Author's Note:Wow, I actually decided to start writing again. Well, hopefully I can write a NejiTen fic without it being complete crap this time. Also, the ages of the characters… uh… they're all legal XD

Disclaimer: I know I should be shot for adding another Naruto Vampire fic to the monstrous collection already established, but I'll pretend like I'm being original XD Oh, and I don't own vampires or Naruto

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"Neji…"Breathlessly moaned, sweat, gasping. "Neji, what are you doing?" Fingers creeping up thighs, the dimness choked with heat. "Nej––" More gasping. "Agh! Neji!" Heart pounding, struggles. "Neji, you don't understand, I'm–––!"

"Neji-nii?" The man's eyes flew open, his breathing rapid. "Neji-nii, are you in there?" It was a dream. Drowsily the longhaired figure rubbed at his eyes in the dark.

"Hinata…? Hinata, is that–––OW!"

"Neji-nii!" He lay back down immediately, rubbing at his head.

"Damnit…" He frowned into the blackness. "Who the hell closed my coffin?"

"Ah, that would be you, Neji-nii." He snorted.

"How long have I been asleep?" he asked at length.

"About a month or so."

"Anything interesting happen?"

"Well…" He could hear shuffling outside his stony surroundings. "It's my… my first hunt tonight."

"Really now? Unsupervised?" He tried to stifle his yawn. "Are you prepared for that?"

"Oh! Yes! I-I've been studying really hard; I've got Anatomy down perfectly, and Appearance I could do in my sleep…" He considered letting her go on and going back to sleep a) because he knew she would do it and b) because he wasn't very fond of her anyways. The last was a bit harsh, but it was true; she was the princess of the Hyuuga vampire clan, loved and adored by all, spoiled by the clan leader. Honestly, though, she was a failure at life––– what vampire in their right mind wanted pony? He was sick of her sugary crap, but he couldn't seem to get rid of the fawning little cherub, so instead he became a worshipped older brother figure. Finally Neji let out a sigh and rubbed at his forehead.

"Hinata, how is your Seduction?" he asked bluntly. It got quiet outside.

"U-um…w-well, I…" The girl fell silent in her embarrassment. Sounds about right, Neji thought with another yawn. Now, should he rest up for another couple months, or should he go outside and face the world? Both sounded so terribly exciting… A sudden growl from the man's stomach decided for him. With a sigh Neji heaved the lid of his coffin over with a purposefully loud crash, startling his cousin and half the vampires who had, like him, decided to sleep in.

"You're hardly a century old, and you want to feed yourself," Neji said matter-of-factly as he stretched and stepped out of his stony bed. His back cracked audibly then. I have got to get a mattress fitted for that thing, Neji observed with an annoyed glare at the coffin.

"N-not true!" Hinata was insisting, clenching her fists with determination and trailing after him. "In a couple centuries I'll be a whole millennium!" Neji attempted not to roll his eyes as he headed for his closer. Damn all these candles in this stupid castle, he growled inwardly. Who the crap made these stereotypes anyways?

"A whole millennium," Neji repeated, picking out one of his favorite pairs of pants. "Wow…" His sarcasm, he knew, would go way over her sweet, little, stupid head. Still, he had six centuries and change on her, so why she thought she was being impressive was really beyond him.

"Uh-huh. So daddy thought that tonight, the eight night of the eighth month of my eight-hundred and eighty-eighth year would be appropriate." Neji shrugged off his shirt and pants as she talked. A long time ago this had scared the girl off in a flurry of embarrassment, but ever since Hinata has secured that "A" in Anatomy class she had become unbothered by his lack of modesty.

"What time is it?" Neji asked, changing the subject suddenly. He swore that he would strangle her if she started on her stupid "eight" speech again. He snorted. Back in Neji's day, vampires went and fed within a couple centuries of birth, or whatever the hell it was that brought the undead of his clan into existence. Then again, he wasn't a pampered princess, no matter that he was far prettier than the actual one.

"Um, it's seven o'clock," Hinata said finally, helping him put on his jacket as he finished dressing. "Why?"

"Because I'm going out to grab a bite." Ah, vampire jokes. You had to love them.

"B-but… you're not going to see me off on my first hunt?" Hinata asked, anxiously wringing her hands. "Most everyone will be there tonight." This time Neji really did roll his eyes as he paused to look at himself in the full-length mirror.

"Hinata, do you know the meaning of the word 'spoiled'?" The girl frowned.

