I Want Your Blood!

Hinata went to the church the next morning. She took a long breath to gain the confidence to talk to Sasuke. She obviously trusted him, but he was acting strange lately. Hinata entered the church and observed the lobby for a little bit.

"Sasuke!" she called.

She walked in further. "Sasuke!" she called again.

"Hinata?" Kurenai said walking through the front door.

"K-Kurenai-sensei!? W-What are you doing here?"

"I had an appointment so I'm coming into work late. I should ask you the same thing."

"I… I'm, um, looking for something."

"I see." She walked in further and said "Maybe I should help you."

"No, no. That's okay. I know where I put it. You should go to work." Hinata said backing up.

Kurenai stepped closer and said "And you should come back with me. I won't let you skip school Hinata."

Hinata flinched and responded "Yes, sensei."

Kurenai pulled out a pocket knife when Hinata wasn't looking and hid it behind her back.

They heard a hiss.

"What was that?" Kurenai asked.

"N-Nothing. Let's go quickly."

Sasuke came out of the shadows and pounced on Kurenai. He cocked her head back and bit her neck.

She screamed for help.

"Sasuke, stop!" she cried trying to pull him off. He didn't budge.

"Sasuke get off of her! Sasuke!" she sobbed.

I don't have the strength to pull him off! Why won't he listen?

He sunk his teeth deeper into her neck and she screamed louder. She dropped her weapon.

"Please Sasuke!"

He stopped, looked at her, and pushed her away.

Hinata flew back and hit the giant cross that was standing in the back of the lobby. She fell violently to the floor.

She coughed and whispered "Stop…"

Kurenai struggled less and less until she wasn't moving at all.

Sasuke threw to the floor and wiped his mouth.

Hinata hurried over to Kurenai and sobbed "Kurenai-sensei wake up! Please! Don't die on me, please…"

But it was too late.

She cried and held her tightly.

"She had bad intentions." Sasuke said emotionlessly. "Besides, she was dying every single second. I thought, might as well put her out her misery."

"How do you know if she was truly bad!?" Hinata screamed "And I'm dying every single second too! Are you going to kill me as well!?"

"No. I refuse to kill you."

"Well, you just killed me a little inside."

She was drenched in tears and blood.

He pulled her away from Kurenai and yelled "You didn't know who she really was! I had no choice but to kill her!"

"You didn't have to harm me in the process!" she yelled back.

"I knew what you were going to do! You were going to stake me in order to save her!"

"How would you know that!?"

"I had a premonition."

She jerked her arm away. She asked "What was she planning to do? What were her intentions?"

"She was planning to kill you."

"W-Why?"

"You stared over here too much. She thought you were better off dead."

"But I stopped staring."

He shook his head and said "Whether you were or not. She saw you come in here on Friday."

"She's not the only one. Your principal and nurse are in it too. Never go to the nurse or principal's office."

She cried and Sasuke pulled her into an embrace.

They know what you'll become. That's their real reason, my love. Sasuke thought.

"They know about me. I'll do everything I can to protect you. No matter what the cost." Sasuke said.

"P-Please. D-Don't say that."

"It's the truth, my love. If I die for you, it won't be in vain."

She pressed her body closer to his. She whispered "I can't bear to lose another one. You're one of the only ones that I have left. Without you, I don't know how I'll live on."

"Don't say that! I don't want to hear those words come out of your mouth! It just doesn't seem right."

"But it's true! Sasuke I… I th-think I might… might l-lo-lov-"

Sasuke kissed her on the lips. It lasted for a while.

"It's alright. Don't strain yourself." He chuckled.

"So, you know what I want to say?'

"Of course. I can read you like a book, my love."

Hinata smiled at him.

"Please, go to school tomorrow and act like nothing happened."

"I can't do that. Too much has happened today. How are you going to hide the evidence?"

"I'll put her body in a certain place and I'll drive her car back to her house. Since I have no fingerprints, the police won't know that I did it."

"Sasuke…"

"Tomorrow in school, act like you're surprised about the death."

"I can't do it."

"Yes, you can. You're a strong girl, my love."

"I'm a lot weaker than you think."

"Go. I have to hide the evidence before someone sees."

"Fine. Be careful." Hinata said.

"You too."

Two months passed and their class finally got a new teacher.

"Hello everyone. My name is Iruka Umino. I am your new teacher for the rest of the year."

Everybody groaned.

"Calm down students. We also have a new student too. Please come in and introduce yourself."

He walked into the classroom. All of the girls screamed from his cuteness.

