Vampire on a Leash
Chapter 1: The Disappearance of the Hyuuga
By: The Demonic Ninjas 3
Summary AU Tenten discovers that Neji is a vampire. Can she hide this secret from her best friend Sakura, a vampire slayer, and at the same time suppress Neji's vampire instincts? NejiTen, SaskuSaku, NaruHinaKiba, ItaKure
Author's Note: YAY! Another Vampire story by me! Hope you guys like it!
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Walking in the Darkness,
I feel the loneliness devouring me.
Fear attempting to grasp me.
A chill crosses my body.
Teeth sink into my neck.
I feel the pain.
Red-eyes glare at me.
All I see is the Darkness.
And that is all I remember of about my mortal Life.
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A violently strong hand snatched a cordless phone and began to dial a number.
"RING RING RING RING RING, Hello you have reached the number of Hyuuga Neji, team Captain of Japan's National Soccer Team. If you are a fangirl, please hang up. If you have something important to say besides I love you, please leave a message after the tone, Thank you. BEEP"
"NEJI!" yelled the speaker, "WHERE THE HELL HAVE YOU BEEN FOR THE PAST WEEK! I've called you for almost every hour. Hinata says you haven't been home and Lee hasn't even seen you during soccer practice! SO WHAT ARE YOU DOING?! ARE YOU TRYING TO HIDE FROM ME?! Damn It Neji! I'm gonna – BEEP!"
At that exact moment the answering machine cut the speraker off. "Stupid answering machine.." muttered the brunette as she slammed the phone back onto its receiver. The girl lay her head on her hand as she stared out the window.
Suddenly the girl jumped out of her seat, grabbed her purse and ran out the door. "I'm going shopping!" yelled the brunette to no one in particular as she slammed the door. She surely proves that women tend to use shopping to make them happy.
As the girl slammed the door, a letter fell out from its hiding place. It read "To Tenten"…
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Tenten entered the mall. It was gigantic and was filled with every kind of retail store one would need. Then again, Tenten wasn't a shopoholic. She just decided to go shopping to take a breather.
Scanning her surroundings, a pink blob caught her eye – Sakura.
"Oi! Sakura-chan!"
"The pink-haired girl spun around and a smile sprang upon her face as she saw her best friend run towards her, "Oh my Gosh! Tenten! Guess what! I passed the slayers exam!"
"A little obvious," smirked the brunette as she began to take in Sakura's new appearance. Her normal red clothing was replaced with black leather attire. At the same time she wore trench coat that bore the slayer logo, ASS, Association of Supernatural Slayers. On top of everything of course was the traditional crucifix that hung on a silver chain around her neck. The brunette noticed that Sakura was standing slightly unbalanced; she began wondering about what was underneath the slayers trench coat.
"Nice, now you're a member of ASS. You must be proud."
"Tenten, don't start that again."
"What! You should be proud to be part of the club for people with big asses"
"Tenten…"
"Or maybe it's for people who are ass-holes…"
"Tenten!"
"ok, ok, I'll stop. I was going to check out some new shoes. Want to come?
"Sure"
The duo crossed one of the most popular stores when something caught Sakura's eye, "KAWAII!" In a flash Sakura was in the store while Tenten stood there for few minutes before fully understanding what had caught Sakura's eye – pink boots. The brunette sighed as she stepped into the store. Maybe she should have stayed home and baked a cake or something. By the time Tenten was in the store Sakura was already trying out the shoes to see if they fit and at the same time, flirting with the sales personnel.
"Oh Tenten, don't they just look great on me!"
"Ya, sure, it totally matches your uniform."
"You think so too?! They look so pretty!"
"I was being sarcastic."
"Tenten stop being so mean."
"But I personally think that if you're going to wear something to match your uniform you should try hiking boots. Watcha gonna do? Intimidate a vampire with pink boots? …Actually it might work…"
A tense atmosphere began to build as the two girls began throwing mental daggers at each other.
"A-ano, Tenten-chan? Sakura-chan?..."
The two mentioned spun around and quickly, their former feelings had evaporated. In front of them stood their violet haired friend – Hinata.
"Eh? Konichiwa Hinata-chan" saluted Sakura
Hinata nodded, "A-ano, what a-are you guys d-doing here?"
"Oh, I was bored because stupid Neji hadn't replied any of my phone calls yet. IT'S BEEN A WEEK! DAMMIT! Have you seen Neji recently?"
Hinata shook her head.
"-sigh- stupid Neji. Wait… What ARE you doing here?"
"I-I…" stammered Hinata as a blush slowly creeped up her face.
"Oi! Hinata-chan!" yelled a blonde boy
"Oh, I see" smirked Sakura
The blonde boy ran up to Hinata, "Hinata-chan why did you run off without telling me?"
"G-gomen N-naruto-kun. I-I just s-saw Tenten-chan and S-Sakura-chan and I saw that you were at the ramen stall, s-so I d-decided to v-visit them." Apologised Hinata.
