Blood Candy 14- The Incident

"I figured Maria would say something like that. She doesn't want to be close enough for us to tell what she's doing."

"You think she's plotting?" I examine the chess board and nod.

"Yes. Both of them are planning something. But I can't figure out for the life of me what the hell the plan is. Both of them are rather good at playing out their secret strategies. I think it's why I enjoy attempting to decipher Kaname's plans so much. Because it takes me quite a while to do it, no matter how hard I try."

"Are you going to see Zero-kun again tonight?"

"No. He has to sleep sometime."

"Oh, bigger news. Maria-san snuck out and Ichijou-san had to chase her down, he had Aido help him."

"I know that. Maria is at the old dorm now though, settling in." I stand up and start for the door.

"Hana-sama? Where are you going?"

"I'm going to go check something. I'll be back soon, Maru." I leave the room and head to the old dorms. And I'm armed, so if it comes to a confrontation, I won't be without a weapon. I get there and lean on the wall just as Maria walks into the front hall.

"Hanami-san."

"Shizuka-san."

"You trying to invade on my territory?"

"I'm sorry. If you're talking about Zero, it was never your territory to begin with."

"And you think you can do something to change what's happened?" I smirk.

"Going by who's older and stronger, Shizuka-san, I'm pretty sure that I've already changed it. The only problem is the fact that even my blood can't fully stop the degeneration."

"Oh, are you going to take some of my blood for him and then do me in? For revenge on your precious Kiryu?"

"No. As much as I hate it, Zero has to be the one to do it." She laughs.

"Think about it, Hanami. He's supposed to kill you right? With the blood bond, I could easily make him kill you and then come to me."

"Well, we'll see how strong the blood bond is. You have to be in your real body for it to fully work. And you don't know that he won't immediately turn his gun on himself after he kills me."

"You're trying to bluff, saying that you two are already in love? How absurd. I know for a fact that you didn't leave France when word got out about them." I straighten up and smirk.

"Who said I'm bluffing? You should understand, from your experience, the feeling of losing the person you love. You're lucky I didn't leave France. Because I would have found and killed you." She smirks and the door opens. Zero walks into the room and Maria--or Shizuka--smiles.

"So…you can sense me. Because there's a bond between us. It fills the emptiness in my heart now…you…finally came to kill me." Zero grabs her and puts the barrel of his gun over her heart. No!

I wait where I am. He won't be able to kill her right now anyways. "Punish me for my sins…Zero. Pull the trigger." I frown, knowing as well as she does that he won't be able to. "Are you surprised…that you can't do it?" She reaches up to him, like she's going to kiss him, making me shake with rage.

"Don't…touch me."

"Poor child…I'll tell you the truth. You cannot kill me. I am your master. I gave you life as a vampire. You are my faithful servant. You cannot kill me…" Zero pushes her away before her lips make any contact with his skin and he aims the gun at her again.

Fortunately for the real Maria, she's safe from Zero killing Shizuka in her body. "You're the first one that hasn't yielded to me. Is it because of Hanami? Good boy…you make me so happy. You figured out who I am, Zero…even though I look different now. You knew I was the one who took your human life…"

"Yes. I can't forget…Hio Shizuka. That day…your true face was covered with our blood…"

"This body isn't mine…so I want you to treat it gently." A guy drops a sword to her and I push Zero out of the way, meeting my knife to her sword the moment she swings it around.

"Stay out of this, Hanami." I smirk.

"You should know, Shizuka. I hold a grudge worse than most other Purebloods. I'm not going to allow you to even slightly threaten Zero."

"Sempai…" Huh? I glance back at the door. That was Yuki's voice.

"Don't you dare…look away!" She slashes me across the chest and I frown, moving in with just as much swiftness to slash her across the gut.

"You're lucky you're in a borrowed body, Shizuka. Or I'd destroy your heart right here."

"Oh, you don't' want to involve innocent Maria? Too late." I smirk.

"She won't remember this encounter."

"Well, we'll be back where we started…once our wounds heal." I smirk and then double over in pain. That sword, it's a hunter's weapon. That servant of hers…who is he? Zero moves to support me and I lean heavily on him. "Bleeding, naturally increases thirst. But then again, you should already know that, being a hunter and all." I laugh slightly; my breath is coming short because of the wound.

"You're…one to…talk, Shizuka…using a Hunter's…sword on me…"

"The same for you. It will take a while for this to heal." I hear her walking off and feel Zero pick me up. Automatically, I grip the front of his shirt and he carries me out of the building.

"Zero…we can't…go to…"

"I know. There's room for you on my bed."

"But…"

"Don't worry. We won't get caught." I laugh slightly and tighten my grip on his shirt.

"Are you in that much pain?" I manage to nod and I can tell that I'm drifting in and out of consciousness. Because I can only tell snatches of what's going on. I barely hear the soft crunching of Zero's steps on the lawn going to the dorm, after a while, the opening of a door, another door opening, and then we stop moving. I lift myself up carefully and immediately clutch Zero's jacket to keep my balance.

My face is extremely close to his neck now, and he tilts his head slightly, exposing his neck. "Do what you need to, Hanami." I don't even hesitate or draw it out like usual, I'm too desperate at the moment. I simply bite him, probably a bit too hard, because he gasps in shock. I back up quickly, I got what I needed. But Zero…I watch him, to see if anything is wrong with him and I notice that he's staring at my, now ripped, jacket, the shirt underneath, and the bit of my bra that was revealed and cut.

I don't care. Especially when he pulls me into a deep kiss. I touch his tie and smoothly undo it before slipping it off. His free hand--the other is behind my head, cradling the back of my head--unties my ribbon and slips it off of me. By the time I realize what's going on or even what I'm doing, his shirt is off and I'm tracing his muscles with my finger. His hand, I realize, is working to unbutton my jacket and then my shirt. To be quite honest, it doesn't take much time for me to be just as stripped as Zero, no shirts or jackets. *Lemon*