I DON'T OWN VAMPIRE KNIGHT.
That priviledge belongs to Matsuri Hino.
Though this story is my idea, so please don't steal it(:

POV: Ruka

The first thing I saw was Kiryu. He was battling it out with a level E. We were at the Kuran residence, but I couldn't find Kaname-sama.

I decided to skip the battle. I told myself 'they didn't need me – they would be just fine on their own...' But I didn't believe that. I just had to know what Kaname-sama was doing – he wouldn't leave Cross Yuuki. Not if he loved her like he had convinced everyone that he did.

I got to a room with a closed door... The only one in the entire house that Kaname-sama could be in. I'd checked all the rest. I put my ear to the door, listening. The voiced were muffled, but I could just about make out what they were saying.

"Kaname... You've been so loyal to me." The voice belonged to a man... His voice sounded similar to Kaname's... just a little deeper.

"I did what you asked me to, Rido." Kaname knelt before the shadowy figure. He looked very similar to Kaname... But his eyes, they were two different colours. One, a crystal, icy blue, like Shiki's eyes; the other, a dark brown, with a hint of red.

"Good boy, Kaname, good boy!" Rido laughed...

Rido. Where did I recognize that name from... There was something telling me – don't trust them, don't trust that name...

Then the door creaked open.

POV: Kain

"Where's Ruka?" I asked Aidou; she wasn't here, and I'd seen her come in. I couldn't help but fear the worst... After all, there had been an awful lot of level E's.

"She went down the corridor... looking for Kaname, I guess." Aidou's face stiffened, and my stomach lurched. I hadn't seen Kaname at all.

I left the living room, where the level E's all lay, Aidou hot on my tail. I went through half of the rooms before I finally picked up her scent. I followed it to a small hallway with one room right at the very end...

POV: Ruka

Kaname-sama was holding me by my throat, his fingers digging in to my flesh when Kain came in.

"Ruka! Kaname?! Why are you doing this?"

"Help – me!" I choked.

Then he threw me.

Everything was black.

Black, and pain.

There was lots of pain. It soared through my veins, up, into my head, down my limp, lifeless limbs, and all throughout my body.

I opened my mouth to scream, but nothing came out. I was staring death right in the face – death, in the form of Kaname Kuran. He smiled; a smile that would have once made me putty in his hands. Not any more. This had to stop... Right now.

POV: Kain

I was trying to save her... Trying to call her name, trying to tell her to run. But I couldn't. My throat – it was so dry... Getting drier, and drier. Red spots invaded my vision. I tried to blink them away, but it was made clear that I couldn't. The harder I struggled against the pureblood's power, the more agony I would be in...

But emotional agony, and psychical agony – were they, really, any different? If I didn't try to struggle, then I would sit there and watch the girl, who I had spent the majority of my life loving and chasing after, slowly die. Whereas, if I did try to struggle, then I would most probably die along with her.

Every day... the mask that Kaname Kuran was wearing... he had to have fought pretty hard to keep up that façade. All those years, that I believed her was pure, and honest, and, most of all, kind. He was supposed to be the prince of all vampires.

I decided to fight against his control; but that backfired. Aidou clenched his chest, and fell to the ground, panting, and, when he could, he would scream.

Kaname turned to me, "I thought you were smarter than that, Akatsuki." He smiled; laughed; then went in to full blown hysterics.

To be honest, I felt completely helpless. I couldn't do anything against him – apart from yell. And that's what I did, I yelled, hoping someone would come to my rescue, ignoring how pathetic I felt about someone else having to rescue me.

POV: Ruka

I heard footsteps running down the hallway towards the door, and recognized Shiki's scent.

The pain had turned to numbness now. My entire body was racking with sobs, as I watched Kain and Aidou fight Kaname's power.

Shiki entered the room, and was shortly followed by Rima.

"What happened?" Rima gasped. Kaname got up and clapped, chuckling to himself.

"Ah, lovely! All my friends are joining me." His tone was mocking... It was terrifying.

Then it felt like the world went into time lapse. The school Prefect Kiryu came into the room, holding the Bloody Rose gun. I could heard the pureblood's gasp... Then Kiryu pulled the trigger...

The blast hit him, but not in the chest. He was wounded, and weak. If anything, it helped, his power was weakened, and we, well, I, could breath again.

Kiryu walked over to him; crimson glowing in his irises. Kaname-sama's face was distorted with hate.

"Kiryu," he spat the name. "are you going to shoot me again?" he sneered.

"What do you think, Kuran?" he snarled, baring his fangs. Wait... Crimson eyes; fangs... Kiryu was a vampire?

I pulled my knees to my chest, and rested my head on them, bracing myself for the 'bang!' of the gun... Only, it didn't come. I looked up, first of all to see Shiki holding Rima protectively. Kain was crawling over to me; eyes wide with shock.

I saw what he was staring at, and the scene my jaw drop.

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A/N: Sorry it's a day late!!
Please review! This is the third chapter, and I haven't got one yet :(
Just so you know, chapter four is already being worked on.