"Shared Blood and Its Required Payment: Part III" by SeelieSpright

Word Count: 2,353

Pairing: Zero and Ichiru, tangentially referenced Zero and Kaname

Content: Contains mature and graphic smut (It's baaack!), twincest, and pervy blood-drinking

Caveat: The characters are not my own, and belong solely to Hino Matsuri

Time: Around Chapter 32 in the manga, and a day or so after where Part II leaves off

Zero followed Yuuki into the Moon Dormitory and they were ushered upstairs into Kuran Kaname's room. Zero slumped against the wall as Yuuki and Kaname spoke, listening to their conversation, but seeming not to. Thoughts of what he and Kaname had done kept troubling him, and he still wondered what Kaname had wanted from him. Zero's body was thrilling with the blood that Kaname had given him and he no longer felt the terrible troubling hunger that had lurked behind his eyes and caused his head to throb. The shadows of insanity had been banished for the time being and Zero imagined that it would be quite a while before he needed blood again.

But he wanted blood from Kaname, even though his body didn't need it. Zero felt compelled to continue to take from Kaname because Kaname had inflamed desire in him that Zero had not known. From the course of their conversation, it seemed that Kaname no longer desired him or he was using his feelings for Yuuki to conceal anything he might feel for Zero. It seemed Kaname was not interested in continuing what they had done, and that Zero would have to get his blood from another source again. Surely Yuuki was now off limits, as Kaname was making his desire and possession of Yuuki more apparent. Zero looked up at Kaname and found the vampire staring back at him.

Kaname said, "Kiryuukun, from now on, I will also cherish and protect Yuuki, but this time as her lover."

Yuuki was in Kaname's arms and blushing furiously. Zero stormed out of the Moon Dorm and into the cold night, clutching at his neck because he was finding it difficult to breathe. Kaname had fully rejected him and now, surely, Yuuki would no longer share her blood with him. She was Kaname's and would want none of the uncomfortable closeness that Zero and she had shared. Zero had almost kissed her and Kuran? Well, he had done more and tried –

Zero blushed crimson and shook his head in the attempt to banish thoughts of Kaname. He yanked off his tie and unbuttoned his collar, taking deep breaths and attempting to cool down. Just then, Zero heard footsteps before him, and he looked up, drawing his 'bloody rose' in the same movement and pointed it at – his twin brother Ichiru! Zero's hand shook a little, but he kept the gun levelled on Ichiru.

"What's wrong Zeroniisan? You look terrible. Oh, there's no point in aiming that at me; I'm not susceptible to its effects like you."

Zero lowered the gun and slid it away into his suit pocket. Ichiru came close to Zero who was still breathing heavily.

"Ne, Zero, it'll be interesting with me here, don't you think? We brothers are together after so much time. Will you share that princess with me oniisan?"

Zero bared his fangs and growled at Ichiru. Ichiru laughed.

"I guess not then. No matter, I can take her myself."

Zero was at Ichiru's throat in a moment, holding Ichiru's hands pinned before him with one hand while he held Ichiru's head with the other, his fingers laced in the hair on the nape of Ichiru's neck.

"Drinking blood on campus –" Ichiru gasped. But as Zero's fangs slid into him, "Niisa –"

Zero drew his mouth away from Ichiru's neck and drew in a great satisfied breath. Ichiru was breathing heavily as Zero licked his lips.

"That was much more enjoyable than drinking Kuran's blood."

"You –" Ichiru said, but Zero lifted him off of his feet and carried him into the wood. He didn't want to be seen by anyone from the Moon Dormitory or someone still awake in the Sun Dorm. It was dangerous because the Night Class was not meeting that night, and the vampires could be about the grounds anywhere despite the fact that they were supposed to be confined to the Moon Dormitory grounds. Zero was particularly concerned about Kain and Aido. Ichiru had begun to struggle in earnest in Zero's arms, and Zero dropped him on the ground on his back, stunning him briefly. Ichiru was quick to react, but Zero was already sitting atop his waist and holding his chest down.

"Remove your hands from me," Ichiru said, "and release me or I shall have to report you to Headmaster Cross who will discipline you. Or would you like that Zero?"

