And here we go...Chapter 8. I made this one extra long so I hope everyone enjoys. And before you read, yes Sasuke is an important part of the story...and No he isn't THAT bad of a guy...So don't hate me for including him. I generally prefer it when he's dead though so I will eventually ax him...so everything's good in the end
(I don't own any part of Naruto)
Sasuke let his thoughts go, trying to clear his mind. Currently he was meditating...upside-down...on his ceiling. Kakashi had told him that the effort of keeping himself in place like that would allow him to clear is mind. Sasuke thought irritated, "He probably told me that just to see if I would do it. He's going to laugh his ass off if I tell him I did it, but If I tell him I didn't...then he will keep badgering me to do it. Damn you Kakashi." Sasuke let his concentration slip. He fell down, catching his fall on his hands and using the recoil to flip to his feet. The reason, Sasuke told himself, that he was trying to meditate on his ceiling at two in the morning was that he was bored. That however was not the case.
He would never tell anyone, not even his kids...if ever had any...that he was worried about Naruto and Sakura. "First Naruto disappears, then Sakura vanishes. Neither of them showing up for training is unheard of. Something must be up and Kakashi knows about it because he's been avoiding me like the plague since I asked him if he had seen them." Sasuke walked over to the desk in the corner of his room. He glanced at the team 7 photo he kept there. Taking out pencils and paper he sat down. He started to draw, letting his mind wander.
Sai had taught him how to draw. After he had killed Itachi he had been unsettled. Nightmares plagued him every night and he was nervous and jumpy during the day. Lashing out at people for no reason. He had needed something to put his emotions into...other than beating the crap out of people. He had went to Sai...who always seemed so calm now days. There he had picked up a hobby. Over the last year he had become a good artist, though he sucked at painting. The only person he had shown a drawing to was Choji. Mainly because Choji had caught him drawing out in the woods. Sasuke had threatened to hunt the Akamichi heir down and kill him if he ever told another soul.
Suffice to say, Choji had kept the secret well... Sasuke glanced down at his drawing. During his contemplation his hand had sketched a recognizable memory. It was the last time he had seen Naruto. The drawing showed Sakura's worried face and Naruto leaning over the rail looking at the water. Sasuke erased their faces. Her re-drew them. Taking from the memory of the day they passed the chunin exams...finally. Sakura was smirking, looking back over her shoulder. And Naruto was grinning like a fool. Sasuke sighed and put his pencil down. He was the fool right now. He knew that he wasn't going to be able to sleep or concentrate until he figured out what his team mates were up to.
He stood up and slipped on a black jacket with his clan symbol on it. He stalked out of his room. He headed to Hokage tower. The first thing he would do was make sure they weren't on a mission. Then he could expand his search.
Sakura was unhappy. "Come on just let me go! I can't hold it until she changes and uses the rest room. She takes forever to change." Inoichi was fast wearing down. He thought, "Thank the Kami that Ino is my daughter instead of Sakura." She was just about unbearable to stand next to. When he had first been told what happened to his daughter he wanted to come and kill Sakura. But he had quickly learned that Ino wasn't in any danger and Sakura was still the same person. "If she was always this annoying, I don't know how Ino and her got along." He said, "Fine, FINE! I'll take you upstairs, but you better be quick and no running off. Understood?!"
She nodded, breaking out in a teasing grin. The expression put her long fangs on display. Inoichi shivered. He unlocked the cage door and Sakura stepped out. A moment later they were heading up stairs. There was only one restroom in the dungeon under Hokage tower. And it was currently in use. Sakura needed to go, but she could have waited. In reality she just wanted to get some fresher air and maybe see some of her friends on the Hokage's staff.
Sasuke had just checked the mission logs. Naruto had left on a mission about a week ago, but it was registered as complete. Sakura hadn't gone on the mission so he was still in the dark. He headed down to the ground floor of the building. There was hardly anyone there, which was a good thing. He didn't want to get caught snooping. He thought, Although if I was brought to the Hokage to be reprimanded then I could probably get answers. He discarded the idea of letting himself get caught. Sasuke was heading out of the building now.
