.The Used- A Vampire Knight Fanfiction.

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

Story Rating: M

Story Warnings: Yaoi. Boys lovin' on each other. ^^ Bad words... a few typos... Eh, nothing much besides that. Anything in a particular chapter, I will tell you in that chappie.

Author's Notes: Man, I don't even know WHY I am starting another story... It's a bad habit, I know, but I just feel like starting a new one. I have MLC II down on the toolbar, opened and waiting for me to type in, but I'm just not in the mood. So here's a new one! ^^ I have no idea what it's going to be about, but I hope I get an idea as I type it. :3 But I do think it will have influences from other fanficcys that I have read, so credit to whoever I borrow little tidbits from.

This is that story I mentioned somewhere about the thing being based off of The Used's (an awesome screamo band) songs. The chappie titles will be the names of some of their songs. (I hope I can keep that consistant with every chappie title.) And hopefully, I'll be able to match the lyrics for that song with the chappie/story.

Hm... what else...? Oh! The story will be AU a bit in terms of some facts and happenings in the real story and some of the characters- especially Zero- will be OOC for the sake of their roles.

Thank You To... YenGirl for checking for typoes and inconsistencies and the like. ((probably spelled that wrong, too.)) There's probably a bunch she'll keep finding!

Enjoy! :3

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Chapter 1- Let It Bleed

"Kuran..."

The word was bitten out as bitterly and as roughly as it always had- and always will in Zero Kiryuu's opinion- when the angry and chilled red-stained, lilac eyes caught the form of said pureblood lingering in his doorway. Actually, Zero's eyes had a fair amount of red staining them and he knew that Kaname, that pureblood, could see it from where he stood. Where he stood so condesendingly looking at Zero... He infuriated the hunter so much and right now, Zero could have blown that calm face right off of that pretty little head.

He could have, but he wouldn't.

Zero hated to even think this as he reasoned with his rashness, but he needed that damned vampire. He needed that pure vampire blood that flowed through Kaname's body to stay alive and to keep from making Yuuki ill from the constant blood loss. Of course, usually he would not have needed the nourishment had Yuuki not decided to leave Cross Academy for a while to go with Yori to America for a foreign exchange student program, but he didn't drink from anyone else but Kaname. Unfortunately, he seemed to be having trouble this particular evening getting up for escort, but... but he wouldn't be caught dead going to the brunette for help!

Whether or not this was a good thing, Zero wasn't sure, but Kaname always seemed to know when he was thirsty... And more often than not, came to him himself.

Zero let out a weak snarl as he regarded the silent pureblood who watched him quiver humiliatingly over by the window like a determined autumn leaf in the wind that still clung to the tree. Could he have looked anymore pathetic?! God, Kaname sure knew how to pick his moments to appear. The brunette just stayed where he was, seemingly observing the ex-human in this ridiculously vulnerable state and Zero could have sworn that he looked like he was enjoying it!

"G...Get out..." he rasped, his hand unconciously coming up to grab at his chest where the pain bit the hardest. The sight of his donor roused ever more bloodlust in his body and his senses primed themselves for "the hunt". Each of Kaname's naturally rapid heartbeats pounded in his ears almost painfully clear and it made him want to cover his ears and scream. He hated the moments just before he fed from Kaname. They were the climax of his primal abilities and he even felt like ripping the brunette apart to the point of biting down more than once in an eating motion on the warm flesh when he finally took him. That had really only happened once in the few months of him feeding from Kaname successively and Zero had gotten quite the shock from it when Kaname had roared out his name in a rage. Obviously, the pureblood would not tolerate such extremes with the hunter... But most of the stun had come from Zero realizing that he had actually enjoyed mauling Kaname's neck like that.

