Yuuki was still asleep by the time I woke up and I was glad because I don't think she would take too kindly to Ruka barging into our room and throwing herself at me.

I pushed her off of me immediately and growled at her, my eyes turning a dark red. "I have never laid a hand on a woman; but for you I will reconsider." I snapped between clenched teeth.

She grew paler than she originally was and ran out of the room as fast as her impudent legs could carry her.

I growled after her and took a step forward but I felt a hand ghost across my shoulder. I straitened and looked down at the delicate hand. I followed the hand to find Yuuki, her big eyes pleading with me to calm. I sighed and nodded. I slammed the door shut and cradled her in my arms. Oh how her scent calmed me.

"Kaname, could I ever make you that mad?" I looked down at her in surprise.

"No Yuuki, even if you tried I could never be angry at you." I admitted. She eyed me unsurely.

"Even if I hid something from you?" I held her closely to me. I nodded my affirmation.

"What is it that you've been hiding from me?" I ask while nuzzling her cheek.

"W-well you see I- I've been having these dreams, and they are all the same. A man with red and blue eyes; he laughs at me and tells me he's almost awake again. He tells me that I'm going to be his and that you're going to die. Who is that man, Kaname?" she asked sounding so infuriatingly frightened.

I smoothed her hair and shush her anxieties away.

"It's all okay love I've got you." I say and she smiles at me completely innocent and trusting.

"His name is Rido, he is our uncle. He killed our parents long ago. I wasn't able to kill him and merely incapacitated him. It seems he's back and wants you to be his bride. But when I awaken your true powers you'll be able to rid the world of his presence. Of that I'm sure." I said giving her a kiss on her pouting lips.

She grinned at me and straddled my waist. I chuckled as she holds my face in her delicate hands and places kisses all over my face. I kissed her flatly on the mouth and she sighed allowing me access to her mouth. I moved down to her neck and tasted the skin there, making her shiver.

With a resounding bang the door flew open and in came the Headmaster with a basket of roses. I glared at him as Yuuki stiffened.

"Now don't look at me that way, you two have been cooped up in this room like sex crazed rabbits during mating season. I simply came to make sure that you two leave. Now Yuuki needs sunlight just like these beautiful roses. Besides I would like to introduce you to the new prefect." Yuuki turned fully to him.

A girl with short light brown, curly hair and eyes stepped out from beside the doorway. I recognize her as Yuuki's friend; I believe her name was Sayori.

Yuuki fell off my lap and onto the floor I couldn't help but chuckle as I helped her up. "Y-Yori?!" she gasped out in shock.

Her friend smiled at her and went to hug her but Yuuki had already tackled her to the ground. "I missed you soooo much!" I suddenly felt guilty for making her leave her only friend.

"I missed you too, Yuuki." She said and patted her head. Yuuki got up and helped her off the floor. Yori looked at me in the eyes and glared. I was caught off guard.

"You better treat her right or so help me I will come after you." She threatened. I smiled at her, glad that she had obviously protected Yuuki when I could not.

"I wouldn't dream of hurting her." I said with a grateful smile for all the times that she was able to care for Yuuki when I could not. She nodded in acceptance.

"Now get dressed, Yuuki we have to go into town to get some supplies, if you aren't back here in ten then I'm coming back," she looked at me, "You two." She said and dragged the Headmaster out after he was done arranging the flowers. I sighed and followed my little Yuuki to the room.

Ten minutes… five more minutes with Yuuki and five for getting dress. I smiled as I tackled Yuuki onto the bed. She giggled. "I don't think you're that good."

I winked at her and so began another adventure in between my sheets…

Five Minutes Later…

We fell back against the sheets; both of us were slightly winded. She grinned at me.

"Okay, I take that back you're amazing." She said throwing her arm over her red face.

I chuckled and wrapped a sheet around myself.

"Let's get dressed before Yori comes and drags us out." She laughed and nodded. I went to take a quick shower; in the middle of it Yuuki joined me.

