Misery Loves Company II - A Vampire Knight Fanfiction by Clue-sama .{Sequel}.
Disclaimer: I do not own anything legally affiliated with Vampire Knight as made by Matsuri Hino. But I do own Nezu Harita and Eiji Nanako. Any ideas regarding things not explained already in the manga/anime that I use that other authors have already used, credit goes to them.
Author's Notes: Okay... I started this one after editing chappie 6 and doing chappie 7. I moved around a lot of crap from chappie to chappie and ALL KINDS OF CONFUSING CRAP so if you find any inconsistencies or something, please tell me so I can fix it.
Anyway... I hope you like this one!
Chappie Warnings: Angry pureblood, VERY slight residual non-con and Zero being a little OOC to fit the part.
For the love of all that is holy and sinful, enjoy it!!! XD
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Chapter 8- Cry
Dark chocolate locks flew behind Kaname as he dashed towards the richer side of town. It wasn't too far from Cross Academy and this was faster than any other way that he could think of at the moment. He was hardly tired at all by the time Hirohito Fields came into view and the only reason his heart was pounding so loudly was because he was scared to death of what was happening to Zero right now. The hunter hadn't picked up the phone and who knows what that damned Harita was doing to him. Kaname cursed himself- he had promised to never let anyone hurt Zero again. Especially in a sexual manner.
He would freaking kill Nezu Harita if Zero was so much as frowning. ...Actually, he'd kill Nezu anyway.
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The tranquilizer-like aura that Nezu had used was still somewhat affecting the older vampire, so he couldn't exactly force the brunette off, but he sure could try. Zero squrimed and moved his legs as much as he could to maybe knee Nezu in a special place, but the noble just raised himself up higher on his own knees. The green-eyed teen pushed up Zero's shirt until he could see the marred skin that he had been feeling.
Nezu's eyes widened at the lines that were slashed over Zero's right pectoral. It was shocking that they were there anyway- vampires don't scar easily, but it was much more shocking when he realized that it spelled a name. Ichiru.
"That's your brother's name isn't it?" Nezu asked.
But Zero was trying to get free. Kaname wasn't going to come was he? He had let the hunter go for a reason so he had to do this himself.
"Let me up, bastard!" he hissed. He could sulk about everything later. He felt so stupid that he'd gotten depressed enough to go with this kid. "I don't know what your special power is, but I'm sure you did something to me. Get off!"
Nezu frowned. Now that Zero was able to speak coherently, he saw that maybe this wasn't the best way to get someone's affections. If he were that kind of person, the dark-haired vampire could have totally taken advantage of Zero, but...
"I can mildly affect people's brain activity..." he said off-handedly. "Tell me why this is written on your chest like this," Nezu murmurred, pulling Zero's shirt back down.
A stormy lilac glare was promptly issued and Zero just snarled, "It's none of your business."
Nezu was smart enough to know that whoever did this had done it without Zero's consent and they had probably hurt him. He also knew that he wasn't being any better than whomever had sliced Ichiru's name there. He regarded the vampire under him momentarily and was about to get off when suddenly a fist was flying at him. He simply leaned back a little, but Zero's knuckle clipped one of the aristocrat's swollen fangs, getting a nice cut on his hand. Nezu reeled back as the Cross Academy student flinched in pain. Zero made to tend slightly to his wound, but the sight of burning red eyes above him made him freeze. Now that Nezu's eyes weren't green, he looked even more like Kaname... But that wasn't the issue right now.
"Don't you even try it..." Zero warned, thankful that his limbs seemed to be regaining strength as he gathered himself to defend as best he could. He knew this look Nezu had anywhere.
The noble had gotten a slight taste of the blood when the cut was made, but the smell of it was even more provoking... It smelled so good. So exotic. It tasted just like he remembered... and he had to have more.
