Centuries

Celestia193's Author's Note: Alright, so before we get into the heavy stuff, here's another gratuitous serving of lemonade, featuring...a kind of tired, sweet Sasuke, and a touch more romantic than the other glasses. Basically, be ready for the extra sugar cubes. And...we have a very old vampire making a reappearance. Enjoy!

Chapter 16

Anko wasn't entirely sure, if should stay in Japan or head back to California. Either way though, she finds herself dialing the number Kakashi had given her. It was strange that she found herself looking forward to hearing his voice, even though she knew what was eventually going to happen.

She was targeting his Childe and his Sire. He'd never forgive her, if he found out. Not that it should matter. She barely knew the man. Despite all that, she found herself waiting anxiously for him to pick up the phone.

It took almost half a dozen rings for the samurai to pick up his cell-phone, but pick up, he did. "Kakashi, speaking." It was his personal cell-phone, and not a number he gave out to just anyone.

"Mmm. I know." Anko laughs on the other end of the line. "I was the one who called you."

Well, that was certainly one way to make the day interesting. "Hello, Anko. To what do I owe this pleasure? Has your boss finally let you take a vacation?" The woman surely needed it, especially after being sent halfway around the world at the drop of a hat.

"I'm afraid not." She smiles into the phone. "I finally had a few minutes to myself and thought that I would get back to you." That was the truth, but it wasn't the full true. Never before, had she actually felt guilty about lying to a family member of a 'mark.'

That was disappointing, but maybe Kakashi could make things a little more interesting. "It's nice to hear from you, then. And maybe we'll see each other again soon. I'm due to arrive in Japan tomorrow. We could make plans to meet in Tokyo."

Damn it! He shouldn't be in Japan. Not now! "I'd love to." She was about to make Kakashi an orphan in a way and to steal his only childe, but she could at least keep him safe.

"Good, then once I've paid a visit to my family, the two of us should grab dinner in the city. I know this rather nice restaurant in Tokyo with excellent steak." After all, Kakashi WAS a carnivore by nature. Vegetarianism didn't really exist in their species. It was a fast way to an early grave.

"Well I never was one to turn down a good steak." She smiles at that. Why did he have to be so sweet in his own way? "I'll meet you there. What time?" That just made his far harder than it had to be.

"Will seven work? I can text you the address if you'd rather not have me pick you up." He did have a property in Tokyo, along with a few cars. Picking her up would be an easy feat.

"I can meet you there and seven works perfectly." She couldn't let him know where she was staying.

"Wonderful, then I look forward to having a bite with you." Kakashi chuckles at his own joke. "And try not to do anything foolish, before I arrive."

She laughs at that. "If you want a well-behaved vampiress, you'll have to look elsewhere." Anko was already doing something foolish by agreeing to go out with him in the first place.

"Then I look forward to teaching my vampiress to behave herself." Oh, Kakashi could play this game, and he could play it well. "Would she prefer to learn on a bed, or against a wall?"

"I'm of the opinion that a good teacher can teach in any location." She laughs. "Though I find myself partial to offices."

Well, well, well, would wonders never cease. "I think that an introduction to my home office can be arranged." And they could make very good use of his desk.

Normally, that'd be an intriguing offer. "I suppose we'll see where the night takes us." Though she couldn't actually go through with it. Sleeping with the man who she was going to leave without a family.

"Vixen." Kakashi snorts with amusement. "Very well, I'll see you tomorrow." He closes the top of his suitcase and hangs up the call. After all, if he was going to be at the estate by noon tomorrow, there wasn't any time to waste.

Itachi was indulging in some rather heated kissing with his Mate. He dared not go further. His lover was clearly exhausted, but the younger vampire was also quite certain the man wanted to be close to him as well. Needed it actually.

Sasuke had been out all day, from dawn until dusk for the last week, scouring the grounds for their intruder. Every night, he returned to his room, frustrated, his nerves frayed, and his good little mate waiting to kiss it all better.

"Would it be better for us to leave this place for a time?" Itachi caresses Sasuke's face. "I don't think he's in a hurry to make a move, but clearly he is planning something."

