"You can close your eyes to things you don't want to see, you can close your ears to things you don't want to hear, but you can't close your heart to things you don't want to feel"

Science class was Sakura's favorite period of the day. Not only did her tutor, the Great Tsunade, teach it but she sat next to the funniest people in the world. Naruto and Kiba. The desks were arranged in groups of four and she sat in the middle of the room, next to Naruto Uzumaki. He made a joke out of everything and Sakura dreaded the day when they talked about sex. He would laugh the entire period. Across from her was Kiba and she was surprised to know that he actually did his work in class.

When she told him that he tried to look offended and said, "What it's cuz of the piercings right? Damn Sakura I didn't know you were a piercist."

"A what?"

"A piercist. You know, someone who's prejudice against people with piercings."

"Kiba, there's no such word."

"Yah there is, your just mad cuz you're a piercist."

"Sakura's a penis?" Naruto came back from the bathroom and heard the last thing Kiba had said, and asked the question loudly. The people around them snickered, looking away when she glared. Damn it Naruto.

"Well you know what they say,"Kiba leaned back on his chair, raising the front legs, "You are whatchu eat." She had slammed her book against the hands that held him stable, causing him to flip his chair back. The class erupted into laughter.

"Kiba, what the hell are you doing?" Tsunade walked over to him and put her hands on her hips.

He had looked up, drowsy with a big grin on his face. He noticed her chest had almost blocked out her face. "Heh heh enjoying the view?" The class laughed and Tsunade smacked him over the head, walking away frowning.

The nerve...

A hand extended down to help up and he used to it stand up. The quiet boy went back to his work when the other one was on his feet again.

"Thanks Gaara", he looked at Sakura, "At least someone's not a piercist."

"If it helps Kiba", she winked at him, "You're a pervert!"

Naruto had smiled, flashing Kiba a ha-ha-ha-ha-ha look. "We've all got flaws," he put the legs of his chair down and sat on it, "Piercist."

That had been the best ice breaker for the group. Gaara still didn't to them but Naruto talked to him all the time. The two were friends since freshman year when Naruto had accidentally bumped into him. Gaara was much angrier back than and had pushed Naruto away, only to feel ashamed in doing so. It was a miracle that the two got along so well. The red head hardly talked and the blonde talked all the time, non stop. But they were both good people. A little weird but good.

That particular Monday, Sakura was feeling less than perfect. Not only could she not stop thinking about Sasuke Uchiha but she had cut on her writing hand that she had never noticed before. When she didn't see it, it was painless but the moment she looked at it, it started to burn.

Weird. It was from the rose no doubt, the one she placed on her dressed when she got back. Ino and Tenten had already known where she went and who she met with and they didn't approve.

What if he's just using you?

What if it's a trap like Kiba said?

Damn it Sakura, think about it for a moment. A guy you never said two word to before today has indirectly asked you to meet him under some tree. Don't you think it's a little suspicious?

What if it's not Sasuke but some horny physco?

What if he rapes you? What if he murders you and dumps your body somewhere then comes back for your cute blonde friend and the sporty chick?

...

Leave it to Ino to think of the worst case scenarios first.

Sakura wasn't that naive...was she?

She had sneaked out after Ino had been asleep and met him under the tree. It was so romantic. He was dressed so well, better than she thought he would. And she had ruined the moment by tripping and falling into the dirt. Smooth. He didn't help her up but she knew he wanted to, by the way he talked to her. Rough and aggressive. Like he wanted to grab her, throw her against something soft and have wild passionate sex until she lost her voice.

Whoaaaa too much, she had thought and blushed. She was about to cry from embarrassment but when he told her "Don't...don't cry" and gave her the rose she wanted to hug him. It was her first flower from a boy and she told him, watching the way the remained expressionless. O...kay. Then he had pinned her against the tree and covered her mouth. She really believed he was going to try something before she heard Jiraiya singing. She relaxed and started to laugh at her nervousness, causing him to press his hand harder against her lips.

His hand was cold.

And he smelled like expensive cologne.

Sexy.

