Zero laid motionless on the bloodstained floor, drench in crimson. I wasn't sure why exactly Zero was covered in blood, or where I was exactly. It was a limbo state, a vison I guess you could say, and it was a nightmare. A pair of feet stood only a few inches away from Zero himself, were I just stood off to the side, watching the events play out. It was all I could do.

A woman with a pink kimono stood in front of Zero, slowly she made her way closer to him. The bells tied into her silver hair chimed with each step she took closer to Zero. The feelings of hate and loss vibrated off both Zero and this mysterious woman, making a shiver go down my spine. The hatred was so strong, it actually scared me. I was scared for Zero.

"Does it hurt? Are you suffering?" The women asked haunted. What kind of questions were those?

Zero said nothing, silent and motionless laying there on the bloodied ground. Who's blood was he laying in? His own? Across from Zero laid two other bodies, both lifeless and covered in crimson. They were Zero's parents, I don't know how I knew but I just did. Horror struck through me like lightning.

"Your parents hunted down too many of my sweet brethren. This is their retribution." The women wiped blood off her pale face. "The Kiryu clan was well known as vampire hunters, but they were no match for me- a pureblood vampire."

A pounding on the side of my desk caused me to jolt awake with a gasp of surprise. Zero towers over me and for some reason when I look into those lilac eyes I can't help but see Zero in a different light. Perhaps I judged Zero Kiryu a little too quickly, and maybe it was time to reevaluate.

―――

Forevermore

Fourth Night

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It was a cold on the night the Headmaster brought Zero into his household. A younger version of Yuki and Zero infiltrated Kai's dreams that night. Yuki was standing in the doorway, her long locks of brown hair going past her shoulders as she stared at Zero, who was wrapped in an oversized coat.

"Yuki, this boy's parents were killed by a bad vampire. He was the only one who survived. We'll be taking care of him, all right?" Kaien spoke slowly, softly.

Zero's lilac eyes were distant, cold as he stood there silently staring right at Yuki. He wasn't hostile or emotionless- he was digesting what had just happened to him. Despite the fact he knew vampires were beasts in human form, the loving side of Zero was lost within the night alongside of his parent's life.

"As you can see, he's covered in blood- so have him take a bath." Kaien instructed Yuki, turning towards the doorway. "I have to go to the police and other places." Then Kaien Cross was gone from sight.

Yuki pointed towards the hallway, eyes locking with Zero. "Um…Then I'll take you to the bathroom." Yuki offered, not getting a reply. Slowly she approached Zero, moving closer and hovering. "May I touch you?" Yuki asked, gently setting a hand upon his shoulder. "Let's go."

Yuki proceed to lead Zero down a hallway, into a restroom. The room was warm, steamy. The tub was full of water already, having been prepared before the Kaien returned home with Zero. 'The tub is already full, so please use it."

Yuki noticed Zero was not moving, causing her to think about what to say next. "Um… Do you want help with your clothes?"

Yuki then proceeded to help Zero take of the top layer of clothing, staring at all the blood coving his skin. Yuki couldn't determine if it was his own or someone else's, but it didn't stop her from grabbing a rag and wetting it.

"May I wipe your neck?" Yuki asked, wiping the blood off and relaxing when she saw he wasn't hurt.

Zero never said a word, but yet Yuki still asked him for permission each time she did something. Yuki approached Zero cautiously that night, feeling that is she didn't- the boy in front of her would fall to pieces otherwise.

Kai woke up that next morning with a pit in her stomach, this raw, growing feeling that something dreadful was bound to happen today. Something inevitable that no one could stop if they tried. Call it fate, but Kai knew this was set in stone- whatever events that were bound to happen this very day.

The young witch sighed, heaving herself up off her twin sized mattress and made her way towards the Headmaster's restroom with the events from the night before replying in her head. The way Yuki had been hunched over Zero, feeding him a chocolate that he wasn't sure if he wanted or not. The closeness of their friendship, even if the two didn't realize it themselves, but everyone else did. Kai knew for a fact that Kaname knew, because she felt his strong hatred for the silver haired vampire hunter. But that was the one thing that made Kai envious, the friendship Yuki and Zero had. She was jealous of their bond, not them in general.

