Disclaimer: I don't own Naruto.

Inochi blew out the candles. Ai took Shibo upstairs to the main nursery across from her and Orochimaru's bedroom. Orochimaru cut the cake, saving a piece for Shibo, in case she woke up, smelling the cake. She could smell anything sweet.

Everyone ate their piece, and was either around the TV watching baby videos and telling stories, or out commenting Ai's garden.

And, in this party, for some reason, Orochimaru found piece. He felt like he finally had found people who understood him, and accepted him into their large family.

But then, everything fell into disarray.

Ai screamed and ran in as a fire arrow broke through the wall. Someone put it out, and was shot in the head as more pierced through the wall.

Orochimaru turned as people started moving valuable objects to the basement. Ai ran to Orochimaru,

"We're under assault!" Was all she could say before a group of ninja swarmed through the doors. Orochimaru got in front of the stairwell, kunai in hand,

"Let me handle these guys, Ai-chan! Get Shibo-chan!"

"Y-yes…" Ai jumped the flights, and was shocked.

The highest level was on fire.

Ai ran into the nursery, and picked up Shibo, who was still asleep. She jumped away from the falling beam that, if she was a second late, would've killed the small child. She ran through the door, and saw the lower levels were on fire. She looked at the window, and swallowed. She jumped through the window, protecting Shibo from any broken glass, and fell to the snowy bottom.

Orochimaru caught her in his arms, then picked up Inochi.

"We can't fight!" Ai looked inside, and a kunai aimed at her head hit her between the eyes. She leaned back, and pulled it out as Orochimaru gasped.

"Remember, we're strong…" The injury healed, and she threw it at an enemy ninja.

Many bodies were burning and strewn withing the main floor. Ai's heart was yanked at; She had never seen such loss within her own clan. Not even in battle. Which meant…

Ai dashed out the gate, Orochimaru right behind her.

"Ai-chan, what is it?!"

"They're using silver! You know our blood is sensitive to it! And so do they…"

"How would they know? Besides previously…" Orochimaru fell silent as they ran out the small village.

They jumped though the trees. They were both thinking of where to stay. They couldn't stay in Konoha, since they were after Orochimaru's head.

As they came into reality, they stopped, and checked Shibo and Inochi for any burns. Shibo had slight burns on her back, but Inochi was alright.

"Daddy, why we run? Why everything on fire?" Inochi held Orochimaru's arm, and looked at his sister.

Already, her looks were changing. From her snow white skin, she was gaining a bit of color. Her hair was a mix of brown and jet black, and the purple markings previously around her eyes were disspearing.

"Sister look strange!" Inochi tried to reach out to her, but his arms were too short. Orochimaru hugged Inochi, and sighed,

"She's going to look like this for several years. She needed the seal to make her heart stronger, you know that." He comforted Inochi, and looked at Ai.

Ai was shaking, holding Shibo, who was still asleep, close to her. She was crying,

"I…al-almost l-lost you…my little one…" Ai took in a deep whiff of Shibo's scent, and gave her to Orochimaru.

"I'm looking ahead. Send me a signal if there's an ambush…"

As Ai was in mid-air, several silver-dipped daggers struck Ai's back. Ai coughed up blood, and fell to a lower branch as Orochimaru watched in horror.

"AI!" Ai looked up at him.

"STAY!" Ai removed each dagger from her back, four in total, and took out her katana.

"Tee-hee! My, my, you look sooooo ferocious!" A woman in her 20's jumped from the trees. She had deep brown almost black hair, her face covered with a Konoha ANBU mask. Orochimaru took a step back, and snarled,

"So, it was Konoha-"

"No, not exactly…" The woman took Ai's katana from her, and stabbed her through the heart. Orochimaru gasped as Ai screamed.

And Shibo woke up.

Shibo looked at her mother as Ai let out a blood-curdling scream.

"MAMAAA!!!" Shibo got freed from Orochimaru's grasp, and jumped down to protect her mother.

Ai laid against the tree, waiting for her destined fate. It said so in the koi. She would die early.

As the woman was about to deal the final blow, Shibo jumped in and took the stab. She screamed, and fell down. Ai held her daughter to her stomach, and closed her eyes again.

" Ohhhhhhh, you want me to kill you?!" The woman's voice was hoarse or just plain rough. She stabbed Ai once more and dropped her katana in front of her.

Orochimaru couldn't believe his eyes. There was, possibly the only woman who ever loved him, dead. And his only daughter, also possibly on death's door. Hs heart couldn't take it.

He started crying, setting Inochi down into the nook in the tree,

"S-stay…" He jumped over to Ai's corpse, and felt her cheek.

Only an hour ago, she was alive. An hour ago, she was filled with love. And now…

Orochimaru felt Shibo's soft cheek. She was warm, which gave Orochimaru some hope. He rolled Shibo onto her back, and felt the injury in her chest. There was none.

Orochimaru sighed, then looked at Ai. She opened her eyes weakly,

"Oro…"

"Ai…" He couldn't help but start sobbing. Ai teared up,

"I'm…so sorry…" Oochimaru looked at her.

"Wh-why? You d-did nothing wrong!" He opened her yukata, and started licking at her wound. He sucked up the silver-tainted blood, and spat it out. Ai groaned, the cold air hitting her injuries. Her burns, cuts, stab wounds, everything was cold.

No matter what he tried, her injury wouldn't heal. He cried as Ai held his hand.

"You and I…both knew…this would happen…"

"I...don't care! I love you, Ai! I love you with all my life! Don't die! Don't diee!" Ai's grip went loose, and her arm fell to her side. Her eyes were closed, and tears streamed down her face.

Orochimaru stared at her for a minute, but believing what he's seeing. Shibo whimpered as she woke up. Orochimaru looked at her, and she looked at him. Shibo passed back out, her low chakura levels almost wiped out from the healing.

Inochi was sobbing,

"MOMMYYYYYY! MOMMMYYYYYYYYYYY!!" Inochi held his head.

Orochimaru picked up Ai's body, then Shibo, then Inochi, and ran back to the village.

Three days later was the mass funeral. The small village all mourned for the tragic loss. They had lost their favorite person, and her powerful clan. All that remained of that clan now were two half-bloods and their father.

Rumors spread that, since Orochimaru left Konoha for that village, Konoha sent a small army to eliminate the protective clan.

And that they hired a former member.

Who knew the clan's secrets, and not-so secrets.

The fact that the Uirusu clan was the only clan who wielded not only the Ketsueki Me, but were also a super-rare breed of vampire named the Hikari didn't help much.

Hikaran Vampires could walk in the sun, wear a cross, pray in a church. The only things that affected them the same was garlic, and holy water. The one thing that was different that effected them was silver. Somewhere along the lines, a vampire mated with a werewolf along the genes, and it was passed on.

But, anyways…

Orochimaru held Shibo, who was asleep, and Inochi held his leg, crying. They all wore black, and were covered in bandages.

"Daddyyyyyy…why mom die?!" Orochimaru tried not to cry for Inochi. He wanted to continue to look tough.

"DADDYY!!" Orochimaru couldn't answer. If he did, he would've broken down.

"!!!!!"

Orochimaru woke up in tears. He sniffed the air. Kabuto had been there before, probably to check on him.

Orochimaru looked at his alarm clock, 2:00 AM. He remembered going to bed at bout 9:00 PM. He sighed, and looked to his left. If she was still alive, she'd been woken up, too.

"Ai-chan…" Orochimaru fell back asleep.