Hi everyone! This is a story i have written for a very special friend of mine ayamechin. Thanks for all your help and for being my friend my dear! I hope this story bring some joy to you. ^^

For those wondering about my work Midnight Hour, i've had a very bad 3 months so its been hard to find inspiration or time to write. I will though be publishing a chapter over the christmas period and am doing a small christmas oneshot (will be Yume, so sorry to my Zeki friends, i'll do a Zero oneshot for you guys later on). This oneshot is to say sorry for the wait with Midnight Hour, and to wish everyone a Merry Christmas. So do watch out for it as i'll post it soon.

Hope you all enjoy!

Ayame Senju was running for her life.

Everything she had known had turned out to be a lie, her whole world had shattered due to the curse. The curse that plagued all the females in her family. It had led to many incidents in her life ones she was never aware of, but none were as serious as the one she was in now. She now knew the truth of why she had been plagued all her life and it had led her to her present condition.

Why did it come to this? She thought as she ran through the forest. Why?

She was drenched from the rain that was falling, and her cloths and jet black hair were clinging to her skinny frame. Her feet had thousands of cuts due to her running with no shoes on for miles trying to escape her pursuers.

I need to get away and fast.

She accelerated her speed; everything went past her like a blur. She smiled faintly; sometimes it was handy to be a vampire, even if this was not what she wanted to be.

She kept running, ignoring the pain in her feet and the dizziness she was feeling. She had to get away and that's all that mattered. Her heart beat was erratic and her breathing started to become more laboured. Black dots appeared in her vision but still she ran.

She ran until she felt she couldn't breathe anymore and her heart would burst from her chest, that's when everything went black and the darkness took her.

Kaname Kuran was walking through the woods near his mansion not far from Cross academy. He had spent all day with his advisors going through reports, signing documents and attending meetings. His mind was fully exhausted. He hadn't rest for some months now, takuma kept telling him to take a day off but he wouldn't. He had to keep busy, keep his mind focused, otherwise he would think of the past and the horrors that had happened.

He felt a shudder go through his body as he remembered what happened 10 years ago.

Rido had attacked the academy to take away his sister Yuuki. They had only managed to fight him off due to the power Rido had accumulated over the years. Kaname and Yuuki had left and gone into hiding. One day, that fateful day, Kaname had left their sanctuary to go and see Zero. There had been news the hunter had information for him, which when Kaname found him had turned out to be true. Unfortunalty while Kaname was meeting Zero, Rido had found Yuuki's hiding place and attacked, killing all in his path. Though Yuuki fought well she was no match for her mad uncle and had perished, along with Siren, who had been left to protect her.

When Kaname and Zero got news of the attack they made their way there with all haste, only to find the place burned, and not a living thing left. The only things they had found were the resin rose and Artemis. Both had turned black due to the flames. Kaname had been beyond approach for several days afterwards, although he had never loved Yuuki as a lover, he had loved her as a sister, and she had been the last part of his family. He had felt so alone. After he had mourned, his sadness was overcome by a new emotion, anger. He and Zero (who had become close due to them both grieving Yuuki's lose), left to hunt Rido down, and after several months they caught up with him and put an end to his life. Kaname had felt great satisfaction when his uncle had died.

Now 10 years later Kaname was the King of the vampires, and Zero had gone on to become the head of the association. Both had remained on good terms over the years, which had helped due to the amount of times they had to work together. Kaname was glad to have the hunter as a friend now, and some of his loneliness had left him. Yet something was missing in his life, something he couldn't quiet put his finger on, and it was bugging him immensely.

Kaname sighed as he stopped and closed his eyes, trying to clear his mind. The peacefulness of the night surrounding him and invading his senses.

Soon though Kaname heard rustling not far from him. He chose to ignore it. He tried honing more into his surroundings, hoping nature would fill every sense, to bring some peace to his mind.

More rustle and now panting could be heard. A flicker of annoyance passed over Kaname's graceful features, but he continued to ignore whatever it was.

After the sound got too loud he opened his eyes, and turned towards where the sound was coming from with a glare. He was expecting to see an animal, he however wasn't expecting a young girl to be running through the forest, soaking wet and from the smell of blood in the air, injured.

He watched as she ran her shoulder length hair and clothes clinging to her, as she moved speedily through the trees. He could tell her breathing was laboured due to her panting, and the whiteness of her face told him she could collapse any moment. No sooner had he thought this, the girl wobbled slightly and fell to the earth.

Before Kaname knew it, he was bent down at her side. Her heart was wildly beating in her chest, and she was very short for breathe. He detected instantly that this black haired beauty was a vampire, and a newly turned one at that. Her legs and feet had cuts all over them, and she was bleeding quiet badly. It looked like she had been running for some time, and seemed in a lot of distress, whatever she was running from had upset her greatly, as her eyes still bared the redness of tears.

