Chapter two, sheesh. Writing Fanfiction is harder than I thought, but it's so much fun! This is still my first one so be nice! Except not really feeling this one is as good as the first... oh well. Hopefully it'll get better as this goes along ;)

Disclaimer: I DO NOT own Vampire Knight or any other possible references I may make in this story. (I'm writing the disclaimer before the story so I have no idea about what's gonna happen yet. We'll see:) )

-Chapter 2-

The Jolons

Zero felt a gust of strong wind blow his face as the Level E in front of him turned to dust. He didn't flinch, even as the ex-human gave out his final repulsive screech. Another job done, another Level E eliminated. The dang beast made Zero chase him around half of the town until finally being cornered in an abandoned barn on the border. It was hardly worth the effort.

His breathing was still heavy after chasing the rouge vampire around town, but he wasn't going to show that to his "partner".

Or... more like the guy the Association had sent to keep an eye on him. The human's eyes widened in fear as he caught a glimpse of the adrenaline still in Zero's eyes, making him seem more dangerous and terrifying than usual. His heart skipped a beat as Zero's eyes squinted at him. He silently begged to a higher power not to let Zero lose control here and now in front of him.

"Alright. We're done here. Let's go." Zero said between exaggerated breaths. He really did want to get back. He clung to a hope that he would possibly get back and out of there before the Jolons could arrive, and hopefully never run into them in the entire length of their stay. Or ever again.

His bodyguard nodded quickly with his head cast mostly down and started walking back to the car parked close by. Zero really felt bad for the kid, in a not-really sort of way. His last name was Suoh. Zero had never bothered to learn his first name, knowing no close relationship would be formed.

Plus in the first second they had been introduced, Zero decided he could take Suoh down without breaking a sweat. He was at least fifty to sixty pounds overweight and his greasy black hair hung down well past his shoulders. His pudgy face was pale due to his unnatural hate for the Sun. It was almost safe to say that he could devote his life to his work because there most likely wouldn't be a woman in his life anytime soon. The problem with that was that Suoh wasn't really good at his job either.

Just one of those floaters in life, with no purpose what-so-ever. Zero almost felt jealous because of this. Well, the last part anyway. Almost.

As they neared the Association building, Zero quickly scanned the parking lot. He had long ago memorized the regular parking spaces of the Association members. There really was no other form of entertainment for him so this habit had developed quickly.

He noticed three matching cars parked in normally vaccant spaces. He cursed quietly under his breath. Suoh jumped at Zero's outburst and as soon as the car stopped, he jumped out and ran into the building as fast as his stubby legs could carry him. Zero paused in the car for a few more seconds before finally crawling out, much to the driver's relief.

He stretched his neck until he heard a satisfying crack and shut the car door. Honestly at this point, he didn't care why they were here. Whatever it was he would make it not concern him at all costs. He supressed any possible floating anger and walked through the main doors.

He stopped a second and looked around. It was mainly empty. A few conversations taking place here and there but nothing out of the ordinary. Inwaardly, Zero wished "ordinary" would still describe the day, but he knew that would at some point change.

He made a mental plan. Step one: go to the Request room, scratch off today's kill. Step two: Find something to eat. He was starving, not having eaten anything all day. Step three: Leave. If he confronted a Jolon or Kaien in the process, he wouldn't care. He was tired. Hell, he was tired enough to even smile and wave if he confronted someone. Heh, he thought to himself, yeah right.

He turned a few corners and walked up a few flights of stairs until he reached, what they called, the Request room. The medium sized room was dimly lit like the rest of the building and it was where the lists of needed-to-be-killed Level E's were posted. Also, the special requests to specific hunters were placed into mailboxes that filled up one wall of the room. But those were the Level E's that either required a special procedure or carried an outstanding threat. Those didn't pop up often.

Only a pair of partners were in the room, but they didn't aknowledge him being there so he didn't bother acknowledging them either. Zero walked up to the wall posting all of the random ex-humans. He took a while scanning the board to find the one he had just offed. In the meantime the others in the room had left. What had been that ex-human's name... Kyoua, Hiroshu?

He scanned a moment longer until he found it. He realized it had already been crossed off. He figured it had been Suoh.

"Huh. Guess he's not so useless afterall." Zero thought outloud.

"Oh, no. Don't worry. He is. At least if we're talking about the same person."

Zero flinched as he heard the clear-cutting voice that he had hoped to avoid. He turned around immediately to the sight of a mousy looking woman, though her personality was far from mousy.

"Hi Zero," she said with a smile that wasn't even close to reaching her eyes.

"Shinobu." Zero acknowledged. Here she was. Shinobu Jolon. The mother of the Family from Hell right in front of him. She stared at him like a predator would stare at their prey, though her appearance didn't make her seem very vicious. Her thin blonde hair was in a ponytail and no makeup was on her face. She wore a camo tank top, brown cargo pants, and brown combat boots. In Zero's opinion, she was extremely unattractive, which wasn't uncommon in this line of work. But still, he admitted to himself, she look well for a woman of about fifty.

"Zero. My you have grown. Let's see, when was the last time I saw you?" Shinobu thought a moment. She cirlced around Zero slowly."Hmm... At least six years now. Give me a hug" She pouted.

Zero made no movement. He was sure as hell he wouldn't be hugging her. Shinobu seemed to notice this, but took a step forward anyway. Zero smoothly stepped back a few steps. "Why are you here." Zero said demandingly.

"Oh, Zero, must you be so cold? Come on, it's been years since I've seen you. The rest of the family wants to see you too." He could tell she was trying to sound defenseless, but Zero felt the venom dripping from the words as they came out of her mouth. "And if you must know, us being here has nothing to do with you. We have official business with Kaien and then we'll be out of here."

Zero just stared.

"Alright, fine. I get it. I'm not welcomed in your presence," she said smoothly putting her hands up in defeat. "But do say hello to the children. When they found out they were going to see you they were just so excited. It was cute. Well, I guess I'll see you later. Take care." And with that she turned and left.

Zero breathed a sigh of relief and walked out the door. Walking opposite the way Shinobu had left, he eventually found himself outside of the building. He decided he had done enough today, and before he met up with anybody else, he turned and headed for home.

So there's chapter two. I think I'll update monthly from now on. But like I said, I don't think this one is as good as the first, but hopefully the next one will turn out okay. We'll see XD. Thanks for reading. Review if you want.