Kai once had a child hood friend close like Zero and Yuki are, but fate had other plans for them apparently. Fate worked in funny ways. Fate could be for better or for worse, it gave life meaning and surprised. Kai never hated her fate, no- she chose to accept who she was despite what others thought about her.

Momentarily Kai smile to herself as she got lost in her thoughts as the bath tub filled with water. She remembered her best friend, the best and worst parts about him but yet she accepted all of him. If only he did the same for her. Shaking her head, Kai shook the memories away. It was a great while ago that Kai was truly happy, that Kai was actually a bundle of sunshine and laughter. She use to laugh, use to smile and be kind, but that Kai was lost to the world now. The day Kai stopped smiling and stopped her laughter was the day Yagari left her life to train Zero, and the same day her best friend told her the words she never wanted to hear.

You're a monster Kai. An abomination.

"Am I really a monster?" Kai whispered to herself as she pulled the hem of her tank top over her head, tossing it to the cold tile floor.

Witches were never liked, to humans they were evil and worshiped the devil. Kai knew for a fact that was a lie. There are two types of witches, Light and Dark. Light witches were servents of nature. They were natural witches that used magic drawn from life of the Earth. Dark witches were evil. They practiced blood magic, and things unholy. It's said that once a witch gets a taste of that darkness, she'll crave for more until she becomes darkness itself.

The restroom door then opened, slamming against the wall- causing Kai to yelp and scowl as the person behind her cursed. Turning around, Kai narrowed her eyes dangerously at Zero- crossing her arms over her chest, right below her bra. Zero's eyes seemed to have a mind of their own as they traveled down Kai's bared torso.

"Turn around Kiryu." Kai snapped at the lilac eyed male.

"Hang a towel on the door next time. Then maybe people wouldn't be walking in on you." Zero snapped right back, concealing how flustered he was. He was a male and she was a female, and a barely dressed one at that.

"Obviously you're blind because the towel is right there." Kai waved a hand at the towel on the door. "Plus you showered last night while I on the other hand obviously didn't because of you sinners."

Zero forced back a growl, "Stop calling us sinners. We didn't do anything."

Kai caught onto his tone, her stance loosening a bit. He was… different this morning. Kai could see the conflict in his eyes, as if he were facing an inner battle with himself. Then she caught onto something else, this strange aura. Tilting her head to the side, Kai eyed Zero calmly.

"I feel darkness around you Zero. Something's trying to break to the surface."

Zero stared at Kai, bewildered before narrowing his eyes. For a split second, Zero wondered if Kai knew his secret, but she couldn't have. So instead he did the next best thing, "You know nothing." Then Zero was gone, slamming the door of the Headmaster's bed room behind him.

Leaving Kai to take a shower deep in thought.

―――

Zero

Kai was late to class again. I guess she wasn't in a rush to shower and sit for an hour lecture, but in a way I'm glad she was late. After this morning I was more on edge around Kai than I was around Yuki, and trust me when I say I was really on edge around Yuki. I could hear the beat of both their hearts, the calm steady slow of Kai's and the flustered, fast beats of Yuki's. I think Kai can somehow sense me, despite the fact that she can sense the Night Class. Maybe she could sense the inner beast within me. I hated what I was becoming, a beast in human form. It was getting harder each day, fighting of the urges to drink blood- to given into the beast.

Each time I was close to submitting, something pulled me back. I never know what it is, but somehow I feel like it's Yuki, or Kaien, or even Yagari and his daughter Kai- whom hated me. I never really fully understood Kai, she was cold and distant towards me. Sometimes with Yuki and headmaster Cross too, but sometimes she opened up. Kaname though has had some meeting with Kai, ones that Yuki and I found out sometime after, but nothing less was clearer than Kai's hatred towards Kaname Kuran.

It's strange how different Yuki and Kai were, because ever since the incident with my family, all I ever had was Yuki, Kaien and Yagari. Never once did I think I'd meet my teacher's daughter, but he always told me these stories about Kai. About how proud he was of her, and that he'd hope she'd grow up away from the life of vampires. I remember wanting to meet this girl my teacher spoke so highly of, but the version of her that sat next to me twenty minutes after class begun, was the complete opposite.

