CHAPTER-4: BETWEEN A ROCK AND A HARD PLACE

Zero awoke to the sound of birds tweeting merrily outside and the sun shinning brightly through his small window. Opening his eyes to the dimly light, the silverette found himself slumped across his bathroom floor. Confused at his circumstance, Zero pulled himself up into a sitting position and groaned as his muscles protested. Taking a minute to catch his breath, Zero found that although his body was aching and sore, and his mouth tasted like bile, the silverette was surprised that he felt a lot better than he had the night before, he still had that horrible pain in his chest, but now it was more of a dull ache, than a agonizing burn.

Finally finding the strength to stand, Zero pulled himself up with the help of the sink, and looked himself over in the mirror. Apart from looking tired and a bit ruffled, he looked normal. "Well, as normal as I can look now I'm a freak." The teen thought to himself, before filling the sink with warm water, the silverette splashed it onto his face in an attempt to freshen him up and clear the fog from his head, before finding his toothbrush and attempting to vanquish the awful taste from his mouth.

Leaving his bathroom, Zero walked back into his little bedroom and went to look out the window. Outside day class students where running around and scurrying from class to class. The teen sighed as the memories of him and Yuki doing the same day after day, ran through his mind and it deeply depressed him that that era had come to an end. Sighing again, Zero just couldn't help but think how unfair his situation was. "I never asked for this. I never wanted to become a vampire. I'm a hunter. Well, I used to be a hunter. Now I'm just a disgrace, suffering the worst and most humiliating fate that a hunter could endure. What the fuck did I do that was so bad to deserve this fate?" The silverette contemplated, but just shook his head as he couldn't come up with any plausible answers. Stepping back from the window, and away from then harsh sunlight, Zero turned his attention to finishing his homework from the night before.

A few hours later, just as Zero finished his work he was summoned by a knock on his door. Standing up, the silverette made his way over to answer it, to find Takuma standing before him, a huge smile on his face.

"Good day, Kyriu. And what a pleasant day it is too." The blond noble greeted cheerily. Zero didn't answer so he continued. " I was asked by Lord Kaname to show you around the manor in my free time. So here I am. Shall we?" Takuma asked politely, holding his hand out before him in a sweeping gesture. Zero merely nodded and the two walked off towards the stairs.


The moon dorm manor was huge. Zero couldn't believe all the different rooms the nobles had. Each of the night class students had their own room and bathroom, some of the higher ranking vampires even had their own private sitting room. The manor also had a huge library, filled with more books that Zero could count. A giant kitchen made out of light oak and black marble. The dinning room, which Zero had already seen the night before. Several different sitting rooms, including one that had a huge stone fireplace and was decorated in deep reds and gold's, giving it a regal feel. A games room, equipped with a full size pool table. A music room. Behind the manor was a huge garden, filled with exotic flowers and trees, as well a stone fountains and other garden features. Plus many more. The silverette was in amazed. He'd never been to such a regal place and now that he'd looked round he could really appreciate it.

The teen was now walking through the hallways of the house, trying to find his way back to the library Takuma had shown him earlier, since the blond noble had left. Grumbling as he turned another corner and once again came up short, Zero absentmindedly walked down the hall and turned another corner, only to collide with another vampire who was also coming round the same corner.

"Sorry." Zero mumbled as he attempted to move past the other vampire and carry on to the library.

"Yeah, you better watch it!" The vampire spat at the silverette, pushing him roughly always from him.

"Sorry. It was just an accident." Zero replied. "And it was just as much your fault as mine." He added, feeling a little annoyed.

"What did you just say to me?" The vampire demanded, fury in his voice.

"I said it was just as much your fault as it was mine." Zero spat back, not feeling in the mood to be messed with, unfortunately for him, the noble was feeling the same way. Angered by Zero talking back to him, the noble grabbed Zero by the throat and slammed him against the wall.

"Now you listen here, you little shit. You never speak like that to my face again." The noble spat. For the first time, Zero was able to take a look at the noble threatening him. He was very tall and muscular, with blond hair and amber eyes.

"Your face, your ass, what's the difference?" Zero remarked, feeling pissed at being held. Anger flared even more fiercely in the blond noble and he tightened his grip on Zero's neck as he banged his against the wall again, but this time harder.

"Shut your fucking mouth, you filthy ex-human." The noble growled. "I'll make you pay for that." He added. Zero gulped as he felt the grip on his neck tighten and the air leaving his lungs, he began to struggle. Zero felt the other vampire's breath on his skin, as his face began to heat up and his lungs burn from the lack of oxygen. The noble was really strong and the silverette just couldn't escape his grasp.

"Hey!" Came a voice from behind them. "Niku, release him immediately." The voice demanded. Looking behind him, the blond vampire saw Kain walking towards them.

"Little punk, needs to be learn his place." Niku stated angrily, as he looked at Kain.

"Unhand him." Kain said sternly, and with a sigh, Niku turned back to Zero.

"This isn't over." Niku whispered in the silverette's ear sinisterly, before releasing the smaller vampire and storming off down the hall. Leaving Zero slumped against the wall and gasping for breath.

"You ok?" Kain asked casually as he watched Zero struggle for breath. Zero couldn't find the air to answer, so he just nodded his head. Kain shrugged and walked off to wherever he was going, leaving Zero to gasp. A few minutes later, Zero had found he could breath a bit more easily and decided to head back to his room, no longer feeling like going to the library. "Damn. I knew being here was gonna ruffle a few feathers, but I at least hoped I'd get through the first week without making the whole dorm want to kill me." Zero sighed to himself sadly as he felt the bruises begin to form on his neck.


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