Red Dawn 3

A/N: Sorry it took so long loyal readers. Work's been keeping me busy as of late. So here's chapter 3 of Red Dawn. Enjoy!

Disclaimer: Don't own Naruto.

Sasuke and Kakashi barely made it back to their territory after being chased by a few foxes, shadow demons and a tiger. Kakashi wanted nothing more than to slap Sasuke silly until he comprehended that he couldn't always have what he wanted, especially the kits of a demon that could kill him in the blink of an eye. Considering the fact that Kyouran probably didn't have children of her own yet those two adopted kits were heirs to the clan. He waited until they were within the safety of the walls before he tore into him. Kakashi thought he'd taught Sasuke to be better than this, better than the self absorbed creature that stood before him, like the self serving attitude of his clan members. His father would be ashamed of him at this point knowing he trained Sasuke and he'd turned out this bad. Kakashi wouldn't blame himself entirely because the simple fact was it was probably the clan elders that corrupted the youngest Uchiha heir. The Hatake tried to count to ten to calm himself before he spoke a word to Sasuke but it wasn't helping in the least.

"What the hell were you thinking going into their territory?"

"I was following you."

"I didn't need your help to watch them."

Sasuke turned his now crimson gaze on Kakashi but the Hatake didn't even flinch knowing that look could be deadly but wasn't to him. It wasn't a well known fact that the Hatake clan in their glory were immune to the powers that most Uchiha possessed as full blooded vampires. That was the main reason there were so few Hatake's left in the world as it stood, because very few refused to bend to the will of others and were killed for it. He was the last of a long line. Kakashi was determined to live a lonely existence so he didn't force his children to bear the burden he bore every day for being in the service of the Uchiha Clan.

"You wouldn't have told me anything I didn't already know Kakashi. Because I know you, you would've protected those innocents that would've been used against her."

"You're damned right I would!" he snarled. "You're playing with the darkest of creatures in the demon clans. They are a black fire that will destroy you if they set their minds to it, and they will if you go after that girl."

"What's going on here?"

Sasuke smirked as he saw his father over Kakashi's shoulder. The silver haired vampire turned around and bowed his head towards his leader. Itachi was standing behind him with Koori at his side. Her hand was resting on Itachi's arm. He could see the worry in her eyes. She was a pacifist at heart but don't think her weak for an instant, Koori would protect her family's life fiercely.

"Sasuke dared to go after the night assassin my lord, and her heirs."

"What were you doing in Shadow Fox territory Sasuke?"

"I was stalking the older fox and came upon a girl. She called to me."

The man looked over the pair. He knew his son was reckless but this was beyond the point. This matter could bring about more fighting and wars between clans. Even at his age he grew tired of all the fighting that was going on. At some points it was getting harder and harder to cover up the matters and keep it from spilling over into the human's lives. Since he had his oldest was on his way to being married he was hoping to get his youngest to settle down a little and think about taking a mate. His recklessness was causing problems and a girl would help him keep more focused on one thing.

"This girl is worth the risk?" he asked his son.

Sasuke thought on it for a moment. He really wanted to know what called to him about this specific girl unlike all the other innocents he'd taken in the past. The youngest Uchiha hadn't even tasted his blood and he already wanted her. He'd dare say he lusted for her but he couldn't lie to himself and knew there was something deeper than that to it, something more feral.

"Yes."

"Kakashi…"

He was about ready to protest to this but Sasuke's father beat him to it. "You dare betray the orders of your lord?"

"No my lord, but be prepared for war with at least four demon clans for taking her."

He rose and moved back towards the door. If he was going to do this he'd do it when they let their guard down. Now was too soon so he'd go back and watch the girl to see her habits then he'd take her. Stealth would be his ally here because he didn't want to hurt the girl anymore than she'd had to be in his care. Once in Sasuke's care he didn't want to think about what could happen to her.

"Oh and take Sasuke with you. If you're caught I will not negotiate to get you back. You have a week to get this girl and by the end of this week if you don't have her you will put this idiotic notion out of your head and I will choose a bride for you."

With that the Oldest Uchiha walked away. Itachi looked at his brother and shook his head. He murmured something softly to his fiancé and they walked away. Sasuke looked at Kakashi. He could feel that the Hatake was smirking underneath the mask he wore over the lower half of his face.

"Stop smirking you bastard," Sasuke growled. "You have to help me."

"You're going to regret this Sasuke. No woman is worth this kind of stupidity."

"You didn't feel what I did when I watched that girl."

"And what pray tell was that?"

"I can't explain it exactly."

"Of course you can't," he noted the dry sarcasm of Kakashi's voice.

Sasuke growled at Kakashi. The Hatake just smirked wider.