Then when Jiraiya caught them she thought it was the end before she played the Tsunade card. Also known as the Get Out of Jail Free card when it came to Jiraiya. He loved her, that everyone knew, but he was too stubborn to say anything. And Tsunade was too stubborn to ask.

I bet if she did, he would jump on her and have wild, passionate...she blushed in her seat. It was perfectly normal for a sixteen year old to have sex on the brain but she had never thought of it as much as she did after seeing Sasuke. He had done something to her and she couldn't under what it was.

Was she crushing on him? Or was it just that she had never thought of...it...with a boy before him. It was something to think about.

"Hey Sakura," Naruto asked, looking pensive.

Naruto?

Pensive?

Hmmm, you don't see that every day.

"Yes Naruto?" she saw his blue eyes fall down to her hand, which she held in her lap.

"What happened to your hand?"

Kiba noticed their conversation and paused copying his homework, his eyes widening.

He could smell him all over her, including her mouth.

Especially her mouth.

"You met with Sasuke last night!" he yelled, confused and hurt. The students in the class were startled and looked over to him, one by one. He had just started some interesting rumors and half truths and he didn't even know it. "What?" he questioned, angry, "Say something, fuckers".

"Kiba," Tsunade came out of her shock and kept handing back the test scores, "Stop using that language."

"Sorry," he glared at Sakura before looking back to his book. The only one of the Snake Lord's whores in that class was Tayuya and she couldn't help on the smile that crossed her face.

Naruto looked from Kiba's steaming eyes to Sakura's confused expression, completely lost. "Sakura," he tugged on her shirt a little, getting her attention and asked, "What did Kiba mean? Did you really meet with Sasuke?"

"Yes," she whispered, snapping back into reality.

"After I warned ya not to go to him, ya did anyway!" Kiba suddenly yelled, his tongue ring flashing dangerously, "How stupid can you be Sakura?"

Her face turned serious. Kiba had never spoken to her like that. She didn't know what the big deal was. She didn't get the cut from Sasuke so why was he stressing it?

"It's not your business Kiba," she whispered softly. She didn't want to make him angrier. Out of the four of them, Gaara included, none were as confused as her. Not even Naruto, who was so confused he settled back down to doing his work. His work!

"The hell it is my business! You don't know who he is, what he does, and what he can do to you! I'm trynna look out for you but..."

"And telling me I'm stupid is looking out for me Kiba?" she copied her homework, looking up at him once.

Tsunade was at their table then, handing back their papers.

"Look I'm sorry, okay, but just promise me something. Promise that you won't see him again, please promise me that."

The blonde teacher looked over to the boy, his worry written all over his face. His piercings didn't look so dangerous anymore, not with that sad face.

"I'm sorry Kiba, I can't do that," her words broke him, causing him to wince.

"Fine," he pulled his chair back, standing up. His chair fell, "Do whatever you want, see if I care. But the moment he breaks your heart don't come runnin' to me cuz I won't give a shit."

"Kiba shut up!" Naruto glared at him, "If she wants to be friends with Sasuke then let her."

"You don't understand Naruto, he's not good enough for her."

"And who are you to judge?" Sakura said to him, "You don't even know him."

The brown haired boy scowled at both of them, feeling like a corner street dog.

"Besides," Naruto went back to his work, writing in his slanted, chicken scratch way, "He didn't do anything to her."

"But he can. You don't know how seriously fucked up he is."

"Then why don't you tell her instead of sitting there like a jealous asshole," Naruto, stood up as well, meeting his glare.

"Naruto, Kiba take this outside," Tsunade walked away from them, "You two are too noisy for my class." She knew that whenever Kiba was excited or angry about something nothing she said could calm him down. She would speak to him privately after all his classes ended about his behavior.

The boys followed each other out silently, muscles clenching. The students closest to the door peeked out, trying to see the grand fight. But nothing happened. They were just standing there on opposite walls with crossed arms.

"Let's go," Kiba walked down the hall away from him, "There are some things you need to know". Naruto followed, their polished shoes making the only sounds in the quiet hall. "You know what ya are right?" he asked the blonde, walking down a flight of stairs.

