Immortal Diaries
Chapter 2
AN: Hello all. Firstly thanks to everyone who reviewed the first chapter. Now before anyone get's ideas I'm not going to write this story episode by episode as that would take years and if that's all you want you could just rewatch the show. However the first few episodes will be in this story simply for the fact that Vicki is a major part of the first seven episodes and she happens to set the tone for the series. Also as previously stated this story will contain a small harem it's a toss up whether Caroline or Elena will be in it eventually but Bonnie definitely is. Also just wanted to point out Naruto is not a vampire, he is a kitsune demon, I thought that was obvious in the first chapter.
Also Hinata isn't going to have a really big presence in this story. She's his primary mate and while she's known and mentioned a lot she's got kids she needs to take care of and she's pretty much content in the spirit world. Plus what mother in their right mind would let their kids anywhere near Damon who even when he's not a violent sociopath is still a terrible influence on kids. Other than that their are a few twist I'm going to throw into the story to shake things up and keep people guessing, that said here's the new chapter.
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It was a dark night, the light of the moon mostly blocked by the shade of the trees within the deep forest. Within the forest was a small white tent currently occupied by two people, a man and a woman as evident by the silhouettes revealed thanks to the light from the lamp inside. Slowly unknown to the two souls within, too busy focusing on each other, fog slowly began to creep its way into the clearing that they occupied. Suddenly within the tent the young female pushed the young male off of her breaking the kiss they'd been having.
"Hey. Did you hear that?" questioned the girl.
"Hear what?" questioned the young man moving down to plant kisses along her neck.
"I heard thunder." Said the girl causing the male to pause.
"There's no thunder." Said the man after a moment.
"Are you sure? Because if it rains, then we won't be able to see the comet."
"It's not gonna rain." Assured the young male.
"Listen I…got you a little something. It's back in the car. Don't you move." Said the young man after a few moments.
Curiosity peaked the girl nodded her ascent before he leaned down pressing a deep kiss on her which they held for several long moments before he pulled away and got to his feet.
"Stay dry." Said the girl from her position on her back.
"It's not going to rain." Said the man before leaving the confines of the tent.
For several moments it was silent as the young lady was left alone to her thoughts. However soon a slow pitter-patter caught her attention one that she had grown to recognize over her period of life as the first few drizzles of rain before a downpour.
"I knew it." Said the girl to herself before retrieving a flashlight and making her way out of the tent.
"I told you it was going to rain." Said the girl as she made her way out.
As she got outside and took her first couple of steps however she stopped finding no water coming down upon her head. Despite this a slow dripping sound could still be heard. Turning slowly to face it and following the stream of liquid currently falling she traced it to the sight of the young man hanging suspended within a tree with blood dripping down from a large gash in his head. Screaming in horror she broke out into a run back to their car dropping the flashlight once she reached it. Pulling upon the door handle her heart pounding in her chest she cursed as it refused to budge. However the sound of the alarm being disarmed caused her to pause. Slowly she turned around only to find nothing behind her, however before she could do anything else a dark shape descended on her forcing her to the ground with a scream.
The early morning found Elena Gilbert within her room beside her windowsill with her diary in hand. A small smile was on her face as she went about jotting down her thoughts for the day ahead of her. Upon finishing her last entry she smiled and closed the book. Setting it down and aside she gathered the last of her things into her back and once secured over her shoulder made her way out the door to be stopped almost immediately by her aunt.
"Do I look adult? As in respectfully parental?" questioned Jenna.
At that Elena took a moment to look her over. She wore a black blouse and a matching skirt that went down to just past her knees and her dark brown hair worn down though curled at the ends.
"Depends on where you going." Said Elena following as Jenna made her way to the bathroom to look into the mirror.
"Jeremy's parent-teacher conference." Answered the woman before pulling her hair up to the back of her head and holding it.
"Hair up or down?" questioned Jenna.
"Sexy stewardess." Said Elena causing Jenna to drop it. "Boozy housewife." Said Elena in reaction.
"Up it is. Your feisty today." Noted Jenna.
"I feel good, which is rare. So I've decided to go with it. Fly free, walk on the sunshine, and all that stuff.
While things were just starting at the Gilbert house, over at the Salvatore boarding house people had already begun moving about their day. This was especially true in the case of Naruto who could currently be found within his own personal garage on the property. At the moment he was putting the finishing touches on a project he had been working on restoring all summer when Stefan had first called him to come back. The project itself was a rare 1969 Yenko 427 Camaro that he'd bought from an widowed woman who had wanted to get rid of it, knowing nothing about the car he'd been able to get it off of her for only 500 dollars. While her departed husband had taken good care of it he had taken the time to make some improvements for instants he'd ripped out the old engine which was already dead and dropped in the Corvette's ZR1 LS9 6.2 liter engine taking it from a stock of 450 to 638 horsepower. Not only that but the cooling, ignition, suspension, hell to be truthful everything down to the wiring had been replaced to improve its performance.
He had painted it dark blue and replaced the stripes so that they were black instead of white. All in all he had thrown in a whole lot of money into basically rebuilding the car for the modern era. Thankfully he had wisely decided to by plenty of stock when Chevrolet and General Motors in general so it had been nothing to get the parts needed and he'd been able to get them quickly and cheaply. It was also thankful that he could do all of the work himself and as such he had saved a hell of a lot of money on labor. At the moment he was just finishing up the installation of the new engine, the last piece he had ordered.
