-Sheera-

I sighed as I walked into the school with my younger sister beside me. It was so weird being somewhere without Saya, but ever since we found her two days ago she's locked herself up in her room and won't come out. She refuses to eat and won't go to school. What's worse, is I hear her crying herself to sleep at night so I'm guessing she's remembering her past again.

"Morning girls!"

I heard Naruto say happily and I looked at him before looking away as I took my seat next to Sasuke in homeroom.

"Hey, what's wrong?"

Naruto asked and I heard Sakura sigh.

"You dope, have you still not realized Saya's not with them?"

She asked and I sighed before resting my arms on the desk and laying my head down ontop of them.

"Oh, sorry."

Naruto said and I would have normally told him not to worry about it, but right now I didn't feel like it. I hated not being able to comfort my sister, sure she may not be blood, but she was still my sister in my eyes. The only thing that lets me know she's still alive in there is the fact I can hear her crying at night and every morning there's a letter outside her door addressed to her penpal. It seems like Sala's the only person she's talking to.

"So she still won't come out of her room?"

Kiba asked and I lifted my head to see him and the others were crowded around my seat since class hadn't really started yet.

"Yeah."

I said and noticed they all seemed really worried. I smiled sadly at the fact that in just three days we'd managed to make so many friends.

"She needs to get over it. It's all in the past."

We all turned to see Gaara standing with his arms crossed over his chest.

"What did you say?"

I asked looking at him in shock.

"She's being overdramatic. So what humans killed her kind? It's happened and she's still alive, so she should enjoy what live she has. Not waste it blaming others and crying. It's not like crying will bring them back."

He said and I walked up to him and slapped him causing everyone to go quiet and look at us.

"You know Gaara, you can be a real ass. You don't know the kind of pain she's going through."

I said before pushing past him and walking out of the room.

-Sasuke-

I watched as Sheera got up and slapped Gaara for what he'd just said. Even I had to admit that was a little harsh. Star got up and followed her sister out of the room.

"That was kinda harsh man."

Naruto said and Gaara just scoffed at him before going to his seat. Kakashi came in and started class. I didn't really know Saya all that much, but I couldn't imagine what it would be like to lose my entire family and kind and know I was the last one alive. I couldn't even begin to think the kind of pain she must be feeling. I sighed and listened to Kakashi drone on about human behavior.

-Temari-

I checked the mail as my brothers went inside and I saw another letter from Saya. I was kinda shocked she was still writing to me when she wouldn't even talk to her sisters. I walked up to my room and sat on my seldomly used bed and started to read the letter.

'Dear Sala,

I don't know why, but for some reason I feel like I can talk to you about what I'm feeling when I can't even look at my sisters. It's good to know you're a Mythical too, even if I don't know what kind.

The point of this letter is different from my usual ones. I've kept my past to myself for so long, but something that's happened recently at my new school has made it almost impossible to get it out of my mind, so I've decided to tell someone and since I trust you, I'll tell you because I know you won't judge me.'

I stared in disbelief at the letter I held in my hands. Saya was going to tell me her past when she wouldn't even tell her sisters? It must really be eating away at her to keep all her emotions locked up. I turned my attention back to letter and kept reading.

'I suppose the first thing I should tell you is that I'm a Siren, the last of my kind. I'm not sure if you know how Sirens feed, but if not I'll tell you we don't eat our victims. We only feed of the youth of their souls and let them go. Now that you know that I can tell you the rest of what happened to my kind.

I had lived the normal life of your everyday Siren up to the age of six. One night, right after I'd fed with my mother and father and let the sailors go back to their boats to return to their homes we heard screams and angry shouts followed by hundreds of footsteps. We knew it was the humans, but we didn't know why they had seeked us out so we waited for them to come to try and find out why. They shouted at us and called us monsters for killing their sailors. The husbands and fathers of so many children. We were confused because we never killed our victims, but the humans wouldn't listen to the clan leader and they killed him. They kiled him in cold blood.

My mother tried to get us to run, but the men stayed to fight so the women and children could get away, but the humans weren't having it. They came after us first so that we couldn't escape and breed again. They threw nets and spears, and shot us. Everywhere my friends and family were being killed right before my eyes. My mother picked me up and started to run. We managed to get away, but I could still hear the cries of agony and pain from my kind as they were killed. I could smell the blood in the air.

My mother ran through the forest surrounding the sea that was our hunting grounds, but was cut off by a group of villagers. My mother asked why they thought we were the ones responsible and I'm not sure why, but they answered her. They told her that they found the bodies of their sailors still on their ships as they got back from the Sea returning them. Their bodies were drained of blood and some were torn to shreds so they were no longer even recognizable. There's only one kind of Mythical that feeds that way, and it's not a Siren. My mother tried to explain to them that we don't kill our victims, but they wouldn't listen. They attacked my mother and tried to get to me. They captured us both and brought us back to the shore next to the sea where our kind and the humans were still fighting.

I saw the bodies of everyone I knew and cared for lying lifelessly on the ground and saw my father surrounded by thousands of men while he tried to fight for his life. Then my mother was taken from my side and killed right infront of me. Before long I was the only one left and they were coming towards me with the intent to kill my kind for good. But then humans started screaming and blood filled the air even more as vampires came out in swarms and feasted. One in particular laughed as the humans tried to get away and explained how it was so nice of them to get rid of the competition for feeding grounds for them and he explained that vampires had killed their sailors and told the humans us Sirens had done so.

Once the humans were all dead the vampires turned towards me and the one in charge, I believe his name had been Tai, said he wanted me as a slave and told the other vampires to capture me. I was so scared that I didn't know what to do and acted on instinct and sang the one song my mother had taught me to defend myself. The vampires all fell unconcious and I followed shortly after. When I woke up I was in the hospital. When I was released I was put into an orphanage and that's where I stayed until my parents now came and adopted me.

I've never told anyone about my past Sala, you're the first one to know and I trust you'll be able to understand the pain I feel right now. I can't get those images out of my head. I know I'm worrying my sisters, but I just can't face them right now. I don't know what to do, I need your help.

Sincerely yours,

Saya Nicole Sukioshii Takimura (Maria)'

I stared at the paper in my hands as my vision blurred and the words became unreadable. I had no idea she'd been through something so horrible. She was right to hate vampires for causing the massacre of her kind, and humans for doing it. What was worse, was the fact that Tai, the one who had wanted her as a slave, was my grandfather.

"Hey Temari, do you think we could order some-hey, what's the matter with you?"

Kankuro asked as he came into my room. I hid the letter and wiped at my eyes. She had been dealing with so much pain by herself for so long. And because of that one experience as a child she hates all vampires, even the ones like my brothers and I that aren't as evil and sadistic as our grandfather. Gaara used to be that way, but he's changed.

"I'm fine."

I said and Kankuro looked at me skeptically.

"Temari, you're crying. Now tell me what's wrong."

He said and I shook my head.

"It's nothing. I just want to go to bed."

I said and he looked like he was going to say something, but nodded and left shutting the door after him.

I moved over to my desk and started to write a letter in response to Saya's. I know she hates vampires, but she needs a friend right now and I was going to be that friend. I was going to let her know that not all vampires are evil.

A/N: Somewhat of a cliff hanger, and somewhat not. Saya's past isn't so pleasent is it? Oh, and in my story vampires can blush, cry, eat, and all that jazz. Review!