NoTe: Just so you know there is a twist at the end. Unexpected twist, I might add. I was watching a certain show and I got kind of wrapped up in it and it affected my writing (aka this chapter) so now I'm plotting a whole new layout. L will be brought in within the next two chapters and I promise you all that much.

"Ryuzaki huh?" I asked. He didn't seem to be like a man with a name as common as Ryuzaki. An alias like the rest of us? Yet he seemed far too old to be one of us, an orphan. He nodded, looking tired and worn. But the look in his eye was purely blank. I'm sure it was because of the bags beneath them, he looked so unhealthy with his pale skin, scrawny fingers, and wild hair.

"That is correct. From here on out, no matter the consequences, you are to refer to me only as Ryuzaki. Understood?" I looked over him and curled my lip over my teeth.

"And why should I take orders from you, Ryuzaki, a man who I have only just met?" He kept his monotonous stare. Honestly it was starting to bother me, not even, I couldn't account that as bothering. It was scaring me.

"I am capable of multiple things, Miss Jessica, and that includes your removal from this school. Do not test me." My eyes widened and I nearly fell to my knees.

"You can't do that! " I found myself begging in front of him with my hands clasped together. "Don't do it! Please don't! I have to meet him! I have to!" He looked down at me from his tall figure with a curious gaze.

"Who do you speak of?" I looked up at him as if he should know.

"L! I have to meet him! I have to stay here and meet him."

"Why do you wish to meet with him so badly? He is only a detective with high statistics. You have no interest in these subjects anyhow. Why is it so important that you must introduce yourself?" I fell silent. He was right, interest I had none, but was that really such a big deal? I didn't have to be interested in politics and crimes and such. I was interested in L, meeting the owner of the highest IQ in the entire planet.

There was interest in the subject, just not the subjects he spoke of.

"Because there is interest, as well as determination and passion in this subject. I'm interested in meeting L for obvious reasons, I'm determined to become his successor and perhaps beat him at his own game, and passion because it was my sister's greatest desire to become a member of justice." He looked on, blank still.

"Where is your sister, Miss Jessica?" I looked at him with disbelief and clenched my fists.

"That's none of your fu-" He cut me off before I could finish.

"Answer the question or I can fully assure you, you will not meet L." I held my breath and let it out while closing my eyes.

"My younger sister. Her name was Tiffany and she was eleven years old. She took a bullet to the throat and died instantly."

"What was the last thing you ever said to her?" I looked at him with tears in my eyes. I didn't want to say it again. So I shook my head and turned my back to him, ready to walk away. "Well?"

"I don't care what you do." I said in an exhausted whisper. "I would rather be killed then to say those words again. I'm not repeating those words there isn't a damned thing you can do about it." I started walking back to my room when he stopped me again.

"I won't have you thrown out Miss Jessica. However, I will keep watch over you. There are certain people here who have taken great advantage over their intelligence and I do not wish for you to end up in the same condition." I turned to him, stepping over with my arms hanging by my sides and my right foot facing him as my left faced the direction of my room.

"I wouldn't be that stupid."

"You're a weak person you could easily succumb to a darker side." I looked to the ground then shut my eyes and sighed.

"What makes you say that?" He turned his back to me.

"All in good time, Miss Jessica, all in good time." This guy was unbelievable! He seriously just did that? For real?! Ugh, the nerve of him. Well, I wanted to go back to my room where I could find Near and hopefully Mello could get rid of this guy. He actually thought I was going to turn evil. Did I look like freaking Darth Vader to him or something?

"Well if that's all you have to say to me then I'm going back to my dorm." I began walking away only to be caught by my right shoulder. I let out a yelp that was covered by his hand.

"I will be watching and don't breathe without thinking that. It's flickering and I want to make sure that it stays the former."

