A/N: The next chapter. Enjoy.

I didn't think I'd ever hear him say that.

"What a happy reunion."

"Daisuke." I whispered his name as Haru remained in my arms.

"I thought you were this strong, emotionless, stoic monster, Haru. And I see you in your mother's arms like that." Daisuke laughed. His arm was back intact.. "I knew that you'd tell your mother about your father. After all this time, you were still loyal to your mother.. You did well playing to win my trust." Daisuke turned and looked at me. "And Tenten, aren't you glad that you've found Neji? What can you do for him? Nothing." He laughed even louder this time. I placed Neji's head gently on the cold ground and stood. Haru stood with me.

"Haru.." I whispered his name.

"Do you think you can stand a chance against me, uncle?" Haru asked quietly. His cold mask was still on and I slowly reached to touch him. "I can handle this." He shook me off. "Just sit back."

"I don't want you to fight him! I don't want you to get hurt-" Daisuke turned and fled through the door, which meant that he wanted Haru to follow him and fight him outside this room. "Haru!" I shouted his name. He turned around.

This whole time.. Haru was just looking after me. Swearing and chasing me away with his hatred, his coldness, and his swears, and constant ranting about power and strength. He just wanted me to stay out of his way so he could get stronger and protect me. I should have known him better. I didn't want to believe that he was a monster, but he did all that to earn Daisuke's trust, and then slowly wriggle out of his grasp.

"Take father and go, I don't want anything to happen to you. I promise I'll come back for you. I promise I'll find you." His words reminded me of what Neji had said. It just made me not want to let him go.

"Haru!" He slammed the door shut. I had to stop him. I put Neji's head on the ground gently and ran to the door. There wasn't any door knobs to this side of the door. I hit the door roughly. Shit. "Damn it, Haru!" I cursed. I was so pissed. How could he do that to me.. It made me so angry. I lost all trust on Haru, and I didn't believe in him enough. I only thought the worst of him.. And all this time he was just trying to protect me. Those thoughts kept running through my head. I didn't even trust my own son.

"What am I going to do?" I stared hard around the room. I had to get out. I walked around the room and punched out each window. When my fist made contact with the glass, it shattered into millions of pieces. Small pieces lodging into my hand, blood and pain erupting. I punched the next 10 windows and cursed. I walked over to Neji's body and kneeled beside him. "I-I can't do anything." I lifted his head onto my lap and lifted my fist above his mouth. I heard my knuckles all crack, as my hand started to shake. I slowly allowed the blood to drip down my hand and land into Neji's mouth.

"Have you forgotten about me?" It was like he was asleep in my lap. The peaceful look on his face. But deep inside, he was completely torn, in a completely unconscious state. I pictured him opening his eyes and grinning.

"Tricked you." He would say as he'd kiss me on the lips. I pictured myself laughing at him as Haru would run into the room, his actual age.. And jump in the bed next to me.

"Morning, mom! Dad!" I imagined Haru say as he pressed his soft lips to my cheek. Then Neji would be embracing me tightly.

I ran my finger gently over his lips and imagined. If he were to wake up ever again, how would his lips feel on mine? I already forgotten.. I wished he'd remind me, but he wasn't going to wake up. My blood wasn't working on him. Even though I gave him some from me, he didn't stir. Like he was in a deep sleep, breathing normally.. I looked out the window. If I was to escape from this place, I'd have to take Neji with me somehow. But, Haru said he'd come back for me.. So did he want me to stay here?

What could I possibly do at my state? My hands were weak from breaking all the windows out of anger. That was really stupid of me. I wondered now why I did something so stupid like that. I pressed my bloody cut up hands against my shirt, hoping the blood would stop. I waited for Haru to come back, as I slowly started to pull out pieces of glass from inside my hand.

It was getting darker outside. And it was getting cold. The only way I could get out was to use the broken windows. But I hardly knew where I was to begin with. Shit. Shit. Shit.

I looked up at the dark ceiling and gave a loud yell. I released all my stress in that scream and rubbed my forehead. How the hell was I going to live this? Neji was in a coma, unable to be with me even though I'm here. Haru was lying to me all this time, and now he's out fighting Daisuke somewhere. Sasuke, my own twin brother, is no where to be found, no where to be seen. Hell, I don't even know where Sakura is. How Naruto and Hinata are, and how their daughter Mikoto is.

Me on the other hand, helpless, weak, pathetic, and pregnant with Daisuke's child. What the hell was I suppose to do now? It was dark now. Haru still hadn't come back. I was starting to fall asleep when I heard angry slams on the door. I froze, my body turning ice cold. And then he stumbled into the room. I opened my mouth to scream when I recognized his face.

"It's me." He walked over and wrapped his arms around me. I was still getting used to this side of him.

