A/N: Hello again it's been a couple of days and once again I've been re-writing, re-working and re-vamping old fictions and stories. Some of them I've gotten really far on and others are...questionable starts aha...but nonetheless I wanted to make another installment in this notebook thing and see what you guys think. as of right now I have fifteen fics I've yet to put in here, after this I will be down to seven...I think. I haven't fully gone and compared everything I have handwritten to all my titles on my google drive so there might be more than fifteen. I'm starting to think I should make individual folders for my fandoms on google drive so I can stop filtering them all by hand. But that really doesn't affect you guys so! Without further stalling, you know the drill by now, vote/comment/review for which fics you like the most. Leave some constructive criticism if you want but you might just want to save it for the real story. Please no flames and obviously I don't own VK otherwise it would be a damn novel series, not a manga series. I hope you all enjoy these, and thanks for reading! ~Len

Number 17. A Forbidden Freedom

Once they met him, truly met him, the night class learned something about Kiryuu Zero they would likely never say to his face. They all agreed, though some begrudgingly, when Zero wasn't there something was lost in all of them. Things seemed to become dull, lifeless and robotic. One might even say it caused the group to fall into a sort of depression. It was strange, one person, someone like Zero, shouldn't be able to affect them so much. What was Zero to them? Not a friend necessarily, at least not to all of them, not an enemy. He was supposed to be just...there. Not particularly important but still relevant and available enough if they needed him for something. But Zero turned out to be much more than they could have every thought, it scared some and enlightened others. Zero became to stand for a sole word that no vampire in Kaname's inner circle would ever dare entertain the thought of. Zero became freedom.

Freedom wasn't meant for them, they had status, they had duties, they needed to fulfill what was laid out for them long before they were born. They would never be able to be free from the family lines they came from, the household names they became, freedom was forbidden. Zero was a forbidden fruit to the vampires that came to admire him after watching his trials and working alongside him after everything settled. A fruit that was meant to be so untouchable, but each of them took a bite. One by one, they were never able to turn back to their lives without yearning for what Zero seemed to offer them unknowingly. It became a dance the vampires couldn't quit, juggling what was meant to be for them and returning to the being they considered to be as important as a lifeline.

As for Zero himself? He welcomed them in, he had long dealt with all his emotional struggles and learned to accept what was, learned to take opportunities that arose for him to better himself and not dwell in what was lost. Slowly he worked with the vampires he once hated, slowly he was showing them there was more to life than the technicalities and important business opportunities, slowly he was showing them the lessons he learned over the years. Living to live. In Zero's mind he didn't need an empire, an estate, maids or butlers. 'The world of status is such a tiring one.' the seasoned hunter sighed as he put down a book Takuma had once recommended him and closed his eyes on the couch.

Number 18. Art With Zero

"You're really going to have them model for you?" Senri asked when Zero told him the events of the day."They really want to for whatever reason I can't fathom. I'm thinking of maybe having the two of them by a clear river under a cherry tree with the sun setting over distant hills. Or, if Ichiru doesn't maim me for it, have the two of them on Lily in a forest setting." Zero replied welcoming the warmth of the older male as Senri used him like a body pillow. Yes, they were that close.

"Damn you." the other mumbled into Zero's chest.

"Damn me? Why's that?" Zero questioned not thinking he had done anything wrong.

"You make me want to be there too, I'm supposed to want a day off. Not hate one." came the reply in a more or less irritated, for Senri, tone. Zero chuckled and ran gentle, caring, elegant fingers through his hair which pulled a soft sigh from his friend.

"Why did you wait for me anyway Sen? I told you I would be coming back late, you should have gone to bed." Zero noted to the lightly dozing figure on his chest.

"Such a mother hen Zero, did you learn that from Ichiru? In any case, I waited because I could. I wasn't tired and I can't make food with those random things in the fridge." Senri replied hiding his blush in Zero's shirt. Zero's eyes widened when he realized Senri hadn't eaten anything since lunch.

