Title: Creatures of the night
Disclaimer: all characters are not mine.
Warning: vampires and demons. Don't like them then don't read this story.
Author's note: I have a craving for vampire stories these days and the vampire books in the bookstores and library are not enough for me. So I thought of creating my own. Enjoy! Heheh~XD
Everything is not what it seems in Crescent boarding school. With its high rise school building and its cool facilities, and the saying that it's a prestigious school, people never suspect a thing. What all the normal people fail to notice is the lack of lights in that particular school and the weird movements happening all around campus. The modernized and professional outlook of the building leave the admirers stunned and distracted by its beauty that the strange occupants of the school is camouflaged. Vampires. That's what lies behind those four walls of Crescent boarding school. The flitting movement creates shadows of some kind with colors outlining their silhouettes.
Among these vampires is a young fledging that fails to fit in with all of the others. Uzumaki Naruto is an anomaly even for a vampire. Bright, blond hair that spikes up all over the place frames a small face. Brilliant, azure blue eyes hide nothing and the most prominent feature of all is the three whisker scars that adorned each of his chubby cheeks. A sharp nose and full lips completes his perfect face. If you think he's just a pretty face then you have much to learn about checking out someone. Standing at an average 166cm-not too tall and not too short-makes him a lovable partner of just the right height to cuddle up to. Even, tan skin pulled taut over muscled arms and legs. His muscles are not the typical body-builder-type muscles but if he flexes, you can see the obvious hardness beneath the taut, tan skin. No need for imagination to see what's under his clothes. With perfect features that people would kill to have, you would think that Naruto is popular, that other vampires would bow down before him, worship him even. This is not the case and it's obvious with the way other vampires look to him with much scorn. Uzumaki Naruto life's a living hell.
Uzumaki Naruto is not just any vampire. He's a hybrid between a vampire and a demon-a fox demon to be exact. Having powers from both species makes him invincible. The speed and agility that fledglings will learn to control as they gain knowledge and experience, keen senses that helps him stay inconspicuous and alerted to his prey, incredible power that comes from being a descendent of both vampire and demon, and gifted with the most unlikely talent ever-the ability to see the unseen. This ability of his does not refer to him being able to see ghosts. Nope no matter how hard anybody tries you can never see one. Unless you have a third eye, you can only sense its presence and nothing more. Naruto's ability refers to seeing routes that lead him to the shadow realm also known as his home. This route he sees helps him find his way back to where vampires come from-the darkness.
All vampires are said to be evil creatures of the night because they choose darkness over light. What people don't know is that vampires are sensitive to light. If they are exposed to light for too long, they get rashes and sunburns. They don't combust into flames. They don't despise light like what they say in most vampire myths. They just feel much more comfortable in the dark because it doesn't irritate their skin. Many of the saying in vampire books are myths. Vampires do not like garlic because of its pungent smell and it irritates their eyes. Hey garlic even irritates our eyes! Wooden stakes and crosses do not frighten them. What's there to be afraid of if they like the light too? They understand that light is the source of life for many living things on earth. Just like darkness is their source of life in their shadow realm. The myth about vampires sleeping in coffins is laughable because hello- they are living and breathing just like humans are. This makes them mortal too. They just don't die as easily as us because of their heightened senses and their unique ability that alerts them of danger much faster then ours does. All in all they are just supernatural humans. There's nothing crazy or scary about them.
However what sets Naruto apart from the typical supernatural humans is the ability to see this hidden route. Like I said earlier, all vampires come from the shadow realm. They just don't return there because they can never find their way back. This has something to do with the balance of light and dark. When the balance of light and dark is disturbed, all hell breaks loose. Literally. To prevent this hell from enveloping earth, a gatekeeper is given the duty to guard the key to this shadow realm. The key is the ability to see the hidden route. Every twelve years a new gatekeeper is elected.