Zero let out a dangerous growl as Nezu suddenly grabbed the wrist of the hand that was healing swiftly and brought the now clenched fist to his mouth. The hunter had barely any energy left from all of his fruitless struggling, but he would have to use a charm. It would have to be a good one to keep Nezu down until he could get away... One that powerful would need more energy than he had and would probably result in knocking himself out, though... He winced as he felt Nezu's tongue sweep over his bloodied knuckle and was glad that the wound had healed so no saliva got in to form a bond, but he tried wrenching his arm away when the strong Level B moved to lick his wrist instead. The stupid kid was going to bite him...!
Everything became all noise and motion when the door to Nezu's room flew open and the blonde kid from earlier burst in. He tensed when Nezu rounded on him with a shade of crimson he'd never seen flood his eyes, but he recovered and said, "Nezu, Kuran is here!"
"...Eiji?" Nezu said like he just realized who it was.
But Zero watched as the smaller vampire's cerulean eyes flickered with fear and he ran into the room, past the bed and hid near a dresser. Then the hunter felt it. An aura so upset and dark, it made Zero queasy... He had no time to groan at the feeling because he leaned back as far into the pillows as he could when a damn near visible wave of intense energy blasted the noble vampire right off of him and Nezu slammed into the wall wear Eiji had run near. Zero looked to where he flew to see a thick crack running up the wall and a jagged circle where the aristocrat had nearly been forced through the wall. Nezu was now motionless on the floor and blood was flowing from his parted lips. Eiji had crawled over and was shaking him frantically.
Zero gulped at the sight and turned to the doorway where another dark-haired vampire was standing. The silver-haired vampire saw the absolute murder in the newcomer's blazing eyes and nearly wished that Nezu was back so the Level B could get beaten the crap out of instead of him. But, wait... Zero knew this vampire...
"Kaname...?" he whispered.
It didn't even look like him! Zero had only seen him look like this a few times and even then, it had scared him. It scared him now, too... Kaname only glanced at the prefect once as if checking to see if he was all right before crossing the room to where Eiji was huddled over Nezu protectively. Zero struggled to sit up.
"Get out of the way," Kaname commanded the shivering blonde. Eiji was only a Level C and would never stand a chance against a pureblood, but he just clutched at Nezu's body, resisting his instincts. His brain knew that a pureblood could eat him for lunch- figuratively and literally- but his body would never leave his best friend in danger...
"...N-no..."
Kaname's lips curled back in a snarl and he reached down. He could easily use his powers to force Eiji to move, but it'd be more satisfying to hurt the blue-eyed vampire in the process...
"Kaname!"
The pureblood immediately reacted to his true mate's voice and he turned.
Zero fought his exhaustion- now his normal sleep-deprivation was catching up to join the other drowzinesses- and gave Kaname a stern look.
"What the hell are you doing? Don't hurt the blonde one- he didn't do anything...!"
The enraged vampire huffed and looked back to the frightened teen on the floor, shielding Nezu with his very body. If Kaname weren't pissed as all hell, he might have commended the Level C on his bravery. No vampire would usually try to get in the way of a pureblood. This blonde vampire must be like Kaname then- able to resist his normal animal-like instincts to protect the one he loves no matter what he was to face while doing so.
"Fine. But Harita--"
Zero forced his voice to work.
"No! You've already hurt him and got him off of me; he won't bother anyone anymore! Let's just go back... Please..."
Kaname was having a bit of trouble trying to not listen to Zero's pleas (because last time the hunter had begged to spare someone's life, that someone had come back and wreaked more havoc) but at the sound of a dull thump, the pureblood spun around in alarm. Aparently, Zero had tried to climb off of the bed, but was too weak; he was now laying in a limp pile on the floor. Kaname was by his side in the blink of an eye and breathed out in relief when he gathered him in his arms. His lover had merely passed out.
With a final glare over to a still unmoving aristocrat vampire and a softly crying common vampire, Kaname slipped Zero's pants on the hunter easily and left as quickly as he'd arrived.
