A/N: I know, I know. Super late update. I dunno. Losing the motivation again. But I promise to finish this story. I guess the next update will be the last. Yeah.. so sad. But I'm pretty sure my not-so-motivated mood isn't really helping the story either. At the end of this chap, I'll give a little note on this one stroy I'm DYING to write. Bon apetite, readers.

Chapter 10-- Grey With Glasses And Evil All Over.

After dinner, Naruto left because he had to get up early for a mission. Most of the other customers were gone, too. It was basically just Sasuke and Sakura. She rested her head on his shoulder and sighed deeply.

"I'm tired."

"Hn."

He fiddled with the remaining ramen in front of him with the chopsticks. Sakura closed her eyes to rest. It was so quiet, she couldn't help it. Without knowing it, she had fallen asleep. Sasuke felt her breathing slow down a bit and knew she was sleeping. He left the bill on the counter and picked her up so she was facing him with her head over his shoulder and him holding her up by the bottom of her thighs.

Sasuke took a short cut through the park, passing an occasional bench under a tree or a patch of pale glowing flowerbeds. Some of the benches were occupied by couples on dates. Some were not.

Behind him in a bench a man was laying down asleep as well. As soon as Sasuke was farther away, the man got up and pealed his face off, revealing a youthful medic with silver locks in a ponytail and glasses..

He followed the couple by crawling through the towering trees. 'Ahh.. Sasuke-kun is showing signs of affection. How cute. Too bad that's all going to come to an end..' Another smirk came through. He pulled a straw-like device and shot out some sort of dart, shaped exactly like a mosquito. It stuck into Sasuke's neck, making him wince and swat it out.

Unfortunately, he didn't recognize it as one of Kabuto's darts.. Just a bug. 'You're losing your touch, Sasuke-kun.'

XxXxXx

Sasuke placed her on the bed slowly. She moaned unhappily after noticing the loss of warmth she had when he carried her. He chuckled and got in behind her. His arm wrapped around her stomach, bringing them closer together. Still asleep, she turned over and buried her face in his chest. Her body curled up after feeling the cold rush of the air conditioning.

The raven-haired vampire reached for the sheets and let them hide their bodies from the chills. She snuggled back into him as he too, drifted off into a slumber.

Hours later, it was still pitch black out. So it was understandable that Sasuke was confused as to why he suddenly woke up. His mind felt light and fuzzy. 'Fresh air might help.'

He slowly snuck out of the bed and walked into the living room, sometimes having to hold onto something to keep from falling over. His head was spinning. Eventually he reached it to the door and slumped down on the porch. He inhaled deeply, but found that it didn't help at all. In fact, he felt even weirder. No pain at all..just..weird.. And on top of that, he had an urge to eat honey..

Sasuke got to his feet and snuck through the village, guessing it was around 2 or 3 in the morning. He reached a clearing, filled with flowers of all kinds. Using his keen vampire senses, he tracked down a bee collecting pollen from a flower. Immediately, he raced after it, knowing it would lead to a hive. And guess what? He was right. What a shocker. (Note the sarcasm implied.)

The sweet aroma of honey clogged his nose, making him pant for its sweetness. 'Does this have anything to do with vampirism?' At this point he didn't even care. All he wanted was the honey. Still, no matter how tempting the stuff was, he wasn't stupid. No way was he in the mood for a trip to the hospital because at 3 in the morning he wanted honey and got stung all over.

Instead, he channeled his chakra to his hands and drew out all the bees. He trapped them inside a cube of chakra and began to tear out the honey. Absolutely delicious.

XxXxXxXx

'Mhmm.. Sun..Too..Bright..' Sakura pulled the covers over her head, shielding her face from the light. "Sasuke-kun, close the blinds, please." No response. "Sasukeeee... It's too bright. Please?" Again, silence.

She rolled over and noticed she was alone. Her feet snuggled into her slippers and she shuffled around the house. It was completely empty. "SASUKE-KUUUUNN!!!"

XxXxXxXx

Somewhere in the woods...

His eyes flickered slowly and finally opened to see the sun. 'Gah..My head hurts like hell..' He stumbled to his feet, hands sticking to the grass since they were covered in honey. He touched his face to find more up there, too. Yep, he was covered. Aaaalllll over. Little piggy. 'Why am I suddenly having this craving?' He suddenly wanted more and licked his hands clean. 'This can't be good.'

