.x.X.x. Der Vampir .x.X.x.

Chapter Five: Ohne Dich Kann Ich Nicht Leben

.x.X.x. Germany, 1929 .x.X.x.

The young Uchihas' both pulled away, a smirk on Itachi's face, and a blush tinting Sasuke's. Neither said anything, since neither really knew what to say considering what had just happened between them. The bookshelf lay where it had fallen, the books strewn about the floor, laying at such odd angles it would make some people cringe.

Sasuke was confused. His brother… yes he loved him, but did it really go this far? His brother's hand suddenly ghosted his shoulder, causing him to shudder. The hand then slipped the jacket that had been around Sasuke's shoulders, onto the floor.

Maybe… maybe it did go that far. For a second, Sasuke considered what would happen if his father or mother walked in at that moment. No doubt they would be shocked to say the least, and not only that, his father would probably harm anyone who he could get his hands on. Anger always had a way with their father.

"I-itach…" He murmured. "What.. what.."

"Little brother, don't worry about anything."

Sasuke's dark eyes met his brother's, his pale skin contrasting greatly with the darkness that had fallen about the room.

He suddenly gasped though, when he noticed his brother's eyes. They shone with a crimson brilliance, surprising bright, and completely different than the color they had been only moments earlier.

However, before Sasuke could say anything, he was suddenly on his back, a feral growl on his brother's lips. Sasuke let out an undignified squeak, as he felt his brother begin to nip and kiss at his neck. All his sane thoughts were gone, as Sasuke's skin was ravished by the older boy. He came to his senses, though, when he felt his brother's hand slid up his shirt.

Sasuke squirmed from his brother's grasp, and moved off to the side, breath coming in short rasps. The cold, wooden floor that he has sitting upon was stinging the burning flesh of Sasuke's uncovered legs and hands.


"Scared, Sasuke?" Itachi smirked, eyes staring at Sasuke, yet not really seeing him. "Does it scare you that I know your very thoughts?"

"H-how?" Sasuke asked, voice starting to crack. "Brother what... what happened?"

"What do you mean 'what happened?' You ask the question as though it is a bad thing that has happened to me. Don't you realize the opportunities of this? Don't you see what I am?… Yes, I'm one of the dammed, it is a sin for my existence, but that doesn't matter. Nothing matters. How can you damn someone that cannot die?"

.x.X.x. Germany, 1930 .x.X.x.

"Sa-su-ke…" Naruto called softly in a sing-song voice. "What are you doing?"

"Thinking." Sasuke said calmly. They were sitting out on the balcony that over looked a small lake. The moon's reflection gleamed brightly in the center, calling out challenges to it's twin in the night sky.

"About what?" Naruto questioned before taking a seat on the ledge next to the other boy.

"Naruto… you… you do realize that, well, I'm a vampire, right?" Sasuke asked, sighing. He leaned on the small wire table that was set out on the balcony for noon tea, and placed his face in his hands.

"Yeah well, it's a little more than obvious." Naruto laughed lightly, then motioned to his neck. "Think I just forgot about you drinking my blood all the time, did you?"

"That's not what I meant." This was going to be harder than he expected.

"Then what do you mean, Sasuke?" Naruto stopped laughing, and stared at Sasuke, who glanced up and met the other boys eyes.

"I mean, do you realize that you're human?"

"It's kind of hard not to."

"Then you realize that you'll eventually die? I'm not going anywhere anytime soon, you know."

"Stop." Naruto said, voice a bit shaky. "Just stop."

"Naruto…" Sasuke said angrily. "Look at me."

The blonde shut his eyes tighter, trying to make the words disappear.

"Naruto!" he said roughly. Naruto chose not to answer, only wrapped his arms around himself and refused to say anything to Sasuke.

Growing annoyed, the dark haired boy stood up and walked around to the other side of the table. Placing a hand on each side of Naruto's waist, he hulled the blonde into the air and preceded to drag him into the bedroom.

"Sasuke," Naruto hissed, "What do you think you're doing? Put me down, now."

"Oh, so now you're talking to me? And here I was, about to go through such desperate measures." Sasuke rolled his eyes and tossed Naruto onto the bed that was in the center of the room.

Gulping, Naruto decided to just keep his mouth shut. Sasuke walked back over, closed the glass doors, and swished the cloth that stood off to the side back over them.

The room went dark, now without even the moonlight to brighten it. Naruto had never admitted it, but the dark did frighten him a little. Things you think are something, are always something different. When you think you're in danger is when you're safe, and it's when you think you're safe that you're in danger. It's like a twisted version of reality, one where nothing you know is real. No. . . you don't even know anything in the first place.

He tried to calm his breathing. In. Out. In. Out. But couldn't help but yelp when he felt something on top of him. He settled down, though, when he realized it was only Sasuke. The vampire pressed his lips to Naruto's, and the blonde willingly opened his mouth, all anger he had felt at him for bringing up a touchy subject only moments ago evaporated.

"When I told you to look at me," Sasuke said when he pulled back, "You should have looked at me."

Naruto hissed when he felt Sasuke nip at his neck, not even bothering about blood, just wanting to torture Naruto for his disobedience. The blonde clenched his fists as Sasuke sucked, nipped and kissed, none to nicely, at every inch of Naruto he could reach. Anything he could get a hold of fell victim to his teeth.

Naruto held himself still, thinking He'd be worse off if he tried to get back at Sasuke. He had been rather stubborn, although he doubted enough so to deserve to be so… used. Sasuke got his hands on Naruto's shirt, before he quickly shredded it off of its' occupant.

