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Sasuke was standing in the middle of darkness, and when he looked to his left, Natsumi was standing beside him. What really caught his attention was that she was holding a baby wrapped in a blanket. They heard laughter - mocking, cynical laughter. Both of them looked around, seeing nothing but the thick, threatening dark. It felt as if the shadows were closing in on them and their baby, and Sasuke felt cornered. He heard a baby's cry, and he and Natsumi looked down in her arms to see their beautiful baby girl with bright red hair like her mother's. Cari did not seem to be crying for hunger or attention - she was crying in fear. Narutally Natsumi began to whisper to the baby, trying to console her. "It's okay Cari, Mommy and Daddy will keep you safe," she said.

"And how do you expect yourselves to do that?" asked a man's voice. "You cannot stop all of us, especially when one of you has your hands full."

"We will take that baby of yours," said another.

"Master will be very pleased with the revenge," laughed a third.

The three tones chuckled evilly, and several other voices laughed along with them. The shadows pressed closer, and Sasuke couldn't see anything, not a face or a body outline. Cari continued to cry, and Natsumi wrapped her arms around her in a protective hug. Cari hushed down to only a whimper, and Natsumi glared at the darkness surrounding her.

"I'll take care of them," Sasuke said. Natsumi looked into her heusband's eyes, and then she nodded. Sasuke looked back into the darkness, and he activated his Sharingan. There was a movement in the shadows, and he blocked a hand that was jabbed in his direction. A snarl was heard from the left, and he kicked the shadows, feeling it hit a body that he stopped from running at Natsumi and their baby. He heard Natsumi also fighting one or two vampires, but then the Uchiha heard a sudden gasp. When he turned around to look, Natsumi was staring into her empty arms with panicked eyes. Laughter resumed in the darkness.

"Did you think that we were that stupid?" asked the first voice.

"What a cute little baby girl," said the second voice.

"She smells delicious," chuckled the third.

"Cari!" Natsumi shouted.

The baby was crying loudly, calling for her mother and father. Natsumi ran in the darkness, finding nothing and listening to the laughter of the vampires who stole her baby. Before she ran out of his vision, Sasuke seized her wrist and pulled her back next to him. "Don't follow them into the dark Natsumi," he warned. "It's what they want."

Cari's crying was soon silenced, and the smell of blood arrived at their noses. Sasuke tensed, and when he looked at Natsumi, the woman's eyes were wide in shock and brimming with tears, staring into the darkness. The vampires laughed once again. "She tasted better than she smelled," said a dark voice.

"Noo!" the woman shrieked in agony. "Noooo! My baby! Cari!" Natsumi fell to her knees and cried, the evil laughter echoing around them.

Sasuke quickly knelt beside her, and then he glared at the shadows where he knew that the vampires were waiting. A vampire must have noticed his burning gaze, for it said, "Are you going to come and get us?"

"That was only part one of our revenge," said the main voice. "Part two is going to be taking that woman next to you that you love so much."

The Uchiha wrapped his arms around Natsumi's shaking figure in a protective hug. "You won't lay a hand on her!" he growled.

"Oh? I think we will..." The laughter seemed to get closer, and Sasuke couldn't see anything. He was defenseless without a real weapon besides his fists, and without seeing them, he can't block or attack accurately. The laughing became louder, closer. And then he saw the ruby red of the vampires' eyes, and there were dozens of pairs of eyes! And then-

Sasuke suddenly awoke and sat up straight. He looked around, when when he realized that he was sitting on the living room couch, he sighed in relief. It was only a nightmare... There was a scream that came from upstairs, and Sasuke jumped at the sound. Quickly, he got up, grabbed a kunai and ran upstairs to his and Natsumi's room. He opened the door and entered the room. "Natsumi! What happened? Are you alright?" he asked worriedly. He saw Natsumi sitting up in her bed, her hand protectively rested on her stomach. Sweat beaded her forehead, and she slowly looked up at him. The fear that was clear in her eyes made Sasuke run over to her bedside. He repeated his question, "What happened?"

