In too Deep

Chapter 1: Vampires Don't Exist, Do They?

The blond teen sat at the kitchen table reading the morning newspaper. Another body was found in town, this one in his neighborhood, last night. It was drained of blood, the only wounds found were two small puncture marks on the left side of the victim's neck where the neck and shoulder connected. This was the third body found in the last two days, only the second in this condition. The first was found with a bullet through the chest in a puddle of blood, but the second was like this one, with no blood to be found. None of it made sense. The blond sighed as he continued to read the article.

Body Number 2

Last night, around 11:30 pm, a second body was found, this one in the eastern side of town. The odd puncture wounds and the sign of the struggle are evident. Could this be the work of some Halloween style serial killer? Or is it actually a vampire out for blood?

"Are they serious? Vampires?" the blond thought out loud.

"What happened, Naruto? What does the paper say?" the blond's adoptive father asked.

"Iruka, they're blaming the murders on vampires. They can NOT be serious!" the boy yelled.

"Naruto, calm down. I'm sure it's just a joke. In any case, I think it's safest if you stay in tonight, with the murder being in our neighborhood," Iruka said, trying to calm Naruto down.

"WHAT?! It's Halloween! I'm going out with my friends, we made plans! I can't just stay home!" Naruto whined. Iruka let out a long sigh.

"Fine, but I want you in one of your friends' homes by 10, and I will call to make sure you are there. Who's throwing the sleep over this year?"

"Kiba is. Do we have to be in by 10, though?" Naruto pouted. Iruka couldn't resist the puppy dog eyes for long, so Naruto knew he would let him stay out until well past 2 in the morning.

"Fine, you win, but stay in a group! I don't want you killed!" Iruka said, mother-henning over Naruto. "Oh! I found the gloves you wanted for your costume. I put them on my dresser last night. Sorry I forgot to tell you."

"Thanks Iruka!" Naruto yelled, hugging his father tightly. "Sorry I can't stay with you longer, but I have to get to Gaara's. He said tonight's plans are on his computer. Everyone's meeting there to get ready."

"Okay, have fun!" Iruka called after Naruto, who ran up the stairs, grabbed his costume and ran out the door in a matter of seconds. "Put that energy to good use."

•••

"Hey guys!" Naruto yelled, walking into Gaara's basement after his sister told him everyone else was there already.

"Only you would show up late on Halloween, Naruto," said a brunette with a dog on his lap playing playstation on the 62 inch, wide-screen, plasma television on the east wall. He was playing Soul Caliber III against a large boy eating potato chips.

"Shove it Kiba!" the blond pouted, laughing directly after as Kiba lost his fight.

"How troublesome…" a boy with brown gravity defying hair pulled back into a pony tail said, glancing at Naruto lazily. "I was here on time, that's just sad."

"Want some chips, Naruto?" the large boy asked.

"No thanks, Choji. Shikamaru, don't pick on me! It wasn't my fault! Iruka suddenly became a mother hen!" Naruto cried, exasperated. He suddenly yelped when he felt a pair of arms wrap around his waist.

"Naruto, you whine too much," a voice whispered in his ear.

"Gaara! Let go! Jeez!" the blond unwrapped the red-head's arms and took a few strides away from him. Naruto would never admit it, but sometimes Gaara scared the hell out of him, especially when he tried to flirt with him. 'I'm completely straight! He knows that!'

'Kit, I think he's simply trying to turn you. You should date him! I like the feisty red-head. Just remember that you're definitely on top!'the Kyuubi said.

'Perverted fox! I don't swing that way! And that was just gross!' Naruto visibly shuddered.

"What'd the fox say?" Kiba asked, curiously. All of Naruto's friends knew about Kyuubi, and they still remained friends with him. They said that no fox was going to prevent them from hanging out with the boy; that the fox was another person altogether, or some sappy shit like that… Naruto didn't really remember too well what was actually said.

"Trust me, you don't want to know."

"GAARA! TELEPHONE!" they heard a girl yell from the top of the stairs.

"TEMARI, I'M BUSY!" Gaara yelled at his older sister.

"YOU BETTER NOT BE TRYING TO MOLEST POOR NARUTO AGAIN!"

"WOULD YOU SHUT UP?! WHO'S ON THE PHONE?"

"YOUR PRINCIPAL!"

"WHAT?!" Gaara paled. It was regarding his latest victim.

"Would you like me to handle it? The old bat does have a soft spot for me. I can help out a little bit," Naruto offered, ignoring the earlier comment about Gaara molesting him.

"Yeah. What'll it cost?" Gaara asked, some of the color coming back to his face before he noticed the Cheshire cat smile make its way onto Naruto's face.

"Stop trying to flirt with me and I'll prevent Tsunade from grilling your ass!" Gaara was whiter than milk. Stop flirting with Naruto? Could he even do that? It was unthinkable! But it's either that or get the shit kicked out of him by the world's strangest principal. Damn!

"Fine. But only for the rest of the week."

"There's no way for me to win this, is there?"

"Nope."

"Damn. Fine, but you better keep your flirting to a minimum after that!"

"No promises." Naruto ran up the stairs to speak with Tsunade and save Gaara from the wrath of the woman. It wasn't until Naruto was back in the basement that he realized there were only two days left of the week.

"I'm screwed as soon as these next two days are over, huh, Gaara?" he asked, praying Gaara would take it easy on the flirting in two days time.

"Right into the bed."

"Damn it!"

"Go put your costume on, Naruto!" Kiba said, after he walked out of the bathroom dressed in a long-sleeved brown turtle-neck and a pair of brown baggy jeans with a tail connected. He had brown dog ears on his head. Naruto smirked, knowing that now was his chance to torture Gaara, remembering what his costume was.

