Hey everyone! I already mentioned what this chapter would contain so I just need to say I

don't own Naruto. Enjoy!

Chapter 10:

"HINATAAAA!" Hanabi screamed when she opened the door to see her sister.

"Hanabi! It's so great to see you! I've missed you so much."

"Yes! And, hey, Temari!"

"Hey, Hanabi. How've you been?"

"I've been good, dealing with our dad travelling around, and Neji, of course. He won't be here for another couple days though."

"Figures. Neji never shows up to anything on time." Hinata says, rolling her eyes.

"Yeah, I know." Hanabi said, laughing. "By all means, come in!"

They entered the house and quickly sat down on the couch that was there on the furthest wall of the living room.

"So, what's Neji's reason this time around?"

"Well, he's bringing some girl with him to meet us. Apparently, he's serious about this one? Mentioned being soulmates or something. Not quite sure what she's slipping in his tea, but it's working."

Temari laughed, "He doesn't seem like the monogamous type. I'm interested in who's tying him down."

"Me too." Hinata said.

"Well, all I know is, her name is TenTen."

"Looking forward to meeting her."

"Yeah, yeah, yeah. Let's get to the good stuff though. You're staying with Naruto?"

"Yep. Both of us are, actually."

"I gathered that, but she's usually attached to Shikamaru's hip anyway. It only makes sense."

"Valid point." Temari said, trying not to feel embarrassed.

Hinata spoke about Naruto's home and how humble Naruto actually was, not even mentioning the house's size, or the amount of land he'd actually owned. She spoke about how she'd be meeting his godfather sometime on this trip, and how she really did like him and wanted to build something more off of their relationship in the future. It was one of the most heartfelt things either of the other girls have heard.

"You love him, don't you…" Temari said, not prying at all.

"I don't know if I do just yet, but I know for a fact that I could."

Temari thought about how she felt about Shikamaru and realized that she knew how she felt about him. She was certain. And she wasn't going to let him struggle anymore, she was going to help him deal with his urges. After all, he didn't ask to be the way he was, he just was. She needed to help him control it. Because if he couldn't, she loved him too much to watch him suffer because of her. If he couldn't, she'd have to leave him. For his own good.

Meanwhile…

"Alright. Like I said, stay in the car. I don't need anybody trying to steal my porsche."

"Got it."

Sasuke got out of the car and walked up to the door of his old home. He took a deep breath, instantly regretting what Shikamaru had talked him into doing. Before he got a chance to knock on the door, Shisui emerged from the side of the house. He was wearing a black leather jacket and a red t-shirt underneath. His jeans were black and his shoes were red with black lining. His black hair was slightly ruffled, but for the most part it was turned to him to see him gesturing for him to follow him to the back of the house. Reluctantly, he followed.

When they got to the back of the house, Shisui, who was about his brother's age (almost considerably older), sat down at a table, reached into a cooler, and pulled out two beers. He handed one to Sasuke. "Twist top," he said as Sasuke grabbed it from him. The relief a Coors Light gave Sasuke might've actually been surprising. Sasuke nodded twisted the top off of the beer, sitting in the spot across from Shisui's. He turned to look at his old home. Unlike Naruto's home, his was actually a mansion. It was worth at least 4 million dollars. Uchiha's didn't come cheap. The house was exactly how he remembered it. The same off white exterior with red linings in some places. He turned his head in the opposite direction and saw the other end of the lake that Naruto's place overlooked. The houses were only about 2 miles apart. The lake stretched into a river down at the other end. He saw how nicely Itachi kept the place. The lawn was neatly clipped, and the backyard was kept nicely as well.

"So," Shisui said, interrupting Sasuke's thoughts, "What is it exactly that you wanna know?"

"Everything."

"What's everything?" He asked, taking a swig of his beer.

"Well, everything is everything. First, how the fuck did my brother - an original vampire - manage to die?"

"Well," he sighed, "he killed himself."

"Huh?" Sasuke was taken aback by this. His brother had way too much pride to kill himself. His eyes started stinging, but he tried to speak through the pain and suck it up. "Why would he do that?" He asked.

"Because he couldn't bare with the fact that he turned you. And the fact that he'd made way too many enemies didn't help. He was alone, all except for having me."

"But he had you. You were his best friend."

"Yes, I was. Which is why he gave me a heads up."

"He told you he was gonna off himself?"

"Yessir."

"Why didn't you stop him?"

