A/N: Dedicated to one of my best friends, Selina, for being as much of a vampire fan as I am. Miss you, girl. :)

How I came up with this story? I have absolutely no idea, haha. It just…happened? Yeah. Let's go with that.

Chapter One
creatures

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I cannot remember the last time I saw someone smile; so it surprised me to see this little girl, who I had just saved, do so. She probably didn't know about the danger of Konoha yet. It was strange; she should have noticed why we fight the creatures.

We all live in fear of them, the creatures. They used to be part of Konoha, normal citizens like everyone else. Until the great disaster, caused by Orochimaru himself. He wanted to create a new species, one that was ten times as strong as normal ninjas, who didn't have to sleep and eat.

But of course, he couldn't create it. His experimental dosage exploded his underground hideout, and everyone within 200 miles was infected with the disease. But this isn't some normal disease that can be treated normally; it transformed people completely.

Those who were infected passed it on to others without realizing it. It takes about two hours for the virus to take over the body, so people who were in contact with the infected got it by just breathing the same air.

The creatures, as we call them, did become what Orochimaru wanted, in a way. But there was a side effect; the creatures went crazy, losing there minds and becoming blood-thirsty. They also became known as vampires.

The world lost two thirds of its population. Konoha lost more than half of its population. Those of us who were able to fight the disease now protect the survivors. They fear us, of coarse, and I understand why. We fought off the virus, but we still had some of the side-effects; we have the strength of the creatures, some can't come out in the daytime, and some even hungered for blood, but didn't go crazy.

I was one of the lucky ones; the only thing that changed was my strength, my body stronger than other ninja, strengthening my five senses. I became the captain of those like me, leading them to fight the vampires who attacked our village. Every day, it was a battle to survive.

There are some vampires who did not go completely out of their minds, and they became the 'rulers' of the lesser vampires. We don't know much about them; they rule in secret, hiding away from the world.

It was…terrifying at first, having to kill all those people, and just because they were vampires. But when they went crazy, they forgot all about human needs; only the one thing they needed running through their minds. The need for blood. And all other thoughts were lost in the process. It didn't matter if we they were your family; you were nothing but food to them.

As I walked through the streets, I looked straight ahead. The villagers were all looking out their windows, hiding as soon as we passed by. Sometimes it wasn't so lucky to have fought off the virus, because we didn't fit in anywhere. We were too sane for the vampires, but too different to be human.

It was almost…lonely.

A scream caught our attention. We headed quickly to its location, sensing for their presence. I smelled something, something familiar. "Blood…" The others nodded, also smelling what I did. We stopped in front of the entrance to our side of the village, the section where we kept everyone safe. As soon as I saw the two bodies lying on the ground, I knew something was wrong. To be able to kill one of us this easily, it had to be one of the elite vampires. I whirl around quickly, locating the intruder.

He had blood dripping from his hands. This really was an elite vampire, because he didn't attack us instantly; he just smirked at us. He eyed each one of us, probably checking to see if we'd be any match for him. One of my teammates, Neji, growled; this vampire was making fun of us. He looked to be around my age, with dark, almost blue spiky hair, and dark eyes. Typical, for an elite vampire to look inhumanly gorgeous. The strange thing was that he was wearing normal, clean ninja clothes, without any blood stains on them.

Neji went after him first, aiming for his neck, but he was thrown to the ground in a quick blurred movement. In less than a second, the creature was punning him down by the neck. This couldn't be happening; Neji was the strongest out of all of us, besides me, but still. This vampire had him down in less than a second. Maybe he wasn't just any normal vampire.

I flicked my finger forward slightly, and two more of my own attack him. Naruto and Shikamaru aim at his neck too, but it doesn't work. They're both thrown against a stone building, two blocks away. The rest of my team launch themselves at him, but it didn't seem to work, either. He takes care of them easily, using his sword, his katana, to slice through some of them.

I glare at him; in these past three years, we had never seen a vampire this strong. I try to keep my eyes on him as he moved closer to me, but it was futile. He was in front of me before I felt his katana slice through my stomach. He smirked again, and said, "It seems I've won. And here I thought, I'd find someone worth fighting. All the brothers talk about you and your team, saying it's the best, but I have proved otherwise. You hybrids don't know anything."

Was this guy trying to get me even more pissed off? It felt strange, to feel like this; I'd almost forgotten what rage felt like. I wasn't going to let this guy think we were so easy to defeat, so I grabbed hold of the katana, which was still through my stomach. I smirked back at him. "You've underestimated us, vampire." And I pulled hard on it, pulling it out of my stomach. I winced at the slight pain, blood covering my hands. I jumped back quickly, preparing myself to fight. He wasn't getting away with this humiliation.

I lunged at him, going straight for his katana, but he sees me coming and moves out of the way. Then he slammed me against the wall, pinning me with one of his hands. I try to pull away with all my strength. Damn him! I can't get away.

With his other hand he lifted up my chin roughly, looking straight at me. He chuckled darkly and said, "You have…such a nice face. Different from any that I've ever seen. And your hair…quite unique." Then, he kissed me, before it registered inside my head what just happened. I stayed stunned for a while, momentarily frozen in place.

I growled at him menacingly. A vampire did not just kiss me! Wait, what? I touched my stomach, wondering why I didn't feel any pain, and my eyes grow wide. "You…healed me. Why?" My wound wasn't there anymore; it was like it never happened.

"I don't want you dead, not yet." He shrugs. "Besides, there's something…interesting about you, I can't quite place it. Ah well, we'll leave it at that." He looked at me again, and I become paralyzed. And damn their ability to do that!

"Who are you?"

"Uchiha Sasuke." He smirked at me again. "I'll be back again, Haruno Sakura." With that said, he disappeared.

A/N: Revised June 22, 2010. It's…been a while, hasn't it?