.The Used- A Vampire Knight Fanfiction.

Disclaimer: I do not own anything legally affiliated with Matsuri Hino's Vampire Knight or any songs by The Used. I only own this plotline.

Author's Notes: Ah, thank you to those first few golden reviews, you guys; keep 'em comin'! One (maybe more- but only one had been left when I was at school, checking my thingy) of you even left a suggestion! It was good too! I even said aloud, "Oh my God! Why didn't I think of that?" and confused my friend. ^^

And about the chapter names? Unless I can clearly see how it would fit, I think just the actual name of the song will be what fits with the chapter. For example, in this one "Blue and Yellow"- they are very different colors, which will represent their feelings for each other right now (which isn't really what the song talks about). I won't get any more detailed cause I'm sure you can figure out from reading this chappie. :3

By the way- to that person who left that suggestion, if you are reading... thank you for saying that my putty was stiff. ((X3 Sounds wrong, but that's exactly why I put it here.)) But to that same person- what should Ichiru do?

Chappie Warnings: Nothing, really. Sorry~ ;

Enjoy~ ^^

Chapter 2- Blue And Yellow

Zero tapped the bridge of his nose with his pencil as he watched the black-rimmed analog clock on his wall tick seemingly slower every time its second hand decided to move. He was so tired and wanted the escort to hurry up and start. Then he could shepard the taxing little Night Class back to their dorms, comb the grounds for spying Day Class girls and go to bed. He had been trying to do his Advanced Math crap and use his time wisely, but... he was kind of undermotivated. Math sucked; sleep did not. Simple as that.

Last night he had missed escort due to his blood tablet-induced sickness, but Cross hadn't called him down for it, so he guessed no one had said anything, thankfully. But... he probably wouldn't have been able to do much of anything if a certain pureblood hadn't intervened. A tad resentfully, he supposed he was grateful to the older vampire for being patient and a little more gentle than he had to. Kaname didn't have to help Zero at all, let alone support him while he drank or advise him not to resist his vampire side when it raked at his insides for recognition and quenching.

As he let out a small groan, he slumped back into his desk's chair and wished that Kaname had been rougher and uncaring. Being considerate had only sent Zero's thoughts spiraling out of control as he constantly wondered what Kaname hoped to gain by being nice. Perhaps, a deeper friendship with Yuuki? Everyone knew that one could get to her through Zero. But Zero and Kaname both knew that she loved them both dearly as irreplacable companions and Kaname didn't seem like the type to use a roundabout approach to get someone to like him more, anyway. He wasn't like that- at least, Zero thought that he wasn't. ...Maybe the brunette was merely attempting to lessen the blazing tension between him and Zero. It was true, that Zero always tried to murder Kaname with his searing glares, but did it really bother Kaname so much? Zero got an odd mixed feeling about that. He didn't like Kaname much, so getting under his skin was good, but on the other hand, Zero didn't like to think of himself as such a jerk. He knew he had a temper, but being mean intentionally wasn't really mature.

"God..." he sighed. Now he had his conscience nagging at him that he had to be... nice to Kuran, too. He grumped as he glanced back at the clock and saw that he had wasted about five minutes on Kaname, but that also meant that it was time to go put the girls in their place while that very same pureblood left for the academics building with his peers. Zero stood up, feeling suddenly depressed that he had actually been being so uncooperative and stubborn when Kaname had been being polite (for the most part) to him. And when exactly did that start? Usually when Kaname came to feed him, (which was another thing that he went out of his way to do for the hunter) Zero was too consumed with his thirst to actually notice what Kaname was doing while he drank. If it was anything like last night...

Zero couldn't help but blush slightly when his mind's eye flashed images of Kaname holding him to his body carefully and gingerly stroking the silver hair while the ex-human gulped down his special blood with the grace and gentleness of a drunk alligator with ADHD. Agh, and Zero was being rude to him? How terrible...

Well... the least Zero could do was stop sneering at the man everytime he passed...

...

Because Yuuki was gone and the secret of the Night Class was known to only a few, Zero was the only prefect around and instead of having only one side to handle, he now had the whole group of screaming girls to fend off. But this was no problem for him. Whereas, Yuuki used to stand right up against her line with her arms wide, Zero only had to look at them and cross his arms like he was pissed or something. Of course, he usually was- you would be, too, if you had a bunch of high-pitched harpies flailing around less than a foot away from you.

