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~Chapter Eleven: Part Two~

"Do it Sakura, now is your chance." Orochimaru said. The two of them had been tailing a man for half an hour while he shopped for groceries. He was now walking home and had turned into an alleyway to cut his route short.

The two vampires were sat on a rooftop overlooking the alleyway, waiting for the man to walk underneath them. The street was pitch black, street lights hadn't been invented yet. Despite the lack of light, Sakura could see the man as if it was daytime. She had been a vampire for six months, too old to be classed as a newborn.

Orochimaru wanted the man dead. He wouldn't give Sakura a reason, and she suspected that there wasn't one. This was a test, to prove her loyalty to him. If she could kill this man without any hesitation, Orochimaru would give her free reign. He had been watching over her for months, giving her tasks to do, teaching her everything that she needed to know. He always kept her within his reach, not once letting her out of his sights. Newborns were unpredictable, but she wasn't a newborn any more. If she could do this one little task, she would be fully trusted by her creator. She wanted to please him, he gave her a second chance of life after all. The bond between the vampire and its creator was unbreakable.

When the man was six feet away Sakura pounced, dropping from the rooftop right in front of the middle aged man. She grinned, showing her sharp canine teeth. The man dropped his shopping bags, bottles clanging against each other. One glass bottle containing a brown liquid spilt everywhere, the contents spreading out across the dirt path. Sakura's step faltered, did this man have a family? Were they waiting at home for him to bring home some food for them to eat? But then it didn't matter. He was human. A pathetic little human.

He was dead before he could scream.


Present day Sakura cried out at the memory. How could she have done such a thing to murder an innocent man in cold blood? She felt sick to her stomach. Even with all these memories coming back to her, she would never fight on Orochimaru's side. He was the monster. He had brainwashed her into hating humans, but now she knew better.

She stood up to test her balance, her arm against the wall just in case her legs were unsteady. However her legs were just fine, strong enough to support her if she had to lift a large tree trunk.

She walked over to the cell bars, making no noise at all. She wasn't a fumbling human any more. Shouldn't she be going insane right about now? Every newborn went into bloodlust without consuming vampire blood. But then, she thought, she wasn't a newborn. Not really.

She peered through the bars. Nobody was about, but she could smell several scents that belong to different people. Sasuke, Fugaku, Neji, Jiraiya and Naruto had all been down there recently. She guessed that Neji was locked up in a cell somewhere, or had they already interrogated him and determined that he was on their side? She must have been trapped in the cell for at least three or four days. Would they interrogate her?

Who had put her in there? She didn't think Sasuke had, he wouldn't keep her prisoner. She had a pretty good idea that the Ruler had placed her there. Was it possible that he was scared of her now that she was a vampire again?

Sasuke said he would be there when she woke up, so where was he? Was something going off in the palace that she didn't know about? She felt something brush her right elbow. She moved her left hand to see what it was, and she felt silky smooth hair under her fingertips. Her hair had grown almost down to her waist, slightly longer than the length she used to wear it when she was twelve. It was the same length she wore it when she was a vampire before. She had returned to the state she was when she was killed by Sasuke's grandfather.


1775

"What are you doing here?" Sakura asked her creator who was crouched down on the floor with a piece of metal in his hands. He was engraving something into it.

"This is your new weapon." He explained, twisting the scorching hot metal in his grasp, admiring it. Of course the heat didn't bother him.

"I don't need any weapons. All I need is my teeth." She crossed her arms over her chest. Humans were easy to kill, a weapon would just hinder her.

"Don't be so ignorant, Sakura. There are others like us out there. Others that want us dead. You will need an advantage over them if you ever come across them." He stood up to face her, the sword clutched in his hands. "This sword has an oak core and oak fused into the metal. It will slice through anything you desire it too, even vampire flesh. Take care of it."

He handed Sakura the katana and she held it out in front of her. She liked the balance of it, the hilt was the perfect size for her hand. Orochimaru had carved her name into the metal, claiming the weapon as hers.

She tried it out, jabbing the still hot metal left and right, swinging it in an arc, and then pointing it at Orochimaru's throat.

"You're a natural," He pushed the tip of the sword aside, unfazed. How strong could she become with the katana in her possession? A katana that could kill a vampire, werewolf or shapeshifter with just a single swipe?

They spared against each other for the next few hours, Sakura with her katana and Orochimaru wielding a kusanagi which he stole from a swordsmith. She nicked him a couple of times, but the wounds weren't deep so he healed almost straight away. She as a quick learner, soon getting the hang of her new toy.


"Sasuke? Itachi? Naruto?" Sakura whispered. Her voice was hoarse; she was so thirsty. "Mikoto? Shikamaru? Anybody?" The only noise she could hear was her echo. The cells must be soundproof as she couldn't hear anything, even with her super senses.

She sunk to the floor and cradled her head, wishing that the memories would stop coming.


1894

Kaito applied pressure onto the stake, digging it in Sakura's throat. A trickle of blood dribbled down her neck, but no more pressure was added. The Ruler had his head in his free hand, and his eyes were closed in deep concentration, eyebrows furrowed. This was Sakura's chance to strike. Her katana was too far away as she had lost her grip on it when she fell. She could have punched his face but she risked him pushing the stake in deeper. Kaito then opened his eyes and stared at Sakura in astonishment.

