A/N: The next chapter for you. Not much to say other than that and the usual: Don't own Naruto, wish I did, but I do own the OC's and the plot line. Read, Review, and Enjoy!

Chapter 3: Confrontation

"You always were a smart raccoon faced blood sucker." Naruto stated grinning.

"And you always were a stupid fox and you still are! Do you really think it's going to be that easy? Do you even realize how dangerous it is to have her here? She could have killed you…I should have let her." Gaara growled and Naruto growled at him, blue eyes turning a deep orange as his canines grew out as he lost his temper.

"Don't call me stupid, Gaara. Do it again and I swear I'll kick your ass all over this house till it's covered in your blood." Naruto growled again as Gaara did until Hinata spoke.

"Will you two stop it?" she hissed and glared at them, Naruto's eyes reverted back once again but Gaara glared at her before turning his glare back to Naruto.

"Naruto…" Gaara growled as he once again caught the scent of the newcomer, he was going to kill Naruto for this, "You conniving, immoral, vulpine bastard!"

With that he turned on his heel and stormed off into the house somewhere and his sister rounded on Naruto and Kankuro.

"I should've known you two were up to something!" she snarled, fangs showing as the anger was evident in her blue eyes, "Do you two have even the slightest notion of what you are doing?"

"Trying to get my little brother a woman so he stops breathing down our necks about everything?" Kankuro asked and Naruto grinned.

"He wasn't about to go out and find himself a woman himself." Naruto stated as he stared out her coolly, "You yourself stated that and the fact that female purebloods of your kind are rare…and powerful ones are rarer still."

"S-She is the perfect m-match for h-him." Hinata agreed and Temari stared at her shocked.

"You knew about this? How can you do this?" Temari asked incredulously.

"I have my reasons." She stated before turning away and walking down her own hallway as Naruto smiled at her until Temari slapped him.

"You idiot!" she growled until his eyes flashed that dangerous color again, "She is from the Kamitsuyo Clan! You have no idea what that means! Even our father wouldn't touch them!"

"Calm down, Temari." Kankuro stated rolling his eyes, "Gaara is stronger than Dad. Besides, he's a big boy now. He can handle it."

"You…thick skulled imbeciles! Gaara will either do one of two things! Kill her or use her!" she growled and Naruto stared at her.

"I don't think she's going to let him do that." Naruto stated, "If she was she probably would have drooled all over him like half the other fem vamps in this city do."

Neji came back stalking down the hallway towards Naruto. He wasn't particularly happy at the moment but he didn't say anything, he just glared and walked past the blonde to his own chambers. As he did they heard him muttering something that they couldn't quite make out. Temari growled before she turned around and slammed her door in their faces. Naruto rolled his eyes as Kankuro shook his head and they laughed.

"Well…that didn't go as expected." Kankuro stated after they finished, "You almost get eaten, Gaara storms off…well, that was expected, Temari is throwing a fit, Hinata is ok with this, and Neji is pissed."

Naruto snorted and looked at his friend.

"I expected this…well, not the almost being eaten part, but most of it. This will take some time…but it will happen." The demon laughed as he walked away towards his own rooms as Kankuro turned towards his…tomorrow was going to be interesting.

Zukiyo walked around her new rooms inspecting them. She wasn't exceptionally tired; she just wanted to get away from everyone. Too much was happening at once. She couldn't take meeting so many people at once. A strange thing considering she was in essence a princess and born to meet, greet, and host people. She let out an almost defeated laugh. So much had changed in the course of one day. Nine hours ago she was a convict and facing a life behind bars. Now she was the honored guest of a Kyuubi Demon and his vampire companions.

The fact that she would be living with a family of pureblood vampires was just sinking in. She knew they would be vampires, Naruto had mentioned that, but he failed to mention that one of them was a male without a mate that was stronger than she was. All of three of them failed to mention that. She would deal with it later.

