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Title: Twilight

Author: Sarah Lee

Disclaimer: I do not own Naruto or Twilight.

A/N: AU SasuxNaru High School Vampire Yaoi. Basically sums it up yar'.

Insight: About three things I was absolutely positive.

First. Sasuke was a vampire.

Second. There was a part of him - and I didn't know how dominant that part might be - that thirstied for my blood.

Third. I was unconditionally and irrevocably in love with him.

Genesis 2:17

Tsunade and Jiraiya drove me to the airport with the windows rolled down. It was seventy-five degrees in Phoenix, the sky a perfect, cloudless blue. I guess the Baa-chan felt sad because when she woke me up she mentioned the sky was a beautiful clear blue, but not as beautiful as my eyes. I mean; yesh, I don't need compliments and all that sweet-talking mushy stuff like a girl would. Though it did cheer me up a bit.

I was wearing my favorite shirt; a shocking orange tee with black trimmings - they had given it to me for a gift and I was wearing it as a farewell gesture. My carry-on item was a Parka and the necklace that was Baa-chan's family heirloom.

In the Olympic Peninsula of northwest Washington State, a small town named Forks exists under a near-constant cover of the clouds and foliage of the foresting trees. It rains on this inconsequential town more than ay other place in the United States of America. It was from this town and its gloomy, omnipresent shade that I was saved from.

Tsunade and Jiraiya weren't my parents, they were old enough to be my grandparents though I didn't mention it in front of them but we aren't related at all. I don't remember much of my childhood but I was told that they saved me from that place when I was about three. My parents had mysteriously vanished and at that time social services wouldn't let Iruka adopt me.

Iruka Umino was a guy 'bout ten years older than me, he was the one who sneaked me into his room; fed and bathed me until Jiraiya came along. I wanted to stay but they wouldn't let me so I went with Jiraiya; leaving Forks under the cover of the night sky. It was in this town that I'd been compelled to spend a month every summer until I was thirteen to visit Iruka. That was the year I finally put my foot down; these past two summers, Iruka, vacationed with me in California for two weeks instead.

It was to Forks that I now exiled myself - an action that I took with great horror. I detested Forks but I loved being with Iruka. I loved Phoenix more. I loved the sun and the blistering heat - the amusements parks and the great food. I loved the vigorous, sprawling city. Iruka said that the city was so alive, filled with non-stop action. It reminded him of my hyperactivity.

"Naruto,"Tsunade said to me - the last of a thousand times - before I got on the plane.

"You don't have to do this." I felt a spasm of panic as I stared at her wide eyes. I would never admit it, but as much as I loved to annoy my 'parents' I was still such a 'mother's boy'.

"I want to go," I lied. I'd always been a bad liar but I'd been saying this lie so frequently lately that it sounded almost convincingly now. Jiraiya just gave a 'hurmp' and snorted.

"Tell Iruka we said hi." I said yes then gave a big toothy smile.

"It's going to be much more exciting there then with you old hags!" They grinned and waved like maniacs, shouting things like; "Bye brat! Don't break your leg!"

I got on the plane and they were gone. It's a four hour flight from Phoenix to Seattle, another hour in a smaller plane up to Port Angeles, and then an hour drive back down to Forks. Flying doesn't bother me but I had mixed feelings about being pumped seeing Iruka or being stuck in a depressing, slow, forest-ish town. Iruka was pleased that I was coming to live with him and he'd already gotten me registered for high school and was going to help me get a car to teach me how to drive.

When I landed in Port Angeles, it was raining. I didn't see it as an omen - just unavoidable. I'd already said goodbyes to the sun. Iruka was waiting for with the the cruiser. This I was expecting too. Iruka is Police Chief Umino to the good people of Forks. I don't know how he got to be so high ranking - he's only twenty-six! I guess that shows he's a good cop.

