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Who knew it'd come to this?
Why did he have to come?
Naruto lurched away from her as quickly as possible, making sure he held his breath so her scent wouldn't overtake him. Sasuke lifted Sakura to her feet and shoved her on the couch, his hand still on her mouth.
Sakura, completely mortified at what was going on, stayed still. Her mind stopped and she could no longer think. She was stuck and they had won.
Naruto began to lose all control. He could no longer breathe and that one whiff of her air sent him into craze.
He wanted to grab her instantly but he knew the consequences of doing that. Sasuke seemed too attached with her. However, did he really care? She was just a human girl. Sasuke would get over her.
He should do it.
He shouldn't.
Yes.
No.
Yes.
He stared at her bewildered and completely confused. He snarled at the pain she was giving him.
Suddenly, he calmed looking out at the window where the sun was beginning to peak through the other buildings.
It was nearly morning.
He stumbled backwards to the loveseat and sat down, letting his muscles relax and his body slowly reform into it's human shape. He shut his eyes, letting the pain leave him. He was too used to this feeling. Sakura's eyes widened as both boys regained their posture and eye colour. She didn't know what would happen next but she could feel the overwhelming turn in her stomach.
She turned to Sasuke as his eyes began to mix into the original onyx color. It looked as if it wasn't painful at all. He had a peculiar gleam in his eye; something that both scared her and excited her too.
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Porcelain
Susurrus
Come closer to hear…
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They stayed in absolute silence for a long time. Onyx clashed with Jade and then Cerulean. Cerulean with Jade and the cycle repeated; all looking back and forth, eye to eye, different thoughts with each glance.
What to do?
What to do?
Finally, Naruto stood and began pacing around the room. Every step getting heavier and heavier. He sat down again, looking directly at Sasuke.
"What?" Sasuke said bluntly, getting up and moving away from Sakura. She didn't move.
It was obvious Sasuke was just as confused as everyone else.
"We're not going to hurt you." Naruto said through gritted teeth. Sasuke turned his attention toward him, eyeing him with confusion. True, they couldn't hurt her anyway. They weren't vampires right now and if they tried to kill her as humans, they would leave too much evidence behind. However, it wasn't that which shocked Sasuke. Naruto had this interesting tone when he said it; as if it was by force.
Sakura's body suddenly relaxed, and she closed her eyes whispering something to herself. She knew they were her friends.
"But we don't trust you." The blonde continued. "You know our secret. You're going to tell everyone." He smirked a bit when he said this and Sasuke only began to question his motives to a much higher extent.
"I won't tell-" she quivered but was cut short.
"I'm afraid it's not that easy." Sasuke interjected sternly.
"You're going to have to stay here." Naruto said, standing up. "Until we know what to do with you tonight."
"St-sta-stay here?" Sakura stuttered, her mind racing. How could she stay here? She didn't even know what they were. What if they tried to kill her? What would her father think? What would they do to her? Why did they have to wait till tonight? Why did they have to wait till they were in their vampire form? They were going to kill her. She could feel it. They were going to kill her. They weren't her friends, they were blood thirsty vampires and probably the killers of those innocent people.
Sasuke got up and stared down at her, trying to threaten her with his eyes. She gasped and then quickly shook her head in agreement.
"Good." Naruto smirked, stretching.
Sasuke stood abruptly, pulling Naruto over to his side. He simply glared at him and Naruto understood how he was feeling. The blonde was even shocked at his own kindness. Naruto smiled, his eyes shimmering playfully. Naruto could tell Sasuke wanted this. Sasuke raised a brow as Naruto placed a hand on his shoulder and nodded his head.
The moment Naruto turned away, his expression grew solemn and his face contorted into distress. An image of Itachi grew in his mind. Three months. Forest. Or die.
"Let's make these months the best for you." Naruto whispered, his hands tucked into his pockets as he headed out the door, leaving the girl and his friend completely alone.
