C H A P T E R F O U R: Lilies.

D I S C L A I M E R: Matsuri Hino owns Vampire Knight.

AN: An OC is introduced in this chapter! I love this OC. I made up Seiren's past life, so none of it's true.

Zero slammed the door of the bathroom. He could smell blood everywhere he turned, hearing it pump through everyone's veins, and the fast beat of their heartbeats. He took long steps to a sink and ran cold water. He cupped his hands to catch the water and splashed it in his face. His breathing started to go back to normal, but he still felt his throat arching for blood. He tired to find his pillbox with his blood tablets. After searching through his empty pockets, he cursed to himself and tried to think of ways to stop his blood lust. Zero nibbled on his thin lips to the point of blood breaking through. He would only take his own blood if he was low on pills. He cringed a bit at the taste of his own blood and felt everything slow down.

"Why…" He asked to himself. It didn't make any sense, he had blood tablets this morning and he was fine. Then he went to White Lily in the horse stables then Seiren came…Seiren! It dawned on him, after seeing Seiren's blood lust take over her must have affected him somehow. Zero blushed a bit, thinking about how Seiren lusted for his blood. Yes Seiren was pretty but she was vampire! And she worked for that damn Kuran! Why he ever think of her like that?

Zero brushed him self off and took a paper towel and dried his face. Zero took a couple minutes to relax. He grabbed the door handle and yanked it open. Leaning against the doorframe was Kaito, with a bit of sadistic smirk on his face.

"Something wrong, little Zero-kun?" Kaito asked in a playful tone to him. Zero ignored him and brushed pashed him.

"It's that cute, little vampire, isn't it?" He said, making Zero stop in his steps. Zero's head snapped back and death glared at the teacher.

"I don't care for Yuuki-"

"I mean that Seiren girl." Kaito said with a huge grin dancing on his face. Zero fought back a blush and stomped away from Kaito.

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"Cross-kun, you needed me?"

Seiren pushed the door slightly open, poking her head through the door. Kaien looked up and smiled at the lavender haired vampire, gesturing her into his study. Seiren saw Toga Yagari sitting next Kaien with a beautiful woman sitting next to him. The woman looked up at Seiren and beamed a stunning smile. The woman was sitting close to Toga, he had a hand over her's and he actually seemed happy. The woman had long brown hair in loose curls, glowing pale skin, shinning brown eyes and bright red lips. She had an atmosphere of sophistication and happiness.

"Seiren-chan, please, take a seat." Kaien said to her, Seiren gently glide in the chair. She twirled his fingers, nervous about what Kaien wanted to talk about.

"You know Toga, and this is Valeriya Vega." Kaien said, pointing the woman sitting next to Toga. Valeriya waved to Seiren, beaming another pretty smile.

"Hello Seiren-chan." Her voice was nice and smooth. Seiren greeted her back and noticed that Toga was looking at Valeriya with a faint smile on his face.

"If you not mind, we wanted to ask you some questions. Just to help us find out why you were attack." Kaien told Seiren. She nodded, feeling her anxiety rise.

"So, Seiren-chan, can I ask you about your family?" She nodded.

"What happened to your mother?" Kaien asked, nervous about her answer. Seiren took a deep breath and explained the situation about her mother.

"My mother…she was killed when I was younger. " Her answer shocked the three on the other side of the table. Usually when kids enroll in Cross Academy, Kaien met their parents but when Seiren enrolled, he never got to meet Seiren's parents.

"How…did she get killed?"

"She was attacked, all I know is that it was by a unknown vampire…I was at home with my father and she was coming home from work…" Seiren felt her eyes brim with warm tears and she wiped them away before they could fall. Kaien and Valeriya felt their hearts ache a bit as they watched the vampire brush away tears. Toga wouldn't admit that he felt bad, but he grabbed tissues and handed them to Seiren. She took the tissues and was a little shocked that Toga did that.

"What did your mother doing for a living?"

"She was a member of the Vampire Association…they didn't seem to care for her…after what happen, they automatically replaced her…" Seiren's voice broke as she discussed her mother's job.

"I'm sorry, Seiren-chan…if you don't want to talk about it that's fine." Kaien said.

"Thank you, Cross-kun. I'm fine…I never got to talk to anyone about my mother's death. I was so afraid about what happened to her, when I was asked to work for Kaname-sama…I only took it because…I wanted to get away from home"

Seiren remembered when she was a couple years younger and Kaname came across her and asked her to work for him as a bodyguard. She thought if she was around the pureblood, she wouldn't have the same fate as her mother. Seiren didn't discuss her decision with her father, she knew he wouldn't approve. He wanted to keep Seiren at home; she was home schooled and didn't have any friends because her father took all precautions of keeping her safe because he was so paranoid after his wife's death.

"Seiren-chan…I had no idea…" Kaien said, shocked and a little upset with himself that he didn't try to talk to Seiren or get to know her. He was to busy with Zero and Yuuki. Valeriya noticed how uncomfortable Seiren was sitting there in front of them. Valeriya rose from her seat and walked to Seiren.

"I'm going to take Seiren now" Valeriya took Seiren's hand and walked out of Kaien's study while dragging Seiren. Seiren looked back to the hunters, as if looking for an answer, Kaien shot her a sympathy smile and Toga gave a small wave. Valeriya walked along side with Seiren in the empty hallway.

"I thought you might to get out of there." Seiren looked up to Valeriya's smiling face.

"Thank you for that."

"Oh! By the way, I'm apart of the Vampire Hunter Association, in case you were wondering."

"Oh, you're a hunter too?"

"Not exactly. I'm a doctor, I work for the Association. Kaien convinced me to become a doctor, we both joined the Association and that's when Kaien introduced me to Toga." Seiren noticed Valeriya's dreamy look on her face.

