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Spectral Ninja	By : Nescafevh Category: Naruto Crossovers > General Views: 15262 -:- Recommendations : 1 -:- Currently Reading : 1
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Naruto had been nearly uncontrollable all day. Kain thanked the gods that while Naruto was an influence on his daughter-in-law, making her open and honest and with a child-like razor wit, Hinata was an influence on him, making him calmer and more reserved in certain situations.

Or he would have snapped by now.

Almost a full year from the faithful day an demon vessel accidentally absorbed his 'son' and awoke him, Naruto was reaching his birthday and was overexcited about it.

Sure before him Kain understood that he had no one but the old Hokage and perhaps the ANBU woman to celebrate it with, but they had their own families to be with and celebrate with, so it wasn't the same, not like a true families love.

Now that he had that he was getting almost hysterical with excitement, only Hinata's even and calm temperament keeping him contained.

For his birthday Kain gave him an hand-me-down, his Wraith armor. He more than had the money to buy his son something fancy, but this was more personal. Other children got hand-me-downs from family and didn't particularly want it, but Naruto never had a family to GET hand-me-downs from, he knew his son would appreciate it.

And he did, all excited about it, talking about how he and Razeil and Kyuubi could make some adjustments and enhancements to it, mumbling a mile a minute to himself about how to do so and all he needed and wanted to do so.

Although he WAS confused about how he-an now six year old-could possibly fit in such adult armor.

That's when Kain explained the armor-created by the Ancient Vampires long before his time-would adjust to fit it's wearer. If it didn't he never would have been able to use it, the Ancient Vampires were tall, well built and wingered, he himself may be also tall but he had NO wings himself and his form was different.

To prove it, Kain helped him put it on.

As the material slid over his legs and hips, it started to shrink, molding to his calves, thighs and hips, cupping his private area and providing support and protection, going on to mold to the rest of his body, even producing slashes in the back for his wings.

Naruto oohed and aahed over it, turning this way and that to check out himself in it, even the armored boots and gloves having shrank to fit. He mumbled about seeing if he could change the color, black was too depressing, then thanked Kain, asking if HE was going to wear a set.

Kain nodded "I stopped a while ago due to believing I no longer needed it, but I think I shall. In a way it will be like honoring my kind and the Original Ancient Vampires." He looked at Hinata "I have one for you as well, daughter-in-law, however you will just have to wait until your own birthday, I'm having some....things added to it."

The girl's eyes lit up, she was so easy to please, Kain found, she seemed at times starved for attention and seemed to bask in all Kain and Naruto gave her. "Really?!" when he nodded she threw herself excitedly in his arms "thank you, Kain-sama!!" Then she blushed prettily and drew away, embarrassed stuttering a shy "Th......thank you."

Kain smiled at her, she was surprisingly endearing herself to him.

"Chichi, when is YOUR birthday?" Naruto asked him with a frown. Kain frowned as well at this "I do not remember. I left that behind with my humanity. It has been so long since I even thought about it that I can not even remember when it was."

Naruto looked sad "everyone should have a birthday, chichi. Didn't Niisan and his other brothers ever throw you a birthday party?"

"No, NONE of us ever celebrated. I do not even know if Razeil remembers his own." When Naruto looked even more sad, Kain had an idea "Why not give me one yourself?"

"Chichi?" Naruto cocked his head to the side like a little fox and looked at him curiously.

"Well your niisan and neesan are spirits inside you, so except for actually talking to them and wishing them happy birthdays, they can not have one. However if you want me to have one then YOU GIVE ME ONE. Something important to you."

Naruto nodded and looked thoughtful, saying slowly "niisan and neesan say if they had a birthday, they want it to be the same as mine. Neesan says that was when she became my real sister and a part of me, so it is the same. Niisan agrees."

Kain nodded in acknowledgement of this.

Naruto's eyes lit up "I know, chichi, the day I found you!"

"Naruto?"

The day I found you sleeping and niisan became my brother!" Kain realized he was talking about the day he had awoken and the sword had crumpled.

