I woke up in my room, the light flowing in from the windows. The room was dark, and the window was the only sign of light in my world of darkness. I sat up, my head hurting. I found out that I was still in my uniform with blood stains. Memories of last night came to me.

Zero attacked Yuki…

I slowly stood up, still feeling a bit shakey. On the bedside table was a glass of water and my box of tablets. As my gaze swept over the box, my hunger for blood awakened and I grabbed the box. Placing 3 tablets in my mouth, I washed them down with the water. I pulled the curtains aside and basked in the light. I looked out the window, reflecting myself on the glass. My eyes…the colour of blood. The sign of the vampire that I have been abused by in my life. I shuddered. I wasn't quite used to that yet.

Then something hit me. Since Zero hated vampires so much, would he kill himself?Or run away from Cross Academy? I quickly placed the glass back on the table and quickly changed into a fresh uniform. Using a wet towel, I wiped the dry blood off my neck and used my nose to make sure that the smell of blood was gone. Then I ran towards Zero's dorm. As I ran, memories of Zero and me came flooding my mind. And Ichiru.

How could he think of killing himself and letting me stay here by myself? Why? Didn't he care about me? Tears touched the rim of my eyes.

As I approached his room, I found the dorm door wide open. I walked in to find nobody in here. I looked around and found that Zero had cleared out his dorm. Was I too late? Was he gone, leaving me behind at Cross Academy or in the world of the living? After that, I sat down on his bed. As I sat, my foot stepped on something. I bent down to pick it up. It was the gun's safety catch. Looking at it, I only realised what he had done. The tears ran down my face. He had taken the gun and he was going to shoot himself away from the school…. and me. My tears kept running, my hands curled up on my lap. The silver curtain of hair hiding myself from the truth of reality.

Zero was …. gone

I then heard footsteps by the door. I looked up, parting the silver curtain, hoping that I was wrong about what had happened.

'Zero!' I ran up and grabbed him hoping that my hands could keep him there. I felt his arms wrap around me into a comforting hug. 'Why? Why? How could you think about killing yourself without thinking about me? Didn't you think that your death would hurt me? The death of the only other person in our family?Would you leave me as the only Kiryuu left?' I cried, the tears staining his shirt. I knew I was blabbering but how couldn't I. This was something that he had to hear. I felt his hand stroke my hair, like he did when we were younger. It was soothing. 'I'm sorry, Tsuki. I'm so sorry.' I just snuggled closer to him and said, 'Just don't do anything like that to me again. Ever.' He held me until I finished crying, stroking my hair and murmuring comforting words.

After the tears started to slow, I looked up. Zero lowered his gaze to meet mine and using his spare hand, he wiped my tears away. 'Promise me that you won't try that again. I don't want to see another one of our family dead.' He nodded and said, 'Promise.' I small smile crept up onto my face and I said,'Anyway, I did promise you that I will be with you always.'

I looked at his face. The one that had been so similar to Ichiru's. That day we lost him to Shizuka but I would never let her take Zero. Or anything. He was all I had left.

We sat down on his bed and Zero's hand reached out to my chin and he angled it so he could see my neck. His fingers lightly touched where he had bitten. 'Are you okay?' He released me gently and I nodded. 'It doesn't hurt.' Zero closed his eyes and sighed in relief.

'How is Yuki?' I had to ask. I hope that she hadn't sustained as much damage. It would reck Zero if Yuki was hurt or killed. She was surrounded by dangers and it was true, her blood did smell sweet. He placed a hand on mHe placed a hand on m shoulder, reassuring me. 'She's fine. She's with the Chairman right now. Don't worry, she's fine.'

But his attention returned to me. 'I'm sorry, Tsuki. I didn't mean to do this to you.'His gaze was sincere and supported his words. I placed one of my hands on to his cheek, like mother used to do when any of us were upset and needed comfort. His hand held the one that was on his cheek. He looked at me with such sad eyes, I knew that he was really upset about the whole thing.

'It's just good that you're alive.'

Hey everyone!

It's Christmas! I'm going overseas for holiday but I'm not allowed to bring my computer along TT^TT. So I won't be updating till next year.

I hope everyone has a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!

See you in 2011

~yuki973