My primary motivation behind buying a car so that I could learn as soon as I can; despite the scarcity of my funds, was that I didn't particularly favor the notion of being driven around town in a car with red and blue lights on top. Nothing slows down traffic like a cop. He gave me a big bear hug with one arm as I stumbled my way off the plane as he automatically caught and steadied me.

We said our greetings and shared a laugh while he caught be looking at the sky warily. My bags easily fit into the boot of the cruiser and I jumped into the passenger seat of the car.

"I found a good car for you, really cheap," he announced when he made sure I was strapped in - remembering how forgetful I am.

"What kind of car?" I was suspicious of the way he said 'good car for you' as opposed to just 'good car.'

"Well, it's a truck actually, a Chevy. Real sturdy." Great. Real sturdy. Like I was going to crash it into a tree and blow it up. I laughed at the thought and he must have had similar thoughts of me mauling the car because we both burst in deep, thigh-slapping laughter.

"Seriously. Just don't crash or something 'kay?" he said solemnly when the laughter died down. I nodded and glanced out the widow.

"How cheap is cheap?"

He peaked sideways at me with a hopeful expression, "Well... I kind of brought it for you already. As a sort of homecoming gift." Wow. Free. I grinned gleefully at the prospect - restraining the urge to bounce against the walls.

"Thanks, I really appreciate it."

"You're welcome Naruto," he mumbled, embarrassed by my thanks.

We exchanged a few more comments on the weather, which was wet and that was pretty much for conversation. I'll bet he was wondering what happened to my hyperactivity. I saw a few worried glances shot at me when he thought I wasn't looking but I did. Saw them that is. After that we just started out the windows in silence.

It was beautiful, of course; I couldn't deny that. Everything was green; the trees, their trunks covered with moss, their branches hanging with a canopy of it, the ground covered with ferns. Even sunlight filtered down greenly through the leaves. This place should have been called some hidden village of leaves or something. Man, it was too green - an alien planet.

Eventually we made it to Iruka's. He still lived in the small two bed room house that I've been coming too since time and memorial. His parents were killed in a car crash just when he was seventeen so he's been living all by himself since them.

There, parked on the street in front of the house that never changed was my new - well new to me - truck. It was a faded fire engine red color with big, round fenders and a bulbous cab. To my intense surprise, I loved it. I didn't know if it would run, but I could see myself in it. Plus, it was one of those solid iron affairs that never gets damaged - real sturdy. It was the kind you see at the scene of an accident, paint unscratched, surrounded by the pieces of the foreign car it had destroyed.

Forks High School had a frightening total of only two hundred and fifty-seven - now fifty-eight - students. There were more than seven hundred people alone in my class alone back home. All of the kids here had grown up together - their grandparents had been toddlers together. I hoped I wouldn't be too much of the new guy from the city, a curiosity, a freak.

I looked like a typical person from Phoenix; tan and blond - the two features that go with living in the valley of the sun. I was slender - slightly lanky, average height but I didn't have the necessary hand-eye coordination to play sports without humiliating myself like some girl and harming both myself and anyone else who was idiotic enough to stand too close to me.

I shoved my clothes into the cupboard, took and shower, brushed my teeth and feel into bed after a quite uneventful dinner. I fell back into my bed as I tried to shake of a sense of dread that was bugging me since we arrived in Forks and closed my eyes, letting the slumber take me.

write more ^^ this is like a prolouge and its like major cliff hanger xD

Yay! Thankies! *smooches* The 2nd chapter should be up by tomorrow night... or in two days. *sighs* It's damn long and I don't have WORDDD *whines* Hahah. 4laugh

I shoved my clothes into the cupboard, took and shower, brushed my teeth and feel into bed after a quite uneventful dinner. I fell back into my bed as I tried to shake of a sense of dread that was bugging me since we arrived in Forks and closed my eyes, letting the slumber take me.

