Kaname felt the limo jerk to a halt knowing that he had arrived at Cross Academy. He look out the one way window and his eyes fell upon his adorable Yuki, eagerly waiting to greet him. His eyes couldn't help but linger on Zero for a moment. The way that his silver hair blew in the wind and his stunning violet eyes that were staring intently at the window. It was almost as if he could see through the window and into his eyes. Kaname heard the slamming of multiple car doors shutting behind him. He watched as the night students gathered around his car and Aido's hand reach for the door handle.

Once the door was open, Kaname gracefully stepped out of the car and onto the sidewalk. Looking up, he met Yuki's brownish red eyes. "Welcome back Kaname-senpai," said his most precious Yuki.

"It's good to see you again, Yuki," Kaname said as he picked up a lock of her hair and landed a light butterfly kiss onto it. His eyes looked up and saw Zero scowl and look away. He could tell how much Zero hated the affection Yuki showed him. Kaname straightened up and addressed Zero, "You're the same as always, Kiryu."

"Tsk, applies more to yourself Kuran," Zero mumbled as he avoided Kaname's gaze. Kaname smirked at Zero's childish self. "Why don't you cut the pleasantries and head to your dorms already."

"No need to to rude Zero, we have just arrived after all but if that is your wish, then this one I shall grant you." Kaname began walking to the Moon dorms and all the night student followed suit.

Just before Kaname was out of earshot, Yuki built up enough courage and shouted after him, "Kaname-senpai, would you like to come over for diner?!"

"WHAT?!" exclaimed Zero. He did not hear what he thought he just heard.

"I would love to Yuki. I will see you at eight," replied Kaname ignoring Zero's outburst.

Zero walked grumpily back with Yuki to their dorm. He had just wasted his time waiting for the vampires and now he's going to have to waste his night away with the prince of all bloodsuckers. Zero didn't have long to linger in his thoughts before an awful smell hit him full force. 'Great, he's at it again. I should let him cook for the night and maybe the taste will kill Kuran for me,' Zero thought as a slight smirk spread across his lips.

"Don't even think about it Zero, could you please cook for tonight?" Yuki asked giving him her big watery eyed look. Of course Zero couldn't say no and before he knew it, he found himself marching into the kitchen and snatching the spatula away from the Chairman, chasing him out with it. Looking at the pieces of charcoal that used to be meat, Zero sighed heavily and set to work on making diner. Overall, the preparation and cooking took Zero two hours to complete. Although Zero was tempted to put sugar into Kaname's food instead of salt, he knew Yuki really wanted to impress him so decided to be nice for the time being. Zero finished setting the food out just as the doorbell rang, indicating the guest had arrived.

"Yuki, your guest is here!" Zero shouted up the stairs.

"I'm a bit busy can you get it please," Yuki said peeking her head around the corner. Her hair was up in a towel and she had a towel wrapped around her.

"Fine," Zero replied. 'Really? She decides to take a shower now?' Zero walked over to the door and purposefully waited longer just to annoy Kaname. Once the door bell was rung yet a third time Zero opened the door, revealing picture perfect Kaname.

"Slow to get to the door as you are thinking?" Kaname pleasantly asked.

Zero scowled, "Just come in before the food gets cold." He stepped aside to let the Pureblood prince in. Once Zero and Kaname entered the kitchen Yuki came darting in.

"Kaname-senpai, I'm glad you're here," Yuki said running up to him with a big smile on her face.

"I will always come when you ask me Yuki," Kaname said as he kissed her hand in greeting.

Zero woke up early the next day to the Chairman playing "First Call" on the tuba. Zero quickly snatched his new alarm clock from his night stand and threw it down the chute of the tuba, forever silencing it. The Chairman looked sadly at his new tuba before perking up. "Good morning Zero," the Chairman sang, "You have an assignment from the Association."

'Great, my last day off and I get to spend it on a job,' Zero thought as he took the letter from the Chairman.

"The mission is to eradicate the group of level E's that are hiding in an abandoned grocery store."

"Alright I got it, now get out of my room."

"But Zero you don't have to be so modest in front of me," Zero picked up the Chairman and threw him out of his room along with his two ton tuba. After slamming the door, Zero began to get dressed. He read the letter once more as he loaded Bloody Rose. Decided to skip breakfast, Zero exited through his window.

