Constantine. <Dead Ninja Sequel> (Oh Hold)

Chapter Ten

I looked around the house in case Mom was outside and sighed relieved when she wasn’t. Sasuke was just standing there waiting for me silently. I jumped onto the roof and motioned for Sasuke to come. He nodded and made his way next to me. I opened my window to my room and peeked in for any people or lights on; nothing. I must have great luck tonight. Wait, if I did have good luck, then I wouldn’t have to deal with this new vampire.

I jumped through my window and flicked my light on and locked the door. I finally got a real good look at Sasuke. He wore loose blue pants with a large purple rope for a belt and an even looser white button-up shirt that showed off his abs and very pale skin. I could tell that he was very handsome before he died.

“How did you die?” I asked in a demanding tone. He studied me for a moment before smirking.

“My ex-sensei ‘killed’ me. She actually did, ripped my heart out, but Maualei-sama saved me in the nick of time.” I gaped at him. Man, he had a horrible death! What sensei would kill their student!?

“W-who would do such a thing?!” I asked surprised and his smirk became larger.

“June Uchiha Zaki Hatake.” I gasped quietly and put my hand to my mouth. Mom did this? Was this the guy that Naruto and Sakura are desperately trying to find and save? Was this their old teammate? I wasn’t sure what to think about this! “You know her?” he asked and I slowly shook my head no, I had to lie, I had to protect mother. But a small part of me also wanted to protect Sasuke too.

Sasuke obviously didn’t believe me, but he didn’t say anything. I started brainstorming what I’d do. Tomorrow I had school so I couldn’t stay with Sasuke all day, and if I pretended I was sick then everyone would panic and take me to the hospital and I wouldn’t see Sasuke for even longer. Sasuke also needed blood, and he was probably hungry right now too. I looked at him and sure enough, I saw the bottom tips of his fangs. Did Maualei already teach him the ways of a vampire? To hunt and protect himself? Was his sun reaction bad or was he okay in the daytime? I had no clue about so many things.

First things first. He needed blood. I sighed; I’d probably have to donate some of mine for now, but would he be able to stop? I searched my room for some sort of container and finally found a water bottle. I poured it outside of my window and looked up to Sasuke, who was watching my every move.

“Sasuke, I need you to hold your breath and not smell anything.” I ordered and he raised a brow.

“Why?” he asked and I glared at him.

“No questions, just do as I say.” He rolled his eyes and plugged his nose with his fingers. I quickly cut my wrist with my nail and held my wrist to the water bottle. I noticed Sasuke was having trouble just sitting still. He looked excited, and that my friend, is a very bad thing. “Calm down.” I whispered and he frowned and looked away.

When I filled half of the water bottle, a knock interrupted me. I silently cursed and pointed to the closet for Sasuke. He used his newly vampire speed to run into there and shut the door.

“Taintie, I smell your blood, what’s wrong?” my mom’s worried voice called from outside of the door. Think, think, think! How could I get past this?!

“I’m experimenting.” I said calmly. “I thought that maybe my blood was different from everyone else, if it tasted better than normal.” I continued and sighed in relief when it seemed like my mom was thinking that over.

“Well okay, just be careful and don’t use too much blood. It could be harmful.” He warned and walked away. From a distance I heard her talking to my dad. “Yeah, she’s okay. She’s just experimenting. You know how she loves learning about new things.” I smiled and I noticed that Sasuke came back out and sat on the ground in front of me. I looked down and my hand and saw that the bottle was now filled almost. I licked my hand and it healed instantly. I handed Sasuke the bottle and he looked at me unsure. He looked so vulnerable that it was kind of sad.

“Can I drink this? I’ve never had blood before.” He whispered and I huffed. So Maualei just turns him and drops him off to me. Great.

“Just drink it slowly; only drink half of it, if you can. I honestly don’t know what my blood tastes like.” I replied and he nodded. At first, he slowly let it dribble in his mouth but something snapped in his humanity and he poured the whole thing in his mouth like an animal. I scooted back just in case he wasn’t done and was looking for little me to snack on some more.

When the blood was gone, he gained some color to his skin tone and he seemed to be able to collect his thoughts better. He sighed and looked at me for guidance, but I had nothing to give.

“The pain is gone in my throat.” He informed, giving me back the empty bottle. I smiled softly.

“But it will return again later. I won’t be able to always give you my blood, so don’t get used to it. You will be put on an animal diet.” I said and he frowned.

“Why can’t I get human blood?” he pouted at me and I almost started giggling. I would have if the subject wasn’t so serious.

“Because it’s not right taking human blood.” His frown deepened and he crossed his arms.

“But you got Shikamaru Nara’s blood!” he argued and I glared coldly at him.

“I didn’t, I healed him. I simply kept the extra blood in my mouth.” he smirked and I narrowed my eyes.

“What’s the difference?” he asked, now amused.

“I was doing good, not evil.” I smiled satisfied at the point I made and looked around. Where could he sleep? Did he sleep?!

“What am I? Maualei said that you were now my ‘owner’.” He asked and I grinned. I’m starting to like Maualei just a tad more.

“Hm… you can protect me while I sleep.” I said and he smirked again.

“Aren’t you afraid I’d do something while you sleep?” he asked and I grinned.

“No I’m not afraid, because I own you.” He glared at me and I just shrugged. “You get to lie under my bed during the day tomorrow, that’s where it’s most dark. For now, I’m going to get some sleep and you can just read a book or something, my books are right over there and a nightlight is over there.” He nodded and I got in bed.

How was I going to do this?