"Hello. It's nice to meet you all. My name is Deidara."

"Since he's new to our school, he'll need a tour. Who will show him around?"

All of the girls raised their hands. Some boys were giving him dirty looks and some weren't even paying him any attention.

"Do you want to pick your tour guide, Deidara?" Iruka asked.

"Sure. I… pick… her."

Deidara was pointing to Hinata. She was the only one not paying attention. The whole time, she was staring out of the window looking at the church.

"Me?" Hinata asked shocked by his answer.

"Of course. You're the only girl not making a scene about me."

"Oh. We can tour after class."

"Sure thing."

Naruto gave Deidara a suspicious look.

Why couldn't he have picked a boy? Hinata thought.

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"This is the library and across the hall is the boy's bathroom." Hinata explained.

"It all seems so confusing."

"Not really. You'll be walking by these doors everyday."

"I'm more interested in you."

"Huh? I-I'm not interested in you."

Deidara sighed "Not in that way. Why do you look like Kana?"

"W-What?"

"You heard me."

"Why do you want to know? What are you to her?"

"You little brat. You dare talk to a vampire like that!?"

"A vampire? What are you to Kana?" Hinata asked.

"I was the one who turned her. Who are you?"

"I'm her reincarnation."

"If that is so, how did you find out?"

"A certain someone told me."

"Who told you?"

"It's my turn to ask questions. What's the story behind you and Kana?"

"Let's go somewhere where it's just you and me first."

"Fine."

They went into a nearby janitor's closet. It wasn't very roomy in there either. Although the things on the shelves were neatly stocked.

"I was 150 when I saw her. At my first glance, I fell in love. I didn't understand it at first because I thought vampires were heartless creatures that only wanted blood. After a while we began to talk to each other. I loved everything about her. Her smile, her voice, her laugh… Until it got to the point where I couldn't take it anymore. I just had to have her. I confessed my love to Kana a month later, but she rejected me. I thought I was going to kill her then and there, but I controlled my self. She just wanted to be friends and nothing more. So one day, I kidnapped her. I tortured Kana everyday. I wanted to her to say that she loved me too, but she was persistent. It got so bad that I raped her more than once and told her that I loved her over and over again during the process. Kana's body grew weak within 9 days. She couldn't hold onto life much longer. The only way to save her was to change her into a vampiress. I changed her and she ran away from me. I never saw her again."

Hinata frowned.

"Although, 300 years later I heard she was teaching some kid about poetry and life. Then, 200 years later I received news that she died. She was murdered by a human."

"Poor Kana…" Hinata said shakily.

"When I came to this school, I wasn't expecting to see you here. Answer my final question. Who told you about Kana?"

"… Kana's student. I can't trust you enough to tell you his name."

Deidara furrowed his eyebrows. He said dangerously "You little brat…"

"Good-bye."

Hinata was about to leave the janitor's closet, but Deidara pulled her back down. He restrained her arms and forced her to the floor.

"What's the student's name!? Tell me!"

"N-No! I refuse."

Deidara tightened his grip on her wrists and whispered in a dangerous tone "Tell me now or I'll do the exact thing to you like I did to Kana."

Hinata gasped from the pain and pleaded in a whisper "Please. If I tell you his name, will you hurt him?"

"I don't know. It depends."

"Depends? I'm begging you."

He made his grip a lot tighter.

"I'm a cold-hearted monster. In other words, I don't care. Just tell me his name!"

Hinata screamed "Sasuke! His name is Sasuke! Just stop, please! Let me go!"

He released her and backed away.

"Thanks for telling me. Let's walk home together."

"Why would I want to do that after what you just did to me?"

Deidara's eyes turned red and he said "What was that?"

"Fine, fine! I'll walk with you."

"See you in our next class." he sneered and left.

Hinata gasped as she looked at her wrists. They were bruised and the bruises were shaped like hands. Sasuke would be able to tell that another vampire did it.

What am I going to do about this? Sasuke's obviously going to question me. I'm in a lot of trouble.

After school, Hinata and Deidara were walking on school grounds. Hinata was wearing gloves to hide the bruises.

"How old is Sasuke?" Deidara asked.

"He's 300. You're 950 years old, right?"

"That's right."

"Does that mean you're impervious to the sun?"

"That's also right."

"That's great." Hinata said sarcastically.

"Watch your mouth!"

Before Hinata and Deidara reached the school gate, they saw Sasuke waiting.

Hinata ran up to him. She asked "What are you doing here?"

