A/N: Hey! Here is Chapter four for ya. Last time on The Problems After: Ichiru comes back and poison's Yuki. Zero's bloodlust kicks in while he tries to save Yuki and Yori from his brother. Yuki gives Zero blood, in front of Yori, not really caring right at the moment that there was going to be a lot of explaining to do afterwards. So, how will Yori react to learning the truth? Stay tuned and find out.

Chapter 4: Yori Learns the Truth and Ichiru's attempt

"Let's go. Yori needs to know what's going on," Zero said after a few minutes. Yuki nodded and smiled slightly. Suddenly, Yuki realized that she couldn't wear her shirt again.

"Zero," Yuki said, getting the boy's attention, "do you have a shirt that I can wear?" Zero nodded his head and left the bathroom. Yuki could hear him opening a door and walking into a room quickly. There was the sound of a drawer opening and fabric being pulled out, followed by the sound of the drawer closing and footsteps heading back towards the door. Zero came into the bathroom a few moments later.

"Here," Zero said as he tossed his light blue long sleeved t-shirt to Yuki. Yuki smiled her thanks as she pulled his shirt on. Once it was on, the teens went to the living room where Aido was talking with Yori.

"What is going on here, Aido?" Yori demanded as Ichiru just sat on the couch.

"Yori, how about you leave my brother alone and we'll explain everything to you." Yuki sat down on the floor. Zero sat down behind Yuki, pulling her close to him.

"So start then," Ichiru replied as he stared at his feet.

"Yori, do you remember that one time you said that I was like a vampire?" Yuki questioned as Yori nodded her head. "Well, I'm not one. But there are vampires in the world."

"And there are also an association known as the Vampire Hunters' Association that hunt the vampires," Zero added as Yuki glanced up at him and leaned back more so that she was laying against his chest.

"And the Night-class students are vampires," Aido chimed in as Yori gapped at the three of them like they had grown second heads.

"What? You guys seriously can't believe that?" Yori just couldn't believe on what she was hearing, let alone wrap her head around it.

"I guess we should tell our stories. Yuki, you should go first, since yours is the longest and most mysterious," Zero said as Yuki nodded her head in agreement.

"Yori, I have no memories of my childhood before I was five. My first childhood memory was eleven years ago, when I first met Kaname. It was a winter night and I was in a field. I have no memory of how I got there or if I was placed there by anyone. A vampire was also in the field. He saw me, asking if I was lost. Then he told me that he wanted to drink my blood and charged at me. I wouldn't be here today if it wasn't for Kaname attacking the bad vampire and saving me. He said, 'A disgrace to all vampires'. I watched him as he licked blood off of his hand before turning his full attention on to me. He asked me if I was okay and offered me a hand up. I took his hand and he pulled me into a hug. He had saved my life and brought me to Chairman Cross' place. I was taken in-as we all know- and was raised around Kaname, who came to visit me all the time.

"I didn't know at first that Kaname was a vampire, but I did find out. I wasn't afraid of him either. 'He couldn't be a bad vampire,' I remember saying to myself, 'he saved my life that one winter night.' Then one night, five years ago now, I met Zero. The chairman told me that he was Zero Kiryu and he would be staying with us from now on. I was also told to be nice to him, since his family was just killed by a bad vampire. I took care of Zero that night. Cleaning the blood off of his neck-relieved and glad that he wasn't bitten by the bad vampire, or so I thought." Yuki reached up and cupped Zero's neck, where his hunter's tattoo was. Zero smiled down at her as he cupped her face and nodded to her to continue. Yuki continued to tell her story. "Well, long story short, after that incident last year at the academy-I stopped trusting Kaname as much as I did. Although last night made him loose all the trust that he had with me," Yuki finished with a bitter taste in her mouth. Zero hugged her as she shook just a tiny bit.

"…wait, Zero was bitten by a vampire?" Yori asked as she looked at him. Zero nodded his head,

"I guess I should explain to you what I am. I'm what's known as a vampire hunter. My parents were as well, as well as my ancestors. In vampire hunter families, it's rare to have twins. Usually one of the fetuses is stronger than the other and consumes it. That didn't happen with me and Ichiru. It's thought that I just consumed half of him, causing him to chronically ill all the time when we were little. I was the stronger of the two of us. Anyways, back to the present. After Ichiru and I were born, we learned how to be vampire hunters. We were taught by the ethics teacher, Mr. Yaguria Toga. Master still, in a way, teaches us.

"Five years ago, Ichiru and I were walking home when we came across a pureblood named Shizuka Hio. I realized that she was a vampire right away, but Ichiru didn't. He thought that she was very-"

"Beautiful. Shizuka was beautiful to me back then," Ichiru interjected finally looking at Zero for the first time. Zero nodded his head in agreement.

"Well, the night of the same day, Shizuka Hio came to our house. I could sense her coming before my parents. I was very protective of my little brother and I couldn't find him. I opened the door just as Shizuka approached the house. She grabbed me and bit me in the neck-drinking some of my blood. Shizuka then went and killed my parents. Ichiru was spared and he left with Shizuka. Shizuka used him-although the only good thing that she did was cure him of his chronic health problem-playing on the fact that he had a crush on her.