"Alright give it a try." Stated the blond wiping his hands on a rag.
For a moment nothing happened before the car suddenly roared to life with such force that it actually shook with the start-up. Smiling to himself at a job well done he closed the hood revealing the gleeful look on the face of another Naruto who was sitting behind the wheel before the car was turned off and the other Naruto vanished in a plume of smoke.
"Come out Damon." Stated the blond as he grabbed a rag and set about wiping the grease from his hands.
"Nice ride." Said Damon moving into the Garage not surprised by the fact he was called out.
"145 years and your stealth skills haven't improved in the slightest." Said Naruto shaking his head and tossing the rag off to the side.
"You know for someone who has spent nearly the last century and a half in the spirit realm you sure do know a lot about cars." Stated Damon causing Naruto to smirk.
"Truthfully just because I leave doesn't mean my presence isn't here. Even now I have several clones running around living their lives with no idea that they are clones. They look nothing like me, and all of them act differently and think independently of each other. I've only come back myself sporadically if something happened to have caught my attention. For instance…"
Naruto trailed off here and instead pointed following the direction with his eyes Damon was greeted to the sight of a small bird, a sparrow that titled its head sideways before it burst into smoke shocking the black haired vampire. Naruto was silent and used Damon's shock in order for his mind to quickly process all that the clone had learned and transferred to him upon its dispersal.
"So you've had clones watching me?" questioned Damon with a frown.
"Not originally but after that mess with Augustine I decided it couldn't hurt to keep tabs on you and Stefan just in case." Stated the blond
At these words Damon winced that was a particular passage of his existence that he preferred not to think about at any point in his life. It had been when he was at his absolute lowest in a century.
"So why'd you want to see me?" questioned Damon quickly pushing himself past that particular chapter of his past.
"I have a pretty good idea of why your back. Like I said before I really don't care too much what you do however this is the one time I'll speak on the subject. You won't find what your looking for, all you'll find is heartache." Stated Naruto.
"Any other time I'd believe you. This time however I think we'll just have to wait and see." Stated Damon with a smirk.
"Fine it's your call. However when the time comes and you want real answers we'll talk."
With that said the blond ended the discussion by sliding behind the wheel of the car he'd spent the last several months fixing up. Closing the door after he fully settled he hit the ignition causing the car to roar as it came to life before he pulled out of the garage.
Several hours later find Naruto and Stefan along with several other people sitting within their seats of the history class. Today's subject focused around a comet that was due to shoot by the Earth that hadn't been seen for at least 145 years. He could tell that this rather important information had shot right over Stefan's head as he was too busy with his attention focused on Elena. Naruto wanted to sigh at his youngest brother's antics as he knew he would be brooding over why Damon was back in town and he would already have figured it out if he bothered to pay attention to things so he could put two and two together. Instead he would play catch-up and eventually would probably team up with Damon if only to get rid of him sooner. He however would do no such thing, instead he would let Damon do as he pleased within reason as while Damon wouldn't find what he was looking for he would do all the work leaving him to sit back and reap the rewards without having actually lifted a finger.
A few moments later found him smirking as Stefan and Elena were called out by Tanner who'd caught them not paying his lesson any attention. He himself let his eyes wander briefly over to Bonnie she really was something special he hadn't felt anyone from her line with so much natural power in a very long time. The fact was Bonnie was a descendant of one of the oldest magical bloodlines to ever be born. It was also rather ironic that she would be such a close friend to Elena considering just who the two of them descended from. Still he knew that Sheila was not much longer for this world and he would have to arrange for some people to train her.
'Perhaps I can even get this mess Qetsiyah created cleaned and sorted out within a few years.' Mused the blond.
In truth that was one thing that irritated him that he was determined to see fixed sooner or later. Still that was a thought process best left for another time, glancing back down to his notepad he found that he'd filled several more pages than he'd thought while lost in thought. Reading through them quickly he was pleased with what he found, however it wasn't history notes he was looking at but rather part of a story that would be in his next book. In a move to honor Jiraiya more than anything he'd taken up writing rather recently and his first three books had gone on to become number one best sellers. He was currently working on the fourth in a series and in just a few more chapters and he could get this thing over to his editor.
The books themselves were actually more like memoirs as they were the story of his life. The first book focused on his childhood, time in the academy and his first real mission in Nami no Kuni. The second focused exclusively on the Chuunin Exam and its immediate aftermath. The third book was the mission in Yuki no Kuni, though the search for Tsunade was shown in a sort of flashback. This the fourth book would focus on some of the other missions he had and Sasuke's defection. He actually found it a therapeutic exercise for him as he had never been able to tell anyone of the things he'd experienced or express his true feelings while growing up. That said Hinata was always the first to read the chapters once they were finished, even before the editor.
Nearly thirty minutes later found Naruto and Stefan sitting upon a table during the lunch rush at the school. Naruto had taken the time to take a walk around and had come across the sight of Jeremy threatening Tyler with death if he kept messing with Vicki's head. In truth he didn't really know what to make of the boy on the one hand he wanted to applaud him because quite frankly he thought Tyler is a dick, on the other hand the brat is a Gilbert and to make it worse he was Grayson's son. Whatever the case he could tell that the kid genuinely cared for Vicki while Tyler only really seemed to care about himself. At the moment however that wasn't what he was focused on, instead it was a conversation a couple of tables over, this one also concerning Vicki.
