Ahhh, ok, sorry everyone but my laptop broke and I just recently got a new one. It was so horrible because all my work, all my stories were just deleted and I cried. I miss my old one so much and this new one is such a pain!!! Anyways, sorry, I've been trying to putting everything back together but I'm here once more. Forgive me, anyone who was trying to contact me or has been waiting a long time.

So, I have very little memory of the council and I know that I probably messed it up quite a bit. I don't even know who's in it so please, just ignore the mistakes there. And I added Sara-sama because I needed a high rank to back up Kaname in here and I really liked Sara from the Vampire Soiree. So please let me know what you think.

Thanks to everyone who reviewed and or added me to his/her favorites!

"And how much time do I have?" Zero asked in mild-disbelief.

"It's not an exact science, actually all of this is based on nothing but hypothesizing and my own, made up equations." She replied.

"How much time?"

"Roughly, a month." It took a minute to fully understand what she had said but the moment he did he felt a horrible knot in the pit of his stomach. A month? "Please Zero-san, don't get discouraged, I'm trying my hardest to find a cure!" He looked down at her.

"Akane, there is no cure." He forced the words out, as if saying it was signing away the last bit of hope he had left. She shook her head fiercely. "Akane, the only way to stop the process would be to drink from the pureblood who changed me. She's dead."

"I know that but there has to be another way!" She said, clutching the paper tightly in her fist. He didn't know weather he wanted to hug her or scold her.

"Akane, there is nothing…"

"Don't say that!" She demanded and he could make out the new line of fresh tears streaming down her face. "There is a way!-"

"Akane-"

"No! I don't believe it! I won't!" She hissed. "You're the only person who's ever cared about me since my parents were killed. You and Yuuki-chan are all I have left and…I won't loose you as well!" She screamed as the tears began streaming down her face.

Zero watched in both surprise and guilt as her legs buckled and she fell to her knees on the cement pathway, crying for the second time that day. This time he didn't hesitate as he bent down and picked her up, pulling her into an embrace as she clutched blindly to his shirt.

He held her tightly until the patterns of raindrops on his back told him that they had to return inside. He wasn't sure what to say. A part of him wanted to run to Yuuki and demanded the use of the bloody rose before the self-pity and depression could work its way deeper into his heart. Another part, a stronger part was burning in anger, knowing that very soon he would have to leave all this.

It was cruel, to the fullest extent to know that there was only so long to live, knowing that in a matter of days he would loose his sanity and become a danger to everyone he loved. To know that he would leave Yuuki and Akane, especially when he had vowed to protect her…The thought made his hands clench into fists in disgust.

"Shhh, it's ok." He soothed as he carried her out of the gateway that separated moon dorms from day dorms and made his way back to his room. He could have kicked himself, whatever this was, it was not ok but he did not want to see her cry anymore.

By the time they made it back to the room they were both drenched. He placed Akane down and fetched a towel, throwing it over her head and kneeling down to dry her hair.

Akane did not move nor say a word. She was still crying, her cloudy eyes were almost as dark as the sky outside but she gazed remotely at him as he ran the towel briskly down the strands of raven black hair.

"You must promise me…" She said after a long moment of silence.

"Promise you what?" He asked preocupied in his work, and not noticing that she was so serious until she spoke again.

"You must promise that you'll never leave me." He froze, his hands stopping in mid air. His chest tightened in sadness as he looked down at the floor.

"I can't promise you that Akane." In the silence he knew that she now understood and felt his chest tighten even more as she took a step back as if he had struck her. She shook her head, she had heard wrong, she had to. She knew Zero, he was strong, if he wouldn't fight to save himself he would fight to save her. At least, that is what she had assumed until now.

He was giving up. No, worse, he had given up a long time ago. She didn't want to believe it, she hadn't let go of her hope until this moment, the sadness crushed her with such a heavy weight that she whimpered. And then, there was the anger…

"You won't even try!?"

"Akane, you have to understand-"

"No! You have to understand! I've spent my whole life fighting to stay alive! Now you're just going to roll over take this without lifting a finger to stop it!?" He didn't argue, in fact he had been all too willing to kill himself when he had turned and drank Yuuki's blood for the first time. He had tried death then and he would undoubtedly try it again when his time was up. "You're nothing but a coward!" She screamed and he looked up in time to see the door slam shut.

