Interview with the vampire

1. Iruka

An, the silver haired vampire sat on the sun chair on the balcony, with a book in hand, waiting for the human inside the room to wake up. Leisurely, he flipped a page, enjoying himself, bathing in the full moon light. Since Kazuhiko was engaged, he was unfashionable early and no gentleman would show his impatience to his trusted friends.

"A-an nii-chan?" a woman pulled the curtain suddenly and revealed her masked face. "Gomen, gomen, I overslept."

"No worries," the vampire replied and slid opened the balcony door. "I am relief that you are not sleeping by your desk, if not, I would have to come into the room before you aware."

"Nii-chan, next time just come in, this room is too big and cold for winter, I am thinking of moving to next door, then you don't have a balcony to sit." The woman said as she removed the excessive cushions from the swing chair and offered the vampire to sit on. She then lowered the heater, "tea?"

"That's good, thank you," An replied, "any more guests coming?"

"Iruka sensei is coming, after he finished his duty in the mission room," the woman replied as she made tea in the kitchen. "But it's kind of strange, since after all these years, we spent the nights together."

"Not alone though, Vi," An chucked, "Kazu-kun spent lots of nights here… Kashi-kun and Tenzou-kun also come here sometimes."

"But it's different, for Tenzou-kun, he never has set his foot inside the room. He always remained at the balcony."

"That's Tenzou-kun that we know," An smiled and put down his tea cup. He grabbed the brush that sat on the dressing table that was placed next to swing chair that he was sitting on, and started to brush his long silver threads. He has been with the woman for a long time, since Vi was still a little girl. But only few years ago, Vi sensed his presence, and only the conversation began to take place at night, when he finished his clan business and come to check on her. Other than his mansions, the woman's room was a rare place that he felt truly comfortable.

A knock occurred at the balcony window, "suimimasen, this is Iruka," a man said.

"Aaa," Vi placed her tea cup down on a black plastic box, "Iruka sensei, please come in." She quickly took away her jumper from the desk chair, and offered the seat as well a cup on green tea to the teacher.

"Thank you," Iruka received the mug, and to his relief, it wasn't the black tea that the pair were drinking, it was his usual green tea. Being a pre-gennin sensei, he seldom completed field works and his usual habits kept him in his comfort zone. He took a slip of the tea, to try to calm his nerve, after all, it's late at night, he felt it's not appropriate for him to be in a lady's bedroom, and that it did take him a good run from the academy to the flat. "So, now… what do I need to do?"

"Iruka-sensei," the vampire finally spoke, since the shinobi arrived. " Relax, this is just an brief chat session. Vi and I have worked together to write some, maybe rather acquired, fictions for our own entertainment and so we wonder how others think."

"Right," Iruka nodded in understanding, "no wonder… The notice stirred the mission room a some time because of the sheer amount of shinobi required and the long period duration… I was little bit concern since I am the first one to come in…" He softly brushed his nose, hiding his embarrassment.

Vi came back from the bathroom and grabbed her wireless keyboard as she passed her work desk, "Nii-chan, Iruka sensei, are we ready?" She flipped the piles of books and took a black notebook.

"That is?" Iruka took interested of the covered. Most students would not care about the stationeries that they used and especially students like Kiba and Naruto, he would be very relief if either one of them bring it a proper, usable pencil and rubber to class. Girls like Hinata and Sakura would have clean, neat notebooks, but he seldom saw people draw symbols on the cover.

"That's Solomon's crest," An replied, "this girl was extremely suspicious at the beginning of this year."

"It's for protection, An nii-chan!" Vi replied, "but it worked, I felt much better."

"Most of the time, with my guidance, my little sister," the vampire counted. "Let's get started, if not Iruka-sensei would be late for morning."

"Oh… hai, suimimasen-ne, Iruka sensei…. So… how did it go, Iruka sensei? The "relationship" with Kakashi-sensei, I heard you weren't close to him before right?"

"Yes, indeed," Iruka answered, as he rubbed his nose. Flush began to fill his face. "Kakashi-san is a very private person and as a talent jounin like him, we seldom go into too personal issue… though we do hang around, especially when Genma-kun is around."

"So I guess the wonderful lemon scenes made you very uncomfortable then?" the vampire added. "I have enjoyed describing it though… haha"

"Indeed," Iruka answered. "Once the sections come out, I was so embarrassed to even look at Kakashi-san in the mission room. I did feel, at one particular point that, I want to come here to stop you both from writing it. It's truly embarrassing."

"Then, you should be glad that we did not request you to come here with Kakashi-sensei!" Vi laughed. "Nii-chan's description was so fade that I, actually did ask people to come in to show me," she supplied. "Then, it would be very interesting to see whether you can act it out or not…"

"That would be the end of my world," Iruka answered, with his face even more redder. "Omg… I cannot even imagine Kakashi-san and I would share a bed that close and imitate… We went to onsen with other fellow shinobi but, totally not like that… Totally not…"

"Chill, sensei," Vi smoothed. "I though at least I am generous, letting you top sensei. Most writer only prefer one alpha one beta setting…"

"That…" Iruka sensei's redness was almost on the threshold level.

An gave the woman a soft tap on the shoulder. "Vi…" he murmured. "2 more questions and we better let Iruka sensei go home, if not I think he would be unfit for duty for some time."

"Understood." Vi nodded. "Sa… so… since it's getting late, last 2 questions, sensei. So what did you think of Kakashi-sensei dating Naruto-kun or even Yamato-san?"

"Well.. Ano… Yamato-san-wise, I am not sure, since I really have not worked with him properly before. But I am sure he would make a nice partner for Kakashi-san because they have been working together since young…. And for Naruto… sa… should I say relief now? Initially I was bit concern, as no one truly understand the boy and I was concerned that he would be very lonely… then, when I heard that he may have been going out with Kakashi-san, then I thought of those pervert comments related to Kakashi-san… embarrassingly… but when I saw the boy's smile when he came back with Jiraiya-sama, I thought whoever that is, as long as Naruto is happy, then why should I be concern? Life is short for shinobi and we need to get the happiness in hand, no matter how small or how big that is…"

"I see," Vi typed vigorously, nodding in understanding. "These words sounded very like you, Iruka-sensei. Your care for your student is so strong…. And lastly, is there anything you want to say to us?"

"Hai, definitely." Iruka stood up. "Please do not think that Kakashi-san and I have any special relationship. We are just comrades, friends, but nothing more, and it would be unfair for whoever Kakashi-san is going with."

"I see…" Vi replied, "and yourself? Iruka sensei, your better half?"

"That… I am afraid, is the only thing that I would not talk about…" Redness creep up from his cheek and hence he bowed quickly and deep. "Thank you for your tea. I hope to see you both soon, but maybe more a public place." He slid the window door, "have a good sleep, An-san and Yanvi-san."