A/N: Thank you for all the lovely comments! Enjoy chapter two!

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His head was throbbing when he woke. Lavender eyes opened for a second before immediately closing when sunlight blinded him. With a groan he stretched his body, trying to shift into a more comfortable position. Even with a simple action such as this, his whole body ached, and he instantly gave up trying to move.

However, those eyes shot open after another moment, his chest fluttering with nerves. The aching soreness going completely ignored, Zero bolted straight up.

This wasn't his room…was it?

The room was bigger than he could remember, and not as dark, even with most of the curtains drawn. The walls were wallpapered, a beige-yellow color with white wooden molding keeping everything orderly looking. His bed was beyond massive; he could only guess how many could fit in at once. The windows were large, too, not just a small box sized square. The dark colored carpet looked luxurious, along with the other various pieces of furniture in the room.

Zero felt confused. This couldn't be his room, it couldn't. He couldn't remember what he had been doing last, and didn't know how he had even gotten here. Had he been kidnapped? Or had he just wandered into someone's home?

His heart beating at all the possibilities, Zero forced himself out of the comfortable bed, his bare feet curling into the soft carpet. He realized he was wearing shorts and a long sleeved shirt, and he had a strange feeling that he wasn't wearing these before.

Deciding that he should first try to figure out where he was exactly, the youth slowly made his way to one of the curtained windows, the sunlight that cracked through making him squint. Pulling the heavy fabric back, he was met with a rather snowy scene of what looked like a courtyard. Beyond that, trees outlined the yard and Zero had a sinking feeling that wherever this place was, it was out in the middle of the woods and a good ways away from any village.

Letting the curtain fall over the window to give his eyes a break from the bright natural afternoon sunlight, Zero moved back, trying to figure out what had happened and who had gotten him here.

But everything turned up blank. He couldn't remember anything.

Shivering, Zero nonetheless explored the room, hoping that maybe it would give him some kind of clue as to where he was. He opened the desk's drawers and checked the closet. There wasn't much to begin with, and there wasn't any information for him to take in. Absently rubbing at his neck, Zero swallowed, his hunger suddenly becoming a growing issue.

When was the last time he had a meal anyway?

Again, he couldn't remember. He knew that the taste he wanted would be bittersweet, but he couldn't get any farther from that. Did he have to find a way to escape so that he could make a kill to drink, or would his captors provide something for him?

He wearily eyed the doorway he had been cautious of since he first spotted it. He didn't know what lay behind it or in the rest of the house for that matter. There could be a trap just waiting for him, and yet, maybe there wasn't. He suddenly snorted indignantly; whoever said that he had been kidnapped?

Striding over to the door, he was just about to swing it ajar when it rolled open, nearly whacking him in the nose. He stumbled back clumsily before the feeling of having to bow pounded him. He went down awkwardly, his muscles aching with the action, but he made it with some grace. Looking up, he held back a gasp.

A pureblood.

Standing proudly like any of its kind would, the pureblood vampire gazed down nonchalantly at him with dark blood red eyes, his equally dark brunette hair framing his face flawlessly. He was dressed in a black dress shirt and some loose yet expensive looking white pants.

"Ah, so you've finally awakened," the pureblood spoke casually, his voice smooth. Shifting so that he was properly facing Zero, he lightly ordered, "You can rise, Zero."

The pressure lifted from his shoulders and the ex-human rose steadily. He stared at the other apprehensively, suddenly expecting the other to lunge and drain him dry.

But this didn't happen, and the silence was starting to get to the lesser vampire. Trying to look as confident as he could, he asked, "How do you know my name?" It sounded harsh, and he wondered if he would be punished for his tone of voice.

Again, the pureblood did nothing but look him over, making Zero a little nervous. His thirst was becoming increasingly unbearable from being so near the sweet smelling pureblood, but he knew instinctively that he should not act on his hunger.

Resisting the odd urge to pull away when the pureblood reached out and touched his shoulder, Zero held himself together as the other evaded his question. "Come, you shouldn't be up like this with your injury still healing. Let's go back over to the bed." Zero held his tongue of curious questions for now as he allowed himself be led back over to the enormous bed.

His thoughts were a little jumbled however when he heard the word "injury". Reaching up, he instantly felt the gauze that was lightly wrapped around his head. Running his fingers along it, he winced slightly when his temple received a shot of pain. "What's going on?" he couldn't help but ask as he willingly slipped back into the bed, not understanding why a pureblood was pulling the blankets up to his waist for him.

Sitting on the edge of the bed, the nameless pureblood seemed to be looking him over again, making Zero avert his eyes to the lavish floor.

"I've been out for school for break for a day or two now; I come here during the school recesses every year. To pass the time, I take walks in the expanse of my property," the pureblood started to enlighten him, giving a little bit of background so that Zero wouldn't feel so lost. "I found you on one of my walks yesterday. I suppose I followed the scent of your blood to find you, given your head injury. You must have been there before I had break, and I'm deeply sorry to say that I know nothing of what really happened to you."

