Summary: Tadashii Hoshi, a royal Vampire was in debt to Akatsuki, instead of money, he gave them his granddaughter, begging them to take her away for her safety. Now, 4 years later, Shinko is a subordinate to the criminal organisation, but, something isn't right, as the past of her grandfather and her real parentage catch up to her, who can she turn to for help?

Part One: A Gloomy Beginning

Light steps trod along the dark and gloomy corridor.

The sound echoed off into the darkness.

A door opened, a young woman clad in a black cloak came into the cold prison-cell that was musky with the stomach-turning smell of blood.

Her long white hair trailed after her every movement, her eyes were a bright blue that pierced the darkness as she glared down at her prisoner.

She licked her smooth lips with her tongue, giving the pathetic young man a flash of her pearl-white fangs.

He opened his eyes slowly and whimpered at the hungry expression for blood written on her pale face, knowing full-well that he wouldn't live this time after the excruciating pain.

She moved closer to him in deliberate slow steps that made no noise, almost relishing in the sounds of his whimpering.

The young man tried to move away, but couldn't because of the metal chains that restricted his movements and kept him tied to the wall behind hismelf and all of his chakra was drained from his body by those chains wrapped around him.

The door opposite him was already closed from the inside, and would no doubt remain so, until she's finished with him.

There'd be no escape for him.

His head hung low, but his eyes remained solely focused on the girls' beautiful face, as she inched closer to him in delberate slowness that made him almost scream at her to just get it over with, the torture of having to watch her walk so slowly to him and knowing that his ultimate demise would be anything but pleasant.

Once she was stood infront of him, she bent down until she was on her knees upon the dark cell floor, and began studying him intently with hungry eyes, they roamed all over his body as if he were a piece of art on display in a gallery.

Indeed, she was very beautiful, too beautiful to be thought of as his executioner, but he knew that she wasn't at all what she looked to be, she was a horrid monster, much worse than a leech, sucking all the blood out of the bodies of her victims, not caring who they were or where they came from, she only cared about fulfilling her hunger.

His heartbeat quickened once his drowsy eyes met hers as it always did, this happened everytime she came to his cell, trying to get information out of him, but so far he'd been resistant to the will of this beautiful monster, though, he had nothing to be proud of, since he has so many of her bite-marks upon his neck, shoulders and arms, feasting on his blood slowly.

'I am now under her enchanting spell,' he noted inside his mind as their eyes were held in a deep stare, for it was an enchanting spell, when ever he looked into her eyes he felt his body heat up, his breath shorten and his body freeze, making him unable to move.

The spell that was placed upon him many times over would make any punishment that would've give him pain now give him pleasure, but only when her 'spell', if you'd call it that, was in motion.

He knew this was the last time he was going to breath, he could see his death in her dazzling, shining blue eyes that pierced the darkness of his cell, and it made him remember everything that'd happened to get him in this situation...

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He'd been spying with his comrades on the Akatsuki's movements for a good three months, they'd gathered very useful information on the Akatsuki from many villages, towns and other spies that'd worked to keep a good eye on particular members of the Akastuki's where-a-bouts, but it weren't enough to locate their base, or meeting point, or more importantly their next plans and motives.

That's when they'd followed the two Akatsuki members; Itachi and Kisame into a massive cave they'd presumed was their base.

They'd been following them for days, luckily, they'd gone unnoticed and so far they'd been successful in learning more about their activities and routes they used.

The entrance had been left wide open, which led them to believe that they were either waiting for the others in their orginization to show, or that they were going deeper into the mountain-side cave.

Of course, himself and his two comrades were lured into the dark cave, knowing full-well of the dangers that awaited them.

They were willing to give their lives in order to foil any plans of further Akatsuki activity.

But, he'd never imagined that it was a trap, an ambush for them, and they-highly skilled Jounin, soon-to-be ANBU had walked right into it, without hesitation or thought that it could've been a trap to begin with.

Their ignorance had cost them, his two comrades were already dead, one being his wife, the other being his best friend from the Academy in his village.

