This is probably my second favorite flavor, right behind vanilla. Yummy.

Enjoy

Double Chocolate Fudge

Chocolate fudge flavored, with chocolate frosting,

and rainbow sprinkles

Day 13

It probably wasn't a very good idea to leave Sakura alone up in his attic for more than five days. But it wasn't his fault, really. There was an overload of work waiting for him back in the office. Apparently his lazy, good for nothing assistant, who was too busy scamming on girls half his age, forgot to mention that his business deal meeting with the president of Hong Kong's medical agency was coming up. So when he got the call that Tao, the president, and his financer's were on a nonstop flight to Japan, Neji immediately forgot about everything else and concentrated on gathering up all the information for his presentation as soon as possible.

By the time the honorable, as in annoying, guests had arrived; he was completely exhausted and worn out. But being a Hyuga, he couldn't let that show, and so, he but on his usual stoic face and proceeded with the meeting. Which lasted for over three days. In that time, the thought of a very hungry pink haired vampire living in the roof on his house completely slipped his mind. He just wanted to seal the deal and get on with his life. These Chinese business men were hard to impress to say the least, they were stubborn and relentless. The cantankerous president was unyielding and hardheaded as he let loose a stream of heavy questions that nearly knocked Neji right off his feet.

'Just sign the contract damn it!'

He was almost pushed into yelling that into the scowling man's face, but calmed down and reminded himself that in time, they will budge and sign the deal. They eventually did, after much convincing from a night of hard drinking and annoying sit through of bad karaoke. If his good pal Naruto hadn't made the suggestion of taking them out and loosening them up, he'd probably still be in his office, banging his head against the walls as he listened to his now business partners' ranting. He'd have to thank the loud mouth blonde someday, but right now, he was just waiting in line to buy a cupcake. It would probably be best if he bought the largest one, despite how expensive it is, to make up to Sakura. There was a 99.9% chance she was going to maul him alive when he walks through that door.

"Neji?"

A familiar voice he would never forget, though he wished wasn't here right now. He knew that with her here, it was going to be another half hour before he would be able to leave. Being the polite person that he was, he turned around and nodded at his oldest friend.

"Tenten."

The brown haired woman smiled at him, "Long time no see."

"Likewise."

"What brings you here?"

Well, he certainly couldn't tell her about Sakura, she'd either;

A. Laugh it off as some stupid joke

B. Think he was some lunatic and all the asylum

C. Or assume he was a closest pervert keeping an innocent girl locked in his attic

He didn't enjoy lying, especially to his friends, but there was no other way to go around it.

"I'm…picking something up for Hanabi."

"Oh, that's nice of you, how is she?"

"Fine."

"That's good, and Hinata?"

"Fine as well."

"You know…"Her voice slightly lowered, and he took notice of this, "…I heard of her engagement to Naruto, and that they were planning to tell everyone tomorrow night. That's why they invited everyone to dinner at their place."

"Yes, I heard of that too."

"So, uh…"

Tenten was usually one to not hesitate on anything, especially when speaking her mind, so when he paused for a minute and bit her lips; he quirked an eyebrow and grew a little curious. He crossed his arms over his chest and waited patiently for her to speak.

"…are you going?"

"Yes, we are family."

"Duh, of course," She laughed nervously, "Are you going with anyone?"

"What do you mean?"

"I mean as in like…a date?"

So this was that she wanted to ask him. Well, this was awkward, not the fact that a girl had asked him out for a date, but that Tenten did. He'd always seen her more like a sister, rather than a potential girlfriend. Despite how close they were, and that they pretty much knew everything about each other; he could never harbor any other feelings besides kinship towards her. Now if only he could say all that without ruining their friendship and having her run out crying. Knowing his capacity for human emotion, there was a very slim chance that won't happen.

"I'm not exactly sure if I was planning to bring anyone, I assumed everyone would all arrive there themselves."

That probably wasn't the best thing to say, seeing as how Tenten's face instantly dejected and all the hope and happiness radiating from her suddenly faded. While it was already hard to connect with males his age, it was bloody (no pun intended) impossible to say anything to the female population. He really wanted to say something, though he was pretty sure that would only worsen things. But before he could even open his mouth, she spoke before him.