"…Maybe." Though Sasuke doubted that there were many places safer than the estate. "Kakashi should be here soon, and from there, we can figure out what to do. We could go to Scotland again and stay with Naruto's clan. But we would have to leave Aoda here to protect the estate." Plus, they could hardly take a dragon on an airplane. Or ride him all the way to Europe.

"I doubt they'd be foolish enough to take on a dragon once they realize we aren't here." Itachi chuckles at that thought. "Maybe, Scotland." If Sasuke thought this was the safer place to be, then Itachi would trust his judgment. "If you think it's safer here though, I trust you."

"Good…" Sasuke kisses under Itachi's jaw, sucking a dark bruise into the pale skin. "Now be a good mate and kiss me, at least. I really don't want to think about that snake right now."

"Alright." He enjoys the attention. "You are very possessive. Always leaving marks on me." Itachi laughs at that thought and then captures Sasuke's lips in a heated kiss.

"Of course I am, I'm an Uchiha." Being possessive just came with the territory. And Sasuke was more than willing to prove it by plundering Itachi's mouth as he pulls the younger vampire on top of him. "And so are you." Sure, he was tired, but right now, he just wanted his mate.

Itachi eagerly kisses back. "That's true." He smiles at him between kisses, enjoying being close to Sasuke.

Almost entranced by his mate's intoxicating kiss, Sasuke's hands move almost of their own accord, sliding up Itachi's back, pushing up his shirt as calloused fingers glide along perfectly smooth skin. He had such a gorgeous mate…and it didn't seem at all fair to force him to wear clothes.

Itachi smiles when he feels Sasuke's hands underneath his shirt. He pulls away briefly for a bit, only to slide off his shirt. "Is this better?" Four hundred years old and the man still had the sex drive of an eighteen year old, much to Itachi's delight.

Warning Lemon

Sasuke's eyes glitter at the sight of Itachi's bare chest. "Much better." There was nothing better than seeing his mate stripping for him. Well, except maybe the sight of Itachi in the midst of an orgasm, but it definitely took a close second to that. He runs his fingers along the planes of Itachi's chest, and not even exhaustion from running around all day was enough to prevent his cock from stiffening in his pants.

"You're probably the most responsive vampire on the planet." He smiles at Sasuke and kisses him. "Do you want to go slow this time?" He looked exhausted and yet, well that tent in his pants was unmistakable.

Slow…slow sounded good. Sasuke nods, kissing back in a soft, sensual manner. "A change of pace sounds like a good idea." At least for now. They could get back to the hot, fiery sex later.

Itachi kisses back happily. "Yeah." He loved their more aggressive coupling style, but slow could be good sometimes. "Do you want the reins this time or for me to take care of things?" He reaches for his pants.

Chuckling softly, Sasuke leans back against the pillows, lifting his hips up for Itachi. "Go on, then." He didn't mind indulging his lover so much. Besides, Itachi only got better with each passing day, learning little tricks here and there. Besides, Sasuke knew his limits, and taking Itachi this time would be…a challenge, to put it mildly.

"I think you want to be pampered." Itachi chuckles at that thought as he places a soft series of kisses along his jawline and over the pale column of his throat. "Which I certainly don't mind doing." He quickly finishes stripping his beloved and marvels at the smooth muscles that were on display everywhere.

Sasuke sighs and tilts his head to the side, exposing his neck further for Itachi. "Maybe a little." After all, it wasn't something that happened…ever, really. Sasuke wasn't the type to sit around and be pampered.

He nips him lightly, but not enough to pierce the skin while gliding his hands over the muscular planes of his chest. "You're still the most beautiful man that I've ever met." What was in the water in Feudal Japan, Itachi wonders to himself as he takes Sasuke's cock into his other hand and lightly strokes him.

Rolling his eyes and his hips, Sasuke sighs and shake his head at Itachi. "I take after my uncle more than my father. There was speculation that I was Izuna's son instead, except that Mother was faithful, and I clearly got Father's wild hair. Best of both worlds, I guess."

It surprised Itachi that Sasuke remembered details like that. "Yes. Definitely the best of both worlds." He smiles and covers his chest in hot kisses and affectionate licks. "Just relax and forget everything but the two of us for awhile." He wanted to ask if Sasuke missed them, but he knew better than to do that. Nothing would kill the mood faster than talking about dead parents.

