Obscure Chapter Three: Aenema

Warning: An almost obnoxious amount of talking, sorry. And Itachi. You'll see.

Author's note: SORRY! SO SORRY! You know, for taking so damn long to update, I fail at updating TT_TT

This chapter has just about NO action, but things will be picking up after this. Enjoy, anyways!

When Naruto regained conscious, he couldn't help but wonder if he would suffer from brain damage from all of the black-outs he was constantly suffering. Then again, he might not have to worry about anything considering…well…

Naruto blinked a few times, trying to get his vision back into focus. It didn't take long for his newly enhanced eyesight to adjust to his new surroundings. He was in a different room. Naruto scoffed at his own thoughts; of course he was in a different room. He had trashed the other one.

It would seem that in this new room he was being taken more seriously. The walls were bare grey brick ad there were no windows which lead Naruto to believe that he was underground. The only door was made of stern looking metal and it was most likely bolted from the outside. Curiously enough, instead of the cot he expected to see in this type of room, he was sprawled out over a large comfortable bed. The sheets were soft and cool against his skin and he couldn't help but stretch out underneath the covers enjoying the ruffling cloth.

After rolling around the bed, he pulled up into a sitting position and glanced off to the side to see that the room also had a small desk with a chair pulled up to it. And that was as far as furniture went. The room was completely bare.

Or so he thought. When he glanced up a small hidden camera caught his eye. The lens was directed at him and the rest of the sparse room, the red blinking light an indication that the thing was functional and recording.

Suddenly remembering why he was here, Naruto scrambled out of the bed, vaguely noticing that he had been stripped down to his boxers, and grabbed the chair. The two back legs of the chair scraped across the floor as he dragged it towards the corner where the camera was located. He stepped up so that he was nearly eye level with the blinking camera.

"Hey! Asswipes! Yeah, whichever fucktard is watching this, I wanna speak to your leader! You know, the asshole who put me here! Hello? I'm talking to you! Hey-!"

Naruto's rant was interrupted when the door opened with a loud squeak. Turning around, he encountered a large orange-haired guy that seemed vaguely familiar. But he had no way of knowing that he had met the man before considering he was not quite himself at the moment.

With that in mind, Naruto hopped down from the chair and faced the large man filling up the doorway. He approached the man as close as he dared and stood with his feet spread shoulder wide, his arms crossed squarely over his chest and his chin jutting out defiantly.

The other man raised an eyebrow and for a long time silence filled out the space between them as the two men sized each other up. Suddenly and startling one of the men in the room (Naruto would rather rip his own tongue out than admit that it was him) a loud cough was heard behind Juugo.

Reddening slightly Juugo quickly stepped aside to reveal the petit form of Sasuke standing behind him with an irritated expression. He may be small but Juugo knew for a fact that the vampire was not to be underestimated. Sasuke glared at Juugo who had lowered his head and when he turned to Naruto he saw the amused grin on his lips.

"Come with me."

Sasuke gave Juugo a significant look before turning and started walking up the stairs that began in front of the entrance of Naruto's cell. Naruto was just about to walk out of the door when a large hand suddenly clamped over his throat.

There was a metallic clip and it finally occurred to Naruto that escaping was going to be a very trying experience.

"What the fuck?"

Juugo pulled his hand away and Naruto felt around his neck to feel a thick metal collar firmly locked. He could feel the hair thin seam where the collar was joined and instantly hated the burly orange topped man.

Honey colored eyes stared blankly at him, "The collar is to make sure that you will stay within the manor's premises."

Naruto narrowed his eyes, "What will happen if I go out of those premises?"

"You'll blow up."

Well, isn't that reassuring? Naruto's fists tightened against his thighs. He really really hated this. But years of training urged him to just obey his captors and see where this was going. He just hoped that he would be able to see an opening in time for escape.

Juugo stepped aside and let the blond make his way up the stairs. Upon reaching the top they found themselves in a dark narrow room and Naruto found himself shivering violently as a sudden cold wracked his body. Stepping into the freezing room Naruto winced as Juugo turned and flicked a switch.

"Holy shit…"

Naruto's eyes widened with what he saw. The room was actually a freezer and stacked against the stark white walls were metal shelves. But what made Naruto's head spin and his stomach flop nauseatingly were the bags upon plastic bags filled with a suspicious dark liquid.

"Is that-?" He couldn't even say it. Juugo just gave him a blank look.

"Yes. This is where we keep our provisions."

We? Provisions? Well that was a nice way to put it. Naruto's thoughts came to a stop when he tried to fathom the amount of victims it took to amass all of these bags of…provisions.

