AN: Phantomgamer01: Ino holds the information, but must speak it herself. Orochimaru can't track her location, but he can speak to her telepathically, same with a lot of his other kin, to call them back for any reason. The reason he can't talk to the others is because Kakashi cast them all away from him before he "died." (I know, why not just beat it out of Ino or Shikamaru?) Well, while Orochimaru's blinded by all his anger toward Itachi, he's not thinking straight. Therefore… Itachi, umm, I don't want to ruin anything. But, Shikamaru and Ino aren't the people he's looking for, why not complicate the situation a little bit so he can attain what he wants? It's Orochimaru's loss, not his. Itachi's plotting something, and that's all I'll reveal.

Hikariko: Yeah, I can put Anko in, it's still not too late, and I've been looking for an ability Hinata could have and I couldn't find one, so I'll use that healing suggestion. Thank you. ::smiles::

Me no not you: Lime is sex, without ever getting to actual sex; it just describes everything before it, and in some cases after it. It's more like a sloppier version of making out… I guess, getting to second base, but not making it to third. The author leads you up to a certain point, and from then on, it's the readers imagination what they do.

Black Phoenix KaT: Itachi and Orochimaru share a difficult past. They were comrades, (much like the series) but one has the potential to defeat the other. Truth is, Orochimaru fears Itachi for possessing so much power, and yeah, Itachi could leave at anytime, however, there is something that's keeping Itachi under Orochimaru's rule... You'll just have to wait to see what that is.

Sorry for the wait!

Chapter 10: Fast Forward

They both sat there, staring at each other. Tenten on the bed, and he was on a near by chair in front of her. 'I want her to be mine…' He sighed, got up from his seat and strode toward her.

"Tenten…" He whispered. She let out a small gasp and looked at him straight in the eyes. 'Uh oh…' It was the same seduction move he used on her a few times before. She was so used to it, she wondered if it affected her as much as before. Tenten winced. 'Oh dear…' He wrapped his arm around her waist. Neji pulled her paralyzed boy closer to his, inhaling the scent of her hair. Tenten shuddered. 'Here goes…' She couldn't move. He moved down, cupped her face between his hands and kissed her eyes shut. Her lips parted unintentionally.

"What are you afraid of?" His voice was barely audible. She couldn't answer. "I see it Tenten. You can't hide it all the time you know." She wrapped her arms around his neck and buried herself into his neck. That took him by surprise. He took a step back and killed the seduction bit. "Tenten?"

"What makes you think I'm afraid?" She asked with a smile. She tilted her head up so that she was looking at him.

"Your eyes…" he answered simply.

"Oh? I'm afraid. I think you're wrong." Tenten grabbed his shirt, pulled him down onto the bed, and straddled his hips. His eyes widened. Her gaze was challenging, inwardly, he shivered. "Do I look afraid to you?" she seethed. Neji didn't know whether to be frightened or happy, he just kept on staring. "Quit that." She hissed.

He looked at her with confused eyes. "Quit what?"

"Staring." She poked him in the chest.

"I'm staring? What's wrong with staring?" He tried getting up, but she tightened her hold on him.

"It's creepy." She replied. He kept looking at her. "What?! Stop!" She covered his eyes. He tried prying her hands away.

"Tenten. What the hell are you doing?" She kept her hands in place.

"Keeping you from staring." Neji suddenly had the urge to bite her fingers.

"What if I like what I'm looking at?" he said in a low tone. She fell silent. He took the opportunity to remove her hands from his eyes. "Hmph, I somehow managed to shut you up. That's a miracle."

"Not like you believe." Tenten spoke softly.

"You have a point. Now, Get off." He struggled to get up. 'Stop messing around, so we can get this over with…' He took some breaths. Her grip tightened still.

"Tenten…" he growled. "Let go." She shook her head and smirked. "This is so fucking pointless…" she hit him over the head.

"Such foul language." She poked him again. This time, he tried biting her finger. "What are you doing?!" she pulled her hand away.

"Quit poking me." He ordered. A wide grin spread across her features.

"Quit staring." She retorted. They both locked eyes with one another, each of them with an intense glare on their face. He blinked. "I win!" she said cheerfully and poked him on the forehead.

"Ok, enough is enough. Get off me." 'What was I thinking?!' he smacked his forehead. She pouted, and to his displeasure, she looked awful cute doing so. He tried to shut his eyes. 'Shit…'

"You sure know how to kill a good time." She sighed and began to get up, but he reversed the roles and rolled over. He was now on top and she was on bottom. He pinned her down to prevent her escape.