But all in all, he didn't want to drink from the pureblood's neck- he all but loathed the man but he just had to have the elixir to keep him from falling into the End, didn't he? Zero couldn't help but wonder why Kaname went through all of Zero's unintentional abuse and his unskilled and rough bleeding of his legally protected lifeblood despite how Kaname had already made it clear that he was only keeping Zero alive to protect Yuuki. Zero knew that Yuuki would swiftly get over his death, if he died, so why not just get it over with? He was sure that his expiration would only take a few skipped blood giving days.

Even now, Zero pondered this slightly as he held Kaname's apathetic, darkened gaze, still shaking.

"Don't act like you don't need it..." the older vampire said at last, sounding curiously miffed. "You're shaking," he pointed out as he came into the room farther, lightly pushing the door closed until it shut.

Zero cursed softly under his breath as he opened his mouth to growl a comeback, but his stomach churned achingly... Please, not while Kuran is here... With a venomous glare at the pureblood that he fought to make sure it wasn't actually the pleading look to leave that he wanted to give, he grunted defiantly and turned away to look out the window to the crowd of Day Class girls... They were going to go nuts when the Night Class came out and saw that Zero, the only prefect at the moment, wasn't there. Only bad things could happen because of his absence and he moaned slightly at how this just wasn't his night...

"I said..." he began, when Kaname didn't move at all, before acidic bile decided to shoot up his esophagus and burn his throat before he clamped his mouth shut and slapped a hand over his mouth. Damn it...! He felt Kaname's eyes on him still, as he forced his own stomach's contents back down. His whole body convulsed then and he squeezed his eyes shut tightly, desperately trying to fight it back; his knees feeling like boiled, wet noodles.

"Did you try the blood tablets again, Kiryuu?" Kaname asked, even though the answer was obvious. He closed the distance between himself and the dry-heaving, silver-haired teen, who was presently sinking to his knees slowly. He reacted so violently to them... Kaname received no answer, but only a miserable moan from between the fingers covering his mouth.

Zero kept his eyes shut in mortification as he sensed Kaname kneel down beside him. His fangs throbbed hungrily and the pain of the bloodlust harmonized agonizingly with the hurt of his body's rejection of the blood tablets. He didn't trust himself to not puke all over the floor when he opened his mouth, so he just attempted to show his ire by letting a snarl reverberate in his chest... but it just came out as a scratchy whimper. Apparently, his body was more honest with himself than his brain and, thankfully, Kaname did not rub it in.

"Here..."

Before Zero could even look over at whatever Kaname was offering, he smelled it. Oh, God, did he smell it. Kaname had brought his fingers up to his own neck and had pricked the skin over that tight neck muscle and a thin line of blood trickled down the pureblood's creamy throat slowly. The wound sealed quickly and the predatory look Zero was giving Kaname's throat made said brunette shudder a little at the shot of anticipation through his body. He didn't consciously want Zero, but Lord knows he got such pleasure from the bite. The way Zero moaned as he drew from him, the way Zero held him tightly as he did it and how it felt to have his warm tongue swathing over his skin... It was all very disgusting and yet, Kaname still fell into the cloud of good feelings when he bit him.

But tonight was one of those other times when Zero would fight it as if that would solve anything.

He managed a full-fledged roar and turned to press his forehead into the wall under the window- which was actually a painful-sounding bash!- as he wrapped his arms around himself. No, no, no! Not again! Zero hated feeling so helpless! He was a damned slave to this hunger and all he really saw when he drank was Shizuka Hio caressing his own face while his own blood sluggishly ran down her chin like crimson rain. He was just like them! He was a vampire...!

"No!" Zero sobbed out, a few tears sliding down his cheeks as he kept his forehead to the wall even though he felt a few lines of blood on his head where he slammed it there. They wouldn't heal until he drank, but he hardly cared. Not only was he now looking like a weakling in front of Kuran, he looked like a big baby- crying on the floor like this.

