When we get to town, Yuki pulls out the envelope. "Ok, so we have to drop this off by three. Lets do that first."

"Who's it for?" I ask without thinking.

"Nosy. If he wanted us to know he would have told us," Zero says.

"Oh, sorry. So, what are we gonna do all day?" I ask.

No one answers me. Was it a bad question? Or maybe they just didn't hear me. All I know is that they keep me in their sight. If I walk off to look at something, they are right behind me. Oh well, no one trusts me. They will eventually, right? Or maybe they don't want me to get lost. I don't know, but it sure is fun in town!

"Alright, we are here," Yuki says.

I'm thinking too much and Zero has to stop me because I am just walking mindlessly. She puts the letter in the mailbox and we start to walk yet again.

"So, what do you wanna do?" I ask hoping to find an answer.

"Hmm, lets get something to eat real quick," Yuki suggests.

I am hungry. I don't argue, but Zero doesn't want to. No one listens to him complain though.

"Oh, that was soooo good," I say as we leave the café.

"Yeah, I love coming here," Yuki replies.

"I still wanted to-"

"For once Zero shut up," she yells.

Zero shuts up. We walk and shop and talk for a few hours. When I look at the church clock, it is already one. "Wow, we've still got two more hours."

"Really?" Yuki asks.

Not paying attention, I look off to an alley and see a cat. "Oh, hey it's a kitty!" I yell. I run off after the cat, but Zero and Yuki are both yelling at me to stop. But I can't help it, I just adore cats. Especially white and black ones.

When the cat finally stops running, I sit down beside it and pick it up. I pet it and hug it, but it decides to scratch me. I let it go and look around, ignoring my cut. "Oh crap. I'm lost," I say to myself. I don't see Zero or Yuki anywhere. Then I hear the cat hissing at something. I look at it and see a man standing there. "Um, hello. Can I help you?" I ask, a little frightened.

"Are you lost?" the man asks with an eerie voice.

"Um, just a little, but I can find my way around easily," I lie.

He walks closer to me. There was something about him that I sort of remember. My thoughts are clouded and I can't think of what he reminds me of, though.

"Are you hurt little one?" he says standing beside me now.

"Um, it's just a scratch," I say.

"ROSE!" someone screams.

I look up and see Yuki and Zero standing at a distance. And Zero has a gun out. What's going on?

"Get away from her," Zero says. His face is serious, and his finger is ready to pull the trigger.

"Wait Zero, he was just trying to hel-"

The man grabs my hair and pulls me up. I cry out in shock and pain, and I don't know what is going on. I just know he isn't what he let me think he was and that I am extremely stupid.

"Do you want her to die?" the man asks.

"Let her go," Zero says.

Then it hits me. That is no ordinary gun, it's his Bloody Rose; a vampire hunter gun. So does that mean this person is a vampire? I look up as much as I can and see fangs.

"Rose, don't move," Zero orders.

"Wha-what's going on?" I ask.

"She's mine. I'll finally be normal again with her blood," the man says.

I can feel his mouth getting closer to my neck. Then his breath, and his lips… "Someone help me!" I yell.

BANG!

His grip is gone. I fall. I smell blood. Did Zero shoot him or me?

"…Rose, can you hear me? Rose?"

I open my eyes. Yuki is in front of me calling my name. I can hear her, but I don't know what to say. I look around and notice I'm propped up against the wall. I look behind Yuki and see Zero standing over clothes and dust. He did kill him. But why did he want my blood? I'm not that special.

"Are you okay?" she asks again.

"Uh-huh," I say. "Why did he want my blood? Who is…was he?"

Zero looks back at me as if I'm stupid. I can't really argue with that. "You know nothing about vampires, do you."

"I know the important things," I say, a little insulted.

"He was a Level E. Do you know what that is?" Zero stares at me for a moment and puts his gun back in his jacket.

"Aren't they people who have been bitten by purebloods and have lost complete control?" I half ask half say.

"Correct, but not people, vampires. Who are your parents?" he asks.

"Hell, I don't know," I say angrily.

"Wait, you don't know who your parents are?" Yuki asks.

"No, some hunter killed my family in front of me," I say as a cover up. She saddens just a bit and I knew I shouldn't have said that, but I can't tell her. I stand up and walk over to the dust pile. "Why did he want my blood?" I ask Zero.

"You are a pureblood. Some Level E's think if they drink the blood of any pureblood vampire, it will save them. Or he knew something about you that you don't know."

I think for a moment about what it could be that I don't know, but I can't think of anything. All that I can think of is that he wanted me, not Yuki or Zero, (or the cat…) but me. Just my blood. I hope I don't meet any other Level E vampires. They scare me. They remind me of…Shizuka.

"Hey, we better be going back. It's almost three," Yuki says behind me.

I turn around and follow them back to town. I must have taken several turns because it takes us a good fifteen minutes to get out of there. When we get to town, we leave and head back to school. All of a sudden Zero stops us.

"What's wrong?" Yuki asks.

"Something isn't right." Zero looks around.

"What do you mean?" I ask.

"I don't know. Something just seems unsettling."

Whatever it was, we never found it. But Zero doesn't relax until we get back. That's when Hanabusa shows up.

"Oh, hey Hanabusa," I say cheerfully. I run over to hug him, but he just pushes me away. I am shocked. "Wha-what's wrong Hanabusa?"

"You spent the day with him? I thought we were going to spend some time together." He looks like a sad little puppy that someone just abandoned. And I'm the abandoner.

"She spent the day with me Hanabusa. Zero didn't have a choice but to go," Yuki says trying to help.

"You don't think I didn't follow you," Hanabusa says angrily. Now I know what Zero sensed before, it was Hanabusa. "I know what happened. If you want to be with-"

"Stop right there Hanabusa. I can be friends with whomever I want. I can date whomever I want, which is you. So I don't know what your problem is." I stare at him for the longest before he says a word.

"Fine."

Hanabusa starts to walk off, but I grab his hand. "But are we still together?" I ask.

He looks back at me with a sad smile and says, "Of course. I'd never leave you." I let go of his hand and watch him leave.

"Hmm, I don't think I've ever seen Hanabusa like this," Yuki says.

"What do ya mean?" I ask.

"Well, Hanabusa has always hated Zero and he wouldn't want anything to do with anyone who has something to do with Zero."

I stare at her like a blank page.

"She means that he wouldn't still date you since you hang around me," Zero says making more sense.

"Oh, I see… But I've never known him to be like that. He's always been so kind to me," I say.

"Yeah, he's only like that to girls. I hate him and he hates me," Zero says getting agitated.

"Maybe if you tried to be nice he'd be nice to you," I say trying to make things a bit easier.

"Um, Rose, I don't think-"

Before Yuki can finish, Zero pulls his gun out and aims it at me. "Listen, I know you love him and everything, but I hate vampires period. Nothing will ever change that!"

I watch his movements closely. If I antagonize him, he might just shoot me.

"Zero, put your gun away," Yuki says pushing it down.

"Tell me Zero. You know about my past. Not all of it, but enough. Would you shoot me, even though you know?" I ask.

"Just because I know, doesn't mean you wouldn't change in an instant and kill," he says.

"Zero, please stop. I beg you Zero, stop!" Yuki cries.

Zero finally drops his weapon, but he doesn't put it up. He must have a heart, or I would already be dead.

"Stay away from us Rose," he says. "If you don't, I'll kill you the next time I see you."

Thanks for reading this chapter! I worked hard on this one. I wanted there to be some kind of action, but I don't know if it's the best action. Please continue to read, and review!