When he was turning down the long hall that led out of the building he heard a very familiar voice, "Honestly, why are you so stuffy. It's only a few floors. And no one is around. Why are we sneaking?" Sasuke dashed down to his left towards the voice. He came to a halt at a intersection of hallways and heard a shout. Sasuke turned his head just in time for Sakura to slam into him. Barely keeping his feet, he managed to halt her momentum. All he could see was pink hair and all he smelled was her perfume.
He felt her hugging him. Sasuke was unable to prevent his expression from slipping. A small smile crept over his lips. Sakura straitened up saying, "Sasuke Kun! I haven't seen you in forever!" He said blandly, "A couple days actually." She nodded and smiled. Sasuke froze and his breath went out of him so fast he thought she'd punched him. There had been something different about her when he had seen her face. But when she smiled he saw fangs.
Sasuke stepped back with a shocked look on his face. He knew he looked like someone had smacked him. I must be dreaming. I have to be dreaming. She has fangs. Why the hell does she have fangs. Sakura looked like she had just remembered something because she bent her head and stepped back as well. Sasuke said, "Please tell me this is some elaborate prank. Tell me those aren't fangs and that your wearing contacts." Sakura looked behind her where Inoichi had just rounded the corner. Her voice was small, "Sorry I didn't mean to mess up like this." Inoichi sighed, "Well there's nothing for it now. Sasuke, why don't you tag along. It's going to take some time to explain things to you." The Uchiha asked Sakura, "Are you what I think you are?" Sakura said, "I'm still me Sasuke kun. Don't you see. I'm not crazy." Sakura bit her lip, "I'm just a bit more complicated is all." Sasuke's eyes widened a bit. He thought, "That was a reference to the last time she asked me to go on a date with her...over a year ago now. Back then I asked her why she didn't go out with someone else. She told me it was because she was too complicated for other guys."
Inoichi said, "Come on Sakura lets finish what we came up here to do. Then you can explain things to him before we go back down." Sakura nodded slowly. Sasuke silently followed them to the rest room. Sakura went in. She used the restroom and changed into fresh clothes. When she came out Sasuke could tell she had been crying. He didn't ask her about it. They went to the employee lounge where Inoichi left them. The older man correctly figuring that Sakura would want to explain the situation on her own. The two teens watched him go.
He had been gone for a few minutes before either of them spoke. Finally Sakura said, "This doesn't change me Sasuke kun. I'm still the same person who tried to save you from Orochimaru and passed the chunin exams with you." She whispered under her breath, "I still love you." Sasuke didn't hear her. He asked, "How long ago were you bitten? Sakura turned her head, "That's not how it happened. You see I was drawing a blood sample from Hinata and..." Sasuke interjected, "Wait! How was Hinata bitten?!"
Sakura didn't like how the conversation was going but she answered anyway. "Naruto bit Hinata." Sasuke leaped out of his chair. He came face to face with her. He said, "Tell me Sakura. How the hell did all this happened and exactly who is a vampire now. Sakura leaned away from him, "Please Sasuke kun, I'll tell you everything, but you have to promise not to hurt anyone. Ok?" Sasuke looked appalled, "I can't promise not to kill vampires. They are the biggest threat since the Atkuski, seeing how they destroyed the Atkuski!" Sakura insisted, "Promise you won't attack anyone! or else I won't tell you anything and Lady Tsunade will lock you up." Sasuke let out an exasperated sigh and sat next to her. He said, "Well you sure haven't changed. I suppose that since your still sane it means they have some way to cure it now."
She fidgeted, knowing it was something only Hinata did anymore. She asked, "Do you promise?" Sasuke said, "Yes I promise, but if I see a vampire attacking someone...I will kill it." Sakura was very quiet for moment, but her next words rocked him back on his heels. Sakura asked, "Even...if it was me? Sasuke choked, "But you're not a vampire, I mean not yet...right?" Sakura got past the lump in her throat and said, "When I accidently injected myself with Hinata's blood...I wasn't able to control myself. I was so thirsty, it just I wasn't able to...I...bit Ino and escaped while everyone was sleeping." She paused for a moment before continuing, "I killed six people after that... Then I was outside and I went to the hotsprings. I didn't think anyone would be around. But Tenten showed up. I attacked...I attacked her, but she thought we were just wrestling. She couldn't defend herself. So I...bit her too." Then I left and Kakashi sensei, Asuma, and Kurenai caught me. They knocked me out and brought me to the cell under Hokage tower where the others are being watched." Kurenai sensei went to talk to the families of those who were involved, Like Hinata's father."
