Let me out!

Screeches echoed throughout the murky scene. Bloody beaten hands thrashed against the metal bars over and over again. Footsteps were heard.

No… Not you!

I'm coming Keith…

Please don't hurt me.

You disappoint me…

Daddy!

Beg me to punish you for what you've done…

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"Dad-…" Keith mumbled into the desk. Sakura giggled, snapping her fingers to wake him up. It didn't do the trick. She shook her head, patting his gently.

"Good night, Keith sensei," she whispered, pushing in her chair and tip toeing out the door as quietly as possible.

Keith shot awake two hours later, and checked his watch. "Shit!" he yelled, sprinting out the door. "I'm late!"

The gasping intern made it through the hospital doors exactly fifteen minutes late for his shift. The chief of medicine shot him a glare of jealousy and pleasure.

"You're late," he said, sounding almost pleased that the boy had finally made a mistake. The chief of medicine handed Keith a pile of patient folders. "No problem for a hot shot like you, right?"

Keith breathed in to speak, and held his breath, nodding. He ran past the chief to the first room, setting down the stack of work. He sat down, stretching his limbs. "Old coot," he yawned.

"Tell me about it." Leonard Garible, a retired small business owner lay in the hospital bed next to Keith, smiling politely. Keith jumped.

"No, no! I didn't mean you; I was talking about someone else! I mean! My boss, he-" the poor guy stumbled. Leonard laughed, silencing Keith with the wave of his hand.

"Slow down, and tell me all about it," he smiled. "Call me Leo." Keith looked at his watch.

"I'd love to sir, but I have so much work to do," he said, referring to the stack of patients in his hands.

"Surely five minutes won't kill someone," Leo insisted. Keith laughed.

"Thank you, sir. I needed a good laugh," he bowed his head respectfully.

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Missing a lesson was not something Keith admired. He sat at Sakura's desk with his feet kicked up, wondering what had happened to his pink haired student. He felt his stomach rumble.

"Damn…" The hungry dragon growled, cursing himself for being what he is. He was interrupted by the sound of a turning knob. Keith shot up and stood as Sakura entered.

"Forgive me Keith- sensei!" Sakura bowed her respects as did Keith. "I was caught up with-" her voice halted with the waving of her teacher's hand.

"Don't worry about it…" he had too much on his mind. "Let's just pick up where we left off…"

Hours of studying every day with Keith were beginning to show through with Sakura. Keith had no idea that the human mind was so capable. He was more proud than anything else. The deprivation of his natural food was beginning to interfere, however. He leaned over Sakura's shoulder to correct one of her equations when she leaned back to turn towards him.

"I don't under-…" Sakura began, trailing off. Keith jerked his head away from her and stood up the second she turned to face him. He was holding his hand over his mouth. "…Keith sensei?"

"Hmm?" Keith answered, his head turned away. He shoved his hand into his pocket.

"Is something wrong?"

"It's nothing," he said through his hand.

"Then why are you-"

"I have to go check on something," Keith turned wholly away from her and speed out of the room. Gripping his stomach, he leaned against the wall and slid down to the floor, grunting at the temptations. "Her blood, for a moment I..- ugh!" Keith groaned frustration as his vampire- like canines elongated. His nails became hard and grew out an extra inch, sharp enough to tear his victim apart with ease. Keith squeezed his eyes shut and toppled over, desperately trying to control his body. "Monster-" Keith painfully grunted as he clenched his own hair.

I wanted to take her life.