XI
The Beginning of a Long War
A/N: This is important! So you know, werewolves are not immortal. They can die through serious injury, and unlike vampires, they are able to turn anyone into a werewolf with a single scratch or bite. They also age and can die through old age, but are immune to diseases. A vampire on the other hand can only die through a wound from a werewolf, or through suicide, and does not age, but there is only a 9 percent chance of a bitten human surviving through The Change. Only strong and healthy humans, usually shinobis can turn into one without dieing.
This is to the anonymous reviewers, Dragon's Crystal Eyes and Golden Sabortooth: Thank you for the idea. I won't be putting that in for a while, but it's definitely going to show, it was the perfect final touch to my plot! Look forward to it, but it's going to show up in the end. Sorry if that annoys you.
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Recap: Sakura felt broken. The pain was excruciating, and she knew, even though vampires say that they can only die through suicide, she knew that the truth was there was actually one other way to die; through the wounds inflicted on her by werewolves. She knew the only way for her to survive was to drink fresh blood, but not any type of blood, human blood; the type of blood that she had promised, sworn, to herself to never try.
As Sakura lay there like a rag doll, praying, hoping for anyone to come, and help her, she felt her conscious slowly seeping.
Am I dieing? Can vampires, who can't even sleep, fall unconscious?
Inner was silent. She was all alone now. No, someone was coming.
Who?
Sakura saw through darkened visions a man with crimson eyes.
Sasuke? She wondered before falling into black.
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Sakura could faintly grasp the knowledge that she was moving. Someone, or something had picked her up bridal style and was carrying her somewhere. Strong, warm arms encircled her slim, petite figure but Sakura could barely acknowledge the warmth.
Itachi, with his speed, had managed to distance himself quite faraway from their original location. He had already passed a few towns, and deciding finally that he had traveled far enough, he stopped. Carefully laying down Sakura, he quickly made a vast amount of hand signs and slammed his hand on the ground. From his hand black symbols sprawled out, covering the ground with a black design.
The black-haired man, then picked up Sakura and stepped into the middle of the design, and let chakra flow into the symbols. With a flash, they were gone, not even leaving a trace to show that they had been there. With another flash, the two arrived in front of a large traditional house that sprawled out over a hill. There was a ridiculous amount of genjutsu on the house, hiding it from other's view. This place was Itachi's private home.
Swiftly, he walked into the house, and into his room where he laid her down on his bed. The wounds on Sakura seemed even more serious now that Itachi was finally able to analyze it carefully.
"What do you need?" he asked her.
Still delirious from the pain, Sakura had no idea that the man who she was with was Uchiha Itachi.
Her eyes still closed, Sakura managed to rasp out, "Blood…"
With crimson eyes, the man gazed at the beautiful vampire with an impassive expression. He noticed that something strange was happening to her. She was arching her back slightly and her face was turning more feral as her nails and fangs grew longer. Slightly unnerved, he flipped out a kunai and slit a cut on his wrist, letting the blood flow freely down his hand onto the ground. With his free hand, Itachi gently opened her mouth and let the dark red liquid flow past her lips into her mouth, as she hungrily drank.
Little by little, Sakura's strength returned, and as it returned, her wounds miraculously healed as if time was speeding up on her wounds. Itachi noticed that her face, fangs, and claws returned to normal as she stopped arching her back in pain. Pulling back his arm, the Akatsuki healed his cut with a simple medical jutsu that he had learned while in ANBU.
With faint interest, he watched as the vampire stirred as she slowly opened her eyes. They were as red as his own he noted with surprise. Licking her lips slowly of the last drops of remaining blood, the girl turned her gaze at the handsome black-haired man. Crimson eyes met crimson. While one remained unchanged, the other's widened in shock.
I drank your blood? She signed with her hands.
A slight nod of his head caused Sakura's world to spin.
Taking small gulps of air, she stared at the man, her face frozen in shock. Suddenly, as if an on button was pushed, the pink-haired kunoichi snarled and bared her teeth, showing her deadly fangs as she scrambled away as far as she could from him.
Itachi found this picture quite amazing. The wild beauty of her fear, and hostile actions were breathtaking. Though he didn't show it, she fascinated Itachi. Her beauty, her power, her whole being was addicting to him. Though he knew becoming one of her kind might cost him his life, he wanted it. Uchiha Itachi wanted to become like her.
"Stay in this room." He ordered, and without a second glance, left, leaving the wary vampire in the room alone.
Eyes slowly fading back to green, Sakura lowered her guard slightly and racked her brain, trying to remember what happened. She remember the mission, the horrifying experience with her gift, and… "F---!!!"
I can't believe the werewolves attacked…
Those mutts deserve to be thrown to fangirls!!!!
Considering their good looks, they probably have some already…
Exactly!!
