Night Walker
Disclaimer: DO NOT OWN NARUTO. My only OCs are Yoru, Niiro, and Itachi's sex kitten (nah, jk). Technically the last one isn't an OC yet, but she will be…as soon as I give her a name. In fact…how about you guys help me think of a name? Another fact about her is that she really is with Itachi. She looks like an Uchiha because Itachi turned her into a werewolf, giving her the red eyes but she already had the hair.
Intro: Right, so who wants to know if the dreams were really an omen? Well, you'll just have to read to find out.
Names for Itachi's sex kitten(she'll play a bigger part in the sequel), jk about the sex kitten:
Tori- means "bird" Votes: 1
Mei- means "dark" Votes: 3
Vote for your favorite or give suggestions and the meanings so I'll know.
Chapter 15
Monday, October 8th 7:30AM
…Yoru's POV…
Whether or not our dreams were an omen or not was yet to be known because everything had been going fine. Apart from the continuous whispering centered around the rumor of me being a vampire, everything was going great. I still kept straight A's even though I slept through English class and drew in Algebra class. Despite everything that had happened to me in the past sixteen days, my life went on as normal as it had before only that now I had more knowledge of what to look for. I could spot danger a mile away now and avoid it the best that I could.
However, I still managed to walk into some bad situations at times. Today happened to be one of those times. Naruto had driven us to school this morning and we happened to get there early so we had plenty of time to socialize around the water fountain. Of course this didn't sit too well with some of the girls who thought that the water fountain was their territory.
Serena, Shelly, and Amanda, three of the preppy cheerleaders at the school, strutted over to our spot at the water fountain, their miniskirts attracting more than a few eyes to their rears. "You're in our spot wench," Serena, their leader, said to me in a rude voice. I smirked at her as I stood up and stared her down.
"What are you, a dog? You know, normally animals are the only ones that mark their territory," I replied and I could tell that Sasuke, Naruto, and Gaara were all smirking behind me.
"Yeah you should know about animalistic behaviors, vampire," Serena threw back at me.
Sakura and Hinata stood up and walked up to stand by my sides. "Are you sure you want to go there?" I asked her leveling my smirk into a grimace. This girl was asking for it.
"Why, is it the truth?" she asked before I reached my arm back and punched her right in the nose. "Oh, you bitch!" she exclaimed as she started bleeding and she fell to the ground. Her friends went to attack me but Sakura and Hinata dealt with them.
"What's the matter, broke a nail?" I taunted as I picked her head up from her kneeling position and punched her again, but this time I followed each punch with a swifter and more powerful one until finally I managed to punch her hard enough to throw her back onto the ground. She jumped up and used her fake fingernails to claw my arm. It stung so much that I couldn't help but to wince. Soon she had grabbed onto my arms and was digging her fingernails into my skin eventually drawing blood.
Angrier now than ever, I overwhelmed her with my strength as I got a good footing and threw her off of me. She went flying and smacked into a nearby tree and I could tell that she was unconscious. At about that time, as Sakura and Hinata had scared the other two girls into submission and Naruto, Sasuke, and Gaara were laughing so hard (well more like Naruto rolling laughing and Gaara & Sasuke trying to force back a smile but failing miserably) that Naruto had fallen into the fountain, Iruka came over and got in between Serena and I while Kakashi looked back and forth between Sakura and Hinata and Serena's minions and shrugged.
Iruka looked at me sternly and said, "Office, now." He looked over at Sakura and Hinata and said, "You, too."
The three of us picked up our things and walked toward Tsunade's office and the bell rang for class. Sasuke came up to me and patted my shoulder but Iruka, who was behind us, cleared his throat and Sasuke gave me a look that said he was kind of annoyed at Iruka for spying. He walked off to his class while Sakura, Hinata, and I turned and went into the office. Iruka escorted us to Tsunade's office.
Once we got in there, we found Tsunade absorbed in her paperwork but as soon as we entered she looked up. Her expression turned to shock when she realized who we were. "Come in please," she said and we all filed into her office. "Take a seat, you three," she said, addressing Sakura, Hinata, and I. "What happened?" she asked looking at Iruka.
"Well, let's just say that Yoru and her friends beat three girls to a pulp. Well, Yoru beat one of them to a pulp, while Sakura and Hinata scared the other two into submission," Iruka answered with a tinge of amusement in his voice.
"Okay, thank you. Why did you girls do it?" Tsunade asked. She looked straight at me and I knew that deep down she was covering up the fact that she was truly worried for my safety.
"Serena came over to us, as in Naruto, Sasuke, Gaara, Hinata, Sakura, and I, and started taunting us about sitting by the water fountain. We exchanged some harsh words, she called me a name and I beat the hell out of her. Is that a good enough explanation?" I said with a calm face.