"Oh, of course! Silly me, uh, anyways I just wanted to know…I might ask Lee to come with me and all. Just didn't want you to be there by yourself is all…"

He only had a chance to nod before she smiled one last time at him and quickly left the bakery. Great, his friendship with the brunette was probably flushed down the drain, not to mention the fact that the entire bakery shop just witnessed the little exposition. Honestly, do these women not understand the concept of privacy? He must have looked like the biggest jerk off in the entire world just now, not that it really mattered in all actuality. Opinions of strangers meant nothing to him and they stayed away from him after this, he wouldn't mind. After giving Sakura her life source, the double chocolate fudge cupcake, he was going to call Tenten and patch things up and telling her how he truly felt. Hopefully she won't hate him even more after this, unless she already did.

It was sad to say, dealing with humans was more difficult than dealing with a vampire.

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Before he even began to turn into the hall way that led to the attic, he heard loud banging, shrill and high pitched screeching and harsh scratching noises on the walls. That can't be good. That really can't be good if a vampire was doing all that with his human relatives downstairs. He better get Sakura her food before she bust down the door and attack everyone on a feeding rampage. Just as he was about to turn the doorknob, everything went completely quiet. It was a bit strange, considering how loud she was just a second ago. He pressed his ear to the door and tried to hear what she was doing, but all he heard instead, and to his utter surprise, was light sobbing. She was crying.

He immediately opened the door and was greeted by chair thrown straight at him. Being a high ranked karate master, he dodged it with ease. But what he couldn't miss, unfortunately, was a ball of pink fury aiming right at him and with the intent of killing. He landed with a huge thud on the floor and a light weight straddling his body. Before he could even begin to fathom what was happening, he felt a cold shiver running down his body. Goosebumps immediately formed on his arms and legs as chilled hands crawled underneath his shirt and rubbed against his freezing chest.

"Sakura…"

His breath came out in a puff of white air; the room temperature was dropping severely. He could almost feel his lungs being incased by tiny icicles, it was getting harder to breathe; especially when a woman was fondling his and breathing down his neck. She was as cool as death, there was absolutely no warmth coming from her. Her skin may have been soft as cotton, but she felt as dead as a corpse. His shaking hands went to her side, trying to pry her off, but she let out a low and dangerous growl. She rubbed her elongated fangs against the skin of his neck, licking the pressure point with the tip of her tongue. If he didn't her off, he was going to be her next dinner.

"Sakura, get off."

"You…"

Her voice was deep and menacing, sounding nothing like her sweet and innocent voice he heard last night. She sounded hungry, ready to kill.

"…made me starve for five days."

"I'm sorry, I was busy at work."

His excuse went deaf in her ears, deadly sharp nails raked across his torso, leaving a trail of throbbing scratch marks. She was in predator mode and he was her prey. If she wanted too, she could easily cut him in half and eat his bleeding flesh. But where was the fun in that? She preferred to slowly suck the life out of her victims, painfully slow.

"You know, I could have gone downstairs and killed your family while you were away."

He knew she could, but was desperately thankful that she didn't.

"It's taking all of me to not sink my teeth into your neck right now."

"I have what you need, if you get off; I will give it to you."

A strange hissing noise came from her and her hands rested on his chest, never really moving from their spot. But her back slowly arched and she pressed her body against him, her face nuzzling into the nap of his neck. He could feel every luscious curve on this fem fatal, touch every inch of her body as it sank deeper into him. Her knees squeezed together at his side, causing him to illicit threatening emotions he dare not express. He was just a man, how could he not react like this? His own wandering hands gripped her waist and tried to lift her off, but she wouldn't budge. Despite how light she was laying on him, it felt it trying to move a brick wall.

"If you do this to me again; I will not hesitate to bite you next time."

