Sorry it took a day for me to upload a new chapter, but I got so wound up in the Naruto-arena game that I forgot to upload this ^^.
Warning: Sorry there haven't been any...shounen-ai moments yet, but there will be in this chapter!
Disclaimer: I do not own this anime or the manga.
Previously~
The four of them travelled toward the room where Sakura was taken to. The room was made to look like a Pharaoh's tomb. Sand was sprinkled all over the floor and carved paintings were from one side of the room to the other. Torches were on all four of the walls, showing only the small room but not showing what was in the dark hall like room that had coffins everywhere. Only five opened up.
"Naruto!" Sakura ran up to him and hugged the daylights out of him.
"Did they hurt you?" Naruto asked as he checked her body for any cuts or bruises.
"No, these guys are pretty cool even though it's just bandages" Sakura was dressed from shoulders to her feet in weird bandages that travelled to the sandy floor.
"Sakura has been a very great companion" A boy that looked to be around twenty or so, came up from behind and smiled at the four of them pleasantly.
"This is sasori, he is the leader of the mummies and Shikamaru Nara is the leader for the phantoms"
"And I'm getting the heck out of here" Naruto quickly turned himself around and hurried out the way he came in.
Naruto was just about to leave the hall toward the tomb like room, when he got knocked out by a silver, food tray. A woman with long, black, almost purple, coloured hair had come out of no where and smashed the tray onto the poor boy's head. Her eyes showed deep concern for his well being but heaved a sigh of relief when she saw that no blood was running out of his skull.
"I am truly sorry sir, please forgive my rudeness" Hinata then disappeared into a puff of smoke and became one with the shadows that lurked in any unlit areas.
"Naruto....you moron" Sakura spoke softly and offered to help Sasuke carry him up the stairs but Sasuke declined and hoisted the young man into his arms.
Kiba said his goodbyes to Sasori and the others and rushed off to find his two pack members. It had only taken Sasuke ten minutes to get the young man up the stairs and into his soft bed, under the covers where he would stay warm. Sasuke could tell that Naruto was afraid and obviously did not want any part in it, even if it meant staying for the sake of a friend. He knew it would be hard for him to understand that it was real.
Hinata had dropped by a few times to say her apologies and to drop off food every once in a while. Naruto had been out for two full hours and Sasuke was starting to get a bit worried since he had his brother coming earlier tonight and things still weren't prepared. Every few minutes that Naruto would say something were always hard to understand what he was saying. Sasuke could feel his temptations rising once again as he stared at the soul in the bed.
'What...is this feeling?' Sasuke knew it could not be the longing for the man's blood.
A soft knock startled him out of his thoughts and watched as Sakura came in smiling. He just nodded at her presence and allowed her to come in. Her eyes did not leave Naruto's side and were on constant alert as if she were willing to protect him from something. He cursed himself for letting her come in but it would have been bad manners as a gentleman if he refused to let her in.
"I hope Naruto didn't cause you any trouble this morning" Her voice seemed as though it were trying to remain calm.
"He is...how you would say...amazing" Sakura merely lifted her head up to let Sasuke know that she was listening.
"Your brother...that is said to be coming tonight...is he a bad person..err...vampire?" Sasuke knew what her eyes were asking for but he could not lie to her.
"As ruler of the mansion, he expects everything to go the way he plans it...never really liked his ways of thinking but...I'm two years too early to take over for him and the only way to take over without waiting for two years would be to...kill him" As soon as he said the two last words, the mansion's two large doors, busted open with great force.
Bats began to fly everywhere, past the paintings and the dark figure that stood at the doorway, waiting to be greeted by someone. A man with long, blond hair that was tied into a pony, clung to the figure's arm as the two of them walked a few steps inside before coming to a stop. Shadows came to life into three figures.
"Master Itachi...It's a pleasure to see you again" A man with short, brown hair tied into a small pony, greeted the man with long, black hair that was as black as Sasuke's.
"I heard the word kill" The last word seemed to concern Hinata with great force as she tried to stop her habit of always looking down.
"What an unexpected arrival, brother" Sasuke closed the door as soon as he got out of the room. He was not going to let the two of them get hurt all for the sake of his brother.
"Sasuke...you smell like a filthy human, have you been hanging around the human girls lately?" Itachi's eyes seemed to dart around the room constantly, searching for something that he knew was there.
His eyes had become dark red as the color of blood itself and looked as though the eyes would pop out if he did not get what he wanted. The man that clung to him was not as aware of the situation as he was but was rather jumpy of being back in the mansion. He began licking the side of Itachi's face, trying to draw his attention toward him.
"Deidara, are you really that hungry?" The man asked him with a smirk.
"Please Itachi-san, I haven't seen you in three months" Deidara rubbed his cheek against Itachi's and gave Sasuke and Sakura enough time to get Naruto down stairs and into the tomb.
Itachi picked the begging man up with both hands and lifted him into the air, bridal style. He payed no more attention to what Sasuke was doing and carried Deidara off into the master bedroom that was said to be bigger than all the bedrooms put together! An awkward silence filled the room as Shikamaru looked to Hinata for details on what was going on.
"Well..." Hinata tried to sound lady like as best as she could, but her words did not come out the way she wanted them to.
"You see...master Sasuke is...hiding someone very important to him and...does not want anything to happen to him"
"Guess it runs in the family...well this is Sasuke's problem, so if he wants to protect this guy...he better be physically ready" With that said, Shikamaru drifted away into the shadows as if he were never there.
"Hinata, take Sakura and get Neji to help you move Naruto to a safer location...it's about time my brother got off his high horse" Sasuke's eyes became blacker than usual and his fists tightened a bit.
Hinata and Neji bowed respectively and disappeared into thin air. Sasuke tried his best to remain calm before the big fight and agreed to himself that he would wait until Itachi was finished in the bedroom to make his move. He knew that he would need help for this fight to remain one-on-one and knew the perfect person to help him out.
A/n: Please do not ask if this is the ending....it isn't OK? So just read and review, the main event...starts now!