Sasuke dragged himself back home, leaving sticky fingerprints on the door. Sakura sat there at the table confused. "What happened? And.. Is that.. honey!?" She held back an obvious need to laugh. He pouted his honey-coated mouth and stormed to the sink to wash the remaining mess off.

"Pfft, are you okay? My neck is uhm..ready if you want." She mentally slapped herself for her idiotic choice of words.

"Yeah. Now'd be good." He slinked over to her side and lowered his face to her neck and began to draw out the blood. Eventually, he released and rubbed her shoulders. "Let's forget the whole honey thing, okay?"

"Tch, okay. I'm still gonna be laughing in my head." She passed him an evil smirk.

"Whatever."

She left after a while to go meet up with Ino. As soon as she was gone, he ran out in the opposite direction to get Kakashi. He still wanted more honey.

He burst through the door panting heavily and stared at Kakashi who was sitting on the couch reading yet another volume of Icha Icha Paradise.

"Why, hello Sasuke. What a pleasant suprise. Need something?" He smiled innocently behind his mask.

"I..I need honey.. Why?"

"Sasuke, I didn't know you liked honey! When you were still with us on Team 7, I made graham crackers with honey and you didn't lay a finger on them!" (It's actually really good. Try some!!)

"I don't like honey! At least I didn't think I did.. Last night I woke up and ran into the woods and ate an entire hive's honey. Does this have anything to do with vampirism?"

"Not that I know of. But different vampires have different side effects. Maybe this is yours. Odd, but what isn't nowadays? Now, if that's all you wanted, you'll have to exuse me. I need to get the next issue of Icha Icha."

Sasuke groaned and left to the town. Yet half way there, he had another damn craving. Feeling it take over, he raced back to the woods to satisfy his urges. Look out, bees. Here comes Sasuke.

XxXxXx

His silver hair gleamed in the sunlight as he sat perched on top of a towering tree, observing nature in the breeze. 'My, my, Sasuke-kun. You're making this much easier than expected. ' He turned his head to watch the raven-haired blur attack a hive in the distance. 'And Kakashi! I thought my plan was ruined as soon as he confronted you! How could you forget something like this?'

He lept down from the never-ending heights and began to strut through the trees, smirking. 'After all, too many sweets can give an average person cavities. Too many sweets for a vampire will ruin their fangs. No fangs, no proper blood absorbtion. No blood, no more vampire.' He began to chuckle cynically and disappeared into a long whisp of wind and leaves.

XxXxXxXx

Sakura and Ino sat in the giant bulky black chairs as two women gave them elaborate pedicures. Both of them flipped through old magazines and giggled as they pointed out weird styles and old celeb news.

"So where's Shikamaru today?" Sakura asked as she sniffed a perfume sample inside the page.

"Uhmmm.. Oh yeah, he went to help Neji with some paperwork. Even the mighty Hyuga asks for help! Speaking of ego-maniacs, how's Sasuke?"

'Oh, pretty good. He told me he's a vampire and needs to suck my blood twice a day. Yeah, we're cool.' She wasn't exactly ready to say that yet.

"Doin' great, actually. We're really close now." She smiled to herself, realizing that her dreams as a little girl had come true, but for different reasons.

"Aww.. How sweet!"

'Sweet like his honey this morning.'

XxXxXxXx

With beads of sweat falling from his forehead, he trudged home to find an empty house. 'Must still be out with Ino.' He wanted to seem slick, so he planned on making dinner for her, using his -cough- amazing -cough- -cough- cooking abilities. After cleaning up his hands, he yanked open the fridge to find... diddly squat. Nuthin. Nada. Zip. Goose eggs. Well, unless you count a bajillion year old lasagna and a can of flat soda something edible and/or containing any resemblance to an edible meal. So yeah, nothing.

After a short grunt, he slammed it closed and figured taking her out to dinner would be better. Quickly, he jumped into the shower and cleaned up. A sharp looking navy-blue polo and dark grey jeans and a pair of black sneakers, he was ready. And just then, he heard Sakura come in. The sound of flip flops slapping the stairs lightly reached his ears.

"Sasuke-kun, you here?" She called up the stairs.

"Yeah. Over here."

"Hey, you look all nice and washed up."

"Hn. Come, let's go out to eat."

"You want to? Cool, I'm super hungry. Ino and I forgot to stop talking for lunch. Give me a few minutes to change, okay?"

"Hn."

She smiled at him then walked right up to his chest and pecked him on the lips. "Thanks." She said in a tiny voice for only him to hear. He smirked down at her kindly. "Any time."

