Girl's night out…well…sort of

Strangely enough, I was thrilled for the next two weeks left of school in December, because it was almost Christmas break; that meant three weeks of no homework or no teachers yelling at you. Despite the fact I'm a smart girl and most would think of me as a person who loved school more than most nerds did, but whoever thinks of that must be demented as Kiba's idea to bring Akamaru to school in his backpack. However, one day, the day before we left school for break, during lunchtime, it began to snow and everyone rushed to the windows to watch in astonishment as they fell down. The Hatake siblings and I stayed at our seats; I guess they're used to seeing snow too.

Everyone were awed by this and everyone forgot about their lunch and rushed outside with their huge coats and some weird feathery mittens. They, including Lycan and Kiba, were having a snowball fight with each other. They were enjoying themselves, of course, that was when the power went out and we were all sent home, and according to the principle, we didn't need to come to school tomorrow.

Everyone, plus the Hatake and me, praised this. I guess even the nerds of the school hated school too. When I arrived at home, it was just me. There was nothing really to do except listen to music and maybe e-mail my best friend Aiko, so that's what I did. I got onto my computer and opened my e-mail inbox. No mail.

From: Raidon(dot)Phantom(at)gmail(dot)com

To: shadow(dot)in(dot)your(dot)head(at)

What up, Aiko? It's me Rea saying hi from Konoha. How is life in Yakima? Its snow here and I bet it is also there too. How's little Raven? She still climbing and clawing everything? I bet that black kit is giving you a lot of trouble. Reply soon.

Sincerely,

Raidon Uchiha.

So, then, after I sent the e-mail I realized that the boringness was affecting me greatly. I practically sat upside down on the couch flipping through the TV channels finding nothing to watch anyway. I sighed and my cell phone and I pulled out my phone talking to whoever it was on the other line while upside down too. Heh, it felt weird being upside and talking on the phone at the same times.

"Hello, what up?" I say. I always say that when I, uh, talk to people.

"Hey, Rea! You want to come shopping in the Land of Tea. I hear they got some great stores there to buy for Christmas." Lycan exclaimed excited. She probably wanted to get something extra special for Kiba. That girl was head over heels for him now. "Wanna come!"

"Hell yeah!" I yelp out and I nearly slipped off the couch onto my head. God, what is with this whole falling on my head thing? Alternatively, was it something else? "I'm bored out of my mind here. Anyone else coming?"

"Yeah, Sakura is. She says we can carpool with her, just be ready in fifteen minutes and we'll be there." I nodded and clinked off the phone and rushed into my room to get my dark brown Roxi jacket and tossed it over my shoulders to protect me from the cold.

Of course, it was possible that the Land of Tea was also having snow falling problems too, so I decided to just take my jacket just incase. After a few minutes of waiting for them, I heard a car horn beeping outside and I ran outside and hopped into the car sitting next to Lycan. She giggled brightly.

"So, Rea, gonna get anything special for…Neji Hatake?" My face went entirely red and I blinked with misery. Sakura peeked over her shoulder and saw me too.

"It's not healthy to repress things like this Rea," Sakura teased me with a soft smile. I grimaced with hindrance and instead of talking, I stared out the window.

"Anywise, there's a rumor going around the school that Neji Hatake really, really, and I really mean likes you." Lycan announced of the blue. She was never a chatterbox and usually avoided the school gossip. "But of course, everyone can tell you like him. You should get him something. Something really special."

I brush a lock of my hair behind my hair. "Maybe. What are you getting Kiba? Eh, Ly?" It was her time to be self-conscious and she began to rub the back of her neck with a small blush on her face.

"Huh? Well…I um…" She stuttered scratching her hair gazing down and began to press her fingers together. "I'm not entirely sure yet."

"I can help you if that will you help." Sakura volunteered right away raising her hand from where she sat driving. "I've know Kiba since kindergarten and I know him the best."

Lycan accepted that and I pressed my face against the cold, frostbitten window avoiding eye contact with my friends. Did I like Neji Hatake? I mean, I know I kissed him…but that was only once! Plus that was a thank you kiss, but he turned it into something else and I know what he is. I'll bet he doesn't know that I know about him. But…I wonder why Obito said that there was a wild vampire with the leader if I had to think that Neji was a wild, that'd was along time ago. Maybe about a hundred years ago maybe more. Wow, he's pretty old.

