Another new chapter...aw poor Hinata. Don't hate me for making her slightly crazy. She's still Hinata after all. Well maybe she's a bit different...wait and see. Besides, Thanks for the reviews, but GIVE ME MORE!
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Chapter 4
Naruto felt Hinata go limp in his arms. He laid her back down on the bed. What just happened?! Did she just faint? Naruto cradled her face. He had no talent for healing and he really didn't know how to help her. For now all he could do is hold her. Naruto watched her face for any change in her expression. But her eyes stayed closed and she didn't move. He felt panic welling up in him as she continued to lie motionless. None of this would have happened if I hadn't given in.
Hinata opened her eyes slowly, aware now, that her throat was parched. Naruto could have shouted but he saw the pain in her eyes. They weren't filled with joy anymore. Hinata forced herself to sit up. She felt the hunger, the thirst that was digging grimy fingers into her mind. Hinata tried to open her mouth, but it seemed like it was glued shut. Her body felt weak and feeble. Opening her mouth was beyond her, much less speaking. She didn't know how she had managed to sit up so easily. Then she looked to her left.
Her eye's popped open. She had completely forgotten about Naruto. He had a hand behind her back, supporting her. Hinata took a breath in through her nose. A flood of sensory input made her head spin. It smelled like blood. Blood was all around. Naruto reeked of blood. Blood was on his breath, soaked into his clothes. She gasped, surprise opening her mouth for her. It hit her like a wall. Naruto's emotions seemed to be tainting the air she breathed. He tasted of fear and...hunger. She didn't understand how, but she could smell, taste, hear his hunger.
The same feeling that had been born in her mind, rose to meet it. Hinata felt her teeth ache. It made her want to bite down on something. She clenched her teeth but it didn't help. Naruto moved his body forward and hugged her fiercely. His hands clutched at her back. He said, "I'm so sorry Hinata. I didn't want to bite you. I know you're in pain now, but if there's anything I can do to make it better...please tell me." Hinata whispered, "Naruto...I'm..." He pulled back to look her in the eye. He was hopeful and yet concerned as well. She tried to get past the block in her throat, "I'm...I...I'm thir...thirsty."
Naruto did not catch the implication. He didn't want to. In the back of his mind he knew what she meant, but he wasn't ready for that. He looked around the room they were in. For the first time, really looking. They were in a room, walled off on one side by a substantial cage. There was a wide door set into it. Also in the room were three other beds. On each was a sleeping female. Naruto couldn't tell who they were right away. He stepped off the bed and walked over to them.
It only took a moment to recognize the first one. It was Shizune. Naruto gaped at her. Why is Shizune here. What is she doing lying in here unattended? "Can't you tell? She's one of us now." Naruto's eyes widened. "You mean she is a..." "Vampire...no. She's much more than that now. And it's all because of you." Naruto was about to ask what he meant by that when he heard Hinata call him. "Naruto...please...I need...to drink." He turned to look at her. She was sitting up on her own now. Her face was the picture of need. She looked like she was going to die of hunger. "She's special now too...thanks to you." Hinata beckoned him forward. He came to her side and sat on the bed with her. She asked, "Naruto...can...I?"
"Let her drink." Naruto felt Hinata's breath ghost across his neck. He was frozen in place. He couldn't move. There was something stopping him. Naruto heard Hinata's quiet thank you. Then she bit down hard.
Hinata bit deep into Naruto's neck. It felt wonderful to have her fangs pierce his skin. Like biting into a ripe plum, except that she could drink from him. It was so wrong on so many levels to do this. But it was right on all the important ones. Blood poured into her mouth as she sucked. After the first swallow she stopped. The taste was nearly indescribable. She bit down even harder and greedily sucked from the wound. Naruto gasped as she continued drinking. Hinata listened to the voice that spoke with her own mouth. "That's right. Drink deeply. Don't waste a drop Hinata chan." Hinata mentally nodded. "You love it don't you. The way Naruto kun tastes. It's much better than you thought right. Why would you want to resist this. It's natural isn't it." She felt Naruto struggling to keep upright. She thought, Naruto kun! Am I drinking too much? I can't tell. "It doesn't matter. He can't die from blood loss. Besides he's enjoying this too...so keep drinking. Satisfy me, feast until your hunger subsides!"