If I knew earlier…
Maybe I could have saved you…
Sakura didn't know what to do. Sasuke had gotten up and was now preparing something for himself in the kitchen. She could escape now, but what would that do? They'd only come back for her later. All she could hope for was that they'd let her off the hook at night. She just wanted to be free. Spying after them was a horrible idea and she began to hate herself for doing so.
Sasuke came back with a plate of scrambled eggs and some water. He put them on the table and sat beside her.
Silence.
"So you're actually-"
"Hn." He replied, grabbing the remote and turning on the television.
"And you're not going to hurt me?" Sakura whispered, her heart still racing. It was so exhilarating to know they weren't human.
Silence.
"Why?" she asked, unsure whether that was a yes or a no. She decided to take her chances.
"We don't kill humans." Sasuke lied, trying to make him seem like a better person than he actually was. He didn't want her to be too frightened. He had no intention of killing her.
And that was the problem! He didn't want to kill her and it was agitating him. Why could he kill every other person in the world but when it came to Sakura, he just couldn't bring himself to do it. Why? Why her? That stupid word wouldn't leave his head.
Sakura tried to smile, her mood slowly lifting. "That's good."
There was another silence.
"I would love to be a-"
Sasuke smirked, turning to her. "We don't scare you?"
"I'm getting used to it. Knowing you guys don't kill humans is very assuring."
"What if I'm lying?"
"Well, then I think I would be dead?"
She was really putting her life on the line but she wanted to seem completely confident and she thought it was working.
He turned to the television, missing her broad smile. "So you're good vampires."
She was really starting to annoy him, as was the annoying buzz of the AC.
"Then how come you don't want anyone to-"
He turned to her angrily. "Not everyone thinks of us so greatly Sakura. And no one has figured out about us except for you."
She widened her eyes and moved farther from him. "Well if they knew you were good vampires, then I think it would be alright."
Sasuke sighed, rolling his eyes.
Sakura felt different. She had the sudden urge to know as much as possible about vampires. Not for the fame, she just wanted to know about them. How did they live? Do they suck blood? She didn't care about the money anymore. She thought of herself as special. The only human girl who knew about vampires.
The only human to date a vampire. She shook her head, getting rid of the thought. What was she thinking?! Sure, Sasuke was amazing but she couldn't think things like that. He was from a totally different world. He was…a vampire.
"I won't tell." She smirked, turning to him. He slowly raised an eyebrow. "Only if you promise to teach and show me everything about vampires."
She was known for her promises.
"Why do you care?" he snarled.
"Just for my own enjoyment. I feel unique, being the only one who knows about vampires, and that's the way I want it to be."
"You know, you should never make a deal with us."
"Why not?"
Sasuke curled his fist into a ball, his eyes shutting slowly. "Because if you go against your word, we'll kill you."
"Well I promise you won't have to kill me." Her eyes began to gleam, and Sasuke had this feeling that she wasn't lying.
"You know, the moment an officer comes to arrest me, at nightfall, I'm going to personally suck all your blood." He threatened.
She raised an eyebrow. "You really don't trust me? I want to keep this whole vampire thing between you, me and Naruto."
Why didn't he just end it last night?!
She makes you different…
Sasuke held out his hand for her to shake. She took it, grasping his hand tightly in her palm.
"Alright." He whispered, looking her in the eyes. They really were beautiful eyes.
And so… familiar too. As if he'd seen them somewhere before.
She took her hand back and looked down at the eggs still sitting on the plate. They looked really good and she was famished.
"So what are you going to teach me first?"
"Shut up." He yawned.
"How long have you been a vampire?" she inquired. That was actually a very good question. She wondered if he was experienced, or if he just began.
"That's for me to know." He snarled.
She huffed, turning away from him. "Fine."
"We age extremely slowly and we almost never fall sick. But we can die just like humans. Guns will kill us as will a knife at the heart."
"And you guys don't like garlic right?"
Sasuke grinned. "You watch way too many vampire movies."
"So you could be like 900 years old!" she gasped sarcastically, feeling no tension anymore.
