A/N: Hello again I know it's been a little bit since I posted and I'm sorry for that, a lot of my time has been spent editing and re-writing fics almost from scratch with new ideas that I hopefully won't fall off of so quickly. This is the next segment (is that the word I'm looking for? Not sure) of teasers you guys can vote on. I probably should have mentioned this beforehand but you're more than welcome to vote on more than one of them or rank them from your most favorite to least favorite if you want although that seems like extra work I don't really care how you do it. If it comes down to two really popular options I'm definitely open to doing two at a time the updates will probably just be a bit slower. I hope you all enjoy these little snips of stories!

Number 9. Bloody Fate of the Lilac Rose

"That sounds splendid to me!" Kaien smiled, "I can go put some tea on for drinks!" he chirped to which Zero's eyes widened and shot a pointed look at Kaito.

"I can do it Kaien-san, why don't you find something worthwhile to do while Zero is making dinner. I'm sure Yagari-san is already irritated with the association heads." he stepped in to save the kitchen, Kaien mused at the thought and decided to write the older hunter a letter. "That should keep him out of your hair for a while." Kaito mused watching the ex-hunter skip out of the room.
"Good, last thing I need is for him to poison one of us." Zero grouched while washing the lettuce. Kaito smirked and leaned over the hunter to dip his finger in the pasta sauce in order to have a taste.
"Yes that is true, though you haven't exactly explained why it is you wanted me here in the first place. I doubt you would just call me here to spend the break because you're lonely regardless of the fact that you are. What's going on?" he asked eventually.
"Because, there's going to be an attack on the academy, from the association, and I'm not stupid enough to think I will be able to fight them off alone." Zero whispered after a long pause. "There won't just be regular hunters, the TAU is leading the attack and you know what that means without me having to tell you. I purposefully had break moved two weeks ahead of normal and made it so it will last three weeks instead of two like normal. That way innocent student lives won't be thrown in the middle of an all-out war. Touga-san will be coming back in the heat of it to aid us and Cross is here already." he added on feeling the shock from his partner radiating off of him in waves.
"The TAU? They're carrying out an attack? On you? Why?" came the questions eventually.
"I suppose they finally received their final order. You know how that works and all the shit the association pulls with groups like that." Zero answered with a sigh. Kaito nodded and looked out the window again.
"Do you know how they will attack? Their plans? Or anything about how this will go down? No other TAU leader has survived the final order thus far, but I hope you plan to." the older hunter warned, Zero knew it was a warning, Kaito wasn't going to let Zero just die to solve all his problems and make everyone happy. Since that wasn't the way it would turn out. In some respect Zero knew that, if he died nothing would really be resolved except his own hatred for himself, but at the same time he figured it would be less trouble for everyone else if he was no longer alive.
"I don't have an idea, not yet anyway, I will when the battles begin." he answered eventually as Cross wandered back into the room.
'So that's what this is all about, no wonder he refused so harshly about leaving for break. He has to be here to fight this wretched battle with the association's best. Not to mention his very own students that he has been personally training for the past two or more years...Zero-kun...you really never can have a break can you.' the oldest hunter thought with a sigh, he knew there was nothing he could do to change the outcome of what was going to happen, all he could do was pray to whatever deity may be out there that Zero, Kaito, Touga and he himself would survive.

Number 10. Friends (This is a College AU)

"It's been a while Aido. I hope you haven't talked your cousin's ear off completely." Takuma sympathized with a kind smile to Kain, Aido huffed dramatically.

