FULL Summary: A bet leads an amateur photographer to an old, abandoned, and supposedly 'haunted' mansion to take pictures of in the dim of night. Unknowing that it wasn't as abandoned as he thought it was.. There he would have never imagined that he would meet a vampire, much less fall for one. And a male one at that! It was wrong.. it was unnatural, but as they say, The forbidden fruit always did taste so much sweeter, right?

Pairings: SasuNaru all the way!

Rated M possibly for later chapters.. (raises brows) you know what i mean.. heheheee.. ehm moving on.

Disclaimer: Starlight starbright, first star I see tonight! I wish I may, I wish I might have the wish I wish tonight! .. Oh how I wish for the Naruto cast to be MINE! mine-mine-mine-mine-mine (and so on..)

Your Blood My Wine

Chapter One

Prove It

-x-X-x-

It's funny how doing something you have a passion for can sometimes wind you up in the strangest predicaments.

And every now and then that passion, of which you've completely devoted yourself to, can lead you to finding something so much more in life, something that you would never dream of ever letting go.. Something deeper than that one beautiful passion of yours. And then making sacrifices to keep it.

You could call it true love if you want.

Love is easy come easy go. But not True love.

Let something you desire lead you to something greater.

Hold on to it.

It can be easily lost. Slip away so suddenly...

Even if it's something so wrong, so unholy, and even if you know it's just not meant to be..

If you truly love it, hold it close to your heart forever. Cherish it and never let go.

Cause in the end you don't realize how precious it is..

Until it's gone.

-x-X-x-

"Run, run.. Cling to life." Ever so often I would hear him softly mutter to himself as he stalked by.

I was always curious to know the meaning behind this baffling statement, or to be exact, I wondered what it really meant to him. For he always seemed to be in such a fowl mood whenever he uttered the phrase, so I never bothered questioning it..

I figure it wise to never bother the immortal, though the bond between us is strong, I feel as if I'm mentally waiting for him to snap and suck the life out of me. Literally.

Immortal you ask?

Yes as you've probably already guessed.. I've indeed fallen for the lurking creature of the night. The prince of Darkness. A real live vampire.

Yes, fangs and all!

Exciting isn't it?

And how did I ever come upon this unholy predicament?

Lets just say at first, from what I remember, it sadly started out with a silly bet in photography class, along with my abnormally large ego consuming me. But I guess if it wasn't for my love of photography then I don't think I'd be where I am now.

With him.

I know it's wrong. I know it's forbidden, hell a committed sin most likely!

But that's what makes it all the more exhilarating.

Besides, the forbidden fruit always did taste so much sweeter.. Right?

--xxx--xXx--xxx--

It all started with a beautiful day at the park..

"NARUTO!" A young teenage girl called out to the autumn colored surroundings, the search for her friend beginning to irritate her impatient being.

He had disappeared right after they were given the assignment earlier, and now she had walked around the whole park twice and didn't even catch a glimpse of the blue eyed boy anywhere.

She slightly gripped her camera in annoyance as she called out once again, causing frightened birds to fly out of the nearby trees and away from the loud, threatening sound of her voice.

"NARUTOOOO!"

"Hey little fella.. now don't move a muscle.." A blond boy cooed, before focusing his camera for clear visual and carefully angling it in the perfect position.

Today's assignment in photography class: to capture "beautiful" footage of nature and wildlife in the Kanoha Community Park. The park being about half a miles walk from the high school was simply the perfect place (in their teachers eyes anyway) for the theme of this weeks main project.

The students had scattered across the park to find the most suitable places to take pictures. It was the perfect day to do so. The skies were clear cerulean blue with thin sheets of cloud spread across and the warm rays of sunlight tickled against the skin of those who were outside enjoying the weather.

Naruto was sitting on a branch (partially struggling for balance), in a tree that was a good twenty feet or higher from the ground, trying to get a nice shot of the taunting squirrel sitting opposite of the branch he was perched on. He loved this class, he just simply loved randomly taking pictures of anything! Capturing a beautiful scene to be forever frozen in time. Ever since he was young he knew he was made for a profession in photography. Out of the whole school day he always looked forward to this class.. no matter how much trouble he may have caused in it..

Naruto leaned forward slightly, nearly losing balance but swiftly regaining it gracelessly. He inhaled deeply, waiting patiently for the squirrel, whom was currently fixated on grooming it's fur for complete shine, to fully face his camera.

The blond haired, blue eyed teen had stalked the poor creature nearly the whole class period, chasing it, and sneaking up on it while trying to be as quiet as possible.. Which was nearly impossible for him, until he finally cornered the animal at the tip of the branch.

