Chapter 4:

Lost Senses

The moment Sasuke crushed his teeth into Hinata's skin, he knew her blood would indefinitely plague his senses. It was something he dreaded for he feared it would be a taste and desire that would leave him wanting more. The sweet, succulent liquid he consumed coaxed his tongue and flowed into his throat like honey. With the last control Sasuke mustered, he pulled away from Hinata and wiped the excess blood on his mouth with his cloak. His onyx eyes never failed to watch her achingly afterward.

You make me hungry.

The kind of starvation Sasuke felt whenever he was around Hinata was something he could not explain to others. They would not understand. To Sasuke, no one could see the monster that he was and had become through the centuries because of the events in his life. In the vampire world, killing humans were like killing chicken.

And if one fell in love with a human, it was only reasonable to turn them into a vampire. Though their lives would be at risk of being accepted into the community and facing the chances of the body's acceptance of vampire blood, it was considered less of a nuisance to do than to see the human as both meal and lover. Many vampires have described the feeling as an uncontrollable urge to look at a human—want them, yet at the same time have the desire to kill them.

It is a deprivation that I enjoyed—the longer I endured, the greater the feeling became for you.

Twelve long years Sasuke watched and stared with relentless hunger at Hinata. At first, it was a hunger for revenge, but later, it transformed into fascination. She was a tiny child when he took her away. Her eyes full of innocence and pain. He had killed many things in his life, but never had he seen such a fragile expression on a Hyuga. She was the heiress to the Hyuga family, yet she was the weakest ever born. Uchiha Sasuke had done his research, having gathered information over the years of every heir that had lived during his time.

Because of Hinata's weak body, she was unable to learn the ways of the Byakugan—a deathly technique only the Hyugas knew how to use—until she was seven. Hyuga children learned at a much younger age and were naturally skilled. They were natural-born vampire killers, after all.

Thus, Sasuke had his share of killing Hyuga children and found it shocking that such a weak heiress had been born into this world; it made his hunger for revenge more reverent than ever.

The Hyuga children were raised to be killers just like their parents and thus was the vampire community's enemy as well. Sasuke learned to cover his emotions when they would scream for their parents. These moments always reminded Sasuke when he was a young vampire child and had screamed for the mercy on his parents and brother. He could never forget the Hyugas' black masks they wore—leaving only their snow colored eyes visible to haunt the vampires they hunted—the day they murdered his family and entire clan.

For a young seven year old vampire child, Uchiha Sasuke never felt so alone or abandoned in his life. Just when he thought it was cruel to be left alone in the house while his brother and parents were always away on business, Sasuke watched them die in front of him. The Uchiha Massacre became the biggest mass execution of a vampire clan in Japan; and to happen to a regal vampire clan was unbelievable and an outrage. Fire that burned so brightly over rotting vampire flesh seared through the night, burning into Sasuke's memory as he was the only one found and saved by the Vampire Protection Unit of the time.

The Uchiha Massacre was the Hyuga's warning message of a vampire apocalypse in all of Japan. They were building up their forces and successfully annihilated one of the most respected vampire clans in the vampire community.

As a century passed and partaking in intense training, Uchiha Sasuke became the youngest leader of the VPU. His skills and intellect were unmatched. His collaboration in raids against the Hyuga vampire hunters were all successful. His name praised by the vampire community. The name avenger stuck to Sasuke as he built his resume with increasing victories of Hyuga deaths.

Sasuke prided in his success for placating fear into the Hyugas. Sasuke was their unfinished business—the lone surviving Uchiha they thought they had killed was now back to hunt them.

And I fell; into a hole that I did not want to escape from.

Two more centuries passed, and Uchiha Sasuke lived his life solely for the purpose of hunting Hyuga vampire hunters, exterminating them with his squad of skillfully trained vampires. Now at the beginning age of a young adult male vampire, the nickname "the avenger" was a part of the past. Uchiha Sasuke was bigger than his nickname—he was the quiet protector of the vampire community and deserved more respect.

