Hey guys, well, here it is. I hope you like it! My schedule has been crazy so it's a bit rushed, but I will go back and edit it a few more times later. Key term: Later. Tell me what you think, and what you think should happen, who she should end up with, if anyone, and then, of course, if she should die in the end or not :D All of it is still undecided. It's a poorly planned story, I know... But it's still a lot of fun to write!

Vampire Knight (c) to Matsuri Hino

How could this possibly be? There was no way! She thought that her life had been Kaname-free for at least before the incident! But no, he had her marked from birth. What kind of sick sadist controls a child's life from the shadows, kills the family he so perfectly constructed for her, turns her into his slave, and then treats her like she doesn't exist even though he's making her life a living hell?

"Are you okay? You need to be put out of your misery?" Zero glared at Rika, his violet eyes blazing.

"Back off, Level E." Rika snarled with contempt, walking past Zero without even looking at him. Zero lowered his gun and watched her retreat carefully.

"How dare you leave Kaname-sama's presence without permission!" Seiren greeted her outside of the door to the classroom. Rika gave her a glare and continued through the door. She ignored the hateful stares of the Night Class Students, all of which looked very pissed at her right now.

"Dogs don't leave the presence of their master," remarked the little pureblood leaning against Kaname with a cruel smile. "You don't want him to get hurt… Who would be paying then?"

"Shut up." Rika muttered, taking a seat at her desk. She slumped over and hid her head in her arms. Kaname… How could he? She peeked through her arms and looked at Kaname. Was he really the devil? He certainly didn't look like it. As if he could tell she was looking at him, he looked over his shoulder and gave a slight smile in her direction. Was he taunting her? Was that a smirk or a smile?

Wait a second… why do I care about how he's looking at me? I'm his dog, for crying out loud, he would just as soon see me die. I wouldn't mind watching him die either, though… What do I have to do with him, anyways? Why me? The thoughts just kept running through her head. Rika couldn't figure anything out. Every bit of information just made her more and more confused.

"Rika-chan." Kaname said quietly, almost gently, it sounded like. Rika started at the familiar use of her name. What gave him the right to call her that, anyways? She certainly hadn't thought they were in a close relationship. Now she was going to have Seiren on her case all the time. What a pain.

"What?" Rika couldn't keep the venom out of her voice this time.

"You know now." Not a question, a statement. Was he testing her? It sure seemed like it. The other vampires in the room were watching the exchange intently. But Kaname seemed not to notice. Rika noticed, though. She squirmed under the intense gazes and Kaname's knowing smirk.

"Yeah." She said as carefully and nondescript as she could, as if she didn't know what was going on.

"Know what? Kaname, tell me!" the little vampire whose name I still haven't gotten bounced back and forth on her toes, a playful expression on her face.

"This doesn't involve you, Alice, sit down." Kaname growled, glaring at the Alice. Nodding, she sat back down on Kaname's desk, humming and swinging her legs and not looking the least bit perturbed by his harsh tone.

"You'll know everything soon enough, Rika." Kaname said, his gaze travelling over Rika. Rika looked at him in annoyance.

"I'm indebted to you, Kuran-sama, it's not like I'm going anywhere." Rika forced herself to stop talking before she said something really stupid. Kaname was playing her, she knew. She had to figure out what he was doing.

"Well said." Kaname took a glass of water offered by someone and dropped a few blood tablets in it. He watched them dissolve for a second before he took a long sip, seeming to savor the taste of the horrible tablets. He wiped his mouth with the back of one of his long, elegant fingers.

"What do you want from me?" Rika grumbled. She didn't get it. She knew she was whining, but still, she did have a right to know.

"I want you, nothing more, nothing less." Kaname said, sitting down, Rika noticed, away from Alice.

"Then why am I doing all these stupid chores for you?" Seiren was going to kill her later, she knew it.

"I never said you had to do any chores." Kaname smiled. Rika leaned against the desk in shock. Any protective feeling, or any good feeling otherwise, instantly was cast from her mind. He was a freaking demon! He made her work and then told her she was doing it voluntarily. How dare he!

"I never heard such a thing." Rika couldn't keep the slight tremble out of her voice. And she knew that everyone in the room would detect it. They were all vampires, after all. Rika hated the whole lot of them. She had thought she had at least had a sometimes-friend in Kain and Aidou, but no, they hadn't told her she didn't need to work. And Seiren. She was going to murder her! How dare she do that to her!

"I must have forgotten to mention it." Kaname said, seemingly offhandedly. But it was obvious he was manipulating the situation. It seemed to Rika that he controlled every situation that arose around him, half of the time without people even knowing he was doing it.

"Then what is my purpose?" Rika couldn't help but ask.

"You are in my service until I say otherwise. I need to keep my dogs close." Kaname smiled and walked out of the classroom. The rest of the Night Class through Rika arrogant glares as they followed him obediently. Rika sighed and followed, some distance behind.

Rika cast her eyes downward as she walked, so that she wouldn't have to see her reflection in any of the windows. The unnatural "beauty" of herself. The monster that she couldn't deny. Her throat was aching, actually. Suddenly, it was on fire. A deadly pain, burning her throat, constricting her lungs. She couldn't breathe! She need something, so bad right now. Desire tore at her sense, and eroded away any control she had had over herself.

"Move along, Kusajishi-san, the day class is going to arrive soon." Yuki Cross said, her large, innocent eyes looking at Rika with curiosity. She was probably wondering why Rika was just standing there. Suddenly, as if pulled by invisible strings, Rika's body flew towards Yuki and knocked her to the ground. Her fangs inserted into Yuki's neck and sucked in the sweet blood. It felt so good, it soothed the pain in her throat and erased the restrictions on her lungs. All she felt now was euphoria. She felt like sleeping she was so relaxed. She didn't even notice when her victim fainted from lack of blood, or her soaked uniform and hair. She also didn't notice the figure standing in the doorway.

A deep pain sliced through her back and the next thing she knew her body slammed into the wall at the other end of the hallway. That was weird; she hadn't remembered moving, or being moved. She licked the warm blood off her lips and collected herself, gathering strength from the last trickle of blood running down the back of her throat. She stood up unsteadily. Her knees buckled beneath her and she had to put a hand on the wall to stop herself from falling.

"How dare you. This belongs to me." Kaname said, placing a big hand on Yuki's head and looking at Rika threateningly. So he was telling her to back off? Where was his entourage? Why weren't they ripping her apart?

"Sorry." Rika said bitterly, still a little out of it from the sudden blood intake. She felt drunk. Not that she had been drunk before, but this feeling was what she imagined it would be like. Hopefully the hangover wouldn't come with it.

"I should have made myself a little clearer." Kaname said, laying down the unconscious Yuki beside him and standing up. Rika watched him cautiously as he took slow steps towards her.

"About what…" Rika asked after his silence.

"You belong to me in every way. You cannot disobey me. I will treat you well, though… You are my favorite." Kaname said, as if he was talking about a favorite cat. Except Rika was human, or at least once was. Why was she his favorite? She had been under the impression that he despised her and she shared that feeling.

"What makes you say so?" Rika said cheekily, resisting the urge to flinch away as Kaname placed a hand on her shoulder and looked directly into her eyes.

"You're a blood slave. Your parents sold you to me." Kaname had a smug look on his face. That was it, he won. He had knocked over her wall, the only thing standing between him and her feelings.

The words hit her like a ton of bricks. Her family betrayed her. How could that be possible? How could one be betrayed by their own family?