Hidden Desires

Author's Note: Thanks for the reviews. I hope you all enjoy this chapter.

Chapter 2

"Ah London. A perfect blend of the Old World and the New World." Madara observed, a few days later.

They had just arrived at the airport and Sasuke nods in agreement at his "father's" assessment. Obviously, he couldn't call Madara his Sire when humans were within earshot. Sasuke often introduced Madara as his father when they were interacting with humans. It was just the easiest way to explain their relationship and in a strange way, it was the truth.

Luckily, he looked enough like Madara for such a claim to be more than believable. Though elder vampire still swore that Sasuke bore an even more eerie resemblance to his brother. Sasuke had once inquired about Izuna Uchiha and quickly learned that had been a mistake.

"Come near me again Blondie and I will rip your throat out." Sasuke snarled at the vampire.

"Oh yeah! He's definitely an Uchiha! He's got the family temper and everything! Yeah?" The psychotic vampire asked Madara cheerfully.

Madara just smirked and that caused Sasuke to eye his Sire warily. He wasn't sure if it was a good thing that the vampire was smirking or not. It could be some twisted version of "fatherly pride" or he might change his mind and decide to end Sasuke for bickering with his "friend."

"Deidara, kindly cease agitating my ward and leave us. The results of the DNA Test that Konan conducted shall be ready shortly. This is a private moment." Madara informed him.

"Right! Well good luck! Yeah?" The blonde vampire said as he darted off.

Sasuke smirked. Deidara might be psychotic, but apparently he wasn't willing to irritate Madara. That was good to know. Blondie wasn't suicidal.

"Well I got the results. It's a small world after all. You and Sasuke are surprisingly closely related, especially considering how many generations separate the two of you. It seems that Sasuke is from Izuna's line." Konan told Madara cautiously.

"Thank you, Konan. Leave us." He ordered her and the blue haired woman quickly left.

"Izuna's line? Who is Izuna?" The recently turned vampire asked innocently.

Madara clenched his fists so hard, that the scent blood reached Sasuke's nose. His fingernails had actually dug into the skin from the sure force of the gesture. That's when Sasuke wisely took a few steps back.

He didn't know anything about Madara. Not really. All he knew is that for some reason the elder vampire had decided to turn him and that Deidara was frightened of him. There was a very good chance that Sasuke was about to find out why the latter part of his observations was true.

"He was my brother. I wasn't always a vampire. Many years ago, I was human. Izuna was my younger brother. We were close. I became a vampire and he didn't. He's been dead for a long time. Before his death, he was married and had a son though. You must be his descendent." Madara said.

"I'm sorry for your loss." Sasuke whispered.

"Thank you. It was a long time ago. I'm afraid that you will understand the pain of my loss soon enough. It is smarter and kinder just to allow your family to think you are dead. If you still look like a teenager at forty, that is going to raise some rather uncomfortable questions." The older Uchiha reasoned.

Sasuke nodded in agreement. He hadn't even thought about his family during the days following immediately after his transformation. Everything was so intense.

Every sight, every sound, every touch, every scent, and every tasted had been magnified by a factor of at least a thousand. Compared to what he could feel now, he had been blind, deaf, and dumb as a human.

That and the thirst. His thirst was so great at times, Sasuke truly wondered whether or not he had slipped into insanity. The young vampire doubted that he would ever get his thirst for blood under control.

"Thank you." He said.

"You're welcome. When I was first turned, that was the end of your mortal life. If you cared for your family and loved ones, you would never see them again. Your thirst would be too great for it to be safe. By the time you were able to control yourself, everyone thought that you had been dead for years. There are some vampires do try to keep in touch with their loved ones, after being turned. It almost never ends well." He warned Sasuke.

"I think I understand." Sasuke said sadly.

Madara nodded approvingly. Sasuke bit back a sigh at the look in his Sire's eyes. There was such a profound sadness. The loneliness and fury was almost overwhelming.

Madara didn't launch into a rage that day. Sasuke almost wished he had though. He knew that look was likely going to haunt him for the rest of his presumably, very long existence.

"You're a smart boy. You take after Izuna in more than just looks. I know that it is difficult to let go of your old life. For the sake of your sanity and theirs though, it's highly advised that you do." His Sire counseled him.

Sasuke nodded. He vowed that he wasn't going to show any sign of weakness in front of Madara. At least, not on the outside.

On the inside, he was kicking and screaming. He wanted to cry, to scream, or to somehow mourn for his family and friends. The young vampire knew that he couldn't though. This was his life now. There was no use crying over it.

"That's true. Should we try to make the guards talk?" Sasuke asked with a mischievous smirk.

"Oh I've made them more than talk in the past. I've made them scream and beg for their lives." Madara said conversationally as he led Sasuke towards the parking lot in the airport.

