Crimson Moon

Naruto and Hinata just sat there in the rain. Hinata was still trembling over what had happened. 'A vampire just took my blood…!' she thought. "Thank you Hinata." Naruto said as he stood up. He helped her to her feet. "W-Well don't think I did it because I like you. I just felt bad for you." She said looking away. He smiled. "Don't worry, I won't. I guess it's a good thing you showed up." He said. "Yeah…Anyway what happened to you?" she said. "I was going to drain a girl of her blood, but she took out a knife and stabbed me. It really hurt too…Anyway she ran off." He said. "A knife that really hurt you? What did she look like Naruto?" she asked.

He thought for a moment. "She had light pink hair, green eyes, and no breasts." He said. 'He remembered her breast size?' she thought. "Did you see what the knife looked like by any chance? Did it have a circle on it?" she asked. "Um…Yeah. She carried two of them." He said. "Why do you ask?"

'It must've been Sakura!' she thought. "I know the person who did it! Her name is Haruno Sakura. She's a hunter from across town. I hate her. She looks down on Neji and me just because we have no parents. So she's from a vampire hunting clan and her father is close to the person in charge, that doesn't make her better than us!" she said clenching her fists. "I see…Maybe I should kill her whenever I get the chance…" he said. "Be my guest." She said then started to walk away.

He followed her. "Soooo…Where are you going?" he asked. "To get more bullets since we ran out. Why?" she said looking at him. "Well I was really lucky you were there. I was thinking maybe it was a coincidence that you found me. I guess it is. Wait a sec! You know I just realized something!" he said. "What?" she asked. "That you're strange?"

"No. You called me 'Naruto'! You haven't called me that since we met!" he said happily. "Really? Wait, why am I talking to you? You're the enemy!" she said. "How can I be that bad of an enemy when I'm in every class of yours and I have a locker next to yours? You should be used to be by now." He said. "Well I'm starting to get used to the fact I'm stuck with you…" she said. "You didn't have to be so mean about it…" he said sadly.

She reached Cryosys. "Stay here." She said as she looked through her jacket pocket for her Vampire hunter license. "I'm not a dog." He said. "Yeah, but if you even step one foot in there you'll be shot, even if they don't know you're a vampire." She said and pulled out her license. "Fine," he said. "I'll stay here…"

She went into the store. As usual it was full of all kinds of weapons and things to go with the weapons. "Hi Hinata." Yuhi Kurenai said. She had long black hair, pale skin, and red eyes. She was the wife of one of the best vampire hunters, so she'd be helping out with all of it too. She kept her last name. "Hi Kurenai. I'm just here to pick up more bullets." Hinata said. "All by yourself? Wait, are you all out of bullets?" Kurenai asked. "Yeah…" Hinata said. "Kimimaro used up the rest of them…"

"Kimimaro? He uses his arrow launcher right? Why would he do that?" Kurenai asked. "I don't know…" Hinata said looking at some of the new weapons. "You might as well take all these." Kurenai said and handed her a suitcase full of bullets. "There are normal and special bullets in here right?" Hinata asked. "Of course. I'll write down how much you owe me okay." Kurenai said. "You may need to send over more." Hinata said on her way out. "Alright. See you." Kurenai said then Hinata left.

Naruto was still waiting outside. "About time." He said. "Don't annoy me." She said. "We're soaked! We look like drowned rats!" he said. "How's that something to be happy about?" she asked. "Well you were so depressed I thought I'd cheer you up." He said. She walked away. "I'm going home. See you." She said and left.

By the time she got back to the base it started to rain harder. "Well that took forever…" Tenten said, still sitting on the couch. "There was an accident so it took awhile." She said and put the case down. She went to her room, changed her clothes, put a bandage on the bite marks, then went back downstairs. "Where's Kimimaro?" she asked. "He went in his room, I haven't seen him since…" Tenten said.

Kimimaro sat on his bed smoking as usual. His ashtray overflowing with cigarette butts more than usual. Unlike any other time sake was on his nightstand. 'I wonder if you'd enjoy this kind of weather…Shizune…' he thought. Suddenly there was a knocking at his door. "Kimimaro…Mind if I come in?" Neji asked. "Sure, come in…" Kimimaro said. Neji opened the door then walked in. "You always get like this when it rains…Kind of like when I forget things easily when it rains." Neji said.

"Shut up…"

"Kimimaro, you and I are good friends. We're just two years apart in age. But you never told me why you get like this…"

"Well I suppose you have a right to know…"

"Kimimaro!" Shizune yelled as she ran over to him. They hugged. It was hot out in the park during the summer, 17 year old Kaguya Kimimaro and Shizune, his 16 year old girlfriend, were enjoying every minute of it. Kimimaro's hair, eyes, and skin were the same back then as they were now. He wore a green T-shirt, blue jeans, and black sneakers. Shizune had black hair and eyes, and pale skin. And she wore a white sundress and tan sandals.

"About time you got back. How hard was it just to go to the restroom and back?" he asked. "The line was long! It took forever to get in there!" she said. He kissed her on the forehead. "Oh who cares? Let's just relax and enjoy this nice weather. Of course, you're much nicer." He said. "Kimimaro! I love you! You know the nicest things to say!" she said and stopped hugging him.

