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A/N: Ah, another chapter, another day. I am glad that you all like the constant updates on this story as well as the others. I would like to thank everyone who has commented on or added this story, you make my writing worthwhile! I hope everyone enjoys the chapter, it's a bit longer than normal! We take a little look into Zero's head in this one. Now onward!

Trapped Inside

He couldn't see anything around him; he was lost in the darkness. No matter which way he turned, he couldn't get his bearings straight. Not even his vampire or hunter senses offered him any aide. He was completely defenseless.

Falling to his knees, he hugged himself. He hated this feeling, of not knowing anything. He was so lost and there seemed no one there to help him. He clenched his jaw as he felt the familiar stinging in his eyes; there was no way he was going to cry, he wasn't that weak.

"Aw, poor Zero-chan, going to cry now?" a taunting voice whispered from within the darkness.

Zero's head flew up, shouting, "Who's there?"

A hand caressed his cheek before it disappeared, "So frail… So weak."

"Stop messing around damn it! Show yourself!" he demanded, panic making its way into his voice.

A bright light suddenly flooded the area, making the hunter clench his eyes shut in pain as he lowered his head. After such darkness, the white light made his eyes burn. Cautiously opening his eyes, he found that he had adjusted to the brightness. Raising his head, he stared in horror at who appeared before him.

"What the hell?" he whispered.

There before him stood… himself, but it wasn't him. They looked the same; same silver hair, same facial features, same tattoo. But that was where the similarities stopped. The man before him wore a white suit, declaring him a member of the night class. Set in the similar face were dark red eyes that seemed to glow with inhuman power. He was grinning at him, showing the small fangs that adorned his mouth.

"Hello Zero-chan," the man taunted.

"Who the hell are you!" Zero shouted as he jerked back from the man.

The look alike pouted, looking out of place on the face he worse, "I'm hurt Zero-chan."

"Stop calling me that you bastard!" Zero snarled.

Suddenly the man was before him, tangling his fingers in the silver locks and tugging, all traces of amusement gone as he growled, "Don't take that tone with me boy."

Before Zero could stop it, a small whimper issued from his lips as he unconsciously bared his neck. He didn't know why, but the look alike before him scared him. There was also that underlying feelings of needing to obey him.

A smirk crossed the man's face again as he moved his hand to cup Zero's cheek, "So you do know your place."

"W-Who are you?" Zero stuttered.

Rubbing his thumb over the hunter's cheek, he purred, "I'm you Zero-chan."

Zero shook his head, "No, you can't be. I'm me! You're just a look alike!"

Leaning forward, the man whispered in his ear, making the hunter tremble, "I am you Zero-chan, the part that you constantly try to repress."

"W-What?" he asked, confused beyond all belief.

The man smirked against his ear, "I'm your beast Zero-chan… I'm the monster that dwells inside of you."

"No, no, no!" Zero whimpered pathetically, not wanting to believe it, "I'm dreaming, you can't be real; you're just a figment of my imagination!"

Pulling back to look into his host's eyes, he retained his smirk, "Of course I'm real, you know I'm real. You feel me every time you're thirsty; you just choose to ignore me. You ignore my voice calling out to you."

"I have to be dreaming, this isn't possible," Zero continue to protest, not wanting to believe the truth.

"You're not dreaming, but close enough. You see, you're in your head, you're trapped in here with me," the beast taunted.

"No," Zero protested again.

A harsh hand gripped his jaw, forcing the hunter to look at him, "You can deny it all you want but that doesn't change the facts. You're body is healing so you're trapped in unconsciousness. Better yet, you're here until I let you leave."

"W-What do you want from m-me?" Zero whimpered.

He would fully admit that he was scared now; there was no use in denying it. The iron grip on his jaw hurt, and as far as he knew dreams weren't supposed to hurt. He was trapped in his own mind with the one thing he hated more than vampires; himself.

The beast could smell the fear coming off the boy before him as he gently caressed his face, "Now Zero-chan, there's no need to be afraid. I won't hurt you."

The man stood from the hunter's still kneeling form, and crossed to sit in a chair that had appeared out of nowhere. Crossing his legs, he stared at his host as Zero stared right back at him. He studied him with an emotionless gaze as the hunter finally pulled himself to his feet.

He couldn't hurt his host, but that didn't stop him from wanting to do so. Every vampire had a beast, and that beast was a living part of the vampire. They all seemed to think that the beast was nothing but their vampiric urges, but they were wrong. Even though he was only a part of the man before him, he still had his own feelings and thoughts. He was a living entity.

Motioning to the seat on the other side of the table that appeared, the beast tried to sound soothing, "Please, have a seat."

