Helooooooo everyone!!! I know i've been missing since like ages ago XDD But now i'm finally back to start the ball rolling. This is an interlude, and the main storyplot will come in the next one.

Forewords: This is a continuation off the previous part, Cross our Hearts, don't hope to die. This is part two. For all those who have read that, you can pretty much skip what I'm going to write from here since you know what's going on. For those who are reading this for the first time, it would make more sense to read the first part. Frankly I can't be stuffed explaining XD So yeah. This interlude is just a little bit off the main storyline so you don't get too confused. So yeah...

Thanks a bunch of bananas to Yengirl for beta!!!!

---Zero---

Have you ever wondered why your life turns out the way it does? Due to luck, or misfortune, fate or destiny? Do you even believe in these things, or merely think them superstitions? I for one didn't. I believe that only what I can see, is real.

Vampires are real.

Fables and tales are just hiding the truth. Vampires really exist, behind every wall, hiding in every shadow. In fact, there's one beside me right now. He doesn't look like what the legendary Dracula looks like. He has shoulder-length brown hair, autumn eyes, and is dressed in a white collared top with black pants. No black or red cloak, just plain, normal clothes like what you and I wear. He's got, quoted from some girl, 'the face of an angel'. But that's just the façade they put on to attract their prey.

I used to hate vampires.

But the ironic thing is, I'm one of them. But at least, part of me is still human. Vampires have something called a pureblood in their society – they're the only kinds that can turn humans into vampires. I probably forgot to mention earlier that the vampire beside me is also one. A pureblood. But he wasn't the one who turned me.

Actually, I hated a pureblood by the name of Kaname Kuran. He mocks me silently, and was an eyesore. I could frankly say that I hated him because he was a vampire. And for another reason, it was because he was loved by my er… adopted sister Yuki. I deny I had a crush on her. I just wanted to keep her safe…

Until the day I found out that she too, was a vampire. A Kuran at that. Another one. She was the daughter that had to be kept hidden from immense dangers from vampire hunters. According to Kaname, he turned her back from the human girl she was for the past ten years (recovering her memory in the process) because he finally had the power and the means of protecting her.

So now they're engaged. I wasn't exactly happy with the idea of siblings marrying each other, but I didn't have much of a say. As long as Yuki was safe and happy, I would try to be content.

Just a few weeks back, things changed. Yuki and my younger brother Ichiru (who came to Cross Academy since I-forgot-when) went to America to attend some functions regarding the hunter and vampire associations respectively. When they left, I was wondering how I was going to er… feed, since everyone else who knew I was a vampire (the chairman and my teacher) weren't on campus. Blood tablets weren't an option either.

Kaname stepped in.

From then on, life seemed to have gotten a little haywire. For better or for worse; you decide.

I survived through Level E attacks, a blazing stable, a pureblood birthday party, a Blood Moon ceremony, and a mad female pureblood with the scars to prove it. It's not that bad, really… the scars, I mean. They are just scars…

Plus I got myself a rather majestic, tiger-sized wolf by the name of Kurame in the midst of all that chaos.

What's a little worrying is the… relationship between Kaname and I now. You've probably already realized that I'm calling him Kaname. It's to insult him, really.

Well, half of the reason.

Okay, here's a tip: face an odd situation with an odd attitude which is unlike your usual self, and you're less likely to feel awkward by the end of it. No, don't listen to me. I lie. Pretty badly.

Things happened… don't get me wrong. Not all were good but I guess it's… alright?

The world's full of ironic things. Suddenly losing your hate for your enemy, and somehow fearing inside that it's progressing to something else altogether. To make things worse, you can't do anything to stop it. Things happen quicker than you can think. Plus, you don't think when you act.

That's pretty much what is happening to me now.

I'm actually holding onto the hand of the person beside me –Kaname Kuran– and silently praying that… he doesn't let go.

There isn't much to talk about at this point in time XD Yay for KanameXZero!!! Please review to tell me that you're there reading -sobs- I don't wanna lose readers so... XDDD