A/N: Sorry for the short chapters btw, Google Docs really does make everything seem longer than it is! I thought about combining some chapters but decided I didn't want to compromise the integrity of the fic. I hope you understand :)
Of course, numbers were already low and children die faster than their parents. The leaders were drunk on banquet booze and visions of victory, however. To men who believed themselves Gods, nothing was too ungodly. And so, they invented a new way of war. Vampires from around the country, hidden in dark corners, subjugated and ousted from society decades ago, were rounded up and enlisted within a special troop.
Naruto had not been around then to know how that idea had gone, and the rich men surely hadn't kept record of any of their failures. But from what they could gather, the vampire troop was quickly proven to be a ticking time bomb, their whispers of overthrow enough to sober up the higher-ups to reconsider. Against their hopes, however, this did not mean the vampires' freedom. Instead, the prideful government got rid of anything they feared because, in power, they truly were Gods. With the adult vampires out of the way, they'd eliminated fear and left their real goal vulnerable for the taking.
It was decided that vampires as a species were unaware of the ways of war and were, therefore, ineffective as soldiers. Instead, they would be of much better use as weapons. And who needed weapons more than anyone else? Those who were dying deprived of the freedom their parents died to win for them.
And so, they opened up Bunker 113, filled with 150 scared little children, and introduced them to 150 more. This was the start of the vampire-child troop. Naruto always found the name redundant. They were all children.