A/N: Warning again! This chapter has another lemon scene so be warned.

Phoenix POV

I awoke the next morning, happier than I had been in months.

"Good morn-" I rolled over to find my bed empty.

Climbing out of bed and wrapping the comforter around my naked body, I went to look for Zero.

"Zero?" I called, walking over towards the bathroom. I relaxed a little when I heard the water in the shower running.

Feeling a little bold, I dropped the comforter onto the floor and pushed the bathroom door open gently.

Shutting the door behind me, a wicked smile spread across my face.

I pulled the shower curtain back a little and stepped into the tub, running my hands down his back.

"Zero..." I purred and was instantly greeted with a passionate kiss.

I returned his kiss back with just as much heat, wrapping my legs around him as he pressed me against the shower wall.

"Phoenix..." He groaned, and I could feel himself get aroused.

I kissed him again, our tongues dancing in rhythm.

Zero POV

I almost lost my control when Phoenix entered the bathroom and got into the shower with me.

I pushed her against the shower wall, kissing her heatedly, enjoying the taste of her sweet lips.

That's when she returned my kiss with passion as well, pulling me to the brink of losing it.

I entered her slowly, gaining a soft moan from her beautiful lips.

I pulled out and pressed myself into her again, leading a trail of kisses down her jawline, all the way to her neck.

"Zero..." She moaned again, arching her back a little.

I increased my pace, pushing her harder against the wall.

Her nails dug into my back as her walls began to contract around me.

I rammed into her quickly, moaning her name just as she did mine.

"Zero, please bite me!" She screamed out, almost to her climax.

I obliged, piercing my fangs into her beautiful neck and she moaned out loudly.

Feeling her pleasure through her blood and from her body, had me reach my climax and soon we both were panting.

"Damn you! You still got that shower you wanted." She said playfully, the water cascading down her body.

I smiled. She almost sounded like her old fiery self then.

"Don't you know, my fiery Phoenix? I always get my way." I whispered, crashing my lips down onto hers again.

Phoenix POV

I smiled as Zero and I got dressed for the day.

We began to leave my room, hand in hand when Yuki appeared in my doorway.

"Good morning Phoenix. Oh, Zero, what're you doing here?" She asked upon seeing him in my room. Then she spotted the messed up bed and comforter on the floor. Her face turned beat red as the realization hit her. "Oh..."

Kaname appeared at that moment, pulling Yuki into an embrace. Upon seeing Zero, he smirked wickedly.

"I take it you two enjoyed yourselves?" He asked and then it was my turn to blush.

"Shut up, onni-sama!" I declared, brushing past him, Zero following.

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"You guys are throwing me a ball for my birthday?" I couldn't believe what I was hearing.

"Yes! It'll be a grand event!" Headmaster Cross said in a cheerful voice. He had called us all into his office to discuss the good news as he called it.

"Isn't this a little overboard?" I never was one to have attention turned on me. Especially not like this.

"Of course not!" The Headnadter stood from his chair and gestured wildly with his hands ad he went on to explain all the details.

"And towards the end of the night, there will be speeches and gifts!"

I sighed, running a hand through my hair.

"I appreciate the gesture, Headmaster, but I didn't bring any ball gown with me." I told him, hoping that would have him cancel the ordeal.

"Nonsense! I already have one picked out and already sent it to your dorm. After all, there are only two days until your birthday on July 28!"

I sweat-dropped. There really wasn't any way I would be able to get out of this.

Zero POV

It was the day before the ball and Phoenix's birthday.

I had spent the last two days looking for a present for her, but was out of luck.

"Well, now what?" I thought aloud. If I didn't get her anything, surely my beloved would be angry at me. That's when it hit me.

The ring I bought her three years ago and never had the chance to give her. On her birthday, I could finally ask the question I had been wanting to ever since before I lost her.

"This will be a birthday you won't forget, my fiery Phoenix." I said, bringing out the velvet ring box I had kept stored away in the trunk at the end of my bed.

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"Zero, Phoenix will love it!" Yuki gushed after I showed her the diamond ring. She turned towards Kaname beside her. "Don't you think she'll be surprised and joyed, Kaname?"

His expression remained serene as he said, "Yes. I'm sure she will...."

"Kaname, what's bothering you?" Yuki asked, picking up on the frown Kaname had.

"I received some very bothersome news." He stepped away and walked over to his desk in their dorm.

"What news?" I asked curiously.

"The Council has found out about the ball... They're coming after Phoenix the night it occurs." He held up the note he read from.

I took it from him and read for myself.

"To make matters worse. The ball and her birthday is the day of the Blood Moon..."

"Blood Moon?"

"On the night of the Blood Moon, Phoenix will awaken and remember everything. If the Council were to be in her presence when this happened... things would get messy...."

I stared at the pureblood before me in shock.

"I won't let them take her from us again!" I declared after several moments of silence. "In fact, I'll make them ever regret the day they took her from us."

"I've taken all the precautions and necessary steps to protect the students and Phoenix, but the Council still will come." Kaname said matter-of-factly. "We need to be prepared for when that moment arises."

Without another word, the pureblood walked yet again over to his desk and pulled out two weapons. He  handed Yuki one and then me.

"Keep these near you at the ball."

I just nodded, prepared for any fight that was to come.