Sasuke rolled his eyes, turning to her again. "I am."
"You are?!" Her eyes neared together. 900!?! Was that even legal?
"No, you idiot." He got up and started for his room. He paused for a sec, grinning to himself. "So, I assume you don't like eggs?"
But you told me you didn't mind…
You told me you were happy…
"I'm sorry about spying." Sakura said solemnly as Sasuke walked out of his bedroom. He let out a grunt and then sat beside her.
"So now what?" she said after a long awkward pause.
"Go."
"I don't want to." She protested, sitting cross legged on the couch. It was as if they were back to normal which kind of scared the Uchiha. "Where's Naruto?"
Sasuke shrugged but as soon as he did, the door opened and the blonde walked in carrying a donut in his hand. "Yo." He muttered, walking into the kitchen. He came back with a beer and sat down beside Sakura.
Sakura smiled waving at him.
"You're not scared anymore?" he asked, his mouth full. Her smell didn't effect him as much in the day anymore. It was night time he was more worried about. He sort of liked the challenge. He wanted to see how long he could keep from attacking her. Day time was no problem.
"Well, knowing you guys don't kill humans made me feel less worried that you'd kill me."
Naruto nodded his head, shifting his eyes quickly to Sasuke. Sasuke quickly glanced over at him and then sauntered out of the room.
"Sasuke and I made a bet. I promised him I wouldn't tell anyone if he taught me everything about vampires."
"And he accepted that bet?" Naruto mused. Sasuke betting on something? Man, he must be in love.
"Yea." She smiled. "So how about you? Tell me something about you."
"I don't know…there's not really much to say." He offered her a sip of his beer and she rejected.
"No thanks. Come on, there has to be something."
"Alright well, Sasuke converted me."
It was the first thing that popped up in his mind and he wondered whether that sounded a bit gay. He wasn't gay…
The whole concept of a guy converting you wasn't gay. Was it?
It took Sakura a few moments to realize what he meant by that. "Oh…"
There was a pause.
Maybe she thought he was gay now. He frowned.
"15 years ago."
"Wow…you've been 19 years old for that long?" she laughed. "Lucky you."
Naruto chuckled. "Yeah, I guess it is pretty cool. I love who I am. I don't regret it at all."
"Well it must have been hard right? For you and Sasuke?"
Naruto's weight shifted. "Well, it was hard for me but it was tradition for Sasuke."
"Tradition?"
"Yeah, at the age of nineteen, you get converted by your family. Most likely your dad." Naruto sighed, knowing how upset Sasuke became when he talked about his family.
"Where are they-"
"I have no idea. He doesn't really talk about family."
Naruto looked outside at the sun.
"I wonder why…Sasuke is weird like that." She smirked. Naruto let out a half hearted laugh.
"Don't get too attached to him Sakura." He muttered under his breath. It wouldn't last.
"I heard that." She said, raising an eyebrow.
Naruto's mind suddenly switched to Itachi. Three months. Forest. Itachi. Itachi. Itachi. What was he going to do? How was he going to lure him? What if he didn't want to anymore?
What a bad idea to go against his own best friend.
He lifted his hand and looked at his pinky finger. The thin slit lay plastered in his skin. He wished it was all a dream. Why did he care about the power so much? Why did he want to be the strongest of them all?
He ran his fingers through his hair as Sasuke appeared from the other room.
"You can leave Sakura." Sasuke grimaced. Sakura's face cringed.
"You don't want me here?"
Sasuke walked over to the door, opening it.
"But I want to see you two transform." She whined, getting too excited for her own good. Sasuke wished he had told her that he did suck the blood of humans.
"How come you're so interested all of a sudden?" Naruto huffed, angrily. "You should be afraid of us."
"But you're not going to hurt-"
Naruto stood, his eyes strained. "Sakura…"
"I want to see it." She smirked. "Please?" She looked over to Sasuke who was at the window.
"Come before sunset." Naruto hissed, sitting back down.
