Author's Note: Wow, I can't believe it's been two months! I'm really sorry about the delay, but now that I'm out of school I'll hopefully have more time to update. Enjoy and please review!

Chapter 5

Naruto ran from Neji. He had no other choice. As much as he disliked killing, he knew he would kill if his life depended on it. He had to prevent that from happening. Neji was related to Hinata. He was her family, and Naruto would never take that away from her.

He ran through the trees, aware that the young hunter was hot on his heels. For a human, he was incredibly fast. His training must have been intense for him to reach the same level of speed as a vampire. Naruto didn't understand how it was possible for a human to move so fast. Naruto realized that there would be no escape by running. He clutched his bleeding arm and stopped, turning to face his pursuer. If possible, Naruto would try to just knock him unconscious so he could make his escape.

Neji came to a stop about 25 feet away from Naruto. He had a smirk playing on his lips which Naruto didn't understand. It was as if Neji knew something Naruto didn't.

"Have you started to feel it yet?" Neji asked.

Before Naruto asked what he meant, he realized why he wasn't able to outrun the hunter. His strength had been slowly leaking away and now he was starting to feel extremely weak.

Neji held up the stake that had cut Naruto earlier and Naruto could now see poison dripping along the side of the blade. Naruto cursed at his own foolishness and sunk to one knee. His vision was getting blurry.

"Out of respect for Hinata, I won't kill you. But you'll wish you were dead after the interrogators are through with you." said Neji.

Naruto's world went black.

A pint of blood had been put in the cell almost twenty minutes ago. Naruto had resisted it so far, unsure if it was contaminated with something or not, but his resolve was weakening. He was hungry. Unbearably so, and that blood was looking better by the second.

After he had woken up and yelled at the silver-haired man who somehow knew his name, and Itachi's, the blood had been brought to him, and his chains had been loosened enough for him to move. He couldn't get them off but he could move around somewhat. Finally, able to stand it no longer, Naruto grabbed the cup and gulped down the blood with a vengeance. A feeling of satisfaction came over him as his strength slowly began to replenish itself. He immediately realized his mistake, however, when he began to feel groggy.

'Damn… it was spiked…' thought Naruto as he was once again greeted by unconsciousness.

"Be careful with him," instructed Anko, "If anything happens to him, Jiraiya-sama will take it out on me."

The hunters carefully moved the sleeping vampire to the interrogation room. The jutsu had been prepared. They had received their instructions. They were to break the wall that blocked the memories of the vampire's past. Many of the older hunters had noticed the resemblance the vampire had to their Hokage when he was young, but they dared not speak. All those who worked in the complex were sworn to secrecy on the matter. Many of them couldn't help but wonder, however, what would happen when the vampire recovered his memories, or what those memories might hold.

Ibiki nodded as the vampire was placed on the table in the center of the room. "We have our orders. The jutsu has been approved."

Naruto was once again inside his mind and was aware of the same presence that had searched his thoughts before. This time, the presence didn't bother searching his recent memories and instead went straight to the impenetrable wall that seemed to hide his memories as a human.

Pain. Such pain. It was as if someone was ramming a knife into his brain. The wall held steady and Naruto wished the assault would just stop. Suddenly, the wall cracked. Piece by piece, it was being dismantled. Visions filled Naruto's head as long lost memories began to return…

He was only seven years old… He wasn't ready to die… He stared in horror at Sasuke's limp body as Itachi bit into his little brother's neck.

"N-No! Stop it!" Naruto threw himself at the vampire.

He was easily tossed aside as Itachi finished his work. He slit his wrist and let a few drops of blood run into Sasuke's mouth. Naruto realized what Itachi was doing and ran over to Sasuke, trying to get him to cough up the blood.

Itachi once again threw Naruto to the other side of the room. He walked up to the scared blonde and picked him up by the front of his shirt. Naruto tried in vain to punch and kick Itachi only to be punched in the face and sent sprawling onto the floor. Naruto's vision was starting to fade but he knew that if he fainted now, he wouldn't wake up again. He struggled to keep from falling unconscious.

Itachi picked up Naruto again and looked him in the eyes, "You have a lot of determination, but your training is lacking. Nevertheless, you could come in handy."

With that, Itachi bit down on Naruto's neck and the blonde boy let out a scream. Naruto could feel his blood being drained away. He was loosing himself. Just when he thought he wouldn't be able to stand anymore, Itachi put him down and held his bleeding wrist over Naruto's mouth. Naruto felt the blood enter his mouth and tried to cough it up. Itachi forced his head into a straight position and let more blood fall into his mouth. He held his nose until Naruto was forced to swallow so he could breathe. Naruto groaned when he realized what had just happened. He would never be Hokage now… Naruto passed out. When he awoke, his memories of his entire life would be gone…

The wall crumbled and all at once, Naruto was hit with memories of his past. He remembered attending the Hunter's Academy with his best friend Sasuke. He remembered playing with his little sister Nabiki while they waited for their father to get home. He remembered training with his father's old teacher Jiraiya. He remembered his mother dying. He remembered his father, the Hokage smiling at him when he declared his dream to one day follow in his footsteps and become Hokage.

Naruto woke up with a start on a table surrounded by hunters. He sat up quickly and stared into space, not believing what he just remembered. He slowly turned his head to see a man with several scars across his face staring at him. Ibiki Morino… that was his name. Naruto remembered him from a time when his father had taken him to see the interrogation complex.

Ibiki was staring at Naruto in disbelief, "Naruto-sama…"

Naruto felt a tear roll down his cheek. He slipped into a state of compliance, unaware of what was happening around him. Somewhere in the back of his mind, he realized he was being led back to his cell.

Jiraiya was informed immediately when the procedure was finished. He quickly made his way to the prison block of the interrogation complex and followed the path to Naruto's cell. It was late now, only an hour before sunset. He would have to make his visit quick.

He approached the cell and the guard let him in. Jiraiya studied the figure sitting hunched in the corner, wrapped in chains. Naruto looked up and his blue eyes met Jiraiya's. Immediately he knew the jutsu had worked. He could see recognition in Naruto's eyes. But he could also see overwhelming sadness and regret.

"Naruto…" said Jiraiya

Naruto gave a weak smile, "Yeah, Ero-sennin?"

Jiraiya smirked at his old nickname, "I know your probably in a lot of pain, but I need you to tell me what happened."

Naruto related all that had happened to him, taking almost an hour to tell the tale. The sun went down and Jiraiya announced he had to leave. He made his way to the cell door.

"Does Tou-san know?" Naruto asked.

Jiraiya stopped, "Not yet."

The Sannin exited the complex wondering how he was going to tell his student that his son was a vampire.

Author's Note: Yay! Another chapter finished! I tried to make this one a little longer to make up for not writing in a while. Hope you liked it. Please review!