Blinded

"Sasuke and Kiara are sharing a room, Naruto and I are sharing one, and Kakshi and Sakura each get their separate suites. Here are your room keys." Daisuke handed out some keys to each of them in the lobby.

"Excuse me…Daisuke, but why don't we have someone more…experienced as our team leader?" Daisuke glared at Sakura.

"Does that really concern you?" Sakura shrunk back a little, his words stinging her. "As I was saying, you will bring up your own bags. Now please get some rest. We will be starting this mission tomorrow at night."

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Naruto flumped down onto the bed, feeling the springy mattress. Daisuke walked in after him, throwing down his bag and taking of his hoody. He was wearing a simple Green Day shirt.

"I'm going to have a shower ok Naruto?" Naruto nodded friendlily as Daisuke got into the shower. Naruto's friendly face disappeared as quickly however, and he lay down. What is up with Sasuke…He said he loved me, but he never talks…Something is going on. And Kiara is not telling me something. I'm glad people think I'm stupid… he grinned slightly. If I can get him jealous however…Yeah! Naruto began to formulate a plan. After he finished, he went to turn on the t.v, but as an afterthought, he added Sorry Daisuke.

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Daisuke came out of the shower with a towel around his waist. He noticed the sleeping blonde boy on the bed, sprawled out on the sheets. He must've fallen asleep while watching T.V. He double-checked to make sure Naruto was sleeping, and took of the towel and made his way over to his bag. He got on some boxers and a pair of jeans when he heard Naruto's voice from behind him.

"Hey Daisuke." Daisuke turned to see Naruto smiling at him.

"Oh hey Naruto, what are you doing up?I thought you were asleep." Naruto moved quickly over to him, smiling mischeviously.

"I woke up." he moved closer to Daisuke, so that they were about two inches apart.

"Umm Naruto, what are you doing?"

"Umm Naruto what are you doing?" he seemed to ask with a hint of unsurity in his voice. That was so cute. I moved a little closer, so that my nose brushed up against his. Heh I could see him getting embarrased with all the closeness. He'll enjoy it soon enough I hope.

"Umm Naruto what are you doing?" I tried to make my voice not to stumble so much. But that only seemed to make him more excited as he moved closer. I was blushing now...Wait, I was blushing? No no no no! I am not going to make him think I like him, because I don't!

"Isn't it obvious?" He licked his lips lightly, moving closer. Maybe if I backed off, to show that I didn't want him to kiss me...yeah maybe that will work.

"Isn't it obvious?" He started to back off slowly. How intersting.Aaw he's blushing! That's pretty cute. I moved closer and he backed away a little. I leaned in farther, and he stopped, but stared directly into my eyes. Suddenly I realized something. Me being with Daisuke wouldn't effect Sasuke if he didn't care about me, so there was no point in this. I was raping him. I felt all of my energy leave my body and I sat down hard. "Shit...Daisuke I'm really sorry."

"Shit Daisuke...I'm really sorry." Naruto sat down on the bed with a small sigh, and sort of collapsed. I felt a little confused, but I sat down beside him, and put a hand on his shoulder.

"Don't be sorry, it's not your fault."

"Yeah, it is." Naruto got up, and turned to face me. "I apoligize, Daisuke-san." I noticed that he used the japanese suffix.

"You don't have to to be like that." Naruto shook his head.

"I do, I'm sorry. I need to be alone." He tried to make his way to the door, but I blocked him.

"No! Naruto you can't just leave like that!" I suddenly felt a fist connect with my jaw, sending me to the floor.

"Let me go!" he made for the door. Unfourtunatly for him, I wasn't the only one who could do a jutsu or two. Even though this wasn't REALLY a jutsu. I said the words carefully, and Naruto looked at my angrily. "What? I can get out of this!" He tried to move, where he failed. He tried again, and failed.

"Do you want me to show you something?"Ilooked sadly at him, wanting to leave this mess of a life and not come back.

"What?" Daisuke walked over to his bag, and pulled out a photo. Inside was a girl with medium brown hair, and a smile on her face. She was sitting next to Daisuke, on a fountain's brim, holding his hand.

"This is Riku." Naruto held the photograph gingerly.

"She's very pretty. Your very lucky to have someone like that." Daisuke nodded sadly.

"Was lucky enough." Daisuke placed the photograph on the bed. "She was killed." Naruto put a hand on his shoulder.

