Love Hurts

Chapter one: A meeting so sweet

I do not own Vampire Knight in any way and I do not profit in any way but it is a good manga, you should read it sometime. Delilah is my character that I made for myself in this story, if you notice; my own characters for stories don't change much. In fact, my pen name is a name I've used for a story. I do most of my writings with a friend but she doesn't know a thing about Vampire Knight. Say "hi" ZxM!

What do you want? I'm trying to listen to my music and type my latest one-shot. Damn Kanada is so fucking hot! Got to remember to put the condoms in. I still remember what you did on that first story to me!

Hey, you loved the dressing room. Tell Ines to behave at least a little bit! Ugh. Well that's Zuretha Metal for you. P.S. I use a lot of foul and dirty language in writing (but not as much as Zuretha Metal). Now that that's settled, let's get down to business. Hope you enjoy!


A young girl with black hair and bright blue eyes walks into the Chairman Kaien Cross' office wearing the day student uniform with her hands clasped together and Yuki Cross is holding onto her arm. "Delilah! How you have grown my little girl!"the chairman gushes at the site of the two girls. Acting much like a father hyped up on happy pills. Delilah blushes at the chairman, like it has been a while since she had been gushed over by him. She is full of contrasts with her pale white skin, bright blue eyes and her rosy cheeks. Yuki gapes at her new friend that she just met while patrolling around the entrance gate.

"Chairman! You know this girl?" Yuki asks letting her arm fall from Delilah's and running up towards his desk. She stares at him, her hands on two different sides of his desk, leaning towards him. Yuki is young too, just a year older than Delilah. The brown-haired and brown-eyed girl is staring at him; her face easily says she's confused at the whole situation. After all, she had never heard of Delilah Loneflame before, come on! She hadn't even known that she existed before this evening.

"She is my niece from America. She came here to finish her schooling. She may be young, but she's in your grade, and she's still passing without a bat of an eye. She might even skip another grade or two if she's not too careful" The older man says with a smile and endearment of that of a father to his youngest, but very bright child. Yuki stares at her newest friend as if she's grown two more heads, twenty-seven new arms, sixty-three new legs and has two-hundred sets of eyes. "Oh and she will be on night shift" At that remark from the Chairmen, it's like all one hundred levels of hell had broken loose in a very small space.

"What!?" Yuki screams as if the small, seemly fragile girl is about to kill her with her bare hands and love to do it too. "How can she know about vampires?!" Yuki nearly goes ballistic at the idea of such a sweet girl knowing about the darker under belly of the world. Delilah gently tugs the older girl's sleeve, drawing her attention.

"Don't be mad at Uncle. He just didn't know how to tell you. You see, I was saved from a vampire as well. But my savior didn't make it. That's why I'm going to do everything I can to help everyone here. I want a world where no one has to fear vampires" says the tiny girl. Her face shows determination. There is no hint of pink on her high cheek bones. Her bright blue eyes bore into Yuki's brown eyes. There is an unspoken understanding between the two young girls.

A boy with silver eyes and hair walks into the room looking as if the youngest girl in front of has enough brain damage to cripple a thousand different people in just as many different ways. "Then shouldn't you hate vampires then?" the look of hate and distain clear on his face, even his body language screams "I hate all fucking vampires". The small girl shakes her head and walks up to the tall boy.

"Then should I hate you, vampire?" Delilah says as she places a tiny hand on his neck, startling him. How did she know? "It must have hurt badly, and so young too." Saddeness seeps from her voice and then the room goes black for the both of them. There is a blank look on both of their faces as they relive the horrid night Zero Kiryu was bitten by that hateful pure blood. He watches in absolute horror as every detail is laid bare to him, even sharper than when they were first happening. Then, when it ends, Delilah looks even sadder and says "I'm sorry, I didn't mean for it to come back so sharply, I can't control it very well still. Please forgive me Kiryu-sama."

Zero Kiryu can barely get a look of confusion on his face when the chairman answers the question that is all too apparent. "Delilah has the ability to see where a human was bitten by a vampire, and know the story of the bite, and she doesn't see just the first bite or the last. She sees all of them and instantly knows the story. If she touches the area, depending on the power, the memory of the bite she's thinking about will be called up. It's a useful ability after she learned how to semi-control it. Unfortunately is also gotten her into a few problems in America. It also drains her quickly. Delilah you should get some rest" the chairman tells them as if it happens every day.

