Me: Hai everyone! Sorry I haven't been updating. I've been working on Vampire Neko for a while.
Zero: Hey Ikuto, remember what we did in the last chapter?
Ikuto: *blush* Please don't talk about that.
Zero: Aww the little kitty embarrassed?
Me:Zero stop that, that is so out of character for you.
I do NOT own Shugo Chara or Vampire Knight in any way.

Chapter 17. Fixing a Broken Ikuto

Ikuto's POV

My alarm clock went off, scaring the hell out of me. I reached over to turn it off. I sat up and looked at Zero. He looks so cute when he sleeps. So innocent looking. I remembered what happened last night and I blushed. I poked Zero on the cheek a few times, trying to wake him up. He stirred a little bit then he slowly opened his eyes, revealing his amethyst eyes I loved to stare into.

I smiled."Good morning, Zero"

Zero kissed me on the forehead "Good morning, Ikuto"

(Time Skip)

"You know, you don't have to hold my hand when I walk to school." I said, looking Zero's hand which was holding mine tightly.

"I just want to. I'm worried about you." Zero replied.

"Why do you worry about me so much?" I asked.

"First of all, I'm your guardian angel so I'm supposed to worry about you and second of all, since you're my lover, I'm gonna be very protective of you." Zero said before he kissed me lightly on the lips. I felt the blood rush up to my face.

"You're so cute when you're embarrassed, Ikuto-koi." Zero teased.

"Shut up. Don't call me Ikuto-koi." I said, blushing even more.

Zero laughed.

(Another Time Skip)

At the end of class, the PA system came on.

"Students, please gather at the audiotorium at this time. There are a few announcements we would like to make before winter break." a voice (probably Tadase's) said.

Almost immediately, the students stampeded out the classroom and flooded the audiotorium a few minutes later. Suddenly, Tadase's voice boomed from the loud speakers. I didn't even pay attention to most of the stuff that Tadase was saying. It was mostly about upcoming school events, survey results and other things I could care less about.

"Now we are going to announce the new Guardian members."

Now this sounds sort of interesting.

"As usual the King's chair will be me, Tadase Hotori and the the Jack's chair will be Kairi Sanjou." Tadase said."And here are the new members; the Queen's chair will be Rima Mashiro, the Ace's chair will be Hotaru Miyamoto, and the Joker will be...Ikuto Tsukiyomi."

What?

"Why did you make me a member without my permission?" I demanded after the audiotorium cleared out.

"There wasn't anyone else who could fill the position." Tadase said."Besides we could use your help on finding the Embryo."

"What's an embryo?" Hotaru asked, tilting her head in curiousity.

"It's a rare egg that can grant any wish. We're helping the guardian angels look for it." Kairi explained.

"Wow. That sounds really cool." Hotaru said.

"Do you really think something like that exists?" I said.

"Tsukiyomi-kun, what are you talking about?" Tadase asked.

"Do you know why the Embryo is so hard to find? It's because it doesn't exist!" I yelled angrily."Why do you guys believe in something as stupid as that?"

I ran out of the audiotorium and sprinted all the way home.

Zero's POV

"Why did you say those mean things to them?" I asked.

"It's really none of your business. Besides it's true."

"What is?"

"I don't really believe the Embryo actually exists. I don't even know why that old hag is making me look for it." Ikuto said.

"By old hag, you mean Hoshina, right?"

"Don't say his name when I'm around! He killed my parents and got away with it. I'll never forgive him for it!" Ikuto hissed.

"I'm sorry." I apoligized.

"You're forgiven." Ikuto said before leaning in to kiss me.

We kissed untill we had to pull away for air. We looked into each other's eyes for a few moments. Then I noticed a huge stain on Ikuto's shirt. I lightly brushed my fingers on the wet spot. I looked at my fingers which were stained with blood. I pinned Ikuto onto the bed and quickly unbuttoned his shirt.

"Mind explaining this to me?" I said.

There were numerous cuts all over Ikuto's chest. The cuts were jagged and they looked pretty deep. Most of them were starting to heal, but one of them was still bleeding. The cut was deeper than the others. It started from his collarbone and it went all the way down to his stomach.

"I still cut myself; when you're not around." Ikuto admitted, with a hint of guilt in his voice.

"Why?"

"I wanted to feel pain, It's how I cope with things." Ikuto replied. He sounded like he was about to cry. I could even see a few tears run down his face.

"Ikuto, hurting yourself isn't going to solve your problems. It's just going to hurt more." I said.

"I know you don't like my cutting myself but I'm just so weak, I can't help it. Please don't hate me." Ikuto said.

"You idiot, I'll never hate you just because you're weak. You just need to get stronger." I said before I kissed him on the forehead.

"Now what are we going to do about this?" I said while looking at the large cut on Ikuto's chest.

"If you get off of me, I'll clean it up." Ikuto said,

"You don't have to do that. I've got a better idea."

"What?"

"Just stay still."

I leaned foward and started licking up and down Ikuto's stomach. I lapped up the blood that dripped from the wounds. Ikuto tensed up a little and let out a small whimper.

I looked up at him."Do you want me to stop?"

Ikuto shook his head."No, keep going. It feels good."

"Just relax, okay?"

Ikuto nodded before I went back to healing Ikuto's wound with my tongue. Since I wasn't a vampire anymore, the metallic taste of blood made me sick but I didn't care, I could tell Ikuto was enjoying this. He was moaning the whole time. When I stopped, Ikuto let out a disappointed sigh. I stared into Ikuto's sapphire orbs for a moment before kissing him again. We stayed like that until we couldn't breathe anymore.

"Does it still hurt?" I asked.

"I feel a lot better nowand actually the wounds are completely gone. Look."

I looked at Iktuo's bare chest. He was right. The cuts disappeared completely. As if they weren't there in the first place.

"How did that happen?" I asked myself.

"That doesn't matter. I'm happy to have someone like you. You've healed my wounds and you've healed my heart too. I love you." Ikuto said.

"I know. I love you as well, Ikuto."

Ikuto wrapped his arms around my neck and captured my lips into a loving kiss

Me: Yosh! Done. seriously the last line the Ikuto said sounds like something off of a cheesy shojo manga,
Ikuto: Then why did you make me say it?
Me: I thought it sounded cute so I threw it in there!
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