Chapter Two Sakura

" Back off!" I yelled throwing my last dagger at the vampire and watching as he stumbled and finally turned to dust. Wiping my pants free of any dust I turned on my heel stalking off into the night. For 50 long years I had devoted my life to killing my own kind protecting the weak and pathetic humans. Why? I did not know. For I wasn't a 'good' vampire. I did feed off humans every two weeks when I needed blood but other than that I was a shadow in the night. Never to be seen, never to love, never to be remembered, and never to exist again. Sakura Haruno died a long time ago. Now I was just S, the protector. Lighting up a cigarette I walked down to old Asuma's bar. Opening the door I took my place at my stool.

" Will it be the usual tonight S?" Asuma asked already pulling out the Jack Daniels. Smiling I nodded as he poured me a shot. Taking it I chucked it back swallowing all of it. " Rough night I reckon." Asuma said shaking his head like a father would. " Now listen S I know you think that its your job to take on the world…" I cut through his words like ice.

" Asuma, your not my farther nor are you to act like it." I said glaring at him. Asuma sighed heavily and nodded pouring my another shot. " What do you have for me this week Asuma?" I asked sipping at the shot this time. Asuma looked around before pulling up a big manila folder and sliding it across the bar to me. Putting my shot down I looked up at him for a moment.

" Just read it S." He said a small twinkle in his eyes. Sighing I opening the folder. Inside there was a picture of two girls. One with midnight blue black hair and lavender eyes the other with brown hair and brown eyes.

" Two girls? They are human." I said reading over there statistics. Asuma gave a little chuckle.

" Read on S just read on." He said before moving on to serve another costumer. I rose an eyebrow at his antics but shrugged it off and began to read about the girls.

Hinata Hyuuga 16 black hair with white lavender eyes. The 5'7 tall 16 year old was last seen around 4 years ago the night her entire family was slaughtered. She was rumored to have died along with her sister but there was no trace that they had been murdered along with her family. Some say the she did it along with her sister to get to the fortune though the fortune was left there untouched. The only thing missing was some of the girls clothes, personal belongings and an 07 silver Spyder Eclipse. Trained in Karate sense she was 5 Hinata Hyuuga is a lethal child if she is still alive. There are rumors that she and her sister have been seen around the Mexican border. Though no evidence has been found that it is true. It is also rumored that she and her sister are around the Canadian border.

Tenten Hyuuga 17 brown hair brown eyes. The 5'5 17 year old was last seen a week before her sister 4 years ago. She was supposed to be going to visit her friends up in the north when she just vanished. It is said that she went back and kidnapped her sister killing the whole of her family. Like Hinata she has been trained in Karate sense she was 5 though she isn't lethal like her sister she is though highly dangerous. Not much is said about these two expect that strange things occur where they are rumored to have been.

Looking up from my reading I looked at Asuma. He was talking in low tones with a regular costumer someone I didn't know. I narrowed my eyes in instinctive distrust. When you had to deal with as many things as I did you knew that you never trusted a stranger

" Asuma! Why did you give me this." I said as he walked back over to me. Asuma looked down at the information I was holding before looking back up at me.

" I figured that some one as smart as you would figure out why I gave that to you S." He leaned in closer so no one would hear me. " Those girls….. Zabuza got to them S. They are...special so to say." I looked up sharply as he said this.

" Are they like me?" I asked wondering if he was meaning that I was going to have to go out and kill a couple of children. Asuma shook his head and slipped a face down picture to me. Flipping it over I saw the two girls obviously thinking that they were alone. My eyes widened in shock at what I saw. The girls had ears and tails just like a cat would. Looking up Asuma nodded at me.

" They aren't like you S but they are something special. Now they aren't causing any trouble but there future holds something fearsome." He said softly. I gulped a little bit. Usually Asuma didn't bring out his psychic powers unless he had to.

" What do you mean something fearsome?" I asked half afraid of the answer.

" Now S you know the rules when it is something that will affect the world I am not aloud to tell you and in this case if I were to tell you there would be dire consequences but lets just say that if either or these girls die it will be hell to pay….. literally." I nodded showing him that I understood. Then it hit me. There was no way that Asuma could have gotten these pictures.

" Asuma, how exactly did you acquire these pictures?" I asked holding up the two that he had showed me. Smiling he nodded at the man he had been talking to.

" I gave them to him." A deep voice called from behind me. I felt my eyes start to bleed red slightly. He was a vampire a strong one stronger than me. Turning I looked up at his startled to see that his eyes were onyx such a deep onyx. I narrowed my eyes. If his eyes weren't blue that meant that he was way stronger than I thought.

" And who exactly are you?" I asked not caring if he noticed the edge in my voice or not. He rose an eyebrow clearly sensing my un ease. He sat down in the stool beside me.

" Now I don't see what has gotten you all bristled Sakura but I don't rather like it." He said his eyes flashing at me. I felt anger boil up inside me. Not only was he strong but he knew my real name. " My name is Uchiha Itachi ." He said as Asuma poured him a glass of wine. I felt my throat close up. This vampire sitting in front of me was Uchiha Itachi the son of the very first vampire Uchiha Fugaku . I bowed my head in submission.

