Chapter 10: Something that's different.
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It's so hard to believe in things
That you can't see yourself, see yourself
Behind the scene, lies more than
You can understand yourself, stand yourself
~ Acceptance
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Walking down the streets of the city Ino had recently purchased two new books, one on herbal remedies for her studies and other on a love story that she was currently reading, and a bag of her favourite sweets. University wasn't till 2 o'clock so she had time to chill. Normally she would have picked up Hinata and Sakura to go to the local tea shop but she had decided that the fact that they had drank too much last night they might need to sleep it off first. Ino had a very good metabolism and with remembering to drink some water before bed had help with any headache she would have had if she hadn't.
The love story she was reading was overly mushy which she adored and a little action to her to that she had to admit seem to compliment it somehow. The ironic thing was Ino had never fallen in love nor ever wanted to. When it came to men Ino's policy was that they were here for two things: pleasure and making babies. That was it. Gaara was a very handsome man for her to lose control but when she had thought about it she probably would not want to settle down with him, or anyone for that matter. She could say she only wanted to entertain her friends with idea but the truth was her soul just didn't feel a thing while her body and mind did with any man. This sort of freaked her out a bit and became quite defensive around her heart. What would be the point if your body and mind want someone while your soul didn't agree.
Just as she was about to get to a really good part of the story she folded the page edge and closed the book. As much as she wanted to finish it off she would probably bump into someone and by sods law they'd probably would have some hot liquid in there hand. Besides, reading and walking was not her forte much as she disliked the fact. She glanced to her to her left, spotting the local corner shop. Dozens of missing pets were littered on the bottom of the shop window, most of them cats, a few advertisements too and the local newspapers shown on a rack inside the shop.
One newspaper screamed OCULT STRIKES AGAIN! Another said 13 BRUTALLY MURDERED! But what caught Ino's eye was RECOVERED BOY FOUND INSANE!
She remembered picking up the previous newspaper of the missing boy and felt upset about it. Who would take a seven year and subjugated him to cruelty only adults knew of? Walking in the shop she picked up the newspaper, paid the shopkeeper and left with it underneath her underarm. She tried to look for a place to sit and read it but came up short. Who wouldn't? With weaving in and out of a crowd to locate a bench of coffee/tea shop to read in was…she couldn't put her finger on it.
Her eyes widened.
There!
She rushes towards the bench, nearby to the entrance of a Park. Sadly not the same park Hinata had brought her to when she met Gaara. She sat down and pulled the newspaper out but before she could even read the first word…
"Troublesome"
Ino's ears twitched.
"Why read something that horrible at this time? And here of all places, Parks are for fun."
Slowly, Ino turned her head slightly to the person that had dared open his mouth. He was in the way of sun, shading his front effectively for her to unable identify him, except that he had a pineapple shape head. She would have laughed if she was not annoyed about his presence.
"Is reading such things at this time a crime?" Ino grunted.
"No"
"Then why bother say such things? So unless you want me to slap you up the head for simply wanting to know if a kid's health at stake I suggest you leave." Ino said, calmly.
There was a soft chuckle.
"I'm sorry for intruding…m'am"
"M'AM?" Ino shrieked.
She turns fully but… he was gone.
Twitch.
Twitch.
TWITCH.
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"GAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!"
A poor crazy tired werewolf walked into the house, closed the door behind him, walked down the hallway to the living and flopped onto the couch face first. He looked like shit. No, sorry, shit looked better than him at that moment. He didn't even notice the immortal sitting in the chair next to the couch he collapsed into.
"Naruto?" Tenten asked tentatively as she perched herself onto her feet on the chair next to him.
She had been sharpening her weapons when he had entered the room.
"Mmm?" Naruto manage to grunt through the cushion.
"Where the hell have you been?" Tenten asked.
Naruto moved his mouth to the side, nose still kind of squashed. "Tracking." He grunted.
"Sasuke?" Tenten asked.
"What about the bastard?" Naruto grunted.
"Have you been tracking Sasuke?" Tenten rectified, with as much patience she could muster.
"Should I've been?" Naruto said tiredly.
"He didn't come in last night" Tenten said.
