Sorry for the delay everyone! School has been absolutely crazy (6 exams and 3 5+page papers in 14 days). But I finally had time to sit down and write this out for you. Hope you enjoy it!

Disclaimer: I do not own Vampire Knight and I make no profit from this story (except for to my ego).

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Chapter 7:

Zero stood in the shadows next to the door, murder burning in his eyes that Kaname would do that to Yuuki tonight. Especially with him being her brother it was just . . . wrong. That's what it was, wrong. He was about to tell that arrogant pureblood exactly what he thought of what had happened when Kaname shook his head, held up one finger to tell him to wait, looked pointedly at Yuuki and then back at Zero, who got the message loud and clear. What Kaname meant was not "no", it was "not here."

Kaname knew that that Level D was going to have things to say about this evening, though why he chose to listen to them was beyond him. Perhaps it was because destroying him would hurt Yuuki, even if it would please Kaname. But Kaname knew one thing; they were not going to have what was sure to be an argument in Yuuki's bedroom while she was trying to sleep. He gently moved her head off his shoulder and onto the pillow. Then he climbed out of bed, grabbed his pants off the foot of the bed and put them on laughing quietly at the incident earlier with Yuuki and the snap. Fighting a smile at the memory Kaname followed Zero out the door and caught the door as Zero tried to slam it and closed the gently, turning the knob so that even the latch would make no noise. Unsure of where the best place to have their argument would be, Kaname raised an eyebrow at Zero and allowed him to make the decision.

Seeing how calm Kaname was about this situation just served to irritate Zero more. Everything about that man just pissed him off, from the way he had crawled out of bed with no regard for the fact that he was naked to the way he seemed amused at Zero's anger. Knowing that this was probably going to be loud, Zero led Kaname outside and away from the house full of sleeping vampires. He almost laughed at the absurdity of it. It could almost be a joke, he thought wryly. Two purebloods, a handful of nobles, and a Level D walk into the house of a legendary hunter . . . on second thought that isn't so funny. He shook his head at his random thoughts and decided that they were far enough from the house that they wouldn't disturb anyone. Then he turned to face Kaname.

Seeing the lavender-eyed vampire struggling with how to start the conversation, Kaname took the lead, "So, Kiryuu how long were you in the room before I sensed you? I'm surprised you didn't just leave. I wasn't aware that you had a voyeuristic streak in you." Kaname felt himself smile as Zero opened and closed his mouth a few times like a fish.

"How dare you Kuran," Zero finally yelled. "I will be scarred forever by the sight of your naked ass."

"Ah," Kaname said with a smile, "so you'll remember it? If it wasn't for voyeur purposes, why did you intrude?"

Zero looked down in shame and said, "It sounded like she was in pain so I wanted to make sure she was OK since I failed today. Speaking of what happened today," Zero continued much louder now, "What the hell were you thinking Kuran? In case you forgot, she was raped today and then you take advantage of her and talk her into having sex. Besides she's you SISTER! That is just wrong!"

"How dare you say things like that to me," Kaname said in a quiet deadly voice. "As if I could ever forget what had happened to her while YOU were supposed to be watching her."

"Don't you fucking blame me!" Zero shouted. "I tried to help her but I couldn't do it! I couldn't shoot that pureblooded bastard! Why, tell me why I couldn't shoot him."

"You couldn't shoot him?" Kaname asked. "I don't know why, you were able to shoot Yuuki and you've shot me, so it's not a property of the purebloods. Maybe you're just weak."

"I may have been too weak," Zero replied taunting Kaname, "But at least I wasn't afraid to face him. I at least tried. I didn't disappear and leave my little sister to fight my battles for me."

"I was NOT afraid," Kaname said slamming Zero into a tree. "There is more going on here than you, a low level vampire, could ever understand. Besides she was never meant to fight anyone, I expected you to do it after you devoured the blood and life of your twin like the monster you are?"

That last comment really hurt Zero, he felt like a monster for preying on Yuuki for so long and then killing his own twin. What made it worse was that even with the pureblood of Yuuki and Kaname, and the rest of the life force of Ichiru, he had still not been able to kill Rido. "At least I did what is in my nature to do to my brother, I killed him. That's what vampires do. Unlike you. It's not in anything's nature to fuck a sibling."

"That is where you are wrong," Kaname said with a straight face. "How do you think Yuuki was born? Her parents were siblings. That is how purebloods have kept the blood pure."

"You keep saying 'her' parents," Zero said. "What, you aren't her brother."

"For all points and purposes," Kaname said, "I am her brother like you are. But like you I am not her biological brother, though I am related to her by blood whereas you are not."

"So what, you're her half brother?" Zero asked confused.

"No," Kaname said shortly. "You and I are done with this discussion." He turned to walk away from zero and made it about five steps when Zero said, "Some 'great leader' you are. When things get a little uncomfortable you walk off. Bravo, great example for your people."

"You're lucky," Kaname said as he fought down his anger at the insolence of that Level D who couldn't even serve his purpose in life.

"How do you figure that, Kaname-sama" Zero asked sarcastically. "Because I'm one of your special people who you use but don't let close to you?"

"No," Kaname said coldly. "Because for some reason I cannot fathom, Yuuki likes you and it would hurt her if I was to kill you though believe me, since you have proved yourself useless, nothing would please me more."

Kaname's harsh words again struck a nerve with Zero and for a moment he wished it was that easy, that he could just provoke the pureblood and die to make up for failing both Ichiru and Yuuki. "Prove it," he said in a suicidal moment. "Try to kill me, I doubt you can do it Kuran. You were too weak to kill Rido and he wound up hurting her, and you know that in the end I will do the same. I've already shot her once, I could do it again. I will do it again, the first time that I have a legitimate excuse, you purebloods are a menace to society."

His words angered Kaname, that someone would even think of shooting his mate was too much for him. He turned to face Zero his eyes red with protectiveness and attacked. That was exactly what Zero had wanted, an excuse to fight Kaname. Now all he needed Kaname to do was to draw first blood and then there would be one less pureblood in the world. It the act of dodging Kaname's fist, Zero's nails scraped the side of Kaname's face allowing a stream of his blood to flow.

The scratch to his face made Kaname more angry than he would ever admit. Even though the nobles treating him like he was delicate and breakable got on his nerves, the lack of respect that Zero had for him was disgusting and he almost gave into the desire to use his powers on Zero, though he wanted the satisfaction of ripping him limb from limb with his bare hands. It was this desire that stayed Kaname's powers and caused him to lash out instead with a clawed hand. Zero dodged the attack but was a little too slow. The attack which should have severed his arm only broke the skin and nicked an artery. Bleeding profusely, Zero smiled.

"Big mistake, bloodsucker," He said before drawing the Bloody Rose and pulling the trigger.

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Well what do you think? Thank you to everyone who has read, reviewed, favorited, and alerted this story so far. I wasn't expecting it would be this big of a hit. Actually I wasn't expecting that anyone would like it at all. Thank you!

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