I really, really apologise for the late update.

But then again, you shouldn't be too angry since I will be presenting to you now...

*Chapter 7*

Ruby POV

As we round the corner, we saw that Yuuki was still in shock and did not struggle as Zero drink her blood. Both of us looked at each other and nodded. My brother used his powers to restrain Zero to the ground and I ran over to catch Yuuki as she collapsed onto the floor. My brother then went over to restrain Zero arms to his (Zero) back and inquired "Have you come to your senses, Kiriyu Zero?" With the red in Zero's eyes slowly fade away, he regained his consciousness and with a pained expression he said "Yuuki."

Just then, Kaname appeared at the staircase and said in anguish "Yuuki.", "Or have you fallen to the beast within that pursues the scent of blood? Zero Kiriyu. The shame of vampires!" With Chairman following closely behind. Yuuki must have misunderstood Kaname's meaning because she tried to jump in front of Zero to protect him but before she could do that she fainted. I handed Yuuki to Kaname and told the Chairman that my brother and I would bring Kiriyu to his room before heading to the infirmary to join Kaname.

When we entered the infirmary, Kaname was just examining the wound on Yuuki's neck and gently told Yuuki "The bleeding has almost stopped but… It's deep. He must have bitten with all his strength." Then when he drew back, he saw tears flowing from Yuuki's eyes. And worriedly asked "Yuuki, does it hurt? Are you scared of vampires?" Yuuki shook her head.

Then I opened my mouth "Kaname, we will return to class first. It seemed that there is unrest within the Night Class students because of the scent of blood. So take your time."

We teleported to the classroom and saw that most were fidgety, Ichijou saw us and he rushed towards us, asking, "What's happening! Where is Kaname-sama?" Jason put a hand in front of him to stem the flow of questions and he explained, "There was some unforeseeable problems and Kaname is now dealing with them. You do not need to be worried by them."

Rima and Shiki looked bored by the news and took out a box of Pocky and shared it between themselves. The others, though was not so accepting to the news and Aidou stood up and begin to shout, "How can he be dealing with the problems when his aura feels like he is going to murder someone!" He then shivered at Kaname's aura.

I went up to Aidou and slapped him across his face; the sound resonated around the room. "Anymore questions?" I smiled as I ask. My aura flared up to emphasize my point. Aidou face paled, everyone in the classroom froze and quickly sat down and did various task assigned to them.

Next day

Ruby POV

I was tossing around in bed when I felt Yuuki coming towards the Night Dorm with no one protecting her. What a stupid girl, she trusts others too much. And just nice, Aidou had to be in the lounge in the morning today.

I dressed myself in skinny jeans, a white blouse as it was just late morning and walked down the stairs. My brother was sprawled on an armchair, reading the Lost Hero by Rick Riodan. Aidou was seated on an armchair and he was looking at two men dressed in suits. The younger one said, "This is a request for you-the one known as the miracle-boy." The other man continued, "Please help the investigating organisation. If you publish the research paper…" Aidou cut in and said, "Eh? But I'm not interested in working during daytime." He gave his Why-do-I need-to-care expression and continued, "I'm tired, so could you please leave, the door is over there." He placed a hand in the obvious direction of the door.

Just then, Yuuki made her way in and saw Aidou. You could almost hear the gears in Aidou's head turning to find out what happened last night. Then Aidou quickly pushed both gentlemen out of the dorm and then close the door before focusing his attention on Yuuki. "Don't worry about them. What are you doing here? Everyone is sleeping. Don't tell me you want me to drink your blood?"

Jason looked up from his book and said, "Aidou." Warning him not to cross the line. He flinched and moved backwards. Yuuki said, "No, I came here to meet Kaname-senpai."

Aidou became uninterested and said, "Is that so? This way then."

Yuuki said doubtfully, "Umm… Are you taking me there?" She ran towards the stairs hurriedly to catch up with him.

Aidou put his hands on the back of his head and said, "Kaname-senpai is the only one who treats you well. Everyone is just doing the same." Aidou climbed the stairs as he said. He stopped and said, "Yuuki-chan, who left that mark on your neck?" Yuuki hand went to her neck and she realised that her plaster was gone. Aidou took her plaster and waved it in the air. Aidou said, "Last night, the scent of blood suddenly drifted into the classroom. It excited us, though I was the only one who noticed immediately that it was the scent of your blood, Yuuki-chan. Jason-sama and Ruby-sama told us to forget everything that's why we stopped discussing. "

"So tell me, Yuuki-chan… What are you to Kaname-sama?" Aidou got very irritated for one of the very rare times. Ice started to form at Aidou's hands and crept across the floor and held Yuuki's leg fast to the ground. Yuuki lifted her hand when…

"Hey, Kaname" Jason called out.

Aidou froze and his ice evaporated.

"Don't Yuuki. You don't have to punish him yourself." Kaname said as he caught hold of Yuuki's wrist and backhandedly slapped Aidou. Aidou fell to the side at the impact. I can still feel Kaname's anger as Aidou apologise to him.

