A/N= I'll make this little key for you guys since I've come up with a little bit of an easier explanation thing for these things that I have decided to use (mostly for myself ^^)

~.~.~= Means that the P.O.V has changed. I don't know if I'll do this very much though

*.*.*= Time has moved forward a little bit

`.`.`= A flashback. These I will use a few more times before I really get into the story

3- The Third Session

Zero sighed as he rolled over on his cot, trying to find at least some comfort. It had been like this since the incident with Kuran two days prior. One would think it was because of trauma, but that wasn't the case. It was because Kuran's bed was probably the best thing Zero had ever experienced.

His 'bed' couldn't even be compared to that one.

Kuran promised one week, Zero reminded himself. One week before I'm out of this Hell-hole and in a real house, sleeping in a real bed, he thought. Kuran couldn't possibly be buying him a house, but Zero knew the brunette wasn't planning on throwing him out on the streets after going through so much trouble of getting him out. This left only one place.

Kuran's home.

There was no way Zero could live with the arrogant bastard. He'd really go crazy if he did.

He chuckled at his reasoning. Zero had been thinking of himself as a perfectly sane person lately, but for the last seven years he had lived in a mental institution, believing vampires had killed his family! Now he bore a definitely unnatural mark on the side of his neck (now hidden by a concealer Kaname had given him).

Zero bolted straight up in alarm when his door clicked open and an uncharacteristically pissed off Doctor Jane walked in.

"Care to tell me what these are?" the older woman asked, her voice tight with anger. She held up a bag containing at least a months worth of small pills, then another with napkins.

"My medication," he answered, tone carefree. "And the napkins I hid them in," he finished. It's not like he'd get killed for not taking pills, they'd just watch him closely.

"Because of this you've been prescribed with another medication, and you will be taking these," she informed him coldly. Zero sighed as he was handed a bottle of water and two pills. "After you take those I'll bring you to lunch, and then you'll go to Doctor Rido for electroconvulsive therapy," she added.

Zero froze, the pills halfway to his mouth. Electroconvulsive therapy? That had happened once, also with Doctor Rido who was the head doctor in that area. He had been assigned to the same treatment, and to sum a rather long story up; he hadn't been put in any form of physical therapy again.

This had been five years ago.

With a defiant glare at Doctor Jane, he popped both pills in his mouth and swallowed them with a gulp of water. He had to figure out how he would start hiding them before next week. If they made him overly sluggish there was no way Kaname would get him out easily, but if they made him sluggish and talkative, the whole plan would be completely pointless since the Monday of next week was the only time Kuran could do it.

If she thinks I'll willingly work with... With... Who was the doctor again? Zero wondered, finding himself weakly struggling to keep a solid thought as the pills began to work. His body was becoming heavy and his thoughts began to become outrageous. He was sluggish and talkative.

"No~" he groaned as the pills really worked on him. "No, no, no, no!"

"Quiet, Zero," Doctor Jane sighed, helping the boy to his feet and leading him out of the room and down the hallway. Zero smiled and turned a glassy, drugged gaze to her.

"You smell nice, Doctor Jane," he said softly. "Like apples and cinnamon," he giggled.

"Hopefully you get used to this medication soon," the older woman muttered.

"It makes me hungry~" Zero continued as if she hadn't spoken.

"That's why we're going to the cafeteria," the doctor replied, her voice cheerful again. Zero just stumbled along beside Doctor Jane, sinking gratefully into the seat she put him in at an empty table once the reached the cafeteria.

Zero gazed at the scene in front of him, fighting the urge to scream into the silence. Patients sat at tables, spread out and either eating or staring into space. The only sound came from the doctors helping the patients who were too young to eat themselves, chatting quietly. He felt his mind start to switch to a faster pace when he saw a familiar, thin frame and mid-length brown hair.

"Kuran!" he called, smiling lazily when crimson eyes met his, confusion clear on his features. He leaned down and whispered to the little girl beside him before standing up and patting the red curls with a friendly smile.

"I'm fairly certain you're too old for assistance when eating," the brunette stated, slowly sitting down in front of Zero and eyeing him wearily.

"I'm hungry~" Zero whined, laying his head down on the table with his cheek pressed against the surface, giving Kuran a pained look through the silver strands.

"I believe your doctor is getting-"

"No!" Zero interrupted sharply, surprising the other man. "I want the tea you gave me!"

"Zero, that-"

"Stop harassing Doctor Kuran, Zero," Doctor Jane scolded lightly, giving Kuran an apologetic glance and setting a tray of food down in front of Zero. He just frowned, obviously upset over being interrupted twice.