"Yes!" Sakura jumped, her fist high in the air. "Your secret is safe with me." She smiled happily and then quickly got out of the apartment.
Sasuke sighed, still staring outside the window. He slowly turned towards the blonde who was now reading the label on the beer bottle.
"You're welcome." Naruto stirred, as Sasuke passed.
"Shut up." Sasuke said piqued.
But I'm still sorry…
About letting you go…
"I'm giving you the chance to join me." He whispered, his face demonic and contorted.
"Why would I ever join you?" The other whispered back, determined to end him.
"Don't you want ultimate power?! There's a way to become stronger."
"Don't you see what's happening with you?!" The other cried out.
"You didn't want this as much as I did. Come with me and we'll end it once and for all."
"And what about us? Aren't we apart of them too? Do we end our own lives as well?"
"I'll hunt them all…I promise I will."
"You didn't answer the question!"
"Don't you understand? Don't you want revenge for what they did to you? Don't you hate them as much as I do?"
"I…"
"I've come for only one reason."
"Why are you going back?"
"For revenge…now join me. We'll rule together."
"No!" He grew quiet. "I'm used to it."
"What?!" the other screamed. "You like the way you are? We went through pain and suffering and now you're telling me you're used to it?"
"You should be used to it too."
"Stand aside. I need to take care of a few things."
"Let them live their own life."
"Shut up! Stand aside."
"No!" he screamed. "I'm not going to let you hurt anyone."
"Why do you care?"
"I-"
"You're running away too."
How could someone so beautiful…
Be trapped…
With someone like me…
Sakura knocked lightly on Sasuke's door. She had to sneak out of the house in order to come, but she didn't mind. Watching them transform would be astounding. She did nothing the whole day and just as she had promised, she kept her mouth shut and told no one about anything.
Sasuke opened the door, letting her inside.
"Where's Naruto?" Sakura whispered, sitting on the couch. It would happen any time now. The sun was just about to set and she grew anxious.
Sasuke closed the door, ignoring her question. He was probably going to transform alone so he could keep control of himself. Why he let her off the hook was still a surprise to him. He was prepared to let Naruto finish her off, since he just couldn't bring himself to do it. It still angered him, but when he looked at her, he soon forgot about it. There was something weird about her.
His thoughts shifted as soon as the sun began to set behind the horizon. He looked over at Sakura, who's eyes began to widen. His fangs began to shape and he arched his back. The pain was unbearable.
"Sasuke…" Sakura murmured…in shock.
He let out a groan of pain and flexed his arms, as his body became stiff. His eyes shut as this burning sensation entered him and he kneeled onto the floor, his hands in his head. He tried his best not to scream so that he wouldn't be embarrassed. She still was one of the opposite sex, after all, and he did have to leave a good impression.
Sakura felt the fear creep up inside her. She let out a small scream as Sasuke jerked his body towards her. She closed her eyes shut, the muffled noises captivating her soul and mind.
One.
Two.
Three.
Silence…
She opened them slowly. Sasuke stood, his body transformed. He walked with heavier steps and his breathing had become faster.
"Wow…" she whispered, unable to move her body. He began to approach her and out of instinct her heart picked up its pace. She knew she didn't have to be afraid but she was beginning to doubt that they never hunted human. Maybe he was lying.
Sasuke took in a deep breath, inhaling her scent. He really liked it a lot. It wasn't something that urged him to kill, it was more calming to him. He didn't know why he was doing it, but he himself began to notice that he was getting closer to her.
"Thanks for showing me. I should go. Bye." She quickly got up and walked over to the door. She liked it better when they were human and she realized she was risking too much by doing this.
Whoosh.
In a second, Sasuke was in front of her.
He shook his head, smirking. She half-smiled and stepped back, trying to build up some confidence.
Slowly, he held out his hand. She glanced at him and then shakily grabbed it. "What?" She stuttered.
He led her outside his apartment to the same place under the lamp post. Her knees wouldn't stop wobbling; her fears getting the best of her. What did this demonic Sasuke want?
