A/N, warning, and disclaimer: Please read the first chapter. It is all posted there, otherwise for this chapter please read the A/N at the end.

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 'E' yet?

The Last Kuran

Chapter 8: Here comes the rain

Rima and Shiki found that today's excuse for the photographers' bad mood, was due to the cloudy over cast and it felt like rain; which would delay rapping up this shoot. They all hurried as best as they can to finish the shoot before it started to rain in the hopes of being able to leave and head back home, but there a complication. "Please excuse me." Rima said. "I need a break." The photographer grumbled but allowed it. "Kay, fine but hurry up." He grumbled some more.

While Rima was gone, Shiki went to check on the others. Remembering to be cautious when he entered the trailer, he knocked and then walked in. It seems that everyone was doing better, except Zero who still looked like he was in a great deal of pain still. He turned to his cousin, "Is there anything I can get for you Kaname-Sama?" he asked. "No Shiki, thank you." He bowed and turned to leave to head back. Fifteen minutes later, Rima returned. "What took you so long Rima?" asked Shiki. "Just taking care of business. That's all." she replied, in a bored tone.

Mean while in the trailer, Cross got up to check on Zero. One of his legs was lying in an odd way. He was now cursing himself for a fool for not seeing his adopted son this way till now. Seeing the concern in cross's eyes, Kaname got up to check on what exactly was the cause of concern. Yuki, about to get up and join him, was told to stay put; that Zero didn't need everyone crowding him. Yuki didn't like being told to stay away. After all, she had spent the last several years taking care of things by herself without any help, but she stayed where she was…out of the way for now.

Kaname walked over to where Cross and Zero were and saw the problem that had Cross so worried. Zero's leg wasn't healing correctly and the reason was obvious; his lower leg was resting at an odd angle, indicating that that part of his leg will need help. Why hadn't he seen this sooner? They needed to fix his leg and get him healing as quickly as possible. He's not sure if they truly lost the others that were following their trail, but if they showed up, they needed Zero to be able to run if needed. Kaname turned to the others and told them to set up a perimeter to make sure that they were not found yet. The others left to set up a perimeter.

Kaname needed to get them out of there. He knew that Zero would not want to show any weakness in front of anyone, but felt the others would understand. When the others left, he turned back to Zero. "Your leg isn't healing because it's not set to the correct angle. We need to reset it so you can heal. It will be extremely painful." Kaname grabbed a shirt that was tossed aside and handed it to Zero. "Put this between your teeth so that when I reset your leg." Zero just looked at him for a moment, but did as he was told. Cross went around behind Zero and pulled back his arms to keep him from pushing Kaname away when he started. Kaname put one hand just below his knee and the other just above his ankle. "On the count of three, I will pull." Both Cross and Zero nodded in understanding. Cross braced himself and held tightly to Zero's arms. "One….two…three" and on three, Kaname pulled Zero's leg and straightened it out. Zero screamed before passing out. "When he wakes up, he will need blood, my blood." he said as he looked up to Cross. Cross understood. Zero could take the tablets, but his body won't heal as fast as they would need it to on the blood tablets. Pure blood is what was going to be needed to faster healing.

Yuki, having stayed out of the way came up to her brother. "Onii-Sama, you know that it is forbidden to give your blood to another except for your mate. Do you intend to make him your mate?" she asked hoping that wasn't the case. "You know that I want to see Zero healing as fast as possible. That seeing him hurt, hurts me, but to give him your blood?" Yuki said, not wanting Kaname to be in trouble, considering the situation they currently were in. "Imoto (*), we don't have the luxury of time for the blood tables to do their job for him. He must have pureblood to heal as quickly as possible. We may still have the hunters and other vampires chasing after us and if Zero can't walk, he will be a liability that will have to be left behind. We can't continue to carry him and wait for the blood tablets to work." Yuki looked like she was about to argue, but thought better of it, finally seeing the logic of what he said. Too many other lives are on the line. She hated it, she was horrified by it, but knew he was right.