This version of Kai Yagari wasn't smiling, or laughing, or trying to explore new places. She wasn't hyper, or curious, or even an inch of happy. She seemed lifeless, as if the world she once saw so purely was now tainted. Kai wasn't smiling or laughing or dancing in the rain with no shoes on. Instead she had her lips pressed in a thin, firm line, concentrating on the lecture being given for once. I remember what I heard before barging into the restroom this morning.

Am I really a monster?

That question ricocheted thought my mind, trying to filter through every possible meaning behind that sentence. Kai wasn't a monster, she was human, and so it confused me to what she meant. Was it a phase that she was currently going through? This unhappy phase that didn't lead up to the Kai I knew through Yagari's stories.

"Today class we'll be having a new student on campus. He came a little late today, but greet him with open arms." The teacher announced, and then came in a male student.

He wore the Day Class uniform, but in his own way. The blazer was unbuttoned, pants hung around his hips loosely and his ebony hair a mess as if he just rolled out of bed. His blue eyes scanned the crowd, and besides me I felt Kai tense up. Glancing at her, I see that she's in a stare down with the male standing in front of the room.

"Class this is Ryou Aiko." The teacher greeted.

"Ryou." Kai whispered, and then suddenly she pushed her chair back, getting the whole classes attention.

"Miss Makoto please take your seat." The teacher instructed, but Kai continued to ignore her.

Kai looked nervous, even sad, "I'm sorry sensei, but I can't be here right now." Then she was running out the door.

"MAKOTO!" The teacher yelled after her, then looked over at Ryou. "Please take a seat next to Kai's seat, which is right besides Zero's."

Ryou nodded, walking up the steps of the class and sitting down in the seat besides Kai's. He wore a smirk on his face as the teacher begun to get back to the lecture. Ryou though, was smug. There was something off about him, call it a sense of intuition.

"Funny, you'd think Kai saw a ghost." Ryou chuckled.

―――

Kai

I felt as if I were being torn apart from within my own self, that this pain was finally resurfacing. I didn't even care around Zero at the moment, any beef I had with him was over now that Ryou was here. Out of all the places he was here. I suppose it shouldn't surprise me that he eventually caught up with me, but I could never trust him again. Not the way I did once before.

Sighing, I let my head hit the back of the tree trunk that I was leaning against. I bailed on class and came out to this little wooded area to think about everything in general. I sat here thinking of my mother, about what she was up to or where she was and even what mental state she was currently in. I missed her, I missed her kissing my forehead before bed, I missed her smile and her sense of humor. I missed her being happy. My father was the one thing that made her truly shine, and once he was gone I watched as she dimmed down like dying star. Eventually she fallen out of orbit and I knew in time she'd go out for good. I just wished she wouldn't be sad forever.

"Don't you have class Kai?" Kaname asked, towering over me like a personal skyscraper.

I rolled my eyes, "Decided not to go today. Is there a problem with than Kuran?"

Kaname smiled, "No, of course not. In fact, why don't you fallow me? I've been meaning to give you some spells to practice."

I laughed and shake my head, "Sorry, I'm not going anywhere with you Kuran. You can bring those spells to me if you like but I'm not entering the Moon Dorms."

Kaname sighed, and I felt a moment of satisfaction in knowing that Kaname couldn't just boss me around. He didn't own me, nor will he ever own me. No one will bark orders at me and control me because that will not be how this works. Bound or not, I am not Kaname's personal witch bitch. No way in hell.

"I'm not giving you a choice." Kaname's eyes flashed a bright crimson, and my legs moved despite the fact that it wasn't my will. He was controlling my movement.

A bounded witch is doomed to a life of service. The moment a witch is bound to a pureblood, they cannot leave that pureblood family until released out of her servitude. By law of the spell binding the witch, she loses her will of solitude, giving her new master the power of control over her. She will do anything to make sure her pureblood clan is pleased.

