Author's Note: Zero's POV!

R&R

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Rating: T

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Disbelief chocked him, merciless in its force as the oddest scene he had ever seen unfolded before his very eyes. There were no words to describe it. This very thing was something that was once on the 'What The Hell Is This?' list and shot up into the 'This Isn't Real' list.

Zero was more shocked than he was horrified.

Reverie was infuriated beyond a doubt, her eyes a fierce storm as she argued with the Level E clinging to her leg. The Level E, who he was fairly certain it was named Falen, continued to sprout nonsense between protesting he wasn't a cannibal and he's a good boy. The entire scene was disconnecting. From the looks the rest of the Night Class was sporting, he wasn't alone in his sentiments.

"You damn fangfuck, get off!" Her language, it was horrid. With blood running over her chest, and thin lines of it crisscrossing her exposed legs, she was a sight to behold. Instead of screaming about being attacked, she was literally fighting back – Though she was running earlier.

From the side of his vision, he sees Yuuki's eyes widen. She was watching the struggle between the human and vampire with as much shock as everyone else was. It was obvious Falen was determined, grappling them both to the ground where she sprouted another wave of curses.

He's a damned leach in need of a prompt execution. Zero's hand dropped to the holster of his gun, pausing only when Reverie rolled them over so she wasn't pinned down. Yuuki's staff was out as well, and the uncertainty was clear in her. None will attack, not with Nightingale-san at risk of possible injuries.

"Nightingale-san," Yuuki stepped closer to their bleeding classmate and her attacker when Reverie shot back, "Seriously, Yuuki, don't come near! He bites – hey, I am not a Snack!"

Zero's eyes narrowed when he saw a glimpse of fangs scrape skin, only to smirk when she elbowed the Level E in the face. "He's trying to eat me, Yuuki! You're bite sized!"

"Falen isn't trying to eat you!" the pink-haired monstrosity wailed as he attached himself to her leg the moment she was on her feet. "Falen isn't a cannibal!"

Cannibal – is he joking? With the protests she was sprouting about her personalized leach, he wasn't. How can she not see that he's a vampire? She's bleeding because of him.

Zero's gaze jumped to Kaname. The Pureblood wasn't moving, a look of concentration on his face as he observed the view. Inwardly, Zero knew he wouldn't risk harming the girl – it would go against his purpose at Cross Academy. It was inner control that kept him from full out attacking the Level E, and it was something even Zero prided himself on – until recently, anyway. It was difficult to stay his hand, a swell of bloodlust rising within him. More than once had he thought about killing her – only due to the fact she pissed him off for the fun of it.

"What part of Get Off don't you understand?" His gaze jerked back to the girl, watching as she knocked Falen away from herself. The vampire rolled, coiled up, and bound into the air. Blood crashed down where he had been standing, splattering against the ground and Reverie alike.

Perched in a tree, Falen scowled down at them – namely Shiki. "That was rude."

Zero didn't hesitate. He whipped the Bloody Rose from its holster, aimed, and fired. Not a second passed before his arm was flung out to the side, and the gun flew out of his hand. Falen, pink-hair mused, stood before him with his hand curled around Zero's wrist. "Try that again, and you'll scream for mercy."

Brilliant red orbs narrowed, his voice dropping an octave as he hissed, "I'll make you deaf from your own screams."

His tone of voice was dark, sinister, and Zero swallowed. It was as if something had crawled under his skin, like an icy hand reached into his chest and grabbed his heart. There was power in that voice, one Zero wasn't accustomed to when dealing with a Level E.

The boy smiled, eyes sparkling as he bound away. He reappeared before Zero's stunned classmate, her form still and bloodied in shock. She didn't protest when Falen hauled her to her feet, not until he grabbed a handful of her raven tresses. She blinked, pupils slitting, and she snarled. She tried to shove him away, but only was rewarded with a rumbling growl Zero could hear from where he was standing.

"I am not going to be your midnight snack!"

Falen doesn't answer, his eyes opting to flicker between the gathering vampires. The scent of blood reached them, which he is sure of, and Shiki's own scent, his blood, had alerted them to the battle that was taking place. Many of them had gathered, and their white uniforms stark against the darkness they were surrounded with. More than half were ready to fight.

Aido was standing off to the side, his ice resembling a living entity as it whirled around him. His cousin stood off to the side, a flicker of flame dancing between his fingers as he eyed the Level E. Both of their postures where relaxed, but Zero knew they were ready for a confrontation. Even Ichijo was near, his sword in hand and smile gone.

Kaname stepped forward. "It is best not to make this hard on yourself."

That voice, Zero felt his skin crawl. I hate that voice. How he uses it to his advantage to get others to do his dirty work.