"They're keeping her overnight to make sure there's no infection, but she should be able to come home tomorrow." Said Matt.
"That's good news. Have you been able to get in touch with your mom" Said and questioned Elena.
"Called and left a message. She's in Virginia Beach with her boyfriend, so…we'll see how long it takes her to come rushing home." Said Matt
"Vicki's lucky that she's okay." Said Elena.
"I know and now there's talk of missing campers." Said Matt
"Did she say what kind of animal it was that attacked her?" questioned Elena.
"She said it was a vampire." Said Matt
"What?" questioned Elena in surprise.
"Yeah, she wakes up last night and mutters 'vampire' and then passes out." Said Matt
Naruto ignored the rest of the conversation and instead shared a look with Stefan before sighing and standing from his seat leaving without a word. As he walked Naruto paid particular attention to what everyone was doing, as it wouldn't do for someone to witness him in action. Finally he found himself entering a deserted hallway and seeing no one paying him any mind he vanished in a flicker. He appeared soundlessly within an empty room within the closed section of the hospital. He took a few moments to reorient himself as it was quite rare for him to use the Hiraishin now as he often chose other means to travel. After a few moments however he ran through a short chain of seals and if one were looking at him they would see his image waver before vanishing completely.
It had taken him a while but he'd gotten his level of control to the point where he could use genjutsu and even medical ninjutsu, the jutsu he'd just used was the Toton jutsu (Transparent Escape) a jutsu Jiraiya had invented so that he could be able to peep unnoticed. It worked by bending light around the castor thus making them invisible to the naked eye. Over time Naruto had improved upon it adding a few extra seals into the sequence so that it also had the effect of dampening any sounds he made so he could move at a regular pace with the jutsu up. Making his way through the hospital it didn't take him long to reach Vicki's room and once he did he softly closed the door behind him applying a seal as he did which would stop any sound from escaping the room while allowing sounds to come inside.
Disengaging the jutsu and allowing his form to come back into focus he moved over the sleeping form of Vicki Donovan and placed a pair of fingers upon her head. However he paused as he felt her energy and out of curiosity turned her head and after lifting the bandage covering her neck found the bite wounds had vanished without even leaving a scar. Curiosity peaked he placed the bandage back in place and channeled his chakra to his fingertips resting atop her forehead. In just under a minute she began to stir and her eyes opened slowly however before she could fully awaken her eyes lost focus as she looked into the strangest pair of eyes she had ever seen.
"You were not attacked by a vampire. You were drunk and got caught off guard by an animal. You're going to stay off the drugs and stop drinking so much, you'll also convince Jeremy to do the same. You will not remember my presence here. You will wake up in two minutes and have to use the restroom."
With his orders given Naruto disengaged his eyes and the girl fell back into her sleep. Moving over to the door he quickly went about disabling and removing the seal before he vanished with another usage of Hiraishin.
Meanwhile at the Gilbert house Jenna was in the kitchen cooking. To say her meeting with Jeremy's teacher hadn't gone well would be an understatement. While she hadn't been pleased by what she had heard she had been even less pleased by the man's tone and the things he was insinuating. At the end of the meeting she had had no problem with letting him know that while he may get away with talking down to his students like that, she wasn't one of them and talking like that to the wrong people was an easy way to ensure he no longer had a job. Sure she may not have had as much sway with things in the town as her sister and her brother-in-law had but she wasn't someone you could just cross either. All it would take on her end is the hint of a donation to the schools board of directors and the man would be fired before the ink could even dry on his pink slip. Her thoughts on that matter however were put on hold as Jeremy walked in, like usual lately he was clad in all black, including shoes, jeans, and short sleeved t-shirt as he stopped by a chair to grab his jacket.
"I picked up dinner. Tacos; I had an urge for guacamole." Said Jenna
"No I'm good, thanks." Said Jeremy moving to walk out the door.
"Eat anyway, it's ruse I want to talk." Said Jenna only for Jeremy to keep going.
"Hey you, sit!" called Jenna with Jeremy sighing before he turned and sat back down.
"Back in school, freshman year, I could eat my weight in nachos, with extra cheese. It was my munchie food whenever I got stoned." Revealed Jenna.
"You get high?" questioned Jeremy now interested.
"Did. Past tense. But, yeah. Loved it. Anything to get a little distraction from life. . .reality. And it worked. For a while. Never lasts, though. Hey, I'm not saying I wouldn't love to rail back and kick it, but with a thesis looming and a waistline expanding. . ." While speaking she had turned away to grab something out of the refrigerator only to turn back and find Jeremy was gone.
Meanwhile Elena had gone over to the Salvatore boarding house. The house had an old fashioned doorbell the kind where you had to pull a cord in order for a bell to sound, she pulled twice before grabbing the handle of the door knocker and proceeded to knock on the door only for it to swing open after the third hit. Peaking her head inside she called out for Stefan twice, receiving no answer she cautiously made her way inside. As she made her way in she called out for Stefan several more times only to get no answer, hearing creaking behind her she turned back to the door only for a crow to shoot right passed her face. Jumping in shock she turned around and jumped again coming face to face with someone else.
"I. . .I'm sorry for barging in. The door was. . .open" stated Elena only to see that the door was now closed .
