Summary:

AU fem Naru. After learning that their friend Namikaze Sora is a vampire, a being that the Eriel Church was fighting against, Nara Shikamaru and his friends are in a dilemma. As they travelled around to eradicate the threat of vampires, they soon learned the true history and motives behind the vampires and found out that the truth is more than meets the eye.

This is a rewritten version of Black Blood that I've posted on my old account. This is an AU story, which means that it takes place in an alternate universe story and this means that no ninjas in this story and since there are no ninjas, this means that there are no Jinchuurikis in this story as well. This is inspired by the NDS game Luminous Arc.


Chapter One: Namikaze Sora

More than a thousand years ago, a legendary battle was waged between God and the creatures of the night – the vampires – beings of darkness who only hungers and thirsts for fresh blood in order to strengthen their powers and another species of beings that called themselves Diviners – spirit-like creatures who wield godly-like powers.

A disagreement broke out between the vampires and the Diviners and a war broke out. In a bid to stop them from destroying the world, God stepped forward to stop them. A huge battle was waged between the vampires, Diviners and God Himself.

In the end, however, God was victorious and the vampires and Diviners were pushed backwards. The vampires were furious and swore revenge on God and mankind in the future and fled. As a result of the battle, God was forced into a slumber until the time comes for him to be awakened and for the world to prosper once more.

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A sixteen-year-old blonde stood on the top of a cliff overlooking the small village below her. It was currently night-time and the streets of the village were quiet.

The blonde was currently wearing a white open-collared shirt with sleeves that reaches down to her elbows and a pair of black pants with black combat boots and black fingerless gloves with a dark cloak tied around her shoulders.

This girl's name was Namikaze Sora.

Sora blew a wisp of her hair out of her eyes and looked down onto the village below her once more. "So it begins..." she muttered to herself before leaping off the cliff and vanishing in a flash of silver light.

The only evidence that she was ever present on the cliff was the tell-tale signs of ice and snow clinging to the cliff and the grass growing atop the cliff.

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Eve House; 09:00am:

"HIYYAAAHHH!"

The loud screech from Inuzuka Kiba rang throughout the garden of Eve House as he dodged another blow from Akimichi Chouji, with their friends – Haruno Sakura, Yamanaka Ino and Nara Shikamaru watching them, all three sitting on the front steps of Eve House.

Eve House was an orphanage opened by the Eriel Church – an organisation dedicated to fighting against the creatures of the night – namely, the vampires and the monsters of the land of Eriel. The five teenagers were all orphaned at a very young age, many of them not even old enough to remember their parents when they were brought to the Church. Eve House was where they had grew up and where a member of the Eriel Church – one of the best arch mages and swordsmen in the world – had trained them and brought them up to be of service to the Church in ridding the world of vampires and monsters.

Vampires were legendary immortal beings, said to be creatures of the night and who hungers and thirsts after blood and they were each master rune casters – powerful magic users. Also, vampires were all said to be extremely good-looking and the aura from them are unlike ordinary humans.

The five teenagers of Eve House had grown up with each other and were almost like family. Sakura and Ino are trained as healers in battle whilst the boys – Kiba, Chouji and Shikamaru were mainly trained in combat, though Shikamaru – their unofficial leader – was too lazy to even move a finger, but his strategical abilities far surpassed everyone else.

Sakura sighed and shook her head. "Both of you, stop this!" she ordered. "Kimimaro wouldn't be happy if he came back and found you injured again."

"Come on, Sakura, this is training!" said Kiba and Chouji put up one hand.

"Huff huff, I think I agree with Sakura here, Kiba," said Chouji through huffs and pants. "I need time out."

"Well, seems like you are all training hard," said a voice and all five teenagers turned around to see a silver-haired man decked in warrior garb standing before them. "I'm back from my visit to the Capital. I hope that you've been training hard."

"Of course we have!" said Kiba proudly.

"Anyway, we have an assignment," said Kimimaro. "A village west of here has been getting attacked by a vampire and we are under strict orders to exterminate the vampire."

"A vampire?" Sakura sounded worried. "Are we ready for it yet?"

"Course we are," said Kiba proudly. "That's what we've all trained for, didn't we?"

"That's right," said Kimimaro with some pride in them. "Now, come on. Sakura, you stay here. I need at least one person here in case someone from the Church arrives. Ino is a good enough healer as well, so you can stay if you like."

"Okay," said Sakura with a shy smile. "Be careful, okay?"

"We will," said Ino, waving at her best friend. "We'll be back in no time, Sakura!"


Eve House, 06:00pm:

"But man...that vampire wasn't so difficult, was he?" said Kiba, sounding disappointed as the group trudged their way back to Eve House. "I was expecting something more. I've heard that vampires are masters over elemental magic."

"You are so troublesome, Kiba," groaned Shikamaru. "Don't be so overconfident over your own abilities. Vampires are a lot stronger than you think."

"He's right, Kiba," said Kimimaro.

"Kimimaro?" questioned Ino and Kimimaro turned towards the blonde. "Are humans allowed to use rune magic? I only ever see a handful – like myself and Sakura who are healers and you who is an arch mage."