We got out and Yuuki donned a white Lolita styled dress that Rima got her as a Christmas present. It was white and had black lace on it along with a matching jacket. (A/N: on profile.) Yuuki took Artemis out of my desk drawer where she kept it for safe keeping.

We walked down the stairs hand in hand to find everyone sitting in the common room, looking warily between Aidou and Yori. They were glaring at each other.

"Yori, now, now let's not be hasty." The Headmaster said holding up his hands in front of him.

"What's going on?" Yuuki asked going to her friend's side. They both straightened and Aidou bowed respectfully to Yuuki while Yori rolled her eyes. Yuuki giggled at her friend.

"This idiot over here has been nothing but trouble ever since I have started, I don't know what his problem is but he's a real nuisance." She ended with a glare sent to him.

Yuuki sighed and looked at Aidou hard. Then her eyes widened and looked between the two smiling.

"I'll talk to him when we get back; for now let's get going." She turned and latched onto my arm. She dragged me over to Yori who took Yuuki's arm. We let her drag us out.

"Be good until we get back, Aidou I'm talking to you." She yelled behind her as we all made our way out the door.

I was thankful that it was the evening so the sun wouldn't irritate my skin too much. I looked down at Yuuki who had completely stopped when we were off the steps. Her eyes were squinted at the sky.

"It's so bright out here." She said with a pout. Yori laughed.

"You've been inside too long." She knowingly, but that was only part of the reason, her vampire side wasn't use to the sun's intensity. I had seen this and I made it a point to bring a parasol. It was a lot like her dress white, black and lacy.

She smiled and took it from my hand. Yori looked at me as if I was insane.

"You spoil her, but I can't blame you. She has a way of getting what she wants." She said then laughed at Yuuki's face, she pouting at her with puppy dogs eyes. I chuckled and we carried on to the car that was waiting for us.

The ride was short but eventful considering I had my Yuuki with me and her very interesting friend.

"Look Kaname, doesn't the academy look so mysterious from here?" she said pointing to the school, I looked and I had to agree, it did.

"Yes, it does," I said and turned to Yori, "what are we getting from the town Yori."

"Oh well he gave me a list," she pulled it from her pocket, "Let's see. Two bottles of red wine, apples, flour, milk, and it gets unclear after that. He was in a hurry so it's all chicken scratch. Yuuki can you read it?" she handed the list to Yuuki.

"Umm…," she squinted, "Oh, French bread, two dozen eggs, and… mud… goblets? What, that doesn't sound right." She mumbled the last part. She pointed at the messy hand writing with a look that said help.

I took a look at it and began to laugh.

Yuuki POV

I showed it to Kaname and he began to laugh, his head was thrown back and I could clearly see his fangs. Yori tensed when she saw them but I began to smile at him.

He smiled at us and shook his head. "Yuuki that says blood tablets, the shipment has come in early and it appears the Headmaster couldn't get to it in time it's been there since yesterday. No wonder he wanted me to come, it's on the part of town Level E's are known to be." He explained with another wide smile, his fangs slipped out. And I poked at them not able to help myself.

Yori gasped at me and Kaname closed his eyes, obviously enjoying this. "What?" I asked her.

"No offense but isn't that… dangerous?" Yori asked and I looked back at her confused.

"No, I don't think it is; besides even if it was Kaname won't hurt me. He's already tasted my blood and he likes it and I can't help it there shiny and sharp and- ow!" I was cut off when I nicked my finger on his fang. Yori gasped and went to take my hand but Kaname had stolen it and stuck it in his mouth. I glared at him as he licked the droplets off my finger, then he groaned but it was muffled against my finger and I couldn't help but blush.

"And it seems he has a taste for you." She said shaking her head eying Kaname with suspicious look.

"You can't blame that on him. It was accident, swear." I said holding my right hand up.

"Fiiiiine." I smiled and patted her leg gently. Kaname chuckled at us as the car came to a stop just outside the town's gate.

