OHAYO! it's good to be back! i'm suffering from allergies right now... T^T anyways, this is my favorite chapter! took me a hell of a long time to write it too. i know my readers are mad because i don't upload regularly, but that's just how i am. heehee, i hope you guys understand... ~_~

Chapter Ten: ~Alone Together~

Kashino was sitting on a wooden bench inside the cooking classroom, fuming. I want to approach him, but he gives off a dangerous aura that intimidates me. Kashino is scary….

Suddenly, something small flew past me; it was small and it was prancing all over the place.

"Ano, Kashino, what is that thing?" I said pointing to it.

"What thing? There's nothing!" he said grumpily.

"Yes there is, look!" I protested.

"You're hallucinating." was his reply.

"Am not!"

"Are too!"

"Am not!"

"Are t~"

"Shut up! It's just Vanilla!" shouted a voice out of nowhere.

"GAH! Who said that?" I cried out in alarm. Unexpectedly, Kashino took hold of something and dashed out of the building like there was a fire behind him. The small flying thing was gone too. Maybe it was my imagination, but I sense another human inside this building. Swiftly, I turned around and was face to face with the guy I met in the courtyard earlier. Zero was his name, I believe.

"Hello, can I help you with anything?" I asked uncertainly.

"I guess it's fate then," I heard him muttered. "We meet again." and then he smiled.

Then it happened, so quickly that I didn't have enough time to draw another breath. Zero leaped toward me with inhuman speed and less than a second, his mouth was at my neck. Were those…..fangs…. No, not possible. NO! I wanted to scream, but no voice came out. Somebody help me! I can feel my blood being sucked out of my vein; the experience was excruciating. Bang! I heard doors being slammed and out of the corners of my eyes, I saw Kashino. His face bears an enraged expression. BOOM! did he just shot a gun? Time stopped as the red bullet hit Zero square in the shoulder and he reeled back. Zero stumbled and toppled onto the ground. Blood were splattering everywhere. Mine, or his? I have no clue as my mind clouded and I too had lost conscious. The last thing I saw was Kashino rushing over to me and held me in his arms, shouting my name. I wanted to tell him I want piece and quiet so that I can sleep for a while, but my energy was escaping me. In the end, my eyes closed as I drifted asleep.

~A week later~

Urhg, I feel so groggy. I stirred my hands as I tried to open my eyes. The first thing I saw was Kashino. He seemed to be asleep. There were bags under his eyes. Where am I? the Infirmary? I questioned myself as I saw the sign. How did I ended up here. Then it all came back to me. Zero. How he had leaped toward me with his mouth at my neck sucking out my blood. I remembered the feeling perfectly; it was like he was trying to suck out my soul. Then I felt so weak like I couldn't do anything. I'd felt like a lifeless doll. I cringed at that memory and Kashino stirred in his sleep.

I looked closely at him. He did not look like the cold hearted guy I used to see everyday. In fact, as he is now, sleeping soundly, I had to admitted, Kashino looked somewhat like an angel. His brown hair looked like velvet at the moment and I want to run my through it. I was tempted to, but I resisted the urge. Told myself he needed the sleep as it looked like he didn't get any. Somewhere deep down, I acknowledged the fact that it was all my fault and that I somehow, was saved by him. My life was rescued by Kashino. At that thought, all of my memory came soaring back. I saw Kashino hold up a gun and shot at Zero. I remembered how light head I was when he came to my side and picked me up.

Something salty went into my mouth and I lifted my hand up to feel what it is. Tears. Why was I crying? Is there a reason for me to cry? I know I had to stop, my the flowing tears were unstoppable. They were tears I had held in these passing years. Tears I refused to let out because it shows signs of weakness. Tears that I did not shed at my grandmother's funeral.

Now, nothing matters anymore. To me, the world had stopped as the tears kept on spilling from my locked heart. I don't know why I was crying, but I can't stop as the tears choked me and I let out a whimper. That small noise had woken up Kashino. At first, he was stunned to see me cry, but a second later, I was in his arm. I'd never know he can be so warm. I'd thought he was as cold as ice itself, but no, Kashino was warm and comforting. Without a word he'd soothed me. He did not tell me to stop crying; he just simply let me cry. Somehow I felt relief that he did not stop me.

Soon, my cries turned into hysterical sobs as I struggled to gather up breath. And I cried and cried and cried and cried. Until I can cry no more. Silently, Kashino handed me a box of tissue. I sniffed as I accepted it and soon, I was back into his warm embrace again. He did not say a word, but I know he understands. Somehow.

I sat quietly, waiting until I can become calm again. The first sentence I spoke to him, I had no idea, had changed the way I looked at the world.

"What happened?" I asked him. I can see Kashino was thinking. Whether or not he should lie to me is up to him, but I can see that he doesn't want to. And so he spoke; the truth. The horrible, terrifying truth.

"Vampires" that word alone was enough to scare the living soul out of me. I believed him. His face expressions and the pain I witnessed in his eyes conveys the fact that he was telling me the truth.

"H-how? Z-z-zero?" I stuttered. He nodded.

"He was a vampire," Kashino said solemnly. "And so are you."

My brain screamed at the next revelation. No way in hell! I'm a…I'm a…. I can't say that word.

"M-me?" I managed to whispered.

"But you are sealed therefore, you're perfectly human." he explained.

That had calmed me a bit…. But only a bit.

"Don't worry I am too." my eyes widened! "Both of us are sealed; we are nothing but human though deep inside, we are truly vampires."

A/N: didn't see that coming did ya? well, this is a cross over with VK and it won't be unless there are some vampires involve. please, no flames about me making Ichigo and Kashino vampires kayy? i didn't plan this out, the idea just came to me. hits are nice, but i really welcome reiews! it makes my day! one review a day keeps the writer's block away! that was horrible... now i'm blabbering... so JA NE!