He plopped down on the sofa and was relieved not to be feeling any cravings at that point. After ambushing 7 hives, it's only to be expected that it'd keep you happy for awhile, you know? His fingers kept tapping the remote buttons as he flipped through hundreds of channels. Finally, Sakura was ready and came down the stairs.

She had a short flirty floral print dress with a pair of faded skinny jeans under it. The V neck of the dress wasn't cut too low or slutty. It gave off a cute look and hugged her firmly at her curves. For a quick second, Sasuke felt his pants tighten slightly.

She cocked her head to the side and looked at him oddly. "You okay? Your face is a bit red.. Wait. Are you..blushing?" She bit her bottom lip to prevent more laughter. Her open-toed heels clicked in front of him as she pulled the silent blushing teen to his feet.

"Come! You said we were going!" She playfully hit him on the arm.

"Alright. Keep walking." He looked away, cursing the rosy taint on his cheeks.

They locked the front door and left the Uchiha district. Soon enough, she finally sucked in enough courage to lace her fingers with his. He held on tightly, making her blush this time. Revenge of the Uchiha strikes again.

When they reached the busy center of the town, glowing lanterns and blinking signs drove away the darkness of the night. He guided her to a small restaurant.

She huffed dramatically. "Damn. It looks like we'll be waiting for bit. So do yo-"

Sasuke swooped in front of her and nailed her against the side of the building. Her eyes were wide with shock. He hid his face by her ear and whispered huskily, "Then I guess I'll take advantage of the extra time we have." Chills ran up and down her entire spine and through her arms and legs to her fingers and toes. His face burrowed through her thick locks onto the bare skin of her neck.

He placed his lips around a small area he liked to bite. He felt in the teasing mood right now. He still was embarressed about blushing. Thank Kami she couldn't tell he was getting all tightened up down south. His tongue tickled her skin, bringing up goose bumps. People in line waiting to get in the restaurant were watching them shamelessly. Sakura was completely embarressed and hid in his collar.

"Sasukeeee... People are watching!"

He smirked.

"Good."

He began to suck, wanting to leave marks to bring up memories the next morning. "Sasuke! Noo!! No hickeys!" She pouted.

He didn't release, just continued to suck on her light skin. She began to squirm after being ignored, trying to get away. Still keeping his mouth on her, he grabbed her hips and pressed her into the wall with his hips. If possible, her cheeks reddened even more. "Sasuke!!" Her mind flashed back to Kiba and the horrible memories. "Sasuke!!" This time her voice was more panicked and desperate. Sensing her fear, he immediately let go and took a step back.

Her eyes were shut tight and she was shivering slightly. "Sakura.."

"I asked you to stop.." She began in a voice he wouldn't have been able to hear if he wasn't a vampire. "..but you didn't.. I tried to push away.. you still ignored me.. I.."

He felt terrible. He had hurt the one he loved. His arms pulled her into an embrace as she cried quietly into his shoulder. "I'm sorry, Sakura.. Please forgive me."

She hesitantly wrapped her arms around his waist. "Sasuke-kun... I love you.."

He pulled back and looked her straight in the eyes. His lips caught hers tenderly in a kiss. He gentley held her below the shoulders as her hands remained rested on his waist. He looked at her again and whispered, "I love you, too."

They kissed again and with her hand entangled in his, they went back to wait in line. There, people all whispered "aww.." or, "how sweet..". Sasuke just smirked when she blushed and held her close.

Eventually, the hostess called them up and brought them to their table. A tiny clear bowl filled with water was in the center and a little delicate flower was floating in the middle. They ordered and talked here and there in between bites. Sakura noticed he wasn't eating much anymore. In fact, he was a bit more pale than usual.

"Sasuke-kun, you okay?"

"Huh? Oh yeah.. I guess I'm just hungry." She stared at him quizically for a second, then realized what he meant by hungry.

"Okay, uhm, you wanna go now? I don't want you to get sick or something."

He nodded gentley and left the check. She got up and walked to his side. She pulled him up like a little kid and led him to the door. When they walked around the corner and under the cover of the dark alley, he brought his mouth to the hickey he left and got ready to pierce the skin. His fangs positioned on her neck. But when he tried to sink in...

"Ow! Sasuke, that hurts! What are you doing?" He lifted his face and looked completely confused.

"I'm not sure. I tried to bite, but something's wrong with my fangs. I can't use them."

"Weird. Would Kakashi know what's wrong?"

"I guess. Let's hurry, cause I'm really hungry."