"And it seems you haven't stopped being a mother hen...Takuma..." Aido started laughing as he turned to face Shiki, as stoic as ever, standing behind them looking as though he just got out of bed.
"Once a mother her hen always a mother hen I suppose, I'm almost tempted to ask who trained you so well..." Another voice stepped in before anyone else could answer. Sitting on the wall behind them was none other than Zero with a smirk of challenge on his face. The others stopped for a few seconds processing what they were seeing before them, Aido was the first to break out of it and yank the older boy to the ground so he could hug him to death. None of the others had seen Zero since middle school, if they thought he was a pretty boy then they sure as hell were calling him angelic now.
"Zero where the hell have you been! I haven't seen you in ages! Do you have any idea how hard it is to pull off good pranks when none of these guys do anything fun?" The blonde whined causing Zero to roll his eyes.
"We're going to be late to orientation if you keep this up. I'm sure we'll have time for pranks and such later." Zero answered intentionally avoiding the first question and knowing Aido wouldn't notice at all. Said blonde stopped hanging on him and frolicked through the gates with the others walking behind him at a slower pace beginning to catch up with each other. Kaname moved by Zero brushing his hand against the others. Zero looked up at him almost surprised, soon however his eyes softened and lips gave way to a soft smile. 'It really has been a long time...' He thought looking ahead of them.
"You could have called." Kaname mumbled into Zero's ear with a hint of irritation, more so directed to the mob of fans they had trailing behind them than anything else.
"Yes, I could have, I should have. But I couldn't...I'll explain later." Came the reply catching Takuma, Kain and Senri's attention as well. Shooting each other questioning looks they silently noted to themselves to keep an eye on their silver haired companion.

Number 11. Guardian Angel (This one is more Taku-Zero centric for those of you who liked that in my last fic)

After everything that happened: his family's betrayal, Sara, Shizuka and Ichiru, Maria, and of course Kuran Rido, Takuma wondered what it was that kept the academy's silver haired perfect from packing it up and taking off or biting his own bullet. It was one thing to be a hunter in the middle of a catastrophic mess of vampires and games but it was another when you're an ex-human level D manipulated by your worst enemy to protect the girl of his dreams who is your sister that ends up actually being his sister. Not to mention hated by the vampires, not trusted by the hunters and avoided by the humans with the exception of one. Had Takuma himself been in Zero's position he would have either left or killed himself. It was really all just too damn much. And yet as he watched out the window of the night class' dorm, said silver haired perfect was still making rounds, still herding day class girls and somehow he had lost the aura of a troubled teen. There was something mature and calculative yet not rash or completely judgemental about his gazes. They weren't hostile and Bloody Rose was never aimed at a night class student. Not even Aido. It was all very puzzling, Takuma couldn't figure it out. Why had Zero done all this? It's not like he was forced to kill Rido, he was asked and said yes. He willingly partnered with the vampires in order to keep them and the rest of the academy he claimed to hate so much safe. So much of the male's behavior was confusing to the noble. There was so much Zero had lost in his life, a very short life that it was too unlike his own. He could never figure out an answer, but it was bugging him like hell. And he didn't think he was the only one who had noticed how selfless the hunter could be. Other night class students had certainly taken note of the changed behavior, no one pressed or asked questions directly but every now and then Takuma would hear whispers about the younger and remarks marveling at his will or maybe stubbornness to keep himself at the academy. "What are you staring at Takuma?" Rima questioned as she looked over at her friend. Maybe it was because of her close connection with Shiki but she had been able to tell lately how the level B noble had been staring off into space and less attentive to the vampires around them lately.

"Kiryuu Zero. I just don't understand him. His reasoning and logic are completely shut off to everyone else outside him himself..." Came the absent-minded reply. Of course this didn't fail to get the attention of all the vampires in the room and, with that, more thoughts on the perfect were easily spoken.

"I think his reasoning for hating vampires is pretty clear Takuma." Aido piped up from the other side of the room. Though he still didn't like the hunter by any means he did feel a pang of sympathy for what he had to go through. Aido wasn't stupid enough to say the teen's reasons weren't justified even if he didn't agree with them.