"You could have gone out, there's a cafeteria on campus for a reason." Zero lightly chastised pushing himself and the deadweight up. "Come on, I'll make you something to eat and then you go to bed." he added when there was a lack of movement. Senri groaned but got up anyway with Zero right behind him.

"Are you going to make dessert too?" the model asked hopefully.

"I'll make dessert but you won't be eating it tonight, now then, what do you want for dinner?" came the snorted reply, knowing the other would protest he sent him a halfhearted but knowing glare.

"Fine," Senri sighed in defeat, "How about Angel Hair Pasta? We haven't had that in a while and you make it better than any restaurant." he finally decided.

"No I don't, you just don't like eating in a room filled with people." Zero replied rolling his eyes and getting to work on preparing a garlic butter sauce.

"And you need to learn how to take a compliment if you're going to get anywhere in life after college." the ash brown-haired student replied only to gain another snort. He knew Zero well enough to know why the other didn't take compliments well, no matter how many he had received over the years, but even so they were in college and Senri doubted that there wouldn't be anyone to try and take advantage of the silver-haired man's humble attitude. Watching a slight frown appear on Zero's lips he rolled his eyes, humble was putting lightly he supposed, Zero was a downright pessimistic about everything about himself or anything he did. Senri didn't know if he could really figure out how long how long it took for him to convince Zero he was beyond good enough to join the art club in high school.

Number 19. Kiryuu Twins

"The door is still open, usually she would close it and leave the bodies out front. So there's something here that changed her behavior. Maybe she hated them more?" Ruka pointed out as they walked through the fancy gate and on the paved walkway to the front door still ajar.

"I wonder why? Just because they were hunters? She never went after hunters before this family." Yuuki questioned as Kaname pushed the door open and stepped inside, unfortunately he found out he should have braced himself a little more mentally as he stood in the doorway and looked at the scene that greeted him. Closing his eyes and opening them again to keep his emotions sealed he beckoned for the other to file in.

"Brace yourselves, this one was clearly not just to kill the family, this was to torture." he warned them as they all stepped inside and got a good look at what at one point was the front hall. Yuuki kept a hand to her mouth, there was blood everywhere the floor and walls were covered and still dripping, splashed on the ceiling and light fixtures. And the bodies, it made Yuuki sick to her stomach to see the torn up bodies on the floor. They had been shredded to pieces.

"I think I might be sick." she heard a mumble from Hanabusa Aido, Kain's wild younger cousin and loyal noble who possessed the ability to control and create ice, behind her.

"They were clearly her main targets. So she will probably simmer now and go into hiding." Takuma sighed and kept trying to avoid looking at the two dismembered hunters.

"I say we report that to the council, the association will be here soon I'm sure, it's best we leave now." Kaname decided and turned to the door. Yuuki was about to follow him out when the sound of a soft cry caught her sensitive hearing. She gasped and turned around with wide searching eyes.

"Yuuki-sama are you alright?" Rima asked cautiously.

"The children, or maybe child, I just heard someone cry. There's still someone alive in this mess." Yuuki answered turning to look back at her brother.

Number 20. The Moonstone Vampire (If you don't like a lot of OC roles, or important parts being played by OCs this isn't for you)

A week and two days had passed before the family was at the hospital, once again for most of them, and waiting for their latest sibling to be born so they could see him. "Father, you're going to make someone sick if you keep pacing like that." Taiyo pointed out in a matter of fact tone keeping busy with his book.

"Honestly father, you've been through this seven times before, how are you still such a nervous wreck like this?" Hana asked as she brushed out her hair, since she had less than enough time to do it properly that morning, and eyed herself in a mirror.

"Cut him some slack guys, it's always nerve-wracking to be waiting for your child to be born." Ishi cut in. His father sent him a grateful look just before a nurse came out of the doors and walked up to him.

"Your child has been born, would you like to see him?" She asked although that was a tedious question according to the children.

