Chapter 4: An Awakening of Love.
With her fangs plunged deep into his neck he could feel every ounce being drained from his body. Every passing second felt like minutes, minutes felt like hours but he was happy. All he could think about was Hinata getting the blood that she needed so that her body wouldn't feel dry anymore. Just as he was feeling happy he passed out from the blood loss.
The warmth of blood flowing into her mouth and down her throat filled her body with warmth that she hadn't experienced from any other feeding. The blood was intoxicating beyond all reality, but she felt a strong urge to stop feeding just as the last pint of blood remained. Releasing her victim she opened her eyes and was in shock at the sight that lay before her. "No...no...NO! NARUTO!" She shouted. She then cradled the guy that she had started to fall for in her lap and began to cry. "Naruto p-please don't leave me. You're all that I have left, I l-love you." She sobbed. Soon after that, all the warmth in Naruto's body had disappeared.
'Where am I? Everything is so warm.' He thought to himself as he lay in a empty and dark plane, he saw a moon in the sky and nothing more. 'Am I dead?' He thought as he looked around. "You're not dead, which is lucky for you." Said a voice that seemed happy. Naruto sat up and looked around to see who was talking but he saw nobody. "Whose there?" Naruto called out. "I am." Said a voice from behind him. Naruto whipped around to see a tall blonde man standing behind him. "Who are you?" Asked Naruto as he scanned the man only to think he could be his, "I'm your father Naruto, I'm Minato Namikaze." Said the tall blonde man with eyes as blue as Naruto's. Naruto just stared blankly at Minato then dropped his head. "Something wrong Naruto?" Asked Minato only to be met with a tackling hug from his shorter self. "Dad where have you been all these years?" Asked Naruto. Minato asked Naruto to sit down so he could explain what happened. "The night that you were born, your mother and I were traveling but we had to return to Konoha where we were natives. We got called back to help deal with some diplomatic issues only to have to stop outside the gate where your mom started to go into labor. Almost as soon as it started you were born." Soon the plane that they were in showed Naruto with his parents as a newborn. "That's my mom?" Asked Naruto as he looked at the red haired maiden in the vision. "No I'm your mom." Said a sweet sounding voice from behind him, Naruto turned to see his mother standing behind him with a grin on her face. Naruto moved without much effort to hug his mother. "My boy you've grown so tall, just like your father." Naruto broke the hug and looked into the faces of his parents. "Where are your manners? You haven't introduced yourself." Said Minato motioning at Naruto's mother. "My name is Kushina Uzumaki." Said Kushina with a giggle. After seventeen years Naruto was finally going to learn what happened to his parents, all that he could think of was why did they leave him as a baby ad that he just wanted to... And just then Naruto punched his dad.
"Why could you two just leave me? I was just a baby!" Naruto shouted. "Damn Naruto you pack quite the punch. The truth is we were killed five minutes after you were born by a vampire." Said Minato. Naruto widened his eyes in shock. "Yes it's true Naruto, I bled a lot when you were born. So the vampire found me and your father and drank us dry." Said Kushina. "Then how did I survive? Surely he would've came after me for desert." Said Naruto. "I'm the reason why." Said a gruff voice behind Minato and Kushina. He was an old man who looked to be sixty years of age. "My name is Sarutobi, I was the village leader at that time, and also I'm a werewolf. We are the ones who have had the most luck killing vampires." Said Sarutobi. "So that's how I became an orphan, all my life I was angry at you two for leaving me but now I see that I have no need to be mad anymore." Said Naruto. "Naruto we've always been with you, and we are very proud of you. Like how you stood up for the young lady that you're traveling with." Said Kushina. Naruto wondered, "How do you know about Hinata?" Minato smiled and said, "We see everything you see, we hear everything you hear." Naruto felt a little awkward at finding that out. "We also know she's a vampire and that she just drank your blood." Said Kushina. Naruto's eyes widened when he remembered why he was in this plane. "So you said I'm not dead, does that mean.." Asked Naruto. "Yes you will awaken as a vampire." Said Sarutobi.