Just at that moment, Zero moaned, pain once again etched on his face. Once his lavender eyes opened, he hissed on an intake of breath. "You need blood to heal faster and deal with your pain better. They sooner you can move the better. I can't count on our luck to continue to hold out." Zero looked ready about to argue, but one look to Yuki; who was desperately nodding her head in agreement, and he nodded is own. When Zero latched onto Kaname's neck, he began to feel better almost instantaneously. The heavy throb of pain in his leg was leveling down to a dull throb. When he let go, he cleaned the wound his fangs left behind. Zero nodded his head again looking directly into Kaname's eyes, reluctantly saying thank you. He received his own nod in return. "You will need to feed one more time in the morning." Zero didn't like it, but he understood. He nodded again, then laid his head back and closed his eyes to take a nap. Cross left to help with the perimeter watch while Yuki and Kaname went back to bed to catch up on the last five years. Kaname still refused to explain what happened the night he disappeared and why he was in hiding the whole time saying only that he would explain later.

Hours passed, and Rima and Shiki returned. "The shoot is finished finally and the others are leaving. We have decided to remain to help in any way we can." Shiki said. Rima got some clean glasses out and prepared more water with blood tables dissolving in them for everyone. Cross returned to eat and sleep and saw Rima was busy so she offered a glass of water to Cross. Shiki offered to take the drinks to the others saying only that she looked tired. Shiki left to take the substitute blood out to the others that are still watching the perimeter. An hour later and those that are in the trailer are all fast asleep.

The next morning, Zero wakes up feeling better then he had since the helicopter incident, but in trying to move his leg didn't exactly feel to good; but still better than before. Next Kaname woke up, and when he moved, Yuki woke up as well. Kaname walked over to Zero and looked at him intently, making Zero feel like a germ under a microscope. "How do you feel Zero?" Still feeling unnerved by the intense look, but refusing to show it he answered. "Better, but my leg still hurts. It's not done healing yet." Kaname nodded in understanding. He thought it would be like that, thus the reason why he said he would feed him his blood again this morning. "Zero, it's time for your next feeding." Kaname said. Zero hated this, really hated this, but knew he had no choice. If he wanted a chance to live and fight to keep Yuki safe, he had no choice. Again reluctantly, he nodded again. Kaname positioned his throat for easy access to allow Zero to drink.

Zero bit his throat slowly to cause less pain for Kaname. A few minutes later, Zero once again detached himself and licked the puncture wounds clean. Yuki was thirsty, so she started to fix a round of tablet water for everyone. When Rima's cell phone vibrated on the counter, Kaname heard it and was also the closest to it, so he picked it up to look at the caller I.D. What he saw caused him to see red, literally. Rido Kuran was the name displayed. Why does Rima have that bastard's number? Why is he even calling her? There is something going on here and Kaname didn't like it at all. There was something else that was bothering him. How was it that Rima was able to lie to him when he used his power of compulsion of truth on her when the answer struck him. He's now remembering back to when he showed up. 'I am always on the side of Kuran, my Lord.' and his bastard uncle was a Kuran. She told the truth and he blindly accepted the answer given to him!

He looked around to find the traitorous bitch, but she was no where to be found. He saw Shiki so he walked over to wake the other vampire. "Where is Rima?" Kaname demanded to a very confused Shiki. He looked to where she had fallen asleep to find the spot now empty. "I don't know Kaname-Sama, she slept here last night.

Kaname seriously doubted that. At the moment, the only things he knew was 1) The only ones he could trust was the small band of people that fought to save Yuk. And 2), That Rima had betrayed him, but why? At that moment, Kain came rushing into the trailer, eyes frantically looking at Kaname. "The enemy is closing in on us and there is a pureblood among them." "Run and go get the others, and come back here." Kain was gone for only one minute, but came back with the others.

By then, Kaname was carrying Zero since his leg hasn't fully healed enough to support his weight. Kaname leads them out of there and they all run for awhile until they come up to a meadow. The threat now further behind them, hopefully it will give Zero's leg enough time to heal. It only took Kaname a few minutes to come to an important decision. "We are going to end this, and this is where we are going to fight it out."

That's when the rain started to fall in sheets.

A/N: Imoto mean younger sister in Japanese. The web site below is where I pulled the information from. If I am incorrect, please for give me.

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