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"Yo" Said, Iwabee said, who stood in his door way, behind was Metal Lee and Denki.
They all began to enter, only for Shikadai to find there was more was many more people behind them then he would have thought, coming into the room.
It was exactly what he feared would happen.
"Why are there so many of you!?" He said. "Shouldn't it be just Boruto!?"
Boruto gave a sheepish grin and said. "They kind of followed me in here"
"We heard that you were sick" Sarada said, before moving up her glasses and saying. "You don't look sick."
Well of course, he was fine now!
"Tell that to my mom who has to scrub the toilet because I was sick all over it" Shikadai said.
"That is such a waste" Chocho said, eating. "You should never waste food like that"
"So, this is your house?" Mitsuki said, being as creepy as ever, before asking. "Why are my snakes suddenly afraid of you?"
Silence.
"I'm not surprised that you keep snakes" Shikadai said, not exactly answering his question and Mitsuki know it to.
Ch 7: A sea of temptation
"Hey, Shikadai" Boruto said, "Look what I have.", he pulled out something that made his eyes go wide.
A Chinin vest!
"Did you steal that?" Shikadai said, making Boruto huff.
"I earned it. You are looking at a Chunin" Boruto boasted proudly. "I won the title, in the Chunin exams. My vest came today."
"And it's not just you" Sarada said. "Misuki and I, got promoted to Chunin as well."
Shikadai was stunned, but then he saw some unknown guy, with a shrunken face and said. "Who are you?"
Silence.
Well, this was awkward...
"Shikadai, this is Hiashi" Inojin said. "He took you place when we all thought you died."
"oh" Shikadai said, the atmosphere was extremely awkward, even the guy looked uncomfortable.
"N-Nice to meet you" Hiashi said, "I've heard many good things about you"
Silence.
"Well, it can't be helped" Shikadai said, "I'm passing the torch onto you."
"T-Thank you" Hiashi said, shocked that he accepted him just like that.
"Hey, Shikadai" Iwabee said, "What's in this scroll?"
He turned to see, his sealing scroll that he let rest on the wall.
"Want to see?" Shikadai said, as they all looked on in interest.
Somebody got the scroll for him and he bit his thumb and smeared blood on the scroll to unseal it and everybody stared at it in anticipation.
What could he have kept in it? They all wondered.
However, when the smoke cleared they were all shocked.
It was a chocolate bar.
"That's it!" Metal said.
Shikadai picked the chocolate up and unwrapped it, he began to eat it with a look of pure enjoyment.
To be honest, he felt like he was going crazy in here, so many delicious scents crammed in one place and he hadn't truly had a proper meal in two days.
"Is it really that good?" Boruto said, seeing the look of satisfaction on his face, what was the name of the chocolate bar?
"I have no idea" Shikadai said, and he was telling the truth, this bar was especially prepared for him, blood was coated in the middle.
No matter what, unless somebody eats it themselves, they would not know that he was even there.
Boruto wasn't the only one depressed.
"I was joking, about having just a chocolate bear in here" Shikadai said, getting the mood in the room up. "I also have consoles."
He did a hand sign and slammed his hands onto the roll and all eyes widened when his arms were filled with consoles!
"H-H-How?" Boruto said, staring.
"Secret" Shikadai said, with a smile. "Does anybody want to play?"
Everybody immediately took one, who wouldn't want to play, however Sarada had to be roped in, to take her own console.
For those who didn't own one, the other's, were more than happy to give them a quick tutorial.
Boruto eyes popped out of his head when he noticed that there was a game in the one he took and it happened to be a game, that had just come out recently.
He couldn't afford it because he had just blow his pocket money on another game.
And it wasn't just his, in fact some of the console had games in them.
Denki especially noticed this.
"This game isn't out yet" Inojin said, looking at the title of the game he was starring, it was supposed to come out next week.
"There are still some games in there?" Shikadai said, that's what he got for being too lazy to take them out. "I managed to get my hands on some games in advance"
In advance Indeed.
Those who had a game, were very quick to see Shikadai name, imputed into one of the slots for story mode and the number of hours he spent on the game was written proudly.
"Hey, what about us?" Chochoa said.
Shikadai made a hand sign and more newly released games came in his hand, the die-hard gamers gave him a look like he was god.
While the casual was wondering what was so special.
Pretty soon, they were all multiplying each other or playing their own individual game.
"I'm going to the toilet" Shikadai said, getting out of bed and walking out of the room, he walked to the nearest bathroom.
He closed the door behind him and turned on the tap on the sink.
Then he broke.
He finally let how being in a room with delicious smelling people was affecting him, as he splashed himself with water.
He tried to fill his mouth with water.
However, his taste buds rejected it
He was even thinking about eating the soap.
He had to calm his nerves.
Shikadai, got it together. He thought.
He shouldn't be thinking about attacking his own friends and drinking their blood.
The sound of sink dipping due to strength, was loud enough that even the rooms near it could hear it.
Somebody came to check on Shikadai.
"Shikadai" Boruto voice said, through the door. "Are you okay?"
Shikadai beyond the door was not okay, he was trying frantically to find anything he could satisfy his body needs for a certain amount of human blood.