"Thank god you're okay.." I put my hand on his face seeing that part of his lip was bleeding. "Wh-What happened?"

"He got away." Haru sat down roughly and stretched out his arm. "He god damn popped my arm out of it's socket."

"Let me help-"

"No need." He murmured quietly and with the pull of his other hand, I heard his bone snap back in place. "It's fine, any luck?"

"No." I whispered as I looked at him. "I wish you'd have told me you only putting up an image this whole time."

"Would it have made a difference?" He asked.

"Between us, yes."

"Then uncle would have never trusted me. I wouldn't have been able to get close to him. You're really naïve."

"Haru, I'm sorry for saying all those things to you.. Calling you this and that. It's making me feel really guilty, and I feel like a horrible mother. I haven't really believed in you."

"Telling me you loved me whenever you saw me was good enough." He wiped the blood with the back of his hand.

"Are you cold?" I looked at him. He stared at me blankly as if I was moronic. He was topless, and it was freezing. So who was the moron again? He didn't respond, but just shook his head. Haru leaned against the wall.

"I had to make it obvious that I hated you." Haru murmured. I stroked Neji's face gently as Haru spoke. "Soon Daisuke trusted me enough. With more strength, my senses became stronger, which allowed me to smell father in here. It wasn't hard to pick up his scent in case you were wondering."

"Hm, is that so." I rested my head on his shoulder as he tensed. "I won't hurt you." He scoffed.

"As if." It was strange. Even Haru, a vampire, slept. Unlike other vampires who didn't sleep. That excluded me of course, because sleeping was one of the human traits I kept. I sighed heavily and fell deep asleep, and with each thought before I lost conscious, I thought of Neji.

I love you, Neji. I love you. Please come back.

Haru kept his eyes open and looked blankly at the wall.

"Don't make me chase you." Haru muttered coldly as he saw Daisuke run.

"You were tricking me the whole time. Weren't you…"

"You were stupid enough to believe it." Daisuke stopped running when they were in the middle of a field.

"Haru, you used me to help yourself get stronger, so that you could kill me?"

"Not to kill you. You're not mine to kill." Haru responded. "Putting her through so much pain.."

"Ah. So you're going to fight me for your mother's sake. I should've known that you were going to tell Tenten about Neji. I was really stupid to believe you.."

"Trust nobody. Didn't you teach me that yourself?"

The fight lasted a while. I forgot what I was fighting for, who I was fighting for. I let my lust get the best of me. I almost killed him, but I wouldn't tell that to my mother. She wants Neji to be the one to take him down. I just fought, and fought, blood was everywhere. It made me really hungry. He retreated at the last moment- that bastardly coward. And I was giving only half my strength.. It seemed he wasn't giving his all to me- maybe that was all he had. I should've killed that bastard now that I think about it.

I'm getting really angry now.. Just thinking about the fact that I could've killed him and gotten him out of the way. But he'll be back. And he'll try to take mother's child.. And kill Neji. Take me back and use me as his weapon and then kill me. Yeah, I should've killed him. Damn it. I really should've just slit his throat. I was damn close too. I could have done it. But my hand stopped, and he ran.

Too bad I didn't chase him down. I guess I had to come back and make sure mother was alright. Mother, or Daisuke. I guess mother was more important. Did I just assume erroneously that mother was more important, or did I come back without even thinking twice about chasing Daisuke? Either way, I regret what I did. Mother could have waited, and I could've killed him.

I damn well could've killed him.

I cursed myself for being weak.

By morning, when I woke I found Haru leaning against the wall.

"Y-You didn't sleep?" I rubbed my eyes.

"Not really." Haru grumbled. Neji still laid in my arms as I rubbed my eyes again. "He's not going to wake up. You know that as well as I." I didn't say anything more. I somehow knew he was right, part of me wanted to believe him, but I still wanted Neji.

"I'm not going to give up. I'll believe that he can come back. I won't stop believing as long as he's still breathing."

"Be that way."

"Are we going to leave this place?" I asked Haru. He shook his head. "Wh-Why not?"

"Daisuke's going to find us anyways. He'll know we're here, then I'll kill him."

"You said that he got away-" I don't know why, but I told her.

"I was close to pulling out his throat when I remembered that father wanted to be the one to kill him." Haru put his hands behind his head.

"But we can't stay here. If we do-"

"He's lasted all these years, a day or more won't hurt him."

"I can't believe you're talking like that. Please, we have to-" He grabbed my hand roughly. Haru examined my knuckles.

"You punched all these windows?"

"Sorry."

"That's why it's so damn cold here. You're stupid." My hand gently was pressed against his lips and he sighed. "We'll get him out, mother." Haru bent over and threw Neji onto his back.

"B-Be careful, Haru. He's-" I stood up next to him. Haru looked so much like him.. Everyday I spent with him, he looked more and more like his own father. Haru carried him through the door as we walked down the hall way. "Where is this anyways?"