"You and Sensei-Yagari…"

"Mhmm." She said, showing Seiren her left hand where a diamond ring adorned her wedding finger.

"You and Sensei-Yagari…are married?" Seiren was shocked. Toga didn't seem like the

"Not yet."

"Well…congrats…he seems really happy with you." Seiren said, trying to find the right words. Valeriya smiled at Seiren's awkwardness and patted her shoulder.

"Thank you dear, so enough about me, what about you?"

"Well…I…"

"We don't have to talk about what we talk about in there. I just want to know you. Not about that, okay?" The two were walking along an empty hallway, passing by busy classrooms.

"Thank you for doing that…I don't like talking about my mother's day with anyone."

"Well, have you spoken to your dad about it?"

"No, my father tired hard to talk to me about it but I wouldn't…I haven't talked to him since I left home." Valeriya stopped in the hallway where Seiren's room was.

"Well, this is your stop." Seiren bowed to Valeriya and started to walk to her room. Valeriya caught Seiren by her shoulder and pulled her back.

"Hey, if you want to talk about anything, let me know, okay?" Seiren was so taken back by the doctor's kindness and warmth towards her.

"Thank, Vega-chan-"

"Aw, so formal, call me Val!" She beamed at the lavender haired vampire. Seiren gave what looked like a small smile and said a goodbye. The two parted their ways; Seiren walked in her room and grabbed bandages to reapply them. She was surprised with herself; she was a little proud that she could be around people now and not feel her thirst for blood.

After reapplying her bandages, Seiren took some blood tablets and water to die down any future thirst. All day she couldn't get her mind off what happened with Zero earlier. Seiren reminded herself to thank him for not telling Kaien.

Seiren looked out the window and could see the horse stables. She grabbed her coat and put on her shoes, heading to see White Lily again.

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"Zero-kun!" Kaien's worried voice made Zero turn abruptly. Kaien had his crazy, over-animated expression on his face. Zero was making coffee in the kitchen and he was enjoying the silence until the headmaster showed up.

"What's wrong?" He asked, with a slight growl in his voice.

"I can't find Seiren-chan!" Kaien said, practically shouting at Zero. Sayori appeared next to him.

"I can't find her either. She's not in the dorms or her room."

Zero wasn't as panicked as Kaien and Sayori, he knew if anything happened Seiren could take care of herself but in her weaken and beaten condition, her wounds could get worse. His mind flashed back to him and her in the horse stables.

Crap…

"I know where she is." He said, walking out of the kitchen, with two coffee cups in hand.

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It was getting darker outside, it still continued to snow but it was very light. Seiren sat against the horse stable door, knees pulled up to her chest and wrapped in her arms. She was freezing her ass off like earlier. She could feel herself get weaker as she walked to the stables. But luckily, her condition was getting better and better.

"You cold?" A monotone voice drew her attention. She looked up to the owner of the familiar voice, not surprised to see Zero standing there. He was wrapped in a coat and scarf, with two coffee cups in his hand. He sat down next to Seiren, handing over a cup of coffee. She accepted the cup and took light sips.

"Thanks…"

"No problem."

"How did you know I would be here?"

"Took a guess." The two sat in the falling snow in silence. They could hear the horses inside the stable making noises in fear because they sensed the two vampires presence.

"Kaien told me what happened." Zero said out of the blue. Seiren looked up to the silver haired man, waiting for some type of remorseful words.

"I didn't know that happened to you…I'm sorry." Zero tired to comfort her, filling regretful she had to deal with the same type of tragedy as he did.

"Thank you, Zero-kun." Awkward silence came back to them. Zero noticed Seiren fidgeting with her coffee cup and her fingers.

"You met Valeriya-chan?"

"Yea, she's nice. I wasn't expecting her and Toga to be engaged," Zero lightly laughed at Seiren's statement.

"Me too. I used to think he was heartless." Seiren smiled a bit. Zero stood up, brushing himself off, he reached a hand down to Seiren.

"Come on, I want you to met someone." Seiren was hesitate and took Zero's arm. He pulled her up from her feet, she stumped a bit and fell right in his arms. Zero caught her with a hand behind her neck and an arm around her waist. Their faces were in close proximity, making them blush a cherry red. The two gave awkward apologizes and back off each other.

"C-come on," He led her in the horse stables. She followed him into White Lily's stable, where the great white horse lied down in silence. Lily's head perked up, smelling Zero and Seiren's scent.

"Seiren-chan, this is White Lily." Zero introduced the ash blonde vampire to his horse. He noticed that Seiren seemed a little happier. She kneeled down to Lily, reaching a hand out for Lily to smell. The white horse sniffed Seiren's bony hand, recognizing the scent as a vampire. Lily leaned her head closer to Seiren's hand. The vampire gave a faint smile and moved in closer. She ran her hands through Lily's smooth white mane, enjoying the softness.

'She likes you." Zero said, kneeling down next to her, petting Lily. Seiren was too caught up in her memories to reply back to Zero. When Seiren was younger, her family and her loved going to the countryside and ride horses, just for fun. Horses were one of Seiren's favorite animals since she was a kid.

"…Did you have a horse once?" Zero asked, curious about Seiren's interest in White Lily.

"No, my family and I loved to ride horses…my mother and I used to…" Seiren's voice trailed off. Zero used a hand to pat Seiren's back to comfort her. Seiren looked up at him, noticing the amethyst orbs he had. His rather handsome.

"Thank you, Zero-kun." She said, keeping her hands in the white mane of White Lily. Her and Zero's hand met a couple times, making them flush.

"I think she likes you too." Seiren said to Zero, playfully, making Zero even redder.

"Shut up."

Very long for me. Expecting to write a kiss soon, maybe Zero and Seiren or Valeriya and Toga. Review!