" My apologies your highness I did not know." I mumbled. Itachi laughed at me before lifting my face up.

" Tilt your head in respect not for I know that you do not respect me nor do you respect any vampire. No Sakura I know that you hate all vampires equally." He said though his eyes held humor his voice did not. I furrowed my brow not only did he insist on calling me by my human name he said it in such a way that annoyed me to hell and back.

" I do respect you just not as a person. I respect the power that you hold, the power that you do not use to rule the world like your Father used to." I said honestly. He looked my face over carefully before giving a slight nod in acceptance. " So how did you get the pictures?" I asked still wanting my question to be answer. Itachi shrugged his broad shoulders.

" Simple I took a camera and followed them." He said taking another sip of his wine. Not understanding I huffed throwing back the rest of my Jack Daniels.

" That's not what I meant. What I meant was how did you know that it was the same girls and how did you know where they would be." I said restating my question. Itachi looked at me and gave a half smile.

" You are a quick one just like Asuma said you were. Ok simple enough I have been following these girls sense they were roughly 3 years old." He said and a look came into his eyes. I knew that no more would be said about that particular subject at the moment. I nodded my head before standing up.

" Well what exactly am I supposed to do?" I said pulling out my wallet looking at Asuma this time. Asuma watched me for a moment before tossing me a necklace.

" Take that in time you will need it. You are supposed to meet up with these girls befriend them protect them. Your duties as a slayer here will be covered by someone else of that you can be sure." He said taking the $20 I was handing him. I looked at him skeptically.

" I have to protect these two…. Cat girls? It said in there profile that the Hinata girl was lethal in Karate why should I have to protect them?" I asked lighting another cigarette and taking a long drag from it. Itachi stood up.

" You do not understand. You must not have read it all." He said before sighing a little bit. " Yes Hinata is lethal but she doesn't know it neither does her sister. There memories were wiped so to say about 6 ½ months ago by a Zabuza who we fear was working for someone much more dangerous than he was. The only thing they remember is flash backs they get in dreams and even then it isn't enough. Hinata and Tenten will never be able to learn the potential they have for karate and other things without your help." He said. I looked at him. I took in the way he said Hinata's name it was odd and disturbed me for some reason. There was something that he wasn't tell me or anyone for that matter.

" How am I supposed to help them? I don't know any karate besides I don't even know where to find them." I said pulling my coat on. Asuma looked at me and nodded at Itachi.

" That is where he comes in. Yes you don't know karate that is true but you do know how to fight you will teach them how to fight. You are to train them in everything that you know. Of course Itachi will be there to assist you as well. He of course will be going." Asuma said his eyes sharp telling me not to protest. I held my hands up in submission.

" Fine, fine as long as I don't have to worry about him eating them I am fine with him going. Though I don't work well with others." I said looking at Itachi. He nodded at me grabbing his own coat and handing Asuma a $100.

" That is fine. For I do not work well with others either Sakura." He said before walking out the door. I growled a little bit. That Sakura nonsense was going to get on my nerves and fast. I followed Itachi out the door. He was leaning against a sleek Mercedes Benz.

" Get in we have a lot to do and little time to do it in." He said walking around to the drivers said. The car was started and he drove off just as I was closing my door. He was driving at least 20 miles over the speed limit.

" Where exactly are we going in such a hurry?" I asked hoping that we weren't going to be pulled over anytime soon. I hated cops and there blood always smelled of doughnuts.

" The girls are a hotel on south Boulevard we are going up there to kidnap them so to say. I saw them earlier. They didn't recognize me thankfully." He said shifting gears as he sped up. I nodded reading through the rest of there files.

" So where exactly are we going to be training them?" I asked looking up at Itachi. He gave me a look for a brief second.

" I own a cabin outside the city. No one will find us there because it is underground. We should be safe enough there for the time it takes to train them. We only have so much time though." He said turning sharply pulling into the hotels parking lot. I held on fast to the car.

" You know even though I am a vampire you can kill me." I said glaring daggers at him. Itachi smiled a bright white smile showing my long canines.

" Oh yes I know you can die. No Sakura I don't want you to die though." He said turning the car off. I growled lowly at him.

" Would you stop calling me that!" I yelled at him clenching my fist together. He laughed again.

" I was wondering how long it would take until you told me to stop S." He said mockingly before getting out of the car. " Come we have work to do and as I have already said little time." I got out of the car still growling lowly then it hit me what he had said.

" Why do we have little time? What exactly is so important about these girls anyway?" I asked putting my hand on Itachi's shoulder so he would stop walking and talk to me. Itachi stopped and looked at me.

" These girls hold the wait of the world as we know it on there shoulders. We have little to no time. Actually I would say we have less than two months to get them ready for what is to come." I looked at Itachi confused. He sighed deeply and led me into the hotel. It was clear he already had a room. " I will explain it all once we get to where no one can hear us." He mumbled under his breath as we stepped into the elevator. I nodded and waited for the elevator to come to a stop.