You know those bedtime stories your parents tell you of dragons, fairies, vampires, and werewolves? Well I don't know much of fairies, dragons, or werewolves, but Vampires are another thing all together, and very much real.

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A figure stood on a roof top bathed in the moon light. They had pale porcelain skin that glinted in the night. Their hair was long and wild, but gathered in a braid. There eyes were a piercing emerald green. They wore a red and black Chinese outfit, with a long black cloak. They stood on a rooftop in the silence of night. Nothing moved in the streets of the city below. The figure looked for a victim. They stood waiting for five minutes before they saw their prey. It was a tall handsome man stumbling home from his trip to the bar. The figure gave a feral grin showing off pearly white teeth and two fangs. In a gust of wind the person was gone. The man below, labelled as prey? He would be found early in the morning, drained off blood.

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Sakura stepped swiftly into the large office. She smiled softly. The Hokage's head looked up at the woman standing in her office.

"Sakura!' Tsunade grinned.

"Hello Tsunade. I have returned from my mission."

"Was it a success?"

Sakura nodded.

"Good….. Well you may like some news I have." The blonde grinned.

Sakura raised an eyebrow in question.

"Sasuke, Uchiha has returned to the village. He ran from Orochimaru." Tsunade smiled.

Sakura didn't even blink. She just looked out the window an unreadable expression on her face. Then she turned back to Tsunade a polite smile on her face.

"How wonderful."

Tsunade nodded still smiling.

"And Tsunade…"

The woman looked up.

"May I take the ANBU examine."

Tsunade blinked. Then she opened her mouth. A moment later she snapped it shut. She was quite surprised by the request.

"Are you ready to take it?" She questioned.

"More then ready." Sakura drawled.

"Then you may. The next test is in a month. Sasuke and Naruto will be taking it with you. Kakashi took it once again a couple moths ago."

Sakura nodded.

"Well it's good to have you back Sakura."

"It's good to be back, Tsunade." Sakura smiled.

Then the woman turned on her heels and swept from the room her black cloak sweeping behind her. Tsunade just watched her leave.

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Sakura walked purposely down the streets. When she finally reached her house she quickly stepped in. She quickly closed all her blinds and shut off the lights. She pulled out three candles but didn't light them yet. She pulled her backpack of her back and dropped her duffle bag to the floor. Then Sakura yawned. It was noon and she was tired. Sakura just looked at her pink room in disdain. She had never got around to painting it. She walked to her deep red living room where she curled up on her couch and snuggled into her black cloak before promptly falling asleep.

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She ran as fast as she could. Her breathes came in fast pants. She had long since run out of chakara so she was no faster then an ordinary human.

"Stay away!" She yelled as she heard her pursuer catching up.

Tears came to her eyes as a branch cut her cheek deeply. She screamed as she tripped over a root. She hit the unforgiving earth, skinning her knees and elbow, and cutting herself on the undergrowth of the forest. She heard deep chuckles. She rolled over and her eyes widened in fear as she saw the figure over top of her. His short white hair almost glowed in the moonlight. His blue eyes shone with glee and his mouth curved up in a smile. His eyes flashed red as his bloodlust started to take over. Before she could move the eighteen year old boy, who looked to be ten swooped down pinning her to the earth. He chuckled again as he kissed her jaw.

"Why so tense Sakura? Why so scared?"

She whimpered and struggled against his hold.

"Please." She sobbed as tears welled in her eyes.

The kisses continued down her jaw to her neck, to her shoulder. The last kiss ended on her shoulder. Then suddenly Sakura's vision flashed black and pain seared through her. She let out a high pitched scream. Her vision blurred by tears and she felt blood being pulled from her. It ended a second later. The boy stood and stumbled back. His eyes lost the red. They also stopped glowing and he lost all his bloodlust. Sakura whimpered as her hand covered the bite on her shoulder. Sakura sat up and leaned against the tree behind her. The boy gasped and looked horror stricken.

"Sakura!" He screamed in anguish.

"Hunny…" She mumbled.

"I'm so sorry." The boy cried out falling to his knees.

He crawled to the woman as her eyes glazed over. She fell against him and he held her against him. He smoothed her hair and cried.

"I'm so sorry."

"It's okay. You're forgiven Hunny." She mumbled cringing in pain.

"I'm so sorry. Now you'll be one of us. You'll be one of the forsaken! I've cursed you! You may not even live! You're too young!" He screamed in torment.

"I will survive." She mumbled.

Then the pain hit her. She screamed. The pain was so bad she felt like she couldn't even breathe. She wouldn't last was all she could think as the waves of pain hit her making her scream in agony.