Shivering and trying to ignore his surroundings Naruto silently followed Juugo out of that grisly freezer.

They passed through a kitchen that seemed ordinary enough except that it looked as though it was hardly ever used. For a second Naruto thought they would be seeing Sasuke but it wasn't until they walked down a short hallway and into a large living room did he see that the dark haired vampire was waiting for them reclined in a dark red cushioned chair.

The room was done up in a dark yet contemporary style that reminded Naruto of those home design magazines Hinata liked to look at so much. He felt his heart twist at the thought of his fiancée. It somehow lifted the shock from seeing that freezer room and filled him with a renewed fury. Without really thinking of the consequences he stalked angrily over to Sasuke and hauled him out of the chair by the lapels of his jacket.

"You mother fucker!" There was a shuffling behind him but a quite glare over the angry blond's shoulder stopped Juugo from interfering.

Naruto didn't pay any attention to that and shook the smaller man to regain his attention.

"What the fuck is going on here? Why the hell am I here? And when the hell can I go back to me life?"

Sasuke sneered at him, "You can't go back. You can never go back." With a strength that betrayed the man's size, Sasuke pried the blond's hands from his jacket.

Straightening his jacket and glared fiercely at Naruto, "Imagine this for a moment. If you go back now, you will most likely be detained for questioning about that night in the Uchiha compound and the massacre of your team. If you manage to give a plausible excuse and get by without looking like a suspect, you will still be looked upon as the one that survived and most likely ran for it while the rest of your colleagues were being brutally murdered. You will most likely be harassed and discriminated, especially when your new powers start showing. Worst of all, you will never be able to find out what happened to your colleagues because you won't have the resources, resources that you will only find here with us. You'll go back to whoever this Hinata is, but we both know that things will never be the same. She won't trust you anymore and you'll hate her for it. If you go back now, to the life you once had, it will all come crumbling down around your ears and you will have nothing left. Then you will come crawling back here. Is that what you want?"

Naruto's fists were clenched and trembling, his jaw clenched tightly as he controlled the desire to rip the man's throat out. It just wasn't what Sasuke had said, it was the fact that some small part of him acknowledged that the vampire might actually be right. He couldn't go back now. He had too many questions that needed to be answered.

"Then what do you suggest that I do?"

His voice was strained and barely contained his fury. Sasuke kept giving him that look. The one that reminded him of those x-ray lasers in sci-fi movies. It was really starting to annoy the fuck out of him.

"I suggest that you stay here. You will be able to begin a new life. You will be able to fully develop your powers and learn to control your hunger. If you were to go out now into society as you are right now you will most likely fall into temptation and unleash utter carnage on the innocent. It will be very messy and hard to cover up. We don't need that kind of exposure."

Naruto huffed, "Then that means that you were never planning on letting me go either, huh?"

Sasuke gave him a flat look, "That's what the collar is for."

Naruto gave him a long hard look before speaking, "You said you saved me. Saved me from what?"

Sasuke motioned towards the couch, "Why don't you sit down first. We have a long discussion ahead of us."

Once they were settled, Sasuke fixed the blond with another steady and penetrating stare.

"What do you know of the Uchiha clan?"

Naruto blinked, taken aback by the abrupt and unexpected question, "Um, all I know is that they were the richest and oldest family from Konoha. Rich enough too own their own district colony. I'm pretty sure that if they were to invest in it they could have probably branched off to make their own city."

Sasuke gave what could have been a rue smile. It looked more like a grimace to Naruto.

"No doubt. What do you know about their disappearance?"

"Other than that it was a total mystery? Not much else. I've heard a lot of rumors but most of them are too far sketched to actually take seriously."

"What sort of theories?"

Naruto shrugged, "You know, the usual conspiracy shit. Some rumors said that the Uchiha's were trying to take Konoha over. Some others said that Konoha was jealous of the Uchiha's riches or something like that. It all just to sum up to nobody really knowing what the Uchiha's were really capable of doing. That's what I think anyways. Though some crack pots say that the Uchiha's were slaughtered by unknown supernatural forces or some bull shit like that."

Sasuke raised an elegant eyebrow, "You'd be surprised with how accurate these 'crack pots' can be." He said softly. In a much louder voice he said, "The Uchiha's did not just disappear. They were actually murdered."

Naruto looked puzzled, "But they weren't any bodies found. It was said that in some houses the tables were even set for dinner time. Who could have the time and power to completely obliterate an entire colony in one day without leaving a single trace?"