A hand crashed down on Hinata's back. Her fangs pulled free of Naruto's neck and he fell sideways, nearly unconscious. Many hands were restraining her. She looked up to see Tsunade and Sakura hovering over her and Naruto. Tsunade examined the blond. She said, "He's still conscious. Put him back on his bed and make sure he doesn't exhaust himself." Tsunade then turned her attention to Hinata she asked, "What do you think you were doing to him Hinata?!" She couldn't answer her. She didn't think she could say anything that would make a difference.
Tsunade said, "Sakura come and take a sample of blood from Hinata." Sakura asked, "What about Naruto kun?" Tsunade shook her head, "Never mind him for now. He doesn't have much blood left anyway." Hinata felt cold steel enter her arm, then she felt blood being drawn out.
A burning pit of fury opened up in her mind. "Only Naruto is allowed to do that! KILL THEM!" Hinata lashed out, her arm catching Sakura in the face. The blow crumpled the pinket in a heap. Tsunade whipped out a second syringe and plunged it into Hinata's chest. Hinata grabbed Tsunade's wrist and squeezed. The Hokage grimaced as she felt the bones in her wrist snap and the shards grind together. She made no move however as she waited for the quick acting paralytic to work.
A few moments later Hinata's strength disappeared. She still tried to resist, but Tsunade firmly pressed her back down with her free hand. Tsunade then pried the fingers loose from her broken wrist. Ino, who had just been checking up on Shizune gasped at her injury. "When did that happen Hokage sama? Tsunade grimaced as she used her powers to knit the bones back together. She said, "Hinata has acquired some pretty monstrous strength from being bitten. I shouldn't have tried to restrain her like that after we caught her feeding on Naruto." "Ino gulped as Sakura got shakily to her feet.
Sakura commented, "Holy crap she got strong. Where did that power come from. I've only ever been hit that hard once. And that was you Tsunade sensei." Tsunade brushed the compliment aside, "I'm not your teacher anymore Sakura. You should know that. But yes she packs quite a punch now. Be careful. I have no idea how long that shot will last."
Ino walked over and looked into Hinata's eyes. They were an incredible shade of purple. She asked, "Hey did Hinata's eyes change color? I would have sworn they were a light lavender. Hinata's eyes were angry and desperate as Sakura finished taking a vial of blood. She looked accusingly as Sakura, who tried to avoid her gaze. Hinata seemed to be leveling a mountain of scorn on her. It felt like a physical force.
Tsunade saw Sakura freeze. She turned to look between Sakura and Hinata. Noting the intensity of the look she became uneasy. What the hell is going on here?
Sakura felt the absolute shame that Hinata's eyes drilled into her. She thought, It's unbearable, Why do I feel like lying down and begging for forgiveness. What is happening to me!? Sakura's knees buckled and she collapsed to her knees, breaking eye contact with Hinata. It was several seconds before she cleared her mind. Sakura looked dazedly at her leg...where the syringe containing Hinata's blood, was sticking in. Sakura didn't remember stabbing herself. No...no oh no. Not this. I can't turn into... He thumb had depressed the plunger. Hinata's blood was already flowing through her...
Tsunade saw what happened but was to shocked to stop it. One moment Sakura had been locking gazes with Hinata. The next she had fallen to her knees and injected herself with the sample of Hinata's blood. Tsunade realized her mistake. Hinata had been stopped from moving, but not from using her vampiric powers. But Tsunade had never seen anyone use the mind control without even speaking. Tsunade ordered, "Ino! blindfold Hinata and gag her!" Ino's eye bugged out but she complied.
Sakura was still looking at her leg in horror. Tsunade dragged her to her feet and pulled out the needle. She said, "Snap out of it Sakura. It can't be helped now. I'm sorry but we will have to keep you here under quarantine." Ino swallowed hard and went back to restraining Hinata. It took a bit of effort but soon Hinata was restrained. It was a good thing too, because not a minute later she regained her strength and movement. Ino then hit her with a powerful sedative, while Tsunade took a third vial of blood.
They drew blood from everyone else as well. Shizune didn't wake up but one of the others did.