Being an orphan from birth, Naruto wasn't taught the ways of the vampires. Heck he didn't even know he's a vampire until he received a letter for him to attend the prestigious Crescent boarding school. That's where everything fit in. all the puzzle pieces came together when he started schooling there. All the strange things that happened to him while growing up are due to the fact that he's a vampire. A human never needed to be in the dark most of the time. A human can never run as fast as Naruto did. A human can never see, hear, smell, feel things as sharply as Naruto did. He knew he was different but to be that different, is really an eye-opener. So all went well when school began for him…until he found out about his blood type and the strange lane he keeps seeing in the dark.
The day he found out about his demon blood, all the vampires became wary of him. Demons and vampires were known to have a very strained relationship. No vampire trusted the demons and likewise for the demons. To maintain the balance of light and dark, a truce was made but that does not mean they are friends. They just respect the others territorial rights and keep out of each others way. Naruto became an outcast because of his "bad blood". Fledglings that he once called friends abandoned him but he was never truly alone. Iruka, one of his trusted teachers became a sort of father figure to him. Anything that he needs help with, Iruka will be there. He is the only one that knows about his ability to see the hidden routes. Iruka became protective of him when he shared this information and after many months of pestering, he knew why. This is a sign of the makings of a gatekeeper. One day, he will be shipped off to gatekeeper school that will train him and many other gatekeeper fledglings the ways of balancing light and dark.
He can't wait till he became of age to inherit all the cool powers a gatekeeper will have. That will also be the day he leaves this wretched boarding school that made his life a living hell. Counting down the days till he turned sixteen, Naruto made sure he at least survived to see the day he gained freedom.
He knew the only way he can live is if he stays out of trouble and that is to be a good boy and take his torture like a man! He knew with just a flick of his finger the bullies can be dealt with, what with him being the most powerful fledgling in history! Okay I am exaggerating but still the point is that Naruto never fights back. He can deal with his bullies in other ways-playing pranks on them. This is the only thing he never shared with Iruka. He knew Iruka will never be there always to take care of him. He appreciated all the care the man had shown towards him and he didn't want the man to worry anymore about his life in school. Naruto thought of the irony of being in the same school as his most trusted person and still Iruka didn't have a clue about his social life. Does he not know about the rumors about him the school is spreading? Seriously! How Iruka became a teacher is a mystery in itself.
One thing that he benefitted from being bullied is that he always gets information. That is how he managed to find the identity of his parents. From the information given from the goodness of his tormentors' hearts, he managed to find leads to the whereabouts of his parents. Many fledglings in the school are rich and their families are well-known. This allows them access to many files in the school with classified information. With information such as these, who is Naruto to leave them be?
With many months of being bullied, Naruto finally got the full picture of his information and he knew his mother was the demon and his father was a vampire. Looking through his files, he saw a man with the exact same features as himself. Now demons are not ugly, mean creatures. They look exactly like us. The difference is that they have split personalities. When they lose control of their anger, they turn violent and hateful. They have abilities too and that's why they live longer than the average humans. They are more alike to the vampires than they want to be.
The same shade of blue stared right back at Naruto. The same features as himself. The only difference is that the whisker scars is fainter. Looking to the man's right, he spotted the most gorgeous woman ever-his mother. Fiery red hair flow down along her shoulders and piercing green eyes that look to be searching his soul. Fair skin and a curvaceous body would turn any fearful vampire into a harmless kitten. However the thing that makes her more human-like is the gentle smile that has plastered itself on her beautiful small, feminine face. She makes Mona Lisa's smile look like a grimace. All in all they were a match made in heaven and now Naruto knows the origins of his perfect self. He had his parents taste in partners to thank for his perfect and godlike appearance. Now with only a few more months to the day he can leave, he can finally say he can leave hell with a sense of achievement. All he has to do now is wait, for freedom to come.
Author's note: so what do you think about my start to my first ever vampire story? All you have to do is click the little green button at the bottom of the screen to tell me. Thank you~XD