It made sense to him. "But how do you know my name?"

"The tag in your jacket told me so. Kiryuu Zero."

It was a simple answer, but Zero felt his face heat up. He couldn't even remember something as simple as that. How embarrassing. And in front of a pureblood no less.

Nevertheless, given this pureblood's explanation on how he got here only left Zero more lost. If he didn't know what had happened, then Zero supposed that he'd never know what had happened. It frustrated him instantly.

"I wouldn't strain too much," the higher leveled vampire warned, taking Zero out of his downward spiraling thoughts. "You just woke up, after all."

Sighing, Zero nodded. "May I at least know your name? It'll help."

The pureblood clearly hesitated, something Zero was able to pick up on quickly. But he never minded it just as rapidly.

"Kuran Kaname."


As Zero continued to stare at him with a blank expression after he gave him his name, Kaname still couldn't believe his luck. He was sure that when he'd find an eventually wakened Zero, he would be distraught and beyond pissed. He was sure that even though Zero had never seen the Kuran mansion before, he'd be able to easily pick up on his scent.

In short, he was expecting hell to break loose.

But here Zero was with a well-developed case of amnesia.

Everything seemed all the easier now. Of course he'd have to tread carefully around the hunter; anything could trigger Zero's mind back. He'd remember his mission, where he actually was found, Yuuki, the Chairman – everything. Even his hatred for Kaname.

Kaname knew that he was going to play a risky game; but what fun would it be to tell Zero the truth? Speaking of the truth…

He had felt bad, taking Zero away from Yuuki and Cross. Once he and Aidou had gotten back to the academy, Zero was still unconscious. Upon entering the school grounds, Yuuki had instantly become attached to his side, so concerned for the hunter that Kaname had started to think that he'd have to swipe her mind, rendering her quite lifeless too. Thankfully Aidou had been there with him to deal with some of her hysteria.

Zero had been put into the infirmary for the time being and his head wound had properly been taken care of. The kind nurse and Kaname both had been rather surprised at how deep and critical the wound actually was, and therefore the bandages had to be redressed at least two or three times a day for the first two days. Apparently Zero's natural vampire healing wasn't quite up to perfection.

A couple days passed, and the only signs of consciousness from the hunter were mutterings of sporadic things in his sleep, or a fluttering of his eyes as he dreamed. Yuuki was virtually by his side every day, the Chairman right beside her in the early morning and after classes. Kaname found himself watching the ex-human more than he probably would have under any other circumstances, but no one said anything.

Even with the nurse's reassurances that Zero would be fine with the head injury that he had, Zero had yet to actually wake up. It made Yuuki particularly more on edge, but it was clear to Kaname that Zero really was okay. His only thoughts were that when he woke, he'd be ridiculously hungry given the last time he had had a meal.

Yet as the winter break started, and as students started to head for home, he had felt the need to have Cross allow him to take his adopted son like he had promised. Of course the Headmaster was hesitant, but Kaname was able to assure that he'd take good care of Zero over the holiday, and would call when he woke. Yuuki had taken it hard, even threatened Kaname not to take Zero away before he woke, but Cross had thankfully explained to her that it probably would be better if her adopted brother woke while in the presence of another vampire. Certainly, and quite obviously meaning his hunger.

Understandably, Yuuki hadn't liked the closed deal, but there wasn't much she could do to argue against the obvious logic. She had grudgingly given up, but made Kaname promise that he'd call on any update, and at least let her visit twice.

And he had agreed.

However, with this current situation, Kaname wasn't too sure about letting Yuuki see Zero.

Focusing his attention back onto the amnesia-stricken teen, Kaname smiled softly to erase that ever growing look of confusion and uncertainty from Zero's face. It worked minimally, but now Kaname could make out something else that was noticeably bothering the other vampire.

Leaning forward ever so slightly, Kaname lowered his voice knowingly. "Do you wish for something to drink?" he questioned, lifting his chin a little to get his point across.

Zero appeared to be shocked, and Kaname could only guess that the other vampire had the thoughts that this was very unusual. His thoughts must've be somewhere around the fact that a pureblood never offered a lower leveled vampire his or her own blood. Kaname suppressed a smirk. "It's alright, you're thirsty."

Since he had halfway tucked Zero in, Kaname moved closer to the stunned and beyond disordered vampire, all the while unbuttoning his shirt and tugging the collar away. He could already see red starting to rim those lilac eyes as he neared, his blood starting to overwhelm Zero.

"I-I can't possi-ibly…" Zero trailed off, his eyes going completely red when Kaname gingerly took his chin and pulled it toward his neck.

"I don't mind," Kaname whispered. Not another word was spoken as Zero bit in, drinking his fill.


A/N: I'm so evil. But hopefully you all enjoy my evilness. XD Thanks for reading, and feel free to tell me what you think!