Aumi opened her eyes as Tsunade checked her temperature. They weren't using the normal medical equipment because the vampiric taint made their patients to violent. They couldn't get good readings if the patients were thrashing around. Aumi looked up at her, "Hokage sama what are you doing here?" Ino answered her, "You're in the Leaf village isolation medical block. We haven't had the occasion to use it for many years though." Tsunade said, "Actually we had Naruto in here for about a month, two years back and then again last year." "Oh..."
The Hokage turned back to Aumi. She said, "Under normal circumstances you would have been killed because you were bitten. However, Naruto, the one who bit you has been exhibiting very strange behavior." Ino asked, "What's your name?" The girl sat up and said, "My name is Aumi. I was assigned to the Leaf Village hidden medical unit of Ambu Black ops." Ino asked, "Hokage sama, I've never heard of them before. What do they do?" Tsunade said, "They are a special medical unit that use their medical knowledge in combat. They are front line fighters that focus on extreme precision to cripple the enemy."
Ino thought about it for a moment, "Wait so how did Naruto manage to bit you? If you're so talented to get assigned there?" Aumi looked down as her cheeks reddened in guilt ad embarrassment. She said, "One of the chief medical shinobi at the facility tried to vaporized him with a flash bolt jutsue." Ino thought, Well at least they were prepared, but that jutsue takes a lot of time to use. And a lot of chakra. I doubt that he had enough time to get one off. Aumi said, "But it had no effect even though it hit him dead on. Then Naruto crushed his head in one hand. I was too surprised to move. I had already gathered the chakra to use the same jutsue. But then..."
Both of them thought it was better to let the girl finish then to interrupt. She said, "But then he turned to me. I'm ashamed to admit, but I tried to beg for my life. I thought he was going to kill me. He pushed me on to a table. I tried to struggle, but my head was telling me to let him do it!" Aumi put her hands to her temple. "I don't know why! Why did I enjoy it!?" Ino and Tsunade shared a very concerned look. Ino asked hesitant, "Did you just say you enjoyed being bitten?" From every account they had heard, being bitten by a vampire was painful and turning into one...even more so. Aumi looked up and nodded. "It felt...like...I don't know. She looked away, but her blush was obvious."
All three of them heard a groan from the other side of the room. Ino turned around to see Naruto sitting up and shaking his head. Tsunade walked over to him. She asked, "Are you ok Naruto?" He nodded. "Good then I need to ask you some questions." He nodded again. Tsunade said, "Shizune has yet to wake up yet. I need to know what happened at the medical bunker. Were you injected with the cure?" Naruto nodded. Ino asked, "Hey why aren't you talking Naruto. You should at least try to be informative." Naruto brought his hand to his throat and then coughed.
Tsunade asked, "Are you trying to say you lost too much blood and can't speak?" Naruto nodded and then grimaced. He doubled over in pain. His eyes squeeze shut. Ino asked, "What's happening lady Tsunade?!" The Hokage didn't know. It looked like he was going into the first stage of turning, when a person succumbed to being a vampire, but that didn't make sense. Naruto had almost all the characteristics of a vampire already. Naruto started shivering uncontrollably. He looked up trying to mouth something.
Ino felt a hand pushing her out of the way. Aumi sat on the bed in front of Naruto and exposed her neck. She said, "Do it." Tsunade and Ino watched as Naruto, gratefully, bit into her skin. Aumi's eyes closed as she felt Naruto sucking the blood from her. A familiar feeling of pleasure began to emanate from the bite. Naruto's eyes turned back to a solid red as he drank. He wrapped his arms around Aumi and let go of her shoulder. She barely smothered a moan before Naruto slipped his fangs into her neck again. This time her moan wasn't held back. Ino and Tsunade watched in fascination as Naruto's shivering died away and his muscles relaxed. Aumi's legs tensed and relaxed with the pulse of her heart beat. Her eyes darkened as Naruto drank.
From where she had sat down against the wall, Sakura saw Naruto feeding on the girl. Little whimpers and other pleasurable sounds escaping her mouth every few seconds. It was quite obvious that she was having a good time. Unbidden there came a call from the back of her mind, "You know you want that too. Why don't you join in. Offer yourself to him like she did." Sakura refused to listen to that sweet friendly voice. It was not her friend. It was not her!