"I'm sorry…" The other boy shrugged, but you could tell that he was still upset by it.

"It wasn't anything like that at all. The Letalis Umbra didn't do it or anything…It was so stupid what happened." Daisuke took a deep breath, and continued. "A drunk teenager was driving. She was with me."

Riku laughed as Daisuke tripped over nothing, barely holding his ice cream. Daisuke came up blushing. "Are you all right?" Riku asked, barely concealing a giggle.

"Haha, I'm fine." He took hold of her hand as they crossed the street, laughing. Suddenly a screeching of tires.

"I was right there. All of a sudden this black flash came across. She seemed to freeze in a happy state. Then it was over. Two months of life support before she died. She couldn't die painlessly." Daisuke leaned on Naruto's shoulder. "I miss her. I still do. I told myself to move on. But I could never really. Never gave any thought to relationships after that." He got up, and placed it back inside it's frame. "That's why I reacted the way I did." Naruto nodded.

"I promise it won't happen again." Daisuke turned around, and smiled ruefully.

"Thanks." He sat down again, and sprawled on the bed, his red hair covering the area around his head.

"But…I just want someone to care about me…Like Sasuke may like be, but I doubt it. I thought maybe you…but whatever."I looked curiously at the boy.

"You want to protect someone here, don't you?" Naruto nodded slightly.

"Yeah. I'm scared, Daisuke." I saw him shudder. "We could die! I don't want them to die!"

"I can protect them. I swear, nothing will happen to any of them. Or you." Naruto wrapped his arms around Daisuke and put his head on his shoulder and started to cry. Daisuke held him as he slowly fell to sleep. He placed him under the covers, and smiled at him. "Don't worry Naruto."

I cast my glance upward. Daisuke said that Letalis Umbra were around here. Quite funny, considering they have no idea what they are. Perhaps they are a branch of Akatsuki. Unlikely. We were walking along the street. Suddenly I felt the wind change.

"Naruto!" I heard Kakashi yell. Suddenly I felt arms reaching around me. I was about to fight back, but his arm brushed against mine. My strength was immediately drained. Damn it. It appeared that when he made contact with my skin, it sapped me slowly. Jesus fuck. This is not the best situation. He held me there. I slowly felt all my resistance fail. My head fell limply to my side. Luckily, I saw what was happening. Maybe I shouldn't have, however. Daisuke was bleeding, his face raw with cuts. He seemed to be facing someone who was holding a katana. Kakashi was moving so fast all I saw was a blur. Sasuke was being held hostage with a gun to his head. Kiara was gasping for breath as he protected Sakura, who was holding her leg and moaning.

"Wait! Let go of him!" I felt myself fall to the pavement, and feel my strength return. I got up, whirling around to face my attacker. He was pale, with dark eyes. He had long, flowing white hair. He was wearing a cloak. That was strange. Sasuke, however, had a much more strange expression on his face, even stranger then mine.

"Itachi?" The older person did not twitch.

"Hello Sasuke." I turned to see the voice. I cannot describe him…he seemed to be strong and slim at the same time, rough and understanding, confident. This must be the one who slaughtered Sasuke's family. The bastard.

My skin prickled as I felt a familiar presence. Itachi. What was he doing here? Last I saw of him, he was murdering my family in cold blood.

"Itachi?" I whispered, hoping I was wrong, but knowing that there was no way I could be.

"Hello Sasuke." I turned to see the voice. The older person standing before me was, indeed, Itachi, but different. He was wearing a black coat that was about down to his knees. The bastard was holding a sword and was looking at me with those damn red eyes, with….sadness? No, it must be something else.

"Sasuke, do you know this man?" Kakashi gave me a stern look, making me shake a little.

"I guess you could say that." I threw Itachi a dirty look. "What do you want you fucking bastard?Come to finish the job?"

"Sasuke..." He bent his head down. "My brother...I did not kill our parents."

Sasuke faltered. He seemed to crash then and there, ready to throw a kunai, he dropped to the ground, and half-heartedly threw it at Itachi, which landed a few feet in front of him. I felt the arms let me go, and I fell to the ground, regaining my posture and staring at the older version of Sasuke.

"You bastard! Do you have fucking issues? Sasuke saw you kill them! And the hell you'll get him!" I charged, not caring what happened to me, so long as Sasuke could see the person who caused him so much pain and anguish-dissapear.

