Good Mor… Evening Sasuke!
A/N: And now we meet our second main character and his dysfunctional home life. Yay Sasuke!!
As the sun was setting, every vampire and nightly creature began to stir, including the elusive and 'better then the sun' Sasuke Uchiha.
All vampires like to get up and watch the sunset, because they can also laugh at the sun while enjoying its beauty. The rays are much too weak to actually do their pale skin any harm, so the sunset is similar to the sunrise for our pale friends.
"God damn academy... starting so early…" Sasuke grumbled as he rolled out of his cocoon of blankets. He sat on the edge of his bed, waiting for the overwhelming grogginess to leave (in peace, which is why he always left his door shut…)
Outside, there could be heard explosions, from someone's exploding clay, and many sharp objects being impaled into what sounded like Sasuke's bedroom door.
Akatsuki lived with the Uchiha brothers in their empty compound, and this would be a good time for one to wonder, are they as dark and twisted as they appeared? And the answer would be no.
The group was actually a very lame attempt at doing something good, and Itachi had become a member, though he was hardly any better. Akatsuki was to find and protect people of importance from hunters, and ever since their last mission ended with kidnapping and a strange ritual their leader had claimed to be necessary. ("If we suck the demon out, he won't be hunted anymore, right?" The members of Akatsuki, not willing to argue so early in the evening, agreed.)
But the smell of something atrocious brought Sasuke back from dreamland.
Before he even had time to register what it was, he had flung himself down the stairs and into the kitchen.
"GARLIC? ITACHI WHY ARE YOU MAKING GARLIC TOAST THIS EARLY?!" Sasuke was not happy with his brother. Not in the slightest.
Garlic didn't harm vampires, but they surely hated the smell.
A long time ago, back when all the vampire clans were small and they would all show up to social events, someone had brought garlic bread with their annual dinner of spaghetti, and the nasty garlic breath that ensured had been enough to ruin the aromatic's name, for centuries to come.
"Well. I'm rather hungry. I can make you some whiney baby toast if you want." Itachi went back to buttering the toasted slice of bread that now reeked with the horrible (and slightly appetizing) scent of garlic.
"I'll make my own food." Sasuke growled, settling for a bowl of cereal and some milk, knowing very well all the other foodstuffs had been exterminated for the good of Akatsuki. "Why do you let them live here again?"
Itachi rolled his eyes, setting a large plate of the buttery toast down in the center of the table.
"Because. Now hurry up or you'll miss academy, and I'm not going to give you my hat so you can go to day classes." Itachi had a lovely straw hat, that when mixed with the high collar Uchiha shirts, was able to block out ALL sunlight while traveling around Konoha.
The only problem is that eventually, it gets very hot inside that little shelter.
"Do some grocery shopping. I don't want Sasori's mystery dinner again." Sasuke and his brother both quivered at the thought of eating that ghastly meal once more, as Sasuke was positive he found a skittle in the middle of his 'potatoes.'
"I think we are going out tonight." Itachi commented, grabbing his third slice of garlicky toast. The smell was starting to waft through the Uchiha main house, and slowly but surely, every member of Akatsuki was drawn in by the smell of something edible.
"I'll buy groceries then." Sasuke grumbled, which he happened to be doing a lot of lately, and set his bowl into the sink for someone else to deal with.
In Sasuke's mind, if you lived in his house without doing anything useful, you at least had to clean up his dishes. And knowing Akatsuki, his brother was probably the one who had to clean up after him.
"Don't destroy the house while I'm at academy, I'd rather not have sensei announce it to the whole class that you are all causing trouble again." Sasuke received very little acknowledgement, as toast seemed to be more important then he was, and exited the home to leave for ninja academy.
Sasuke left at the same time everyday, seeing the same sights as he passed by in the light of the street lanterns. The werewolves and werecats who didn't want to wake for day classes attended night classes with the vampires; demons and Halflings showing up whenever they pleased, as sunlight had no effect on their bodies.
Someone new joined the ranks of the undead on this night though.
He was a tan boy, who obviously enjoyed the sun very much, and he had obnoxious golden spikes for hair. Sasuke would have ignored him, had it not been for incredibly upset the boy looked.
Said boy, Naruto, was muttering to himself about stupid perverted parents, and nosebleeds, while at the same time weaving in and out of the crowds with the precision of a drunken bull.
Sasuke had to resist the urge to laugh many times, knowing very well that this child would no doubt do something stupid if he were to invoke its wrath, like say… declare them rivals/best friends for the rest of their days.
And living in a house full of immature and incredibly unorganized Akatsuki members really taught him to stay away from anyone he pegged as immature and potentially short-tempered. He didn't need more hassles to his life as it was.
Sasuke sighed, walking into the ninja academy that was in use constantly thanks to the difference between night and day walkers.
He was greeted by a different sight, the normal teacher must have requested the night off, because standing in front of them was nothing but a pervert hiding behind a little orange book.
Naruto grudgingly took a seat near the front of the classroom, still angry over having to spend the day at home with his sleeping parents and strict orders to stay inside.
Naruto's loving parents never did tell him that he was an heir to two different worlds, not only a village leader, but the leader of an entire race.
They were good parents, leaving out the most important details of their son's life. But it also protected him, so no one really knew a lot about him. A lot of people actually had no clue what his name was.
"My name is Kakashi Hatake. You can all call me Kakashi-sensei, but this is a one night only thing. I'm your substitute." The little orange book was snapped shut, and tucked safely into a coat pocket, but it didn't really reveal a lot of the substitutes face.
