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Chapter Four

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The first thing Naruto comprehended when he woke up was the pain. Everywhere hurt so much; from his toes to the back of his head. Shivering he hesitantly opened his eyes and looked at his wristbands as they gleamed in the light of the setting sun.

The setting sun?

Sitting up in a hurry he looked out the windows that were to his left and, sure enough, the sun was setting against the dark mountains. The beauty that he had come accustomed to was going out for hours.

Eyes wide with shock he didn’t notice where he was until there was a light tap against wood. Turning with blinding speed for a human he saw the door handle twist left and the crack, thin and dark, widening as the wooden door was opened.

At first he saw nothing in the black doorway. Not even a hint of a tall figure whose body had violated him. Then a small voice, light in the dense air broke the silence.

“You’re the human Itachi brought home!”

Jumping nearly off the bed Naruto spun his torso around and looked behind him.

On the window pain, sitting as a child would sit on a swing, a young brunet child sat looking at him with a gleeful expression. With a smile the child addressed him again, “I won’t move if you really did sleep this long. It’ll hurt even more if you do. By the way I’m Haku.”

“Haku? Well then nice to meet you I guess…” Naruto mumbled as he looked back at the doorway, “Are you also a vampire?”

Haku blinked and tilted his head off the left, his eyes widening ever so slightly, “A vampire? Why would you think that?” with a swish of his sleeve though an apple appeared and he bit down into it.

Naruto shrugged before looking over his shoulder, “You appeared out of nowhere and have a small speck of red on the corner of your mouth.”

Haku raised his hand to his mouth, blocking if from Naruto’s view, “Do not!”

Rolling his eyes the blond looked back to the door and stiffened as the man who had played him entered the room. “Haku I told you to stay away from this room until you fed.”

Naruto flinched as the vampire suddenly was in front of him, leaning over him so that his arms were wrapped over his shoulders, “I don’t want you any where near my boy.”

Despite all the terror that Naruto felt, the words that the vampire whispered ever so harshly made him feel warmth that disturbed him. It felt nice being sheltered like this and defended. Looking up Naruto hesitantly looked at the deadly face of the vampire whose smile was deadly beautiful. Hastily he looked back down as Naruto meet Itachi’s greedy eyes.

“Konan is back so go out with Pein or something.”

“Fine…I’ll be back Naruto-san.” The soft touch of wind blew on Naruto’s bare back and Itachi pushed him down to the bed. Itachi frowned down on the human, “Who said you could talk to him, hm?”

“Don’t tou-” Itachi moved Naruto so he could put his hands on either side of his shoulders,

“Do not tell me what to do. That is one of the first lessons a tamed animal should learn.” He licked his lips sexily and lowered his hips to press into Naruto’s crotch, “A lesson I take great pleasure in teaching disrespectful humans.”

Naruto cursed in his head as his body started to tingle with unknown feeling that made his cells feel like they were on fire. “I’m sure you do,” he turned his face away from Itachi who smirked in response.

“Do I need to show you?” The vampire asked before leaning in a bit more, “I’m certain you’d enjoy it too.”

“No.”

Smirking still the vampire moved in and licked the exposed neck, “Well. For now I’ll play good.” Pale fingers ran across the warm skin with hesitance, “It’s been awhile since I had a human this close to me.”

Keeping his thoughts to himself, Naruto didn’t answer while he willed his cells to calm back down. Obviously it wasn’t working as they became hotter than before as the fingers pressed against him more.

“What, no comeback?” Itachi chuckled under his breath before standing back up with his hand held out to Naruto who looked at it blankly. Slightly annoyed Itachi snatched Naruto’s hand and pulled him from the bed. “We’re going to get you something to eat.”

The blond didn’t answer as he waited for Itachi to lead them out the room but he didn’t. Instead he looked questionably at the human, “What do you eat anyway?”

“…For real?”

“I haven’t been human for a long time, Naruto. I’ve forgotten most of the human habits.” Itachi started to walk and Naruto tried to keep up without wincing at the pain in his lower body. Itachi however noticed this and did the embarrassing act of picking him up.

“Hey!” the blond cried in shock.

“You’re still in pain correct? It’ll be better if you don’t walk so much.”

“How do you know that?” Naruto raised his eyebrow in question.

“I have had a few before you,” was all the vampire said before walking out of the room.

Naruto was momentarily blown away as the speed made his head spin uncomfortably. He closed his eyes as he tried to not feel the air passing by but it was harder then calming his cells. When the wind died down he opened his eyes and looked in the small habitation around them.

“A garden?”

“Well yes. Konan is the newest in my family so she’s still attached to human ways. She grows vegetables for amusement and the occasional human child she cares for.”

“Human child?”

“Yes. She changed into a vampire to protect her children. They don’t remember her as far as we can tell. They were too small to remember anything.”

“Oh.” Naruto was still as Itachi lowered him back on his feet and lead him to a bench,

“Do you need anything else?” Itachi’s crimson eyes were glowing in the dim light from the sun; a devious glow in them.

“Nothing that you can offer.” He felt like covering his mouth as he, unthinkingly, answered.

Tensing he prepared himself for the anger of the immortal but found his head being petted instead. “You are truly an entertaining creature…much more than the other human’s I’ve had around.” He paused in thought, “Then again. The other ones didn’t talk back. They just cowered and did as told.”

‘Why wouldn’t they? Obviously they were scared you’d kill them if they did anything to piss you off.’ Naruto watched as Itachi grabbed a few apples from a branch.

As he blinked the apples fell in his lap and he felt as Itachi sat down next to him and put an arm around his shoulders, “Eat it. It’ll do me no good if you died of malnutrition.” Doing as told Naruto took an apple and bit into it, knowing it was better to eat rather than go hungry. The juice made him salivate and he realized how hungry he truly was. As he continued eating the sweet apple Itachi touched a lock of his hair and rubbed it between his fingers.

‘Soft…”

“Is the apple any good?” the raven asked to keep conversation going.

“Mm. It’s alright. Tastes good but I’m quite hungry.” He smiled a bit, “Just tells you how hungry I am.”

Itachi nodded a bit then stood up, “I’m going to get you something else to eat. You can’t live off apples and other vegetation.” He paused, “Well you could but I would rather you be a little strong. Just enough to be able to protect yourself efficiently.”

“Ok. I’ll stay here.” Naruto looked back at his apple and finished eating the little bit that was still there. He placed it in his lap and grabbed the other one. It was then that he noticed the wristbands were glowing a slight red color. As he was about to ask about it a finger was on his lips,

“Just observe. Do not ask about it.” Itachi’s voice was heavy with the command. Shivering a bit he nodded and watched the immortal walk away.

“Don’t go off with anyone, my little lamb.”

The winds picked up and everything was still once more. Taking a deep breath Naruto relaxed and flushed a bit as his cells fired up again.

He was becoming addicted to the feeling…

‘The feeling of desire…”

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“Does it taste delicious Deidara-san?” Sasori’s red hair was shinning in the lap light as he held the object in his hand. His cold eyes were watching as his new creation drank deeply from the young girl he had trapped. Her auburn hair was stained with caked blood as her empty eyes gazed into the real world.

Throwing the corpse down Deidara wiped his mouth in a daze. Walking over to his creation Sasori bent down and placed one hand on the strong shoulder, “Are you better now? Not as weak?”

“Yes..”

“Good. Now lets find somewhere to rest then we’ll head toward my home.”

“Yes. Sasori-sama.”

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Author's Note: Well I finally got around to putting up these last chapters. I've been working the past few days on this and I'm finally putting it online. Whoot! Hope you enjoyed and please review and give me feed back.

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