"K! Be right out!" he said, grinning like a fox. He grabbed his stuff and got changed quickly. When he came out, Gaara was cursing under his breath. He wanted to jump Naruto right then and there.

Naruto came out wearing a tight, black, sleeveless shirt that stopped a little above his stomach with an open orange leather vest, tight, black leather pants with nine orange tails attached to the back. He had orange fox ears on his head that looked and felt real, and on his neck was a black leather collar with a fox charm on it. He wore a pair of boots, and on his hands were gloves the same shade of orange as his ears and tail, with silver claws where his nails would be. Add to this his naturally innocence, cerulean eyes, and shockingly yellow blond hair, and the result is an absolutely fuckable Naruto.

"Bet you really wish you hadn't agreed to that little deal now, Gaara!" Kiba whispered, drooling at the sight of his friend.

"The deal was I couldn't flirt with him, he never said anything about fucking him," Gaara replied, an evil glint in his eyes.

"DON'T EVEN THINK ABOUT DOING ANYTHING TO ME, GAARA!" Naruto yelled, scaring the crap out of Gaara and Kiba. "I know what's going through your mind! I'm not that dense!"

"Damn Naruto! You have a brain?" Kiba asked, barely dodging a punch to the face.

"Not funny, dog-breath!" Naruto yelled, managing to put Kiba in a head-lock.

"Ow! Hey! Let go!"

"Not a chance in hell!"

"C'mon, Naruto! You know I was kidding!" Kiba whined. Right when Naruto was about to let him go, Kiba pinched his ass.

"YOU'RE FUCKING DEAD!" Naruto screamed, pulling a chainsaw out of a random corner. Kiba was about to run, but Gaara took the chainsaw from Naruto.

"I don't think you want to clean up the mess," he replied.

"Thank you, Gaara! Thank you! Thank you!" Kiba said, bowing at Gaara's feet.

"Wait until we're outside," Gaara smirked. Naruto's eyes lit up evilly.

"No, it's no problem. I'll let it slide for now," he said innocently. Kiba's eyes widened in fear. Naruto was being too nice, that's never a good sign.

"NO! Please! Punish me! PLEASE! I DON'T WANT TO WAIT TILL LATER!!!" Kiba screamed, his voice a higher pitch than he wanted it to be.

"No, I don't think I will! I think I'll let this slide."

"PLEASE, NARUTO! I BEG OF YOU! DON'T WAIT! PLEASE!"

"I'm not going to punish you, Kiba."

•••

Elsewhere this lovely Halloween night…

The raven-haired boy paced back and forth in the front room of the mansion, his older brother watching him, amused, on one of the sofas.

"What ails you, otouto?" the elder asked.

"I'm fucking hungry, that's what!" the younger irritably replied.

"Calm yourself, we must stay in tonight. You know how humans are. We shall feed on who ever is foolish enough to intrude upon our home tonight. The lesser vampires have created quite a stir with the bodies they've left lying around. I have disposed of the remains of many, but two have been found."

"As have I, aniki, but I have not fed in over a month. It rather annoys me how the scum just scare away all the food. I do much better hunting in a bar these days! Itachi, it's ridiculous that we have to lay low because of some imbecile that leaves bodies for humans to find!" the young raven fumed, throwing his hands into the air and letting them drop back down to his sides.

"Sasuke, someone will definitely come tonight," Itachi stated calmly.

"What makes you so sure?" Sasuke snapped.

"It's Halloween, and our mansion has always lured in foolish teenagers. This year will be no different."

"You had best be right."

"Have I ever been wrong on All Hallows Eve?"

"No…" Sasuke admitted, avoiding his brother's gaze.

"Then suck it up and be a man," Itachi replied, knowing it would annoy the hell out of his younger sibling.

"Prick," the younger of the Uchiha brothers mumbled, walking out of the room. He was hungry and easily irritated. The fact that Itachi was clearly very bored wasn't helping his case. He knew very well that a bored Itachi meant his day was going to be hell.

•••

Back with Naruto and company…

Everyone was finally dressed. Shikamaru was a deer, thanks to Choji, Choji was a pig, thanks to Temari who ran back upstairs after helping her brother get ready. She had really outdone herself this year with Gaara's costume. He was dressed in a black and white shirt with matching pants, a pair of boots, and his usual amount of eyeliner. She had also managed to get him to wear the bear ears she bought, and stuck a little black tail to the back of his pants. Yes, Temari dressed Gaara up as a panda.

"So, what's the plan this year?" Naruto asked, not noticing the evil smirks placed on all his friends' faces.

"This year, Naru-chan, we're going to that old haunted mansion at the north end of town. There's no backing out since you're already here and with us!" Kiba said, trying to sound as sweet as possible. They all knew Naruto would try to chicken out, so they set up a plan to get Naruto to come: he had to agree that no matter what the group decided, if he showed up at Gaara's that night he had to go through with it. He had, stupidly, agreed. Now he was going to have to face the consequences.

"You people suck…" he looked away, petrified out of his mind.

"What are you scared of, Naruto? You don't seriously think that house is haunted, do you?" Shikamaru asked.

"N-no…" the kitsune said, looking at the floor. Tonight was really going to suck.

Author's Note: Yeah… For a story with absolutely no inspiration, nor real will to write, this didn't come out half bad. If I do continue this, then the next chapter will be out around Halloween… hopefully. No promises. I have practically no idea what to do. It doesn't matter. I started this out of boredom, so don't whine at me for stupid little things such as this story sucking. I know it does, so you don't need to tell me. Thanks for reading! Please review!