The young-looking girl just looked at her Uncle and smiles happily. "I'm fine. I got plenty of rest on the plane. Yuki, why don't you take tonight off? You look tried, and, from what I've heard, your brain needs the rest. Just sleep. I'll take over all your duties tonight." She put her hand on the taller girl's shoulder. As she left she made sure that her hand touched Yuki's neck.

"I guess that would be fine" she says as she's given no choice as Delilah shuts the door.

The chairman smiles at her. "You heard her. Sleep, you need it." He shoves her out of the office. "Zero, I need you to watch her. She's the first girl exchange student. I don't want any of the night class to get any bright ideas about her. I promised my sister that she would be fine here, even with the vampires here. Follow her."

"I see, send the level E vampire to guard the human cargo." Zero mumbles the words looking to his right instead of looking at his foster father's face, feeling like a monster once again.

"You are not level E yet. That means you're the only one I can fully trust with this task. Please. This is one assignment that I need you on. You've only seen a small part of her powers. Image what would happen if it fell into the wrong hands" the two locked eyes with each other.


Later, around midnight.

The tiny girl swings from the trees, quietly laughing. She knows Zero is following her so she doesn't do anything too reckless. She sees a white uniform below her. She drops down, landing on her feet, knees slightly bent. The boy has the bluest eyes, they show his unconcerned feelings. What could this girl possibly do to him? A lot, she has been training with Apollo, Artemis' twin, and she was pretty sure she could kick his ass. "Please go back to class. I don't want to report you to the chairman." The serious look on the girl's face has the vampire amused.

"Are you the new girl on the Disciplinary Committee" he looks at her expecting something.

With an embarrassed look on her face she says, "Delilah Loneflame." She bows, bending at the waist. Her dark hair falls down, exposing the skin of her neck. She can feel his eyes on her veins. Back in America, this was normally the start of a fight for her and most vampires. Good, she needs a good fight to keep her awake. She stands up straight; she also notices the bulge just below his belt. She blushes, turning into a pale rose once again, and decides to get to the point instead of fantasizing about the vampire boy in front of her. "Protector of the innocent and guardian of the night. At your services, Sir." She curtsies politely.

"I shall go now. Don't worry I was just out for a walk, Kiryu-san." The red-haired vampire leaves the girl with questions and the silver-haired vampire who she is sure by now hates her.

"Stay in the classrooms. Don't make me warn you twice." Zero has a cold look to his eyes. His gun points at the mystery boy's head until he is long gone from both of their sites.

"Ugh. Now I know how Yuki-chan feels. I can protect myself Zero-sama. You can tell that to the chairman for me." The girl has a look of annoyance on her face. She walks off in about eighty-six degrees right from her original direction. Her mind wonders to the vampire who seemed almost amused at her attempts at her new role for the school. She tried her best to keep serious. It hurt her how he put her warning off like she was just a little girl, while he took Zero-sama's like it was a threat.


Zero quietly patrols but somehow he ends up at the window of Yuki's room. He watches her sleep. Her quiet mumbles have gotten more than one of his urges to spike. He loves to watch her sleep, even when he first met the optimistic but worried little girl. She's in her white lace night-gown. They match the bleach white sheets that she snuggles with. She stirs in her sleep. He's about to go when he hears his name from the golden voice of the girl he loves. "Zero-chan? What are you doing here?" she sleepily rubs her eyes.

"Nothing, go back to sleep. You need it." For a nano second, his dark, harden expression softens. But that's all that softens the rest of his body stays in a stiff, hard pose. The girl of his dreams gently walks up to him, placing her hand on his cheek. Her eyes dive into his. They say that the eyes are the window to the soul, but what are Yuki's saying? He never could read her right when it came to himself.

Her expression says so many things but one emotion shines through: passion. "When was the last time you feed? You're looking extra pale tonight. You should drink." She lowers his head to her neck. She inwardly moans as his fangs gently part her skin above her vein. She leans her head back to give him full access to her life-giving blood. His arms wrap around her, lifting her off the ground just a little. Her toes just barely touch the ground. She presses her chest into his. Blood rushes to her already slightly pink cheeks as another of part of his presses into her.

