Hidden Desires
Author's Note: Thanks for the reviews. They really helped inspire me to get this chapter out faster than I was expecting. Anyway, I hope you all enjoy this chapter.
Transformations and Romance: Feel free to weigh in on who you would like to turn Hinata and when. If you're interested, please do let me know if you would prefer a full wedding and a full Honeymoon chapter or if you would just like one big Wedding/Honeymoon Chapter. Majority will rule.
Chapter 16
Six months. That's how long it had been since his youngest childe had unexpectedly become a Sire. He'd turned two of his human friends into vampires to save their lives. Kiba and Naruto.
"You two really don't know your own strength." Madara said with a sigh as he observed the small hole in the wall.
Naruto and Kiba had been playing some video game. Apparently, one of them had grown frustrated and thrown the game into a wall. Unfortunately, their vampire strength meant that throwing even small objects had an impact.
It was annoying, but it wasn't as though he couldn't have it repaired. Madara supposed he should count his blessings that that was the only thing they "broke" today. He had lost count of the number of glasses, kitchen utensils, and other innocent inanimate objects they had accidentally broken.
"Sorry!" Naruto exclaimed cheerfully.
"Naruto, Kiba, you're vampires now. You're a lot stronger than you were as humans. You have to learn to learn to hold back some of your strength." Sasuke said as he walked out into the living room.
He was proud of Sasuke. The man was taking to being a Sire far better than he could have expected. It was a distasteful comparison, but essentially Sasuke was a "teenage father." Well that was the closest approximation in human terms anyway.
Clearly, it did weigh on him though. The "twins" were a handful. Madara was suddenly grateful that Sasuke hadn't nearly been as hyper of a childe as his friends were. The youngest Uchiha would have driven him to insanity, if he had been as energetic as his blonde friend or the canine lover were.
"Right. I guess we got carried away. Is that blood for us?" Kiba asked hopefully and Sasuke nodded.
Madara watched as the other Uchiha handed them each a blood bag. Their thirst was insatiable, but that was to be expected at this point. At a minimum, Naruto and Kiba were going through at least five blood bags each. Every day.
"Thanks!" Kiba and Naruto told Sasuke as they both quickly tore open the bags and began drinking.
"You're welcome. Madara, have you found anything out about Rin and Kakashi?" Sasuke inquired.
The elder vampire did feel some measure of pity for Sasuke. The man had been about to propose to the love of his life and then this happened. He supposed there was nothing for it.
He was pleased that Sasuke had such loyalty to his friends. Loyalty was an important quality. It was also all too rare. Idly, he wondered if Sasuke would have gone to such lengths to protect the other members of Taka though.
"I believe that we're getting closer. Kakashi is smart. I'm not entirely certain how he has managed to hide Rin this long. The woman is completely new to the modern world." He stated.
In a way, Madara was impressed. How the silver haired vampire had successfully hidden an ancient vampiress for months was beyond him. It was a shame that he had behaved so recklessly.
Kakashi was obviously a very intelligent and resourceful vampire. He was also loyal. Those were all good traits. Sadly, that didn't change the fact that he and Rin still needed to be punished.
"Yeah. He's good. I have to give him that much." Sasuke conceded.
"What are you going to do with them?" Obito demanded as he walked into the living room.
Madara sighed. This was going to be annoying. In general, he tried to keep his family happy. Punishing Kakashi and Rin wasn't going to make Obito happy, but it still had to be done.
"I'm not going to kill them, if that's what you're concerned about." The elder vampire replied honestly.
"That's good, but we both know there are things worse than death. Much worse." Obito pressed on.
The eldest Uchiha vampire shook his head in response. He knew that Obito was going to be difficult. It was only natural. Rin and Kakashi were his friends.
"I considered making them take responsibility for Naruto and Kiba, but that would seem to be punishing them as much as the ones who committed the crime. Instead, I have something else in mind." He said cryptically.
Madara knew that Obito was probably close to snapping. He didn't want to tell him what he was going to do yet. Not yet.
If he did so, Obito would find a way to get in touch with the other vampires. He'd tell them what he was planning. That would ruin his plans. That would completely negate the dramatic impact. Madara loved playing cat and mouse.
"Does it involve torture?" The younger vampire demanded.
Madara smirked. He knew that Sasuke, Naruto, and Kiba were hanging on his every word. He did love being the center of attention and this was certainly one way to ensure that his Coven was kept in awe of him.
"Not physical torture." He assured Obito and with that, Madara walked off.
Meanwhile and Hinata were at a Bridal Shop. The vampiress took weddings very seriously, it seemed. Any of the dresses in this shop probably cost more than some people's houses, but apparently that didn't matter.