"Well, it's both yes and no," said Kimimaro. "It's defying the laws of nature...rune magic. All arch mages like myself uses our weapons as a medium for our magic. Healing magic is the only type of magic allowed by the Church. Rune magic can only be used by vampires."

"Welcome back, everyone," said Sakura who had came to greet them as they came towards Eve House. "Kimimaro, the helper that the Church had sent is here."

A girl dressed in normal civilian clothing stepped out from behind Sakura. "Namikaze Sora," she said. "Pleased to meet you."

"Uh...likewise," said Kiba, scratching his head.

"Please remember to clean your weapons," said Sora, taking one look at the bloodstained sword that Kiba had before heading back into the house. "Dinner will be ready in a few moments."

"Damn, what's her problem?" growled Kiba, not liking the fact that a girl had talked down to him like this. "We've barely met her for ten minutes!"

"Maybe she's just shy?" suggested Ino only to invite a look from Kiba. "Oh, come on, Kiba! What does it really matter? Come on, I'm hungry and I know the rest are too. Sakura, how about I tell you all about the battle later?"

"That'll be great!" said Sakura as Ino took her by the arm and lead her inside, all the while talking about the battle.

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Later that Night:

"Man, I can't sleep!" groaned Shikamaru as he kicked off his bedcovers and sat up on the bed, listening to the light gentle snores from Kiba and the loud heavy ones from Chouji who is a heavy sleeper. It was a warm and humid night that day and he wondered how his two dorm-mates can even sleep with all the bedcovers over them.

Shikamaru then decided to venture out of the house, deciding that some fresh air will probably do him some good. The stars were plentiful in the night sky that day and for a moment or two, Shikamaru lost himself in his thoughts as he looked at the night sky.

"What are you doing?"

Shikamaru nearly jumped out of his skin as he heard a voice so close to his ear and turned to see Sora beside him, looking at him with a frown on her face. "Star gazing," answered the lazy genius. "I can't sleep and I thought that some fresh air will do me good. What about you?"

"I can't sleep as well," said Sora before sitting down on the steps beside Shikamaru. "It's too quiet here. I'm not used to it."

"Where were you from?"

"I don't know," said Sora quickly. "I just-"

She was cut off as a mournful howl sounded in the distance and both teenagers stood up just then, looking towards the right side as a three-headed wolf bounded towards them, rows of sharp teeth visible beneath the mouths of its three heads.

"A monster?" Shikamaru nearly spluttered in shock. "How did a monster get here?"

Sora glared at Shikamaru. "You didn't clean your weapons, did you?" she accused him and the lazy genius gulped. "I thought so. Monsters are attracted by the scent of monster blood, that's why you have to clean your weapons properly after every fight!"

"Ahhhh! Come on, save the lectures for later!" groaned Shikamaru, taking his crossbow from his back and fixing an arrow before aiming it at the monster. "And stay behind me! I'll take care of this!"

But the monster seemed to be too fast for him especially since it always leapt out of the way every time Shikamaru fired an arrow at him and Sora groaned.

"Man, you're hopeless!" The girl groaned and Shikamaru blushed red at seeming so 'useless' in front of a girl. "I'll deal with this!"

There was a flash of light before Sora's clothes changed to a white open-collared shirt with sleeves that reaches down to her elbows and a pair of black pants with black combat boots and black fingerless gloves with a dark cloak tied around her shoulders.

The look in Sora's eyes had changed as well – to more ruthless, more serious-looking and a silver and dark blue hilt slipped out from the holster fastened on Sora's right arm before she focused some spirit energy to the hilt and a shimmering baby blue blade formed from the hilt – about the length of a short sword.

"Sora?!"

"Just stay behind me!"

Sora pointed the blade of her sword at the wolf and shouted, "Diamond Dust!"

Ice immediately coated the grounds and the wolf, encasing said wolf into a cube of ice before Sora snapped her fingers and the ice shattered, killing the monster instantly. Sora sighed before dismissing the blade which reverted back to its hilt and slipped her weapon back into her holster.

"That was some incredible...ma...gic..." Shikamaru trailed off as he realised immediately what Sora had just used and pointed his crossbow at her. "Magic?! You're a vampire, aren't you?"

Sora snorted. "About time one of you noticed," she said. "That's right, I'm a vampire. Are you going to kill me?"

"Of course! You vampires are evil! Your kind should be eradicated straight from the face of the earth!"

"Okay then. Then please answer me this. In what way have I hurt you or any humans for that matter?"

"Erm...I..."

"You can't answer me, can you?" snorted Sora. "You humans are all the same; narrow-minded and only thinking of yourselves. I saved your life today, so keep your mouth shut about my identity to the others! I'm not here to hurt any humans; I could care less if the lot of you just dropped dead. I'm here on a mission. And I won't hurt you if you don't attack me."

"Mission?"

"Yes, Nara. A mission," said Sora irritably. "And clean those weapons of yours properly this time." Another flash of light appeared and Sora was soon wearing her civilian clothes. "I'm off to bed!"