Wahoo! I love all my reviews, faves, and alerts! xD I thought that I will not get not a single review etc... but you had all proved me wrong! xD I own nothing but my seventh grade mini project. Funny, cause this story was really part of my friend's life. He had found a random key by the girl's locker room one day we were walking and he kept it. Right before graduation for the eight graders, he saw that one girl dropped a lock. It was his crush, so he picked it up for her. The lock looked exactly the same as the key, the girl had said that the lock belonged to her grandmother. It was really nice, with a beautiful rose cravings around it. The lock had a small rose around the head, so he took it out and it belonged to the lock! xD It was really weird and shit, so my friend started to date her. His discoveries gave me and A on my project! xD

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The Chosen Mate

Whataya Want From Me

"Zero!"

Kaname looked up to see a fragile looking woman, he didn't pay attention to her as he looked down to the sleeping man in his arms. He flinched when the girl was looking Zero over, he didn't want her to touch him. He was about to tell her to scram when his eyes widened a bit, now looking closer to the girl, she reminded him of his mother. An exact replica, although his mother had elegance, and grace but she must had looked like that in her youth.

"I'm so sorry Zero! I promise that I will go with you to take the trash out!" Yuki had tears running down her chocolate-brown eyes.

"Miss, you're his girlfriend?" Aidou asked looking at the long-haired brunette.

"No, I'm his best friend, Yuki," she had huge tears running down her face.

"Yuki, where does Mr. Kiryu live?" Takuma smiled.

"He lives with me," Yuki sniffed looking at the handsome emerald-eyed blond. She noticed a ring on his ring finger and blushed looking down.

"Well he has to stay in bed and take some vitamins," Aidou said writing down.

"I'll look after him." Yuki began to smile. Maybe their step-father can take care of them, she smiled and looked at the blue-eyed doctor who smiled at her.

"OK." Aidou smiled looking at the brunette girl, ignoring the other people in the waiting areas.

Zero tossed in the bed as images of that morning played over his mind. He tried so hard to erase it, the man on top of him, biting, feeding from his blood, whispering a word in his ear. He wanted to kill the man, how could he had let him do that. He felt self-disgust with himself. Zero wanted to punch the man he was dreaming of- or in his case having nightmares of.

Zero slowly opened his eyes to see his creamed colored ceiling. He opened them and looked around, he noticed Yuki talking to a red-head with a happy smile on her face. Then there were a couple of people there he didn't know- no he did. It was the same people who were with him in the doctor's office.

"Zero," Yuki walked towards him and smiled her motherly smile.

"How long was I out," Zero yawned.

"All day, right now it's almost time for me to go to work," Yuki said tying her long strands into a ponytail.

"Damn, I'm glad I'm off today. Good luck with Kaito." Zero mumbled as he was about to close his eyes but cracked them wide open when a face was in front of his.

Zero scrambled backwards and landed on him bum on the floor, he glared at the Doctor who sweat-dropped as he had a flashlight in one hand. Zero hissed as he stood up and sat back on his bed, he looked down to see that he was shirtless, he almost squeaked and covered himself. He glared at a smirking certain russet-eyed colored man.

"Zero, your wounds were healed, thanks to his salve." Yuki smiled innocently not knowing what was going on.

"It's a special salve that comes from Malaysia." Aidou said with a soft cough covering his cheeks.

"Thanks..." Zero mumbled still covering himself.

"Crud, I've got to go! Bye Zero! Bye everyone!" Yuki grabbed her bag and left.

Once she left, Zero felt the atmosphere turn cold. He looked around to see everyone with a serious face, he knew what they were going to say. Oh, how he wished it was a nightmare and he could wake up laughing with Yuki as he told her all about it. Sadly, this was the real shitty life.

"We know Rido will be back." Aidou began.

"How are you all going to trap him, he is insane. And what's the deal with that man anyways? I explained everything to you all and now it's your problem leave me out of this." Zero said walking to his closet to grab a new shirt and some pants. Blushing he put them on and glared as they turned their heads away to give him some privacy.

"This became your problem the moment he turned you," Kaname narrowed his russet eyes.

"I did not ask for this, sorry." Zero threw his arms in the air acting like he was fifteen all over again. He was way past that stage now.

"None of this, but you're actually lucky that he turned you." Takuma said with a smile.

"Why's that?" Zero looked at them cutely tilting his head to one side making his silvery bangs go one way.

"Father has only killed his victims in the past. You're the only one who has been turned by him." Senri said looking at Zero as he sat on his bed.

"That man is your father? This world is getting crazier every single day," Zero blew some of his bangs up.

"Right," Senri smirked.

"What are you going to do?" Zero asked after a while of awkwardness.

