New story up woop woop! Hope you like it!

I don't own Naruto (this is for future chapters too i can't be arsed in writing it again)

and i will use other peoples songs in the future too mostly cause my lyric's stink so i don't own them either!

Chapter 1 – Street Rat

There is a whole of three rules in the vampire world. All of them equally important. And all of them punishable by death if broken. They're as follows:

You must never reveal the existence of vampires. The result would be mind-blowing.

You can never hunt in the daytime, especially out in the open. You must be as inconspicuous as possible.

You must never create a bond with them. Doing so would be considered a threat and rule one being broken is a huge possibility.

These rules are the most important aspect of vampire society. They are the very things that keep the two worlds balanced, never to be interrupted.

This the story of a certain half-breed who broke these rules, and how she turned from a street rat to one of the most well known people in Japan…

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Sakura sat outside of the entrance of some popular shopping center with nothing but the clothes she wore and the guitar placed firmly on her crossed legs. People passed by with out so much as a second glance her way as she played and sang along to her small performance. The plastic cup in front of her had a total of twenty yen, which to Sakura's surprise was quite a bit considering it was still morning.

A light chilly breeze glided through the air and Sakura instinctively shrunk deeper into her stolen trench coat. Her face was layered in dirt, grease and the smallest amount of dried blood, as well as the rest of her clothes. As well as not looking very appealing she also had to annoyingly admit that she stank too. Not having regular baths every day or week for that matter did that to you. It was because of her obvious state that people tended to ignore her at all costs.

That day was like every other day for her, she would sit outside some busy unknown (to her anyway) shopping center or city centre and played her guitar until dusk. Sakura never expected anything special, she was already over the moon that she had earned about eight yen more than she normally would have at such an early hour in the morning. At this rate she probably could buy some canned soup from a vending machine for dinner…

Oh god now I'm drooling. She thought as she imagined all of the different flavors she had to choose from. She was sick and tired of hanging around street corners at night in run down clubbing area's waiting for some drunk person to stumble her way. She really didn't like draining them half dry. Luckily though, since she was technically half and half she could eat human food as well which meant that she didn't have to hunt. But hunting was cheaper and it actually sustained her the full day instead of just a couple of hours.

Sakura would rather eat human food any day…

Even if she did have that choice though she wouldn't last long and she knew it, the longest she could last without blood was two days, she tried it once when she still had the privilege of three square meals a day. Wasn't very fun, she even went as far as almost ripping her own pet cats throat out, Mr. Tuggles was never the same after that day.

Sakura paused mid note and thought back to that poor cat. She hadn't thought of Mr. Tuggles in years. That poor cat's fur had turned from a dark grey to a patchy white colour from the stress of it all. By the end of the year the poor cat looked like one of those crazed cats you see on cartoons. She a small chuckle left her lips as she continued where she left off.

When her song was closing to an end some old women walked up to her and gave her a one thousand yen note, telling her to go get something to eat. Sakura practically hugged the woman. If it wasn't for the walker that stood between the two then she would have, today was definitely going to be a good one! Nobody had given her this amount of money since she was fourteen! And that was five years ago!

With a huge grin in place Sakura threw her guitar around her back and practically sprinted into the shopping center. She walked around the shops aimlessly, she had decided that she wasn't going to spend it on food just yet; she'd use the change for that. Autumn was right around the corner and last year some asshole had stolen her gloves when she was asleep. She'd spent the entire winter in fear that her fingers might drop off…

She was hoping that she could get some of those skiing gloves at some cheap shop, no way in hell was Sakura Haruno settling for those cotton crap when she had one thousand yen in her pocket!

Her trench coat bounced off her heals as she quickened her pace and pulled the hood of her jumper over her head. She spotted some guards in the corner and she was seriously not in the mood to get kicked out when she had gloves to buy. Guards tended to not like homeless girls walking about, probably thought she was trying to steal stuff, which was usually the case. How else did you think she got her clothes from? Apart from the coat, she got it from some guy that she had just sucked half dry.