The blond awoke. He sat up lazily and blinked the sleep out of his eyes. Groaning softly he pushed his body of the soft, warm bed and padded softly towards the bathroom he and his guardian, Iruka Umino, shared. Said blond glanced out of one of the windows in the hallway and his eyes narrowed. All he could see was thick fog. He could feel the rising swell in his stomach, all he could see out the window in the morning was the gray expanse of fog. He could feel the claustrophobia creeping up on him. The sky was barely never seen here; it was like a cage.

He shuddered and continued walking, the soft, felt like bottoms of his pajamas weeping along the old wooden floor. He reached the bathroom and tentatively pushed the door opened, making sure Iruka was occupying it or anything.He relieved himself, flushed the toilet and washed his hands. Naruto Uzumaki glared at his reflection and started. Show that reflection who's boss Naruto!

As far as the gene pool went. Naruto Uzumaki was lucky. He had smooth skin for a teen going through puberty and tan he seemed to be born with, he was average in height but every inch of body seemed to be covered in a light dusting of a pale golden paint. Naruto had wide, innocent eyes like twin azure swimming pools sparkling in the Californian sunlight. His golden blond hair stuck up in wild tufts giving him a cheeky, boyish look. He grinned brightly into the mirror and bounded off, yelling "SCHOOL," at the top of his lungs.

Breakfast was with Iruka and Naruto still seemed a little shy but Iruka knew by the end of the day he would be bouncing around the house, shouting things that didn't make sense and giggling as he streaked past innocent bystanders. He wished the blond haired boy luck at school and was rewarded by a big grin, though inside Naruto was wincing. Good luck tended to avoid him. Iruka left first, apologizing profusely, off to the police station that was his wife and family.

Naruto didn't want to be too early to school but the feeling of excitement and dread forced him out of the house. He donned a jacket which was a blinding neon - so people wouldn't knock him over in the rain, Tsunade had put it - and headed out into the rain. It was drizzling still and the smell of the fresh air, the ground moist and slightly mossy was invigorating. A long slender had reached out as the teen bent, searching for the house key that was always hidden under the eave by the door and locked up.

He moved quickly, in a hurry to get out of the misty wet that swirled around his head and clung to his shaggy hair under his hood. The beautiful blond face grimaced suddenly as Naruto stepped into a puddle like the sloshing of his newly acquired waterproof boots was unnerving and he missed the normal crunch of gravel.

Inside the truck was nice and dry. Iruka had cleaned it up but the tan upholstered seats stilled smelt faintly of tobacco, gasoline and peppermint. The engine started quickly to his relief, but loudly, roaring to life and then idling at top volume. Well, a truck this old is planned to have a flaw; Naruto thought as he checked the rear view mirror, adjusted the seat and gripped the steering wheel. The antique radio worked, a plus that he did not expect.


Finding the school wasn't difficult, though he had never been there before. The school was, like most other things, just off the highway. It was not obvious that it was a school; only the sign which declared it to be Forks High School, made Naruto stop. It looked like a collection of matching houses, built with maroon colored bricks. There were so many trees and shrubs that half of the school was covered. As expected from the Hidden Leaf Village. Naruto gave a shallow laugh at the thought and continued driving. Where was the feel of the institution? Where were the chained linked fences, the metal detectors? He wondered nostalgically.

The tanned teen parked in front of the first building which had a small sign over the door reading FRONT OFFICE. No one else was parked there so he was pretty sure it was off limits but he decided to get directions inside instead of circling around in the rain like an idiot. Stepping unwilling out from the toasty warm truck he walked down a little stone path lined with dark hedges. He paused in front of the door and took and deep breath before pushing it open. Inside it was brightly lit and warmer than it seemed. The office was small; a little waiting area with padded folding chairs, orange flecked commercial carpets, notices and awards cluttering the walls and the ever infamous big white plastic clock ticking loudly.

Plants grew everywhere in large plastic pots, as if there was not enough greenery outside. The room was cut in half by a long counter, cluttered with wire baskets full of papers and brightly colored fliers taped to its front. There were three decks behind the counter, one of which was manned by a young woman with mousy brown hair. The brown haired woman looked up.
"Can I help you?"
"I'm Naruto Uzumaki," she was informed and immediate awareness lit her eyes. He was expected, a topic of gossip no doubt.