"So you must be Elena. I'm Damon, Stefan's brother."
"He didn't tell me he had another brother." Said Elena
"Well, Stefan's not one to brag. Please, come. I'm sure Stefan will be along any second." Said Damon motioning her to the living room.
"Wow, this is your living room." Stated Elena in awe.
"Living room, parlor, Sotheby's auction. It's a little kitschy for my taste. I see why Stefan's so smitten. It's about time. For a while there, I never thought he'd get over the last one. nearly destroyed him."
"The last one?" questioned Elena.
"Yeah. Katherine, his girlfriend? Oh, you two haven't had the awkward exes conversation yet." Said Damon
"Nope." Said Elena.
"Oops, well I'm sure it will come up now." Said 'Damon barely holding back a smile. "Or maybe he didn't want to tell you because he didn't want you to think he was on a rebound. We all know how those relationships end." Continued Damon
"You say it like every relationship is doomed to end." Stated Elena.
"He's a fatalist Elena." Came Naruto's voice surprising them both.
"Hello Naruto, Stefan." Said Damon both of them turning to face the two of them who were standing in the doorway.
"Elena. I didn't know you were coming over." Said Stefan
"I know I should have called I just.." started Elena only to be interrupted by Damon.
"Oh, don't be silly. You're welcome any time. Isn't she, Stefan?" said Damon with a smirk.
"Stefan why don't you and Elena take a walk, talk about whatever it is that's on her mind. Damon and I will wait here." Said Naruto.
"Thanks." Said Stefan before motioning Elena to follow him. Once the two were out of the room Naruto turned serious eyes on Damon who took a step back reflexively
"You purposely left that girl with her memory." Stated Naruto once he heard the front door close.
"Truthfully I thought she would bleed out." Said Damon with a careless shrug.
"Damon be smart if you're going to be here be a ghost. Don't leave even a hint of your presence. And don't think I don't know what you're trying to do to Elena. You asked for this life, Stefan didn't, it was your choices that led you here, remember that." Said Naruto before leaving the room.
Elsewhere on the property Stefan and Elena were walking at a slow pace. So far neither of them had said a word, Elena could tell that Stefan was upset and so had chosen to remain silent so that he could calm down.
"Sorry about that back there, it wasn't about you." Stated Stefan finally breaking the silence.
"So how come you never told me you had another brother?" questioned Elena.
"We're not close, it's complicated." Said Stefan.
"It always is. So he told me about your ex, Katherine." Stated Elena causing Stefan to snort.
"Of course he did, what did he say?"
"That she broke your heart." Said Elena getting Stefan to stop in his walk an action she mimicked
"That's just it she didn't." stated Stefan bringing Elena up short.
"If anything she broke Damon's and in the process she destroyed our relationship." Stated Stefan.
"Wait she dated both of you?" questioned Elena in shock.
"She used both of us. When things didn't work out as Damon expected he put the blame on me, things haven't been the same with us ever since."
Elena was surprised to hear this. She could tell that it was just a simple explanation that Stefan had given her but she couldn't sense any type of falsehood from his words.
"So what brought you over?" questioned Stefan
"Honestly I was hoping to find out where we were going with this." Stated Elena.
"Good question I was actually just going to play it how it comes. I'm guessing you were thinking about calling it quits once Katherine was brought up." Stated Stefan causing her to duck her head in slight embarrassment.
From there the two of them continued their walk talking through the night and watching the comet as it shot overhead. Silhouetted by the light of the moon the two would share their first kiss and another when Stefan walked her to her door that night.
The next morning Naruto was up bright and early. A lifetime as a shinobi had ensured that he had become an early riser, even now thousands of years after the age of chakra had past and been forgotten those habits were still ingrained within him. At the moment his form was a blur as he went about his morning training as he moved about within what seemed to be a dome of leaves. Because he had spent the last hundred plus years in the Spirit Realm his physical body wasn't entirely at full strength. As such he had been using several hours each morning to dedicate to his training. As he slid to a stop he took several breaths in order to slow the adrenaline pumping through him, as he settled the dome of leaves chose that moment to fall to the ground each of them showing they'd been cleanly cut in two.
In his right hand he held a katana which measured just over 40 inches in length with 27 of those inches taken up by the blade which was chakra enhanced steel. The sheath was made of hard wood and was colored what they called sage blue to match the wrapping around the handle. The guard was designed so that if you looked at it a certain way it looked like the number 8 and there was also a unique shielding on the handle to cover the outside handle which was decorated with the Uzumaki clan spiral emblem until it capped off forming the head of a roaring Kitsune, it along with the guard and the cap at the end of the sheath was made of pure gold.