Naruto was speechless at this information but his mind was racing with thoughts. "Do you love me any less for who I am to become?" Asked Naruto. At that question Kushina punched Naruto in the head. "What the hell do you mean?! You're our son we will always love you no matter what!" Shouted Kushina. Minato managed to calm her down in a matter of seconds. "She's right Naruto, no matter what you become we will always love you." Naruto felt relieved at the reassurance from his parents, though Sarutobi was relatively silent he had a slight smile on his face. 'He said that he's a werewolf and that their breed has the most experience with vampires, I wonder.' Naruto thought before speaking, "Sarutobi, you said your breed has the most expertise on killing vampires, so can you tell me which legends are true or myth?" Sarutobi chuckled at the question. "Young man all legends or myths came from somewhere. So there are some that are true and some that are myth, like sunlight. Vampires can go out in sunlight but most choose not to. As a vampire your skin is pretty pale, but you won't burn to a crisp as legends say. Water is another, vampires aren't weakened by water. I have no idea where that myth came from. Solid foods, vampires can eat solid foods but their taste buds can only taste meat and some vegetables like carrots and potatoes, you can get nutrients from the meat but just one steak won't give you the proper amount of nutrients that human blood will offer you. Also the last one is vampires can reproduce. They just have a slightly longer carry term than humans do, humans are nine months, vampires are twelve months." Naruto was amazed at the information about vampires that he never knew. "Naruto our time is growing short, don't worry this isn't goodbye you'll see us from time to time like you are now." Said Minato as he and Kushina opened their arms and wrapped Naruto in a hug. Naruto tried to savor every second that he could before hearing the last thing his mother said, "By the way just a fair warning, this'll hurt like hell."
Naruto's eyes snapped open to see Hinata crying over his body, he then felt a pain stronger than anything he's ever experienced shoot through his body. He let out a cry in pain that could only be classified as a scream of bloody murder. Hinata was shocked that Naruto was alive and she was pushed aside as Naruto sat up and keeled forward as he screamed in pain. "Naruto! You're alive!" Said Hinata but her fears were becoming reality, the pain that she felt during awakening were pains that she wouldn't even wish upon her father (well, maybe her father). She saw that Naruto's skin had lost it's light tanish color it had only to change to a wight color. Naruto sat up and screamed in pain, Hinata saw what he was screaming for. His fangs were coming in. Soon afterwards he slammed his eyes shut. 'I guess right now all I can do is just watch.' Hinata thought as she watched in horror as Naruto experienced what she had felt three nights ago. To Hinata just watching Naruto go through his awakening felt like hours, but she had to remember that she was a rare case where her awakening happened rather quickly so Naruto's could take a little longer. After five minutes Naruto opened his still ocean blue eyes that had slits for pupils now, he saw everything in the night clear as day from his newly gained night vision. Just when he thought things were over all his muscles clenched tightly. The pain surged through Naruto faster than he could even think 'ouch'. This made Hinata cry because she felt so useless at this point. The pain for Naruto lasted ten minutes but when he came to the first thing that he saw was a crying Hinata, he placed his hand on her shoulder which made he look up to see a smiling Naruto. "You know, you're prettier when you smile." Said Naruto with a scratchy voice. Hinata smiled at the fact that he wasn't mad at her, Naruto closed the distance between them to which Hinata prepared for a kiss only to be met by his tongue licking the excess blood off of her chin. "Naruto you have to feed, there is one girl who is away from her group over there." Hinata pointed out to Naruto, at which he looked and let his new instincts take over and bolted at the teen girl. Tackling her to the ground he sank his fangs into her before she could scream for help. The blood fell down Naruto's throat and gave him instant relief from the dryness. After he consumed the last drop he released his bite and stood up, looking back at Hinata he gave her a grin. The two of them proceeded to walk home and Naruto explained all but one of the things that he learned to Hinata, he thought he should keep the one about having children to himself until he knew that Hinata was ready to be told that info. "So we can go out in the daytime?" Asked Hinata with a little bit of pep in her tone. "Yep, we just have very fair skin so we are lighter than humans." Naruto explained. As Hinata held Naruto's arm as she always did for that feeling of warmth Naruto felt warmth as well just by having Hinata close to him.
Arriving home to their little house they both decided that they should clean up due to blood on their chins and clothes. So they decided to have a bath but at the same time Naruto didn't want things to be awkward in that moment. 'Aha! I'll just wash my face to get the blood off, that way Hinata can have her bath without me there to make it awkward.' Naruto thought but things wouldn't workout that way, at that moment Hinata came in the bathroom with a robe on. "Naruto what are you doing?" She asked. Naruto explained his idea only to be reassured by Hinata, "You can join me for a bath, you're so gentlemanly that I don't have to feel shy." Hinata then dropped her robe and at the same time Naruto's jaw dropped. Hinata blushed at Naruto's reaction to seeing her body, but she welcomed the stare because no boy has ever looked at her like that before.
After their bath Naruto and Hinata changed into their night clothes and cuddled in the futon. "Naruto I'm sorry for turning you, I just couldn't fight instinct." Hinata said with a small sniffle. "Hinata you did nothing wrong, I actually wanted you to turn me so I can stay with you forever." Said Naruto with a smile. Hinata smiled in relief and leaned towards Naruto to kiss him, this time around the kiss they shared felt even more intoxicating than before. The feel of Naruto's lips on hers felt like pure bliss, her body surged with warmth from head to toe and soon she broke away from the kiss only to rest her head on Naruto's chest. Once in a comfortable position they both closed their eyes and drifted off to sleep.