But of course Sasuke nor Obito didn't enclose with the information of the treaty signing and where and by who. Well, obviously the leader which if I bet my college fund, that he was the one who turned Neji into a vampire. Neji, was also the one, who saved me from my parent's estate burning down, but he also knew I had to be saved…he must have known that my mom and dad were already dead and their corpses rotted away. He even cared about me before I knew him. He didn't even like the idea of being called a guardian angel, but now I know why. He doesn't think himself as Angel, but a monster damned forever to walk this earth.

There was a sudden knock on my window that broke me free of my thoughts and stared up at Sakura's emerald eyes and she waved to get my attention and I groaned as I opened the door to leave the car. I decided to leave my jacket in the car, it was warm enough out here, plus I wanted to feel the cool snowflakes touch my pale skin. Sakura grasped our wrists and dragged us along the many indoor and outdoor shops browsing the shelves for gifts.

The first thing I found was for Takeshi I know he loved candles and snow globes. I know it sounded a little girlie for him, but the snowglobe I found was one he'd been looking for, the Empire State building snowglobe and a ocean smelling candle. He'll love these. Even Lycan picked out something for Takeshi, a black short sleeve shirt that reads, "I'm a werewolf lover." Sakura and I laughed when Lycan bought it for him. Lycan bought Akamaru a Frisbee and a chew toy, it was difficult to buy for Kiba.

Sakura found it much easier to shop for Naruto and her family. She got Naruto a kitsune statue made with glass and some nice paint job on the figurine and some other unknown things that I didn't catch because I was looking for something for Neji. What would he like? Gah, talking about frustration in finding gifts, this has never happened to me before. Ok, lets calm down and…there was a store right across the street from where I stood.

I walked hastily across the avenue avoiding the passing cars that sped down the street. Ugh, I hate traffic, it sucks. I open the door to the store and realized, no one is here, except the items sold here, or it felt like that. As the door closed a little bell rang and I jumped and gasped as it closed. My eye twitched and I shook it off and slapped my cheek silly to shake it off. I guess that felt good.

"Hello? Anyone home?" Calling out was the only thing I can think of. I looked around some more and heard a hissing from behind me. "Hello?"

Peeking behind me was a cage with a huge snake and I flinched away not even wanting to look back at that creature. I sighed and tied my hair into a small pony tail to make sure its out of my face, but a few locks just happened to fall out of band's grip. Ok, I know I've had enough of this creepy shop So, I jogged to the door, but I was forced to stop when my head began to ring in pain and I clutched my head, these headaches were beginning to bug me, so I walked to the door instead. I groaned in agony and I opened the door and three brute, thug like mean stood in the door way and they grinned in a sick friendly when they saw me. Damnit.

"Look, what we found here." One of them said in a disgusting way. My head was now throbbing and I nearly cried out.

"A hot chick indeed boys." One, whom I'd assume was the leader of them all chuckled.

"AAH!! Damn, headache!" I muttered to myself with displeasure. One of them grabs me by my upper arm and throws me against the wall. My eyes squint shut as the headache hurts me more, but that hit against the wall didn't help me.

The two others pushed my arms against the wall to keep me from struggling as the leader pressed himself against and I groaned glaring at him. I spit in his eye and kicked him in the stomach forcing the other two to let go of me and I began running down the street. Thankfully I'd left the gifts with Lycan to hold her pants pockets.

"Get back here you little bitch!" They shouted chasing after me from the ally way. I stared back as I run and looked back infront of me.

I ran into the street and someone grasped hold of my wrist from behind me. That same coldness I've always felt whenever been around him. He whispered in my ear and felt his cool breath on my cheek. "Calm down, Raidon."

I pant and didn't even twirl around to meet his pastel lilac eyes. He just began to breath on me and I felt my eyelids close out of exhaustion, but I stopped myself.

"What do you want me to do?" I inquired gaping down at the ground. He was silent for a moment probably searching for someplace to go. He let go of my wrist and held my hand instead.

"Follow me." He commanded swiftly leading me across the street. Lycan and Sakura were nowhere in site. Great, they must be looking for me.

"Where are we going?"

"You hungry?" He asked me ignoring my question. I nodded blushing lightly.

We walked into a Japanese place and we sat down at a table awaiting a waitress. There were already menus on the table and I picked mine up to read through the menu, thankfully all written in English. He was scanning through his for only a moment and then sat it down on the table and began to stare at me as if looking for conversation and I avoided his eye contact by staring into my menu instead. But I looked up.

