The day went smoothly for Naruto, as he now has grown to deal with all the sage that occurred daily in the village, right until he was stopped by his fellow teammate, actually ex-teammate, as there was, officially, no longer a Kakashi-han registered on the document. The pinkette stopped her as he was making his way up to Kakashi's room.

"Naruto," the young woman called softly, not wanting to draw much attention, in concerned. "the test result has come out, he won't last for long."

"He would be fine," the blond interrupted immediately. "Didn't you say you need more time to research? Kakashi agreed and he is still fine."

"You don't understand," Sakura tightened her fist and then let go. "None of the index show any positive results. You know how Kaka-sensei is like, he is doing it for you!"

"He promised me that he would wait til my story to finish. I thought in the meantime, you would be finding a way to extend his life. I thought that's the plan! You know I am not good at planning, Sakura-chan. Aren't we sticking to the plan?"

"Yes, we are," Sakura sighed in sadness. "Especially sensei who use his mental strength to stay awake for so long… As his doctor, Naruto-kun, for the my patient's sick, my advice is only to sum up the story soon." She turned away, looking out of the window, like Naruto has done so a minute ago. "I wish there is a way… seeing him suffer did not make me feel any good. I don't want to let him go too, Naruto, but maybe it is time." She took out her handkerchief and wiped the moisture leaked out of the corners of her eyes. "I wish there is something that I can do. Shisho and Suizune are doing their best, but we cannot stop but seeing the problem spread as it damages sensei's body.."

Naruto remained silence as he trapped the pinkette's shoulder softly. It was his fault, if he was not targeted by the foreign shinobi, his lover would not have use his body to protect him, then he would not injected the poison that triggered all the damages that he has down in the life as a shinobi. "Gomenasai," he apologised in murmur, "hotoni, gomenasai.".

"No need," Sakura stopped him, "out of all of us, you would be the one hurt most to see him go. The other guys are working in ANBU and I am a medic, all 4 of us ses more death than you have, and that, no matter how we like sensei, you are the only one falls in love with him…" She paused, "gomenasai… I wished I managed to find a cure."

"It's not your fault… Only if we know whether those shinobi came from… Shikamaru and Yamato taicho got hit on their mission… as Hokage, I have to find out these people… As his lover, I just wished that I have more time to spend with him… rather using a story to elongate his life… only if it actually works…"

He continued to walk, leaving the pinkette behind. He was almost late, compare to the usual time that he would make to the ward. He paused as he heard that his lover was having a conversation with the unexpected visitor. He, of course, received the news from Sasuke and Sai. However, as the young ANBU taicho did not have time to come over, no one has informed him how was the vampire's voice. The cold baritone sounded familiar, yet also chilling. It was so familiar that he wondered whether he has met the vampire before, in other occasion. Nonetheless, he slid the door opened and greeted his lover with his usual warm smile. "Kakashi," he said.

The silver haired shinobi greeted his lover with his usual grin, "how's your day, Naruto? An-san and I were talking about the blacksmiths that we have seen in our career life."

"really?" the blond countered. "I am not familiar with these things, though, so An-san? I haven't formally meet you. I am the Hokage of this village, Nanadaime Hokage, Uzumaki Naruto."

"Ah…" An replied, as he stretched his chained right hand, "nice to meet you. I am Sasaki An, the leader of the Sasaki."

"I have been told of," he replied. "Please do continue what you're talking about."

Kakashi raised his brows, even though his sight was soft, "I thought you would have introduce yourself as the author of the late edition of Icha Icha? I haven't seen you being such a role model."

"Kakashi!" Naruto's cheeks cover in a faint hue of pink, "Just one book only! I don't think I am as good as Jiji."

"But, I am very proud of you, Naruto" the older man said. "not just being Hoakge, but also taking Jiraiya-sama's role, as an author. I am glad. We're talking about proteges and I was telling An-san that it only really understand why people like to bring up their students is when the time you see the fruit of your hard labour..."

Naruto did not respond to his lover's words, but grabbed a chair and sat between two bed, casting away his blush. He hold the silver haired's hand softly as he pulled out a piece of paper to read. "I got you another chapter."

An kept a polite smile throughout and remained in silence as he knew that he was the intruder of their little time together. As the blond sat down, he lie back and turned his head facing the other side of the wall, pretending he was not interested and pretended to fall asleep. He was glad that he made such decision when the blond revealed his story was so similar that he could not believe his ears.

