What We Are ch. 1

Disclaimer: I do not own Naruto or any of its characters. They belong to Masashi Kishimoto.

Pairings: SasuNaru (the main pairing for this fanfiction), OroKabu ('cause I can.) and maybe others if I decide.

Warning: Language, Yaoi, AU (Alternate Universe), vampires, mature stuff happening in later chapters, violence, blood, and Mpreg in later chapters. If you do not like or approve of yaoi and/or Mpreg then click that lovely back button at the top of your browser. I do not want any trouble.

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Ch. 1: First Sight, Pain and Bittersweet Memories

~Naruto's POV~

When I was little, we played together a lot. He was a little older than me and knew that I had the Kyuubi sealed inside me. I expected it to bother him like it did the others. It never did in the least bit. He was the only one that was nice to me when he didn't have to be. Since I'm the Kyuubi, or so the other townspeople say, they hurt me frequently. The kids of those people sometimes throw rocks at me and that's on a 'good day' if the adults hadn't got to me first.

After each assault, I had cuts and bruises all over my body, showing evidence of their hate for me. The only thing that kept me going everyday was him. Whenever I see him, whatever happened to me even if it happened five minutes prior, would disappear from my memories in an instant. The pain of my injuries seemed to go away too. Whatever pain I felt always went away whenever I'm around him. The only thing I felt was euphoria. I was truly happy…

Then one day, he had to go away. It broke my heart to know that I won't see him as much as I want to. I started to cry when he told me this. I could still remember how warm his hand felt on my cheek before he pulled me into a hug. It was firm yet gentle.
As I cried, he said, "Naruto, I promise to come back to you one day. Then we can be together forever."

He kissed my cheek softly and I suddenly started feeling faint. His face became blurry as I mumbled, "Forever…" I lost conscious soon after I said that.

When I came to, he was gone. I couldn't remember who he was. The pain of my injuries from today came back and tears streaked my face but not because of the injuries. It was because someone who is special to me should be here but he isn't. The pain in my chest hurt worse than the injuries themselves. The tears continued streaking my face as I cried silently, as I stared at the lake where he and I played close to. It really hurt that I couldn't remember him anymore. I felt like some part of me had died…

That day became nothing more than a dim memory. No matter how hard I tried, I couldn't remember his face or his name. The only thing I could remember was the promise he made to me. It stayed fresh in my mind as the years went by. It was the only thing that kept me going. The hope of seeing him once more…


8 years later…


It's Spring, the time for school to start again after a three month long break. I'm starting my first year at Konoha Private High School. It's totally coed except for the dorms. The upperclassmen, who had already graduated, showed us around and told us there are two separate buildings for both genders. Four stories for each building to be exact. The dorms are off campus but are right next to the school. I guess that's convenient if you happen to wake up late like I do sometimes, not frequently. I'm not bad with it unlike Kiba and Shikamaru.

I don't know why I have to stay in them when my house isn't that far from here. Grandma Tsunade, the headmistress told me I have no choice in the matter and said it's for my own safety. Even if she wasn't a vampire, Grandma still scared the hell out of me. So it wasn't surprising that after going back and forth on this, I reluctantly agreed to her demand.

The weather felt nice today. It was still chilly but I guess that's normal for early Spring. I had the sleeves of my school blazer rolled up because of the nice weather, exposing newly healed cuts and bruises. I walked through the gates onto school grounds and heard someone calling my name.

"Naruto! There you are!" I turned around and saw it was Sakura. She was about a good 30 ft. from me. A streak of white skin and pink hair, she came to a sudden graceful stop a few feet in front of me. I sighed warily thinking, she really loves being a vampire. Ever since she was born… Then I shook my head and smiled at her.

"Hey Sakura." I greeted her as she leaned in towards me, sniffing.

"You smell good as always." She commented.

"Don't you start. I'm not letting you drink from me, Sakura." I told her curtly, clasping my hands on both sides of my neck.

"I'm just complimenting you, Naruto. Jeez!"

"Well it's too damn weird. Even for a vampire."

