Author's Note: This is my first fanfic so I'm just getting the hang of things. Story is about Itachi being a vampire (yeah, I know, too many fanfics with Itachi as a vampire, I thought it would be fun to write), with pairings later on. So enjoy! By the way Rankuyou means fallen leaves in Japanese. Itachi isn't majorly OOC anymore! Oh, and Itachi's 13 in this part.
Disclaimer: I don't own Naruto or anything else I might have mentioned.
Chapter 1- The Beginning
He looked around the sun was fading and the shadows were extended in his village.
"Itachi, you better get home before night falls! Your mom will have a fit!" He heard a voice say.
He just waved to his friend and starting to walk in the direction of his old home.
"Are you Uchiha Itachi? The prodigy of the Uchiha Clan?" It asked silkily.
"Perhaps," Itachi said in serious tone.
" Well then, I've found you," the figure said coolly, hiding a chuckle.
"You were looking for me?" Itachi asked.
"I'm Orochimaru. And I'm deciding whether or not to use you to my advantage," he said, an evil smile spreading upon his lips.
"One of the Sanin, correct?" Itachi said to himself.
"Yes I am," he said examining Itachi.
"What do you want from the Uchiha Clan?" Itachi asked in a slightly angered voice as he noticed Orochimaru examining him.
"All right, I will," Orochimaru muttered to himself.
"What are you do-" Itachi was cut of by Orochimaru pinning him against the wall. Orochimaru grasped Itachi's wrist and held them above Itachi's head. Orochimaru pulled down part of the high neckband of Itachi's shirt, exposing his vulnerable neck.
Itachi struggled under Orochimaru's grip, the Sanin was stronger than he predicted. Orochimaru ignored him and grew out his fangs. Itachi's eyes widened at the sight of them. There was yell of pain as Orochimaru sank his fangs deep in to Itachi's jugular vein. Itachi felt a burning sensation course through his blood, sending pain to every nerve in his body.
"What the hell did you do?!" Itachi yelled as he fell to the ground kneeling. He put his hand over where he had been bitten. What is this burning? I feel like my veins are coursing with lava. What is he? And what is he going to do with me? "What do you want?" Itachi managed to gasp out. He was now lying on the ground, helpless. He gritted his teeth and cringed at the pain.
"Transforming you into the image of my dream," he said starting to laugh at Itachi's pain.
"Why do I feel this burning?" Itachi snapped. Sweat began to slide down his jaw line.
"Come with me and you'll find out," he said in a snake-like voice.
"Why would I do that? You attack me and expect me to follow you?!" Itachi felt his knees quake and tremble. Weakness over took him. Itachi knew he wasn't going to hold out much longer. Before he passed out he knew he was being picked up.
When Itachi woke up he found that he was lying in the dirt of a cell. Where am I? He wondered.
"Like your new home?" Came a young man's voice. Itachi rolled over to see a man standing behind the other side of the cell. "I'm Yakushi Kabuto," he added adjusting his glasses.
" Where am I?" Itachi muttered as he tried stand up. A 'augh' came from Itachi and he cringed falling over as the burning came back.
"You might want to wait till the change is complete," Kabuto said dryly. Itachi gave him a cold, questioning look."Yes, you could say you being converted into a creature of the night," he said slyly.
"Vampires don't exist," Itachi said in a serious matter.
"Try telling that to the burning in your veins, hmm," Kabuto chuckled.
"The only way you could know the symptoms is if you were bitten too," Itachi said in a solenm tone.
"That is true," Kabuto agreed.
"Why does Orochimaru want me anyway?" Itachi asked knowing he would need more information to know what he was up against.
"You're an Uchiha right?" Kabuto asked.
"Yes," Itachi said keeping a steady glare at Kabuto.
"And you have the Sharingan, right?" Kabuto said trying to get Itachi follow.
"Yes," Itachi asked.
"I'll let you find out for yourself," Kabuto explained.
Itachi had already figured that Orochimaru wanted his Sharingan once Kabuto asked about it, so there wasn't much to figure out.
