1 month into marriage

"Well, what was the big news Yagari-sensei had to tell you?" Old habits die hard. I can never stop calling him sensei neither can Zero or Ichiru. I'm still waiting for Zero to answer me. He had been called on early in the night. We were still asleep when we received that call from Yagari-sensei.

He takes my hand and leads me to a couch. We sit and he continues to hold my hand. He rubs his thumb on the top of my hand. I take my other hand and place it on his cheek.

"Zero? Is something wrong?" I ask him in a whisper. I don't even know why I did that. I mean we're alone in our home. He surprises me by holding me very close to him. My head is on his bare chest. I can hear his heart beating at a slightly quicker pace.

"Sensei told me that the Hunter's Association wanted to see me." I lift my head up and look at him when he says that. I give him a questioning gaze. He brushes stray hairs from my face. Could the news really be that bad? I'm getting worried.

Gosh marriage has made me soft. I guess that is how women prepare to become mothers. Although I'm still not pregnant. I mean I'm twenty, but I still look sixteen. I'm sorry this has nothing to do with what's going on. I ramble my bad. Or at least, I'd like to think so.

"They want me as the president. I couldn't really answer him. I wanted to talk to you first. What do you think? Should I accept?" He asks me. I'm a little stunned at the news, but I keep my composure.

Talk about ironic. He's a vampire and he's to become the president of the Vampire Hunter's Association. Although that must be a pretty huge honor. I stop thinking too much and take his hands in mine. I smile up at him.

"It's not my choice. It's up to you. Whatever you choose is fine by me. I'll support you one hundred percent!" He squeezes my hands and give me those amazing warm smiles that make my heart melt. He picks up the phone and tells Yagari-sensei that he accepts. Once he finishes he look at me and kisses me gently.

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(4-5 years later)

The phone rings and I push Zero off of me. I rush into the bathroom and lock the door. I sit on the closed seat of the toilet. I pick up my legs and wrap my arms around my legs. I try not to cry, but I can't help it. I feel so abandoned. I hold in my sobs though. I hear a knock at the door.

"Don't do this. Please open the door." Zero insists through the closed door. Alondra is hurt and refuses to open the door. She just looks at the closed door with a tear stained face. He knocks again, but she is stubborn and short-tempered and refuses to open the door.

"Just go! Apparently they need you more than I do!" I wince at the crack in my voice. I feel harsh saying that brutally sarcastic lie. He keeps talking, but I refuse to listen.

I turn on the water to the bathtub and try to block him out. I wait for what feels like forever. When I feel it's safe I turn off the water and open the door slightly. Not a sound to be heard. Looks like he left after all.

The Hunter's Association has ruined my marriage, but not enough considering I still love him more every day. I hate that they call him all the time. He always leaves me alone. I hate this emptiness. I look at our wedding picture and then go back to the cold, lonely bed.

(Hours later)

I sit up abruptly to the bedroom door that was opened abruptly. I see Zero. He must have just gotten home this late. I don't greet him or say anything. I'm still mad. He shows me his phone and hands it to me. I look at him confused.

"Take it and turn it off along with yours. I unplugged the other phones too." I wait for him to continue. "I'm taking the night off and spending it with you. No interruptions." He says to me. I'm a little skeptical, but I just can't stay mad at him. I can't stop the smile forming on my face. He comes to me and kisses me.

After spending a private moment with each other. He takes me out to the places we both love to go to together. We go to eat at our favorite place, he takes me to the cemetery which is my favorite place, and for a walk in the dark forest. Romantic, huh?

We make it home as time nears to pre-dawn. I can't keep walking so he carries me to our room. Before we can leave our living room there is a knock at the door. We look at each other and then he puts me down gently.

He takes a peak and mouths to me that it's Ichiru. He opens the door and is little stunned to see us still fully clothed in our regular clothes. He shakes his head ignoring the situation and faces Zero. I already have a bad feeling about this.

"Sorry to bother you two. Zero! We've been trying to contact you all night! Where were you?!" Ichiru says all of a sudden.

"I was with Alondra." He says as he then glances at me. I avoid his gaze and look at my hands. Ichiru gives me another apologetic look which I dismiss with a shrug.

"Zero, we've gotten reports that more humans are being attacked and being turned into vampires. We questioned Kaname, but it wasn't him, and Yuki has seen to that. We've been investigating the other pureblood families, but some of them are hard to get to. We need you. We have to go now." Ichiru says. I close my eyes and turn away headed into another lonely morning. Zero grabs my arm and turns me towards him.

"Please don't do this. You know I have to help. It's my responsibility. You said you'd support me in this." He pleads with me. I take my arm away from him. I grit my teeth and clench my hands into fists.

"How the Hell was I supposed to know that this would take so much of your time?!" I begin to yell. I should have stopped, but now that my mouth is open I have to let it all out.

"Just go! I don't care! I don't care that I have to spend almost every day alone, worrying and wondering if you'll be home! I don't care that I spend most of my nights just doing nothing! I don't care that you seem to care more about the Association than you care about me!" I couldn't stop the tears streaming down my face. I couldn't even stop the heavy sobs escaping me. Zero holds me, but I push him away. I sway and feel my whole world spinning.