"Y-yes. Why?"

"Nothing." With one last touch to his appearance Neji headed for the door. "Good luck tonight." With her naiveté she'd land a werewolf as her first meal, he thoughtcynically. He considered for a moment that, given the universe's history with cynical thoughts about very stupid people, perhaps he should knock on something wooden. Glancing about the hallway he was entering now, Neji had to simply do with knocking on his cousin's (hollow) head.

"Ouch!" she cried, rubbing the spot.

"It wasn't thathard," Neji snorted, rolling his eyes yet again. All right, so he had hit her a little harder than necessary, but still, it was a small price to pay to restore the universe back to order, right?

With a smirk Neji approached a window, gazing out at the waxing white moon. Cloudless sky. Excellent. Without looking back, the man suddenly leapt out, but not before yelling back, "Break a leg, Hinata!" Figures of speech were so convenient sometimes.

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"Somebody shoot me, please." To the average observer, the woman who uttered this looked like she meant it as tired, depressed, and lonely as she was. The woman, however, would have added that she was pathetic and unemployed, too. Crap, she really needed to get a job soon because what little money she had was not going to last her, especially after tonight. Somebody tell me when my life went wrong.

Her name was Tenten. That's right, Tenten, without a surname or anything because apparently the orphanage she had been raised in had decided she was too old for them to choose one (although privately she was convinced they were just lazy). The woman sighed as she continued to trudge through the muddy streets, bumping into the occasional group of people off to some Friday night party. The orphanage…

She couldn't remember anything before age 17, really. That was when they had found her cold, damp, and alone. It was a wonder she had survived up until that time, they had told her. With her amnesia she would have had no way to provide for herself.

"Bull," she muttered. They had kicked her out the next year with only half the abilities she should have had as an adult because she was "ready" (but really it was probably just more expensive to keep her there). With nowhere to go, however, Tenten had trudged on. Now she was a proud 25-year-old living on her own in a not-too-shabby apartment and supporting herself with her job at Madame H's as well as the occasional prize money she won from archery contests.

Ah, archery. The one thing she could do right in life. Well, that, and horseshoes, and darts, and bowling… Well, to be honest, she just couldn't miss any sort of target period. But alas, she would no longer be able to support that hobby because she didn't have her job at Madame H's anymore! All because of her stupid boss and her stupid assistant. Her cute assistant. Aw, who was she kidding? Her standards had plummeted.

Tenten had never really liked the "psychic" business anyways, even though it was only Madame H who had tricked the customers. Ugh. It was the same old, same old every time. She and her fluffy pink hair piled high, calling out to her "spirit friend" Naruto to lead the desired spirit of the dead and reunite them with their loved one. It was all a bunch of crap anyways. She knew that it was up to her and the other assistant, Lee, to cajole potential customers (picked beforehand by Madame H herself) into visiting the shop. And they would always pay handsomely. Perhaps it was just Madame H's eye for people. Tenten winced as this thought came to mind. It was also that eye that had made Tenten quit her perfectly good paying job in a storm of righteous indignation. …well, okay, more like a jealous hissy fit, but details shmetails.

He was ugly as crap. She knew this well––– oh, she knew it well! And yet, no man had ever treated her as Lee had, with his sweet trustworthiness and sincerity. Before the girl had realized it, he had won her over completely. She could blame her pathetic, lonely life up to that point for that mistake, and mistake it certainly was.

It was just this afternoon, in fact, right as she was returning from her lunch break that she had discovered her boss, her mentor, her best and practically only friend in the world, Madame H herself seducing Lee and him in return responding like a lost puppy. And just like that,pffft, her heart was broken in two. It only felt a little better after she thundered out and spent the rest of her hours alternately crying forlornly and yelling and throwing things wildly about in her small apartment. Actually, it was during one of her mad screaming sessions that she had had a positively wicked, yet undeniably brilliant idea that could easily be summed up in five small words: to Hell with it all.

And thus here she was, out on the streets by herself at night and hoping to wash away her cruel memories in alcohol, get laid, or both, rebelling severely against her upbringing and every fiber of her being. Tonight, Tenten was going to show the world what she was made of.

