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 5: The Rescue

That night, Kaname, Zero, Kain, Aidou, Yagari and Cross are in the woods, hiding and watching the back door that leads to the holding cells under the Association's building. They watch as a black, old van drive up to the back door. While the driver stayed in the van, a small group of vampires got out of the back; a group of six. One of them had cuffs. Yagari and Cross looked at each other, recognizing the cuffs and knew they were enchanted to prevent vampires from using their abilities. They got a sinking feeling in the pit of their stomach's because they have never been used a Pureblood before. On any other vampire, any attempt to use their powers is meant to cause great pain, discouraging any further attempts. The stronger the vampire, the more painful it becomes. On a Pureblood, they could kill. Another vampire had what looked like an old medical handbag, straight out of the 1700s. Zeros eyes went wide and fear clenched his heart. "Dear god, what are they going to do to her?" Kaname shared in Zeros fears, though his eyes and body stayed calm. If they tried to rush the van and the holding cells, their chances of rescuing Yuki were slim to none. Kaname was already masking their presence and suggested they move closer for a better position. Yagari agreed, although he didn't like having to cooperate with vampires to begin with. They found a boulder, closer to the van and there they waited for their chance.

One of the vampires knocked on the back door and waits for an answer. When the door opens, they were greeted rather rudely, by a hunter who had been waiting for them. The vampire with the cuffs spoke up and said "We're here for the Pureblood." The hunter glared at him and hissed, "This way." through his clenched teeth. The hunter led the group of vampires down the hall to the room Yuki was being held in. She doesn't move giving any indication she's awake. The vampire with the medical bag puts it down on the table a few feet away from her, opens it up, and pulls out a syringe and a bottle of clear liquid. He pushes the syringe into the bottle and sucks the liquid in through the needle. He turns around and begins to head towards Yuki, but is brought up short. The others could see the confusion in his eyes, confusion and… and fear. They realized they walked into a trap. Yuki Kuran is awake.

Her eyes were open and glowing crimson. Before they could do anything, the syringe was stabbed into the hunters' shoulder and within 5 seconds; he was out cold on the stone floor. Yuki, using her power of compulsion, ordered the first vampire with the cuffs to put them down and to get the key from the hunter. He scurries to get the key. Yuki tells him to unlock her wrists, and then tells them to carry her out like they were going to as if she were still unconscious. The first vampire that had the cuffs picks her up and carries her out of the room. They met with other hunters who responded to a raised alarm when someone walking by caught on to what was going on.

Yuki orders them to fight the hunters. They let her down and began to fight. As they were fighting, Yuki begins to run for the door at the end of the hall. Just as she reaches the door, she meets with another hunter, face to face. 'I'm this close to being free again and this ingrate thinks he's going to stop me! I DON'T THINK SO!' She stares angrily towards the hunter, not caring of the consequences or what happens to the hunter. She pushes him through the door. Then she feels an indescribable pain as she is shot from behind, through the right side of her torso. She stops, spins around to face her attacker. She's shot again in her left shoulder. Her strength is weakening. She holds her fear of being recaptured back as she forces tornado-force winds in through the halls and slams her attacker unconscious against the far walls.

She hears the noise of fighting behind her. She spins around to see Cross, Yagari, Zero, Kain, and, Aidou fighting the vampire that was in the van and other hunters that answered to the raised alarm. She puzzled to see them there. Then she sees Kaname as well. She takes a step forward with her left hand stretched forward. Another step and she begins to feel lightheaded. Another step and the whole world begin to spin. She tries to take another step towards Kaname, but the world fades to blackness. Zero barely catches her before she hits the ground.

They now have her, but they still have yet to get out, all of them. Kaname picks up Cross by the waist and runs for a near by airfield where Kain and Aidou have a helicopter fueled and waiting. Kain picks grab Yagari by the arm and they ran at vampire speed with Yagari waving up and down like a flag. On they way, Yagari put up such a fuss, that Kain had a hard time holding him. When they all got to the helicopter, they climbed in. When in the air, Zero and Cross sees how red in the face Yagari was, staring at Kain who was grinning. Yagari is obviously feeling extremely embarrassed at being dragged by a vampire to safety. However, right now, he can't seem to enjoy the irony of that whole situation. Zero held Yuki, who had been shot twice and passed out. Her injuries were not life threatening but she will need blood, a place to recover, and rest.

Zero shifts his gaze from Yagari to Kaname. For the first time, for as long as he can remember, Zero saw concern in Kaname's eyes. But not just concern for Yuki; Zero also saw anger for what she went through. Zero could feel the anger emanating from him. Zero dropped his eyes down to Yuki. He began to move to hand her to Kaname but he said "No", shaking his head. He would take her when they landed safely on the ground. Just then the helicopter began to shake, violently. Zero looked down and realized Yuki's eyes were open but there was fear in her eyes. Her heart and pulse was racing. Yuki was panicking. Zero tried to reassure her she was ok, but she stiffened and tried to get away. If Zero had let her go, she would have fallen out of the helicopter. She was delirious. Kaname was focusing to try to gain control of the helicopter, but found it harder then he thought. He needed Yuki to stop shaking them; she needed to sleep again for now. While trying to stabilize the helicopter, Kaname reached out to touch Yuki. She saw a hand reaching out to touch her, but she slapped it away. Then swung her hips in one swift motion, and landed her foot on Kaname squarely on his chest. Kaname barely manages to miss her next punch she was trying to kick him in his head and with speed; he reached out and touched her, rendering her asleep again. Except for Kain and Aidou, everyone's eyes went wide in disbelief that Yuki had learned how to defend herself.