Naruto yawned, suppressing the urge to 'curl up' to sleep in front of Tenten. Curling up would have been another stupid jibe for her as any girl would call it adorable. It was one of the few things he could not stand. "Don't worry about him; I'm sure he's fine." Naruto said "Vamps are pretty good at looking after themselves."
"Naruto, he said he was going to be back in three hours, he had to deal with some kind of problem last night. It's 10am now." Tenten said "He always carries out whatever he intends to do and, well, he didn't answer his mobile five times."
"If you're that worried about him go ask Neji to scout for him." Naruto grunted.
"I did, and he well…" Tenten said her eyes draws towards to the unconscious form of her lover on the floor.
"What happened?" Naruto said, a little more alert as he pushed himself up from the couch with one arm.
"Knocked him self out unconscious after tripping over the coffee and hit the floor too hard." Tenten sighed.
Normally Naruto would have laughed at Neji's predicament to the point of passing out from the pain in his sides and lack of oxygen to laugh more. But at the moment he neither had the energy to laugh or make a joke of it. He frowned at Tenten with concern though at what she was saying.
"Did he say anything before this happened?" Naruto asked.
"Yeah, something about eye soap"
(A/N: Lemon!)
Sasuke groaned at the pleasurable pain, eyes clenching at the sensation as Sakura gasped, gripping Sasuke shoulders, nails leaving bloody crescent moon shapes into the flesh. Sakura curved upwards when he thrusts into a particular sweet spot inside her. She hit her orgasm for the second time that round and the rosette couldn't recall how many rounds there had been…nine, right? Taking that moment he rolled them over and he was on top of her. Taking control, he thrust his hips repeatedly before braced himself into the incoming ecstasy and he joined her in bliss at last.
(A/N: You're safe!)
After a moment of some semblance, he blinked and realised his position. His face was craned to the external jugular below her neck, directly were one of sources of his problems were. His eyes were fixed on that damn scar that was still there. In one of there previous rounds he reopened the scar, drank and then closed it with hopes that it may finally disappear. It never did.
Kami fucking damn it!
He had no idea what the hell was wrong with him. There was something in her blood he was damn sure of it during the third round, he would have left then. But fortunately or unfortunately because she had a taste of his own blood she had became one hell of a nymphomaniac. Figuratively speaking of course, his blood couldn't change anyone into something else even if he tried, only on a hormonal level.
Not that he didn't enjoy it. Hell, not a lot of humans could keep up with him or that badly wanted to be fucked like an animal in heat repeatedly. From his experience his blood, along with his saliva, was a good way of healing people which was definitely the reason why she not aching, tired in pain from their constant fucking. But DAMN did he need a breather from it!
Grunting, he slipped out of her slick warmth gently and rolled over. His eyes flicked at hers but he crouched over, ignoring the growing need. He observed his surroundings.
The place looked like a bomb had gone off.
Everywhere was completely trashed.
Doors were barely on their hinges.
Carpets and curtains screwed up in heaps.
Chairs, tables and sofas were on their side.
Ornaments, books, photo frames and nick knacks scattered on the floor.
"Oh kami, what a mess" Sakura complained, looking around the room, she moved her torso up to lean on her elbows while she was still lying down.
He snorted and smirked, he on the other hand was quite proud of it. He knew fully well that when he tried to detach himself from her embrace early on he would then find she had pounce upon him yet again. All to do with one little drop of his blood in her system. He really couldn't help but feel very pleased about himself but he couldn't take all the credit, her blood had almost the same effect on him as well.
"Don't laugh! This is entirely your fault!" Sakura growled.
He turned to look at her.
"I didn't hear much complaint in the bedroom, on the table or against the kitchen door." He said smoothly.
She blushed and turned away from him.
"What the hell was I thinking?" Sakura muttered.
Sasuke shifted, he was asking the same thing himself mentally. Being around that human had a drug like effect on him, and very addictive. Could she be semi human? It would be possible, he had never seen a human with natural pink hair before and those emerald eyes, they seem to cut right through you like diamonds. But the taste in her blood, it was all human. Yet her reaction to his blood, she should be out like a light by now. Not even a top athlete could keep that sort of stamina up, yet she was so fragile at the same time.
