CHAPTER 2

By now it was almost midnight and everything was a blur as Naruto and Sasuke sped along the streets on their motorcycles. Sasuke's was simply jet black. While Naruto's matched his bubbly personality being a bright neon orange. Both having helmets to match and Sasuke with his katana strapped to his back.

"So Teme, what do you think this girl is like? I mean we know she can fight and was trained by Kakashi himself but what about her personality. She could be the strong silent type like you, or shy like Hinata, or lazy like Shikamaru, or boy crazy like Ino, or..."

"Talkative and extremely annoying like you?" Sasuke was seriously starting to get annoyed by Naruto's rambling.

"Yeah,... wait a minute! You think I'm talkative?" Naruto obviously didn't catch the annoying part or they would have been arguing the whole way to the Main Street Bridge.

"Hn."

"Teme that's not an answer!"

"What ever, we're here." Looking ahead you could see the abandon old Main Street Bridge in all it's tarnished glory. It hadn't been used in years due to a few unstable support beams. But the city felt there was no need to waste money repairing it since hardly anyone used it due to its location in the most rundown neighborhood in the city. The only thing that looked out of the ordinary was the blood red bike parked right at the start of the bridge.

"Well, here's her bike but as for vampire activity,... I don't see anyone." Indeed Naruto was right. There wasn't a soul walking around. The place was just as deserted as it had been years ago. But then again vampires don't have souls.

"Dobe, if there was vampire activity, even if this place is desolated they still wouldn't do anything out in the..." Suddenly he stopped sticking his nose in the air as if sniffing something.

"What happened?"

"Don't you smell that?"

"Smell what?"

"Blood." No louder than a whisper. Sasuke's eyes began to turn red as he dashed towards the bridge.

"Teme wait! Dammit!" Naruto took off after him not wanting anymore bloodshed than necessary. Quickly catching up to him Naruto stopped directly behind Sasuke. "Now tell me what the hell that was about?"

But Naruto didn't receive an answer. Sasuke merely continued staring straight ahead with his katana firm in his hand. When Naruto caught on he looked ahead to and was astonished. There she was. "Sakura." She was standing straight up with twin pistols in both hands locking eyes with Sasuke. Surrounding her were vampires. All dead and laying on the floor covered in blood. One, two, five,... eight,...fourteen,... Naruto began to lose count. There were even a few bloody knifes and swords to add to the scene.

"Mind telling me how you know my name Blondey?" It wasn't until he looked up to meet her eyes did Naruto realize she was talking to him. But he was still in shock that this girl no older than him could take down these demons so easily, so Sasuke decided to speak up.

"We have direct orders from Lord Tsunade to bring you back to HQ."

"Tsunade huh,... Kakashi told me about her." She said, more to herself than to the two standing in front of her. "Well,... alright." Putting her guns back into the holsters on her legs she walked up them. "You can put your sword away Dracula."

"No, that was way too easy. You don't even know our names and you expect my to believe you'll just come without a fight." There was something about this girl that didn't settle well with him. Maybe it was the fact that her body formed that seductive hourglass shape of a woman while her eyes held the innocence of a little 5 year old girl. Or the fact that she had killed so many vampires on her own and didn't even have a scratch on her.

"Oh come on now, I'm saving you guys the hassle and going with you willingly. Unless you actually want me to put up a fight." By now she directly in front of Sasuke reaching for her guns, but he hadn't moved an inch. All he did was look dead into her eyes trying to find something that would tell him she had something up her sleeve, but he found nothing.

"Don't pay him any mind. He's just a little antsy when he hasn't had his morning coffee." said Naruto trying to ease a very tense situation. "Um,... come on lets head back to the bikes, Sakura."

"Yeah, lets head back." It wasn't until the moment Sakura walked past Sasuke to walk with Naruto had they broke eye contact that night. "You know its kinda rude that you guys know my name but I don't know yours."

"Oh sorry about that, my name is Naruto Uzumaki. I'm a half fox demon and specialize in close combat. Nice to meet the person whose been taking my kills for the last few months."Naruto finished with his signature goofy grin.

"Yeah sorry about that. I guess there's not much I can tell you about myself such Tsunade probably handed out the analysis report of me."

"Hn"

"So what about you Dracula. I know you're a vampire cause of the fangs but what's your name and rank. Unless you want me calling Dracula the whole time." Sasuke didn't reply so Sakura didn't push it. Probably doesn't like talking to people he's just met. Oh well maybe some other time. They reached their bikes and climbed on.

"Damn Teme, you don't gotta be so mean. She just asked for your name not your social security number." Upon saying this Naruto laughed which was soon followed by Sakura's small giggle. Stupid Dobe, like I have a social security number. Naruto started his engine and sped off first. Sakura's engine followed but before she took off after Naruto a voice stopped her.

"Sasuke Uchiha, half-vampire, swords master." With that Sasuke sped off not once looking back to see if she was following or not.

Sakura began to take in her surroundings after the first half hour of driving. At first they were cruising the city streets and then got on the highway. Now they were completely surrounded by nothing but trees. No sign of civilization anywhere with the exception of the cleared dirt path they were traveling on. She was brought out of her reverie by Naruto's voice up front.

"Hey Sakura, you see the lake through the trees?"

"Yeah, why?"

"When we come to the clearing look across it."

"Um,... okay." now that got her curious. A few minutes later they came to the clearing and when she looked across the lake you could see a huge medieval times mansion. Wow, like something out of a fairy tale. To bad fairy tales aren't real. And just as quickly as it came the clearing closed and they continued down the road for a few more minutes until they came to the gate entrance of the mansion. Sasuke rode up to a small intercom near the gate and pressed the speaker button.

"Hey Shikamaru open up, its us." It was the first time Sasuke said anything the entire trip back.

"Already, that was quick." came the reply in a males voice. Then with a soft 'click' the gates were unlocked and slowly swung open automatically.

"Come on Sakura we gotta go around back to put the bikes in the garage."

"Lead the way."

Once they were inside the garage Sakura thought she died and went to heaven. Oh my god. Look at all these cars and bikes. This looks more like a street racing garage than the back of a medieval mansion.

"Hurry up" Sasuke and Naruto were already in a nearby elevator while

she was still admiring the vehicles. Realizing this she rushed to the elevator. Once she was in, Naruto pressed the top floor button which read 'Main Office' in bold letters. As the elevator started its journey to the desired floor, Sakura knew there were only so many seconds left before she would once again came face-to-face with the woman she heard so many stories about.