The squirrel lifted its head up, large brown eyes blinked in confusion at the unfamiliar black lens staring back at it.

Naruto grinned, setting his finger lightly on the button and whispered, "Now-!"

"NARUTO!" A loud feminine voice hollered from below, causing the leaves above to rustle and fall down in response.

The frightened squirrel leaped off the branch and glided to the next tree.

"A flying squirrel!" He cried in amazement, camera still glued to his face as he jumped up from his seated position, hoping to get a quick picture of the animal in the air, and promptly forgetting how much space the branch had to offer. His foot landed in an awkward spot and he slipped. Gravity always seemed to defy the clumsy boy, he noticed this sadly, as his life flashed before his eyes dramatically while he fell.

A yelp was heard. Followed by a crash, then a bright flash going off.

"Naruto!" A girl with pale pink hair ran up to the blond teen who had landed on his back, and luckily in a thick pile of colorful, crunchy autumn leaves.

"Ouch.." Naruto groaned, as he slowly lifted himself up with his arms, limbs trembling slightly, and muttering curses about trees and stupid squirrels that randomly flew.

The girl sighed and noted how he was amazingly still able to move after falling from that height. "Why on earth were you sitting in a tree?" She eyed him, wondering why she even asked such an obvious question. Because he was just plain weird.

The blond stood up and dusted himself off, "I was trying to get some photos of that stupid animal- then you scared it away! Sakura you loud mouth.."

She growled at him, watching as he stretched out the kinks in his back, and yet she somehow managed to refrain from strangling her dear friend to death. Sakura heaved a sigh and crossed her arms tightly after a chilling breeze caressed her skin. She noticed Naruto tremble slightly as he continued to rake off the leaves that clung to his clothing.

"Well I came to get you, remember Kurenai told everyone to gather by the fountains at three o'clock with all our footage."

"Oh right!" Naruto patted his pockets, finding them empty, he then circled around in place, searching the area, "Oi where the hell's my camera?"

Sakura, who had started to make way to the appointed area, turned around and gave him a look, "Are you serious? You lost it already?"

He ignored her comment and began to dig around the leaves scattered across the grass.

"Crap, crap, crap!"

She snorted and scanned the area for the camera. Naruto always had a bad tendency for losing things.. Especially things that didn't belong to him. She had learned a lesson after letting him borrow her favorite red ribbon, him needing it for god knows what, a stupid project of his she presumed. In the end it was eventually returned to her in fine shreds. She never questioned it.

"Hey," She noticed something silver and shiny under a heap of leaves near the bulky tree trunk, and pointed at it, "Is that it?"

Relief washed over Naruto as he launched himself like a torpedo towards the pile and pulled the object out by the orange lanyard connected to it. He hung it in front of his face with a huge grin.

The grin quickly dispersed as he stared in shock at it, and his face paled. The poor camera had a large dent right in the middle and the lens had a fairly visible crack across it in the shape of a "Y."

"Good going, you probably landed on it."

"I'm dead."

Sakura sighed, the poor guy was having a stroke of bad luck today, as he did almost everyday. She knew he was naturally clumsy but this was the third camera he had destroyed within the last two months. The teacher wasn't going to be very happy.

"C'mon we have to go."

Naruto's lip quivered and he fell dramatically to his knees, holding the broken object towards the heavens, and cried out, "WHHHY MEEE?.!-"

The irritated pink girl grabbed him by the collar and vigorously dragged him down the trail towards the drinking fountains.

"Alright student's I hope you've caught some interesting footage, I'm excited to look through them all! But before you all go home I'm going to assign you a knew project so you can get a head start on it."

The class, standing in straight rows before their teacher, groaned in unison, not looking forward to homework over the long awaited weekend.

Kurenai gave the whiny teens a firm glare until they straightened their slumped posture and shut their mouths tight. She then nodded and smiled sweetly.

"Alright! I want everyone to gather information on any antiquated or historical area in this town and take pictures of the area. The places can vary from churches and schools to old homes. Got it?" She clapped to urge a response from the bored crowed.

"Yeeess.." The students replied, lacking enthusiasm.

"Have a nice weekend!" She cried cheerfully, and watched the students gleefully gallop away… well in her eyes anyway, (it was more like vigorously trampling over each other to get enjoy the beginning of the weekend.)

After everyone was out of sight, Naruto crept towards his teacher with the damaged camera hidden behind his back. The brunette woman was busy collecting her things when she felt a tap on her shoulder.

"Um Miss Kurenai..?" Came a stuttering voice.

She turned towards the boy and blinked. "Yes Naruto?" Her eye twitched when she noticed the nervous look on Naruto's face.. Which was never a good thing as she had experienced from time to time.

