I've been meaning to write a vampire fanfic for a while. This is kinda a tester/idea I have. Tell me if it's good and I'll continue it. Otherwise I'll probably leave it to work on other projects.

Real Summary: Sakura was just doing her chores, running a few errands in town, trying to please her brother. But who knew that her dangerous encounter with a man on the streets would leave her stranded in a desperate attempt to fight against one's own natural instincts, as a vampire.

Vampire's Kiss: Chapter 1


There is only one way to become a vampire. When the fangs pierce your skin, you are instantly attacked with the vicious venom that seeks through your veins and rips apart your soul. Very few survive this process; victims either die from the shock or are sucked dry by their own attacker. It is a terribly painful procedure. It last three terrible days where your soul is ripped from your body until there is only a shred left, enough to live as an undead. A horrible life it is, for the ones cursed by the vampire's kiss.

"One…. Two…. Three…" Sakura counted the apples out loud as she placed them in the basked. Her mind was always drifting and she found it easier to focus when she said things aloud. "Four…….." Her counting became inconsistent as it failed to keep up with the speed of her hand. "That should be enough." Her mumbled words came out self-consciously. She pulled out her purse.

"Miss, you have 13 apples." The man managing the stand stared at the girl, frustrated that she had paid him short. Only 8 coins? That would hardly be enough to buy five apples!

"Oh! Excuse me." She couldn't believe that she became lost in thought again. The extra apples where returned and gave the man his proper payment.

Her mind had been drifting a lot lately. "You're beginning to worry me." Her brother had said this morning. Usually, Sakura brushed off this sort of thing, but it was beginning to worry her too.

Sakura looked up as she felt a drop of rain fall onto her nose and crawl across her cheek. A sigh escaped her lips as she recited the list in her head.. There where still 8 more things she had to buy and the rain was steadily thickening.

The crowded streets didn't seem to get any better either. Everyone was rushing to finish so they could escape from the freezing rain. Indeed it was freezing. The small puddles that had been resting on the ground since the night before had frozen overnight. This rain was sure to add even more icy trouble.

"Excuse me." Sakura called as she had bumped into one lady, forcing her to drop a few of her items. The irritated woman grunted and picked up her things and in a rude effort, knocked into Sakura as she passed by. In turn, Sakura's legs gave away and she found herself falling into someone's arms and onto the ground.

"I'm sorry sir!" Sakura shrieked; she had fallen onto the person's lap. She desperately tried to get up but walls of the crowd blocked her every move.

"It's alright." Said the man who had caught her fall. Sakura's senses instantly charged when she had heard the man's voice. It sounded like a spring waterfall, calm and soothing and easily flowing off the man's tongue. Sakura turned her head and spared a glance into the man's golden eyes. They where hidden underneath the shadow of his hat but still managed to shine as if generating their own light.

Sakura hardly managed to get a look at the rest of his face as she finally found herself lifted back to her feet with ease. The man was strong too. "It's all fine." The stranger repeated. His was voice still in the same, addictive tone. "But alas, it seems that in our collision, you had dropped a few of your apples."

Sakura looked down and there the apples where. So many feet had kicked them around, they where on the edge of falling apart. Her face grew into a pout. Brother would be angry. It was the dead season for the farm and they where loosing money fast.

"It was my fault." The man insisted. Sakura looked up again and attempted another deep look into his face. "Let me make up for it."

The girl didn't know what to say. She desperately tried to keep herself from gawking while further examining his amazing features.

His face was thin and his skin delicately pale. The bones of his where neatly sculpted beneath his eyes, making him appear more and more mysteries. In simple words you could say that he looked like a prince from a fairytale. Though, this man had obviously not had many sunny days as his skin was pale white.

"No…" Sakura managed to spurt out.

"What?"

"No…. I mean…. no thank you sir." Sakura bowed her head. "Thank you for the offer but I must be going."

"Must you really?" The man insisted.

Sakura's nerves grew on edge as he continued. He brought his head closer to hers and Sakura found it harder and harder to reject his offer. There was this great want, a begging need to say 'yes' that nagged at her thoughts. But it was this sudden strange 'need' that kept her suspicions going.

Why was this random feeling in her head acting so desperate? He didn't need to make up for her really (it wasn't his fault, though the same feeling in her head insisted that it was) and her tolerance to any man at the moment, devastatingly handsome or not, was at a bare minimum.

She took a deep breath. The thoughts in her head cleared and she spoke again. "Yes, I must really." The words came out harshly.

The man drew back. He looked shocked, as if a woman had never rejected him in his life. Was the man really that shallow? The feeling in her head began to die down and she felt herself relax.

The man opened his mouth again but before he could utter a single word, Sakura dashed her way through the nearest opening of the crowd, not bothering to utter a single goodbye.

The crowd had thinned a little, which made it much easier for her to escape. A another apple fell out of the basket and she forced herself to slow down. She was on the edge of town now. The farm was only half a mile down the road. She could just walk strait home and not have to worry about the stranger ever again.

But what excuse would she give her brother? With one of four apples and eleven other things on the list that had not been retrieved, any excuse would be a horrible excuse against her brother. But what if she told him about the man? Would he tell her that she was over exaggerating? Or maybe he would be his protective self and probably even go search for the man himself (even though Sakura doubted that her brother would be a match for the stranger). Both seemed likely.

Perhaps I can borrow some food from the neighbors…… But the closest neighbors where all the way on the other side of her property, meaning having to sneak past the house and still risking having to confront her brother.

Either way she would have to take her chances with home. Anything better than returning to town.


So how do you like it? R&R