"Kiryuu, I do not understand why you resist your instincts like this. It will hardly help anything. You are only causing yourself pain," Kaname stated coolly, reaching out to put a hand on the younger vampire's shaking shoulder. Another wave of yearn worked its way through Kaname's body, but he ignored it. It was the blood bond that he had with Zero that was doing this, and while it was much more powerful to him, a pureblood, than to Zero, an ex-human, he tried to block it out. Since Zero always attempted to stave off all of his vampiric abilities, the bond went largely unnoticed on his part, but Kaname still felt it quite strongly, like now.

Zero's anguish fed itself into Kaname's brain and the brunette only wanted to help him. Figuring that it wouldn't cause any problems, seeing as how he had a good (and true) alibi about wanting to feed and comfort Zero, he gave Zero's shoulder a slight squeeze to get him to look at him. Zero let out a small gasp as if he had forgotten Kaname was there and looked over his shoulder very slowly. His eyes glowed crimson and his pupils were almost nonexistant. The sight of that, along with the way his fangs had lengthened past his lips erotically, made Kaname want to moan in anticipation. Of course, he did not, and merely said, "If you don't drink, you will be a danger to this school and I will have to kill you before you go mad."

Zero gulped at the sound of Kaname's pulse when he turned and the words he had spoken went unnoticed. He felt like he could see the veins running over Kaname's body and he almost was senseless enough to miss the hand slide up the back of his neck and up farther to the back of his skull gently. Almost senseless enough. Kaname was pulling him closer to his neck and had managed to get his other arm around Zero's back to hold him and the hunter felt it. Had Kaname always held him like that? But these thoughts became dust in the wind when his nose brushed over Kaname's neck and the scent of blood made his hunger flare, but at that same moment, the blood-tablet got attacked by his body's systems and he shoved Kaname away, quickly rushing to the bathroom which was, luckily, a straight shot from where he was. Unluckily, though, he was now throwing up blood and whatever he had for dinner last night ruinously with Kaname Kuran in the room.

He gripped the sides of the toilet bowl and his body began sweating to try and get the "sickness" out of him. His body shook even worse than before and he couldn't stand anymore. So he fell to his knees once again and lay his cheek on the toilet seat while he panted- he hadn't thrown up the tablet yet... he could feel his stomach gearing up for another upheaval. But in that short time, his blurred vision struggled to see Kaname now leaning back on the sink with his arms crossed, not even looking down at Zero. He looked to be only waiting for him to finish so that he could hassle him some more. Oh, if Zero wasn't practically dying right now...!

He dry-heaved some more with that gross gagging sound and it felt like a vaccum was trying to suck his stomach up through his throat to be removed. He moaned tormentedly and turned to have his mouth over the toilet again instead of working himself up over Kaname. He continued to throw up more blood until, finally, two half-dissolved, tiny, white pills were ejected along with the torrent of blood and bile. The pain in his abdomen subsided only to be replaced with the throb of the thirst which was obviously stronger now that he had lost more blood. But he was so tired... He couldn't move anymore... Zero closed his eyes to go back to sleep...

The sudden sound of the toilet flushing knocked him back into consciousness as did a rough shove back against the side of the bathtub which wasn't too far from the toilet. Zero let out a feeble groan at the way his whole body ached with the push, but as he fought open his heavy eyelids, he felt someone kneeling over him and that someone gripped his hair at the base of his nape. He growled and arched his back in pain.

"Kiryuu, this is the last time I'm going to tell you rather than force you: drink," a voice warned. "I'm not going to be late for class because of you."

"K-Kuran..." Zero rasped, opening his still-red eyes. He couldn't fight it anymore... Kaname was right on top of him and that smear of blood on his neck was still there. All of Kaname's scent was falling over him temptingly and the way the anger rolled off of the pureblood only sent a faint electricity through the hunter's bones and it wasn't fear.

Zero reached up to grab Kaname's shoulder, which made him notice that Kaname was only wearing his undershirt that was unbuttoned a few times to expose his neck and flowing lines of his collar bone, and he pulled himself up shakily. Kaname sat back a little and took Zero with him so that Kaname was on his knees and Zero was sitting upright. Once again, Kaname guided Zero's head to his neck and tilted his own head away.

