This is a story dedicated to Ta-chan, because she loves Itachi, and she loves Vampires! Happy Birthday!


"Whoa, this place is amazing, Naruto!"The blond glanced at his little goth roomie, chuckling as she gawked at the mansion he had bought pretty cheaply. Well, he had paid the down payment. Now he could invite all their friends to come live with them! "It's so old and ancient."She whispered, touching the walls.

"Uh...Ki-chan, those are the same words."He commented. She gave him a green glare before walking further into the house."Don't go too far, we should bring in the boxes first!"Naruto called. She paused, sighing sadly.

"Yeah, okay."The teenager skipped back to him, her chains chiming together from her poofy netted skirt. Naruto walked out onto the large almost acre long front lawn to his rust orange ford, her hopping to her beat up old navy blue jeep wrangler.

"Where are our rooms? Or haven't you decided?"She asked.

"Well...On the top floor in two large suits that take up half the floor each. We each get one, and then there is four smaller suits on the next two levels, and then the bottom level which is where the kitchen, living room, parlor, dining room, study, and laundry room is. The basement is basically a mini ballroom. I'll call Kiba tonight, and have him bring over the band stuff tomorrow."Naruto said brightly.

"Wow! This is so cool!"She squealed happily, her happy blush contrasting darkly with her pale complexion which in Naruto's eyes made her adorably cute. He had first met her on the street outside a gig. She had been smoking, with a bottle hanging in the other hand between her legs, which were covered in bruises. She had been so horribly young and beaten that he had taken her in instantly disregarding her protests and threats. They ended up becoming best friends in the quick seven months since then. He had found this house, which was big enough for all their friends to live in happily and for the band to practice in without having to move their stuff every time. "Naruto! Naruto! Come quick!"She called. He grunted, lefting a heavy book filled box and started inside. He let the box drop, glancing at her. She had been wiping the dust from the painting over the mantle of the fireplace. "Lift me up!"She urged. He rolled his eyes, but did as she said, bending and lifting her up on his shoulder. She leaned up, coughing and sneezing as she used her shirt sleeve to dust away the dirt. They both stared stiff and in shock as the painting reveled itself to be a family portrait of a group of four black haired pale beautiful creatures."They're so....so...."

"So pretty."Naruto said breathlessly. She nodded numbly.

"Yea....That...."She agreed. "We should keep it here."She said.

"Yeah. We should keep all the original furniture. Perserve it."Naruto said as he set her down. She smiled.

"We'll have to call a maid, though, there's no way I can clean all this in just a few days!" She blew on her dyed bangs, smiling happily.

"We'll bring in the boxes, order pizza, and then we'll just clean our rooms and the kitchen."He said.

"And the bathrooms."She said.

"Yea. Maybe we should put in a elevator."Naruto glanced at the steep steps. She laughed.

"Come on, Naruto! We'll carry them together!"She offered.

"Kay!"He agreed, easily grinning at the girl. "Let's get going!"


"Ugh, I'm so tired!" Naruto yelled, falling back on the dusty mattress.

"Jesus! Those stairs'll be the death of me!"She whined, falling ontop of him. He oofed, but let her, her body heat nice and warm compared to the chilly air in the room.

"It's so cold!"Naruto rubbed his arms.

"Kiba'll have to look at the heaters tomorrow, too."She sat up, glancing around the room. "This house is so fucken cool!"She cried, squealing in delight. He chuckled, sitting up also.

"Let's just put you stuff away tonight, and sleep in here. It'll be really cold tonight."Naruto offered. She nodded and happily started to unpack her clothes as he dusted the mantle of the fireplace, and the book shelves, and started to clean the bathroom. "Well, atleast the water works!"He called from beside the toilet. She peek around the door, several thick books in her arms.

"Oh, good. I want to take a shower, even if it is a cold one!"She smiled, and began to slowly put her books in alphabetical order. Considering how many books she had, it'll take her a while.

"I'm going to go get some food."Naruto said.

"I thought we were ordering pizza?"She asked.