She looked around at the sitting room she was in. It was much like Naruto's but smaller. The walls were painted a deep purple-blue, indigo if she had to put an actual name to it, while the thick drapes on the windows, and what looked to be a door to a balcony, were a silver color. Although she had always preferred red she liked it.

She looked down at the floor and saw that it was a light wood floor much like Naruto's with a few carpets here and there mostly more of the same silver color with some purple, off white, or blue tossed around on pillows and chairs. There was a small bookcase in the corner with a random assortment of books and a small table or two were against the walls. The middle of the room had a large black sofa sitting on a rather old looking blue Persian rug while it was situated in front of a TV. She smiled at that before she walked into her new bedroom and was once again greeted by high ceilings.

It had the same indigo color scheme right down to the bed, only in a slightly darker shade. The bed was a large classic four poster bed already made with fresh, clean, dark sheets, which was something she was ecstatic about since she had spent the past two weeks sleeping on a tiny cot in a holding cell and sitting up in seats. The floor was carpeted in a light silvery grey as a desk sat in the corner. The dresser and vanity mirror stood next to what she assumed was a closet and was proven right as she opened the door to see her bags sitting inside it. She saw another door next to the closet and opened it. As she guessed it was a bathroom and realized that Naruto really didn't do things small. Then again she was pretty sure he wasn't the one that came up with the color schemes otherwise everything would probably be orange, black, and blue. She didn't know how she knew that, it was mostly just a gut feeling. She breathed in deeply and sighed as she continued to look around. It was comfortable feeling and she liked it. She hadn't really felt this comfortable in a room since she was five and would run to her parent's room when she had a nightmare.

"Ok…" she started, talking to herself just to break the silence and looked at the clock on the wall, "I'm not really tired…I can take a shower. Yeah…a nice hot shower and then I'll go to sleep."

After her shower and sliding into some pajamas, consisting of a pair of blue PJ pants and an old T shirt she was sure was black when she got it, Zukiyo laid down in bed and closed her eyes as she felt the need to sleep draw her down into oblivion before she dreamed a familiar dream.

"Mother! Mother!" she called as she ran down the path in the garden outside their ancestral home a few hours before dawn, "Mother!"

"I'm right here, sweetheart." Her mother's soothing voice called out from behind the young Zukiyo, "What is it my angel?"

"I couldn't sleep…and you weren't with Papa. Yuyu wouldn't let me in her bed and I can't find ShuShu." She said as her mother's smiling eyes softened as they filled with all the love she felt for her youngest daughter and picked her up, cradling her in her arms as she walked back inside.

"Shh…everything is ok, Zuzu, Mother is here now. I'll stay with you until you fall asleep. Would you like that?" the queen asked, soft grey eyes smiling and shining at her little child who nodded and rest her head on her mother's slender shoulder.

"I love you, Mother. I want to be with you always. We can right? Always be together?"

"We are immortal, my love, and I will love you until the end of time." She had replied and lay down in her daughter's bed with her, "Now sleep, my angel, Mother is here now and nothing will hurt you. Sleep…I will always be here to guide you and guard you, I promise."

Liar. That was the one word that rung out in Zukiyo's mind as her dream faded into something else entirely…

Her heels clicked on the marble floor as she walked down a hallway. She wasn't quite sure where she was. Nothing she looked at hinted at any clues. Door after door after door lined the walls on both sides.

"Where am I?" she muttered to herself and something answered.

"Here." A shrill whisper stated to her right, "Over here."

"Hello?"

She tried a door, the knob turned slowly as if it hadn't been used in sometime, and it opened into a room filled with light. She squinted as she stepped in, curiosity overpowering her and heard her heels click on something like glass. Zukiyo looked down into her own face. A mirror floor? What the hell was this? A fun house? Something giggled in the room and her head snapped up.

"Hello?" the princess asked again not sensing anyone or smelling anyone but still needing to ask, "Is anyone there?"

"Come." It answered and she walked on into the room slowly as if afraid any step might shatter the floor, "Princess…come."

"Where? Where are you?" she asked as she walked faster, her hair whipping behind her as she soon began to ran through the room, how big was this thing anyway?