He gently touched her forehead, she felt extremely hot. Hmm…she may have picked up a fever running in soaking wet clothes in the cold. He mused.

A gust of wind brushed the girl's hair, and Kaname was hit by a very strange, yet alluring scent. He starred at the girl for a moment, as he felt the scent invade his sense. It seemed to pool heat into his body, and he felt desire start to creep into him. Kaname quickly shook himself before the feeling growing in him had time to take root. He looked at the girl warily, something about her scent seemed very strange, especially to get such a reaction inside him from one whiff.

Kaname looked at the girl; she needed medical attention and fast. He had no other option; Kaname took the girl in his arms and lifted her, carrying her bridal style back towards his house. He made sure all the way on his walk back to breathe through his mouth, and not his nose, so the scent of the girl wouldn't invade his senses again.

He pondered on what could have happened to this girl. Why had she been running through the forest with not a lot of clothes on and soaking wet? But the thing that was intriguing him most to this girl was her scent. Why had he felt like that just from her scent?

He didn't know the answer, but he made a mental note he would do once the girl awoke.

Kaname saw his house loom into view as he exited the forest. He swiftly moved across the lawn towards the front door. He all of a sudden heard a loud bang, which made him look up towards the house.

Takuma, Kain, Ruka and Aidou had all burst out of the house through the front door. They all stopped once they saw Kaname walking towards them, and were all starring at the person he carried in his arms.

"Kaname-sama we smelt blood so came to investigate." said Aidou in explanation.

"Ah, so that's why you all came quickly out of the house." said Kaname as he neared them and passed by towards the open door.

"Kaname-sama who is the person you are carrying? asked Ruka, her voice reeked with jealousy.

"She's an injured vampire as you can see."

"I know, but my lord, why are you carrying a level D? You shouldn't concern yourself with such filth." spat out Ruka.

Kaname stopped in the threshold and turned to look at Ruka. "I think any decent person should be concerned when they see someone in distress, particularly if the person is a young lady that is injured." And with that he entered the house and moved quickly up the stairs.

Ruka hissed in jealousy at Kaname being concerned over another women, what made it worse to her was the women was a level D. Kain laid a hand gently on her shoulder, but she shoved it off before storming off into the night. Takuma sighed heavily as Kain made to follow her, but stopped when he heard takuma speak.

"Leave her Kain, a jealous women is one better not crossed."

Kain paused then nodded. Takuma gave him a sad smile.

"Well I think we had better go and help Kaname with his injured stray. I have to say in all the years I've known him he's never brought anything back home with him, not even a puppy and now he turns up with an injured level d." Takuma chuckled. "I do believe Kaname may be growing soft."

Aidou turned fiercely around and looked at Takuma. "Our lord is not soft! He is the hardest, strongest and smartest pureblood there is!"

"Hanabusa you know I didn't mean anything like that, of course he's strong, what I meant was he really does have a kind heart, as much as he tries to hide it."

Kaname walked towards his own room, and mentally opened the door.

He gently laid the young girl down on his bed and looked at her. She was still dripping wet, and his own shirt was now soaked at the front. He quickly took his shirt off, revealing a toned body underneath, and put it in a hamper near the door. He moved back to the bed and looked again at the girl.

I need to get these wet clothes off her, before she gets colder.

He was about to call for Ruka, but realised from the scene at the door that may not be such a good idea. He looked at the girl, well there was only one option; he himself would have to do it.

He sighed and mentally told himself to not breathe her scent in again, while he removed her clothes. He sat on the edge of the bed and started unbuttoning the girls blouse; he averted his eyes once the buttons got near her breasts, but continued unbuttoning. Once the blouse was fully unbuttoned he lifted the girl up and supported her on his chest. He got her arms out of her shelves, and gently laid her down again. He let the blouse fall to the floor and moved down the girl's body, to remove the black skirt she was wearing. He unbuttoned it and pulled the zipper down. He managed to slide the material down her hips and legs until it was free of her.

Kaname bent down and picked the blouse up, and went and put both items of clothing in the hamper his own wet shirt was in. He moved towards his wardrobe and extracted a shirt from it. He moved to the bed and once again perched next to the girl. He pulled the girl back up, but stopped immediately when he was met by a pair of widened deep brown eyes.

For a moment he starred at the eyes not knowing what to do, he was so absorbed in them, that he forgot to breathe through his mouth, and instead he breathed through his nose.

The scent hit him instantly, tingling his senses. His mind seemed to fog as desire hit him suddenly. He felt the scent pulling him in, as if coaxing him to breathe in more. He leaned in towards the girl, his lips only cm apart from hers, and he could feel her breath lightly brushing his skin.

"What are you doing?" the small voice which snapped Kaname back to his senses.