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Chapter Nine

One Shot

"We've come so far , It's too late to look back."

"Can we pretend that the airplanes in the night sky are like shooting stars, I could really use a wish right now."

"Then take my hand and we'll move forward together."

If you were given one shot, would you risk it all?
If you were given one shot, would you rise or fall?
If you were, given a shot, would you do it for the world?
Would you do it for your family? Would you do it for your girl?

One shot, would you take that to the top
And if you just had one chance,
Would you risk it if you can
If you only had
One shot

( Sasuke's P.O.V )

I could only stare at the girl I loved as she seemed emotionless, her usual bright emerald eyes were filled with emptiness and there was barely any glimmer in them. I reached out towards her with my arm and pulled her into a tight embrace before whispering her name, "Sakura.."

I could feel her flinch underneath my touch and at that I was immediately worried, had I done something wrong? Was she sick? Did she forget who I was still? Those questions were going through my mind in a blur, she will always be my first priority, no matter what. I was so sure of it.

Until I heard the words come out of her mouth with hatred and it felt like a million daggers pierced my emotionless heart.

"Get your filthy hands off of me."

( Sasuke's P.O.V )

A knock came to the door as I was currently staring out at my kingdom, my brain and heart both frozen, not that my heart wasn't frozen in the first place. I could only stare at the scenery, completely ignoring everything else. I did not know what had happened to make the Queen of Vampires so furious, I thought we would both be quite happy, not that I would have been showing it on my outer appearance, that we were back to our original places with no interference, I thought it would be us against the world.

Yet I am standing here alone, watching my Kingdom's life slowly go by.

"Sasuke."

I didn't even hear Naruto come in, I blinked as my eyes turned into a deeper color before glancing at the blonde-haired boy who was also my best friend and one of the best guards and commanders here. The blonde-haired boy sighed as he realized he would not be getting anymore of a response than a mere glance, "Sasuke, you remember everything right?"

I simply nod, I remembered how I was born, who my parents were, my goals, my role in the kingdom, my eldest brother who was currently sick in bed or he would have been the one to rise to the throne, I remembered my life.

The ones that were locked away by the Chains of Memories, the ones that were shielded away from my mind, the ones that were avoided.

"Then you should know what you did."

At this I turned my full attention towards Naruto as my eyebrows furrowed together slightly, "What do you mean?"

Naruto could only sigh, "I suppose not all your memories are back then."

At this my eyes flashed red, "Naruto." , this time Naruto knew I was serious from the tone of my voice but he didn't seem like he was giving in as his own blue eyes stared into mine.

"I'm sorry, this is as far as I can do to help, after all, I promised her."

"You would disobey your own King?"

"Would you want me to disobey the Queen instead?"

At this I froze, I remember when I had married Sakura, I had refused to let anyone disobey her, I forced everyone to listen to her over me. It was literally like saying the Queen had more superiority over the King which was impossible however I enjoyed spoiling my Queen, and whatever she wanted, I would definitely tear the world apart for her. I pinched the bridge of my nose together and closed my eyes, "You are dismissed."

The Demon Fox vampire stared at me for a second longer before turning around and leaving me alone again in the room. I didn't get what he meant by 'not all your memories are back then', I was quite confused cause hell I even remember my own birth place yet I can't remember something else? What could I possibly be missing? And Sakura was definitely hiding something from me if Naruto said that he couldn't disobey her.

Something was going on and I wasn't dumb enough to stand by. I grabbed my black cape that had the Kingdom's Royal crest on it, wrapped it around my official King's outfit, letting it flutter on my back as I walked out of the room and was immediately escorted by body guards and maids were quickly scurrying their ways towards me, following right behind me who were then followed by the guards.

( Sakura's P.O.V )

"Your Majesty."

My eyes glared at the servant before gesturing for him to speak, "What is it?"

"His Majesty is on his way to His Highness'(1) room."

"And why do you believe that you must report such notice to me?"

The servant flinched slightly from the tone of my voice before managing to stutter out the words, "I-I apologize, Your Majesty, I assumed that you would want to know His Majesty's whereabouts, Please forgive me." I watched as the servant bowed in front of me as I was currently in an elegant gown, fit for the Queen of Vampires. I glared at the servant before turning around, flipping my cape which was almost identical to the King's cape except it was white instead of black, "You are dismissed."

The servant did not mutter another word before quickly bowing once more and walking briskly out the throne room's double doors. I tilted my head to the side, "How is she doing?"

My personal maid bowed lightly before replying, "Your Majesty, the discourteous person you speak of is currently in her chamber, currently being pampered by her maid."