I remember now, what exactly was meant by being bound. Literally hell on Earth because no witch wants to be bound. There is always this other loophole out of serving a certain clan, begging another to take over control- witch was rare now a days. Witches were as rare as purebloods, nothing very comforting.

"Come Kai." Kaname ordered, walking towards the Moon Dorms.

Again my legs fallowed, compelled to listen to Kaname now. I hate this. I hate him. Focusing on the movements of my legs, which felt as if strings were attached to them somehow whilst being pulled by Kaname. A puppet and a puppeteer. We walked along the trail that the Night Class took to get to class every night, the Moon Dorms weren't that much farther away. Just looking at the outline of the vampire's dorm made me shiver down to my very core.

Kaname and I walked past the gate keeper, who looked very creepy, with ease. When entering the Moon Dorms all eyes turned to look at Kaname, vampires bowing and greeting his presence. One thing I hated the most about pure blood was the fact that they were treated like royalty. The whole vampire system was stupid to me. If I said that out loud, I'd probably growled at. Speaking of the vampires, they were all staring at me. Some with pure curiosity as to why I was here, or some with pure hatred for standing so close to Kaname Kuran. Trust me ladies, I'm not here out of freewill!

"Can we hurry up please?" I ask impatiently, earning a few warning growls from the vampires around me.

"Do not disrespect Lord Kaname!" Ruka snapped.

Oh jeez, they actually call him Lord Kaname. Rolling my eyes I ignore her and her growls and look up at Kaname, who nods at me. Somehow my legs know exactly where they are going when they begin to walk up the Moon Dorm's staircase. Ignoring the warning glares vampires gave me, I slip inside a room on the left side of the hall. The room was like a library, with the bookcases around me. It was spacious between the desk and the sofa off to the side. Curiosity sparked to life inside me as I trailed my fingers across the spine of the books, reading their titles. One caught my eye though, making me do a double take as I pulled it from the perfectly arranged books.

"Book of Shadows." I whisper, eyeing the book curiously. Sitting down on the sofa on the side of the room, I flip through the pages of the spell book. My eyes widening as I took in what it contained. Anger flooded through me and my eyes narrowed at Kaname once he walked into the room.

"Put a soundproof spell around this room Kai." Kaname sternly, not giving me a chance to argue.

Rolling my eyes, I did the basic spell of silencing the room from those around. Vampire hearing will no longer be able to hear into this room, which means I can yell all I want at Kaname until he forced me to shut the hell up.

"It's done." I say, closing the book with a slam and standing up, I throw the book down in front of Kaname. "What the hell is this Kuran! Why in the name of the world do you have a spell book full of dark magic?"

Kaname lips twitched into a smirk, "Simply because you are going to review spells similar to it. There is one spell that I believe would be rewarding."

"None of those spells are rewarding Kuran." I harshly snap. "They are deadly and they morph witches into something unholy."

"Like witches are holy to begin with." Kaname mused.

My eyes narrow, feeling offended, "You really just didn't say that."

"But I did Kai, think about it. The power. You can learn to control it, and once you do you achieve something like, you can become something great."

"Only issue is Kaname, is that I don't I want become something great." I turned to leave but suddenly Kaname is in front of me, to close for my comfort.

"Blood magic." Kaname whispered, caressing me cheek. "I want you to practice blood magic. It doesn't have to be evil; it all depends on how you decide to wield your magic Kai. For good reasons or evil reasons."

I take a step back from his touch, "That's where you're wrong. The results of dark magic are already set in stone Kaname, and I will never do dark magic unless you force me to through this damn bond."

Kaname sighed, "I understand Kai." He picked up the spell book and handed it to me. "Keep it Kai. You never know if you'll change your mind."

I take it despite my instincts telling me to leave it, "Trust me, I'll never change my mind." Then I shoved past Kaname and walked down the stair case, only to be stopped by Aido.

"What is it about you and Yuki that Lord Kaname find interesting?" Aido asked, grabbing my wrist when I went to walk past him out the Moon Dorms.

I lifted my gaze and shrugged, "I don't know Aido." I say and lower my voice to a whisper. "Why don't you tell me?"

"You know why." Aido snapped, ice begun to freeze my wrist.