The blades name is Getsuruito (Sword of Moon Tears) and it was a gift from Tsunade for his fifteenth birthday, enclosed with the note to remember who his real friends were. It was a precious memento from his mother figure and one he had never had the heart to use until during the war when Sasuke had tried betraying them. He hadn't even realized he had summoned the sword and bifurcated the Uchiha until after he had done it. Going through the motions of his forms was also therapeutic as it helped him to relax, he had only initially picked up the sword because Jiraiya had hinted that his mother had been good with one while he was on his training trip. It hadn't been until many centuries later, the Edo period of Japan in fact when he had actually learned a set form of kenjutsu under a proper master and eventually became one himself, that however was a story for another time. Sheathing his blade and looking down at his watch he found that his training time had come to an end and as he had to be at school in an hour he needed to take a shower and change. He also had to get Yuzu up and home, Hinata would have a fit if he left her with Damon
Elsewhere as the suns beams came down to shine on her face Caroline bolted upright from her bed with a gasp. All at once the memories from the previous night hit her, she had met this guy that she had seen the night of the party and he had introduced himself as Damon. They had hit it off and Caroline had brought him home with her only for things to get really freaky when things got hot and heavy, his face had changed and he had grown fangs before plunging them into her neck. Raising a trembling hand she brought it up to her neck and pulled it away to show specks of blood covering it. Turning slowly, hesitantly to her right she found the still sleeping form of Damon lying there with the notable absence of his shirt. Slowly so as not to alert him she moved placing a single trempling foot upon the floor followed closely by the other. Tip-toeing her way around her bed she stopped as the floorboards creaked before looking back and seeing him still asleep. Moving once more she made it across the room to the door and moved to turn the nob slowly.
"Morning." Came a voice getting her to jump. Turning towards it she saw Damon up and standing to her left which caused her to back away towards the bed.
"Please, don't." said Caroline just before she felt herself be stopped by a small table behind her with her hand reflexively going back to catch the lamp.
"Don't do that." Said Damon only for Caroline to swing it forward at his head, only for him to be unaffected by the hit.
Running around the bed to put something between them picking up the first thing she grabbed and hurling it at his head only for him to duck out of the way. Taking the chance she went to bolt to the door only for him to catch her and throw her back onto the bed.
"Get away from me!" exclaimed Caroline throwing a pillow it his face which he caught.
"This could have gone a completely different way." Said Damon before looking down at the pillow and pulling it up to his face taking a deep breath.
When he pulled away from the pillow his face had changed once more and he shot towards her.
At the school unaware of the situation involving their friend Bonnie and Elena where just exiting her car, now painted white as they began their walk towards the building.
"I'm not saying don't date the guy, I'm just saying take it slow." Said Bonnie as she made her way around the car.
"Hey you were the one that said to go for it." Said Elena in return.
"Now I'm saying take it slow." Said Bonnie
"Okay, why the about-face?"
"It's not an about-face. You're single for the first time in your entire high school career. It's the perfect time to play the field." Explained Bonnie.
"Oh, because I'm so that girl." Said Elena with a laughing grin. "Seriously what are you not saying?" questioned Elena seeing her friends face.
"It's stupid." Said Bonnie in defense mode.
"Bonnie, spit it out" stated Elena stopping them with a hand on her friends arm.
"I accidently touched Stefan, and I got a really bad feeling." Stated Bonnie.
"Is that it, Bonnie?" questioned Elena stopping her again as the young Bennett tried to walk away.
"I'm serious, it was bad-bad." Stated Bonnie.
"Is this the witch mojo thing again?" questioned Elena.
"You know what? I'm just concerned. This is me expressing concern about my best friend's new boyfriend." Said Bonnie.
"And I love you for it, I do." Stated Elena placing both hands on the Bennett girls shoulders so they could look each other eye to eye.
"But I feel good, it's been a hard year, and I'm starting to kind of feel like things are getting back to normal again. And you know what? Stefan is a big part of that." Explained Elena.
Behind the school Jeremy could be found leaning with his back against the wall, in the place designated as the stoner pit. This is where Vicki found him as she walked up towards him.
"I rock. I scored two tickets to the Posers Saturday night, their playing at the Rat." Stated Vicki.
"You and Tyler have fun." Stated Jeremy turning to face her his face schooled into a neutral expression.
"Don't be like that. Come on, I want you to go." Stated Vicki placing a hand on his arm tugging gently.
"You're not worried everyone's going to know you're screwing the stoner geek? Oh, wait... everyone already knows." Stated Jeremy.
"Yea… but it's not like that anymore, so why can't we be friends and just hang." Said Vicki.
"So was it the drugs? Were you sleeping with me because of the drugs?" questioned Jeremy.
"Screw you." Said Vicki actually hurt by the accusation.
"No, if there's another reason, please, I'm all ears." Said Jeremy however seeing her say nothing he got up and left.
By the end of the day Naruto had remembered why he stopped taking teenage forms. There was way too much drama in high school and with his luck he was being pulled in for the ride. Stefan once again decided to show out in class to impress Elena, then Elena had somehow talked him into joining the football team. To top it all of Caroline after worrying Bonnie and Elena to death had finally showed up after school for her cheerleader duties being dropped off for Damon of all people, which explained what happened to him last night, and why he wasn't there this morning. Seriously he couldn't have picked a worse target if he tried not only was she a founding family member her mother was the damn sheriff, this whole situation just screamed clusterfuck. He'd even somehow gotten roped into going to dinner at Elena's to act as Stefan's wingman in Elena's effort to get Bonnie comfortable with Stefan.
When he and Stefan got home, the journey of which he spent his time admonishing Stefan for once again antagonizing Tanner, he felt his headache only worsen as they found Damon within Stefan's room with his feet up reading Stefan's journal of all things.
"How were tryouts? Did you make the team? Very Emerson, the way you reveal your soul with so many... Adjectives" said Damon only for Stefan to speed over and snatch the book from his hands.