"One of us will be with you that way we can have time on how to trap Rido." Kaname said rubbing his chin.

"One of you? Who?" Zero looked between all of them he didn't want them to be in his home. He wanted to sleep dammit!

"I will," Shiki raised his hand as he smiled at the silver-haired man.

Zero groaned as they began to tell him that Shiki will also be working at Cross Senior Living, damn Cross to hell. Zero thought as he listened that he will now be working the morning shift with Shiki since two employees were fired for stealing from the elderly. He would be basically stalking him, wearing a disguise. they all nodded and began to move towards the door when Shiki asked to use the bathroom. Zero led him and went to the others, he saw Takuma fidget on his spot looking at the bathroom door.

"Calm down, he's just taking a leak," Aidou snorted.

Kaname ignored them and payed attention to Zero as the teen unconsciously grabbed his key, Kaname wanted to know if Zero was indeed his uncle's mate. Something stirred inside of the pure blood, he doesn't want anyone else to touch the silver-haired teen. He didn't want him to smile at anyone else but him. Kaname wanted to know how many boyfriends or girlfriends Zero has had in the past. His eyes narrowed, he hoped Zero didn't have a boyfriend or girlfriend right now, or he will make sure to parish them into thin air.

"-me, Kaname. Yo, you there?" Takuma asked looking at their leader.

Kaname snapped out of his trance, he looked at everyone who shivered and cuddled to each other even Zero was between Takuma and Aidou. He didn't know that his powers were flowing right out of his body, he quickly dominated them and smiled apologizing.

"I'm sorry, I was just thinking." he smiled, though that smile reminded Zero of a kid promising that he will not poke the dead bird.

"I don't even want to know who're you thinking of," Shiki cuddled Takuma who held him closer to his body, Kaname hadn't even realized that his cousin was there.

"Well, Shiki, your training starts in two days at six 'o clock in the morning," Zero smacked his head on the desk when Kain finished.

Zero half glared at his boss, no way in hell he was going to call this excuse for a human being dad. He would rather eat his left arm first that call him that, he saw as Shiki smiled happily signing down the stack of papers. Oh they told Kain about Zero's accident that happened last week. A week passed, and Zero still had nightmares of that dreaded morning. Yuki still worked at night, he wanted to crash Kain's skull trough the window, why couldn't he had put her there with them? Kain smiled, the bastard smiled, and announced that she would train two new workers along with Kaito.

"Cool! So what are we suppose to do in the meantime?" Shiki asked looking at the brochures Kain gave them.

"Here's your uniform, small..." Zero tuned them out and looked at the window behind the man. He loved watching the fake water fountain, it looked so peaceful, serene, he just wanted to sleep there and not do a thing. Zero looked at the beautiful decorated fountain, many colored roses adorned there thanks to the maintenance. He smiled and waved when one of the flirty caregivers waved, Zero rolled his eyes remembering her. They got hired the same day.

"Let's go!" Zero heard Shiki and was escorted out, they walked to Shiki's car since Zero had a problem with passing his smog test, his transmission was broke or something like that. He really wanted a bike, sadly he had to save up to buy a house first, then his bike. Being twenty-three and having a roommate really sucked. He likes Yuki, it's just that she's loud sometimes, and can't cook, Zero had ran inside the house every time he leaves Yuki alone in case she burnt down the kitchen, again.

"So, what should I need to know first, give me the bad news and then good news." Shiki said looking over the papers.

"Well, there is an elderly named..."

Zero began to tell them from Natalie to Jo, Shiki grimaced at this. He really didn't feel like serving Jo, if she was like that. God knows what has in store for them. He checked around sensing that someone was watching them. Shiki frowned when he saw many elderly walk around getting their daily exercise, he smiled fondly taking a bow and going on their way.

"Zero, hurry," Shiki said taking a hold of Zero's hand and ushered them inside the car. He buckled his seatbelt and turned on the car.

Zero was confused and wanted to ask what was going on the moment they left. Shiki was driving and checking the rear mirror every five seconds. Zero looked behind them and saw a white car with tinted windows hot on their trail. He couldn't even see the figure, he saw that they were going on the freeway, Zero clutched his shirt and noticed Shiki take a phone out putting it on speakers.

"Hello,"

"Kaname, I'm now on the freeway West 80, we are being followed by a white car. Can't see the figure because of tainted windows. I'm going to try to lose him and head to another direction."

"Copy, I'll send back, be careful. It could be him." Kaname said in a dark tone making Zero shiver in a violent way.

"Roger," Shiki heard the call end and put it close to him.

"Where are we going?" Zero asked wide-eyed.

"Loosing them," Shiki stepped on the accelerator, making Zero jerk backwards.