"That was interesting." He said.

"What was?" Sakura asked. Kaito removed the stake from her throat and plunged it deep into her side, making her scream in agony. She instantly lost control of her body as it wouldn't respond. She gritted her teeth.

"What have… you done to… me?" She could hardly speak through the pain of her newly inflicted wound. Was the stake covered in some kind of poison? Maybe it hadn't shown any effects when it nicked her throat because not enough of it was in her system, but now that the stake was embedded deep in her side, a high concentration was in her blood stream.

"I am going to kill you, but I want to tell you this. I had a vision. It seems in the future you will bring good to this land and my family."

"As if I'd do that." She scoffed, but then erupted into a coughing fit, drawing up blood. "I thought you said you were going to kill me."

"I carry out what I say, but I'm going to sacrifice my own life to help my people." Why in the future would she ever help him and his men who hunted her down every day of the year?

He dived into his pocket, producing a vial of green liquid. He took a swig, swallowing half of the solution. "This is a little concoction I made." He explained, wiping his mouth on his sleeve. "Only this little vial exists. I was hoping to make more, but under the circumstances…" He trailed off as he slumped to the floor, choking. His eyes were wild when he looked up at her, crawling over and forced the remainder of the liquid down her throat. It tasted like acid. "We will both die tonight, but you will wake up, human."

"You're going to make me vermin?" Sakura spluttered. "When I wake up I will hunt you and your family down and wipe you out!"

"But you won't remember anything that happened in this life. Goodbye Sakura Haruno." With the last of his strength he plunged the stake into her racing heart. He slumped to the floor as his own heart slowed and eventually stopped. A life for a life. Sakura's world instantly went black, a single tear rolled down her cheek. The last thing she heard was the calming trickle of the stream a few feet from where she laid.

She saw a scene in her head. She recognised herself in the image, but she was different, more innocent. Her hair was cut short and she wore strange clothes. She realised that this must have been the image that Kaito saw, that she was seeing herself in the future. She was on a basketball court with three guys. From the way they moved two of them were shapeshifters, and the other one was a vampire. There was a female vampire watching them play from the side lines.

The blonde said something as he shot a basket which made all of them laugh. The raven haired vampire ran up to the future Sakura and passed her the ball, signalling for her to start the game off again. He had a small smile on his face as he looked down at her. She had never seen anyone look at her like that in one hundred and sixty four years. Not since her birth family found out about her illness.

The vampire looked a lot like Kaito Uchiha, maybe a relative? She felt peaceful as she watched the scene, like there was no danger in the world, no one wanting to kill her. One name repeated itself in her head. It was there even after the scene faded to nothingness. She had never heard the name before but it had a sense of familiarity about it.

Sasuke…


The last memory of Sakura's former life made her lose her breath. Her relationship with Sasuke was destined, they were meant to be together. Even before he had been born his fate had been written.

That last memory must have been the Ruler's vision that he was talking about before they both died. She remembered the peace that she felt before her heart stopped, it was like nobody was going to attack her, and nobody wanted to kill her. She didn't have to watch her back every second of the day.

"I'm going to kill her!" Fugaku's voice made her jump. She wasn't expecting the yell in the silence of the dark cells.

So she really did murder his father. I'm so sorry, she thought. Grief overwhelmed her. She mourned over all those who she had killed without a seconds thought. She fell to her knees, her past victims faces rushing to her vision.

"I'm so sorry…" She whispered out loud, tears falling down her face. She knew the Ruler could hear her. She was crumpled by grief when Fugaku stormed up to the cell bars and yanked them open. He would have continued inside if it wasn't for someone blocking his path.

"Father, please! She's not going to hurt anyone." Sasuke said, holding him back.

"I think she's too caught up in her memories to even think about anything else." Itachi's voice reached her ears.

"You've brought back the monster, Sasuke. How dare you!" He shoved past Sasuke and leapt with his fangs bared towards the trembling girl huddled in the corner, red eyes wide. Sasuke moved with lightning speed and placed his hands on his father's shoulders, stopping him from moving a step further into the cell.

"I won't let you hurt her. I know her, she won't harm anyone."

"You knew her, you don't know her now! I saw that monster kill my own father."

"I'm sorry." Sakura choked. "Please forgive me. I will kill Orochimaru for you." She was the only one who could kill him, or aid his assassination. She knew his habits, his hideouts, and his fighting style. He's the one who taught her everything she knew. She would eliminate him and finally bring peace to the supernatural world.

"Do they look like the eyes of someone who could kill an innocent person?" Itachi asked, walking over towards Sakura. Despite the fact that her eyes were deep red in colour due to the change, they were not heartless.

Sakura pulled herself up to her feet. "Your father sacrificed himself so that I could live. So that I could kill him. You know he experienced visions."

"But your bond-"

"My bond," Sakura interrupted, "between Orochimaru and I has been weakened. Sasuke was the one who made me a vampire in this life. Please let me try. I'm not the murderer I was, I promise. Don't let your father die in vain."


The second part of chapter eleven! Karin will be making an appearance in the next one, and Sasuke too. ^_^

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