Sasuke crouched on a tree branch, watching his team from above. When he saw nothing with his Sharingan, Sasuke hopped down and joined Kakashi, Sakura and Naruto. Technically, they no longer had to go on missions with Kakashi. Sasuke, Sakura and Naruto, at 23, had reached the rank of Jonin. However, with how close they were to Kakashi, they decided to tag along when he requested their help.

"See anything, Sasuke?" Kakashi asked as he turned his head, looking back at the Uchiha. Without his Sharingan, Kakashi had to rely on Sasuke scanning the area.

"There were a few basic traps, but those are easy to avoid," Sasuke replied calmly as he moved to stand at Sakura's side. The two had finally began dating and were almost always together. Making up for lost time, Sakura would often joke.

"Our contact is supposed to meet us here, right?" Naruto asked Kakashi as he looked around, frowning a little. "There's nobody here."

Kakashi hummed softly before pulling out his book.

"Then we'll wait. Sasuke, you can set up camp. Sakura, gather some wood. We might be here for awhile, so a fire will be good once the sun sets. And Naruto?"

Naruto looked over.

"Yes, Kakashi-sensei?" the blonde Uzumaki asked with an excited grin.

"Try not to get in the way," Kakashi said and smiled behind his mask, his visible eye shutting.

"Not funny, Kakashi! I'm a Jonin now, I don't get in the way!"

"Go find dinner, idiot," Sasuke called out to his friend before he set a scroll on the ground. He unrolled it and placed his hand on it, sending his chakra into it. When the smoke cleared, three tents were set up. One for Kakashi, one for Naruto and of course the one Sasuke shared with Sakura. When Sasuke stood up, he found Naruto glaring at him. "Something you want to say?" Sasuke asked.

"Why aren't there four tents?" Naruto asked with narrowed eyes.

"Me and Sakura are a couple," Sasuke pointed out.

"So?"

"We like our privacy."

Naruto stared at Sasuke for several seconds before he blushed a little.

"Damn it, Sasuke, we're on an important mission! Can't you guys focus for once?!" Naruto complained before grumbling, rubbing the back of his head.

Sasuke simply shrugged and put his bag in his tent before coming back out. When Sakura returned, the pink haired woman did a few handsigns before tapping her hand down. A small stone pit was made using a simple Earth Style jutsu. Sakura had learned many Earth and Water jutsus thanks to Sasuke training with her. Setting the wood in the pit, Sakura sat down and glanced at Naruto.

"Shouldn't you be hunting our dinner?" she asked with an amused tone to her voice. "I'm sure I heard Sasuke tell you to."

"Sakura-chan, you don't always have to take his side!" Naruto complained but walked off, muttering under his breath. Sakura grinned and shook her head before looking at the firewood.

"Sasuke, can you light it?"

Sasuke moved to sit next to Sakura. He quickly used a weak Fire Style jutsu, spitting out a single ball of fire. Soon, the crackling sound of the fire filled the clearing.

"It'll be dark soon," Sasuke commented as he stood, his eyes narrowing. "And still our contact hasn't shown up."

Kakashi lowered his book and nodded once. He had a serious look in his visible eye as he put his book away.

"They'd be idiots to try something," Sakura pointed out. "I'm sure they'll be here soon. And if not, then I guess we have to search for them."

Sasuke placed his hand on the hilt of his katana as he heard shouting.

"Help! Please, help me!"

"Our contact?" Sasuke guessed.

"Voice matches," Kakashi agreed.

That's all they got out before a young man ran into the clearing. He was bleeding badly, his face, neck and hands soaked. Sasuke noticed what looked like bite marks on his neck, wrist and shoulder. A second after their contact arrived, another man followed at speeds Sasuke didn't expect from civilians. The mystery man was almost as fast as a ninja!

Moving quick, Sasuke jumped in between the men. The mystery man, now up close, didn't look much better than their contact. His lips were covered in blood, the red fluid running down the side of his mouth. His eyes were pure black and his teeth seemed sharp.

Sasuke let out a grunt of pain as the man slammed into him. He followed Sasuke down and pinned him roughly. Sasuke raised his arm to push the man off, but the man grabbed his wrist tightly with strength that definitely shouldn't be possible for the man. Sasuke pushed the thoughts away when the man suddenly bit his arm hard.

He didn't bite for long, however, as Sakura rushed over and kicked the man in the side, sending him crashing into the fire. He screamed in pain before jumping out and running away, leaving Sasuke bleeding badly on the ground.

"Son of a bitch!" Sasuke shouted as he sat up, gripping his arm in pain. "He fucking BIT me!"

Sakura was by his side in a second and began working on healing him.

