I'm back, brandishing chapter two as I arrive. Hope you enjoyed the first chapter, and for your patience, here's chapter 2!

Disclaimer: I don't own Vampire Knight.

Xx

I woke up to the sun shining in through a slightly dusty window. I sat up, and saw that there were clothes for me laying at my feet, and when I unfolded them, I found a pair of thigh hugging boot flare jeans, a black cami, and a black button up dress shirt. When I unfolded the jeans, I found a pair of clean underwear and- a roll of bandages?

I gathered my clothes, and I slipped back into the room I was supposed to be sharing with Zero. I found him still asleep, and so I took the oportunity to use the privacy of the bathroom. Not bothering with another shower, cuz I bathed twice yesterday, I slipped on my new clothes. It was a bit disturbing how the jeans were only a size too big at the waist- perfect fit on the thighs, a bit long on the bottom, and how the cami fit just fine. I didn't think Zero knew what size I was. Then again, I'm not that big, so it probably wasn't that hard.

I had emerged from the bathroom, and found Zero glaring at me from the bed. "You left" he said, and sat up. I nodded. "I don't trust you while I sleep. You're a guy" I said, and headed for the door.

As I passed Zero, he patted me on the head. "Baka" he said, and went into the bathroom.

I left the room, and I saw Yagari just leaving his own bedroom. He looked down at me, and then at the roll of bandages in my hands. "you will not like training with a bra on" he said, grabbed my wrist, and shoved me into his room.

I stared at Yagari in a bit of fear. He looked at me expectantly. "take it off" he said, and I huffed. I turned around, and pulled off both of my tops. I felt him unclip my bra, and I let it fall to the ground. He started to unroll the bandages, and I saw his arm go back around me, holding in place the end of the strip, and he began to wind the roll around my chest.

When he got to certain parts of me, he held the bandages, and handed me the roll. "You do it" he said, and I started to wrap my chest tightly in the bandages.

When I got up to my armpits, He told me to hold the roll, and he began to tighten the bandages. Once he finished, he grabbed the small pocket knife I found the previous day, and cut the strip. He tied it in a simple knot, and then I put my shirts back on.

Blushing, I turned around. "ano... um, thanks..." I said, and ran from his room.

I bumped into Zero, who was just leaving our room, and his eyes widened, and then narrowed, noticing the difference on me. Yagari, who was leaning in his doorframe, must have smirked, because I was thrown to the side, and Zero was on Yagari in seconds. Yagari, being more experienced, simply threw Zero to the side, and shut the door as Zero charged him again. The door vibrated from Zero running into it, and then there was a loud thud.

Yagari headed to the kitchen, and I followed him. Once Zero calmed down, he joined us, and I got the most vile, dirty look I had ever seen cross his face thrown at me.

Grabbing our weapons, Yagari opened the front door, and we left the house for the forest, where he began to drill me with the basics of surviving as a hunter. I wouldn't be one, by any means, but because of what happened on our journey here, I needed to know how to take care of myself.

They had me climbing trees with one arm, while the other haulled up Yagari's shotgun. Strength hadn't been one of my strong points, and so I was yelled at constantly by Zero and Yagari to get up the tree. When I had finally managed to get up to the first branch, Zero told me to keep going until the branches were too weak to hold me. That took me about 2 hours to climb the tree one way, and then they expected me to jump down from about 20 feet up. I thought I had broken my ankles when I had landed.

When the sun had finally gone down, I was nothing but a human sized pain mass. every inch of me hurt; my wrists from climbing trees, my arms from hauling up 120 lbs on each arm, my feet from landing once I got as high as I could go, my legs from sprinting about 7 miles at a time, and my stomach from doing 300 crunches and sit ups at one time. I had collapsed the moment Yagari said we were done for the day. I saw two pairs of shoes in my sight, and I numbly lifted my arms. They didn't go very far off of the ground.

I was propped up, and I was pulled to my feet. I saw that Zero had crouched down, and I collapsed on his back. He hooked his arms under my legs, and he stood. the two males made their way back into town, and Yagari said he'd take me back to the house if Zero would get something to eat. I was moved from Zero's back to Yagari's arms, and then we were moving down the quieter backroads of the town.

Yagari managed to get the door unlocked while still holding me, and I was placed on the sofa and covered with a blanket. He shuffled through one of the unpacked bags from yesterday, and pulled out a bottle of pain medication. He got me a glass of water, and he handed me it and 3 pills.

After I had downed the pills and half the glass of water, I realized that it was the same glass Yagari had used last night.

I coughed and sputtered, and I shot Yagari a look. He merely shrugged, and took the glass.

Zero returned soon after that, holding three bags of ingredients. "Fish" he said, and got to work in the kitchen.

Yagari sat on the floor, leaning against the sofa I was on, and he turned on a tiny tv that sat in the corner. he flipped through the channels before settling on some documentary on SciFi (I don't own it). I felt the pain slowly leave my body, leaving in it's place a heaviness that overcame my body.

