Bloody Petals

Chapter 6

Zero continued walking until they were in some woody part of the school, almost in the outer circle, before he stopped and immediately shoved the wrist he was holding away from him. Aido got annoyed at the act but he didn't look like it. "I've driven you away. Now, don't ever go to the school grounds anymore if you don't want me to tell your good-for-nothing Kaname-sama what an annoyance you are."

"You have no right to talk about Kaname-sama like that!!" He was thinking of silently leaving just then but Zero's annoying words concerning his Kaname-sama made him stay. Even Zero could feel the rage from his aura and if Aido would be serious, he would be able to kill Zero right now. But Aido was still quite sensible even when he's angry. Kaname's order to stay away from this hunter was absolute and he wouldn't disobey it just because of some spur of the moment anger. But he was still angry so it didn't matter that much. He would annoy the hell out of this hunter even if he was to be punished by Kaname. "You're just a pest!! Nothing but a little Level E trying to look human!!"

Zero's eyes immediately glowed red when he glared at Aido. The hunter actually looked really beautiful, if it weren't for the fact that Aido was so angry he wasn't interested... for now. The hunter couldn't argue to what Aido just said so he kept his silence and merely glared at the vampire.

"What, Level E? Speechless?" Aido voiced in a mocking tone, glad of his verbal victory. "If you dare insult Kaname-sama again, I'll make sure I will do a lot more than simply lick your blood."

"I don't care about your annoying threats." Zero was starting to get angry as well. All these vampires were really out to get him anyway so it wouldn't make a difference no matter what he'd do. "First of all, it was because of your actions that I'm looking lowly at your leader. Because you're so undisciplined, I am starting to feel that your Kaname is not that great of a pers–"

Zero's words were immediately cut off when Aido swiftly grabbed him on the throat and shoved him onto a nearby tree. "It's a good thing you guided me here in the woods where no one can see us, so I can get away with it even if I were to kill you right now."

Zero was surprised for a while but he immediately recovered and pushed Aido off him. He was a lot stronger right now that he had a proper rest, a proper meal, and he also had that disgusting pills if that would count, so he was swifter in his actions. He was able to turn the tables after merely some seconds and now, it was Aido whose back was on the trunk of a tree and his throat was being held by Zero. If it was a normal hunt, Zero would've already broken that neck and put a bullet in the vampire's head. But since he was in a secret mission right now, he couldn't do anything like that. And it was a mistake on his part, because the moment he lost his concentration, Aido was able to summon his power and freeze Zero's hand in ice. Zero, caught by surprise, jerked his hand away from the vampire and immediately tried to take the ice off his right hand.

"Scared?" Aido, who had just lost his cool, was now confident again. He smirked as he covered the ground and the surrounding trees in ice.

"What do you think you're doing?!" Zero asked half in annoyance and half in fright. He didn't want anyone seeing this scene. He tried to feel any presence nearby but was glad that no one was near their location.

"Don't worry, there're only the two of us here." Aido voiced what was on the hunter's mind and even added some things. "I'm not that idiotic as to let someone see my power like this. Kaname-sama will get angry at me." And with that, he started to cover Zero's lower body with ice. Zero jumped and tried to attack Aido while also defending himself from the ice. For a while, he was able to get by. But a sudden chest pain made him lose his concentration and he landed on the ground just as Aido froze his feet. His left hand clutched his chest tight while trying to look like he's not in pain. However, his tensed muscles and his flushed face was not hard to ignore. Aido smirked when he saw it, thinking that the hunter was terrified of his power. "What, are you afraid of me now?"