Disclaimer: I don't own Naruto

Warning: This is a vamp/high school AU.

For: Kayla, enjoy sweetie.

"Oh, this one is perfect!" Ino squealed as she shoved a blue corset-like garment toward Hinata. Upon seeing the revealing article of clothing, her face grew red and she started stuttering a protest that wouldn't come out. Lucky for Hinata, Tenten was there.

"Ino, how about something a bit more…conservative?" Tenten offered as Hinata returned to her normal coloring. "Even though we are already dressed." Tenten muttered to Hinata who smiled shyly.

After their classes, the three girls headed over to Ino's where they have been getting ready for their night. Ino was digging through her closest, dead set on finding Hinata the perfect outfit, even though the poor girl already had one. For Ino, getting ready for a party was almost as fun as going to one. Tenten and Hinata did not share this point of view.

"I give up!" Ino sighed in defeat falling on to her large bed. Nothing she picked suited the shy girl. All Ino's clothes were risqué and revealing. The most revealing thing Hinata wore was her swim suit…which was a one piece. "At least let me do your makeup." Ino negotiated as she lifted her head up. Ino could settle for makeup.

Ino was sporting a tight dark purple skirt that reached her mid-thigh and a black lacy sweetheart sleeveless top with a pair of strappy heels. Tenten had a pair of pale yellow leggings and a fitted oversized black sweater that reached a couple inches above her knees and black flats. Hinata was wearing simple jean shorts and a light purple tank top with her grey converse.

It was nearly seven thirty when Ino was content with their makeup. She walked to her door and locked it before opening her window. Her parents wouldn't want them going out for the majority of the night so they would sneak and climb the tree down. They had done it many times over the years, especially when their pinkette friend was still with them.

"Shouldn't you four get going?" Itachi asked as he saw the four sitting on the living room. Naruto's ears perked up and he leaped from the couch, grabbing Neji in the process. Neji narrowed his eyes in irritation causing Naruto to release him.

Shikamaru stood up and nodded his head. "Yeah, I guess we better head out."

"Did you eat?" Itachi asked curiously as he examined all their faces.

"Yeah, yeah. Now come on Shikamaru, Neji, Teme! I want to go!" Naruto wailed.

Neji grabbed his keys from the counter. "Let's just get this over with." Even though he acted pissed, Neji was rather thrilled to be getting out of the house. As long as he kept in control of his little inner friend, everything would be fine.

Sasuke stood up and followed them out but was stopped by a cool hand gripping his shoulder. Sasuke turned around to his brother and raised his eyebrow. "Be careful. We don't need any trouble tonight, got it?" Itachi warned. "Keep an eye on Neji; you know how he gets. Remember our deal."

"Hn." Sasuke grunted before continuing out the door toward Neji's car.

Upon climbing in the back, next to Shikamaru, he was met by the loud and obnoxious voice of Naruto, who was rambling nonstop in the passenger's seat next to Neji. A few minutes of this went by. Shikamaru could see the tension build up in Neji's shoulders. The blonde kept talking, oblivious to the dark air filling the car. Shikamaru sighed; sometimes Naruto was just plain stupid.

Before Naruto knew what was happening, Neji took one hand off the wheel and gripped Naruto's throat tightly, prompting Naruto to shut his trap. "Not another peep." He hissed with his eyes still glued on the road. Naruto nodded his head as he gasped for air and Neji removed his hand.

Neji had an infamous temper and usually flared out quite violently when someone cracked his calm and composed shell. Neji's temper wasn't something to test, plus it was still better than the alternative outlet for his rage. The three boys, especially Shikamaru, knew from experience.

Shikamaru and Sasuke watched from the back seat unfazed. At least Naruto was quiet for now and Neji got it out of his system.

The trees blurred by as Sakura drove down the deserted road. Van Halen's Panama filled the car as she turned down another road toward the address of her peer. She didn't want to go to the party but since Itachi wanted her to, she would. She owed him that much and more; so much more. She wasn't even close to repaying him.