Sighing faintly at her Inner's antics, Sakura frowned slightly, and then froze in realization. I DRANK HIS BLOOD!!!!!!! God No!! Now I'm going to be…different when I'm around him!
You mean you're going to be horny around him.
You don't have to be so unsympathetic!!
Pacing the room, she suddenly gave herself a mental beating. Why am I even in this room?!
Good question genius.
Shut up.
Walking towards the door, she carefully checked the surrounding area for danger, but found nothing. Cautiously, Sakura grabbed the handle, and… Before she could turn the knob, the door opened, and in walked Itachi.
"…"
"…"
There was complete silence as they stared at each other. The kuniochi could feel the blood lust, and even the regular lust, rise in her as she stared at the man. Crap!!!She thought, as she involuntarily looked him up, licking her lips slowly, hearing the blood rushing through his vein.
Flashback: "Sakura-chan, so you know, we vampires have a venom that starts the change in a human when we bite them. Though there is only a 9 percent chance of them surviving… Anyways, if you drink the blood of a human, without biting or killing him/her, you'll feel a lot of physical attraction towards them." Suki happily lectured.
Eyes widening, Sakura practically screamed, "What!!! Even if they're the same gender!!!"
In a much too cheerful way, he chirped, "Yup!"
…Yes, way too cheerfully…
Flashback Ends:
Itachi was studying her reaction to him with a nonchalant expression, though inside, he was affected slightly by her seductive actions. Her response was surprising, though not really unpleasant in a sense, but if this kept up, he wouldn't be able to keep being indifferent.
Sakura gulped slightly, as involuntarily, she glided over to him. He was quite taller then her…or was she just short?
Raising herself on tiptoes, she raised her arms to encircle his neck, while pressing their bodies closer together. Itachi stood stock-still. Like stone he stood, amazingly keeping his heart beat the same pace. Her pale face had a red tint to it, as she took in his scent. It smelled so delicious, so tempting to her.
The vampire rested her head on his shoulder and breathed out in faint rasps as she desperately fought the temptations of blood. Inside, the kunoichi was mortified by her behaviors, but it wasn't really surprising. All regular vampires, the one who drank human blood, seduced their pray, it was their second nature. Now, Sakura's hidden seductress had awoken, rather unwillingly.
Itachi could feel her hot breath fanning on his neck and felt himself tensing as her smooth hands ran through his hair, causing his hair-tie to fall to the ground. She brushed her lips lightly on down his neck, and stopped to rest them gently, like a kiss, on his pulse. The Uchiha felt her lips part slowly…
NO!!!!! Sakura thought, as she quickly pulled away in panic.
She crouched on the bed, as far away from him as possible. Itachi's face was emotionless, but his eyes lacked the Sharingan, and were now a deep onyx. The beautiful woman was breathing hard and her eyes wide and panicked.
You were planning this? She asked.
"No," was his blunt reply.
Sakura's form started shaking. She had only experienced such blood lust once before, and that was when she had just changed, but this feeling. This lust for blood…and for something else had been so different. It had been something that she had never experienced before.
"You wish for my blood." It was a statement, not a question.
Sakura didn't reply. She just stayed silent, motionless.
Green eyes and black ones stared deeply into one another's; one, confused, while another was unreadable.
His gaze never leaving Sakura's eyes, he murmured, "I will not resist."
Those words practically knocked the breath right out of Sakura. She knew what it meant. He wanted her to bite him. He wanted to take the risk, so he could become a vampire. So he could gain the power and the immortality of a vampire. But she wouldn't do it. Sakura was firm in her decision. She would never change Itachi.
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Naruto was going berserk, Sasuke was furious, Sai lost all his emotions, again, and Kakashi was silent. They had only left her for less then an hour. In that short time period, Sakura had gone missing.
"F---!!!!" screamed Naruto, his eyes turning scarlet again. The blonde was blaming himself. He believed that it was his entire fault. "If I didn't lose control, we wouldn't have had to leave Sakura-chan!" Angry tears rose in his eyes as Naruto crushed another boulder with his fist.
Sasuke's eyes were red, and a dark aura surrounded him. When they had arrived at where Sakura had once lain, they had found it empty of all life. She had disappeared, and Sasuke was livid to discover a trace of Itachi's chakra lingering.
Sai had totally blanked out when he heard Sasuke roar that Itachi had been here. Uchiha Itachi had seemingly taken Sakura.
Kakashi was bewildered. Sakura was a vampire, and now Itachi had kidnapped her? The silver-haired man couldn't help but blame himself. He was team captain. He was in charge, and his team's lives were his responsibility. He had failed as a captain, as a friend, and as a father figure.
All four had been shocked when the creatures had said that Sakura was a vampire. They had been utterly stunned by the news. Now that Sakura was missing, the fact that she was a vampire seemed the least of their worries. No matter what happened, Sakura was their teammate, vampire or not.