"I think you are right" he nodded to his son "very well, it will be my official birthday." Naruto grinned and nodded, pleased, Kain adding as he held both hands out to his new children "that settled, let's go see what Yukiko and the Hokage have for you."

A week later was Naruto, Sasuke and Hinata's first day of the Academy. They entered the grounds, Naruto in his black, white and dark blue armor with orange highlights.

They were only going a couple of days when Naruto got into his first fight-and made three new friends.

It started with an shaggy brown haired boy picking on an rather...plump boy. Naruto, hating someone suffering what he had before his father. So he moved between them, the plump boy slumped against a tree and the bully standing over him, fingers clawed.

"Get outta my way" the bully snarled at him.

"No" Naruto said firmly.

"No?!" the bully snorted and when Naruto didn't move or speak the bully snarled "NO!"

"No" Naruto said evenly, firmly, his eyes an curious mix of red, blue and white "we've faced people like you before and you are nothing but cowards all of you. You want him, try going through us. But be warned, my father's training me and he doesn't go easy. He taught me to fight and kill, NOT play around."

"Play around! I'll show you playing around!" the bully lunged, slashing out with the claws of his right hand.

Which Naruto just stepped aside from.

Barely stopping his lunge and keeping himself from face-planting in the dirt, the bully recovered and snarled "Why you...!" and lunged again.

And Naruto stepped aside again. And continued to do so, ignoring the gathering crowd around them and the bullies cursing and cruel words, he'd heard way worse.

"STAND STILL, YOU BAKA!" the bully snarled.

"Fine" Naruto rolled his eyes and when the clawed hand came straight at him he caught it instead, holding it tight in his enhanced grip. "What the...!?" the bully tried to pull it back, but couldn't budge it "what are you do.....?" the tugging got faster, more frantic "let go!"

"No" Naruto said a third time.

"I SAID LET ME GO!"

"Not 'til you say sorry to.....?" he looked back at the boy. "Choji" he supplied shyly, eyes wide in what could only be hero worship on them.

"Choji. Not until you say sorry to Choji and promise to never pick on or hurt him again" Naruto's words were sounding less grown up as the demon and wraith receded, seeing their little brother was safe and could take care of himself.

"NO!" the bully yelled, somewhat half terrified, half angry.

"Fine!" Naruto rolled his eyes again and squeezed the arm in his grip, making the bullies eyes bug in terror before he threw him into an nearby tree.

That done he turned to help the plump kid up, asking if he was alright and trying to sooth him.

While he was occupied, Sasuke suddenly yelled "Naru'!" the boy turning to find the furious bully streaking towards him with claws ready.

Only to have him freeze mid-lunge and a new voice say one word in an bored tone "troublesome."

Walking casually to their side was an skinny brown haired kid, shaking his head sadly "you guys are in so much trouble."

Naruto snorted "he started it."

"Still you are both in so much trouble" and he looked over at the entrance to the classroom where two teachers were heading right for them.

As the two were lead away, the plump kid following as a witness, the skinny kid leaned over and whispered to Naruto in his passing "when you get out, come sit with us in the yard. I'm Shikamaru Nara and you interest me."

About fifteen minutes later the boys parents arrived, starting with Kain. After hearing what had happened the Vampire Lord frowned "and this is a problem why exactly?"

"He was in a fight, on school grounds, Kain-san, what happens between the two outside school isn't our problem, but inside...."

"That's not how I see it" Kain said.

"What do you mean, Kain-san?" one of the teachers, a younger man with brown hair and a large scar across his nose asked in respect.

"First Naruto didn't actually fight with this boy. All he did was avoid his blows and once push him away. That is NOT fighting, that's avoiding a fight. Naruto's strength is way past human standards, more than even your Lady Tsunade, he could have easily beaten this child to a pulp, yet he didn't once even throw a punch. Secondly he is training to be an ninja, aren't you an society that goes by teamwork and building an team? Naruto was defending an teammate."

"But he wasn't...."