Sakura spotted a small second hand shop in the corner and made a beeline for it. As she entered she noticed that only two old women occupied the shop, she guessed that they were probably doing volunteer work or something. They were both very dumpy and had beady little eyes that they used to give Sakura the once over, taking in her tom boyish clothes, her dirty and grease filled state, as well as her greasy short uneven pink hair that stuck out at every which direction.

Sakura merely nodded and gave them a shy and embarrest smile. She was all too used to this treatment and every time she couldn't help but feel her self-esteem getting flushed down the toilet.

Sakura ignored the hushed whispers from the two women behind the counter and searched high and low for a pair of gloves. Of course though ironically enough she found a pair in the corner of the shop in a small cardboard box filled with was could only be described as crap. Sakura had very quickly paid and left afterwards, but not before noticing how the women serving scrunched her nose up and took a very obvious step back. Sakura would have been offended if it weren't for the fact that she didn't blame her.

The next thing on Sakura's list of course was that drool worthy soup. She practically skipped along to the vending machine and readied her money. The labels on the machine showed the many choices to choose from and Sakura thought that she maybe saw a halo above the damn thing. Her mouth was seriously drooling now; there was Tomato, Chicken, Mushroom, etc… Oh wow they even have hot chocolate! Sakura was totally going to get hot chocolate too!

Sakura's day just kept getting better and better!

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Sasuke was pissed. To put it plainly. The talent agency that Sasuke's family owns has pissed him off. The number of talentless idiots being employed has increased, again. The number of people who actually have talent however has gone down, again. So yeah, Sasuke Uchiha was a very pissed man round about now.

People who passed him on the street actually moved out of his way, his aura was plain enough for anyone to see and they liked to keep their lives. Not that Sasuke cares anyway.

All Sasuke cared about was finding someone who could actually play something or sing something or even act, he simply didn't care! And that fact was as clear as day. His brother Itachi was already out there looking and Sasuke needed to do the same. Believe it or not but his father was even more annoyed than him, and the last thing Sasuke wanted was to piss the man off even more.

He was walking home from work when he decided that he needed some coffee. The Konoha shopping centre wasn't very far away and since Sasuke decided to walk today he didn't have to go looking for a parking space.

It was only around five but already the sky was beginning to melt away into reds and oranges. His favored coffee shop was practically next to the door so Sasuke didn't half to walk far, he really didn't like walking around in the dark. Not since that incident.

Sasuke shook himself away from those thought's without a second glance. He walked through the golden automatic doors, which led into the coffee shop and was met with scents of coffee beans and sounds of the espresso machine at work. The walls were painted in swirls of red, gold and copper with dark hardwood floors to match. Everything about this place screamed expensive but to Sasuke that also meant quality. The great Sasuke Uchiha would never settle for something that came from a vending machine!

Once Sasuke had paid for his coffee he was on his way home again, but he didn't go through the small entrance like when he came in, he went through the main entrance. The path may be busier but it was a lot quicker than walking the whole way around.

As Sasuke sipped his Coffee he continued his inner rant on hopeless and talentless dipsticks that he's forced to employ. As he closed in on the huge revolving doors he couldn't help but notice the homeless person camped out across from the door. He'd seen her that morning too but she'd been too busy gulping down some of that hideous soup you get out a vending machine. He will never understand what people saw in that crap, it all tasted the same. The only difference with just now was that the guitar that was once strapped to her back was now fit snuggly on her lap as she played.

As he exited he moving doors he was met with the sound of moving traffic and the chatter of people getting on with their everyday lives. But between all the other noises there was the sound of well-preformed music. He looked over to see the girl who was playing her shabby looking guitar. She was dirty and looked like she'd just come out of a fight, her pink locks stuck up in every direction and were filled with grease from lack of washing, her clothes were equally dirty and the jacket she wore was so big it practically drowned her. But that wasn't what caught his attention, the girl was playing a song that he'd never heard before, and that was saying a lot since it was Sasuke's job to know what songs were in the charts. Her voice was also very unusual, it had plenty of deep tones but was mixed with middle tones and had a sort of ruff and ready edge to it that gave her voice a sort of unique element that Sasuke had never heard of before.