"Alondra, are you okay?!" Either Zero or Ichiru asks me as one of them holds on to me. I can't tell right now. My head is spinning and this roaring in my ears is awful. I feel a bit stable and push whoever was holding me away.

"I'm fine. Just get out." I whisper as I continue to grip my head. I try to take a step forward, but I only see darkness now.

Alondra has passed out. Zero picks her up and Ichiru goes to find cotton and some alcohol. He puts alcohol on the cotton and puts it to Alondra's nose.

She stirs and opens her eyes slowly. She blinks and closes her eyes, but she is now conscious. Zero wants to ask her, but he knows she won't answer him now that she is furious with him. He stays silent and waits for Ichiru to say something.

"Zero, you go on. I'll stay with Alondra and take her to the hospital." Ichiru says, but I shake my head.

That was a bad idea and I blink my eyes trying to straighten out my blurry vision. I hear the door open and close. He's gone again. I was right. He doesn't care about me anymore. Ichiru helps me sit up. I put my hands to my head and look at the floor.

"What happened just now?" Ichiru asks me with concern in his voice. I shrug.

"I guess the stress finally gave way. Or maybe I'm just hungry. I haven't fed in a while." I assume is what happened. Ichiru goes into the kitchen and brings me a glass of warm animal blood. I take a sip, but spit it back out and rush to the bathroom where I let out a lot of acidic bile.

"What the heck is in that?! Is it spoiled?!" I yell at Ichiru as I breathe heavily into the toilet. Ichiru opens the door and stands there.

"No, it's fresh. You just got it yesterday and it was perfectly stored. You know what I'm taking you to see a doctor, and I won't take "no" for an answer." He says as he helps me up. I rinse my mouth and reluctantly go with him.

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The doctor is checking the tests I just took. Lucky for me she knew about vampires and worked with them.

"You're married, aren't you?" She asks me as she puts a stray strand of her blond hair behind her ear. I nod my head and continue to massage my stomach which is still not feeling well.

"What does that have to do with anything?" I ask in a harsh tone. She isn't fazed by it though. Ichiru did warn her I'd be pretty cranky. Cranky is just putting it lightly. I wait impatiently for her to tell me what the heck is wrong with me.

"Well, you're under quite a bit of stress so you need to take care of yourself now that you're two months pregnant." She says as she finally looks at me with a warm smile. My jaw drops to the floor and I feel the hit of her news. I'm speechless. I just look at my stomach and place my hands near my womb.

"Two months? It doesn't even really show." I say to her finally finding words. She giggles and says, "All pregnancies are different. Anyway ma'am congratulations to you and your husband." She says as she shakes my hand. I shake it too, but I'm still shocked at what she just told me. She hands me the papers to my test and I see with my own eyes that I really am pregnant.

"Well, Alondra, what happened?!" Ichiru asks me along with Zero who Ichiru must have asked to come. I look at them both and look back at my test paper. I can't really find the words to tell them so I hand Zero the paper. Ichiru reads it over his shoulder.

They both simultaneously go wide eyed. I'm a little worried about the reaction, but out of nowhere I'm in Zero's arms. He is holding me tightly. I feel him trembling or maybe it's just me and the tears suddenly falling down my eyes. He strokes my hair.

"Is that really true? Please tell me it is. Please tell me I'm going to be a dad." He says in a whisper. I forget about everything else and I hold him tightly and whisper over and over "yes" into his ear.

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(Another month later)

"Ew, gross what is that?" I ask Zero as he brings me the most disgusting looking thing I've ever seen. He glares at me.

"You told me to bring this to you. A doughnut with ranch and bits of chocolate in it." He says pretty irritated. I guess waking him up to get me a mid-morning snack was a bad move. I mean even I don't remember asking for something so gross. He hands it to me and I throw it in the trash can nearby. He gets into bed and mumbles something inaudible.

I can't sleep anymore so I get out of bed and head into the living room. I look at my stomach. It got bigger in just a month. Then again I have been eating more.

I must have fallen asleep. It was already nighttime and Zero was just kissing my forehead when I open my eyes.

"Zero? Where are you going?" He strokes my cheek and smiles at me.

"I'm sorry, but looks like they really need me back. I wish I could stay longer with you two, but looks like they found out who's been up to the attacks on humans." I nod my understanding and kiss him on the lips.

"I love you." We whisper to each other. I don't know why, but a sudden feeling of dread hit me. I kiss Zero again. He pulls back confused, but I just smile and shake my head. I wish him luck and tell him I love him again.

He heads out with another kiss to me and a gentle touch to my stomach. He is leaving, but something in me compels me to go after him.

He is too far away now and I stop in the middle of the empty road. I watch the car disappear with the dread growing in me every moment.

"Don't go." I say to the silent atmosphere. I feel someone grip my shoulders. I don't need to turn to know it's Ichiru watching over me no doubt under Zero's favor. He turns me around.

