When Darkness Falls Ch 19

Hashirama and Madara left HQ with a determination that they never knew they had. They now had a new agenda. Madara was now out to protect his Akatsuki while Hashirama was out to protect his vampires. They came to the front door of the mansion and stopped. Neither group knew that the leaders were on their side.

They entered the foyer and took a couple of minutes to kiss and give each other the courage to face their groups. They walked into the sitting room and all eyes went wide. The Akatsuki jumped to their feet ready to flee and the vampires jumped to theirs to stop their lovers from running away.

They pulled them back to them and pushed the humans behind them. All vampires were on guard as their own leader moved closer to the group. He put his hand up and looked around the room. "Relax we are on your side. Things have changed." He said soothing the vampires need to protect their lovers.

"How is it different? We know what our leader intends to do with us so how do we know you aren't out to get rid of us too?" Hidan asked scornfully. Kakuzu reached behind him and took the teens hand. He held it tight and Hidan held on as tight as he could. Madara stepped up next to Hashirama.

"I need you all to sit down. There is something I need to tell all of you." Madara said motioning to the couch. The vampires looked at the Akatsuki members to see what their move would be. They all looked to each other and then back to Madara. They slowly nodded.

The Vampires once again took their seats and pulled their human lovers onto their laps to protect them at any cost. Hashirama almost thought it looked as though they were cuddling puppies instead of people. Madara and Hashirama grabbed a couple of kitchen chairs and sat facing the group.

"Many years ago when I was a teenager myself, I met a vampire. My job was as yours was. I was supposed to kill him. It seemed so simple at the time. Then something happened and I was attacked by a group of vampires who were trying to take over a city.

The one person that I least expected to help me was none other than the vampire I was assigned to kill. He took me back to his loft and stitched me up and nursed me until I was well again. Some other things happened and we ended up lovers. We were together for thirteen years and then one day I received a message from my own leader who I had betrayed for my love. He told me that he had found the perfect elite team of assassins to do what I could not.

He sent his team after Hashirama. I went to find Hashirama to warn him and to tell him to leave town and that I would meet up with him. When I got there it was more than I had anticipated. I was about to run into battle and help Hashirama when he pulled me back and stopped me.

I had no idea why at first and then it was clear. My leader had sent the perfect assassins. They were a group of vampires that he paid to kill Hashirama and me if I got in the way and then he would destroy them. While Hashirama was protecting me, they made their move and struck him down.

I watched as he died in the alley way. The sun was just setting and I sat in the ally way holding him until I could no longer see. I finally had to leave and hide until I could get my revenge. I finally after two years of training took down my old leader and took over his position. By then I was hard to the world.

I hated vampires and I wanted every single one of them dead. After our meeting I was shocked tot the core when Hashirama, my dead vampire lover had returned to me. It has been seven years since that day and I would have carried out my plans had he not returned to me. Now as you can see things are different.

We are on your side. I foolishly called in my ops team right before he showed up. Now we are going to have to fight them and stop them. Once an order is put out there is no way to turn it off. They are like computer programmed bots. They have no shut off button.

I am so sorry for what I have and am about to put you through." Madara said lowering his head in shame. Hashirama grabbed his hand and held it looking at his vampires for their support. "We will be okay. We will fight them and we will win. We all have something worth living for and we aren't about to lose it." Pein said. The other vampires slowly nodded and held their lovers even tighter.

The Akatsuki leaned back against their Vampire lovers wrapping their minds around the battle ahead of them. They were good but they were good enough to take down mere vampires. This ops Team was military trained and special force trained. This was going to be a very tough battle.

Hashirama and Madara watched their families closely as they assessed what they needed to do about getting them ready to fight. Madara and Hashirama had been trained by the best. It was up to them to train their teams the best they could.

"I think you all should take tonight to get some rest and spend time with your perspective partners, because tomorrow we start training you in a whole new manner. You will need every bit of strength and speed you possess if we are going to win." Hashirama told his vampires. "I couldn't agree more." Madara said to his Akatsuki members.

The Akatsuki all stood and the vampires followed suit. They took their lovers hands and retreated to their rooms or different parts of the house out of sight of the others. Hashirama and Madara sat a few moments longer holding onto the others hand pondering the outcome of this battle if they should fail in their training and teachings.

Hashirama stood and took Madara in his arms and kissed him softly. Madara kissed back as the worry began to melt away some. He let Hashirama lead him to his bedroom and shoved him back lightly onto the bed. Madara smiled at Hashirama and beckoned him to him. Hashirama once again crawled up over him.

Madara opened his arms and Hashirama crawled into them. There was nothing wrong with them indulging in a little comfort either before they had to train their families to be even colder blooded then before. After all this could be their last night on earth.