"I don't mean his hatred for vampires. I mean his reasons for staying at the academy. After everything that's happened here? I would have expected him to pack up and leave already. I certainly would have. Hell, when things got to be too much for us we all left. But he stayed, and continues to do so while he claims to hate everything about living here. It just doesn't make sense." The older blonde explained turning puzzled eyes over to the Kuran siblings. He knew the two of them didn't take particular offense to his words, and frankly they were often wondering similar things themselves.

"That's just the type of person Zero is. I know you all aren't familiar with all of his ways but Zero has a tendency to protect even the things he is supposed to be hunting. He was always aiming to protect the academy even from himself. Despite how he comes across he's always been a caring person in nature. Headmaster Cross once told me it had something to do with his clan and the reason they were the purest of hunters to walk on the Earth's surface. Of course he couldn't go into much more detail than that but at the time that was enough of a justification." Yuuki stepped in quietly. She was still getting used to the whole pureblood thing and having everyone's attention whenever she uttered a word still made her uneasy but she did want to stand up for her adopted brother as much as she could to the vampires. She hoped one day she could help them see the same side of Zero she had grown up with. A side that you couldn't help loving.

"It's hard to imagine someone like Kiryuu being soft and caring towards vampires." Ruka pointed out dryly as she crossed her arms in a disbelieving manner.

"There's definitely an aspect of age to it...he's not all that fond of older generations and it helps to have known him personally for at least a few years." Yuuki supplied hesitantly. She wasn't sure if there would ever be more than a thin trust between the vampires she had come to live with and the hunter she was used to. But there was always a sliver of hope in the back of her mind that someday they could all live peacefully together.

"So then does he still think we're a danger to the academy? Is that why he chooses to stick around here even though we've all been through so much?" Aido questioned with a raised eyebrow.

"I don't really know for sure, It's hard to tell when I don't talk to him at all anymore. Zero's about as easy to read as a book under lock and charm." Yuuki sighed as she looked away from the group. She wished she could rekindle what she and Zero had as far as friendship went but that was unlikely even now when things were peaceful.

"Something to do with his clan hm? That's quite interesting. You know now that I think about it aside from knowing they existed and how powerful they were I don't actually know that much about the inner workings of the Kiryuu Clan. I know they were seen as these ghost-like beauties that walked around here known as the 'true hunters' and getting on the hit list of a Kiryuu was pretty much a death sentence no matter what or who you were. But other than their reputations I never heard much about them." Takuma voiced looking over at Kaname.

"My parents would use the Kiryuu name to make me do what they wanted when I was a kid, said if I acted out they would report me to the head of the Kiryuus and have me conditioned for my behavior." Rima stated. "But I never met them outside of hearing stories or occasionally catching a glimpse of one of them, it was always at night. My parents claimed they were more vampiric than vampires." She added on a few seconds later.

"I remember hearing tales of a secret massive power that the Kiryuus held, that it was sealed within their clan because it was too dangerous but if the circumstances are correct they can unseal it and call upon this power that makes them surpass that of the strongest purebloods. Of course no one believes those fairy tales seeing as the last Kiryuu is here and if such a thing existed his parents would still be alive." Ruka added on with a roll of her eyes.

"But you have to think, behind every tale there's some truth, right? We know that better than most. So I wonder where the origins of those stories lie within the Kiryuu clan." Takuma pointed out, there was a slight gleam in his eyes that told the others he was going to find out. Hell or high water.

"You do realize we're talking about the sole survivor of three pureblood attacks, betrayals, manipulation games, a family massacre and someone that hates vampires right? What are you planning to do Takuma?" Aido listed out before crossing his arms when Takuma turned and smiled at him.

"I'm going to befriend him." He stated as though it was a simple task. Even Yuuki looked a bit awestruck at the incredibly simplistic idea.

"You're kidding." Kain voiced from the corner of the room.