"So when are we going to start?"

"I was just going to go in and observe but since we're on a dead line I suppose we can go back in now even if it's too hot to go back in now,"

"What do you mean too hot?"

"And here I thought you were a genius. I'm sure every single clan that has contact with that girl has put out a kill on sight order for you."

Sasuke could tell Kakashi was grinning at the fact. There were some days when he was younger and Kakashi was training him that he was sure the Hatake was trying to kill him. As of that moment, he was downright certain of the fact.

"And this amuses you?"

The smile instantly vanished. Right at that moment Kakashi hated Sasuke and hated his father for getting him mixed up with the Uchiha. They kept him alive and in their service after his father died. When he was younger he wanted nothing more than to travel the world and see all that there was to see.

"No it doesn't amuse me that I might die for your stupidity. You can have any woman you want within any of your clan or any human woman but you have to have the one that's forbidden to you because she's an heir to a demon clan."

"She's human and…"

"That doesn't seem to matter since she had the markings of the Shadow Fox Clan."

He rose and headed for the door. Kakashi didn't wait for his student before he was out the door and vanishing in the night.

Kyouran paced around angrily. She'd sent Sakura and Naruto upstairs to pack some things. If they needed anything else after they leave it could be taken to them. A knock on her window made her start but went to open the door. Her half-brother Takeshi slid into the window. He was a full blood shadow demon. They had the same mother.

"Well?"

"Kisame is more than willing to take them under his care. Alexial already knows the situation and has her entire clan on alert and so is our clan mates."

"Good, thank you brother."

"Kyouran are you sure it's wise to send them right at this moment?"

"Once they're out of danger the better things will be."

"I know you care about these two Kyouran but such lengths for a human and a half breed?"

She turned her crimson gaze on her brother. He didn't even flinch at the glare.

"They'll always come first brother," she snarled. "Before you, before the Clan even before my own life."

Takashi just smirked at his sister.

"You wouldn't be my sister if you hadn't said something along those lines. So what's the plan?"

Before she could tell him anything Sakura's scream echoed through the house and then the sounds of heavy struggle followed. Takashi vanished into the shadows leaving Kyouran to charge up the stairs. When she got to her daughter's room Takashi already had the vampire pinned against the wall. Naruto had Sakura backed into a wall. Blood was dripping from a slash on his chest but the look of determination was still plastered on his face. A table and lamp were in shambles on the floor. Her gaze was drawn back to the vampire. His pale lavender eyes told her everything she needed to know from which clan this idiot hailed from. This vampire hailed from the Hyuuga Clan. The rivalry between the Uchiha and the Hyuuga was legendary.

"What are you doing here Hyuuga?" Kyouran demanded.

"The Uchiha wants this girl…"

Takashi squeezed the vampire's throat crushing his windpipe.

"Brother take him outside and rip his heart out."

The shadow demon didn't need any more orders than that. He would interrogate the vampire before tearing his heart out. Takashi knew this had become a bigger problem than before. If the other three clans knew about the Uchiha's interest in Sakura they'd come running like sharks to the scent of blood.

"You two finish packing what you can carry. If you miss anything you can send one of the runners to come get it."

The two were standing in the corner. Naruto's eyes were borderline crimson. Shaking her head she stepped forward and caught Naruto's chin between her thumb and pointer finger.

"Calm down kit."

A soft rumbling sound came from her chest. It calmed Naruto down considerably. Sakura watched her adopted family closely. It always amazed her what Kyouran could do when she wanted to. It was so easy for the shadow fox to calm down her half fox demon brother. Once he was calm Sakura could see his wound starting to heal itself. Naruto shook his head as if to clear it from a fog.

"What happened?" he asked once he looked around.

"Your baser instinct took over when Sakura was attacked. Now that you're back hurry up and finish with what you're packing. We need to go."

They nodded and quickly did as their mother bided. Sakura came back with a small trunk and Naruto only a small suitcase. Two shadow demons appeared and took the bags. Naruto and Sakura looked at each other. They'd been with Kyouran and each other for years and they wouldn't quiet know what to do without their adoptive mother. Kyouran gave the two a half hearted smile. They rushed forward and embraced the older demoness. Kyouran knew this was tearing these two apart to be separated from her but in the end it was for the best.

"Come on Kits we have a lot of ground to cover and a short amount of time in which to cover it."

They walked out of the house. A few foxes materialized from the shadows alongside a few shadow demons and one silvery white tiger. Kyouran shifted to her fox form and regulated her size to that of a draft horse. Sakura and Naruto leapt onto her back. Once they had a fist full of fur the shadow fox surged forward with the other demon tailing them.