"Yea, but we have nothing to drink, nothing to eat on, nothing to put on the pizza. I'll be back in an hour."He said, holding up his cell phone. "Call if I forgot something."He said.

"Sure thing, I'll finish up here and put sheets on the bed by the time you get home!"She smiled warmly.

"Heh, Akira, it'll take you days to organize those books."He said.

"Will not. See if you can turn the breaker on before you leave. It's getting awful dark up here, and I only have so many candles."She said stubbornly, pouting. He chuckled, grabbing a hoodie of her box. They shared most their hoodies anyway.

"Back later!"He called.

"Bye!"She called.


"Whoa, it's so cold!"Akira whispered blankly, not moving form her place, kneeled down over the five books. She had to figure if they went in the SciFi section, or the Action section. She shivered and rubbed her arms, the hairs on her neck raising. She glanced around. "Naruto....?"She called softly. Nothing. Maybe the house was haunted. She shrugged lightly before standing and putting two of the books in one section, the other three on the third shelf. "There. Now I just have to do my Romance, and my manga!"She giggled happily. The candle next to her went out with a cold wind, and she shivered again. "I can't wait for Naruto to get back. It's just so cold in this room!"She muttered, going to check the windows. All of them were open. "Funny, I thought all of the windows had been sealed shut." She began shutting the shutters, closing and locking windows, coughing and sneezing from the dust coming off the ancient curtains. "At least they're black. In fact, everything in this room is of good taste."She smiled at the midevil gothic style furniture. She froze at the sound of footsteps creaking up the hall. The opposite direction of the stairs. "Naruto?"She called again, going to the door. She opened it, it creaking with age. Her sharp gaze went over the entire hall, before sighing. "Who ever you are, you won't scare me!"She shouted, and shut her door, going back to her books. "Stupid old houses making stupid creaking noises."She muttered to herself. It took her a total of twenty more minutes to organize all her books. She stretched with a sigh of relief, giggling to herself in happiness. She'd save her CDs for tomorrow. "Ah, take a shower, or make the bed?"She asked. "Shower!"She chimed happily, walking over to the bathroom. She took several candles with her, and lit them enough to see where she was going. She went to the shower, and began to run water. Luckily there was hot water, and it seemed to be pretty clean. She disrobed, folding her clothes and neatly placing them on the counter. She stepped into the water sighing as all the dust, sweat, and troubles of the day just washed away. She began to sing softly to herself, a long slow song as she washed her hair, and scrubbed her skin. Then the water started to turn cold. She turned the handles off, stretching again and shaking herself like a wet dog, giggling a bit more. "It's so nice to be clean!"She grabbed her fluffy black towel and dried herself off. She looked up at the mirror, frowning at the letters written in the water vapor clinging to the glass. 'Leave Intruder' She rolled her eyes, smiling as she erased the note to clear the mirror. "I told you I wasn't going to be scared away!"She chimed as she washed her face, and moisterized it, brushing her hair and her teeth, using mouth wash and floss. She wrapped the towel around her tightly, going out into the room as she cleaned her nails. She walked aimlessly to the box labeled clothes 2, and used the file to tear the tape apart. She dug out some cute little skelly animal pjs and underwear, changing into them before going to the box labeled bedding and began to take out her sheets, which were dark purple, and her comforter, which was black.

"Ki-chan!"Naruto shouted. She jumped a few inches, before rushing to the door.

"Naru-chan!?"She shouted back.

"Help me with the food!"He stomped heavily onto the landing. She rushed forward and took the pizza box from him and then the bag of pop.

"Finally! You took forever!"She pouted, carrying the food into her room.

"I got lost! I'm not use to this countryside living."He grinned at her, glancing around."Kiba said he'd be here tomorrow with Shino and Akamaru to check the electric and plumbing, and Shika agreed to swing over with Chouji with the sound stuff." Naruto told the shorter girl. She nodded, climbing up on the made bed, setting the pizza on the comforter and pulling out a coke and a cream soda for Naruto. The said boy stripped himself down to his boxers and redressed in a loose pair of sweats and a t-shirt, climbing up next to the girl. They both ravanged the pizza, starving form the move and the long drive from their old apartment to here.

