Hidden Desires

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

Chapter Notation: No Sharingan in this story in the way it is typically used. Vampire eyes can sometimes change color when they feel a strong emotion. For the Uchihas, their eyes turn red when that happens. Red eyes are not exclusive to Uchiha vampires though. Most of the time, Sasuke has black eyes though. (Otherwise humans would get too suspicious.)

Chapter 6

Hinata gulped as she walked into theater. There were only about a dozen or so people inside it. Madara had apparently bought out the theater for the night and a group of performers was putting on a show for the vampires and a couple other humans.

"They must be pets as well," Hinata thinks to herself. Vampires apparently came in every shape, size, and nationality that you could think of. She highly doubted most them were actually British.

"It's okay. Just sit in my lap." Sasuke whispered to her as he sat in one of the luxurious seats.

Hinata nodded meekly. If she was with Sasuke, she should be safe. After all, Madara was his Sire. If anyone picked a fight with her, they were starting something with Sasuke. Something that the elder vampire would likely finish.

Sasuke smiled she sat in his lap and wrapped his arms around her. Despite the situation, for a brief moment Hinata felt safe. That didn't last long though. That's when she saw HIM.

"It's him!" Hinata shrieked in horror.

"What's wrong with the pet? Yeah?" Deidara asked in confusion.

There was a beautiful woman sitting on Sasuke's lap. The baby vampire had his arms wrapped around her. Naturally, the blonde assumed that the bluenette was the pet that Madara had gotten for his "childe."

"You murderer!" Hinata screamed at him.

It disturbed her when she realized that the performers didn't stop what they were doing when she screamed. They didn't even seem to notice. That's when it dawned on her that they might be under some kind of spell. What had the vampires done to them?!

"Well yeah! Most vampires are. Sasuke, why is your pet so disturbed?" The blonde inquired in a baffled voice.

"I can't believe you invited DEIDARA here!" Sasuke hissed at Madara in outrage.

"I figured that it would be best to burry the hatchet. It was years ago. I deeply apologize that Deidara startled you, Hinata. Truly, he can be childish sometimes. He has a habit of playing with his food. That night was nothing personal." Madara assured her.

Hinata's eyed widened in further horror. Madara had purposely invited Sasuke's killer?! Why on Earth would he do such a thing? Burry the hatchet?! He was out of his mind, if he believed that the med student was ever going to forgive "Deidara" for what he had done.

She didn't care what his name was. To Hinata, he was simply the monster that had taken her friend's life. That freak had nearly taken Naruto's life as well and she was just supposed to ignore that? She was supposed to forgive and to forget?!

"Startled me?! He killed Sasuke! Well he tried to kill him! He almost killed Naruto as well! He's a monster! He's not a good vampire like Sasuke or Itachi! He's not even civilized like you!" She screamed in a righteous fury.

"Sasuke, your pet is being mean to me!" Deidara said in a singsong voice.

"You deserve a lot worse than being yelled at. You're such a child. You never did learn to control your hunger properly. I have better control than you and I haven't even been a vampire for a decade." Sasuke snapped at him.

While he had learned to tolerate Deidara, he didn't like him. It was hard to become friends with the man who had nearly killed you.

Hinata wasn't him though. She hadn't lived the life Sasuke had. Of course, she was going to react negatively to the sight of the other vampire.

"Madara, teach your son some manners. Yeah? I thought he had moved on from that night. It's not good to hold grudges!" Deidara whined.

Madara just shakes his head. While it may have been nothing in Deidara's eyes, he could certainly understand why Sasuke would still be angry with the blonde. After all, he had attacked his friends for no reason and was the reason why Sasuke's mortal life had abruptly ended.

"I don't know. I've carried my fair share of grudges over the years as well. The only difference is that I tended to kill those that had wronged me. You're fortunate that you're currently too valuable to let Sasuke rip you to shreds. Oh I love this part of the play." Madara said as he glanced at the stage.

Sasuke grumbled at that. He would love to tear Deidara to shreds. If Madara let him, he was sure that he could find a way to do it with ease. Without Madara's help though, it was probably suicidal.

Deidara had been turned during the Civil War. He was much older than Sasuke. He had a lot of combat advantages over him.

"Deidara, what did you do to the pet?" Sasori demanded in an exasperated voice.

"I didn't do nothing!" The blonde vampire protested his innocence.

That did it! Hinata couldn't take it anymore! How dare he say that he hadn't done anything to her?!

If it wasn't for him, Sasuke wouldn't be a vampire! Sasuke's parents wouldn't think that he was dead. None of his friends would have had to attend his funeral! This was all his fault!

"YOU LIAR!" The lavender eyed woman snarls at him as she lunges at the blonde.

Deidara blinked as he was shoved to the ground. Sasuke's actually had the gull to attack him? That was surprising to say the least.

