-Ahh, bet you all thought I forgot about this story. Well, I did [On and off] Been a while since writing, so might be a bit rusty. Lemme know, tips, fatal errors, ect.
Don't own a darn thing-

-And yes I know not all my thoughts [their thoughts] aren't always in italics or slanty, but I got lazy.-

'All that lives, lives forever. Only the shell, the perishable passes away. The spirit is without end. Eternal. Deathless.'

"You did this to me Zero.."

Zero bolted up, eyes stinging in the early morning light.
'I'm.. Its morning..' He sighed in relief. 'That dream again..' He frowned,
Will I never escape you..
He rolled over as confusion spread across his features. The edge of his bed was warm, had someone been here?
Instinctively, he scanned the room for any movement.
He was alone.
He relaxed, he was probably just imagining things. Zero sighed and glanced at the clock, it was gonna be a long day..

The deserted hallways of the institution were cold, his footsteps echoed off the pale peeling walls. This was his prison. No matter how far away he runs from these walls, her memory will always have him trapped here.. He will always return, if only to remember.

Turning a corner, a mass collided with his chest, falling to the ground. His eyes widened as the intoxicating aura entered his nostrils. Blood.
The blood tablets have been having less effect on his thirst lately, he was drawing closer to the monster that is level E, and this scared him.
His eyes flashed as he glanced down at the girl below him, she had struck him hard, and blood was pooling on her knees where she had fallen. Tears in her eyes she looked at Zero. She gasped in horror, his eyes, they were flashing from white to red. Fumbling to get off the ground, she tried to run.
Zero lost control, before he had realised what he had done, he had thrust the girl against the wall violently, pinning her.

'What am I doing? I can't..' He threw her too the floor, clutching his head in pain. He had to fight this.

'I am not this monster!'

She shrieked and he launched himself towards her once more.

"ZERO!" A voice cried and echoed down the vacant hallways. That voice, it overpowered him, It was hers...
He had regained control.. But wait.. His eyes rapidly searched the halls for the source of the cry. The young girl had run off, and he was alone...

'I heard it.. I know I heard it.'. He stood there puzzled. 'Was it my imagination..?'

"Zero!" Another voice called. It was the headmaster.

"You attacked one of my students?" His voiced yelped at him, "How many times do I have to tell you, if you need blood.." He cocked his head to the side, "You can take all you want from me.' He exposed his neck as Zero.

Zero glared at him, he was furious.

"I don't need your blood, or anyone's for that matter." He stuffed his hands into his pockets and proceeded past the headmaster. "I'm late for class."
And with that, the headmaster was alone in the hall.

'Zero.. I can't keep protecting you from this...' He frowned, 'You're losing control..'

Yuki pressed her back against the wall, holding her hand against her chest to calm herself.

'When had he fallen to this?'Tears filled the corners of her eyes, threatening to fall.

"I wasn't here..." She whispered. And he was suffering for it..

'He had always been there for me.. I need to be there for him now... There must be a way to stop this... He can't become...' She shook her head, unable to even think it.. 'No.. He'll never be like them... Zero is stronger than that.. He's different..'

Flashback

"I can't do it!" Yuki exclaimed in frustration. " No matter how many times I try.." She frowned, tears formed in the corners of her eyes while staring sadly at her Math homework. It was simply impossible.

Zero peered over her shoulder to investigate the source of her dramatic outburst. She turned to look at him, "I just don't understand any of this Zero.." His facial expression didn't waver. Sighing, she looked back to her paperss, "Maybe.. maybe I'm just not very smart..."

Zero frowned, then reached past Yuki to pick up her pencil.

"Here" He stated, "All you need to do is take this here" He pointed to the number she had written, "And plug it into this secondary equation" He refered to a section of her notes, "Then muliply your number here, and place it back into your original equation, see." He scribbled some numbers on her page. "Now you can solve for X."

Her eyes widened, she finally understood. Smiling, she took the pencil from his hand and solved the equation as he had shown her. He smirked at her reaction before frowning.

"Don't ever think like that again Yuki.." She turned to meet his gaze. His eyes were filled with sadness, had she upset him?

"Zero I.."

"You must always believe in yourself." He said sternly, almost angry.

"But I.."

"No." He stated, "You're only as strong as you let yourself be." He turned away from her. "I've always believed in you Yuki.." He said softly as he walked away.

Finally losing the battle, tears began streaming down her face, falling gently onto her lap.

Don't ever give up Zero.. I need you...

Zero retreated to his room. Running his hand through his hair, he sighed.

'Why can't I just.. forget you...' He frowned, glancing at his nightstand, her photo was still sitting there, mocking him.. Staring at him.. Even after all that has happened.. He couldn't let her go..

'I can still see her.. her smiling there at me..'

He groaned in anger and threw the frame across the room, it struck the wall hard, harder then he intended. The glass shattered, and the sight of it stung his heart a little. Almost as though he had somehow thrown Yuki herself across the room.

He paused a moment, before slowly approaching the shards to inspect the damage. Kneeling down, he noticed the glass was almost completely gone from the casing , only a few pieces in the corners remained. The wooden frame had snapped on one of the edges and was barely holding together now. His eyes finally wandered to the photo itself. Carefully, he removed it, examining its condition, and taking special care not to worsen its tattered condition. It was crumpled and had torn slightly from the impact. His eyes softened as he stared at Yuki.. She was so... Happy.. He smiled slightly before frowning once more. Sighing, he stood up and placed the photo on his nightstand before laying down on his bed.

"Yuki..." He whispered, "Where are you..."

-I will try extra hard to update sooner then 6 months later this time. Been busy and very tired from work, but I quit that job and should have free time for the next few months. I had also written a chapter 4 back in June, as well as a chapter for my another story, saved to my laptop, and WOOP, virus, death, smash, anger, fail. Bye-bye went my work. And you try re-writting something you wrote a week or so prior. Very difficult. Fixed my laptop, and have continuously saved copies to my external HD.. Wish I had thought of that sooner...

Anywho, again, fatal errors, suggestions, reviews, smiley-faces. All dandy.-