Blood Is Blood Ch 2
Zabuza rose to leave the café, he threw money on the table and began to walk towards the exit. A young boy of probably 17 or 18, sat shivering and shaking, looking rather pale. He eyed the cooked burger in front of him with a look of pure nausea. Zabuza stepped closer to the boy and asked calmly, "Are you okay?"
The boy looked up directly into Zabuza's eyes. He muttered a curse under his breath, as he slid into the booth across from the boy. "What's your name?" He asked him. "Tobi." The boy answered quietly. "Well Tobi, I know what's wrong with you and I can help you.
Tobi eyed the man suspiciously. The man motioned for the waitress to come over and ordered a rare steak, very rare for that matter. The boy continued to watch the man closely, and was about to open his mouth, when the waitress returned and placed the near raw steak on the table.
Tobi eyed the steak, ravenously. Zabuza slid the plate over in front of Tobi and said, "Eat up, you'll feel better after." Tobi grabbed the knife and fork and began devouring the steak quickly. Zabuza could vaguely remember how he felt after he had begun to turn. Once the steak was gone he noticed right away how the color had begun to return to the boys cheeks.
"You said you could help me." Tobi said more of a statement than a question. Zabuza nodded. "How?" Tobi asked. "You'd have to come back with me to my home." Zabuza said matter of factly. Tobi looked out the window. "Where is your home?" Tobi asked curiously. "Japan." Zabuza answered. Tobi blinked in surprise. The man didn't strike him as a business man, so what was he doing in London?
"I'm looking for people like me and you." He said. Tobi looked at Zabuza in open mouthed surprise. "Yes, I'm what you are." Zabuza said. "How do you know what I am?" Tobi asked. "Because I've seen it, in others and myself." He stated. "There are others?" Tobi asked stupidly. Zabuza only nodded.
"Are you ready to go?" Zabuza asked. Tobi nodded and slid out of the booth. They walked out of the café and down the street to the hotel. "You have a lot to learn Tobi, and I will teach you what I can and explain the basics, but the rest you'll learn as time goes on." Zabuza said as they neared the hotel.
Once in the hotel, Zabuza motioned to the bed. "Get some sleep." He said. Tobi was about to protest, but Zabuza cut him off. "This isn't over, the bloody steak merely sated your blood lust for now, and you're going to feel awful before the transformation is complete. Tobi nodded and lay on the bed. "I'll be here to watch over you until the change is complete." Zabuza reassured him.
The night was long and full of all sorts of noises. Cars passed along the street, Zabuza shuffled occasionally around the room watching the sleeping form on the bed. Tobi would call out random things, that made no sense and occasionally he would scream from the pain, but surprisingly he got through the night without too much aggravation.
The morning dawned bright and Tobi had transformed completely. He immediately began whining about the light being to bright and the smells of things being to intense or how he felt like his stomach was attacking itself. Zabuza was there to hand him a bag with a bloody steak in it, and said, "Eat, we need to board a plane for Japan in an hour or so." Tobi consumed the steak with a vengeance.
After manhandling the steak, he washed up and then joined Zabuza in the lobby of the hotel. They caught a cab and were at the airport in no time at all. On the plane Zabuza decided to tell Tobi as much as he could. "About two hundred years ago a war broke out between vampires and werewolves. The werewolves believed they were better and the vampires believed it to be the other way around.
So of course they began killing each other. The species on both sides are becoming extinct. My brother and I are hoping to end the war and save the species on either side. We own a mansion where we have a few friends living there. Some are werewolf and some are vampire." He looked at Tobi, who looked surprised and impressed. He breathed a little sigh of relief, he had been a little worried about where they were going, but knowing that there were others, made it easier.
Zabuza chuckled a little as he patted Tobi's shoulder. "Don't worry you'll like it there, I think." The rest of the flight was spent with Zabuza explaining the members of the house. He couldn't wait to meet them. Haku sounded nice. He had learned that he was Zabuza's lover and a vampire. He learned about Zetsu and couldn't wait to meet him. Kisame sounded like an interesting character as well, but he was still most intrigued with Zetsu.
They landed at the airport in Tokyo and had to take a cab to an abandoned lot a few miles out of the city. That's where Pein and Zabuza always kept their cars with special glass for traveling in the daytime, for all the vampires. Once in the car, Pein was notified of Tobi's arrival and he informed everyone that he was coming. Haku was beside himself with excitement, knowing his lover would be home within the hour.