They were both tortured and killed infront of his eyes, his wife brutally raped and beaten, for she was always considered brave and was killed immediately after the men had their 'fun' with her, for she never gave out a word of information, and all he could do was watch on in hopeless anger and grief.

His best friend, only gave out a little information, though it was useless, that to the vigilant Akatsuki members, they grew restless and knew that they'd have to be careful now, incase there were others following them, they couldn't allow their location to be discovered.

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Now, only he remained, left to the mercy of this powerful and beautiful young woman, whom looked no older than nineteen.

He'd learned her name, it was; Shinko, he'd learned it when the other members referred to her, they spoke to her with respect and they too seemed rather distant to her, it wouldn't surprise him that because she drank blood to live that, that was the reason they stayed clear of her.

She bent her head and pressed it gently against his shoulder as she breathed in his scent, he shivered slightly when her mouth pressed against his vulnerable neck, his breathing became fast-as did his heartbeat.

He let out a strangled moan when she licked her delicate tongue against the main artery in the left side of his neck.

She stopped and did it again a minute or so later and got the same results, she smiled slightly against his neck, as she muttered sensously "You are quite good-looking for a human..."

He couldn't think or breath properly, but could only faintly hear the words that hissed out of his mouth on a low groan, "S-stop it! Foul temptress-you are a Demon! Hurry-up and kill me, I will no longer beg at the feet of criminals!"

She leaned-up, unsmiling now, the words having seemed to hit a sensitive nerve of pain that she remembered all-too-well, her left hand ran up from his chest, up his neck and further on up on the right side of his face, she gripped his greasy dark brown hair in her fist, staring at him with lustrous blue eyes that shone through the clinging darkness.

"I have read your mind, I have learned of everything you have done, said and thought of, there is nothing left for me to see," she smirked loudly and then cotninued to mutter "You could say that your downfall was that you never passed the information of Akatsuki's where-a-bouts to anyone else, you've just wasted your time and death."

Reality seemed to hit him for a few moments at this sudden realisation, and he knew she was right, they hadn't told anyone else about what himself and his comrades had seen, they'd just wasted their times and their deaths, they'd died for nothing...

He felt useless and knew now that he'd failed, not only his village, but his friend and dearest wife.

A new thought hit him, how did she know? How could she see everything he'd done?

Her smirk turned to a small smile, she looked innocent, but it was so plainly obvious that she were anything but that.

"Do not worry, you'll be joining them soon, I shall put you out of your misery right now-" She cut herself off and still clutching his head, she yanked it to the right side and sank her fangs into his main artery in his neck.

He writhed against her, as he gasped loudly, and seconds later his guttural screams were breaking the cold silence, a burning hot sensation spread through him like wild-fire, as if he were suffering a fever, making him sweat and pant.

Then just as quick, felt the sudden onslaught of helplessness, his body cooling.

All his chakra, all his energy was being drained away along with his blood, he suddenly turned cold, as if he were wrapped in ice and snow.

Eventually, darkness consumed his thoughts, feeling cold as ice, he faintly heard the slurping sounds of his blood filling her throat, a thin, fresh, red line trickled down his neck and further afield, he drifted off into that comfortable dark void where he knew he'd finally be safe and free; he died.

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Shinko left the match-box sized prison cell and the now dead man, licking away the last drops of blood from her lips.

She closed the huge, metal door behind herself with a loud crash, not even bothering to lock it, knowing full-well that he was dead, she'd drained all of his blood to fulfill her hunger, there'd be no possible way that he could be alive after that.

Unless, he was immortal like herself, but even most immortals could not walk or move without their blood, they'd be useless.

She turned away from the door and found Zetsu walking casually to where she was through the darkness of the dungeons, he paused infront of her, his bright hazel eyes clashing with her bright blue ones through the clinging darkness.

Shinko was the first to break their long stare, as she moved away from the door a little, she muttered "He's all yours."