I raised an eyebrow, before sighing and closing my eyes, "I understand, escort me to her chamber."

The maid bowed before taking a step back, "Her Majesty is moving!"(2) At this, guards immediately came into the throne room from outside and a couple more maids came in and followed me towards the direction of the dreaded person's chamber that I oh-so dearly want to kill. Yet I knew my status, to kill someone without a valid reason was unacceptable.

( Sasuke's P.O.V )

I stared at the doorway to my elder brother's room, he was unconscious at the moment as he had fell deeply ill after a horrifying battle against our neighbouring enemy. At that time I was quite young and did not even have to power to support my elder brother, I was quite disappointed in myself. I had swore to make our Kingdom the strongest of all, destroy everything in our path, show no mercy to any enemy. That was one of my goals in which I succeeded.

I slowly opened the door which revealed a dim room, I glanced around, remembering the room clearly after examining it. My eyes stopped at the body laying down on the bed. If it wasn't for the fact we were vampires then I would think he was dead.

I quietly walked over to his bed as the guards and maids behind me bowed before closing the door, knowing that I wanted alone time in his room. I stood at the bed side and stared down at the pale face that looked almost identical to mine. If it wasn't for the fact my brother had gone out to fight and get badly injured, he would be the one to take the throne. Yet he hasn't been awake for five years, soon to be six years.

I grasped his ice-cold hands in mine as I could only pray and watch my brother continue sleeping, I refuse to believe he was 'dead' or he wasn't going to come back, Vampires could sleep for one hundred years, at least that was the time limit before we announce them dead. I still have a chance within those ninety-five years.

A quiet knock interrupted my thoughts, "Your Majesty, Her Majesty is heading towards the East chambers." My eyebrows furrowed together, nothing important was in the East chambers, it was a place where no one really cared about and of course, if it involved my Queen I would definitely want to know what was going on.

I glanced at my brother lying on the bed before placing his hand back underneath the blankets and walking out the door towards the direction of the East chambers. The servant was about to announce my movement before I raised a hand up to interrupt him, "I want to see what's going on, without being known."

The servant nodded before bowing slightly, "I understand, Your Majesty."

( Normal P.O.V )

The Queen of Vampires merely hissed at the servants who were assisting her. She merely waved a hand to dismiss them in which they hesitated before obeying the silent command. The pink-haired vampire nodded towards one of the servants who bowed before knocking on the door in front of them, "Lady Fugasku."

"What is it?" A voice snapped from behind the door. The servant bowed before the Queen before turning their attention back towards the door, "The Queen is here."

At that every noise that could possibly be heard was silenced before shuffling noises were heard and the door suddenly opened revealing the women that the Queen of Vampires wanted to oh-so-badly kill. The Lady bowed immediately, "Your Majesty.."

The Queen merely glared as her blood red lipstick matched with her now blood red eyes, "My patience is not thick, you should know that by now, Fugasku."

The women merely bowed her head, "I apologize for my rudeness, I was not informed that you would be visiting."

"I need to inform you for wherever I go? How dare you, you should know where you stand Fugasku, just because you have that does not mean you are superior than me." The Queen hissed out as she stared hard at the women in front of her.

Sasuke quickened his pace as him and his servants quickly headed towards the East chambers, he was quite curious to see what his beloved wife was up to and the fact that she seemed to be quite cold-hearted nowadays.

The King pinched the bridge of his noise, it seemed like him and his wife's personality switched, he was suppose to be the cold-hearted one yet she was taking care of that role but there was no way in hell he was care-free, happy-go-lucky either. He was emotionless still but not as much as he used to be.

The dark-haired man sighed lightly at the memories of his cold-hearted days without his Queen by his side, he remembered that he had killed over fifty servants for simply doing the tiniest mistake. He regret abusing his status and his rights and he was definitely at fault for the cause of his wife's actions, thus he was demanded to know what was going on.

At the mention of that in her, the women in front of the Queen smirked, "You may have higher status than me but remember, who would the council choose, me or you, I think you and I both know who will win."

Sakura glared, "With or without the council, I will not stand-by and let you ruin this Kingdom."

A scoff was heard, "You really think I would ruin this Kingdom?" a smirk placed itself across her face, "I'm going to ruin you."

At this, the Queen snapped, moving too fast for even the quickest Vampire, other than the King and Queen themselves, to even track, she grabbed the women's neck and raised her body up, tightening her grip around the pale neck as her eyes glowed bright blood red, "Do you know what is coming out of that mouth of yours? I can easily pierce that body and the thing inside of it right now."