His fangs gently detach from her neck, but he makes no move to release her. He kisses her neck as her hands tangle in his hair. His eyes meet Yuki's as he lowers his head. Yuki closes her eyes as she brings her lips to his, pressing on his gently. He is slow to respond. He can't believe that this is happening. The girl of his dreams kissing him! He returns the pressure, adding a little of his own and parts his lips as her tongue slides a long his bottom lip. Taking his time, he continues to kiss her, wanting the sweetness of the moment to last for the rest of the night.

Yuki untangles her hands from his hair and wrapping her arms around his neck pressing him harder into her. He tightens his hold on her, not enough to hurt her but just to keep her in his arms for just a bit longer. Her legs start to wrap around his and she presses her soft hard against his stiff hardness. Their kisses become even longer and sweeter.

Just then there is a quiet knock at the door. "Yuki are you awake?" Delilah asks softly. Yuki mentally curses the new backup. "I was just wondering if you know where Zero is." Delilah says just a little loader outside the door.

Zero finally releases Yuki. He then quietly whispers in her ear, "I'll see you tomorrow." He walks over to the balcony and does a front flip off. There's a smile on his face as he leaves. Yuki near swoons at the sight of him but quickly collects herself.

"Can I come in Cousin? Are you even awake?" the tiny girl is getting quite impatient and semi-load outside the door. Just as she's about to knock again, the door opens.

"What, I'm trying to sleep" Yuki adds a tired but whiney layer to her voice. The young girl's eyes go wide, and her eyelids wildly go up and down one hundred, ninety-seven miles per hour. "What's the matter, Delilah?" Yuki's voice has a hint of curiosity in it.

Delilah is down-right astonished that Yuki would try to hide something of this level of importance from her. "You were so not sleeping a minute ago. Why does everyone forget about my powers and then try to act innocent? Ok, Cousin, spill" Delilah storms into the room and sits on the bed. Her whole demeanor is demanding.

"Ah shit. How much did you see?" Yuki falls back onto her bed with her hand over her eyes. Delilah wanting details from her pulls her upright on the medium-sized bed. Thankfully, Yuki's roommate has been sleeping like the dead, otherwise it'd be a sleep over gossip session that they so didn't need at the moment.

"Well it started with your dream, which wasn't too surprisingly about Zero-sama, and it went all the way to when I started knocking. Wait I don't see him! Is he in your closet?" Both girls are fully awake and slightly irritated at the other, but Yuki is very tired and wants to go to sleep or have Zero-chan snuggle with her. The tiny girl tries to hide behind the arm of the girl who nearly got her innocence taken while looking towards the closet like there is a ten feet thick snake in it. "Is he going to pop out, and scare me into silence?"

Yuki mentally laughs, knowing that if he was here, that's what Zero-chan would do in a heartbeat and at Delilah's horrified face. "You saw all of that? Ugh, but no he left. He is not going to hurt you. He might if you tell him that you know." Yuki looks at her adoptive cousin with a special look in her eyes. The tiny girl's eyes go wide.

"I wasn't planning on telling anyone. I just wanted someone to share my vampire troubles with." The little girl whimpers, appearing for the entire world as if she's going to cry. Her eyes even start to water and her body starts to tremble.

"Please don't cry, Delilah, I promise I won't tell either. Now which of the many vampires we have on campus are you talking about?" Yuki didn't expect this from her, her father told her that Delilah didn't like vampires in that way when she was getting ready for bed and he had finish talking to Zero-chan. Maybe as a friend if they had fought on her side a few times, but not as a crush. He said that Delilah likes wholesome humans, someone who couldn't hurt her physically or mentally.

"I don't know his name exactly. I just know that his hair has a soft haze to it like velvet, and red like, well there's no other way to explain it, but fresh blood. His eyes are clear like crystal and blue like the water closet to the shore on a bright sunny day. That's why I wanted to find Zero; I wanted him to tell me the boy's name" the girl has a look of confusion on her face. "But you'll do. Besides, we can have girl talk. Zero will just get on to me about liking a vampire." Now she has a look of distaste.

