Let's Play A Game Chpt 3

Kaname POV

I held Zero against me a while after he stopped breathing. I couldn't believe I killed him. It was for Yuuki wasn't it? Was Zero right though? Did she really care or was she just waiting for us to kill each other like our deaths were nothing? All of that was running through my head. Of course rivals do think about the other getting hit by a car or something... I regret that now. How did we get to this? I laid him down. I hoped his body would disappear and he'd come out of the house again but... This was his third life. Third life... real life.

It was the third day now. The boat should be coming. Zero and I stayed up late sparring and it went into this morning. Yuuki was probably sleeping depending what time it is. The sun was just coming up so it was probably close to six. That means we didn't eat or take a bath... Great.

I went back inside to tell Yuuki the news. I hope Zero was wrong. She wasn't sleeping though. She was watching tv. "Yuuki?"

"Oh hi Kaname."

"I killed Zero. He's dead."

"Oh. Well he'll come back. Don't worry about it."

"That was his third life." She looked surprised. "He's not coming back. Ever."

"But..."

"We promised each other that we'd let you get off the island. I have two lives left so I'll let you kill me."

"I can't do that." I didn't know what to believe anymore... She wasn't acting like she was sad...

"I'm going to get his body. I'll put him on the sofa." I left the house and went back by Zero. It was weird to see him like this. I remember him opening up to me in his last moments. Not something I wanted to remember him by. I knelt down to look at him again. He wanted me to drink his blood so maybe I should just I might see something in there I didn't want to see.

His blood was good last time. It didn't taste like I thought it would. I liked it. To be honest I wouldn't have stopped if he hadn't said he was scared... He was scared... to die... and I killed him... I leaned down ready to bite him but something happened. There was a pain in my chest... Zero was still alive. He had pulled the knife out of him and shoved it into my chest.

"You should know better... Vampires turn to dust when they die." He was still pretty injured so he bit me. After awhile when he healed he pulled away but shoved the knife deeper into me. He pushed me away from him then stood up heading to the house. That was gonna kill me. It was just my second life so it was no big deal but still... It hurt me when he just walked away like that. "I'll see you in a few minutes."

Zero POV

Yuuki was surprised when I walked into the house. "Zero... Kaname said he killed you." Yeah. She was really sad that I died. Just another reason to kill her.

"I faked it." I walked over to Kaname's room and shoved the door open. He stood up seemingly very pissed off. At least he wasn't pissed on... Just a joke.

"How dare you play my emotions like that!"

"We're even. Let's see who wins this round." We started fighting again but really fighting like making holes in the walls or just tearing the whole wall down. Anything we could use we did. Whoever won this decided the outcome of our fate. Yuuki stood there panicking probably only because the building could collapse on her. We both ended up in his room. All she did was stare at us. "I told you. She's getting a kick out of it."

"No she's not."

"She's not trying to stop us."

"She knows she'll get hurt."

"Oh please. She has all three lives left." Suddenly we heard something beeping coming from the doorway. She was smiling holding a bomb in her hand. "I told you!"

"I really want to get off this island so you guys need to die. I knew I had to kill one of you I mean since there could only be one winner out of a fight. So I made this. I didn't think you'd both live. Sorry boys. I like living." She threw the bomb into the room then locked the door.

...

The bomb went off. Yuuki stood there looking at the ravaged room and the two bodies laying there lifeless covered in beams and ash. She smiled thinking she was gonna get off the island.

"So typical. Always in this kind of thing a woman lives. That makes me mad." Three shots went off and Yuuki fell to the ground.

PLAYER 4 WINS!

Zero POV

We all removed our helmets then stared to our left at 'player 4'. "What? I told you it was realistic."

"Where the heck were you?! That wasn't fair! I would've totally killed you first!"

"Well isn't that nice. I laid low so you'd forget I was playing too."

...flashback...

Yesterday...

I was on our prefect duties when Kaito came out behind me and scared me to the point of me nearly falling off the building. "What the hell, Asshole?!"

"Pipe down. I was just coming to visit Yagari being I heard he had to teach vampires." He laughed. "I knew you were here so your adoptive father..."

"Not my father."

"Cross said you were out here so here I am."

"And why'd you have to bother me?"

"I wanted to invite you."