"I had fought with the nature that I was becoming-what I was trained to kill. I fought against the lust for blood for four years. One day, I had lost control and attacked Yuki. I drained enough blood from her to where she couldn't stand. I still regret for what I did to her to this day. Yuki, for some stupid reason, helps me stay sane though. I'm falling to what's known as a level E. Level E's have lost all sanity that they may have had when humans. Yuki allows me to drink her blood, since it helps me keep my sanity. I always feel guilty for doing it. I am so afraid that I will fall to a level E one day when Yuki is just helping me, causing me to drain her of blood completely-killing her. I also can't help but hate what I have become. I'm a vampire hunter turned vampire-the very thing that I am taught to kill," Zero spat venomously at the ground as he thought about the dream that he had just the other night.

"Zero, it's not your fault." Ichiru watched his older brother as he looked up at him. "I was the one who led Shizuka to the house. I'm the reason that mom and dad are dead…" Ichiru trailed off as he started to cry.

"Ichiru, it is not your fault. You didn't know that Shizuka was going to kill your parents," Yuki said to him as she felt Zero press his face into her shoulder.

"So, where does Aido come in to all of this?" Yori asked as Yuki turned so that she was facing Zero.

"He's a vampire. Not a pureblood-like Kuran or Shizuka-but of the noble class," Ichiru answered as he stood up.

"Ichiru?" Yuki watched him. "Ichiru, STOP!" Ichiru ran out the door and into the night. Yuki bolted after him, losing sight of him eventually. Yuki stopped to catch her breath, wondering if he was at all like his older twin brother. Yuki headed to the stables on a hunch. Entering the stables, Yuki went up the stairs that led to the hay loft. Yuki just got to the top stair when she saw that Ichiru was going to hang himself. "ICHIRU!"

"Get away Yuki Cross." Ichiru glared at Yuki as she stopped walking.

"Ichiru, what will this solve?"

"I won't put Zero in pain anymore. I don't want Zero to be in pain anymore because of me," Ichiru cried as Yuki took a step closer to him.

"And this won't hurt Zero worse than when you led Shizuka to your house five years ago? Or reappearing in his life again last year out to kill him, when he thought that you were dead for four years? Killing yourself will kill Zero. There is a place for you in Zero's heart that not a single person can fill. I can only help Zero heal so much. But if you do this, I'm afraid that Zero may commit suicide just to be with you and your parents-and there being nothing that I can do to try and stop him." Yuki walked over to Ichiru and wrapped her arms around him. "I'll tell you what I tell Zero. I'm on your side. Let me help you bare some of the pain that you burden yourself with."

"Ichiru! Yuki!" Zero called up as he came into the stables.

"Up in the loft!" Yuki called back as she heard Zero's steps on the stairs.

"Ichiru…Yuki, what was he trying to do?"

"He was going to kill himself. He didn't want to cause you anymore pain." Yuki let go of Ichiru as Zero came over and pulled his twin into a hug.

"Ichiru, don't you ever think that you will end my pain if you die. I would rather die than lose the only family that I have left in the world. That was given back to me by the very woman who took him away from me," Zero mumbled as Yuki left the Kiryus alone. Aido just walked into the stables as Yuki stepped off the staircase.

"Is he up there?" Aido inquired as Yuki looked at him and up at the hay loft.

"Yeah," Yuki replied as she hugged her brother. Yori came in to the stables just as Zero and Ichiru came down from the loft.

"Is everything okay now?" Yori asked as she looked at Ichiru and Zero.

"Yeah," Zero replied, nodding his head. Ichiru nodded his head as well, causing Yuki to smile at how similar they really were.

"Then let's head back and get some food." Aido walked out of the stables with Yori and Ichiru close behind him. Yuki started to walk out when Zero grabbed her hand and pulled her back.

"Zero?" Yuki looked up at him as he pulled her into a hug.

"Yuki, thank you. Thank you for stopping Ichiru." Zero looked into her eyes as she smiled.

"I would never be able to forgive myself if I just let him do it in front of me." Yuki felt tears start to well up in her eyes.

"Yuki, please don't cry." Zero wiped a tear away as it fell down her cheek. Yuki smiled as Zero's eyes softened like they usually did-just for her. Zero leaned down and placed a quick kiss on Yuki's lips. "Sorry. I know that I shouldn't have done that…"

"Zero, I'm not afraid of you like I am Kaname. I trust you with my life," Yuki replied as she leaned up on her tip-toes and placed a kiss on his cheek. "Let's go and get some food."

"Yeah." Zero grabbed her hand and led the way out of the stables back to the Chairman's main quarters. Yuki intertwined their fingers as if it was nothing. Zero glanced down at her as she did this, smiling that she did. Yuki looked up and smiled back at him. The two guardians walked hand-in-hand the rest of the way, not bothering to hide it from the others as they neared the house.

A/N: Wow! I didn't even think of that ending when I was writing this down on paper. So what did you think? Did you like the little speech that Yuki gave to Ichiru? So, Zero finally kissed Yuki! No one even tried to guess on what Zero was asking. Zero asked Aido to keep an eye-as best as he could-on Kaname and try to stop him from hurting Yuki. Aido is a very protective older brother to Yuki and hates seeing her get hurt, even if it's from his once idol Kaname. Bonus Point time! What, or how, do you think that Kaname will react/do to this news of Yuki and Zero "hooking up"? (FYI they haven't gotten together yet. But they do soon! PROMISE!) The best answer will be used in chapter five-with full credit given in the beginning- and the runner ups will receive bonus points that they can cash in later at certain points in the story-for characters that they create to enter or an event that happens to Cross Academy; just to name a few possibilities. Read and Review please! Thanks!