Number 12. Children of the Lilac Rose (I haven't decided if I will turn this into a sequel or have it as a stand-alone yet; character death warning btw)

"You're freezing cold! I hope you didn't go get yourself sick or something." she scolded touching Zero's neck gently.
"You worry too much, I'm fine." Zero sighed remembering the last time he had left Cross for a mission and came back with a cold, he didn't hear the end of that for nearly a year.
"To be fair, we were all a bit worried since you up and vanished from the academy for so long..." Takuma piped in as he and the other vampires, plus Touga and Cross, walked into the living room.
"Apologies for that, it wasn't exactly planned." Zero explained as Touga walked over and examined him then looked to the set of twins sleeping on the couch together.
"So these are the two you were telling me about?" the elder hunter asked looking them over with a fond hint nostalgia from when Zero and Ichiru were little like that. Zero smiled softly turning to his sensei.
"That's right, the one on the left is Lillium and the one on the right is Rose." he said as the rest of the building crowded around, as though the girls heard their names they both opened their eyes and stared at their surroundings.
"They look exactly like you." Yuuki gasped staring at the eyes of the two girls. "They're so cute." she cooed with wide eyes towards children, one of which reached up and grabbed Yuuki's hair.
"So you mean they're yours Zero?" Aido asked with wide eyes, resemblance or not he never would have thought they would be Zero's kids, did that mean they were hunters?
"Yes, they are mine, and before you ask they aren't hunters. That particular trait of my family will end with me." he explained looking to the clock on the wall. Kaname noticed something slightly off with the hunter, he seemed somber and pained even as he looked upon his children with love and happiness.
"If I didn't know you I'd say I was surprised." Senri mumbled resting his head on the young hunter's shoulder. Zero wasn't surprised at the gesture but rather that the blood brown haired character had picked up so much about him from their short conversations.
"So then, will they be living in the moon dorms or do you plan on leaving again?" Kain question, they had left Zero's room and things untouched but there would need to be some changes if the children were to stay.
"They will be living in the moon dorms." Zero answered looking to the fire-haired vampire noble.
"Then we should make some arrangements shouldn't we." Takuma piped in, Zero nodded and looked towards the window.
"Yuuki, I have a favor to ask of you. Come with me please." he asked walking into the kitchen; Yuuki followed with a small look of concern on her face.
"What can I do Zero?" she asked before she was handed two milk bottles and a spoon.
"Yuuki, will you take care of them, watch over them as though they were your own?" Zero questioned in a whisper so they wouldn't be heard by the other night class students who were still enamored with the twins.
"Of course I will but why are you asking me this? Is something going to happen to you? Are you going away again Zero?" Yuuki panicked, it was all Zero could do to simply smile at her and run a hand through her hair.
"Thank you, now help me prepare these." came the normal more demanding tone Zero possessed.
Once the two had finished making the milk they headed back into the living room and Zero handed Yuuki one of the girls while giving Ruka, who was cooing and clearly spoiling the children, the bottle he held. Zero, time is almost up. A voice whispered softly in his ear. The boy nodded slightly to seemingly no one and looked to the window again.
"Is something wrong Zero? You seem distracted and distant." Shiki mumbled having noticed the darkening and far off look in the hunter's eyes every time he wasn't being talked to. Shiki's question of course got everyone's attention, including Cross Kaien, Yuuki, and Ruka despite that they were still busy with the kids, making all eyes turn to Zero. There was a long pause before Zero sighed and looked at the group.
"Yes, I suppose you could say that, truth is while the twins are going to be staying here I will be leaving soon." he replied with a pained tone.
"Leaving again? For how long?" Kaito asked from the doorway, Zero had heard he was now a teacher here from Yagari previously but was still slightly surprised to see him. "You are coming back, aren't you?" his partner asked in a serious tone.
"No, he won't be coming back. At least not really." a new but not fully unrecognized voiced jumped into the conversation. Everyone turned to look at the window, which Zero had been glancing to now and then, to see the smiling moonlight-white and softly glowing figure of Zero's younger brother Ichiru.
"Welcome back, Ichiru." Zero greeted with a nod, the younger twin smiled and floated off the window next to his brother.
"I thought you were dead, no offense." Rima commented staring wide-eyed at Ichiru and Zero who still looked as identical as always.
"I am dead, but the dead can take on a lot of forms and tonight I am also a receiver." Ichiru explained, careful not to touch his brother but standing as close as possible.
"A receiver?" Seiren asked from where she stood in the shadows along the wall. Ichiru nodded.
"What is a receiver?" Wakaba Sayori questioned, she was chosen to be the new perfect after Yuuki had left and had wandered over after noticing all the commotion at the moon dorms with her head to the side.
"A receiver is in a way like a grim reaper, only we ignore all the things about going and finding souls on the die list and doing the duty of a reaper. Basically, it's a selected someone in the family of the person who is about to die or whatever and they go and take them into the world off the dead. When I died, our mother came and got me." The younger Kiryuu told them casting a slight side glance to Zero.
"So then, you're here now because..." Aido started but stopped abruptly as it clicked in everyone's mind. Zero was going to die.
"W-wait what?! No you can't die! You can't just leave like that! What the hell?" Yuuki shouted when the realization came to her.
"Time is up...it's time to go onii-san." Ichiru whispered when the moonlight shone through the window.