"You'll be fine," she promised. "You know I'll fix you up."

Naruto finally returned as Sakura was healing the deep bite wound.

"Whoa, what happ- IS THAT OUR CONTACT?!" Naruto shouted, pointing toward the man. He was dead, having bled out thanks to the bites.

"Naruto, shut up!" Sakura snapped, her anger rising as she struggled to heal Sasuke. Why was a simple bite giving her so much trouble?! She was the BEST medic alive, damn it! His wound should be gone already! Finally, very slowly, Sakura was able to start healing the wound. But before she could finish, Sakura let out a shout of pain and clutched his arm.

"Sasuke?! What's wrong?" Sakura questioned quickly, Naruto and Kakashi rushing over.

Sasuke held his arm tightly as he thrashed about, screaming in agony. His entire arm felt as if it was on fire, the bite wound burning worse than the rest of his arm. The team watched as Sasuke screamed and struggled, unsure of what to do. Sakura tried to ease his pain again, though was very confused. A simple bite shouldn't hurt so much! Sakura thought, glaring at the wound.

Finally, after several minutes, Sasuke suddenly stopped moving and stared up at the others.

"Sasuke? Sasuke, are you okay?" Naruto asked.

"Na..." Sasuke began. His vision blurred then and his eyes shut slowly.

The last thing Sasuke heard before passing out was Sakura's voice.

"Sasuke?! Kakashi, he's not breathing!"

When Sasuke's eyes opened once more, he found himself in his room at home. He sat up, gasping for air as he looked around. What the hell happened? Moving to his window, Sasuke opened the curtains. As soon as the sunlight shined on him, he covered his eyes and stepped back, his eyes stinging from the light. Sasuke quickly pulled the curtains back over the window and stepped back, sitting on the edge of his bed as he looked around his room.

He looked up when he heard voices and called out, "Sakura? Naruto? Who's there?" The voices seemed to come from right outside his door. When he got no reply, Sasuke went over and threw the door open, freezing when he saw nobody.

"What..?" he began, trailing off. Frowning, Sasuke stepped out into the hall. Despite it being dark in the hall, Sasuke could see perfectly fine. With a frown, Sasuke went back to his room and threw on new clothes before returning to the hall. "Sakura! You here?" he called out.

Finally, he got a reply.

Sakura stepped into the hall and froze when she saw Sasuke.

"S...Sasuke? You're alive!"

Sakura rushed over to her boyfriend and pulled him into a tight hug, pressing her face to his chest.

"We thought...We thought you weren't going to wake up, Sasuke," Sakura whispered.

Sasuke wasn't focused on her words.

Instead, her scent is what caught his attention first.

Her hair smelled like her usual shampoo, though the smell seemed stronger. Not only could he smell her perfectly, but when he pulled his focus away from her hair, he could hear her heart beating. It sounded strong, beating fast as if she was worried. He could smell...

Sasuke quickly pulled away, a freaked out look on his face.

"Sakura, what happened to me?" he asked quietly. "I can hear your heart. I can...You smell so good, Sakura," he admitted with a frown.

Sakura frowned and placed the back of her hand against his forehead.

"Sasuke...Are you okay? You aren't making any sense...Maybe you should just take it easy. You almost died, after all..." the pink haired medic pointed out.

Sasuke stared at her quietly, glancing from her eyes to her throat. His gaze locked onto her throat and he stared in silence, unable to look away as if hypnotized. She smelled so good...

"Sasuke?!" Sakura gasped, sounding scared. Sasuke managed to look away from her throat and looked back at her eyes, seeming confused. "Your eyes!" Sakura shouted. She took the confused Uchiha to the bathroom and pointed to the mirror. "Look!"

Slowly, Sasuke stepped in front of the mirror. After a moment of hesitation, Sasuke finally looked.

What he saw started him.

His eyes were fully black, not a spot of white to them. His top canines were longer now, like fangs. Sasuke tapped one of the points of the fangs, quickly pulling his hand away when his finger began to bleed. Focus returning to the mirror, Sasuke watched as his eyes slowly returned to normal, the fangs going away as well after several seconds.

When Sasuke looked back at his girlfriend, he found she looked scared. Scared, though also a little curious.

"Sasuke, what..." she began, unsure of what to say. When she could finally speak again, she added, "Are...Are you okay? I mean...how...how do you feel?"

Sasuke decided in just a second.

"I feel...better than I've ever felt, actually," he admitted with a frown. "My vision seems better, my sense of smell seems cranked way up, I feel stronger..." he explained slowly.