"What are you doing here?" questioned Stefan
"I've come to apologize. I've been doing some thinking, some soul searching, and... I want us to start over. We need to put the past behind us. You're my little brother, and if you want to live a normal, happy human life, then I want that for you. Maybe I can do it, too. That I can learn to be a non-living living person. Maybe there's hope for both of us."
During his little speech Naruto raised an eyebrow and was not surprised in the slightest when Damon not only couldn't keep a straight face but burst out laughing.
"You know it doesn't have to be this way, Damon." Said Stefan.
"Of course it doesn't. I saw Elena today, BTW. That means "by the way." She was at cheerleading practice. She looked so perky in her little short shorts. Just... simmer down, I didn't even go near her. I've got my own cheerleader now. Ooh, that reminds me... I gotta run. I have a date. Sweaty palms. Wish me luck." Said Damon before leaving the room.
"Seriously you two need to get your shit together." Stated Naruto from his spot leaning against Stefan's desk holding a picture in hand as Stefan turned to him.
"So when do you plan on telling her about Katherine?" questioned Naruto
"She knows about Katherine." Stated Stefan getting Naruto to raise an eyebrow.
"She knows Katherine was your ex, she doesn't know they look so similar they could be twins." Stated Naruto
"I want her to get to know me more before I drop a bomb like that on her." Stated Stefan.
"Fine but it will be best if she hears it from you instead of finding out on her own." Stated Naruto before leaving the room.
Meanwhile at the Gilbert house Elena and Bonnie were in the kitchen preparing dinner. While Bonnie hadn't initially been comfortable with the idea she was going through with it if only to make Elena happy. Plus there was also the fact that despite her unease around Stefan she still found Naruto to be attractive so his presence would be a bonus or at least a pleasing distraction. At the moment the two were in the middle of a conversation with the radio playing in the background as they worked.
"You explain it. Last night, I'm watching Nine-o, a commercial break come on and I'm like, I bet it's that phone commercial. And sure enough, it's that guy and the girl with the bench, he flies to Paris and he flies back. They take a picture." Said Bonnie
"Oh come on! That commercial's on a constant loop." Stated Elena with a laugh.
"Fine then how about this. Today I'm obsessed with numbers, three numbers. I keep seeing 8, 14 and 22. How weird is that?" stated Bonnie.
"Maybe we should play the lottery." Stated Elena leaning in conspiratorially getting a frown from Bonnie which made her chuckle again.
"Have you talked to your grams?" questioned Elena.
"She's just gonna say it's because I'm a witch. I don't want to be a witch. Do you want to be a witch?" said Bonnie.
"I don't want to be a witch." Said Elena dumping some fries into a bowl.
"Girl putting that in a nice bowl isn't fooling anybody." Said Bonnie
"Ok serving spoons, where are the servings spoons?" questioned Elena looking around.
"Middle drawer to your left." Said Bonnie only to stop once she realized what she said. Pausing in her own searching Elena checked the drawer and froze for a moment before pulling out a set of wooden serving spoons.
"Ok, so you've been in this kitchen a thousand times." Said Elena after a moment.
"Yeah, that's it." Stated Bonnie her tone implying otherwise. Before they could get more into it the doorbell rang.
"Okay their here. Don't be nervous, just be your normal loving self." Said Elena taking in and letting out a deep breath and leaving to open the door leaving a worried Bonnie staring at the spoons before sitting them down.
"Birthday candles." Said Bonnie quietly staying silent for a moment before opening the door in front of her and seeing the items sitting there.
Dinner was proving to be a very quiet affair though Bonnie was sending looks over to Naruto who set across from her and looking back hurriedly down at her plate. Stefan as usual was wearing his brooding black while Naruto wore a pair of blue jeans and an orange polo shirt and a pair of white, blue and orange Jordan's. Naruto himself was simply amused by the fact that Elena thought she could order take-out and disguise it as a home cooked meal. Still he could tell the silence grated on Elena as it wasn't accomplishing what she hoped the meal would.
"So did Tanner give you a hard time today?" questioned Elena breaking the silence.
"Well, he let me on the team, so I must have done something right." Said Stefan
"Bonnie, you should have seen Stefan today. Tyler threw a ball right at him, and..."
"Yeah, I heard about that." Said Bonnie cutting her off.
"Well why don't you tell them about your family?" stated Elena.
"Not much to tell, parent's divorced, no mom. Live with my dad." Stated Bonnie
"No, about the witches. Bonnie's family has a lineage of witches. It's really cool."
"I wouldn't call it that." Said Bonnie
"Well, it's certainly interesting. I'm not too versed, but I do know that there's a history of Celtic druids that migrated here in the 1800s." said Stefan.
"My family came by way of Salem." Stated Bonnie
"Really, Salem witches." Stated Stefan.
"Yeah" said Bonnie looking away again.
"I would say that's pretty cool." Stated Stefan causing Bonnie to look up.
"Really why?" questioned Bonnie.
"Salem witches are heroic examples of individualism and nonconformity." Explained Stefan.
"If you think that's surprising I can do you one more brother." Stated Naruto shocking everyone.
"Really?" questioned Stefan with Bonnie and Elena sharing his intrigue.
"Well as you know I've had a few run ins with witches before." Started Naruto surprising Elena and Bonnie though Stefan only nodded knowing something of his brother's past.