"Just because I hate him doesn't mean I'm always harassing him," Zero growled, glaring at the older doctor. Both of them just brushed it off, but Zero zoned out as both the apple and cinnamon and the more tantalizing scent of Kaname hit him.

His first instinct was to lunge across the table for Kaname, but even through his drugged mind he knew that wouldn't be smart.

"Zero?"

The brunette's voice brought Zero out of his inner urges.

"What?" he growled, trying to fight every fiber in his being to not attack Kuran. It was hard to do through his fuzzy will when he was hungry and the man sitting in front of him seemed to be what he needed.

"Are you going to eat?" Doctor Jane asked.

"I want to," Zero replied flatly, staring levelly into Kaname's red eyes. Something in Zero's gaze must have struck the young doctor, as he had stood up immediately and excused himself. "I hate you, Kuran!" Zero shouted, then laughed softly. "Even if you are the only one who cares," he giggled, repeating what Kaname had told him just two days ago. He blushed softly as he remembered his moment of weakness, when he had basically collapsed against Kuran and clung to him as if he were truly the only thing solid.

"Come on, Zero," Doctor Jane sighed, realizing he wouldn't be eating. Once again she helped him out of the cafeteria, then to a different wing of the institute Zero wasn't familiar with. "You'll be under Doctor Rido's care in electroconvulsive therapy for the next hour," she informed hum.

"Mmhmm..." Zero mumbled his body seeming to grow heavier as he became tired. Moments later he was sitting on a cold table, blankly staring at Rido.

He has to be related to Kuran, Zero thought as he took in the doctors appearance. He had the same color hair, it was just slightly longer and curlier. He was built the same way and had the same pale skin tone, but the only difference was his eyes. One was red, and the other was an icy blue. He also looked slightly older, maybe in his late twenties to early thirties.

"Please lay down on the table, Zero," Rido finally said, his eyes cold and blank. Zero hesitated before doing what he was told, unsure now of what he was about to be put through. "I'm sure you're aware of how this process goes," the older man started flatly, smiling coldly as he lifted up Zero's wrist and stuck a needle into the vein, the anesthetic flowing into it. "Only this time it'll be a process to remember."

"What?" Zero asked, the effects of the pills wearing off as the new medicine worked its way through him. Panic bubbled up in his chest as two cold electrodes were pressed to his temples.

"I saw Doctor Kuran's notes on your last visit," Rido started. Fear coursed through Zero as he wondered how much Rido knew, before it struck him that those notes were meant for Kaname's eyes only, and without Zero's permission he couldn't share anything. "I decided to do him a favor as he had written he so desperately wanted to know your memories."

"You-"

"He didn't say why though," Rido said softly, tightening the restraints around Zero's wrists and ankles. That's when the silverette's breathing became labored. "I was hoping you would tell me all of this so I could tell Doctor Kuran."

Zero glared at the man and spit at him, hitting his cheek. He didn't think he could hate someone so strongly in just under ten minutes.

If he's a Kuran then maybe I just naturally hate them, he thought before Rido's sudden closeness startled him.

"You'll regret that, Kiryu. Not today, but as soon as you realize your place as a Level D," Rido said calmly, his breath stirring Zero's hair. Before Zero even had time to wonder what he meant, a strong wave of electricity flowed into him, and memories sprung to his eyes as Rido's voice mixed with it. The same deep and rich voice Kaname could possess.

Zero didn't even think he had time to scream before his memories engulfed him.

`.`.`

"Zero, run, I'll be fine!" Ichiru promised as he was pulled from Zero's grasp. He hesitated before running away from the bloody scene before him, but it wasn't for safety. He ran towards the house.

"Mom!" he called, bursting into the now cold house. To think that moments ago he and Ichiru had been sleeping peacefully. He heard soft sobs and a soothing, deeper voice of a man from his parents room. Quickly, he walked towards the room, quietly slipping in through the slightly opened door. "Mom?" he asked softly, gasping when he noticed a taller silhouette over his mother. His voice shifted the creatures attention, making it look up at him. The only thing visible in the dark room were its glowing red eyes, and the flash of its teeth as it smiled slightly.

"Zero, leave now," his mother ordered weakly.

"Your name is Zero?" the beast asked softly, taking one small step forward. He made the mistake of meeting the crimson eyes, his body unwilling to listen to his mind now. "Come here," it said, though it made it sound like a soft plead that carefully hid desperation. It was part of the demon's facade though, as Zero knew it too well. Everything in him screamed at him to run, but his feet carried him forward anyway. When he was close enough, the monster dropped gracefully to its knees and pulled him close.

