A/N, warning, and disclaimer: Please read the first chapter. It is all posted there.

Summery: Yuki has been a pureblood for the last five years since her brother awoke her. Zero is now a full time hunter. Where is Kaname and why hasn't Zero fallen to a Level yet?

The Last Kuran

Chapter 3: Yuki's night

Yuki wakes up just after the suns setting, not wanting to wake-up, but there's so much work that needs to be done. Too much it seems and it's never ending. With a big sigh, she gets up, throws her robe on and head over to her desk where she has more paper work to attend to. She knows she doesn't have a lot of time to be working on business affairs tonight; she had to get ready for the Sara Sota soiree. Just at the thought of the soiree, Yuki winces, as she hates going to these parties. Whenever she goes, the story is always the same. All of the young men practically fall over themselves trying to get her attention. She's never liked that kind of attention.

She loved Kaname but he's gone now. She's also loved Zero who's disappeared out of her life. She remembered she used to be able to count on him whenever she was troubled. After Kaname died, he disappeared and she has never felt so alone. She knew she was at fault for Zero disappearing from her life. If only she had never yelled at him, telling him she hated him, and never wanted to see him again, he may yet still be here with her. Now he was gone. Kaname and Zero were the only two who fought to protect her, even as she put herself in harms way. She has Kain and Aidou now protecting her but that is all they are to her, body guards. She won't allow herself the luxury of making new friends or falling in love again. These things were too painful to her to deal with. She couldn't keep contact with her human friends she made at cross academy. Any association with her put their lives in danger and she wouldn't risk that, not even Yori's, her best friend at the school. She kept in contact with the head master only.

Just as she was thinking of these things and the unfair way life has turned out, there was a knock on the bedroom door. "Yuki-sama, I've come to help you get ready for the soiree tonight." Yuki had lost all track of time and forgot Rima was coming over to do her hair and make-up. "Come in" Yuki says as she gets up from her desk and moves towards the bathroom. 'Damn, I lost track of time and I should have showered already.' Yuki thought to herself. Rima walks in and sees Yuki. She said, "You lost track of time again, didn't you?" with a smirk on her face. Rima had gotten used to this, as Yuki is usually busy at her desk. Yuki didn't respond but closes the door behind her to shower and dress in the bathroom. She comes out with her hair wrapped up in a towel. Rima gets to work on getting Yuki ready in a hurry.

After a short drive to the Sota estate, Yuki finds Sara and thanks her for the invitation and then she sits down. As Yuki was sitting there, she was thinking of the time when she helped a young boy to go look for his mother and comes to what looked like an abandoned building. The kiss and the confusion when she woke up with Kaname sitting next to her; seems like it was a long time ago.

As she was contemplating these things, Takuma Ichijo walks up to Yuki and begins to talk with her. Zero walks in and she heard Aidou piping up to say "What is 'He' doing here?" with a dark tone to his voice. "Who are you talking about?" she asks wondering who Aidou would talk that way about. He looks at her and reply's "Kiryu". Yuki struggles to keep a calm demeanor and her voice under control as she asked Takuma to invite him over. "It would be a pleasure, Yuki-Sama." Takuma said with a huge grin on his face. Yuki waits, trying hard to keep herself from feeling any emotion when it comes to Zero. She knows the other vampires would feel her. Kain and Aidou stiffen being on the alert. They could feel Yuki's anxiousness at seeing Zero coming and keeps a careful watch around the room. Yuki finally manages to suppress her emotions again but she could feel Zeros. He's also anxious to see her… and nervous. She could hear his heart beat rising, but he wouldn't show his feelings. She couldn't help but think Zero hadn't changed.

** Later that night **

As Yuki was riding home, she was too lost in thought to realize they weren't heading home at all. Aidou had fallen asleep, but Kain was awake and noticed. He spoke up quickly and woke Yuki out of her daze. Before anything could be done, the doors and windows were locked as a gas was released into the back of the limo. Kain and Aidou tried to break the windows when they couldn't open the doors, but they had forgotten the glass was a special order of unbreakable glass. They were all out cold in one minute.

When Kain woke up, it was already mid day. The sun told Kain that they had been asleep for hours. Aidou was still out but Yuki was missing. He found they were still in the limo and parked in front of the Kuran estate. Kain shook Aidou and when he finally opened his eyes, he also notices that Yuki was missing. Fear and panic ran through his face. They found they could open the doors now. They got out and ran though the grounds and the house looking for Yuki. They ran back to the car to look for the driver since they did not see him there either. They found him in the front seat waking up. Kain tore the driver out of the car and Aidou froze him in place kneeling on the ground. "Where is Yuki Kuran-Sama!" Kain yelled. The driver would have made a mess of his pants if Aidou hadn't frozen him up to his shoulders. Chattering through his teeth, the driver answered "I don't know! The last thing I remember was waiting at Sara-Sama's party. I felt something sharp at the side of my neck and then the next thing I know, I'm waking up and you pulling me out of the car. I swear, I don't know (the driver begins to sob uncontrollably), pleeeeeese don't kill me." He whispers. Kain and Aidou look at each other and let the driver go. They tell the driver to get into the card and take them to Cross Academy.

At Cross Academy, Kain bangs hard on headmaster Crosses office door, and Cross runs to answer, thinking one of the students must be hurt. Upon seeing Kain and Aidou with down cast and pale faces, head master allows them in and closes the door behind them. He looks calmly at them and asks them what happened. Both, at the same time, tried to answer the question. The head master put up both of his hands and the two vampires quieted down. Head master turned, looked at Kain and restated the question. Kain looked sternly at him and answered "Yuki has been kidnapped." Head masters facial expression went blank for a moment. A few minutes later, he's on the phone calling Zero. He knew Zero would be seething through his teeth at being disturbed, but this couldn't be helped, this was about Yuki. Kain and Aidou hear Cross tell Zero "Yuki is missing. (Pause) No, I don't know yet. Kain and Aidou are here. We will wait for you before they explain what has happened." The head master hangs up the phone and prepares water glasses for the two young vampires. He drops a couple of blood tablets in each of the glasses and hands them to the vampires. They sit and wait for Zero for what seemed like an eternity but in all reality it was only 10 minutes. As Zero walks in the door, Kain and Aidou perks up, and realize he's not alone. They sense another vampire with him. A feeling of familiarity comes over them. Aidou nearly jumps out of his seat when he sees Kaname walk in behind Zero. Kain was speechless and it seemed he was paralyzed too because he couldn't move. The only one who didn't seem surprised was the head master. Moments later, out of the quiet, only Kain's voice was heard in a whisper "We thought you were dead. What happened Kaname-Sama?" Kaname smiled and replied "That is a story to save for after we find and save Yuki."