"To what?"

"It's a surprise. Wanna come?" At the same time Yuuki came back on the ledge after scouting the grounds.

"Hey, Zero, who's that?"

"That's Kaito. He's a hunter. Don't worry he's leav... Hey?!" She ran up to him looking at him all weird.

"So where are we going?" Really...

"You can't just invite yourself!" Well I didn't know if I was going yet so why did I care if she was going.

"It's a surprise. You can come too. I need one more person though." Don't...

"Can Kaname come?!" I knew it.

"Kaito, don't you dare..." He wasn't coming with us. Not with him..."

"Of course he can." What's his problem?! Isn't he a hunter? He supposed to not like vampires!

"You know he's a vampire right?"

"Duh. I have a weapon and a Zero." He looked at me with a grin on his face. He was up to something. "Great. Ditch school tomorrow. I'll meet you at eight at the front gate." I stayed quiet since I was mad Kuran was coming.

"Well Kaname might still be sleeping."

"And? He's coming."

"How do you know?"

"Because he hears me." He turned towards the window where the vampires were having class. "Hey?! Are you coming?!" Well Kaname's eyes turned red. He was probably mad because he's embarrassed. The other vampires heard too. That was until Yagari pushed Kaname out the way to raise the window and yell at Kaito.

"What the hell are you doing here?! You know I don't want you here! I swear if you took any pictures or told anyone you're getting capped!"

"Um about that..." That's when the shotgun came out the window. "I gotta go." He ran back inside and accidentally ran in the direction of the Night Classes.

"Kaito!"

"Um... Mr. Yagari could you please..." Kaname pulled the gun out the window.

"School's finished. Go back to your dorms." We watched him run out of the class with his shotgun. All the vampires stood there looking really nervous especially when they heard Kaito screaming.

"I'll delete it I promise! Don't shoot!"

"Off campus. I don't want to see you on the grounds again."

"I'm going."

"Right now. Ten seconds until I shoot you."

"What?!" That was the fastest I ever saw him run but you couldn't make it off the grounds in ten seconds so while he was still inside Yagari was shooting. That was until Cross came out screaming about how viscous he is and his precious Night Class. Speaking of the Night Class some was in the hall and others were gathered in the window.

"...He always does stupid crap and he wonders why the guy's trigger happy around him." Well Yagari walked outside to chase Kaito. It was funny. I guess Kaito noticed he was being followed. When that happens he knows it's serious and he went too far.

"I said I'm leaving."

"Sit."

"But the vampires..." He glared at him so Kaito listened. The shotgun barrel was placed against his head. I was laughing. This happened often. You think he'd learn by now. I heard the vampires talking.

"Hey maybe we'll be getting a meal..."

"No you won't. I have a feeling this happens all the time. Zero is laughing."

"Hunters are weird."

"Phone." Kaito gave him the phone so Yagari put the gun to the ground. It seemed he found what he was looking for and I assumed deleted it. "When are you ever gonna learn?"

"I'm just having fun. Lighten up." Kaito thought Yagari was finished but he wasn't. A gun shot went off then Yagari waltzed back into the building like nothing happened. Cross came out of the building running towards Kaito screaming annoyingly like he always does. Kaito was holding his balls not because it was shot off. No he shot the concrete right in front of it so the pressure hit him full force. "Fuck fuck fuck fuck fuck..."

"Oh Kaito, Toga is so mean. You can stay here tonight."

"WHAT?!" I heard the vampires again.

"I'm not getting on Mr. Yagari's bad side."

"No he wouldn't shoot us. He could get in trouble from the HA and VC. See he can do that to his apprentice because the poor sap can't say anything."

"Still not making him mad at me."

How I forgot about that happening I do not know.

Today...

We met Kaito at the gate. "Don't laugh at me. I know I know. I'm an idiot." Kaname came last.

"Well you put on quite a show last night. I told the Night Class to forget about it so you won't be so embarrassed next time you come."

"Thanks."

"Does that happen often?"

"Yes very..."

"Why keep doing it?" He decided to avoid the question.

"Alright Lady and Gentlemen, we're going to the arcade."

About twenty minutes later...

"This bad boy..." He patted a leather chair with some weird looking helmet and a huge screen tv in front of it. "It's really scary and hard to win. I just thought you know you guys could be competitive enough to win. But only one can win."