Tsunade looked at me square in the eyes and I returned her gaze with an equally strong one. "Iruka, will you please leave for a while? I've gotten what I need from you."
Iruka nodded and then left Tsunade's office, closing the door behind him. Once Tsunade was sure he was out of hearing range she asked, "What did she call you?"
"I told her that only animals marked their territory and she said that I should know about animalistic behavior because I was a vampire," I said remembering the girl's words.
"And you let it get to you?" she asked.
"Of course I did! She literally said that I was an animal! I can't help what I am, if I could I probably would change it!"
"But now, everyone that heard that exchange and everyone that she tells will know what you are because of the way you reacted!" she exclaimed. She no longer tried to hide the worry in her voice. "You will not be safe in Konoha anymore. I'm afraid that you may have to leave Yoru."
"But I don't want to leave..," I said quietly, thinking about my friends. What about Sasuke, Naruto, Sakura, and Hinata? They may not want to leave, and then I'd be left alone.
"It's not final, yet. We'll just have to see how everyone takes it. However, you three will still have to receive punishment. It would look suspicious if you didn't." I looked at her with a questioning look that said, "Hey no fair! What about the others?" As if she'd read my mind, she said, "Don't worry, the other girls will be punished too. Now you may go back to class."
…After School… (a/n it takes too long to describe so I'll skip it)
We all piled into Naruto's car and he went straight to Sasuke's house and we all got out and went inside. Thankfully, Niiro wasn't there so we all just sat around in the living room, talking about what had happened today.
"Yoru was all 'kick-ass' on that Serena girl and Hinata and Sakura were, too! I'm glad that I don't ever get on you girls' bad sides!" Naruto exclaimed. Clearly, the fight had him very energized. Everyone was smiling/smirking except for Sasuke and I.
Obviously, he'd realized the severity of the situation on his own and it still had me plunged into sadness. Trying to get my mind off of the subject, I looked at everyone and asked, "Where is Niiro?"
"Who cares?" came Sasuke's reply and it hit him playfully in the chest. "What? I'm still mad at him." I looked at him with an annoyed expression and he shook his head. I scowled at him before looking over to the kitchen. On the refrigerator there appeared to be a letter written in messy handwriting as if someone had been in a hurry to get something said.
I got up from the couch and went over to the refrigerator and got the letter. It was signed by Niiro and I walked back over to the others. "Hey, guys look at this," I said showing them the letter before reading it aloud:
"Dear Lady Hokousha,
Sorry to disappoint, but something has come up and I have to leave early. One of my subordinates came over while you were at school and requested my attention to an occurrence in the vampire community. Until you come of age, it is my responsibility to lead our clan and thus my presence is required. Don't worry about me, just look after yourselves and please tell Sasuke that I really am sorry for yelling at him before. I hope he can forgive me.
Best Wishes and My Apology,
Niiro."
Sasuke was looking kind of downtrodden now. I could tell that he was ashamed of being so angry at Niiro. The others held similar looks but theirs was just the thought of what could happen to Niiro when he was on his own. Everyone was silent for a while before Naruto decided to break through the still atmosphere and take our minds off of the happenings of today. "Well, since the geezer's gone, why don't we watch a movie?" he asked in a playful manner and everyone agreed with him.
We watched one movie but then we were still bored so we watched another one. Each one was a three hour movie, so by the time we were finished, it was 9:30 and Naruto drove Sakura and Hinata back to their houses before going to his own house. Gaara, Sasuke, and I sat in the living room for a while in silence.
Surprisingly it was Gaara who broke the silence. "Do you think he made the right choice, going alone?" he asked looking at Sasuke. I decided to go take my shower and let them talk. I gave Sasuke a kiss before going upstairs and taking my shower.
…Sasuke's POV…
"I'm not sure he had a choice," I replied once Yoru had left. "By the sound of the letter, whatever business he had to attend to was too urgent to put off until later."
"Yeah, but still…The reason I came with him when he said he was coming here is because I knew that Itachi would be after him. Now he's run off somewhere and I'm not there to keep him out of trouble. The truth is: Niiro's mouth gets him into some tight situations and there's no one there to help him out. Take what happened between you two. Niiro sometimes looses control and he needs someone to cool him down. If no one is there, well..just think about it Sasuke," Gaara said in all seriousness.
"Yeah…but what can we do? We don't know where he went and we can't just wander around aimlessly. We'll just have to hope for the best."
"I suppose so," Gaara replied as he stood and went upstairs with a simple "Goodnight."
I soon followed but not before looking out of the window at the dark city of Konoha. Moving shadows could be seen walking down the alleys. Probably just some homeless people, I thought as I went upstairs and took my shower.