"I'm...Naruto, right?" Kiba paused on the step, looking back at him. "Not who ya are, what ya are idiot. You're half vampire." Naruto closed his eyes, uncrossing his arms.

"I knew that, I didn't think you knew that," He paused, looking confused, "How do you know that?"

"Cuz I'm part blood sucker too, duh. It's easy to tell. Notice the ultra sexy fangs," he pointed to his lengthened canines.

"Then...is Sasuke...?" he started, trying to see if he was finally caught up. He saw Kiba shift his weight from one foot to the next, fingering his eyebrow piercing.

"No, he's not," he looked up, "He's worst. He's a slave." There was a brief silence.

"I used to be a slave, do you hate me too?"

Kiba sighed, "You don't get it Naruto. You used to be one and ya former master didn't want ya as a slave. He was a good man. That guy's master is a physco, he don't care about anything and anyone."

"That doesn't mean that Sasuke is like that," poor naive Naruto. Always thinking about the good in everyone else.

"Sasuke is his fucking lap dog," he continued on his way down the stairs, "He says jump, Sasuke says how high."

"But...where are we going Kiba?"

"Nurse's office, Shizune can explain it better to you."

The school nurse?

"Shizune? Really?"

A knod, "She knows everything that's going on in this school."

They walked to the first floor, with its elegant maroon walls, crystal chandeliers and soft carpeting, and headed to the nurse's office at the end of the hall.

"Ummm...ahhhh..."

"Ohhh...Shizu..."

…..

They looked at each other.

Naruto blushed up to his hairline while Kiba had a nice, big smile on his face.

"I didn't know Shizune offered those services. I need to consult her about giving me my physical."

The opened the door without knocking first, seeing an unbelievable sight. Well Kiba saw the sight, Naruto caught a white dress shirt with his face and tried to disentangle himself from it.

"Ahh get it off! Get it off! Get if off! ", he scratched at it, breathing a sigh of relief when it fell on the floor. His blush deepened when he looked up.

Shizune was pinned on her desk, her shirt off, looking at them upside down. Her shirt was riding up to her chest and her fingers where in the man's brown hair. Genma was between her legs, his belt hanging off and his hair mushed up. His shirt was off, sweat glistening everywhere, and his hands were up the woman's skirt. His eyes were dark with lust and anger at being disturbed.

Bad time?

"Ummm," Naruto was beet red and stuttering to find the words, "Hi...Nurse Shizune."

Can anything be more awkward than walking in on the school nurse and the history teacher?

"Naruto!" she yelled, sitting up and trying to hide herself among the muscular arms that surrounded her.

Genma sighed, "Do you mind?"

"No go right ahead," Kiba leaned against the door frame. "Hellllllo nurse."

Genma wasn't amused. "So help me God Kiba, if you don't turn around right now I'm gonna fail you."

Kiba smiled more, "I'm not even in your class anymore, teach". The teacher paused for a moment, looking down at the shivering woman in his arms. She was so red he thought she was going to pass out.

"Naruto, pass me my shirt please."

"I don't wanna touch it," he backed away from the shirt in front of him.

"Damn it just pass me the damn shirt."

"G-Genma," Shizune whispered, "Go easy on them."

"Here," Kiba walked across the room and handed them the shirt, smirking at the nurse.

"Th-thanks," she whispered to him. He answered with a knod.

"Call when you're done changing. Disgraceful," he pretended to look disgusted, "What would the Vampire King say?"

The looked at up him in shock, Genma grinding his teeth in her ear. "You wouldn't."

Kiba paused for dramatic effect but laughed after a few seconds, "Yea, you're right. Besides, Naruto here needs to have the talk. And I'm due to have my shot anyway."

"The talk?" Shizune asked.

"Yea."

"Fine, get out," Genma grabbed his shirt and draped it around her shoulders.

Kiba and Naruto closed the door after them, looking around the quiet hallway.

"Are they together?" Naruto asked him, the blush almost leaving his face.

And that's when Kiba remembered.

