A/N: Hiya!!

Options last time:

1. Hiashi manages to escape, as Neji retreats to spend some time alone. Mean while, Tenten meets Itachi for the first time. And we find out who Itachi is.

2. Hiashi escapes, and Neji runs off to find him, leaving Tenten alone with Sasuke, Fugaku.... and Itachi. Itachi explains who he is.

Results:

1. 22 votes.

2. 14 votes.

Fret not, option 2 voters! i kind of put some of the part where Neji is going after Hiashi in the end. But, through out the chapter, it is option 1 in which he wants/claims to spend some time alone, and he tells Tenten this. But, he has other things on his mind...

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"Itachi Uchiha, hm?" Hiashi clenched tighter on my neck as I coughed loudly. "I never knew that Fugaku had another child besides these two."

"Well, there's a lot of things you don't know about father."

F-Father? This… man is calling Fugaku… father?! My brain was going in total shock. When did I have another brother? I didn't have much time to think about it because I could feel the blood stop circulating.

"Save Tenten, god damn it!" Neji shouted loudly as Itachi soon made a move. I felt a breeze of wind as I soon found Hiashi's hands removed from my neck. I immediately gasped for air, panicking for my life. I laid on my back as tears welled up in my eyes. Pathetic, huh? I was so pathetic.. This Itachi was fighting Hiashi… and Neji was fighting his comrades to save Sasuke. What was I doing? Lying on my back, panting like no tomorrow.

"Damn you." Hiashi growled as he stared at me. "You… Uchiha. You're much stronger than your father."

"I get that a lot." Itachi muttered as he kicked Hiashi hard into a pole. He ran over to me and bent down. "Are you alright?"

"Who…" I couldn't catch my breath. His eyes were the dark red color that Sasuke's was just a little before… his hair was almost the same color as Sasuke's… he looked just like an older Sasuke, except he had long hair. He was wearing this black and red cloak that almost looked as dark as night. My vision was blurring as I saw the boy stand.

"If she dies, then I'll be sure to take your head." My vision get blurring as I saw him take off. My throat was closing on me, I could feel less and less air coming, my heart beat slowing down. My eyes began to shut, when I felt someone press their lips to mine.

"Don't give up! Keep breathing!" It was Neji's frantic voice as he breathed air into me. My eyes widened as tears started to flow. Neji picked me up into his arms and helped me stand. "Breathe, Tenten, breathe." I nodded as my lungs opened up for me, my heart beating, pumping the blood through my veins. I watched as the vampires before me attacked and attacked, fangs, claws… and blood.

"I can stand…" I whispered to Neji. "Go… help them." Neji looked at my neck and touched it gently. "Bruised." I mumbled. He nodded and then they continued to fight. I thought Hiashi would have given up by now, and he finally did. He wiped the blood from his face as he spread his wings and flew up towards the sky. Neji angrily ripped a snarl and spread his wings.

"Neji!" I screamed his name. He ignored me and was about to take off into the sky when I dove and wrapped my arms around him. "Don't go. Don't go after him!" Neji froze as he fell to his knees.

"Damn it." Neji grabbed his head and turned around, staring at me. But… it wasn't my eyes he was looking at… but the wound around my neck, and the blood and glass sticking out of his arms. It looked like he had just swallowed something disgusting as his nose scrunched up. He turned and flew straight towards one of the rooms.

"N-Neji!" I shouted his name and ran towards him.

"Tenten." I heard Sasuke call my name. I turned back to see him standing right next to Itachi. I shut my eyes and ran after Neji. I slammed it shut behind me and searched through the halls.

"Neji?" I called to him. He didn't answer. "Neji…" I heard glass shattering in a room, and drawers falling. I ran to the room and opened it. "What are you…" Neji was violently throwing himself into walls, breaking the glass mirrors, and knocking over bureaus. "Stop!" I screamed at him as he thrashed himself against the last mirror, glass shattering all over him, like snow. "Oh my god. Neji, what are you doing?!" I ran over and knelt in front of him. I didn't really notice how each piece of glass fixed themselves in my knee.

"What are you doing here, Tenten?" He asked me quietly.

"Just… what do you plan on having accomplished by beating yourself here?!" I shouted at him angrily.

"I'm trying to feel pain." He mumbled quietly.

"Pain? Why would you want to feel that?!" I shouted at him again.