I smirk, "And just like you, I'm loyal to Lord Kaname." I mocked. "Therefore, I can't tell you or I'd be disrespecting his wishes. Do you want me to disrespect him Aido?"

I guess my answer either was good enough or scared the blond vampire because my wrist was released and I was walking briskly with my head held up high. As I walked back towards the Sun Dorms I did notice Kaname walking towards the Headmaster's building. I wonder why he was heading toward that direction. What did he want to discuss with the Headmaster about?

Sighing I decided against fallowing him and looked down at the book I held. Aido hadn't seen it, thank god. Instead I did the very thing I shouldn't have done, leaning against the tree and skimming over pages of the spell book. It was dark magic, pure dark magic. Why would Kaname want me to learn spells from this book? What was he planning to do with these spells? Obviously nothing good would come out of using these spells. Only evil.

"I should have known I'd find you under a weeping willow. You always did love these trees."

I lift my gaze to meet a pair of blue. There standing before me was Ryou, the friend I lost long ago due to our families. He wore that mocking grin, and his blue orbs shined mischievously.

"I don't love them anymore." I plaster a fake smile. "How can I help you? You're a little far from the Sun Dorms."

"I came looking for you of course Kai. You took off from class a little too fast before I had a chance to speak with you." Ryou took a step closer, eyes narrowing on the book in my hands. "Dark magic? Kai.-"

"I'm not even practicing this type of magic. So don't give me the whole "You're a monster" speech. I heard that once, and you made your point very clear." I say, standing up.

Ryou looked at me weirdly. "Then why have the book in the first place?"

"Kuran claimed me… Servant now." I sighed. "He had it, told me to keep it. I want nothing to do with it."

"Then let me have it. I'll get rid of it Kai." Ryou reassured, holding his hand out.

I laugh, "You really think I'd give this book to you so you can run back to the Witch Hunter Association? I'll take my chances."

Ryou made this frustrated growl, before he moved so quickly that I was slammed into the back of a tree trunk. His hand was around my throat, I dropped the book and his eyes bore into mine. I saw it then, the hatred. The hatred for me and for what I am, and I remembered clearly that this friendship can never be rekindled. No matter how hard I wish it could, but the hatred was planted deep inside him. And me.

"Monster. I can never be friends with you Kai. Not with a monster. You're a monster. An abomination that needs to be taken care of."

Those words still hurt me to my very core, and I feel it then. The witch me hated the man in front of me, with this undying passion. Narrowing my eyes at Ryou, he was sent flying back by an unseen force. My unseen force. My survival was more crucial than patching up a dead friendship.

"You really are a monster aren't you Kai?" Ryou whispered, groaning. He had hit a the tree across from us, thus knocking the air from his lungs. As he gasped to regain his breath, I picked up my new spell book.

"Monsters kill people. I don't kill Ryou." I snapped.

Ryou chuckled, "Not yet, but you will. And when you do, I'll be there to kill you. I promise that."

I sauntered over to him, squatting down and grasping his neck with my own hand, lifting him up so close to my face that our lips brushed against each other. I felt myself smirk, "How can you kill me if the first person I kill is you? I'm warning you my friend, that I am not a monster. Don't turn me into one."

Then I let him go, and walked away. I let my words settle in his head and mine. Would I really kill him if he tried to kill me? Or would I kill people to protect those who I hold dear to me? The answer was simple, if I wanted to live- eventually I'll have to fight for my life. And if that meant killing for my life then I'll gladly make that sacrifice.

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Zero stood outside in the evening, alone. He passed Kaname when the pureblood decided to enter the classes during the day, asking about Yuki. Yuki herself had supplementary class with Kai, who hadn't even shown up for the rest of class or for patrol. Kai herself had been MIA for the day, no one seeing her since the she ran off from the classroom. That wasn't the problem Zero was having at the moment.

Zero was fighting so hard against the burning in his throat, the ever presence of a fire that was begging to be extinguished. He had to get away from everyone, so he came outside to a clearing. In the distance he faintly smelled the Night Class. Taking a deep breath in, Zero grabbed Bloody Rose, pulling it out he was surrounded by the Night Class.

