Hidden Desires
Author's Note: Thanks for the reviews. I hope you all enjoy this chapter. Someone requested an Itachi x Hinata story, I'll probably try my hand at it eventually. Anyway, I hope that you enjoy this chapter.
Chapter 9
Hinata sighed as she sat in Sasuke's room. She didn't have to go to school or the hospital today. Unfortunately, Sasuke was off doing whatever he did while she was away.
Did Sasuke have some kind of job, she wondered to herself. It was hard for her to picture a vampire working a 9 to 5 job, but there were jobs that you could work at night. Hiding the fact that he was drinking blood would be difficult though. Maybe, he just didn't feed until he came home though?
"Well I guess I might as well explore the place more." She said with a smile as she decided to do exactly that.
At this point, she was almost certain that Madara wouldn't kill her. Obito come to visit now and then, but he seemed more "domestic" than the elder Uchiha. Itachi was still Itachi.
She was relieved to see that one's personality didn't seem to change much after being turned. Well that or new vampires settled back into their old habits and demeanor relatively quickly, after being turned.
"Sasuke's been a vampire for five years. Itachi has been a vampire for an even shorter period of time." The bluenette observed to herself as she continued her walk through the vast mansion.
Eventually, she came across the library. It was a grand one. There were many handsome oak bookcases that were taller than she was. The Hyuga woman couldn't help but think that there were more books here than she could ever hope to read in her lifetime.
"Well at least I won't be bored when Sasuke is away, anymore." She observed with a smile.
That's when she noticed something strange. There were a few very faded red dots by one of the portraits on the wall. Hinata decided to investigate and walked over.
When she touched those spots, she realized those were fingerprints. That and the wall was hallow. She blinked and moved the portrait to the side. There was a well hidden door knob behind it.
"A secret room?" She asked herself.
It wasn't locked. Whoever had made it, must have decided the portrait was sufficient protection. The bluenette walked inside and gasped at what she saw.
There were pictures everywhere. Well more like drawings. She recognized most of them. The Rookie Nine were scattered everywhere. There were even ones of Mikoto and Fugaku Uchiha. Most of them were of her though.
"Were these done by Sasuke, Itachi, or both?" She asked herself as she examined the room with awe.
She hadn't realized that Sasuke was this artistic. On the other hand, it could have been Itachi. Well she doubted that last part. At least when it came to the pictures of her. Itachi seemed happily married to Konan.
If there was some chance that Itachi had feelings for her, he would have taken the pictures down by now. Surely? The elder Uchiha brother certainly didn't strike her as the type to be unfaithful, even if it was only an emotional cheating.
"Was he trying to remember his human life?" Hinata whispered.
The pictures were all beautiful and realistic. Some were colored in and some were just done in gray pencil. How the gray hadn't faded, she wasn't sure. They might have been recent.
All of the pictures were fully clothed, but there was still something rather sensual and erotic about them. She wasn't sure why. There was nothing particularly outrageous about the poses or the expressions.
"It must have been so hard for the two of them." She observed.
Hinata had a hard time wrapping her mind around the concept of becoming a vampire. One would have to leave their human life completely behind. Apparently, your memories did seem to survive the transformation though.
Could she really do that? Leave behind her friends and family? Could she leave behind her dream of becoming a doctor and everything else? She didn't know.
"It's a wonder that either of them stayed sane." The bluenette murmured as she noted a book.
Curious, she opened it and she realized that someone had been writing in it. It wasn't a novel. This was handwritten.
Sasuke had written it. She recognized his handwriting immediately. The Hyuga woman had always been rather jealous of how neat his penmanship was. Her own writing was average at best. (Much to her father's chagrin.)
I've been a vampire for a few months now. Every day, I struggle to learn more about this new world and to remember my old one. Madara says that I am adjusting quickly, but I disagree.
Every day, I find myself a bit more. I remember flashes of my past. I remember my family. I remember my friends. Mostly though, I remember her.
I was only eighteen when I died. That was probably why I never told her how I felt. I thought I had more time. Ironically, I was right. I have nothing, but time now.
Unfortunately, none if it is ever going to be spent with my friends or her again. I should have told her. The only regrets that I have is not being able to say goodbye to my family, my friends, and especially Hinata.
Hinata blinked after reading the random entry that she had flipped to. It was a diary. The bluenette suddenly felt terribly guilty.
She had just violated Sasuke's privacy in a very major way. The med student hadn't meant to do it, but that didn't change the fact that she did. The young woman mentally winced at that knowledge.