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Sakura sat straight up panting. She slowly looked around. Then she covered her face with her hands and laughed before falling back. Her head hit the couch and she laughed again. She stared up at her ceiling a moment. Then she slowly stood up and looked at the clock. It was about sunset. Sakura straightened her hair and stretched. Then she walked out her door into the closing in night; ready to do some training. As she walked along the empty streets she sighed. She had always loved training better at night. There were less people, interruptions, distractions, and she learned to use more then just her sight to fight. There were some lights on around the village, most from homes or bars, but other then that it was silent and dark. Sakura sighed again and started to jog to the training grounds.

As she jogged she looked around. She hadn't really looked around in a long time. She was eighteen yet she had barely seen her village since she had been fourteen. She had left for two years to train at fourteen. Naruto had done the same. Then when she had returned she had made Jonin. Then she had worked like mad on the toughest missions. She had never spent more then a couple days in Konoha at a time. Now she was eighteen and going onto ANBU. She wondered how Naruto and Sasuke were doing. She hadn't seen Sasuke since she was twelve and he had left. And she hadn't seen Naruto since she had been fourteen and left. Naruto had just returned recently, Sasuke in tow. Sakura smirked. She had known that long before Tsunade had told her. Word travelled fast if you knew where and who to listen too. Sakura sighed and smirked at the same time before focusing on her jogging and training.

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Naruto raised his hand to knock on the door. He let it drop again. Then he raised it again. This went on a couple more times.

"Knock already dammit! We've stood here for minutes now!" Sasuke grumbled.

"I know." Naruto whined. "I'm just nervous. I haven't seen Sakura in four years."

"I haven't seen her in six." Sasuke pointed out.

Naruto just pouted. Kakashi sighed and flipped a page in his infamous orange book. Naruto let out a sigh and knocked. They waited two second before the door was swung open. The three men stared at the woman in front of them. She had long delicate arms and legs, pale smooth skin, alive green eyes, a perfect figure, and long pink pastel tresses that fell to her waist. She looked delicate and beautiful , like a porcelain doll. It looked like she had just woken up by the yawn and clothes. She wore some black loose shorts, and a red tank top. She looked over them as they just stared at the beautiful woman. She leaned against her door and ran her fingers through her long hair.

"Hmm?" She asked.

Naruto just leapt at her embracing her in a tight hug. She didn't say anything just looked at him. When he dropped her he gave her a fox-ish grin.

"Come in." She yawned.

They all followed her in, in slight surprise at her mild reaction. They stepped in and blinked. They stopped as she closed the door behind them. They had all always pictured Sakura's house as a warm and cheery place. But the place looked sober. The living room was deep red with black furniture and trim. The kitchen was also a mixture of blacks and deep blues. All the blinds were pulled tight and the place was lit with candles not lights. It felt like a ghost house; empty, abandoned, and dead. They stared a minute as Sakura walked to the kitchen. She already had tea waiting as if she knew they had been coming.

"Well come on." She said.

They all stared after her a minute. Her voice wasn't as cheery and happy as it had been so long ago. It was more musical, tempting, and dangerous. They slowly followed her to the kitchen and sat down. She didn't drink anything but offered her some tea. She yawned again but smiled slightly.

"So how are you?' She asked.

"It's been four years and that's all you can ask?" Naruto blurted out. "Didn't you miss us?"

Sakura didn't seem embarrassed angry, sad or any emotion. She looked relaxed, calm… emotionless. Naruto seemed a bit embarrassed at his question.

"Not really."

That hit the three like a couple hundred pounds of bricks.

"You didn't miss us?" Sasuke asked slowly.

"It's hard to miss someone I barely knew." She said finally taking a sip of her tea.

She scowled at it and set it back down.

"But it is nice to have you back."

That seemed to relieve some of the tension in the room. They all watched her closely though.

"So are you stronger now?" Sasuke half sneered.

"Yes." Sakura said offhandedly.

"What rank are you?" Kakashi asked.

"Special Jonin."

Naruto grinned.

"Guess what Sakura?"

"Hmm?"

"Sasuke and I are going to be trying out for ANBU in a month. Kakashi retook the test a while back already."

"I knew that."

They all blinked.

"I'm also taking the test."

Sasuke let out a bark or laughter and Sakura's eyes focused on him.

"You find that funny Uchiha?"

Sasuke scowled slightly as she called him by his last name.

"It's hard enough to believe you are a Jonin. But to be taking the ANBU test? Tsunade must be mental to let you try."

Naruto just scowled at nothing. Sakura didn't even act like she had heard the man. Kakashi looked at her. He looked at her warily. He knew Tsunade wasn't mental. He knew that in the past few years Tsunade had actually started to go harder on those who wanted to take the test and only those she thought were beyond ready got to go into the test.

"So what did you do while we were away?" Naruto asked changing the subject.