"And don't ask because I won't tell, because if you escape then we wouldn't like for you spreading our secrets around now would we?" Kabuto said with a smirk on his face.
To Itachi the burning either ceased or he was too numb to feel it any more. He then drifted to sleep, only to be awoken by Kabuto's a few minutes later.
"How's the Uchiha?" Came that familiar snake-like voice.
"He's recovering well," he heard Kabuto say. "But let me ask him myself."
"Fine," Orochimaru agreed.
"Itachi, are you awake?" Kabuto said in a low voice. His question was answered when Itachi's cold eyes met his.
A chill ran up Itachi's spine. The snake-like man was leering at him. Itachi didn't show his fear or any emotion, but just kept the same sober look on his face.
"Well, you really need to be taught a lesson don't you?" Orochimaru chuckled. "We'll work on that when you recover," he said looking at the boy curled into a ball in the cell.
"I don't follow your commands," Itachi growled.
"Orochimaru-sama, I think that it would be best to leave him alone to recuperate," Kabuto advised.
"Fine, but keep someone here to guard him," Orochimaru ordered.
"Yes, Orochimaru-sama," Kabuto said respectfully as Orochimaru walked out of the chamber. Kabuto gestured to a guard to come over. He ordered him to keep and close eye on Itachi. Itachi then faded back into sleep.
"Get up, Orochimaru wants to see you," he ordered. Reluctantly Itachi obeyed and stood up a little shaky at first, but managed to walk over to the door."And don't ask questions. From now on you speak when spoken to and you follow everything Orochimaru tells you," he warned.
They made their way to a large chamber Itachi thought to be a study.
"Ah, there you are," Orochimaru said in his creepy way. "Kabuto would you leave us for a while? I need to talk to the Uchiha privately," he asked sounding more like an order.
"Yes Orochimaru-sama," he said leaving and shutting the door behind him.
"Now, I'm sure Kabuto told you a little about respecting me, correct?" Orochimaru said slyly.
"Yes," Itachi said quickly.
"Yes what?" Orochimaru eyed him.
"Yes Orochimaru-sama," Itachi growled reluctantly.
"That'll do. Now you are going to play an important part in my plan to destroy Konoha," Orochimaru informed him. Orochimaru stood up from his chair and walked over to Itachi. Itachi tensed as he saw Orochimaru's sneer. Orochimaru was now behind him. "With your abilities I should be unstoppable," Orochimaru said as he began to trace the Uchiha Crest with his slender finger. Itachi shuddered, cursing himself for doing so. Oh no, I can only imagine where this is going, Itachi thought before he felt the hand move further down his back. At this, Itachi wasn't going to just stand there. He turned around and grabbed Orochimaru's wrist.
"Don't even think about it," Itachi snapped.
"Playing hard to get are we?" He said with a smirk on his face suggesting that he was thinking of something perverted.
"No, but I'd prefer to not be touched like that by you," Itachi said putting a big emphasis on the word 'you.'
"You don't want to be touched? Afraid that I might do something Uchiha?" Orochimaru teased. Itachi glared at him. With that Orochimaru pinned Itachi against the wall.
"It's not that I'm afraid, I'm just disturbed by your actions." Itachi retorted as he lost grip on Orochimaru's wrist.
"Then you must be anxious I may possiblely do something like this?" Orochimaru asked, as he was about to run his hands down Itachi's body. Before he could Itachi kicked him away and sprinted toward the door. Itachi ran past Kabuto who apparently was standing by the door and could hear everything that was going on. Kabuto looked shocked as he saw Itachi run past him. Itachi ran as fast he could trying to find a way out. Any way out. Far away from Orochimaru. He ended up in a huge chamber that, to Itachi, looked like a dead end. He heard an evil laugh behind him. He stood there shocked that the pale man had found him already.
"I must say, you are and exceptionally quick runner. However you need a bit more training to be able to go faster," Orochimaru said with an evil smirk on his lips. Itachi turned to face him from a distance.
"I'd stay my distance if I were you." Itachi warned activating his Sharingan.