She looked around for the house she was supposed to go to and quickly found it by the over flow parking leaking into the vacant lot next door. She parked across the street and climbed out. It was slightly chilly but it didn't matter much to her. She looked at the direction of the party house to see the lights on and the windows vibrating to the loud music.

She locked her car and closed her eyes, resting her forehead on the cool exterior of the car. Bad memories were bubbling up and she didn't like it. Hell, she resented such memories for daring to appear in her conscious. She had locked those away but now, there seemed to be no stop. Everything seemed to remind her of that time in her life; remind her of him.

After taking a few deep breaths, she opened her eyes. It was no big deal. All she had to do was find a nice boy to spend the night with and make sure the four dumbasses behaved. She could do that. She will do that. It was going to be easy-peasy.

She walked across the street and opened the front door of the party house. The music flooded past her and she was hit with a heavy bass. She moved in and closed the door. The scent of alcohol and smoke filled her nostrils and she masked her grimaced. She most certainly did not want to be here tonight. With another quick breath, she walked down the hall and reached the living room. You can do this, Sakura. You can do this.

Hinata sat on one of the large couches in Kiba's living room. She was currently seated tightly in between Tenten and Shino, a boy who always wore a hood and glasses, even inside, and rarely spoke. It was odd seeing him here in the first place even though he was Kiba's best friend. It just didn't seem like his scene. Ino was off dancing with some unknown misters. Kiba and Lee, a boy with a bowl cut and thick eye brows, were currently telling stories to Hinata and Tenten. Tenten was cracking up about something the two had said and Shino was shaking his head to himself from either amusement or shame, it was unclear. Hinata looked around the room. She spotted many people from their school and many more who weren't. How Kiba knew all these people simply amazed and puzzled her.

Suddenly a flash of orange caught her attention and Kiba was knocked onto the ground. She stared wide eyed as the blonde boy in the orange jacket sat on Kiba's back and laughed. Soon he too found himself on the ground as Kiba's large white dog Akamaru had knocked him over, protecting his master.

"Naruto! Good to see you!" Kiba shouted over the music. Akamaru barked in agreement.

Naruto grinned wickedly. "You too, Kiba, Akamaru. It's a nice party you got here!"

Hinata watched as the two boys talked and occasionally punched each other. She was amazed; she didn't know they were friends. Over the past three years, Hinata had developed a strong schoolgirl crush on the boy and often watched him from afar. It had started ever since he joined their school during their first year of high school. She admired him greatly. He was determined and believed in himself more than Hinata could ever in herself. She wished to be like him and yearned to be with him. She felt that if she was, she could truly be herself and be happy. She felt that Naruto would accept her for who she was and would make her happy. He was optimistic, silly, funny, and very brave. Hinata just wanted to be with him. The only problem was she never had much of the courage to even speak to Naruto and he probably didn't know she existed.

"You're Hinata, right?" Naruto's voice broke Hinata out of her thoughts as she stared at the boy who was mere inches from her face.

"Y-yes, N-N-Naruto-k-kun." Hinata stuttered uncontrollably, her face growing redder and redder. Hinata felt herself start to hyperventilate from such closeness that her eyes rolled into the back of her head and she passed out.

Naruto stood there is shock. What was wrong with her? Kiba and Shino quickly helped the poor girl and laid her on the couch.

Tenten sighed and looked over at Naruto who was looking absolutely confused. She was always a little uneasy around Naruto and his friends ever since she first saw them in freshmen year. While Naruto was bright and bubbly, the other three were quite dull and dark. "She faints when she is scared and nervous."

Naruto looked over at Tenten. "Why would she be scared of me?"

"More like nervous. She admires you and you just shoved your face into her personal zone." Tenten shrugged, trying to ignore the way his eyes seemed to soften as he gazed down at her unconscious friend.

Naruto's eyes widened. "Admires?"

Tenten sighed. "Yeah, she thinks you're brave or something." With that Tenten walked off to get a drink of some sort and let Naruto figure it out on his own. Sometimes that idiot just needed a goddamn hint.

She reached the cooler and pulled out a cold beer. She leaned against the wall and took a sip and watched Ino grind against some ecstatic boy. She heard a sigh come beside her and she looked up to see the boy with white eyes, Neji. Tenten bit her lip nervously.

