Yuki: Ugh, pplz! I am SOOOOOOO sorry! I just got out of the hospital; my appendix almost ruptured. They said that if I had went to school, it would have blown up in math class...ugh! And I am still grounded. I'm sneaking on to try to update.
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"You see, there have been numerous cattle killings that have the farmers stumped."
"There's no blood on the scene and there's no blood in the cows; it's as if they were drained of their blood before they died."
"No...blood? How do you drain someone's blood?"
"Do you...believe in vampires?"
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Chapter 2: Vampires?
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"Vampires?" almost everyone whispered.
"Tsunade-baachan, what's a vampire?" Naruto asked. Sakura hit him over the head.
"Idiot! Vampires are bloodsucking creatures of the night!" she exclaimed.
"Not necessarily," Tsunade said.
"What do you mean, Tsunade-sama?" Kakashi questioned.
"It means that there is possibly a jutsu that allows vampires to walk in the daylight without dying," she explained. TenTen gasped.
"But that would mean a vampire could get anyone at anytime! No one would be safe!" she exclaimed.
"Precisely," Tsunade confirmed, gravely.
"But Hokage-sama, I don't get what 'vampires' have to do with the murders." Kurenai said, confused as to what the Hokage was trying to say. Tsunade took out a thick folder and opened it, scanning the contents.
"I'm just going to inform you on your mission now and the details," she said, not looking up from the folder and ignoring Kurenai's question. "There have been several murders in random parts of Konoha. Each of the victims have only a single wound…this," Tsunade held up an autopsy photo of some man's neck. Located on the spot where the shoulder and neck met, were two holes.
"Ts-Tsunade-sama…is that…" Rock Lee trailed off with wide eyes. Tsunade nodded.
"Yes…this is a bite…a bite that we are thinking came from a…vampire." she said.
"Hokage-sama, you have to be kidding!" Ino exclaimed. "I mean, a vampire?! Vampires are just myths!" Tsunade sighed.
"Yes…at least they were. However, this is more serious then I originally thought. Since there is the possibility that this vampire found and learned the jutsu…it could be anywhere at anytime. It would have no restrictions at all, since most vampires have a human form that would easily blend in with other, regular humans."
"W-Wait," Sakura started. "You're saying that this…this thing could be anyone?!" Tsunade looked grim as she answered.
"Yes. In fact…It could be in this part of town, in this tower, or even in this very room. It could be one of you….Just remember that." She cleared her throat. "All the information is in the folders I'm giving you. Your mission, find and bring in this vampire. If it is absolutely necessary, kill it."
"Yes Hokage-sama," they all chorused. As they were about to leave, the Hokage's next words stopped them.
"One more thing," They all turned around. "Even though all the victim's blood was drained, if the vampire decides to recruit more of it's own species, it will only suck some of your blood, it's venom turning you into one of it's own. Make sure that none of you come back from this mission as one of the undead, got it!" They all nodded and walked out, already dreaming up what could happen during this mission and all the possible outcomes of it.
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