"What do you do?"

"This is like virtual reality. Everything in the game looks real and you can interact with it. Also because of these leads you can feel everything too."

"What are you up to?"

"Alright. I'll read the fine print."

'Let's Play A Game- you and your friends enter a alternate reality wherein the game is based off of challenges similar to the movie Saw. You have to do things you don't want to... Things that hurt... You even kill to obtain your goal. You and your friends will enter an island where you can only escape by boat. You are given three days for only one of you to get off. The other two must die or the third player dies also and no one wins. Let the game begin. Can you keep up?'

"...Something like that. I played it one time. It was freaking hard. That's why Yagari is mad at me. I killed him. Haha... I played with Yagari and Cross. Can you believe Cross won? It was so funny."

"Cross won?"

"Yeah... Nowadays this game is so hard the losers have to dare someone else to play with them until they win and I don't know anybody else so I'm gonna win."

"Yeah sure." I was competitive. He wasn't winning easily. He sat in the chair and started putting the leads on. He looked back at us.

"Come on, guys. You promised. It's two to four player but it's more fun with four." So we decided to join him. He waited for us to put our leads on then we all put on our helmets at the same time.

Right Now...

"Wasn't it fun?"

"For you because you won. Dude I've been stabbed and you just hid in the grass. Come on. No it wasn't fun." You could still feel everything that happened in the stupid game. I looked at Yuuki beside me. "And what the hell is wrong with you?! We're killing each other and you're watching tv?!"

"Sorry... It was just a game."

"Whatever. I'm going back to my room and nobody better interrupt me."

"Those leads hurt don't they? I told you so. Don't get mad at me."

"Hey I got hurt more than anyone so I'm sore." I turned to Kaname. "And don't you start."

"I didn't say anything."

"Zero you have to say that was cool... I mean the pain wasn't but the concept... How about I go to your room with you and give you a massage?"

"I better be unconscious." A massage did sound good right now.

...

Right after I took a hot bath I went back in my room and laid on my stomach on the bed. "Hi Zero."

"What do you want Kaito?"

"To give you a massage." I didn't say anything. He could do what he wanted. He sat on the edge of my bed and would rub my back. "I'm only doing this because I hurt bad after playing the game too. I should've warned you guys."

"It's alright. It's probably just because I'm a sore loser... I mean... Damnit."

"No pun intended?"

"Yeah..."

"You guys really went at it huh? I was impressed... Well I'm gonna let you sleep. Good night." He left the room. A few minutes later I felt another presence. I knew who it was so I just kept my eyes closed.

"I asked y'all not to bother me." Yuuki better not come in. I'm not talking to her. Kuran's alright for now.

"We need to talk."

"It was just a game. Drop it."

"It was a game that showed our inner feelings and you know that."

"I don't hate you okay? Just go away. We'll talk another day. I really hurt right now. You did slam me into a tree, a table, and the ground. You also stabbed me and bit me. Not to mention I was blown up."

"Well I was also blown up, stabbed, and bitten... I admit you might hurt more than I do but still..."

"We played a game. That's all we did. I wanna go back to how it's always been. Just don't bring up the stupid game again."

"Fine. On one condition."

"What?"

"Bite me... only to heal you."

"Will you get out and let me sleep?"

"Yeah." So I bit him. I bit him before so it wasn't a big deal for me. After that he left and we went back to being mad at each other every time we saw one another. Everything was the same as before just I'm not going back to the arcade ever again.

Minutes later...

The phone rang. It was Cross. I thought I was finished dealing with people. "Son..." Let it go Zero. You're really in pain. "Are you okay?"

"I'm okay."

"Well if you're up to it I'm going to the arcade. Wanna come? I'm going to play that really scary game you know the one based off of Saw?" I sat up slowly not believing what he was saying. He played before. He won. He killed them so it should effect them at least like we were effected. He's usually all emotional but now he's just blocking all of them because of this evil game. "It's called 'Let's Play A Game?"

FIN:

A/N: people think they're called perfect duties. They're not.

Prefect- in some schools, a senior student authorized to enforce discipline

As much as he is perfect he does prefect duties.

Zero = perfect prefect ^.^