Ok well I was impressed with how many reviews I got for the first chapter the first day it has been up. So here is the second. I bumped it up a notch… I was going to post it a few days later but you guys are probably itching to read. Enjoy!

Chapter 2: Rivalry in the Food Chain

Yuki's heart beat faster and faster with every second. Two seconds seemed like it felt an eternity. Shiki's fangs were a millimeter from her neck. His fangs touched her skin and started to puncture. Suddenly, he was dragged away from her and his fangs scraped along her neck, teasing him with luscious blood. Aido threw him across the room and smirked at Yuki. Aido always has a blood lust reputation for wanting her blood. He approached her calmly and she let her guard down.

Aido made a lunge for her neck but she was jerked away from him. Kaname's arms were wrapped protectively around Yuki. "Kaname!"

"You disappoint me, Aido." Kaname's blood red eyes burned into his, causing him to flinch and look to the ground to avoid the disappointing feeling.

"You can't deny that you haven't even thought about drinking her blood, Kaname." Shiki appeared on his left side.

Kaname turned his attention to Shiki so fast that he didn't even realize it. Slices appeared all over Shiki's body, lightly spewing blood from each cut. His eyes were wide open, and his body was frozen still. Kaname's eyes darted to all the rest of his vampires. "Any more of you think you have the right to drink her blood?"

Nobody answered his question. Yuki looked up at Kaname who was still holding her very tightly. "Kaname? Can we go?" She turned around and buried her face in his school uniform, gripping the marks on her neck.

"Of course." Kaname walked her out of the room, shutting the door to the classroom. "I'll walk you back to your room." The two walked up the stairs in silence. After a minute they reached her room and entered. The chairman must have went with Zero to help him vanquish the low level vampire because they aren't here. Yuki sat on the bed while Kaname got a band aid out of the bathroom. He walked to where she sat on the bed and kneeled down in front of her.

"Kaname. Is it true that you want to taste my blood?" Yuki asked softly, looking Kaname deep in the eyes. His black locks always gave her impulses to comb her fingers through his hair. Instead, his fingers went to her hair. Kaname's scent was so addicting, so clean and yet so dirty with blood.

"I do, yes… But I will only take it if you allow me to. Someday it has to be your decision. Being a pureblood has it's downfalls, Yuki. I haven't tasted real blood in five years but I have more control then the others." Kaname said taking the paper off of the band aid.

"Show me." Yuki said briefly. Afterwards she couldn't believe that she had said it. What was wrong with her? She always acted different around Kaname.

A surprised look came over Kaname's face. "How do you want me to show you?"

Yuki turned her head so that he could see the drag marks with warm blood dripping from it. Kaname's eyes turned warm as Yuki looked back at him. The look surprised her. She never saw Kaname show any emotion to anybody before. Maybe this was a special emotion that he only showed to her.

Kaname pulled Yuki onto his lap so that one leg was on each side and he had clear access to her neck. His breath grew heavier as he neared the blood. His tongue licked at the blood. It was so sweet and pure in his mouth that pleasure exploded through him. Kaname resisted the urge to bite her and continued cleaning the wound. Yuki's face flushed under his touch.

The door unlatched quietly and in walked Zero. The sight didn't seem to surprise him very much. He pulled out the Bloody Rose gun and aimed it straight at Kaname's temple.

"Zero!" Yuki shouted as she got up off of Kaname's lap. She stood in front of him, pleading for him to put the gun down. "He was only cleaning my wound."

Kaname rose to a stand slowly, with the gun still aimed at him. "I don't care what he was doing. He still tasted your blood."

"It was only a taste. I don't actually drink her blood just so that I could stay alive." Kaname's piercing eyes glared at Zero.

"Let him go." Yuki demanded. She wrapped her hand around the tip of the gun. If Zero were to shoot, it would be her. Kaname closed his eyes and walked out of the room and disappeared around the corner. Zero dropped the gun and stood there staring at Yuki.

"Why do you protect him?" Zero's eyes took on a lot of emotional pain.

"I protect him like I protect everybody in the Night Class." Yuki said.

"Yuki, he could have bitten you." Zero said out of concern. He picked up the band aid and stepped closer to her. "What is he to you?"

Yuki was surprised at the question and pondered it for a moment. "He is the one who saved me, Zero. You know that. He is like a father to me."

"A father? That didn't look like he was acting like a father to you." Zero looked at the ground while his eyes began to tear. "You needed him then, but Yuki, I need you now."

Yuki's arms wrapped around Zero. "I will always be here for you." Zero picked up her chin and turned her head so he could look at her wound. His mouth drew closer to her neck and she knew what was coming. She closed her eyes and relaxed her neck muscles. Zero sat on the bed and sat her on top of him. His fingers quickly undid two more buttons on her shirt and folded it back so that her bra strap was revealed. He pushed the strap down off of her arm. He licked at the spot below her wound and his fangs pierced deep into her skin. Her body felt like it was drugged and she put her hand behind Zero's neck and he gripped the brown locks of her hair. His grip on the back of her shirt tightened. The slurping of her blood made her body cringe. Zero pulled his fangs out of her and licked up his mess and cleaned his mouth off, leaving no blood visible.

Yuki looked at him and just smiled contently. "Feel better?"

"A little. Are you alright?" He asked; secretly looking her body over. A blush rose to his face while he noticed what he did with her clothes. Zero pushed her bra strap back up on her shoulder without looking. "Sorry."

Yuki blushed. "I-its okay." She buttoned up her shirt.

Zero watched her fiddle with the second to the top button so he decided to help her with it. He inched his mouth to her ear. "Thank you." Yuki blushed at the hot breath on her ear. He kissed her lightly on the cheek. She looked at him a little confused. "Are you going to get up?"

"Oh, sorry." Yuki got off of the bed and walked over to the window. She thought to herself: Zero is acting pretty weird. I can understand why he doesn't like Kaname but it seems like it's more than that. Maybe… no, it can't be that. Maybe he's jealous? She looked over to where Zero was. He was spread out on the bed, resting peacefully. The memories of the last spring break they had popped into her head. Yuki continued looking out the window wondering what this year's would be like.