How many years has it been since I've locked myself away? How many moons have passed since I've lost her, had her taken away from my life? The nights I've been in this place, I've never seen the sun, nor have seen its wonderful rays of life as it shined upon these lands of Konoha. But, since I've lost the one that I held dear to my heart… to my soul, the light in my life just faded along with her as she disappeared from this world.

Every day, I'm thinking about her… thinking about what I could have done to have kept her safe, to keep her alive. Yet, no matter what I would think of, nothing would come to mind and I would end up feeling nothing more than more guilt over her death. Maybe, I am meant to be alone, not to be in love with anyone that wasn't what I was… and meant to go back to my true nature. My true nature… heh… I haven't thought about my real nature for a very long time, least, not since I've met her. Trying to be something that I wasn't…

But to her, that didn't matter for I was a human in her eyes even if I really wasn't. For, I was something that humans fear… that people curse and try to destroy. And, I am of myths and legends.

I am a vampire.

A young man was wondering around the halls of his mansion home. It had long since been abandoned since he started staying here after her death. No one dares come near this place for it seems… least to the humans to be 'haunted'. He couldn't help but laugh at this but at the same time, he was lonely. Running a hand through his hair he sighed softly, blue eyes shining with sadness that he had kept buried deeply into his non-beating heart.

Walking down the halls, listening to the soft sounds of crickets echoed through the halls. The only kinds of friends that he had left besides the strange talking fox that comes to visit him now and again. But even that, wasn't enough to make the young man smile. Sighing softly, he traced his fingers on his pale skin, he could slightly feel the three whisker marks on his cheek, something he doesn't remember how he had them, wither he was born with them or they showed up after his transformation… he couldn't be sure for he couldn't remember… it had just been so long.

Walking past a mirror, the young man could only see floating clothes and just laughed dryly to himself. Thanks to him being a vampire he has no reflection… His robes were a loose fitting kimono with an open outer and inner robe that showed off his chest. Least, he knew it did… The outer robe was black while the inner robe was red… To add to his clothes were long red gloves that only wrapped themselves around his middle finger and just clung around the back of his hand and a strap wrapping around his palm.

Frowning, the young blonde haired man wondered what he could do for the day, maybe just sit around, read or even try to play the piano. He couldn't really say, it seemed that anything he did was just… repeating himself over and over again. Maybe he was just bored because he was hungry for fresh human blood and tired of drinking the blood of animals. That was the only thing he could think of that would make at least some sense to him.

Just about to leave the room, he heard a tapping on the window. Frowning, he turned around and saw a small red fox with nine tails, and long rabbit ears. He had always thought that it was a little weird for him to not drink the blood of this animal but for the time being, he was his only friend. Taking a deep breath he walked over to the window and unlocked the hatch before opening it. "What do you want Kurama?" asked the young man.

"I am hurt Naruto. I come by to check up on you and this is how you greet me?" said the small fox before jumping into the house and padding his way to the arm chair that resided in the room. Naruto just shook his head as he walked over to him, his eyes narrowed into slits before picking up the fox by the scruff of his neck.

Glaring at the small fox, he calmly said "unless you have a damn good reason for being here, I suggest that you tell me right now before I drain you."

"Come on Naruto, we both know that you wouldn't drink my blood. I'm the only one you can really talk to."

"Shut up."

Shaking his head, Naruto dropped the fox and started to wonder down the halls after leaving the main room. Maybe it was better that he was left alone with his thoughts. After all, there was nothing left for him but to keep on living his life like this. Sighing softly, Naruto walked down the halls, looking out the windows of his home, trying to clear his thoughts… to clear his thoughts of her.

Giving a sad smile, Naruto just tilted his head downward as he thought about her… 'I should have protected you better… I should have pushed you away from me then maybe you would have lived a full life.' he thought to himself, unable to shed any tears for her. Crying wouldn't bring her back, he knew that but still… it didn't stop from hurting any less. Running a hand through his hair, he whispered "how sad, a vampire crying over someone… when we are not to have any hearts in the first place." Sure, he wasn't really crying but he might as well be…

Yawning, Naruto noticed that day break was coming; he would have to hurry up and get into his coffin before he burned to ash. Laughing to himself, the young man hurried through the shadows of his mansion to the basement, the only place he could trust to put his coffin into with no risks of being burned. Naruto remembered when he would just keep a bed in his home, blocking the windows with wooden planks so he could hold her in his arms, feeling warmth that he hadn't felt since he woke up as a vampire…

Rubbing his eyes, the young man opened the coffin before crawling on into it and curling up to sleep. Just wanting to relax and try to sleep… maybe he could find himself to relax for the time being. Though, he couldn't be sure if he would be able to sleep today. He just couldn't be sure if he would be able to sleep much if at all with him having trouble sleeping for the past five hundred years. Before he knew it, his eyes closed as he drifted off to sleep.

