Oh no! Kiba died!!!!!
Hinata stared at the hand that protruded from Kiba's back. A small amount of blood covered the hand and trickled from the wound, but it wasn't much. There wasn't nearly enough blood for a living person. Her saviour grabbed the hand that had attacked him and slammed his fist into Shikamaru's chest. The force of the blow sent him skidding across the sand only to land on his back, some meters away.
"Hinata-chan, gomen ne, gomen ne." Kiba turned to face Hinata smiling apologetically as he held his wound. Her eyes widened a little but she was almost expecting it. Kiba's eyes had become cat-like and fangs adorned his smile. He too was a vampire. "Akamaru, protect Hinata-chan."
The dog barked in assent, swiftly changing from a cute mutt to a crimson, dangerous hellhound.
"Don't be afraid of him, he's safe."
Neji ran up to Kiba's side catching the vampire's attention. They stared each other down for a moment then nodded in agreement, they wouldn't kill each other. For now. Shikamaru climbed to his feet and ran at them again, but this time he flicked a blade out of his belt. Neji ran to meet him ducking under the slashing blade he aimed for various pressure points, trying to catch the vampire off-guard.
Sasuke walked over to Kiba, who was helping Hinata to her feet.
"What's Naruto doing?"
"Haven't you guessed already? You were there, weren't you?"
"I don't know what you're talking about."
"The old house, with the vampires. And a demon far beyond your level of strength."
"Naruto..." Sasuke glared, then smirked, then frowned. He didn't want this. "So he's changing then." Just at that moment a wave exploded drenching the fully turned Kyuubi. The salty water rose up from the seas to form an icy prison around the fox. The demon growled and scratched at the slippery surface, conjuring a mass of fire and energy he slammed his paw against the walls, shattering the prison in one hit. The shards of ice flew towards the three and Sasuke jumped out of the way to avoid being hit. Turning he watch as the ice flying at Kiba turned to water before impact and splashed harmlessly against them. A watery undine landed next to Sasuke wielding a large chain with a glaive attached to either end. Upon closer inspection he could see spiked barnacles growing along the chain and the chain itself appeared to be rather rusty.
"I need your help." Tenten offered her hand to the Uchiha. Sasuke looked at her slightly transparent hand and smirked, taking it.
"So what's your plan then?"
Tenten smiled at his cocky attitude and jumped into the sky pulling him along with her. A torrent of water came up to meet them and they landed on it, standing as it took them higher. "The Uchiha clan learned fire based techniques, correct?"
"Hn."
"Naruto is a fire based demon as you may have noticed. I can create shackles that will subdue him but you need to tie him up."
"Subdue him? Why is he acting like this in the first place?"
Tenten closed her eyes as she created another prison around the angered demon, this time it was made out of flowing water. "That should hold him while I explain. This is going to be brief so I can make it quick. I'm sure you've heard of the Kyuubi that married a were-wolf. Well Naruto is their son. His mother died from childbirth of a demon and Naruto later killed his father. Because he is a mixed breed he has the characteristics of both a demon fox and a were-wolf. Like a demon he can change into human from and hide his powers, he is also incredibly powerful. But because he is part were-wolf every full moon he becomes a mindless beast, he has no control over his body at all. Usually we lock him in a special room but as you can see he's been released."
"So he doesn't know what he's doing?"
"No."
Neji and Kiba jumped back to avoid the many kunai thrown at them. Kiba was smarting from the pain of his wound leaving him at a disadvantage to the hardly scratched vampire in front of him.
"Kiba-kun how is it that Shikamaru is so much stronger than you? Even with your wound we shouldn't be at this much of a disadvantage."
"You don't really know much about vampires, do you?"
"All I need to know is how to kill them."
"But you don't want to kill Shika."
Neji paused. "No, I don't."
"You've probably heard all those things about 'pure-blood' vampires being stronger than normal vampires." Kiba dodged a fist and aimed a kick at Shikamaru's knees, which was easily evaded.
"You saying Shikamaru is vampire royalty or something?"
"No, I'm saying it's all bullshit. In theory the older a vampire is the more it's gotten used to itself and the smart and stronger it is. Although Shikamaru looks around eighteen he's closer to eight hundred years old. And considering he was the one that turned me, it's only natural there's a difference in our strength. Plus the state he's currently in helps."
"About that…" Neji jumped out of the way as Akamaru breathed fire onto their foe.
"It's called bloodlust. Because you guys have been watching Chouji's butcher he hasn't been able to get any blood recently, as a result he went into bloodlust."
"Why didn't he just drink the blood of someone on the street?"
"That's what we thought he did, but he hasn't killed anyone recently. Before this, that is. To be perfectly honest, I'd say it's your fault he's like this."
Neji fell silent as he thought over the meaning of the last sentence. Ducking and dodging blows he looked into Shikamaru's eyes, that were full of anger and lust. He's crazy need for blood was driving him mad, and at that moment Neji dropped his guard.
He saw the full moon above as he went flying across the sand landing near Hinata, who rushed to his side and began healing his wounds. He sat up when Hinata was finished and watched as Shikamaru slashed Kiba's arm, rendering it useless. It was strange how vampires could still feel emotions, no matter how twisted or sincere they were.