"This is so awesome, Naruto."She said a slightly shock and awe tone of voice. "This house....I get the feeling we're going to find ourselves here."She told him. He grinned at her, a smugde of pizza sauce on his lower lip.

"You're so poetic, Ki-chan."He mused. She leaned over, wiping the sauce from his lip with her thumb and then sucking it off the appendage.

"You're so cute, Naru-chan."She mused back.

"Done?"He asked with one last gulp of his soda. She took the last big swig of her pop and nodded, tossing the bottle into an empty box while Naruto set the pizza box ontop of another box.

"I hope there's no bugs in this house."She grumbled as Naruto pushed the covers back.

"Hey, if there is, Shino'll be even more excited to move in."Naruto laughed. She smiled.

"He's sick like that."She climbed on, laying next to Naruto, who covered them both up, and tucked them in, wrapping an arm around the girl's waist."So warm, Naru-chan."She snuggled into his half hug. He rolled his eyes tiredly, but returned the snuggle, drifting off slowly to her slightly whiny breathing, his nose burried in her fruity hair.


"Ki-chan! Where does this go?"Naruto called from the kitchen.

"What is it?"She asked, walking in with a light box.

"A pan."

"Bottom cupboard with the others."She told him. "How the hell did we have all this shit!?"She demanded, dropping the box on the counter.

"You'd be surprised."Naruto said as he stretched, rubbing the sweat from his forehead.

"I just don't see how we crammed all this shit in that apartment."She sighed, shaking her head in disbelief. She shivered a bit, and glared at Naruto. "It's freezing, still, Naruto!"

"What are you talking about? I'm steaming!"He panted lightly. "Ki-chan's cold? Let Naru-kun warm you up!"He grinned and began to go after her.

"Naruto! Akira!"A familiar voice called.

"Coming!"Naruto ruffled her piggy tail as he past, dodging the well placed kick and running to the door.

"Bastard!"She huffed and ripped the box open. She began taking out glasses one by one, peering to see if they were clean, or if she'd have to rewash them all before putting them away. "A good rinse should do the trick~ Ah!"She shrieked at the face in the glass that wasn't her own, jumping back and dropping the glass, it shattering over the floor, slicing her leg nicely with one large chunk.

"Akira!?"Naruto ran in, eyes wide at the sight. "Are you okay!?"

"Ki-chan!"Kiba shouted in alert.

"It's okay....I just scared myself..."She said sheepishly, calming herself, looking away from the blood, feeling queasy.

"Are you sure you're okay? It's not like Ki-chan to get scared so easily."Kiba began to pick up the peices of glass as Naruto searched for a rag.

"That cut looks bad. Does it hurt?"A new voice asked.

"Shino..."She sighed, and smiled at him, shaking her head. "No. It's okay. It just stings..."She winced as Naruto pressed the cool rag to her leg. "A bit."She told them.

"How'd you scare yourself?"Kiba asked.

"Oh, I thought I saw...."She paused before lying. "A cockroach crawling across the floor. Those things just creep me out, no offense to bug population, Shino."She waved her hands around a bit before leaning back on the counter as Naruto began to bandage her leg. If I tell them I saw a face, they may believe me, and then Naruto will want to move out....This is our chance to be happy, I'm not going to let some stupid ghosts ruin it.....

"Ki-chan?"Kiba murmured, looking at her side ways. She blinked and smiled at him.

"I'm fine, really. It'd be nice if you two could get the heater working properly. I'm freezing."She shivered and jumped off the counter, going back to her job.

"Well...Okay, then."Kiba agreed after a moment of staring at her back, then walked off, Naruto leading the way to the basement, Shino following a moment later.