"My turn." He said coolly.

"Your turn for what?" she suddenly began to feel nervous, or was it anxious? Her thoughts jumbled.

He leaned down until his nose was barely touching hers. "No more games…" he whispered into her ear. She shut her eyes tightly. He moved to her neck.

"Neji, what are you doing?" she let out a small whimper.

"You've had your fun, it's my turn to have mine." He planted a kiss above her collarbone.

"This is fun?" He grabbed her wrists and held them above her head. "Now what are you doing?"

"This is what you've wanted isn't it?" he nipped her ear.

"Not like this, no." she blinked. He stopped what he was doing. "This is what you want."

"I want you." He stated suddenly, but realizing what he just said, he turned away. She giggled. "For an assassin, you sure are cheerful." He said dryly and began to get off, but she wrapped her arms around his neck and held him in place. The challenge in her eyes returned. 'Uh oh…'

She felt him stiffen. "Something wrong?" He shook his head.

Neji pried her arms off. "It's almost dawn."

"Oh? No problem." He glared at her. "Oh…You were beginning to act so human, I forgot that you were a vampire." She said sarcastically. He raised an eyebrow. "Alright, go do what you have to."

"No, what did you mean by that?" He eyes her warily, a grace of a smirk apparent on his lips.

"You have to sleep." She urged him off of the bed, and her. He wrapped his arms around her.

"What did you mean?" he leaned in extremely close. She opened her mouth to speak-"Don't you dare change the subject." He warned.

"Bite me." She stuck her tongue out at him. He smirked and did so… into her neck. "OW!" she slapped him playfully. "I didn't mean literally!!" Unlike the other female victims, Tenten went down laughing. 'Dawn can wait…' More laughter erupted from her.

"Tenten, you're making this difficult." He said the best he could, seeing as how his mouth was rather occupied. 'You're mine…' She laughed harder.

Naruto glared at her. She glared back. He blinked. "I'm hungry." He got up suddenly.

"Hey, wait! Where-where are you going? You can't leave me here!" The truth was, she was a little horrified by the house. It was large, old, and dark. She grabbed his shirtsleeve.

"Not like I can do anything." He replied.

"W-what?" Hinata questioned. That answer had nothing to do with what she asked.

"I'm sorry if this house doesn't please you, but really, I need to Eat!" He rubbed his tummy.

Her eyes widened. 'Oh, he can read thoughts…' "But it's almost dawn-."

"Yeah, I know." He pulled his sleeve away from her. "It's not a problem." He grinned. "Or are you worried about me?"

"Not particularly," she then felt weak, an odd feeling enveloped her. Her body felt dry, and shriveled. 'What's wrong?'

"You're hungry too." He let out a small laugh. "It's nothing you should concern yourself with. Now come on, we need to get this done, and quickly."

"B-but, but-." Naruto grabbed her wrist.

"Come on, at this rate, you'll wither away, and I'm not giving you any more blood!"

She tried to pull away. "Not like I asked for it, and besides if I wither away-."

"It's a lot more painful than you think. Ask Shikamaru, he tried it." He shrugged. She shook her head violently. "Ok, if you're not coming sit here and die a painful death. You remember what Neji did to you?" She shuddered. "That's what it feels like only… worse. So are you coming or not?" Naruto grinned cheekily.

Hinata placed a hand on her bottom lip. On one hand she wanted to get away from this place and just die, but on the other hand, she didn't want to repeat what Neji did to her. Sure, she'd be willing to fight him again, but the disgusting, bloody feeling that enveloped inside her when he used that strange jutsu frightened her. For once in her life, something frightened her, and now, she was afraid of herself, and of what she could do.

"Quit thinking so much will you?" Naruto rubbed his temple. "Ow." Hinata's eyes softened.

"G-gomen." She whispered. Naruto blinked in surprise.

"Ne, Don't worry about it." He tugged at her wrist again. "Come on, Let's go, we can make it into the nearest town if we do." Hinata gulped. She didn't want to taste blood. "I promise it's not that bad. Once you get past the depriving a human of their life, by feeding yourself so continue your life as this hideous night creature thing, it works out fine." He patted her shoulder, and ushered her off the bed.

"I-I-…" she stuttered.

"When you bite them, just don't give thought." Naruto pushed her out of the room.

"B-but I have no reason to-." She began. He cut her off.