"Yes, we would love to. Has my wife decided on a name?" Kai asked making his kids impatient to get into the room.

"Yes, she has decided to go with the name Zero for the child." Replied the nurse with a smile. "Your family is very lucky to have him." She added stepping out of the way.

'Lucky? I just thought she said he was healthy, why are we lucky to have him?' Tsuki wondered with a raised eyebrow as she followed her older brothers and sister.

"Kai, we're so lucky, he's one of them." Stella announced with a shine to her eyes that could only be rivaled by that of the time she was proposed to by her husband.

"One of who mother?" Kuri asked completely confused on what was happening, as were most of her siblings.

"A Moonstone. They're very special vampires." Kai replied but gave no more information on the topic as he was handed his newborn son and knelt down for the children to see.

"His hair is silver and he's so pale, even compared to us." Aisu pointed out as Zero opened his eyes for the first time.

"His eyes are so pretty, even more than the gemstones on my dresser." Hana added with a smile.

"Welcome to the family Zero-chan." Ishi said before the child was given back to his mother.

Number 21. Reunited

"Zero! Hurry up or we're going to be late for crossover, again." Yuuki called from the door of the silver haired teen's room. Upon hearing a lack of response she opened the door and stared into the vacant room. 'That's weird, I swore I sensed him here a few minutes ago...and I don't feel his presence anywhere on campus.' she thought closing the door again and heading outside ignoring the headmaster's cheery greeting to her. 'That slacker! I bet he went to go sleep in the stables again.' she glared at nothing and stomped out. Even though she was a vampire and a pureblood, Yuuki had declined moving into the moon dorms with her brother and the others. She knew if she left the day class Zero would be completely alone and that would only worsen his depression. She didn't express this to her brother, of course, but the headmaster understood and let her stay in the day class with the other vampire perfect.

"Yuuki, I'm surprised to see you out alone tonight, is Zero not here with you?" Kaname asked as he and the other vampires made their way through the screaming fangirls, and occasional boy, with differing reactions.
"I was actually going to check the stables and see if he was down there, he wasn't in his room this morning and I haven't noticed him anywhere. It's possible he skipped out and went to town or something..." she replied with a sigh.
"It could also be that he was sent on a mission, you know how the damn association is always sending that asshole places." Aido snorted, Yuuki's eyes widened slightly but nodded anyway. She knew Zero and Aido didn't get along, it was the most obvious thing in Japan, but she had recently noticed that the blond, though still insulted the other to no end, had been more careful with his remarks.
'It could be Zero did something to make him wary of him, that's not out of Zero's personality range at all, I wonder what happened.' Yuuki briefly wondered before noticing the presence of a certain silver haired perfect coming towards the gates. "Oh that's right I totally forgot! The headmaster asked Zero to go shopping for him tonight, apparently Touga-san is having dinner with us and headmaster is making Zero cook." Yuuki said suddenly turning back to her brother and the others with a smile. "So I'll lead you to class tonight." she added noticing Zero headed straight for the main building. Kaname nodded and followed her to the doors of the classroom before Yuuki broke off and started on patrol.
"Ah thank you Ze- what happened to your wrist?!" Kaien Cross shouted as soon as the teen got inside the room and set the bags down. Rightfully shocked, Zero supposed, the bubbly blond took his wrist and inspected the blood dripping from it.
"Ran into a bit of a problem before I went shopping in town." was the only offered reply as Zero pulled his hand away to wash and clean the cut. Soon it was cleaned and bandaged even though the headmaster insisted he go see a nurse.
"Does it hurt still?" Kaien asked placing two pills in front of the other on the table with a glass of water. Zero shook his head but took the pills anyway and downed the water. Tossing a book towards Cross he told him to pick out a recipe. He didn't tell the other that he felt strange and slightly light-headed, until the other found out when the teen passed out on the floor of his dorm as he finished changing.