"I should get out of here. This isn't right. It's a private place." She mumbled.
She knew that this was wrong. Hinata really shouldn't be reading his private thoughts or staring at the pictures that he had obviously made himself, but she couldn't help it. Her curiosity was too great and so she continued reading.
No matter what I do, I can't control my craving for blood. I've done things that would horrify my human self. Last week, Madara was dealing with a pack of werewolves that had slighted him in some fashion or another.
I'm not entirely certain what they did. I doubt it was worth what happened to them though. Madara brought me along for the punishment. He said that I'd be safe, despite the fact that there were about thirty of them.
It was complete carnage. My Sire is extremely powerful and fast. He tore most of them apart. When the scent of blood hit the air though, I lost control. I must have torn at least two limb from limb. I feasted on their blood.
Werewolf blood is a bit sour, but I was thirsty enough that it didn't matter. Most of these days, I only have two thoughts on my mind. Blood and her. Sometimes I think about both at the same time.
The part of my mind that is still human enough to worry about things like right and wrong is disgusted by that. Most of the time though, I don't care. I dream of her often. I dream of being with her. Of biting her. Of turning her.
It can't be though. Hinata is innocent and kind. She'd never be happy feeding on the blood of others to survive. She'd never understand the werewolf slaughter.
No this is my world now. Never hers. The world that I live in now is one of death. She doesn't belong here.
I hope that they are all happy though. They probably think that I'm dead by now. I still miss them. I miss my family. I miss her, but I hope that they are able to move on with their lives. Hopefully, they are happy in the remaining decades they have left.
"Sasuke's in love with me." She whispered to herself.
Meanwhile Sasuke was traveling with Madara. Itachi had already left London to go to Paris with Konan. So it was just him, Madara, and Obito.
Sasuke knew that was likely a bad thing. Madara would temper his wicked behavior slightly, when Itachi was around. He knew that his "middle descendent" was a pacifist. Itachi would never approve of whatever they were about to do.
"Where are we going?" Sasuke asked.
"We are going to pay a visit to a local politician. They have a rather unsavory hobby." The elder vampire in formed him.
This caused the raven haired man to raise an eyebrow. An unsavory hobby could be anything. Though he suspected that it must be supernatural in nature. It was unlikely that Madara would care otherwise, unless the man was trying to rip him off financially.
"What's the hobby?" Sasuke asked cautiously.
"He fancies himself quite the vampire hunter. The man has been killing some of our low-level kin." Obito explains.
That would do it. Madara was strange. He viewed almost anyone as disposable, but he would defend the "honor" of their kind. That meant that an attack on one vampire was an attack on all vampires to him.
"I see. Well in that case, I suppose we should give him a fine sendoff." Sasuke replied with a smirk.
This was going to be enjoyable. Listening to the man beg for his life and tasting his blood as he died screaming, would be nothing short of ecstasy. He just hoped that Hinata never found out about it.
It was self-defense in a way. Sasuke just wasn't sure that she would see it that way. That wasn't going to stop him though. It had to be done and he was likely going to revel in doing it.
"My thoughts exactly." Madara agreed as they headed towards his office.
Obito smiled. Things were going well. Sasuke and Itachi had already learned so much control for such young vampires. He had a suspicion that Madara was hoping to groom them to become his heirs so to speak.
Why wouldn't he? They were intelligent. They were strong. They were even from his human line. There was no reason why the elder vampire wouldn't be interested in doing so.
"Let's make sure to suitably punish this one. I don't like vampire killers." Obito muttered in disgust.
He winced as he remembered Rin. The humans had been targeting witches. They hadn't got one, but they had killed her all the same.
She and Kakashi had been his best friends for years. They grew up together as humans and stayed together, after they were turned. Unfortunately, he and Kakashi weren't in Salem, when it happened.
If they had been, they would have leveled that village to the ground. Neither of them would have ever allowed any harm to come to her. They were best friends and had always looked out for each other.
"I don't think that anyone does." Madara offered and with that, they entered the building.
"Who are you people?" The politician demanded.
Edward was a man in his mid forties. He had dark brown hair and green eyes. He loved to flaunt his wealth and as such he was wearing a rather expensive black suit with a crimson red tie. His build was certainly athletic, Sasuke noted to himself.
"We're your worst nightmare. Obito, shut the door." Madara instructed and Obito proceeded to do exactly that.
"This place is soundproof, right?" Sasuke asked..
