Author's Note: It's been awhile... Sorry, guys. Anyways, here's the next chapter. I don't own VK or any of it's characters.

I was walking along a busy hallway, but I felt all alone. I hadn't seen Zero at all today. There was a sneaking suspicion in the back of my mind that he wasn't coming to class at all today. I entered the classroom and took my seat next to Yori.

She must have sensed my worry, for almost immediately after I sat down, she said "Is it Zero or Kaname?"

Normally I would have fussed at her for making that assumption, but I didn't feel like it today. "Zero..."

"What's wrong with Zero?"

"I... he.." I shouldn't have said anything. She had me now; I was going to have to lie to her. "He's sick.. it's really bad, and I'm worried about him..." I trailed off.

The first half or so of class I tried to pay attention, I really did. But after that I gave up. My mind began to wander, thinking of all the places he could be, most of them bad.

What if he really was sick?

What if he was hurt?

What if he lost control, and was dying somewhere.? My heart began to beat faster out of fear.

What if that man had come back for him?

That one set something off. I knew it was happening the moment it ran through my mind. I had to go save Zero! (A/N: Yuki saving Zero...Funny, isn't it?)

I stood up and, leaving my stuff, ran out of the classroom. I ignored the shouts of "Cross!" from the teacher and "Yuki?" from some of my friends, mainly Yori. I streaked down the corridor, running as fast as I could to where Zero may have been.

I decided to go to his dorm room first, which, in retrospect, wasn't a very good idea. Of course, he wasn't there. It was then that I decided to head for the Headmaster's private living quarters.

As I approached the room, I could hear Zero's "teacher" talking, and I didn't like what I heard: death threats.

I ran a little faster and burst into the room.

"Stop! Zero!"

The hunter had his gun pressed against Zero's head. They both looked up. Zero and I made eye contact, and then Zero pushed the gun away from his head.

The hunter sneered. "You decided to stop waiting for me to kill you?" I didn't understand the question, but I knew Zero did.

"Dang it!" the man spoke again, his words cutting through Zero like a knife. It really hurt to watch it, but I was paralyzed with fear. "Don't you remember? 'I'll make sure you don't regret losing your eye to save me'. "

He looked at Zero, and for a minute, I thought I saw tears in his eyes. Granted, I was watching through tears of my own. "That day, you yourself made that vow to me."

The hunter tensed, and I drew my breath. They both seemed to have forgotten my presence. Then he spoke yet again; "Watching you right now made me want to kill you for real. I have no intention of saving a kid who only wants to take the easy way out."

No. No, this man could kill any other vampire in my life. But he would never kill Zero. Zero was mine.

"Struggle until you can't struggle anymore," the man continued. "Just now, you've decided to live your life covered in blood. Don't run away..."

He looked Zero straight in the eyes, then turned away from him. "Zero."

Then I noticed that the creepy guy had turned to me. Great. "Hey, little girl," he started.

I scoffed at the insult. "Little girl..." I muttered. "What is it?"

The guy looked at me, all seriousness in his face. I glanced over his shoulder at Zero, then made eye contact with the hunter.

"If he starts going berserk again, you stop him." I nodded. "But you'll get hurt if you treat him gently. He won't stop until you put a bullet in him. It's better for him that way. After that..." He seemed to be unable to find the right word. "it's up to you."

As I processed the words, I had so many reactions: I couldn't not treat him gently, he would stop for me, bullet or no bullet. And even if it was better for him to be dead, it certainly wasn't better for me. Yes, I know, I'm selfish.

Then it occurred to me... "Then you shot Zero in the pool because..."

"If I'd meant to kill him, one bullet would've been enough." He said a few other things, but I wasn't listening; I was ready to focus on Zero.

I was about to break in when the man abruptly looked at Zero, with something in his eyes I couldn't quite decipher. "Zero. That woman... Apparently, she is still alive." With that, he left us alone. Finally.

But what woman was he talking about? Whoever it was, it sounded like she was bad. But that didn't matter right now.

I looked down at zero, who was still seated on the floor, leaning against the wall. All the events that had just happened came rushing at me all at one time, and my eyes began to fill with tears again. I sat down in front of Zero.

"Zero..." I gulped. "I really thought he was going to kill you."

"Yuki.." He said, getting to his feet. I followed suit. He put his hand on top of my head, and mussed my hair. "I won't run away anymore... so don't cry."

I smiled slightly at his words, but he'd turned around to leave.

I was going to keep him alive, no matter at what costs. "I will not regret my decision." This man was not going to take my life away from me.