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The world stopped moving. Am I dead?

One by one, Yuki's senses came to life. First she saw white everywhere. She smelt snow. She felt cold. And she heard the train leaving. Her heart leaped. Her vampire instincts must have saved her because she had landed nicely without a scratch. Immediately she started running. She didn't know where she was heading but she allowed her feet to lead her. Anywhere but where Zero was.

It occurred to Yuki that Zero wasn't even bringing her to see Kaname. He must have been planning for them to head as far away together. With the adrenaline rush and all the panic from the revelation, she could hardly catch her breath. Yuki was getting even more afraid for it was absolute darkness everywhere she went and she had no idea where Kaname was. I'm never going to find him!

Yuki could run no more. She collapsed and cried.

Blood.

Yuki scrambled to get a piece of flinty rock. It was difficult to see, but using her hands as eyes, she quickly found it. She cut herself on the finger deeply and with the thick, red fluid, she wrote Kaname's name on the ground. A place flashed across her mind. Suddenly she comprehended where her brother was. Yuki didn't bother to analyse what had just happened and chose to start walking. It was soon morning. Despite the beauty of the arriving dawn, Yuki couldn't care less to look.

She did not know how long she had been walking without food, water or rest. Her body was screaming at her to lie down, but she would not listen. And suddenly, everything turned black.

Shoes? Yuki looked up and saw Zero. She wanted to scream when she noticed something different about him. His eyes were filled with concern and bewilderment. "Are you alright?" He extended a hand to her. He seemed like the Zero she knew. What is going on? Yuki wondered if she had imagined the whole thing in the train. She definitely did. The chill of the weather must have got to her.

Yuki reached out but instantaneously jerked her hand back. She knew how he found her. Her blood.

Zero's innocence crumbled with a devilish smile as he kept his hand. "You are clever."

She felt so badly frightened. Never once was she terrified of vampires. Now she was.

"Oh I forgot to ask, care to guess who my uncle was?" Zero continued.

Yuki was busy searching for ways to escape from him for he was blocking her only way out. Her mind stopped at his question. Was. The answer was evident, but she could not respond. She watched him take out a piece of small paper.

"You are not the only one with a letter." He chuckled, letting the paper twirl and land on Yuki's lap.

Yuki's eyes widened at the three words.

Kill the Kurans.

"There's no need to be afraid." Zero patted her head, "He is dead, so that is for me to decide."

He paused and pulled her up by the shoulders, "And I've decided that you are mine for an eternity."

"Never." Yuki defied, her strength and will returning, "Let go or I'll kill myself now. I mean it."

Zero shook his head, as if pitying her adolescence, and released her. He strolled past her and sighed, "Your life is but in my hands."

When he turned, Yuki was gone.

She didn't dare to look at them, because they were staring at her very intensely, with great curiosity. As soon as she got into the huge mansion, several Elder Council vampires appeared around her. All she could manage was to hear their murmurs.

"What boldness she has…" "A human girl coming to a den like this…" "Perhaps she is an offering for…" "Doesn't she look familiar though…"

Abruptly, Yuki felt a presence. A comforting presence.

As Kaname entered the room, the whispers ceased. Paying no attention to everyone except her, he took her by the hand and brought her away.

Kaname closed the door behind them. Yuki was speechless. There was so much to say, but she was uncertain what was appropriate to say to the man that stood before her. Before she could settle on which greeting she should take, Kaname embraced her.

"I missed you. So much."

At his words, Yuki couldn't stop crying. She wasn't weak but she felt as though she had gone through hell. Her knees were giving way, but Kaname held her. Lightly he kissed her forehead before getting a good look at her. "Are you alright?" Yuki choked at the irony, but his eyes, cheesy as it sounds, told her this was one vampire she would never be scared of.

Despite everything, right now there was only one thing on her mind.

"Kaname, please show me who the head of the council is."

The man had a sombre yet languorous atmosphere about him. With a forehead of smooth wrinkles and eyes burning as with hellfire, it did not help him look any less menacing that he carried a long, disapproving frown on his face. But Yuki was too furious to be intimidated.

"WHY DID YOU KILL MY MOTHER?" Yuki demanded, shaking with rage.

The Elder raised his eyebrow, amused. His expression only made Yuki angrier.

"You didn't even bother to find out what actually happened! You just came and took everything away from my mother, even though she had already lost so much! And you took my mother away from me!"

By now, a few other members of the council had arrived to hold her by the arms. She couldn't calm down and persisted in glaring at the Elder.

Perceiving that she had gone quiet, he replied easily, "We didn't put your mother to death, dear girl."

"Then explain to me why is she dead!" Tears escaped.

"If you would listen. When we found her in her cell, she was already gone. There were only two letters addressed to Chairman Cross." He shook his head slowly, "Later that day we found out how she had died. She had used her soul to seal in someone's vampire traits. And of course, to keep us from finding her daughter, it was you. You are the reason she died."

Yuki wanted to scream. She wanted to fight. She wanted to wail. She wanted to shout at them that she would never believe their lies.

She couldn't. They weren't lies and as much as she wanted to deny it, she knew it.

Vampires.

How much she despised them.

Yuki did not know where the hate grew from, and why it was against vampires, but it just happened.

"Yuki," she heard Kaname from behind her, "I know you feel very confused right now but-"

"YOU HAVE NO IDEA WHAT I'M FEELING! YOU WEREN'T THE ONE WHO CAUSED HER DEATH!"

"You're right, I don't. But I was the one who caused Rido to kill our father. Listen to me, Yuki, for now, and if you don't trust me, you can leave."

So white. Yuki watched her breath fog up in the cold. She trudged alone, not completely clear where she was heading. She considered cutting herself again, but it had hurt.

"You didn't like what you uncovered, did you?" Zero emerged beside her. Apparently, that was unnecessary.

Yuki admitted, "I didn't."

"So you're not going to go back?"

"I have something important to do."

"Is that so? Killing Kaname is my duty."

"Zero," she inhaled deeply, "my mother died to give me humanity. However, I am unable to deny my true form."

"So you want me to turn you." He concluded.

"No," The wind was blowing so strong it seemed to blow her words away. Her long, ebony black hair was dancing wildly. She looked him in the eyes, "I wanted to do what I had learnt as a human and would never do as a vampire. Something my mother should have done in my situation."

Yuki took out a Bloody Rose gun from her pocket so swiftly and pointed it at Zero's chest. For once, her body complied with her. She pulled the trigger before he could blink.

Kaname stepped out and gazed at Yuki.

She exhaled and smiled. She felt like she was back to her old self. Kaname couldn't help but to smile too.

"Come here." He held her and kissed her.

Yuki kissed back. Never has she felt so exhilarated and breathless at the same time. She loved how he had both hands on her cheeks gently and seemed to never want to stop. Now, her adrenaline was rushing for all the right reasons. Everything felt so natural, even when she arched to expose her neck.

And when his fangs sank in, the world started moving again.