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A/N: Well here is the next installment of Rescue Me. I hope you have enjoyed it up until now and hopefully you will stay with me until the end. Sorry it's taken me so long to update, school was killing me. But it's summer break so I am hoping to get a lot done! Please enjoy!

Monster Awakened

"Kiryu-kun… Zero, those dreams aren't dreams at all… They're flashbacks."

Zero stared at Takuma in complete and utter shock. His eyes widened as he slowly lowered Bloody Rose back to his side. Takuma stared at him, waiting for his reaction… and react he did. Zero burst into uncontrollable laughter, bordering on hysteric. Takuma's eyes nearly popped out of his head at the sight the hunter created.

"Zero?" Takuma questioned softly as he was slightly afraid for the hunter's mental state.

Zero continued to laugh, pouring all his pent up emotions into the laugh. To Takuma, he sounded like a certifiable lunatic. He truly didn't know what to say in this situation.

Running his hand through his hair, Zero spoke with laughter still in his voice, "You are so full of shit!"

Takuma shook his head, "I'm afraid not Zero. I wish all you experienced last night was but a nightmare, but sadly, it all came to pass."

"Well then mister big and might vampire, care to enlightenment as to what happened?" Zero taunted.

Again Takuma shook his head, "I'm afraid I can't do that. You have to remember on your own or else it would confuse your mind even more. You have to remember Kiryu-kun."

Zero opened him mouth to respond when his senses suddenly screamed at him. Whipping his gun back up, Zero pointed it into the woods. Takuma also turned sharply in that direction as he too felt it. Before either of them could speak, Kaname appeared from within the trees. He barely spared Zero a glance while his furious glance landed on Takuma.

"Aren't you supposed to be in class vampire?" Zero questioned smoothly.

Kaname gazed at Zero out of the corner of his eye, "I came to collect this one."

Zero looked at Takuma and was startled to find that the blonde noble looked slightly fearful of his prince. He had never seen any of the vampires fearful of their leader. However, Zero would not be scared of him; he had no reason to be.

"I was speaking with him; it is none of your concern pureblood. Return to class, I'll send him up when I'm done speaking with him," Zero ordered.

Kaname's eyes flashed crimson at the tone of Zero's voice. How dare that ex-human try to give him orders? He turned to face the hunter, momentarily ignoring the noble. Takuma opened his mouth the warm the hunter to watch his words. However, one scorching look from Kaname had him holding his tongue.

"This does not concern you Kiryu, I suggest you leave, now," Kaname spoke with fire burning in his eyes.

"Don't tell me what to do you bloodsucker!' Zero raged.

Something in Kaname snapped at those words, both felt it. Takuma's eyes widened at the aura being presented from the pureblood. However, before he could even think to interfere, the silver-haired hunter was though the air. Before Zero could get back on his feet, Kaname was towering over him. Clenching Bloody Rose, Zero tried to raise it to defend himself only to have Kaname crush his hand between the hard ground and the pureblood's shoe.

Bending down, Kaname gripped Zero's silver strands in his fingers and snapped the hunter's head back, "You think you are so high and mighty, hunter. All those times you've pointed that abomination at me, thinking you had control. Don't make me laugh! I could crush your insignificant existence with a single thought!"

Zero winced as he tried to move his hand out from under Kaname's shoe. He had never seen the pureblood this angry at him before. Usually they just taunted one another and then went their separate ways, but this time was different; Kaname had snapped.

"Get. Off. Me!" Zero grit out, glaring into Kaname's crimson eyes.

Kaname grinned, "I think not."

The next noise to be heard was Zero's ear splitting scream as Kaname crushed the bones in his right hand. Kaname removed his foot and let go of the hunter's hair as he smirked as Zero cradled his injured appendage against his chest. He was no surprised at how weak the hunter was. Zero thought since he had that hunter's weapon he was invincible. It felt good for Kaname to be the one to bring him down a notch or two.

"You are not as strong as you believe yourself to be Kiryu, you should remember this moment and use caution when speaking to me in the future," Kaname scolded as he turned toward Takuma.

Crimson eyes glared at Kaname from under a silver fringe as he bared his fangs at the pureblood while pulling himself to his knees, "Go fuck yourself!"

"Zero!" Takuma gasped from the background but was ignored by the other two in the clearing.

Snarling, Kaname turned to Zero once more but one voice stopped him from issuing punishment once more.

"Zero!" Yuuki screamed as she ran into the clearing holding her Artemis.

"Stay back!" Zero growled.

Yuuki stopped dead at the sight that greeted her. Zero kneeled on the ground in front of Kaname. His gun lay forgotten on the ground as his right arm hung uselessly at his side. Takuma stood behind the two with a haunted look in his eyes. Even she could feel the tense atmosphere that she had stumbled into.

"Zero? Kaname-sempai?" she questioned softly.

Kaname turned to the girl and opened his mouth to speak but was cut off, "Don't you dare say a fucking word to her Kuran!"

Kaname snarled softly at the hunter but was once again stopped by the fearful look in his treasure's eyes, "Yuuki…"

"K-Kaname-s-sempai… I think y-you need to l-leave," Yuuki stammered.

Shooting one last glare at the hunter on the ground, Kaname turned to Takuma, "Come Ichijo, we are returning to class. I will deal with this situation later."

Takuma bowed, "Yes Kaname-sama."

He shot once last glance at the injured hunter and frightened human before he hurried after his prince. His punishment was already going to be severe; he need not make it worse by disobeying orders.

Once the two vampires left the clearing, Yuuki dropped Artemis and rushed to Zero's side, "Zero, what happened!"

Zero couldn't look at her no matter how much he wished to. He hated the pureblood with everything he was but Yuuki… Yuuki loved him. He couldn't bring it upon himself to crush her godly views of the pureblood. Also, his eyes still burned crimson as the pain from his crushed right hand had yet to let up.

"Zero… Please, look at me," she pleaded.

Raising his eyes to hers, she gasped at the crimson and pain she saw reflected there, "Please… Tell me what happened."

Zero closed his eyes softly, "Yuuki… I am sorry."

"For what?"

"He… I… Kuran… Nothing…"

Zero could not tell her… He had to protect her from what her savior had become. It would destroy her… He couldn't tell her that monster within Kuran had come to the surface.

END!

There you are ladies and gentlemen. It took awhile to get it just right but I hope you all enjoy it. I'm (slightly) sorry for making Kaname such a jerk. It needed to be done for the story to progress. I promise to make it all better later! Please let me know what you think!