"What?" I asked in a small complaining tone. "What were you doing here anyway?"

"Hmmm…well I happened to be shopping here for my sisters, Hinata and Temari." He replied with a charming small grin and his chin on his hands. I sighed.

The waitress came by our table and asked us for drinks. We both said a cola at the same time and I stared at him. Aren't vampires not able to drink or eat anything else? Well, I guess vampires are different than the ones in the myths about them exactly true than I thought. The waitress left us smiling down at Neji.

"What are you ordering?" I asked.

"I'm not very hungry."

"I figured." His eyes narrowed on me with instantaneous significance. "You drink cola though, interesting. I guess…your like different ones, right?"

"Yeah, I guess so. But I'm much different than most."

"You were wild. How do I know you're still not wild?" I demeaned with a sharp tone

He chuckled lightly revealing one of his fangs and I didn't even flinch back, there was no reason to be afraid of him. He noticed that and folded his arms leaning in towards me. He said normally people would cower in dread from figuring out what he is and normally would have to suck his victim's blood ou dry so no one would tell. Neji said this with a confident smirk. Ooh, scary. But I know that…he doesn't drink human blood just animal blood. Plus, I know he's not that stupid, he can't attack another human in board daylight or infront of all these people.

"Come on, even I know you're not that crazy," I said rolling my eyes. He nodded slowly. The waitress approached us from Neji and stood between us, but closer to him.

"What would you like?" She asked Neji particularly, but he paid no heed to her, not even looking at her.

"I'm not ordering, but my friend here would like something." He pointed over to me with his voice and the waitress turned sadly from him to me even though she was wanting his attention.

"Umm…some ramen, chicken flavored please." I handed her our menus and she left in a hurry. "So, you must atleast have…strength, right?"

"Well, being dead might mean that." The youngest Hatake chuckles that thought. He takes a slow sip of his cola and places his cup back on the table. "I'm faster than my family could ever be, I could run from the police and be half through The land of Wind."

"Yeah, right. Now your just bragging."

"Maybe, but its true. Even Hinata, who fights like the Hulk does, couldn't even catch me." He bragged more with a blank face. I rolled my eyes. Hinata looked like she wasn't fighter that one time she looked at me.

"So, tell me, any qualities that you have before you turned? Of interest?" I need information about him.

"Well, I like art, painting, but you like writing though. You're gothic…and I'm a vampire." He counted down a list of differences between us. I raised an eyebrow as the woman placed my ramen dish in front of me. I began eating my ramen and then looked back at him.

"Aren't you hungry?"

"Unless you want me to take taste of you." He teased licking his lips and I choked on my food in the middle of laughter. He raised his eyebrow and smiled. "I'm just kidding. I'd never feed on you."

"Why?"

"Because I don't feed on humans. I did…at one point." Before I could ask about that he gestures to me to not ask. "I'll…save that tale for some other time. Ok?" I nodded and finished my ramen quickly.

He smiled finished his drink and he helped me up. What a gentleman he is. He paid for the entire thing and told me not to worry about that. Really, maybe I wanted to pay, but I guess he wanted me to save my money for something else. He escorted me out and asked if I could see my friends anywhere. Nope. He directed me to his car and began to shiver. Neji saw this and handed me a coat to wear and put it on. I knew I should've brought my jacket with me, but I was being stubborn. I sat down in the seat next to him and my eyes became heavy with sleep, it was almost six and I had enough fun for one day.

My eyes slowly began to shut and my head sagged over to the side of the seat. Apparently my head sagged onto his shoulder as he drive me home. That's where I woke up, in my bed late in the night. I gasped and felt strong arms around my waist and his breathing along my neck.

"Still a bit wild, huh?" I asked held captive by him. He smirked and brushed the hair out of my face.

"Of course, I've always been." He whispered in my ear sweetly. His finger moves around in my earlobe and smells my neck again. "Your blood is intoxicating to me. But I can't feed on one though."

"Why?"

"Because," He paused to kiss my neck in a dark way and then brought his lips up to my ears slowly. I felt his breath hanging more onto me now…so…enthralling…to me. "I was born to be wild…little one."

I hear the humming of my childhood lullaby often hummed by my family when I was younger and I began to fall asleep. He smirks into my neck and brushes my hair. I knew then, he'd fallen for me. A vampire, not just any vampire, a wild one, who craves my blood and has saved my life many times. But I couldn't help, but fall in love with him.