"What's wrong? Why are you out here in your pajamas?" He asks me, and concern going to his face once he sees my eyes filling again with tears that even I get tired of. I'm so emotional. I hate it. I still hate crying in front of others.

"I feel so wrong now! I want Zero to come back!" I touch my heart. "In here I feel like something awful is going to happen." I say to Ichiru. He puts his arm around my shoulder and leads me back to the house.

"You're just worried. He'll be fine like always." He tries to reassure me, but I can hear the doubt in his voice.

(2 days later)

"He's been gone for two days, and he hasn't even called." I complain to Ichiru as I throw my cellphone on the couch. I keep pacing back and forth, and Ichiru is telling me to stop worrying.

His phone rings and he picks it up. I stop pacing and try to listen in. His face goes from a serious look to one of dread and horror.

I don't like the look of that. He hangs up with hands trembling. I knew it! Things weren't going to turn out good! I grab Ichiru by the shirt and forcibly stand him up.

"What happened to Zero?!" I demand of him. He takes my hands and moves me to sit. I don't budge though and look at him with a lot of anger. He sighs and runs his hand through his silver hair.

"Zero's been taken hostage by the pureblood that has been turning humans into her vampire slaves." He says with a lot of strain.

"Who is it?!" I yell at him.

"Sara Shirabuki. Her pawns outnumbered him and took him and killed off the other hunters that were with him." He answers me.

I finally feel my legs give out and sit on the couch. I felt my whole world just shatter right then and there. I felt so broken. I yell out as loud as I can. I call to his blood, but he won't answer back. He must be unconscious. So there is the hope that he's still alive.

Ichiru is holding me trying to comfort me, but nothing will make this alright. I get out of his arms and reach for the phone to call my dad, Yagari-sensei, and even Headmaster Cross. They arrive quickly. I can't speak, so Ichiru and Yagari-sensei explain everything.

(four months later)

"There it's finally ready." Yagari-sensei says. "Now sit here and just look into that mirror. I have you connected to the I.V. You sure you want to do this?" I nod my head and focus on our blood connection. All this time, and I can feel that he is in need of blood. I've been connected to an I.V. to make sure that blood enters my body and it can keep me alive along with Zero. I feel him.

He is conscious again. I see his badly injured body and shudder. His chained hands trembling. He notices me and shakes his head.

"This isn't real. It's only a trick." He says. I go up to him and stroke his cheek. I can't feel in this body, but I can feel it in my blood. He flinches at the touch and looks at me in surprise.

"How are you here?" He asks me in a weak voice, but his attention diverts to my neck instead. His eyes continuously shift from their beautiful lavender to a glowing crimson. I move the hair covering my neck and inch closer.

"Take as much as you need. Yagari-sensei is giving my physical body blood so we'll be fine I swear." That was all he needed to hear in order for him to plunge his fangs into my neck. I wince at the abruptness, but let him drink.

He puts his hands on me. Well, as much as his chains will let him. He is taking in a lot, but I don't really feel any weakness. I feel the tears streaming down my eyes. His fingers touch my face and he finally looks into my eyes with restored sanity.

"How long?" He asks me. I thought he meant how long he's been here, but he is looking at my ever growing stomach. I hold in a sob and then ready myself to speak.

"Six months." I say as he places his hand on my stomach. "The baby is so big." He says with a smile on his mouth.

"'They'" I correct him. He look up at me with eyes wide. I smile sadly at him.

"We're having twin boys." I say through a river of tears. He tears up as well, and laughs. This may seem an odd time to laugh, but I join him.

"We're going to find you Zero. I want you back before our sons are born." I say to him with determination filling my voice. I feel the connection breaking. I kiss him before I fade away.

"Twin sons." Zero whispers into the cell he is held in. He smiles in this dark situation. Seeing Alondra brought him hope that he would be able to escape Sara alive. Speaking of the Devil. She must have read his mind or something considering she is walking in with her loyal Takuma Ichijo.

Zero loses his smile and glares at them both. Ichijo avoid his gaze and Sara only gives Zero an innocent smile. She tells Ichijo to go back upstairs. He hesitates, but in the end leaves. She enters the cell and grips Zero's face with her hand.

"You look refreshed. Talking to your beloved, were you?" She mocks him. He tries to move his hands, but the chains have been reinforced once more suppressing his strength. Her smile remains in place.

"Now that is no way to treat your future queen." She says as she pushes Zero's head back into the stone wall. He feels his vision blur, but he remains conscious. She stands up straight, and finally speaks her true plan.

"I'm going to be queen of the vampires very soon. As soon as I kill your delicious looking wife and her brats. Or maybe I can give her to my pawns. So many choices. What do you think, Zero?" She says to him. Zero tries to strike at her, but his arms remain close to him.

"If you even touch a single hair on her I will break free and kill you! I won't let you hurt her or our sons!" He threatens her. Her smile remains in place and she backs out of the cell.

"We'll see about that. Now then have a goodnight." She mocks him and walks out leaving him calling after her. Cursing her.