"Vampires..." she whispered, almost as if she was speaking to herself. "They were after Cari...They took her from us and...and..." Natsumi was unable to finish the sentence, and she stared at her stomach where the baby was, and tears streamed down her face in both fear of the dream and relief that it was only that. "After that they...they came after me."

Sasuke hugged his wife. "I won't let them come near you or our family, Natsumi," he said. Then he added, "I think we had the same dream again."

"Really?" She looked at her husband's face, and he nodded.

"Besides the exact details of them after you though...I woke up before then, and I heard you scream."

"I see that," Natsumi said while gently touching his hand that held the kunai. "You better put that away, honey, Launa and Amy are here."

"Are you sure?" he asked.

She nodded. "They're home; I just heard the car park in the driveway." Sasuke nodded and got up. He made a hand sign and transformed into his disguise. Natsumi did the same, and she got out of bed.

"You should stay in bed," Sasuke said. "You just got up from that nightmare."

"I cannot escape from Amy and her hyperactive nature," Natsumi said. She then added, "You know how she is, Kyle."

Sasuke smirked and replied, "Fine." He lowered his head and mumured, "Why was I named Kyle again?"

"Oh don't whine about it. It sounded better with the Johnson last name, and that was the name I told Launa when she asked."

"Hn."

Launa's voice made it upstairs. "Natalie, Kyle, we're home!" she called.

"Nattie, Nattie!" Amy's voice hollered. Natalie smiled and carefully made her way down the stairs, and her husband followed close behind. The two arrived downstairs, and Amy ran to the pregnant mother and gave her a hug. Then she showed her a paper. "Nattie look what I drew!"

Natalie took the drawing and stared at the picture. "A family picture?" she asked.

"Yeah!"

"Then how come me and Kyle and Kelsy and the others are in it?"

"You are family," the girl answered with a smile. "We're all family."

The woman smiled and gave the little girl a kiss on the cheek. "Thank you for including us Amy," she said.

"Welcome."

Launa smiled at the three. Then she said, "Sorry Amy, Mommy's gotta go to work now." She kissed her daughter's forehead and gave her a hug.

"Bye bye Mommy," Amy said. She watched her mother walk out the door with her suitcase in hand. She then turned to Natalie and Kyle. "I'm hungry."

"Kelsy is comming home with some food, don't worry," Natalie said. "Come on, let's go into the living room and play some UNO."

"Yay!" The two of them walked into the living room, and Kyle followed. While the TV was playing, Natalie and Amy were sitting at the small coffeetable playing UNO. Amy set down a yellow five on top on the yellow three. Natalie placed a green three on top of that. The girl put down a blue five, and Natalie corrected her.

"Remember Amy, the card you put down has to match the color or the number of the card you're gonna cover."

"Oops." Amy switched her blue five for a green four.

"That's better."

Kyle watched the two play, and he smiled to himself. Amy ended up winning that round of UNO, and she cheered. Natalie smiled and congradulated her. The woman looked over at him, and he smirked at her. She winked at him, and then turned her attention toward the little girl with the deck of cards. Kyle thought about how lucky he was to have Natalie as a wife, and that made him smile more. Another round of UNO had come and gone, and the front door opened. He turned around to see Jennifer walk in with a craton tray of sodas, and she was followed by Nathan, Hunter, and Jordan. Nathan held another tray of drinks, Hunter had a tray of sundaes, and Jordan was holding a large bag of McDonalds. Kelsy came in also with a bad from McDonalds. They entered the living room with a smiled on their faces.

"Wow Kelsy," Natalie said. "You brought a lot of food."

"Not really," her sister replied. "One bag is the fries while the other is the actual food. Hunter, go put those sundaes in the freezer."

Hunter nodded and disappeared into the hallway, and everyone else walked to the cofee table and set the food down. Amy cheered, "Yay! McDonald's!"

Kelsy smiled and reached into a bag. She pulled out a small box of Chicken McNuggets and heanded them to Amy. She then gave the little girl her fries while she started to eat her lunch. Everyone was given their share of the food, and then they began to eat as well. As they ate, Natalie started a conversation.

"So, how did job searching go?" she asked.

