zero whirled around to see the girl chasing after him.

What the--?

Didn't she get fazed at all? What exactly was she?

Zero felt the bands in his chest become thicker, and he grasped his shirt again. He sped up his pace and ran away from the girl, ignoring the surprised looks of bystanders.

A few minutes of chasing and Zero found himself wondering just how fast this girl really was. She was small, but she was really fast.

Finally, Zero managed to lose her. He ran under a stairway and turned a sharp corner and into a closet near a hallway in the second class wing. Once inside, he locked the door and waited. Moments ticked by fast. Meanwhile, Zero tried to cool his adrenaline. His labored breathing came out in unstable puffs of air.

A few minutes later of standing there, concentrating on his breathing, he could hear the girl running past the door.

For a long moment, Zero just stood there and waited in silence. He waited for the hall to clear so he could escape, and he also waited for his bloodlust to somewhat fade a bit. He knew that when he was bloodthirsty, his lavender colored eyes would become a deep scarlet. He hated that. And he didn't want any humans to find him in that condition.

When he thought that the coast was finally clear, Zero stepped out from the closet. He was surprised to feel extremely exhausted. Whether it be from the running or his bloodlust.

He walked slowly back up the way he came until he was sure to find the route to his bedroom. There, he would lock himself up and force down an entire glass full of blood tablets. No matter how much they made him sick, he would just have to endure them until the end.

But he never managed to make it there. As he walked down the long, dimly lit corridor, he heard familiar rapid steps behind him.

Oh hell...not her again...

Zero was too tired and exhausted to confront her this time. He turned slightly to see the girl, her face flushed and her hair much messier than before. She slowed to a walk toward him, her eyes narrowing together the closer she got to him.

Zero tried to read her expressions. Was that pain? Hurt? Fear? And...sympathy? since when did he deserve her kindness?

Before he realized it, Zero's vision was fading. And the rest of his senses soon gave out as well. He saw the girl coming toward him, he could feel his bloodlust increase suddenly and his mouth water with anticipation. He could feel himself walk forward once, then a second time.

And then he felt himself falling forward. Everything went black and still, and Zero could swear he felt a pair of strong, rough hands catching him from the side before he finally collapsed.

Sorry I ended it so fast. I just wanted to get this over with quick. Well, I hoped you all liked it! Review please, and flame if necessary. Until then, I'll try to hurry and update as much as I can. But you know, with exams and all, it'll be awhile... Sorry. But if I get enough reviews, I may be able to hurry faster! Hee hee. Anyway, thanks for reading. Hope you all like...!