"Of course. I made sure of that before I invited the two of you along on this hunt. Really, Sasuke. You should have more faith in me." Madara chastised him playfully.
Edward took a few steps back. Suddenly, he knew what was going on. These weren't men. They were monsters.
They were vampires. Three of them. He had never faced three at one time before. This couldn't be happening!
"Nooo! Please!" He screamed in terror, but it was too late.
Sasuke, Madara, and Obito lunged at him. By the time they were done, there was nothing left of him. There was blood everywhere. They had literally torn him limb from limb.
"What are we going to do about the mess though? Surely, the cameras saw us go in." Sasuke observed.
"I had a witch take down their cameras and a simple spell will clean up the mess. Here throw this pouch of onto the ground and watch." Madara ordered Sasuke.
Sasuke did as asked. The powder fell out of the pouch and a white light shimmered around the room. When it finally faded, there was no blood. Edwards's body was in one piece.
"Amazing. So they will think that he had a heart attack?" Sasuke inquired.
"That's the plan. Let's get out of here." Madara encouraged him and the three men quickly left.
Back in the United States, Kakashi had taken Rin to the Serpent's Den. She looked around in astonishment. The other vampire mentally sighed and decided that it was going to take Rin awhile to get used to modern life.
"Kakashi, always a pleasure." Orochimaru said as he slithered over to them.
"I can't say the same. I thought that this would be a good place for Rin to adjust back into the flow of things. She's been away for a very long time." The silver haired man stated.
"Rin?! I had thought her dead. Well it is an extreme pleasure to see that I was sorely mistaken." Orochimaru said as he grabbed her hand and kissed it in an old fashioned gesture of greeting.
Rin's lips curled in disgust. Orochimaru wasn't allowed to touch her in that way. It made her feel dirty.
"Thank you. Kindly remove your lips from my hand or I shall remove your head from your neck." The chocolate eyed woman said with a sweet smile.
Orochimaru promptly took a few steps back. He had been around long enough to recognize that smile. That was the smile of someone who would most certainly carry out their threats.
"Of course. Well please do make yourselves comfortable." He apologized.
"Wonderful. Kakashi, I'm still thirsty. Where can we get something to drink in this establishment, while we discuss our future plans?" She asked.
Kakashi smirked and led her to a private room. There were humans there. Rin recognized them as feeders immediately.
These humans weren't afraid, when she showed her fangs. If anything, they seemed excited. She would never fully understand feeders, but she was grateful that they existed. They certainly made life easier.
"Perfect." She said with a smirk as she sank her teeth into one of the feeders.
Unbeknownst to her, Orochimaru had already taken out his phone and was calling Madara. He would let Obito know that his friends were alright. Surely, the other Uchiha would want to know and Orochimaru could use this as an opportunity to curry favor with the powerful family.
"Madara, please call me back when you get the chance. I have something very important to tell you. It relates to Obito." He said before hanging up, once he realized Madara wasn't answering.
A few hours later, Sasuke headed back to the mansion. He looks around for Hinata and frowned when he didn't see her in their room. Well it wasn't like she had to stay in their room. It was just that she hadn't ventured out of it much when he wasn't around.
"Hinata?" He called out in a more anxious voice than he would have liked.
He received no response. That made him even more worried. He decided to search the house. Eventually, he ended up in the library. He noticed that the portrait covering his secret room was slightly out of place.
"Damn it!" He growled under his breath as he raced into the room.
Hinata gulped when she saw Sasuke and quickly put the book down. Uh oh. This wasn't going to be pretty.
"I guess you found my hiding place." He said with a heavy sigh.
"I was just exploring and found it. I didn't mean to invade your privacy." She mumbled.
Sasuke sighed and cautiously approached her. He quickly wrapped his arms around her and held her. He really did have the worst luck when it came to Hinata.
"It's not your fault. I hope that this place doesn't frighten you." The raven haired man said as he placed his head on top of hers.
"It doesn't scare me. You were just trying to hold onto your human life. That's a good thing. I accidentally read some of your diary. I didn't know that it was a diary at first. I'm so sorry." Hinata said in a rush.
"Don't worry about it. It's not your fault. I never said that you couldn't come here. What did you read?" Sasuke replied nervously.
"The part where you had just become a vampire. You talked about your family, our friends, and me a lot. I know that you have feelings for me. I never knew." She told him shyly.
Hinata decided that it was probably in her best interests not to tell him that she knew about the werewolves. That would just make things even more awkward than they already were. That and it wouldn't bring them back.