We got out and made our way to the market by the time we were down with the grocery shopping the sun was setting and it didn't help that I kept seeing pretty things in the windows of the clothing stores, but Kaname said that we could always come back later to get them when we weren't doing something important.
"I agree Yuuki, now stop looking or you'll hold everything." Said with conviction, I pouted.

"But I'll trip I'm not very good at carrying heavy things." She started to laugh at that and Kaname chuckled at my assumption.

"I disagree you can carry a very large load Yuie…" he whispered in my ear. I nearly fell over as my face heated up.

"K-Kaname!" I cried with a pout. "We're in public!" I whisper-yelled at him, my face beet red. He just shrugged at me as though it didn't matter.

"What did he say, Yuuki?" Yori asked with raised brow. I shook my head at her. "N-nothing, he said nothing." I didn't look at her. She shook her head at me.

"Let's get going before it starts getting late." Kaname said like nothing happened at all. Yori followed him and so did I. We were almost back when a Level E jumped out from a building. It lunged straight at me, but stopped and said something made all of stop.

"You're… like us, vampire."

After that my hallucination began…

Yori POV

The vampire lunged at Yuuki but stopped, he looked at her for a moment. "You're… like us, vampire." I stopped; what had he meant by that.

Yuuki froze for just a second before she dropped the bread and apples and pulled out what Headmaster called her Artemis rod, but it was different from what he described this one had twin blades. I stared as she took him done with ease; she was graceful, like a vampire. It surprised me that Kaname wasn't helping at all especially when five more came out. I went to set everything down but Kaname stopped me.

"Watch." He said with a small smile and I did, I watched as she killed the vampires not even breaking a sweat. When she was done she swung it to get rid of the excess blood and put it away and smiled at us.

"Now I'm sleepy." She yawned, and I couldn't laugh at her.

"You're always sleepy. Come on it's getting late." I said with a small smile.

Kaname POV

Yuuki picked up the groceries she dropped and motioned for me to bend over. "Yuuki's still having a hallucination. I had to step in. We have to hurry and get home; things are changing in her mind she'll black out." She whispered frantically in my ear.

My eyes narrowed. "Yori, Yuuki, hold on to me." I said lightly they did what I said, though Yori was confused. I teleported to the Headmaster's living room, where he was sipping tea. I shook my head as the girls set the things down in the kitchen. "Headmaster, I need Yuuki's room." He nodded but frowned. Just at that moment there was a crash and Yori ran out the room.

"There's something wrong with Yuuki, she just collapsed!" Yori yelled and I hurried in to find her lying on the floor on her stomach. I picked her up slowly and cradled her to my chest as I calmly walked towards her room.

"How are you so calm?" Yori asked as paced. I looked up at her when I finished tucking Yuuki in.

"I want you to swear to secrecy, because you are her best friend and because what I'm about to tell you could kill her if gotten out." She nodded her head furiously.

"Yuuki has been having hallucinations, dreams, and terrible headaches all because the seal her mother placed on her ten years ago is breaking. She is slowly going mad and will soon turn into a vampire if I don't change her back soon. I can only do that when her uncle comes to kill me and take her. Then she will kill him and save her simply because he is technically my master. He woke me to kill her family but I joined her parents." I said held Yuuki's hand. She was quiet for a moment.

"So what that vampire said was true? She is one of you?" I nodded slowly.

Yuuki was suddenly on the other side of the room. Leaning against the wall as she sat there, her palm placed against it. I stood to go over to her carefully but her hands were held up her eyes pleading, her palms were covered in blood and the wall had her hand print on it. My eyes widened as the smell of her blood hit my nose.

"Yori get the headmaster and then go find Yagari. Tell him that the headmaster needs him and that it's urgent. He should be in class with the rest of the night class. Hurry." She nodded and ran out the room.

I kneeled before my Yuuki. "Yuuki I won't hurt you I promise." I said gently holding out my hand. She shook her head.

"No I don't believe you; you will you said so in all those dreams." She huddled into the corner further.