"Yeah…nothing but you and me." Sasuke hums contentedly under the attention, twitching slightly whenever Itachi found a more sensitive place. Definitely relaxing, and that was what Sasuke sorely needed. Itachi's gentle touch was soothing to the soul.

He smiles at that and nips Sasuke's inner thigh playfully before taking the tip of his erection into his mouth. "Good." He lavishes it with his tongue and slowly begins taking him more and more into his mouth.

"Ah!" Sasuke's soft cry disappears into the air as his cock disappears slowly into Itachi's mouth. It was sinfully erotic to watch, especially in what was essentially slow motion. "Itachi…"

Deciding he was doing something right, Itachi bobs his head up and down and begins slowly deep-throating him. "I love you." He looks up at him, managing his declaration despite the fact his mouth was currently full. To say that his Mate was well endowed would be an understatement.

Sasuke's onyx eyes glow with pure, untainted love. "And I love you, Itachi." He gasps, feeling his cock hit the back of his mate's throat. "Only you…my heart…"

Itachi beams at the praise and sucks faster and harder. "It better be only me." Or he would have to melt some feminine looking snow demons.

"AH!" Sasuke's hips jerk up, the love in his eyes quickly joined by the red glow of lust. "Only you, Itachi. Only you!" Now, his cries fill the air as his vision blurs to the white-hot pleasure of his climax, washing over him like a gentle, but fierce ocean wave.

"Good." He smiles at that and watches Sasuke as he achieves climax. It was a beautiful thing. "I thought we'd try something new." He smiles and reaches over into the drawer. "I got us a flavored and scented version." Strawberry. He quickly grabs the lubrication and coats his fingers with it.

His cheeks tinted pink as he slowly regains his senses after his high, Sasuke eyes the sweet-smelling lubricant and nods. "Mhm." His mind was kind of a puddle of goo right now, but he got the gist of it, and relaxes his hips, spreading his legs wide for Itachi.

Itachi decides not to comment on what a sweet submissive Sasuke looked like at the moment as he slowly slides a finger inside his lover and kisses him. Gently, he begins preparing him. Sasuke was not someone who was used to bottoming.

Squirming just a little, Sasuke relaxes against Itachi's hand, kissing back as well as he was able, moaning softly into Itachi's mouth. One of his hands somehow manages to find Itachi's hair again, fingers twirling into the soft black locks after the tie is tossed away. Soft…just like how Itachi was gentle. It fit. It fit his mate so very well.

He adds a second finger and uses his second hand to coat his fully aroused cock with the lubrication. "Perfect. You're perfect." He kisses him sweetly again as he tries to stretch his Mate.

Sasuke sighs, smiling as his toes begin curling into the sheets. "And now, I smell and taste like strawberries." In fact, right now, Itachi and strawberries were about all Sasuke could smell at all.

He adds a third finger. "Well there are worse things to smell and taste like." Itachi chuckles as he finishes covering his cock and goes back to stroking Sasuke's.

"True." Sasuke pulls his mate back down for a kiss, rolling his hips as Itachi's fingers brush against his sweet spot.

Itachi kisses back eagerly and continues to tease that spot. "Now get in whatever position you'd like." The younger vampire slides his fingers out of his Mate.

Well, it would be easier to do, laying on his side, but right now, Sasuke really wanted to see his mate's eyes as they made love. So, he draws his knees back and lifts them, hooking his legs around Itachi's waist even as he wraps his arms around Itachi's neck, drawing their bodies ever closer together. "…Take me like this."

"As you wish." Itachi smiles and kisses Sasuke as he slowly buries himself inside the other man. "You feel so fucking good."

"Nnngh!" Sasuke's whole body trembles as it rolls against Itachi in a wave. Itachi always made him feel so incredibly full. And being so wrapped up in warmth, love…this was where Sasuke was meant to be. More importantly, this was where Itachi was meant to be, too.

The kisses become hotter and more possessive as Itachi repeatedly buries himself inside the vampire below him. Hot and tight. They fit together so perfectly.

Sasuke's fingers dig into Itachi's back and pull on his hair as he welcomes his mate's hot, wet tongue into his mouth, sucking on it as he presses them tightly together, skin to skin. It was wonderful, like pushing and pressing their souls together until they merged together to form a single entity in the forge fires of their bond.