Bite me, please... was really pushing itself against Kaname's tightly closed lips as he felt Zero's moist lips tease over his tingling bite-area. Although it was laced with other smells, Zero had thrown up his blood and it hit Kaname's senses like an eighteen-wheeler with a load of cinderblocks. He had come so close to getting Zero to bite him when he had rushed off to the bathroom and his body had practically screamed when he left. And now he was once more consumed with the anxiety of Zero's body so close to his... The younger's neck mere inches away from his own slightly growing fangs. But he couldn't bite Zero... If he bit Zero... well, Kaname didn't like to think of that. He didn't make it a recurring thing to imagine himself involved in a completed blood bond with this insane ex-human. It was bad enough with this weaker bond.

The brunette's eyes closed leisurely when he felt Zero's tongue snake out and prepare the area for his fangs. His nerves thrilled wildly and his fingers tightened in the silver locks under his hand. He heard Zero hiss slightly at that, but all he did was administer the thing that had been driving Kaname crazy all day with want. The unskilled bite stung pleasantly and Kaname let out a quiet, short moan at how Zero immediately started to draw his blood from him. Kaname's thoughts took a rather caring turn.

That's right, Zero... Take from me and into you to live... You must.

Suddenly, Zero withdrew his fangs and bit down at a different angle, using both his top and bottom rows of teeth as if he was trying to take a chunk out of Kaname's neck. The pureblood groaned, louder this time and pulled at Zero's hair. Now Zero growled and released Kaname's neck, his mouth messy with the older vampire's blood. The red in Zero's eyes faded as Kaname panted slightly and glared him down, his hand- the one not holding Zero by the hair- over his bite wound. Kaname's bond-induced high ebbed away, leaving only his vampiric lust for such pain inflicted by the only person to have ever bitten him. He successfully ignored that, though, darkly saying, "Kiryuu, I may have let you off unscathed the last time that you did that, but it is getting harder to not rip your heart out."

Kaname half-expected the hunter to have a sharp opinion of exactly what he thought about that, but Zero only lowered his eyes to Kaname's hand that was covering the healing, but still-bleeding area.

"...What is wrong with me...?" he whispered like someone had bitten him and tried to eat his neck.

Kaname's aurburn eyes widened a bit from that and he let go of Zero's hair, bringing his hand back to his side. He didn't say anything in return, but watched the Level D become more anguished and Kaname thought that he could see a faint trace of tears in Zero's lavender eyes.

"I don't know why I keep doing this... Only a monster would do this, right? Am I a monster now, too? Like Shizuka Hio?" Zero said so sadly, it sounded like he was whimpering. It even made Kaname feel a little melancholy. "Kuran... I... apologize..."

"What...?" Kaname murmured, not really meaning to- since when did Zero ever apologize to him about anything?

"When I die, I hope you take care of Yuuki. So help me, I will haunt you, if you don't," he threatened with some bitter amusement. He reached up to a shocked Kaname's neck and gently removed the hand that was there to reveal a bloodied patch of skin that was just closing up. He knew what it had looked like though. It probably had had two sets of rips: one from his top teeth and one from his bottom teeth where he had bitten into Kaname's flesh like it was a piece of meat. And he had drawn blood from both spots. He ran his fingers over the reddened skin of the pureblood's neck and this time, he felt the resulting faint tremor that ran through his body. He looked up to Kaname's eyes in question.

But Kaname was on top of things.

"It's still sensitive- it is healing. Don't touch it..." he lied. Well, it was sensitive. But not in the same way as how he explained it. He changed the subject upon seeing Zero's skeptical expression and continued, "And what's all this about you dying? My blood is freezing your falling into Level E."

Zero frowned again and let his hand fall away from Kaname's neck, much to the latter's disappointment and relief.

"I don't think it is..." he muttered sorrowfully.