"Trained."

"Any missions?"

"Yes."

There was another moment of silence.

"Why is your place like this?" Sasuke asked looking around.

"I like the dark." Sakura said calmly.

The three looked at her. The twelve year old Sakura they remembered well would never have said that.

"And why do you look like you just woke up? It's past three." Naruto said.

"I sleep late, train late." She said shrugging.

There was another moment of silence as they finished their tea. Then Sakura stood.

"Would you mind if we talked later? I'm really tired."

The three nodded and said quick goodbyes before shooting from the house.

"It was a bit creepy in there." Naruto said looking back at Sakura's dark house.

"Sakura seems to have changed a lot." Kakahsi stated.

"She's probably just like the old Sakura. She use to get weird when ever she was tired and she said she was tired now to." Naruto huffed.

"Nh." Sasuke said.

"Well I'm off to train!" Naruto yelled.

"Me too." Sasuke said.

"Hmm." Kakashi said.

The two glanced at him then split. Kakashi glanced back at Sakura's house once more. He blinked as he saw her looking out the window at him. There eyes met a moment and she sneered/snarled at him. Then she was gone. Kakashi blinked. He wondered what that was about. Then he left.

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Sakura watched them leave. She gave Kakashi a snarl/sneer as he looked back.

'Damn men.'

'They are just being nice. Now shut up. I'm tired and I don't need to deal with you.'

'Mhpf.'

Inner Sakura stormed away in Sakura's mind. Then Sakura turned around. She walked to her couch and fell onto it. She had had a rough night of training and was worn out. She yawned once before drifting into a deep sleep.

One Month Later

Naruto was practically jumping up and down in excitement. He and Sasuke stood in front of the forest of death. There were about fifteen other men surrounding them, and five women. Some were from Sand and some from Konoha. Tsunade had announced the ANBU examines would be held in the forest of death and most were looking at the forest cautiously. Naruto glanced at Sasuke who looked as emotionless as ever. He started to wave frantically as he saw Sakura. She walked over to them calmly. Naruto gave her a quick hug.

Over the month they hadn't seen much of each other. Sakura seemed to always train at a different time then Naruto and Sasuke. Sakura looked the two over calmly. They seemed stronger and ready to take the test. Sakura just sighed and watched the others. She kept tabs on the ones she thought worthy of her attention, the rest she watched from the corner of her eye, wary yet indifferent. She knew that both Sasuke and Naruto also watched her, but she ignored them. She looked up though as Tsunade and Anko stepped forwards and cleared their throats.

"You are all here to become ANBU. Now the idea of this test is survival, stealth, strength, and some luck. You all have seven days to get through this forest to the center. The idea is to defeat as many others as possible. We wish for no deaths but some may be unavoidable. For now if you defeat an opponent you scratch their mask. Each shall be given a different mask to hide your identity. Each time you scratch their mask with your kunai a special jutsu will make an extra line appear on you mask. The more people you defeat the higher you score. If you lose you do not lose a mark but gain a scratch. You may defeat the same person more then once. Is that clear?" Tsunade yelled.

Everyone nodded that they understood.

"You will each get you masks from Anko. You may work together if you wish." Tsunade smirked.

"Now the exam will begin in two minutes. Any questions?"

"You told us to pack for three days worth of camping, yet you say we have a week." One man said.

"You must forage for yourself." Tsunade said.

Sakura frowned slightly, which didn't go unnoticed by Sasuke.

"Worried?" He sneered.

"Not really. I might get a bit thirsty during the time though." She said.

Sasuke stared at her as she gave a thoughtful smirk and licked her lips. Tsunade looked around with Anko.

"Will you be watching us?" Sakura spoke up.

"There are a few cameras around the forest." Tsunade confirmed.

There were no more questions. Anko started to pass out ANBU masks. Except these were plain white with no decorations. Then all the contestants lined up at the gates.

"GO!" Anko yelled.

The gates opened and the total of thirty ninja leapt into the forest of death.

"Good luck." Tsunade muttered.

Anko grinned and also set off into the forest heading for the center tower. Tsunade sighed and remembered all her paperwork on her desk.

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Sakura easily 'vanished' from sight, blending into the trees. She gave an untamed grin her eyes taking on a predatory glint. It was time to hunt.

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Sasuke scowled. He felt a bit unnerved by this forest. He was more worried of the other contestants though, even though he knew he was better then most.

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Naruto was just grinning like a fool as hoped from branch to branch and thought of all the ass-kicking he was going to be doing.

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Anko settled into the couch in the tower. She would be in the place for a while. She flicked the screen on and it showed multiple places. She grinned as she saw a few people pass the cameras. She grinned and settled down hoping some battles would happen soon.

