Title: Ketsueki, Fukushuu, to Daisuki (Blood, Revenge, and Love)
Summary: Blood and revenge had been the only addictions high school junior Sasuke Uchiha had, but it seemed that the teenage vampire had discovered another even more serious addiction in the form of Naruto Uzumaki. (Sasunaru) (AU) (Title: Blood, Revenge, and Love)
A/N: I'm so happy right now that people are starting to look at me weirdly. I'm sitting in the library, typing away with a flash drive in hand because my computer died on Wednesday and I lost everything I had before. I think I'm scaring the little kiddies away with my ecstatic-bordering-on-psychotic smiling. Heh.
Anyways, the reason for my happiness is that I achieved my not-so-glamorous goal of five reviews!! Those of you with experience in the world of fanfiction probably think I'm an idiot who thinks five reviews is something amazing, but think about it: newbie author plus a fandom as big a Naruto plus a pairing as popular as sasunaru plus a storyline as common as a vampfic plus a story still in its infancy equals a story no one really cares about. But, it seems you guys really are nice to a newbie like me!
Well, this chapter is dedicated to my reviewers all of whom I'd glomp if it weren't for the fact that they scream and run. I mean, it isn't every day a short, nearly blind Asian girl whom you do not know tackles you out of no where. And, if that is normal for you, I suggest you get a restraining order filed.
Thus ends my long, pointless, pompous authoress note. XD
Well, now we have the mildly important part: I said that there were five of them last time and wasn't clear: usually, one of them stays behind as a relief hunter, so if one of them gets hurt, the relief can move out.
Disclaimer: Please don't sue me! My wallet's anorexic enough as it is! –runs from rabid lawyers-
Warnings: Well, I guess this should've been put in the prologue, but, well, better late than never. We have shonen-ai/BL, possible yaoi, violence (nothing gory), language, Genma… All that good stuff. XD Also, my horrible spelling and typos. Sorry.
Key:
Thoughts/Flashbacks (not in First POV)
Thoughts within flashbacks
Ketsueki, Fukushuu, to Daisuki
Chapter One
Opposites Attract
Sasuke heaved an annoyed sigh. On either side of him sat the denizens from hell; the only two girls who hadn't backed down the second Sasuke's infamous Uchiha Death Glare had kicked in. They were rivals, or something else equally stupid. He had a girl on each arm, cooing at him and screaming at each other. If Sasuke had had the freedom of his one of his arms, he would've massaged his temples in the hopes of warding off the approaching headache.
If the fact that last night's hunt had been rough wasn't enough, he now had to face one of his worst nightmares: fangirls.
The second Sasuke walked through those doors he'd been ambushed by a horde of girls waiting to see if the new guy really was as hot as everyone said. They didn't care which new guy it was, as long as he was a good old hunk of eye candy. After nearly two centuries of practice, Sasuke had the art of fangirl warding down squat. Or, at least he had thought. Two of the girls had seemed relatively immune to his Uchiha Death Glare: Sakura Haruno and Ino Yamanaka.
Sasuke gnashed his teeth as he attempted to wait patiently for Kakashi, that ass, to show up on time. Sasuke had silently offered him a ride but Kakashi had just laughed and shrugged it off. "I don't feel like dying today, thanks." He had seen Sasuke driving as Sasuke Uchiha of Konoha (it made him sound like a knight, not some 'I don't give a damn' emo) and had decided to walk. But, of course, Kakashi hadn't waited for the last minute to leave. The last minute came and went, and Sasuke was fairly certain Kakashi had waited twenty minutes after the last minute to go and get to Konoha High on time.
And, even worse, Kakashi had spazzed the day before when he had taken Iruka out for lunch.
"SASUKE!" Kakashi hollered up the stairs, tripping over his own feet in his haste to get up to Sasuke's room. He pounded a fist against the door. "Open up! I need wardrobe help."
Sasuke, severe bed head and all, opened the door, managing to make hideously neon green pajamas look good (why was he wearing those again?). "Why the hell should I care what you wear to your date with lover boy?" He growled. Sasuke Uchiha was not a morning person. Actually, no Uchiha was. Especially when he had spent last night hunting until dawn only to be woken up after fifteen minutes of blessed sleep. "It's fucking seven in the fucking morning you bastard. Get the hell out of my sight if you don't want to be castrated."