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The bar was slightly dark, but crowded with sweaty humans chugging down alcohol––– just the way Neji liked it. All those people, tightly packed together made for an easy get away: after all, who would miss just one tipsy woman out of so many? Tugging off his jacket, the Hyuuga waded his way through bodies, slowly and methodically picking out his choice for the night. Would it be that cute blonde one? No, she had a boyfriend, and those were a pain to fight off. What about…? He frowned. He couldn't seem to make up his mind. Normally he wasn't this much of a perfectionist; just pick a girl and go. But tonight…

Suddenly he turned to the counter. There, through the mass of human flesh, a pair of brown eyes reflected his curiosity, sucking it up and drawing him in. He felt as if someone had punched him in the gut, found himself gasping for air. The reaction only lasted for a second, but it was enough. The instant she turned away on the squeaking bar stool he knew he had found his victim.

"Oh!" She seemed startled when she turned around again to find him so close. "I… I'm sorry, I really didn't mean to stare." She nervously ran a hand through her chestnut bangs damp with perspiration.

"Not at all," Neji smirked as he sat himself next to her. "It's good to know I'm still stare-worthy." The woman giggled a little at this and Neji took note, with delight, that a pink glow had already begun to spread across her cheeks. This one would be easy.

"It's just… you've got such pretty hair," she smiled. "I've never seen a man with such pretty hair."

"I suppose it makes me special."

"Mmm." She laughed. "I like you." She picked up her glass and downed the yellowy contents, then turned back to him with a rosy smile, fingering the empty glass.

"Can I get you another drink?" Neji offered on cue. The woman acted as if she hadn't expected this.

"Would you?" He tried not to snort as he attracted the bartender's attention. As a vampire money meant nothing to him, but he still didn't like the feeling of being taken advantage of even if he was acting. But once she had another glass set in front of her, the woman seemed more open.

"I'm Tenten, by the way," she grinned, extending her hand.

"Neji." They shook lightly.

"Neji, hm?" She sighed, looking around. "I suppose you never frequent places like these much?" He gave her a curious look.

"Actually…" He stopped. He didn't want to seem like he was a naïve boy trying to find a date in a bar for the first time, but at the same time women grew skittish at a whiff of expertise.

"Come to think of it, what in the world could make a lovely woman like yourself want to go down to a bar by herself at night and drink so heavily?" Her eyes widened and she turned away, the red in her cheeks intensifying.
"Is it really that obvious?"

"Yes, it is."

"Well…" She sloshed the alcohol in her glass around, her grip weakened a little by the effect of the booze. "There was… I mean… " She was struggling to find the words. "Have you ever been in love?" Neji tried not to show his shock.

"I…" He didn't know what to say. But Tenten was already shaking her head as if it didn't matter.

"There was this guy, y'know? Real sweet, hard worker… I really liked him. I thought he felt the same way about me. Turns out he was snagged by a friend of mine… And they… I mean, I didn't think she would… " She looked at Neji. "I'm sorry, I really shouldn't be telling this stuff to a stranger. You've probably got problems of your own…" She gazed through brown eyes at the man sitting beside her.

"No, really, it's fine." He reached out and touched her shoulder softly. "But I don't think this is a good place to talk." He got up, picking his jacket up off his lap. "Let's go somewhere else." Tenten suddenly became more aware of herself

"Nice try, buddy, but I'm not that drunk," she laughed, shaking her head. "I mean, you'd have to be, uh… I mean, I don't normally… with strangers…" She gulped hard, closing her eyes. This was her chance to strut her stuff. And yet she continued to hesitate.

"Damnit, why do you have to be so gorgeous?" she asked at last. Neji smiled seductively.

"Call it a curse." He tugged at her hand lightly, which had miraculously found its way into his.

"But I…" He dipped down, trailing hot breath along her neck briefly. Her breath caught in response. His eyes… They were so beautiful and white… Beautiful…

"With me, then?" Tenten could only nod a little dizzily as she stood up, trying not to trip over herself. What the hell was going on? Somewhere her rational mind was screaming at the red flags that were popping up. But… She gulped again. She was lonely; what could she do? It definitely didn't help that he was hot. Tenten smirked as this thought crossed her mind. Yeah, who the hell cares? She thought, the alcohol taking its effect on her judgment. To Hell with it all! I'm getting lucky tonight!

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Human loneliness is a vampire's most valuable tool, thought Neji with an inner grin as he just managed to open the door to his "home," an apartment he used just for the purpose of luring food. He could see the glow of wonder spread across Tenten's face as he flipped on the light switch and they entered. It was always the same. The rooms were furnished luxuriously as, once again, money was not an issue to vampires. Everything, in fact, was especially tailored to fit the human female's ideal romantic getaway, complete with red velvet, satin sheets, and yes, those freaking candles again.

