Title: A Thousand Year War
Summary: Temari was an average girl, until she stumbled upon a secret that is hidden from the entire normal world, and meets up with a man nearly a thousand years old. Now she is hell-bent on helping him and his kind. Who said age doesn't matter? ShikaTema.
Author: Bibliophile Nincompoop
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Love is like heaven, but it can hurt like hell.
~ Unknown
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Chapter 7: What the Hell is Going On?
Shikamaru stormed through his broken house, growling. They vampires had the nerve to attack his house! Did millions of dollars in damage, and that's not where they pissed him off. They attacked two of the most important people in his life. Winston was at the hospital, but the doctors said he wouldn't survive. Shikamaru wouldn't believe them, Winston may be getting old, but he was still stubborn as well... Temari. And then Temari was god only knows where and with them, probably a trap to lure him in. Naruto had come over and nearly broken down every door or wall in the house, his emotions so hay-wire that he changed into his animal form. Both of them were loosing it, without Temari their support beams would cave in due time.
A small knock sounded at the door, and a blurry eyed pink haired woman walked in. Naruto went and jumped on Sakura, and she screamed when the animal nuzzled against her abdomen.
"Disgusting creature get off!" Sakura yelled throwing the beast to the floor. Her eyes dripping with tears. Naruto had called her a while ago telling her that Temari had been kidnapped and that she should come to Shikamaru's mansion. She looked towards the distraught man, "I hope you don't mind, my boyfriend wanted to come too."
A raven spikey haired man with pale white skin walked into the room, "Before you rush me with your wea..."
The fox immediately attacked, tripling it's normal size till it was the size of a lion.
"Naruto stop!" Shikamaru yelled just before the massive fox pounced. The beast stopped, growling at the command. Naruto had to listen to Shikamaru, he never really knew why it was just because after Shikamaru saved him Naruto always felt connected. "Welcome into my home, I hope you have an address or phone number for your brother who did this. I would love to pay him a visit, talk about the damages he caused while I'm decapitating him."
"Me and my brother aren't on friendly terms, but I can help you get the girl back." Sasuke walked close to the samurai, sticking his hand out to him. "So a truce for now?"
Shikamaru took the man's hand and shook it in agreement.
"What the hell is going on!?" Sakura screamed.
All of the men, including the were-fox, stared wide eyed at the girl. Obviously forgetting that she had no idea of their world, and forgetting she was even there.
Shikamaru sighed, completely forgetting about the girl. "This is so troublesome."
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Temari blinked her eyes open, she was dangling from the wall by a pair of steel handcuffs. The wall behind her was chilling to the touch, making her shiver. "Where am I?"
A candle lit over to her right showing a tan man, with sterling silver hair, and piercing purple eyes. Purple...
"Who the hell are you!? Why did you attack the house last night!?" She wailed at him struggling to free herself from the chains. Remembering those eyes, that man who killed her friend.
He put a finger in his ear and twisted it. "Could you be any fucking louder?"
"WHAT THE HELL IS GOING ON!" The blonde screamed on the top of her lungs, turning red in the face from the blood rushing to it. And that's when she saw him tense holding onto the chair he'd been sitting on till the chair arm broke. His eyes turning blood red, and a pair of pearly fang slipped over his bottom lip. "No..."
"That's enough Hidan." Came a familiar voice, one she could live without ever hearing again. Itachi. The tense man stood up jerkily and walked past the raven haired man who just walked into the room. "Why were you still with that slayer? My spies tell me that he kicked you out some time ago, but you still went back."
She kept her mouth shut, but glared into his hollow black eyes. Crazy Carl was right after all.
"I guess your important to him or he's important to you." The handsome man murmured. "Did you know if that slayer dies so will you and his others he has saved from a vampires bite?"
So Shikamaru is alive... She still ignored him.
"Do you know how a vampire is made, my love?" She scoffed at his endearment, and he smirked. "When I was still a young vampire, the first person I changed was a beautiful blonde with sky blue eyes. She was on her fifth day of having the Bubonic plague, and she wasn't going to make it. Her stupid husband never left her side, honor and loyalty of the samurai."
Temari went wide eyed, having a good theory of where this was going.
"She was loyal to me, forgetting of her foolish man. But she fell in love with another, a mortal man named Gaara." The blonde's heart clenched painfully at her baby brother's name, "He rejected her and so she killed his family. Your family."
Inos don't destroy my life, it was just one. The same woman, the same monster. She's a freaking vampire! Should've known that preppy brat was evil.
"She hasn't been by mate for many years, and I have found a new one." He said sliding his finger nail over her healed bite mark.