She stood on her knees and looked down at him with dark eyes, almost black were it not for the flash of green. Instantly, her hands shot at the bag that lay ignored next to him and got up, walking over to the scratched up cushion chair. Yellow fluff pouring out of the open cuts. She quickly discarded the pink box and started nibbling on the chocolate cupcake. Neji hadn't moved from his spot on the floor, he just sat there and examined the damage she had created. The wall paper was torn; every piece of furniture that once stood was now either broken into pieces or rubble, the ceiling lamp flickered on and off from the loose wires, and he could tell by the shattered glass on the floor that the window was broken. He took everything back; vampires were more difficult to deal with than humans.

"Look what you did, you completely trashed this place."

Not to mention his composure, but he wasn't to tell her that. He could still feel her frigid hands rubbing against his body and her teeth against his neck. A warm shower sounded really nice at the moment. Remember, she's dead. You can't sleep with a dead chick, despite how beautiful and tempting she is. That would be considered necrophilia, and like cannibalism, it is frowned upon in many cultures. Why couldn't he have 'rescued' some ugly vegetarian vampire with distaste for blood? Oh right, because ALL vampires like blood and ALL vampires eat humans. He might just have to wear garlic around himself the next time he forgets to feed her.

"It was your fault," She said with a mouthful, "You shouldn't have left me here with no food to eat, dummy."

"Like I knew you were going to do all this if I didn't. As I said earlier, I was too preoccupied with work."

"Well, unless you want to be the head suspect for one of the biggest family massacres in history, I suggest you not do that again."

She licked the frosting with much eager, all too happy with her delicious, sugary cupcake.

"I guess I should apologize to you for the attack, it happens when I don't eat for a long period of time."

"It's only been five days."

"Which is like, ten years to me. I'm used to eating every day, so when I'm thrown off balance, bad things happen."

"I'll remember that next time."

"So, what was so important at work that you had to neglect me for that long?"

He pulled up a chair that didn't seem to have sustained a huge amount of damage and sat down carefully.

"I was busy finalizing a deal with our partners from Hong Kong."

"I see, was it successful?"

"Yes."

"Good, that means you have more time to pick me some more delectable cupcakes!"

A grumble escaped his lips, "Just how long do you plan on staying here?"

She lifted her leg, which was wrapped neatly in white bandages, "Until this heals. Need I remind you that this was also your fault? If you hadn't stuck your nose where it didn't belong, neither of us would be in this situation."

"I saved your life." He growled.

"At the cost of yours, right? Plus, it's not like I can't protect myself. Those hunters have been on my ass for centuries but I always escape, they're good for nothing humans that can't aim to save their lives."

Once again, his curiosity got the better of him, "And why exactly are they after you?"

"Obviously because I'm a vampire."

"But if this particular set of hunters have been following you for years, there must be a reason. Surely you can't be the only vampire in this world."

She put down the rest of her dinner and glared at him, "Insightful aren't we?"

"In my job, you must be."

"Well, we do have plenty of time to kill and I am in need to some company," She tried to sit as straight as possible without wearing down the torn up chair, "I guess it all started way back in the beginning of the nineteenth century. A couple years before my master was killed, he kidnapped and raped the wife of a very powerful feudal lord. Then killed her and dumped her body at his palace, thus instigating a full out war between the vampires and the humans. That bastard wanted to start a war, and because we're oh so powerful and immortal, he thought we'd win."

"And did you?"

"…no, it was more like a draw between our races. You see, what people fail to realize is that we aren't mindless killing machines. We do have a mind and feelings. Some of us, despite our violent nature, don't like war. We aren't particularly fond of seeing our love ones die right in front of us. So in the midst of battle, those brave enough started a retaliation against my master and sided with the humans. Of course, being his 'mistress' I was the key to this entire thing. I was to get close to him before they made their strike. When the ink on the peace treaty was dry, we made our first strike. It took another couple years, but we managed to finally kill him."

"Then why are you still being hunted?"

"Well, old habits die hard. Some vampires, especially the younglings, forgot about the treaty and started attacking the humans. Thus ending all alliance. Being the former mistress of my master, I was the number one target. They feared I might want to 'avenge' his death or something."