"Stop it!"She told herself sternly. "It's just an old house...You're making things up in that stupid head of yours!"She urged as she began the water in the sink. She began to washed the glasses and plates slowly to calm herself down, but she felt that everytime she moved, she was being stared at, no matter how much she hid behind the walls. Finally, she spun around, and walked to the darkest corner of the kitchen. She reached out into the shadows, and shivered at the feel of silk. She pressed her palm of her hand to the surface, and nearly screamed again at the feel of a faint beating heart. "Stop it...Please."She whispered softly. "We won't bother you, so don't bother us..."She said nearly breathless, the smell of rich cologne and old wood filling her senses as she felt what ever it was in the corner shift closer to her. She went to step back, but her entire body was stuck there, staring into cool red eyes.

"Akira!?"They vanished at the sound of her name, causing her to shudder, wrapping her arms around herself, shaking slightly.

"Akira!"Another voice yelled.

"I....In here!"She called back, walking to the living room door.

"Look! We got the fireplace started! It's amazing!"Naruto grabbed her hand and pulled her to the living room. She was swathed with heat, her eyes staring in wonder at the blooming fire in the hearth. For a second she glanced up at the painting above it, her eyes skimming over the faces before she went back to the beautiful fire. But every time the flames flashed, she saw those red eyes staring at her from the hearth, and she had to look away.

"That's awesome, Naruto!"She grinned at him when he looked at her. "But I think I'm going upstairs to work on my room, kay?"She asked.

"Oh...Sure!"He nodded with a smile. "Kiba and Shino really like it here...They think they may move in! Isn't that great?"He called as she started up the steps.

"Yea! It's really great!"She called back, not looking back as she made it to the second floor landing.


"Hey! Ki-chan, we're leaving now!"Kiba walked into the bedroom. The girl looked over from washing the windows and smiled at him.

"Oh? You don't want to stay the night?"She asked.

"Nah, we got no clothes, and I've got work pretty early tomorrow. Maybe this weekend."He said with a smile. She smiled back. "Your leg okay? That was a nasty cut earlier!"He peered, trying to see it threw her tights.

"Yea. I don't even feel it."She lied, she could feel it pulsing and stinging every time she moved, but she had a feeling it wasn't her leg, but that man from before.

"That's good, I'd hate to see Ki-chan in pain!"Kiba walked over to her and she leaned into his hug, that was warm and strong.

"Thanks, Kiba. Be careful driving home."She told him as he walked away.

"Oh! Yep! Always!"He waved and closed the door behind him. She waited for a moment, before glancing to the corner to see if the red eyes that had been watching her for the past hour were there. Yep, they were. She turned back to washing her windows, scrubbing away the dust and dirt, wondering if Naruto was going to come up and sit with her soon becuase this was nerve wrecking.

"Ki-chan! I brought dinner!"Naruto called as he walked into the room. She sighed, visibly relieved as he walked in with a big pan of spaghetti and two large forks. She smiled at him and gestured to floor, a clear spot in between them. He nodded in agreement and they both went to it. "I hope it's good. Kiba and I were so busy trying to turn that damn heater on that Shino cooked for us."

"Well as long as this isn't some kind of special sauce, then I guess we really can't complain."She said, as the bother grimaced at the thought of Shino's special sauce. They laughed at each other's faces and began to eat.

"So, what did you really see in that glass today?"Naruto asked after a long silence. She paused midway up to her mouth, startled slightly.

"I told you, a cockroach."She said.

"Akira."He pointed his fork at her. "I know you better, and you're the only girl I've ever met that's not afraid of bugs. You must of saw something scary."He told her. She looked away.

"I just watch too many scary movies, Naruto. Don't worry about it. It's not like it was real or anything."She said lightly, smiling at him, though it was forced.

"Well, if you're sure..."Naruto trailed off, and changed the subject."Tomorrow, I've got to go into town. Did you want me to drop you off to check out the new shops?"He asked.

"Yea. I'll pick out some things for the house, too. And maybe get some more food."She agreed.

"I'm exhausted. We should go to bed."Naruto smiled at her, and she nodded, setting her fork in the empty pot. He did the same, and they changed into their pajamas, taking the same positions as last night.

"Night, Naruto."She said softly.

"Night, Akira."He returned just as softly.