Episode 6: Their Choices

Their Choice (彼等の選択 Kerare no Sentaku) is the sixth episode of the Vampire Knight Series.

Summary
The episode starts off with a flashback of young Zero talking to Master Yagari. Zero was feeling regretful for not listening to Yagari before. Then, Zero ask "why do vampires hurt people?" Yagari replies "Because they are pitiful beings who live only by instinct" and that vampires can only be the vampire hunter's enemies.

Back to present time, Zero is hurt really badly by the rifle bullet (which was packed with an anti-vampire spell). Then Zero decided to let Yagari kill him right then and there. But Yuuki got in the firing line and told Yagari that even though she doesn't know the connection Yagari and Zero has, but she said that she won't let Zero die. Zero got her a bit away from Yuki and said that it's alright. Yagari was about to pull the trigger again. But this time, Headmaster Cross came and stopped Yagari from shooting Zero. When Yuki and Zero got out of the pool, Yagari told Yuki that she really is the adopted daughter of Headmaster Cross. Because Zero was trying to kill her before, yet she sees Yagari as the enemy. Then Headmaster told Yuki he'll handle the situation here and for her to go back to her dorm.

In her dorm room, Yuki can't stop worrying about Zero. During Yuki's class-time, she saw that Zero isn't in class and wonders where he is. Before Yagari went to a job he has to do, he was stopped by Yuki; asking him what had he done to Zero. Yagari just told her that Zero was put in a seperate room because Zero was on the verge of killing someone at any moment. It was also revealed that Yagari will be the Ethics teacher for the Night Class. Later, when Yagari leaves the classroom, he saw that Yuki is still standing out there. Yuki said that she won't move until he tells her where Zero is. Due to her persistence, Yagari did told her where he kept Zero (in the Headmaster's guest room) and Yuki went there.

Yuki asked Zero why didn't he leave, since that the door had no lock on either side. Zero told her to leave. But Yuki stopped him and asked why is he doing everything Yagari tells him to. In response to that, Zero told her of a time when he saw a Level E for the first time. In a flashback Zero stated, there was a lovely, beautiful nurse at his school. Then, suddenly, that nurse became a Level E right in front of them. Yagari was about to shoot her, but young Zero got in the way trying to protect her. The Level E nurse attacked young Zero. But Yagari got Zero out of the way, costing one of Yagari's eye in the process. *Flashback ends* Zero said, ever since he saw that, he became terrified of vampires; that was what Yagari had taught him and that Zero is willing to do anything Yagari says. Yuki says that he is wrong and saying that all Zero is doing is giving up/running away on everything. Then Yuki tells her to let her in. After a bit of no response, Yuki let herself in and led Zero to the bathroom...to continue from last night.

Inside the bathroom, Yuki unbuttons her outer jacket. She says that this is the only thing she can do and told Zero to drink her blood. At first, Zero was being hesitant, but he does what she says anyway. After a while, Zero is done. Zero states that he is a hideous being who can't control his urges for blood. Then he told Yuki to just abandon him and that the blood tablets is only just a "temporary measure." Yuki refuses to abandon him; saying of that promise of killing him if he does go out of control. She also said that Zero is still Zero and that its fine to hate vampires...or even her, and that those are ways of not giving up. Zero says that he couldn't possibly be ever mad at her and asked her if she is alright. Yuki replies that she is fine and that she has no problem going to class tomorrow. Then she tells him that he'd better go to class tomorrow as well.

After that, night time, she is walking in the courtyard. Kaname approaches her from the opposite side and notices the ends of her hair is wet. At this time, Yuki had a bandage on her neck from where Zero bit her. Kaname was about to take that off, but Yuki was afraid he would see Zero's bite marks. Instead, Kaname hugged Yuki; saying that since when did Yuki stop telling him things. Then leaves her. Yagari appears beside Kaname in the trees and asked Kaname why Kaname didn't kill off Zero. Kaname said that it was not to lose Yuki and he continues on.

The next day, Yuki still doesn't see Zero in class. Elsewhere Yagari enters in a room where Zero is and asks if Zero's wound has healed. Because, even if hit by an anti-vampire bullet, vampires have the power to heal at a moderate pace. That is...if a vampire doesn't drink the blood of a living person while it was in the process of healing. Over at where Yuki is, she hears one of the students say that Yagari is being slow. That makes her realize something then she rushes over to Zero. She saw, just in time, Zero was about to get killed there by Yagari using his own Bloody Rose.Yagari fires twice, but it turns out that Zero re-direct the gun's aim to miss him. Yagari leaves the room but without saying that a certain woman is still alive. Yuki doesn't know what Yagari meant. Yuki lets it slide and going into the room and tells Zero that she thought he was going to die. Zero reasures her that he'll stop running away. Yuki, not wanting Zero to see her tears, went to the curtain saying that she believes she made the right choice.