Were those vampires hired by a creature knowing what she was? Is she powerful? A human vessel for something more? And that shadow… He studied her naked form for a moment before leaning into her, his chest pressing into her side as his legs stretched out against her.
"Whatever it was I wouldn't be ashamed of it" he softly said into her ear.
He smirked as he watched her shiver.
"You're not helping" Sakura said.
His smirk widens slightly.
"Was I supposed to be?" he rhetorically asked.
He could feel her body temperature rise, penetrating into his skin very nicely. Very nicely indeed. His body was naturally cooler by a few degrees than humans and their heat, HER heat to be precise, was very welcoming to his system. His fingers began to trace across her thighs to stomach and back again.
"Stop that" Sakura almost whined.
A spark of challenge intrigued him. He began to kiss the column of her neck before nibbling at her pulse point. She groaned, shifting herself back into him, wrapping an arm behind his neck and pulled him down into a very heated. She could feel him almost laugh at how she could so willingly come back to him. But damn it she could not HELP it, her body felt itchy, needy, burning and very much wanting him to take it all away.
His eyes turned to the clock on the floor, while still locked in a passionate embrace. It was 10am; he had been there all night. No doubt Tenten may have a fit with him when he gets back or might send the others to find him. He pulled away from Sakura reluctantly, though placed his forehead onto hers.
"Sasuke" she moaned, unhappily at the sudden loss.
"As much as I wish to continue this, I must leave." Sasuke said.
His hands still traced still traced her hips and thighs.
So softly.
"Teased me for more, didn't you" Sakura groaned, annoyed at how he could play her.
Her lips brushed against his enticingly.
"Can't have you wondering off, I like you too much" he said mischievously.
Kiss.
"You're no good for me" She sighed.
Kiss.
"Feelings mutual" he lightly said.
Nip.
"When can I see you again?" she asked.
Kiss.
"Hn."
Nip.
"You're impossible."
"Ah."
She wanted to giggle, she hadn't felt this good in such a long time. He caught her chin between his forefinger and thumb on his right hand, moving away slightly. She opened her eyes to red, hypnotising her.
"Sleep" he commanded.
She tried to resist the sleepy sensation only have him place more power into it. Her eyes rolled back as she closed them, falling against him in a deep slumber. Sasuke sighed and stood as he pulled her into arms securely. He maybe an ass at times but he was still a gentleman, no matter how much he wanted to deny it. Taking a look at his surrounds, he began to walk back to the bedroom, he couldn't recall how they ended up in living room in the first place. He almost cringed at the sheer destruction they had caused along the way.
When he approached the bed, he placed her down gently, pulling the covers over her. She groaned at the sudden loss. He wanted to tsk at her almost childish behaviour but he couldn't help but be amused by it. It was something quite alien yet familiar, intriguing him.
Innocence.
That was it.
His innocence had been obliterated at the age of six to equip him the necessaries of war against the darkness. Something a child should never have to endure but being a Daywalker, an Uchiha, he was bred for these requirements. He had seen unspeakable horrors, battled to brink of death, tortured and killed many before his twelfth birthday. It also wasn't uncommon for his kind to go insane from this constant battle against the forces of evil. But this human, she did not know anything of these things but the human side, knowing the cruelty humans – that could be worse than the demons and the darkness – can dish out but never lived it. Yet she still held traces of innocence even to this age. He could definitely say he never met someone like her at all.
Interesting indeed.
And that scar…
Mentally shaking himself of his thoughts he began to look around the chaotic clutter for his clothes.
Great. How am I going to find them in this mess?
He was sleeping again.
Dreaming.
Deeper.
Darker.
He was running down the old corridor. Home. It was his home. Something's wrong. It's hot, suffocating…so much orange, red, yellow. It's so bright.
Fire.
Everywhere.
The mansion is on fire. The flames are dancing in a devilish way. Rejoicing in cackling laughter.
He was running.
Why?
Daddy.
He was running to find his Daddy. Fire was licking the walls, devouring the wood. Where was Daddy? He had to get him out of here. He's the only one still in their home.
Fire.
Smoke.
It was choking him.
Stinging his eyes.
"DADDY!" he screamed.
Choke.
His daddy is close. He is determined to get to him. The flames are laughing. No.
Not the flames.