"Senri Shiki. That's your lover boy. He's a model, no wonder why you like him." She smiles at the younger girl, thinking of her like a little sister. She lies down, closing her eyes; she really does need to rest. Hopefully Delilah wouldn't be too mad if she drifted off.

The girl blushes. Her entire face is now the shade of a pale rose. "It's not that I like him, its just. . . " She looks away from the girl who feels like the older sister she never had. "Well, when I did my introduction like I normally do, I could feel him stare at my neck. I'm used to that because my veins show easily and I like midnight strolls. What really got me blushing was his equipment popping out." Delilah couldn't bring herself to look at Yuki's face, partly out of shame, partly out of embarrassment.

Yuki's eyes pop open, and she grabs Delilah by the shoulders "What?! He showed you that?! That sick pervt! I'm so going to stab him through the heart with Artemis!" Yuki goes on with her speech, although Delilah is yelling at her. Poor Delilah can barely get Yuki's attention.

Finally after a good shaking and a slap for good measure, Delilah gets her attention. "He didn't show me anything. Ugh, I'll just explain it later. Goddess, you Japanese chicks take everything so seriously. Can I ever use a metaphor with you?" the tiny girl flopped back onto the bed. She closed her eyes and let her fingers wonder over the soft sheets. How long has it been since she actually slept on a bed? It had been so long, and it had always been so dangerous to sleep anywhere normal. She didn't like to count the time in years but it was better than counting it in months or days. Delilah decides not to dwell on that part of time. That time is past.

"Oh you mean" Yuki says with wide eyes, "he had a pop up? Over you and you saw it?!" Yuki was forcing Delilah to sit up and look at her now. Yuki stared at her, taking in the bright pink face of the younger girl. She let go of Delilah and put a hand over her eyes, slamming back on to the bed. "What has this world come to? Soon guy are just gonna walk up to random girls and start grabbing their asses. Oh well, maybe then American girls won't dress so slutty anymore." Yuki smirks as she gives a meaningful look towards her, peeking from under her hand.

"I've never dressed in any way that people would call slutty! In fact, I have often got teased for dressing like a nun. I don't, it's just that I don't like skirts and I like pants. I'm not used to wearing anything like this. Don't mind the jacket though." She says absent-mindedly then blushes a deep red when she sees Yuki looking at her like she's gone partly mad. "I guess I'll see you in class tomorrow. You look tired. Sleep, you need it." She smiles at Yuki as she leaves, feeling at home for the first time since she was five.

Yuki, at the moment, very annoyed says, "Why does everyone say that? Ugh, I guess I'll just get some sleep." She throws the covers over her head. She lays there thinking about what has happened recently this week and, somewhere along the road, she falls asleep, of course dreaming of a silver hair vampire. Lucky for her, it began where they left off. During her sleep she smiles happily and hugs her pillow, arching around it.


After Zero left Yuki's bedroom, he went back to patrolling a little happier. The girl he loved for so long has the same emotions for him. As for the other part of the night, it was going to be fucking hell. He just had to be the good fucking hunter and protect the person who could help them out. What a fucking shitty situation. Not fucking fair. How come the chairman knew when to push certain buttons to make him do whatever he wanted? It was infuriating in most ways. He could never say no otherwise there would be this long fucking guilt trip in store for him. That was the part that he hated most. There was to many times when he did that, but in the end he always made sense.

Now he has to keep Delilah from Senri. Zero wasn't fucking blind and Delilah had a figure that most human girls would envy. Shit, a few vampire girls would envy her. If anything happened between those two, anything at all, the chairman would have his ass served to him on a fucking silver platter with his eyes and lungs as a fucking side. Then, before he died, he would make him eat every fucking bite. That was something he most definitely didn't need. Especially now he and Yuki were just now getting to a maybe relationship.

Which reminds him, why the fuck was Delilah looking for him? Does she want him to murder Senri? As much as he'd like to, he'd never hear the fucking end of it from the chairman. She was talking to Yuki when he left. He didn't think that Yuki would tell her about what they nearly did. If they did talk about it, he would have to scare her so bad that she physically and mentally couldn't tell anyone. Kuran Kaname would have an end to them in three fucking seconds. That would be the most horrid thing he could do. He finally has Yuki as his and then she's taken from him in a fucking blink.