Kain held up a hand to silence the teachers protests "how do you know this boy won't be a future teammate? They have only just started here, you have no idea what will happen when they graduate, who will be chosen as a team. And besides that, teaching them to help each other helps later in life. Would you have rather Naruto ignore an fellow ninja and possible teammate being attacked, or help?"

The brown haired teachers slumped in defeat "you're right, Kain-san. We have nothing to punish him for since he didn't actually do anything." The other teacher, an white haired young man, opened his mouth to protest, but Kain's level look made him snap it closed.

The vampire suddenly blinked at the other young man. The sight Razeil had gifted him with was suddenly seeing through the man.

And he was seeing an shadow of an snake on his shoulder.

Before he could even think of an reaction to what he was seeing another voice, this one female and from the doorway, spoke "Kain-san is absolutely right." The Vampire Lord spun to find an familiar figure in the doorway. Immediately the young bully shrank guiltily in his seat "Ma...."

She snapped at him "shut up, Kiba!" The boy cringed. "I am SOOO mad at you right now! You're punishment will be severe for this!"

The boy shrank back more "But HE started it!"

"You not only tried to bully the Amachi heir, but the son of the Fire Lord's own advisor, Hokage AND the son of the one man our entire clan revered and YOU YOURSELF IDOLIZED!!"

"What are you talking about, ma?" the bully-Kiba-frowned. "I'm talking about Naruto, you idiot! You were there at the meeting, you KNOW he's the Forths son! You don't know how skilled and powerful this man is! If he did fight back, chances are you'd be dead by now!"

"But ma...."

"NO BUTS! You'll apologize to both the Amachi heir AND Naruto right now, and mean it, and if I EVER hear about you bullying anyone ever again, your punishment will be your sisters responsibility!"

The bully shrank down further, shuddering in fear and horror at the thought. He mumbled something, but his mother snapped "WHAT WAS THAT?!"

The boy looked about to cry "I said I'm sorry, ma. I swear I wouldn't do it again. I'll behave."

"You better" the female oldnew council member turned to Kain, bowing low in apology "I am sorry for my brute son's actions, Kain-san. You see I'm trying to teach him to be my clans heir and to be dominant, but he doesn't seem to have the difference between dominance and bulling figured out yet. Rest assured I will make sure to have it straightened out by the time we get home."

She turned to look at the teachers "I will take full responsibility for the fight myself and will make any apologies necessary to The Amachi clan" she seized her son's hand and started to pull him away "hopefully he'll return to class tomorrow, sufficiently repentant." She dragged her son away, the child protesting all the way.

Once gone the brown haired teacher sighed, looking at the boy and Naruto as he pinched the bridge of his nose over the scar "you two may as well return to lunch since Inuzuka-chan took the blame for the fight and her son's actions." The boy's nodded, Naruto took the plump boys hand and the two left the room "bye, chichi!" Naruto called back, receiving a nod of acknowledgement back.

Once gone the same teacher turned to Kain "I'm sorry you had to come down here, Kain san, for nothing it seems."

"I understand your concerns, but Naruto would never hurt another except in self defense or defense of another, remember that."

"Understood" the young man nodded and Kain left. He had an Hokage to see about an white haired teacher and a snake.

The minute Naruto and the boy were back out in the playground they were surrounded by other kids, all asking questions at once about what had happened, were they going to be punished, HOW were they going to be punished, where the bully was and so on.

Gently squeezing the other boy's hand reassuringly when he felt him shrink away from all the attention, answering all the questions he could, Naruto looked around for his friends.

He soon spotted them both seated at one of the school picnic tables in a corner of the yard, under an large shady tree. Sasuke and Hinata sat on one side, facing them with the skinny kid on the other, back to them. Sasuke was waving to them, trying to catch the two's attention.

Every time another kid tried to sit with them, the youngest Uchiha would give them the childish version of his big brothers cold glare.

Smiling as he dragged the other boy over to his friend and mate through the crowd, Naruto insisted he sit with the other boy while he moved to sit between his best friend and mate, giving her an winning smile as she handed him his bento box lunch and immediately scooted closer so she could lay her head on his shoulder and pulled his disguised wing around her while the three boys talked.