Sakura giggled at my statement and I sighed. In truth, I'm already used to this because most of my friends are vampires. Well except for Kiba, my best friend, and Shikamaru who is human like I am. But he's not a Jinchuriki. Gaara was human…until last summer break. He is a vampire now. When he told me this, I was mildly surprised but there was more to this than I realized. He told me that he is no longer a Jinchuriki! As I kept thinking about that, Sakura kept calling my name as she tugged on my right arm lightly, pulling me out of my revere.

"Naruto! Hello, is anyone in there?"

I glanced at her and she was looking at my arms, not just the one she was tugging on. They had newly healed cuts and bruises all over from last night when I was ambushed by a couple of guys and was attacked. I defended myself but didn't get out of the fight unscathed.

"Oh Naruto…" she began as I shook her hand off my arm.

"Don't start. I already had to hear this from Grandma Tsunade." I said, knowing what she would also say. "Please, Sakura." I begged her.

"But they're getting worse, Naruto! You can't go off anywhere by yourself anymore! You just can't! The attacks are getting more frequent and you know it. Why can't you understand that?!"

I sighed as she ranted. She's right, I thought as I sighed. It has gotten more frequent especially since I'm getting older. Each year I'm alive, I pose a threat of destroying the entire town with the power of the Kyuubi I carry inside me. So everyone's solution is to kill me basically. Or make me feel so horrible by hurting me that I'll kill myself. Wouldn't they have a field day if that were to happen… Well too bad for them, I'm not giving them the satisfaction of breaking down.

"Fine. I'll talk to Neji or Gaara about my protection later since they're just as concerned as you." She sighed in relief when I said that.

"Thank you. I'm sure that with their protection, you'll be safe from the other vampires like the Akatsuki." Sakura noted as I tried to hide my irritation by smiling at her. Gaara had to say something to her. Damn that redheaded vampire…

As we talked, Neji, Gaara, and Kiba finally met up with us and we walked into school together. I feel bad for being the only human in our group other than Shikamaru because my vampire friends have to slow their movements in order for me to keep pace with them. They say they don't mind but it must be a pain to slow down for some human especially me. I can't count Kiba as a vampire since he isn't one. He is a werewolf and he doesn't mind slowing down for me since he's in his normal form right now.

We walked across the school yard which was somewhat crowded with seniors and juniors. Their eyes rounded on our small closely knit group. I flinched when I recognized some of the upperclassmen that stared at us. Their eyes turned cold as soon as they rested on my face. They're the ones who attacked me last night. I figured my friends sensed my anxiety rising so Gaara and Neji picked me up from under my arms and at blinding speed, carried me into school. Now we were inside of the school building thankfully.

We were still being stared at but Neji and Gaara shielded me from view as we headed into the auditorium for our Freshmen Entrance Ceremony. When we walked inside, we were soon greeted by Shikamaru, Choji, Ino, Shino and Hinata. I smiled when both Shikamaru and Choji greeted me then immediately asked me to sit next to them while Neji and Gaara sat on the other side of me. I like Shikamaru and Choji. They're my only human friends in our semi large circle of friends and they're fun to hang out with even though Choji leaves quite a dent in my wallet.

Ino greeted me then started talking to Sakura and when I decided to greet Hinata, Neji's cousin, she just stammered, turned a dark shade of crimson then passed out. It is the weirdest thing for a vampire to do ever. And I can't for the life of me, figure out why she does that whenever I come near her or even make eye contact with her. I sighed inwardly as I talked to Kiba, who is sitting in front of me, Choji and Shikamaru.

I vaguely noticed the auditorium becoming more and more crowded with both humans and vampires. And several werewolves also, not including Kiba. I do wonder what the ratio of humans, vampires and werewolves is at this school much less the entire village. I didn't bother trying to figure it out. I'll probably find out during my 3 to 4 years of school here.

I figured it was time for the assembly to begin as soon as I spotted Grandma Tsunade walk onto stage followed by several teachers and Jiraiya. Everyone including me and my friends quieted down enough for her to talk. She walked up to the podium to speak into the microphone her eyes flickering to me for a second before she spoke.

"Hello and welcome to Konoha Private High School. My name is Tsunade and I'm your Headmistress. Since today is everyone's first day back, today will be a half day. That will give everyone enough time to adjust to their new living quarters in the dorms. Plus, your classes will begin shortly after you view your class and dorm room number. I'd advise all of you to take a look at that then head for your classes immediately afterwards.