"That's cheating." Sasuke scolded him lightly as they came upon a beautiful red Ferrari.

By this time, the youngest Uchiha had grown used to his Sire's glamorous lifestyle. Madara was a hedonist. At some point, the elder vampire had decided that the most important thing in life was pursuing one's own pleasure.

That meant that he had the best of everything. The best homes, cars, lovers, blood, and so forth. Madara Uchiha never settled for anything less than exquisite. That was just part of who he was.

"I merely flashed them my fang-tastic smile, after draining one of the guards in front of his colleagues. It achieved the desired result." The other vampire said.

"That's still cheating and you know it." Sasuke said in amusement as he got in the car with Madara.

Their driver was a foul-mouthed vampire by the name of Hidan. Sasuke was certain that he swore enough to make a sailor blush. Privately, he suspected that was why Madara kept him around.

"Ah there you are! I was wondering where the Hell the two of you were." He stated.

"Our flight got delayed. Bad weather. Now, let us be off. It's been awhile since our last trip here and I want to make sure that our lodgings are in order." Madara ordered Hidan and with that they took off.

A few hours later, Hinata was on her way home from her internship. The med student continued her trek through one of the most wealthy neighborhoods in London. These homes might not actually be castles, but they were damn close.

"There's no safer place to be." She whispered to herself.

It was the kind of neighborhood that her family still resided in back in the U.S. There were cameras everywhere. Everyone in this neighborhood was obscenely wealthy and most were justifiably paranoid about robbers and things of that nature.

"Though justifiably paranoid may be something of an oxymoron." The young woman murmured to herself as she hugged her purse tighter to her chest and began to half jog towards her home.

At that exact same moment, Sasuke Uchiha happened to glance outside his window and he saw her. Hinata? Could that really be Hinata? It couldn't be. She lived in the U.S. and this was London. Still he had to be sure.

"MADARA, I'M GOING FOR A WALK! I'll be back later!" Sasuke yelled as he raced out the door.

He had to know. Sasuke had to know whether it was Hinata or just someone with similar hair. Hinata's hair had always been exotic, but it was possible that someone else just had similar midnight blue tresses.

Fortunately, the woman hadn't noticed that she was being followed. Sasuke noted that she was continuing her journey at the same pace as before. Good. That should give him plenty of time.

"It's late. I should probably text the others and let them know that things just ran late at the hospital." She muttered as she took out her cell phone and started texting.

That voice. He remembered it like it was yesterday. That was Hinata's voice. It really was her. Even the scent was the same. (Hinata had always smelled like lavender and lilacs to him.)

In the past five years, Sasuke had developed some measure of control. He had achieved a moderate level of control over his bloodlust. At the very least, he didn't have the impulse to drain every human he saw dry. That hadn't always been the case.

"Damn it." He whispered to himself as he felt his fangs elongate.

That apparently wasn't the case with Hinata. The impulse to grab her and drag her off was powerful. He wouldn't kill her. He could just turn her.

Her blood would probably taste just as sweet as she was. Sasuke could even hear her heartbeat. It was a painful reminder that his own heart hadn't beaten in years.

"Don't run. Whatever you do, don't run." Sasuke murmured to himself.

If she ran, his predatory instincts would be triggered. As strong as the impulse was to grab her, he knew it was wrong. Hinata was shy and gentle. Her personality was the opposite of what one would expect a vampire to be. She'd be miserable.

He knew that he should leave. It wasn't safe for him to be this close to her, especially not when he could feel his fangs and hear her heartbeat. Sasuke couldn't bring himself to leave though.

"There we go." Hinata said happily, after sending a text to Kiba.

Kiba was one of the Rookie Nine. He had also been the one who had driven the limo on that fateful night. Ever since Sasuke's murder, the canine lover had become extremely protective of her.

He was the only one who had decided to move to London with her. While she had gotten accepted into an English Med School, Kiba was now attending a prestigious veterinary school. One day, Hinata was positive that he would make a wonderful veterinarian.

I ended up staying late at the hospital. I'm on my way home. Don't worry. I'm almost there. I'll be home in another five minutes. ~ Hinata.

Alright. Be careful though. You really should hail a cab instead of walking though. There are all sorts of creeps out there. ~ Kiba.

Hinata shakes her head in amusement. Kiba didn't actually think that something was going to happen to her on this street, did he? Nah. He was just being overprotective.

At least that was what Hinata thought, until she heard a twig snap. Her eyes widen and she looks around. That's when she saw a man a yards behind her and her eyes widened in recognition.

"Sasuke?" She asked.

As soon as the words left her mouth, the man was gone in a flash. She blinked. The bluenette looked around anxiously, wondering if she had imagined it or not.

"Maybe, Naruto is right. I might just be torturing myself." Hinata said with a sad sigh as she quickly darted off.

