"That m-must mean that y-you're a-a-"

"Vampire?" Sasuke offered.

Sakura froze in shock, this was way more then she had bargained for. For once in her life she wanted to back to the orphanage, at least she didn't have to worry about vampires there!

In away it actually brought Sasuke relief that Sakura knew about him being a vampire. It meant that he wouldn't have to go on making up lies anymore. Not that Sasuke hadn't lied before, he just never really saw to point to it. On the other hand, it made her blood seem more tempting. He couldn't help but wonder what Tsunade would do about this; a human knew their secret. It would probably be taken to the council of elders, where they would determine Sakura's fate.

Sasuke took a step towards Sakura.

"No!" Sakura yelled taking a step back. "Stay away from me!"

"I'm not going to hurt you," Sasuke assured, he himself wasn't sure if he was telling the truth or lying.

Sakura shut her eyes tightly and shook her head. "I don't believe you," she said.

Sakura's heart began to beat faster with every second that passed. The sound echoed in Sasuke's head, teasing him, taunting him. He wanted so bad to sink his teeth into Sakura's ivory neck, when a human was scared it made their blood taste so much better. Sasuke fought to control his thoughts.

"Y-you're the reason I'm a orphan!" Sakura shouted. "Your kind killed my parents! You're a monster!" Sakura swung herself over the edge of the tub and jumped out, her clothes were drenched in blood. Sakura ran blindly towards the door.

CRASH!

Sakura fell to the ground; Sasuke blocked the doorway.

"Listen to me," he demanded, his eyes flash crimson red as bloodlust tried to take over him.

"No!" Sakura yelled, grabbing the silver cross from her neck. She stretched her arm out towards Sasuke and began to recite a prayer.

"Our Father, Who art in heaven,

Hallowed be Thy Name.

Thy Kingdom come.

Thy Will be done, on earth as it is in Heaven."

Sasuke looked strangely at Sakura, how was this supposed to hurt him?

"Give us this day our daily bread.

And forgive us our trespasses,

As we forgive those who trespass against us.

And lead us not into temptation,

But deliver us from evil."

Sakura launched up from the floor, as she pushed Sasuke aside, she pressed the cross to his chest.

"Amen!" Sakura cried as she ran passed Sasuke and down the hall.

Sasuke stood still, his hand to his chest. The necklace had burned a cross-shaped hole through his shirt and into his pale, muscular chest. Pain shot through his body. Sasuke eye turned red; now, he was mad. Never provoke a vampire.

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Sakura ran towards the door, she edged her self to keep moving. 'Almost there,' she thought. 'Just a little more. A cold hand grabbed tightly on to Sakura's wrists; Sasuke pulled her into him.

"Let me go!" Sakura ordered, struggling to escape.

A small laughed escaped from Sasuke's mouth. "Now why would I do that?" he asked.

"Someone help me!" Sakura screamed.

Sasuke teeth grew into long canine ones, his head lowered down to Sakura's neck. He licked her neck, teasing her.

"No! Please!" Sakura pleaded. "Don't do this! Please."

Sasuke froze as words long forgotten flooded his mind. "No! Let's me go!" she yelled. "Sasuke I love you! Don't do this! Please! Snap out of it!" That was the last thing he heard before his fangs dug deep into her neck, he sucked up her blood hungrily.

Sasuke's grip around Sakura's wrists loosened. Sakura saw the opportunity; she pushed Sasuke's body away from her and ran out the door, not daring to stop.

Sasuke's eyes turned back to it's regular black, his fangs disappeared.

"Dammit," he cursed.

Sakura closed her bedroom door; she fell to her knees. When she had gotten home, Kakashi wasn't there. She fought to catch her breath. This was all too much to handle for one day. What had she gotten herself into? She didn't quite know. There was only one thing she was sure of now; Sasuke was a vampire. And in some odd way, he lusted for her blood but at the same time he tried to protect her.

"Y-you're the reason I'm a orphan!" Sakura shouted. "Your kind killed my parents! You're a monster!"

The words echoed through Sakura's mind. For so long Sakura had tried to forget how her parents had died, she had blocked the memory out. The police had ignored the idea of vampire and just assumed that it was some maniac. She was so young then, so naïve.

Why didn't Sasuke bite her when he had the chance? Why did he stop? What was going to happen to her now?

Sakura felt pathetic, she had become so afraid when she had figured out that Sasuke was a vampire. Why couldn't she have calm thought out the situation she was in and then come up with a plan? Dammit! She must have seemed like a pathetic loser to Sasuke. God! Why the hell did she even care what he thought anymore? He wanted her blood, nothing more. He was a savage beast.

Sakura hugged her legs to her chest and rested her head on her knees. Things were starting to become clearer now; she now knew why Kakashi had given her the necklace, why he had the rule about locking doors and windows and she knew why there were all the dead bodies in the deep freeze at the high school. There was just one thing… why was Sasuke able to be in the sun? Weren't vampires supposed to burn and then turn into ash when they go into the sunlight?

There were still many terrifying secrets about Sasuke and vampires that Sakura didn't know. And strangely, she wanted to know more, it was almost like a need, she had to know.

"The girl must the killed," said a man.

Sasuke's eyes widened, ha stood in a dark room, about eleven vampires in black cloaks all sat in a half circle in front of him. They made up the Council of Elders.

Quiet whispers filled the room, at the suggestion, which was just made. Hn, of course he would make a suggestion like that. Uchiha Itachi pulled the silk hood off his head and looked at his brother. Sasuke was not in the Council of Elders because he had not yet reach the proper age. Sasuke had only been a vampire for almost 50 years, yet he only looked 17. In order to be part of the council, one would have had to be a vampire for at least a hundred years.

There was a small chuckle from one of the vampires that hashed the whispers of the others. His name was Orochimaru, one of the oldest vampires in history.

"I agree with Itachi," he sneered. They rest of the council agreed.

"So it's agreed, the girl will be killed," announced a woman.

"This tassk will be left up to you Ssassuke," Orochimaru said.

Itachi spoke next, "Hopefully your killing skills are better then your lying."

Sasuke gave his elder brother a death glare. There was no one Sasuke hated more then Itachi. Itachi had killed his own parents, but that was a whole different story.

"Ssassuke, you have till the next Red Moon to eliminate the human," hissed Orochimaru. "If you fail, you'll be punisshed. The conssequence will be ssevere. You are dissmissed."

Sasuke left the chamber; he cursed under his breath. The Red Moon accord twice a month; blood and mating ceremonies often took place the evening before or on the night of the Red Moon. "Fuck," Sasuke muttered. The Red Moon was only a week away that didn't give him much time. A weird part of Sasuke didn't want to hurt Sakura, so she found out their secret? Big deal, she was probably too afraid of being killed if she told anybody. He thought, 'Well, I guess in the end she would have died anyway.' It was just a shame that a girl that beautiful would have to die so young. But the truth was both undeniable and irreversible. Whether he liked it or not, he was to kill Hatake Sakura.

This chapter was a lot shorter then the first one, but I thought that this was a good part to end the chapter. So anyway, I hope you liked it.

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