"Are you sure that this is necessary? I don't think that Sasuke will care how expensive my dress is." She inquired.
"It's very necessary. You only get married once. We might as well make it a memorable occasion for everyone involved. I'm certain that Sasuke will love you, no matter what you wear. Still that's no reason not to make an impression on everyone else." Konan replied cheerfully as she scanned the various dresses with a practiced eye.
Hinata rubbed the back of her head sheepishly and nodded. Well if Konan wanted to spoil her a bit, she supposed that she should just let the vampiress have her way. After all, it was a rare woman who would turn down getting the perfect wedding dress.
"That's true. How many vampires do you think will be at the wedding?" Hinata inquired.
She wasn't even sure when the wedding would take place. Kiba and Naruto were making tremendous progress, but they still had a long way to go. That much was obvious.
"Hmm. Hard to say. There's obviously going to be me, the other Uchihas, Kiba, and Naruto. Sasuke will invite Taka. That's a given but they aren't vampires. With Madara though, it's difficult to say. Most likely, he'll want to invite at least a few very influential vampires. On the other hand, there is the possibility that he could go overboard. You might very well have hundreds of guests at your wedding." She reasoned.
Hinata shivered. She wasn't really sure how she felt about the possibility of having hundreds of vampires at her wedding while she was still human. The Hyuga woman was positive that the Uchiha Coven would protect her, but still. It was a natural instinct to be wary around predators, when you were the prey.
"That's true. I imagine that he's going to make this a very extravagant wedding." The bluenette observed.
"Most likely. It's Madara. He takes his name very seriously. One of his "children" getting married is a rather big deal. The man will want to ensure that people are talking about your union for years to come." Konan said with a wink.
Hinata blushed and nodded. God only knows what that vampire would come up with. Madara never did anything halfway. Sasuke and everyone else was positively minimalist in comparison.
"That's true. These are some really beautiful dresses." She mused as she looked them over.
She couldn't believe that she was actually going to marry a vampire. Not only that, but she was going to marry one. Hinata wasn't really sure how her life had turned out this way, but she was glad that it did.
The only issues left were helping their friends adjust to becoming a vampires, turning into one herself, and finding their friends' attackers. After that, everything would be perfect.
"It's beautiful." Hinata whispered, once she got a good look at one of the dresses.
"Oh you do have good tastes. I'm sure that Sasuke will love that one. He'll love getting it off of you even more, but you'll look stunning walking down the aisle in that." Konan observed gleefully.
Hinata smiled. It really was a gorgeous gown. She was shopping for a wedding dress with a vampire. Could her life get any more bizarre?
Well perhaps she shouldn't ask that question. Hinata had likely jinxed herself. She could only hope that things were going well for Naruto, Kiba, and Sasuke.
Her lover was often exhausted from dealing with their antics. He had barely been a vampire long enough to gain a moderate control over himself. Now he had to help two new vampires adjust to their new existence. It was a lot to ask of anyone really.
"I wonder where we'll go on our Honeymoon." She murmured.
"Oh I'm sure that it will be somewhere very romantic. Madara wouldn't allow anything, but the best for his childe. In a strange way, you are now his daughter-in-law. So nothing, but the best will do." The other woman pointed out.
Hinata laughed and nodded. That did sound like Madara. She couldn't wait to get married to Sasuke. Hopefully, Kiba and Naruto would finish adjusting soon. They were doing better these days, after all.
Back in India, Kakashi pulled Rin into a building. That was a close one. Another vampire had almost spotted them.
Kakashi recognized this vampire as working for Madara. If he had seen them, they would be done for. The only way that they were going to survive was not to get caught.
"You need to be more careful." He whispered, after the coast was clear.
"I don't know who works for him though." Rin protested.
"That's alright. I'll compose a file for you and you can memorize their names and faces." The silver haired vampire replied.
He needed to do something. There had been far too many close calls. While he would like to believe that Madara would have gotten over it by now, he doubted that was the case.
If there was one vampire who could hold a grudge, it was Madara Uchiha. Maybe, they should leave India. He did like the "safety" that it's large population provided, but Madara was clearly getting closer to finding them.
"We'll leave tomorrow. Perhaps, we should go to Europe. We'll blend in better there." He points out.
"Alright. I always wanted to go to Europe, but the voyage across the ocean always sounded rather perilous." The vampiress admitted.
"That's one of the nice things about the modern era. Airplanes make such journeys much easier." He assured her.
Rin nodded in agreement. That was true. She didn't really relish the thought of being on a ship for months and traveling across the dangerous ocean. Airplanes were fast.