Number 22. Black Rose

Never, in all his years as a vampire prince, did Kuran Kaname think he would be cursing his own precious sister by having her locked up in a dedicated hunter-charmed area in the far corner of Cross Academy. And why was he doing this to the one he decided he would love and cherish forever from the time she was born and the moment he looked into her large innocent brown eyes? Well, as fate would have it, his sister apparently had quite a bit of rage built up in her mind. Rage directed at the one person on the entire campus who really didn't need his life to be dragged to the end by another pureblood vampire, that person was Kiryuu Zero. The ex-human level D vampire and hunter that seemed to hate everyone and only make thin alliances when ordered by the head of the association. Kaname had no idea why his sister decided to try to murder her adopted brother and silver knight that had been keeping watch over her like a little sibling since the day he met her, he wasn't sure the teenager knew the reason himself either, but watching the fragile breaths of the hunter as he slept off the medication he took for the immense pain in his chest the pureblood prince had to wonder why he was so set on keeping his sister so far away where she couldn't let a stray hair hit the silver-haired boy. It wasn't as though Zero was liked or favored among the vampires, if anything it was the complete and total opposite of that, he had made his hatred and willingness to fight anything that walked on two legs with fangs clear since the time he entered the academy via the headmaster Cross Kaien. He had a burning desire to kill everything that moved around him the first few months of living there, and Kaname had witnessed quite a few times what the hunter child was capable of doing. He and Zero had a nonexistent relationship aside from enemies. Although Kaname had noticed that lately Zero had been less inclined to even look in his direction and show his aggression when he would normally glare at the older vampire if he so much as breathed. As the days passed the boy became more...civil towards Kaname and the others; though he would still fight Hanabusa Aido or Souen Ruka if taunted enough. Not that he could lift much more than his eyelids at the moment. Yuuki's attack was not light, her claw marks shone obviously through the previously white bandages that were wrapped around the hunter's midsection, his arms hat been hit with the Artemis Rod so they had been burned and paralyzed, the very least of the injuries on a very long list was a concussion and a broken rib or two. 'It's honestly something of a miracle he survived.' the pureblood thought with a tired sigh. He had been watching over Zero personally ever since the attack less than a night ago, he was shocked when it had happened, as shocked as Zero was probably.

"Kaname-sama, how has he been doing?" Ichijo Takuma questioned from the doorway, he and Shiki had come in periodically to make sure both vampires were still alive, Kaname didn't really want to leave the hunter's side if possible, he was a vulnerable being at the moment in a school filled of nothing but his enemies. For a reason Kaname could not explain, and therefore didn't try, he felt he needed to protect the younger from anything or anyone else that might harm him.

"He's doing better, though he hasn't woken up at all, not that he'll be able to do much even if he does at this point." came the reply. Takuma nodded and looked over the bandaged figure on the bed, unlike most of the vampires in the moon dorms he didn't harbor hate filled feelings for the hunter. He was by no means friends with the other but he did admire his strength and admired the teen's ability to keep himself from harming others over the years before anyone knew he was a turned human.

"I hope he wakes soon, he hasn't eaten anything in days after all and I have also noticed that the Hunter's Association has been dropping one of their men in every now and then since Zero has been on medical leave of his missions." the blond noble frowned slightly, it seemed the younger boy never got a break.

"They have, I've noticed they have been visiting the Headmaster quite often as well. If they ever come here to search for him alert me immediately." the pureblood ordered to which Takuma nodded before he left the room to search for Shiki. Looking over at Zero once again he sighed and shook his head, it had been a long day and he still had classwork to finish.

A small groan erupted from his throat as Zero struggled to open his eyes fully against the blinding white of the ceiling, blinking a few times in an attempt to keep his eyes from hurting so much he briefly wondered where the hell he was where people kept the place so damn white. "You're awake, it's about time, we were starting to think you slipped into a coma." a voice said to the side of him making Zero's eyes snap open again, looking to his left he saw the faces of Kaname, Takuma, Aido and Kain though the latter two were still standing close to the door.