A WEEK LATER

Sakura licked her lips as she saw her last victim before her. He thought he was hidden? She snickered. He was directly below her and didn't even know she was there.

'These are the future ANBU of Konoha and Suna?' Inner Sakura cackled.

'Weak and pathetic.' Sakura sneered.

'I'm not surprised that much actually.'

'Me neither. But most are beyond pathetic.'

Inner Sakura agreed easily. Sakura dropped from her tree branch silently. She cleared her throat politely. The man spun with a gasp striking out with a kunai. Sakura didn't even bother to laugh. She caught his weapon arm, already slashing towards him with her own weapon. As soon as her kunai tip passed through his mask, marking it, she used her speed to vanish leaving the man gasping. Sakura smirked and walked calmly down the forest path.

She only had to walk for a minute before she walked into a clearing and saw the tower. She walked to the door and slipped in. she glanced around and saw no one in sight. She smirked. She was the first one back. She saw chairs, water, and food waiting for those who got there first. Sakura ignored it and sat in a chair. She slipped her mask off and hid it in the folds of her black travel cloak. She pulled the hood up too, so no one could see her face.

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Anko and Tsunade saw the first person walk in. They expected the person to sit down and eat or at least take a drink. But the person just sat and pulled up their hood while hiding their mask. They sat calmly waiting for the others. It took most of the day for most of the others to come back. In the end they found out seven of the seventeen men had died, including one of the six women. When everyone was gathered Tsunade and Anko collected their masks to 'grade' them. The hopeful ninja sat patiently as Anko and Tsunade looked over the masks.

Neither were surprised to see that Naruto and Sasuke had some of the highest scores. But they were surprised to see Sakura had the highest of all scores. They looked up at her then back at her mask. For each mark she had made she had gotten a new black line on her mask. Her mask was now a complete face of a tiger. The whole mask was more detailed then most ANBU masks. This was how, of course, most ANBU got their masks. Lines were added later if they didn't have enough but most of the time the masks they 'made' while in the exam stuck with the people. Finally Tsunade stood and announced the people who had not passed. The people left with defeated looks. The rest sat waiting.

"Well I would like to congratulate the four kunoichi and the seven men who passed this exam. You are officially ANBU." Tsunade smiled.

There were some cheers as Anko passed their masks back.

"Well I hope you will all serve your villages well. Go home and rest now. You deserve it."

Everyone left in high spirits. Tsunade held Sakura back though. The two women looked at Sakura.

"You did well Sakura. You got the top marks." Tsunade said seriously.

They were surprised to see a slight sneer on Sakura's face.

"Most of the others were just weak."

The two stared at her as Sakura flipped her long pink braid over her shoulder before strolling off.

"Keep an eye on her." Anko said. "I can smell her starting to go bad."

Tsunade blinked at the odd woman before giving a curt nod.

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Sasuke and Naruto waited as Tsunade said something to Sakura. Then Sakura walked up to them and they all walked off. Naruto was grinning while he examined his fox mask. Sasuke glanced at his mask to and the pattern of the wolf face.

"So what does you mask look like Sakura?" Naruto asked.

"It's probably very undecorated." Sasuke sneered. "She probably just squeaked in to the finalists."

Naruto just shrugged. The two blinked as Sakura sneered, right back at Sasuke.

"Wrong Uchiha. You may like to know I got the top score."

The two men gaped at Sakura's mask which she held up. It was an intricate pattern of a tiger with fangs, jagged whiskers, and many other small details. She didn't have a scratch on it either. They just stared until Sakura made it vanish beneath her cloak and walked up.

"But how?" Naruto asked.

"She probably picked off the weakest people." Sasuke rolled his eyes.

Sakura didn't respond. She just glanced back at them. Then in a swirl of cherry blossoms teleported back to her place. Naruto and Sasuke shrugged and walked off together.

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Sakura paced her living room restlessly. It was only ten. Most people would be in the bars celebrating with the new batch of ANBU. She sighed softly and sat starting to braid her hair. When that was done she stood. Her bag lay at her feet. She swung it onto her back. She had returned right after the exam and had a nap. Then she had changed and packed. She sat on her couch looking around. She sat there for two hours patiently. As soon as her clock struck midnight she stood. She walked out her door and walked down the empty streets. As she reached the first bar she could see lights filtering through the door and loud voices inside. She sneered and walked past it. She had just reached the gate when three shadows dropped in front of her.

"Sakura where are you going?" Naruto asked slowly.

"I'm leaving." She said blandly.

"We were ordered to watch you and if you did anything to stop you." Kakashi said.

"Why are you leaving?" Naruto cut in.

"Because." Sakura yawned.

"Why now? Why right after you made ANBU?" Naruto asked.