Though his followers devoured a majority of their Hyuga preys, Sasuke never did. He would never taste them. He considered them less than humans, trash, and the ground he stood upon. He hated them obsessively.

When he staged his greatest attack, Hyuga Hiashi and his family's deaths, Sasuke finally tasted Hyuga blood. He had risked his squad's safety that night. They were entering Hyuga turf, and though some of his followers got severely injured, they gave him enough of a diversion for Sasuke and his remaining followers to enter Hyuga Hiashi's residence. Sasuke killed Hiashi and his wife brutally—their blood dripping down his lips and fingers. Hyuga Hiashi and his wife were no match against Sasuke and his raid of followers. Their second child had been given a much gentler annihilation by one of his followers. And lastly, the young heiress was to become the last treat—Sasuke's last treat.

He had been waiting for the chance to kill a Hyuga heir. They were always so heavily protected and skilled at such a young age. But when Sasuke heard how weak this heir was, he knew it would be a much easier target. Her death would wreck confusion, grief, and break the strong Hyuga foundation Sasuke had been trying for so long to dissect.

With a lust for more bloodshed, he approached the seven year old child, who was on her knees, in the living room. He heard whimpers as her body violently shook while she wept near her parents' bodies. The stains of her parents' blood marked her clothes. Sasuke smiled. He was glad the pathetic heiress was feeling the same torture he felt when he lost his family. It isn't a good feeling is it, he wondered menacingly, when you smell their blood and flesh. His footsteps were slow, but not cautious. His onyx eyes began to wonder why the weak child closed her eyes the whole time he saw her. Scared, aren't you? he wondered.

"I d-don't w-want to do this. B-but why m-must you m-make me?"

She spoke those stuttering words with tears running down her closed eyelids. Her hands slowly clamped over each other and rose up under her chin.

Sasuke immediately halted. His eyes widened in curiosity and surprise as he stood one yard away from the heiress he wanted to desperately kill.

Exhaling softly, her eyes squeezed tighter in contorted pain.

"I p-pray that y-you please forgive h-him and e-everyone." Her voice etched in pain with the subtle flavor of remorse.

The hole suddenly became deeper and I lost all control.

He took her away that night. He brought her to his mansion and laid her down on a bed in one of his many rooms. Her voice lingered in Sasuke's mind the whole time as he watched her sleeping expression.

Why did she pray when death surrounded her? It was ridiculous and a foolish, stupid thing to do. Thus, Sasukeconcluded Hyuga Hinata to be a foolish, stupid girl.

Yet, a part inside Sasuke enjoyed watching her display of innocence.

Now he fully tarnish her innocent view of the world with his hate and rage.

Hence, Sasuke had a new vision of revenge: She would serve him and atone for her clan's sins. In the first two years, Sasuke observed the Hyuga girl who was obedient as a dog and shy like a mouse. Without his realizing, he had become obsessed with her—making sure she would not escape and watching her from time to time in his own dark corner, wanting to know what was keeping her alive for so long under his care.

The first time Hinata touched him by cleaning his wounds, he told her to kill him for her own good. He wanted the confusion about her which he did not understand to end. Yet, her simple and foolish answer made him accept that she had become more than just a product of revenge.

Her act of kindness touched his inner core—something he had never expected from the Hyuga girl. Rather, he expected her to kill him in his vulnerable state. The surprising result changed his former irritation with her. It now absorbed with the feelings of protection, tenderness, and adoration.

Obsession was only the beginning of his wretched love for the girl.

And the lunacy of loving that human girl had finally turned her into a vampire.

Yet what was the hunger that still lingered in him over the Hyuga girl? Why was he still seeing her as a luscious meal? Wasn't the uncontrollable urge supposed to dissipate?

As Sasuke's onyx eyes continued to stare at Hinata's sleeping form on the bed, his hands in his pockets fought the urge to rub the healing bite mark on her neck. For over two weeks she slept with the peaceful expression on her face. For over two weeks, his body still ached to taste the succulent honey flowing through Hinata's veins.

