A Sacrifice…or so it May Seem
Author's Note: All right! I'm finally back on the ball, man! I'm listening to Ajikan, I got nothing better to do, and my case of writers block is gone at last! (For now, anyway) I'm actually thinking of starting a new story or two, what with all these creative new ideas buzzing around in my cranium. XD. So then, here we go. As I always warn, THERE MAY BE STUFFIES IN THIS CHAPTER. DON'T LIKE, PLEASE, DON'T READ. Honestly, I mean it. I really would like to avoid any protests of disgust and such. There will never be a whole chapter on that stuff, so if you don't like it, please, seriously, just freakin' skips it. (Damn, this author's note is long…)
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"This truly is a very interesting theory," Kaname mumbled to himself, turning to the next page in his book. A sinister smile came to his lips. He knew what was going on around him, but felt it was best to ignore it. Fuck off, Kuran? He chuckled, shaking his head incredulously. Zero should have known better. Of course Kaname had already had a plan for revenge, but the incident with Ichiru was almost perfectly timed. Wasted less of Kaname's precious time. Besides, it was only Zero that was going to get hurt. If it didn't have anything to do with Yuuki, Kaname honestly did not care who the victim was.
"Stay back!" a determined voice ordered from the front of the room.
Everyone stopped in their tracks, having risen from their seats to attend to Zero. In surprise, Kaname dropped his book, it falling to the maple desk with a small thud. He watched as Yuuki stood in front of Zero in defense, ready to face anyone who dared to step a hair too close. Of course, no one moved, for the orders of a pureblood were absolute. Yuuki blinked, surprised, and then seemed to snap out of it as she turned to Elle, asking her for assistance to remove Zero from the room. They proceeded on quietly, Elle dismissing the class for the night before exiting from the room with Zero's weight on her shoulders.
"Kaname-sama, is everything all right?" Ichijou asked, strolling over after the others had shuffled from the room.
It took him a second to calm himself down completely, for the sudden anger that suddenly took him over nearly caused him to break a window with the powers he had gained from Shizuka. Again.
"I'm fine, Ichijou," he answered, rising without another word. He left silently, his book hanging from his fingers as they barely tried to keep hold of its rectangular shape.
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"Elle-sama, what do we do?!" Yuuki exclaimed worriedly, her courage now gone as if tossed quickly out of the huge window that Elle stood before.
"Calm down, Yuuki," Elle said, trying to figure out what exactly to do. The soft medicine she had given Zero wouldn't hold off the pain, or his hunger for much longer. She looked at him for a second, lying still on a bed of the nurse's office. The actual nurse, having long since gone home, left Elle to act on her own.
"Besides, she wouldn't have been of much use, anyway," Elle mumbled to herself, pacing slowly before the window. "Damn, I don't have any choice…"
She pulled a silver object from her pocket, hitting a button on it before putting it to her ear. After a second or two, she said, "hon, yes, yes, Zero's actually been shot. Have they found Ichiru?" a pause as she waited for an answer, the narrow of her eyes the only slight clue to Yuuki as she tried to pick something up from the vague conversation. "I thought so," Elle continued. "Listen, what do I do about this situation? No, he's out for now, but you know my medicine won't hold out for long. Yes, she's here. I'm sure she would, why? Oh. Damn. Okay. I'll work it out. Ja, aishiteru. Hai."
"What? What is it?!" Yuuki demanded as soon as Elle put up her cell phone. "Did the headmaster tell you of a way to save Zero? If he did, we have to act fast, Zero's already starting to grow pale-,"
"Yuuki, you'll have to give Zero blood," Elle answered quietly. "I'll let you decide what to do. Call me if you need me." With that, she stepped from the moonlit room, leaving Yuuki to her decision.
"I knew I would have to," Yuuki said as she stepped to the bed, staring at Zero's now very pale face. She moved the silver strands of his hair away from his eyes, softly running her fingers over his smooth, cool skin. She hesitated, a sigh coming from her lips.
If it's for Zero…
"Zero? Open your eyes, okay?" she murmured.
He groaned as he did, unable to deny the wishes of the voice that beckoned him to awareness. "Yu-uki?" he mumbled, the words broken by his coughs of pain. The blood, sealed off from flowing before by Elle's medicine now returned, spilling through the soft gauze she had wrapped about him. Yuuki's eyes grew wide with this, a new determination setting into her heart.
"Drink my blood, Zero," she ordered.
"But," he couldn't resist, his hand had already started reaching for her slender neck, his fangs showing in the silvery light of the moon, his eyes glowing with a soft red. He pierced her before he'd even known what he had done. Minutes passed as he drank, greedy thanks to his injury. Yuuki groaned as she grew slightly weaker, the pain of his fangs finally starting to set in. She was slightly relieved when he stopped, full now on her crimson blood. She wiped away the excess, licking it unconsciously from her slim fingers.
"Yuuki-," he whispered, his eyes becoming their normal purple-silver again.
"I have to go," she muttered, a voice echoing through her mind. "Someone is calling me. Are you all right now, Zero?" she asked, stroking his cheek.
He no longer felt any of the pain left by the gunshot wound, it was already starting to dull away. "Yes, but-,"
"Darn it, I'm coming…I'll be back, okay, Zero? Just, give me a minute," she was halfway out of the room before she had even finished her sentence. "Whoever this is calling me like this…"
As the door swung shut behind her long, swinging hair, a figure stepped from behind its shadows, the gleam of its teeth the only feature visible to Zero from where he lay, slightly propped u on the bed.
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Author's Note: Heehee, and…another cliffhanger. Man, I love doing that. (Please don't kill me.) Anyway, the mystery stranger shall be revealed in the next chapter. Oh, and, if I were you, I wouldn't go off assuming that it's Kaname…whistles innocently…
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