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Leeches: Chapter 3
Pein stared thoughtfully at the door the blonde boy had left through and picked at his teeth with a red nail.
'His uncle…is into the occult?...that could be problematic…if he were to figure o-'
His cell phone uttered a shrill chirp and interrupted his thoughts. He glanced at the caller id and a smile crossed his pierced face.
"Hello Master" the orange haired man absently pulled on an earring, a nervous habit that had lasted decades.
"Ah hello Pein, my boy. How goes the conquest?" His master's rich, smooth voice rolled through the phone.
"It goes well Master. And a…very willing local helped me make the preparations if you were to come and visit."
"Don't be silly. I gifted that town to you; it is yours to play with," Master paused and chuckled darkly, his voice became serious and cold "I have placed a great amount of trust in you. You are only the second of my Children to be graced with this honor. If my trust was to be…misplaced…I would be most unhappy."
"Don't worry Master" Pein said, willing his voice not to betray how nervous he felt.
Master's voice became light again, and Pein relaxed slightly
"I'm not worried, not at all. But if I had to come to that God forsaken town to do damage control like I had to do with Orochimaru… Well, I would be forced to do to you what you did to Hanzo."
Pein paled, his piercings standing out in stark contrast with his snow-white skin. He forced his voice to come out steady,
"Do not worry Master all will be well."
"Good, good. Now my boy you must excuse me. My afternoon meal has arrived."
Master hung up without ceremony and Pein was left in his darkening shop, cell phone clutched in one slack hand. His mind whirled, he had preparations to make. If he was to take this town he had to begin tonight.
"Please don't let me fall asleep
Cuz the Boogie Man will creep
Through my window in my room…"
"Turn that Juggalo shit off."
Naruto reached over and snapped the car's stereo off.
"Fuck you. You're in my car so we listen to my music."
Utakata flicked his chin length fringe of hair out of his left eye, snapped the radio back on and turned it up louder just to annoy his passenger.
"It's puff, puff, pass Naruto, not puff, puff, smoke all my fucking weed."
The high school senior leaned forward and plucked the blunt from Naruto's fingers. Bloodshot blue eyes blinked blearily.
"Hey give that back," Naruto shook his head slowly and laughed, "God, my voice sounds weird."
"I could shotgun it to you" Utakata wiggled his visible eyebrow suggestively and the younger boy turned tomato red.
"Dude, stop that. I told you I don't swing that way." the words came out mumbled and slow.
The brunette laughed, "God, you're so cute when your face goes all red like that"
Naruto grumbled and then changed the subject, "so who did you get this from? It's pretty flame."
Utakata screwed up his face in thought, "New dude at the party last night. Weird guy, green hair, half his body painted black, sharpened teeth, two voices…seemed batshit."
"What was his name?"
The older boy giggled, "dunno. He reeked like bud, was high as fuck, and had a gallon bag of this shit in his sweatpants. I just called him the Walking Weedplant."
Naruto burst out laughing. When he had quieted down Utakata put the car in drive.
"Munchies?" he asked
Naruto dug his remaining cash from his wallet, "Hell yeah!"
When Naruto entered his house several hours later (still cradling a bag of Doritos like a baby) Kyuubi was waiting for him. Since he knew that Uncle Kyu didn't care if he smoked he simply held out the bag of Doritos in a silent offering.
"Naruto we gotta talk" Uncle Kyu led them into the living room and sat down on the couch, stubbing out his smoldering cigarette butt in the overflowing ashtray.
"'kay…say can I get one of those?" he gestured vaguely to the pack of American Spirits and plopped down onto the opposite couch. Kyuubi ran a hand over his face, gave a shuttering sigh, and gestured in a rather open-ended answer. Assuming this weird hand flap meant yes the blonde leaned forward, slid a cigarette from the box, placed it between his lips, and lit it.
"Oh!," Naruto carefully dug the copy of The Agrippa from his bag and placed it on the table, "I got you something."
Uncle Kyu didn't even spare it a glance and Naruto stuck his bottom lip out slightly in a silent pout.
"Naruto," Uncle Kyu sighed heavily again, "something really bad happened today, well actually it happened yesterday but I found out today." He paused and seemed to struggle with finding the right words, "I don't really know how to tell you in a way that won't hurt like hell so I'm just gonna tell you. The Uchiha are dead, someone killed them. Sasuke is missing."
The half-smoked cigarette fell from Naruto's suddenly numb fingers.
Night swallowed the town. Naruto grieved for the loss of his friend and slowly drank his way towards a blackout. Kyuubi poured over his books, searching for anything pertaining to vampires or rituals that were associated with them. Dark shadows moved from house to house, knocking at doors and windows, asking to be let in.
Hana Inuzuka stepped aside to allow a handsome, if vulgar, silver haired man to enter her home. She found that she couldn't stop looking into his eyes, which were a stunning amethyst.
Kankuro Sabaku passed a man lying on the side of the road on his way home for work. The man was heavily scarred and looked as if he was held together with thick stitches. He stopped to help, not noticing how the man's lips (which were also stitched) twitched upward into a dark smirk.
A brunette girl who went by TenTen answered the door to her apartment and was viciously pulled across the threshold by a giant so pale that he appeared blue.
A rave was in full swing in the train yard. An androgynous blonde moved through the pulsing lights and writhing bodies, his chin smeared with blood.
"Listen to them, children of the night, what music they make..."
"Paint your face, tonight we terrorize this town
Coffin case, we gather, our time is now
10/31 we roam the streets in thirst for blood
It all begins all begins with you, with your life
10/31 we roam the streets in thirst for blood
Sleep all day party all night, never grow old, never die
It's fun to be a vampire"
A/N: Thanks for all the reviews!
hey guys, or whoever (if anyone) is reading this sorry I haven't posted in a while. writers block, ya know? Anyway reviews would be super killer.
later