"Hinata, do us a favor please."
"W-what is it, onii-san?"
"Let Kiba drink your blood. It'll help him heal so he can fight better."
Hinata looked at her brother in surprise. "H-hai."
They both got up and ran towards the wounded vampire, but Shikamaru ran too. Kiba caught the blade that was aimed at his chest, yanking it forward along with the person that wielded it.
Neji tripped up as the ground underfoot suddenly moved. Jumping out of the way the Hyuuga's watched as the mostly dismembered bodies stood up and flew at Shikamaru holding him down and rendering him immobile.
"What the hell did Shikamaru tell you about reanimating random bodies, Sasori!?" Kiba jumped up shouting into the wind. A blond, a red-head and a masked man dropped their illusion and came into view.
"Aww, don't be mean Kiba-tun. We just saved your existence. Plus it was Kakuzu this time." The blond helped remove the various pointy objects from the vampire before pointing to his neck. "Thirsty, hun?"
"More than a little."
Hinata gasped as Kiba bit down on the blond's neck sucking up the blood that came out, it was certainly more disgusting to watch than she'd first anticipated. She and Neji looked over to Shikamaru only to find Temari kneeling next to him, receiving similar treatment.
Sasori decided to take up the task of explaining.
"Neji-san, Hinata-san, I'm Sasori, then man in the mask is Kakuzu, and the blond is Deidara. We are necromancers and are all part of the Akatsuki."
Neji flinched at the mentioning of the name.
"The only way to cure a vampire of bloodlust is to satisfy it. It won't take much of Temari's blood due to the feast he had before hand. Kiba will heal with Deidara's blood's help. Deidara has strange fetishes so don't worry if he faints from blood loss."
"He was so fucking irritating after he lost his other arm. It took forever to patch him up." Kakuzu added.
Hinata nodded to show she understood and bowed slightly in greeting, these strange men were rather unnerving. Warm fur rubbed against her leg in comfort and she leaned down to pet Akamaru, at least he was reliable.
Sasuke jumped around the great fox, narrowly avoiding claws and tails as he wound the watery chain around his limbs and neck. The fire that surrounded the demon was intense and almost unbearable to the Uchiha prodigy as the fox thrashed around. Sasuke reacted a second too slow as a large paw batted him out of the way sending him through the air. A bubble of water softened his fall and left him wet and steaming. Tenten ran over to him and grabbed at the chain pulling with all he might. The Kyuubi's legs buckled underneath it as the chains tightened and pulled on his limbs and neck. Suddenly Naruto thrashed sending a shockwave of energy through the chains turning them all to steam.
"Well, that was a good idea while it lasted."
Tenten jumped in surprise to see Kisame standing behind her. Sasuke just turned his head to worn out to be surprised. He stood up upon seeing the clothes Kisame wore; Tenten just looked at him oddly.
"What's wrong, Sasuke-kun? Surprised to see us?" A cold voice echoed from far away and they turned back to face the demon. Next to the fox stood Itachi, his coat billowing out beside him from the wind created by the Kyuubi's tails.
Sasuke glared at the murderer and spat out the blood that was welling in his mouth. Focusing large amounts of power into his hand, he took off wielding a palm full of sparking energy that was put under huge amounts of pressure.
"Sasuke-kun, what are you doing?" Tenten shouted after him, but her words fell on deaf ears.
"I'm gonna kill you!" He screamed at his brother, throwing all his weight forward as he lunged at his brother.
A loud bang shook to air, sending ripples across the raging sea. A hand closed around Sasuke's taking the full force of his attack, which should've easily ripped the entire arm off. He looked at the clawed hand, staring at the fiery red glow that danced around it, and then he looked up at the owner of the hand. His eye's filled with disbelief at sight of his love protecting his most hated enemy. Naruto glared down upon Sasuke, his demonic eyes flashing with anger. His breathing was labored after the swift change of forms and from over-exertion. The raven pulled away allowing his arm to fall limp due to his strained muscles. The hand that was caught his attack bleed a little before completely healing over.
Itachi looked at his brother, his eyes full of pity before diverting his attention to the problem at hand. Namely Naruto. The fox had acted on instinct when he moved to protect the elder Uchiha, meaning Naruto had regained some of his senses. That was a good sign at least, but soon the demon will realize his position and attack again. If that happened the outcome of this fight would be inevitable. Itachi gestured to the watery chain on the ground which immediately rose at the command of Kisame wrapping itself tightly around the confused kitsune. Itachi then pulled out some seals wrapping them around the chains at various intervals
Sasuke watched the process in awe and envy of his brother as he continued to work with Naruto thrashing about, scratching and biting at his offender. Once the seals were activated the thrashing stopped and the power sunk back into Naruto's skin. He dropped to the ground in exhaustion groaning as he grabbed as his stomach in pain. Sasuke dropped down next to his friend shaking his shoulders to catch his attention.
"Naruto, Naruto!"
The blond turned to Sasuke and looked at him through blurry, blue eyes, and then smiled.
"Hmmm, Sasuke." Closing his eyes again the little fox fell into a deep sleep, the chains clinking as he shifted about.
Haha! Didn't you know? Kiba's already dead! Okay, I'm getting all cocky now, oh well. Review please!