A Vampire's Mate, An Angel's Fate

Full summary: The lone survivor of a once powerful vampire clan, Sasuke is determined to restore his family's former glory. After a chance meeting with a fortune-teller,she insists Sasuke will find the key to his future soon:his future bride. Not one to believe in destiny,Sasuke blows the event off. He returns to his family's village in an effort to reclaim what is his;he doesn't expect to find an abandoned baby while he is there!

Knowing instantly she is his "fated one," Sasuke takes her under his wing and raises her with the help of his allies.

As they begin their new life and he finally feels true happiness since his family's massacre, his world is torn apart. Sakura is taken from him.

Sasuke will do anything to get her back, no matter what.

She's his fated angel, and she is a vampire's mate.

Chapter One:

Prologue

(The theme song for this chapter is a"Shot in the Dark" by Within Temptation)

Everyone loved the old sakura tree.

Its blooms promised spring; no more snow, no more cold. As soon as the branches took on a pink hue, everyone would release a collective sigh of relief.

Sasuke especially loved the tree.

He spent many nights under its canopy; it was the perfect meeting place for him and his friends. "Meet us at the secret spot," the children would say; though it was truly no secret they met there every night it was warm enough to do so.

Because of this, it should come as no surprise that the tree is where Sasuke hid the night his parents died.

The night everything changed.

He had tried to save them.

Sasuke woke particularly late that night. He normally always rose as soon as darkness fell, always eager to get his day started by bothering his brother or parents; however, on this night, he had slept longer than usual. After calling for his mother, he was greeted by an eerie silence. Frustrated, like some young children get, he kicked off his sheets in his bed and changed into his clothes; he knew she would scold him if she saw him parading around in his sleep attire.

Even a child as young as Sasuke noticed the thick air filled with the stench of rotting lore: it was the kind of smell that one would never be able to forget, no matter what they did. His pace quickened as he ran through his family's mansion. "MAMA! PAPA! BIG BROTHER!" His screams echoed and bounced off the walls of the old home. The sickening quiet from earlier still followed him.

Normally quick, nimble and agile, Sasuke lost his balance on the old stone stairs. Taking a rough tumble and landing on his hand in an attempt to brace himself, he felt the bone shatter under his weight. He cried out and winced in pain, pulling the hurt limb to his chest and cradling it. It was going to have to wait.

Finally arriving in the great hall of their family mansion, Sasuke balked at the sight. He made a garbled choking noise, unable to find the words for his despair. Twenty feet away were his parents, face down on the cold, stone floor.

He flipped his mother over first. He saw the gaping wound; a giant hole in her chest. He was old enough to listen for a heartbeat, but young enough to not understand a stake to the heart was the end.

No vampire could come back from a thing such as that.

She was beginning to turn to dust in his own hands. He desperately scrapped at the dirt, his little fists grabbing the chunks like lightning, trying to hold on to her as long as he could as silent tears rained from his eyes.

But she turned to dust nonetheless, and he realized in a panic there were others; others who were not yet dust. Others he could save.

Turning to his father, his hope was dashed and erupted in a flame, like paper lit on fire. One moment it was there, and the next, it was gone.

All that remained of his father was a familiar Uchiha tunic, a pair of trousers, and dust.

Somehow, this was his fault. Somehow, he should have saved them.

Reacting on instinct, Sasuke madly dashed out of his home and through the streets. He needed to get to safety. He needed to hide.

He heard a scream in the distance, but he wouldn't stop. He couldn't stop running, running towards the tree just on the outskirts of their family village, right where the clearing turned in a tall wave of woods, blowing silently a short distance.

He passed the homes of his relatives, some distant, others close, as he sprinted. The village was disturbingly quiet for this time of night, when most of the family was awake and beginning the night's business.

Sasuke slid on his uninjured hand and knees haphazardly, slamming against the trunk of the tree. Ignoring the ache in his limbs, he crawled on all fours to the other side of the tree, the side that faced the forest. He hoped the night would offer him coverage, that the trees and overgrowth would be his allies.

If the attacker was one of the Night Lore, it wouldn't matter; he would be seen, and he couldn't hide. They would smell him, sense him. And his life would end.

He wasn't sure how long he sat there, his arms hugging his legs. Terrified he would meet the sun, he anxiously watched the sky with his eyes, while his ears listened for an intruder.

The weight of the night's events soon weighed heavily on Sasuke's mind, and he began to cry. His tears were little at first, but the small whimpers soon turned onto wails. Sasuke lay against the trunk of the sakura tree. "I wish it was all okay," he choked out to himself. "I wish I had someone to save me and make it all better."

"Sasuke."

Sasuke's dark eyes darted upwards and met red ones.

His brother Itachi had found him. Itachi looked down at him, his clothing stained with blood.

Sasuke's face contorted as he wailed, tears escaping his eyes. "Big brother!" He jumped into Itachi's arms. Itachi caught him and hugged him tightly, rubbing his younger brother's back to comfort him.

Itachi pulled away from the embrace and looked at Sasuke, his eyes no longer red. "Good, you're not severely hurt. Come on, we have to move."

Sasuke wiped his eyes furiously with the long sleeve of his shirt. Feeling like he removed most of the tears and therefor his signs of weakness, he asked his brother, "Where are we going?"

Itachi shook his head. "I don't know. Wherever I can land us. Someplace safe, where we can hide for a while."

"Away from the bad thing, big brother?"

Itachi nodded quickly. "Away from the bad thing. Hold my hand, Sasuke."

Sasuke couldn't help but steal one last glance at the sakura tree before settling his hand into his brother's. As they disappeared from the spot, Sasuke stared at the tree, wondering what was to become of him and his last family member.

Warnings:

Mature content, dark themes, harsh language, minor-character death, some (but rare) OCC-ness (but I hate it, so I try to avoid it), drinking, violence, sexual situations (far down the line), lots of stuff. Yep. RATED M FOR A REASON, FRIENDS!

Main pairing: SasuSaku; Others: HinaNaru, and more "cannon" (or as close to cannon as possible... heh) to come as I see fit.

My version of vampires and "Lore" creatures, with many tweaks added to make it my own, were inspired by Kresley Cole. But there are massive differences.

This is going to be a LONG story with many chapters, most of them MUCH longer than this.

This idea has been in my head for a while. I'm stuck on my other story, so until I can fix that, please enjoy this one. Ratings are EXTREMELY appreciated; flames... not so much. :/

I recommend you listen to Within Temptation's album "The Silent Force" while you read this, as I will quote some of the songs from the album; the music is PERFECT for this story. You can find the link on Youtube.

Photo is a free use image from flickr: photos/japanvector/6957437859/

Also... I own don't anything! I'm just a woman who has loved the Naruto show and SasuSaku for over ten years. ;_;