Mmkay, chapter two…same disclaimer, blah blah blah lets go :)

I could hardly see…my vision went between blurred and blackness. And those horrible bursts of clarity, where I could see everything…covered in my blood, and the vampire…no, I needed strength…just one second…

I screamed and threw open my wings. I think I startled him, because he let go and moved away. He was covered in my blood.

I heard shouting. Then someone saying, "Over here!"

I heard three sets of footsteps come around the corner into the road, and I was glad that my wings had already retracted themselves. Yes, I really was that weak.

I saw three blurry figures come closer. The cold man laughed.

"They sent three kids after me?" he chortled. "Three little boys?!"

I opened my eyes to see one boy, the one in the front with white hair, pull out a gun. At least, I thought it was a gun.

"Game's over," he said. I closed my eyes. I heard a loud bang. I knew the man was dead before I opened my eyes, and when I did, all I saw was the three boys. In one glance, I took in that they were all pretty tall, one was blond, one had white hair, and one had dark hair. The white-haired one had shot the man. He was nowhere in sight.

I moaned. I could hear the boys footsteps coming closer.

"Are you okay?" said one. I recognized the voice as the white haired boy.

I opened my mouth to speak, to say I was fine, but all that came out was a weak moan. I clenched my teeth and hissed, "What's happening to me?"

Then the boy swore. He was kneeling beside me.

"What?" asked one of them. I think it was the blond one.

"He bit her," he said angrily.

"Good job, Kiryu," spat the other one.

"Yeah, way to go."

"Well," yelled the one called Kiryu—I opened my eyes to check if he was that one, but it was too blurry to see. I couldn't see his number or his name. "If I had known she had been bitten, I wouldn't have killed that vampire!"

"Do you know what this means, Kiryu?" asked the tall one. "That vampire was a pureblood."

VAMPIRE?!

"Yes," whispered Kiryu. "She will become…"

"One of us."

I gasped, shuddered, and blacked out.

*******

I was out cold most of the way back to…wherever. I remember waking up once, and I was being carried by the white haired boy, Kiryu.

"W—where, are we going?" I asked weakly.

"Somewhere safe."

Now I was lying in a comfy bed, in a room with other beds. It looked kind of like the infirmary at my school. I wondered where I was.

Just then, the whiter haired boy walked in. I could see his name was Zero Kiryu. I was going through one of the spaces of time where everything was unbelievably clear.

"Zero," I managed to gasp. "What are you doing here?"

"How do you know my name?" he asked.

"Not now…" I coughed. My neck was bandaged. It was what made me cough.

"I'm here to check on you…" he said, and then broke off, seeming lost in thought. Then he said, "How do you feel?"

"Unhhhhhhh," I moaned. "I'm hurting…all over…What's happening…everything is going to go blurry in a second, I can feel it…"

"You're becoming a vampire," he said shortly.

"Kiryu," said a warning voice. I looked up, and the dark haired boy (Kaname Kuran) was standing in the doorway. "Don't scare her."

"She has a right to know."

"Zero's right, Kaname."

He looked incredulous. "You're right," he said to Zero. "She does know people's names."

"What happened…I don't remember…?" I said.

"When we brought you in, you told Headmaster Cross 'Mister Cross I don't know what's going on, please help me. These boys have been very nice…' and then you went unconscious again. Then Yuki came to visit you, and you said 'Yuki Cross you are very nice. Can you tell me what is happening?'"

"I…did?"

"Yes," said Kaname.

"Is that…bad?"

"We don't know yet," Kaname continued, but was interrupted by the blond boy, and some others pushing in (Hanabusa Aido was the blond one, and there was also Senri Shiki, Akatsuki Kain, and Takuma Ichijo).

"Hey, she's awake!" said Hanabusa.

"Thank you for helping me, Zero and Kaname and Hanabusa."

"Your welcome," said Kaname. Zero nodded. Hanabusa's jaw dropped.

"She did it again!" said Hanabusa.

I closed my eyes wearily. Everything was starting to blur.

"We should leave," said Kaname. I heard everyone leaving, but I never heard Zero step away.

"Zero?" I asked.

"I'm here," he said.

"Zero, what's going to happen to me? I'm scared. Will I ever be able to go home?"

"I…don't think so. And I know you're scared. I was too."

"You were…human?"

I heard bitterness creep into his voice. "Yes. I was human once, like you. Three months ago. Then I was brought here. You have a long, painful time ahead of you. You might be thankful for being unconscious."

I opened my eyes and looked at him. "I'm sorry, Zero."

"Why?" he looked surprised.

"Because, if I had been paying attention, you wouldn't have had to save me. I wouldn't be like this. And because I know what you went through."

"No, you don't. I have to go. Class starts soon. Good morning. Sleep well."

I was confused. But I was also tired. "Good morning, Zero."

He was already gone.

*******

The next few days—maybe it was hours? Weeks? I couldn't tell—went by painfully slowly. And I mean literally. My neck ached, along with the rest of my body. But my neck hurt most.

Zero and Kaname and Hanabusa and the others came and went. Zero and Yuki usually came during the night because they said that's when they didn't have class. The people in white uniforms always came during the day. Hanabusa and Kaname wore white uniforms.

*******

After a long time of coming in and out of consciousness, I finally woke up. For real. I could see much better than before. I saw my glasses on the table beside the bed. I didn't need them anymore because I could see even better than when I had had them. I could smell, hear, see, and even taste everything better. I could taste something…metallic, almost, in the air. It smelled…good…

The doors burst open, and a man (Toga Yagari) with a strange metal eye patch and flyaway hair rushed in carrying a boy. The boy was bleeding.

"…was out hunting down a level E and found him being mauled by it. Thankfully not a pureblood…"

I sat up. Looking across the room, I saw Toga Yagari put the boy on another bed. I got up and walked over, head full of the scent of…I guess it was his blood.

"Excuse me, Mr. Yagari…"

"What?!"

"Um…what happened?"

"This boy got mauled by a vampire…like you. Don't know his name. What's it to you?"

I looked down at the boy. "His name is Louis Lawliet."

He had panda eyes. He looked like he'd never slept in his whole life. Even now, he was wide awake. His eyes were wide with fear. He hadn't blinked since I'd been looking at him. He shot me a pleading glance.

"Don't worry, Louis Lawliet," I said. "It will be okay."

He nodded once. I walked away, but then Toga Yagari caught my wrist and spun me around. "How do you know peoples' names?"

I cursed. I had forgotten to hide my difference. I was too busy being happy to be alive. "I don't know," I said honestly enough.

He grabbed my jaw and forced my mouth open. I pulled away.

"Congratulations," he said coldly, "You're officially a vampire."

"What?!"

I opened my mouth and ran my finger along my teeth. They were pointed and I accidentally cut my finger. "Ow," I said, and began to lick my finger.

"Don't go around sucking blood. Rule number one—no drinking blood on campus!" barked Toga. "Now be off!"

I began to walk away, and then turned back to Louis Lawliet. "Excuse me, Louis Lawliet…"

"Yes?" he said, speaking for the first time.

"Your blood smells very good," I said, smiling. "Don't worry, I won't bite. Just saying."

He grinned. As I started to walk out of the infirmary, I stopped and called to Toga Yagari, "Where is my…diary? And my eraser?"

"On the table," he pointed. I thanked him, retrieved my Death Note and Death Eraser, and with those as my only two possessions, set out to find Zero.