A Thousand Year War
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Chapter 2: The Painter and Samurai
Temari hummed to the song blasting on her radio. Temari's favorite song was going to be on at nine, she called the radio station requesting it so many times that the station plays it at the same time every night.
She stretched and looked at her watch, "I can't believe it is eight thirty already! The brewery should be closing soon…" Temari looked at Sai's cat, while it glared at her. "Oh, don't give me that look, I will be back before he even gets suspicious." She giggled and snuck out.
Temari walked the block to the brewery, and made it just before closing time. "Hey Naruto! Why are you still working?"
Naruto turned around, and Temari was greeted by his big purplish black eye. "If this is what you look, I am afraid of what the other guy looks like! What happened?"
"Sakura happened." Naruto mumbled as he cleaned off the tables and swept the floor.
"Sakura did that to you?" Naruto glared hard at her, it some what frightened Temari. He had never looked so angry.
"That stupid rich bitch asshole that was with her. After you left, Sakura and him got in a fight." He said clutching the broom tighter.
"And…?"
"He was going to hit her and I stopped him. He punched me in the eye, I fell, he laughed and spit on me, then left."
"And Sakura?"
"She followed right behind him." He threw the broom across the floor. "Temari, I am never going to get her am I? She is so gorgeous and I am just Naruto. She is rich and I am dirt poor. She is uptown and I am downtown."
Temari smiled and sat on the bar counter top and turned on the radio. "Naruto I know a little song, that just might cheer you up."
Then Temari's song began to play. Billy Joel's voice boomed through the surround sound, singing Uptown Girl. Naruto laughed and they sang together, using the mop and broom as mics.
Once the song finished, Temari looked at a smiling Naruto. Then heard a banging at the front door. Naruto opened it immediately.
"That was a great performance." The man said. Temari had never seen him before, but he was better than yummy, he was scrumptious! "Naruto, I thought you would've been alone, since it is so late."
"Oh my god." Temari yelled. "I forgot about work!" Temari ran out the door, only to return and say "Don't worry Naruto, she'll come around sooner or later!" and dashed away.
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Temari snuck back into the gallery, hoping that Sai didn't notice her absence. The coast looked clear, she sighed aloud and continued working on restoring a painting.
About a half an hour later, Temari was still working. "Damn, I am going to pull another all nighter." She groaned and pouted, "I didn't even get my coffee."
"Decaf?" a voice from behind her said.
Temari turned to find a shadowed man blocking the back entrance. "Who the hell are you?"
"You hurt my feelings. You just met me today, and you can't even remember me?" he stepped into the light.
"Sasuke." Temari stuttered.
A maniacal smile crossed his face, and it didn't take a rocket scientist to figure out what to do. Temari ran. But as soon as she got to the entrance, she stopped dead, in her tracks. "S..Sai?"
Blood was smeared across the walls; crimson marred the walls, and a mutilated body laid in a position that would be impossible for the human body. The entire floor was covered in a red carpet.
"How do you like my artwork!" Sasuke screamed from behind her.
Tears streamed down her face and she ran for her life. Temari kept running, ever so often looking behind her, only to see the man perusing her. He was like fucking Michael Myers! Temari made it to the brewery and slammed her fist against the glass. The paint on her hands smeared.
"Naruto!" she screamed on the top of her lungs. This whole area was just shops, and it was past closing time. But Naruto lived in his shop unlike others. "Naruto!"
She looked to her side to see Sasuke with his crazed smile, not to far away. "Naruto!" she banged against the glass. She saw the brewery light turn on and Naruto and the man from earlier walk out. "Naruto!"
Naruto began to run to the door, but Sasuke was to close.
Sasuke kept walking toward her, but stopped to look at Naruto to whisper 'your next.'
"Temari run!" Naruto yelled as he was trying to find the key to the door.
"Tsk tsk, Temari." Sasuke said and with one swift movement grabbed her from behind. It was unnatural, what the hell was he? Temari shook violently, she felt he legs go completely limp. It was almost as if he was draining her energy.
"Let her go!" Naruto yelled. "I knew there was something wrong with you!"
"He is one of them." The unknown man sighed "How troublesome."
Sasuke laughed, "A were and a samurai, how amusing. Well watch me take every single ounce of this girls blood!" He drove his fangs into Temari's neck.
Do something Temari, you cannot let this happen!
Temari elbowed the psychopath in the gut and she stumbled out of his grasp. She felt Naruto's arms around her, and saw the mysterious man fight Sasuke.
The unknown man pulled out a sword and Sasuke… he turned into a most hideous monster.
"I will be back! With more of us!" Sasuke yelled leaping into the sky and vanishing.
"Good, then I won't have to hunt you all individually." The man huffed.
"Shikamaru!" Naruto cried out. "She won't stop bleeding!"
Shikamaru walked over and saw the poor girl lay lifelessly; so pale she could be compared to paper, with blood roaring over long neck. "She can't be saved."
"She is my friend!"