Itachi groans at the feeling of being so closely connected to his Mate. He even loved it when Sasuke dug his nails into his back. "Love you so much." It was another sign that the other vampire wanted him as he thrusts inside him faster and faster.

"Ah! Itachi!" Sasuke's grip tightens unconsciously as that familiar knot of pleasure tightens within him. "Love you…too." More than anyone or anything else in his entire life. Even a short time together felt like an eternity. And an eternity was precisely what the two of them would have together.

It didn't take long for Itachi to tumble over the edge. Being inside him, feeling Sasuke's skin against his own, his scent, and the sight of his lover coming undone underneath him was just too much for the vampire to resist. "Sasuke!" So he spills his release deep inside the other vampire.

Only moments later, Sasuke joins him in the haze of pleasure, the warm, sticky feeling spreading over his stomach, being rubbed between their unusually heated bodies. In his haze, Sasuke presses his nose to Itachi's neck, inhaling the scent that belonged solely to his mate, before licking slowly, lethargically, and sinking his fangs into the smooth, soft skin.

Itachi groans in pleasure at being bitten. "Take as much as you want." Sasuke needed to feed.

Sweet blood coats Sasuke's tongue as he drinks deeply, savoring the intoxicating taste of his mate. Whether it be his blood or his essence, Sasuke was drenched in Itachi's scent, and he knew it. And deep inside, it thrilled him.

"That feels good." The younger vampire sighs in pleasure at the feeling of Sasuke drinking from him.

"Tastes better…" There was nothing in the world that tasted better than Itachi's blood. As if Sasuke were a mere mortal, and Itachi's blood the ambrosia that brought eternal life and light. Eventually, he stops himself, lapping up the last few drops, and nuzzling Itachi's neck. "Mine…my precious…" His eyes flutter shut as his legs relax, sliding down Itachi's back and down to the bed as his grip slackens.

Itachi slides out of Sasuke and curls up closely to his lover. "I'm yours just as you are mine." Itachi smiles at him. He couldn't imagine his life without the other vampire in it now. "Always." So this was what it meant to be a bloodmate.

End of Lemon

Indra wasn't entirely sure why, but he sensed as though something had happened to his childe. Perhaps, he had kept Sasuke by his side for too long in the beginning, but that was only because he cared about the boy. Since Sasuke had struck out on his own though, Indra had allowed the younger vampire to do exactly that. To be on his own.

Of course, he would intervene, if things looked too dire. "Sasuke?" Indra would also check up on him as humans said once in a Blue Moon out of affection, but he felt as though something had happened and that was why he broke his decades long streak of no contact with his descendant.

Sasuke blinks bemusedly, half-certain that the fact that he'd only just woken up was responsible for the fact that he could have sworn that he'd heard his Sire's voice on the other end of the line when he picked up the phone. "Speaking?" It couldn't be…could it?

"Ah good. I'm glad that I caught you." Indra smiles at the sound of his childe's voice, suddenly feeling guilty for neglecting him for this long. "I know that you've become a busy vampire these past few centuries, but I had the strangest feeling..." How could he articulate this without sounding mad? "That something had happened to you and well, I've learned to trust my instincts. Clearly, they must be doing something right for me to have survived this long."

He blinks again. It was Indra. It was really Indra. "Uh…yeah…" A lot had happened the last few decades, and Sasuke wasn't entirely sure if he was angry or relieved that his Sire had left him to handle it on his own. "And apparently, your ancient ass has actually learned how to use a phone. How did you get this number, anyway?"

He chuckles at that and smiles. "Well my brother has always been more fond of modern technology than me." That and the man was awfully persistent. "He finally pestered me into learning how to use one and as for how I got your number, you're my Childe. I'll always be able to find you."

"Right…" Though he hadn't bothered to any time in the last…whatever. Sasuke looks down as Itachi rolls over, still fast asleep, and who would probably be out for another hour or two at least. "Well, a lot has happened this month." He reaches for a black silk yukata, pulling it on as he slips out of the bed and pulls the curtain closed behind him.