"I know, I know, you have no reason to live, and dying a horrible death for the sake of those who you are going to feed from is better, I thought of that too. Unfortunately, if you sit there for endless hours your body will act on it's own." Naruto sighed. 'I hope she buys this…' In truth, even if one doesn't drink blood, one won't die painfully. He made up a lie to get her to feed.

"I-uhh…" she gave up. "Ok, I'll try it, but if I don't like it-."

"I'll stab the steak in you myself." Naruto offered. Hinata glowered.

"I appreciate it." She said sarcastically. The two walked down the long hallways toward the outside of the mansion. Oblivious to the fact that the sun's rays shined in the distance.

"Sasuke-kun." She whispered. He looked at her. "What are we going to do? We're not going to stay in this room all day are we?" Sakura frowned. "I know vampires can't be in light, but isn't there somewhere we can go?"

"Anywhere in the mansion. We keep it pretty dark, just don't go outside." He stated simply. Sakura sighed. She was an outdoors person. She liked the fresh air and the freedom of it all, and now, she was stuck here, trapped.

"I have to wait till nightfall then."

"Wait till nightfall for what?" He asked with a questioning gaze.

"If you've been watching me for so long, you'd know I like to take walks." She patted his cheek.

"You do? You never did before…"

"I had a reason not to." He wrapped his arms around her.

"Oh? And what would that be?" his face was dangerously close to hers.

"It's a surprise." She grinned. He groaned and leaned into her neck. Sasuke eventually let go of her and walked toward a cabinet. Sakura stared at him. He was still naked. A small giggle escaped her lips as she studied his lean figure, toned body and disheveled hair. 'Thank god he hasn't lost it…' Sasuke eyed her warily.

"What are you looking at?" He pulled out an outfit from within the cabinet, and began to dress himself. Sakura pouted.

"Oh nothing." She pulled the sheets up around her. "You don't happen to have anything I could wear, do you?" Sasuke nodded. He kept some of Sakura's old clothes… for memory purposes. He threw her a familiar red dress. "You still have it!" She felt the urge to hug him, and did so.

"S-Sakura-." He took a step back in surprise, but that didn't stop him from returning the embrace. That was until the sheet began to fall from around her body, and Shikamaru happened to open the door. Sasuke quickly re-wrapped his wife and placed a hand over her 'rump' to keep his friend from looking any further. Sakura gaped in surprise and buried herself in her husbands shoulder in embarrassment. "Get dressed Sakura, I'll meet you outside." He whispered so only she could hear.

Once Sasuke was outside of the room, he glared at Shikamaru. "Is there a problem?" Shikamaru nodded.

"Naruto has a bride!" Shikamaru growled. Sasuke blinked.

"Naruto? Are you serious or were you hallucinating?" 'Is it just me or is everyone hallucinating?'

"I'm not hallucinating, he has a bloody woman!" Shikamaru shook his fist.

"So?" Sasuke stared at him. "Since when were you concerned with such things? This isn't normal, even for you."

"Neji just made a fucking bride." Shikamaru growled. Sasuke's eyes almost popped out of his sockets.

"Are you serious?"

"Well I thought you'd need to know. You were too busy fuc-." Shikamaru was cut off by a sharp glare. "You were so busy with your wife, you didn't even notice."

"Is that all?" Sasuke sighed.

"Naruto and his woman just left."

"What? You mean outside? Is he trying to kill her?! That idiot." Sasuke muttered.

"Ino said she saw them-."

"Ino?!" Sakura interrupted as she came out of the room. She grabbed Shikamaru's shoulders and shook him. "You mean Yamanaka Ino?!" Sasuke eventually got her to let go. Shikamaru nodded and adjusted his clothing. Sakura slumped. "Y-you- where is she?" she demanded.

"Sakura what's with the sudden urgency, and how do you know Ino?" Sasuke demanded. Sakura avoided the subject.

"She's in my room." He pointed at the door right across from Sasuke's room. Sakura began to go but Sasuke grabbed her wrist.

"Don't avoid me, how do you know Ino?" Sakura's face contorted in a pained expression.

"A month before you disappeared, Ino did. She lived in the Hidden Mist and was going to come for our wedding… I was going to introduce the two of you, but the news reached me and I- I didn't think she'd-." Sakura choked. Sasuke sighed and let her go.

"Don't worry, we've been introduced." He spat. Her eyes widened.