"Stop!" it hissed and she skidded to a halt and looked around, her cloud grey eyes catching the light until they shone silver in her frantic state, "Look."

"Where?"

"Look."

"Where?"

"Down." And she did and fell into that black pit that had haunted her dreams for the past 30 years and she heard a shuffling in the black.

"One is two and two is one. This is something that cannot be undone." The voices whispered and she chased them as they muttered and floated around her, "If one dies…the other will cry…"

"Who are you?" she asked and saw her mother's eyes once again, "Mother?"

"The earth will break." It said and something with bloody claws ran at her, "And all of you shall DIE!"

She woke up screaming, fangs bared as her eyes darted wildly, and pulled her knees up to her chest as she heard running. Someone began pounding on her door.

"Zukiyo? Zu? Zuzu? Zuzu, open the door!" it was Neji.

"I-It's not locked." She said so low she wasn't sure if he heard her until the door swung open.

Neji stalked through it and walked towards her as she reached out for him like she used to when they were young. His usually stoic eyes softened as he sat on the edge of her bed and pulled her to him.

"What happened?" he asked in a whisper as he tried to comfort the shaken princess.

"That damn dream again…" she whispered as someone stalked past her door and looked in briefly.

Its eyes caught the light and reflected it back as she felt Neji growl at it. She watched as its eyes narrowed in a scowl before walking off. She caught his scent: Gaara.

"His rooms are right next to yours." Neji stated and she nodded as she lay her head down on his lap, "What was it this time?"

"I was walking down a long hallway and I went into this room…the floor was a mirror. A voice called out and told me to come, so I did…and it told me to stop and look down. When I did the floor was gone and I fell. I fell into some black place and it talked to me." She said and he leaned back more against the head board and she shifted her head to rest on his stomach while she remained curled up tight in her little ball, "It said something about one being two but still being one and that I couldn't change that. Then it said something about one dying and the other crying…"

"Then it said something about the earth shaking or breaking and that we all will die." He finished knowing how they ended by heart, "And it attacked you."

"It was…white and…bloody, and it had Mother's eyes. Neji, it had my mother's eyes and it tried to kill me."

"Your m-mother would n-never do that, Zu-chan." Hinata whispered as she walked in the door in her night gown and sat down on the other side of her childhood friend, "She loved you with all of h-her heart."

"I know, Hinata-chan." She said and jumped as she heard a door slam and Neji growled before he sat up and shifted Zukiyo over to his cousin as he got up off the bed still growling.

"Nii-san, don't." Hinata started but stopped when Neji raised a finger to silence her.

"Stay with Zuzu."

He walked out of the door and closed it behind him as Zukiyo lay her head down in Hinata's lap. They sat like that in silence for a while listening to the sounds of the house until they heard voices. Zukiyo knew one was Neji but she couldn't make out what was being said. Hinata knew and Zukiyo knew that by the way Hinata began brushing her friend's hair back out of her face. Hinata had many nervous ticks, and this was one of them.

"Hina-chan?" she asked softly and Hinata stopped.

"Y-Yes?"

"Don't leave me alone."

"Okay, Zuzu-chan. I won't. Get some sleep." She said and they heard a loud crash making Zukiyo sit up straight as Hinata ran to the door and opened it.

Naruto stopped briefly as he passed by, eyes glowing red orange, and spoke to Hinata.

"I'll take care of it, Hina-chan. Stay with Zukiyo." He said and kissed her forehead before walking off after stating one last thing, "Close the door."

She nodded and walked back in closing the door behind her as Zukiyo stared back at her. Hinata blushed as she pressed her fingers together in her childhood nervous tick.

"I-I…h-h-he….w-w-we…" she began stuttering and Zukiyo smiled as she giggled.

"Hinata you little minx." Zukiyo laughed, "Or should it be vixen?"

"Um…i-it's…um…heh?" Hinata said and Zukiyo scooted forward on the bed and had to ask.