I have become a monster because of you.

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"Yakushi Kabuto, as a close follower of Uchiha Sasuke, do you know why your master has not come for the examination of Haruno Sakura?" asked the hidden figure in the majestic room. The room had six pillars, three on each side of the room, and a long table where six chairs were occupied by six figures cloaked by the darkness. The rest of the room however was full of light as Kabuto stood still in the middle of the room.

Haruno Sakura stood beside him, her face still and serious. She knew this was important. If she did not get the Council's acceptance of her transformation, she would not be accepted by the community. And if she was not accepted overall, death loomed.

"Council Members, I assure you that Lord Uchiha knows very well of our intentions. He has commanded me to come in his place as a witness to the events that have happened lately and therefore, can testify on his behalf," answered Kabuto seriously. His beady eyes remained transfixed at the darkness. He had never been able to have the honor of seeing their faces.

"Mm, and you suppose his absence has anything to do with the Hyuga girl? Uchiha Sasuke has bitten her. He has even broken his own vow to one day annihilate all Hyugas."

"Lord Uchiha knows what he is doing," said Kabuto. Remembering his master's words, Sasuke had instructed him of what to say and how to approach the Council Members. "He plans to use the Hyuga as a manipulation tool. Her transformation will infuriate the Hyuga clan and draw out more of their forces. He plans to train her to be in the VPU."

"That's a risky thing to do," spoke another council member. "The Hyugas will be more cautious and angered. Caution and hatred can very well turn into strengths for them. Also, we question her allegiance. She is a Hyuga in spite of everything she has gone through. I will not risk Uchiha Sasuke's relation with the Hyuga for the vampire community."

"Council Member, I assure you that it will only benefit the community. As you can tell, twelve years she has lived with him. In that time span, she has become a devoted follower of his. Nothing can deter her obedience to him," spoke Kabuto. He spoke with confidence, though he hoped they would not catch his fooling act.

No one else knew that Hinata had killed herself; the chances of her transformation were slim, but she had already been showing progression of healing from her self-infliction. Only Sakura and him knew the truth of the matter along with Sasuke about Hinata's actions. Therefore, Hyuga Hinata could still very well be a threat to the community.

"In that case, why do we have this fledgling with us? Compared to the Hyuga, this one is useless for any importance. We do not know if she is Uchiha Sasuke's lover or if is she skilled in combat. We never knew Uchiha Sasuke had encountered a human girl since he failed to mention her at the previous meeting. She's just a child like the Hyuga, but with no special purpose," spoke another council member.

Sakura bit her lip, but felt Kabuto's hand at her back which calmed her down.

"She does have a purpose," stated Kabuto.

Sakura couldn't help but blush.

"She is Lord Uchiha's lover."

Sakura maintained her composed face, trying not to make any facial movements as the Council members gave an exhale of surprise. They did not know it was a lie. She wasn't Uchiha Sasuke's lover at all. In fact, she still didn't know why she was even turned into a vampire in the first place. Nevertheless, it was the fact that her life was beginning anew that strengthened her resolve to go with this plan.

Uchiha Sasuke changed her life.

And to repay him, Sakura was going to be whatever she needed to be to make him satisfied with her. She was not the Sakura in her human life. No. She was a a much stronger and beautiful creature: A vampire.

Sakura didn't mind playing Sasuke's lover; after all, there was still a chance of hope that it would become real. Regardless of the Hyuga's relationship with Sasuke, she could care less of the Hyuga's existence. The only thing that perturbed her was that Sasuke was focusing his attention on the Hyuga. As a creature created by Sasuke, Sakura was bound to him. There was an explicable affection she felt for him because of the gift he had bitten in her.

Thus, worriedness did not control Haruno Sakura. This Hyuga Hinata was no threat.

After all, time was now on Sakura's side. She knew Hinata's reason for killing herself. There was no chance that the Hyuga would ever reciprocate Uchiha Sasuke's feelings. It was impossible.

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