But now, instead of only standing on one side, Zero stood right in the middle of the path from the Moon Dorms to the academics building. His head slowly turned from left to right to warn the squirming females (and occasional male) with his expression to stay the hell where you are and I won't have to smack the crap out of you. His back was to the gates to stay close to the other vampires when they came out and still have a view of the admirerers in case they get brave. Finally, his senses seemed to "face" behind him as he heard the dormitory doors open and then the gates' metallic sounds... and another feeling peeked out from behind all of the other stimuli. It was very faint, but... he felt like he could feel another life force... Kaname?

In slight shock, he turned to look over his shoulder. He kept his face impassive in the face of the approaching vampires, but his amethyst eyes immediately locked onto the source of the extra feeling in the back of his mind. Awkwardly, Kaname's eyes also happened to be looking at him as well and they held gazes for a short moment before Zero, seemingly unperturbed, turned back and began walking as the first few Night Class members reached him.

But in reality, Zero was a little flustered. Had he always been able to feel Kaname like that? ...Yes, he supposed he had, but he probably just ignored it, thinking that it was his natural hunter instincts telling him that there was a pureblooded vampire near. The semi-fresh blood of that very same pureblood vampire most likely heightened his abilities and the blood bond, too, apparently. Zero was aware of the blood bond- which was logically more stronger for Kaname, he figured- and he knew that he and the older vampire were tied, but he didn't know that he would ever have to feel Kaname inside of him... It was a really freaky feeling.

Zero led the Night Class vampires down the path, occasionally barking at the girls practically surrounding them and threatening them with after-school punishments if they didn't calm down. They were undeniably more wild with only one disciplinary committee officer around and Zero found himself wondering just how the other vampires had managed to get from their dorms to the school building without getting drowned by the bodies the other night. But as if he had heard Zero's thoughts, Hanabusa Aido decided to get the night off to a bad start.

"Hey, Kiryuu-san," the blonde aristocrat muttered, falling into step with the already annoyed-looking hunter. It was no secret that after Kaname Kuran, Aido was who actively got on Zero's nerves the most. "Where were you last night? I love my girls and all, but there was a boy in the mix last night and I-"

"I was busy," the silver-haired teen interrupted, clearly only half-caring about whatever Aido had to say. After that, he "hey!"-ed at a girl who pulled out her cell phone to start taking pictures. He went to stride over to her and confiscate the damned thing (he didn't care about them taking pictures, but he followed procedure), but as he pivoted quickly to get the phone, issue detention and return to "guarding" the Night Class, a hand caught his wrist before he even got to take a full step. With a slight growl he whirled around to see Aido had snagged him, peeved that he had been cut off.

"I wasn't done talking to you, Kiryuu," he huffed. "Don't you have any manners?"

Zero stopped and turned to face the obnoxious blonde and he so wished to take out his gun, but instead, as Aido also stopped to face him, he growled, "Manners? You're the one who just freaking grabbed me!"

With two of the people in front stopped, the others following began to falter in their march to the academics building to witness the hold up. Even the fangirls began watching. As the two men started to argue about "why you weren't there in the first place last night" and how "I told you I was busy and whether or not you have boys chasing your tail isn't my problem", Kaname's inner circle migrated closer to the two fussing teens, including the pureblood himself.

"It's none of your business what I was doing last night! It obviously was more important than protecting your pampered ass!" Zero snarled, venting a little of that confusion and stress from wondering about Kaname.

"You had better watch your mouth when you are talking to me, ex-human!" Aido hissed without thinking, but he swiftly realized his error when a cloud of taken aback murmurs arose around them- mostly from the vampires. The vampires closer to Kaname on a personal level knew about how Zero was a Level D, but didn't know about Kaname feeding him. The other Night Class members knew as well, but the humans... They weren't supposed to even think that the Night Class were vampires. And Zero... When Zero heard Aido call him that, he automatically reached inside of his black Day Class-style jacket and gripped the Bloody Rose.

twack!

A hush fell over the crowd of people- all of them. The echo of flesh meeting flesh at high speeds echoed off of the trees and Zero's eyes widened. He didn't even see him move... Kaname lowered his arm and without looking at the prefect, but at an accepting, but visibly embarrassed Aido, the level-looking brunette murmured, "There is no need for your gun, Kiryuu-kun. Please, keep leading us."