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In Konoha:
"Hokage-sama!" Said woman raised her head from her paperwork. The one who had called her was a Genma.
"Genma? Is there a problem?" she asked.
The man nervously rolled the senbon in his mouth before answering, "Last night, 4 people were killed in Konoha."
The blonde didn't look impressed. Death wasn't unusual in a shinobi village. "And your point is?"
The Jounin grimaced before murmuring, "All of them died through blood loss, but the only wound they had was a bite mark on their neck. All of their blood was drained from their body. Hokage-sama. Do you think it could be a huge spider summon that did this?"
Genma was alarmed to see the color drain from her face. Vampires! She thought in horror. Quickly snapping out of her reverie, she snapped out, "Shizune!!!" Tsunade's black-haired apprentice quickly hurried in.
"Tsunade-sama?" She asked worriedly.
"Send a message to Team 7 at once, using the fastest hawk we have! Tell them to immediately return to Konoha at once! This is a major crisis!!!!!"
Shizune didn't need anymore urging, she ran out to do as she was told at once.
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A few hours had passed since the incident with Itachi and Sakura. The only reason Sakura hadn't runaway yet was because of the words that Itachi had uttered.
"I have one of those 'creatures' here. I believe it is the son of the chief."
What in the world are you talking about?
"The creatures that attacked you. I have one in confinement here, and it is the son of the chief." he had repeated.
Itachi had studied with minor interest as a look of horror crossed her features. No matter how many times he looked, he couldn't help but enjoy the look of shock on her face every time she was surprised.
YOU CAPTURED THE CHIEFS SON!!!! YOU DO KNOW THAT THE 'CREATURES' ARE WEREWOLVES RIGHT!!!!!!!!!!!! THEY MAKE HORRIBLE ENEMIES!!
"Yes."
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There had been that uncomfortable, pregnant silence at Itachi's soft-spoken 'yes'. Sakura could not believe that Itachi had the chief's son. The chief was the leader of the whole entire werewolf tribe!!! Impossible as it was, Itachi was now showing her the way towards the chief's son after making her wait for a few infuriating hours. He had left to inform Kisame where he was.
Itachi walked carelessly in front of Sakura, as if he wasn't worried that she would try to kill him. Sakura was more then capable. At the moment, the two were heading down a flight of stairs and the farther they went down, the more dark, damp and unpleasant the area got.
Finally arriving at the bottom, the two headed off towards a cell that was practically encased in multiple jutsu. In the middle, the vampire could barely distinguish the figure of a half changed werewolf from the suffocating darkness around him.
Uchiha must have used some sort of technique to make this place so dark. I can hardly see anything, even with my eyes.
Hm, but enough about that, this stench is horribly unmistakable. It's defiantly a werewolf.
The werewolf seemed to be unconscious, but knowing Itachi and Kisame, she was surprised that it actually had all its limbs. Gathering chakra to her hand, Sakura created a glow that was just bright enough for her to illuminate the werewolf's face. As the crescent moon mark on his forehead became clear from the faint light, Sakura's whole body tensed as a snarl rose in her throat, rippling from her into the silence.
All logic was gone from her mind. All she could think of now was the werewolf with a mark that signified it being a 'royal' of it's kind. The instant hostility and absolute murderous hate, that was a vampire's instinct, caused her to lose all her morals. All she cared about was destroying this thing. She had to kill it.
"Kill it!!" she snarled as the furious vampire turned to glare at Itachi with violet eyes. He fought it slightly at first, but then submitted to her gaze.
The Akatsuki covered his mouth and nose before pulling a lever. Thick, deadly smog rolled out into the cell, chocking and killing the werewolf in a matter of a few seconds. By then, Sakura and Itachi were out of the cell and into safety. (A/N: Werewolves are immune to diseases, but they are not immune to poison. Vampires on the other hand, are immune to both.)
As they left the cell, Sakura's head cleared, and she realized what she had done. As pain and horrible cries of fear bellowed in her head, she screwed her eyes shut, and rolled into a ball as she waited for the phantom and the pain to fade.
You killed the son of the werewolf's chief.
I know.
You do know that this means war between our kinds right?
I know…
BAKA!!!!
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Hello!!! Chocolat-chan the Beta here once again! Um, sorry I didn't get the chapter out immediately back to Layla-chan… My internet went and DIED ON ME! It was horrible… -shudder-
Let's see what's gonna happen between the two races… Maybe something EXCITING!!!
And will Sakura REALLY be able to resist Itachi? (If it was me and Neji in that situation… HUHUHU… -dirty thoughts-)
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This is Layla! I hope you enjoyed this chapter!!! Oh, and if you haven't read the author note at the top, please do, it's important.
