A/N: Yep! It's here! (Finally…) Sorry it took so long; I've been busy writing TNW. But, it's here! So, enjoy!

Vampire Knight does not belong to me. And I doubt it ever will. :(

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The Bloody Rose was aimed perfectly at Hana's heart. Zero was on the verge of pulling the trigger when he realised who it was.

"Now, now, there's no need for that." She said quietly. Then she smiled. "Little one. You can tell who I am, right?"

"What are you doing here?" Zero demanded. "Whose body are you using?"

"Wow, a simple 'hello' before the questions would be nice, little one." Hana threw her hands up. "And here I was, thinking you'd actually be happy to see me." She sighed in mock disappointment. "Looks like time isn't an illusion after all."

"You're wrong." Zero put the gun away. "I'm just… confused. Would you answer my questions?"

"What I'm doing here? Well, I have lots of reasons."

"Which are?"

"Demanding as always, aren't you Zero? Well, I wanted to see you again. Since you've started living here on campus, I haven't seen you in a while."

"Any others?"

"And… well, I'll be honest. I have a strange feeling that something's about to happen."

Zero was startled. He decided not to go down that road for a while. "And whose body are you using?"

Hana chuckled. "An old friend. When my own body grew weak, she offered to let me use hers until mine grew strong again." She thought for a moment. "No, Hana almost begged me to use it."

"But why did you? Why not your own?"

"Like I said my body was weakened after… a certain incident."

"What incident?"

"You're unusually curious, though what would I know? Nothing you need to worry about, Zero. It's over and done, but I will tell you about it one day." Hana smiled, ending that discussion. "And where did you get that gun? Hang on… Keien gave it to you, didn't he? Lucky it doesn't work on humans. With your temper, everyone may be dead already!" She joked. "So. Any other questions you would like to ask me?"

"What kind of vampire is Hana?"

"An aristocrat. Hana has a way of communicating with the environment. And with water, for that matter."

"Like all those other vampires." Zero paused for a second. "Why aren't you in class right now?"

"My brother gave me leave so I could talk to you. Speaking of which, I should probably be getting back right about now." She turned and started walking away. "It was nice talking to you again." She waved over her shoulder, and walked back to her class.

Zero watched her walk away, and when he could see her no more, he sat down under a tree, thinking hard about what she had said. What incident had weakened her body? And what did she fear was going to happen here?

Still thinking about this, Zero soon fell asleep.

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Zero lay on the floor of his kitchen, covered in blood. His parents lay dead in front of him. Ichiru had escaped with Shizuka Hiou, the pureblood who had attacked them, the vampire that Ichiru had taken a liking to, and helped to escape.

His neck was burning. His neck was killing him. He was going to die too, he knew it.

But another part of him knew that he would not die, but live a cursed life. He would live, but in the worst way possible. He had been bitten by a pureblood, and that left only option, as Shizuka had made sure that he would not die.

He would become a vampire.

Zero did not know how long he laid there before the front door blew off its hinges, and someone came running in. Ichiru? No, Ichiru wouldn't return. He couldn't.

But it was Yama that came running into the room.

"No!" she gasped. Then she caught sight of Zero breathing. "Zero!" she ran over to him. "Zero? Say something!"

But Zero couldn't speak. He could only look into her eyes and see the fear and worry in them.

Yama gently picked him up and carried him outside to a waiting friend, and Zero didn't speak at all for a long time after that.

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A/N: Well, there you go! Sorry if it's a bit rushed towards the end, or too much speaking at the beginning, I'm working on it.

Once again, sorry if you were waiting for this. Like I said, I've been busy with TNW. Well, hope you liked it, please review, all that jazz.

Until next time, farewell. :)