"I'm listening." Indra wasn't entirely sure if that was good or bad. "Are you in immediate danger? Do you require or would you like my assistance in some matter?" What if he had allowed Sasuke too much freedom and he had endangered his only childe by doing so?

"I…" Well, that was a two pronged question, though his Sire didn't know it. "On the first issue, no, my life is no longer in immediate danger of expiration. I've started drinking blood again."

Oh that was wonderful news. "I'm so glad to hear that." Indra would be lying, if he said he hadn't been concerned. "It does no good to tempt fate in such a manner. No matter how noble your intentions might have been." Indra pauses because he senses a but coming. "And?"

Sasuke looks back towards his bed, just seeing his mate still sleeping through the crack in the curtain. "His name is Itachi, he's an Uchiha. I thought that the bloodline had ended long ago, however, it seems that Kakashi turned him half a century ago. But I only met him a short time ago." And he was Sasuke's perfect, sweet, innocent mate. "He's mine. I finally found him…the one who forever holds my heart."

"I had no idea that our line still existed." Had Indra known, he would have tracked him down long before Sasuke had. "I'm a Great Grandsire?" Ah well that was indeed splendid news. "I'm happy for you, Sasuke." Finding one's Bloodmate was every vampire's dream. "I am sorry though. Had I found him sooner, if I had known that he existed...you wouldn't have had to wait so long."

"It doesn't matter…" What mattered to Sasuke was that Itachi was here now. "He pulled me from the darkness of my own despair, even when I was perfectly prepared to fade away. He is the reason I want to live. The reason why I was here to take your call at all." Because honestly, Sasuke doubted that he would have bothered picking up a call now, had he not met Itachi. Hell, he might have finally just…ended the pain.

He had truly failed him. "I should have stayed closer to you." Indra had thought the vampire needed space, but he had been wrong. "I failed you and for that I am sorry, but do tell me about your Mate."

"Tell you about him, huh?" Sasuke smiles softly. Indra hadn't failed him, immortality just…didn't agree with some people. "He's intelligent and has a great interest in space travel. He apparently helped to work on the Apollo project. He is Japanese American, whoever survived the massacre that night must have fled to the states. He is…caring and compassionate, and has been extremely determined to keep me alive, going so far as to tempting and forcing me to drink his blood."

"Well I always figured you would probably fall for some sort of scholar." He chuckles at that. "I thought perhaps a doctor. Engineer wasn't one I would have thought of, but I suppose that means he's good with his hands." Which was an important quality in a Mate. "I'm glad that he was stubborn and reckless enough to force you to drink. You needed to do it."

"Yes, I know." Sasuke smirks slightly. "And he's VERY good with his hands. So innocent, though he fancies himself not. He's very good at learning, soaks up knowledge and experience like a sponge. And somehow manages to put up with my…well, he has accused me of being a nymphomaniac." And he wasn't wrong. "Though I do wish that he was as dedicated to training, as he is to expanding his knowledge of sex."

Indra couldn't help, but laugh at that last part. "He's a relatively young vampire who has an ancient nymphomaniac as a lover." It was only natural really. "I would frankly be a bit concerned, if intimacy wasn't the first thought on his mind." He smiles. "He's a fast learner though and good with his hands. It sounds as though you're quite happy with him." Which was good. One couldn't exactly get a refund on their Bloodmate.

"Yes, I am." Though Sasuke glares slightly through the phone. "Though it's hardly my fault, I'm not the one who decided that getting close to their eighteen year old descendant was a good thing. If you'd held off your curiosity for a few years, I would have ended up turned in my twenties, not as as hormone-driven teenager." Hormones that he'd 'conveniently' discovered AFTER being turned. Sex and blood were literally the only things on his mind for a long while after he was turned. Well, that, and returning to his duties and the Shogun. That last one kind of ruled over the other two.

"Had I not turned you then, you might have died in battle long before I turned you for all we know." He felt rather justified. "And if that had happened, well Itachi wouldn't be alive seeing as Kakashi sired him and you sired Kakashi."

Sasuke twitches, scoffing lightly. "Right, but you're still the reason I'm a nympho." Well, him, and one other person. "Well, half the reason. The other half…" His fists clench slightly, and he nearly cracks his phone with his anger. "Orochimaru has a spy skulking about the estate, or he's doing it himself. The two running theories right now are that either Orochimaru is here for me, or…he has a spy here to take Itachi." To steal away his bloodmate, and do gods and goddesses knew what to his heart.

