Silver Bullet
Chapter 26: The Beginning of the End
How Many times in your life, have you felt there was too little time, and too much to do? Everything is out of your reach, but somehow is within your grasp? What would you do?
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He slammed her against the wall, his lips lavishly attacking her own. Need and desire tore though them both as their bare bodies pressed against each other. Sweat glistened on their pale skin in the soft light cast by the slowly melting candles.
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Would you panic? Would you cross off what is least important? Would you cry and scream about how unfair life is? Would you just…give up?
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His mouth left hers and trailing his tongue down her throat he inhaled a deep gasp from lack of oxygen. His fangs cut her skin drawing out the crimson water that ran thought her veins. Her own pink mouth opens in a silent cry. Fangs elongate from her mouth to show her own desire to bite, to please. To sink into her mates own cold flesh and draw out his essence for her to consume.
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You don't know do you? No one knows. Because it is different for each and every one of us. How do you know what someone else would do let alone yourself? It amazes so many people that they don't know they're own limits until they are so far past they crumble and break in a split second. It only takes one trigger and the whole world comes crashing down.
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Cries are ripped from her throat and echo around the hazy world of their own creation as he rams into her. The lust saturating the air around them drives them on. Her nails bore into the males' shoulders drawing blood. His own dark locks cling to his face as he gasps out in response and drives into her harder then before. Their time together is limited, they know. His own hands trail they're way up her thighs holding her close to him. Her breasts dance before his eyes as she moves with the rhythm he set.
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But here is a way to prepare your self for that time when the world seems that its purpose is to make your life hell.
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She stills. Her body going rigged her mouth is open and her eyes wide. Her claws dig deeper into his arms as she reaches the ultimate thrill. He still moves within her. Only a few more and he can join her, be with her in that world of utter ecstasy.
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It really is the only thing you can do…
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Her body convulses suddenly, her hips buck finally bringing him with her into that world of pleasure. The liquid of their love cascade down their legs in overflow. Two halves joined as one, never to be separated.
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You hold your head high and you take it. One step at a time.
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XXX
The moonlight shone above. Bathing everything is silver. Nothing stirred in the dark alleyways. Cars still drove on the pavement above hoping to get home in time before their wives yell at them wondering which whore they were screwing this time. The lamplights still shone their individual orange circle on the walkway below giving worried pedestrians salvation from the dark spots in between. Stores closed, metal grates barring unwanted visitors in the night. Not that they stopped some of the more determined persons who come to call. All this went on above the oblivious pair in bed together some hundred meters below. Wrapped up in each others embrace after their exhausting activity together. They somehow retained enough sense to make it back to their bed and under the dark covers instead of collapsing on the floor in a naked heap.
The rosette haired woman wrapped her arms lovingly around her dark haired partner as she used his hard body for a pillow. Her face was peaceful as her slightly swollen mouth was parted and her lids hid her fierce emerald eyes. The males own pale face was contorted in one of grief as the nightmare racked his brain clawing at his minds eye. His worries and fears made real in the realm of the imagination.
The sudden banging on the door drew the male suddenly from his tortured sleep. His eyes wide as he gazed own at the sleeping beauty silently reassuring him that it was all a dream. Again banging sounded on the other side of the door. Cursing to himself the younger Uchiha dragged himself out of Sakura's grip and out of bed reaching for his pants.
Half dressed he stalked towards his door, wrenching it open he glared murderously at the forms of his older brother, and his best friend.
"Dobe, aniki," he greeted acidly.
"Ototo." Itachi greeted back with a knowing evil smirk. Naruto's identical smirk quickly turned into a scowl at his nick name.
"Teme!" he almost shouted back, instead he opted for hissing it. Not wanting to feel Sakuras wrath at being awoken.
"What do you want?" Sasuke muttered irritably leaning against the doorframe rubbing the bridge of his nose to ward of a coming headache. He briefly looked back into his room wishing he was back in bed.
"Aww did we wake little Sasuke-kun up?" Itachi asked with mock sincerity, reaching forward to pinch Sasukes cheek. Sasuke narrowed his eyes and snapped at his brothers approaching hand.