"Obviously not something human. If you listen closely to those rumors you will find a pattern. Ultimately Konoha was afraid of the Uchiha clan. As you most likely know from working for the police force, the city is full of corruption. My clan wanted nothing more than to correct the cities faults, but the council members wanted nothing of it. They didn't care about the people and the deplorable conditions they were living in, or about the increasing crime rates that made Konoha such an unsafe place to live in. They were more concerned with the size of their purses and keeping them filled. They didn't want to disrupt their life style just because the some rich over glorified family decided to play the Good Samaritan."

Naruto frowned, "But even if Konoha had the resources to get rid of the Uchiha's it would have been impossible to get rid of them overnight."

Sasuke studied his nails as Naruto talked and then gave the blond a resolute stare, "Is it? You were just turned into a vampire and you still think that it's impossible to get rid of an entire district of people in less than twelve hours?"

Naruto was taken aback, "Wait, are you suggesting that…?"

Sasuke gave a small nod, "Yes. A coven from the border of Mist country was solicited by the council board members of Konoha. It is said that they had voted on it and that ultimately it was a unanimous decision."

Naruto gaped, "They voted on it? That's like deciding whether or not they should make the death penalty legal with rock, paper, scissors."

"That's how a corrupt system like Konoha works. The council is made of weak and cowardly men who would rather get richer than have to face the crime lords taking over their city."

Naruto leaned back in his seat, his mind swirling with the implications of what Sasuke had just told him. He always knew that Konoha was a dirty city full of corruption and crime but he didn't think that it had at some point gone that far. He grew up in that city had played on streets with cracked pavement, lived in a run-down apartment with his single father. He was basically raised in the police station where his father had worked before being shot down during a routine B&E.

His father had worked so hard. Doing everything he could do to clean the city with numerous raids and he was so close to getting the results that he had dreamed of. Only to get gunned down by a stupid teenager thug high on cocaine in the prime of his career.

Naruto shook his head, "Those stupid motherfuckers."

Sasuke raised an eyebrow and was about to say something, when a smooth deep voice interrupted him.

"So, this is the new addition to our happy little family?"

Sasuke scowled in recognition and turned to see his brother stroll into the room. Naruto looked up at the tall newcomer in confusion. This person looked almost exactly like Sasuke, except for the height difference and the long hair tied back at the nape of his neck. Short bangs brushed a pale brow and hovered over black eyes. They were just as icy and hard as his brothers.

Sasuke just turned and sneered at his brother, "Go away, Itachi. I don't need you here."

Itachi smirked and Naruto couldn't help but notice that it didn't matter that they had the same full rosy lips. That smirk was still much crueler than Sasuke could ever pull off.

"I don't doubt that little brother," Little brother? "But I was rather curious and eager to meet the human that you so recklessly sired into our happy little world." The older man trained his sharp eyes towards Naruto.

"My, oh my, little brother. I always knew you had exceptionally good tastes." Sasuke just crossed his arms and huffed loudly, "Not to mention he looks a lot like him, wouldn't you think?"

Sasuke turned his head sharply towards Itachi and glared fiercely. A flicker of triumph shot through the older brother's face.

"Yes, I would say he looks exactly like him. Except for the eyes. What did you say your name was?"

Naruto jerked back into awareness and away from the confused daze these two brothers had caused him. He stuttered a bit when he saw that Itachi was still patiently waiting for his answer.

"Oh, um…Yeah, my name…I'm Naruto. Naruto Uzumaki."

Naruto swallowed hard when he saw the amused look on the older brother's face.

"What a unique name. From what I recall, Uzumaki is from the extinct Whirlpool country."

Naruto scratched behind his ear, "Uh, well it´s my mother's name. My father was Namikaze."

The amusement was back, only with some other malevolent thing that Naruto really did not care to identify.

"That…is most intriguing. Won't you agree, Sasuke?"

Itachi had turned to face his younger sibling. He still had his arms crossed but had his hands tightly clenched and with a terrible grimace on his face that revealed the entire length of wickedly sharp fangs. When he heard his name he turned his loathing eyes towards his brother and responded with as much hate in his voice.

"That is enough, Itachi. Please, leave."

Naruto actually found himself hoping that the older man would obey the younger vampire. Sasuke looked just about ready to tear someone into ribbons. But Itachi merely smiled and Naruto tensed even further in his seat. That smile had all the sweetness of a snake bite and it never reached those dark eyes.

"Why should I? I was just getting to know our new resident vampire. Tell me Naruto, had they fed you correctly?"

Naruto wasn't sure how to respond to that, "I…they…That is…I am not quite sure what you mean."