Tenten had always found him intimidating. It wasn't that he was necessarily terrifying, it was just he was too damn perfect. He was beautiful in a very flawless and perfect sort of way. He was also extremely smart, getting top marks on all classes. He was athletic and could probably push their school to victory on any team if he just joined them. His only flaw, if you could even call it that, was that he was a serious fellow. He took everything he did seriously and in a professional manner. Everything about him was perfect and that made Tenten uneasy. No one was that perfect. Everyone has a flaw or a dark secret about them and Tenten couldn't shake the feeling that Neji had some skeletons in his closet. Being that perfect didn't come easy, which meant whatever he was hiding was probably big. Everyone has flaws and Neji was not an exception, Tenten was sure of it.

"Naruto is already harassing people?" Neji asked, referring to Hinata.

Tenten shrugged. "It doesn't take much for Hinata to get like that."

A rare small smile played on Neji's face. The girl beside him smelled extraordinary. He wasn't sure if it was the few beers that were making his senses more acute or if it was the awakening of his silent passenger, but whatever it is; she had now caught Neji's eyes. He leaned closer to her to get a better whiff. "What's your name?"

Tenten looked shocked. She had seen Neji at school, heck even had classes with him, and he hardly seemed like the social one. He seemed cold and abrasive. As far as she knew, he never talked to anyone willingly, even his friends. Why he was talking to her was over her head.

"Tenten." She responded stiffly.

"Neji." He smirked. The two fell into a mutual silence. Tenten unaware the Neji was looking at her soft skin with hungry eyes. Neji couldn't help but marvel at her. To think that she had been in his classes for so long and never noticed her was simple amazing. The dark creature inside Neji purred with delight as it locked on to its new toy.

A moment passed between the two. Neji was about to say something else before Lee ran up to Tenten. "Hinata is waking up again!"

Tenten nodded and pushed off the wall. She walked a few paces before turning back to Neji. She handed him her half empty beer can. "Nice meeting you." She shrugged awkwardly before heading back to her friend.

Neji was rather taken back by the gesture as he held the beer can in his hands. She had sure captivated his interest. He wasn't even sure how or why, she just did. She didn't treat him like a god or anything. She treated him like a normal human, which was refreshing. Most girls would flirt or throw themselves at him but she just treated him like the average stranger. It was nice.

He looked back up and smirked in agreement as he watched her outline go to the couch. He looked at the beer in his hands again and took a sip, solidifying his decision. Yes, he thought to himself, it was very nice to meet you and we will meet again.

Sasuke sat in an armchair in the corner and watched the party tick by slowly. Upon entering, Naruto ran off and was talking adamantly to Kiba, ditching the other three boys. He then harassed a girl into fainting and was now watching over her with a strange look on his face.

Neji went off the bar and had talked to some girl for a while. The look in his eyes worried Sasuke but Sasuke trusted Neji to keep his cool. He had to show his brother that everything was fine. The girl left and Neji resumed his bored composure. Everything was fine.

Shikamaru was nowhere to be seen but was probably outside smoking another cigarette. At least Sasuke can count on him to be good. Shikamaru was too lazy to cause any trouble. Plus, Shikamaru made a vow to never do anything like that. Not after her.

Sasuke internally sighed. He really didn't want to be here. He wanted Naruto to finish his bullshit so they could go because that was really the only reason the other three were there. He hated the loud pounding bass, he hated the grinding bodies, and most of all he hated the people here for what they represented and the memories the evoked from Sasuke.

His thoughts were interrupted by Shikamaru who was leaning on the wall beside the armchair. Sasuke looked up at Shikamaru but he was looking somewhere else. After a minute of staring, Shikamaru looked down to Sasuke with a tired look.

"Did you see her yet?" Shikamaru asked curiously. Sometimes Sasuke really was oblivious.

Sasuke raised a perfect eyebrow. "Who?"

Shikamaru sighed and rolled his eyes. "Her."

Sasuke's eyed widened a fraction. "She's here?" Shikamaru tilted his head toward the hallway.