Naruto rolled his eyes. "I get your whole, dominant complex, but must you always ruin my clothes?"

"You're lucky I don't ruin you." Sasuke said, before he attacked Naruto's chest. Not noticing how the other boy shuddered.

"You… you already are." Naruto said softly before he just let his mind go.

.x.X.x. Hokkaido, Present Day .x.X.x.

"You can't be serious." Sakura said, staring at Naruto, confusion crossing her features.

"I'm totally serious." Naruto let Sasuke's arms go, since the other boy was still now. "He fell in love with that bastard of a brother of his."

"What the hell was he thinking?" she asked, glancing at Sasuke. "I doubt he would've not noticed how fucked up in the head he seemed."

"At the time, Sasuke thought he was normal. Itachi had told him, well, what he was, but Sasuke didn't think it had affected him. Back when Itachi was created, you know this, vampires went crazy all the time. Their minds couldn't cope with what had happened if they didn't have a purpose, right?"

"Well, yes.." Sakura nodded, but still looked confused. "I know that I had a reason not to die, and you and Sasuke did too. Sasuke's was to kill Itachi, until he went into his sleep, and yours was to wait for Sasuke. Are you saying that Itachi didn't have anything to keep him sane?"

"That's exactly what I'm saying. After he was transformed, there was nothing that he needed to do. Nothing that kept him going. He had never cared for anyone, including his family, and there weren't any ties to bind him to his sanity. That small part of our sould most of us can still hold. . . He didn't have it."

"Still, how come we didn't go crazy?" Sakura had truly never wondered about it before.

She knew that some of them didn't make it after they were changed. That's why there were so few of the ones as old as Sasuke, Naruto, and herself. Nowadays, however, there were fledglings up and down the street, every which way you turned. But they didn't have power. Not the kind the elders had. All the young-ones had was the thirst for blood. They were weak and pathetic. The didn't deserve to not be buried in the ground.

"Sakura, when you first became a vampire, what did you think about?" Naruto said, trying to explain his theory to the girl.

"Coming to Japan, where I was born. I wanted to see the tress so bad. That's all I could think about." She admitted.

"And when you created me, the only think I could think of was Sasuke."

"What's that have to do with Itachi not thinking?"

"I'm just saying that when he was created, he didn't think. His mind was blank, and when someone has a blank mind… well, it's only natural that evil snuck up and corrupted him."

"Oh." She uttered, finally putting two and two together.

She had mostly just followed Naruto blindly throughout the years. He had seemed to know exactly what to do, every step of the way, and when he didn't, she was content to just be with him, so she had never questioned or wondered more about their intent. There had been so many things they had seen, so many frighteningly alarming things. . . From Itachi, or seeing Naruto break down, it scared her all the same. When one of their friends forgot to regularly check up, she became scared. She couldn't help but worry, it was her nature.

.x.X.x. Germany, 1929 .x.X.x.

Itachi leaned in hungrily, fangs sinking into Sasuke's flesh as easily as though he were merely biting into a soft piece of bread. Sasuke flinched, but relaxed as he felt his brother's hands on his stomach. The older Uchiha traced comforting patterns on Sasuke's soft skin as they lay on the black couch that was placed under the large window in the Uchiha library.

The moon shone with a silver brilliance that night, lighting the room considerably. There was no noise that could be heard, except for the breathing on the boy whose back was to the couch.

Itachi smirked against his brother's neck, as he sank his fangs into Sasuke's flesh even deeper, before pulling away, licking his lips. Sasuke glanced up, staring at his brother with trusting eyes. He was too naïve for his own good, Itachi mused. He needed to be taught a lesson.

Straddling the dark haired youth, Itachi took his right hand and held Sasuke's arms above his head, and used his left hand to tip his chin into the air.

"What do you think, Sasuke?"

"About what?" He asked softly.

"Me," Hh opened his mouth, to reveal his gleaming fangs. "And these."

"Nothing."

"Nothing at all? Surely, you must think something." Itachi pressed.

"I think.. That.. I think I want to be a vampire as well." Sasuke blushed, but couldn't turn away, since his brother still held him in place. "I want to be just like you, brother."

.x.X.x. Hokkaido, Present Day .x.X.x.

The two turned to the bed again, when Sasuke suddenly sat up, silk covers beneath him becoming crumpled in the process. Sakura just stared, while Naruto sat back down in the chair. Sasuke turned to look at them and noticed Naruto. He smirked, fangs curling over his bottom lip.

"Hey, Naruto. Miss me?"

Sasuke was suddenly tackled by the blonde as he latched onto his middle. The boy's body shook with retching sobs as he clang to the sole thing that made his life worth while. Sasuke attempted to pet his head comfortingly, but it was of no assistance. Eventually, however, Naruto pulled away and furiously swiped at his eyes, trying to act as though the tears had never been there.

"What happened since I was out? I see that you kept good care of my body, and didn't let…" Sasuke paused, not knowing if he should mention any names. "Anyone mess with it."

"I told you, if anything ever happened to you, I would help." Naruto said, sitting on the edge of the bed. " I told you, it's been seventy-five years! Do you know how hard it was?"

Sasuke only grinned, before leaning in and stealing a kiss from Naruto's lips, since he was too preoccupied with chatting on to notice until Sasuke was pressed against him. Tongues flew out to meet each other, and boy of the boys momentarily forgot that Sakura was even there.

They would have to go over the details of what had happened when Sasuke was asleep later, Sakura decided, as she walked from the room, closing the door behind her.

.x.X.x. End Chapter Five .x.X.x.

A/N: I don't know how anyone can follow this plot. I wasn't even on drugs when I wrote this xD;

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