The smile turned absolutely evil, "I meant, did they give you a proper first meal? I saw Juugo carry out the corpse of some whore, so I am assuming that they haven't. Though you did quite the extensive damage on her. Tell me, did she scream? Was she even alive when they presented her to you? Did you enjoy the rush of blood sliding down your throat? Was her flesh sweet? Do tell."

Naruto shot up from his seat, his fists tightly bound and seething, and yelled "Shut up! You're sick!"

Itachi's face darkened, "Welcome to our little circus then."

"You son of a bitch…"

Sasuke stood up as well and swiftly made his way over to Naruto who was on the verge of lunging towards Itachi. The older vampire just watched on with amusement as his younger brother held back the swearing blond. Finally, Sasuke jerked Naruto to look at him with both hands on his upper arms.

"Enough! That's enough! Save your energy, Naruto." He gave a scathing look over his shoulder at his older brother, "He is not worth it."

Naruto continued to glare heatedly at Itachi but the dark haired man didn't seem the least bit ruffled. He calmed down enough to he let Sasuke lead him towards a set of staircases.

"Come, I think it would be better if we continued to discuss this elsewhere."

Sasuke lead Naruto up the stairs and down a hall that was full of numerous doors. The blond could only suspect that these doors led to different rooms and wondered briefly where he was going to be kept. He hoped that it wouldn't be that ghastly cellar again. Naruto was startled to see Juugo waiting for them in front of one of the doors having not realized the large man's departure upon Itachi's impromptu introduction.

Soon enough they were settled in what appeared to be Sasuke's bed chambers and Naruto was finally able to ask some of the questions that were just burning to be asked.

"So, that was your brother?"

Sasuke sneered down at his lap, "Yes, that was Itachi. As a human he is older than me five years, but we were both turned at the same time."

"Wait, so you were spared by the coven that had been ordered to kill your clan?"

A disgusted look crossed Sasuke's fair features, "The coven's leader had become infatuated with my brother and me. We are not sure how that came about, but we have a suspicion that the vampires had been scouting our land before they struck."

That confirmed the fact that it was all premeditated. Naruto still had trouble wrapping the concept around his mind.

"And those vampires that are murdering all those people in Konoha now…Is it the same coven?"

Sasuke looked surprised for a moment. "We think so."

"Think so? As in you're still not sure?"

Sasuke shrugged, "This particular coven is notorious for being very discrete and deadly at the same time. They kill with little to no remorse and they hardly ever leave any evidence behind their acts."

"But what about all those bodies?"

Sasuke looked wryly amused for a moment, "Do you really think that those are the only victims? We think that the bodies left out in the open are warnings or messages of some kind. The vampires, whoever they might be, are probably looking to coerce Konoha."

"Coerce? Into what? Other than sustenance I don't see how a vampire coven could benefit from making any dealings with Konoha. It's not like it's a rich city or something. Couldn't it just be for the victims?"

"If it were for the victims, you wouldn't even now about it. You may find this hard to believe, but most vampires prefer to keep their killings to themselves. If a vampire decides to leave a corpse out in the open it must be for a good reason. Correctly disposing of a body is in the basic training of all recently turned vampires. No, there has to be a good reason as to way these particular corpses are being left out in the open."

Naruto stayed silent after that last statement his mind restless with all the things he had just learned. Sasuke observed the blond and tilted his head to one side when blue yes looked up at him gravely.

"You said that all recently turned vampires have to learn how to dispose of a body? Will you be teaching me how to do that?"

Sasuke looked at him with an unreadable expression, "Yes, I will. With the assistance of others you will learn how to be a proper vampire. You will learn about your new powers and how to behave out of these walls. And you will be taught how to kill as well."

"But that blood vault…"

"Will only last us for so long. We still have to harvest our own blood and you will find that the quickest and most satisfying way to sate the hunger is by actually killing the victim."

Naruto's stomach churned. He still remembered holding the dead women in his arms and he didn't see how that could be satisfying in the very least. Trying to shake of his morbid thoughts, Naruto sighed and looked up at Sasuke once again.

"So when do I get to start this 'training'"

Sasuke smirked, "Tonight."

IMPORTANT NOTE: From here on out, updates will be almost non-existent. I WILL be continuing it and I intend to see this story through to the end. I just have no idea how long it will take me. This is mostly due to the fact that I have some very pressing matters to attend to and this fic is hardly one of my top priorities. I am very sorry and I know I will most likely lose some readers but that is something that I regretably have no control over.

That being said, I would still very much like some reviews and who knows? I might find a way to update faster XD. Thank you for being so understanding. I love you all! ~3