"I can be there in a matter of hours, if you wish it." Toying with someone's bloodmate was simply unacceptable.

His Sire would come? That was…a possibility that Sasuke hadn't seriously considered. "…We're at the family estate in Iga. Kakashi is already on his way, and I was going to contact Naruto later to let him know what's going on. It would…reassure me to have you here to protect Itachi."

Indra imagined that it would. Orochimaru was the one who had killed Sasuke, after all. "I shall be there as soon as I can." He smiled into the phone. "Finding a Bloodmate is a beautiful and sacred thing, the likes of Orochimaru would never be able to understand that."

"No, he wouldn't." And Sasuke shuddered to think what would happen to the poor soul who did have the misfortune of being such a monster's mate. But more importantly, Indra was coming. His Sire was coming, and Itachi would be safe. "…I can;t wait for you to meet him. He's…perfect."

"I imagine that he is." Indra chuckles at that. "You always did have such high standards. I do hope that Aoda likes him. Dragons can be very protective."

"Aoda adores him." Truly, it was quite amusing how much the dragon liked his mate. "He's even started helping Itachi train." Even if that involved the dragon 'attacking' his mate with a scaly tail.

That was a rather amusing image. "Well as long as Aoda approves, I suppose that he must be an acceptable choice." The overgrown scaly puppy.

"Yes, he must be." Sasuke rolls his eyes. "And you'll be glad to know that he's much more polite than I am." Well, until someone threatened those he cared about. Once that happened, well… "Though he does have the Uchiha temper to go with his looks."

"Well it's good to see the Uchiha Genes are so strong, even after this many generations." Indra nods at that. "I can't wait to meet him."

"Yeah…" Sasuke just wished that is was under better circumstances. "…See you later, then. And tell Uncle Asura that I say hi."

"I'll be sure to do so." He smiles. "I should have gotten in touch with you sooner. Oh well, I intend to make up for lost time." And Indra knew exactly how he was going to go about doing so. "By giving you a gift of Orochimaru's head on a silver platter. Won't that make a marvelous wedding gift?"

Sasuke smirks slightly. "Sure, I guess you can do that, after I've gutted him, strung up whatever is left of his body after I dismember it, and left his head on a pike."

"That's my boy." Indra laughs. "Like Sire, like child." Well at least Sasuke had his priorities straight.

"There's one more thing…" And Sasuke had gone to great pains to find out, even before meeting Itachi, who Orochimaru's minions were, and the list was extremely long, and likely extremely incomplete. "It seems that Orochimaru had a hand in Itachi's turning. One of his fledglings, a vampiress named Kitasha. She was the one who killed Itachi." Orochimaru truly did have an unhealthy fixation on their family.

The man was obsessed. "As humans might say these days, that is creepy." Indra would take great pleasure shredding him limb from limb.

"Yeah." Creepy indeed. "I'd better go, Itachi could be out a while longer, or up in a matter of minutes." Sasuke cringes. "He's a morning person."

"Oh well that's unfortunate." His childe had always been a night owl by nature.

"Yes, very." Amusing, but unfortunate. And it was only because he'd heard the phone ringing that Sasuke was even up this early to begin with. "See you later, Indra."

He nods at that. "I shall be there soon. Enjoy your quality time with your Mate." Well at least Sasuke was safe for now. He'd found his Mate and was no longer hanging over the edge of the abyss. It was now up to Indra to ensure things stayed that way.

As he puts down his phone, Sasuke saunters back to the bed, drawing the curtain aside quietly, blocking out the light as he closes it behind him and dispenses with the yukata once more. He brushes his fingers lightly against Itachi's face, then kisses his mate on the brow as he joins him back under the covers.

Itachi smiles as he cuddles into him. Completely oblivious to the conversation that had just occurred. He was just happy to have his mate's presence near him.

So innocent. Sasuke's mate was far too sweet and innocent to be dragged into such ugly business. "Don't worry, Itachi…you'll be safe and sound soon." But not soon enough, not for Sasuke. No, the sooner that snake was dead, the better.