Number 13. Wandering Child

When he first saw the child, he assumed it was a young girl of a noble vampire family. Her long silver hair and contemplative mature aura matched with a complexion that was like that of snow or a dove. He was sure no human could ever be as beautiful as she, yet Kaname, a teenaged pureblood ready to take on the role of being the prince in the wake of his passing parents knew better than to simply march up to a lone child and start asking questions. She would become scared of her soon to be ruler and he'd have no chance of seeing her again he was sure. The pureblood couldn't place the exact words but something about the young girl told him that it was hard to gain her trust and if he broke it she would avoid him for all eternity. It was strange to feel that coming off a child so young, usually they would have had to go through some major trauma for that to occur. But he supposed it could be the result of exceedingly cautious parenting or unfriendly hunters and other nobles. Not every vampire was a blessing to be around after all. Many of them could turn on the flip of a coin when no one important was watching. Instead, he just watched her wander around in the dimly lit fountain area in the center of the night market in which vampires thrived, the young prince wondered if he would perhaps be able to catch a glimpse of her parents if she were to meet them or if they were to come looking for her. But as the night passed and Kaname was pulled away every now and then for the necessary shopping he was there for he would catch glimpses of her still walking around the fountain. She didn't seem lost by any means, she seemed content but there was something so peculiar, for a few moments Kaname wondered if he was seeing a ghost since no one seemed to pay the child any mind at all. It was like she didn't exist to the world and he wondered why that was.

It was only a day later when the young prince received the news that the Kiryuu family, a well known and powerful hunter clan, had been demolished by unknown forces. All assumptions went to a notorious stray pureblood named Hio Shizuka and the few vampires under her watchful eye. Apparently, the older generation were the ones to get killed without mercy, leaving only a single child to learn how to fend for his life in such a cruel world. The boy, Kaname learned, was named Kiryuu Zero, he was eight years old and currently, he was missing from the Hunter's Association. Kiryuu Zero was a name many of the vampire nobles knew well, for even an eight-year-old could become an advanced apprentice hunter. Occasionally Kaname would hear rumors that the Kiryuu child was at a party hosted by nobles in order to keep watch, and he was something of a viper tongue to anyone that dared stray too far into his space or disrupt his work. He was a diligent child, he worked harder than anyone not only to keep himself on the good side of his society but also leading his family a name, a family name that was a force to be reckoned with. It was under these circumstances that the orphaned boy would meet Kuran Kaname at the house of Cross Kaien, an ex-hunter with an ideology of coexistence and the headmaster of a new founded academy for both vampires and humans to jump-start his project. Kuran Kaname had never interacted with a hunter of Zero's caliber and he learned it was much like talking to another pureblood vampire, only this one didn't have an eye for formalities and the rules. He was a rebel, but he knew how to get his point listened to and he knew how to intimidate a crowd. Even the night class was taken back by the initial glare they received upon opening the door to find the little lilac-amethyst eyed boy with silver hair reaching to his feet and Kaname just stared for a moment, remembering the previous night he saw the little girl that looked identical to this boy. But they couldn't have been the same person, the temperaments were so different and the little girl was a girl wasn't she? For once Kuran Kaname found himself completely stumped by the enigma that was Kiryuu Zero, but it wouldn't be the last time. The little boy would make sure of that.