Zero walked toward the table, nervously skirting around the other man. Just because he claimed not to want to hurt him didn't mean that Zero believed him for a minute. He would be cautious until he determined the man's true intentions.

Easing himself down into the chair, he didn't take his eyes off the man across from him, "Now what?"

"Now we talk, Zero-chan. You're going to be here for awhile, might as well get to know one another," the man smiled.

Zero snorted, "What the hell am I supposed to call you? Beast or Monster don't seem like they would go over very well with you."

The man's eyes narrowed at the names, showing his displeasure, "You would be quite right. Just call me… Kagami."

Zero arched a brow in disbelief, "Mirror, really?"

A smile curled on Kagami's lips, "It fits doesn't it? I am, after all, a mirror image of you."

"Only in looks," Zero rebutted.

The small quickly disappeared, "Not only in looks Zero-chan. Though you may try to deny it, we are quite similar."

Deciding to give the man the benefit of the doubt, he inquired, "How so?"

"There are numerous things we have in common. I'll give you some examples. Our temperament for one, both of our emotions are highly volatile though we try to hide them. We both wish to protect those we cherish. We both crave blood, though you fight that part of yourself," Kagami's eyes stated matter-of-factly.

"I do not crave blood," Zero protested instantly.

Kagami grinned, "You're a vampire Zero-chan, of course you want blood."

"No, that's you who wants blood, not me!" he rebutted.

The man's eyes narrowed slightly in anger, "You seem to have some misconceptions about who I truly am to you."

Zero, who had opened to his mouth, swiftly closed it again in confusion. Who was Kagami to him really? He was the beast that dwelled within him, if the other man's words had any grain of truth. He was the vampiric part of himself that tried to not think about, hell tried to fight.

"I see you actually took time to consider that before opening your mouth," Kagami commended his host.

Glancing at the man from beneath his bangs, he asked, "What are you to me?"

"I am you, just the darker part of your psyche. Hunter and vampires alike mistake us for being something we're not. We are not just your vampiric urges fighting against you, we are a part of you but also separate. We beasts have our own thoughts, our own desires, our own feelings," Kagami explained to the man.

"So wait… You're telling me that you're living sentient beings in our minds?" Zero asked, wanting to make sure he was right.

Kagami nodded, "Yes, that it what I'm trying to tell you. We form out of the darker urges within you that your normal human self cannot cope with."

"Don't you… I don't know; ever get tired of being stuck in here?" Zero asked hesitantly.

A scoff was his answer, "Of course I get tired of being in here. I have to watch you be stupid and fight against what you want, what you need. I have to watch you push away all those that could possible help you, trying to act all big and tough when you're really still a child inside."

Zero cut him off, "Wait, watch?"

Kagami's eyes narrowed again in irritation at being interrupted, "Yes Zero-chan, watch. Ever since you were bitten four years ago, I have been here watching you."

"It must suck to be you," Zero mumbled.

Kagami muttered, "You have no idea."

"Um… What's it like… Being in here all the time?" Zero asked curiously.

Kagami grunted, "How would you like to be forced into a cage that your owner won't let you out of?"

Zero's eyes widened, "What?"

"I'm stuck here you idiot, I can't just up and leave whenever I feel like it. Even though you seriously piss me off, I am stuck with you," Kagami spoke, acid lining his words.

"I piss you off?" Zero couldn't help but ask.

Kagami actually growled that time as he lost his temper at how dense his host was, "Yes Zero, you piss me off! How could you not? You constantly shut me in here, not even accepting the help I'm trying to offer you! Do you have any idea how much it hurts when you throw me back in here? I may not have a body, but when you fight me so consistently, I might as well have."

Zero couldn't believe what he was hearing, "I hurt you! What about when you dig your claws into me! I can barely breathe!"

"I'm trying to help you! I know what you need but you constantly fight me at every turn!" Kagami growled.

"Because I don't want to hurt anyone!" Zero shouted.

Kagami reined in his anger, not wanting this conversation to turn into a shouting match, "You don't trust me?"

"Of course not!" Zero exclaimed before thinking.

Tilting his head to the side, he asked the hunter, "Why not? When have I ever done something to discredit trusting me? I know you did not ask for this, but now it's too late."

"I'm a hunter damn it, not a vampire," Zero snarled.

Kagami shook his head, "Do you even know how hunters are able to kill vampires?"

Zero's head spun at the sudden change in topic, "What? Of course, we are born with the power and duty to make sure vampires don't get out of control."

The beast shook his head once more, "You really need to brush up on your history, in order for me to know, you must know as well."

Zero stared at him in confusion before he turned his thoughts inward. How did hunters get the power to destroy vampires? It was right at the back of his mind but the answer wouldn't come to him.