XxXxXx

"Hee hee hee.. You get her, Takeshi. I-"

"Kaka-sensei!! Quick, open up!"

"Ugh. Great timing.. I'm coming!"

Kakashi opened the door to see a tired Sasuke and a panicky Sakura.

"What's going on?"

"Sensei, Sasuke tried to bite my neck, but it didn't work. His fangs couldn't sink in and it hurt a lot."

"Hmm.. I see.. Come in, then. Let me get a look at him."

He ushered the odd couple in and helped Sasuke reach the sofa.

"Geez, Sasuke. What's going on? Man.. Open up and let me get a good look at your fangs."

Sasuke willingly opened his mouth wide enough for Kakashi to peak inside. He squinted his eyes and examined the dulled out fangs.

"They're not even close to being sharp enough to smoothly penetrate the skin without creating pain. What could've caused this?"

"That's why we're here. You're supposed to tell me that. Not the other way around." Sasuke sneered, closing his mouth.

"Hey, this isn't my fault, so kill the attitude. Look, I'll draw blood from her and give it to you. We'll have to-"

"WHAT!?!" Sakura screamed.

"God, what now!?" Kakashi yelled back annoyed.

"I don't want my pervy sensei biting me! You might do something!" She waved her arms around for emphasis.

"Sakura, relax. I won't let him do ANYTHING besides draw out the blood. Look, just do this for me, okay?" He had perfected the lost puppy face. Now was the time to use it to his advantage.

"...Alright.." Score again for the Uchiha.

"Now that we've overcome this little issue, let's get moving. He might not be concious for too much longer."

Kakashi casually walked over to his former student under the overprotective eye of her boyfriend. He firmly held her neck steady in one hand and brushed her hair back with the other. His fangs slicked out and into her skin. He was so experienced, she barely felt a thing. He sucked it out and held a mouth-full of blood in his mouth. He motioned Sasuke over and manuevered his mouth in a way he was able to bite Sasuke's neck and inject the blood into him without letting a drop escape. He repeated this akward process a few times until the raven was feeling plenty better.

"It is less than half as filling as it would've been if you had bitten her, but it'll do for now. Go home and sleep. I'll try to figure out what's wrong with your fangs."

He walked the two out and returned to his sofa to think over the situation and possibilities. Absolutely puzzling.

'Okay, his fangs suddenly dulled out. Odd. Why? Could it be her blood? Kusama had a similar case. His provider's blood ended up ruining his fangs because she ate a lot of cheese. He was allergic to it. But Sasuke doesn't have any allergies.. Maybe it could be-'

Another knock on his door interrupted his thoughts.

XxXxXx

Sasuke sighed as he entered their bedroom. He began to undress for bed. The guy didn't even remember or care that Sakura was in there, too. (Doing all she could to try not to look. Yeah. She failed miserably. Thank God he was too caught up in his own thoughts to notice.)

His body was amazing. Toned, but not bulky. His pale creamy skin against his midnight hair was stunning. Of course, he kept his boxers on, so she studied his abs. Never before had she touched them. She was too afraid. Why? She didn't know. Nor did she care. All she did was hold back the urge whenever she had the opportunity.

But he was so perfect, at times she had to bite her finger to resist tempation. She had it bad.

They both were dressed- er, undressed, in Sasuke's case, for bed. He swept behind her and wrapped his arms around her mid-section. He kissed her bare shoulder and kept his lips rested there.

"Sasuke-kun?" She asked hesitantly.

"Hn?" He mumbled into her flesh.

"Uhm, are you sure you're okay right now?"

'Well let's see. My dick is suddenly aching to be shoved into you, I have a splitting headache because of the whole fang problem, you're in shorts and a tank top making me even hornier- besides that, everything is fucking great.' He kissed her cheek and pulled her beside him into the covers.

A/N: So here's the plot thingy for the next fic:

Not sure if it'll be AU or not, but SasuSakuNaru are all close buds and stuff. Sakura is secretly crushing on Sasuke. (No, duh.) Sasuke decides to suddenly ask Sakura out. Why? Simple. He's pretty sure he's gay (he's crushing on Naruto.) but doesn't wanna admit it. So he's playing it straight.

Sooo.. Yeah. This is based off of a thing that happened between my friends, so I'm not really making up some of the stuff that'll happen. I might try to start it soon, so don't expect an update from this story too soon. Just giving you the heads up. Toodles! (j/k, j/k. I don't say toodles. Just wanted to say it cause i can.) FIGHT THE POWER!

happy unbirthday

--frumpyrox