His Konoha hitai-ate covered his left eye, and a black mask covered his nose and mouth. His visible eye was a little dull, probably bored because he had to teach little brats in place of the usual teacher (but we all known he wanted to be home with his dolphin…)
"Today, I think we should learn a little bit about the backgrounds of the races and clans we have in this room. Starting with myself." The class all stared at their teacher, a little unsure as to how this had anything to do with being a ninja.
"I am a….?" Kakashi glanced around the still shocked faces to find the one who probably had the least idea as to what was going on.
"Blondie. What am I?" Kakashi's visible eye pulled up into an upside down U, obviously very proud of his choice of prey.
"Dog demon." Naruto (aka Blondie) answered, quite bored. They had done this exercise in the day academy back when it was Naruto's first year.
It had been four years now.
Naruto did have a smidgen of confidence in his abilities.
'Who says smidgen anymore!' Naruto thought, a little taken aback at his choice of words, but life would carry on. Hopefully.
"Very good! And you are…?" Kakashi was hoping to waste time until someone reminded him what he was supposed to be teaching the little runts.
He had managed to waste two minutes of the three hour session.
Kakashi – 0
Time – 1
"I'm a Halfling; half demon, half vampire. I am a day walker as well." Naruto smiled, a little unaware of just how rare his type of Halfling was. Most combinations were with humans, except vampires, who were either full vampire of not vampire at all. You didn't get Halflings with vampires, but Naruto was the exception!
"Really now?" Kakashi said calmly, trying to hide his shock a little better then the rest of the nightwalkers in his classroom had managed.
"Mom and Dad are nightwalkers as well, Dad used to be a day walker like me too, but now he isn't." Naruto shuddered at the thought of what horrible acts were being committed in his home at the very moment, no doubt the air would be heavy with lust and sex, which is why Naruto insisted he rise and set with the sun.
"Well now, isn't that interesting…" Kakashi droned on, trying to somehow will time to move faster. At this rate, he would actually have to teach, and teaching was something Kakashi left up to Iruka.
The were-animals and assorted vampires were finally starting to come to their senses after being delivered such a heavy blow, and questions started to fly as to why Naruto wasn't trained like a vampire, and why he attended school with the majority of human's during the day.
Which Naruto, of course, had no answers.
"I think I have a great idea on how to spend the rest of class time!" Kakashi announced, rather overjoyed at finding a way to skimp out on teaching. "Naruto, you find a vampire who will be willing to teach you about yourself and your kind, and the rest of you, partner up and practice yesterday's lesson!"
Kakashi laughed triumphantly, pulling out his Icha Icha book, much to the distress of the students who were tired of hunter-avoidance techniques.
When Sasuke had managed to scrape his jaw off the floor (which he later claims he was just caught off guard, yeah right Sasuke…), He pushed past the crowd of anxious vampires surrounding the little Halfling's desk, and slammed his hand down to grab the boy's attention. Sai, Neji, and even Hinata were vying for the boy's attention, along with a few others who weren't even competition to Sasuke. But he would win, Uchiha's always win…
"I'm taking you, no matter who else has laid claim. It would do you good to train under an Uchiha." Sasuke smirked at the dumbfounded look Naruto was giving him, but it was short lived when the hisses and boos from the surrounding vampires overpowered anything else he had to say.
Sasuke grabbed Naruto's arm, dragging him from his seat and through the crowd, pulling rather harshly until they were home free, in the courtyard of the ninja academy.
"That hurt you bastard! You could have asked me to follow you!" Naruto's arm retreated away from the vampire's grasp, and his other arm went to nursing the injured wrist.
"What? And let those other vampires snatch you up? You know how rare you are? And you haven't even come of age yet!" Sasuke sighed, crossing his arms across his chest.
He wasn't going to lose the Halfling, especially when it could prove that the Uchiha clan isn't as destroyed as it appeared to be.
"So…. What do I have to do to be a real vampire like you?" Naruto went from being a angry little child, to a curious little child, his injured wrist all but completely forgotten.
"Well… We should ask your parents if you can stay with me and my brother for awhile, we can give you our crash course on Vampire 101! Then when you become a powerful vampire, all your success will be traced back to the Uchiha brothers!" Sasuke smirked, for smiling as boldly as he was feeling could bode disastrous. And Sasuke was in a good mood.
"Ah, well, I guess if you say this well help me! And I really need some time away from my parents; I'm getting a little irritated with their constant sex." Naruto crossed his arms and nodded his head, as if it was quite alright for him to be speaking of his parents in that manner.
But Sasuke didn't think so. He face planted, his arms and legs twitching, giving him the appearance of… well… Sasuke twitching on the ground.
But our favorite vampire is quick to recover!
"NARUTO! THAT ISN'T SOMETHING YOU GO AROUND ANNOUNCING!" Sasuke concluded his first attempt at scolding the Halfling with a sharp whack to the side of his head.
"You mean your parents don't have sex on the kitchen table every morning?" Naruto gave Sasuke the best innocent look he could, as he actually had no idea if all parents were like his or not.
He was a little positive that girls were normally mothers, but Naruto was an exception to every rule ever conceived. No pun intended. Well… Maybe a little bit…
"I don't have parents." Sasuke responded dryly, leading Naruto back in the direction he found him coming from earlier. He hoped Naruto wouldn't question him or his parents, but he was never that lucky.
"How come Sasuke?! I have parents, even though they are a little different! You can share my parents!" Naruto tugged eagerly on the hem of Sasuke's shirt, keeping his steps in time with the vampire's.
"Did your parents even try to raise you?!" Sasuke shouted, but of course, the meaning of that statement went right over the Halfling's head. Naruto only smiled, leading his first visitor to meet his parents, all in the dead of night. Or evening, because Kakashi is terrible at wasting time when other people are around.
(And since Iruka dragged him to the academy before the sunset, he had no choice but to be on time… Woe is him…)
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