"So those are the Uchiha's famous eyes. How dashing," Orochimaru said playfully.
"I'll kill you, however I wouldn't like to get into such a confrontation," Itachi said bitterly. Itachi then noticed that fangs where starting to grow the angrier he got. Itachi lifted his hand to his mouth and stroked the new fangs.
"Like them?" Orochimaru asked noticing the fangs as well.
"So this is it?" Itachi muttered to himself. A pair of fangs? After being in pain for hours, feeling like my veins were coursing with fire, and this is what I get? Pathetic, he thought, remaining taciturn.
"Too late now," Orochimaru smirked, obviously enjoying this. Itachi remained silent and looked away from Orochimaru.
"Giving up so soon Uchiha?" Orochimaru sneered. He silently walked over to Itachi who was waiting for the right moment to strike, silently plotting. "Well I suppose you'll listen to me now that you surrender. Seeing as it's hopeless to try to escape," Orochimaru said.
There was no response.
"Excuse me?" Orochimaru asked looking down at Itachi.
"No," He said in motivated voice as he made a swipe quickly at Orochimaru's face. Orochimaru caught his forearm.
"You really think that I would fall for your trick?" Orochimaru chuckled. "I'm going to share a secret with you," he said leaning over to whisper in Itachi's ear. "I don't fall for things easily." Itachi swiped at him with his other hand; the Sanin caught that one too. Itachi jumped back, forcing the Sannin to let go.
Itachi made his hand signs. Katon: Hosenka No Jutsu! (Phoenix Immortal Technique!) Itachi shot the fireballs at Orochimaru who easily dodged all but one. It managed to hit him on the shoulder.
"Oh, so that's how you want to play. Fine," he said clutching his shoulder. He began reaching deep into his throat. "Kusanagi," Orochimaru said after pulling the long sword from his mouth.
Itachi's eyes widened. This was going to be harder than he thought. Itachi ran at Orochimaru. Orochimaru realized how fast Itachi really was. Itachi kicked feverishly at Orochimaru, but Orochimaru just blocked them. Itachi jumped back, and made his hand signs then, Katon: Goukakyu No Jutsu! (Great Fireball Technique!) An enormous blazing fireball came hurling at Orochimaru.
This was it. Itachi thought he got Orochimaru, but the figure he hit seemed to melt into mud.He traced the area for the enemy.
Orochimaru had used his attack prevention technique successfully, but even that didn't matter because the Uchiha never looked behind himself. Shikumi No Jutsu! (Death Foreseeing Technique!)
Before Itachi knew what happened he saw darkness. Then he saw himself. Shurikens came flying from every direction. Cutting right through him. Blood began to spray as each penetrated his body. Itachi stood there horrified. This has to be a genjutsu, he thought as he watched his own gruesome death. Itachi fell to his knees as his body was overwhelmed with fear. I need to gain control of this situation, but it seems this genjutsu is taking a heavy affect on my body rather than my mind, Itachi thought. Orochimaru then strode in front of Itachi and picked him up by the collar. Itachi tried to keep his grip on reality, but he couldn't.
Orochimaru struck the wall with his sword. It came close to Itachi's face, close enough to try to scare Itachi. Orochimaru's movements were so quick that Itachi hadn't noticed that he'd been cut until he had felt the thin slash on his cheek leak blood. It slowly trickled down his jaw.
Orochimaru smiled an evil smile, "Oh, did I cut you? I'm terribly sorry." He leaned in near Itachi's face. Itachi felt something moist on his cheek as he shut his eyes. Orochimaru licked up the small amount of blood. Orochimaru liked the fact that he was in control and his prey was so easily to scared. He loved to see their faces once they've had a taste of his Death Foreseeing Technique. How they would quiver and shake or stop moving, too horrified to even stand up. To him it was all a game of predator vs. prey. Itachi slowly faded into unconsciousness.
Hope you enjoyed. Please review! Your comments are greatly appreciated. I hope the fixed version is better. Itachi is more in charater and I feel much better about that (thank you greenteamoose!).
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