Zetsu eyed her suspicously from within the thick layer of his fly-trap around him, he was a good one and a half foot taller than herself, though, he knew that her size was only to distract her victims away from the truth of danger, she was a horrid, yet beautiful creature, she was vicious as she was calm.

Still staring down at her, he asked "Is he dead? I hope you didn't damage any of what's left..."

She stared at him, a little smile curling her lips upwards in sick amusement, she answered quietly "No. I haven't."

As soon as she confirmed the obvious, he was gone in what most humans would express as a blink of an eye, but Shinko had seen him meld into the floor and wall of the cell, travelling through it and onto the otherside, without having to open the door.

Her abilities made situations useful to her and watching him in what could only be described as slow-motion.

She didn't need to turn or press her ear against the wall to hear the sounds of bones breaking and flesh being ripped from the young mans' body, she knew Zetsu fed upon dead bodies, in fact, he was very useful in the Akatsuki, he was a spy and also cleaned up after the other members.

She smiled wide now, those sounds made her feel happy, knowing that pathetic human got what he deserved, especially after he brought up terrible memories of past experiences that she thought she'd long since repressed to the recesses of her mind.

It appeared that weren't so, she sighed, knowing she was going to have to try harder to not let her anger run away with her so much.

She then took her cue to leave and left Zetsu alone, down in the prisons, whilst he ate his meal.

She made for the surface world, climbing the stairs from the prisons below and made her way above ground, where there would be more humans, more prey and...sunlight.

She frowned at the thought, of course she could walk into the sunlight, though, she couldn't stay out in it for more than two days at a time, but she felt thankful that she weren't a full-Vampire.

Otherwise, she'd be killed instantly by the sun, but, never the less, she'd be slowed down by 'Heat-Syndrome', depending on how long she was out in the heat of the sun, something she'd always tried to avoid before now, and only ended up in those situations at the worst of times, mainly when she had to go on week-long missions with her two senpai's.

'Heat-Syndrome', was exclusive only to hybrids such as herself, it only affects Dhampire's, when Dhampire's are exposed to too much sunlight, over their limit, they will either break-out into a blood-lust, feeding frenzy, killing everything in their path or they must bury themselves a deep hole into the ground and cover themselves from the sunlight for at least twelve hours in a hope to not lash-out and kill anyone.

It was a pain in the arse, but she'd managed to cope, even more so since she has never needed to worry about that, Leader always made sure that her bloodlust was kept under control, so that she didn't lash-out and kill some of the members just because she was hungry and unable to control her rage.

So far, she'd just about resisted the urge to kill some of them, for their mouths ran away with them more often than she cared for, calling each other all sorts of names under the sun, before, they'd realised they'd stepped over the mark.

Shinko continued climbing up the many stairs, making no noise as she did this, aiming to come out from the prisons from below ground and go off into her bedroom, wanting to rest.

However, she stopped at the top step and sniffed the air slightly, feeling chakra on the otherside of the door, she recognized the scent instantly, rolling her eyes and opened the door in what humans would call super-speed.

It was Tobi, naturally standing outside the door, and once he noticed it was herself, he began shivering, he seemed to have shrunk away from her, she knew it was because he was afraid of herself, she could smell it.

"Uhh...Hello, S-Shinko, T-Tobi is looking f-for Zetsu...i-is Zetsu down there?" Tobi whimpered slightly, though didn't move away from her, he just stood there looking at her, waiting for an answer.

She stared hard at him with her bright blue eyes, as she motioned a hand towards the dark stairs, indicating he was down below, she answered calmly "He's busy having a meal, so I suggest you leave him alone, before he decides to have you for a meal."

With that she slammed the door behind herself in super-speed that was so natural to her that she hardly noticed it anymore, but Tobi noticed that and jumped, she smirked slightly and turning she walked away briskly towards her room, not even giving the scared Tobi another glance.

She heard him from the end of the hallway opening the door quietly and closed it behind himself just as quietly, he'd no doubt wonder down to Zetsu, whom was still busy eating, for she could still faintly hear him chewing on the flesh of their prisoner, once again it made her smile.