Yuuki turned the knob to her bedroom door when something small and fast brushed against her arm and pushed it open, causing enough wind to whip her hair around her face. She gasped in surprise and was hesitant to peer into the room. When she did she saw Akane sitting in the corner, her knees bent up to her chest and shaking.

"Akane? Are you ok?" Yuuki flipped the light on and saw that the little girl was soaked. Is she crying? "Akane? What happened?" She asked in a much more concerned voice.

When she didn't answer Yuuki went to her side, laying a hand on the girls shoulders. "Please Akane, tell me what's wrong."

After a long moment of silence Akane finally lifted her head. "Oh Yuuki-chan... I want... I want to die." She whispered. "I can't explain what I'm feeling but I... I just want all this pain to go away!"

Zero remained on his knees, starring dumbly at the door as if she would skip back inside, beaming at him with her innocent smile and say it was all a joke. He had really hurt her and he knew it but he also knew that lying to her would have been even worse. She wanted him to deny it, say that he would fight it, but fight what? There was no cure, it had died along with that woman.

The fate of a level-E was set. Every chance he had was now gone. If there had been a way he would have found it, but all the years in the Hunter's Society confirmed it. He could do nothing.

He sighed and then stood. Since classes were over there was nothing for him left to do. He laid on the bed and closed his eyes. A month… I have a month left… The fact caused his head to hurt and his stomach to knot. I wonder what will happen when I'm gone? With Akane, Yuuki… An image of Yuuki crying, being comforted by Kaname flashed across his mind and his head hurt even more.

She would fall to the pureblood for comfort. Yuuki would be passed down to Kaname as well as Akane. The thought disgusted him. He was a coward, what type of man would let go of the two most important things in his world? What type of person would just except the fate he had been given?

He covered his face with his hand and groaned. What does she want from me!? It's not like I asked for this! I can't do anything, why can't she understand that!?

He racked his brain, trying to find some way to remedy the situation but he could think of nothing that he could say to Akane that might make her feel better without lying. He also didn't think that he could face her or Yuuki, for he was sure that she would have told her what had happened. In fact, he was sure that the only reason Yuuki hadn't barged into his room yet was because she was probably trying to calm Akane.

He felt another pang of guilt as he remembered her tear stained face. 'I won't loose you too!' What should he have said to that? She didn't deserve this, having their parents taken away was the hardest thing any child could go through, but Zero had promised to be there for her. He had sworn to let nothing bad happen to her and now he had no choice but to leave.

"Kaname-sempa, you called this meeting with the council?" An older, red haired vampire by the name of Inori, asked in surprise and he bowed a greeting to the pureblood before him.

"Yes, I came her to discuss to you reports of a possible attack on Cross Academy." Kaname replied.

"An attack? What is the reason for this? By who!?" Asato asked in anger.

"I see no reason to hide the matter any further. I am housing Akane Osaka at Cross Academy. The Hunters Society has made her their next target." The room fell silent, everyone turned to stare at him with a look of surprise and fear.

"Sempa-"

"This is outrageous! You would risk an all out war for that sorry excuse of a pureblood?"Asato hissed.

"Now now, you must not speak to Kaname-sama in that matter Asato." Sara said replied as she strode into the room, walking over and holding out her hand for Kaname to kiss. "I apologize for being late."

"Sara-sama." Kaname said softly as he bowed.

"So besides dealing with humans you have taken to orphans? You have a big heart Kaname." She pulled her hand back to her side and sat down next to him. "An attack on Cross Academy, it is a huge ofense indeed. I suppose you have gathered recruits to aid you?"

"You can't honestly think of fighting them!?" Asato asked.

"You don't think we should?" Sara asked in mock surprise. "So I take it you will allow the home of your grandson to fall under attack? He did not reply to this. "I have no connections with this school but if Kaname-sama believes that it, and this child are worth fighting for I will stand by him. Will anyone else?"

Ok, so I pretty sure that Sara-sama isn't in the council but I've always thought that she should be so I stuck her in it anyway.

As for the fight with Zero and Akane, I felt so bad as the author to write this. I love both characters so much and the dispute was so hard to put together that I think I might have injured the chapter with it. Please tell me what you guys think!!!