Blood Stained Lilies

Beta’ed
by SoulSpirtHeart

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Chapter
Seven: Feelings

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"Ecstasy
is a Feeling that comes Only When the Heart is tuned to that pitch of
Love Which melts it...Which makes it Tender...Which gives it
Gentleness... Which makes it Humble"

Hazat
Inayat Kaan - The Sufi Message

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Naruto’s
eyes were wide in shock. What was happening? This was not supposed to
happen, it wasn’t on any of Naruto’s mental itineraries and it
surely was not anything normal.

He
might never have been kissed before but he was willing to bet that
this feeling was in the strange and unusual category.

His
body felt light and pleasant, like he was floating. It was similar to
the warm, fuzzy feeling you got at the end of one of those old sappy
romances. The feeling in itself was not odd, but it was odd that it
was caused by kissing Sasuke; his male friend.

Still
that was not what Naruto was worried about. His main concern was
within the inner workings of his own mind.

Scenes
flashed passed his minds eye like an old movie, showing him things of
what he guessed to be the past. If Naruto had to guess they all
seemed to take place during the 1600's or somewhere close to that
period in time, but that didn’t make sense at all.

Within
one he saw a boy a little younger than himself crying. His long
ragged blond hair fell into his face, shielding his identity from
Naruto’s eyes. It was a pathetic sight and pulled at his
heartstrings.

It
was soon gone, replaced by another and then another. They came and
went within seconds leaving Naruto confused and curious. He wanted so
much to ne be able to understand what was going on in this little
movie within his head.

The
next one caused Naruto’s stomach to turn in an oddly pleasurable
way. He took in the sight of two bodies as they moved together on the
forest floor beneath a crescent moon. It didn’t take him long to
figure out what exactly they were doing. It was blatantly obvious
with how they moved against each other sensually.

His
mind brought him closer to the two, who appeared to be both males, in
the throws of passion. Naruto really didn’t want to watch two guys
getting it on, but as he got a better look at them, he found himself
being drawn towards them.

Something
in the back of his mind was pushing him forward, closer and closer
till he stopped. It was then when he realized that he was not looking
at two strangers like he originally thought.

Lying
before him was none other than himself and Sasuke. No it couldn’t
be. It made no sense; it just couldn’t be them. They just looked
oddly similar... yeah that was it.

Naruto
would have found comfort in that assumption if the Sasuke look a like
had just not called out Naruto’s name in ecstasy.

It
was too much, he would never dream of this let alone even think about
it. He would never let Sasuke do anything like that to him. They were
both guys after all. It was wrong, and he was most certainly not gay.

‘Then
why is he kissing you now?’

A
voice broke him from the spell he had been under, bringing him
head-first
into reality.

Like
the voice had said Naruto was still letting Sasuke have free rein on
his mouth. It felt so good, and it really shouldn’t feel that good.

He
needed this to stop, like right now.

Finding
his strength once again, Naruto pushed Sasuke back. The force of the
blow sent

Sasuke
falling back on the floor with a thud and a low groan.

“Fucking
idiot, that hurt.”

Naruto
said nothing. He sat motionless on the bed, a hand covering his mouth
and a deep blush on his checks. He was trying to make sense out of
the whole occurrence.

Sasuke
smirked at the cute look on Naruto’s stunned face, but the smirk
soon vanished keeping the Uchiha’s face emotionless.

It
had taken him a minute after hitting the floor to see the
consequences of what he had just done.

Naruto
was looking at him in panic, confusion, and shock. Sasuke was happy
to note that disgust was not one of the emotions the moron was
displaying.

That
was at least one point to his side, but this little stunt of his
might have just ruined everything for good. How could he risk scaring
Naruto away now.

“Sa–Sasuke...”
Naruto mumbled not really knowing what to say. The silence was
becoming unnerving and he needed to break it before he did something
stupid. “What... Why?”

He
had to ask, even if his better judgment was telling him to forget
about it and pretend it never happened.

