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Chapter 4
Flashback:
"Sasuke-kun!" my mother called me. I smiled at the sound of my name and ran as quickly as I could to the kitchen.
"Okaa-san!" I called as I gave her a hug. I must have used a lot of force because I pushed her backwards slightly.
"Oh, Sasuke-kun" she gasped from the sudden contact, but quickly changed her expression to a smile. "Dinner is ready."I smiled at her, nodded and grabbed a seat next to my brother.
"Itadakimasu!" we all said before digging into our food. I picked up some rice with my chopsticks and raised it to my mouth. Before I could eat it though, my father stopped me.
"Sasuke," he called.
"Huh?" I said as I put down my chopsticks.
"Open your mouth again," he commanded. I nodded before doing as he told me.
"Mmm…" he nodded, "looks like your fangs are growing in now."
"Really?" I asked excitedly. I started to poke the tips of my teeth with my thumb.
"Oh! I am so happy for you, Sasuke," my mother cheered. Itachi nodded in agreement with my mother and gave me a smirk.
"Now then, you'll have to learn all the basics. Itachi, you teach him."
"Yes, father," Itachi nodded. After dinner, I hung out with Itachi in his room.
"So…" I started.
"So… the basics… well… where do I start? Okay. So you know each vampire has like… a preference in the blood they drink right?"
"Kind of… can you explain it to me?"
"Sure. So when you drink a person's blood, it has a… specific taste to it. That taste is affected by the personality or type of person they are."
"Oh… how do you know when somebody is your type?"
"When you are around somebody with that specific trait that you like, your body will start to react. Your heart will suddenly start to pound violently, your fangs will begin to stick out, and your eyes might even turn red if the urge for blood is that strong."
"Wow…"
"Yeah… it's kind of hard to explain, but you'll understand once it happens to you."
"Okay… so… what is your type?"
"Huh? Oh… well, I like the blood of-"
"Sasuke-kun! It's time to go to bed!"mother suddenly called for me. I sighed.
"Next time then, okay Sasuke?"
"Okay, Nii-san," I nodded. I waved him goodbye and headed to my room. I changed into my pajamas and went to bed. The next morning, my brother took me out to the town. He took me to a playground and we just hung out. We rode the slide, went across the monkey bars and swung on the swing set. We ended up spending half of the day there before leaving. The sun was just about to set as we walked home.
We were a block away when we suddenly heard a scream. I looked at Itachi with a worried look before we both took off running. We turned a corner and were able to see our house. Just then, a man wearing a hoodie held a sharp wooden spear that was drenched in blood. He suddenly turned to see us. He freaked out, dropped the spear and took off running. I stood there, unable to move. Meanwhile, Itachi ran inside to check on my parents. My body started to shake, my legs couldn't hold me anymore and so I dropped to the ground. Multiple thoughts ran through my head: what was that man doing at our house, who screamed, and most importantly, are our parents alright? I suddenly got hit by images of my mother's smiling face and my dad's smirk which Itachi and I both got from him. I felt a tear roll down my face before I jumped up and ran to our house. I wiped the tear away and called out for my brother.
"Itachi! Did you find them?" I searched through every room for them. I was running out of rooms to check, and my parents and brother were nowhere to be found. The last room I checked was my parent's room. Normally I wouldn't go in there, mostly because my dad never let us. I hesitated for a second. I closed my eyes, took in a deep breath and slammed open the door.
"Mom! Da-," I was stopped. The image in front of me was so horrific, I couldn't speak. On the floor were both of my parents. They had a gaping hole in both of their chests and were lying in a lake of blood. Itachi was in the room as well. He was sitting on the floor with his head lowered. I started to cry and wail out.
"MOM! DAD! NO!" I cried. I went to run over to them, but Itachi suddenly jumped up to stop me.
"No, Sasuke! They are dead! Stop it!"