"What the hell are you talking about?!" I shouted through his hand. I turned to punch him but he was gone. "Oh my god, if this is happening to me now, I can never, ever have a joint." With rough disappointment and shock, I walked swiftly through the orphanage back to my room. I knocked on the snow white door. "Near?" I didn't get an answer, so I knocked again. "Near? Are you in there?" Second time without an answer. If he didn't call back I was going in, he was scaring me. "Near? Answer me!" I twisted the door knob roughly and used my knee to push the door open.

"Near!" I barged in to a half naked Near standing in the middle of the room, clad only in his white pajama pants, as he looked straight into my green eyes with the same emotionless eyes that belonged to only him. I gasped in horror. "Oh god, I am so sorry Near, I just..." I covered my eyes and ran into the bathroom where I let out a sigh. "Ugh, why the hell am I so stupid? Why?" I hit my forehead, leaving a red mark against my pale skin, nothing compared to Near's though. Then I thought back on the image of him, he was fairly built. His biceps had some muscle to them, and I don't believe that my eyes had decieved me when I saw a creamy six-pack in developmet, only a four-pack at the moment.

"That was pretty hot." I giggled then grimaced. He was my room mate not my boyfriend and I had to get that straight. How would the rest of my days in this orphanage go? "Mom, I really wish you were here right now. Say hi to Tiff for me." I let a lone tear slide down my cheek, I thought I could've controlled it, but how wrong I was. Another two tears fell out of the corner of my eyes, followed by streams from both. I let out a whimper that turned into a series that quickly transformed to sobbing. I never realized how soon I had to let go of my entire family, despite the fact that the loss was almost three months ago. I think I heard a knock on the door, but maybe I was just imagining it. I'm pretty sure I hit something when I fell on my knees to the floor.

I didn't hear the door squeak when it opened, and I didn't hear the soft dragging of silk against the tile floor. I definitely didn't see Near, who had still failed to put a shirt on, come in. He walked to me and knelt right next to my kneeling, crumbling form. He put his hands on my shoulders and rested his head on mine. I let out a horrific wail and clung to him with my arms around his neck. I felt his arms circle my waist and I only held him tighter.

"Shh. It's okay, Jessica. Everything's alright." He stroked my hair and hugged me tighter. Two months and not once had he shown me this much attention, affection, or acknowledgement, but I liked it. I loved it. I needed it. "Everything's okay. I'm here." He was trying to comfort me, and it was working. I felt as though that nothing in the world could have harmed me in the least bit of ways. He was my protector for the moment, and I would gladly accept his protection any day. In my moment of weakness, with hot tears rolling down my face, I looked up at Near without emotion, my lips parted and my teeth clenched. Out of the blue I did the only thing I really wanted to do. I kissed him. I whimpered while my lips were on his and he seemed to have noticed.

His hands went to my face and he stroked my cheek with his thumb as he kissed me back. That's all I wanted, I wanted comfort from him and he was giving it to me. "Jessica." He whispered through the kiss as it got more intense.

"Near." I replied. I didn't know what I was doing and I didn't know what he was doing either. All I know is that I've never felt so loved and comfortable...never felt so wanted. He broke away from me and looked me in the eye. I felt like I was drowning in his pitch black eyes. It looked like he had some kind of emotion in them, but he was trying so hard not to show me and I felt as though he didn't want me to know that he really did have feelings, not just emotions but feelings for me. I wanted him to, I really did, but why wasn't he showing me?

"What's wrong, Near?" My voice cracked at first but only shook every here and there. He sounded stern and strict , almost in an unpleasent and angered state. I didn't know if it was because I kissed him or if I did something wrong and upset him.

"This is." I felt myself go limp and fall forward and into his arms, thankfully catching me and holding me in an embrace with his right hand holding the back of my head and his left on my mid-back. Soon enough I could feel the tempting and soothing call of unconciousness trying to seduce me into its hold. I tried to slip into it, but the feeling of Near's soft and warm skin kept me out of it.

"Near." I whispered. He patted my hair down and smoothed it to its full length, just beneath my broad shoulders. Everything went black. "I can't see anything. I'm scared." The worry and fright was obvious in my tone and I'm sure he was concerned in some way or another. He shushed me and it sounded like a lullaby. I knew I had been temporarily blinded, I just didn't know how or why it had happened nor did I want to.