"K...Kuran..." Zero murmured, a little more than stunned to have seen Kaname move so fast and to just strike Aido like that outside, in front of everyone. His grip on the gun had long since loosened from the shock, but his eyes were locked on Kaname's profile and the hunter didn't move much- his hand only fell back to his side. Kaname's hand also dropped, but he seemed to studiously avoid Zero's gaze for a moment. This did not escape Zero's notice, but before he could ponder over the pureblood's strange behavior, whispers began to rise from the humans like steam from a near-boiling pot.

This wasn't good... In the human world, people didn't just slap others for yelling at someone else. And if they did it was because the slapper (Kaname, in this instance) held the person who was getting yelled at (Zero) dear and the person who got hit (Aido) would have fought back- if not physically then at least look mad. Aido just clenched his fingers into fists and looked at the ground. And since none of those things were true (...right?) the humans probably wouldn't think they were vampires from those small clues from the lifestyle of the secret race, but still...

"Um, excuse me, Day Class!" a voice rang out among the tense air. Zero tore his almost child-like stare away from Kaname, who still was silently looking down at Aido distractedly, to the owner of the sudden outburst. The Vice President of the Night Class, Takuma Ichijo, was now the center of attention and he had his usual cheery smile on his face while he spoke again- loudly enough to carry over the crowd of Day Class students.

"Girls, I think it's about time for you all to be heading back to your dorms. Don't you think?"

Immediately, like the brainwashed, love-sick fans that they were, they all cooed back, "Yes, Ichijo-sama!" Zero scoffed aloud and could have sworn that he could see the little hearts floating above their heads as they all giggled before trotting all the way back to the Sun Dorms. As he fumed about how ignorant they all were, Rima and Shiki both walked by him to continue on to the school building. Zero remembered what he was supposed to be doing and gave the others a look to get them going again.

They had been staring at him (just not Rima and Shiki because they never really got riled over others' personal problems- Kaname wasn't doing anything wrong, so they didn't care) like he had done something to instigate Kaname slapping Aido. Zero only narrowed his lilac eyes at them in a bit of a challenge, daring them to open their mouths and say something. They did start to head for the school, although a bit hesitantly, but Ruka flared her nostrils most unattractively before walking on- dragging Kain along by the wrist. Ichijo was watching Kaname worriedly and Aido seemed to be waiting for dismissal. With a slight nod, both blondes scurried off like they were about to get a spanking. Only Zero and Kaname remained.

Questions began throwing themselves against the forefront of Zero's mind, now that he was basically alone with the pureblood.

Why did you do that? Did you just protect me? or even about last night... Why were you so gentle with me? What do you hope to gain?

But there was one thing that suddenly slid from Zero's tongue and past his lips; it was quiet and mumbled, but it was spoken:

"Thank you, Kura-...Kaname. For... everything."

His hands were curled into tight balls as he said this, fighting the urge to run off in chagrin. He barely said "thank you" to anyone, let alone pure-blooded vampires and here he was thanking his mortal enemy. He expected the brunette to coldly tell him to save his thanks and tell him exactly why he hit Aido, which had nothing to do with the hunter. Then he would tell him to address him formally and then have him say that this was all for Yuuki and if Zero had meant "everything" as being careful with him while he fed, then that was to not cause trouble. Zero wanted Kaname to talk to him like that so that he could also speak to Kaname rudely. He told himself that it was just his guilty conscience making him want to thank Kaname so that he didn't think him uncultured and ungrateful, but... it felt kind of good to be nice to Kaname. Like his body thanked him for it. At least, when Kaname told him off for that sentence, Zero could feel good about thanking him either way...

...but Kaname didn't tell Zero off. He did not even look angry when he finally turned his head to meet his burgundy gaze with Zero's silvery-purple one. Zero almost gasped at the utter... infatuation he saw behind Kaname's stare for a half-second before a hard shield seemed to slam down in front of it and Kaname just appeared a bit frustrated over something. But Zero knew what he saw and his expression was openly surprised to Hell and back. Twice.

What the hell was that?

"Kuran...?" he whispered, afraid to use his first name again.

"You're welcome, Kiryuu. I suggest you finish up your duties if you are going to be alert enough for the morning escort."