"What is that supposed to mean?" she asked in a soft voice. He shook his head and pushed her to go into Shikamaru's room. She took one sad look at him before she entered.

"Well, come on, we'd better go after that dobe before he gets the both of them killed." Sasuke snarled and walked off, not bothering to see whether Shikamaru followed or not.

"Ino…" Sakura whispered. The blonde was sitting on the bed. Her head snapped up. A slow, lazy smile appeared on her lips.

"Forehead-girl. I'm glad you made it."

"Hello to you too Ino-pig!" Sakura snapped back. "I can't believe you've been here the whole time! Why didn't you come see me?!"

"You were busy with Sasuke!" Ino got up from the bed. "I couldn't find the opportunity." She approached her pink haired companion. "It's good to see you!" she screeched. Sakura laughed.

"We have a lot of catching up to do, don't we?"

"Yes, we do." Ino dragged her to a nearby chair. "How's life treating you so far?"

"I don't know, I grew up with an abusive aunt, fell in love with Sasuke, found out I was reborn, got turned into a vampire… it's been a rush." Ino let out a hearty laugh. "What about you?" Sakura changed the subject. "What happened?"

Ino's blue eyes suddenly turned dull. "Perhaps another time, ok Sakura?" Sakura blinked. She knew better than to pry, but-.

"Touchy subject huh? Any men you happen to be interested in?" Ino gaped. 'Uh oh…' she shook her head quickly. "Shikamaru seems like a nice fellow."

"So uh," she coughed. The blonde changed the subject. "If you don't mind me asking… how- what happened to you? How did you die?" Sakura stiffened and looked away.

"If it's alright, I'd rather not talk about it."

"Hmph, just cause I didn't tell you how I died-."

Sakura let out a small laugh. "Fair trade. I won't tell you, until you tell me."

"Fine." Ino seethed. The two burst out in laughter and continued discussing their lives, or there lack of... until, Ino felt something pound her head. "What was that?"

"What was what?" Sakura asked curiously. Ino suddenly let out a scream and clutched her head painfully. "Ino?!" she went to her friends side. 'Oh no…' "Ino?!"

"Get out! Get out!" She screamed and shook her head violently. "Don't bother me, you said you'd leave me alone!" she gasped. Sakura took a step back.

"Are you alright?"

'Ino, come back…' a low voice seethed. "I don't want to! You said I was free, you don't need me anymore!" Ino's body began to shake. 'Like it or not, I own you bitch, return now!' Sakura grabbed her shoulders. "No, go away Orochimaru! Please!" 'If you don't come back, I'll fulfill that death wish you begged for not so long ago…' "Don't threaten me you old fool!" Ino snarled. 'You promised me. You're bound to me! Don't go back on it you wench!'

Sakura stared at her panicking friend, not knowing what to do. 'Who is this Orochimaru?Why is this happening?' One moment they were enjoying each other's company and the next, Ino goes psycho. 'What's going on?'

'Come back to me Ino…' She shook her head. "No! I won't do it! I don't care anymore, please I don't want to go back!" A picture of her family being burnt to ashes in the sun flashed across her tightly shut eyes. Chouji's pained expression reached out toward her. "I won't do it!" 'You either come back to me, or your pathetic sensei dies also!' Ino blinked. "What are you talking about?! Answer me Orochimaru!" 'I have the poor wench walking into my posession as we speak, unless you come here, now, I will kill her in an even more hideous way than Chouji was!' "Don't toy with me your old fart!" And there was silence…

Ino punched a nearby wall. "Damn that bastard." Sakura stood near her, confused and dumbfounded by the entire situation. 'Just what the hell is going on?'

Anko walked along the cliffs over-looking Orochimaru's castle. Unknowingly, she was walking right into his hands, just as he said… 'Let the games begin...'

TBC…

AN: Yes, I know I update about once a week, I just fell behind, that's all. I had writers block and I seriously didn't know what to do. Not my best chapter huh? There's so much dialogue. I hope this explained a bit. The pace is picking up... I hope. Tell me truthfully, your opinions about this chapter, because I don't know what the hell to interpret it as.

I put Anko in a little earlier than expected, but hey, it worked out. I realize Asuma is supposed to be Ino's sensei however, Neji and Shikamaru were trained by Kakashi, why not turn things around a bit. This is my fan fiction after all, my imagination, my way. Just like the four boys developed a bond with their teacher, Ino did with… guess who? If any of this is making sense so far, please tell me, I have no idea, I have no desire to re-read this for the millionth time.