-Thirty Minutes Later-
His vision blurred severely as he fluttered his eyes open. He was still alive? Nezu thought for sure that Kuran would kill him... His body ached as he sat up in his bed and looked to the side of his room opposite the door. There was a mess of blood and bits of wall. That must have been where he was thrown...
Suddenly, as he cleared his throat, the taste of unfamiliar blood hit his senses. It wasn't Zero's and it wasn't his own... Feeling a little silly as he thought this, he also ruled out Kasui since the little rodent was currently settling down for a nap in his cage across the room. Frantically and abruptly, he realized that there was no squealing.
"Eiji...!" he called, forgetting the blood thing for a moment.
As he turned to slide off of the other side of the bed, nearer to the door, his hand ran into a firm lump in the bed. He jumped slightly and looked down to see a rather girly-shaped form under his covers. He put a hand to his chest and sighed. Nezu pulled back the blanket he was also situated under to reveal his best friend. The blonde was curled up next to him, sleeping away.
"Did you put me in bed?" Nezu asked, a soft, tired smile on his face. But the smile faded when he saw a bandage wrapped around Eiji's neck. A bit of red had soaked through. He swallowed what he knew what had happened and he leaned down to finger the wrappings. As he did this, his findings only got worse when he moved the collar of Eiji's purple t-shirt to the side. There was a bluish-green mark on his shoulder and when Nezu moved it down the sleeping vampire's arm farther, he saw that it was only one of a few more finger-shaped bruises on the common vampire's upper arm.
Eiji must have let the noble feed from him. As Nezu thought longer about it he felt worse and worse. The brunette knew that he had a bit of a control problem when it came to blood and if he took so much from Eiji - his Eiji - that the blonde didn't heal right away, then the noble wished that Kuran had knocked out the Level C too, so he wouldn't have been awake to offer his blood to a weakened Nezu.
The brunette frowned deeply as he ran his fingers over the marks that those very same digits had caused. He had gripped pretty hard...
"Nezu-chan...?"
Eiji's sleep-clouded eyes opened slowly.
Nezu drew his hand away and shakily apologized, "I'm sorry. I didn't mean to wake you--"
"You're okay!" Eiji cried, jumping up and wrapping his arms around Nezu. The upper class vampire winced as his recently, still-healing fractured bones were pressed against, but the blonde quickly eased up. They both knew that a Level C's blood would take longer to work on a Level B's wounds. "Oops..."
Nezu brought his arms up too and hugged back, which he didn't do too often, and buried his face in the crook of Eiji's neck.
"I'm sorry for hurting you."
Eiji stiffened for a moment when Nezu actually turned his glomp into a real embrace and he relaxed after a moment, laughing softly, "Aw, you didn't hurt me too bad, Nezu-chan..."
"I did," Nezu insisted, sounding very upset that he had done so. It even kind of sounded like he wanted to cry. He couldn't believe that he hadn't realized that it was Eiji he had been drinking from so roughly... And he even left the blonde alone to defend himself against a enraged pureblood. The brunette squeezed his eyes shut and felt his stomach ache faintly at the thought of what would he would have done if Kuran had killed Eiji... He was the worst friend ever. "I'm so sorry."
Eiji also turned to be more nestled against Nezu as well and smiled. Actually, it had hurt and Kaname had scared the crap out of him, but... Eiji wouldn't tell his crush that.
"It's okay..."
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Author's Notes: I know it seemed a little strange to have Nezu react that way to the blood, but the original Nezumi from the other series also had control problems, so to me, it makes sense. XD If you've read Under Our Noses then you know what I mean.
Heehee, did you notice where it said that Nezu was Eiji's crush? AIN'T THAT CUTE!? I love Eiji.
And I think there will be a lemon in the next chappie. I hope you enjoyed the three chappies in sucession! I typed them during exam week! Aren't you glad I never study? ^^