However, when he put a robber ducky in his mouth, that he used to own and his mother hadn't bothered to thrown out, the rubber duck was assaulted by dangers like teeth.
However, it held.
Shikadai felt his need to feed fading.
So, he was saved by a rubber ducky?
He walked to the door and opened it.
"I'm fine" He said.
"Are you sure?" Boruto said, "You look a bit pale"
Shikadai healthy complexation had gone paler.
"I just vomited a little bit" Shikadai said, lying. "Do you want to play video games with me?"
"….sure" Boruto said, Shikadai was acting a bit weird and he wondered if Shikadai should see a doctor.
They walked in the room and everybody immediately noticed how much paler Shikadai looked compared to when he walked out.
"Shikadai! Your face!" Metal said.
"It's fine" Shikadai said, "I was just a little sick in the bathroom. That's all"
However, they were all worried but decided to drop it, nobody notice Mitsuke sneak out and go to the bathroom to see the complete wreck Shikadai had made of It and the forcibly shrunken sink.
They all finally left, when it was getting dark and Shikadai was soon called to eat.
Both of his parents were stunned by how much paler their son looked.
"Shikadai. Are you sure you don't want a doctor to look at you?" His mother said, with concern in her voice.
"I'm fine" He said, he looked pale but he acted like nothing was wrong.
However inside, he was clearly not fine.
He had only become a Vampire a year ago, his body was not used to being depraved of so much blood so there was no immunity to such craving's.
His mother wondered if she should make porridge for him, while his father was already thinking about calling a doctor tomorrow morning.
The fact that he throw up food and was now a bit pale, meant that it may be nothing now but without treatment, it could be much worse.
Shikadai want to bed with some more chocolate from the scroll, his body was calm for now and his complexation slightly returning.
That night, Shikadai had a strange dream.
He dreamt that he was a beast, roaming through the darkness of Konoha, sticking to the shadow before grabbing anybody who got too close to them.
He sucked them until they were barely breathing before escaping.
When he woke up, he felt better than what he had, in what felt like a long time.
Due to his sickness, his mother let him sleep in, while a Doctor was dispatched to the house.
When the doctor came to his room, all three were stunned to find him playing on a console, looking perfectly healthy.
"Tou-san, Kaa-san. Who is that?" Shikadai said.
The Doctor could tell that he was healthy from first glance.
"I don't think I need to be here" The Doctor said, turning around and saying. "However, I will send you my bill" he then walked out.
All three were stunned before his mother engulfed him in a hug.
Her child was healthy once more, maybe it was a bug going around?
His father was relieved as well.
Then he was called from the Hokage.
"Sorry, I have to go to work" Shikamaru said, before walking out.
Several minutes later, he reached the building that had the Hokage office inside it.
His son was on his mind when he entered.
So many changes, but he know through his institution as a father that it was his son.
He entered the Hokage office and was stunned to see Sai and some Ninjas, while Naruto, the Hokage was staring at something with a look of horror.
Shikamaru was instantly alarmed.
"Shikamaru" Sai said.
"D-Do these bodies really look like this?" Naruto said, after staring for some time.
"A total of five people were found with dangerously low levels of blood" Sai informed, "All of the victims are currently in the hospital. They are unconscious and will be dispatched when they have normal amount of blood in their body is regained. Each of them has bite marks on necks that look like it came from a beast. Unfortunately, the victim's blood came out of the holes and covered up any trace of DNA on the neck. Their blood was also splattered everywhere the crime scene. We need to wait for one of them to wake up to get more details."
Shikamaru was horrified, what actually happened!?
People were being drained of blood?
Naruto handed the pictures to Shikamaru who was just as horrified as he was, he looked at the mummified looking people who were barely breathing, next to the pictures that they should look like.
Was a beast loose in the Village or was this the work of an actual person?
Stealing people's blood?
Nothing good could come from that!
"Have all Ninja's notified for anything or anybody suspicious" Naruto said, "I don't want this bigger than what it already is. Maybe next time whatever attacked these people would go for the kill, we must stop it before it happens. We need to keep the civilians safe, if mass panic broke out, who knows how many victims."
Shikamaru, looked back at the horrific pictures.
He didn't want whatever this is, but he would kill it before it reached his son.
However, the following night, the 'beast' struck again, no matter how many people watched, it proved to be ridiculously fast and night time seemed to be its playground.
Nearby people were horrified when they heard screaming from those who suddenly vanished right next to them.
The beast was nowhere to be found.
People were scared.
The Hokage had decided to step in personally to capture it.
"Shikadai, have you heard the rumour?" Boruto said, as they sat on the train.
"What romour?" Shikadai said, he had been feeling good for several days now.
Could he live without blood?
However, what Boruto said next, was like he was struck by lightning.
"There is something going around town. It's taking people's blood." Boruto said, before saying. "Help me catch it"
However, if he turned around, he would have seen Shikadai complete look of horror.
A vampire that survived with blood? The idea was laughable
And scene!
Next chapter, Shikadai refuses to believe that the beast attacking people in the night was him and attempts to stay awake for several days. The attacks stop but it's taking a toll on his body. He is carless once, and somebody is attacked again. He goes to the Hospital and sees with his own eyes the harm he has done. Review/fav and follow
