chapter 7

"And Kakashi-sensei did this weird test with bells today and I couldn't get lunch! It wasn't fair! Believe it!" Naruto yelled and jumped up out of his chair. I decided to let them stay at my house for dinner. Naruto had his ramen while Sasuke and Sakura had pork, rice, and vegetables. One of my favorite plates when I was human.

"Did you three get the point on the test though?" I asked them.

"Teamwork!" the three of them chimed. I saw that Sasuke had a smile on his face for once. 

"Sasuke, do you like your food?" He nodded and took another big bite of pork with his chopsticks. To this day, I do not know how to use those two sticks to eat. I don't eat human food, and I lived in the USA before this world. And my family never took me to Chinese restaurants. I sighed and noticed that everyone was staring at me.

"What?" I asked and Naruto was first to speak.

"Why don't you ever eat and when we hand you chopsticks and offer you food you deny and break the chopsticks?" I laughed and patted his head.

"I can't use chopsticks and I don't eat around people."

"Hn." Came from the one and only Sasuke. I laughed again as they finished their meal, and I put their plates in the sink. When I returned to the table, I sat down and looked a tad serious at each one.

"What’s wrong Zaki-Sensei?" Sakura asked me. She noticed how tense I was.

"Alright, it's about time when I told you about my next mission." That caught their attention. I looked into Sasuke’s sad eyes and looked down.

"I am leaving tomorrow to pretend join the Akatsuki, but be a spy for Konoha." They all gasped. "Why?" Naruto shouted. I looked up and smiled at him.

"So I can protect you and Gaara and all of the other demon hosts." He looked sad, yet mad. Sasuke had hate in his eyes, and Sakura just looked sad. "I'm not going to be here to see you become Chunins. I expect you to win. Come outside with me." I got up and led them out to where we trained. I turned back to them.

"If something bad happens, I won't be able to help. So, I'm going to teach you all a jutsu that I want you all to master." Naruto had a grin on his face, but Sakura and Sasuke just nodded, looking too serious. "Listen closely, this is a forbidden ninjutsu which causes a dead bodies heart to beat for a few minutes. In this time, the user can move dead bodies, to act as targets or diversions." They all gasped.

I took out the dead rabbit that I killed (and drained its blood earlier) and put it in the middle of our circle. I did the jutsu and made the rabbit dance for a minute, I could have gone longer though. They all tried to do it but the only one who could actually make it stand and flip off Naruto was Sasuke. "Good job Sasuke." I told him. -.-'

"I want all three of you to kill a small animal every day and practice this jutsu on it. Oh, and one more thing. After you complete this jutsu you cannot eat it, or you will die." Naruto looked pumped. "And it’s a jutsu that you cannot tell the Hokage about; he will ban me from the village or something really mean." I added as I hugged each of them (even pinky) but Sasuke extra-long. I knew he needed it. "Go get some rest. I'm not sure when I'll see you again but I promise each of you that I will see you again." They all nodded slowly and Sasuke embraced me suddenly. "Don't go Uchiha-Sensei. Don't go." He whispered, most likely scared he’d lose another clan member. Naruto and Sakura left now and I hugged him back.

"I have to go. I'm sorry Sasuke." He let go of me after a minute of saying "Don't go" I patted his head. "I'll tell you a secret to make you feel better though." He looked up at me. I am going to tell him. I am a vampire. All I have to say.

"I am 104 years old." I smiled. He looked at me weird.

"How is that supposed to make me feel better you old woman???" My jaw flew open.

"Are you saying I'm not pretty and have wrinkles!?" I narrowed my eyes.

"No! You are beautiful!” I sighed.

"You’re not getting it!" I said. He cocked his head to the side."I am immortal! I am a creature of the night! I am a vampire." His eyes widened and he stepped away. I frowned and furrowed my eyebrows.

"First you were hugging me saying 'don't go' now you're backing away from me!" I stated. He was making me frustrated. "You shouldn't care about what I am, you should care that I am being honest with you." He looked at me but then sighed.

"I am not scared. I am just a bit freaked out. Nothing changes; I still don't want you to go."  A smile slowly crept on my face.

"If you don't care, then hug me!" He narrowed his eyes at me. He slowly walked up to me and veeerrryy slowly put his arms around me. I sighed. "A real hug would be nice." He chuckled and squeezed me in his arms. He let go of me and smiled a real smile.

"Thank you." I whispered. "But you cannot tell ANYONE about me and my little secret." He nodded and then took off in a jog, but not before waving to me.