Zero noticed the car behind them speed, he turned back to see that Shiki had a stern face. They zig-zag around the cars, going in between, dodging him in every way possible. Zero was about to speak when the car behind them smashed behind them, Shiki didn't stop but speed even more. He will be damned if his father caught them. Zero looked behind him to see that they had a huge dent on Shiki's car, he noticed that the car behind them had another dent.

"Shit," Shiki cursed glaring at the car behind them.

"What are we going to do?" Zero asked looking at the russet-haired colored male who glared at the rear mirror.

"We will have to ditch the car and go somewhere else," Shiki answered seeing an exit where a bunch of trailers were stocking.

Shiki watched as the car was now being chased by police cars, he smirked. But it quickly left his lips thinking that they will notice them too, he quickly exited the route speeding through the trees realizing that the white car was still after them. He unbuckled his seat belt grabbing all the things he needed. He had told Zero to unbuckle because when he parked the car they would make a run towards one of the trailers where it was packing some frozen food.

"Now!"

Zero got out of the car following Shiki towards the parked trailer, he was right behind Shiki. He looked behind to see a figure still driving their way even faster if possible. He looked forward once again to see more than one trailer being parked. Shiki chose one of them looking behind when the car stopped and quickly got out of the car.

"In here."

Zero was pulled by Shiki when one of the trailer's were checking their list about to close the door, the man had his back towards them nodding. They sneaked in just before the man pulled the door down and locking it with a satisfied smile. Zero looked around to see frozen meats and such, he crinkled his nose when the smell of dry blood wafted around his nose making his eyes glow slightly red.

"We wait until Kaname-" Shiki had a shock face looking down his phone.

Zero watched that the phone's screen was all black. He sighed realizing that the russet-haired man tried to turn it on over and over. He couldn't read the other male's expression, he made a grab to his phone realizing that he didn't have his. Zero panicked searching for it, never found it and sighed realizing that he forgot it inside Shiki's car. What were they going to do now?

"We have to see where we are going. Get ready for a chilly ride." Shiki sighed as he sat down on the floor bringing his legs closer towards his chest flinching when his stomach hurt. Zero followed him and stayed close.

Kaname mentally cursed when he tried to phone his cousin again. No answer as it went straight to voice mail, he sped the car making Takuma jump and look terrified. His mate was out there without protection, and he couldn't do a thing to help him. He saw Aidou speed right behind them and Kain on the next car. And a couple more cars that were right behind them, they lost track of Shiki and his phone, where they are they probably don't have signal.

"What if I try to hack into Zero's cellphone," Takuma asked as he got out his laptop

"Do you know his number?" Kaname asked looking at the laptop and back again to the road rushing to their destination.

"Got it," Takuma smiled. "They're four miles up ahead on the fifth exit."

Kaname nodded once and sped even faster going over the speeding limit. He knew Takuma was worried about his mate, he could tell every time his eyes would twitch and glow red slightly. He counted the exits and smirked mentally as he exited the road following Takuma's directions. Kaname stopped at the car in front of them. All of them got off and ran towards the car to see both doors open.

"Shiki!" Takuma shouted when he couldn't find his mate.

Kaname's heart pounded noticing a huge dent on the rear of the car. He looked around to see that the car was searched thoroughly, he hoped that nothing was stolen that could be very personal to them. He looked to see the seats ripped as if they were searching for something, Kaname couldn't fathom what they want. H found Zero's cellphone, he grabbed it and pocketed it, then turned to Takuma.

"No, they're not here," Takuma said lowly, golden bangs hid her now red eyes. An unreadable expression was on his face, he growled slowly wanting his mate with him.

"Is there a way to track Shiki's phone if it's dead?" Kain asked scratching his head.

"I don't think so..." Aidou trailed of just as Kaname snapped his fingers bringing the laptop over towards him.

They watched as their leader typed away codes and hacking into security trying to find where could Shiki's phone could be only to see it go completely black. Kaname had a slight shock face and looked to see Takuma look away. The Noble had completely forgotten to charge it and now it just died.

"Sorry," Takuma tried to smile realizing that it was not cute and funny when his mate was still lost.

Kaname shook hiss head and went into the car trying to use some of the wires they had to pass battery to the other car. He took them apart and plugged them under the steering wheel where they could hack the car. When he was done with that he grabbed the remaining wires; he took the computer apart and plugged the wires to see it charge. All they had to do is wait for it to charge, he half glared at a certain emerald-eyed vampire who looked guilty.

So I really didn't know what the fuck I was talking about with the car-computer-thing. It just popped out of my imagination so no it's not real... I think...? xD I hope this was enough and I might post another chapter tomorrow if I get reviews. xD Sorry my only days off are Mondays and sometimes Tuesdays. Review! ;)