It disgusted him. His attention shifted as Yuuki stepped up to him, the Blood Rose in her hand. He thanked her with a nod, flexing his fingers around the cool metal with a sense of determination. The Level E's words, however, stopped him from acting.

"You think I have to listen to you? You can't bend me to your will. It can't hold Falen anymore. It can never hold Falen again," he giggled, swayed, as he shifted in his place. Zero watched as the Level E's attention dropped to the girl in his arms, alarm ringing through him as she slumped into Falen's chest.

Her struggles had dulled, from blood loss no doubt. Something flickers in the vampire's eyes, his gaze darting around the clearing before landing on the approaching Pureblood. He bares his fangs at him, pulling the near unconscious female to his chest.

"I will not allow you to hunt the students of this school." Kaname' voice is low, its tone leaving no room for argument. "Nor will I allow you to keep the student you have in your possession."

Zero watched as Falen shifted, his gaze dropping down to Reverie's face. She was still, the fight-or-flight instincts gone as she struggled to stay awake. He could see her eyelashes fluttering, the deathly white hue of her skin sickly.

She would need medical attention, and soon.

Kaname was closing in on them. That alone seemed to cause a reaction in the Level E.

Zero watched as Falen set her on the ground, leaving her form is a haphazard position as he lunged forward. The smaller male slammed into the taller, hurtling Kaname backwards with startling power. It was a display of strength, of power in its rawest form, Zero had never seen from a Level E.

Falen flickered in and out of sight, weaving his way through the Pureblood's attacks. His speed, it was hard to keep up with – even Kaname was slowing, his gaze scanning his surroundings in search of the Level E that had hunted one of the students of Cross Academy.

Zero's gaze moves to the unconscious girl on the ground, eyes narrowing when he saw her cradled in Ichijo's arms. He was crouched on the ground, her body slumped against his with one arm around her waist, and the other held his sword. Yuuki was next to them, her hands pressing against the bloody wound on Reverie's neck.

All movement stops when Falen skids in a circle in the middle of the clearing, a trail of smoke following him. He stops, head cocked to the side, and smiles at Kaname. Small giggles were escaping him as he watched him, which soon developed into manic laughter.

Falen throws his head back, energy sparking around him, and regards the vampires surrounding him with black eyes – not red, but black – with a crimson flare around his pupil. He bounced backwards, bare feet leaving the ground in small bounds as he laughed.

"A taboo committed by a Pureblood?" Falen lands in front of Kaname, one hand stroking the immobile vampire's check as he continued, "And you honestly think you can beat Falen? Falen's a good boy, don't you understand? Good boys always finish first."

He stepped away from Kaname, laughing once again, "Falen doesn't want to kill you. He doesn't want to kill any of you, even if Falen's lust says otherwise. Master expressed distaste for it, for my feeding, and Falen is a good boy."

The Level E bounds away, the black fading as the red flare engulfs his eyes once again. Spider webs of black etch across his skin, seams of inky black energy similar to that of a vampire's death. His skin breaks apart, scattering on the wind small portion by small portion. He leaps backwards, up into the air, and his entire form – clothing included – shatter.

There was no scent of death, and there was no ash floating on the wind.

Falen merely vanished, gone in the blink of an eye. In his wake he left an eerie silence, battered nobles, and a bleed girl. Kaname looked unnerved, his brow furrowing as he stared at the spot where the Level E shattered in. Zero placed his gun in his holster, a sense of discord falling upon him as he makes his way to where Yuuki and Ichijo, and Reverie, were clustered at. He kneels, presses two fingers against the inside of her wrist, and feels the faint pulse of her heartbeat.

It was fluttering, unsteady, under his knowing fingertips.

Her skin was clammy, her hair sticking to her skin. Zero eyed her for a moment, voicing his thoughts lightly, "We need to get her indoors. Ichijo-sempai, can you carry her?"

The blonde hands his sword to Zero, gently lifting the girl into his arms, and stands. Zero stands as well, eyes the blade in his hand, and turns to Yuuki.

"I'll go with them. Yuuki, find the Chairmen and tell him what has happened." The brunette darts away, vanishing in the darkness with Aido and Kain following under Kaname's orders.

The others head for the school, slipping inside silently and making their way into the infirmary. Ichijo lays her on one of the beds, one hand pressed to her still-bleeding neck. His brow was furrowed, an action Zero mirrored as he approached with various medical tools. They work in silence to patch her up, and in a matter of minutes she's hooked up to an IV where blood – and water – was pressed into her body.

She didn't stir once.

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Pain…

Unbearable pain…

Her eyes flutter open, orbs of the brightest red burning in the darkness.

Your brother has disinfected, my daughter. Find him, bring him home, and kill the…intruder…

With a smile, she sits up. "Of course, father."