"Shhh. It's alright Jessica. Just close your eyes and everything will be better. Go to sleep." I didn't want to go to sleep! I didn't want to close my eyes! He didn't understand what I was feeling. I didn't expect him to. So I shouted at him.

"No! I won't shut my eyes! It's dark and it's scary. I don't want to go into the darkness. Near, I'm so afraid!" I think I looked up at him, I tried to, and balled my hands into fists and placed them on his chest. "Near, don't make me do this! Please, I'm begging you!" I heard footsteps come in from behind us and I knew it had to be Matt or Mello, maybe even both. But I was wrong.

"What seems to be the problem here?" A different male voice questioned us. I knew that voice, it was just recently that I had heard the voice too. I wasn't Rodger's, it was too young to be his. And Watari's was so kind and loving where as this voice was as bleak as December itself.

"You have no business here. Go disturb other students else where."

"I have a contract with that girl in your arms. I have every right to know what the matter with her is. Now tell me."

"Just what might this contract be for? Surely there is no issue in sharing it, unless it's a bluff?"

"The contract, I assure you, is one hundred percent confidential. I can not allow it to be kept in any other minds aside from my own and hers. My apologies but it's simply out of my hands." Near glared at the man behind me surely enough.

"How did you come to knowledge of her? I thought you were supposed to be in the solitary section, there was no possible way that you could've learned of her arrival."

"Yet here we are nearly three months later. I've been a good boy for Mr. Wammy and Rodger but everything comes to a halt sooner or later." Near had forgotten I was still concious, I'm sure of it. I tried to shove myself off him, still completely blinded, but he pressed his fingers into my skin as a way of holding me down and tighter. I tried to speak but I just couldn't bring myself to do it. All I was able to do right now was listen to what was going on and that was simply because of my own will and Near's.

I wanted to tell Near that there was no contract. That it was a lie. Now I remember the name of the voice. So I put my own to use.

"Ryuzaki," I started weakly. "I am blind for one reason or another but I am not deaf. We made no contract, no pact, no deal nothing of the sort. You lied straight through your teeth." Near held my head and gentley forced me into his chest.

"His name isn't Ryuzaki." Then this terrible pain ripped through my chest and became heavier and heavier and I let out a scream. "Jessica!" Near called out to me.

"My chest... hurts so much, Near. I can't take it. Make it go away! Please!"

"Jessica," I cried into his shoulder ignoring him. "Jessica listen to me! You need to go to sleep. You'll be able to see again when you wake up." I groaned in pain. I felt like something had possessed me or was trying to. I felt for Near's head and felt his left ear. I pushed his head to the right and clamped my teeth into his flesh. I heard him yell out and I wanted to stop but I couldn't. Soon I could taste the metallic blood flow down my throat as I drank from him. He tried shoving me away and felt Ryuzaki try to pry me away.

A vibration in my chest caused me to growl in a threatening matter. Still I saw nothing at all but heard everything including Near's struggles in trying not to scream and Ryuzaki backing up while laughing lightly. Soon enough I heard my mother's voice and a bright blue light, almost white appeared in the darkness.

"Jessica, stop this. You don't want to hurt Near and you know it. Please, Jesse sweetie, let go of Near. It's wrong honey please don't let that side take over." My mouth widened but just enough that Near could escape my hold which he did as soon as he was given the God sent chance. My sight began to return but only very lightly. I knew what had happened but I couldn't really name it. It was familiar yet totally foreign to me. My blurred vision caused me to look all around since I could see a little at last.

I looked up at the muffled figure of my albino friend and saw red mixed in with his pale form. I knew it was blood, the same thing that had touched my tongue and ran down my throat. "I-I..." I didn't know what to saw. Then I was grabbed from behind, both my arms being put in a position where I couldn't move them. I jerked my head to try to see who had grabbed me but I couldn't recognize them. Then I swiped my tongue across my teeth, trying to rid myself the taste of Near's crimson life force. Whlie doing so, my tongue was pricked by something residing in my mouth. A tooth perhaps?