He smirked. The vampire had to admire her guts, but apparently the human wasn't that intelligent. Why else would she hurl herself a vampire? The young woman must be suicidal, he concluded.

"You're pretty feisty for such a little thing. Yeah? Too bad for you that I'm a vampire. I don't think that you get how this works. I'm the vampire. That means I'm the predator. You're the prey. You should have been smart and just stayed cuddled up to your Sire." The blue eyed vampire stated as he flipped them and bared his fangs at Hinata.

Sasuke's eyed widened in horror at the all too familiar words. He snarled and threw himself at the blonde. The youngest Uchiha managed to knock Deidara off of Hinata and son the two of them were locked in combat.

They rolled around and around. Their fangs, arms, and feet were trying to inflict as much damage as possible. Sasuke winced as he felt Deidara's teeth sink into his shoulder and crush bone.

"Deidara, stop this. He was protecting his pet. There is no need to get so upset." Madara reasoned.

It was at that point that Itachi realized things were quickly getting out of hand. He growled and joined the fray. Sasuke's chances against Deidara were virtually nonexistent alone, but his foolish little brother had been putting up a good fight anyway.

They might be vampires now, but the other man was still his brother. Itachi was his older brother. He was required to try to protect him and that was exactly what he was going to do.

"Two against one isn't very fair, now is it?!" Deidara screeched at the two Uchihas.

"Madara, I hope you know that if Deidara harms a hair on my Mate's head, I will kill him." Konan said conversationally.

"Honestly, this is rather ridiculous." The feral haired vampire observed with a heavy sigh.

He had been hoping that Hinata would be able to get beyond her hatred of Deidara. She had valid reasons for hating him, but Sasuke had moved on. Well at least he thought that his "childe" had. Apparently, Madara Uchiha had been very wrong about that much.

"What is their problem, anyway?" Hidan demanded.

"Deidara attacked a group of high schoolers one night. Sasuke was amongst them. So was his pet. His pet and the others escaped with their lives. Sasuke didn't. She's obviously just angry with Deidara. I've told that vampire again and again not to play with his food. He just refuses to act like a civilized vampire though." Madara explained.

Obito raised an eyebrow upon hearing that response. What had Madara been thinking when he invited Deidara then? This was the natural result of such an action.

"In that case, why would you invite him? You should have realized that Sasuke's pet would be upset." The other Uchiha inquired.

"I had hoped that they would be able to patch things up. Until this evening, Sasuke had been behaving properly towards Deidara. It seemed that Deidara provoking his pet was just too much for him to stand though." The elder vampire mused.

Zetsu nodded as he saw Itachi give Deidara a black eye. Sasuke was biting the blonde rather savagely. Unfortunately for the brothers, the older vampire was not going down without a fight.

The sounds of bones being cracked and scent of blood filled the air. This was going too far. It had been amusing at first, but it had become dangerous.

"Sasuke!" Hinata called out in terror.

"Damn. Madara still knows how to throw a party." Kisame said with a chuckle.

Hinata blinked at the man's sudden appearance. He was strange looking. His skin was blue and so was his hair. He had gills upon his face and teeth's like a shark. What was he?

"That he does." Pain agreed with the strange looking man.

Other than his piercing and exotic eyes, the bluenette had decided Pain looked normal. The fact that he was called pain though, scared her. Hinata promptly decided upon being introduced to him, just to avoid the man.

"Do you think one of them is going to die?" Kakuzu merrily inquired.

"If Deidara doesn't cease his behavior, he will." The eldest Uchiha vampire stated in an irritated fashion.

Konan darted over to the fight. She wasn't going to allow the blonde vampire to hurt her lover. She quickly threw him off of Itachi and Sasuke and slammed him against the wall.

"Sorry, Konan. I'm sorry that I got your Mate. It was self-defense. Yeah?" The eccentric vampire asked cautiously.

"Your apology is not accepted. No one harms Itachi. Sasuke, I believe that he attacked your pet. It's your right to defend your honor." She hissed.

How dare Deidara have the nerve to attack Itachi?! Really, he should have known better. He deserved to die for his stupidity as much for anything else.

She was several centuries his elder. The blonde should know better than to attack her husband! It was outrageous!

"Thank you." Sasuke says as he took out a stake from his pocket.

Deidara's eyes widened in panic. The baby vamp was seriously going to try to kill him! No! This couldn't be happening!

"Madara!" He screamed for help as he tried to free himself from Konan's grasp.

It was no use though. The elder vampire was too strong. He couldn't escape. His only hope for salvation was Madara or another member of the Akatsuki.

"You provoked his pet and fought two of my children. Deidara, you have many useful talents. Sadly for you, you are now more of a liability than an asset. If Sasuke wants to avenge his honor by killing the man who attacked his pet, then I am willing to allow it." He stated bluntly.