"Another thing I'd like to mention is well the main rule I have specifically for the vampires in this school. Since it is your first year here, I will let you know that drinking live blood on campus is strictly forbidden. And as the law of this land states, you're prohibited from causing harm to humans for their blood as well."

All hell broke loose when she said that because every vampire in the entire auditorium started jeering and shouting complaints. However, my friends stayed quiet. Now I'm not sure if it was for my sake or the fact that they're more mature than these vampires. My friends drink both donated and animal blood to ensure not only my safety but every human's safety. It makes hanging out with me that much easier for them since the smell of my blood appeals to them too much already. I aware of how much pain I am causing them from just being near them. I feel really bad about it.

Irritation finally broke through for Grandma and she yelled, almost screeching, "Shut the hell up, you brats!! If you don't like that, then I will expel each and every one of you! This is to ensure the safety of your human classmates and it's the law!"

Oh god… I think I just shit bricks and she wasn't even yelling at me. The school year hasn't even officially started and she's already scaring the other students shitless. I thought to myself, shuddering lightly. Grandma Tsunade's eye's flickered to mine for a second then she resumed talking. My mind eventually wandered idly from time to time. I only caught a few of the rules that were for everyone. Something about curfew being at 10:00 p.m. on weeknights and midnight for weekends. I really haven't been paying attention to this assembly at all. Even after Grandma started to announce the representative of our grade.

"And now I will announce the freshman representative, Sasuke Uchiha." She said as I was snapped out of my daydreaming by the squeals of every female in the area including Ino and Sakura who were the loudest. Great, another hot guy for me to hear them talk about constantly… I sighed inwardly as Gaara took this time to tell me who he was and I almost didn't care at first…

"Sasuke is very popular." Obvious. "He is a pureblood vampire so the fact that every female and possibly male is in love with him yet fear him is expected. Even the older vampires respect him." This is also obvious… Then he said something that got my attention. "Uchiha went to school here in Konoha until he was 7 years old but transferred somewhere else for a reason everyone can't figure out."

"Oh." I wondered if Sasuke had something to do with that boy I was friends with. He had to transfer to some other school around the same time the boy had to leave me. I'm probably just over thinking this. I thought as I saw a raven haired boy around my age walking onto the stage. He was pale and slender and walked with perfect fluidness. Like a vampire. This must be Sasuke…Then when my eyes rested on his face for the first time, my heart stopped.

Sasuke was very beautiful, perfect. He was absolutely flawless. His face was especially breathtaking. Pale, with his spiky raven hair framing his perfect face. His eyes were a dark color – charcoal black and they went well with his pale skin and dark hair. Tsunade explained that Sasuke was the only person who scored high on his entrance exams but I didn't pay any attention to that. I did hear that he'll enforce any and all rules for our vampire classmates. Not that it mattered to me. All I could concentrate on was the fact that I kept feeling this pain in my chest. It was almost like when my friend had to leave me 8 years ago. But I tried to disregard it.

I think I almost died when I heard his voice.

"It is my main priority to maintain peace at this school, my fellow vampires. Not only is it my job to maintain it, it is yours as well. We'll be able to coexist with humans much better as well as bring forth a positive future for all of us." He said. Sasuke's voice was truly beautiful. It was low and attractive. Almost like velvet. His voice suited him so well. God, I could just listen to him talk forever. "I look forward to spending my next four years here with all of you. Thank you." He finished, before leaving the stage. Sasuke not only looked beautiful but he sounded beautiful too. Why did someone as glorious as him have to exist?

After Tsunade explained the rules for us humans, which weren't a lot, everyone cleared out of the auditorium. I stayed close to Neji and Gaara this time. It wasn't long until we'd seen large groups of people in front of these four charts with each grade on them. Each of them listed our name along with our classroom and dorm room number. As soon as me and my friend approached the board with our grade listed, the vampire boys eyed me scornfully and the girls, human and vampre, stared at me with such intensity that I could've been set on fire from it. What the hell? I know I'm a Jinchuriki but, God! I didn't deserve that!