Sasuke swiftly returned to Madara's Mansion. He couldn't believe that he had been so foolish. Hinata had SEEN him!

"There's a chance that she isn't sure though." He told himself.

The raven haired man wanted to believe that. He could only hope that Hinata would convince herself that she had merely imagined things. After all, he had gotten out of there quickly.

It wasn't as if she had taken his picture or caught him on video. There was a chance she'd pawn it off too nothing more than her overactive imagination. Hopefully, Sasuke would get lucky and that would indeed be the case.

"Do I want her to do that though?" He asked himself as he paced in his room.

His human side knew it was the right thing to do. Madara had only been being honest, when he warned him about cutting off ties to his human life. Hinata had likely thought he was dead for years. How could he ever explain to her why he wasn't dead?

Sasuke couldn't exactly tell her the truth. She'd think that he was crazy or be terrified. If he said that he got away from Deidara though, he'd have to come up with a damn good explanation for why he never came back.

"She'd tell my family and the other Rookies." The young vampire reasoned.

Naruto would be a force of nature. Sasuke wasn't even sure that the blonde would let him explain. He also had his parents to consider. What could he possibly say to Mikoto and Fugaku Uchiha?

They had spent the last few years believing that their sons were dead. That wasn't true, but it wasn't like Sasuke could explain that he and Itachi were vampires now.

Ring! Ring! Ring! That's when Sasuke heard his phone ring and answered it. Speaking of the Devil, it was Itachi.

"I'm assuming that you and Madara arrived in London by now?" He heard the velvety voice of his brother ask.

"Yes, we got here a few hours ago. We're still settling in. Where are you?" Sasuke replied.

"Konan and I are enjoying a World Tour. When we heard that the two of you were heading to London, we decided to make a stop here. I thought that perhaps the four of us could go and see the Big Ben together, tomorrow." Itachi suggested.

That would be fun. Sasuke might be a vampire now, but he still enjoyed some human activities. Sightseeing was one of them.

"I'll ask Madara, but I'm sure that he'll say yes. How is Konan anyway?" Sasuke inquired.

"Beautiful, intelligent, and sneaky as always. The woman is probably more of a deviant than your Succubus friend." His brother informed him.

Sasuke snorted in amusement. Itachi had searched for Sasuke after he died. At some point during his search, he had come down with a terminal cancer.

Despite that, the man had never given up looking for him. Konan was a doctor. That's how she had performed the DNA Test for him and Madara and found Itachi.

"Don't let Karin hear you say that. She tries to seduce me enough as it is." Sasuke told him with no small amount of mirth in his voice.

"Of course. It must be positively awful to have to endure a succubus's attempts to seduce you." Itachi said dryly.

"You have no idea. I suppose everyone has their cross to bare though." Sasuke replied with mock somberness.

Konan had admired his serenity in face of impending death and his determination to find his younger brother. That apparently had been enough for her to Sire Itachi. At some point, the blue haired woman had sincerely fallen in love with Itachi and the feeling appeared mutual. Now the two of them were inseparable.

"Yes, stay strong. I know that it is difficult, but I have faith that you'll somehow survive every man's fantasy. Goodnight, my foolish little brother." Itachi said and hung up.

Well Karin was a Succubus and a lot of men did fantasize about that species. She wasn't his fantasy though. His fantasy had blue hair and smelled of lilacs. Unfortunately, she was woefully mortal.

"Damn it." He growled as he settled down for the night.

Meanwhile Hinata gets home and blinked when she realized that Kiba was already there. She hadn't expected that. Then again, maybe she should have. He had sounded fairly worried on the phone.

"Hey, Kiba." She greeted him.

"Hey, Hinata. They were having a two for one special at the pizza place. So I thought we could share. You alright, you look like you've seen a ghost or something?" Kiba asked.

The moment that Kiba saw Hinata, he knew something was wrong. His friend looked extremely pale. That was certainly saying something because Hinata had a fair complexion to begin with.

"I think I might have. This is going to sound a bit crazy, but I think I might have seen Sasuke." The bluenette whispered as she walked inside her home.

The Inuzuka tilted his head to the side. His first thought was that Hinata was probably working too hard. It was possible that she had merely seen someone who kinda looked like Sasuke and made an honest mistake. His second thought was more disturbing.

What if she had really seen Sasuke? What "dead" high schooler was actually alive? Was that even possible, after all this time?

"What makes you say that?" Kiba dared himself to reply.

"I was walking home when I heard someone behind me. I looked over my shoulder and saw him! At least I think I did. Something was off though. This man looked identical. It was as if he hadn't aged a day! If Sasuke was still alive, he would have aged at least a little. He didn't look 23. This man looked younger than that." She mumbled.

"Well it's only been five years. So people have good genes and age slower. Hinata, you probably just saw someone who looked like him and overreacted. They say that everyone has a twin out there." He reasoned.