The women merely smiled through the pain, "And do you think he would stand-by and let this happen? You think the council will let you off so easily?"

"I will give up everything just to destroy you."

"Oh really? Are you willing to give up him as well?"

At this the Queen hesitated a bit before closing her eyes and reopening them with determination in them, her grip tightened even more making the women cry out, "Yes, because he betrayed me."

"What is the meaning of this?"

Sakura did not even flinch as she let go of the women in front of her, making the women hit the ground and cough while the servants of the Queens immediately came and stood beside her. Sakura's eyes turned back to their original color yet there was no emotions in her eyes, simply emotionless with a deep green color instead of their usual bright green, "Prepare the bath for me, I must cleanse myself from this vile women's pathetic being."

The maids immediately nodded and bowed before scurrying off to prepare the Queen's bath while the guards continued standing by the Queen.

"Sakura, what is the meaning of this?" This time the King had repeated his question as he frowned before his own wife that he loved oh-so dearly.

"My Lord!" The women on the floor cried out as tears sprung to her eyes, her hair dishevelled from the rough actions she received earlier.

Sasuke glared at the women lying on the ground, "Who the hell are you and what business do you have with my wife?"

At this the corner of the women's mouth curved upwards forming a smirk, "How cruel, My Lord, how could you have forgotten me?"

The King glared but just as he was about to open his mouth, he was interrupted by the Queen, "She is the women you betrayed me with."

"And I am also the women who holds your very own blood and bones inside of me."

Sasuke's eyes widened at that before narrowing them at the women, "How dare you! I have never touched any other women but the Queen herself," Turning to his nearby servant, "Who is this insolent women?!" he snapped.

The servant flinched before bowing, "Your Majesty, she i-"

"Karin Fugasku, at your service, My Lord, also known as the future Queen of Vampires." The women, now known as Karin, bowed, her red hair shielding her wide smirk.

Can you hear my voice
Spit it out, and throw it away,
And then you have a reason to be proud
The sorrow, the echo of the wind, you're free to shine
Go my way

Let's go! On top to break the chain no pain don't be afraid.
Take off the chains! Freedom, seeking release and becoming open/liberalised
Spread your wings! That's the sign it's time to try. You gotta fly.
Towards the blue world,
There's nothing above and below,
So you gotta grab the sky.

(1) : I made them call Itachi 'His Highness' because of the fact that he was unconscious and therefore cannot succeed the throne but he will still have his Prince title as long as Sasuke remains King or strips him from his position

(2) : Back from ancient China times , whenever the Queen or King is going to move to a different location or is dismissing her or himself the servant nearby will call it out, announcing it to everyone nearby. There are also times when a King or Queen is about to enter a room, they would also announce it, for example ; "His Majesty is arriving." A servant will announce that so anyone nearby will immediately gather together and bow towards the King or Queen.

Another quick update for everyone , i hope you guys enjoyed this , I will most likely try and update as fast as I can now without having a bad quality of the story ! Hope you all still support me , thank you to all those loyal viewers soon, I have decided as well that Konoha Fire Leaf High will be on a longggg hiatus until I decided what to do with it. For Famous And Not So Famous I have not even started the chapter so I have no idea when that will completed , I'm sorry that it is more popular than this story but I really have no idea what to write for it plus I don't want to write some stupid filler chapter just for my own enjoyment for reviews, and lately I have realize that this story and Famous And Not So Famous are my masterpieces so I wish to spend more time on them than my other stories. I realized that Konoha Fire Leaf High was simply for my pure enjoyment and childish imagination that brought it up but it's quite odd at how serious and emotional it got up to in which I'm quite proud of yet embarassed. To think that one simple childish story could bring me to where it is at today. I am quite proud of Famous And Not So Famous because it was just another one of those random band stories that you could read anywhere but Bring Me To Life, even with it's common title, I am very proud of where it is at today and thus I will try my best to continue completing this story to the best of my abilities, a long with Famous And Not So Famous, but until I have come up with an idea for Famous And Not So Famous I will continue working hard towards Bring Me To Life. I thank all those readers supporting me, even without having you to review I'm happy every time my story's hit views go up. Thank you very much !

Dedication ; This chapter's title came from my friend's song, "One Shot" , in which you can read the lyrics from at the beginning of the chapter. If you would like to listen to his song and maybe even comment, please do search up on youtube ; One Shot by Gentleman's Vibe .
The song at the end of the chapter came from good memories of listening to that song which is , Chained by Back-On .

And of course, dedicated to all my reviews and readers who continue to support me through this year ,

I hope to see you guys in 2011 as well !