He watched her finish her meal with a thoughtful expression. In school, his best subject had always been history. He loved to learn about past wars and battles, reading up on commanding officers and military techniques. There was one point in his life when he actually wanted to join the army, but knowing that he was needed more at home than at the frontlines, he changed his plans and decided to stay here in Japan. But it was rather odd to know that this fragile woman, who looked like she couldn't even carry a box, fought in more wars than he read. She had killed many people, taken their lives with either a bite of her fangs or the slashing of her claws. And yet, he wasn't intimidated at all. In fact, he was enthralled.

"Did I scare you?"

His mind was brought back into reality and he made a face at her question, "No."

"Then why did you get so quiet all of a sudden?"

"I was just thinking."

"About what?"

"How exactly did you become a vampire?"

"Well, you get bitten of course."

"I know what, but I meant you. How did you become one?"

"Oh…well, remember when I said not all people liked my father?"

He nodded.

"My master was one of those people. He was a cruel and vile man no one liked, a sorcerer who screwed around with black magic. He always spoke of finding immortality, and when he did, he wanted me to join him. So he asked for my hand in marriage, but before I could even say anything, my father refused for me and banished him from our land. He wanted sweet revenge, and what other way than to kill me in front of my family. After that, he destroyed my clan…hey; don't look at me like that! I don't need your sympathies!"

Neji narrowed his eyes, "I wasn't going to give you any."

"Good, because I don't need them."

"You know, for an heiress, you are a very violent and temperamental woman."

"Former heiress. And if you must know, my violence and temper has more pros than cons. It helped me win the war and survive for all these years."

As she leaned back against her seat, his eyes went back to the scar near her eye. He knew she received that the night she was turned into one of those blood suckers, but he wanted to hear it from her mouth. Then his eyes turned to hers, and they weren't looking at him anymore. They were focused on her leg, almost as if she was forcing herself to heal faster. For reasons unknown, he felt the need to take her in his arms, and cradle her like she was some kind of precious doll. There was sadness in her voice and her body seemed worn out, ready to just wither away and turn into dust.

"You seem tired."

She smirked, "Why, indeed I am Mr. Obvious."

He returned the smirk, "Would you like me to bring you a coffin?"

"Oh no thank you, that's just some stupid myth a pissed off hunter started a while back. Vampires can sleep anywhere they want."

"And where have you been sleeping all this time?"

"Well, I was sleeping on that bed," She pointed to a sliced up futon in the back corner, "But looks like I'll just have to sleep in yours tonight."

He quirked an eyebrow, "Don't even think about it."

"Aw, come on, I won't bite," She grinned, "I don't see what the big deal is. I know you want to sleep with me anyways."

"You're very full of yourself."

"No, I'm full of cupcakes and air. Plus, don't you want to know what it's like to be with a vampire?"

"I already do, they're annoying, a heavy burden, and quite the aggravating creatures."

She chuckled sarcastically, "Cute. Please, don't act like I can't smell your arousal."

His back stiffened at her words and she smiled widely.

"You are only human."

"I'm a disciplined human, I've taught myself to be above the temptations of women."

"Yeah, but how long can you keep that up? One day you're going to crack, and I won't be here to satisfy your needs."

"What makes you think I'll need you for something like that?"

She shrugged, "Who else are you going to ask? Tenten?"

He was instantly in her face, hands gripping onto the arm rests, angry eyes boring into her amused emerald orbs.

"Don't you dare…"

"When I broke the window, I saw that brunette girl talking to you and heard everything. Quite the heartbreaker aren't we?"

"You will not talk to her in such a way."

She patted his head and pushed at his chest, "I'm not trying to insult your little girlfriend, just stating the obvious like you always do. You should tell her how you feel before it's too late, and trust me; she won't hate you for it. Everyone appreciates honesty."

As he got up, he pushed the wires back into the lamp and fixed the flickering before heading for the door. He peeked over his shoulder, watching her beginning to clean up the mess she caused.

"She isn't my girlfriend."

Sakura didn't look up, "I know."

"What would you like for tomorrow?"

She couldn't help smiling, "I'm feeling like gingerbread."

He nodded and left. Heading towards his room to take a very, cold shower.

Hope you enjoyed. Ta ta!

I know this may sound a little wierd but...I actually don't like Neji and Tenten together, as a couple at least. They always seemed like the brother sister type to me. I actually prefer Rock Lee and Tenten together.

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