"I didn't want you to know. You liked Naruto back then and after that, I became a vampire." The youngest Uchiha reasoned.
"Oh. I'm still sorry." Hinata apologized as she leaned into him.
"Not nearly as sorry as me. I don't expect you to love me. I'm a monster. I've done a lot of terrible things and you're human. I doubt that you want to become a vampire. The fact that I'll never age another year and you will would be a major issue." The vampire continued.
Hinata sighed and nodded. That was true. She really did like Sasuke. He made her feel safe and his bite excited her in ways that she knew weren't entirely healthy. That didn't change the fact that he wasn't human though.
If she really wanted to be with him long-term, she was going to have to become a vampire. There really wasn't any way around it. Hinata didn't know if she wanted to do that or not.
"I like you. I just don't know, if I could handle being a vampire." She admits.
Sasuke felt his heart sink. Hinata did like him. It wasn't love on her part yet, but he could have worked with like. He could have worked with it, if he was still human. It might have become love.
Unfortunately, he wasn't human. He was a vampire. Hinata didn't know, if she wanted to become one or not. Without her being transformed, there was really no point in pursuing anything beyond friendship.
"I need some time to think about it." She said.
Sasuke blinked. She wasn't saying no? She was saying maybe? Well it was a start.
"Take all the time that you need." He said with a smile.
At that same moment, Madara had just checked the messages on his phone. He paused when he saw one from Orochimaru. That was unusual. What could the snake possibly want?
"Orochimaru, I got your message. What did you desire to discuss about Obito?" He asked.
"I was at my business tonight. I saw Kakashi and approached him. That's when I noticed that he wasn't alone. He had brought a woman with him." The other vampire said.
"Yes, Orochimaru. That sometimes does happen. Kakashi has always preferred women and has never lacked for suitable companions. I don't know what that has to do with Obito though." The elder vampire stated in amusement.
Orochimaru paused. He wasn't entirely certain how to say this. He just knew that he had to say something. This was his big chance to curry favor with Madara Uchiha.
He was one of the greatest vampires of all time. Orochimaru would be practically untouchable, if Madara was on his side. That was why, he was doing this. Power.
"He was with Rin. The vampiress that used to be close to Obito. It was her. I'm sure of it. They're still at my place." He explained.
Madara's eyes widened. Could it really be Rin? If that was true, Obito was going to be so happy. It had been centuries, but he knew that the other vampire still mourned her loss.
"I will be there as quickly as I can. I won't tell him about this. I want to see for myself that she isn't an imposter. It would be rather cruel to get his hopes up, if this turned out to be a hoax." The Uchiha Patriarch reasoned.
"That's certainly true." Orochimaru agreed.
He was positive that it wasn't a hoax. Orochimaru had seen it himself. Then again, it was truly amazing what witches were capable of. Perhaps it was best to allow Madara to investigate first.
"I shall be there in precisely two days time. I need time to inform them that I am heading back to the United States on business for a couple days. That and I need to make traveling arrangements. Can you keep her there that long?" He inquired anxiously.
"I can keep her here. Trust me, I can do it. I'll see you soon. I truly look forward to our meeting." Orochimaru said as he hung up.
Madara put his phone away and immediately went to find Sasuke. Luckily, Sasuke and Hinata had already moved back to their room. Madara hadn't discovered Sasuke's secret space.
"There you are. Well I'm afraid that I have some pressing business to attend to in the United States. I will be leaving tomorrow. I'll be back in a few days. I want you to inform Obito of this and Itachi, if they ask." The elder vampire said.
"Of course. What kind of business though?" Sasuke inquired.
"The personal kind. I'm afraid that I must be packing. I will not interrupt your time with your lovely pet further." Madara said and with that, he walked off.
Sasuke frowned. That was utterly bizarre. Why wouldn't his Sire tell him why he was going to the United States? That didn't make sense.
Madara had never kept secrets from him before. The thought that he was starting to do so now, disturbed him. It disturbed him greatly. What in the world was going on?
"Maybe he has a date?" Hinata suggested.
Sasuke smirked. That was quite the amusing picture. Madara didn't really date. He informed someone of his interest and they quickly fell into bed (or into other places). Madara Uchiha was not someone to court the object of his affections.
"I doubt that's it. I suppose anything is possible though. So you'll really think about it? If you don't want to become a vampiress, you can tell me. I won't be angry." Sasuke assured her.
"I'll really think about it." Hinata told him as she kissed his cheek and Sasuke just smiled in response.