"Of course," she said, digging through a precariously stacked pile of documents on her desk till she found the ones she was looking for.
"I have your schedule right here, and a map of the school." She brought out several sheets on the counter, going through my classes, highlighting the best route to each way on the map and gave Naruto a slip for each teacher to sign; which he was expected to bring back at the end of the day. She smiled warmly and hoped that he would like it here in Forks. Naruto smiled back as convincingly as he could.

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I had re-parked the truck in the students parking lot, I was glad to see that most of the car were older like mine, nothing flashy. The nicest car her was a shiny Volvo and it stood out like a sore thumb. I sucked it a huge breath and attempted to convince myself no one would bite me.

Once I got around to the cafeteria, building three was easy to spot. A large black '3' was painted on a white square in the eastern corner. I felt my breathing gradually creeping towards hyperventilating as I approached the door and I tried to wear a mask of indifference.

The classroom was small. The people in front of my stopped just inside to hang up their coats on a long row of hooks. I copied them. I took a slip up to the teacher, a tall and scary looking man who two faint scars running down his face. The nameplate on his desk identified him as Mr. Morino Ibiki. He stared goggled eyed at me when he saw my name and sent me to an empty desk at the back without introducing me to the class. It was harder for my new classmates to stare at me in the back but somehow they managed. He cleared his throat and started de-briefing us about history. I didn't pay much attention but a few words which I was pretty sure was irrelevant like; torture and interrogation.

When the bell rang, a nasal buzzing sound, a rather big guy with broad shoulders and baby fat still evident leaned across the aisle to talk to me.
"You're Naruto Uzumaki aren't you?" He looked menacing but kind at the same time. I nodded dumbly.
"Where's your next class?" he asked. I had to check in my bag.
"Um, Goverment, Genma Shiranui, in building six." There was no where to look without meeting curious eyes.
"I'm headed towards building four, I could show you the way if you need..." then he smiled.
"I'm Chouji, Chouji Akimichi," he added. I smiled.
"Thanks man!"

We got our jackets and headed out into the rain; which had picked up. I could have sworn several people behind us were walking close enough to eavesdrop. I hoped I wasn't getting paranoid.
"So, this is a lot different than Phoenix, huh?" he asked.
"Very different."
"It doesn't rain much there, does it?"
"Three or four times a year."
"Wow, what must that be like?" he wondered.
"Sunny," I told him, grinning a bit.
"You don't look very tan," he joked.
"My mother is part albino." I replied seriously. He studied my face apprehensively, a few seconds ticked by in silence then we burst out laughing. Clouds and a sense of humor did mix!

We walked back around the cafeteria, to the south buildings by the gym and Chouji had went as far of the corner, giving a grin and a big thumbs up before turning on heel and walking to his own class. The rest of the morning passed in about the same fashion. After two classes I had begun to recognize several faces in each class. There was always someone braver than the others who would introduce themselves and ask me questions about liking Forks. It was fairly bothersome repeating the same answer twenty times but at least I didn't need a map.

One girl sat next to me in both Trig and Japanese, and she guided me to the cafeteria for lunch. She had dyed-pink hair and I could see her blond roots appearing. I couldn't remember her name so I smiled and nodded as she prattled about teachers and classes. I didn't try to keep up.

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Naruto and the girl whose named he remembered now - Sakura, sat in the middle of a table full of her friends, whom she introduced, They seemed impressed by her bravery in speaking to him. The guy from earlier - Chouji, nodded at Naruto from the end of the table. Naruto was nervous at first, trying to avoid most questions but Naruto Uzumaki was not a very shy guy. He was loud and boisterious. Once he got to know you that it. So soon he had the whole table laughing at the time he fell down at Disneyland and into some guy's ice-cream.

It was there, sitting in the lunchroom; making conversation with new found friends that he first saw them.

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