Chapter One:

Sorry, not much between Naruto and Sasuke in this chapter, but I'll get to it, this is mostly build up.

Disclaimer: I am not a boy, so it would stand to reason that I am not Kishimoto-san.

Vampires are beautiful things.

Magical, unreal. Glorious, and innocent, you want to pledge yourself to them, give yourself to them and receive the unrivaled affection that they are capable of giving. But very few are ever able to see this side, for their blood thirsty nature almost always kills those who find them.

They are the world's greatest temptation, and it is the job of the Coven to keep humans safe. For humans are dying out, slowly, but thoroughly.

The Americas are already completely infected, only the humans they raise –like cattle- for food remain.

Japan is obviously going to be hit hard when the Takeover starts here, being an island and close to the western side of North America. The Coven received a report from an anonymous source that the Takeover has begun, a meeting of these creatures is to take place in the village of Otogakure.

That is where I come in, me, and my partners.

We were sent by one of Japan's most important villages (and my old home village), Konohagakure, to find and wipe out this small gathering.

I am Naruto Uzumaki, I dream of peace and to be the future Hokage of Konoha, but to accomplish this, we need to stay alive, so I fight vampires.

Leafy foliage, with sunbeams peaking through, the Land of Sound was currently experiencing lovely weather.

Which was good for us, because the vampires wouldn't dare be outside –with their sensitive eyesight, they'd be nearly blind today.

My three partners for this mission leapt through the trees with me, Inuzuka Kiba in front, with his (and his dog, Akamaru's) keen noses, they could very easily scent the living dead, Nara Shikamaru to the far right, with his Clan's power of fighting with shadows, dealing with vampires (who mainly stayed in shadows) was his specialty, Haruno Sakura in the middle of us all, our medic, Hyuuga Hinata to our rear, her Byakugan preventing an ambush from anywhere, and finally, me, to the far left, shadow-clones and rasengan aside, my fight with the blood-suckers was personal, so I always came on these missions.

We leaped through the trees silently, I ignoring the worried looks from my friends. I was used to them by now. Sometimes when I'm with them and enjoying myself, I forget my pain and act like my old self again. But, those dark empty nights in my lonely apartment, I would lose myself all over again. I would sob, cry out, hoping my neighbors couldn't hear me, and strike myself, hating myself so much that I couldn't-

"Hey! Akamaru smells a cafe!" Kiba called, "I say we take a break!"

"K-Kiba-kun..." Hinata protested quietly, shooting a worried glance at me, "We d-don't want to miss our c-chance to kill them..."

"But it's only early morning!!!" protested Kiba.

"How troublesome..." muttered Shikamaru.

I could see Sakura-chan's eye twitching, so I decided to step in. "Well, we need to make sure we're at our best when we face the blood-suckers..." I said monotonously.

Sakura looked relieved that she didn't have to step in while Kiba and Hinata smiled happily. It's sad how hard they try so hard to keep me happy, I don't really need the excess guilt.

Veering off toward the left, we soon arrived at a little rest stop. The others bought some actual food, but I wasn't very hungry, so I wandered a little ways away, taking Shikamaru's job and watching the clouds, leaning against a tree.

I closed my eyes and the images appeared behind my darkened lids, like they had started to do once I figured out how to stop the nightmares. The angry face, the same face when gloating, happy, curious, sad, lost....

The rain was pouring down, we couldn't see much of anything, but we knew we'd get home safe if only to prove to the other that we could defeat the odds. We stopped briefly in a clearing, with a small stream, and drank. Both our heads shot up as we sensed the fast approaching charka, but we weren't fast enough to flee, so we had to fight. Even with all of my shadow clones we were losing, the world was stained with blood and-

I shot up, my eyes tinged red with the raw force of my emotions.

"We're going!" I yelled, my voice rough.

My friends whom had been relaxing and enjoying the nice day looked startled.

Keeping my head down, I jumped to a high branch.

"Come or be left behind," I growled.

Hinata quickly finished her tea, while Kiba huffed at me, and Sakura got Shikamaru up. Wisely, none of them questioned, really questioned my decision. They knew by now exactly what was my pain, and that they had no chance in hell to understand.

Once again leaping through the trees, I created about 20 shadow clones and turned them into birds, sending them out to scout.

Letting my mind wander, I observed a smaller tree amongst all of the oaks and pines. It was lovely, the leaves as dark as night with pure white blossoms. The soft wind suddenly picked up, and blew some blossoms past us.

We were sparring with kunai, and we were rather evenly matched. No advantages or chakra use, just regular old speed and strength. And I was winning. I got under his guard and had him pinned to a tree. The tree had very low-hanging branches that loved to shed it's flower, I would never forget that tree. I laughed, and he scowled, but the very familiar expression changed before my eyes into something like a cat about to consume a canary. I had his nickname on my lips, but as I opened my mouth to demand what he was so happy about, his lips found mine. They were needy and smug –I could taste his emotions!- and oh so soft. I pushed myself against his strong chest, twining my hands in his hair, only wanting us to be as close as possible. I had never considered this, always thought I was straight, I loved Sakura-chan...and yet I was the one acting so enthusiastically. I bit down on his lip, wanting to taste his flavor, but instead of opening his mouth, he pulled away, his hands moving from my lower back to cup my suddenly tight pants. The white blossoms settled on his dark hair like a crown, and I thought I had never seen anyone so beautiful. "Dobe..." he whispered, sounding almost like he was trying not to laugh, "Don't get so excited..."

"Ambush!" cried Hinata, snapping me out of my fantasy.

Reacting on instinct, my sluggish mind still dangerously behind, I formed the familiar hand signs and produced 50 more of myself, taunt and ready for action.

But somehow, they were here, fast and deadly, even in broad daylight.

We fought, I was able to take on the most with my clones, but there were so many...too many...we hadn't been warned for this. I could feel myself tiring, rasengan after rasengan doing nothing for beings who needed to be killed through the heart, then beheaded.

They were slowly herding us together, my friends helpless against the immortal bloodsuckers. Now we were in a rough circle not a yard in diameter and I knew I was going to die...

We fought for all we were worth, backing each other up and killing them slowly and steadily. But too slowly, we soon found out, for reinforcements soon arrived. At the end of it all, two vampires came at us, murder in their eyes. I could jump in the way of his and save him, but he might die anyway. My vampire, though, was injured, and I had a chance of making it if I ran. I took the cowardly way out, I distracted the vampire and fled. Once I was far enough away, I turned back and saw his smoldering eyes on me. Then they twisted his head around and snapped it off. I was stunned, how could this happen? Not to him, oh, Kami-sama, please no....

I jolted myself from the painful memories to notice that the blood thirsty beasts hadn't attacked.

Were they tamed? Had the Hidden Sound allied with them? Oh, this wasn't good...

"Stand aside..." commanded a voice.

My head shot up, that voice....

He walked through a wall of the undead and looked straight at me, slight, very slight amusement breaking through his apathetic face.

"Why hello, dobe..." he greeted me, "Odd seeing you here."

It couldn't sink in but it did, I couldn't speak until he smirked and I saw the tiny fangs bear themselves on his pale lips.

"SASUKE?!" I cried, "You're alive!"

Yay! The first chappie is up and running! This is my first yaoi, so please message me if you have any advice, or any couples you'd like to see.

Please R&R, and magical elephants will shower you with love!

~Hippie-chan