"Fuck you," he snapped.
"Seems like Sakuras already doing a fine job at that," Naruto said brightly, he ducked to avoid Sasukes fist.
"Geeze Teme lighten' up!" he cried as the second swing connected successfully. He was now rubbing the egg sized lump on his head. Itachi was chuckling in the background.
"We just came to give you an update!" Naruto continued to cry.
"What is it?" Sasuke sighed looking at his still laughing brother. Itachi abruptly stopped and straightened up in front of his younger brother, yet superior vampire.
"Kiba, Akamaru, Shino and Chouji were killed in the first wave, they were taken completely by surprise and didn't have time to even reach for their weapons before the enemy was upon them," Itachis voice was grave, but Sasuke could hear the anger lacing his brothers' undertone.
"We will remember them," Sasuke said mournfully, "Their sacrifice will not be in vain." Naruto nodded on the ground mourning the loss of so many friends.
"Sai, Neji and Tenten were bitten they didn't have time to get to treatment before it was too late. They are changing as we speak." Itachi continued.
"I will visit them with Sakura when they are done. They will need to know their place under my command while I'm unavailable." Sasuke stated thoughtfully. Itachi nodded again agreeing with his brother but quite understanding the underlying message in his brothers' words.
"Ino, Hinata and the Sand siblings are fine," Naruto picked up were Itachi left off, "But I suspect Sai will turn Ino if she agrees. Shikamaru is out of critical condition and is in the process of becoming a lychan like Yugure, she was unable o save his life any other way." Sasuke absorbed this information with stride, a strategy forming in his mind, plans for so many outcomes being calculated. Itachi watched his sibling think, his face carefully blank as to not give away what he was thinking.
"Tsunade needs your input on the plan to attacking Orochimarus base. Intelligence has come back and they have located a large underground cavern that is most likely Orochimarus headquarters seeing as the map shows that the landscape above it is identical to the information given to us by the red haired banshee Karin." Itachis mouth twitched into a small smile remembering how his brother dealt with that particular nuisance.
"Aa, tell Tsunade I'll meet her in the conference room in 2 hours, I need to check up and the new vampires to see if they're all right and then talk to Yugure about Shikamaru." Itachi nodded in slight aw of his brother, he would be a great leader making sure everyone was taken care of before planning and sending them to their possible demise in an upcoming battle with a very powerful enemy.
Itachi bowed slightly to his brother, who looked a bit surprised at this. Itachi grinned.
"You're a Daywalker," he told him straightening, "Get used to it." He turned on his heel and stalked away like all vampires do. Sasuke blinked, wide eyed then looked Naruto who was grinning like an idiot.
"Haha your face is priceless!" he said skipping out of Sasukes range,
"I have to go talk to Gaara and his siblings about Shukaku and stuff. Later!" the blond took off leaving Sasuke alone with a puzzled look on his face. Letting himself chuckle, just once he turned and walked back into his room.
" 'suke-kun?" Sakuras sleepy voice came from their bed, looking up he saw the she was sitting up slightly, with her weight on her fore arms looking over her shoulder to look at him with a sleepy expression in her eyes.
"Go back to sleep Sakura," he told her, picking out a shirt from their bureau.
"Iie," she said with a small smirk, apparently waking up faster then before, "I want to see the new vampires too."
"So you were listening?" Sasuke asked pulling on a high collared black tank-top with a zipper in front which he pulled down some.
"Of course I was," Sakura retorted, slipping off the bed with the black sheet wrapped around her body like a toga, she grabbed a bunch pf clothes and stepped into the washroom.
"If I didn't you wouldn't tell me anything," she called from the washroom. Sasuke hesitated and blushed slightly, knowing she was right.
"I figured you would have been too tired from last night to want to get out of bed," He called back. He heard Sakura give an undignified snort.
"I would say the same thing to you, you're the one who does all the work." She stepped out of the washroom, wearing a plain black formfitting t-shirt and black jeans. Her normal heeled boots were muffled on the dark carpet the covered the rooms floor.
"Only because you like it that way," Sasuke told her with a smirk. Sakura rolled her eyes.