Naruto didn't mind about this, in fact he let her willingly now that Kyuubi and Razeil had explained why it was good to him.

They had told him that since her mother and father were in charge of their clan and her mother had her baby sister to care for, they had little time for her and so-like he was before Kain and Razeil had come into his life-she was lonely. Because Naruto showed her love and affection she relied on him for what she needed growing up.

He would willingly give it to her, as much as she needed from him.

Also Kyuubi had explained how since Hinata was his mate, they need to touch as much as possible, not only to cement their emotional bond, but physical as well. One part the more they touched each other, the more they got used to touch, the other part, they were preparing her for him.

When Naruto asked what she meant by that, Kyuubi told him that compared to him, Hinata was very weak, chakra-wise as well as bodily. So over the next few years, as the two of them grew and their bodies developed, both Kyuubi and Razeil would 'leak' their chakra into hers, merging it to hers and helping her develop past her human expectations.

She was Naruto's mate, meaning she not only had to be strong for him, but able to survive or take anything to stay with him.

So every time they touched in skin-to-skin contact they would help her, ESPECIALLY through the wings, since the chakra of them were closer to the surface there than anywhere else.

The four boys sat and talked as they ate for the rest of their lunch break. Naruto told them about his life, both before and AFTER his father, about his abilities and training, and his new mate.

Sasuke spoke of his life with his brother among the Hyuuga's, his friendship with Naruto, Hinata and Neji and his training with his brother on their bloodline and clan jutsu's. Currently he was trying to teach him their families fire ball technic, but he was having trouble getting more than just a spark.

But it was alright though, because his brother made sure he ate, slept, bathed and took breaks during, assuring him everyone had their own pace and he would find his.

This made him want to go faster, to master it sooner though, he wanted to make his brother proud at how well he was doing, how fast and easily he mastered it.

In return for their openness and honesty about themselves, the other two returned the favor, talking about how they had known each other since they were babies, how their dads had been teammates together with another who's daughter was home sick with the flu and was also a friend.

How both were clan heirs as well-Shikamaru to the vast Nara lands which supplied the village with anything from herbs and spices for cooking and such, to those needed for healing.

Choji's family owned things from supermarkets to bakeries and restaurants around not just Kohona but the five nations. His father was big like him-necessary for their clan jutsu's-however Choji was different from his father. Apparently while Choji had diabetes and needed to eat foods with certain sugar levels in them, he also had an body system like his mother, not his father.

What that essentially meant was that he had trouble keeping weight on. His mother was forced to eat at least six major meals a day JUST TO KEEP WEIGHT ON, if she didn't she almost immediately lost more weight that was safe and would have dangerous diabetic attacks.

That was why he was almost constantly eating, not just to sustain the weight needed for their clan jutsu's but to sustain his health.

Naruto couldn't imagine having to constantly eat just to live, wouldn't food get boring to him after a while?

No wonder his family had food places all around the five nations. That way if their son was caught without food during a mission.....

The bell soon rung and they went back to class, the seating arrangement changing when they discovered how every other kid wanted to sit next to Naruto so they could whisper questions to him.

So instead Naruto sat off to the side near the back, Hinata directly to his left, Sasuke to his right, Choji directly in front and Shikamaru directly behind him, eyes locked out the window at the clouds while he slouched, appearing for all the world asleep in his chair.

However Naruto could sense his attention to the teacher and his surroundings and hear his steady breathing that showed his status. The rest of the day involved ignoring whispers and listening to the teacher before class was over and they headed home, promising each other they would meet up again the next day at the school gates.

The next day they did so, Naruto hiding behind his father with all the attention he got from the other kids, even those in higher grades, asking his father timidly why they were doing it.

"You stood up to someone bigger than you for not a friend but a complete stranger, they idolize you, Naruto" Kain said "he's probably been doing it a while, both in and out of school and you just beat him without even throwing a punch. The idea that someone could stick up for another, despite the fact they could get hurt for it when they don't even know them never occurred to them."