Number 14. Zero's Little Girl

"Please, don't kill me! I don't want to die yet." she whispered as Zero sat down next to her.

"I'm not going to hurt you, just relax and let me help you. Tell me, what is your name?" he asked not making any move to touch her but trying to gain the girl's trust.

"Saki, Yamato Saki." she replied breathing hard with every word she stuttered out. Zero nodded and looked around them for a second or two.

"My name is Kiryuu Zero, now I don't want you to talk anymore and we're going to get you healed alright? You're at Cross Academy right now, it's a high school with both humans and vampires so you're safe here. Now, will you let me help you? I can answer all your questions and things later but I'm not going to let you bleed out and die here understand?" he asked, the girl nodded seeing that she had no other choice but to trust the older boy. Zero nodded back and ignored the smell of her blood, picking her up carefully Zero cradled her to his chest and ran at his inhuman pace to get back to his dorm room where he laid the girl down and worked on undoing the charm on her.

"What are you doing?" she asked, although given no response to her question. Zero continued to work on the charm in order to let the girl's healing kick in. After an hour he finally finished and sat on the bed with his eyes closed and breathing deeply as the girl's wounds slowly started healing.

"I'm going to run the bath for you, then we'll clean off the rest of you and get you into some clean clothes. It's the weekend so tomorrow I can take you shopping." he explained standing again and making his way to the washroom. The younger vampire stared after her savior, wondering why he would even bother helping her. She could tell Zero was a vampire, and she also sensed he was a hunter although it was hard to tell.

'He's not mean though, compared to the hunters that Otu-san talked about...he isn't anything like them.' Saki thought hearing the water run and seeing the older walk back in the room.

"You ready or do you want to lay there longer?" he asked walking up to the bed and inspecting where her wounds had been. Saki sat up, with difficulty, and let the boy pick her up. Laying her head on his shoulder she breathed in the calming scent of lavender and lilac with a slight mixture of roses. Zero sat her down on the counter and took her clothes off, giving her a towel for comfortability, and let the girl get in the tub herself. Looking over at her hair he dug through one of the drawers in the bathroom and found a comb, conditioner, scissors and shampoo. "You work on getting yourself clean, I'll see what I can do about your hair." he whispered more to himself than to her. Saki nodded and, though blushing like mad, picked up the washcloth and soap starting to scrub off the dried blood. Zero conditioned the girl's hair as much as possible before trying to run the comb through it, detangling it as much as he could and cutting out what couldn't possibly be hair, Zero eventually got it to a medium length. Combed and conditioned, her shiny black hair reached down a little past her shoulders.

"I'm done." Saki announced quietly with a blushing face. Zero nodded and left to Yuuki's room for a dress she had saved ever since they were children, he would put the girl in for now. Coming back with a small white dress he left it on the counter for the girl. She got out and dried off as Zero left to give her privacy. "Whoever owns this dress must be really pretty." she whispered to herself. Walking out of the bathroom she saw Zero laying a bed out for her with a blanket and pillow.

