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*Don't own Naruto. Just Ryuu. Hinata's going to be OOC in this fic.*

Kitaigokure, otherwise known as the Village Hidden in Hate, was home to one of the Eien clan's most strongly disliked main branches: Tenbatsu. Vampires don't breed well with Youkai, genetically, anyhow. And there was so much Vampiric blood diluting the bodies of those branch members, that not many of them lived past the age of two-hundred...which is rather unfortunate, considering that it's a Dragon family.

Among the problems plaguing the region was its endless wasteland of a country. The soil was terribly polluted with the miasma of dark Chakra from the various Demons living in Hate. The earth and any vegetation that grew from it maintained a deep burgundy color. Both animals and people would have violet-on-violet eyes. The sky was purple. Because of the country's overwhelming level of Dark Chakra, no animals or food grown there was allowed to exit the region.

Dark Chakra strongly affected the emotions. It caused a normally placid person to become violent and cruel. Heavy exposure to air, food, or water containing it would cause an ulcer to form on the cerebellum, erasing memories and bringing symptims of insomia, paranoia, and rage. No one remembers how or when the substance was introduced to the region...just that it exists and deforms you emotionally. Dark Chakra had become the reason why the Village was known...as Hate.

::Kitai Onsen::

After paying his entrance fee, a very weary Eien Hogasharyuu wrapped a towel around his waist and entered the Hot Springs, hoping to enjoy the relaxing warmth and purity of a nice, hot bath. He hadn't visited one of those for such a long time. Kankurou wasn't far behind him.

Steam rising and a flimsy fence surrounding pools of heated water, the baths were seductive. Ryuu gingerly lowered himself into a pool, the water rising to hid chest. The feeling was delightful, all the heat rushing to his head allowed him to relax and lean against one of the sides...

"CANONBALL!!" A familiar voice cried exuberantly.

Ryuu's eyes immediately forced themselves open. Eyes as wide as lollipops, the Dragon stuttered "...Oh, shi--!"

Shortly after that, Kankurou launched himself from the edge of the pool and, with a loud splash, the puppet master had fallen into the Onsen with such a force that Ryuu was almost thrown out of it. The water soon settled, Kankurou looking quite pleased with himself, sitting adjacent to the Dragon. He threw a mischievious grin at his partner.

"Well. Don't we look happy today?"

"...Hate to be a stick in the mud, but that was really annoying."

Kankurou sank himself deeper so that the water rose to his shoulders. "Anytime." He replied. "That is the main purpose of this mission, anyway." Ryuu had a mix of confusion and shock on his face.

"You're kidding me."

"Well, it is!" The puppet master smirked. "Your Godaime told me that you needed two weeks off and someone good in bed. I'm just fulfilling MY end of the bargain by keeping you company."

Ryuu couldn't believe this. Tsunade actually had the audacity to involve herself in his business. Upon thinking about it, he really wasn't too surprised at her actions...But Ryuu wasn't at the point where he could simply emotionally prostitute himself and find a lover; he still had Lee's marriage seal plastered on his chest. He was still in love with him. They had even considered having a child together. Ryuu remembered how strongly he wanted to bear him a son...Sex? Of course he had to submit to those urges; an of-age member of the Eien clan had to be sexually active at least three to ten times a week to relieve stress and animalistic cravings. Ryuu and Kankurou had fucked the night before, but he didn't find himself any less miserable.

"...And I assume that there isn't any assassin, either, is there?" He felt his voice rise hot and angry.

"I guess not; she didn't tell me about that." A light blush rose to Kankurou's cheeks. "We were just supposed to fuck. That's the gist of it."

Ryuu felt even more numb emotionally than he ever had before. If Lee was his last chance at humanity, then what was he...without his lover? He would purify the Dragon. He gave his partner that opportunity...to be happy. He was everything that made Ryuu beautiful inside. With the absence of Lee, the light had faded from the Dragon's soul. No ammount of sex would change how hollow and husk-like Ryuu felt.

Suddenly, Ryuu felt a powerful demonic aura surround her. It wasn't heavy or ugly, but rather...stimulating, like Icy-hot. He liked it, the way the aura tickled his senses, it was femminine, whoever it belonged to.

'Very strong. About twenty-two...Sexually dominant. Wrathful...' He concluded from the aroma of the intruder. Judging by the distance between the aura and him, he could sense that the woman was...about ten feet away from him. The realization struck him like a hammer to the back of the head.

'Behind the fence!'

Standing sock straight, Ryuu leaned onto the balls of her feet and tried to pull himself to the top of the fence. The puppet master beside him was viewing the Dragon with curious eyes. He raised an eyebrow.

"What the fuck are you doing?"

"Be quiet!" Ryuu spat.

The Dragon balanced himself carefully on the tips of his toes...he was almost there. Fingers gripping the edges of the sharp wooden slats, he contracted his back muscles to bring herself up to see the owner of that powerful aura. Once he reached it, he made sure that his face was concealed. Staring downward, Ryuu could not bring himself to believe who he saw.

It was the very assassin whom Tsunade had ordered him to capture: Hyuuga Hinata in the flesh!

Thick blueberry-colored hair spilt down her shoulders and over her uncovered breasts. She wore no towel. The young woman's creamy white skin was as beautifully adorned in tatoos as his was. Ryuu was in love with Hinata's legs, so voluptously long and powerful...he could see himself throwing those legs over his shoulders as he made love to her. A cat Youkai, he noticed a pair of pointed black ears protruding from her scalp--and a long, fluffy tail wrapped around her waist. Hinata was lovely.

A trickle of blood leaked from Ryuu's nose, and to his horror, spilt a drop onto the thigh of the girl he was watching. The Dragon quickly tore himself from the fence before Hinata could turn her head or try and decapitate him. Shaking with fear, he did his best to conceal whatever evidence there was. Unfortunately for him...a loud crunch of wood echoed horribly throughout the Hot Spring. Ryuu felt a strong, long-nailed hand grip her shoulder, talons cutting into the flesh and causing blood to slither down his chest.

"...You're fucking dead, whoever you are." A femminine voice warned her viciously.

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