"I made you feel pain. I have to feel pain too." He wasn't making any sense. "I hurt you. I need to know that what I did to you was bad." I wrapped my arms around his neck and brought his head to my chest.

"Don't." I cried. "Don't hurt yourself."

"Look what I did to you, Tenten? Look at what I have brought to you." He looked at me, blood dripping down the side of his face. 'I have brought you wounds, and unhappiness. I don't deserve to be in your presence."

"Stop saying that." I growled at him. "I'm happy that I'm here with you. I'm happy that you didn't marry Hinata. Don't do this to yourself." He pulled me up and he immediately turned away.

"G-Get yourself out of here before I lose it." I turned him around and had him place his hands on my arm. His eye shut immediately as he looked away. "You're…. bleeding too much! I can't stand it!" I then took his hands and placed them on my neck, then my cheek. He wasn't breathing, I could tell.

"Neji…" I whispered his name. "Look at me, breathe." He obeyed and as soon as he inhaled my blood his mouth widened as his teeth sharpened. "Can you… handle it?" He brought his face towards my neck and stayed there, inhaling the scent. I felt his tongue slowly flick against my neck as he lapped up as much as he could. I shut my eyes as he brought his mouth to my face, lapping all the blood on my cheek. He froze and pulled back and covered his eyes with his arm.

"Sorry…" He whispered. "I couldn't… control myself." My blood trickled down his face as I leaned towards him and brought my tongue up his jaw, licking away the remaining blood.

"It's okay." I whispered. "When was the last time you drank blood anyways." I mumbled to him as he looked down. "A long time ago, right?" He didn't respond as he picked me up and carried me to a chair.

"You have so many wounds… Stay here." He ordered me and came back with a wet towel. He gently cleaned up my face, neck, and arm, pulling out the shards of glass. Then, he moved onto my legs… each shard that came out, opened a new cut. I wrapped my arms around Neji's neck as he would constantly lick his fingers coated with some of my blood. And each time… he would apologize. In the end, I was more bandaged up than he was.

"Neji?" He looked at me and sighed quietly.

"Tenten…" He whispered my name. "Your family is waiting for you downstairs. You should probably go."

"You're my family too, Neji. I won't go without you." I kept my face as near as his neck as possible, so I can take in his heavenly scent, the scent of the vampire whom I loved so dearly.

"Tenten." He mumbled quietly. "I need some time away from this place."

"Then come back with me." I mumbled against his neck.

"But I can't. I need some time away from you, love." Neji stroked the back of my head as I pulled back immediately.

"No, no!" I screamed. "What are you talking about? I want to stay in your arms forever! I don't want you to go!"

"Sh. It's not forever." He whispered. "Only for a little bit. I just…. Need to recuperate."

"From what?" I buried my face in his chest.

"Hurting you. It's a punishment I'll have to face because of what I did to you. I just need some time. I'm only asking for a little bit so I can just… recover from this. I've hurt you a lot, so I want to make sure everything is under control. And because Hiashi is after you, I should also keep a good distance."

"But. I don't want you to." I murmured at him. "I don't want you to leave me again, Neji! We just got back together! Please, Neji, don't leave… I want you to stay here. Don't you love me?"

"Why would you ever question my love for you?" He stroked my cheek gently. "I love you so much that I-"

"Have to show you. You told me that before. So, please…. Show me how much you love me." I threw my arms around him and kissed him deeply and mumbled against his lips. "Make love to me…" Neji's eyes began to shut as he leaned into the kiss when-

She's just a human. Neji immediately pulled away. He touched his head and mumbled to himself. "What am I doing…"

"What's wrong?" I asked him.

"I can not do this.. I need time alone." He picked me up by the waist and put me gently on the floor. "I'll be back." He mumbled. "Stay safe for me. Don't do anything stupid, understand?"

"Don't leave!" I screamed. He froze as I wrapped my arms around his torso. "Please don't leave me all alone!" He chuckled slightly and turned to face me. He smiled and kissed my pouty lips.

"Don't frown like that."

"We just got back together. Why do you want to leave me again?"

"I need some time, Tenten. I'll… get back to you soon. In the mean time, go back to school. Sasuke will protect you, I'm sure of it. I'm sure I'll be replaced, my love."

"No. No, never!" I shouted at him. "You'll never be replaced, Neji! I love you the most!"

"Hm. I'm glad to hear that." He kissed me again, gentler this time. "And I love you the most. Please wait for me… I don't know how long it'll take until the guilt goes away."