Well think of the devil, Zero changes the metaphor to suit the situation. Delilah walks up to him. "There you are, Kiryu-sama! Yuki was so worried when I told her that I couldn't find you! Don't worry, I told her that I'd find you and that she should go back to sleep. She needs it. How will she fore fill her duties as a perfect if she can't stay awake?" She's smiling and laughing now. Good she doesn't know a thing. Now he won't have to scare her.

Zero with a look of boredom says, "What now LoneFlame?" he was getting very annoyed with this girl.

She squares her shoulders and says, "I want you to show me how to gain the respect of the vampires. The one I warned didn't even listen. Before you even warned him he was listening. I want to prove myself to Uncle Kurosu." Her blue eyes bore into his silver ones. She knows that he knows that name and is pissed the fuck off that she knows it. She is truly a great actor, portraying herself as an innocent young fucking girl.

He goes to grab her, but at of nowhere she has a gun pointed at the center of his forehead. Where she got it leaves him mystified. "How do you know that name!? Tell me or so help me god, I'll kill you!" he bares fangs at the tiny, yet slightly creepy girl.

She smirks and her eyes sparkle brighter. "Who do you think is the heir to that name? Just as you are the heir to the powerful Kiryu Clan, I am the heir to the Kurosu Clan. I've fought many vampires that have turned to evil in America. Now it's time I learn from a mentor here. Who do you think he has in mind?" She says with harsh sarcasm and takes the safety off of Apollo.

"You can't be! You're not even his daughter!" Zero starts circling her, hands clutched into fists at his sides and fangs at full length. She keeps her gun pointed at the center of his chest, her smile widening.

"And you're a vampire, taking the lead of the honored Kiryu clan. Why can't Kaien Kurosu take his younger sister's daughter as his heir? What, did you think he'd let you become his heir over his own blood? I seriously doubt he would." Delilah's normally sweet voice is full of cold, hateful humor. She giggles, leaving herself open to an attack. He notices and charges at her but he is stopped when he feels the cool metal of a blade on his throat. There is a cold shine to her eyes bright blue eyes, making them seem like ice instead of their normal sky blue.

"Your good. Where are you getting all these weapons from? Not even Yuki has this many on her at times" he says as he begins to cool down.

"In Greek mythology, doesn't Artemis have a twin brother?" she says coolly and then doesn't give him time to answer. "Apollo, God of Creation and brother of Artemis, Goddess of the hunt. My weapon can transform, it is normally an elongated metal ear-ring that is attached to my upper ear. It will form as a small silver hoop at the top of my ear when it has shifted to a weapon. Even if my ear with Apollo got cut off, it will disappear and reappear on another part of my body, which makes it useless to try to disarm me" she says with a cold, deadly voice.

Then a voice breaks up the fight as Delilah finishes her explanation, "Now, now Delilah, already starting fights, that's not good. After all, Kiryu is a useful tool" Kuran Kaname stood with the rest of the night class.

Delilah's mood does a 180 as soon as she hears Kaname's voice. "Kaname sempi! I missed you!" she runs up to him and leaps into his arms, much like a sister, while he hugs her and smiles like an older brother. "Can we play some time later? Please?"

Kaname laughs quietly, letting her go a few seconds after she came into his arms, but her eyes still gleam "Will I have to go full-out?" he smirks as if he already knows the answer but still hopes for the opposite anyway.

She giggles again "Of course, it wouldn't be any fun and way too easy if you didn't. I've gotten very strong since the last time you saw me Sempi." That when both of the notice that all the other vampires are staring at them. Zero's only thoughts are "who the fucking hell is she?" and Ruka Souen speaks the question on all the other's minds.

She walks toward him and Delilah, as if she is not sure if she will get punished for her question "Who is she and what is she to you Kaname-sama?"


Tell me, can you wait for the next chapter? Would you rather shoot flames or water guns (Im not hoping for flowers, my writing sucks too much)? Anyway, Please review, I don't care if its flames or happiness, i just want a review.