A heartbeat passed and Sausue asked, "How was Naruto infected?" Sakura shook her head. She said, "I don't know the whole story. I just recently was told about it when Naruto was brought back a few days ago. Apparently Naruto was bitten almost two years ago. He has some kind of seal that's supposed to keep his symptoms at bay. But it only half works." Sasuke asked, "Will you and everyone else be ok...or will you be killed as soon as you start going crazy?" Sakura said, "No we're ok Sasuke. None of us will go crazy. When Naruto was bitten, something about him altered the disease. No one fully turned after he bit them."
That surprised him, but then again Naruto had a habit of messing things up. Maybe he messed this up in a good way. Sasuke's train of thought was derailed by a touch on his lips. His eyes focused on Sakura. She was so close to him. He stared into her dark green eyes. Somehow he knew that she was going to kiss him. Perhaps it was obvious. Sakura's lips pressed to his and her arms came around his shoulders. Unconsciously his own arms wrapped around her. She closed her eyes as she deepened the kiss. The couch they were sitting on creaked as Sakura pushed forward.
Sasuke finally let his eyes close. He responded to her kiss. In reality it was his first real kiss. Sauske refused to count the accidental kiss with Naruto. Sakura rubbed her body against his, trying to elicit more movement.
There was a sharp intake of breath and Sasuke's eyes popped open. Sakura was still kissing him, ignoring Inoichi's minor heart attack. He pushed Sakura gently away. That kiss had been amazing and he would have kept going except for..."You two better knock it off! This is no time for romantic confessions. You were supposed to be explaining what happened to him!" Sakura sat up and bit her lip. Her fangs pierced her skin and blood started to drip down her chin. She said, "Sorry, but I finished early." She looked away from him and towards Sasuke.
He saw that her eyes had acquired a hungry cast, as though she were terribly thirsty. Then the implications hit him, "She's a vampire, crazy or not. She said she couldn't control herself... Damn!" Sasuke quickly had hold of her wrists. Inoichi was too well trained, not to understand his intention. Sakura paid no mind to his tight grasp. She leaned forward and kissed him again. Her tongue explored his mouth. He tasted blood and turned his head to the side and spat. He prayed that it would be enough to infect him. Inoichi arrived and they both hustled Sakura downstairs. They were both lucky that she was too busy trying to make out with Sasuke to resist them. It still took a while to get her down stairs. The AMBU at the top of the stairs made no move as they approached, but his body language still managed to express surprise.
Sasuke and Inoichi, with their burden, exited the stairway and made their way to the cage door. Inoichi was already fumbling for his special key. He fit the key into the lock and pulled the door open. Naruto was at the entrance helping a second later. Sasuke didn't immediately see any difference in him...but he seemed just a bit off.
Between the three of them, they removed Sakura from Sasuke and deposited her into the cage, locking it behind them. She practically clawed at the cage door, trying to get back to Sasuke. Aumi and Kara came over and snapped her out of her trance. Sakura looked around, realizing where she had reappeared. She asked, "What happened Sasuke kun?" Sasuke didn't answer. Naruto said, "Sakura, Go over and take a nap...ok." Sakura looked sad, but complied. Sauske let his shock show on his face. Inoichi also looked amazed. Naruto shrugged saying, "I think it's part of being a vampire, ya know. They just do what I say."
Naruto looked behind him where Sakura had already slipped into bed. Inoichi shook his head. He sighed, "Well, I for one am glad that you have the most restraint of the lot. If you couldn't keep them under control, we might have had to keep them under constant sedation." Sasuke watched the other two girls. One had brown hair and a cute face. The other had blond hair. They both climbed onto the same bed where they started chatting. Sasuke asked, "What happened here Naruto?" The blond shrugged, "My body rejected the cure...the rest kinda just followed after. I wasn't even awake for the last two or three days."
There was a call from one of the girls. Naruto said, "How about you come back tomorrow after I can set things straight. I still don't know how Sakura got out of the last cage. Sauske nodded, "Then I'll come back tomorrow, but I want a full explanation." Naruto said, "You'll get one." He turned to walk back into the room. Inoichi tapped Sauske on the shoulder and nodded towards the door. They both left.