"TRAITOR! I HAVE BEEN YOUR FRIEND FOR YEARS!" Deidara snarled at the elder vampire in a blind rage.

He had to escape. He was going to show them all! Deidara was not someone to be taken lightly.

The blonde vampire thrashed around wildly and continued his escape attempts for several minutes. That was until he felt a sharp pain in his chest. When he looked down, he saw the stake in his chest, right in his heart.

"Die!" Sasuke hissed at the other vampire.

Just as it dawned on him what had happened, he suddenly disappeared into a pile of ash. Deidara was no more. It was as if he had never existed.

Sasuke smirked as he watched Deidara fade into a pile of ash. He had wanted to do that for years. Now his tormenter was dead. He would never again be able to harm anyone else.

It was a good feeling. He had managed to protect Hinata. Well with some help from his brother, his Mate, and Madara's permission. Sasuke still thought that counted though.

"Sasuke! Are you okay?" Hinata asked as she raced over to him and embraced him tightly.

"Yeah. I'm fine. Nothing that won't heal in a few hours away. Ah! Hinata, not the shoulder though. At least not for a bit." Sasuke said as he felt a jolt of pain go through his system when his pet touched his shoulder.

"Oh! Right! I'm sorry!" She apologized.

Sasuke shook his head and held her tighter. It didn't matter. Nothing else mattered to him at the moment, except that she was safe.

"It's alright. Don't worry about it." He whispered.

Madara watched the entire scene with amusement. Sasuke had once again proven that he was more than willing to launch himself into a potentially fatal situation,, if it meant protecting his kitten. It was sweet, in an unsettling way.

Sasuke was his son. Well technically he was his many times great nephew, but it still counted. Him and Itachi were the only family that he had left, besides Obito. They were precious to him.

"I won't allow him to throw his life away." He murmured.

At some point, Hinata was going to have to be turned into a vampire. She was simply too vulnerable as a human and Sasuke's attachment to her was too strong. He'd be devastated, when his pet died of age. Obviously, that had to be prevented.

"Father, my pet is very distressed. I would like to take her home. We deeply apologize for ruining everyone's evening." Sasuke said quickly.

"Very well. I suppose that today has been rather traumatic to her. You may go." Madara informed him as Sasuke walked off with Hinata.

"Damn. That's a shame. That was really entertaining. My only compliant is that I didn't have any popcorn to go with the show." Kisame stated cheerfully and Madara just smacks his forehead in frustration.

There were times that he didn't believe that most of his companions were at least a century old. They certainly didn't act like it. If they weren't from his bloodline or Konan, they were overgrown children. The lot of them.

Meanwhile Suigetsu had just arrived at Madara's place. The elder vampire had given him a magical key that would let him get into any of the Uchiha Patriarch's homes. It was quite useful really.

"Hmm. That's weird. Guess that he's not home. Oh well. I'll wait for him in his room." Suigetsu decided.

The merman could become human for short periods of time. If he stayed out of the water too long though, it didn't end well. When that happened, he used a portal that a Sea Witch had made for him and headed back to the ocean as quickly as possible.

"Why does his room smell like lavender and flowers? Sassy is so weird. What kind of self-respecting man of any species smells like flowers and lavender?" He wondered out loud.

"Actually, that is Hinata's natural scent and none of your business. And for the last time, stop calling me Sassy." Sasuke replied in an irritated fashion as he walked back into his room with Hinata.

They had just arrived home. Sasuke immediately sensed his merman friend. Oh boy. Hopefully, Suigetsu wouldn't say anything too stupid in front of Hinata.

Suigetsu wasn't a bad guy, but he was extremely mischievous. The man also possessed no filter whatsoever. Most of the time, Sasuke would have been confident that Hinata would have humored him. Tonight was not most of the tim though.

"Oh come on. It's the perfect nickname for you. It has lots of S's and you're very sassy. It fits. Oh hi, Hinata. Wait. Who is Hinata?" The violet eyed merman asked.

Sasuke sighed. This was going to be annoying. Extremely annoying. Whatever. He supposed that Hinata was going to meet his new "friends," sooner or later.

"This is Hinata. Hinata, this is my friend Suigetsu. Suigetsu, this is Hinata. She's my pet." The youngest Uchiha introduced them.

"Oh wow! I didn't know that you had a pet! Hmm. She's definitely pretty cute. No wonder you chose her. Does she like mermen? Most chicks dig the tail!" He said brightly.

Hinata blinked as she peeked in through the door. She heard Sasuke talking to someone and apparently, Sasuke was introducing her to that someone. The person in question was asking about mermen for some reason.

"I like mermaids and mermen. Wh-at does that have to do with anything though? Oh and it's very nice to meet you." She said with a sweet smile.

"Suigetsu is a merman." Sasuke explained.

Hinata blinked. Wait. What?! It was one thing to realize that vampires were real. It was another to realize that mermen were.