Sasuke
looked at him. He tried to pick up on anything that might betray the
blond’s
real feelings, but found nothing. The question was innocent enough,
but not one Sasuke was able to answer right now.

He
could just see it. ‘Oh
don’t worry about it Naruto. You are just my lover, from a few
hundred of years back, reborn. I just got tired of looking and not
touching so I lost control and jumped your sexy ass.’ Oh
yeah, that would go over real well. He might just be able to come out
of that with his balls intact if he was lucky.

So
instead Sasuke opted for the safe approach.

“Hn...”

It
was short, simple, and just so Uchiha. Unfortunately it did not have
the desired affect.

Naruto’s
confused face twisted into a glare, his fist tightening in the
sheets.

“Dammit
Sasu–”

“Naruto,
Sasuke! Dinner” Both jumped as Iruka’s voice drifted up the
stairs. Man someone must have loved Sasuke up there. He really
couldn’t have asked for better timing.

Without
looking back, Sasuke got up and left the room. He knew that if he
stayed Naruto would try to milk an answer out of him one way or
another. For now it would be better if he could just get Naruto to
forget about the whole incident.

Naruto
cursed as he watched Sasuke slip through the door. This was not what
he was expecting to happen when he imagined what it would be like
spending the holiday with Sasuke. Maybe they would joke around, play
some video games, maybe even get into an argument or two, but not
this. Never would he of thought this would happen.

Now
that he sat alone in his room, Naruto couldn’t help but feel like
he was missing something. Like a big secret was being keep from him
and he couldn’t put the pieces of the bigger puzzle together. Right
now he wanted nothing more than answers.

Finally
getting up he headed out the door and followed Sasuke down stairs.

Each
step he took only helped to fill the dread in the pit of his stomach.
He knew how awkward this was going to be.

Walking
into the dinning room Naruto saw that Iruka and Sasuke were already
seated and waiting for him.

Sasuke
was looking intently at a roll on his plate determined not to look at
the blond boy who had entered the room.

Iruka,
who noticed something was off, ushered Naruto to sit across from
Sasuke at the table before filling his plate with food.

“So
Naruto, how’s school been?” Glad for something to occupy his
mind, Naruto eagerly answered.

“It’s
been really great... I mean I have made a lot of friends and the
teachers are great.

Although
some of them are rather weird.” Iruka laugh at that. He knew for a
fact that some of the teachers were a little different,
to put it kindly.

“So
I guess you are fitting in then... and how are you doing though, with
this new...” He tried to think of a way to put it. “Umm... this
new life style?” He finally said.

Naruto
took a moment, mulling it over in his head. He guessed he was doing
fine. Being a vampire was not as bad as he first thought, even if it
was hard in the beginning.

“Its
been fine, even if it was a little stressful in the beginning. But, I
think I have adjusted well.” He took a sip from the glass in front
of him.

The
blood flowed down his throat nicely leaving his taste buds tingling.
It was funny how different blood tasted to him now. As a human it had
tasted so tangy and bitter, like licking a penny, but not now. As a
vampire it tasted so sweet and divine. It made no sense how it could
work out that way but it did.

It
was a small blessing in this so called cursed existence. He was sure
he would never have been able to drink the stuff if it tasted the way
it did before.

Maybe
they did something to the blood after they got it, then that led to
the question of how they got it.

Seeing
it as a completely logical question to ask, Naruto turned to Iruka.

“Hey
Iruka?”

Said
man turned to him, taking a bite of his green beans in the process.

“Where
do they get all the blood?” He held up his glass swishing the
liquid inside.

“Here
and there... mostly it comes from blood drives specifically for this
purpose. Other times its blood taken from corpses.” Naruto made a
face at that. Had he been drinking dead peoples blood?

“We
have to get it where we can since Leben’s are no longer aloud to
feast on humans themselves.”

‘Hmm...
that law didn’t really help me any.’
Naruto thought bitterly.

“If
that’s the case than why can’t we just feed off of other
vampires.” Sasuke who had been ignoring the conversation finally
looked up.