"We should go to the hospital, get a blood sample. Try to figure out what's going on," Sakura decided with a small nod. "And we should let Itachi know you're...better..." Sakura trailed off as Sasuke stared at her. "We aren't going to the hospital, are we..?" she asked shyly.

Sasuke smirked.

"Nope."

Sakura tried to resist. She really did. But, as Sasuke dragged her into his room, she quickly gave up struggling. The two kissed quickly as they moved to the bed and soon fell onto it. Sasuke pulled back from the kiss and smirked a little before he kissed her throat quickly, sneaking his hand down her pants.

But soon Sasuke was kissing rougher, holding the woman down, his grip stronger than Sakura was expecting. She struggled once again, whimpering in fear as he tilted her head to the side.

"Sasuke!" she shouted.

In an instant, Sasuke pulled back and fell out of bed as he moved to get away from her. His eyes were black and the fangs from earlier were showing again.

"I...I'm sorry, you just...You were smelling so good and..." he tried to explain but trailed off, looking away with a frown. What had he been about to do? Was he going to bite her..? Sasuke stood up and took several deep breaths, nodding. "I need a minute," he told her before leaving his room. Sasuke made his way to the bathroom and stared at his reflection in the mirror, studying himself more closely. His eyes were black as the night with a slight glossy look to them. Looking lower, Sasuke studied his fangs, licking one slowly. Sasuke frowned as he remembered his attacker having the same features. "That solves the how," he muttered under his breath. He paused when he realized he wasn't breathing. Pressing two fingers to his wrist, Sasuke felt no pulse.

"Sasuke?"

Having been so focused on checking his new features, Sasuke hadn't noticed Itachi behind him until the man spoke. Sasuke quickly shut the bathroom door and looked in the mirror, taking several unneeded breaths in an attempt to calm himself.

"Come on, look normal," he muttered, gripping the counter tightly. "Come on!" he shouted. Finally, he made his eyes return to normal and his fangs go away.

"Sasuke, what's wrong? Open the door," Itachi called through the door.

Sasuke put on a smile and opened it, looking at his brother as he chuckled.

"Hey, nii-san. What's up?" he asked, trying to act casual.

Itachi studied his brother quietly. Frowning, he pulled Sasuke into a hug.

"I thought you were dying, and you want to act so calm?" Itachi questioned and shook his head. "How are you feeling? That bite really messed you up, according to Sakura-san."

Sakura.

Sasuke pulled away from Itachi and walked away quickly, Itachi following his brother with a frown. Sasuke headed for his room but stopped when he saw Sakura come out, the woman eyeing Sasuke nervously. Despite her nervous appearance, Sakura managed a small smile for Sasuke.

"Sasuke, how are you?" Itachi repeated. "Are you feeling better?"

Sasuke looked back, unsure of what to say. Physically, Sasuke felt better than he ever had before. He was scared, though, unsure of what was going on. Sasuke opened his mouth to reply when he suddenly felt a pain in his stomach.

"I...I was feeling good," Sasuke admitted. "But I feel hungry now. An ache," he explained slowly as he stared at his brother. Though he had never bothered really looking at his brother before, Sasuke now studied him. Like Sakura, Itachi smelled great, his natural scent pleasing to Sasuke. Not only did Itachi smell good, but now that Sasuke was actually studying him, with his new, better vision, Sasuke realized his brother was pretty attractive. Sasuke smiled a little as he stared.

Underneath the pleasant smell, however, further away in the house, Sasuke caught another scent that burned his nose.

"Itachi, were you cooking?"

Itachi blinked then quickly walked away, Sasuke and Sakura following behind. When they arrived in the kitchen, the eggs and bacon Itachi had been cooking were starting to burn. Now in the same room, the smell was far worse to Sasuke.

"Itachi, that's horrible," he admitted, covering his nose. "Could you open a window?"

Itachi blinked and looked at Sakura before glancing back at Sasuke.

"It's not that bad, Sasuke," the older Uchiha pointed out.

"It's burning my nose," Sasuke explained with a frown.

"Sasuke, I don't think it's too bad either," Sakura admitted softly.

"Uh...right. Sorry," Sasuke said slowly, smiling weakly as he took a seat at the kitchen table.

"I'll cook more since it was burned," Itachi promised and sat at the table, having a single clone work on the cooking. He wanted to focus on his little brother.

"Now, Sasuke...tell me what's wrong. You know you can trust me," Itachi promised in a gentle tone.

Sasuke glanced at Sakura quietly and gave her a weak smile before he looked at Itachi. This time by choice, Sasuke's eyes turned black and his fangs showed when he opened his mouth.

"I woke up and this was a thing," Sasuke explained with a shrug. "I don't know how to explain it, nii-san."

