A/N: Yay! Things are getting interesting...if you guys are coming for the first time...welcome! If not, get ready for the excitement...actually not. I don't know how this one will turn out so I'll be as surprised as you guys! w00h!

Re-edited 8/29/11: This one didn't need a lot of editing...

Disclaimer: Vampire Knight belongs to Matsuri Hino until she gives it to me for a Christmas present or something...

Painful Recollections

POV: Zero

"The time has come, Zero." He picked up Bloody Rose, aimed it at my chest, and pulled the trigger without hesitation. Pain shot through my whole body. Damn. I closed my eyes to suppress the burning pain.

"Stop dazing off and look at me!" I did as he wanted me to. Who was I to ignore his wishes? I, who had taken so much from him. Shortly afterwards however, he collapsed onto my shoulder. I could see his blood spilling onto the dungeon ground, mixing with mine. He sighed with relief. Finally being in familiar arms again, he told me he felt comforted.

Whispering into my ear, he said, "Zero...the last remnants of my life...consume it all!" Shock registered, and denial coursed through my mind. How could I take the last thing he has to lose? When I had been taking from him our whole life?

Knowing my thoughts, he replied, "...for the sake of your goal, you must!" I remembered her. The only one more important to me than my very own life. I resigned to our fate and took the faithful bite into him, my heart tearing! My precious little brother; Ichiru!

I snapped back to reality. He was dead. He was inside of me. I couldn't do anything to bring him back. Everything was futile.

My eyes focused back to the young hunter who stood against the counter. How can they both be still alive and at the top of the Association? How the hell can they have lasted this long? Why the fuck are they still here! Rage over whelmed me when I saw his unconcerned face, and I lunged at the unsuspecting boy in front of me. I grabbed his collar and slammed him to the tiled ground.

"THE HELL WITH YOU! HOW CAN YOU TWO BE FUCKING TWINS! DON'T YOU DARE FUCK WITH ME OR YOU WILL WISH THAT YOU WERE DEAD." I was on top of the frightened boy who looked at my face with fear...and interest.

"What the fuck is wrong with you?" Minase hissed grabbing my hands that were gripping his shirt. They tried to pry my fingers from his clothes but to no avail.

"You can't be twins. One of you should've been dead. One of you should've died! How can you be so ignorant to yourselves but not to my life?" I couldn't help but shake him. I could feel strength rising in my arms and my vision turned crimson. Rage coursed through my veins and I started to choke this weak human. A human who had one thing I had lost; a twin.

"Ki...ryuu...haaa...fuck...mph...off!" The tiny human gasped, and I realized with a start what I was doing. I jumped off and backed up until I was standing by the door. I stared at my hands with disgust and balled them into tight fists until my palms bled. I glanced over at Minase and saw he had sat up against the cabinets. He gingerly touched his bruised neck and winced. He only glanced at me, but it felt as though it was enough to kill me.

"...Minase..."

"What the hell do you want, vampire?" I winced remembering what that had caused me to do. Ichiru.

"I...sorry." I couldn't even look at his face. When did I ever apologize? Have I really gotten that...soft? I scoffed at myself internally, not daring to show my disbelief...in case Minase took it the wrong way, and well...I guess I don't have to hide it. I smirked.

"Sure." He said, catching my smile. "I'll believe it when I see it. Now it's your turn to do the talking. Why do you care so much that Hiro and I are twins?" He approached me, taking a step at a time. He really isn't afraid of me. Any normal human wouldn't dare approach me. I paused. Then again, he isn't a normal human.

"You don't need to know. If it's not in the public records at the association, then I am not required to share classified information." I got bitchy, and it was fun. I guess I was slowly turning into a sadist because of Minase's reaction to it all.

"Yes, I do. You nearly killed me. I should know why, shouldn't I Kiryuu?" Minase, now, stood right in front of me. I could feel his breath against my neck, but his worn out death glare packed enough poison, I didn't pay much attention. I could feel myself sweating as he smiled at me unnervingly. What was it about his eyes that made me bend to his will?

"You should know." I decided to give him what he wanted. Might as well tell someone who wanted to hear my sob story. "I mean, you are a Kiryuu family expert, aren't you?" Now I decided to take a step forward, which made Minase back away. "Then again, why should the public need to know about the disgrace of the Kiryuu family?" My head cocked to the side and a corner of my mouth turned upwards. Minase looked at me, and I could tell that his mind was reeling.

He brought his hand up to his mouth and assumed a thinking position. He was piecing all the information he had gathered. Smart boy. I guess I won't have to go through the trouble of explaining everything. Secretly, I let out a small breath of relief. I don't think I have enough strength to relive everything I left behind.

"Was your twin...a vampire as well?"

POV: Tsubasa

I know I read something about the Kiryuu twins, but the documents all said the younger twin died along with the parents. It said the sole survivor had been the older twin, and he was taken in by Kaien Cross. But it didn't say anything about the older twin becoming a vampire, so I wouldn't be surprised if it lied about the younger twin. But a disgrace? How could a person become a disgrace?

In a hunter family, willingly becoming a vampire, giving the family's position away to a vampire, siding with a vampire, loving a vampire, or just plain betrayal. Vampires are supposed to be breathtakingly beautiful and a pure blood has tremendous power. So it wouldn't be surprising if the twin fell for the woman. It's all love again, isn't it? I scowled.

But just giving away the family's position couldn't have been bad enough to be excluded from the records? I glanced up at the Kiryuu in front of me. If he was turned into a vampire against his will, then what about his brother? Could he have already been turned into a vampire before the whole incident or even...willingly?

"Was your twin...a vampire as well?"