“Leben’s
feeding off other Leben’s is not something to be taken lightly.”
Iruka explained.

“What
is it some sort of forbidden practice?” Naruto asked, some what
confused.

“No
its not that it forbidden... how to explain... umm... lets just say
that to share your blood with another Leben is like give your self,
heart and soul, over to them. It’s the ultimate commitment among
our people. Its kinda like marriage for humans, but so much more.”

Naruto
nodded, his eyes reflexively flashing to Sasuke then back to Iruka.

“After
preforming the act, you are forever bond to that person for all
eternity. Few ever give themselves over fully anymore... you see when
you are reborn you are never promised to be born the same time as
your lover or even in the same area. Sometimes you will be tens of
years older than your lover or even thousands of miles away without
even knowing they are there.”

“That’s
kinda sad, but what if you give up and decide to find someone else?”

Iruka
gave him a stern stare and Sasuke mumbled something under his breath.

“If
you were to go against the bond and try to bond with another than you
will feel a pain that few have ever thought existed. Plus your body
only craves for your one and only.”

Shocked
blue eyes stared at Iruka. Naruto didn’t think that something so
serious could be the result of being unfaithful.

“But
what causes the bond to happen anyways, I mean you are only drinking
each others blood.”

“Lets
just say Leben blood is a sort of parasitic substance. A good example
is how you were turned into a vampire. When you were bitten, the
Leben must have added a drop of their blood into the open punchers on
your neck. After that the cells in that single drop being to divide
and infect you normal blood cells. Soon the Leben blood is all that
remains in your system, aside from about ten percent of your original
blood.”

“You
mean that bastard’s blood is in me?” Naruto looked out right
disgusted.

“No,
not anymore. The blood that runs through your veins is yours and
yours alone. Now if you were to drink,
lets say,
Sasuke’s blood—”
Now that was the wrong thing to say. Sasuke choked on his piece of
chicken and Naruto turned red.

“Hypothetically
speaking...” Iruka amended quickly. “Well if you were then his
blood would be absorbed by your digestive system and the blood would
end up seeping into your blood stream. It would then begin to mingle
and merge with your own, resulting in a mixture of both of your
blood.”

Naruto
couldn’t say he understood it fully but it made sense to some
point. Although he knew it wasn’t anything he had to worry about.
He doubted he would ever come to love someone so much that he would
give himself over to them.

“But
as you can see it’s
not something to be taken lightly. You would really be bonding
yourself to a person. And bonding with another after having already
bonded, would cause your body to reject the new blood and I can a
assure you that it is not a happy experience.”

Naruto
nodded, before going back to eating. He really didn’t want his food
to get cold, plus he didn’t like the fact that Sasuke popped up in
his mind every time he thought about bonding with some one.

Things
just kept getting more and more difficult as time when on. What was
next? Was he going to dream of Sasuke tonight too?

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Naruto
woke up in a cold sweat while trying to gasp for breath. The dream
had been so real that it left his mind in a twisted confusion.

If
he had not know better he would have thought it was an event that had
actually taken place.

It
was yet again that he was dragged back to that dark clearing under
the crescent moon. Only this time it wasn’t a clip,
but a full blown double feature.

He
remembered as he kissed Sasuke passionately. Touching his bare chest,
running skilled fingers over toned muscles.

He
felt the pleasure as he prepared himself for Sasuke, with his own
hands.

And
he felt the love and the ecstasy as he came with Sasuke inside him.
It was really too much, the flood of emotion and confusion that the
dream had left within him.

Naruto
finally turned to look down to the floor. Sasuke slept on a makeshift
bed that Iruka had prepared. Thankfully he was still asleep;
he didn’t feel like trying to explain the current event to the
Uchiha.

Then
again that would only be if Sasuke even questioned anything. The fact
was,
neither of them had spoken to the other since the ‘incident’
as Naruto called it.

Naruto
wanted to question Sasuke. He wanted to know why he had kissed him
and why he started to have all these visions after.

Sadly
that would require Naruto to actual confront Sasuke about it and he
didn’t think he had the courage to anymore.