Sasuke snapped his head around, so fast he could have gotten whiplash. His eyes searched frantically before cursing when his eyes landed on her.

She looked the same as ever; exotic pink hair, emerald green eyes, larger than average forehead, womanly curves, and short as ever. She was wearing a tight black tank top and acid wash skinny jeans with black converse. Sasuke watched her lean against the wall. She looked bored as she eyed Naruto then some people on the dance floor before glancing at Neji then landing on Sasuke and Shikamaru. Sasuke held his breath as cold onyx met dull emerald. What the hell is she doing here?

Damn it, not again. Onyx met emerald and Sakura felt her stomach clench and let out a shaky breath. She hated the way he made her feel. She hated the way he could evoke such emotions that she had desperately tried to forget about. She hated the way that it was bubble up inside her whenever she saw him. She hated feeling such cold, raw, hatred because any emotion was a bad emotion and hatred made people do almost just as stupid things as love did. She would know.

She quickly looked away from him and pushed off the wall. She walked toward the bar and grabbed a beer, taking a sip; anything to distract her from his stupid penetrating gaze. Fuck, she hated him.

A body leaned on the counter very closely next to her but she already knew who it was and was not in the mood to talk with him. Can't he go mess with someone else?

"What are you doing here?" Neji asked with cold white eyes. Sakura didn't answer. She wouldn't answer; especially to the annoying Hyuga. While they got along on rare occasion, Sakura could live without his annoying presence. He was one of the only people would could piss her off with very few words. "Playing the silent game again?" Sakura remained silent and took another swig of her drink. "Did Itachi send you to watch us?" Sakura still remained silent. Neji wasn't counting on a vocal reaction as he watched her features for any hints of the truth. While she wore a mask, Neji was quite good at looking through it. "Sasuke is watching us." Neji said after a moment. "Why not talk with him? I remember when-" At this Sakura set her beer down hard, causing some to spill on the counter, and walked off. Neji smirked, she was still sore with that topic. One thing Neji prided himself in was the ability to get under her skin. He considered it a talent since not many could, but he knew all the right buttons to press.

Sakura walked toward the other side of the room with the clear intent to get far away from the four boys when a hand shot out at her. She looked up to see violet eyes gaze hazily over her. He had white hair that hung in his face. He flashed a sharp shark tooth smirk. "Name's Suigetsu, you here alone?"

Sakura stared at the boy who looked like an utter drunk mess. She was about to shake him off when she felt it; the need. It took effect immediately, hitting her like a ton of bricks. She stomach fluttered, her heart raced at alarming speeds, her body heated up and her eyelids drooped. It usually started as a dull ache which she could ignore easily, but that dull ache quickly turned into throbbing pain.

Throwing caution to the wind, Sakura decided why not. Like she said before, hatred made her do stupid things but right now it seemed like a swell idea. If she could get out of the Uchiha's hawk glare, she would do anything. She gave the boy before her a flirty, coy smile and stood on her tip toes. Her teeth grazed his ear.

"Let's take this up stairs." Sakura breathed before grabbed his hand and tugging him upstairs. Suigetsu looked pleased with his success and walked with her upstairs, his eyes glued to her curves. They opened the nearest door and locked it behind them after making sure it was empty. Suigetsu was more than thrilled. He hadn't expected things to move so fast and glad he wasn't going to have to waste any time.

Instantly, Sakura's lips were on his. Suigetsu pushed her against the wall, as he fought for dominance in the kiss. Sakura felt the need grow unbearable as she was surrounded by his drunken scent but she contained herself. She didn't want to go too fast. She had to have some patience.

Oh, it had been sometime since Sakura had done something like this and she knew she had a job to do, but she didn't care right now. That's what Sasuke did to her, he made her careless. This was his fault and upon that realization, it made her more impatient and hasty with her movements.

She felt his tongue skim across her bottom lip, begging for entrance. Sakura mentally rolled her eyes, it would be easier to let the slim-ball stick his tongue in her mouth then fight it and still satisfied the growing need.

Suigetsu's hands skimmed up and down her sides before crawling under her shirt. Sakura lifted herself up, wrapped her legs around his waist, urging him to continue. Suigetsu backed up onto the bed and flipped her onto her back. Suigetsu smiled. This was going to be a hell of a night.