"Why am I in your room?" he decided on questioning first as he slowly started to regain his senses and could tell that he was indeed in the pureblood's room in the moon dorms, with that the aura and scent of all the vampires in the immediate area flooded him and nearly knocked him unconscious again as he tried to focus on whatever the pureblood was saying.

"I decided to bring you here because anywhere else you'd be subject to possible attacks whereas here you are protected." Kaname explained, noting how different the hunter looked when he wasn't glaring, it was something akin to enchanting he could say. Though he knew the hunter was still out of it by the way he numbly nodded and turned to face the window.

'Protection...it's been a while since I've had someone protecting me not me protecting others.' Zero mused to himself before noticing a car in the driveway. "What is the head of the association doing here?" He questioned turning back to Kaname. The man made him uneasy, he was a cruel son of a bitch according to Zero and he didn't like spending any more time around him than absolutely necessary.

"I have a feeling we're just about to find out." Kaname sighed as the head of the association appeared in the doorway with one of his lackeys right behind him. Zero's eyes hardened as he focused in on the main hunter before him who was glaring right back. The vampires, and hunter that had been brought along, felt the room thicken with an unbelievably palpable tension from the two skilled hunters locked in a staring contest neither was willing to back down from.

Number 23. Cross Academy School for the Deadly (this is another kidfic)

"I promise you won't be disappointed here, the students in the class you are in are wonderful and very welcoming to newcomers like yourself. I'll give you a list of your classes and you can find your uniform in your room. Oh, speaking of, you have a roommate and he's the current head of the class. His name is Kuran Kaname, I'll introduce you to him and the others including my beautiful daughter Yuuki once we get down there..." Kaien rambled, the boy who was supposed to be listening was simply lost in thought about this so-called roommate he was supposed to have. Him actually having to live in the vicinity of someone else? That was absurd! He never wanted to be near anyone, loved his isolation from everything and everyone that wasn't his family or his little brother Ichiru.

'But you don't have them anymore do you. They're all gone and the ironic thing is that it's because of you that they're all dead.' The voice in the back of his head sneered at him. As much as he didn't want to make it seem like he was a stuck up prick that needed to be tended to specially, there was a limit to how much contact he would allow with anyone.

"I know you don't like the idea of a roommate, but believe me it may be different than what you think it'll be. You have to trust me, and yes I am aware that trust isn't in your vocabulary, but Kaname is very different from the other students which is why I put you with him specifically. He is quite a lot like you, you may even find something more than just mutual like for silence in common with him. But you have to give it a chance, Zero." Kaien smiled once they stopped walking and stood outside the door to a classroom. The boy, Zero, decided not to comment on how wrong the headmaster loon was and offered to politely nod ever so slightly just to satisfy the other. It worked to say the least, the headmaster smiled brightly and then placed a hand on the doorknob. He looked at Zero as though asking if he was alright with this, not that Zero himself had a choice of what was to happen to him anymore, before opening the door and stepping inside with the kid behind him.

Looking at the class, Zero couldn't say if he was pleased or not. Nothing seemed out of the ordinary, there were a few children in the class which he was fine with. He would take seven over thirty-five any day. The thing he did not like was that everyone seemed to be rather close to each other, no one was sitting alone or by themselves they were all conversing in small groups of two or three. 'They're a tight bunch of people then, meaning I'm going to stand out with my lack of wanting to have anything to do with any of them.' Zero thought with a mental sigh. Sure it was annoying, but he knew that no one would be able to get close to him, he wouldn't allow them to. Although everyone's eyes were on him, he felt a particular burn from the corner of the classroom where a brunette sat with two others in the same row. His stare was unwavering but not intimidating or hostile, it looked to Zero as though this older male wanted to look into him. 'Yeah, that's not going to happen.' He thought with narrowed eyes.