There was no Sasaki nor An nor Kazuko, but the characters were so similar that An could not think that it was illogical to draw correlation. They vampire clan as well as a mortal assistant that was once from a legendary priesthood family. Everything happened in the story was so similar to his own experience. Then, he knew why he was here, on this bed. He sighed softly as he now also knew why the man felt so weak, but managed to keep himself alive.

He hoped the story never ends, just like the young girl told the tales to her wedded husband, in order to keep himself alive. But as his ex-teammate, the female that he thought he was in loved with for so long, she was right about one thing. The story must be end soon. Hence, he decided, after the snake has removed from the vampire lover's body, they would be living happily ever after together. They would live, in his fairytale, continue the love that he could not ever let go in this world, continue the love that he would miss, continue the memories that they could create together. They would be living happily after, very happily ever after, in the fairytale.

It was time to go as the moon was hanging right up in the air. Naruto closed his journal, after he tore the pieces that contained the chapter that he just read out. He handed the pieces to his lover who then stored them into the black leather journal that was lying open on the bedside kissed the old silver haired man goodnight on the lips as well as forehead before he turned his attention to the vampire. He nodded softly toward the vampire and walked towards the door. Although they still wondered the truth behind, at least his lover was sleeping soundly under the vampire presence and that they could have one ANBU guarding instead of two, which was a relief as he needed more men to help to hunt for remedy. .

As soon as Naruto left the room, Kakashi whispered, as he looked out for the moonlight. He whispered so soft that as if he was not even talking. "I guess you were bit embarrassed as Naruto came in… " he said. "We have been together by the end of the war, oh… that was 3 years ago." He was my protégé and I never have thought that he would love me, he caught me totally unexpected with his words…"

" It's okay, I wasn't embarrassed," An replied as he turned his body, facing the man next bed. The Kakashi that was bathed under the moonlight was ethereal, even for a mortal soul. The Kakashi that he bought up was different, but could not deny that the were the same person, the same single child that Sakumo has ever had. The miniature copy of Sakumo that even by now, reminded him of the times when there was once a truly long peaceful moment in his life.

"An san, I am already in my late thirties, by shinobi standard, I am glad that I am still alive."

"Hmm... but I cannot remember much about my thirties… I am already lived more than a thousand years."

Kakashi seldom chuckled, but nonetheless, he chuckled softly, "I guess we are babies in your eyes…" He sighed softly, "I am not sure how you see death… but its so near that I am beginning to feel afraid. I don't know why I tell you that, I suppose there would be no one that ever understand how it would be like, when the ones who experienced would have gone to the other world."

"You would be fine," the vampire comforted the man after a short pause. "Both of you are strong, " he added, chewing on his words. "The young vampire that I have raised up, his blond lover has passed away twice, but he survived. The young love came back to him every time, so… maybe not to worry. No matter how different this world compare to the one that I came from. Both of you are so alike. The bond between you both is so tight that I never have thought of breaking it apart, and let my young brother fell in love again and again…"

""Really?" that was the only word that the old shinobi spoke, in an eccentric hope. He looked at the vampire with such glimpse of hope that ached An's heart. The sight remind him of the first death of Naruto. If Kazuhiko is around, then he would have think that maybe the previous life was just a dream, or just images made up from his memories. "You would be." He murmured softly, as if reassuring himself. "He would have."

They did not say a word then, and let the silvery moonlight filled the room. Each of them have thoughts to sort out and both of them missed the mop of gold that were most important in their lives.

"Kazuhiko…"

Author's Note

Once again, I have been so freaking lazy that I have not updated for ages =_=/ I actually have type a lot up at work but just was so lazy to do the editing once back home... So I can only assure that the story would be keep going until where it meant to end. [run away with tears] Nonetheless, just let me remind you that An-kun is still in the world that there are no priests and vampires, but shinobi and the hidden villages. He would go back to his own world for one day, but just not now as he witnessed the love between the young Hokage and his sensei...

Anyway, enjoy and thanks for reading and following!

Yours,

Yanvi L
p.s. Prescripto13: I am afraid that it's not that in this case, as Kakashi, as in Copy-nin would not be turning into a Copy-vampire [excuse of the lame name =.=;;; I just thought of this name this second... sounds so lame...]