Kakashi winced a little, knowing that Little Kashi-chan's friends were in serious danger. But, there was a major issue at hand. "You're the only one with an ounce of fashion sense, even if you are still wearing those pajamas Gai gave you for Christmas. Similarly, if I let Gai dress me, I'm going to show up in green spandex (shiver) and if I let Asuma dress me, he'll just pick up the first three things he sees, shove them at me, and leave. If I let Raidou dress me, I'll be in a marshmallow jacket with every inch of exposed skin covered. Sure, it's nice that he hasn't become Genma, but he's obsessed with staying covered up. And, if I let Genma pick out clothes for me, I'll be wearing mesh, spandex, and leather underwear and collars and nothing else." Kakashi looked to Sasuke imploringly, exercising his famous puppy eyes with a side dish of pathetic hopelessness.
…was that sympathy Kakashi saw in Sasuke's icy black eyes?
"C'mere, you good for nothing idiot; we're around the same size." Sasuke grunted, shuffling back into his room like a sour old man. He grabbed a pair of light wash jeans and his precious black and white Converses along with a black wife beater. On Sasuke, the jeans would be short, but they would fit the shorter Kakashi perfectly. Sasuke shoved them at said grey-haired mentor. "Wear these with your white turtle neck." He muttered shortly before flopping into bed once more.
"Thanks." Kakashi said with a relieved smile. "Oh, and one more thing: what should I say to Iruka?"
Suddenly, Sasuke was sitting up and gaping at Kakashi. His open-mouthed stare twisted into an amused smirk, the closest thing Sasuke got to a smile lately. "You're kidding, right? Or are you just that stupid? I'm probably the worst person to ask for dating advice. All I've ever had are pointless one-night stands or relationships that were purely for the sex. Ask Raidou. He's managed to keep Genma tied down for a century. That's an accomplishment."
…had Sasuke just made a joke?
Kakashi was beginning to fear that the Konoha air was poisoning Sasuke.
Little did he know that it was really the scent of one Naruto Uzumaki's blood.
It was nightfall, and Sasuke was running at top speed for the Hyuga residence. One of their many spies had found a household in which there had been a vampire attack. Not a normal one where the victim was drained dry. This one hadn't gone so cleanly. Gai and Asuma had stumbled upon the vampires mid-attack. They'd managed to take care of one of the vampires that had been mindless and therefore stupid with bloodlust. But, the other had been older and smarter.
From their report, Asuma had explained that they were both female, but it was an aged, powerful female with a hungry, foolish fledgling. Gai had been severely injured and, as protocol demanded, Asuma was taking him back to base to be cared for by a medic stationed in Konoha: Tsunade Sannin.
Konoha was a medium-sized town, so they'd only needed four groups: Asuma and Gai, Genma and Raidou, and Kakashi; Sasuke had acted as relief. Even though Konoha was one of the most dangerous towns they had encountered, they still had Kakashi go out, and it was a good thing too, or else no one would be covering Sector Two.
Sector One had been oddly quiet, but Sector Two was swarming. So, they reshuffled: Gai was sent back to HQ, Asuma took care of Kakashi's sector, Genma and Raidou stayed put, and Kakashi and Sasuke both headed for Sector Two.
Sasuke was pretty pissed because a) he had been on relief that night because they'didn't want him to get stressed before his first day at school' and because Genma hadn't wanted him to 'get a bruise and have it mistaken for a hickey', b) Gai had gotten hurt and wouldn't be able to get back on circuit for at least a month if the medic in Konoha was as crappy as the one in the last town had been and that was very risky in a town like Konoha and, c) a high-level vampire was on the loose and chances were he would be the one sent out to incapacitate or kill it and female vampires were HORNY as hell. Especially in the presence of someone who looked like Sasuke.
There was one thing Sasuke knew about himself: he was asexual, and when he did chose to relieve some pressure, it was almost always with another guy. He found girls stupid and clingy and too easy to tears when he dumped them after he got bored of them. Most guys didn't care if it was just for the sex: sometimes, that was all they were in for, too. Sasuke had never had a problem getting a lover, but sometimes, there were far too many hopefuls when he wasn't in the mood.
Jumping from rooftop to rooftop in true vampire/ninja fashion, Sasuke loaded an exploding round his dual CX 370s (1) as he jumped. Sasuke shoved the gun into it's holster as he feet hit concrete before running a few steps and taking off once more, simultaneously loading a VX 240 (2) and checking over the rest of his equipment: exploding tags, pure silver kunai and shuriken (boy, I feel like a ninja now!), a summoning scroll, invisible wire, and a load of other crap Sasuke didn't know how or want to use.
Loaded down with twenty pound's worth of weapons, Sasuke disappeared into the night.
Sasuke skidded to an abrupt halt in front of the Hyuga resident. Is was an enormous, sprawling mansion with an imposing wrought iron gate decorated with an equally intimidating H in gothic lettering. It was raining, but the soft pitter-patter of the rain hitting the ground was not soothing in the least. Instead, it was chilling; the kind of ominous rainfall that commonly makes an appearance in horror movies.