"I'll help take the guilt away!"

"You've done enough to help me, Tenten. This is something I must do on my own." He kissed my forehead. "I promise I'll come back. If you can't wait that long, then move on, love."

"Don't say that! Wouldn't you wait for me no matter what?"

"Yes." I grabbed his hand and pressed it to mine.

"Then I'll wait for you to come back, Neji. I'll wait for you to come back for me." I whispered to him. He interlaced our fingers.

"Tenten."

"I'll wait forever for you to come back." I promised him. "Just promise to come back."

"I will. I will." He pushed me away slightly. "Tenten, love. I promise to be back soon. Don't do anything stupid."

"I can't promise that."

"Well, don't die then." He smiled and crushed his lips to mine in a mind blowing kiss. I could feel his tongue trace my lower lip. I opened my mouth but he pulled away. He smirked and tapped my forehead. "I promise to finish that when I come back."

"I really don't understand why you're leaving in the first place. But…. Because I love you, I'll do anything for you." Without saying anything else, he disappeared. His wings flapping out the window, blowing all the ice cold at me. "Neji…" I shut my eyes, no more tears from me. "I'll miss you."

I'll miss you too. I walked towards the door when a sharp pain entered the back of my head. And then it was black. Completely, sadly black, dark, and cold.

Hey. I thought you promised not to get hurt.

Hurt? What do you mean? I don't remember doing anything. Didn't-

You get hit in the back of your head with a glass shard. I thought you said you'd be careful.

Oh.

Wake up now. Wake up.

Will you keep reading my mind?

I'm still near your house. You won't be able to hear me very soon. Wake up.

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"Damn.." I rubbed the back of my head and opened my eyes slowly. "Why do you keep appearing? I don't even know you."

"Yeah. You're right." Itachi leaned back as Sasuke walked in with a glass of water and a pill in a hand. "Sasuke, should we tell her?" Sasuke glared at him and spat.

"It's not for me to tell." Sasuke grumbled and handed me the water and pill. "Take it. It'll stop the pain."

"How'd you find me?" I asked as I swallowed loudly.

"It's not hard to find you, Tenten." Sasuke remarked. "As soon as your blood came clear to our scent, we knew you were in trouble, again." I rolled my eyes at him.

"So who's he?" I asked and pointed to Itachi.

"He's your older brother." Father walked in and scratched his head. "Um. He's yours and Sasuke's older brother."

"…No, no." I laughed. "I don't remember having an older brother."

"Well, you did." Fugaku mumbled. "Didn't you ever think that Sasuke looked a lot like Itachi? Just when he came and saved you at that wedding… didn't you notice that they looked alike?"

"Yeah…" My eyes widened. "Wait. You're…" My nose twitched. Why didn't I notice it before? "… a full breed vampire. A full breed vampire? No. No way. Father! You had sex with another woman?!"

"No, Tenten. Your mother… gave birth to Itachi… way before you and Sasuke."

"How could she? She was human! How could she give birth to a full breed without losing her life?!"

"Not sure." Itachi mumbled. "She just did."

"That's impossible." Sasuke shook his head and sighed.

"Well, apparently it wasn't. Mother was able to birth a full breed, and she died when she gave birth to us, Tenten."

"How do you know so much, Sasuke?" I looked at them angrily. "How come I don't know anything?!"

"Tenten, I-" Fugaku started, but I let my anger get the best of me.

"Why didn't I know about Itachi? Why… Why did you tell Sasuke everything and not me?! He obviously knew about having an older brother. Why didn't I get to know about him?"

"Because you're human. It would be better that you didn't know."

"Oh. Because I'm human?! Because I'm human, so I can't know about my older siblings?!" I screamed. "Way to go and make me feel like I'm part of the family!!"

"Tenten. That's not it. Listen…" Sasuke glared at me.

"No way. Sasuke, I bet you knew why father was gone for so long too!" He backed away, a guilty look on his face. "You do, don't you? Why did you pretend not to? Dad…. Why didn't you tell me anything?"

"Tenten…" Fugaku started and sighed. He took her hand. "You know you're very important to me. And your mother wanted me to do whatever it took to make sure you were safe. And to do that… I had to make sure you knew nothing of Itachi Uchiha."

"Why?" I asked. I wasn't going to give in. Why the hell didn't I get to know about him?