"What do you want Night Class?" Zero questioned, holding the barrel of Blood Rose to Ruka's throat.

Ruka growled, "Why does Kaname-Sama show consideration to a human like you? I can't allow it."

"Don't be too jealous Ruka, and the rest of you." Akatsuki says, sighing. "If President Kuran found out, he would reprimand you." He glanced at Zero holding the Bloody Rose. "Would you put that away too, Kiryu."

Zero looked over at Akatsuki, moving to grip the Night Class student's shoulder tightly before flipping him over his shoulder and tossing Akatsuki onto the cold ground. Akatsuki's eyes widen in surprise, staring up at Rima and Shiki.

"How embarrassing." Both stoic vampire models mutter lazily.

Akatsuki tilted his head up at them, "Shut up!"

Zero ignored their batter, "So you're all here to beat me up, using Kaname Kuran as an excuse." Zero eyed each vampire, lips twitching into a smirk. "Come on vampires, I've been pissed off lately."

"HOLD IT RIGHT THERE!" Yuki yelled, using Artemis to catapult herself into the approaching battle, landing behind Zero in a crouch. "Fight is prohibited! It says so in the student handbook!"

Yuki says that as if people actually read the student hand book. She pulls the badge around her arm into view and continues with her pointless rant, "If you all really want to fight, I will fight you first as a member of the Disciplinary Committee!"

Akatsuki huffed out an annoyed breath, "Enough already."

"Yeah, I don't feel like it anymore." Ruka agreed. "Let's go back to class."

With that the Night Class turned around, retreating back to where they were supposed to be. Leaving both schools Guardian's to watch after them. Yuki let out a relieved sigh, tilting her head to the side to look up at Zero with a questioning gaze.

"Zero, what were you doing?" Yuki inquires, hesitating for a second, "I wasn't sure whether I should say this or not, but both you and Kai have been acting strange lately. You with your mood swings and Kai with being gone most of the time now."

Zero narrowed his eyes at Yuki, "I don't know anything about Kai, but leave me alone Yuki."

"Zero-"

Zero didn't stay to listen to Yuki, instead he walked off into the night. Wondering what Kai had been up too each time she was late for patrol, because every time Zero knew, had something to do with Kaname Kuran.

―――

Kaname Kuran shut the door behind him when he entered the Headmaster's office. Usually when Kaname dropped in, he discussed certain things with Kaien Cross, wither it be about Yuki or the fact that he knew about Kai's secret. Today though, he came to voice his concern about the current pressing matter. Zero Kiryu.

"Ah Kaname, I thought you'd come." Kaien greeted, standing from his seat/

Kaname stood by the door, "Headmaster Cross, how much longer are you going to keep Zero Kiryu in the Day Class? That time is approaching for him."

Kaien sighed as he retook his previous position in his office chair, "I couldn't hide it from you Kaname. You really are in a class of your own. Your bloodline doesn't contain even one drop of human blood. Your lineage is rare among vampires now. You've inherited the powers of strong ancient vampires and are feared not only by vampires but also what remains of the witch lineage. You're the vampire of vampires, a pureblood vampire. Thanks to you, the Night Class is united even if it is full of problem students."

Kaname place both his hands upon the Headmaster's already broken desk that was repaired by plywood down the middle. Gripping, Kaname digging his nails into the wood- leaving claw marks. "Headmaster Cross, I trust you so I have avoided speaking about this issue, but you have taken only slight measures and you still treat Zero as an ordinary student. Are you going to let Zero destroy your pacifist ideology?"

"Kiryu's parents were killed by a vampire and in the bloodbath only he miraculously survived. How can I be more cruel to him?" Kaien asks, looking up at Kaname as the pureblood vampire leaned closer onto the desk.

"But his family wasn't attacked by an ordinary vampire. They were attacked by a pureblood vampire like me." Kaname's tone on a dark edge. "A human bitten by a pureblood vampire transforms into a vampire."

Kaien closed his eyes, taking in a breath, "Yes Kaname the vampire who drank Zero's blood wasn't an ordinary vampire, but a pureblood."