A few minutes later Kyouran skidded to a halt. They'd entered an open park area. Something was off about the area. She shifted uneasily underneath her children. When their escort appeared beside them only the silvery tiger remained and he was ruffed up.

"What happened?" Kyouran demanded.

"Trap, Uchiha…" he gasped before he passed out.

There were several slash marks all over his back and they bled profusely. Sakura gasped and made to go help the tiger but Kyouran sent a warning growl at her. Sakura had been with the demoness for a long time and knew she had to be still. There was movement all around them as vampires melted from the shadows. Kyouran sent out a warning growl and took a step backwards. The shadow fox eyed those around her. When Sasuke and Kakashi melted from the shadows the shards in her eyes became bigger. She took another step back but five vampires surrounded them from behind. At times like this most people assumed that Kyouran was a wolf at heart. She eyed each vampire warily not lingering on any one enemy for more than a few seconds.

"We just want the girl Night Assassin," Sasuke called.

"Really?" she growled.

Her tone was low and animalistic, more feral. Sakura knew then someone was going to die and it wasn't her mother. "I see weaklings trying to take something that doesn't belong to them. Are you so scared Uchiha that you can't face me on your own?"

Sasuke's eyes narrowed at the taunt. Sakura and Naruto slid from the shadow fox's back at the slight raising and bunching of her shoulder blades. Before they touched the ground Kyouran leapt forward ready to rend Sasuke to shreds not caring about herself. Kakashi materialized between them just in time but not in time for Kyouran to prevent herself from burying her fangs into his arm. Her body went stock still as his blood slid down her throat. Something right at that moment changed within her. Her eyes narrowed as her legs gave way and she went down. She couldn't move. Sasuke motioned some of his comrades forward but Naruto growled savagely at them. A vampire that didn't smell of an Uchiha melted from the shadows and got under Naruto's defenses knocking the blonde out. Stepping forward carefully the vampire touched the pressure point in her neck from behind making her slump in his arms.

Sasuke smirked as he watched all three go down with ease. Kyouran was growling angrily at Sasuke even though she was unable to move, which confused the Uchiha but he'd figure out what it was later.

"Good work Sai," Sasuke commented.

He was glad he employed the most skilled vampire out there to render the great Night Assassin immobile enough to capture the pink haired girl. His stealth and methods were rivaled by no one.

"What about the demon?" the emotionless vampire asked.

"Collar her," Sasuke bit out.

Sai looked at Kyouran and then back at Sasuke. He recognized her without having being told and what he knew about her was cause for concern if the Uchiha thought for a moment they could control her. It was rumored that Kyouran was a force of Nature that wasn't sometime to be reckoned with or even caged. From what he saw of her fights before and the flickering of power around her now he didn't doubt that this was a powerful creature.

"Are you crazy?" Sai finally asked, no emotion coloring his voice.

"Excuse me?"

"No collar known to anyone can fully bind the power of one such as her. She's the Clan Leader of two clans for a good reason. Whatever binds her now is not of my doing. Something happened to her."

"She's just a demon."

The Root Vampire shook his head. He couldn't believe the Uchiha were so arrogant that they thought even for an instant they could control one such as Kyouran. Sai had a hunch on what had just happened to her, but he wouldn't divulge that little bit of information that he knew. It might come in use sometime in the future and maybe a bargaining chip if things turned bad at least to make sure Sumi stayed out of the cross fire. Kyouran's eyes were completely crimson. They glittered like blood rubies near firelight and he was sure the fires of hell will be brought forth for this stupidity. That much promise he could see in those crimson orbs of death.

"You are really foolish Uchiha. This will come back to haunt you someday,"

He moved forward slowly drawing out a leather strap. It looked like a simple belt but shapes and symbols of a language forgotten by time were carved into the leather with silver. Muttering a few words the silver started glowing and he put it around the demoness's neck. The last thing he hear echoing through her mind before she blacked out was.

'You stupid bastard. You don't know what you've done.'

Sai knew that this was going to be a crap load of trouble coming their way for this little stunt and Kyouran wouldn't be the one to bring down the wrath of the demon clans either. Knowing that she ran with Alexial the Snow Tiger Heir and Kisame the Shark Clan Leader made a world of difference and those children he'd come to find out were also apart of those clans in their own way. A war was going to start weather Sasuke meant to do it or not just for this innocent girl.

"I hope this was really worth it in the end."

Standing up he backed away from the demoness. When the demons arrived he knew that they'd be able to catch his scent. He walked away leaving the Uchiha to take care of their three captives. Shaking his head he returned to him home where his human friend and interest was waiting for him. He hoped he could keep her out of this mess that these Uchiha started with the demon clans.