"I don't understand. If he's a merman, why does he have legs?" The bluenette asked in confusion.

"I'm capable of assuming human form for a few hours. That's not all that I'm capable of though, sweetheart." Suigetsu said with a smirk and Hinata wisely took a few steps back.

"Suigetsu, don't creep Hinata out. I'm sorry. He's a pervert. I don't really know if it's a Suigetsu thing or a merman thing. You do get used to it after awhile." The raven haired vampire apologized.

The Hyuga woman gaped at the two of them. Apparently, this was normal behavior for Sasuke and Suigetsu. She decided just to go with it. It was probably the most normal thing about Madara's Mansion.

"I feel like high school never really ended in some ways." She mumbled.

"I know the feeling. Trust me, I know the feeling." Sasuke assured her.

Suigetsu tilted his head to the side. He didn't know what this high school thing was, but it sounded really unpleasant. Was it some kind of prison.

"What's high school?" The merman asked curiously.

"Nevermind. You don't want to know. Did you hear the news? Jugo's on some retreat in the rainforest." Sasuke replied.

"Oh yeah. I heard all about that. It should be good for him. I think it will really help him unwind. It'll be good for him to be with his own kind." The white haired man observed.

Hinata made the decision not to ask what the two men meant by that. They had just implied that this Jugo person wasn't human either. Her world had expanded recently in ways that she had never dreamed were possible.

"Yeah. Anyway, what are you doing here?" The vampire asked.

"Oh. I just wanted to see, if you wanted to hang out. I see you got yourself a pretty pet to play with though. So I won't distract you. I'll just go terrorize some tourists or sailors instead." He reasoned.

Tourists and sailors? Terrorizing them? Hinata shook her head. It was clear that this creature had a very strange idea of what passed for fun.

"Alright. You go do that." Sasuke said and the violet eyed man headed off.

"Sorry about that. Suigetsu is something of an acquired taste." Sasuke said.

"Like that blue skinned man?" Hinata ventured cautiously and the vampire just nodded in agreement.

"Yeah something like that." Sasuke conceded.

Meanwhile Kiba headed to the hospital. He was really worried about Hinata. She was acting so strangely. Maybe one of the nurses she worked with had noticed something.

"Do you know if anything's wrong with her? I barely see her anymore and that's just not like Hinata. We've known each other since we were kids." He explained.

"Oh nothing's wrong with her. That happens sometimes when a woman gets a new boyfriend." The nurse informed him.

Kiba tried not to stare at her. New boyfriend? Hinata had a boyfriend? Why hadn't she told him about it?

That hurt. They were friends. Friends were supposed to tell each other about their lives, especially their love lives. Maybe she was worried that he would scare the new guy off though. He would be the first to admit that he could be a little overprotective. (Okay, he could be a lot overprotective.)

"She didn't tell me that she was dating anyone. Who is the guy? Do you know his name? What's he like?" The canine lover demanded.

After all, he had to make sure that his friend wasn't dating some creep. He would protect Hinata, one way or another. She was a very nice person and easily taken advantage of.

"Sasuke. He's very handsome and polite. A little flirtatious, but I see the way he looks at her. They seem committed. I wouldn't worry about your friend. It looks like she's in good hand. He works in the medical industry. Sometimes transports blood shipments. He wears expensive suits, so I assume that he gets paid well." The nurse told him.

Well expensive suits might be a good thing. At least, Kiba knew that it was unlikely he was dating Hinata for her money. Still he wasn't sure how he felt about the fact that his friend was dating someone and didn't even tell him. That still hurt.

"Thanks. Well that explains a lot. Wait. WHAT did you say that his name was?!" Kiba asked.

Sasuke. She had said Sasuke. The Inuzuka was sure of it. It couldn't be THEIR Sasuke though, could it? He had died years ago. There was no possible way that he was still alive, let alone dating someone!

"Yes. Sasuke." The nurse confirmed.

"You said he was handsome. Could you be just a little bit more specific?" The man inquired.

"Oh sure. He's got dark hair. Spiked a bit in the back. Very exotic and stylish, in my opinion. He's got really fair skin and he's obviously of Asian descent. I'd say Japanese most likely. Nice build too. Onyx eyes." The hospital worked answered him.

That certainly sounded like Sasuke. Still there was a chance that the guy just happened to have the same name and looked like their friend. Sasuke was definitely an Asian name. So it would make sense if another Asian sorta looked like Sasuke.

"Alright. That helps a lot. Thanks." Kiba said as he headed off and texted Naruto.

Some nurse says that there's a guy called Sasuke who is dating Hinata. She gave a description of him and it sounded pretty bang on. I don't want to get your hopes up, but it might be him. What should we do? ~ Kiba.

See if you can get a look at him. If you think it's him, I'm buying a ticket to London. ~ Naruto.