Sasuke just stood there, blinking like some idiot as the nameless girl continued to sing and play along. Sasuke had to admit it, this girl was good. Not only was she good, she had the edge that Sasuke needed to bring the company back from it's steady down fall.

Sasuke didn't even realize what he was doing until he was standing right in front of her. He stared down at the girl for a few seconds her eyes were closed as she sang. He faked a cough to get her attention. Bright green eyes suddenly met with dark coal as she stopped mid-note.

"Yes?" She asked in a slightly worried tone. Sasuke didn't blame her; he doubted anything good came out of rich men walking up to young girls.

"Come with me." He simply stated. Sasuke wasn't in the mood to explain himself just yet.

"W-why?" She stammered. There was the tiniest trace of panic in her eyes and Sasuke let out a sigh. He was surprised that she didn't throw herself at him like every other woman out there. Then again she probably had street smart that was telling her to run for the hills.

"You can sing. I need someone like you. You can live with me." He stated simply before walking away. She could follow if she likes, he knew she would, she'd be a fool not to.

Sakura sat there in complete shock. At first she thought he was some vampire. Which was not good, if he was then he'd probably kill her, which was why she panicked. But when she got a whiff of him it was all-human so she gathered that she was in the clear. All she wanted to know now was what the hell was going through that head of his. Sakura couldn't understand how some complete stranger could just walk up to some homeless person and offer them a home! Unless he was up to no good, which was highly possible, it wasn't the first time that some ass decided to try that on.

Even so though Sakura knew that either way she had the upper hand. Even if he was being completely serious about her singing at least she could get cleaned up and fed for a few days before she runs off again, she'd done it before when some creep tried to pick her up. Plus she needed to skip town soon anyways. With her mind made up Sakura stood up, strapped her beloved guitar to her back and ran after the mystery man.

Sasuke smirked when he heard her rushed footsteps behind him. Yes, he was right, no woman could resist. He was going to prove to his father that he could save the company, and he was going to do it with this girl.

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The walk home was silent, Sasuke had instructed the girl to walk behind him simply because he was ashamed of walking with someone who smelled and looked so bad. As soon as he got her home Sasuke was going to instruct his maids to dump her in a bath, and by god did she need it.

Sasuke was about to turn into his drive of the Uchiha mansion when the footsteps behind him stopped. He turned around and was met with green eyes that were as big as dinner plates and a mouth that was open so wide he was surprised her jaw didn't break. Then he realized that she's probably never seen a house this big before. He gave her a glare when their eyes met and she got the message straight away, 'Follow or bugger off''.

Sasuke began walking again and heard the light feet of the girl behind him. He opened the door and was met with an angry fiancé, Sasuke took in her tight shirt, mini skirt and designer heels, right the way up to her librarian styled glasses and wild red hair with wild red eyes to match. Sasuke did not miss the scowl on her face as he stepped further through the door and into his elegantly designed house. Karin took a step forward and Sasuke knew he was in for it.

"Where the hell where you? You know you're an hour late? What the hell am I meant to do when your Father decides to go all pissed and moody eh? And wha-"

She stopped mid sentence as Sakura suddenly appeared at the door, Karin's gaze shifted from Sasuke to the dirty girl who stood just outside of the door. It was also at this moment that Itachi came walking through and also caught sight of the small street rat at the door.

"What the fuck Sasuke?" Was the only thing that Karin could say. Itachi also seeing the girl at the door decided to investigate, he walked over and gave a questioning look over at his younger brother who was now handing over his jacket to one of the maids. His gaze then shifted over to the girl who was now looking around in wonder as she refused to move from the outside step she was standing on. Itachi was about to say something when Karin beat him to it.

