Author's Notes

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On the other hand, once An and Kurama left the building, another silver hair man approached the pair. "An-nii," the figure pouted, "he is too young for your taste."

Kurama rolled his eyes helplessly, as he was right; his protégé was the latest interest of the vampire. However, the older vampire simply chuckled. "Kashi- chan, since you know it's not my cup of tea, don't be so stingy, just joking."

Kurama sweated as he heard the vampire's statement. He has been away from the vampire community for a while, since he took up Naruto's guardianship, but it was Sasaki An, one of the oldest vampire in the world. He thought that the man wouldn't change that easily, or actually this was one of his true sides? Nonetheless, he decided to remain silence, as he knew that his favourite sake was waiting for him.

An ruffled the younger vampire's hair softly, as they reached a small villa, "I know what you want, Kashi- chan, I have signed the papers; you won't be summoned unless necessarily."

"Arigatou, An-nii~" Kakashi replied in a slightly higher pitch, and disappeared, leaving Kurama in shock.

An beamed as he opened the metal door. "Seems you have not seen the other side of Kashi-chan," he said as he warmed up the sake in the kitchen.

Kurama settled himself on the fainting coach by the balcony and replied unhurriedly, "not at all, An- san, I have only met Kakashi in a few gatherings and I hardly talked to the boy at all."

An placed a wooden tray, along with a pair of ochoko and tokkuri on the table. He sighed, "but you obviously heard of the rumours, I suppose. No matter how hard I try to suppress the detail, I doubt you and other bijuu did not know about it at all."

Kurama grabbed one of the cups with his tail, and drank the content in one go. He closed his eyes, letting the liquid burnt his throat. "Of course we heard of it, but I did not nail into the detail. Since Minato's death, I have been accompanied Naruto for these years."

An titled his head, deciding whether the fox was pretending. After a few second, he decided the fox was oblivious. "I am not talking about that, but the incidents happened 100 years ago as well as 300 years ago," he supplied softly. "You know what I mean…"

The fox opened his eyes widely and looked at the vampire as if he just threw out an enormous bomb. "He…?"

"Hai…" An replied tiredly, only at this moment, he acted according to his age. "There's nothing I can do other than sealing the boy up with my curse. He was Sakumo's son. In every aspect, as his guardian or as his leader, I have the duty to take care of him."

Kurama sighed softly, as he stretched one of its tail and tapped the vampire's hand gently, "nothing you can do. Sennin has told me before, when I was younger, that there would be a Sasaki falling for the Light. I did not realise that Naruto was the light and Kakashi is the one."

"That's obvious, as nobody actually believe in it at all, and not even Riku-san himself. It was a myth, even for vampires of my age."

"So…" Kurama hesitated, "what are you planning to do?"

An refilled both ochokos, "nothing," he replied calmly. "If it is necessary, I will seal Kashi- chan again. But since you are accompanying the boy, I feel that I have the obligation to notify you, as even though there is only a small amount of time left, you are Naruto's guardian until then."

Kurama sighed again, "seems Minato has bad luck and attract problems everywhere."

"It's actually opposite, Kurama," An encountered, "really. I think that Minato is a rare genius that only suffering can show his greatness. If there is no obstacles, it would not amplify his talent and we know that clearly, he has."

The fox did not deny nor agree, but simply used it tail to fill their clay cups with more sake. He gazed at the round, full moon quietly along with the vampire. It has more than hundred years since he met the vampire, who was paying a visit to his master. To him, time has never altered anything, but even though the vampires were immortals, it actually did shaped the vampire. He has changed, Kurama could tell, because of the young silver haired vampire.

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On the other hand, outside the church, on the tree where Naruto has first met the silver haired vampire; there was the said vampire, sitting on the same branch, looking at the same full moon. He has a terrible headache, for which he would never inform his beloved aniki, as he knew that he should not break the older vampire's heart anymore. He knew that all along, as he aware of the missing of his memories plainly. He understood that his aniki has chosen to bear his sadness, just because he was his favourite, as they were not brothers in blood.

He remembered the emptiness when he first woke up, in a cold stone cell. He remembered the pain that was shown in his aniki's eyes. Throughout the decade, dis-contiously, he managed to retrieve part of his missing memories, the reason that he was forced to put asleep and locked in that cold stone cell. Once he encountered the ekusoshisuto, he could see the face of the man that he has dreamt of for years more clearly. He wanted to know the man more, and wanted to stay closer to the man. He sighed softly as he needed to gather his focus to do his daily training. With his punishment, he has to make sure he has kept his body well; he could not bare the cost of waking up lifelessly. He has owed his aniki too much, he could not add extra burden for him, as he was the leader of the clan; he simply has too many issues that he needed to address to. He sighed.

Suddenly, a raven appeared at the tip of the tree. His skin was so pale that, under the moonlight, it looked like the finest marble. "Kakashi- san," he bowed, "Yamato taicho is asking for your presence."

"Why Yamato didn't come personally, Sai? What has the team done again?" the vampire asked leisurely as he placed his soft gaze on the raven.

"I think one of the men has accidentally activate an ancient scroll. Yamato taicho is working on it, as he ordered me to come to you, as he would not want to disturb An- sama in such later hours."

Kakashi sighed softly as he closed the book that he has opened on his lap. He stood up swiftly and straightened his clothes. Sai bowed softly and disappeared, as Kakashi turned his gaze to the window, where a blond was sleeping. "Naruto, oyasumi-nasai."

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