"Yeah, yeah lover boy lets go," she muttered walking towards their door. Sasuke, knowing he won, smirked harder as he followed her out the door.
XXX
"Is that so?" Gaara watched his siblings lounge in the hospital wing of HQ waiting for their friends to come out. He himself was leaning against the wall looking down right bored.
"Yeah," His blond counter part stood next to him. Naruto grinned at the redheads' reaction.
"I never knew activating our demonic heritage would make us more then just humans with unnatural powers," Gaara commented as if talking about the weather. Narutos' grin grew wider.
"I know sweet huh?" he asked almost jumping up and down, "That fact alone puts us on the same plane as aristocratic vampires! (1)" Gaara pretended to gag.
"The fact that we're even remotely on the same level as those…things repulses me." He remarked. Naruto stopped jumping and leered at Gaara with a strange look in his yes.
"What?" Gaara asked leaning away from the blond when he got to close. Again Narutos' face split in a grin.
"Does that fact extend to Sasuke-teme and Sakura-chan?" he asked. Gaara stopped, hesitating before he answered.
"Don't be an idiot!" Gaara snapped finally, "Those two are different! At least they're actually doing something rather then sitting back and letting all the lower vampires do what they will. It's because of the Orochimaru was allowed to become as powerful as he is today!"
Naruto withdrew from his friend slightly and his face darkened.
"Those morons," he spat out, "They got so comfortable in their power when the Daywalkers left that they just left the lower class's run amuck and create havoc." His dark look then turned into one of malicious glee.
"I can't wait to see what Sasuke will do to them when it is time." He said an identical smile made its way and Gaaras face.
"Yes," he agreed, "That would be most amusing; I wouldn't be surprised if Uchiha killed the lot of them for their insolence." Before Naruto could agree, a shriek from across the room distracted them. Both were half way done drawing their weapons when they saw Shikamaru walking, albeit lazily, out of the emergency ward.
"SHIKA!" Temari yelled then jumped on the poor unsuspecting boy. Who promptly fell back under the sudden weight increase.
"Temari," Konkuro said in vain attempting to draw his sisters attention, "He's still injured…" a sweat drop formed and the third sand sibling and Gaara held his head embarrassed by his sisters' actions.
"Wow that was loud," Naruto complained rubbing his ears, his face was screwed up and his tongue poked out. Gaara stared incredulously at him, it was a bit much coming from Naruto that something, or someone else was too loud.
The doors to the wing swung open admitting Itachi to the fray. He looked over at the struggling boy under Temari and raised a brow.
"What is…nope not even going to ask,"
"Poor guy, yeah," Deidara said behind him his own hands stuffed into his pockets watching Temari successfully suffocate Shikamaru until Konkuro pulled her off.
"How are Neji and Tenten?" Itachi asked. Gaara shrugged.
"There has been no word of their condition. I think they're waiting for Sasuke or Sakura to check them out. You can go in," he said to Itachi, " no one but other vampires are. To dangerous they said." Itachi nodded then turned to Deidara who looked hopeful.
"You stay," he said then left to enter the ward that contained the two new vampires.
"Bastard! I am not a dog, YEAH!!" Deidara yelled after him.
"Really? Because you sure follow him around like one." Konkuro pointed out while holding his sister back letting Shikamaru recover.
"Shut up, yeah" he muttered darkly shooting Konkuro a dirty look.
Itachi closed the door behind him quickly as he entered the darkened room. Two beds stood on the other side shielded from the light. Itachis eyes glowed red in the darkness allowing him to see the outlines of two people lying on the beds.
"How are you two feeling?" he asked his posture lax as he leaned against the wall.
"Actually not too bad," Tentens' voice commented from the bed farthest from the door, "I thought it would be a lot more painful."
"That's because they put you on morphine Ten," Nejis cool drawl came from the other bed.
"They did?" she asked, her voice a bit too cheerful, "Wow that explains a lot."
"Point taken," Itachi muttered a bit louder he said, "What about you Hyuuga? Feeling the pain like a real man? Or are you doped up too?"
"Shut it! You know the Hyuuga clan is conservative! Those old bats were all for putting a silver steak in my heart if Hinata hadn't stepped in."