"Oh my god Sasuke she stinks! I can smell her from here! Get her out of here now!" Karin held her nose and took a few steps back and towards Sasuke who was simply standing there. Itachi was confused as hell now; he wanted to know what made his brother feel the need to bring a homeless girl home. It wasn't even that hard to tell she was from the streets, going by the state she was in.

"Little brother, why have you brought a homeless girl home with you? Father wont be very happy when he finds out." He stated in a voice so calm that it rivaled his brothers.

"Hn. I saw the girl performing on my way home and thought she might be of some use to us, she certainly has some talent." He shrugged.

Itachi looked over at the girl in question and noticed for the first time the guitar that was held onto her back by a piece of string. Itachi raised an eyebrow; his brother was clearly desperate if he was willing to employ an untrained homeless person.

"What's her name?" He asked. He was expecting Sasuke to answer him; instead he looked over at the girl and barked a command.

"You, what's your name?" If Itachi weren't a proud Uchiha his jaw would have dropped. That ass didn't even ask her name before bringing her home? Sometimes he couldn't even believe his brothers ignorance!

"Sakura Haruno." She answered. Her voice certainly was interesting, it wasn't like the normal tones you would get from a female, and he knew that would only be intensified if she sung. Maybe his brother had hit the jack pot after all, still doesn't mean he can just bring her home of course…

Sakura stood there, feeling in every way possible unwelcome. The way the red head was sending her looks just made her feel all the more uncomfortable. She was starting to think that maybe she should just leave. Sakura could just take a dip in the river or something and go suck some drunk half dry. Then again, the smell of freshly cooked food was wafting through the air and Sakura's stomach showed its protests against that idea.

Every pair of eyes were on Sakura as she tried to silence her traitor stomach. The brother of Mr. Tall Dark and Handsome (even Sakura couldn't deny that the Uchiha brothers were hot) was giving her a pitying look, which Sakura didn't want in the slightest.

"Maybe we should feed her first then we'll talk with father about this. He does have the final say in this after all." The brother nodded over a pale blond maid and instructed her to feed Sakura and give her a well-needed bath.

The blond woman who could be no older than Sakura led her up the marble stairs and into one of the many guest rooms the Uchiha's had to offer. The room was huge and posh looking. Sakura's eyes nearly bulged from their sockets when she walked into the room. Sakura heard the sound of running water and for the first time noticed the single oak door that lead into a very expensive looking bathroom, once again Sakura's eyes popped out of her sockets and the maid let out a small amused giggle.

"I was the same when I started working here too. You'll get used to it." She spoke while grinning. Her pale blond hair was pulled back into a neat ponytail and the tail of her hair led the whole way down her back. Her eyes were a cyan blue and her fringe covered up her left eye.

"I'm not to sure if I can, I've been sleeping on park benches and door ways longer than I care to say." Sakura said in a disbelieving voice. The look of that bed was enough to convince her of that.

"Well you're here now. Come on, strip!" She practically sang and Sakura had a hard time from stopping the girl from stripping her on the spot.

"Eh! What are you doing! Don't make me rub my stink off on you!" The woman just laughed and continued to strip her until she had nothing on but her underwear. Sakura felt slightly ashamed, being half vampire and all and not even being able to stop a maid from taking all her clothes from her, Even her guitar had somehow made its way into her clutches!

"I'll put your guitar next door and I'll bring some food and fresh clothes up for you okay?" She said with that happy-go-lucky smile of her's. Sakura couldn't help but feel slightly nervous when she saw that smile.

"Oh, and before I forget, my names Ino Yamanaka." Sakura nodded and remembered the name.

Sakura stripped herself of her undies and dipped her toe into the bubbly water. Once she was satisfied she got in completely and actually groaned in pleasure, the temperature of the water was perfect and the scent of bath salts and lotions was in the air. Sakura completely submerged her head and her body was completely invisible, covered up by the fluffy white bubbles. Once her head became visible again she decided that maybe it was time to start washing so she could relax in complete bliss later. She started off with her uneven short strands of pink gunk that she called hair, there was a bottle of shampoo beside her and she made sure to wash it twice before applying conditioner. Her face still had traces of mud and speckled blood but was very quickly removed as she washed.