"Wow, I… I can't believe that…I-it's all so… so beautiful!" Tenten was stammering more than Neji's usual catch, but that was okay. He wasn't about to waste any time while she was still in a state of shock. Sauntering up close beside her, the man gently cupped her chin in his hand and spoke softly, "But not as beautiful as you." Contact. Once again she looked him straight in the eye and got woozy with a sudden flood of trust. Damn. He hated using up all his energy like that, especially when he was about to pass out from starvation, but it had to be done.

"N…Neji, do you… really… think–––?" He cut her off with a sudden kiss that he could tell easily knocked the wind out of her. Oops. Looks like he was a little too eager. But it was too late now.

Her eyes fluttered closed immediately, but she was slow to respond to the rapid movements of his lips, seemingly five steps behind him. Briefly the vampire wondered if this was her first time dong anything with a man, but the thought was soon interrupted by her hands feeling uncertainly through his hair and her lips pushing harder against his. Quickly he brought his hand up to her neck as if to pull her closer, but in reality he was feeling her pulse. The name of the game was to arouse her enough so that her blood flowed faster and was therefore fresher and better tasting. The boy almost stopped mid-kiss in surprise. Her pulse was already double that of most of his victims at this stage, which immediately threw up an alarm in the man's head: she was inexperienced. Which, of course, meant that he had to be "gentle" and lead her through everything, and he wouldn't get to have any fun at all. Not that he could afford it at the moment anyway. He was so ravenous he would bite a screaming child at this point despite their revoltingly sweet blood (he blamed society for pumping them full of all that sugar).

"Mmmnhh…" Neji had already adjusted the girl so that he was kissing the nape of her neck while she pressed heatedly against a wall. Perfect. And yet… And yet he faltered, unable to finish. She was just a virgin, after all. Did she really deserve to have her pure body defiled by his filthy hands? It was almost, yes, just like that first time…

NO! Suddenly he squinted his eyes shut in pain. Yet it was like that time, both of the them unsure, no one around… Damn, no,focus!

"I'm sorry," he murmured from behind the girl, his grip on her hips tightening.

"Wha–––?" She was cut short as his hair brushed against her skin then a pain, a pain unimaginable in the back of her neck. She screamed, but it was shortly turned into a whimpering moan as his tongue, hot and wet, grazed her skin.

"Wha… UNNNN… what…did you… do?" she managed, sweat dripping down her face.

"I'm sorry, but…" he nuzzled her neck and lapped slowly at it once more, sending shivers down her spine. "All that fresh blood pumping through your veins, flowing so close… I needed to have… a taste." He emphasized this with a sharp suck that caused her to squeak in pain.

"I…ugh…" Something was wrong with her head. It was pounding; her legs were weakening beneath her. Her knees suddenly gave way.

"Wha… What'd you do to me?" she gasped. The man smirked, supporting her against himself and lowering her to the ground where she slumped limply.

"Well, okay, it wasn't just a taste…" He licked his lips. "I might've taken more than necessary."

"You… What are you?" Tenten could barely keep her eyes open, the pounding in her skull was increasing viciously, and everything in the room swam in dizzying waves. "Nej… Nej…" With that her eyelids dropped and she was out cold. He stood above her, cocking his head slightly as he wiped his chin roughly, red staining his pale fist. She was unconscious; that part was normal, but… He frowned. Something about how that had happened didn't feel right. He had taken so much, way more than he should have taken… It was like he couldn't stop until her head hit the floor. But he felt incredibly revived, and that was the important part.

Neji glanced at the woman's body for a moment, a soft look coming into his eyes. With unusual care, Neji wrapped Tenten in one of his coats and scooped her up gently, preparing to drop her off at some motel not too far from the bar they had met at. He wouldn't normally take pains for a mere mortal girl, and yet the way she had reminded him of that first time… The vampire sighed, shaking his head as he closed and locked the door to his apartment. There was something strange about this human that he just couldn't place…

So! What did you think for the first chapter? A little vague, I know, but it's only the beginning. On another note, I have said it once, I will say it again: kids, the life choices of the characters are not necessarily ones you should choose. Just thought I'd put that out there. Next chapter will be Hinata's first hunt! What surprises lay in store for our little vampiress? Ah, I only half know! Until next chapter! Labbess