"Never." Temari glared at him with all the anger in her body. The pain of her brother's deaths brought back her fury anew.
"You don't have a choice love."
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"This is so insane, not even possible! Like this is soooo not happening to me! I hang out with a bunch of freaks! I am a freaking model for crying out loud, I should be with other models! Not a half vampire, werewolf thingy, and vampire slayer!" Wailed Sakura, they had 'carefully' told her about everything and needless to say she didn't take it with the grace Temari had.
"Will you shut up!" Naruto yelled, now back into his human form. Usually he'd blush and melt in front of the beautiful woman, but his sister was in danger. "This isn't about you right now! And I'm not a werewolf thingy..."
"Naruto is right." Shikamaru added, looking at the half vampire. "I'd really like to know your whole background, but I just want to get back my troublesome woman as soon as possible."
Sasuke nodded, "My brother and his group have established a night club over in the Bronx, but they have many warehouses and shops located all around the state. I checked this morning an Itachi is at the night club, top of the notch security, and tons of witnesses."
"This sounds interesting and troublesome." The samurai sighed. "Will you go with us?"
"Yes." The vampire nodded again. "But how?"
"Naruto will get in a bar fight, distract everyone. We will slip down into the basement, because that it the obvious place, and save the damn woman. Simple and sweet." Shikamaru explained, grabbing his sword.
"I like it." Naruto beamed, jumping up from his seat. "When do we go?"
"Two."
"Two in the afternoon?" Naruto tilted his head in confusion.
Sasuke sighed at the blonde's stupidity. "In the morning. Not everyone's bedtime is nine o' clock little boy."
"Watch it pretty boy, before I rearrange it." The blonde boy growled.
"Save your anger for the fight." Shikamaru pushed the blonde boy back into his chair. He pointed at Sasuke, "Stop antagonizing him."
"Hn." Was the vampire's response.
"So..." Sakura whispered from her spot away from the boys. "How do we know she's still... you know alive?"
"I would be able to tell." Shikamaru smiled lightly, "When I saved her, I had to bite her, which forces us as one."
Sasuke cleared his throat, "Plus, my brother wants to take her as his mate."
"What!?" Naruto screamed, "No blood sucker is going 'mate' my sister!"
"Well technically she doesn't even have to agree, as soon as he bites her to change her, she's his." The dark man answered, as if talking about his brother was repulsive taste on his tongue. "Of course he is going to have to kill her or make her partially dead before he bites her."
"That changes things a bit." The samurai muled over the new information. That leech better not touch her. The thought made his blood boil in anger.
The were-fox grunted crossing his arms, "I think we should go right now. Hit them with all that we've got. Plus the sun's out, charbroil them while we are at it."
"For once I agree with the nuisance." Sasuke looked towards their, he guessed, ring leader. Shikamaru's face was scrunched in thought, his eyes dulled by fear and anger.
"Sasuke take us to your brother's club." The lord stood from his place in finality, but fell back against the couch grabbing his chest in pain.
Naruto jumped to his friend's side. "Shikamaru are you ok?"
Sasuke sighed shaking his head, "They're changing her."
Shikamaru's eyes brimmed with tears, as he felt the part of his soul that he gave to save Temari slowly fading. The samurai ran outside his sword in hand, "Lets go!"
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Temari cried out in pain, tears free falling down her cheeks. The blonde woman in front of her grinning madly.
"Oh Temari you look so old and frumpy." Her blue eyes sparkled with self-assurance and confidence.
The artist grunted, the gash in her chest was bleeding profusely. "Fuck you, you tiny ass Beverly Hills bimbo."
Ino scowled, "Are you still upset about the whole me burning your family alive thing?"
"Currently, I'm pissed about the whole you trying to slash me to pieces thing." Temari grinded her teeth together. "But that too."
The platinum blonde smirked evily, "Or maybe it's the fact my dear departed husband loves me over you?"
Temari spat blood straight into the other woman's face.
"So that is it." Ino giggled delightfully. Punching the dieing woman in the gut, with her inhuman strength making Temari cough blood. The vampiress leaned in close and whispered, "I'll take good care of him, don't you worry."
Ino walked away, a well practiced sway in her narrow hips. "Fourty minutes, and then you'll be dead... or should I say the undead?"
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Some people are saying that blonde is spelt blond. So I check it and it could be used either way, and there are guidelines to it as well, but I could care less. I've always spelt it blonde and it's going to stay that way.
Anyways, this was basically just a filler to more educate the readers, next chapter will be action packed goodness.
Will Shikamaru make it in time? Will he be able to face his wife, let alone kill her? Will he be willing to kill Temari for the good of the human race?
Like always if there is a grammatical error tell me!