"Shut up," Zero said, smacking Ichiru's head against the ground.

"What do you plan to do with me then?" Ichiru said, now still,

"You can't hold me like this forever."

"I just want a little something from you," Zero said, fangs flashing, "a little taste."

"This blood isn't for you!" Ichiru spat, "I belong to another."

"Your Mad Blooming Princess?" Zero said, "Does she keep you as her pet, giving you small titillating tastes of her blood to string you along?

Ichiru's face was shadowed, and his mouth an expressionless straight line.

"You once belonged to me," Zero said, as he looked down upon Ichiru beneath him. Ichiru looked up suddenly, meeting Zero's eyes and seeing the deep pain behind them, caused by the loss of his brother and his parents.

"That's precisely why I grew to hate you," Ichiru said, "I was a possession to you and the inferior child over which our parents preferred you. I was always the disadvantaged twin and you were quite happy to have me depend on you, constantly following around and fawning upon my niisan.

"I'm finished with that," Ichiru continued, "Shisukasama saw how I was and didn't pity me and keep me week. She gave me some of her power to that I could stand on my own and even now you seek to belittle that, even now after she punished our parents and you."

Zero smacked Ichiru hard across the face, raising a red handprint there.

"Don't you ever speak of our parents in such a denigrating manner. They raised and protected you and you, an ungrateful brat, betrayed them and allowed our family to be destroyed."

"Oh, did I say the wrong thing Zeroniisama? You left out the good part, the one that still troubles you now," Ichiru said, and he reached up and touched one of Zero's fangs. "How does it feel, niisama, to have become the thing that you hate the most? And even now, you must continue to feed on others to maintain your sanity. Are you going to cry Zero, or break?"

Zero's hair was over his eyes, but he answered, "I didn't cry then, and even Hio's continued life and your words won't break me or cause me to cry. I remained strong when you surrendered to the easier and false path. Even now, you remain the weak one."

"No," Ichiru said, throwing Zero off of him. "I have the power and you are nothing, a former human quickly deteriorating to a Level E."

He was atop Zero now and seized Zero's hair, yanking his head up and slamming it into the earth again. But as Ichiru lifted up Zero's head the second time, Zero's fangs were in Ichiru's neck and Zero quickly swallowed Ichiru's blood, making him weak. Ichiru clutched Zero's body as he was turned onto his back again and Zero straddled his pelvis. Zero ran his fingernails up Ichiru's sides over his shirt and then beneath, raking the sensitive skin. Ichiru gasped and was instantly hard, straining his trousers. Zero ran his knee over the spot and Ichiru gritted his teeth at the sensation thrilling through his body.

"Zero, what are you –"

"Showing you who really has the power here. It is not merely about physical strength, of which I have more regardless, but about control over your body. I know all too well its sensitive parts because they are mine too, and I know you best, even after all these years apart. I can make you moan just as I please.

"My attraction to you ceased years ago," Ichiru said with an effort.

"That's not what your body is saying," Zero said, "perhaps you should get your story straight before making any claims."

"You, I'll never –" Ichiru struggled to speak.

Zero's hands were occupied at Ichiru's waist, unbuttoning and unzipping his trousers and tracing his fingers along Ichiru's length. He slid back on the now-prone Ichiru and grazed Ichiru's cock with his teeth. Ichiru hissed and squirmed slightly and Zero sucked on Ichiru through the fabric of his pants. A wet spot was forming at the top near the waistband and Zero sucked the liquid through the fabric. He pulled down Ichiru's pants enough to expose Ichiru's head and then he sucked on it heatedly, stimulating further leakage, which he swallowed. Zero pulled Ichiru's pants down fully and Ichiru's cock slapped against his belly. Zero engulfed the head again, and then Ichiru's entire length in a smooth movement. Clearly Zero had some practice, Ichiru surmised, but he soon had difficulty forming complete thoughts under Zero's ministrations. Ichiru let out a moan as Zero ran his tongue along the underside of his cock and over-stimulated it there. Zero increased the speed of his bobbing head, knowing that Ichiru wasn't far off.