Naruto pulled away from Aumi's neck as he felt her go limp in his arms. She slipped down till her head rested in his lap. She had a sweet smile that made him feel both happy and angry. He couldn't believe that he had given in again so quickly. "She gave herself to you. There is no need to be guilty. You should reward her with a taste sometime." No! I'm done listening to you!" "You can't help it. The more blood you drink, the more you'll come to think like me."
Tsunade asked, "Can you speak now?" Naruto coughed once and said, "Yeah, I'm good now." Ino looked at the girl in Naruto's lap, who had fallen asleep. Tsunade asked, "So what happened at the bunker?" He leaned back and started. "Well me and Hinata's squad entered the bunker and Shizune dragged me down to the test room or whatever it was really fast. She had all these needles and she took one and stabbed me with it...but that was after she got freaked out by my seal." Tsunade asked, "Your seal...What happened to it?" Naruto unzipped his jacket which someone had put on him, because he hadn't been wearing it a few days ago.
Tsunade looked in shock at Naruto's chest. "Where is the four trigram vampire seal?! Naruto's chest was completely bare...until he tensed the muscles of his chest and called on his demonic chakra. The seal faded into view. But it had been changed. Tsunade saw that it had moved over his heart and was interlinked with the vampire seal. Naruto said, "I don't really know how this stuff works, but back during my first chunin exams Orochimaru messed with my seal by putting an odd numbered seal on top of mine. I guess that this vampire seal has combined with the Kyuubi's seal because they look like they fit together somehow."
She thought that this was an over simplified answer, but she also thought that it was on the right track. Jiraiya, in one of his rare moments of genius, had come up with a plan for the seal. He placed it over his heart where it could directly affect his blood. He used the most powerful seal he could do, which was the four trigram seal. Last of all he used a small amount of demonic chakra that naturally leaked from Kyuubi's seal to keep the new one stable. As long as Naruto didn't go into Ninetails state then the second seal would hold, but it seemed that connecting the seals was a bad idea.
Tsunade said, "Ino! Finish attending to them and the seal the door properly. I need to find Jiraiya." Naruto asked, "Don't you want to know what else happened?" She stopped. She really did need to hear the rest of it. "Ok Naruto, continue." Naruto said, "Well after Shizune injected me with that cure stuff and it felt like she was shooting ice water into me. But after a minute my body started to feel like it was on fire. To tell you the truth, I think that the vampire taint in my blood was burning the cure out of me." Naruto looked at Shizune. "And then I attacked her. I don't know why but I did. Then I went on a rampage through the rest of the place. I don't remember too much except for when I was biting someone or being attacked."
There was silence in the room. Naruto watched as Tsunade worked things out in her head. She said, "Ok, Ino continue with what I told you. I still need to find Jiraiya, but Naruto, if you feel weird or something is going wrong tell Ino. She'll be close by. Just give a shout if you need something." He nodded and Tsunade walked out. Ino finished her check up on the blond girl and Shizune. Then she walked over to Sakura. She bent down, "Are you ok Sakura?" The pink haired girl shivered and said, "What does it look like? Of course I'm not ok!"
Ino said, "Well try to take it easy and do talk to Naruto. He's been struggling with this for two years in secret. If you feel something happening to you he might know the reason." Sakura looked away and Ino left.
No one moved for a while. but eventually Naruto slipped out of bed and walked to Hinata's bed, where she was strapped down. He held up his hand and willed his claws to grow. The pushed out, long and razor sharp. He cut the bindings holding her down and removed her gag and blindfold. Sakura leapt to her feet shouting, "What are you doing Naruto?!" He said, "What? You minds as well have been bit right. No one here is in danger now." Sakura wasn't so sure, but when Hinata practically leapt into Naruto's arms, she couldn't help but feel stupid. I should have known that she would go berserk if I tried to draw a blood sample. Vampires crave blood right, so it's only natural for them to get angry if someone is trying to take their blood away. Now she seems like she forgot about it. "Because your one of us now..."
Sakura was snapped out of her thoughts by Hinata who had stepped over to her. She felt Hinata hug her tightly and say, "I'm...so sorry Sakura...it's just...when you tried to draw my blood...I couldn't stand it." Sakura let Hinata hug her. Then she felt the hug change. She heard Hinata's soft sweet voice say, "But you're going to pay for that Sakura chan!" Sakura felt Hinata's teeth sink into her neck and tried to force herself away. She cried out as Hinata began to drink ravenously.