"Well due to that I've learned that there are two families that are considered the strongest the world. The first is the Warren line of witches whose members currently reside in San Francisco the other is the Bennett line which is actually the older of the two and even the oldest line of witches in the world. In fact from what I know at one point the matriarchs of both lines lived in Salem together, however when things got bad it was the Bennett who managed to escape." Explained Naruto.
"Okay so where's the surprising part?" questioned Stefan.
"I was getting to that brother patience. The current high priestess of the Bennett line, is Sheila Bennett; Bonnie here just so happens to be her granddaughter and chosen successor." Stated Naruto causing all three of them to go wide eyed in surprise.
Before anything else can be said all of them are surprised by the sound of the doorbell ringing. As Elena went to open the door she was surprised to see Caroline and Damon at the door.
The rest of the night Naruto felt like he was babysitting a pair of children, ironically even Yuzu, the youngest of his own children is better behaved. In truth he had never been more thankful for a dinner gathering to end as several times throughout the night he'd had to keep himself from strangling Damon who seemed to be doing his very best to antagonize Stefan. Bonnie had apparently noticed and asked if he'd give her a ride home which an excuse he'd been all too happy to bail on. Bonnie had been quite impressed with his newly restored Camaro and the trip to her house had been really pleasant now here they found themselves sitting in front of it.
"So I've been meaning to ask, how'd you learn all that stuff about my family?" questioned Bonnie.
"Well truthfully I have met some witches in the past, and I actually met up with your grandmother the day school started. She seemed quite irritated when she admitted she hadn't started your training yet." Stated Naruto.
"Did she tell you why she waited until now?" questioned Bonnie.
"Apparently your father wouldn't allow it until now. See most people from a line like yours start off learning magic as children. Now that you're a teenager learning is actually going to be harder for you as you'll have more reservations due to what life has shown you thus far." Explained Naruto causing the girl to frown.
"Still there is nothing to be afraid of as magic is everywhere around us. Even childbirth is possible due to magic." Said Naruto causing her eyes to widen in surprise.
"You're a lot more accepting of this than most people would be." Stated Bonnie after a moment.
"True but I'm no stranger to being different."
As he said this he held up his left palm and to her surprise a ball of blue energy swirled to life in his palm and she found herself moving in to get a closer look amazed by what she was seeing before the blond dismissed it and the energy was absorbed back into his body. Feeling a rush of confidence at the sight of this feat in his trust in her gave her a quick boost of courage and she quickly went about putting her cell number into his own getting a smile from him that made her feel a bit weak in the knees before she climbed out of the car wishing him a goodnight as she went. As he watched her walk up to the door he was pleased when she turned back towards him again with a smile before she heading inside allowing him to pull off.
The next night found Stefan in a line-up with the football team as the school had turned up in force for a pep-rally. Across the way Elena found herself once more in her cheerleader uniform only this time with a smile on her face along with Bonnie and Caroline. While Damon had offered her the advice to quit, Naruto had countered the advice and told her not to focus on the past but live in the moment. She found that she still enjoyed cheerleading as it allowed her to spend time with her friends and she was taking his advice to live in the moment and not constantly wallow about the past. Bonnie from her position winked as she saw Naruto at the head of the crowd with her smile growing a bit by the action. Naruto had sent her a text with his number the previous night and after a shower she had called in response spending two hours speaking with him over the phone before finally turning in for the night. Such thoughts were put on hold as from the microphone on a stand Tanner began talking.
"Wait, wait, wait, Wait, wait, wait, wait, wait, wait, wait. Wait. Let's be honest here. In the past, we used to let other teams come into our town and roll right over us!" said Tanner getting boos from the crowd.
"But that is about to change! We've got some great new talent tonight starting on the offense, and I'm gonna tell you right now, it has been a long time since I have seen a kid like this with hands like these. Let's give it up for Stefan Salvatore!" continued the man with the crowd responding in cheers.
"Man this blows, he just got here, the guy can't start." Said Tyler to Matt before leaving.
"Now for those of you who have been waiting for us to put a check in the win column, I have only one thing to say to you... Your Timberwolves are hungry."
Naruto attention was taken from the crowd over to the back as a fight broke out between Tyler and Jeremy. Moving over quickly ignoring the others he pulled Tyler off of Jeremy only for the boy to swing on him. Dodging the blow Naruto watched as Stefan caught the arm only for Tyler to swing on him instead. However instead of dodging the blow Stefan let it hit him only for it to have no effect and for Tyler to take several steps back in shock. Now more than annoyed Naruto wasted no time pinning the boy's arm to his back and in an instant had his jaw in his left hand.
"You know I don't know what your problem is and frankly I don't care. But you should know from this position I can break your arm, legs and your neck. Unlike Jeremy I'm not drunk and you're not just going to attack me and get away with it, understand." As Naruto said this he pulled slightly on the arm and Tyler screamed in pain.
"Naruto." Stated Stefan causing the blond to sigh
"You're lucky Stefan's nicer than I am. Consider this once a warning try this shit with me again and I'll make it hard for you to function let alone play football." Stated Naruto releasing the boy and tossed him over to Matt who quickly pulled him away.
Several minutes later found Stefan emerging onto a parking lot towards the locker room only to be stopped by Matt.
"You gonna be able to play?" questioned Matt.
"Yeah I'm good. Compared to some of the hits I've taken from Naruto over the year's that was nothing." Stated Stefan.
"Uh, what you did back there... you two had Jeremy's back." Stated Matt.