I'd only been sleeping for a few hours at most when someone battered on the front door, waking me from my slumber. Yoru, who was asleep at my side, let out a frustrated moan as I left the bed in my pajamas to go see who was at the door. Before I could get down the hall, I was joined by Gaara who looked pissed that someone had woken him up at one in the morning.
When I opened the door, three still-panting figures burst in. I started to turn on the light but one quickly stopped me. "Don't turn on the light Sasuke," the female voice said as she slapped my hand.
"Sakura?" I asked. Gaara looked at his pink-haired girlfriend. Her face and the faces of the other two people were covered with hoods.
"They're coming, Sasuke. You've got to get Yoru out of here," a male voice said in a serious tone, causing me to almost not recognize it as being Naruto.
"Sasuke…" a small voice said from the top of the stairs. Yoru must have gotten up when she heard all of the whispering.
"Yoru, get dressed, quick!" I said and she turned around and went back into my room to get her clothes on. "How long do we have?" I asked.
Sakura's voice was grave as she said, "Not long enough."
"That's all I needed to know," I said as I rushed back up the stairs followed by Gaara who went into his room and got dressed while I did the same in my own room.
"Sasuke…what's happening?" Yoru asked in a scared voice as she walked up to me and grabbed onto my arms. Even in the darkness, I could see that her eyes were sparkling with fear.
"They're after you, Yoru. I think we just found out about the dreams," I said as I looked at her with a serious face.
"Don't leave me alone," Yoru pleaded as she embraced me, crying soft tears into my shirt.
I returned her embrace and said, "Don't worry, I won't." We quickly went back down the stairs to find just Naruto waiting for us.
"Wh—?" I started to ask but Naruto cut me off.
"They went on ahead. Come on, we're going to the woods."
We complied with Naruto's orders as we followed him outside and started running toward the woods that would lead us out of Konoha.
And from there, everything happened just as it had a week ago in our dreams except that it was minus Niiro.
…Yoru's POV…
My heart pounding in my head, I ran down the dark alleys and streets of Konoha, Sasuke at my side. Naruto jumped on the tops of buildings toward our rendezvous. Naruto soon jetted ahead and disappeared into the woods. Now it was just Sasuke and I. I could hear the shouts of the mob behind us and a deafening howl filled the night sky.
They were catching up to us. "Go Yoru, I'll hold them off! Run!" Sasuke exclaimed.
"No, don't leave me!" I exclaimed but it was too late. He'd already started transforming. I ran away from the spot where Sasuke stood ready to fend off our pursuers, but as I got to the end of the alley and onto a large street, I realized that we had been tricked. The mob wasn't behind us; they had made a detour to cut us off. As they neared with stakes in hand and garlic sacks on their backs, I ran but tripped on a root. In a flash, it happened just as I remembered from the first dream. Sasuke, with his hood back in place on his black cape came to my rescue, catching me before I could ever touch the ground.
He picked me up in his arms as pain shot through my ankle and took me into the woods where we were once again met by Sakura in a dark green cape and Naruto in a maroon one which we could now identify by the full moon's light. Sakura said to Sasuke, "We must hurry before they catch her. Your brother is with them."
Sasuke's eyes flashed and he was ready to hand me over to the others and go back but Sakura stopped him. "No. You can't fight him," the girl said reading his mind. "He has too many people with him. Our best chances are to run away. We have to get far enough away so that he can't track us. Naruto will have to cover our scent." She pointed to Naruto.
"Fine, but we must make sure that Yoru is safe and hidden from him," Sasuke said with regret in his voice.
"Don't worry. Gaara's got that covered. He and Hinata are posing as you and Yoru," Sakura said in regards to Sasuke's concerns. "He'll lead him away from us so that we can escape." She'd said it in a strong voice but I could tell that she was worried about him. Naruto seemed equally worried about Hinata. "Come on, we better go!" Sakura said, addressing the boys.
This is where it had ended last time, but instead of waking up from this bad dream, it continued and I knew that there was no waking up because this was real. We ran for hours it seemed but in reality it had only been a few minutes. Everything was happening so fast. One minute, we're watching movies and relaxing: the next I have to run for my life.
We'd almost made it to the safe house by Sakura's calculations, when all of a sudden, a deafening howl rang in our ears and made us all stop to look at the source of the sound.
End: Hehe, I'm so evil, right? I know you guys just hate cliffies, but I had to stop here because it fits the best. I answered the question about the omen though so you should be happy. Anywayz, R&R.
P.S. Unless someone has put in some votes since last night at about midnight (coughonecough), the name of Itachi's woman is going to be Mei. Everyone that voted said Mei, and so it's kind of unanimous. She'll probably come up in the next chapter.