Painful Mercy
By: Itachi Silverwolf
Naruto sits alone waiting for the elder ampires that were supposed to show. Most of the elders refused having Sasuke present even though Naruto felt more comfortable with the Uchiha near. There was a small noise heard from behind a curtain. The blonde glances to notice the jaguarundi. "Karin."
The reddish furred animal moves towards Naruto with a stretch. A small purr greets the prince before the animal slides to the floor lying down along the prince's feet. There's a bit of laughter. "He didn't forget." Naruto watches as Karin stretches and then rises to sitting.
"There'snothingthatisforgotten.Youshouldknowthatyourself,youngprince." Instead of protesting Naruto scratches the feline. Since she'd taken longer to appear Naruto had figured he'd been forgotten. Now it was obvious Sasuke had not forgotten to leave Naruto protected. There was a soft growl from Karin as something new slips through the shadows.
Naruto watches slowly realizing it is the elders. A hand reaches out to rest upon the side of the feline. No vampire traveled alone and yet the elders expected their prince to wait for them alone. Staring at the feline a moment they mutter a protest.
"You aren't alone either." Cobalt eyes go to the wolves that traveled with them. Moving across the room suddenly is a pair of wolves. The pair soon flank the feline at Naruto's side. The elders decide to make themselves comfortable along the chairs and prepare their proposal.
"Three shifters and six shadowed vampires. Your guard certainly does not trust anyone." Naruto grins a moment. Why should Sasuke trust someone that left even Naruto uncomfortable? "Before we begin I would suggest you tell the shifters to go." Naruto shakes his head. Karin growls in the elder vampires direction. The blonde snickers.
"I'm making the suggestion for the benefit of my own wolves. Naruto..." The next sentence is cut off by a menacing growl. The sound doesn't come from the shifters near the royal or the vampires outside the room. The noise is traveling through a shaft from below. "What the hell was that noise?" Naruto shrugs. Though the expression upon the blonde face plainly states he's more interested in the noise he heard and not the elder vampires he's supposed to be meeting with.
Rising from where he is the blonde looks towards the trio of shifters. Karin rises and soon leads the way. Taking the royal back behind the curtain she came from. Naruto looks at her; obivously the blonde knew nothing of the pasageways behind the tapestry of the estate.
Paws lead Naruto down the stairway. Paws flank the prince from behind. There was a small growl from the wolves. Obviously the pair didn't like the idea of taking Naruto down into the bowels of the estate. The jaguarundi in the lead moves a bit swifter when she hears the sound of something breaking.
Naruto looks to notice Sasuke kneeling along the floor. The vampire's eyes are closed. The blonde's eyes go wide when he notices the tinge of blood along Sasuke's clothing. The pair of wolves move infront of the blonde not allowing him to enter the actual room. Sasuke's jacket lies along a chair close to the doorway. "He's bleeding." Karin watches Suigetsu's jaw clasp down on Naruto's wrist. While not breaking skin the wolf was inded restraining the royal.
Cobalt eyes go wide when Naruto realizes the blood he sees isn't coming from Sasuke at all. The room is home to an older vampire. The blonde looks at Suigetsu. "Is he..." The feline with Naruto lowers her head. They all know what is happening. The older of the siblings had been begging for death for a while now. The only way to end the suffering of a vampire with the Carthrows virus was to drain their blood. Of course no vampire would do that unless they all ready carried the virus. Naruto watches tears fall from closed eyes. A act of smypathy... and yet still painful. It seemed this time the younger Uchiha would grant his brother's request. Naruto looks at Karin. "This is mercy, isn't it?" The trio of shifters use actions to tell Naruto his choice is correct.