Voices.
"DADDY!"
He runs to a room.
Chaos.
He sees his daddy.
He sees some one else.
He looks like…who was this man?
No, not man.
DEMON!
The demon is smiling wickedly at his daddy, almost fondly. His daddy is angry. SO angry it's scaring him. He wants to whimper in fear but he is frozen.
Why is daddy so angry?
His daddy turns to him.
"GET OUT HERE NARUTO!"
He yelps in fright. His daddy's eyes are red. Is it the fire? They are so scary. Why is daddy so angry?
The demon looks at him.
Red eyes looking at him in mirth.
Cunning.
Deadly.
Red.
Eyes.
"My who DO we have here?"
Red like Daddy's.
But not like Daddy's.
Scary. As. Hell.
"Leave him be!"
The fire is still burning around them.
"Is that how you treat your elders?"
The demon was amused.
Hair like fire.
So much fire.
Dear kami that heat was unbearable.
"You are nothing to me" his daddy said.
"You can't hide who you are." the demon spoke. "You are not one of them Minato. No matter how much you deluded yourself to be. I've only come to show you the way. After all this, do you think they will accept you?"
He was confused. What did daddy do?
He's scared.
He wants his daddy.
"Daddy" he whimpers.
The demon turns back to him.
Deadly smirk.
Realisation.
"I see" the demon spoke. "Or should I just show your son the way?"
"GO TO HELL!" His daddy roared ferociously.
The mansion shook.
So much power.
So much fire.
It burns.
"DADDY!" he screamed.
Naruto screamed as he bolted up, fear, anxiety swept through him while in the corner of his eye caught movement.
Red hair.
DEMON!
Instinct.
His hand launches catching whatever it was around the neck, pinning it beneath him. They were choking, his grip like steel never braking, through the haze. Someone was hitting him. Everything is too fuzzy.
"NARUTO GET THE FUCK OFF GAARA!"
He blinked.
He could see the red hair, the green eyes bulging with panda markings and the lack of eyebrows.
He blinked again.
Gaara was clutching his claws, a futile attempt to get him to release his neck while he tried to breathe. The poor red couldn't even summon the earth to save him with werewolf unbelievable strength and sudden viciousness; keeping him from thinking properly to get him out of the situation. Reminding him that despite his powers he still had a very human body and it very much would like to live! Immediately Naruto lets his friend go, who in turn took in the most appreciated and refreshing lungful of oxygen ever. Gaara then bolted away from him, shocked of what his blonde friend had done.
"Naruto you nearly killed him!" Tenten shouted. She was scared. Naruto eyes were like a…she thought werewolves eyes were…never like…what the hell was he dreaming?
"What…cough…what the…cough…hell was that about!" Gaara managed to say. "That's…cough…the last time I'm ever…cough…check to see if you're okay!"
Naruto looked at Gaara pleadingly as the redhead rubbed his own neck to ease the pain. "I'm sorry Gaara…I just…I had a nightmare, scary as hell really, and you being there…" Naruto said.
"I was in the nightmare or me being in the way when you woke?" Gaara tried to clarify, recovering.
"The last bit" Naruto said.
"What could possibly posses you to try and kill me?" Gaara asked. "I know I may have got carried away the other day but, god, I thought I was literally going to die!"
Naruto stood, uncomfortable with the subject.
"I rather not…" Naruto mumbled.
Utter silence filled the room. Naruto didn't like it, silences was not his thing. They made him even more uncomfortable as it is.
"Ah don't worry Panda-kun!" Naruto smiled, faking his cheer "I'm fine, nothing to worry about. Just some demon taking my ramen away, that's all."
Tenten didn't look amuse.
Gaara didn't believe him.
"What time is it?" Naruto asked, still with his stupid fake grin.
"Nearly two o'clock, why?" Gaara asked.
"OH CRAP! I'M GONNA BE LATE FOR HINATA!" He shouted.
And disappeared in a yellow flash.
Sasuke looked annoyed. He was resting against a wall by a deserted parking area, where it eventually gave way to a forest to his left and a lonely lane to his right. After he had found his clothes in Sakura's apartment he cleaned up the chaotic mess and repaired any items that they may have accidently rendered useless to the best of his abilities. Leaving her to sleep peacefully and not worry about the clutter when she woke. He blamed it on his gentleman behaviour, NOT that he secretly liked her. Okay?