Naruto was so out of sync with the vampire world because when he was freed by the Third Vampire King, he was set to live a normal human life. That was why he had human friends, except Kiba who was almost as human as vampires got. He didn't know about the lives of older vampires and vampire customs, or even other vampire slaves.

"I think so. They've been dancing around each other for years. This is the first time I've ever seen them like that."

"You can come in now", Kiba opened the door to see Shizune wearing her white coat with a syringe in her hand. The red liquid inside it shimmered in the light.

Naruto took a step back at seeing it. "Is that blood?"

"No, of course not", Shizune rolled up Kiba's sleeve and pointed the head of syringe on the outside of a vein. "It's simply a mineral that helps young mixed vampires retain their essences".

"Essences?", Naruto looked over to Genma, who was sitting at Shizune's desk with his head down. The desk was across the room and the area surrounding it smelled peculiar.

"Yea", Kiba winced when the needle penetrated his skin, "Full blooded vamps don't have blood, they have their essence. Half vamps only have their human bloods but it balances their half vamp essence. And vamps like me, who got more human blood than vampire essence, need this shot to keep our essences".

"Forever?".

"Nah. I just take it once a year till I'm twenty".

"Why twenty?".

"Because", Shizune emptied the mineral into his blood stream, stepping back when she finished, "When a mixed vampire turns twenty, their essence matures enough to coat their bloodstream and remains there until they...pass".

Kiba bit his lip as his arm began to shake uncontrollably, he grabbed it with his other hand.

"It's like a drug," Naruto watched Kiba closely, his eyes wide.

"It's known in some vampire communities as vampire heroin because of its strong affects on mixed vampires."

"What's happening to him?".

"It's normal, his body is responding the essence. The small amounts of his old essence will attack the spot for the next hour or so until it calms down."

Kiba tightened his hold on his hand, hissing through his teeth. His usually short and sharp canines sprouted to the top of his chin. He growled then like a wild animal and clutched his furry head. The veins on his slim arms rose up on his tanned skin, trying to escape what coursed through his body.

"Are you sure it's normal?" Naruto backed up from Kiba even more, he feared his friend would pounce on him.

"Yes Naruto, it's worse when he's more human than vampire. Genma, tell Naruto what happened when Mistress Tsunade used to give you your shots."

The man in questioned opened his eyes and yawned though he couldn't help the color from rising to his face.

"I...I used to faint."

That snapped Kiba out of his pain and he smiled, his fangs poking him dangerously. He howled in laughter, slapping his knee with jubilance. He looked like a wolf laughing its ass off.

"Ah! Ha! Ha! Ha!," he cackled. Naruto himself joined in on the fun, missing the way the older teacher glared at him.

"Naruto, you just failed my class."

He instantly sobered up, "Awww but why?".

The nurse laughed at both of them, leaning against the hospital bed, "Now what talk did you want me to give Naruto."

"The why-Sasuke's-a-fucking-bastard-talk".

"Kiba, language".

"Shizune," he whined, looking down at his arm, "You sound just like Tsunade when you say that."

Her eyes brightened when he said that, her bottom lip shaking, "I...I do?"

In the background, Naruto heard Genma mutter, "Now you've done it."

"Uhh...so about Sasuke..."

Shizune's sparkly eyes turned dull as she disposed of the syringe and took off her rubber gloves. "Sasuke...he's a very hard person to explain."

"You mean he's not just his ass wipe?"

"No," Genma interjected, sliding his chair away from the desk. He picked it up and set it down behind the black haired woman. He wound his arms around Shizune's waist, pulling her back into his lap. She blushed but didn't complain, getting comfortable.

"Stop squirming," he whispered into her ear, she blushed harder, "There are little ones present."

"Hey!" Kiba frowned, "We're not little and stick to the topic, please. Geez, old people can't seem to stay on point these days."

They both glared at him, Genma's arms gripping Shizune tighter.

Little runt...

"Back to Sasuke," Naruto running a hand through his hair, "What can you tell me about him? What makes him so dangerous?".

"What doesn't make him dangerous," Kiba crossed his arms, fingering his cross.

Shizune sighed, "We should start at the beginning."

Kiba stretched, "This could take a while."