Sakura didn't even realize how long she'd been in when there was a loud knock at the door. Ino poked her head through on the blissed out half breed, green eyes met with cyan blue and a grin which looked an awful lot like the Chester cat was spread over her face.

"You look like you've died and gone to heaven." She giggled. Sakura rolled her eyes; she was actually starting to like this girl quite a bit, probably because she looked around the same age.

"I was until you walked in." Sakura grinned back.

"Aw thanks. By the Fugaku Uchiha isn't happy and is on prowl. So get out I've got some clothes for you, their Itachi's girlfriends since I doubted you wanted to wear Karin's stuff." She visibly shuddered and threw her some clothes onto a nearby chair, which looked more like a golden throne meant for kings.

Sakura walked out of the bathroom with a red summer dress on with white Pokka-dots littered over it. The fabric was light and moved and rippled over Sakura's body at even the smallest movements. It reached just below her knee and the straps had fabric attached to each end that made it look even more flattering on Sakura's tall frame. Her bare feet made no sound on the wooden floor or on the fluffy rug that was placed neatly on the floor.

"Oh wow, for a bum you're pretty hot." Ino commented from the bed, her classic maid uniform splayed over the sheets where she sat. Sakura felt her eyebrow twitch, she did not like that last comment in the least.

"You know that I am very tempted to punch you in such a way that I will create a nice little piggy nose instead of your normal nose." Sakura threatened through clenched teeth. Ino gulped and decided that it would be very unwise to fight with someone who probably mastered the art of street fighting.

"Well if you do that then I will match your forehead. Here's your food!" She said in defense and stuffed a sandwich under her nose. The scent of fresh tomato's, lettuce and other goodies caught Sakura's interest and her blind rage was all but forgotten, to Ino's deepest relief.

The sandwich was by far the most amazing thing Sakura had ever put in her mouth. This didn't even compare with the soup and hot chocolate that cleaned her out of cash that morning! The food was juicy, crispy in all the right places and mouthwatering. Sakura devoured it in well under a minute. Ino was actually thinking that maybe she should teach the bum some table manners; she didn't think that eating with one's mouth open would go down very well.

Ten minutes later and both girls are both lying flat on their backs on the bed giggling like little girls when they were both disturbed when an angry faced Uchiha and his family stormed in. Ino was on her feet in an instant, bowing respectfully to her employer as Sakura just stayed in the same place, the vampire side telling her to not do anything that put her below that human. And since Sakura had lived most of her life relying on these vampire instincts it was hard to tell that this was the wrong move to make.

"You can go now." The middle aged man stated to Ino, she left and the man turned his attention to the woman still laying flat out on her back.

"So this is the Kitten without a pedigree that you spoke of Sasuke?" Sakura stood up and glared at the man, how dare he call her such a thing!

"Yes father. She seems to have a rather unusual voice and with very skilled with the guitar." Sakura raised an eyebrow, believe it or not but this was the first time actually hearing the man's name. Sakura found it pretty stupid that she was only just finding out.

"Ah, I shall see for myself then. You there, girl, play." He looked directly into Sakura's eyes and she couldn't help but glare, how dare he treat her like he owned her!

"And why should I?" She growled back. The man before her narrowed his eyes and once again turned to his son.

"Have you not told her why she is present?" He asked in a bored tone.

"Not exactly, I didn't think she would cause much trouble, seeing as we fed, cleaned and dressed this low life." He answered in a toneless voice, all the while giving her a knowing look.

Damn, he's right, Sakura thought, she wasn't exactly ready to get kicked out yet but she knew if she kept up her attitude then she'd be back outside. She should have known that this Sasuke person wasn't just taking her home out of the kindness of his heart.