"No Yuuki, it is Kaname. Please see that." I said just as the Headmaster came in.

"You're lying! Kaname doesn't have those eyes. They aren't cold." The Headmaster came closer and took up the same position.

"NO, please don't hurt me Zero!" the Headmaster froze and looked at me.

"She's afraid of him." I said under my breath, he sighed. Suddenly a thought occurred to me.

"Yuuki, don't you want to be like mother and father?" I repeated the same words that I always said to her when we were younger.

Her eyes widened and she leapt into my arms. "Kaname don't ever leave me again." She cried into my chest.

"Shhh, it's alright. I'm here now and I won't ever leave you again." I smiled at her and knocked her out with my powers. I set her down in the bed.

"Well you really didn't need me." The Headmaster sighed, I looked at him.

"Yes I do. We need to talk tomorrow is the start of summer and Shiki should be back within five days. When he comes back that is when Rido will come. Yagari should be here soon."

"I'm right here and I'd like to know why I'm here." He interrupted as he leant against the wall with Yori making her way over to the other side of the bed. I looked up at him.

"A pureblood is coming to slaughter whoever gets in his way while he is trying to get my precious Yuuki. That includes all the students and faculty at this school." His eye widened then hardened.

"Why does he want her?" he asked looking over at her skeptically.

"You'll find out." I stated looking down at Yuuki. Her hair was spread out around her pillow and she looked like a child. I smiled at her.

"Why is it that you want my help yet you won't tell me the specifics of it?" he questioned coming closer. I sighed and looked up at him.

"Can't you see she is special, I have taken an interest in her after all."

"What's so special about her?" he asked as he sat at the end of the bed. I brushed her hair out of her face.

"She has that rare gift to charm anyone she meets." The Headmaster answered when I didn't. He snorted and rolled his eyes.

"She hasn't charmed me." He said and the Headmaster smiled at him.

"You haven't gotten to know her yet." I said softly. He snorted and I looked up at him lazily.

"I thought you were supposed to be scary and cold. You've gone soft." He said crossing his arms.

"No, he only acts like this with Yuuki; he's always had a soft spot for her." Yori said finally said then winked at me. I chuckled at this.

"No wonder someone's after her, you've killed an aristocrat and a pureblood over her." I smiled at that.

"She really doesn't need any protection." Yori said standing and casting a dark look his way.

"What do mean?" the Headmaster asked curiously.

"Well, she has that scythe of hers." She said and Headmaster's jaw fell and then he glared at me.

"Why in God's name didn't you tell me she unlocked its true potential?! Honestly Kaname here I thought you were telling me everything. Is there anything else I need to know?" he yelled at the top of his lungs.

"When Yuuki was brought to the infirmary, it was because she was having an episode like she is now. She has been slowly turning into a vampire. If I don't bite her soon, she'll go insane with her blood lust." I sighed and ran a hand through my hair. Headmaster groaned and shook his head.

"And why didn't you feel the need to tell me this?" he half yelled.

"I told you the things I do with Yuuki were not to be discussed anymore not until the time came when I had to change her. I told you she was none of your concern anymore, she is after all mine." I said coldly.

"Kaname! She is my daughter-" I cut him off.

"She is not your daughter; she was simply put into your care." I said and he sighed loudly.

"Kaname, what has gotten into you?" he asked softly.

"Yuuki will have to fight alone with a pureblood vampire that could possibly take her away from me. It is frustrating, so I'm sorry if I am a bit aggravation." I said sarcastically whilst I glared at him. I heard the window crack slightly as everyone gasped.

I massaged my temples as the window cracked more. A pair of arms wrapped around me and petted my head. "There, there don't cry. I'm here it's all alright now." I froze at the familiar statement made so long ago. I heard the door open then close.

"Oh Yuuki." I whispered softly and tackled her to the bed. I moved my ear to her chest and listened to her heart, and then I looked up to her face. Her eyes were half lidded with sleep and her lips were upturned into a smile. I fell asleep like this, with my head on her chest and her comforting me.