"I was waiting for you."

"Oh."

"Hinata, why are you wearing gloves in late spring?"

"I, um, my… my hands are cold.

Sasuke raised his eyebrows in disbelief.

"D-Don't worry about it. Let's just go." Hinata rushed.

"You're not just going to leave me, are you? After you said we could walk home together?" Deidara said.

"U-Uh…"

"Who're you?" Sasuke asked.

"Th-That doesn't matter! Let's just go home." Hinata said frantically.

"My name is Deidara the vampire. You must be Sasuke. Hinata told me about you."

"Humph. What do you want?" Sasuke asked.

"Nothing really. I just wanted to get information out of your friend here. I'm done with her for the mean time."

Sasuke stood in front of Hinata like a shield.

"She was so stubborn. I had to get the information out of her by force. See you." Deidara said and left.

"By force? Is that why you're wearing gloves?" Sasuke asked.

"N-No. Deidara didn't force anything on me. Forget it. Forget everything he said."

"…"

They both arrived at the church and sat down together.

"Aren't you going to take the gloves off?" Sasuke asked.

"My hands are still cold."

"You're lying. Take them off."

"I don't want to."

He forced the gloves off of her hands.

"Stop!" Hinata said.

"Your wrists…"

The bruising had spread by a few millimeters.

"Deidara did it, didn't he?" Sasuke asked.

"He… he…"

"Stop lying to me! Why would you lie for him!?"

"Sasuke…"

"No excuses. There isn't any reason for you to lie to me for him. That hurts my feelings."

"I'm sorry."

"Lie once and a thousand truths will be doubted." Sasuke healed her wounds and said once more "Don't lie to me anymore, my love. It tears me apart hearing false words come out of your mouth.

"I won't lie. You know, he was the one who turned Kana."

"I know. I even know what he did to her."

"I should go home. I have homework to do."

"Alright. I need to be alone anyway."

"… I'll see you tomorrow."

"Good-bye my love." Sasuke dismissed.

In the morning before school, Naruto came by Hinata's apartment. She let him inside her apartment dorm.

"Hinata, I don't think you should be around that Deidara guy anymore." Naruto said.

"Yeah. He's dangerous."

"You know already?"

"Yeah. We had a… talk yesterday during the tour."'

"Don't think I'm crazy or anything, but I think vampires exist."

Hinata bit her lip trying not to laugh.

"I'm serious! I really think so. You're the only one I can talk to about this."

"I-I'm sorry. If you honestly think that's true, then go investigate. Try the cemetery."

Naruto smiled and said "Thanks Hinata! I knew I could count on you! I want you to come with me though."

"Huh? I might have plans…"

Naruto gave her the puppy dog-pout.

"Alright. I'll see what I can do."

"Thanks Hinata! I owe you." Naruto said holding her hands.

She blushed and said "N-No problem. W-When should we go?"

"Why not Friday at night time?"

"Sure."

I can't let Sasuke know about this. He'll never let me go out at night time to the cemetery. Hinata thought.

"Since I'm here, let's walk to school together."

Hinata smiled and said "Sure."

While they were walking to school, students from their same school were whispering to each other.

"People are starting to talk, Naruto." Hinata said.

"I don't care. Let them think what they want."

"I guess you're right. You don't like that way anyway right."

Naruto gave off a nervous laugh.

"What's wrong?" Hinata asked.

"W-Well, I've been wanting to tell you this for a while, Hinata."

She raised an eyebrow.

"I… I actually l-l-lik-"

"Wait up guys!" Sakura called.

"Good-morning Sakura." Hinata greeted.

"So you're walking with Naruto this morning? Can I walk with you two? Ino's sick today."

"I don't mind. What about you Naruto?"

"I don't care." He groaned.

"Okay." Hinata said.

Now I'm embarrassed. Naruto thought.

"Hinata!" Deidara yelled as he took her away from Naruto and Sakura.

"What are you doing?" Hinata asked.

"Walk me to school."

"You're annoying." Hinata huffed.

"Get over it." He said. He looked at her wrists "You're injuries…"

"They healed."

"So, Sasuke's a healer. How interesting."

"If you're planning something…"

"I'm not. Even if was, what would you do about it, human?"

"Just because I'm human doesn't mean I-"

"Yes it does. All humans are weak."

"But if I-"

"Nope. It's not like you can believe in the power of love so you can overpower your enemies."

"You're a jerk! I bet you couldn't change even if it took you a whole century."

"I choose to be this way." Deidara said.

"Why?"

