To Protect Her

Anime/Manga - Vampire Knight

Pairing - Zero x Yuuki

Disclaimer - I do not own Vampire Knight and/or its characters. They belong to Hino Matsuri.

Rating - M

Warnings - Lemons in later chapters, swearing.

Summary - Yuuki and Zero have to stay at the academy for three weeks on their own. Zero has become more distant and rude after a vampire hunter mission. Why is he this way? Why is he treating Yuuki rudely?

A/N - Sorry! I forgot about adding my thanks at the bottom on the last chapter. I shall do it before we start the chapter though. By the way, I am extremely sorry that I took quite a while to write this chapter. Ehehe... Uh yeah. Also, the next bit might be very similar to the actual Vampire Knight series, so I totally don't own that bit. It won't be exactly the same, and you'll see why.

THANKS TO; isfantastyandlovereal, Maybird545, BringMeBelugas, MzAwesomeness911, Shizza24, XxThe-Crest-Of-AnubisxX, cartoon girl 4 eva !

XxXxChapter 04xXxX

OoOoZero's Point of ViewOoOo

I opened my eyes and looked around. I sat up and groggily gazed to the burgundy drawers. I was tired... but, I knew that I would not be able to go back to sleep. I felt the familiar pain that rested in my throat. It wasn't to point of making me go to Yuuki and devour her blood once again, but it was starting to anger me. I really hated that I had to do this to her. She didn't deserve it.

I groaned and rested my hand against my head. The throbbing in my throat was still there, it was beginning to become a problem. I heard a knock on the door, and decided to ignore it. Well, I tried to. However, whoever it was just kept knocking. I groaned and stood up. I stretched before heading my way towards the door and opened it. Yuuki was standing there with a blush when she noticed me. "Huh?" I grunted and watched her. Why in the hell was she blushing?

"Uh... sorry... Did I wake you up?" Yuuki asked quietly. I tilted my head. Did she really expect me to answer her? She sighed, and looked away. "Ano... We're running out of food. You know I don't like going to town by myself so will you come too?" she asked quietly. I nodded my head. "Okay... we'll leave once you've had something to eat, okay?" she murmured. Again, I nodded my head.

As she left, I stood up and got changed when Yuuki left. I ran my fingers through my silver hair when I finished. I slipped on a pair of black boots before heading out, with my hands shoved deep inside my jeans' pockets. I heard a clang from the kitchen, and I hurried my pace along to my destination.

When I arrived, Yuuki had broken a glass and all of the shards littered the ground. "Darn..." she sighed as she went to pick up the pieces, she cut her finger in the process. She flinched and dragged her now bleeding finger back up. The brunette then noticed that I was there. "Oh... uh... Sorry, Zero," the teenager murmured as she stood up. I did not really hear her however, my eyes were focused on her now bleeding finger. The crimson liquid shone in the morning light. I looked down.

"It's... alright," I muttered, and turned my head to leave. I heard shuffling from beside me, and then felt something pulling on my shirt. I stopped, and looked to Yuuki. She held up her non-injured hand and stared at me. "What are you...?" I murmured.

She held her finger up, "Um... you're hungry, right? Lick it," she ordered softly. I blinked. What in the hell...? She noticed my look of both disgust, and hesitation. "It's okay, I can see that you're hungry. I know you won't hurt me, Zero," she whispered. I turned around fully, her hand dropped at the same time. I grasped her wrist in my hand, and stared at the cut. It was not that deep, but it was enough to make her bleed. I caught the scent of her rich blood, and growled to myself slightly. It was so annoying that I was easily controlled by blood like this. It pissed me off, big time.

I brought her finger to my lips. I knew that my eyes would be that haunting crimson by now. I felt my fangs poke my lower lip. I opened my mouth, and placed her finger inside of it. I felt her body tense up, and then relax. I dragged my tongue against her finger, and I my fangs dragged against it as well. The brunette took a deep intake of air. I took her finger out, and pulled away. I didn't want to take any today, but I knew that I would be much too weak to do so.

"Zero! I am asking you to do this. You need it, just... take it, okay?" she asked. I locked my eyes back onto hers. She stared at me, and smiled softly. How can she... how can she smile at me like that? I watched her for a moment longer. I had one hand on her wrist, and I moved the other one up to stroke her cheek. Her eyes widened, she also blushed. I smirked inwardly. I dropped her wrist, and wrapped one arm around her waist. I then dropped the hand that was holding her cheek. I placed my head near her neck. I allowed my tongue to dart out to taste her skin. She moaned lightly against me, I froze for a moment. Yuuki placed her fingers on my head, and began playing with my hair. I finally bit down, and nearly choked when I felt Yuuki's feelings run through her. It shocked me. She was... she thought about me in a much different way than I thought.

When I finally finished drinking from her, I pulled away and cupped the sides of her face. "H-huh?" she stuttered. Please don't tell me I read her feelings wrong. "What's wrong, Zero? Y-you can have more, you know?" she murmured. I felt her cheeks heat up from my touch, and I leaned in. Then a knock on the door interrupted me. I pushed away and looked to the damn door that just ruined my whole moment. I glared at it with a look of death. "W-what was t-that all about, Z-Zero?" Yuuki asked softly. My attention was on her once again. Should I lie?