"Don't kill him," his mother pleaded, now gasping weakly, but the gasps sounded... wet. As if liquid were pouring into her lungs and throat.

What blood she has left, he realized, tears springing to his eyes. he couldn't fight back as the beast pulled him close, one hand softly running through his silver hair as if it were trying to calm him.

"I'll mark you, Zero," it decided softly.

"No..." he muttered, but knew even if he could resist, he'd get nowhere as the demon holding him possessed immense strength and it would only make things more painful.

"If I don't you won't be safe. If I mark you, you'll be safe, and when I say run, you run," it assured. "I'll find you in a little bit and make everything better," the demon promised.

His eyes flicked to his mother in case she would protest, but nothing came and her labored breathing had stopped. She was gone.

"Ichiru..." he murmured. The beasts false promises were getting to him despite his better judgement. If the creature could save him, it could save Ichiru, right?

"I'm sorry, but he belongs to someone else," it apologized before its teeth buried themselves into his neck, making him cry out as his neck began to throb. "Run," it whispered as it pulled away, sharp teeth glistening as it licked blood off its lips. As he was released from its spell, he did.

`.`.`

Zero was abruptly back in his own head, and he found himself screaming, fighting against his restraints, and his hair plastered to his neck and face from sweat. He slowly started to calm down as Rido started to speak, but as soon as Zero got his breathing back under control he aimed a furious glare at the doctor and spit at him again. Making sure he was out of the restraints before he did so though, in case Rido would use the machines behind him as a torture method. Honestly, he wouldn't put it past him.

"You really need to stop doing that," Rido growled. "Tell me what happened and what you felt," he said a few moments later after he had wiped the spit off of his flawless skin.

"Bite me," Zero snarled, fear coursing through him as Rido smiled cruelly.

"Is that an offer?" Rido asked. Zero slid off of the table and stumbled towards the door. "You can't leave until you answer my questions," he said, icy fingers wrapping around his upper arm.

"I felt electricity," Zero snarled, jerking out of the mans grasp and running out of the room. He didn't stop until he got back to his own room, and when he did he collapsed on the cot. Zero lay there for a few moments, shivering as he realized that the demon in his memory had a familiar voice, but there was no way in telling if that was just Zero putting a voice to a creature who's voice he couldn't even remember.

Though he highly doubted he would forget its voice if the memory had been so strong.

Zero sighed as he saw a note taped to the wall in front of him. He reached out and pulled it towards him, reading the spiked writing.

Look under the bed -Kaname

Zero frowned but looked under the cot anyway, smiling softly when he pulled out a thermos. He sighed when he opened it, the so called 'tea' filling his nose. Zero frowned when he really took time to smell it.

It smells like Kuran but with a small pinch of metal, he thought, but a sharp hunger pain hit him and he shrugged it off, downing the thick liquid.

Dropping the thermos, he fell back on the cot and sighed, licking the remaining drink off of his lips.

The vampire hadn't come for him like it had promised, unless it meant it would come for him when the time was convenient. The mark on the side of his neck throbbed as if it were agreeing with him, but Zero refused to acknowledge it. Instead, he promised himself, for not the first time, that the second he got out of this place and he was steadily on his feet, he'd kill every vampire he came in contact with. No exceptions.

A/N-

ShadowsOfPenAndPaper- I'm pretty sure it was Unpredictable Lovin'. And I thought the exact same way about that review! Like; is it nice enough for you to continue reading? hahaha. Oh, and as I was reading Unpredictable Lovin' again, a word of advice for it (as I hadn't really noticed this when I was first reading it those months ago), it'll be a lot more... cleaner(?) and a lot less confusing it you break the dialogue instead of putting both of what Kaname and Zero say in the same paragraph. I'd put that in a review but I might completely forget with my habits of babbling about the amazing story :d (Major ADD victim lol)

God-d-e-ss Eternity- Would Kaname ever truly hurt Zero? *laughs* Well, I mean hurt him physically because I think we all know Zero's kinda... emotionally unstable... and the smallest thing can set him off *laughs nervously* Oh god... I'm starting to fear for Zero too...

Ben4Kevin- You don't like Yuki?! I think we'll be getting along just fine ^^

HoldOnAngel- *scoffs* Why did I end it there? Oh I don't know Ms. I-left-my-own-story-mostly-untouched-for-a-long-time-even-though-I-promised-you-a-lemon-five-hundred-times. (I'll never let that go even when you do finish Piece By Piece and upload your next story just because I find it fun to torment you with :P)

Bring me your delicious reviews, I love seeing different reviewers every time! Such a nice change!

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