I saw rage and sorrow take over, and I readied myself this time. His fist tightened and he punched the wall the doors were connected to. A part of the wall flew off and blood dripped to the floor, along with one of the doors. I looked at his fists and saw blood falling from them. Before I could suggest for him to tend to his wounds and sit down, he spoke.

"It would've been better if she had turned him instead. Then maybe, he could've become stronger." He barely whispered, not caring if I heard him or not.

Then how could his twin have been a disgrace? The only other reason was complete betrayal or falling in love on top of that.

"What's taking you so long? And here I thought you were some kind of mystery solving prodigy." He scowled, and I wanted to punch his face into the ground.

"Fuck off bitch." I smiled. He faltered. If those are the only options left, then they could be what happened, most likely that is. Then how did he die? He can't be alive, can he? But I didn't dare to ask him that. Kiryuu imagining his brother becoming a vampire was bad enough, but somehow his death seems like a bigger deal.

"So the vampire hunter has no clue, eh? What a bore." Kiryuu turned towards the living room.

"Your twin fell in love with the pureblood and betrayed your family, including you. He didn't get turned into a vampire, but you did. If must've tore him apart. I guess he died as a human." I yelled out to him, desperate. I couldn't stand his banter. It was annoying the shit out of me.

Who the fuck was he to tell me off? I didn't want to hear his whole life story. I only wanted to know why being a twin was such a taboo to him. Then again, I guess his reason stems from the very beginning.

He froze.

I froze.

Even the air froze.

I could feel the air getting heavy...and dark.

"I'm going to bed." He moved quickly to the hallway leading to his bedroom. Seeing his flee, I moved and tackled him to the ground. I pinned his arm behind his back, pulled out my Bloody Passion, and put it against his neck.

"Hell no, you're not! What the fuck! So I made an accurate guess, you decide to become a stick in the ass. You are going to fucking tell me why being a twin is so shitty!" I twisted his arm more with rage.

"I'M. GOING. TO. BED." He grit his teeth and struggled from my grip, but I pressed the knife flat against his neck.

"You still haven't answered my question. You gave me other shit that I really didn't need to know. So you will answer me, or I will drain the blood from your body and keep you barely alive." I whispered into his ear, threateningly. He halted his attempts to free himself and paused. I gave his couple seconds so he could think it over. He seemed like those quiet introverted thinkers who were full of bullshit.

"I killed him. No. I consumed him." With one great shove, he pushed me off while I was still stunned. He what? Why would that have anything to do with me and Hiro being twins? Jealously could be a reason and so could guilt, but it's not solid enough for a person like him.

"But what does that have anything to do with me and Hiro?" I crossed my legs, as he had did after escaping me, and faced him.

"Not you per se. Twins are rare in the Hunter world. Usually one consumes the other while they are in the mother's womb, but if they are born, one is usually stronger than the other. Do you see why it's absurd for both of you to still be alive and at the top of your game?" He spoke softly. "Under my roof no less." He said barely audible, I wouldn't have caught it if I didn't read his lips.

"So you were the stronger twin." My eyes trailed down from his intense eyes to the floor. So who's the weaker twin between me and Hiro? What would happen to us? Will one of us...no! That can't happen! It probably only happened to Kiryuu because he was a vampire. Nothing will happen to us. Right? And how did this happen? The only twins known so far under the same roof! Coincidence? Load of bullshit!

"I'm going to bed now." He got up and left. This time, I didn't make a move to stop him. My mind was reeling with information. Is what happened to the Kiryuu twins going to happen to us? How though? Who's the stronger one? Is it me? Or him? Oh my god. How do I tell him? Do I tell him? I made my way to the couch and collapsed. What am I going to do? Is it even worth telling him? No, I'll talk more with Kiryuu first before I talk to Hiro. No use worrying more than I need to. Finally settling my mind, I relaxed. Then fell into a lull of a dreamless state.

POV: Zero

How? How could he guess so accurately, yet so easily? Who is he? Damn it! I hit the wall behind the door, leaving a dent, matching the many others.

The whole room was a mess. Clothes were scattered everywhere, mixing with letters, pictures, and orders. Trash littered the floor, along with random rubble from where I had lost my temper. The bed was on the opposite side of the room from the door. On the far right wall was another door leading to the bathroom, and in the far corner, to the left of the bathroom, was the closet.

What's going to happen to him? Is what happened to Ichiru going to happen to one of them? Is Minase Tsubasa going to be the survivor? Or will it be Minase Hiro? Minase Hiro is too soft hearted though. He doesn't have that deadly passion within him. Plus, his twin is more skilled than he is. But will Minase Tsubasa be able to decide when the time comes?

Fuck, why the hell do I care so much? It has nothing...no. It has something to do with me. There's a reason why they are in my apartment. Someone planned this but why? What's the use of putting us together? What can result of this? Damn all this shit! I clenched my fist tighter and winced. I looked at my bloodied palms and cursed again. I opened the drawer in the lamp stand by my bedside and took out my first aid kit. I sat on my bed to rinse my wounds with hydrogen peroxide and wrap then with bandages. I laid down and sighed.

Why the fuck is my life like this? What new problem will I have to solve? Who will get hurt? When will it be all over? How are they involved? Will I be free only through death?

A/N: Okay~ I'm done. I actually wanted Tsubasa to tell Zero to clean his wounds...but Zero really just wanted to go to his room. He's not going to sleep. Probably because he...can't. heehee. He sleeps whenever he wants to. He sleeps sometimes during the night, sometimes during the day.

I wish I could answer all their questions BUT! They have to wait patiently like everyone else...like me. Lol. I really need to decide how I'm going to initiate everything. This one's a little boring...I'm sorry. But Tsubasa had to know what you guys knew. Yea...Hiro didn't come out in this one. BUT! They didn't kill themselves! Review please...especially if this one was a bit dull or if Zero's character was a little...off. REVIEW~