Obviously it was a tooth that had slashed the source of my tasting senses, but why was it so long and sharper then I remember? Who ever it was that held my arms began to bind them and my vision cleared. I let out a gasp of shock, my chest becoming lighter. I struggled for air, it felt like I had been stuck underwater for an eternity. I felt for the tooth where it had cut my but I had to reach higher this time to find it. It was just a regular tooth. My eyes widened and I looked to Near with fearful and apologetic eyes as he held his still bleeding neck.

"Don't know what happened to me." Near's eyes had also shown fear...of me. "Near please don't look at me like that. It happens sometimes." I was being dragged out all of a sudden by the man that had bound me. "Let go of me! No! Leave me alone! Let go!"

"I can't do that, Jail." That was Mello's voice! It was Mello who had tied me like a deer!

"Mello listen to me, you have to untie me. That happens to me all the time it isn't a big deal. It's a medical condition. My doctor said so." He stopped for a moment to speak with me.

"Look at what you did to Near, Jail. Look at him, he's bleeding because of you. You hurt him and you could've even killed him at that." I blurted the truth, and I really wasn't suppose to do that.

"It was an instinct!" Mello looked at me with disgust, horror, curiousity, and disbelief.

"So it was an instinct to try and murder your room mate? Jail I have no choice, we're putting you in solitary confinement." I couldn't help myself, but I began crying. Mello didn't budge, didn't speak, didn't do anything. He just watched. But then that dark feeling I get over took me and those tears dried up and my sobs became laughter. The darkness gave me my power and I spread my arms out, instantly freeing myself of the ropes.

"Instinct." I whispered. I put my hand in front of Mello's face and allowed a purple light to go through his eyes. He quickly fainted and I knwe what I had done. Nothing serious, just a memory swipe. Now it was Near's turn. I knelt down by him, my face covered in blood droplets in every direction.

"Do you trust me?" No answer but he tried to back up into the wall further.

"Do you fear me?" He nodded once. "I will change that." I touched his cheek gentley and smiled. "You won't feel a thing. Now close your eyes and calm yourself." He nodded again with his usual gaze.

"Before you do whatever it is you're about to do, may I ask you something?" I nodded.

"Anything you want."

"What are you?" I smile and laughed, feeling a tear at the corner of my eye.

"I'm half vampire." His eyes widened in the slightest motion only to return to their former appearence. "You won't remember anything from just now. Same as Mello. It'll take about twenty minutes for you to wake up."

"Why only twenty?"

"Twenty minutes erased earns twenty minutes rest." So with that I closed my eyes gentley and reopened them to watch Near go limp and fall asleep. I smiled and looked at his neck, it was still bleeding and his skin had been soaked in it was well and I knew I had to get that cleaned up. But I couldn't look away, I felt my mouth watering at the sight of his flowing, crimson blood and I licked my lips. I picked up a wash cloth from the shelf and soaked it in warm water and began to wash the blood away. I gasped as I remembered a very important puzzle piece.

"Ryuzaki, I know you're there. Get in here." Seconds later I heard him shuffle up to the door frame.

"Your sister..."

"What about her?"

"She was never shot was she?"

"No."

"You bit her didn't you?" I stayed silent, with a small smirk of hatred on my face and nodded.

"I did."

Just so he didn't try running, I held out my arm, fully extended, and sent a blast of energy that would for sure erase the last fourty-five minutes, just because I didn't want him to remember me or the brutal conversation he forced me in. "Damnit!" I shouted in rememberance. "The security cameras out in the hall, damnit damnit damnit damnit!" Swiftly I went to the camera outside of the open door and kicked it off the wall.

I went back to the bathroom to look at myself in the mirror. All I could describe myself at that one moment was...

"Monster."

As you can see the show I was watching was Vampire Knight. GO TEAM ZERO!! 3