"Because this way when I leave I will be stronger in you eyes and labelled as more dangerous. If I had ran before this I would have been labelled as a medic Jonin. But now I'm an ANBU. Big difference, more fear, and more respect."

The three stared at her.

"Why are you so different from when we first started this team?" Naruto asked.

"I've always been like this, and those reasons are my own." Sakura whispered.

"We're here for you. You can talk to us." Naruto said in a pleading voice.

"If I told you what I really was you would throw me out, kill me, or a number of things."

"We wouldn't." Naruto said fiercely.

"Then do you wish to know what I really am?"

The three looked at her and gave brief nods. Sakura opened her mouth and gave a feral grin. Her green eyes tinted with red spots and her fingers grew long and pointed. Her two front teeth turned to fangs that glistened.

"I'm a vampire." She laughed.

The three gapped. They had most likely heard of vampires. There were few that were known, but most ninja had heard of vampires at some time or another. If they believed in them was another story all together was another story.

"I was deprived of blood in that exam. I think it is time to get some."

The three paled slightly.

"I have more control then to get out of control in bloodlust." Sakura said clicking her tongue. "But I defiantly want some Uchiha blood."

Sasuke's eyes widened and the other two slid in front of him. Sakura was gone in less then a blink of an eye. Suddenly Kakashi flew fifty feet off to the side and hit the wall with a sickening thud. He cried out and whimpered. He tried to stand and cried out again sinking to his knees. The two men stared at their ex-sensei. Naruto spun in time to have a punch hit his gut. He coifed up blood and flew into the air. No one even saw Sakura punch him or jump. But then Naruto was kicked down at an alarming speed. He hit the pavement making a huge crater. Sasuke didn't have a chance to blink before Sakura was in front of him. He held his breath as she walked around him seductively. He felt her stop behind him and press against him. He whimpered as she licked his neck, shivers of fear washing over him. Her aurora was almost suffocating him.

"You are strong Uchiha. But against a vampire of my rank you are a bug, with tasty blood I might add."

Before he could even gasp her fangs sunk into his neck. His sharingan activated unconsciously as he fought to breath. He stood their half a minute before Sakura pulled back. Sasuke slumped to the ground.

"I did not take enough blood to kill you. And I did not change you into a vampire. You are one of the few fortunate humans to have a vampire suck their blood and not die or be turned. Congratulations."

Sasuke looked up at Sakura as she spoke. He was paler then usual. Sakura licked the blood from her teeth. Sasuke's eyes widened as her eyes suddenly turned into the sharingan.

"When I drink the blood of special victims I get their abilities, seems I'll be using the sharingan from now on."

Sasuke could only collapse onto the ground everything going black.

Sakura smirked. She looked at the other two. Kakashi was still whimpering in pain trying to just move and Naruto was completely still in his crater. But with Sakura's acute vampire hearing she could hear his heart beat. She smirked again. Then she vanished into the night leaving the three defeated.

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All that crap about Vampires being killed by sunlight or silver or holy water was all made up. Vampires were immortal. There was two ways to kill them, they guarded one of the secrets close. They also had very acute senses. They could hear well, and could see far. They could find people by their body heat. They had acute taste too. Odd but true. Vampires in all were like the next evolution of humans. There was also a kind of hierarchy in the vampire world.

There were normal vampires. They were immortal but were weaker, couldn't change people into vampires, and when thirsty they couldn't control their bloodlust. Then there were elite vampires. They couldn't change people, but were stronger then normal vampires. They had little control over their bloodlust too, and a side effect of biting people was the person always died no matter how little blood they took. Then there were the rarest and strongest of vampires; the royal vampire. The royal vampire had very good control over their bloodlust and could withstand it, they were also very strong, and on top of that each royal vampire had special abilities. They were also in charge of all other vampires and could control them if they didn't listen.

Vampires had stayed hidden in the shadows though because they were hunted. Even though they were immortal you could kill them by burning them to ash or by burning their heart. At least you could with elite vampires and normal vampires. Royal vampires couldn't be killed that way. They would be kind of reborn from the ashes kind of like a phoenix. Vampires needed blood too. They couldn't die from not drinking it but if left without blood for to long their bloodlust would take over and they would kill everything in sight to get the blood. The bloodlust was when the vampire was very thirsty. Their thirst for blood would slowly take over their mind until they couldn't think straight. They would become driven by their thirst, forgetting themselves in the process. Once they had their fill of blood they would become aware but by then it could be too late and you would have sucked those around you dry.