"Oh, that's alright," smiled Naruto sincerely as his baby blue-eyes locked with Hinata's pearl white eyes.
After a series of double dates with Neji and Tenten, the Hyuuga prodigy finally permitted his cousin to date Naruto. It had been one month since the final double date had occurred, however it appeared certain that if anything were ever to go slightly wrong, Neji would beat the daylights out of Naruto.
"Guess what guys?! I passed the slayers exam!" exclaimed Sakura but only to receive a punch on the head from Tenten. "You just broke a romantic moment" hissed Tenten.
"Oh whatever, hey you guys have anything to do today?"
The couples shook their heads.
"Sweet! Then how 'bout the four of us crash at the mall today!" exclaimed the excited slayer.
Hinata smiled sweetly and nodded.
"Sweet idea Sakura-chan!" exclaimed Naruto; so loudly that it attracted a few on lookers.
"Hey, when you say the four of us, that includes me, right?" questioned Tenten.
"No, I was talking about my imaginary friend here. Ohmigosh, I forgot to introduce him to you. Takumi meet my friends. Friends meet Takumi" stated Sakura sarcastically as she pointed to the air beside her.
"I don't see Takumi! What does he look like!". Naruto looked absolutely horrified.
Tenten rolled her eyes, "It's called IMAGINARY friend."
"Oh…I knew that…" replied Naruto sheepishly. Hinata giggled and whispered something into his ear.
"Great idea Hinata! Hey guys, Hinata suggested that we go watch "When A Stranger Calls" (a/n: It's a recent movie, horror movie. And I do not own that title aka DISCLAIMER!)"
"Meh, no difference to me. As long as it's not a sappy romance movie." Replied Tenten
"Sure, ok let's go!" exclaimed Sakura as she grabbed the two girls and ran towards the nearest movie theatre and making Naruto trail behind.
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"Man, that was a killer day, wasn't it Hinata?" Tenten pretended to wipe sweat from her forehead.
While watching "When a Stranger Calls", Tenten had jumped out of her seat and had screamed at the top of her lungs, only to have Sakura stuff her mouth with popcorn and pull her back into her seat. After stomping out of the theatre, Tenten added horror movies to the 'what-not-to-watch movies' which included the sappy romance movies she utterly despised.
Following the movie, the girls went on a shopping spree until the mall closing hours arrived, therefore leaving Naurto to carry all the goods.
"WHY DO I HAVE TO CARRY ALL OF THESE STUFF!" yelled Naruto who was carrying about 5 bags of shoes, clothing and accessories on either arm.
"Well you see, Neji isn't here, and if he was, he would have joined you in your torture. However he hasn't been on ANYONE'S radar for the past week so you'll have to rake in double the pain. So sorry Naruto, there's no easy way out of this." Stated Tenten in a very sadistic manner as she whipped a shopping bag around his neck.
"…not fair…I feel like a clothes hanger"
"I-I c-can h-help y-you N-naruto-kun" Hinata began to play with her fingers as she stood beside her boyfriend, feeling guilty that she could not help relieve his pain.
"That's alright Hinata, I-I can survive" said Naruto as he smiled weakly.
"Ok girls! Snap your heels and let's start heading towards the infamous 'Karaoke R Us" exclaimed Sakura as she grabbed her two friends once again, leaving Naruto to, yet again, trudge unwillingly behind them
Karaoke had been the normal scene, the four friends sang, ate and talked, well besides the occasion 'out-time' that Naruto and Tenten took when they needed to vomit as a result of a surplus of beer consumption.
Fast-forward to when Tenten was complaining about the hectic day. She had finally sobered up and was walking Hinata back to her apartment. The brunette sighed as she stared at the door of the opposite apartment from Hinata's, also known as the Prestigious Hyuuga Neji's apartment!
Tenten sighed, "I think I'll go clean up Neji's apartment; it's probably a mess in there."
Hinata smiled, "o-ok, b-but i-if there's a-anything wrong, tell me."
Tenten nodded as she searched for Neji's apartment keys in her purse. "Ah ha! Found it!" and she unlocked the door.
The room was dark – eerily dark. There was mumbling noises in the background … wait was it the TV? Suddenly the television screen caught her attention. It was playing a movie… "The Others". There was someone else in the room…in front of the television… a dark being…
Tenten ran towards the light switch to turn on the lights when suddenly, a pair of ice cold arms grabbed her waist and made her immobile. The girl saw a bowl of popcorn in the hands of her predator but of course she was too frightened to say any sarcastic remarks.
"I missed you Tenten." Said a cold and icy voice.
Tenten yelped as she stomped on her predator's foot, elbowed his stomach, battered their hands and did a judo flip so that they were on the floor. She then grabbed an umbrella from the umbrella stand and was about to smack the person when she suddenly recognised him.
"NEJI?!"
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Ok the first chapter is FINALLY complete! Yahoo! Ok, so did you guys like it? Should I continue? What do you guys think of it? Ok I'll update at 10 reviews ok? That's my goal. So ya, READ & REVIEW! and thanks for reading ;)