Sasuke let himself in to find an old butler with an impeccable British accent waiting for him. The butler, Jonathon, led the raven to a wide, spacious room near the back of the mansion. In the plush violet bed lay a slender dark-haired girl who's pearl-colored eyes were rapidly being consumed by the blood red that was bleeding from the edges of her iris and advancing toward her now-slitted pupil. She thrashed against the silver-reinforced ropes that held her down, her elongated canines bared as she blindly snapped at the air.
In another makeshift mattress beside her was a boy a year or so older than her with long black hair that rivaled Sasuke's in softness. His state was better than the other girl. His eyes were only beginning to turn red at the edges. The teen was also tied down but wasn't as blindly thirsty for blood as his cousin.
Both victims had pure silver bracelets and shackles on their arms and legs along with a collar of the same metal. Judging from the report, they had been in this condition for nearly an hour. The silver was the only thing slowing the process.
"Good work so far, Ryuzaki." Kakashi said with a nod, dismissing the aid who had taken care of the two teenagers while Asuma and Gai chased the vampires. "We'll take over here." Ryuzaki bowed and slipped silently out the door leaving Sasuke and Kakashi with a stern-looking man, the head of the Hyuga clan.
Kakashi approached the Hyuga girl who needed immediate attention. He felt a hand lash out to stop him. "Not her first. Not Hinata." Hiashi Hyuga said harshly. He jerked his chin at the pale boy lying beside her. "She's worthless, but I can actually make something of him. Save Neji first."
Kakashi gave Sasuke a 'explain to him' look and jerked his arm out of Hiashi's grip. "Hyuga-sama," Sasuke began, gritting his teeth over the politeness of it all. "It's too late for the both of them. They've been kept from becoming mindless and moral less vampires. The most we can do as of now is drive out the negative spirits within them and raise them to become vampires like Kakashi and I. Ryuzaki explained what we are to you, right?"
"I will not allow the future of the Hyuga clan to become a nocturnal beast." Hiashi hissed, his pale grey eyes feral.
"Don't worry, Hyuga-sama. They will be able to carry out relatively normal lives. It'll be difficult, but they'll be fine." Sasuke attempted to be reassuring, but his cold, flat voice was the farthest thing from it. Sasuke hated talking more than necessary, but he had a feeling that the slightly hysteric Hyuga wouldn't be able to understand Sasuke-nese in the state he was in.
Hiashi gritted his teeth and whipped around, stalking out of the room. "Do what you want." He hissed, slamming the heavy oaken door behind him.
"Ah, he's grown do temperamental." Kakashi clicked his tongue disapprovingly. "I used to teach him, you know. He used to be a very nice boy. I guess the stress has gotten to him."
Sasuke, ignoring Kakashi's fond reminiscing, turned to the teenage girl who was thrashing even harder. "Hurry up and get focused." Sasuke growled, all business.
"Hai, hai." Kakashi waved a hand distractedly at Sasuke before unpacking an enormous old-lady-ish tote filled with strange looking vials and carvings and whatnot.
Heh. Looks like someone robbed the mad scientist down the street. Sasuke thought sarcastically before picking up a vial of liquid silver (A/N: Is there such a thing?) and pouring it into a mold of a strange looking rune. Sasuke bit his thumb and copied down the rune onto teenage boy's chest, Kakashi doing the same to the girl, Hinata, but on the stomach.
Sasuke stood back, taking the silver brand and pressing it into Neji's flesh over the rune. The silver, the unheated, burned straight through. Sasuke barely suppressed a wince. He remembered his own branding and the black, tattoo-like mark it had left on his chest. It had hurt like a bitch.
He handed the brand to Kakashi, looking coldly down upon the thrashing teenager who let out a silent scream of pain as the touch of silver continued to sear his skin. The second Kakashi was done, they both began the complicated series of hand signs.
It took three hours to bind down the spirits in the two teenagers. Sasuke's patient had it easier; he had a stronger will to live. It seemed that his female counterpart had been through hard times and had even considered suicide now and then, though not seriously. It was a struggle for the thin girl, but she pulled through.
Sasuke pulled back and sighed. "Do we mark them as our own now, or later?" He asked, gesturing to the leaf-like swirl on both his biceps (3). The point of marking salvaged vampires was to keep them with their teams and to keep other teams from murdering vampires that had been sealed.
The process of sealing had to do with sealing away the bad influences of the vampire and making sure the darkness within was locked away and unable to eat the bearer's soul. It was guaranteed to work, but it was the victims best chance of survival.