Ino blinked. Did she just see what she thought she saw? Was that Sakura flirting with Suigetsu? Him of all people? Even more so, Sakura was flirting? The girl looked dead for three years and now she was here, at a party, going to spend alone time with Suigetsu? Are they going upstairs to have sex? When did Sakura even know what sex was?

Ino quickly abandoned her dancing/grinding partner and went to the couch that had a pale looking Hinata, a laughing Tenten, and a blushing Naruto. What the hell was happening? The world was coming to an end when dead Sakura flirted and obnoxious Naruto blushed.

"Hey, Ino!" Tenten waved as she saw the blonde come over and sit on the coffee table in front of them. "Getting tired already?" Tenten teased.

Ino didn't laugh or even smirk which made Tenten freeze. "She is here."

Hinata looked shock. "W-What?" Maybe she heard Ino wrong.

Hinata felt a tap on her arm and looked back to see Naruto close to her again. She felt her face grow red. "Who?" Naruto asked curiously, his blue eyes searching. Upon seeing her go red, Naruto back away a little bit and Hinata sighed a bit in relief.

Before she could answer him proper, Ino swatted the boy away like a pesky fly. "Leave Naruto!"

"Ah! Okay Ino!" Naruto quickly stood up and started to dart away quickly trying to avoid Ino's threatening fists. He then turned away and flashed a nervous grin at Hinata. "See you at school on Monday!" Naruto yelped as he waved to Hinata. Her eyes widened and a smile came to her lips.

"Hinata? Earth to Hinata? Oi!" Ino narrowed her eyes. Hinata was completely lost in a daze. Jeez. "Sakura is upstairs fucking Suigetsu's brains out!" Ino yelled, snapping Hinata back to reality.

"W-WHAT?" Hinata stared at Ino before continuing much quieter. "Are you sure?" Hinata asked nervous.

Ino nodded her head. "I saw her. She looked around for a little bit, talked to Neji and then went upstairs with Suigetsu."

"What would she be doing here?" Tenten asked. "Even before everything happened she didn't like going to parties."

Ino shrugged. "I'm just telling you what I saw." All three girls were silent.

"What h-happened to her?" Hinata asked after a moment.

"I don't know." Ino sighed gravely. "But she isn't the person we knew before."

"That person is gone." Tenten shook her head quietly.

Sakura lifted herself off the bed and looked over at the man next to her. He was shirtless and passed out on his stomach, his face pressed down into the mattress. He looked a little paler then usual but that was to be expected.

The need Sakura felt earlier was gone and had actually left shortly after engaging but found that after you engage, you usually have to finish it up before you can leave. Sakura didn't like leaving things half done. She was taught better than that.

Sakura shook her head. He was asking for it. He was way too grabby for her liking. She was just glad the boy tired quickly. Half an hour after entering in the room and he was passed out, but he'd be fine in the morning.

Sakura sighed. No matter whom she got with when the need occurred, it would satisfy but she didn't feel right afterwards. She hated the feeling and wondered if it was her or them. Maybe she was doing it wrong? Or maybe he had shown her the wrong technique? Regardless she couldn't ask now, that would be pathetic. She would just go with the mentality that Suimetru, no, Suitetfu, no, well whatever his name was, was simply unsatisfying.

After readjusting her shirt and giving the passed out boy one last glance, she slinked down stairs back to the party. No one paid much attention to her as per usual. Most people were either drunk or gone. She walked casually toward the hallway out of the house and started to leave. She already failed for the most part on her job. She left in the middle of watching to satisfy her need and now she could care less what they did. She was still bubbling with hatred. The nagging voice in her head told her that Itachi would be mad, no furious, if she didn't do at least one more check and what real harm would one look cost?

She spun around on her heel and looked around. Naruto was dancing and looked more of a danger to himself than anyone else. Neji was leaning against the bar drinking and talking to some girls which slightly worried Sakura in the sense that she didn't trust him. But after watching for a few more moments, she realized that Neji didn't have any interest in the girls that would put anyone in danger. She couldn't help but internally smirk. It looked like he was trying to escape but they just wouldn't let him go.

