Next chap. Hopefully I'll get the next chapter up before leaving to Italy and Germany but I can't guarantee it. So I'll apologize ahead for making you guys wait until August. Thank you very much for sticking with the story so far. I think it's almost been a year since I wrote the first chapter. Time flies. Feel free to leave comments :) (Oh and if you read comic books, please check out my Iron Man/Loki fic).

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How Naruto Met Sai:

It was recess after story time and painting. A little boy with spiky blonde hair was angry he had missed it because of a Partner he wasn't too fond of, so recess was about over and Naruto decided to wander the less visible parts of playground. As he passed behind an empty portable, he came across a pale boy with dark hair that he almost took to be Sasuke, but this boy was much paler and had flat straight hair. He was sitting with his knees against his chest with silent tears dripping from his face, but he didn't seem to notice Naruto until he finally approached the sad boy.

"Hey, are you alright?" asked Naruto.

The boy jumped and looked up startled at the blonde. The sun was now lighting his white face properly and the blonde could see that he had a purple bruise over his eye that contrasted so starkly against his pale face, a fresh cut on his cheek, and alarmingly two bright red dots on his neck. It occurred to Naruto that this boy was attacked by most likely a vampire.

He swallowed; suddenly apprehensive as if the vampire himself would attack them now. Slowly he reached out to touch the boy's shoulder. "I'm Naruto. What's your name?"

"Sai," the other boy said as he hastily wiped away the tears. "I don't know what's happening to me. My eyes are leaking," he said flatly, no hint of sadness or pain.

Naruto hesitantly sat next to the boy, Sai. The ground was damp and the early morning air brought a chill down Uzumaki's spine. It was strange to be without his Partner, Sasuke, no matter how much of a prick he was.

"It's called crying. You're hurt," answered Naruto.

"I know. I've gotten hurt before, a scrape, a bruise, but never beat up. This 'crying' is an emotion right? I'm not allowed to have those. "

"Bullshit," said Naruto despite his age, "you're a kid. You're supposed to have emotions." He wanted so badly to ask what happened but held his tongue to understand what this guy's problem was with crying.

"Danzo doesn't allow it. I'll get punished." His face was so stale, and despite his injuries, void of any hints of pain. No red eyes, no red nose, only smeared blood.

"So what happened?" He grew impatient. The bell was bound to ring at any moment.

"A Bloodsucker or Vampire, I'm not sure which. He was sleeping and I was so hungry, so I took some blood."

"And?" Is this boy a Vampire himself?

"He woke up. I didn't get enough blood so I'm still very weak, but he had just fed so he was much stronger than me. He beat me up."

"Who'd you steal blood from?"

Sai shook his head. "I don't know. He was a boy our age with dark hair."

"Don't you have a Partner to get blood from?" Naruto hoped this boy wasn't a Vampire. His parents always told him they weren't very nice people. Sai seemed nice enough, strange with an obviously poor home-life, albeit.

"No." He shifted closer to Naruto. The hunger seemed more apparent now. Sai's black irises were rimmed with a rusted color, and when he parted his lips his canines grew very long. It unnerved the blonde that this boy was both so hungry and a confirmed Vampire. "But I hope you'll forgive me."

Naruto could've moved away. He could've prevented the boy from digging his fangs into his neck, that sacred spot that was Sasuke's alone, but he didn't. Not only was there something supernatural about that gaze, but also that he felt sorry for the boy. If he could just give this boy some blood then maybe it'd help ease his injuries. Not only physical injuries, but to also have someone willingly give blood. It must be so lonely to have an abusing father - and no Partner.

The blonde listened to the blood rushing from his neck into the other boy's body. Sai gulped greedily and swiftly. When he got to the point that he wouldn't pass out and could hunt his own human, Naruto began pushing him away.

When Sai wasn't letting up, Naruto started to push him away with greater force.

"Sai, stop." He didn't. "Sai, let go!" And he kicked him from his neck. His fangs popped out harshly, and blood seeped much more than it should. Sai was about to dive in again, before Naruto held out his hand against the other's chest.

"I'm a Bloodsucker, Sai! Don't make me hurt you!"

He seemed to gain back control and returned back to his stoic expression. It slightly concerned Naruto how quickly he returned to normal. "I could tell," Sai said wiping his chin, "your blood's not all yours."

"You can stay on school grounds for now, but you have to leave soon. This isn't a place too fond of Vampires."

He nodded and stood. "I know." He stared at the ground for a few moments as if in thought. "Thank you, Naruto." With that, he walked away. Naruto followed him until he disappeared into the crowd of children near the playground. The bell rang, they all scattered, but Sai wasn't seen among them.