"Naruto…" Temari said hoarsely. "Make sure Pinky is ok, please."
Naruto felt her body go limp and watched her teal eyes begin to fade.
"Shikamaru!"
"Fine…"
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"Miss. Sabaku? Are you awake?" Temari's eyes forced open and lunged forward at the man beside of her, pinning against a wall, and raised her fist to his face.
"Who the hell are you? Where are Naruto and Sasuke?" Temari yelled.
"Temari." Naruto called from the doorway. "That is Shikamaru, he saved your life."
"Though, I have the feeling I am going to regret it." He mumbled.
Temari sat down and rubbed her forehead. "I thought I was dead."
"So did I." Naruto smiled at her. "I checked up on Sakura. She is fine, but she yelled at me for about a hour, and I can't hear out of my right ear."
Temari laughed and she reached up to her throat. "You have a lot of explaining to do."
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Temari, Naruto, and Shikamaru sat in Naruto's loft looking at each other. Temari was trying to think of a question, but she had a million and two to choose from.
"Ok Tem, we are willing to answer any of your questions. But," Naruto remarked, "you have to promise to keep it a secret. You may never reveal any of this information to anyone!"
Temari nodded, "I promise. What was he?"
Shikamaru sat up straight, "He was a vampire, of sorts."
Temari looked at Shikamaru, he was looking at her eyes. She liked that. "What are you?"
"I am a samurai." He said.
"A samurai?" she asked cocking her head to the side. "You mean from way back when?"
Shikamaru nodded, "I was born in the year 1158."
Temari's eyes shot open, "Your like a thousand years old!"
"I am actually 840 years old." The samurai stated.
Temari was completely and utterly shocked, she quickly turned to Naruto. "How old are you!"
Naruto blushed, "I am 26, but in my peoples age I am 175."
"Sasuke said you are a were. Are you like a were-wolf?" Temari asked.
"Not exactly, I am more like a were-fox." Naruto scratched the back of his head.
Temari was floored! She didn't know up from down anymore! The conspiracy theory was back into play. Vampires ruled the earth.
Temari looked at the samurai, "Are there more of your kind?"
"Yes, eight to be exact."
"How many vampires?" she dreaded the response.
"Thousands."
"Are they like movie vampires?" she asked.
Naruto responded. "What movie?"
"Umm, either Dracula or Blade."
"More like Blade vampire, without the biting and changing part." Naruto said.
"You watch to many movies." Shikamaru said.
"Well I wouldn't talk if I were you. You popped out of the History Channel! And I feel like I am stuck on sci-fi!" she covered her face with her hands; her entire face felt like it was on fire.
"Tem, are you ok?" Naruto asked.
"What is going to happen to me now?" Temari looked up tears welling in her faded eyes. "Is that thing going to keep trying to kill me, because I stuck up for you? Or am I going to be a victim of a cover up?"
Shikamaru sighed, "I told you to just let her die."
"Naruto…" Temari looked up at him. "were they the ones who killed my family?"
Naruto looked away from Temari. "Yea."
"Is there anything I can do to help?"
Naruto spun around and looked at her. "Tem, you really don't want to get mixed up in all of this!"
Temari stood up, straight and dignified. "You do not have the authority to tell me what I do and do not want. That privilege was given to my parents, who were killed by those fuckers running around at night, and now I want to help in anyway I can!"
The samurai sighed, "She is quite troublesome… but I guess I can take her on."
"Excuse me?" Temari asked tilting her head to the side.
"After a warrior of the night, that's me, saves a innocent, that's you, from a devil of the night's bite, that's the ugly fucker from earlier, then the innocent belongs to the warrior of the night." He said sitting back. "So you and Naruto are bunk buddies."
"Whoah whoah whoah, so you're saying I belong to you? That's not going to fly bud, I am telling you that right now." Temari said crossing her arms. "And there is nothing you can do about it."
"Really?"
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"Let me go, let me go!" Temari hit the back of the samurai, and screamed out in frustration. Shikamaru threw her in the back seat of his black corvette.
"Naruto, I am going to kill you one of these days." Shikamaru shook his head.
"Sorry, I just couldn't let her die, because of me." Naruto said sadly.
"Yea, yea, if she causes me any trouble, I swear…"
"You won't do anything, because doing something would be too troublesome." Naruto laughed.
Shikamaru sighed and got in his car and drove away. He looked at the passed out woman in the back seat. Her long blonde hair fell all around her tiny figure, her full delicious lips were parted, just begging for rough and uncontrollable tasting, and her long full black eyelashes covered her most dangerously beautiful eyes. Eyes that, alone, could turn heads, no not turn heads, break necks. Her white dress rode up on her succulent and lush thighs, revealing just leggings and pure bliss.
"Troublesome."
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Ok guys I know the first chapter was well...The First Chapter. I hope this one is better to your liking! It is great to see fimilar names! Don't worry this story is gonna get very juicy! I just added the last paragraph for the pervert in all of us.