The following morning Naruto woke to a weight on his body. He slowly opened his eyes. There was no way to know what time it was, but it was still gloomy since the lights weren't on. Naruto tried to move his arms but found them also restricted. He raised his head to look. There were two bodies on either side of him. He couldn't tell who they were but by the feel of them pressed to him, he thought that one was Hinata. His left arm was in her grasp and her head rested on his shoulder.
Just as he was about to sit up, the lights came on. The sudden light blinded him for a moment. The two girls with him snuggled in closer. Naruto could smell them now. It had taken a little bit for him to remember his sense of smell. He took in a deep breath. He was sure now. The second girl was Aumi. Naruto wondered why she had gotten into bed with him. His ponderings were sharply cut off by his thirst. He gasped and his chest muscles spasmmed. "Shit! that hurt, Why am I so thirsty?!" "You're the master. You need to drink more than they do. Much more." "But everyone's asleep." "Then wake them. They will serve their master."
Naruto forced himself to a sitting position. Aumi and Hinata woke up immediately. Hinata apologized, "I'm sorry Naruto kun, if...you didn't... want...me to sleep with you..." Aumi made no such apology. She wrapped her arms around his chest saying, "Good morning Naruto kun." Naruto received a warning pulse from his fangs. He said, "I'm really thirsty so..." Naruto took hold of Aumi's shoulders and ducked his head into the hollow of her neck. She didn't even attempt to resist as he bit her.
The long moan that Aumi released following the bite woke Tenten and Sakura up. Tenten sat up and saw Naruto's face buried in the graceful curve of Aumi's neck. She was startled by a voice in her head. "Master is thirsty. Go offer your throat to him! You must please him." Tenten got out of bed and walked over to where Naruto still drank deeply from Aumi. The other brown haired girl was moaning in pleasure. She seemed unable to do anything besides whimper as Naruto withdrew. She fell back to her elbows as he looked around. Tenten threw herself into Naruto's arms, before he could make another move. She was about to plead for him to bite her, but he was already doing that.
The voice in her mind spoke again, "Moan...Whimper so Master will be pleased. We want Master to bite us more. Master will be good to his servant." Tenten couldn't have done anything else. She moaned and whimpered, gasping as Naruto released her only to sink his fangs into a more sensitive spot. Tenten felt her core heat up in response to his attentions. Aumi looked dazedly at Tenten, who had rudely butted in. But now Tenten was being reduced to an incoherent animal. Aumi and Hinata saw the whisker marks on Naruto's cheeks darken and his pupils thinned to slits. Naruto's claws dug into the soft skin on her arm and shoulder.
The girls watched pensive, as Naruto tore himself away from Tenten. The weapons mistress slipped down till she was lying on her side. Naruto had grabbed Hinata's face. He leaned forward to kiss her. Her blush, which had slowly began to recede after he bit Tenten, came rushing back. Naruto pulled her forward and moved his lips to her neck. He kissed her, nibbling the skin, before biting down.
Sakura observed as he moved from girl to girl. Each time he drank till she dropped, then moved to the next one. She thought that he might come for her next. But by now everyone was awake, including Ino, who had woken for the first time since she was bitten. She stared at the scene in horrified awe. She thought, "What is happening?! Are they just letting him do that or were they drugged? Sakura bit me. So why am I still sane. I should have gone crazy right?! So what is happening to me. I'm so thirsty, but...I don't feel like attacking. I just want to stay here like this and maybe they won't notice me." "You can't deny what you're feeling. That lust is bubbling up. Now you want to drink don't you..." "What the...who is in my head!?" The voice replied, "You can't meet me here, but I'll take you somewhere you can."
Ino closed her eyes tightly and tried to banish the seductive voice from her mind. "Go away! GO AWAY! GO AWAY!" "Hush hush now. No need to scream." Ino opened her eyes at the soft pleasant sounding voice. She was sitting in the middle of an immense span of flowers. Every kind she could name, stretching in every direction. There was a girl sitting in front of her. Her blond hair was long and strait. It drifted in a light breeze. Ino looked around. "Where am I?" The girl looked up. She smiled. Her face, her body, everything was the same. Ino realized she was staring at a carbon copy of herself. Wait...not quite an exact copy...