He
was tried of life changing surprises
and he had an odd feeling that this was another one. It was better if
he just left it be. What ever was happening now would go away with
time. It was just one dream, nothing more. Tomorrow night he would
sleep soundly and wake up. Nothing would happen and everything would
be fine.

Sasuke
stirred in his sleep and Naruto couldn’t help but take in the sight
before him. His pale skin glowed in the moonlight from the window. He
was just so angelic and handsome, a real piece of art work.

‘I
wonder if his skin is really as soft as it was in the dream.’
Naruto’s face immediately reddened. What the hell was he thinking?
This whole thing really was going to his head and making him insane.

He
was not gay. How many times would he have to tell himself that?
He had never been attracted to men. He wasn’t even turned on by a
gay porno that Kiba had made him watch one time. He found nothing
sexy or beautiful about a man, yet here he laid staring at Sasuke and
finding him attractive.

Maybe
being turned into a vampire really did mess with his brain.

Naruto
groaned and sunk back down into the comforting embrace of his
comforter. It was too early to be worrying about this shit.

Tomorrow
he would start worrying, but right now he was going to sleep.

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The
morning came before Naruto knew it and he could say that he was happy
to see it. He was in a foul mood because of last nights events and
just wished he could stay in bed.

Sleeping
and forgetting about the real world sounded pretty good right about
now.

Unfortunately
it was indeed Thanksgiving and he knew that it would be rude to Iruka
to stay in bed. From what he had gathered from the man, he was
planning a rather big feast that made him wonder exactly who else he
was expecting.

He
decided that it was better for him to get up on his own and get ready
than be forced out of bed.

He
was just looking for something to wear when his bedroom door opened
and Sasuke walked in. Usually this wouldn’t have been a problem,
but Sasuke was not in his normal state of dress.

The
boy was only clad in a towel, his black hair hugging his face still
wet from the shower he had obviously taken.

Naruto
felt his face heat up and was not happy to note that all his blood
had decided to rush south. Sasuke looked down right hot and Naruto
wanted to kill himself for ever thinking so.

He
had no clue what was going on. He had seem Sasuke half naked many
times before and had never reacted like this.

‘That
stupid kiss... what the hell did he do to me?’
It had to be the kiss’s fault, what else could it have been?

Deciding
it was best to flee before Sasuke caught sight of the tent in his
pants, Naruto ran heading for the bathroom. Instead of a nice hot
shower Naruto would be having and ice cold one instead.

Sasuke
just blinked in confusion. ‘What’s up with him?’ He asked
himself. It wasn’t everyday that he made Naruto blush... not for a
long time anyways. Shrugging his shoulders he got dressed.

Iruka
needed help with the meal so he was planning on doing just that.
Maybe later he could figure out what was bother the blond.

Iruka
was in the kitchen preparing the turkey.

“Hello
Sasuke.” He greeted when he saw his guest. “I hope you slept
well.”

Sasuke
nodded and went over to help start making the stuffing. Soon Naruto
joined them, acting as if nothing had happened earlier.

He
and Sasuke were still not talking, unless you counted the orders they
shouted at each other as they tried to move about the kitchen.

The
hours passed and finally the meal was done and set neatly on the
table. Naruto noted that four plates had been set out, meaning that
some else would be joining them.

As
if on cue the doorbell rang along with a shout of ‘I’m getting
it.’ from Iruka.

Naruto
heard talking at the front of the house as the guest was let in. Soon
enough Iruka came back followed by none other than Kakashi.

“Ka–
Kakashi? What are you doing here?” Naruto asked, earning him a
smile from his teacher.

Sasuke
joined them in the room giving Kakashi
a nodded. He didn’t even seem phased by this event.

Naruto
though was confused. Seeing this,
Sasuke decided that he had better say something before the blond was
able to make a fool out of himself.

“Kakashi
is the one who sired Iruka back before the laws were put into place,”
whispered

Sasuke
in Naruto’s ear. “Although now all the old pervert tries to do is
get into Iruka’s pants.”