Hinata sighed and nodded. That was the most logical explanation. The odds that Sasuke had somehow survived and had stayed hidden were extremely low.

"I know. It's just that part of me wants to believe that he really made it. He sacrificed himself for us." Hinata said as silent tears flowed down her cheeks.

"I know. Part of me wants to believe that as well. I think that feeling will never go away. At least not until a body is found, anyway. It's only natural. He went down fighting, Hinata." Kiba assured her as he wiped away her tears.

Elsewhere, Sasuke went to find Madara. He had to tell his Sire about Itachi's invitation. The young vampire had promised his brother that he would tell his sire about the invitation and that was exactly what he was going to do. An Uchiha always kept their promises!

"Madara, Itachi just called me. He and Karin want to spend the day with us, tomorrow. They're in London as well." The young vampire informed him.

"Ah that's nice. A family reunion of sorts. Did they say where they wanted to go? London is a big city. There are many places that the four of us can explore together." The elder vampire replied.

"The Big Ben. Most likely, we'll go to other places throughout the city. I figured that you wouldn't mind, unless you had something planned." The raven haired man continued.

Madara tilted his head to the side as he considered it. He didn't really have anything SPECIFIC planned. The elder Uchiha had figured they would just go where their whims took them.

"I didn't have anything set in stone. It should be quite enjoyable." He answered.

"Great. I'll tell Itachi the good news." Sasuke said with a fang-tastic smile.

"Excellent. Oh Sasuke, you're fangs are out. You should probably feed. What are you in the mood for? Bloodwine, glasses, bags, a feeder, or a hunt?" Madara inquires.

There were many ways a vampire could feed in the modern era. There were generally two way to feed. Convenience and pleasure.

Bloodwine, glasses, or bags were generally used for convenience. Wine was mixed with blood, you poured blood into a glass, or you drank out of a hospital bag that had blood inside it. These were the fastest ways to feed without having to worry too much about getting caught.

"A feeder might be best in this case." He said with a sly smile.

Pleasure drinking was different. There were many classifications. Hunting, feeder, pet, and even the Lovers' Kiss.

Hunting was the most risky. A vampire went out into the real world and hunted down their prey. They might or might not kill the person they drank from, but they had to make sure not to get caught. Many vampires didn't hunt often because the thrill could be quite addictive.

"Man or a woman?" Madara replied.

"A woman, please. Preferably in her twenties." The younger Uchiha answered.

Feeders and pets were less risky. Feeders were humans who knew about vampires and let them drink from them for the right price. Pets were slightly different though. They usually lived with the vampire (or vampires) who feed off them and cared for their Master or Mistress. It wasn't uncommon for a vampire's pet to become their lover.

"A vampire, after my own heart." He said with a grin as he headed off to get a female feeder for Sasuke.

Perhaps the most intimate form of feeding was known as the Lovers' Kiss though. Vampires would feed off of each other. When that happened, it was normally because they were lovers and during the middle of a passionate coupling.

"How about this one?" Madara asked as he brought out a busty blonde.

Few vampires would allow another vampire to feed off of them, unless they were lovers or Sire-Childe to each other. Vampire blood tasted better and was more nutritious. More than that though, it also temporarily increased your strength. The older the vampire, the more powerful their blood.

"She'll do nicely." Sasuke said with a smirk as he led the woman off to his room.

He was fairly certain her name was Temari. Sasuke didn't care too much though. She was a willing feeder and he wasn't going to hurt her. He was thirsty and needed to get Hinata off his mind. A fresh meal would help him do that. At least for a little while.

"Are all vampires this cute?" Temari asked with a giggle.

"It varies a great deal from vampire to vampire." Sasuke answered her question with a sly smile as he locked the door behind them and began to feed.

Her blood tasted spicy. Sasuke liked it, but his mind wouldn't stop wandering back to Hinata. What would her blood taste like, he wondered to himself.

Sweet and pure. The thought came unbidden to his mind. For just a moment, it wasn't Temari that was in his arms. It was HER and his bloodlust got the better of him.

"Stop! You're taking too much!" Temari warned him as her bracelet started beeping.

Madara had special bracelets manufactured for the feeders and pets. If it started beeping, you were drinking more than you should. Once it started beeping, you were to stop immediately. It was one way to teach new vampires self-control.

"I'm sorry. I got a bit carried away there." Sasuke apologized as he retracted his fangs from her pretty neck.

"It's alright. You should be more careful though. Thank goodness for the bracelets." She said and Sasuke nodded in agreement.

Hinata needed to stay as far away from him as possible. If her mere MEMORY was enough to make him lose control, Sasuke didn't even want to think about what would happen if they were in the same room as each other. If Hinata's heart was going to continue beating, she had to stay away from him. That was just the reality of the situation.