I did the best I could to ignore them as I pressed forward to reach the board. My first priority was to check and see if my friends and I are in the same class or possibly in the same dorm room. I scanned each classroom number and was a little disappointed when my closest friend Shikamaru and my best friend Kiba were in a different class. Room 1-A. I was with the rest of my friends in 1-C along with—I gasped softly as I read his name in my head: Sasuke Uchiha.

I'm in the same class with this beautiful vampire. I didn't want to show everyone how happy I truly am about this so I suppressed a shout of euphoria by biting my lower lip. But a small giggle slipped out after I turned away from the board. My blue eyes met with several furious looking pairs of eyes from the female humans and vampires as I walked back to my friends.

"So," I began as I clasped my hands together. "I'm in the same class with you guys and Uchiha." I finished saying with a nervous laugh. My friends grimaced. "What is it?"

"Naruto, you didn't noticed that he's your roommate too?" asked Neji, eyeing me with concern. I shook my head, feeling surprised. How did I not notice that? I thought to myself.

"What is my dorm room number? I know you saw it, Neji." I demanded.

"408." He sighed as he and every one of my friends couldn't look at me directly.

"Neji, what?! Why are you guys acting so weird right now?" I sounded irritated. Why were my friends being like this all of a sudden?

"Naruto, a human and a vampire being roommates is a disastrous combination. Especially if that human smells the way you do. It won't end well. It never does." Said Gaara.

"So?" I'm friends with you guys. And I'm sure it wouldn't make any difference if you or Neji were my roommate."

"It would make a difference because Uchiha isn't used to your scent, Naruto!" Neji shouted. Everyone around as stared in our direction then before I could blink, Neji and Gaara whisked me away from the area. Before I knew it, I was back in the now empty auditorium with them.

"Naruto, if you have any idea of what's good for you, you would go to Headmistress Tsunade and ask her to assign you another roommate." Gaara said as I sighed indifferently, rolling my eyes.

"Naruto!"

"Fine! I'll go see her after school!" I snapped at him and Neji. Truthfully, I didn't want to do it but Gaara and Neji weren't giving me any other choice in this. What was so wrong about me wanting to be near a vampire? Almost all of my friends are vampires so what makes Sasuke so different? It was really hypocritical of them to even suggest I stay away from Sasuke.

It wasn't only hypocritical, it hurt me too. The thought of being away from Sasuke made my chest ache. My eyes were getting watery as the pain in my chest grew. I don't even know him yet I wanted to be near him more than anything without any consequences. What is so wrong about wanting to be near him? The very thought of being away from Sasuke made me feel like life isn't worth living.

"Naruto, why are you crying?" Gaara asked, surprised. I touched my cheek and surely enough there were tears. I wiped them away but they still kept pouring out of my blue eyes uncontrollably, streaking my cheeks continuously as a small sob escaped my lips. The pain in my chest was becoming almost unbearable.

"I don't know…" I answered him truthfully, my voice sounding weak. Why am I crying? Is it because of Sasuke? Have I fallen for him? I had wrapped my arms around my midsection, hugging it as if to suppress the pain in my chest that threatened to overwhelm my entire body. The pain was almost like what I felt 8 years ago.

"We're sorry. We just care for your safety."

"I know that. And I know both of you mean well but…" I sniffed then went on, "I feel like I can't do things for myself anymore. I know I'm human but I am also a Jinchuriki. I can defend myself pretty well." I said to them, my voice slightly stronger. This was partially the truth. I couldn't tell them how I really felt. Then they would really keep me away from Sasuke.

"We know but you are still human regardless of what you are." Neji noted.

"Yeah, I'm aware of that..." I retorted as he looked at his cellphone.

"Let's get to class. We can't be late on our first day here." I nodded as I followed my two vampire friends out of the auditorium. Soon after, we met up with our friends except for Kiba and Shikamaru who was in a different class than us. They went on ahead. I chatted happily with my friends on the way to our class while in the depths of my mind, I wanted to see Sasuke once more. I wanted to talk to the beautiful vampire who made my chest hurt whenever I see him. I needed to talk to him because something inside me is telling me so.

Something about Sasuke pulls me in and I want to know why…