"And traveling by sea, is much different these days." Kakashi added for good measure.
"Alright. I'm not really eager to test that out though. We should prepare for our departure. We'll leave at first light. Madara is getting too close to finding us. We need to get out of here as quickly as possible." She reasoned.
She didn't like it. Rin had been buried alive and forced to lay in her coffin for centuries. She hadn't had a single drop of blood in that entire time and now, the vampiress was expected to just forgive and forget.
No. The descendants would have pay for the sins of their ancestors. She would have her revenge. It was just unfortunate, that Naruto happened to be friends with Sasuke.
The brunette didn't like it, but she could spare the blonde. Every else though would perish. She would make sure of it.
"Good idea." Kakashi agreed as they headed back to their hotel to make their preparations.
Rin smiled. She was lucky to have Kakashi. He always protected her and so did Obito. She liked to imagine that somehow, he was throwing Madara off their trail.
She had no way of knowing if this was accurate or not. Still it was a pleasant thought. Pleasant thoughts were something that one deeply needed when you were trying outrun Madara Uchiha.
A few hours later, Sasuke decided to surprise Hinata at her University. He knew what time she normally ate lunch and in what cafeteria she preferred. So it was an easy matter to find the cafeteria.
It was not as easy to locate her in that sea of humanity. There had to be hundreds of people inside the cafeteria at the moment. Hell, it might not have been a stretch to say thousands.
"Alright. She has blue hair. It can't be that hard to find her." He mutters to himself.
He shouldn't have said that. Apparently, there were at least a dozen or so people with blue hair. Well this was annoying. Alright. He'd just have to track his fiancée by her scent.
Thankfully, her lavender and lilac scent was very distinctive. Even with all these other people around, it stood out. He was able to track her that way.
"Whoa! Who is the hottie?" One of Hinata's classmates asked.
Her name was Susan. Susan was studying to become a nurse. So she and Hinata had a couple classes together.
The woman was a very typical college student. She loved being a Sorority Girl and the party scene. Though Hinata was grateful that she also was rather friend and didn't seem to mind the fact that Hinata was very much not a Sorority Girl type.
"Sasuke?" Hinata whispered in surprise.
He hadn't really come to her school before. She had always thought that maybe it was overwhelming for his vampire senses or there were too many people. What was he doing here though?
"You know him?" Susan inquired curiously.
The blue eyed, red head was looking at her lover in the way a starving dog might eye a steak. Hinata felt a prickle of jealousy, but quickly dismissed it. It wasn't like Susan knew that Sasuke was her fiancé.
They were casual friends. They sat together in the cafeteria and sometimes studied together. They weren't best friends though. Hinata hadn't mentioned Sasuke to her before, but the woman knew that she was engaged.
"Yes, I know him. He's my fiancé." Hinata informed her.
"There you are. I just missed you and wanted to see you." Sasuke told her as he sat down next to his Kitten and kissed her cheek.
"Damn. All the good ones are taken." Susan whined.
Sasuke smirked. He was rather pleased at the attention. A mildly jealous Hinata might be fun.
Of course, he had no interest in the random college student and wasn't going to lead her on. Still it was always nice to know that he was considered desirable. Damn. Madara must be rubbing off on him, Sasuke thought to himself.
"Very happily taken." Sasuke said as he smiled at Hinata.
"Susan, this is Sasuke. Sasuke this is Susan. We have a couple classes together." The bluenette stammered out.
"Nice to meet you! Damn. Hinata, I knew you were engaged, but somehow I pictured someone well shyer." She observed.
Sasuke shook his head in amusement. Whatever. It didn't really matter whatever Susan had imagined him to be like. For now, he was just happy to spend some time with his Kitten.
Naruto and Kiba were getting better. They were getting much better at controlling themselves. Still Sasuke wasn't entirely comfortable with having them be around Hinata.
"It's nice to meet you too." The raven haired vampire offered politely.
Hinata was still human. They were newly turned vampires. Their thirst was still maddeningly intense.
While Sasuke was certain that the two of them would never intentionally hurt Hinata, it was always a possibility. A very real one and he just wasn't willing to take that chance yet.
"So there's going to be a party this Friday! You should come! Are you a student here?" Susan asked.
"No. I attend another university and that's kind of you to offer, but I'm afraid we have other plans." Sasuke told her.
Friday was "Date Night." Madara had agreed to watch the "twins" every Friday. That meant that he and Hinata could do whatever they wanted on those days. Sasuke liked to make the most of their Fridays.
"Yeah. So-rry, Susan." Hinata blurts out as she rested her head on Sasuke's shoulder.