He had his back to her and when he turned, she noticed this astonishing smile on his face. It was something she had never witnessed him do before. As if, he was a totally different person at night fall.
"Sasuke?" she said, still a bit shaky. "What is it?"
He grinned sneakily, walking closer to her.
She wrinkled her nose and before she knew it she was lifted off her feet into his arms.
"Sas-"
And he began to run.
Her eyes were shut most of the way and she tried her best to see what was happening. Everything was happening too fast. She didn't even know where he was taking her. She tried to open her mouth but the force of the wind wouldn't let her.
Slowly she opened her eyes. They were running at what seemed to be the road. She saw buildings pass and street lamps. Everything seemed like such a blur she was starting to doubt herself. She shut her eyes again, trying to say her last prayers.
Suddenly, he stopped.
She fell out of his arms and tried to get up. Helpless. She fell again, her eyes glazed.
"What-"
Sasuke was snickering to himself and the sudden realization hit her. He was teasing her!
She got up, her whole body shaky and tried to punch him. He stepped aside as she stumbled forward and fell on her knees.
"You bastard." She cried out.
He bent low and pushed his finger on her lips, looking out in front of him. She looked up and saw that she was right in front of her house.
"Oh…" she said, trying to stand up again. She sat back down and waited till the dizziness went away. "You brought me home."
She looked over at Sasuke, who seemed to be missing. "Sasuke?" she whispered, scared.
He was gone.
She sighed, looking out at the open road behind her house. He brought her home…that was nice-
"Sakura," Sasuke whispered hoarsely, behind her. She turned around and he smirked, stepping beside her.
It was frightening to know he had the power to do that.
"Unfair." She teased. "Thank you for bringing me home."
He turned to her slowly, their eyes locking. He nodded his head, his weight shifting to the left. He felt a bit anxious, standing this close to her. He had this sudden feeling come and-
She smiled and brushed the hair away from his eyes. "I'd love to learn more about you later."
He noticed the way she lulled her voice to make her sound attractive. Not that she wasn't already. He gulped.
She stepped away from him and turned to the door. Sasuke suddenly stepped forward and grabbed her arm, pulling her closer to him.
"Your dad's inside." He whispered in her ear. She shuddered as his lips brushed against it. How could someone be so…
He led her to the tree outside her room and told her to climb on his back.
"We're going to climb?" she said nervously, backing away from him. "I'm afraid of heights…"
He smirked, stepping to her. "I won't go fast."
"But-"
He cocked his head at her, his eyes playful and sincere. She looked good in the moonlight. "I promise."
She took a deep breath and climbed on his back. "Go." She whimpered, beginning to hold her breath.
Within a second they were up the tree. She opened her eyes and looked down. She held in a gasp and he snickered again.
"You're annoying." He mumbled. She grasped him tightly as the tree began to shake. Sasuke slowly walked over to the ledge and opened the window. He hopped inside and then put her down.
Her room smelled just like she did. He wanted to stay, but he knew he couldn't do that.
He walked over to the sill and was about to climb out until he heard Sakura say his name.
She slowly walked towards him, her legs trembling. "How'd you know about dad?"
He kept his back towards her, looking out at the moon. He was going to go hunting after this.
"Sasuke? Answer me."
He turned around and sighed. She stumbled forward and then quickly wrapped her arms around him, feeling this sudden rush of sadness.
How did she have the power…to hold something as hideous as him? Wasn't she afraid?
He let out a small hiss as the warmth of her body, went to his.
He took in a deep breath and she held him tighter. "Thank you…" she teared, and he slowly wrapped his arms around her too.
He didn't know why he did it. He didn't know why he had to hold her too. But he did. And he was a bit glad.
What is this? What's this feeling?
And they stayed there; both clutching each other trying to find the sincerity of this, between vampire and human.
I love you…
I hope you know that…
I hope you understand…
You're broken…
And even though I try…
It's hard…
It's hard to fix porcelain.
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Luv Anna
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