Shinko walked along the twisting, dark hallways, her eyes still that piercing light blue as she looked through the darkness, giving her a clear view of where to walk amidst the dark and gloomy corridors of the Akatsuki Base.

Her ability to see in the dark made it so much easier to navigate through the winding, black corridors.

She could hear everything that was going on inside each room she passed, of course she only had to pass Deidara, Sasori and Tobi's room before she got to hers.

Sasori she could hear was fiddling with a puppet, Deidara wasn't in his room, he was in the bathroom that he shared with Tobi and Sasori, though she could hear a faint breeze coming in from an open window.

And there was nothing going on in Tobi's room, for he was down in the prisons.

Once at her door, she frowned when she heard praying coming form within the room and another voice upon that one too, one that was counting money.

Shinko opened the door once again in blinding speed, that the poor door almost flew off it's hinges, she was now staring down at Hidan whom was cross-legged on the dark flooring, praying to himself, whilst on the desk in the corner of the room was Kakuzu, greedily counting his money carefully.

Both stopped and stared at her quietly when she entered the room, slamming the door behind herself, that the lights on the walls flickered and Kakuzu's money piles of money wobbled, though didn't fall over, for they were stacked in neat, strong, golden, piles.

She stared at them with cold, bright eyes, the room itself was very dark, and she almost scoffed at the sight.

Once again, they were doing the exact same thing the day before yesterday, the day before that and the day before that, it was so boring and repetitive that Shinko easily revised the times and now knew when to go into the room and when not too.

Because Hidan's rituals often involved him self-harming himself, which then led to blood being spilled on the floor, this would then cause Shinko's bloodlust to unleash and she would end-up killing those around herself, of course, she couldn't kill Hidan, he was immortal too.

But she could certainly kill the others.

It was strange how Leader never seemed to ponder over whether it were a suitable decision to have her share a small lounge room with Hidan and Kakuzu, having their bedrooms next to hers.

"Have you finished your meal?" Kakuzu asked wearily, he rested his hands upon the desk and looked at her with tired eyes, she knew he'd been counting all day, and she weren't surprised that he had to focus on the costs of how much each of the members would need for each mission that was granted to them.

Shinko nodded, eyes glowing, she gave him a small smile and answered "Yes."

"Okay, now you can just fucking well bugger off." Hidan growled sending her a dark look.

She returned one back at him, since she knew she had every right to be in the room as he did, despite how rude she'd been in interrupting their daily activities.

"I don't see why I should leave just because you ask, Hidan-kun." She smirked as she saw him shiver, the word 'kun' rolling on her tongue, and he no doubt felt creeped out, but his anger was swiftly back.

"Don't fucking call me that, bitch!" He snapped, turning his head away as he seemed to sulk to himself.

Kakuzu rolled his eyes at Hidan's behaviour, turning round back to his desk, he began once more counting his money, going off into his own little world that not even Tobi or Leader could get him out of.

She calmly walked over to where Hidan was at upon the floor and she bent down towards him, his head turned and stared at her suspiciously, her bright blue eyes clashed with his stormy megenta ones, only to have his mouth go slack, he was now caught under her spell, just as the other man had been back down in that cell, she could hear his heartbeat racing, his breathing becoming slightly laboured, she smiled slightly, trying to ignore the sound of his blood flowing through his veins, she didn't doubt that his blood was warm, probably hot, and she'd love to lap it up like a kitten more than anything in the world, but she had to restrict herself from the temptation.

She lifted a hand and stroked his right cheek, he was caught in her gaze, mesmerized and totally enthralled by her abilities and beauty.

She muttered sensously, whilst stroking his cheek gently "You know what would happen if I were to continue? I would drain you of your blood, don't try to get on my bad-side, I've done it before, and I'll do it again."

And with that, Shinko tore her gaze from his, and was gone from the room within a blink of an eye, her speed in-human because of what she was, she'd escaped to her bedroom after fighting the internal battle to drink Hidan's blood, and had escaped successfully, right on time, but for what cost?

To be continued...

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