DO NOT OWE NARUTO!

Italics = Past/memories


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Chapter Three: Protection

Sasuke sucked the delicious liquid from the screaming boy's neck. Holding him protectively. This sacrifice was cursed. He tasted the creature's blood in the human. This boy's blood was making Sasuke's powers grow. The rush of strength made him feel drunk with power. He smirked and sucked harder wanting more. He was soon flooded by the emotions his pet was feeling. Pain. Fear. Anger. Sadness…and…relief? It was uncommon for a sacrifice to ever feel relived to die so Sasuke used his powers to dig into his victim's mind. He saw what the villagers had put him though over and over and felt his own rage flaring. How dare they abuse his prey like this to save their own lives. He growled against the flesh and pulled away from the sweet taste when the screaming had stopped and the boy had passed out.

As he held the chained boy, villagers were peering out their windows. Sasuke's eyes flared with anger. He smirked and said a few words faster than a human would see. Seconds later, two girls came from the forest, the raven had originally appeared from. "Are you sure Sasuke-sama? Can we really destroy your village?" Sasuke smirked to the blond girl. He had made a deal with a village elder hundreds of years ago to protected this village in return for a sacrifice once a year. Something about the boy's memories had destroyed that promise.

"Leave no one alive then burn it to the ground, Ino." He replied to the girl. She was his underling and the pink-haired girl with the blond vampire was Ino's pet turned vampire.

The girl named Ino smiled, "You heard him Sakura. Feed well on the human." Within a human blink the two girls were gone and screams filled the small village.

Sasuke sat on the platform and held the boy in his lap, petting the hair. He whispered softly to the unconscious boy, telling him that the people who hurt him were dying, painfully. The vampire continued to watch the blood splat as the girls made quick work of the village then set it up in flames. Ino turned to Sasuke and flashed him a peace sign for victory, a huge grin on her face. The two females walked up to him, "Are you keeping this one?" The blond asked looked at the sleeping boy's face.

Sasuke nodded, grabbing the chain and crushing in like fragile glass. "I don't know why I want to keep him beside the fact that his blood is divine." He smirked and held Naruto, bridal style, as he walked with the flames burn bright behind the three. The girls watched him leave…

The raven-haired male felt no guilt when he thought of his past. He was happy they had killed that village then or he would have gone back and tortured them more. Naruto stirred and cuddled deeper into Sasuke. The sweet smell of Naruto wrapped around him. He would do anything to protect this boy. He kissed the boy's forehead staring at the whiskered burn marks a villager had craved into the blond when we was but a child. Rage started to build in him again but he forced on watching Naruto sleep. He kissed the forehead again then closed his eyes.