They all turned and looked at Kain and Aidou, who had huge grins on their faces. Yes, Yuki did learn how to handle herself in a one on one fight. She had learned very quickly, to their surprise. One by one, they realized the helicopter hadn't stopped shaking. As a matter of fact, it was getting worse. This was no good. If Kaname can't keep this thing in the air, they would crash only 20 miles from where they just left. Kaname was focusing hard to keep them in the air. It was proving harder then he thought. The helicopter was still shaking, but no where near as bad. Zero holds tight to Yuki, but focuses on Kaname. He could feel the enormous amount of power emanating from Kaname. His heart was pounding as he realizes Kaname can't keep this up for long and they are still a long way off from their destination. Kaname begins to shake a little and a bead of sweat begins to find its' way down his cheek. His eyes are clenched tight and he begins to breathe harder like there's not enough air. Zero, begins to realize to his horror, that they will never make it to their destination and will crash into the forest below. The more Kaname shakes, the more the helicopter shakes. Zero looks out to the forest below and sees they are loosing altitude. Before he gets a chance to look back at Kaname, he sees the trees coming up to them fast. He looked over to Kaname again, but now he's passed out and Kain is holding him as he realizes they're going to crash. He holds on to Yuki protectively, as they hit the ground.

Kain slowly regains consciousness. He feels pain in his arm and his head. He doesn't remember why he should be hurting so badly. He opens his eyes to realize he was out in the woods. Slowly he begins to remember, Yuki, the rescue, the fight, the helicopter…..crashing. His eyes went wide. He sits up in a hurry and the percussion band playing in his head plays as loudly as it can. He goes to hold his head, but trying to move his arm proves impossible. It was broken. Slowly, he begins to survey the wreckage. He sees Aidou, Kaname, and Yagari. His eyes widen as he realizes Cross, Zero and Yuki are no where to be seen. He looks over to the helicopter and sees its smoking but no fire…yet. Despite the pain, he jumps to his feet and feels very light headed, but fights it. He runs over to the helicopter and sees Yuki and Cross on the other side. 'Wait, where is Zero?' he thought to himself.

To his horror, he looks down into the cabin of the helicopter and sees Zero pinned with his legs beneath the helicopter. Kain hears someone stirring from behind him and he turns his head to see who it is. Aidou groans as he slowly opens his eyes and he lies there dazed for a moment. He sits up quickly and grabs his shoulder as he groans again. An anguished moan escapes his lips as he realizes his head is threatening to explode. Aidou tries to get up but he can't move his arm.

He manages another way and runs to check on the people he can find. He first checks on Kaname who has a huge gash on the right side of his face, but his pulse is strong and steady. Yagari barely has a pulse but no visible signs of injury. He looks for others and sees Kain on top of the helicopter. Kain is saying something, but for some reason, Aidou can't hear him. He starts running over to see what Kain is trying to say.

When he gets there, and he sees Cross and Yuki lying there by the helicopter, then he sees the smoke. Aidou asks Kain where Zero is. That's when Aidou notices he can not hear is own voice and he sees where Zero is pinned. Neither of them can lift the helicopter without help do to their injuries. Kain notices the smoke getting worse and if they don't do something soon, the helicopter will catch on fire and possibly explode with Zero trapped under it. Aidou and Kain rush over to Cross and Yuki to pull them farther way from the wreckage, then rush back to see that Kaname had woken up and it seems he is very aware of the danger. Kain tells Kaname that Zero is pinned underneath the helicopter. Normally this would be nothing for Kaname, but as it is, he over exerted himself earlier. His aching body was pleading to rest some more.

The three of them work together to lift the helicopter off of Zero, so that one of them can reach in and get Zero out. With Kain and Aidou's use of only one arm each, this task was proving to be harder than it should have been. Aidou let go to reach for Zero, but it was too much of a strain on the other two. Cross wakes up and, although he's hurting, he seems to be ok. Kain, Aidou, and Kaname try again while Cross reaches in and pulls Zero out. Kain and Aidou carry Zero to safety; Kaname stumbles behind them. Just as they reach a safe distance, the helicopter goes up in flames. Seconds later, it explodes. They watch as they realize how close they were to loosing their own lives. They gather everyone together and Cross starts to look everyone over. He tries to start with Kaname first, but he refuses. He checks over Kain and notices he has a broken arm that isn't healing. He feels the arm more and realizes it needs to be reset first. He resets it, and then moves onto Aidou.

He finds his shoulder is dislocated, so he maneuvers it back into place. He runs to take a look at Zero. Both of his legs are shattered and he knows full well he will need blood when he wakes up. Kaname sits with Yuki, who has a piece of shrapnel lodged in her left leg. Her own healing abilities compromised by anti-vampire bullets that hit her. He dares not pull it out or she could bleed to death. Cross next checked on Yagari, but by the time Cross got to him, it was too late. Yagari was gone. Cross was saddened by the loss of his friend, but also knows that this is not the time to grieve. Other lives were at stake. The rest of them were going to have to get out of there before anyone finds them; two will have to be carried. Kain and Aidou, now having healed their arm/ shoulder, are able to carry Zero and Yuki. Aidou, still unable to hear anything, follows behind Cross and Kaname. Since Kaname is still to weak on his own, he is having to lean on Cross for support.

TBC