"Um.. I was wondering if I could possibly.. uh.. have a new camera?" He stated quickly then smiled sheepishly as he reluctantly held out the smashed object.

Naruto stepped back in cower as his teacher's face grew dark. He gulped. He swore he could see the red glint in her eye.

Her figure loomed dangerously over him, fists shaking madly.

A bead of sweat slid down his face and he let out a nervous laugh. "uh… sorry?"

And across the town a thundering voice that shook all the buildings was heard causing citizens to curiously poke their heads out of their homes.

"NARRUUTOOO!"

Naruto walked down the sidewalk with his hands stuffed in his pockets casually as he made his way home. The neighborhood he was passing through was currently a quiet and peaceful area but something about it gave him a strange and chilling feeling in his gut.

He didn't know why.

The feeling just came every time he passed this area, a cold and lonely one.. Yet he always felt as if he was being watched from afar.

His cerulean eyes shifted from left to right, trying to catch someone possibly hiding in a nearby bush. He really did hate this awkward 'I'm being watched' feeling.

A cool breeze stirred.

"Hey Naruto!"

He blinked and glanced behind him, finding his friend Kiba, an avid dog lover, waving a hand in the air and the lazy Shikamaru walking beside him.

Naruto waited generously until the two had caught up with him and they started walking side by side.

Kiba took notice of the camera hanging around Naruto's neck being slightly different from the one he had used earlier, black in color instead of silver, "New gear?" The brunette poked the picture taking device, causing it to sway slightly.

"Yeah.. Along with a painful lecture." He drawled with a tone of annoyance.

"Ah.." Kiba nodded and looked ahead with a sigh, "So he broke another.. Typical."

The blond boy did a quick change of subject with a strained tone, "Geez why does it have to be historical.. how old is this town anyway?" He asked examining the homes surrounding them. The buildings looked pretty ancient to him, with few houses designed possibly an early Victorian style. But that was just around this part of town, downtown was completely modern of course and about a few miles walk to get to (and also where Naruto's apartment was located). The bloody school was unfortunately located in the older part of the city, so he definitely had quite a walk.

Shikamaru, finally pulling his head out of the clouds and back to the real world, took the liberty of answering his stubborn friend, "Some of these buildings date back to the 1800's, so it shouldn't be to hard… though it's still such a troublesome project."

"I think I'll do the church, looks ancient enough.." Kiba shrugged.

Naruto scrounged his lips "Got any ideas for me?"

"Nope."

He pouted.

They strolled down the sidewalk chattering about girls, school, and whatever else boys conversed about until Kiba took a sudden halt in front of the other two.

They had stopped in front of a thick, black iron gate with vines that snaked around the bars. Kiba pointed at the house beyond the gates and grinned, "Hey check it out.. The old Uchiha Manor!" He leaned closer to Naruto and nudged him on his forearm, "They say it's haunted.."

The other two teens observed the area. A grey stone path led to an old red brick Victorian manor house. It was huge, surrounded by nearly dead trees, shrubbery and the house itself was covered in dead vines. They mentally noticed how the place gave off an eerie vibe, it may have been a beautiful home but it had an mysterious aura that lingered around it. Definitely the first impression was a haunted house out of a horror flick.

Naruto shivered and managed to choke out, "H-Haunted?" He downright hated ghosts, or anything to do with ghosts. Anything spooky, creepy, forbidden supernatural and what-not, he didn't want anything to do with it.

Kiba nodded and leaned casually against the locked gate, "Yeah, I heard two teenagers were dared to go in and they never came out. Some people say they can hear cries of agony in the middle of the night, and lights flickering in the windows."

Naruto paled and began to rub the goose bumps that magically appeared on his arms. He wasn't at all fond of scary stories, "Creepy.."

"I bet the place is over a hundred years old, it's been abandoned for years now." Shikamaru added paying no mind to Kiba's little story.

"You know it would be the perfect place to take pictures- It looks pretty historical to me." Kiba said while sticking his hand past the bars of the gate and poking at the iron lock, "Eh how bout it Shika?" He glanced at his uninterested friend.

"Too troublesome."

"You're just scared."

Shikamaru sighed and gazed above at the swirls of white clouds while stuffing his hands in his pockets, "I've already decided on a place."

"Alright.. Naruto-"

He blinked then pointed at the mansion, crying out madly, "Hell no! I'm not going in there by myself!"

The brunette snorted, "Loser."

The blond scoffed back at him, "Why cant you? If your so interested in it."

"I told you I'm doing the church. And besides you said you needed ideas."

"Yeah But-!"