"You must tell me! Does he really taste as good as he smells?" she asked and Hinata sighed dreamily before realizing she did and then passed out, "Ok…"

She got up off of the bed and walked over to her friend as she came around. The last time Zukiyo had seen Hinata faint was after she asked her why she had…bite…marks… Oh.

"Yeah. Vixen." Zukiyo smiled and hugged her friend, "I am happy for you. He seems to care a lot about you…and I'm sorry I tried to eat him."

Hinata giggled as they walked into Zukiyo's sitting room and sat on the couch.

"I'm s-sorry I didn't t-tell you b-before. I…" Hinata started as she flipped on the TV.

"I know. You couldn't risk news of it reaching your father…or Yukiko." Zukiyo stated and Hinata nodded and they heard another crash and muffled yelling.

"This is MY house!" they heard Naruto yell clearly before the shouts muffled again.

"I cause chaos where ever I go it seems." Zukiyo stated slightly amused and Hinata turned to what looked to be a rerun of some vampire show, "Oo…let's watch this and make fun of it."

"Ok, Zu." Hinata stated and they watched the TV, Zukiyo still curled into a ball but at least sitting up, and Hinata spoke a few minutes later, "I like your room."

"Hm?" Zukiyo asked and tore her attention away from the TV, "Oh…thanks. I think."

"Each room is unique to who stays in it. Yours feels very soothing. It's something the house does. Naru-kun doesn't even understand it." Hinata stated, "I personally think the house is alive and…umm…reflects different…things…of your personality or…things you…need. That sounded a lot better in my head."

Zukiyo smiled and giggled slightly causing Hinata to do something similar before they shared a laugh. The princess didn't much like Hyuga Hiashi but she would always hold a place for him in her heart just because he helped create Hinata.

"It's been quiet for a while." She replied and Hinata nodded, "Do you think they killed each other?"

"No. There would have been more bangs and explosions." Hinata replied so seriously that Zukiyo soon found herself laughing as did Hinata until they heard a door slam again.

A minute or so later there was a soft knock on the door to the living area and Hinata told them to come in. Neji walked in followed by Naruto. Zukiyo smiled softly at them and yawned as the two men sat down on the couch.

"Can I hang with you guys?" Naruto asked and Zukiyo looked at him strangely.

"It's your house. You can do what you want." She answered and he laughed.

"Yeah, but it's still nice to ask."

"True, and…yes. You can hang. We're making fun of this vampire show on TV." Zukiyo stated and pointed to it.

"Alright." He said and leaned back into the couch as the world outside the window brightened and light swept over the valley.

"Neji, could you be a dear and close the drapes?" Zukiyo asked and he nodded, "I don't really like the light."

"I'm surprised you're up. You must be tired." Naruto stated and Zukiyo shrugged.

"I'm too restless to sleep right now I guess. That and, I mean, I'm pretty sure you stuck me right next to someone that probably wants to kill me so that doesn't exactly compel me to sleep." She stated as Neji sat back down and she leaned on him as he nodded agreeing with her.

"Gaara doesn't want to kill you." Naruto stated and she stared at him disbelieving, "He's just cranky right now. He just got back from a long trip to somewhere he didn't really want to go and had to sit on a plane for hours. He's just cranky and suffering from jet lag. He'll come around to it."

"Eventually." Hinata said as her eyes began to close while she leaned into Naruto making Zukiyo smile and elbow Neji when he began to growl.

"Hina-chan, go to bed. I'm ok." Zukiyo stated smiling.

"I'm staying here. You asked me to so I am." Hinata protested.

"Then go lay down in my bed. It's big enough for like five people." The princess returned and Hinata nodded before getting up and going to lie down.

Not long after Zukiyo stood up from the couch as the two men sat there asleep and decided that if she couldn't sleep she would at least unpack. As she did so a certain male vampire was standing outside her door debating what to do with her.

A/N: There you go! Next chapter will hopefully be out soon as I usually say. Umm…feel free to give me some feedback. I LOVE feedback. Ciao!