Sakura's green eyes scanned the area and landed on Sasuke again. Shikamaru was at his shoulder and they were talking. Of course they hadn't moved; those two probably didn't even want to be here in the first place. Sasuke turned and looked at Sakura, stopping his conversation with Shikamaru.

Suddenly the urge to leave came back as hatred began to boil again and Sakura acted on it and left the house. She knew the boys would leave soon and if they hadn't done anything all night, they wouldn't now. They were idiots most of the time, but they weren't that stupid…

Sasuke watched as Sakura walked out of view. He knew she had done exactly what the boys weren't supposed to. He could see it; her normally dull and dead eyes were bright and glassy. Her skin glowed and she looked more alive. His stomach tightened at the thought of what she had just done and hated it.

Finally he stood up next to Shikamaru and nodded to Neji who gathered Naruto's drunken body, thankful for an excuse to leave the girls, and the four left. Shikamaru drove Neji's car home. When they reached the house the four walked in. Itachi and his friend Kisame were sitting on the sofa on the usually deserted first floor.

"How'd it go?" Itachi asked, eyeing each boy carefully.

"Fine." Sasuke grunted, hating to see his brother right now. The four went up the stairs to Sasuke's room without another word. Well, that fucking sucked.

Music was vibrating the ground by the lake as it blared through speakers scattered across the grounds. Sakura usually didn't go to these things, especially by herself, but her all her friends were out of town for the summer; she might as well try to do something fun. Plus Kiba was kind of cute, or at least she thought so until she saw him lip locked with a random girl. Somehow after seeing that display, her interest levels in Kiba plummeted to zero. Man, she wished Ino was there with her.

She had a few drinks and talked with a few people from school but that was about it. She really didn't want to be here and was starting to regret coming. She didn't feel like she belonged with the party crowd. That was more Ino's territory.

Feeling like no one would miss her from the party; she walked away toward the lake in the center of the park. It was dark but she knew the way through the park almost as well as navigating her house. She probably spent more times in the park then inside her own house. Sakura just loved being outside in general.

The tall trees blocked her view of the sky, and also didn't allow any of the moonlight to shine through. After about ten minutes of walking she reached the lake's edge. It was completely smooth and mirrored the night sky. She walked closer and took her sandals off to dip her feet in the water.

The water was cold but she didn't mind. She liked it. It felt good against her warm skin. The cool water was soothing. She watched the ripples break the mirror-like quality of the lake and watched it slowly smooth out again. It was mesmerizing.

Suddenly she heard footsteps crunch directly behind her. She spun around so fast that she tripped herself up and fell into the lake. Now, completely soaked, she glared up at the stranger who stood before her. He smirked down at her sopping form and offered a pale hand.

Feeling childish, she refused the hand and stood up on her own, but tripped over her feet again and nearly fell in for a second time until she felt a cool grip on her wrist. She looked to see the stranger give her another smirk and pulled her out of the water.

He shook his head at her foolishness and handed her his jacket. She hesitated before reluctantly taking it. She started to put it on but he came behind her and helped her. Normally she would have found this very gentlemanly but she felt like this guy was taunting her, like she was so useless that she couldn't even put on a jacket without fucking it up somehow. Plus he was a little bit too close for comfort. Hell, at least he was an attractive stranger.

After the jacket was secured and zipped up, she turned to him questioningly. He shrugged and walked past her uncaringly. She stared awestruck that he wasn't going to speak a single word to her then suddenly from a deep voice, "Be more careful next time."

The voice seemed to hit her, deep in her soul and shook her. She watched the boy, about her age she noticed, walk away slowly. Whoever he was, she hoped that she would see him again and suddenly she was glad she came to the party after all. She smiled pleased with the outcome of the events.

Hello! Thank you for everyone how read (special thanks to those who reviewed-love you guys). Anyways, just a reminder, the Italics at the end of each chapter is a flashback. This is before the events of the last flashback and all the flashbacks following will be in chronological order of this one. (I hope that makes sense).

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