And although it looked like Kaname wanted to keep looking at him- if the way his eyes stayed on Zero as he moved was any indication-, the older vampire gracefully, yet quickly, walked away.

Zero stood, dumbfounded. Was Kaname going insane? He wanted to stop him and tell him that he wasn't done talking to him, but the words were stuck in his throat. It was just... the way Kaname had looked at him. That longing look that he had caught at the same time Kaname had. Obviously, it was somthing that slipped, because the pureblood had schooled it rather swiftly. But, really? Was Kaname looking at him that way? Maybe, Zero was just seeing what he wanted to... wait, what? What he wanted to? No, no way!

A slight flush crept over Zero's cheeks as he tried to sort out his thoughts. The ex-human knew what a blood bond could do, so he was also aware that affections could be caused by the bond. He convinced himself over and over that that was all it was- on both of their parts. Kaname was further affected by it than Zero because he was the vampire at it's most elemental, and Zero was just easily flustered by it all, that's it. ...But maybe...

...

Kaname silently, but irritatedly, cursed himself for being so weak as he slid into a seat in the classroom, closing his eyes. He had only meant to step in between them and stop their argument, but when he had heard Hanabusa Aido call Zero an ex-human, he had snapped. It was the truth and yet... such an insult. He had been doing so well to not look at Zero either, and it was almost like his body had striken Aido on its own, so fast did it happen. Before he knew it, he had to carefully make sure it had looked like that he had hit Aido before he let the secret of the Night Class out- look only at Aido like a scolding parent and talk to Zero only to tell him not to draw his weapon...

Luckily, Takuma, his Vice President, had stepped in to get the Day Class moving.

But then, just as Kaname's instincts stopped crying at him to go to Zero and he dismissed the remaining vampires, said silver-haired boy had whispered, almost mewled, Kaname thought, "Thank you... Kaname. For everything." Sure it was a little broken where the boy had to choose his words, but it sang through Kaname's body like delicate fingers gliding over an angel's harp's strings. He couldn't help but to look at Zero and when he did, he knew that his adoration for his bondmate was shining right through the window to his soul. It definitely didn't go unnoticed by Zero, whose whole face showed how startled he had been. As soon as he saw the look on his face, he smothered the affection. He hadn't meant to show it, of course, but he supposed the sudden and rare expression of any positive emotion from Zero had been a little too much for his "I want Zero" side.

Kaname let out a soft sigh before tilting his head back a little, a posture for "stress" before he heard the teacher begin his lesson.

...Newton's Laws? He knew all of that- that was simple physical science.

So instead, he wondered what exactly he was going to do with Zero. Before Zero had thanked Kaname, he was staring at him with such a look in his eyes. Curiosity and confusion. He had probably wanted to know why Kaname had hit Aido just because of what he was saying. Zero wasn't stupid; he knew that the pureblood wasn't the type to hit someone and let his ire be so obvious. Sooner or later he would figure it out, if he didn't have an idea already. And he knew that Zero had noticed how strongly Kaname reacted to his bites and most likely unintentional caresses when he fed. As much as Kaname hated to admit it, he felt something for the hunter. He wasn't quite ready to go out and say that he has fallen for him, but he knew that he didn't hate him. As far as he was concerned, any vampire trembles with pleasure when bitten (consensually) and a pureblood was no exception. And as for the Aido thing?

I am just just a little defensive when it comes to Zero. It isn't like that is odd for a bondsharer to experience- being defensive. If anything, it is a survival instinct. If Zero were to die, I would go into some kind of depression. If it were a two-way bond then I might want to die along with him... It's not me...

With a slight huff of air through his nose, he caught himself making up excuses for his behavior. How immature...

"Kuran-kun, I have received a message for you from the Disciplinary Committee."

Kaname sat up a little more to look like he was paying attention for the last fifteen minutes... even though he didn't even see a staff member come in to give the professor the slip of paper which was apparently from Zero seeing as how he was the only prefect at the moment. The paper was passed back to him and he opened it, ashamedly eager as he did so. As he read the hunter's neat script- lucidly rushed as if he were angry or bashful in some parts- the anxious feeling did not go away.

Meet me at the old Moon Dormitory at sunrise. Bring protection from the sun so you don't get burned.

-Zero Kiryuu.

Author's Notes: Making Kaname slap Aido is always fun. ^^ Does the escort go at night and day? I never knew so I just make it morning and nights. X3

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