With an irritated huff she walked over and picked up her beloved guitar with gentleness that she wasn't showing a moment ago. She once again sat on the bed and placed the guitar securely on her lap, her arms in position as she began to strum the strings.

The notes and lyrics began to play off her tongue and fingers without her even realizing it. She didn't pay much attention to the people in the room, or the whole world for that matter; it was just Sakura and her guitar. Like it always has been and how she always wanted it to be.

She dragged the notes in all the right places; she played with everything she had, like every other song. The song its self was slow and the lyric's were actually pretty sad once Sakura thought about it, it was one of the first song's she'd every written once on the street, it was about how she felt about her very own existence.

As she drew to a close she looked up and was met with four pairs of coal coloured eyes and one pair of blood red. Sakura suddenly felt the heat from their stares and felt slightly self-conscious. The man in the middle let out an annoyed breath and turned back to Sasuke.

"It seems your right son, she does seem to possess some promise, but I'm not having her living in here." He stated in that toneless voice again, glancing over at Sakura who was still sitting on the bed.

"Who knows where she's been." He added as an after thought and Sakura felt the urge to rip his throat out. Her eyes narrowed and she could feel her canines aching to lengthen but she clenched her teeth tight to stop the movement.

"Fugaku! We can't just throw her back outside! The least we can do is give the poor girl a home! What's more is that it's a bleeding Friday night! The streets can be rather dangerous at night!" A woman from behind spoke in a stern voice. Sakura moved her gaze from Fugaku to the woman who stood just behind him. She was very pretty, she had long Indigo coloured hair, like the other two men by her, which reached mid back. She had the same coal black eyes too and had creamy coloured skin.

Sakura had in instant liking for this woman, She seemed like a really kind person unlike the three cold men in front of her. The woman walked over to Sakura and gave her a very kind smile. It was nothing more than a curl of her lips but it was enough to lighten up her face from the scowl it was in before.

"My names Mikoto, it's a pleasure to meet you. And what might your name be?" She held her hand out to her, which Sakura took to shake all the while her kind smile never once vanished.

"Hello, my names Sakura Haruno. It's nice to meet you too." Sakura actually found it weird that nobody was holding their noses or checking to see if she was clean before shaking her hand but she gathered that's what baths were for.

"Come with me my dear, we'll go find something for you to wear when sleeping." She chirped and all but dragged Sakura out of the room.

Karin watched the whole display with displeasure. She couldn't believe that her Sasuke had decided to bring home this, this low life, this girl who didn't even deserve to be in the Uchiha's presents never mind their own home. The girl had to be no more than seventeen, when she first walked through that door Karin was sure she was only fifteen but now that all the dirt and boy's clothes had been removed Karin was forced to admit that she looked a bit older.

What was even worse was that she caught Sasuke's eyes linger a little to long on her when they first entered. He was hers. Not that little hobo's. Karin felt an instant dislike for the girl the minute she walked in the door. It was a good thing she guessed that she and Sasuke lived in a condo further into the upper end of the city. At least she could help him to forget about that popper in their alone time.

"Where did you find her again little brother?" Itachi asked. Karin had been asking herself the same question so decided to listen in.

"Hn. Outside the Konoha Shopping centre, I was getting coffee and she was outside the main entrance performing." Itachi raised an eyebrow and walked out. Karin moved to the side to let him through and continued watching her Fiancé and soon to be father-in-law.

"I do not approve of this Sasuke, she may have won Mikoto over but not me. Yes she does possess skill that we require but we also have a reputation to uphold and this isn't helping." Fugaku sneered and stormed out of the room. Karin agreed with him completely -for once-, the last thing the Uchiha family needed was some homeless teenage girl walking around!

Karin, taking advantage of the empty room, wrapped her arms around Sasuke's middle, feeling the rock hard abs that he was so proud of and moving them slowly up till they finally reached his solid chest. She rested her chin on the back of his shoulder as she whispered in his ear.

"Let's go home Sasuke, I want some attention." And that was all Sasuke needed to drag her home…

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