"Class, this is the new student I was telling you about yesterday, I trust that you will treat him with respect and kindness. Yuuki my dear will you make sure he has everything he needs? If you need anything then don't hesitate to call me my lovely daughter!" Kaien beamed as a milk chocolate brown haired girl, Yuuki apparently, stood and walked up to Zero without hesitation. She looked to be around his age, maybe a year younger, her eyes were innocent and genuinely kind much like the eyes of Zero's little brother Ichiru.

"Of course headmaster," Yuuki smiled at him as everyone ignored Kaien wailing about how she should call him daddy, "It's a pleasure to meet you, as you heard, my name is Cross Yuuki and I'll be your guide around here for the first few weeks to help you get settled in. I'll start by introducing you to everyone okay?" She asked turning to the rest of the class even though Zero didn't respond. "Now then, first off our first teacher is named Wakaba Sayori, she insists we call her Sayori-sensei though, her abilities are along the lines of personality readings and all the weird horoscope stuff."

'So you mean a fortune teller?' Zero asked himself with a mental roll of his eyes, Yuuki seemed like a sweet girl but he wondered if she had much other than a nice personality.

Number 24. The War that Changed it All

"Leave it to you to ignore the important details." Ichiru rolled his eyes at his older twin. He, of course, was delighted to be able to reunite with his brother as they should have so long ago. They would always be twins no matter what and there was a bond there that neither of them could ignore or forget about. They were brothers of the same flesh and blood, twins at that, and they stayed close to each other ever since they were able to make up. It took a bit for Zero to be able to trust his younger half as Ichiru expected, though it hurt him more than he would ever admit seeing his brother be so distant towards him, but he soon found it too easy to fall back into his role of protective older brother and their bond only strengthened from that moment onwards.

"You of all people cannot blame me for not listening to one of Cross' dramatic ass adoration rants." Zero shot back at the younger Kiryuu, to which Ichiru nodded at his point remembering the times he would simply turn and walk away from the continuously talking headmaster.

"It looks as though we've alerted the night class students." Shizuka pointed out with a quick glance to the moon dorms. Looking over Zero saw a collection of glowing eyes watching their every move as they walked to the sun dorms.

"So it seems we have, they'll get over it eventually, it would be foolish even for them to go against us during the peace era despite the past." he replied confidently.

"And even if they do happen to slip up and do something stupid we all know Kuran is there to whip his puppies back into place." Ichiru joked, Zero chuckled at that and Maria rolled her eyes though couldn't disagree with the younger Kiryuu twin at all. That was how vampires worked after all, someone was always bowing down.

'That is, unless you're a hunter turned vampire named Zero.' she thought with a hidden smile. The older would bow down to no one, any vampire, hunter or human knew that practically just by looking at him.

"Ah~! If it isn't my two lovely sons and beautiful Maria-chan! Shizuka-sama it's a pleasure to see you well as well." Kaien greeted, flinging himself at the twins who sidestepped and let him crash into the ground. Crossing their arms and glaring down at the peppy blonde the two couldn't help but wonder if this was a decision they were going to regret in the future or not.

A/N: Another eight down and only 9 (maybe?) to go! Thanks to everyone hanging in there for all this. I honestly meant to do something like this long before I started posting 'Actor' but I got so caught up in just getting that to everyone that this got pushed way to the back of my mental priority list. Like before I'm still re-working with some older fics that I haven't even put on my queue to post on this little notebook thing, it might actually take me longer than I anticipated for this to really be finished. I might start writing a story and starting to post before this gets done, we'll see. I'm also working on a requested story right now and trying to fit all of this into a normal schedule. LO-fcking L. It ain't easy. So again, thank you for everyone reading through these, your comments do really mean a lot to me, I try and get back to everyone that comments unless of course I can't because you're a guest and what not. But to my guests, I appreciate you to even if I can't say so in a reply to your comments. Hopefully, there will only be one or two more chapters of this teaser stuff left and then I'll start posting the next story that will become my main focus. Hope you all have a wonderful day, evening, or morning! ~Len