I walked up to the trio and placed a hand on Kaname's hand. "Calm down, I will safely guide Yuuki back with Zero to the Chairman's house." Just then, the door opened, "Ah… Speak of the Devil." Seeing Zero, Kaname's temper flared, I smoothly slid in front of Kaname to block his view. "Kaname, take your time to talk to Yuuki, I suspect she has some questions."

Then I turned towards Zero "Come with me, Zero." As usual, he gave me the who-do-you-to-order-me-around look. "I can always drag you along if you don't come willingly." And smiled at him.

The level C servant opened the door and I took a step out, sensing that Zero was not following, a silver whip appeared in my hand. I knew it, that stubborn idiot would not listen.

The whip sliced through the air and wrapped tightly around Zero's neck. I dragged him out of the Moon Dorm with Yuuki shell-shocked. "I warned you Zero. Now let's leave the two love birds to talk and I want to discuss something with you."

Zero who have some difficulty breathing, coughed out "LET ME GO FIRST, MONSTER!"

"Fine." Once the whip disappeared, Zero tried to escape. I moved forward and closed my hand around his neck, forcing to the ground. Zero tried to struggle so I sat on top of him.

"Now, now I did say that I wanted to talk to you right. It is common courtesy to stay until we are done talking."

I stared into Zero's lilac eyes and invaded his mind.

Pieces of broken memories drift passed and I moved to the memories of the time when his family was wiped out. Zero thought that his brother was dead however his memories showed that his brother, Ichiru, in fact left with Shizuka Hiou.

Hmm… it seems that he could not take the shock that his brother betrayed them and sealed part of his own memories up.

I should leave now before he realises that I dug into his innermost memories.

"Ah... So that was what happened." I muttered under my breath but apparently not soft enough.

"What!" Zero demanded in fury.

"Nothing big enough for you worry about especially if it's not about Yuuki. However, don't you ever want to know what I wanted to talk to you about?" I switched the subject.

"What if I say that I am here to talk you out of killing yourself? What if I say I save you from dropping to a level E, O So Scary Vampire Hunter."

Zero just had to stare at me like he didn't understand a single thing I was talking about.

Finally when he was able to utter a single word, he had to act like a little brat. "I don't need any help from a vampire. If I could reach my gun now I would have already killed you."

Now I am pissed off, what the hell is his freaking problem? You can already smell that he was beginning to fall to a Level E, what does he think he is; a Pureblood!

"Since you are so certain that your self-control will last... Why not I just so you what will happen once the Beast in you smells blood."

I brought my wrist to my mouth and cut my wrist with my fangs and blood started to drip onto his face, all this time I was staring at Zero's expression. Zero had a shock expression before his eyes started to glow red with hunger. He tried to restrain his emotions but as a young vampire he was unable to distract himself from the scent of blood. Just then, he lost all control and tried to grab my wrist which already healed a long time ago. I bend down to whisper into Zero's ears "See what I told you, you are still too young to be able to control your own thirst, Zero." I lick away all the blood from my wound and wait for the red tint in Zero's eyes to fade away before deeming it safe to bring him back to the Moon Dorm. I stood up and dusted myself. Zero was still on the ground trying to calm himself down, impatient I took his tie and pulled him to his feet.

"You still seem weak Zero. Is the fact that you are not strong enough… well shocking?"

"Shut up!" Zero sweep away my hand and stalked off in the direction of the Moon Dorm. I swiftly overtook him and opened the doors of the Moon Dorm.

"Hey everyone, done with your discussion?" I asked with fake cheeriness.

Ichijou ran up to me and asked in concern "Ruby-sama, what happened? We can smell your blood from here."

"Ah… It's nothing. I just tripped and fell." I answered lamely.

I walked up to Yuuki, grab her hand and told Kaname "I need to speak with you after I come back."

"Come Yuuki we should be heading back now. I guess Chairman must be very worried since you just run out of class." I started to drag Yuuki to the front door.

"Oh right. Thank you, Kaname-senpai." She bowed and allowed me to drag her out of the Moon Dorm with Zero scowling at me as I walked passed.

Time Skip

After dropping Yuuki off at the Chairman's house with Zero trailing behind all the time, I walked down the passage ways towards the last room at the end. I knocked on the mahogany doors of Kaname's room and turned the door handle without waiting an answer. Jason was already in the room, and smiled winningly at me. Infuriating brother! Kaname was sitting down and slipping a number of blood tablets into the water his cup. "What did you want to discuss with me, Ruby?"

"Uh… I just wanted to ask you what you want to do with Zero Kiriyu. He is dropping to a Level E much quicker than expected. It seems that the years that he abstain from turning into a vampire is starting to backfire on him and your plans too, Kuran Kaname."

"About that, I would like to ask a favour from you, Ruby…"

"Tell me about it."

"I need to know Shizuka Hiou's location."

"That I would not need to help, since you are meeting soon."

Before leaving I asked him a simple question "However, what will you do after you defeat HIM, Kaname?"

Now, now what should I do?

Now I will apologise for the late update again.

But if you expect the next update to be soon...

I am sorry to burst that bubble.

You can always leave me more reviews and maybe the next update will be sooner.

Anyways...

Sapphire Kuran

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