"Hinata did?" Itachi asked.
"She is the heir," Neji pointed out, "They have to listen to her whether they like it or not."
"So basically she saved your ass," Itachi remarked with a smirk.
"I said shut it," Neji mumbled.
The door beside Itachi opened to reveal Sakura escorted by his younger brother.
"We just came to check up on you two," Sakura said walking over to Tenten, "we already saw Shikamaru being strangled by Temari, believe it or not Gaara was laughing!
"Dammit did I miss that?" Itachi cursed.
"This is so weird I have the sudden urge to stand up and bow," Tenten muttered.
"Sorry, you don't have to," Sakura said apologetically, "It's a Daywalker thing." She reached for a bag at her side and drew out two small red pills. Handing them over carefully, she placed them in Tentens mouth.
"Chew these," She said, "they'll help."
"What are they?" Neji asked as Sasuke gave him his.
"They're blood tablets," Sasuke replied, "They're what make Itachi possible to walk around humans and not attack them. They are a blood supplement so we don't go attacking humans for nourishment." Neji nodded; eyeing the small pills warily he popped them and began to chew.
"There is another kind that can be dissolved in water," Sakura explained, the ones were giving you now are meant for field or emergency usage." Sasuke threw a pack at Itachi who caught it deftly. He needed to refill his supply anyways.
"Why do they taste like cherry?" Tenten asked fighting down giggles.
"Ask Ino," Sakura said dryly.
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"As soon as Neji and Tenten are ready we'll deploy you all to Orochimarus base," Tsunade told them all later that evening fierce light danced behind her eyes. They were all gathered in the conference room around a large table covered with maps with little arrows showing were they will move to and from and were the enemy might appear.
"Orochimaru will be left to me, she told them all. Sakura started to object but Tsunade cut her off.
"No buts Sakura," she told the rosette, "I know he did horrible things to you but I have a score to settle, one that began before you were even born!" The female vampire looked down her teeth gritting hard. She felt Sasukes reassuring hand appear on her shoulder. She immediately calmed down a little.
"Naruto," The blond fox looked up as Tsunade addressed him, "You and your friends will go in first and take out the first wave; them make your way down to the second level. Wait there until I tell you too!" Naruto turned to Gaara who looked back at him. Both wore identical demonic grins, Temari adjusted her fan and gave a cat like smile and Konkuro chuckled.
"Neji and Tenten will lead group 2 in after Naruto gives the signal that he finished the first wave. They will go down this corridor, "She traced a particularly large hallway with a red painted finger, "and take out the main generator, this will open all the cells that hold they're food and prisoners. Itachi," she looked at the older Uchiha, "You Sai and Deidara will go down this elevator shaft, it's empty, to the detention level. I trust you know were that is?" she asked, Itachi glared at her and nodded curtly.
"Your mission is to free the prisoners and kill the vampires there. Ino, Hinata and Shikamaru will be outside at a safe place telling us what's going on and everyone's status. They'll also be giving us directions and all that.
"Shishou," Sakura asked, "What will me and Sasuke be doing?" Tsunade looked at them with a grim look in her eyes.
"You will be going to the third level," she told them, "That's were Orochimaru does his experiments, you will be terminating all experiments and destroying the lab. You need to be fast and quick. Quicker then a normal vampire also your influence will be needed if there are any super vamps ready down there." Sakura nodded grimly her mouth set in a tight line, Sasuke as well looked less then enthusiastic but they both knew no one else could do it.
"When your done get outside as fast as possible don't go looking for survivors. When I give the signal…we'll detonate that place to kingdom come! Ino will give you the explosives to put in and show you how to set them. Everyone got that?" they all nodded.
"Alright, you know what to do and you know how to do it. Remember this won't stop our little private war," Everyone snorted and 'little' "but it will be a big blow to the vampire community so lets give it our best shot!"
"After Orochimaru is done, Sakura and I will work on the Aristocrats while they're shaken up over Orochimarus death," Sasuke told them, "This is only the beginning people," He told them.
"Yeah," Naruto muttered from next to the doorway, "The Begging of the End"
End of chapter