Itachi studied his brother's features, raising his lip once Sasuke shut his mouth. He studied Sasuke's fangs, one at a time, before letting go of Sasuke's mouth to look at his eyes. He hummed softly before sitting back in his chair, sighing.

"Well, at the risk of sounding insane, you seem to be a vampire," Itachi finally said. "According to old legends," he added quickly.

Sasuke just stared at his brother.

"How else would you explain this?" Itachi questioned with a smile. "You were out for three days. Your eyes are all black and you have fangs. Do you have a pulse?"

"No..." Sasuke finally admitted, shifting uncomfortably in his chair. "I checked in the bathroom."

"He said he could hear my heart," Sakura pointed out, running a hand through her hair as she leaned back in her seat. "And he almost bit me..."

"He tried to...bite you? When?"

Sakura blushed and looked away.

"Oh."

Itachi cleared his throat.

"Okay, well, we can't tell anyone about this. I don't think people would be too accepting of a-"

"Monster?" Sasuke questioned as he stood, narrowing his eyes. "That's what I am now, right? A monster?"

"Sasuke, calm down. We aren't judging you and we're not going to hurt you," Itachi said in a soft voice, giving his brother a smile. "But..."

"But..?"

"We have a slight problem."

"And that is..?" Sasuke asked slowly as he sat down again.

"Food," Sakura answered for Itachi.

"Yes," Itachi agreed. "Normal food isn't going to do you any good now, if you really are a vampire."

"What am I supposed to do? I'm not going to just murder someone, Itachi!"

"You might, Sasuke. I'm sorry, but it's unlikely you'll be able to go forever without slipping up," Itachi said and offered his brother a sad smile. After a moment of thought, Itachi asked, "You said you felt hungry, right?"

"Well...yeah. I felt an ache and I'm feeling a little sick now," Sasuke admitted with a small shrug.

Itachi and Sakura looked at each other.

"We'll help you," the two said at the same time.

"What..?"

"You can feed from us, for now," Itachi decided, Sakura nodding. "For safety reasons, when you feed, both of us will be there in case you can't control yourself. With both of us, I'm sure we can get away."

Sasuke frowned as he looked at first Sakura then Itachi, seeming unsure. He had almost lost control just from kissing Sakura's throat, so how was directly drinking going to be any better? Of course, Sasuke figured he'd only get worse if he didn't take care of his hunger.

"I...suppose we can try, until we find a better way..." Sasuke finally agreed.

With a small smile, Itachi held his arm out to Sasuke.

"Okay, little brother. I never thought I'd say something like this, but you can drink my blood."

If he didn't find it so weird, Sasuke would have laughed at his brother's words.

Raising Itachi's arm, Sasuke smiled a little bit as he smelled his brother again.

"You smell good, nii-san," Sasuke admitted quietly.

Itachi smiled gently.

"Thank you, Sasuke. Wouldn't be easy if I smelled bad to you."

Sasuke took a deep breath, trying to get himself to bite Itachi. He paused with his lips against Itachi's arm and looked up at his brother.

"Uh...what if I turn you?" Sasuke suddenly asked nervously. Sasuke had been turned from a simple bite. Would the same happen to Itachi..?

"Well, from what I've read on legends, vampires can't turn someone on accident. You'd need to be trying to turn me. Simply feeding shouldn't be a problem. Of course, I haven't read those books since you were a child, so my memory might be off a bit."

Sasuke frowned.

"So I might turn you?"

"Sasuke, relax. Everything will be fine. I promise."

Sasuke hesitated for another moment before he sank his fangs into Itachi's arm. He slowly drank, the warm fluid quickly making Sasuke feel better as he fed. Sasuke gripped Itachi's arm gently, holding it close.

At first, it seemed as if Sasuke wouldn't stop. But as Sakura rose to pull him away, Sasuke pulled back and leaned against his chair, his mouth covered in Itachi's blood, an almost drunk look on his face as he smiled.

"Do you feel better, Sasuke?" Itachi asked as stood, grabbing a hand towel to press against the bite. Sasuke remained silent, smiling a tiny bit as he stared at the table.

"I think he's drunk," Sakura finally decided and giggled. It was funny, despite the dark subject. "I guess he'll get used to drinking?" Moving away from Sasuke, Sakura went to Itachi and moved the towel away. "Here, let me heal you." She hesitated, afraid her healing wouldn't do any good. But as she began to heal, Itachi's wound quickly closed. Soon, not even a scar remained. "Oh thank kami," Sakura mumbled.

Itachi set the towel down and smiled at Sakura, mouthing a thanks before moving back to Sasuke.

"Well," Itachi said after a small pause. "I guess we'll be living with a vampire now."