About ten minutes later in started raining a sun shower. They went under a tree for shade. "Don't you love this weather?" she asked. "But it's raining…" he said. "It's a sun shower…I love them. The rain cleans away all your troubles, and the sun makes you feel happy. The combination of the two is perfect…" she said. He smiles. "You're so odd, but that's what I love about you." He said. They sat under the tree enjoying the view of the sun shower until it was over.

"Alright, I need to get home. I can't be late for work tomorrow. See you tomorrow Kimimaro!" Shizune said as she ran off. 'She's always so happy and lively…I wonder what would happen if she knew I was a vampire hunter…' he thought as he walked to the base. "Hi Kimimaro-nii-san!" 8 year old Hinata said happily from the couch. He patted her head. "Hi Hinata. Where's your brother?" he said. "In the basement." She said. He went down there.

"Neji…" he said. 15 year old Neji stopped target practice and put his gun down. "What?" he asked. "Did you hear anything else about that vampire?" Kimimaro asked. "Yeah," Neji said. "There was another attack on the north side of town. 36 people were killed yesterday." Kimimaro punched the wall. "Damn it! Everyday people are killed! We don't have enough hunters to take this guy down ourselves and those basterds in the base outside of town won't get their heads out of their asses and help!"

"K-Kimimaro! Calm down! It's true, we have to protect people by killing off vampires, but if we go at him now we'll be killed and no one might stop him. Please calm down!" Neji said. Kimimaro let out a sigh. "You have a point…I just don't want to fail…I hate vampires more than anything. They killed my father, the only family I had. I don't want the world to be ruled by those immortal freaks…" he said. "Don't worry, we'll stop him and live no matter what." Neji said.

"W-Wait a second! You said it was in the north side of town! I-I have to go!" Kimimaro said. He grabbed the gun Neji was using then ran off. 'The north side of town is where Shizune lives! I have to make sure she's safe!' he thought as he ran down the street. He reached the apartment complex where Shizune lived. The sidewalk was covered in blood and dead bodies. "Shi-Shizune!" he yelled as he rushed inside. He had to avoid tripping over dead bodies or slipping on blood as he made his way to her apartment.

He finally reached her apartment to see the door wide open and blood o the walls. "Shizune!" he yelled and ran in. Her parents were dead on the floor, their chests torn open and bleeding. He turned his head to see the vampire that had been killing so many people cut Shizune with his claws. Shizune fell on the floor, weak from blood loss.

"You son of a-!" Kimimaro yelled and took out the gun he took with him. He shot the vampire by luck with one bullet to the head. He died and his body turned to dust, like most pureblood vampires do.

He ran over to Shizune and kneeled next to her. He picked her up halfway to see she was covered in deep cuts and a few stabs. "Hang in there Shizune!" he said holding her close to him. "K-Kimimaro…" she said looking at him. Dark clouds formed outside and it started to rain. "Shizune, hang in there. You'll be okay." He said. "I'm so happy…you came…" she said. "Huh?" he asked. "I'd rather die next to you…then by that thing…I can't see you very well…but I know you're there…" she said. "Y-You won't die Shizune!" he said. "Kimimaro, how did you know…how to kill that…thing…?" she asked. "Th-That thing was a vampire. I'm a vampire hunter…" he said. "I'm happy you…are. Because…if you weren't…I'd never see you again before…I die." she said. "I'm sorry I didn't come sooner. In fact I should've walked you home. I'm a horrible boyfriend…" he said.

"But…you might've been killed too…Kimimaro, I love you…But please don't let my death upset you…Like I said…before, the rain cleans away all your troubles, so don't be so upset…" she said. "Shizune…I don't want you to die…I love you more than anything…" he said. "Kimimaro…I want you to make sure…this doesn't happen to anyone…in the future…" she said. "I promise…" he said. He presses his lips against hers and they kiss. She dies soon after.

"Shizune…I'm really going to miss you…" he said putting her body down. He walked toward the door, crying quietly. 'How can I not be upset over you? You were the only thing I really had left…' he thought then left. He left the apartment complex before anyone arrived. He got back to the base an hour later. "Kimimaro…?" Neji asked as he sat on the couch. He was helping Hinata read a book. "That vampire…he's dead now." Kimimaro said then went upstairs. He was so wet and soaked from the rain no one noticed he was crying.

He got dressed into something else then sat on his bed. He opened his nightstand drawer and took out the pack of cigarettes he kept in there. "I was hoping I had been able to quit…Oh well…" he said and lit one up.

"So that's it…I remember that day. I thought you had ran off when I told you where that vampire was last to kill it, but you went to see Shizune…" Neji said. "Yeah…I can't help but still be upset…I loved her more than anything at that time…Then that happened…" Kimimaro said. "You said she told you not to be upset right?" Neji asked. Kimimaro looked at him in surprise. "What would she say if she saw you sulking in your room?" Neji asked. Kimimaro smiled. "She'd yell at me for not keeping my word…"

He got up and walked toward the door. "Thanks Neji. You really are a good friend. I should stop sulking about what happened in the past and work on a future." He said and left the room. "I'm glad I could help…" Neji said. He saw the old picture of Kimimaro and Shizune on the nightstand as he left the room.

Sorry this chapter took so long. It rained by my house and I wasn't able to get this done. I felt I had to write about Kimimaro's past since no one knows that much about it. I will write the past of each character of this story. This one made me cry a bit, which is another reason it took awhile…Anyway, chapter 4 will be put up as soon as possible.

Kimimaro's past