"You're ancestors ate the body and blood of a pureblood," Kagami provided him, seeing that his host couldn't remember.

At those words, it seemed that the barrier blocking his thoughts suddenly broke. Of course, how could he forget that? It was one of the first things a hunter ever learns. He internally chastised himself for even daring to forget that.

"So you see, you already had vampire in you. It just became more pronounced when that bitch bit you," Kagami snarled, not daring to speak her name.

Zero was slightly confused at the beast's anger, but put it aside, "What does that have to do with trusting you?"

Sighing, Kagami massaged his temples, "I am a part of you Zero, and I know where you stand on certain topics. If anything were to happen to you, what do you think would happen to me?"

Understanding dawned on Zero, "You wouldn't exist."

Smirking, Kagami teased the hunter, "Bingo, he wins the prize!"

"Idiot," Zero mumbled under his breath.

Pretending not to hear him, Kagami asked him, "Is it so hard to understand that I want you to trust me?"

"You are a beast after all," Zero muttered without thinking.

Kagami snarled, "I would appreciate it if you didn't refer to me that way when in my presence."

Zero gulped slightly as the man's eyes flared, becoming a bright crimson. He hadn't meant to say that, it had just slipped out. He never could hold his tongue, even if his life depended on it.

"Sorry," Zero grumbled, disliking the fact that he was apologizing.

Kagami took deep even breaths, reining in his temper. He knew that his host would say things to him that he didn't like, but he had still confronted him. He could have left his host along in the darkness until he woke up, but he didn't want to pass up to opportunity presented to him. Kagami wanted the hunter to trust him, at least a little, so that their existence would be eased somewhat. He didn't want to continue living in the man that constantly fought against him at every turn.

"Look Zero-chan, I'm tired of talking in circles with you. Let me be blunt. I'm tired of all of this. You fight against your very nature, essentially fighting against me at the same time. Your life will never get easier if you continue to fight. Level D's fall to Level E's because they fight against themselves; their psyche cannot accommodate their darker desires. I do not desire to become a raging beast, as I'm sure you don't as well," seeing that Zero was listening to him, he pushed on, "If you and I cooperate, if you don't fight against me all the time, if you trust me, we can continue to live. You won't fall to Level E."

"You… want me to… trust you?" Zero asked, in shock at what he was hearing.

Kagami smiled slightly, "Is that so hard to believe? Though I am trapped here, I like things as they are… I do not want to become a raging mindless animal. I like having my own thoughts and feelings. I want to continue being as I am."

Zero went silent as he contemplated what Kagami revealed to him. Could he trust the person in front of him? He seemed sincere enough, but vampires lied. But how could he lie to himself? Would it be so bad to live in harmony with the beast before him?

Zero's head hurt, trying to take in everything that was happening. First he was apparently unconscious, his body healing. Then there was the fact that he was sitting there talking to himself. The beast within him wasn't out to get him as he originally thought.

"A lot take in isn't it?" Kagami whispered.

"You have no idea," Zero grumbled.

"I'm sure I do," the other assured his host.

"What happens if I trust you?" Zero finally managed to ask after getting his thoughts in order.

"What do you mean?" Kagami inquired.

"I mean… If I start to trust you, what happens? Am I still going to be myself? Will it still hurt so much when I'm… thirsty?" Zero spoke rapidly, eyes downcast.

"You would still be you Zero-chan, but some things would change, I won't lie to you about that. Your personality traits will still be predominant but… Well, your emotions won't be so hectic, they would be somewhat duller. That doesn't mean you won't feel by any means, but you would have more control over them. If you accept and trust me, you will still be hungry but if you don't fight it, it won't hurt," Kagami told him warily, not sure if the information would upset the hunter.

Raising his eyes again, he asked, "What do I do?"

"What do you mean?" Kagami asked, brow arched.

"What… How do I do it?" Zero asked, hardly believing he was considering the option.

Sighing, Kagami knew this was the hard part as he laid all the cards on the table, "You need to let go of your hatred Zero-chan, and you need to accept what you really are. Even though you don't like it, you are a vampire now, fighting against that logic is pointless. When you do that, we will become more closely melded. I will be able to lend you my strength, mentally and physically. I can help you handle the bloodlust, but you will need to feed, not feeding is out of the question. Blood is our sustenance, like food it for humans. You will also be able to communicate with me when you need to."

"How? I've been taught to hate vampires my entire life… It can't be easy," Zero sounded weary.

"Just let it go Zero-chan, it's that easy… Just let it go," Kagami said soothingly.

"Yeah, cause giving up years of hatred is just that simple," Zero muttered.