But he wasn't annoyed about that, nope, it was another female that was annoying him.
"Tenten, since when did you became my mother?" Sasuke growled into his phone.
"I was fucking worried you asshole!" Tenten barked back, as soon as Naruto left, she had decided to phone up Sasuke one last time before going out to find him. "You are a rare prize for some hunter! Don't you think I should be worried?"
Women. So annoying!
"Hn." He said.
"DON'T YOU HN ME YOU FUCKING BRAIN RETARDED DAMN STICK UP HIS ASS BLOODY VOCABULARY INCAPITATED MAN FUCKED WHORE SICK EMO PARASITICAL FREAK!" Tenten boomed.
"Ah." Sasuke said.
"YOU BASTARD! I'M GONNA–oh Neji you're awake!"
And just like that Tenten hanged up. He sighed, putting his phone away. People thought he was bi-polar.
"Quite a mouth that Immortal has" a lazy voice.
Sasuke turned to the owner, eyeing him without a word or gesture. It was the pineapple shape hair guy with the cigarette hanging loosely in his mouth.
"I didn't want to show up you know, troublesome, but my servant was quite insistent."
"Why did you place one in her home?" Sasuke asked.
The guy smirked.
"You were drawn to her, just your wolf friend is drawn to her friend. I had to make sure you and I would be in contact. And, so, here we are."
Sasuke continued to stare him, his poker still intact.
"You said 'he' was coming. A demon lord, yes?"
"Yes."
"Is he seeking the Hyuuga's eyes?"
"Only one pair in particular."
Sasuke frowned at that but continued to remain silent as the questions and curiosity started to plague his mind. But he wasn't going to ask, asking questions meant you were interested and if your were supposedly neutral could spell trouble of course.
"Rumour of course, the Hyuuga's eyes are very valuable"
"What are the rumours?" Sasuke asked, just in case after all, he had to think of Neji's safety.
"He wants the ones that are so prized. So special. Almost unique. My sources are not too clear on what they are only that they come from the Hyuuga clan. He also hasn't found them yet." The guy said. "Why not ask your friend? Maybe he'll shed some light over these things. It's a total drag when you can't figure out the aim for these items."
"There's a motive for them?" Sasuke asked.
"We've heard he's becoming increasing his forces to find them, which can one lead to one possible conclusion." The guy said.
Sasuke face became neutral again when realisation of what the guy was implying. "There's someone else on the playing field."
"And it most likely to be worse. Troublesome." He said.
"Do you have any idea who it may be?" Sasuke asked.
"Are you thinking of joining us then?"
"I have friends to worry about. I have no time for these sorts of things"
"You should. People are going to die."
"People are already dying. They die through murder to the simplest task of smoking. It does not matter to me any more."
Thoroughly pissed off, Sasuke turned to leave the area when he felt the cold seepness of the shadow servants crawling across his skin. Absorbing any heat that may have been on his skin, they tried to immobilise him.
"There are two kinds of evil. One that delivers evil."
Sasuke's eyes turned bloody red at the man who was looking angry back at him.
"And one that ignores it."
"I've been in this war for too long." Sasuke said, baring his fangs. "I had done everything in my power to keep people safe, to make my family proud and for what? The extinction of my race. So been there, done that and I'm not sorry to say that I didn't like it. Besides, protecting my friends would be considered high priority upon who they consist of."
The cold grasp of the shadows retracted as the guy looked at Sasuke a little bit softly with a warning in his eyes. "I'm only saying Uchiha that you should be careful in what you decide. Staying that shade of grey will only get you so far. Eventually HE will find your friend and if he can't get to him he was use other means. Such as you."
"I would never allow that to happen." Sasuke growled.
"It wouldn't be you directly. Whether you deny it or not, you have a soft spot now."
Sorry for the lateness.
Uni had been a major pain to get through.
This was a total pain to do. I would have placed more scenes in here but it just became too irritating as I kept on going off track on this chapter. It's more serious and pushes more towards the plot than the comedic side I like to do, so I hope everyone is okay with that.
Please review.
M-V