Ichiru tried to pull Zero off of him because the humiliation of being dominated thus far was not even close to what he would feel if Zero got him off. But Zero was a vampire now, and Ichiru's current strength provide by Shizukasama only made him slightly more powerful than a normal human. He had been so weak when Shizuaksama had come to him, and she had allowed him, finally, to live a normal life. Ichiru continued to struggle, pushing at Zero in the hopes that he would catch Zero by surprise and escape. He had to retain the dignity Shizukasama had given him. But Zero had enough of Ichiru's struggling and forced Ichiru's hands over his head as he continued to suck. Ichiru could no longer speak to protest and only faint mewling sounds that he hated himself for making cam out of his mouth. He closed it in response, but Zero hit a particularly sensitive spot and he gasped then began to drool a little out of the corner of his mouth.

"Let me hear your voice," Zero said.

"- never give you the satisfaction," Ichiru retorted, with an effort.

"Even if I do this?"

"Nooh, that's not – not there, like that."

Zero chuckled, and began massaging Ichiru's hip where his legs met his torso, eliciting another moan from Ichiru.

"Zeronii, I'm coming," and then Ichiru lost control and blasted into his brother's mouth. Zero stood up and straightened his trousers as he looked down at Ichiru who was lying prone.

"Now you know that you still belong to me.

"Think of it as punishment for betraying our family; and how does it feel to have become again the weak brother you hate the most?" Zero turned and began to walk away.

"I'm sorry Zero," Ichiru said. Zero stopped.

Ichiru's voice was different than it had been since he first addressed Zero. Zero heard in it some of his little brother again, "I hate myself for not being strong enough on my own." Ichiru kept his head lowered for some time, and Zero said nothing, but then something seemed to change in Ichiru's demeanour and then he spoke. Ichiru's voice seemed to regain its former strength as he spoke.

"But it was you and our parents that created this hatred within me. Shizukasama wasn't only punishing our family for slaying her kinsmen and her love, but also for me. They should have loved me equally and not despised me for my weakness and considered me the unfortunate son. They wronged me, as did you, and the hatred that developed as a result was justified. I won't stop, you know, no matter how much power you may still possess over me and how you make me hate myself. I won't stop until your world collapses around you and all those whom you now love are suffering for it. So you'd better stay away from me niisama."

Zero did not answer but continued walking, leaving Ichiru sitting up in the grass. He was not coming to regret what he had done, not for his actions, but how he had not considered the consequences any involvement with Ichiru would surely cause. He would have to be very careful in protecting Yuuki now, and he wondered briefly if he should tell Kuran. But Kuran had taken Yuuki as his lover now, and surely that would mean greater protection for her. He hoped that it would be enough.

Cross Academy was becoming more and more dangerous, and its peace now hung by a thread. It was only a matter of time until someone in the school sparked a full-fledged conflict or someone from outside brought with them serious trouble. Zero would deal with it when it came. But what would become of his and Kuran's relationship? Kuran seemed to be finished with him; and now, having taken Yuuki as his lover, had no time for nor interest in Zero. Zero was returned to his status as servant of Kuran and protector of Yuuki. Yet Zero owed both, and Yuuki more so, for his sanity through her continued offering of blood. He had Yuuki still, his one ally and a human like he had been and wished every day he still were.

Zero walked toward the school building across the grounds so that he would avoid Ichiru returning to the Sun Dorm. Zero's life at the Academy had become quite troublesome, and he didn't anticipate any rest from his labours and trials. He sighed and turned at the school buildings to make another circuit before returning home. He wondered if Yuuki were still with Kaname or if she had returned to the Headmaster's residence. He could go there now in the chance that he might see her. Zero turned his footsteps that direction and walked toward the house with his hands deep in his pockets.

…

Haha, do you like the "foreshadowing" of chapters to follow that we already have. ;;

As you have seen, Part III is not continuous with the previous two parts, and Part IV will also jump ahead a little bit from here. But, as with this part, the precise time will become readily apparent in the opening paragraph.

I apologise if there are any inconsistencies in time of the action in Part III. I'm trying to keep the events straight, but there has been so much happening of late. If I've mixed up the times, please let me know and I'll fix it.

Planned parts to come:

Part IV – Zero and Aido
Part V – Ichiru and Rido
Part VI - ?!

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