Vampires could not kill each other though so many chose partners and drank their partner's blood so they never had to drink human blood. Children vampires would usually do that. Oh and most vampires couldn't have children. So only children that had been turned would count as children vampires and they were rarer then royal vampires, because it was a law that the royal vampires made, no vampire was to ever drink a child's blood. The only children who were usual turned were turned when a royal vampire finally lost control of their bloodlust, and even then the child would usually be sucked dry before they could regain control. And finally when a person was turned they would usually turn into a normal or elite vampire, few became royal vampires. So there were few vampires, but even fewer royal vampires.

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Sakura ran through the trees at an even pace, her black cape/cloak fluttering behind her. It had been a month since she had left Konoha and she for one was quite happy with it. She kept her ANBU mask as a reminder though and used it as a disguise once in a while. Sakura heard the people coming towards her before she even sensed their masked chakara. She hid above them in a tree. She watched as they walked almost silently beneath her. They each wore a large black cloak littered in clouds. One had a large sword strapped to his back. They walked quickly making noise to quiet for a human to hear. They also masked their chakara and no human would sense them. But Sakura could hear them and she could sense their presence.

She watched them silently. She followed above them making no sound. They didn't once notice. But the one with long black hair and red eyes seemed tenser and was very wary, as if he knew he was being watched. Sakura laughed mentally as she followed them. They walked in utter silence neither speaking, the black haired one leading. Sakura followed them for over an hour before they reached a large cliff. The two slipped in the cave mouth. Sakura felt them dispel a genjutsu. She ran behind them in the dark and slipped past the genjutsu before it activated once again. The genjutsu had hid a door. It was closed already. Sakura opened it and slipped inside. She stepped into a large stone hall. The hall was empty. Sakura caught the end of a cloak disappearing into an archway near the end of the hall.

She smirked and moved towards it. She pressed her back against the wall and glance into the arch way. She looked into a living room. It had a few couches and a couple large chairs. There were also some book shelves and a TV. At the back of the living room was a set of stairs. Sakura guessed it led to bedrooms. Across from the living room that the two had slipped into was a kitchen. From where Sakura stood she could directly into it. No one was in it though. Most were in the living room. Sakura closed her eyes and focused. She could sense eight people in the living room. Two were on the floor above and nearing the stairs. Sakura smirked and stood still waiting. She felt the two people enter the living room.

"Itachi, Kisame." A man greeted. "Was the mission a success?"

"Yeah. Target is dead." The shark, man Kisame answered.

Sakura glanced into the living room. Everyone was looking at the orange haired man who had stepped into the living room, or at Kisame, who had plopped down on one of the couches. Sakura shrugged. In a sprint of speed to fast to see with the human eye, or even the sharingan, she hurried past everyone and up the stairs. All they would have felt was a small breeze. As Sakura reached the top of the stairs she slowed. She chuckled mentally and set off down the hall. It was a large long hall with doors on either side. She glanced in each of the doors looking for an office or something. She found five large bedrooms. It seemed partners shared.

She suddenly felt the people downstairs moving. Some stayed where they were, some headed for the kitchen, and two came up the stairs. Sakura sighed and ducked in the first room she saw. She cursed mentally as she felt the two people stop in front of the room she was in. She sighed and did fast hand signs. She had copied a trick from Shikamaru with her abilities. The shadows in the corner wrapped around her making her pretty much invisible. Even if the light turned on the few shadows left would conceal her. The door opened and Kisame and Itachi walked in. Itachi walked to the black bed near her and threw his cloak over the bed post. Sakura looked around as Kisame did the same.

The room was quite large. Itachi's bed was all black and Kisame's was all dark blues. The room it self was a deep crimson. The two each had a nightstand next to their bed and a dresser close by. The two also had their beds as far from one another as possible. Against one wall was also a door leading to a bathroom. Sakura wanted to sigh but she knew it would give her away and she didn't want to be found…yet. Sakura continued to watch the two as Kisame dropped his sword on his bed along with a bag.

Itachi also dropped a small bag on his bed. But Itachi unpacked his and set everything away neatly while Kisame kind of dumped his bag into his dresser and slammed it shut. Sakura smirked as Itachi scowled at Kisame who shrugged grinning. The two walked back out of the room. Sakura waited till they were down stairs before she dropped her jutsu and left the room. She searched the rooms till she found one containing a desk and papers. She sat at the chair and started to shuffle through the folders of paper. Most papers looked to be mission records and jobs to do, along with requests and people who wished to hire them. There were very few brave enough to do that.

Finally Sakura found the papers she wanted. She pulled them out and shut the desk drawer. She stood and walked back down the hall. She walked down the stairs slowly, knowing all the members were in the kitchen. It was dinner and she could smell some cooking, most was burnt. She smirked and walked back through the arch. She glanced into the kitchen and saw most of the Akatsuki members sitting around the island or at the table off to the side.