Kaname stood up straight, "When that happens there can only be one of two results. Dying from the loss of blood or unfavorably surviving and suffering the pain of slowly transforming into a vampire. Other vampires don't possess this dark power that purebloods have. I respect his strength of will. He was only human, yet resisted the powerful vampire instincts for four years, but Zero can only resist for so long."

―――

Kai walked along the school's halls after putting the spell book Kaname had given her away in her room. At the moment Kai was thinking of Ryou, of how they both finally accepted who they were and what they were meant to do. They were enemies and that would never change even if she wanted it to. The fact was that Kai was a witch and Ryou was a witch hunter. There was no hope of becoming friends again, not when their internal hatred had finally rooted itself into their hearts. Both hated one other with a passion, and eventually one of them would attack the other to spill blood. This was their fated based on history.

Kai did in fact look over the blood magic spell and it scared her. What Kaname wanted from her was to learn how to control people through blood magic- bending their will through the blood running in their veins. Kai wouldn't practice this type of magic, even if Kaname forced her to.

Turning the corner towards the stairwell, Kai paused. Zero stood on the walking platform of the stairwell with his back towards her, breathing hard. Kai momentarily thought she should just leave him alone but acted against it. She should make sure he was okay at least.

"I thought I told you to leave me alone Yuki." Zero grunted.

"It's a good thing I'm not Yuki then. You okay Zero?" Kai asked, descending down the stairs, approaching Zero with caution. The feeling in the pit of her stomach from this morning was back.

"Go away Kai." Zero huffed out.

Kai sighed, placing a hand onto Zero's shoulder. That's when Zero's senses went berserk. The steady beat of Kai's heart rung in Zero's ears. He could hear the blood pulsating beneath her skin, and somehow she was not even scared when she should be. Kai was calm, not knowing she was even in the way of danger. The perfect pray.

"Don't look!" Zero growled, turning Kai around so that her back was pressed against his chest. Zero's hand came up to cup Kai's chin. His left hand gripped her left wrist, holding her arm down as Kai's right arm was pinned between her back and his stomach.

"What the hell has gotten into you Zero?!" Kai demanded, struggling in his grip. "Let. Me. Go!"

Zero didn't even comprehend what Kai was demanding as he licked her neck, trying to locate her pulsing point. Once Zero found it his fangs came down, piercing her skin before biting deep into her soft flesh. Kai's blood was sweet on Zero's tongue, dancing flavors of sweetness, bitterness and sourness, all in a perfect mixture that pleased the beast within Zero. The taste of something powerful that made him feel high.

When Kai felt Zero's mouth cupping her neck, something entering into her skin and digging in deep. Once she heard the slurping in her ears, Kai then on realized what was going on. Quickly getting over her surprise, she fought back.

"Zero, get OFF!" Kai shouted, eyes sparking to life as she struggled. This caused Zero to hold on tighter and bite deeper. Then Kai reacted out of pure instinct, concentrating on Zero's mind until she felt the pain she felt reflecting into his mind.

Zero loosened his grip for a split second when he felt an intense pain inside his head, just enough time for Kai to shove out of his straight jacket embrace. She held a hand up to her heavily bleeding neck, breathing hard as she stared at Zero's blood luster eyes. Her own blood covered his mouth, drenching his neck and his clothing. That was her blood. It hit her like a truck.

Kai though couldn't look away from the fangs protruding obscenely from his lips. A beast in human form. This was the nature of a true vampire.

"You're a vampire Zero." Kai whispered.

Zero's blood luster eyes returned back to their lilac color as he looked away from the girl he just bitten.

"I'm sorry Kai."

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So there you have it! A brand new chapter that I personally had fun writing! We got our first witch hunter, Zero's secret is out, and we got a little more knowledge of Kai's past. I can't really put much of an Author's Note due to the fact that it's my bed time. You know school and all, but I promise to update as fast as I can.

So yeah, please leave a review! Tell me what you think of this chapter! Thank you, and good night!

Also check out my other Vampire Knight stories.

The Other Daughter

The Return

If you like Shugo Chara, check out my Vampire Knight crossover

Crimson Hearts