"You can sleep here tonight, we'll figure out other arrangements in the morning, I assume you're probably hungry as well?" he asked with a raised eyebrow. Saki nodded and Zero made his way to the door with the little girl following him. 'She probably needs blood too after all that, I'll give her the pill for now and see how she takes to it. If it's not enough right now then I can give her actual blood until she can stand living off of those wretched things. It's not like I need them anyway.' he thought, making sure the headmaster and Yuuki were out before bringing the girl into the kitchen. Quickly making some pudding and tea with lemon for her along with a glass of blood-tablet-water he watched as the girl filled herself with food. Zero himself watched her from the kitchen doorway, taking away the plates she finished off.

"Are you not going to ask about what happened?" Saki eventually questioned, her throat feeling better and her body becoming stronger with every breath. Zero could feel her amber eyes on his back and turned to face the young noble.

"If you wanted to tell me then I wouldn't complain, but if you feel that I don't need to know then I won't make it my life's goal this evening to find out everything about you." he answered her after washing the plates and racking them to dry. "Shall we go to bed? I have some work I need to finish but you should sleep, you have to be tired after whatever went down." the hunter added on opening the door for the younger to walk out in front of him. Saki nodded, wondering what was it about this hunter that made him so trusting of vampires and why she was trusting him so easily, walking out of the room she followed the path where the two had come from and found Zero's room with ease. She slipped into her makeshift bed and watched as Zero took out a notebook and started writing things down from an open textbook on his bed. A little less than an hour later, Zero sighed and closed both books before stripping off his shirt and climbing into bed, quickly falling asleep after. Feeling cold, the young vampire slowly slipped out of her bed and slid next to the hunter. Figuring she would just have to wake up before him in order to avoid any awkward conversations in the morning. The warmth that radiated off her silver haired savior was like nothing she had ever felt, with a soft smile on cherry blossom pink lips she snuggled closer and decided that she would stick with the hunter for as long as she lived.

Number 15. Angels & Demons (This one miiiight be discontinued)

Kaname looked from one boy to the other and back again, so far he found himself more interested in Zero but Ichiru wasn't too bad either. Zero carried a more developed and mature aura, for an infant, while Ichiru's was wild and uncontrolled. Just like their mother and father, both boys had soft white wings growing from their back that cradled them like a protective blanket. Kaname touched Ichiru's wing amazed at how much it felt just like silk. That, he found was not the best part however, Silver let out a small gasp and everyone's attention was turned to her and Zero. Haruka picked up his son and walked closer to his sister in law. Looking down they witnessed Zero opening his eyes for the first time. Kaname may not have understood what love at first sight was at his young age of four, but he was conscious that he wished those soft amethyst eyes never left him. As soon as Zero was awake Ichiru struggled to get out of Juri's grip, he wanted to be next to his twin brother. Juri laid him down next to Zero, it was an automatic attraction; like magnets Zero reached out his hand for Ichiru and the other took it. The smaller, Ichiru, scooted closer to Zero before both pairs of lilac eyes closed in bliss. It was a moment to be remembered by all that stood in the room. Kai and Silver learned that their twins grew fast, and by the time they were a year old Juri was having her second child.
Back at the all too familiar hospital, Kaname now five years old welcomed his baby sister, Kuran Yuuki, into the world as well. She was an exact replica of Juri herself with chocolate eyes and straighter hair than the Kuran boys. Kaname believed his sister was beautiful, but even then his eyes still lingered on the angel a little longer than necessary. Kaname, Zero, Ichiru, and Yuuki grew up together. They all had homeschooling, which Silver and Juri decided to take upon while Kai and Haruka went to work, and learned together. Kaname and Zero learned at about the same pace, Ichiru was not far behind. Yuuki struggled with some things related to math but overall she was a smart girl. Kaname found that the twins did not change much as they aged, Zero was calm, collected and reserved while Ichiru was outgoing, a little juvenile and not so in control. Yuuki was excitable and very kind towards everyone she met, Ichiru would sooner run someone over and then invite them to play while Zero would sit and stare at the sky and Kaname would watch him over the pages of his book.

