Konnichi wa!
Sunday, and all my homework is done! Well, most of it anyway…
Sniff… Today was the last performance of The Curse of Frankenstein. We had a good run, and I'm kinda sad I won't be able to spend nearly everyday with those people – they're just so amazing and wonderful to be around, after all – but there'll be more plays in the future. :)
I can't wait until then, though! –cries-
Well, this story has gotten a lotta hype! I'm so happy!
:D I've got some plans… XD
Hope you like it!
Wars of the Dark
Day One: Rage
"I CAN'T BELIEVE THAT KID!"
The brunette raised his head to see the blonde storming in. He rolled his eyes.
"Shut up, Naruto – you're too loud. And what do you mean, 'that kid'?"
Naruto glared at him.
"I mean that kid I met last night! I went to a bar, and I saw him KILL a man!"
The other blinked, obviously not caring.
"And? You've seen murder before."
Naruto howled in rage.
"NEJI! THAT ISN'T WHAT I MEAN! THIS KID WASN'T NATURAL AT ALL! HE KILLED THE GUY SO EASILY – LIKE IT WAS CHILD'S PLAY! DOESN'T THAT STRIKE YOU AS ODD?"
Neji blinked.
"Not really. Seeing as how we're odd in every sense, I really can't see anything else as odd now."
Naruto glared at him, slumping against the table across from the brunette.
"Neji, I'm going to kill you," he mumbled. Said brunette clucked his tongue and resumed reading.
"Yet another reason why we're odd in all sense of the world – you can't," he replied monotonously. Naruto growled but said nothing more for a moment.
"Neji…"
The brunette looked up to see Naruto staring at the wood of the table, now in a chair. Neji mentally applauded the blonde's control before replying.
"Yes?"
Naruto's eyes narrowed as he gazed at the wood.
"That kid… he knew. He knew that I was a vampire."
Neji's eyes widened.
"My, my – now THAT'S strange," he commented. "How did he find out?"
Naruto shook his head.
"He just said that… it was obvious a person was a vampire… once you knew what to look for."
Neji cocked his head.
"Well, it IS possible to tell that a person is a vampire just from sight alone – but you must be very close to the person in order to tell."
Naruto shrugged.
"Maybe."
But there was something more. I'm sure of it! That kid just totally freaked me out –
The brunette surveyed the other for a moment before speaking.
"Did you eat anything?"
Naruto shook his head.
"No. After that run in with that kid, I completely lost my appetite."
Neji blinked.
"Now THAT is strange."
Naruto rounded on him.
"SHUT UP!"
The brunette didn't blink.
"This kid… what did he call himself?"
The blonde blinked.
"He… called himself Sasuke."
"Any last name?"
"None."
Neji looked down at the table in thought.
"Hmm… 'Sasuke'… it sounds familiar." He closed his book and got up, walking away to the lounge. "I'll ask Shikamaru if he knows anything about it, okay?" He called over his shoulder as he left. "You get some sleep – you look like you need it."
Naruto sniffed and rubbed his rumbling belly.
How anyone can go to sleep on an empty stomach is beyond me! He thought bitterly. Sighing, he turned to the stairs and climbed upwards to his room to do as Neji suggested.
Quiet feet padded through the stone corridors until the bearer emerged in the huge throne room, immediately heading to the person on the throne, who held his arms out to encompass the small frame.
"So did anything turn up?" He breathed into the other's ear as the smaller settled comfortably on his lap, purring softly as the man's hands ran comfortingly through silken locks. Black, calculating eyes opened at the question, the soft candle light of the room making them glitter with a sinister aura. The other shifted, wrapping lithe arms around the man's neck as the elder pressed a larger hand at the other's back, the other hand draping itself across a hip.
"No," the other replied bitterly as his feet daggled over the arm of the chair. The man shook his head with a grim smile. "The artifact was a fake – the trail's gone cold again."
The man heard the tiredness in the smaller one's voice as he lowered his head to kiss at the soft neck.
"You can catch a whiff of something later," he told the other. "I know you can – you ARE talented in THAT particular area, after all."
The younger gave him a suggestive smile.
"I'm SO much better at other things than just THAT, my lord."
The man caught the underlying innuendos and smiled, lowering his head to brush his lips against the other's.
"Yes. I know you are. How about you prove it to me now, and then we can worry about the quest later? You'll find the one you seek eventually."
"Yes," the other breathed as the man's hands began to trail. "I'll find him – I know I will." Then the black orbs narrowed, the endless depths flashing with equally endless rage. "And when I do, I'll kill him – him AND his entire race."
End Day One: Rage
Short. But necessary, I think. :D
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Ja ne!
DDB