"NO! MOTHER! FATHER! WAKE UP!" I screamed. I tossed my arms around and tried to squirm out of Itachi's grasp, but failed. Once my strength diminished, I just cried out with all my might onto Itachi's shoulder. He carried me out of the house and back to the park. He sat me down on the swings and watched me continue to cry. After a while, I finally began to stop. My face was red and puffy from all the crying.
"You done?" he asked me. I nodded. "It's… its gonna be okay. Alright? Stay here… I'm gonna go get some stuff and we'll find an inn for us to sleep." I looked up just for a moment to watch Itachi walk away, in the direction towards our house. I felt my eyes start to water again, but I was able to push them back.
"He'll come back," I assured myself. I started to kick my legs and felt the swing start to rock. I smiled slightly and kicked my legs even more. I started to get higher and higher. My worries seemed to fly away for a while. Too bad they came back when I saw Itachi arrive with two backpacks and our jackets. I slowed myself down to a stop and got off the swing. He tossed me my jacket which I hurriedly put on. Once I was done, he gave me the smaller backpack.
"That has food, water, two pairs of clothes, and money. Don't lose it," he explained. I nodded, completely understanding the situation at that point. He faked a smile for me and ruffled my hair. "It's going to be okay." I could only nod at his empty words. I felt like that smile I just had a few minutes ago would be my last. A tear rolled down my cheek, but I quickly wiped it away. I then vowed to never cry again. Crying was just a sign of weakness; crying won't bring my parents back.
Itachi and I ended up at an inn about five miles away from our house. Itachi paid the lady at the front, got our keys and we headed to our room. The room had two single beds. I sat down on the farthest in one and Itachi threw his bag onto the one nearest to the door. He scratched his head and paced around the room thinking while I just stared at my feet. I heard his footsteps stop for a second. I was about to lift my head when I felt an added weight onto my bed.
"I'm sorry, Sasuke. This is all my fault," Itachi said as he hugged me. My head shot up and looked at him frantically.
"Don't say that, nii-san!" I exclaimed. He smiled at me, but this smile was off. It seemed sad. Maybe even worse. It had a depressing feeling to it. He patted my head before getting up. He grabbed some clothes out of his backpack and looked at me.
"Want to go take a bath?" he asked. I nodded. After I got my clothes, we headed to the bathhouse. (A/N: I'm going to skip the actual bathing part. :P)
I pulled my shirt and pants on and fixed my hair. Once I was done, Itachi and I walked back to our room. Itachi threw our bags onto the floor and jumped into his bed.
"Go to sleep, Sasuke. You're going to need your energy," he said. I nodded and laid down in my bed. It took me a while to go to bed, but when I did, a nightmare was ready to greet me.
I woke up the next morning, shaking. My nightmare was basically what had happened yesterday on replay. I was forced to watch it happen over and over again. I shook the thought of it out of my head and got out of bed. Itachi was already dressed and ready to leave. I ran to my bag and grabbed my clothes. After I changed, Itachi and I packed up the rest of our stuff and left the inn. The next year of my life was like this. We moved from inn to inn; trying to find a cheap and good one to live in. We eventually found a decent one that we stayed at for about four months. Itachi got a job to keep our funds sustainable. I stayed at home most of the time. Itachi was homeschooling me, so he left me with plenty of homework to do.
One day, we went shopping for food, and we found an abandoned mansion on our way back. A week later, we got a call from our insurance company. They gave Itachi and me money. Something about the money for our parents death. It was over three million dollars for us to have. We were super shocked. We immediately left the inn and ended up moving into the abandoned mansion. Itachi used the money to hire staff to manage the mansion and we even got new clothes and other stuff we needed. We were living a simple life after that. I started looking into going to private school, but Itachi insisted that I waited a little bit before that.
My fangs fully grew in after we moved into the mansion. Itachi took me hunting that day. My first taste of blood was of some teenage girl who was sitting alone at a park near our house. The sudden rush of lukewarm liquid gushed into my mouth and quenched that burning thirst in my throat. I felt so different after that day, but I didn't care. This was what it was like to be a vampire.