Naruto
watched as Kakashi’s hand was slapped away in an attempt to grope
the young doctor. This was news to him, he would have never of
guessed that Kakashi would be into guys.

Maybe
all vampires were gay. That would explain why Sasuke had kissed him
and why he was experiencing the things he was.

“So
Naruto, Sasuke, are you two enjoying the holiday?” Kakashi asked as
he passed a bowl of

mashed
potatoes around. “I would assume you two are behaving yourselves.”

Sasuke
glared at the man in front of him. “Yes, it’s been... nice”

“It’s
been really great. I needed a break from school.” Naruto laughed,
rubbing the back of his head.

“Well
that’s good.” Kakashi took a bite of turkey and turned to face
Naruto. “It’s
nice to see how close you and Sasuke have become. I mean he’s been
through a lot and I don’t think he could loose you aga— Oww..”
He was cut off as a well aimed kick was placed on his leg.

Sasuke
was glaring at him, his eyes flashing red.

Naruto
who was oblivious to all of this focused on Kakashi.

“What
do you mean loose me? I’m right here.”

He
only received a smile from his teacher in apology before turning to
Sasuke in stead.

“So
I guess you haven’t—”

“No.”

“And
he hasn’t—”

“No.”

By
this time both Iruka and Naruto where thoroughly confused. All Naruto
knew was that it was something important and that it was something
Sasuke really didn’t want to talk about.

“So
Iruka, I was thinking that maybe you would like to accompany me on a
date tomorrow?”

Iruka
looked up blushing. When would Kakashi ever give up?
He did like the man, but he was hesitant to get in a relationship
with a guy that did nothing but read porn all day.

“You
know my answer.”

Kakashi
pouted and began eating once again. The rest of dinner went smoothly.
Ever once in a while Kakashi would ask a question or flirt
shamelessly with Iruka. Sasuke even seemed to finally come out of his
shell and talked with Naruto a bit.

All
in all the day went well and Naruto was care free for the first time
in what seemed like days.

It
was only when he laid down on his bed to go to sleep did the
uneasiness return to him. Would he be plagued with dreams once again?
It was only when he focused on Sasuke’s rhythmic breathing did he
finally drift off.

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Naruto
glared at the boy in front of him. How dare he come here and make a
proposition like he had. It was an impossible request, no matter how
much he wished
to fulfill
it.

“Please
Naruto, we can make this work.” The boy pleaded.

“Sasuke
you know we can’t. Do you even know the risk we would be taking
If anyone found out I would be hanged, my father would be pulled from
his position, and my family’s name would be cursed.” Sasuke shook
his head, not wanting to believe Naruto’s words.

“I
can promise you that we won’t get caught. Besides how is this any
different from you hanging around Neji?” He growned out, causing
Naruto to flinch.

“Neji
is only a friend, plus he is not been feeding off of me like you
have. If someone see’s those makings than I am done for, and hell
if they find out I am being bedded by a messenger of the devil.” It
was Sasuke’s turn to flinch at Naruto’s words. He was no
messenger of any devil.

“Don’t
start your fucking shit with me. You know right well I am no demon.”

“Yes
Sasuke, I know you are not a demon, but they don’t. If they found
out, I would be dead, and I don’t want to die.” I tear leaked
from the corner of a bright blue eye.

Sasuke
stepped closer, whipping the tear away. He couldn’t stand seeing
Naruto cry.

“I
promise no one will find out. I love you, remember that. I won’t
ever let any harm come to you. That is the vow I make to you.”

He
felt Naruto nodded as he enveloped him in a warm embrace. Holding him
as he cried.

Yes,
Sasuke would keep him safe. Naruto was sure of that.

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Naruto
woke in the morning, tears flowing out of his eyes. They wouldn’t
stop, just like in his dream.

He
whipped them away furiously, while trying to fight the deep wanting
to be in Sasuke’s arms.

At
this point Naruto knew something was really going on and that Sasuke
might be the only one with answers.

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To Be Continued . . .

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