A split second later Naruto pulled Hinata off her. Hinata's eyes were dark purple and she had wicked claws extended towards her. Sakura backed away, with a hand to her neck. That bite did not feel good at all. It was like two hot needles had been plunged into her neck, injecting acid into her. She didn't want to feel that again so she kept her distance from Hinata. "Go over to her. Expose your throat and let her drink. She'll forgive you." "No, I won't do that! She might kill me." "You're not listening. Offer you self to her and she will take it as a peace offering." "I said no and I meant no!" "Then give yourself to Naruto... Naruto? ...yes Naruto. Submit Sakura to his thirst. Let him make you feel pleasure..."
Naruto saw Sakura curl up into a ball on a bed in the far corner of the room. Hinata stopped struggling in his arms and laid still. She asked, "Do you want to...bite me...Naruto kun?" Naruto didn't trust himself to speak. "She wants you to do it. Bite her. Drink from her till she screams. FEAST!" Naruto said, "I'm not really thirsty right now Hina chan. Maybe later." Hinata looked quite put out. She turned and he saw her pouting. It nearly broke his will to resist. He had wanted to see her pout for a long time. He said, "Just keep it up Hinata and I might just have to kiss you." She looked startled, "Kiss me...Naruto kun? What do you mean?" Naruto leaned forward. "Like this."
His lips pressed to hers and he pulled her into him. She eyes widened for a second before closing. Aumi sat up and saw them kissing and blushed. Her eyes wandered to various parts of the room, until Naruto pulled away from Hinata. The Hyuuga had blushed red sometime during the kiss. Naruto asked, "Why are you blushing now Hinata. You didn't seem so embarrassed when you were biting me. She looked at her feet. "I...I don don't know...what came over me. Sorry Naruto kun." She looked up and asked, "But um,...did it feel good?" Naruto asked, "Where did you get that idea?" Hinata stuttered and couldn't get an answer out. Aumi asked, "If we are in quarantine, then what are we suppose to do while we wait?"
Naruto shrugged and walked over to his bed. Aumi made room for him. Hinata came to sit on his other side. Naruto pulled his legs up and put his hands together. He closed his eyes and began to meditate.
Over in the corner Sakura whimpered to herself. She was in a dark room, with moonlight streaming through windows and she was cowering from...herself. "What's wrong Sakura chan? Do you feel...thirsty?" "No? Too bad. And I thought you were a strong girl. Aren't you supposed to be the strongest kunoichi in the village? Hmmm?" "Leave me alone! I hate you. Your just a monster that's in my blood!" "Oh now that actually hurt." The copy stood there smiling. She wore her hair long and was wearing a black combat vest. Under that she wore a robe of deepest crimson with long sleeves. Sakura saw that something was spattered across her face. black droplets in the moon light. "You see Sakura. You've always been a little crazy. That other voice you once had. The angry one. The one who fought your battles for you. Well she's in me now...and I'm not going to help you until you give in."
A drop of something fell on her face. Sakura looked up and a drop fell in her mouth. It tasted like sugar or nectar. "Tastes good doesn't it. Why don't you open your mouth a bit wider. Get a few more drops."Sakura realized what was raining onto her face now. It was blood. The apparition laughed, "Now you can't even pretend you're not hungry. Your starving, drowning in your thirst. I didn't summon the bloody rain. You did. Your thirst gave you a taste of what you refuse to try." Sakura couldn't speak. She could only watch as the other Sakura, who's hair was quickly turning red, kneeled in front of her.
The other Sakura kissed her cheek and then slowly licked up her cheek. She felt fangs brush against her skin. "Just admit it. You want to taste real blood. You want to quench that empty void with a river of red..." Sakura was paralyzed as her duplicate licked the blood from her face and then whispered in her ear, "You have no idea how exciting it is to drink. You won't want to stop. Lap it up Sakura. Sink your fangs into your friends, your enemies. Anyone who takes your fancy. Her double then kissed her on the lips, forcing her tongue into her mouth...the sweet taste washed over her.
I hope you like this chapter! It took me a while to decide if I wanted to tweak it a bit. I dropped some serious hints in this chapter for those who are watching for the bigger picture. It's worth rereading! If you liked it please tell me. Criticism is good too so please review.
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