"When you were just born, Itachi already picked up your human scent. And him… being 4, almost killed you. He was a full breed, and what he wanted was to drink your blood right there. He always did have trouble being around mom, didn't you, Itachi?"

"Probably more around Tenten because her blood smells so much better." Itachi admitted.

"I didn't know that I had an older brother through out my 15 years that I've been alive?! I didn't even know I had a brother the age of 19!" I screamed loudly. "Okay, okay. So he wanted to drink my blood, so what did that have to do with me?!"

"I didn't want you to feel threatened by the fact that your own brother wanted to drink your blood. That would not only make yourself hate humans, but hate vampires. Understand?" I nodded.

"Yeah. So that answers one question of why I didn't know about Itachi. But, where have you been this whole time?" Fugaku placed a hand on Itachi's shoulder.

"Training him."

"Training him?" I looked at Sasuke, as if I didn't believe father. Sasuke nodded and father continued to talk.

"Your mother, Mikoto, agreed that Itachi should be taken far, far away from you. She told me that before she died… when she held you, Tenten in her arms…"

"F-Fugaku… Please… Take Itachi away from here. Do not.. Let Tenten know about him. Do.. Whatever it takes to make sure she is okay. She is fragile, and can easily break. Don't… let Itachi near her until he can withstand human blood. Please, Fugaku… for me."

"M-Mom said that?" I was on the verge of crying. This whole time… Father didn't want me to know about anything because mother wanted me to be safe. I understood it now. Father was always gone because he was training Itachi so he could come home… "You didn't want to hide anything from me…"

"Of course not. It was your mother who worried about your safety. And I worried too, but, your mother was always a worried-wart." He smiled and kissed my forehead.

"Hm." Itachi scratched his head. "Your human blood doesn't tweek me the slightest, sister." He looked at Sasuke who kept his arm over his eyes. "Unlike Sasuke."

"Yeah." Sasuke mumbled. "Sorry I couldn't tell you anything." He mumbled again. "Believe me, I really did want to. But dad said no, and so did Itachi. Now we don't have to worry about anything." He pulled his arm off his eyes and grinned. "We can all be together, right?" I smiled and nodded.

"I think we have some catching up to do too." Itachi smirked. "Like, who was this Neji you clung onto?"

"Eh?!" I blushed brightly. "D-Don't tease me! Sasuke has someone too!" Sasuke's face slowly turned towards Itachi as he sneered at me. "Oops…" I started.

"Great. You're such an idiot." Sasuke growled at me.

"Ooh. Wow. Sasuke's growing up." Sasuke snapped at Itachi.

"Shut up!"

"You two. Calm down." Dad started to yell. I smiled and started laughing.

So this is what it's like… to have a complete family?

Little did I know, there was someone sitting right outside the window. He smiled and looked away towards the sky.

Hiashi. I'll make sure you never ruin her happiness. I swear on my life that I will do whatever it takes to make sure you never lay your hands on her again.. He sneered as he jumped off and flew away.

The windows shook gently as I looked out to see a large, silver feather float down and land on the window sill.

A silver feather? Neji?! My eyes widened as I was about to get up… but…. Somehow my body didn't want to. It wanted to stay here, with my father… and my brothers. It didn't want to miss Neji anymore… it just wanted to love everyone who I had with me at this minute. I shook my head. Oh Tenten, you're hallucinating. Neji is somewhere… far, far away. He'll come back for me, but… not too soon. Take your time, Neji. I want to stay here with my family…

He smirked and agreed with her.

It'll take a while, my love. But, I promise I will be back. Prepare yourself, Hiashi. The next time you see me, will be your last.

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Oh yeahh. It's getting intense! or... well, kind of. Depends on how you look at it actually. haha.

Thank god no one is hiding anything from Tenten anymore.

New options:

1. Tenten goes back to the school, and she finds out that Naruto and Hinata have gone missing. Also, Itachi becomes her room mate in place of Neji... Tenten doesn't know if she's happy about this or not.

2. Tenten goes back to the school, and notices that Naruto and Hinata don't go to school there anymore. Tenten becomes more and more depressed considering that her room is just her, and no one else. Some new kid joins, and dorms with Tenten. He's a human just like her, so Tenten feels a special connection between them. Could she be falling in love with the new boy?! (A/N: This is just to add drama. i know, i know she is devoted to Neji, but... it could happen. Who should the new boy should be. Hm..... Perhaps an Akatsuki?)

Thanks for reading and please review!