Vampire Heart

"Your all still here," Saki murmurs, staring at the Uchiha's.

"Tch," Sasuke scoffs. "Some needed more persuasion than others."

"Madara, do you want to stay?" she frowns.

"Where else would I go?" he scowls.

"Don't answer that," Itachi growls.

"I wasn't planning to," Saki replies.

"Where's Zane?" Sasuke asks.

"He's going to collect Syrus from Duel Academy," she whispers.

"What?" Itachi yells. "Why didn't you stop him?"

"What would you have me do?" she frowns, her voice unusually pleading. "Itachi? Answer me!"

"I would have stopped him," he replies, his voice cold and darkening.

"He would have killed you," she murmurs. "Just as he would have killed me."

"You?" Madara scoffs.

"She's not quite what you think-" Itachi begins.

"Don't!" she yells.

"Saki, you're not a child, open your eyes and accept the facts!" he growls.

"I'll kill you if you tell them," she says, the threat loud, clear and true.

"Why?" Syrus asks.

"Oh, you're back," she murmurs.

Zane snarls and shoves past her roughly; expertly ignoring the death glare she directs to the back of his head. In a flash, Itachi's hand is on her shoulder and with his eyes, he tells her to calm down and let things be. She growls at Zane before stepping back and ignoring the thoughts raging inside her emptying mind. Syrus watches them both, a deeply burning fire in the pit of his stomach and rising to his throat. Madara steps back from the speed and pure power that Itachi, Saki and Zane exert. Sasuke's wide eyes can't move from them as he enters the intricacies of a political coven argument that not even the oldest of covens ever dared enter.

"What…" Sasuke gasps.

Sasuke's eyes focus on the swirling red, blue and sickening yellow energies emanating from the three most powerful vampires. Saki turns to him, a certain look in her eyes that warn she's not to be trusted.

"Keep him out of this!" Itachi hisses.

"He's not a child, he can fend for himself!" Zane snarls.

"I don't remember him addressing you Zane," Saki murmurs, her voice laced with poison.

The argument escalates in that one moment after she speaks and the swirling energies grow and until they have to fight for the most space. The energies pulsate dangerously. Zane's snarls and Itachi's growls cease and they stop and stand tall. Zane's eyes meet Saki's with mistrust before they both look to the windows. Itachi, at that moment, lunges for Syrus and disappears with him. Zane races after his brother and Saki turns to the two remaining Uchiha. Sasuke stares at her, silently pleading her to explain exactly what's going on. The only answer he gets though, is a pained look before she too, disappears. Sasuke and Madara exchange glances before fleeing the room and entering the room where the hunters attacked, a room clearly designed for meetings. Upon arriving, Madara grins at the confused ninja. It doesn't quite make sense to him though. The reason they've all gathered together with the head vampires wearing such a sombre look.

Saki looks up at him with a glare before returning to the discussion with her full attention. When the remaining Uchiha's step forward to join the conversation, Zane pushes them back roughly. Both Madara and Sasuke glare back as they notice Syrus the midget taking a greatly important part in the discussion. That act alone confuses the ninja even more, but no one dares to comment on it. The quiet whispering of the vampires cuts off mid-sentence and they step aside. Saki glances forward her eyes filled with disgust. The doors swing open and a horde of people with almost white skin and pure black hair step into the room in a way that you could be forgiven by anyone but them for mistaking them as zombies.

"Who're these?" the raspy voice of the head person says.

Immediately, Saki appears in front of them. Her position isn't quite defensive, but she's ready for a counter attack if needed. The reality of the situation finally hits Sasuke, and it hits him hard. A strange force manages to keep Sasuke from hunching over with the sick feeling twisting in his gut. His eye catches sight of a golden glint, Saki's dagger half hidden by the slit in her skirt. Her hand, is wisely, kept near the blade as she watches them carefully. Even Zane and Itachi can feel the extra pressure in the atmosphere and they finally realise how old and the coven is, and how many they'll have to deal with. Saki takes a warning step back.

"My apologies, if I had been aware of the Kita coven coming then I would have made a more suitable arrangement," she murmurs, sounding completely sincere.

Itachi raises his eye brow, he wasn't aware of how potent an actress Saki is. Judging by the carefully composed look on his face; neither did Zane. Of course, they would have fallen for it if she hadn't made it clear how much she wanted them all dead countless times before. She signals with a hand gesture for their guests that she's in complete submission to them and Itachi's temper flares.

"How unusual," the head mutters. "For the cast away to behave with such a respect."

"I have learned my mistakes and I truly regret my actions," she replies.

"We would believe you," another murmurs. "Except for your attack on your brother."

She watches them cautiously; forcing down the nervous gulp that rose in her throat. She removes her hand from the blade and makes an almost confused, yet innocent gesture whilst walking away from Sasuke and Madara, leaving both open to attacks. Zane lurches forward slightly and his reaction doesn't go unnoticed as he had hoped. A few Kita coven members smirk and grin whilst enjoying watching their prey writhe uncomfortably. Syrus steps back, his face paling in fear of what he knows is coming soon enough. Itachi, for reasons, including the safety of the humans, forces his muscles into a lock down and waits for the betrayal to come.

"I am trying my best, but," she almost visibly winces from speaking. "my kind of people fail at many things, control being one of them."

"Bright young girl, but your actions have proven yourself untrustworthy for the last time. It's too bad, for the fact that you learned your lesson," he rasps.

"Yes," she snarls, inaudible to everyone but herself. "I've learned my lesson."

The leader chokes as a blade slices through his wrinkled throat. Saki lands on her left foot and immediately launches herself at a closely grouped few members of the coven. She escapes a counter attack by back flipping and landing in a crouch. Itachi and Zane use that moment simultaneously to launch their own attacks. Syrus grunts and forces himself forward, his nails forcing a deep gash across someone's chest. Sasuke and Madara stare on, the prospect of the battle having thoroughly shaken both former rouge ninja. The constant scattering of blood across the floors, walls and ceilings have them paralysed in fear, until Saki forces something into their hands.

"These are fully loaded vampire hunter weapons," she says, hurriedly. Glancing over her shoulder quickly. "Shoot their heads and hearts!"

Sasuke stares as she disappears into the battle and quickly pulls the trigger. The loud bang surprises him and Madara wastes no time on firing at their enemies. Sasuke follows Madara's lead and fires at every enemy far from their allies, but something catches his eye. A piercing jet black that contrasts against a greater, paler colour. In that split second, a vampire lunges at him, knocking him to the ground and stares into his eyes before going for a torturous kill. From the sounds all around him, he can tell that the others are sharing a similar fate to his own…

Author's Note:

I own Relentless Knight, Shadow Blade, Crystal Lotus, White Lily, Phantasm Spectre, Emiko, the identity/persona of Opal Moon, the plot, her father and the Kita coven/clan. Everything else goes to their rightful, respected owners.

Wooh! I finally entered the modern era and guess what I found? The ability to copy and paste! It's just so awesome! Oh, okay, now to important matters. As before, I will only update once I have three reviews, and I will not change my mind this time. It's not because I'm vain or because I think I'm great. The only reason is that I wrote a book with this idea and I'm getting a book published, not this one, but this is really important to me. So, please just find a second or two to review, just write 'cool' if you don't have much time. I will appreciate any and all and you never know, I might even mention you if you review enough. Thank you for your attention and for now, good bye.