Naruto opened his eyes as he frowned in confusion. Why was he back here? No, it couldn't be this nightmare again. The same one that had prevented him from sleeping in his coffin, the same memory that has haunted him for so long. Looking around Naruto tried to think… maybe he had been transported to the past and he had a chance to change it! But, if that was the case where was she? Where could she be if this was his past?

Suddenly, the smell of blood hit him like a ton of bricks.

Eyes widening, he rushed through the trees that once surrounded the town, before it was built. It couldn't be, it just couldn't be! There was no way that it could be happening already! There was just no way that she could be dead already! He was brought back to his past wasn't he? To stop this event from happening over and over and over again! Pupils turning into slits from his anger, he rushed through the trees faster, trying to focus all of his strength within his body to hurry up, hoping that he still had a chance to save her. Narrowing his eyes in anger, Naruto hoped that whoever was doing this would die a slow and painful death.

The shadows of trees were rushing by him with his blinding speed, the only upside to him being a vampire. Well, that and the fact that he wasn't winded or risk having to slow down but again, that was the plus side to being a vampire he didn't have to breathe thanks to him being of the undead. Looking at his surroundings, Naruto wondered why the trees were red, and smelled like blood. This didn't happen last time, there… no was this really a nightmare? No he didn't want to see this again!

Naruto tried to stop, but it seemed that his body didn't want to listen to him. It was acting of its own accord instead of him. Cursing, it seemed that Naruto would have to just play this out… and be tormented with the pure memory of his agony.

Slowly, Naruto started to come to a halt when he entered an opening. He assumed that it was the heart of the forest. Frowning, he looked around wondering why he was here… this wasn't the same place where she died… he knew that and yet here he was. And standing on the other side was the woman he loved deeply. Though what he couldn't believe was who was standing with the woman he loved deeply. Standing next to her, was himself. Why that was, he couldn't really understand but possibly a way to torment him further.

His other self held onto the woman he loved in his arms. Her hair black as the night sky, her eyes sparkling like the greatest and rarest of pearls, and finally her skin was smooth as the finest of silks. It was one of the few things that he loved about her, but of course there was also her soul that he loved deeply about her.

She just stood there in her white kimono as his other self held her, his head bent down at her neck. Naruto tried to move, he tried to reach her… tried to save her. But it seemed his feet were firmly planted to the ground causing him to scream and cry out to her. But, he could only watch. Her skin growing pale, her body starting to become weak and limp in the other Naruto's arms. He knew what he was doing… the other Naruto was draining her of blood. No! This can't be happening! Naruto soon fell to his knees, punching the ground as he kept begging for this all to stop.

"You can never win Naruto… so long as you live, you will have this memory go through your mind. You should have stuck to being what you are." Said a voice, causing Naruto to look up and stare at his other self in shock. For unlike the person he was, this man had red eyes, his fangs dripping with human blood. This Naruto was a monster that didn't care about the lives of humans and would just keep drinking and drinking until he killed his victim. "I'm not like you!" shouted Naruto.

"You are me… as I am you. You are a monster, you drink human blood and you are to kill them. No matter what, you can never escape for who you are. You're a vampire and that is who you'll always be." Shouted the other Naruto, only for him to start laughing like a mad man. Naruto screamed, his nightmare turning dark.

Naruto's eyes had snapped open, sitting up quickly only to smack his head into the coffin's lid. Cursing loudly, Naruto growled as he said "fucking damn it! That hurts like a bitch!" Rubbing his forehead, the blonde haired man pushed open the coffin before getting himself out. Closing his eyes, he sensed that the sun at set… that was some nightmare that was for sure.

Shaking his head, Naruto started to walk up the stairs, wondering if there were any wild animals out here today. Maybe he fell asleep because he hadn't had any blood for the last few days, if he was lucky he'd have a nice bite to eat for today. Though, he highly doubted that would be the case… Running a hand through his hair, the young man tried to think on what kind of animal he felt like tonight. Maybe Kurama would go and get one for him.

Looking off to the left, Naruto's half closed eyes were focused on his surroundings, as was his ears. The grey brick surrounded him as he wondered up the stairs to the main floor… the sound of skin slapping against stone echoed through his ears, it was a strange sound that was for sure. Shaking his head, the young man wondered what he was to do now… he knew that he'd have to sit around while he would wait for his meal to arrive but damn it he had read all of his books, and scrolls twice!

Just as he got to the top step, Naruto heard something… voices. Narrowing his blue eyes, he ran to the nearest window that would stare out front… standing there at the gates he saw a group of girls. He couldn't really tell what they looked like or what they were wearing for the most part since he was still half asleep and his vision was blurred to be staring from a distance. But he knew they were women from the sounds of their voices.

Closing his eyes, he tried to listen a little more carefully; it seemed that one was daring someone into… into his home?! Eyes snapping open, Naruto's pupils turned into slits as his fangs grew out and started to overlap his lower lip. This was going to end up bad, he just knew it… He just knew that this was going to just end up being a bad night for sure.