Shikamaru cut in with a tone of boredom, and stared at the blond firmly, "There are no such things as ghosts Naruto, and if you're too scared then do it in the morning."

"Tch! I'm not scared of anything!" He shot up a confident fist in the air as he declared, then he crossed his arms and gave a smug, defiant grin aimed mostly towards Kiba.

Kiba's eyes twinkled as if he had conducted some sort of twisted plan inside his usually simple mind, "Then prove it!"

Naruto raised a delicate brow. Kiba stepped in front of him, with firm eye to eye contact. "Go in the mansion tonight and take some pictures. Then show us on Monday as proof."

Naruto nearly fell over, then straightened himself back up. He swallowed hard and stuttered, "T-tonight? As in when the sun isn't out any more?"

Kiba rolled his eyes, ".. yeees when it's dark. That's the point."

The blond found his mouth suddenly dry. The hell?.! He wasn't going in that damned spooky mansion! Especially not alone! He always saw this kind of thing in the movies, the idiot wanders into the creepy house and ends up being murdered by a caveman-like psycho that leaps out of the bushes in a barbaric way, with a bloody chainsaw in hand! No way in hell was he going to be the idiot!

Daring to look back at the manor behind them, he noticed something that sent a wave of relief across his tensed features. He pointed at the large black lock connected with clinking chains that wrapped around the gate securely, "But.. Oh look its locked!" He turned on his heel, "Tooo Baaad.. Guess I cant-" As he was beginning to walk away from the area he heard a click from behind. Along with a yawn, most likely coming from cloud boy.

He turned around, finding Kiba with the lock in one hand and bobby pin in the other. ..Why he had a bobby pin in the first place was something Naruto didn't fancy on finding out any time soon.

"There unlocked. Now you have access tonight." He tossed the lock to the side.

Naruto peered evilly at the brunette, "And what do I get out of it?"

"Newfound bravery and an early completion of homework." Kiba stated precisely.

"Not fair! I aint going in!"

Kiba huffed, "Fine how bout a deal then? If you get at least three pictures of each room, while it's dark, and show us tomorrow, then I'll believe when you say that you are not afraid of anything and.. I will bring you ramen for lunch for two weeks."

Naruto's eyes were now sparkling blue saucers while all the thoughts of fear were completely pushed to the back of his mind, "RAMEN? YOSHU! IT'S A DEAL!" He cheered with a fist in the air.

"Don't forget, you might want to bring a flashlight or something.. Wandering around in the dark might not be such a smart thing to do. And if a ghost comes out and starts strangling you then don't worry, you can just run out in fear crying for your mommy and forget about our little bet." The brunette snorted a suppressed laughter.

Naruto's temper rose and being the brash teen he was, aimed a punch at Kiba's nose that was instantly dodged, with the punch connecting to the cold iron fence behind them.

"Ow! Damnit You bastard!" He cradled his throbbing hand while pouting.

As Naruto stood examining his injured hand, he hadn't notice his two friends departure until he heard a sarcastic call from the Inuzuka, "Have fun! And don't forget to turn the flash button on before you take a picture Moron!"

Shikamaru waved his hand in the air and said loud enough for the blond to hear, "See yah."

The teen watched through slit eyes as the other two disappeared behind a slope. He bit the bottom of his lip and glanced at his wrist watch. It was already 4:34pm. He groaned. The sun didn't set till 6:30. So that meant that he only had two hours to accomplish everything he wanted before his death. ( meaning before becoming victim to the psychotic man with a chainsaw that apparently lived in the bushes near the manor.)

He looked back at the abandoned mansion before departing to his home to shovel as much ramen as he possibly could down his throat. He couldn't die on an empty stomach now could he?

A cold breeze stirred around him as he walked down the path. Then a thought hit him, what if he was caught sneaking in the home? Surely no one lived there but what if it was still private property? It was apparently locked up for a good reason. And he was hoping that that reason wasn't because of two kids being murdered there..

He shivered then muttered to himself, "What the hell have I gotten myself into?…me and my damn ego.."

--xxx--xXx--xxx--

Meg: Wellll I hope this was okay for the starting of my first vampire fic! Okay i think what i wrote in the begining may have been a bit cheesy or confusing, lame whater you wanna call it! haha i was bored.. im not the poetic type so be nice about it. Woopie I also have another vampire fic Idea that I might start.. Might.. It depends on how lazy I get. Toodles!

Review! it'd be nice to know your opinions on this!- Should i continue? Well i most likely will cause i have lovely ideas for this fic! comments and critics only. No flammers!

Yeeesh review or you shall be CURSED! BWAHAHA!... oh im kidding..