"Better to get it done now. We don't want them to be picked up by some other team." Kakashi pulled out another mold and transferred the liquid silver. "I'll handle this. You go calm down Hiashi and explain the whole 'we're taking custody of your children or whoever they are because you are unable to care properly for two fledgling vampires who'll probably attack you the second the come to' thing, okay?"
"Hn." Sasuke turned and stalked off. He hated his job.
Thirty long minutes and a painful explanation later, Sasuke was once more on the move. He was jumping from rooftop to rooftop beside Kakashi. Sasuke hated opening conversations, but it was necessary. "That older vampire… she's raising an army, isn't she?"
"Not her." Kakashi said, not looking up. "She's not the one. Judging from the report I got, there's someone even higher up than her."
"Why do you think that?" Sasuke left the last roof and headed into the forest, fallowing the scent of the female vampire that he had first smelled on Hinata's clothes.
"Asuma heard her say, very clearly, 'Damn, the Uchiha brat isn't here. Orochimaru-sama will not be happy,'." Kakashi sounded amused that Sasuke had expected some intelligent, complicated, analytical response.
Sasuke just grunted his annoyance, but it showed as he sped up. "Let's just get rid of her. I swear, if I get groped by another horny vampire, I'm taking it out on Genma."
"You go right ahead." Kakashi replied drolly.
The woods had thickened and thinned, and before Kakashi and Sasuke knew it, they had entered a completely different town. It was much smaller than Konoha and not nearly as modern.
Kakashi slapped a hand over his nose even though he probably couldn't smell a thing through the cotton of his mask. "The scent of all the vampires here is suffocating." Sasuke grunted in reply. "And their fresh kills. I can also smell newborns."
Sasuke's eyes narrowed. Though older vampires like Kakashi were the most dangerous, newborns made up for it with sheer physical strength. A newborn could probably toss Sasuke through three solid rock walls if they wanted to. But, Sasuke was under weight…
"Let's just kick some ass, Kakashi. Unlike some people, I have qualms about showing up late."
Kakashi arched an eyebrow. "Qualms? I thought the new Sasuke Uchiha was pretty badass."
"Hn." Sasuke ignored Kakashi and forged ahead, his eyes turning red.
It was time to play.
Sasuke and Kakashi got through the first couple groups of young vampires with only a few life-scaring groping attempts (all of which the two thwarted, though Kakashi had to keep Sasuke from murdering on particularly adventuress guy who went straight for the ass and pinched; hard.
Needless to say, Itachi wasn't the only one capable of bringing out Sasuke's homicidal tendencies.
Kakashi tensed the second he felt the strong, overpowering presence draw nearer. It had a disgusting sickly-sweet scent to it, like heavy, cloying perfume and rotting flesh mixed together. He felt Sasuke pause beside him in anticipation.
Before the two vampires stood the biggest building in the entire town; it was dome-like but with a tall, needle-like spire rising from the very top. A long path wound up to it, trees growing closely together on either side. And, at the end of that path sat a beautiful traditional Japanese beauty in a crimson kimono.
Her long, sleek dark hair was gathered back into the style of an apprentice geisha: the Split-Peach style. Her kimono was made of rich red brocade embroidered with gold thread, the sleeves long and impractically heavy. Her piercing black eyes were calm and serene though they held a wary edge to them as they studied Sasuke and Kakashi.
Sasuke cringed. The power rolling off her was dark and sinister, nearly rivaling that person's power. But, Sasuke knew for some reason that this woman was not who she seemed. "It's a guise." Sasuke said quietly to Kakashi, his long white fingers toying with the button of his kunai holster. "The smell of rotting flesh… someone or something is wearing her body."
Kakashi nodded. "I don't think I'm looking forward to meeting her." Kakashi sauntered up the walkway. "But, oh well. She's alone, so we can probably take her. It's not like we have a choice in the matter, anyway."
"…You're being extra stupid today." Sasuke observed unnecessarily. "Is it because your still high off of your date with Iruka?"
"Yes, and it went perfectly." Kakashi said, the excitement in his voice belying the complete lack of interest in his droopy grey eye. "Come on, Princess. Let's take her out and get home."
For once, Sasuke let it slide.
Orochimaru watched the two vampires approach. He could tell that they were both strong, and he couldn't help but lick his lips in anticipation. Sasuke Uchiha… he'd been needing a new body for a while now, and Sasuke would be perfect. He'd seen the littlest Uchiha in action before, and it was quite the turn on.
Maybe I'll take a different body and play with him instead. Orochimaru thought with a smirk. He'd make the perfect little toy.