Zero woke me up for dinner, and I managed to get about half a plate down before I gave up. I saw looks pass between the two hunters, and I sighed, annoyed.

"Look, thank you for trying to train me, but we all know this is pointless. Just give up. I'll go back to the headmaster. No one will have to know I'm back" I said, standing.

Zero stood, his eyebrows furrowed and his lips forming a frown. "Yuki-" "Girl, Kaien trusted you two with me. Its not your fault that you weren't trained to be a hunter from such a young age like Zero. The training we put you through today is what we know you can handle. And knowing those basics is better than nothing" Yagari said, standing up. He looked at me with a hard eye, and I looked away, ashamed. I knew he was right, but...

"I just don't like feeling useless"

Both of my companions looked at me, and Zero sighed, before hitting me on the head again. "Baka." he said again, and I glowered at him. "stop that!" I yelled, and slapped his hand away before it could continue to hit my head.

Yagari didn't let his gaze leave me. "If you were truely useless, Kaien wouldn't have sent you here with me. Kaien knows you can handle yourself" he said, and picked up his plate. "dinner was good" he said to Zero, and dropped his plate in the sink. When he went into his room, he didn't reemerge.

Zero and I cleaned up the dishes from dinner, and then Zero plopped down on the sofa, watching a bit of tv. I stood in the kitchen, debating over something. Something seemed a bit off...

I gasped. "Zero! when's the last time you've fed?!"

Zero stiffened, and he looked back at me. "Yagari has taken care of it. Don't worry" I gulped. "You fed off of him?" "No. Yagari would shoot me before I could even try to bite him." he said, and pulled down the collar of his shirt.

Upon his chest was the same purple seal that adorned his neck, just larger. "He sealed me while you were climbing trees" he said, and fixed his collar. "Hopefully, I'll be able to take those god awful pills" he said, and returned his focus to the tv.

I headed to the room that Zero and I shared, and proceeded to the bathroom, where I filled the tub. I sunk my aching body in the hot water. I didn't bother to move for the longest time, just letting the hot water seep into my muscles. It was only when I heard a pounding on the door did I realize I'd fallen asleep. "What?!" I yelled, and the door burst open. I saw Zero nursing a bleeding fist, and he looked at me. "You've been in there for hours!" he yelled, and he dragged me out of the tub.

I screamed, and began to hit him. "Pervert! Get out!" I yelled, and I forced him out of the room.

I dressed for bed in the large shirt Yagari had given me the first day, and I shot into the bed before Zero could see me. I heard him shift, and then two arms snaked around me. "Zero!" "shhh" he said, and pulled her back to him.

Struggling, I tried desperatly to get away from the half asleep Zero. "Zero! Stop!" I said, as he began to pet my arm. His lavender eyes were hazy with sleep, and I belatedly realized that he was sleep molesting me.

Not having enough to get out on my own, I opened my mouth, and let out a scream which was silenced just as it came out. Zero's hand easily covered my mouth, and I bit down on it as hard as I could.

Something answered my plea for help, because the next thing I knew, Yagari was poking his head into the room. I threw him a desperate look, and he quickly came in, and grabbed Zero by the neck, dragged him out of bed, and threw him across the room.

"ch, this is the side effect of that damn seal" he said, and I looked at the now awake Zero who was staring at Yagari in confusion. "Why the hell did you do that?" he hissed, and Yagari's visible eye narrowed. "I think it would be best if you slept with me" he said, and Zero's face contorted into that of disgust. "Hell no" "Then Yuki will sleep with me"

Zero didn't like that idea any better than the last one. Finally giving up, he stood, and collapsed back on the bed. "Go" he said to me, and he rolled onto his stomach.

I got up, and Yagari opened the door for me. I was hesitant to go into his room, and I had just turned to go down the hall to the sofa when a hand grabbed the back of my borrowed shirt, and I was dragged into the bedroom.

Yagari laid down on the right side of the bed, and i timidly crawled into the left side of the bed. He laid on his side, facing away from me. He didn't say anything, and I didn't bother to try and start a converstion. Not only was this Yagari, Mister I-don't-care-if-you're-insulted-with-my-choice-in-words, but it was also late at night.

I rolled onto my side, my back facing his, and I curled up into a ball. I tried to relax myself, telling myself that there wasn't anyone else in the bed with me, that Yagari would be the last person to ever try something with me. But I couldn't get around falling into a fitful slumber.

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I was awakened all to soon by Yagari shaking my shoulder. "Get up already" he said, irritated. I sat up, but was tugged back down to the bed. "I said get up, not sit up" he whispered harshly, and I went to reply when his hand shot over my mouth. I was pulled to him, much like Zero did earlier, and I saw the door open. All I could see were two glowing red eyes, and ragged breathing filled the room. I felt Yagari's hand slide underneath my pillow, and he lifted his hand slightly. The hand over my mouth tightened, and knew why when an ear numbing crack rang out from right under my ear.