"He's a messed up kid, and he's been through a lot. Somebody's got to look out for him." stated Stefan.
"I know. This week at practice I was a dick." Stated Matt.
"Had your reasons." Said Stefan.
"No excuse." Said Matt offering his hand, which after a moment Stefan shook.
"Good luck tonight, we're lucky to have you." Stated Matt before walking off.
For a moment Stefan just stood there before a slow mocking clapping caught his attention. Turning to it he saw Damon standing on the wall behind him in the shadows by the hood of a truck.
"Isn't that nice? Stefan joins a team, makes a friend. It's all so, rah, rah, go team, yeah!" said Damon.
"Not tonight. I'm done with you." Stated Stefan turning away only for Damon to speed in front of him.
"Nice trick with Elena. Let me guess... vervain in the necklace? I admit I was a bit surprised. It's been a while since anyone could resist my compulsion. Where'd you get it?" came Damon's surprise.
That was indeed the case. Earlier in the day worried about Elena's safety with Damon interested in her he had given her a necklace asking her to wear it for luck, something she'd been all too happy to do. Damon unknowing of this had found Elena in the parking lot after the fight and had tried to make a move on her only for her to slap him and storm off.
"Does it matter?" questioned Stefan.
"Guess I could just seduce her the old-fashioned way. Or I could just... eat her." Stated Damon stopping Stefan who had started walking away turned back and got right in his face.
"No, you're not going to hurt her Damon." Stated Stefan calmly.
"No?" questioned Damon intrigued by this statement.
"Because deep down inside, there is a part of you that feels for her. I was worried that you had no humanity left inside of you, that you may have actually become the monster that you pretend to be." Stated Stefan.
"Who's pretending?" questioned Damon.
"Then kill me." Stated Stefan.
"I'm tempted." Said Damon though not budging in the slightest.
"No, you're not. You've had lifetimes to do it, and yet, here I am. I'm still alive. And there you are. You're still haunting me. After 145 years. Katherine is dead. And you hate me because you loved her, and you torture me because you still do. And that, my brother, is your humanity." Said Stefan.
"Salvatore." Came Tanner's voice causing him to turn and see him approaching.
"What the hell? We've got a game to play!" said the man as he came walking up towards them.
"If that's my humanity, then what's this."
Faster than Stefan could react Damon had sped around him and moved straight for the coach and without even the slightest hesitation grabbed him sinking his fangs into the man's neck. By the time Stefan had turned to face him he only had time to look eyes with Tanner's wide ones before Damon released him allowing him to collapse to the ground while Damon himself turned to face Stefan blood covering his mouth, fangs still exposed and eyes bloodshot with veins appearing within the skin surrounding them.
"Anyone, anytime, any place" said Damon before vanishing in a burst of speed.
Unknowing of the fate of their coach within the locker room the players were getting suited up for the game.
"Tanner's M.I.A I think he had a little too much beer." Said Tyler.
"Don't talk to me right now. I'm pissed with you." Stated Matt.
"What's your problem?" questioned Tyler.
"What's my... You're my problem, all right? You're a bully. A freakin' 12-year-old bully, man. And I'm sick of it. I mean, what was that about tonight? What's beating up the new guy going to prove? Or screwing with my sister or pummeling my girlfriend's kid brother."
"Girlfriend? Look, I don't know how to tell you this, but she dumped your ass.." Said Tyler only for Matt to slam him up against the lockers.
"Are you for real!" exclaimed Tyler pushing him off.
"You want to hit me? I'm on your team." Stated Tyler.
"This was over the line, even for you." Said Matt before walking out of the room.
AS he came outside Matt paused and walking over to his right several paces came across the sight of Tanners body bleeding at the neck.
"Somebody help!"
Within half an hour Bonnie found herself along with several others watching the corpse be loaded into the ambulance. However something caught her attention as she saw a sign that said building 8, next she saw a license plate that read F.H.T 14, and finally the number of the parking space Tanner had been in that said 22. Eyes widening and mouth dropping in horror she paid no mind to the tears that fell from her eyes and turning her face into Naruto's chest who held her gently.
Meanwhile Vicki had found Jeremy sitting on the ground at the field leaning against the bleachers holding a can to his face. Kneeling down to his level she reached out and took the can from him.
"It wasn't just for the drugs. In fact I've decided to quit, I hope you do the same." Said Vicki before standing and walking away.
"What kind of animal could be doing all this?" questioned Elena as Stefan helped her into her jacket.
"Why would it come out of the woods and attack someone." Continued the girl.
Meanwhile back home another Naruto had just entered the house, this one the real one having left a clone to tend to Bonnie. Making a beeline towards the familiar energy signature he found Damon standing in the living room pouring himself a drink. Turning at the sound of footsteps Damon was greeted to Naruto's fist slamming him in the stomach and dropping him to his knees. Without even the slightest hesitation he delivered a kick to Damon's chest that sent him flying back and slamming into the wall beside the fireplace. Looking up into his adoptive brothers eyes he found them now a crimson red with vertical slits for pupils and just knew it was going to be a long night.
AN: That's it chapters over. I know there are a lot of scene jumps but it's based off of a tv show so you guys will just have to deal with that for a while. Just a reminder this is not a mass crossover but their will be mentions of other people Naruto has ran across in this story, mostly so I can expand the universe. That said thanks for reading and please review. Till next time, LATER