One member, who had an orange swirly mask, and who Sakura's information called Tobi, was trying to cook. He was having no success and none were helping, only watching in slight amusement. Sakura spotted the red head of the sand, Sasori, grab an apple. She realized she also felt a bit hungry. She burst in, to fast to see again, and grabbed the apple from his hand before leaping to the top of the cupboards. The whole place had high ceilings so there was enough room for her to sit of the overhead cupboards, and not hit the ceiling. She watched swing her legs slightly as Sasori blinked in slow motion. Deidara and Pein who had also seen it stared at his hand.

"What happened to the apple, un?" Deidara asked in surprise.

This caught almost everybody's attention.

"What?" Kisame asked.

"Sasori was holding and apple then suddenly it vanished, un." Deidara

Everyone blinked. Sakura took a bite out of the apple. It let out a crunch that everyone could hear in the silence. Everyone looked up at her and stared. She just smirked and chewed on the apple slowly.

"Who the hell are you and how the fuck did you get in here?" Hidan snarled.

Most now stood hands ready to do hand signs or holding weapons.

"I came in the door, moron. How did you think I got in?" Sakura asked in a mocking tone.

She held up the papers she had got from Pein's, the leaders, room. She started to read over the file and eat the apple.

"How did you get those from my room?" Pein asked in a deadly tone.

"It was quite simple. I just went in and grabbed them." Sakura said.

"You would have had to pass us all." Itachi said.

"I did."

"How did you get in here too? You would have had to grab the apple and jump up there, so how come we didn't see you?" Zetsu asked

"All I did was move quickly."

Everyone narrowed their eyes at her.

"What do you want with Akatsuki?" Pein asked.

"It seems you have killed one of my…co-workers." She said.

"We kill many people. If you are here for revenge, it is pointless." He snorted.

Sakura barred her teeth in a smile. Most took a step back.

"I am not here for revenge. I am here to thank you."

They stared at her. She dug through her pocket till she found a picture. She pulled it up and held it out. It showed a man in his early twenties with long brown hair and gold eyes.

"This is the man you killed correct?"

Most fell silent as they look the picture over.

"That's the man you are here about?" Zetsu asked

Sakura smiled.

"We had to burn to him to kill him. Itachi was the one who finally killed him with a fire jutsu. He was immortal, as much as Hidan was." Kisame said.

Sakura smirked.

"Of course. I thank you for killing him. He had run from us and was a criminal. I was sent to track him down."

"So you came into the lair of the deadliest group of people in the ninja world to thank them?" Konan asked.

Sakura smiled.

"Well you had better know we have some questions. And that you won't be leaving here alive." Pein said.

Sasori and Deidara had slid in front of the door and the others had spread out in a semi circle. Sakura just smiled. She took another bite of her apple and tossed the papers she held back at the man. They drifted down till Pein snatched them from the air. He tucked them in his pocket and looked back at her. Sakura set the apple down. Then put her hands on the wood as if about to push herself off. But none saw the movement. She was there, and the next moment she was in front of Pein, less than half a foot away. She leaned in as he tensed up. When her mouth was by his ear she smirked.

"I doubt you could kill me." She whispered.

"Shall we see?"

She felt his hand go right through her the middle of her chest. She leaned back as he pulled his arm away. Sakura pouted at him and their eyes all widened.

"Now that wasn't very nice. We just met and you already stuck your hand in my chest."

They just stared as the wound started to heal immediately. She sighed softly and let her cloak drop to the floor. He had cut the tie so it would no longer stay on her. She scowled as she looked at her outfit. She wore a deep red sleeveless Chinese shirt and some black baggy pants that sucked in at her ankles. She wore some delicate but durable red slipper like shoes. No blood would show up on it. She scowled deeper as she looked down at her shirt though. Now she had a huge hole in it showing a very fair amount of cleavage. She sighed and flipped her long pink braid over her shoulder. The Akatsuki were still staring at her. She rolled her eyes. She barred her teeth in a feral grin. Pein scowled but they all gaped as she let her sharingan flicker on, with the mangekyou. They glanced at Itachi who stared.

"How did you get those?" He asked.

"Easy enough. I copied them from your brother."

"Impossible. Besides my foolish little brother does not have the mangekyou."

"It was not impossible for me to copy them. And you are right; he does not have the mangekyou. I left the village though and made a very good friend in another village. I killed her and got the mangekyou. She was probably the best friend I have had in a while." Sakura mulled.

Itachi's eye narrowed. Suddenly Sasori attacked. He threw twenty senbon at her and she didn't bother to dodge. She let them all hit her. She looked down at them and grinned as she saw they were all dripping in a very strong poison. She just pulled the out one by one, letting them clatter against the floor. She looked up at the puppet master who was staring wide eyed.