"Oh! No! Don't worry about it! It's totally cool. If I had a guy that looked like that, I'd probably want to stay home too." She replied with a wink.
Sasuke smirked more at that confession. Yes, his ego was certainly being puffed up today. That's when he heard his cell phone go off and sighed.
"One minute. I have to take this. I'll go take it in the bathroom. It's a bit loud here." Sasuke explained as he walked off.
"So when is the wedding?" Susan asked Hinata, once Sasuke was out of earshot.
Hinata bit her lower lip. That was a question that she would love to have an answer too, but unfortunately she didn't. The bluenette just didn't know when they were getting married.
"We haven't decided yet. He has a big family. So it's a bit chaotic to figure out when the best time would be." Hinata told her.
That wasn't exactly a lie. It was a big family for a vampire, but it made the Hyuga woman feel uncomfortable to say all the same. She wished that she could be more open about her romantic life, but her lover was a vampire. A certain amount of discretion was necessary.
While Hinata talked with Susan, Sasuke answered his phone in the bathroom. It was from Madara. There could only be one reason why Madara was calling him at the moment.
"You found Kakashi and Rin, didn't you?" Sasuke asked into the phone.
"Yes, I did. They're in India. I've already got a team there. They'll likely be back in London by this time tomorrow." The elder vampire said.
Sasuke sighed. He was really anxious about this situation. Obito was friends with these people, but they had tried to murder his friends.
The youngest Uchiha couldn't just look the other way. Something had to be done about this. There was no way that he could allow the two vampires to believe they could get away with stuff like this.
"Have you figured out what you are going do to them? I know that you promised Obito that you wouldn't kill them or do physical torture, but there are worse things than that." The Sire of two inquired.
"Oh believe me. I have plans. I just wanted to ensure that you would be here, before they arrived. It'd be annoying to have to deal with all three of them at once. You, Itachi, and Konan should be more than enough to keep Obito settled, while I explain what the consequences of their actions shall be." The elder vampire explained.
"Alright. I'll be there. I have to go. I'm at Hinata's school. I stopped by to surprise her at lunch." Sasuke informed Madara.
Sasuke could imagine Madara smirking on the other side of the phone. The vampire had smirking down to an art form. It was impressive really.
"That's very sweet. Young love. It's truly adorable. I see that things are working out well for you and your Kitten. As I knew that they would, of course. What an Uchiha wants, an Uchiha gets." He decreed smugly.
Yeah. He was definitely smirking. Sasuke wasn't sure how, but he could HEAR the smirk in his voice. Idly, he mused that didn't make much sense. Still he knew it to be true.
"Yeah. I guess that's one way to look at it. I don't want to keep her waiting to long. So I'll talk to you later. Try not to blow up the house or anything crazy like that in the meantime." The raven haired vampire teased him.
"Blow up the house? Who do you think I am? Do I look like Deidara to you? In that case, Sasuke you really should get your eyes checked." Madara retorts.
"Funny. Well I'll see you soon." Sasuke told his Sire and with that, he hung up.
Madara had found the runaway vampires. Sasuke had no idea what the oldest Uchiha was planning, but he doubted it was anything that would make Obito happy. That vampire was stuck between a rock and a hard place.
After he ended the call, Sasuke swiftly heads back to the cafeteria. He needed to brief Hinata on the situation. Preferably, the vampire would be able to do so in private.
"Hinata, that was my father. He needs some help setting up the guest rooms for his friends that are coming in tomorrow. I hope you don't mind, if I cut out of our lunch early." Sasuke said as he caressed her cheek.
It wasn't exactly a lie, but it felt like one. He could hardly say the truth in front of Hinata's human classmate. His Sire had finally tracked down two runaway vampires and was likely going to punish them in horrific ways tomorrow. That was the real reason he had to go.
Fortunately, his "lie" sounded normal. He could make it work. It disturbed him sometimes, how easily he could now come up with a lie.
"Oh, of course. Don't worry about it. I'll just see you later." Hinata replied as she kissed his cheek.
For the briefest of moments, he saw her frown with concern. Hinata knew exactly what he meant by his father's "friends." She wasn't any happier about it than he was, but the Hyuga woman was far too bright to make a scene in public.
"Yeah. I love you. Oh and it was very nice to meet you, Susan." Sasuke said again, before he departed.
"Well he seems nice." Susan offered.
"Oh he is. His father can be a little dramatic at times though." Hinata said.
"Ah well. Parents are like that sometimes." The other woman said as she bit into her burger and Hinata nodded in agreement.
She couldn't believe that only a few months ago, she had been in Susan's position. Once upon a time, Hinata didn't know that vampires existed and now she was about to marry one. It was a very surreal realization.