"I'll go and check the door, alright? Stay there," I ordered in a similar tone that she used. I walked to the door and was met by the idiotic headmaster. He had a huge grin on his face, and barged right into my room. I bit my lip to stop myself from screaming curses at the annoying man. "What do you want?" my soft tone was gone, it was now much harsher. I glared at the man.

He grinned at me, "Hi, Zero. Yuuki's here too huh..." he looked in to see Yuuki standing there with her eyes wide open. "Well, I wanted to come and check on you two. You're alright, ne?" the annoying headmaster asked. I nodded my head, and ground my teeth together. He then looked to my mouth, I blinked. Shit. I quickly wiped my mouth, and like I thought... there was blood. He really does choose the best times to barge in, doesn't he?

The ex-vampire hunter looked to Yuuki, and scanned his eyes over my bite-marks. He walked to Yuuki, and pulled out a handkerchief He then handed it to her wordlessly. The man then looked to me, "You really need to learn to clean yourself up more..." the chair-man sighed. I stared at him with a stony expression, I then glared at him with a hate-filled look.

"Get out," I snapped and glared at him again. He shook his head, and placed his hand on my arm which I easily brushed away.

The headmaster sighed. "I need to talk to you, Zero. It will only take a little while."

"Hmph..." I grunted and followed him out.

The headmaster led me to one of the many empty rooms within the dorms. "I am guessing that you want to know why I wanted to talk to you?" the brownish haired man asked. I didn't even bother to nod my head or show him that I was listening. I glared at stupid man. "Hm... you seem annoyed?" he asked. Again, I didn't bother to answer. He sighed, "All right. I know that you'll get annoyed. Ah, well. I heard about the mission that you had a week or so ago, I'm sorry that I didn't come to speak to you beforehand. But, I had others things to do. That vampire that you killed, he's with a pureblood vampire. They're plotting to destroy both the Senate and the Hunter's Association. Kaname has brought it to my attention to inform you," the chairman said. He then frowned, "I knew that you were... drinking from Yuuki, but I didn't think that you were doing it as often as I thought. You're feeding off of her nearly every two days."

I glared at him once again. "Shut up."

"The main issue here is those vampires. Will you help with the investigation?" the man asked.

I nodded my head. At least this gave me another chance to kick some pureblood's ass. "Yeah."

"Okay then. Oh yes, I was planning to take us all out for dinner this evening, I will stay here for the night and then I'll go back to do some more research with Yagari," the chair-man sighed. Again, I nodded my head. So... he was working for the hunters once again. I didn't know anything about that. "Alright, I'll see you and Yuuki later," as the chair-man was about to leave the room, he turned his head, "Oh yes, Zero. It would be wise not to do anything stupid while everyone is away," he sighed. I blinked. He couldn't possibly mean... "Ja ne!" the headmaster yelled and waved at me before leaving without another word.

I sighed and made my way back to my room to see Yuuki sitting down on a chair. "Hey..." she murmured nervously. I stared at her for a moment. I nodded my head to show that I heard her. "What were you... doing earlier?" she asked timidly. I looked at her and sighed. Again, should I tell her the truth? I did sense her feelings when I tasted her blood, but I could be wrong. There is always that possibility. I sighed. There was no point in hell to try and risk that. It could damage our more than strained relationship. "Zero?"

I smirked at her, "Don't worry. It was nothing," I lied smoothly. But, I could tell that she saw right through it.

"Don't lie to me, Zero. There's something on your mind. You can talk to me, you know you can trust me right?" she asked. I nodded. I knew that I could trust her... but, this was one thing that I had to keep secret. But... she was making it so hard to keep to myself. I shook my head. Perhaps going back to ignoring her would be more helpful? Yeah... maybe. But, I hate it when I am the one who causes her to cry. I growled to myself, but I made sure that she didn't hear it. Her human ears would never be able to pick that up. 'Hey, Zero? Please, tell me," she was near begging. Should I give up, and fall in?

Author's Notes - Vampire Knight. The last chapter. In all honesty, I did not enjoy it. I don't know why I even bothered to put up with this series as long as I did. I wish I never found that damn manga, then again, it was how I found my love, Naruto. So yeah. I'll still write this, but it's not in a loving way. Vampire Knight could had done so much better if Yuuki had never become a vampire. That would have made this series much better.

Gah... don't get angry at me for being so annoyed at this stupid story. Heck, I'm not even too sure as to why I continue writing this. What's the whole point? This is why I *now* rather shoenen mangas. They don't do stuff as stupid as what they did in Vampire Knight. So yeah.

Sorry for the rant, but ya know. Uh... review I guess? But, don't do any flames or anything. I'm already not too sure as to why I am still writing this. I used to be a die-hard ZeKi fan. But now... I have realized that it has wasted my time. Tch...