"It is because you keep resisting. It just feels like you are getting worse. If you would just stop being so stubborn, Kiryuu, it will be easier for you, and me, as well," Kaname told him. He didn't give Zero a chance to look surprised at the optimistic remarks from the brunette and stood up, turning to the sink and twisting the knob to wash his neck. As he rubbed at it, he heard Zero get up slowly and just stand there. Zero was watching him, Kaname could feel it, and the pureblood asked evenly, "Do you want to say something?"

"I don't want to thank you, if that's what you mean..." Zero grumped. That was more like it... Sometimes, when he drank from Kaname, he couldn't even insult him. He just felt... good with him and he wanted to be kind to Kaname. It was weird and he liked it better when he could shoot off rude phrases right from the tip of that sharp tongue he learned how to use. Although, a few seconds ago, when he touched Kaname's neck, he had gotten that... fluffy feeling? Whatever it was, it was actually really awkward, especially when at the same time, he felt Kaname shudder under his touch.

Kaname snorted at that and moved back into the main bedroom to put the rest of his uniform back on. If he hurried, he wouldn't miss any of his classes. He heard Zero follow suit after a few seconds and when he was clasping the metal piece that kept the tie's knot from slipping, he could feel Zero's sadness again. Despite himself, he turned to see what the hunter was doing.

Zero looked a little lost. It was strange. Zero was snapping at him like normal a second ago and now the boy was just staring at the carpet as if it was a television. Kaname figured he was thinking about something and whatever it was, it probably wasn't good. After that little display of depression in the bathroom and possibly him feeling the way Kaname had reacted to his light touch, Zero's thoughts could possibly destroy the semi-peaceful relationship they had.

"Kiryuu," Kaname said unintrusively as he turned fully to face Zero as if he hadn't caught him intently thinking about something. Zero jumped very, very slightly, but he looked up slowly to show that he had gotten his attention. Kaname surveyed the look in his eyes as one of dejection and it pricked his instinct to comfort Zero. He only shifted slightly and said, "Do not do anything stupid to yourself..." he began, actually thinking over whether or not he should say the last part... A slight flicker of annoyance passed through Zero's eyes and Kaname, for once, truly minded Zero being angry with him. So he finished, his voice still its normal tone, if not a bit quieter, "...that would upset me, Zero..."

And he left.

Zero stood there, his translucent eyes wide. He had called him "Zero". "Zero" with no honorifics or anything! Either Zero should be really pissed or really freaked out. ...Or really embarrassed. Well, the pureblood hadn't said it with malice so Zero shouldn't get mad and he didn't say it in a creepy voice so he supposed he shouldn't get scared (not that he would get scared of Kaname), but he did say it softly and spoke it as if he was trying it out on his tongue. Well, an air of affection had laced Kaname's voice when he had said that whole second part, too, unless Zero was mistaken.

Zero chewed on his bottom lip thoughtfully. What did that mean, anyway? Do not do anything stupid to yourself that would upset me, Zero. Upset him? What could Zero possibly do to himself that could make Kaname upset? He could only guess self-mutilation, but why would Kaname care? He only fed Zero to keep Yuuki safe... didn't he? Why did Kaname even say that? Was he trying to tell Zero something? What was so secretive that Kaname couldn't just tell him?

Zero was now totally confused and he was kind of glad that he had missed the escort so that he could just go to bed. Of course, he rolled through all possible scenarios of what the hell Kaname was going on about when he decided to say that to Zero and use his first name like that... One of them brought a slight burning tint to his face.

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Author's Notes: Before you even go, "What the hell?" I know Yuuki wouldn't have just left like that, but I don't care- I don't like her and I had no idea what to do with her, so she is gone for now.

Yeah, so... as you can probably see, there is no real rhyme or reason yet. The flow was terrible, I know, but I'm sorry. Obviously, the only thing that is clear is the blood bond causing affection. Whoo. How original. -_-

Please review, though. Drop a suggestion, if you can even take this putty and form one. ^^