"Why would you have wanted me to?"

Sasuke couldn't figure out the answer to that. He knew his brother was probably miserable. But, rightfully so. He was an asshole. He was the reason he and his best friends couldn't die, he was the reason the accident happened, he was the reason he was left with nothing but Shisui and a giant house.

"Good point." Sasuke said after a few seconds of pondering.

"Exactly. He just couldn't live forever with nothing. Which was understandable, so I let him be. He was my best friend, I wasn't going to be selfish. Plus, part of me believes that's what he's wanted for way longer than what he was willing to share. Anyway, what else did you wanna know?" Shisui finished off his first beer and went on to his second.

"How and why did you find me?"

"Kid, your brother always made sure you were okay from afar. We always knew when you were and weren't in town. It wasn't that difficult to find you here, knowing when you'd be here. Second, Itachi wanted me to inform you of his suicide and give you some stuff."

"Give me stuff? What the fuck would he have given me?"

"Well, this house, for one." Shisui gestured toward the house they were sitting outside of with an arm. He reached into his coat pocket and gave him a key. "It's yours."

"What?" Sasuke was shocked.

"Yeah, he thought you might have that reaction. You get all his money too. Everything he's ever earned and saved."

Sasuke couldn't believe his ears. He downed the rest of the beer he'd been babysitting and Shisui handed him another one. He quickly opened it and took a long swig.

"Listen, kid. Itachi wanted you to have this shit. Any other questions?"

"What really happened that day? The day of the accident…" Sasuke said, sinisterly.

"You know I can't tell you that. It could endanger you and all of your friends."

"Tell me."

"I can't. What I can tell you is that the answers you're looking for are somewhere in that house. You just have to find them. Itachi left you the answers, but you've gotta figure it out for yourself."

"Why?"

"Because if I tell you, your eyes won't… they won't evolve."

"What the fuck are you talking about?"

"Uchiha's, we've got something with our eyes. That's all I can say."

"It's specific to Uchiha's?"

"Let's just say that, as a vampire, there's a reason your eyes turn red and your friends' don't."

"..."

"Listen, I've gotta run. But you have my number if you need anything else."

"Hn."

With that, Shisui was gone. He'd flash stepped away from the house, leaving Sasuke and his beer alone at the table. He gripped the key in his hand, trying not to think too much about his older brother. Even though his brother was a complete, utter asshole and was at fault for multiple unfortunate things and events in both of their lives, he couldn't help but humanize him in the way that he died and the way he left things. Which is exactly why he didn't want to think about him. In his eyes, Itachi didn't deserve to be humanized. At least not until he found out more.

He walked back around to the front of his house and into his car. He opened the door to see Shikamaru on his phone.

"They're getting suspicious bro, we've gotta get the sushi and go back."

"Fuck, it's gonna take way longer than it should."

"Nah, I ordered from my phone, we're set to pick up in 5 minutes."

"Ugh. Thank God for Seamless."

"Wasn't Seamless but whatever. What happened in there?" Sasuke started driving to the sushi place.

"I just inherited a house." He paused, sighing.

"What? Does that mean Ita-"

"Yep. Dead. Don't wanna talk about it."

"You got it."

And for the rest of the drive they rode in silence. Shikamaru thinking about sushi, and Sasuke trying to keep his mind off of his brother and the house. He couldn't help but keep thinking about what Shisui said to him back at the house.

Let's just say, as a vampire, there's a reason your eyes turn red and your friends' don't. The sentence echoed in his head over and over. He couldn't seem to stop thinking about it and he didn't know why.

Later…

When Sasuke and Shikamaru arrived back at Naruto's with sushi, Sasuke placed it on the table, said hi to Sakura, and walked toward the stairs.

"Where are you going?" Naruto asked.

"Wine."

Once he was out of Sakura's line of sight, he flash stepped into the the room on the 3rd floor. He got the padlock on refrigerator chest unlocked, and grabbed the first bag of O negative blood he saw. It was his favorite type. He gulped it, flashed stepped out of the room and to where Naruto kept his wine. He grabbed one of the oldest bottles of red wine and brought it back to the group.

"There ya go." He grabbed some sushi, put it on a plate, and sat down next to Sakura. The group started having a conversation and all he could think about was what Shisui said about his eyes. The house. The answers. All of it.

"Hey, Sasuke. You okay?" Sakura asked, interrupting his thoughts.

"Hn." He said, giving her a fake grin. "Just fine."