Yagari cursed as he missed the vampire, and he shot out of the bed as the vampire that broke into his house raced towards the bed. I finally let out my scream, and I also raced away from the bed, just barely missing the clawed hand that tried to grab me. I tripped over something, and saw that the weapons I had barricaded myself with the other day had been stacked by the side of the bed. I grabbed the sword, and weilding it like Artemis, I loped off the vampires head. It turned into dust all over the bed.

Yagari had been shooting the vampire when I had so gracelessly decapitated the intruder. I shook, and collapsed on the ground. Zero burst into the room, his own gun aimed around the room. He saw the ashes on the bed, and me curled up on the ground. Both of the males came towards me, and helped me up. Yagari took his weapon away from me, and Zero led me to his room. I was pushed gently onto the bed, and then tucked in securely. I saw Yagari come into the room, brandishing his shotgun and the little .22 caliber he had used earlier. Just thinking of it reminded me of the aching in my ears. I pressed my hands to my ears, trying to alleviate the pounding in my head.

Someone slid into the bed next to me, and a strong arm was curled around my torso, and a warm body was brought to mine. Yagari may have gone back to bed, but I certainly didn't. The sun had started it's rise in the sky when Yagair woke up. He hadn't moved once through the hours he had been asleep, and part of me wandered if it was a natural thing, or a trained reflex.

He let me go, and sat up. I looked over my shoulder, wincing as my stiff muscles protested the motions. He was rubbing his eye, and then the hand slid into his toussled black locks. He turned to look down at me, and I looked back to the wall. He got up, and he made his way to the door. "get up. We're going to have to leave by noon" he said, and went back into his own room.

I got up a bit after that, and made my way to his room, where I saw him staring at the bed. He looked at me, and motioned to the mess. "just gather it in the sheets" he said, and I began to help him fold up the sheets into themselves to make a large pouch for the ashes. We threw all of the sheets and pillow cases in with them, and he hauled it out into the hallway. I saw Zero bringing in new sheets, and I began to help him make the bed.

Yagari returned fully dressed, and he told us to get dressed. We changed as quickly as possible, and then we were leaving the house through the back door, and going towards the stables.

I saw that all three of our horses were fully tacked up, and we swung up and took off. Yagari led us through the absolute back roads, and we hit the forest once again. We didn't waste any time, and we quickly moved into a canter through the forest. It was only when night fell that we stopped. The horses had long since tired from their canter, and so we had walked a fair amount of distance.

Yagari tied our horses up while Zero and I got into a tree. I was handed the little .22, and that's when Yagari spoke up.

"He was from Cross Acadamy" he said, and he handed us a piece of paper. Zero recognized it, but to me, all it looked like was a list of names.

Yagari elaborated. "It's a hunter's hit list. We get updates whenever new vampires are spotted and need controling" he said, and I then noticed that there were 3 names from the Acadamy. Two of them were underclassmen, and the other one was an upperclassman.

I handed the paper back to Yagari, who folded it and stuck it back in his coat pocket. I leaned heavily on Zero, suddenly overwhelmed. I saw Yagari stop getting into the tree, and he came over to us, and held out a hand. "Get down" he said, and I frowned. "Why?"

Zero's breathing went ragged, and I knew he needed blood. "Yagari-" "No. I absolutely forbid it" he said, and pulled me out of the tree.

Zero followed me, and I was whipped behind Yagari as a ferral Zero tried to bite at me. My eyes widened in horror, at the sight in front of me.

The seals that were on Zero weren't purple anymore. They were completely black. I suddenly realized just how much those two seals held Zero in check. And now that they were black, he had finally reverted to a Level E vampire.

I grabbed at Yagari's arm. "What happend to the seals?!" I yelled, and he kept Zero at bay. "Those seals were never permanent. It doesn't surprise me that Kaien forgot to tell you that" he said, and hit Zero hard with the barrel of his shotgun.

I hid behind a horse. "What do you mean?" "Those seals were supposed to delay his decend. That silver he had to take weakend the seals, I think. And since I added the second seal, I ran the risk of undoing the first one" he said, got serious. "There's nothing I can do for him now. Look away" he said, and I hid my face in the horses neck.

A gunshot louder than last night rang out, and I didn't want to look up and see what was left of Zero. I heard Yagari moving around, and clothes being shuffled, and then I felt arms leading me away from the horse. I kept my eyes closed, and it was only when we stopped that I finally opened them. I saw Yagari climbing up into a tree, and he had a hand extended to help me up once he got situated. I was placed against a firm chest, and he had one arm resting lazily on my stomach. "sleep" he said, and that's what I did.

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I had to get rid of Zero. I'm a big fan of Zero, but to keep me on track with Yagari and Yuki, I had to get rid of the distraction. So sorry to those who liked Zero! Just know I don't normally off a character.

Review so I can get ideas for chapter 3!

-gdd-