A/N: This was orignially a 'quick' one shot but as ya can tell it kinda exceeded my expectactions and is now branching out into a short story haha, oh well ^_^ This is my first M rated posting -gulp- So if it's bad I apologise in advance! May contain sp/grammar errors since my keyboards on the blink, other that please read, review and above all enjoy!

~Blood ties~

The city of Konoha was one of the five major hotspots in the world of a common menace, the Supernatural. Normal people feared those different from them as most people tend to do, but amongst the five great nations the Supernatural were feared just as they were hated.

It was from this hatred that eventually formed two groups Clans and Hunters.

The Supernatural creatures ranged from Shape shifters, to witches, to demons, the list went on but lone creatures never exposed themselves for fear of their survival. Which was why those that could formed Clans of their own species staying together to avoid extinction, such as two famous Clans of Konoha the Hyuuga Clan, the biggest known clan of Werewolves, and their rivals the Uchiha's the most powerful group of vampires.

The only link between both species was that both their power was revealed in their eyes whilst the Hyuuga's were pupil less and pale allowing the world to see their cursed ties to the moon, the Uchiha's were blood red just as their insatiable thirst of blood.

The war between the Clans for ground were often stalemates as each species had weaknesses like for instance the Hyuuga's could only turn into their wolf forms once a month on the bight of the full moon leaving them exposed in their human shells the other remaining days, but that didn't stop them retaining incredible strength, sight, sense of smell and dexterity during those days. Whilst the Uchiha's could not walk in the day they had their powerful ability of the Sharingan eyes although the draw back was that it was never certain if the ability would manifest itself and during the day they were so vulnerable that they dared not strike the Hyuuga's without certainly of killing them all less they take revenge during the day light hours.

So truce between the Clans exited only in the terms of 'keep thy friends close and keep thy enemies closer'.

Besides they had the more common enemy of the Hunters to deal with that kept them busy enough as it was. Hunters stories of how they came to be all varied for the individual, it could be their family trained in the art for generations, perhaps a relative had been killed in the past from a creature, or maybe they just lived for the simple pleasure of killing a being not considered human.

Despite the main disadvantage between Hunters and the Supernatural beings that they were human whilst the enemy wasn't, the Hunters still forged on, making who trained to do what they did often the best and were more than evenly matched for the creatures.

One of the most famous Hunters in the world was Sarutobi Hiruzen otherwise known as the professor. In his time he had collected a great deal of knowledge on Supernatural beings, how they lived, what made them strong and the one Hunters focussed on the most, how to kill them.

Common people didn't want to carry the burden of such knowledge preferring to keep their heads down and not get attention from the creatures of the night, the most they did was ward their homes of evil and bar their doorways at night.

Hunters didn't tend to have homes since to get the pelt they had to seek out their pray. For those who didn't pass the tradition of hunting from parent to child having a family or too many personal attachments was out of the question, lest they make their dearly loved ones targets to everything that went bump in the night. Hunters didn't have set schedules of walking the day or walking they night, they tracked something down got killed or killed then moved on. Some remained home bound protecting their towns whilst others travelled place to place restless with remaining in one place too long. Perhaps some seek to outrun their ghosts, perhaps they just liked travel, whatever the reason most Hunters tended not to stick around for long.

Kakashi Hatake was a Hunter from birth as well as circumstance, his father before him had Hunted the creatures along with with some comrades until an incident when Kakashi was six that disgraced him so much he took his own life. Kakashi never did unveil the true reason why. People had told him all kinds of theories, some people said he spared an Uchiha's life that went on to murder a hundred citizens, others said he was infected with the Supernatural virus and even a few had the nerve to say he shot his comrades in the back to save himself.

It hadn't mattered what the reason was, Kakashi had a burning anger develop in his very soul the day his father died growing into a deep hatred of the Supernatural.

It grew over the years as innocent people were ravaged, his family name dragged through dirt and the death of a girl who had been like a sister to him, Rin. Rin had never hurt anyone and she always insisted that the creatures were just as human as anyone just a little more different than regular people. It was a normal night both thirteen year olds were walking through town back to her apartment since even though he wasn't a fully fledged Hunter at the time he had enough training to escort her home safely, or so he thought.

They were ten minutes away when they both saw the hypnotic blood red eyes staring at them from the darkness, despite all his physical training Kakashi couldn't move a muscle. The vampire strode into the alleyway giving them a clearer look at his comm-ad iris's, onyx hair and pale skin. There was no denying that he was an Uchiha. He'd strode up to Rin tilting her head back and forth smirking at her foggy gaze, his fangs descended as he said "Not the best but you'll do."

Kakashi managed to finally move as the vampire's distraction lost his hold over him he shot forward punching at the Uchiha's face only to have the vampire snarl in surprise as his fang was broke, in retaliation the vampire extended its nails and sliced Kakashi's left eye. The Uchiha growled and kicked Kakashi into the wall laughing darkly as he said "Well you know what they say an eye for a fang."

He punched Kakashi's head with enough force to have him fall near unconscious, the Uchiha walked back towards Rin saying aloud "Normally I keep them under to keep down the annoying screams but I'll make exception just for you."

Kakashi tried to blink the blackness out of his remaining eye inching painfully forward "No...Rin...leave...her...alone!"

The last thing Kakashi heard was Rin's terrified pain filled scream and the last thing he saw was the horrible crimson dripping onto the road. When he came back around it was mid day and both the Uchiha and Rin were gone. He vowed on Rin's blood and the broken fang he wore as a necklace under his shirt that he would make every last creature pay for the wrong of her death, he became what he was meant to be, a Hunter. The medics hadn't been able to save his left eye but he didn't care, it may be sightless and grey but he carried it as another reminder of that terrible night and the promise he had to fulfil.

It was that same thought that eighteen year old Kakashi started with each day before tailing some beast that he stalked out into the darkening streets of Konoha with his trained hounds tailing behind him, maybe tonight he would have the pleasure of dispatching another filthy Uchiha straight to hell.