The male vampire looked at the other fathers (and older brother) with their children (and little brother) in the small group of real friends and with their nod of serious agreement pulled his son out from behind him and knelt in front of him, gently but firmly grasping his shoulders, looking him deep in the eyes as he said seriously "I want you to promise me something, Naruto."

"Father?" Naruto cocked his head at him, uncertain.

"As an ninja, nothing is more important than the mission, but as a PERSON, friends and teammates are the most important things in life. Take it from someone who learnt that lesson way too late in life. I spent my entire life, corrupted though I was, thinking I didn't need anyone, that I was safer and happier alone. But I was wrong, I know that now, and I didn't realize until I had Razeil. I did bad things to keep him with me, swear to me you will protect your real friends, no matter what, Naruto, they are and will be the most important things in your life and deserve to be treated that way. Do not make the same mistakes I made. Promise me."

"But chichi, how will I know my real friends from others?"

"Good question Naruto" Kain approved "I COULD tell you the standard answer of real friends will be there when you need them and will help you, whether you want it or not, but that is what everyone says. The things is you will KNOW who is your real friends are instinctively. Children growing up use their instincts to judge who's trustworthy or not. I want you to use that, Naruto. Use it to judge the worthiness of those wanting to be your friends and any adults around you. If you don't trust them, move away, if you can't, go to the Spectral Realm and either Whisper me, or get Razeil to Whisper me, got it?"

"Yes chichi" Naruto nodded "and I promise I will protect and help my real friends, no matter what."

"Good" Kain gave him a gentle smile when he heard the three boys and his daughter-in-law also make the same promises seriously around them and he knew that when an child made an promise like this, they stubbornly kept to it, sometimes way past childhood and adults. These boys and one girl would be friends for their entire youth, maybe longer, even if none of them ended up on the same team afterwards.

The bell rang and the children were sent off, grouping tightly together and once inside seated in the same positions they had after lunch the day before.

They sat at the same table again at lunch, talking, the four already becoming close friends as if they'd known each other all their lives.

The only problem they had was all the other kids coming up, either trying to sit down with them or get in on their little group.

Finally about halfway through there came an new voice "leave them alone you idiots, can't you see they're trying to eat in peace!" Choji tensed at the familiar voice as an brown haired figure approached them, sliding into the seat on Shikamaru's other side.

"Kiba" Naruto glared at him "we didn't say YOU could sit with us either." The other boy snorted "I'm just here to make sure others don't try anything funny."

Naruto opened his mouth to protest it, but stopped when Kyuubi spoke softly into his head "he has established himself as the dominant of this class, if he apologies now he'll loose ground. Accept him in and as a member of your new pack, but set some rules he MUST obey."

"Like what, neesan?" he asked mentally. So the vixen gave him some examples. The boy nodded mentally to her and looked at the other boy with stern eyes "ok, Kiba, you can stay with us, but there will be some rules or we throw you out."

"What sort of rules?" the other boy's eyes narrowed. Naruto counted off on his fingers "no bullying us or other kids, we will NOT be friends with a bully. We are all friends here, a pack, and don't like people who hurt or make other people sad, we don't want one among us."

"And Naruto is our leader, not you" Shikamaru piped up with "not you. Naruto helps people like he did Choji, he doesn't pick on them." Naruto nodded "people used to pick on me until my chichi stopped them, I don't want to be friends with someone who does it to others."

They told him their other rules and then Shikamaru told him about their promise to the adult males in their lives to protect and help each other for the rest of their lives, no matter what.

The bullies eyes widened in something like a mix between hope and excitement and asked "can....can I...can I bring a friend with me?" He spoke next in a rush "theotherkidswerealwaysmeantohim'causehe'sdifferent, soIstartedbeingmeantothemsothey'dleave himalone!"

The group looked at him "so you were helping your friend and just became a bully 'cause of it?"

He nodded solemnly.

"Is he a bully too?"

He shook his head quickly "we've been friends since we were really little, I've always took care of him 'cause he's small, too shy and quiet to."