"No wait! You don't understand!" I heard Itachi yell, but I dismissed it as unimportant. I was so close, as I felt the hair glide through my fingers.

I missed.

"No! Let him go Itachi!" I wondered who had yelled with such force, but I realized it was me. he turned to look at me, his sword on the back of my boyfriends neck. His eyes contained no malice, no cruelty, just sadness. "Let. Him. Go." I said calmly, regaining my poise.

"Very well, little brother." He withdrew his sword, as Naruto whirled around., throwing a punch at Itachi.

"Wait!" I heard shouting, and cries of anger. I heard shouts of "No Naruto he'll kill you!" .Shouting everywhere.

"EVERYONE SHUT UP!" I screamed, sinking to the floor again, cradling my head. "JUST SHUT UP!" Everyone was quiet. I heard Naruto panting in the background, but I ignored him.

"Stand down Naruto." I heard Kakashi say. Naruto obviously didn't listen to him, staring at Itachi agnrily. "I said Stand Down Naruto!" He said threatiningly, causing Naruto to start to sweat.

"No! He hurt Sasuke. He won't live to do it again."

"Stand down Naruto." I said disparingly, gazing at him with tear-ridden eyes. He bit his lower lip lightly, and walked over to me, sitting beside me.

"Sasuke..." He whispered in my ear. I saw Kiara look hurt, but hid it in a mask of fear.

"Let me explain." Itachi put the sword back into it's holder, which was strapped to his back,and walked forwared, but was dissuade by Naruto's glare, so he stopped walking. "It wasn't me." I looked up, hoping to hell he was telling the truth.

"Liar! You killed his family!"

"Naruto...let him finish."

"Thank you Sasuke. Now as I was saying, it was not me who mindlessly slaughtered or family. It was vampire named Mino." Silenced reigned through the street, causing my nerves to be set on an edge. "The vampire clan, Letalis Umbra, had wanted me to be intheir clan. They wanted the fabled Uchiha heir to defeat the others." He gestured to the people around him. "These, are the others."

"Perhaps you could elaborate...for the kids." Kakashi said, causing Kiara to give him a sour look.

"Very well. Letalis Umbra...is having some leadership issues. Currently, the leader is a man named Blanche. Blanche, is your typicial suave dictator guy, and very intellegent. His rise to power is contributed to his 'believe in the elders' sort of way of thinking. He is very young himself though. And we are the others. A group who are trying to change the ways of our clan. We are the future." He grinned.

"What?" I asked, slowly letting the reality of it sink in. "You are orginizing it?"

"No! I am not that powerful."

"But...your a vampire?"

"Yes."

"No! My brother is not a vampire! He wouldn't let himself get caught by them! Your a fake!" I threw a kunai at him, which he grabbed in midair.

"Sasuke. I was caught. And I was turned. The sooner you accept this fact the sooner we can get along."

"But..." Kiara said quietly "From the Itachi i've heard of, you would probably go on some insane killing spree among the vampires." Itachi laughed.

"I'm not that strong a fighter...not compared to them."

"What? But then why are we here? We pretty much suck ass against them if even you can't beat them."

"Well...there's a difference from being the Konoha's "golden boy" and killing vampires. I can take about three on my own. But that's it." Kakashi came forwards, taking a long look at Itachi.

"This is no place to discuss this. Do you have somewhere...more in private?"

"Yes...please follow me. And don't try to escape."

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I glanced at Sasuke. He seemed to be cracking under my very eyes. His eyes were no longer confident and cocky, but clouded and blurry. His tears were running freshly down his face as he struggled to get up. I put out my hand for him, and he grabbed on and i pulled him up. He was shorter then him, but he seemed so lost, and so confused. I felt his pain. I knew what it meant for dreams to be dashed. I began to cry myself. Everyone was looking at us out of the corner of their eyes, but not willing to say anything. I didn't care. He leaned into me and gave me a kiss on the side of my lips, and hugged me tightly. I gently pried him away, and looked into his tear-stained eyes. I sniffled, and held his hand, he holding mine, whosever was holding whosevers hand, we didn't care. We began to walk, walking to where? I don't know. Walking to our deaths? That's probably up there on the list. To salvation? Like that'll happen. But I know me andhim had bonded just then. I love you Sasuke.

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