Number 16. Wings

Kaname watched over the level D vampire known as Kiryuu Zero as he lay dying in a hospital bed a ways off Cross Academy campus. No one knew what exactly happened to the hunter turned vampire but both hunter and vampire communities were completely clueless on what to do about his state. Zero had always been strong, defiant and stubborn to a fault meaning things like his social skills suffered immensely because of it. However he always kept those around him safer than safe and his power was immeasurable compared to the other hunters and even a good amount of vampires. Of course being a level D who was supposed to turn into a level E sooner or later made some question if they should just kill him while they had the chance, however a few very influential voices stopped that from happening faster than one could blink. Those voices happened to belong to Cross Kaien, Zero's adopted father, Yagari Touga the hunter's former sensei, and Kuran Kaname himself the prince of the vampire community. Many asked why the pureblood prince would stand up to save a doomed level D who hated him, but the vampire never gave a true answer and no one dared to press him on the subject. "How is he doing? Any change at all Kaname?" Ichijo Takuma questioned as he walked into the room and stood beside the pureblood looking down at the pale teen on the sickbed before them.

"Aside from steadily declining? No, I don't know what we're supposed to do. I don't know how long he can live like this and we've exhausted all our resources as far as both hunter and vampire records go." Kaname sighed in reply as he raked a hand through silk brown hair. Takuma's eyes darkened and he looked around at the hundreds of papers scattered around in the attempt to find out what was wrong with Kiryuu and then how in the hell to go about fixing it. They'd ruled out every medical condition that had come up in what little family history that was provided and then further ruled out anything associated with vampires, hunters, ex-humans or anything of the like. Kaname hated to admit it, but they were completely at a loss for the first time in history. Takuma sighed and filtered through a stack of papers that was dropped off earlier that morning.

"It's been a week and a half already, more and more people are starting to say we should pull the plug now before we end up losing ourselves in an unsavable situation. Kaname, a decision will have to be made soon, not just for us but also Kiryuu-kun himself. He may be essentially comatose right now, but I don't doubt he has been suffering for much longer than we know of." The blond stated, dropping his voice down to a low whisper.

"We can't afford to 'pull the plug' as you say. If we do it the association will have a problem with us and if we force them to do it there will eventually be someone who stands up against the idea of killing one of our own without probable cause. Not to mention Kiryuu is still an asset to us here at the academy, think of the problems that would arise should he suddenly vanish. If the headmaster or Yuuki were to find out that we killed him there would be more problems surrounding that relationship as well." The pureblood pointed out. Despite his near non-existent relationship with the level D vampire, he still had some morals and even to him killing the teen seemed like the wrong thing to do. He couldn't explain it but there was something stopping him from going that far, there had to be something or someone out there that could stop this, that could fix things. He just didn't know who.

"If that's how you feel then you know the nobles will stand behind you no matter their own personal feelings towards the situation. What do you propose we do now Kaname?" Takuma questioned setting down the papers he had been looking through.

A/N: Yeeesh alright everyone that's the second installment of this notebook, it's 4 am, I'm exhausted and slightly drunk. So! With that being said I hope you all enjoy these, remember to let me know what stories you'd like to see, I have /maybe/ 12-14 more to go and I don't know when I'll be able to finish editing those to get them uploaded into a document on here. Again I want to thank everyone for the overwhelming support you've given me and the love you've given my works of writing as well as your patience with my upload schedule. I know I'm not always the most timely updater and that's a thing I'm going to work really hard on for this next fiction. Let me know if you like the little notes I put next to the titles that give a bit more information like if the fic is an AU, or if there is a more centered pairing, etc. feedback is always helpful. I can't wait to hear your thoughts on these, this batch is a little more risky I think than my last one, I don't have these stories mapped out as well but I'm sure they will go somewhere if I dedicate myself to working on them. Thanks again, if it's snowing where you are I hope you have the day off and please enjoy! ~Len