"Bring him over" Naruto said.

"Hai!" the boys grin went huge and he bounded off to find his friend.

A minute or so later he was back dragging another boy with him. He was smaller than them, short black hair spiking around his head and even though he was dressed in an thick buttoned up white coat, they could tell he was skinnier than Shikamaru. Not just that, his eyes were hidden behind dark glasses.

Pushing the quiet boy forward he spoke "guys this is my friend, Shino Abrahume. I've known him a long time but even I have barely heard him speak, so don't worry if he doesn't."

Seeing the silent skinny boy, the group understood his need to protect him. The boy-Kiba-pushed his friend into the seat next the Choji and slid in next to him.

They noticed Shikamaru's wide eyes and the way he was shaking his head and asked what was wrong.

"You haven't noticed?" he asked them.

""Noticed what?" they asked.

The other sighed and began pointing around the table, Starting with Hinata. "Hinata Hyuuga, heir to the Hyuuga clan. Sasuke Uchiha, heir to the Uchiha clan. Myself, heir to the Nara's-my clan. Choji Amachi, heir to the Amachi clan. Shino Abrahume, heir to the Abrahume clan. Kiba Inuzuka, heir the the Inuzuka clan."

"But I'm not the heir-my brother is" Sasuke protested, only for the boy to shake his head. "Your brother is the clan head, since there is only you two left, that makes YOU the clan heir."

"What about Naruto?" Choji asked between chips.

"Actually Naruto is MORE heir than all of us."

"What do you mean?" Kiba asked.

"His mother was the last of an very old clan from whirlpool country, my dad told me last night, and his real dad was the last of a founding clan from here in Kohona. So since both his real dad and his mom were both the last heirs of their clans, it's like he's double the heirs we are. And add to that his ADOPTED dad is the last and clan head of HIS clan and kind from somewhere else as well as an Hokage....."

"Is that true?" and when Naruto nodded they said in union "WOWW!"

"Do you have an kekai genkai?" the silent skinny kid said in a soft voice, his friend looking at him in startled shock and surprise.

Naruto frowned "I don't know if I got one from my mom or dad, but I have the Byukagun and one from my chichi."

They looked at him in confusion "how could you have the Byukagun and not by Hyuuga?" Shikamaru asked "how could you have an bloodline from Kain-sama when he's not your real father? Only family can have a bloodline."

"Well you see Chichi's son is my brother now.So that makes me Chichi's son."

"What do you mean?" Naruto explained about Razeil's soul being trapped in the sword and how he had merged and was merging with him, how he can use all his abilities and bloodlines and how his brother could absorb the souls of those with bloodline abilities and sort of inherit them.

"We did it with Hizashi-sama, he wanted me too so he could move on and be with Neji-san's mom."

"You EAT souls!?"

"Sort of" he answered "niisan, neesan and Jirayia-sama told me it's more like when I 'eat' a soul, I just eat the earth energy keeping them here, weakening it so they can return to the 'wheel of fate'."

"Wheel of fate?"

"The cycle of birth, death and rebirth that ALL souls go through. Out there somewhere, maybe now, maybe in years time, Hizashi-san and his wife and Sauke's family are being reborn, with no memory of who they used to be."

Shikamaru looked thoughtful "I see. So since they can't be born again with the bloodline, you take it with the last of the energy that keeps them here." The others understood and nodded. After all, someone outside the clan born with an bloodline ability would panic a clan and possibly endanger the new life from someone trying to prevent the ability being used by someone outside the clan.

He looked at Naruto "the Hokage said you can't see spirits, it was just a rumor."

Naruto grinned and scratched the back of his neck "well actually he didn't say I couldn't do it, just that they were rumors."

"I see" Shikamaru nodded "so he said that 'cause people would never leave you alone if they thought it was real."

Naruto nodded "I don't see everyone, just those ones that have things left to say or do. I've only seen a few since niisan joined me. Some people didn't like that I couldn't see who they wanted or tell them what the wanted to know" shuddering he hunched in on himself, his mate and best friend moving to comfort him "one of them....one of them.."