"What is more acceptable to you: falling or letting go of your hated? It won't happen today or tomorrow, but it will happen," Kagami tried to reassure his host.

"If I do this… There needs to be some ground rules," Zero stated, changing the topic.

Kagami observed his host with wary eyes, "Such as?"

"No feeding on random humans, I will not prey on my former race. We will get blood from blood banks or willing donors. Don't try to take control of me, that is a deal breaker," Zero stated with conviction.

"Is that all?" After Zero nodded after some more contemplation, he said, "Then I have some conditions of my own."

Now it was Zero's turn to be wary, "Like?"

"You will transfer to the night class," holding a hand up to stop Zero's protest, he continued, "You need to learn how to function within the vampire community. Also, even if you do control your blood lust, you are still not infallible. You will want to drink from humans, it is your instinct. Being around humans all day will only make it worse," seeing Zero think on, he continued, "You will need to feed at least once a week, which is your limit. I will not be able to help you if you try to go longer. You can continue seeing Yuuki and all the others but you cannot live beside them. You may also continue to work at the association, but you cannot let them know what you have done. They are counting on you falling and they will consider you a risk if you tell them that you won't because you finally decided to trust your inner self."

Zero nodded, still slightly against transferring to the night class, "Anything else?"

Kagami's eyes became guarded as he requested, "I would like for you to let me out once and while."

Zero's eyes widened, "What?"

"It is just a request, not a part of the deal. I would like for you to allow me to experience life outside your mind. I only request once a month," Kagami waited with bated breath for his host's answer.

"If I do… You have to promise not to hurt anyone… And to stay on campus," Zero couldn't believe he was considering this.

Kagami nodded, "Of course."

Resting his head in his hands, he muttered, "This is insane."

Smirking slightly at that, Kagami teased Zero once more, "Why? Because you are considering a deal with your vampire side? Or that you're talking to yourself?"

Zero actually laughed at that, "Both?"

Extending his hand across the table, he asked, "Do we have a deal?"

Zero raised his head to stare at the hand before him. Should he really be doing this? It went against everything he stood for, accepting his vampiric urges. He should hate himself for even considering the option, but it sounded so good… Almost too good to be true. He wouldn't suffer crippling pain from bloodlust and he would still retain his humanity.

Before he could talk himself out of it, he grasped the hand before him, "Deal."

Smiling, Kagami could truly say that he felt happiness for the first time since he came to existence. He wouldn't be shut in a cage and he wouldn't be in pain. He was pleased with his decision to confront his host since it all worked out. He had truly meant every word he said; he would respect the wishes of his host… But there was still something else.

Withdrawing his hand, he hated to ruin the mood, but he said, "Now for the other reason you're here."

Zero's eyes turned wary once more, "What do you mean?"

"There is something that you're missing Zero-chan," Kagami stated evenly.

"Something… I'm missing?" Zero was confused, he couldn't think of anything he had lost recently.

Snapping his fingers, mirrors suddenly surrounded the table. They rotated in a slow circle around the two seated figures. Zero jerked back in surprise at their sudden appearance.

"What are these?" Zero asked cautiously.

Kagami grinned, "These are your memories… You seem to be missing some."

END!

A/N: Wow, I am seriously surprised at this chapter. It went in a completely different direction that I thought it would but I am quite satisfied with it. I know the information on level D's in inaccurate but, hey, this is my story so ha! I hope you all enjoyed the chapter; the next chapter will also be in Zero's mind so, please, look forward to it!

I didn't get as many reviews on the last chapters as I normally get but I'm not the kind of author who waits til she get a certain number of reviews to post a new chapter. Thank you to all who reviewed, as well as to those who added this story this lists!

Brookie cookie17- Sadly, no Zero waking up in this chapter but it did revolve around him! I hope you enjoyed it.

xXBlackxxStarXx- Sadly, it will take a few more chapters until they make up and all. But I promise, it will happen eventually! I hope you like the chapter!

ben4kevin- Yes, things are looking up! KazexTaku makeup sex? As in Kaname and Takuma? Sorry hun, not doing to happen *pouts* sorry. This is primarily a ZeroxKaname story… But that comment did give me an idea *grins* thanks!

CrystelNightandFlameNight- lol, thank you! I hope you continue to think so :D

Sasu-Sama' Sarukiji-Sempai- Finally a new chapter! O_O you're going to kill me, my fingers and shoulders are cramping as it is lol! But I'm glad you like the story and I will try to continue updating quickly.

Mpiedz- it will happen in the next few chapters, I promise you :D

Love332- Yes, they are such good friends aren't they :D Kaname somewhat understands what happened to Zero, believe me, there is more to revealed. I hope you continue to like the story.