"Hey Sasuke!" Itachi called. I turned around and nodded. "So… you're fifteen now."
"Yeah?"
"I'm going to be turning seventeen real soon, you know?"
"Are you trying to get me to get you a present? Because I'm not going to," I smirked. He smirked back at me.
"Not like I was expecting you too," he said, "but anyways. What I was going to say was that I think I should start teaching you everything you need to know, just in case." I raised an eyebrow at him.
"You are acting kind of suspicious. Are you going to leave me or what?"
"No! Of course not. It's just that you really need to learn."
"… Fine. So teach me."
"Okay… well let's start with this," he began. Itachi spent the next week teaching me about the human lifestyle. He taught me how to apply for a job, how to drive, what high school was like, and other stuff. He even made me memorize the password for our bank account and both our social security numbers.
"Itachi!" I shouted, fed up with all this stuff to memorize, "what is going on?"
"Look, you need to learn this stuff. I think you are right. Going to human school would be a good idea for you. You need to know this stuff to go out into the human world. You need to learn to support yourself," he explained.
"Fine. But why are we moving so fast?"
"… no reason. Now let's continue," he said, getting back on topic. That night, I went to bed first. In the middle of the night, I heard a sound. I got up to check what it was and found out that it was the sound of a luggage zipper.
"Who is leaving?" I thought to myself. I walked quietly towards the sound and peeked into the room. I was shocked to see that it was Itachi who was packing up. "He can't be!" I shook my head. "No… he wouldn't just leave me like that!" I ran back to my room when I saw him turn around. I jumped into my bed and pulled the blanket over my face. My heart was racing; my breathing was harsh. I tried to stay still, and hoped Itachi wouldn't come to my room. In the midst of waiting, I ended up falling back to sleep. That morning, I woke up and ran to Itachi's room. He was lying quietly asleep in his bed. I left out a sigh of relief before walking away.
Soon, night came. I was in the kitchen. I opened the fridge to pull out a cake with a top on it. I removed said top to reveal the birthday cake under it. It had icing on it that said 'Happy Birthday, Itachi!' I smirked at it when I suddenly heard a bang on the door and luggage being dragged down the stairs. Both sounds came from opposite directions so I didn't know which to look at first. I choose the stairs and saw Itachi was descending it.
"Itachi, what is going on!" I demanded as I eyed the luggage.
"Step aside, Sasuke," he said sternly. H pushed me out of the way and opened the door. A man wearing a black cape with red clouds on it stepped in the house.
"Ready to go Itachi?" he asked.
"Yeah."
"Itachi! Who is that? Where are you going? What is going on?" I asked frantically, looking at him desperately. He turned around to look at me with an ominous look on his face.
"I'm leaving." I felt my body start to shake.
"W-what do you mean?"
"Met Madara," he said as he pointed to the man next to him. "He is in charge of the Akatsuki." My eyes widened. I recognized the name from one of Dad's old lectures. 'Sasuke, whatever you do try and avoid the Akatsuki. They are a gang of bad vampires that do bad things.' I swallowed harshly.
"W-why is he here?"
"I'm joining them, Sasuke," he said with an evil smile, "and I am leaving you."
"But Itachi-"
"Goodbye Sasuke." Itachi and Madara turned to exit the door.
"Wait!" I called. I ran towards the door when two guys stepped up. One had long blonde hair and the other had red hair. The red head attacked me and put me in a headlock.
"No!" I tried to escape their grasp. "ITACHI!" The blonde pushed a rag against my face and the next thing I knew, all I could see was black.
When I eventually woke up, they were gone. All that was left was a piece of paper that read: I'm sorry. It was in Itachi's handwriting. A tear then fell down my cheek.
A/N: This chapter was really short. Sorry. I really don't know what I wanted to do with this chapter. I guess I kind of wanted to explain Sasuke's past and how his life came to how it is. Itachi... He is an interesting character. I'm still working on him. Hope you guys enjoyed. Next chapter will be back into the present. Read and Review! :D