Kelsy took a sip from her Coke. "It was okay. I'm going for an interview for a job as a teacher at a local middle school."

"That's great. What subject?"

"Science."

"Awesome."

"Yep."

Natalie smiled and ate a few french fries. Jennifer took one from Jordan, and he glared at her. She merely smiled inoccently and sipped from her drink. The family, besides Natsumi, soon finished eating, and, after a few games, Amy was taken to her room for a nap. While she was asleep, the guests gathered in the living room to discuss what was going to happen during their stay.

"Alright everyone," Natsumi said. "We're probably better off staying here at least a year after Cari is born."

The teens nodded, and Mayume frowned at her sister. "What happened while we were gone?" she asked. "You look a little pale, Natsumi."

"That's another thing..." The woman slightly chewed on her lip. "I believe that I might have had a vision of some sort."

"That can't be good," Yin said. She looked at her mother with a worried frown. "What was it about?"

Sasuke decided to explain it, since Natsumi was already shaking from mentioning it so vaguely. "It is highly likely that we are being hunted," he said. When everyone turned their gaze to him, he continued the sentence, "by vampires."

"What would they want?" Yang asked.

"Revenge," replied Natsumi in a shaky whisper. She kept shivering, and Mayume hugged her twin and tried to calm her down.

"Natsumi," she calmly spoke, "that dream is a warning; it was only showing who they are and what they want. It doesn't mean that they will succeed."

"But if they do..." Natsumi broke into tears.

The four teenagers stared at their mother, and then they simutaneously blinked and frowned at what their aunt showed them through their thoughts. Yin joined Mayume in hugging Natsumi, and Nhamo and Hunter hovered close by. Yang gritted his teeth and clenched his fists.

"There is no way," her growled, "that they will ever lay a hand on you, mother, or Cari." When the family looked his way, he stared back with a determined gaze. "I will protect you, no matter what." Sasuke rested a hand on his son's shoulder, and Yang looked at him.

"Yang, as much as I admire your determination on protecting the family, I want you to be safe at all costs."

"But Dad-"

"Yang," there was more sterness in Sasuke's voice, "I want you to focus on maintaining our cover. There has already been attacks around the city. They are here, and we cannot blow our cover."

"If they're here," Yin said, "then we should move from here. We cannot put Launa and Amy in this type a danger; they have been so kind to us and shouldn't know about such things."

Sasuke nodded. "I agree, but we are going to have to wait a while. We could try to get Launa to help us find a place, but it's highly unlikely." He looked over at Mayume. "Do you think you can set up some type a barrier around this house?"

The woman nodded. "I will put my all into it."

"Good." He looked over at Natsumi. "We'll need to have a doctor take a look at you soon, Nat."

The woman nodded. "I think I know a doctor that I can trust with such secrets."

"That's good. If you remember the doctor's number you can schedule an appointment."

"What about Natsumi's blood cravings?" Mayume asked.

"For now, I'll let her have some of my blood," Sasuke replied. "We'll need to keep that a definite secret from Launa and Amy. Whenever you are feeling weak and need blood, Natsumi, then thought-speak to me. Mayume and the kids will keep Launa and Amy distracted while you feed and regain your strength." He made sure that he made eye contact with her. "How does that sound?"

After a minute of gazing into his depthless onyx eyes she answered, "Sounds like I cannot argue myself out of this one." She gave him a small smile, which he returned along with a kiss on her forehead.

Mayume decided to cut in. "Once you're finished eating, sis, you should be getting some more rest." The twins shared a look for a minute, and Sasuke wished that he knew what they were talking about through their thoughts. He sighed quietly at the thought, and a small smile came to Mayume's face. The Uchiha noticed and mentally sighed once again.

Natsumi smiled herself and continued to finish her meal. After cleaning up their mess, Sasuke took Natsumi upstairs so she can continue taking a nap. Once she was upstairs and Sasuke was back in the living room, Mayume looked at Sasuke and asked, "What are the exact details of the news bit that you watched before we got home?"

Sasuke walked over to the couch and sat beside his sister-in-law. He looked at his children, and once he could tell that they did not want to leave this conversation, he began to tell them what it was he heard on the news.