"I have a grudge against Kana."

"But I'm not Kana."

"So. You're her reincarnation. I'm angry because she died."

"I still have nothing to do with this."

"So. That doesn't matter."

"Tch. I'm leaving." Hinata said.

"Wait."

Deidara was about to grab her arm but Naruto cut in.

"You should never touch a lady if she doesn't want to be touched." Naruto said.

"It's you…" Deidara said angrily.

"Naruto…" Hinata said.

"Let's go, Hinata." Naruto said as he held her hand walking towards the school.

They just left me. Sakura thought.

During lunch time on the roof, Naruto and Hinata were eating together. Sakura would've joined them, but she said she had to talk to Iruka about some things.

"Hinata, if Deidara is bothering you, I'll deal with him." Naruto said.

"No! D-Don't. It's nothing serious."

"I mean it. I really don't like that guy."

"Just let it go. He's strong. You wouldn't last very long."

"So, you have no confidence in me?"

"It's not that."

"I'll prove how strong I am next time he messes with you."

This isn't good. Hinata thought.

"Naruto, wait…"

"No matter what you say, I'm still going to do it."

"I don't want you to get hurt."

"Don't worry. I mean, there's a chance that he won't bother you again."

"I don't like where this is going…" Hinata said sadly.

"I'm just trying to protect you."

"But I don't want to see you get hurt!"

"My condition doesn't matter as long as you're okay."

"You're so selfish!" Hinata screamed "Do you even care that I'll worry about you!?"

"…"

Hinata became teary-eyed and Naruto touched her face.

He said "I'm sorry. I didn't mean to hurt you. I didn't realize." Naruto looked down at the ground "Still, if he even lays a finger on you, he's dead."

Hinata furrowed her eyebrows and closed her eyes. The tears rolled down her cheeks.

"I'm only trying to protect you."

"The situation isn't that bad." she sobbed.

"You may think so, but it tears me up inside to see you being hit or being forced to do something."

"I can't take it anymore." Hinata gasped.

"W-What's wrong?" Naruto panicked.

"My heart aches."

"C-Calm down. I'll go get the nurse."

"No, don't. I just have a broken heart. It'll heal."

Naruto's eyes widened.

"Naruto, I feel this way because I don't want to lose another person I care about. Deidara doesn't have normal strength."

"… Fine. If he pisses me off though, I'll kick his ass."

"Thanks…"

More tears rolled down Hinata's cheeks.

"Stop crying, Hinata."

Naruto wiped the tears off of her face. He looked her in the eyes. Hinata looked the other way.

"Don't resist." Naruto said.

"Naruto, I can't kiss you."

"W-Why?"

"Because if I kiss you, I'll be betraying someone."

"Hinata…"

"B-Besides. You don't mean it anyway. It was just a tempting moment."

"It's not the fact that it was tempting. I really wanted to-"

The bell rang.

"We have to go Naruto."

"Y-Yeah."

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For the entire day, Hinata was avoiding Deidara. So, after 3 classes, he approached her in the hallway.

"Why aren't you talking to me?" Deidara asked.

"I don't have to talk to you. I'm tired of talking to you."

"Brat. You want me to bite you, don't you?"

"Stop bothering me! If you're still mad at Kana, go get some therapy or something. I have nothing to do with it."

"I know you don't. But since you look like her, it's an exception."

"Leave me alone. Just because you were never loved by your only love doesn't mean you have to pick with me. I can see why she didn't love you."

"Shut your mouth."

"Did I hit a nerve?"

"I said shut up!"

A red thin line came out of Deidara and went into Hinata's mind. She gasped and fell to the floor. She didn't move.

"You don't listen. If I say 'shut your mouth' the first time, it's a warning."

He stood by her side.

"I should break a bone or two."

"Back off!" Naruto yelled.

He punched Deidara in the face and he fell to the ground.

"How were you able to…? Never mind. I know about your kind. I fought you before."

"What are you talking about? I never met you until you first came to our class."

"Forget it. You'll find out later."

"Why did you attack Hinata?"

"She got me mad. It's pretty obvious, little boy."

"I also saw what you did. What are you?"

"… The same thing Sasuke is."

"Sasuke… You should never attack a girl even if she has done something!"

"Why do you care!?"

"Because I love Hinata! You might not care, but if you love or loved someone, you never ever hurt them!"

Deidara's eyes widened.

"I'll be taking my leave now." Deidara said leaving.

Naruto held Hinata in his arms.

"Wake up, Hinata! Come on!"

To be continued…