The abandoned grocery store was in a more run down part of the city, located near the outskirts and directly opposite of Cross Academy. Not many people lived in the area, but those who did weren't known for being the friendliest of people. Often times people who went missing here were hard to miss, which was how the group of level Es were able to gather before the Hunter's Association was notified.

This certainly wasn't Zero's first time in the area, center of crime as it was, but his familiarity of the streets did not mean he could relax. There were more than just noisy level Es lurking about in the area, plenty of normal humans had unkind intentions as well. Luckily, the walk was rather uneventful with it still being in the daylight hours.

Zero came up the grocery store, stepping carefully around the shattered window glass to keep his approach silent. Bloody Rose was loaded and ready in his hands. No sound was coming from the inside, but Zero wasn't foolish enough to believe that that meant it was empty.

Zero ducked under the middle handlebar of the shattered glass door, entering the store. The electricity had long since gone out, so the only light entering came in through the windows. Even though it was dark, Zero's eyes automatically adjusted, the dark areas lighting up so he could make out every detail of the trashed building.

Most of the place had already been ransacked, only leaving behind sporadic cans and bottles. The ground was littered with broken shelves, chunks of cement from the walls and counters, and random bits of trash. Zero didn't miss the trails of blood that led around the room, but since they criss-crossed at random, he just started to do a general sweep of the room instead.

He silently stepped around the ground debris, keeping his gun in front of him and his senses open. Checks between the few remaining standing shelves came up clean, and as he directed his attention to the counter, a noise from the backroom sounded.

Zero raised his gun at the side door and approached, tensed and ready. Just as he use his right hand to reach out for the door handle the door burst open, the metal slamming into his hand and knocking it aside. Zero fired instinctively at the red-eyed crazed vampire that launched itself toward him.

His reaction was a second too late as, in a split second, the vampire grabbed his wrist just below the gun. The shift in the gun's position caused the bullet to fly over the vampire's head rather than through it. The other clawed hand grabbed his throat and pushed him back, the momentum sending them flying into one of standing shelves. It broke on impact, sending Zero and the vampire crashing to the ground.

Zero gasped, his free hand pulling at the crushing grip on his throat while the other was trying to hold onto the gun with the vampire's death grip on his wrist. He pulled at the arm in front of him, but he couldn't get a tight enough grip to pull it away. The stabbing pains shooting up his arm told him that it was probably broken.

Switching tactics, he tried lifting his foot to kick the vampire, but the collapsed metal shelf was digging painfully into his back. He was able to bend just enough so that he got his foot between them and pushed as hard as he could. He shifted his weight back so that he could throw the vampire over him and to the other side of the scrap pile.

Zero cursed as he rolled over to his side so that the metal was no longer digging into his back. He could feel his muscles spasm a bit from the change in pressure, but he pushed himself up to get out of the vulnerable position. Zero heard a shifting sound to his right and quickly turned, gun up and ready.

A second vampire had appeared coming toward him. Zero fired, just missing the vampire's vital point due to the shaking of his injured wrist. Zero cursed again as lowered his right hand, instead just using his left. This time his aim was perfect, striking down the staggering vampire. He turned to back to his previous opponent, but another new arrival had shown up.

Before Zero could react, he was thrown to the side and into the wall. He blinked rapidly to clear his slightly distorted vision but by the time he got up, he was alone in the store.

The sun had set an hour ago and Zero was still hunting down the level Es that had escaped him from the grocery store. 'Dammit this is taking longer that I thought.' Zero was currently walking down a dirt path in the nearby woods that the vampires had run into. His body was aching from the beating he took but the adrenalin had blocked out most of it. He was about half a mile into the woods before he felt himself get surrounded by the level E's. There were approximately six left from the large group that he had eliminated earlier that day. Then one of the level E's attacked him, then another until the rest followed suit.

Zero fired rapidly at the oncoming vampires killing one by one until five were ash. Just as Zero was about to turn to the last one he felt an excruciating pain erupt from his stomach and spread to his chest. Zero collapsed from the pain, red flashing before his eyes. 'Is this it?' Far off in the distance he heard the level E get struck and turn to ash. A pair of shoes stopped in front of him.

"Down already? You really are a worthless hunter."