"That is enough, Naruto" Kyuubi whispered comfortingly "they do not need to know that."

"We understand" Kiba said, "and we'll all keep it a secret." He drew himself up proudly "We'll all make the promise to protect and help each other. That means we be there for each other, no matter what. Even if adults don't want us to."

"What do you mean?" Sasuke frowned at him.

"One of my clan died on a mission 'cause he was caught in a trap, but the Hokage wouldn't let them go help him 'cause it was too dangerous. We should NEVER do that, if one of us is in danger and the rest of us find out, we go find them and we go together."

"Yeah" Naruto sat up straight and stubbornly "we should. I'm in, I'll do it."

"Me too" Hinata nodded.

“And I” the skinny kid whispered.

“Yeah” Choji said through mouthfuls. Shikamaru frowned “can we wait until Ino comes back to school? I think she’d want to be in on this too.”

“Okay” Naruto nodded, “But we still promise.” Shikamaru nodded and agreed to the promise. So did Sasuke. Followed by Kiba himself saying the words. Naruto suddenly cocked his head and looked thoughtful, eyes focused inwards.

The group waited and when his eye refocused Sasuke asked him “Who were you talking to, Naru?”

“Both” Naruto said “neesan and niisan have an idea about how we can all make sure each other is safe and help find and help each other if it gets to that.”

“How?”

Naruto leaned forward and whispered “it’s a secret. They don’t want me to tell you here.” He had a brief thoughtful look on his face and his eyes lit up, “I know! Tomorrow is no school! Meet me at the west gates early morning, like, seven o’clock! But don’t tell anyone why, it’s a secret.”

“Okay” the others nodded together.

“What about Ino?” Shikamaru asked “I can bring her with me, but she’s still sick.”

"No" Kiba said "She can promise, but not go with us tomorrow. I mean, we are a pack now. She can be a friend, but she's not one of us. She wasn't here when we met, she wasn't here when we became a pack."

"Yeah" Naruto nodded, then looked at Shikamaru and shrugged "he's right, sorry."

"I understand" he sighed.

The bell rung and they returned to class, THIS TIME with Choji and Shikamaru in front and Kiba and Shino behind.

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The two figures sitting on the Hokage Monument-or more accurately the Fourths head-watched the dawn rise as they talked. One had long white hair tied back and was distinctly male. The other had short black hair and definitely female.

Currently the female was just finishing telling the male about her last disastrous relationship with 'the snake bastard' and how she came out of it by the skin of her teeth, however she would always bare the 'mark' of him.

Once done she turned to her silent companion "what about you? Any disastrous women in you past?"

"I was never truely interested in them."

"Oh come on!" the female snored "I was in the group the Hokage sent to examine your sanctuary. I saw your portrait as an human. You were rich, young and handsome (cough), you would have have had women falling over each other to get to you! Surely you....."

"I was a soldier when I was human, I had no interest in woman. When I was reborn as a vampire, human women were either food or an nuisance."

"What about vampire women?" He snorted "Just as egotistic as the males."

"There were NONE that interested you?"

"Well...." he began reluctantly.

"Tell me about her."

"It began with my campaign to bring Nosgoth under the rule of the vampire, MY rule. I moved on the City of Meridian, only to be beaten by the Sarafan Lord....." at her look he chuckled darkly in amusement "yes, I admit I lost. More than that, I almost died. You see, he had an artifact called The Nexus Stone, an item that could apparently neutralize The Soul Reaver, the only thing that could, and he used it to beat me. I was almost dead, but a group of vampires found me and hid me away. I slept to recover, slept for two hundred years."

"Two hundred years....." she breathed in awe. At his grin she sighed "tell me."

He sighed, turning to watch the dawn as he spoke.

"From the shards of tattered dreams I rose, unwilling, tossed upon tides of pain that flowed and ebbed and left me, searingly awake. And more revoltingly, alive." His voice went softer very slightly "it was then, that I saw her, for the first time........"

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