But, before Orochimaru could drift off into a Sasuke-induced fantasy, the two were upon him. Sasuke stood there, hands in his pockets, as casual as you pleased. He looks pretty damn hot in all that leather… Black's definitely his color. Kakashi didn't look half bad either, though his outfit was bulkier and less… suggestive than Sasuke's skin-tight leather pants, combat boots, black muscle shirt, and leather vest.
In a flash, Kakashi and Sasuke disappeared. Orochimaru matched their movements, crouching in a nearby tree, doing his best to mask his chakra (4). And, before he knew it, Kakashi was behind him.
"You can mask your chakra, but not your scent." Orochimaru flashed away, landing on the ground below. He disappeared once more, sending a clone into the trees opposite of where he was crouched. His slanted yellow eyes watched carefully as Sasuke attacked, his movements fluid and deadly.
Orochimaru's clone struck out with his leg, aiming for Sasuke's chest. The blow was blocked by a pale hand as Sasuke grabbed Orochimaru's ankle in strong fingers and twisted, forcing the clone to follow the movement with the rest of his body. Sasuke leg came up in a horizontal sweep. His foot would've connected with Orochimaru's head, but the clone saw it coming and jerked himself out of Sasuke's grasp.
Sasuke quickly pulled out shuriken, sending the sharp stars toward Orochimaru's clone. The slender man disguised as a woman dodged easily, not allowing his kimono to cripple his movement, but suddenly the shuriken wound back towards him, nearly invisible wires glinting in the moonlight. Orochimaru jumped up into the air out of the way of the shuriken only to find fire hurling at him.
The battle continued, a blur of offensive and defensive tactics, all executed perfectly on Sasuke's part. Orochimaru found himself actually having to use actual power to keep up.
"Perfect." Orochimaru hissed, eyes glued to Sasuke.
"What's perfect?" Orochimaru barely had any time to react as a dangerously sharp kunai was pressed to his throat. He felt his body morphing as he collapsed in upon himself, turning into a long, thin snake. He glanced behind him at Sasuke, the real Sasuke, who's eyes were narrowed in anger.
And then, just like that, Orochimaru disappeared.
Sasuke gritted his teeth in anger. "Damn. She got away."
"We wouldn't be able to beat her anyway, Sasuke. She has young, powerful vampires who are dying to rip us to shreds. For some reason, she wants you, and that's the only thing that's keeping us alive right now." Kakashi collected his shuriken.
Sasuke sighed heavily, dark eyes troubled. "Let's head back."
Sasuke was shaken from his rather unpleasant stroll down Memory Lane when the door crashed upon and his eyes locked with those of pure crystalline blue. He could smell the irresistible scent of the newcomer's blood, sweet and pure, and it took every ounce of his self control to stop himself from turning into a bloodthirsty vampire in public.
Who had incited this reaction in Sasuke Uchiha?
None other than Naruto Uzumaki.
Naruto swore under his breath. "Fuck, damn, shit, fuck, damn, shit…"
Now, why was our dear hero cussing like there was no tomorrow? Quite simple: he was twenty minutes late to his first class and irrevocably lost. He finally managed to flag down a hall monitor who showed him to his classroom with much waving of hands and mutterings of "damn freshmen, making my life harder" even though Naruto was no freshman, just short for his age, thank you very much.
So, it was a flushed and harried Naruto that burst into Advanced English (why was he taking that class again? He sucked at foreign languages.). And, the second Naruto rushed into class, his eyes locked with the eyes of the most beautiful person he'd ever seen.
Sasuke Uchiha, to be exact.
(1) Pistols made by Genma and Raidou with a made up name of randomly selected letters and numbers. They can be used with one in each hand because that's just more intense. XD
(2) Another gun designed by Genma and Raidou, but a rifle this time.
(3) The Anbu symbol, of course, because it's pretty badass. XD
(4) Yes, they do use chakra, mostly because I'm too lazy to make up fight scenes where they don't do crazy stuff.
A/N: I know, this chapter was sadly sasunaru-less, but I promise that the next chapter will actually have some of the sasunaru we all love and crave. The whole binding dark spirits thingy was made up on the fly, so I honestly hope it doesn't suck too badly. Sorry that Naruto was only in a tiny part of the chapter and that a quarter of the chapter was A/N. But, well, I attempted an action scene. It probably failed, but at least good old Sasuke and Naruto have met.
…I'll stop trying to be funny.
Anyways, review?
Please?
-grabs Kakashi and forces him to use his infamous puppy eyes-
Well, if Sasuke cracked, then you will two, right? –looks hopeful-
Thanks for reading, and I hope it met your expectations (A.K.A, I hope you lowered your probably-not-high-to-begin-with expectations).