"That was some very nice poison. To bad it won't affect me."

"What are you? You're the same as the other man?" Kakuzu asked.

"Are you a follower of Jashin?" Hidan asked.

"Jashin? Oh your god, no I'm not a follower." She smiled.

His eyes narrowed in distaste. Pein was watching her closely. Sakura looked them over. Her eyes landed on Deidara who was making some clay bombs. Her grin widened and her eyes lit up. She saw Deidara pale. She was around Pein and in front Deidara in the blink of an eye. He froze as she held his cheek in one hand. She grabbed his wrist in the other. He was frozen as she looked into his eyes. She smiled and glanced at his hand and the tongue that was hanging out.

"What an interesting bloodline." She purred.

She kicked Sasori back as he went to attack her. The red head flew back at a high speed and crashed into the wall, creating a large dint, and slid down slowly before trying to stand again. Sakura just looked at Deidara again. She let his hand go and it dropped. She knew he was itching to throw a bomb at her. He lashed out in a kick but she blocked and pressed up closer against him. He froze as her hand slid under the collar of his of his shirt.

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The Akatsuki all stared as they saw Sasori fly back. His attack had been perfect and would have hit any one else, but the woman had thrown him back and it hadn't even looked like she had moved. Deidara went to kick her but she blocked and pushed up against him. They all wondered what the hell she was doing. Their eyes widened as she pulled his shirt collar back half over his one shoulder leaving his whole shoulder bare. Deidara went frozen looking in her eyes as if hypnotized. Then the woman bit down hard on his neck.

Most Akatsuki members started to gap. Deidara froze even more if possible. Then he let his eyes close and moaned as if in pain and pleasure. Sasori slowly sat up and his eyes narrowed at the woman who was … biting his partner. No one moved a moment. Then they realized they should help. They tried to move but gaped as they saw her shadow connected to all of theirs, and as they realized they couldn't move from the waist down. It was like the Nara's technique. But instead of her shadow just being connected to hers the shadow seemed to twist up their legs, rooting their legs to the ground.

They could only watch as the woman bit Deidara and as the blonde groaned in pain. Finally the woman pulled back. Deidara stumbled back and hit the wall. Everyone stared at his neck where there were two teeth marks. Sakura turned back to them and their eyes widened drastically. She licked the blood off of her lips to reveal two fangs poking out of her mouth. They stared. Then she lifted her hands grinning. They watched as two mouths appeared on her hands slowly. Deidara had dropped to the ground by now and hadn't noticed.

"You drink their blood to gain their abilities?" Kisame asked in disbelief.

"Yes. I am the only one with this ability. By those who know of this I've been labelled as the Copy Cat. I can copy bloodlines and special abilities by drinking their blood. I can also copy any jutsu after seeing it. Even without the Sharingan." She smirked.

She wiped the blood away and turned back to Deidara.

"Now come on, I didn't even suck enough blood away to kill you. I did take more then I needed, but I was thirsty. You should still be able to get up."

Deidara stood slowly looking tired.

"Here."

He caught a red pill she tossed him.

"Blood replenishing pill."

He looked at it a moment then ate it. He started to look a bit better.

"You have delicious blood by the way." The woman remarked

"You don't drink the blood just for the abilities." Pein stated.

"No, I live off of blood. All vampires do."

There was silence.

"You're saying you're a vampire?" Konan asked.

Sakura grinned.

"They don't exsist." Sasori said.

"Oh? And why do I have such abilities and why did I drink his blood the?"

"It's a kekkai genkai." Kisame suggested.

"But no other person in my family has ever been a ninja."

There was silence.

"Oh well, what ever. Believe what you want." She shrugged. "Now I must really be off. See ya."

Then she was gone in a blur. As soon as she was gone, the shadow released them. Pein ran to the arch leading to the hall but by the time he got there the door had already shut. He felt the genjutsu barrier open and close. He cursed. Sasori was next to Deidara looking at the wound. He touched it and Deidara grimaced.

"How does it feel to have your blood sucked out?" Kisame asked.

"Horrible, un." Deidara rasped with no humour.

He tried to stand but fell right back down again. Sasori growled giving him a hand up. Deidara winced and held the spot where she had bit.

"Vampires." Pein mulled gaining their attention. "Are real."

Everyone stared at him. He sighed and walked out of the room. He returned a moment later with an old black bound book. He set it on the table and opened it up.

"This is a book about vampires. It's written by a famous researcher. It's also filled with stories of Vampire victims. One person, who was rumoured to be a vampire also wrote a chapter. Read it if you want. I have some planning to do."

Then Pein was off. Konan moved to the book and started to read out loud while Sasori checked Deidara's bite wounds. He helped his partner bandage them.