The duplicate brushed an errant strand of hair out of her eyes, with a small sharp claw. Her eyes were a blue, so deep that Ino imagined her own eyes looked dull in comparison. The girl said, "You're in your mind-scape. It's like your inner self. I brought you here. Normally you couldn't do this by yourself." Ino looked the girl up and down again. She had perfect skin and she appeared to be without flaws. Ino asked, "Who are you...are you me?" Ino quite liked the idea of being like this...perfect version of herself. Her copy picked a flower that grew right beside her. She sniffed it and tucked it behind her ear. She said, "I am you...kind of. Well I am part of you."
She shrugged, "The important part is that I care what happens to you. If you die so do I... Get the picture?" Ino really didn't get the picture, but she nodded. The girl sighed, "You know I automatically know what you're thinking. I know that you don't get it." Ino sighed, "Then tell me exactly who you are and what you want with me." She felt that this was a reasonable thing to ask, considering the circumstances. "You should put more trust in yourself. I am part of you, but I'm not completely one part. I'm little pieces of you. Your personality and your beliefs. As for what I want..." She picked another flower and tucked it behind her ear with the first. "I want to make sure you stay alive and happy!" Ino nodded mutely.
Then a thought occurred to her. The girl picked up on it and answered. "Yes! Me being here has everything to do with Naruto. He's the reason for me existing." Ino asked, "What do you mean by that. Did Naruto go inside my mind and screw things up?!" "Calm down ok. You were bitten and partially turned by Sakura. You remember that Sakura was injected with blood from Hinata, who was bitten by Naruto. And Naruto is a vampire." The dots slowly connected inside her head. . . . . "Wait! I'm a Vampire!" "Yep." Her copy answered her matter-of-factly. "If it makes it easier for you then you can think of me as the vampire part of you."
Ino never imagined that the "vampire" part of her would be so nice, or cooperative, or perfect. "Actually your body looks just like this now." Ino looked down at herself. She was wearing her medical uniform, but she had no vampiric features. "Silly, That form you have now is the manifestation of your human self. I however am what you look like in reality...as long as you don't starve yourself." She shrugged and straitened her yellow dress. Ino thought, What does she mean by starving myself? "Oh that, You're a vampire now so you need to drink blood. If you don't you will start to feel sick after a day or so. Then you will slowly starve without it." "I have to drink blood! I can't do that. It's barbaric, and evil!" "Nonsense, You might find that it's a lot better than you think. Naruto might let you bite him if you were nice."
"What do you mean! Naruto letting me bit him. Why would I want to?!" "He is the master. His blood runs though our body, your body. All the power that you can take from me, you received from him. We are bound to him now. You can't ignore or break that connection." The girl smiled as though she thought that Ino was being stubborn. She said, "He cares for us now. You can't stop him from protecting us. He will feel compelled to care for us. So you will do everything you can for our master." Ino could feel her blood boiling, "Let's get one thing strait. I don't care how nice you are or if you're the vampire part of me. I don't even care that I have to drink blood to live, but I will NOT CALL NARUTO MASTER!
Her copy flinched away from her and pouted, "But he is our master. Can't you feel it? The feeling in your chest...like butterflies but stronger." She was right. Whenever she thought about Naruto, she got a warm flutter in her chest. It was like the feeling she used to get around Sauske, but faster and stronger. "See? You know I'm telling the truth. Don't you want to know what it feels like to have him bite us. To have his fangs sink into our neck and to let him drink. The girl's voice conjured up images of Naruto that Ino couldn't ignore. She imagined Naruto standing behind her, with one arm around her waist, his hand trailing over her... Ino shook her head, trying to rid her mind of the sexual images flooding through.
Abruptly she felt her stomach churn. Ino bent over in pain. She coughed and tried to speak. Her clone said, "We have to talk later. It was so good to meet you, but I can't keep the pain at bay. You need to drink or it will get much worse." With that stern warning still in her ears, Ino felt her mind return to reality. Voices spoke around her, but not to her. She pushed herself to a sitting position. As soon as she did the headache set in. A sharp pain that split her head. She groaned in pain. Her vision was blurry as she felt someone put a hand on her shoulder.
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