"Behind Daisuke's room." What a weird place to hold a dungeon. "Where can we run to?"

"We'll stay here."

"But you said we'd get him out-"

"Out of this place. We're staying at this place until he comes back. When he does, I'll kill him for sure." Haru clenched his fists tighter and placed Neji on my bed. "I'm going out to get something to eat." He murmured and started to walk out. I grabbed his wrist.

"You can drink from me, Haru."

"No." He retorted and shook my loose. He walked out the door and I chased him down the hall.

"Wait- Just a little earlier, you wanted to drink my blood. Why don't you-"

"I don't need yours." Haru ran out the door and slammed it shut. Great. Now if Daisuke came back, I'd have to fight him on my own. And we all know that I'm not strong enough to do so. I stayed in the middle of the hallway and stared off into the middle of no where. What if Haru was right, and that he'll never get out? If he was right this whole time..

I walked back into the room where Neji hadn't moved an inch. I wrapped my hands around his hand and pressed it to my cheek. His hand was still so cold. Maybe he needed more blood.. Maybe Haru didn't want to drink my blood, but Neji wouldn't have that decision. I reached for my bloody knuckle and sank my teeth in the raw areas to break skin. Blood started to leak from my wounds as I tilted his head back and opened his mouth.

I allowed my blood to drip into his mouth and down his throat. I knew it wasn't enough and was about to break more skin to allow more blood for Neji to drink, when a hand shot out and gripped my wrist tightly. I turned to see who's hand had grabbed mine and realized that it was Haru's. He was panting heavily as he yelled at me.

"You're so stupid! I swear to god.. You're not suppose to reopen your wounds!"

"I thought you went out-"

"I didn't reach far when I smelled your blood. I leave you out of my sight for less than 5 minutes and here you are, making yourself bleed for a man who's in a coma."

"This man would be your father, Haru.. And even if he's in a coma.. He still needs to feed." Haru wrapped up my hand as I yanked away. "It's not enough yet.. His hands still cold. He doesn't have enough blood-" Haru pushed me backwards and stood in front of Neji. He looked at the cut in his palm that he made before from clutching the knife. Even if the skin had sealed itself, he made sure that it was easy to open by taking a sharp piece of glass on the floor from the broken window and slitting it. It looked even more painful than what I did, but Haru showed no pain on his face.

"No, Haru, stop!" I knocked the glass shard out of his hand and tried to pull him away, but he was too strong. He held his hand over Neji's mouth and clenched his fist. Blood leaked from his hand. I let it last for a good 5 seconds before I wrapped his hand in my bloody cloth. "I'll heal faster than you. So you should've just let it be.. Now your hands going to hurt a lot."

"I've endured worst."

"You.. Should drink my blood. Your hand will heal faster." I thought he was going to bite me when he reached over. I immediately shut my eyes and waited for the penetration of his teeth, but he simply sighed and whacked me over the head with his hand. "H-Haru-"

"It's fine." He walked out on me again as I exhaled sharply. To my surprise, he entered the room again and threw a long sword at my foot. "Just in case.." And then Haru walked out. I had to endure loneliness for just a while longer. I strode around the room and found myself next to Neji, kneeling by his side again. I held his hand again, feeling the warmth this time. I saw him breath lightly, and just there, I just- I just wished that he'd open his eyes..

I walked out of the room and wandered around the place. It was pretty huge, but then again, I was always either in Daisuke's room, in Haru's training room, or locked up in my own. There was this one room that I hadn't wandered into yet. I pressed my hand against it and pushed on it. I was about to enter, when I heard a coughing, gagging noise. I looked around when I heard a flying piece of metal fly near me. I moved aside quickly and watched Haru's sword thrown next to my face, pinning itself deep in the door frame. Blood trickled down the side of my face as I looked around.

I turned slowly and the sword disappeared. I heard it whirl around the room, this time aiming for my neck. I ducked fast and spun to see where it had landed. Again, the sword had disappeared. Just what the hell was going on?

"Show yourself!" I shouted.

"Calm down.." Haru walked out and held his hands up. He was panting once more, covered in shiny redness.

"What the hell's wrong with you?" I shouted at him as I saw him covered with blood. "Haru!" I ran to him as he held his hand up.

"It's a small scratch."

"You went after Daisuke again?" He crossed his arms and pressed his blood to his lips.

"Yeah." He grumbled. Next thing he knew he was sat down in the bathroom, me cleaning up his wound. It was a deep gash in his toned stomach. "Stop worrying."

"How could you… Haru." I tussled my long hair and pulled it to the side, leaning forwards, exposing my neck. He froze. "Come on. Hurry up and drink some so you'll heal." I continued to clean his wound with a wet towel.

"I'm not."

"Just a little while ago you wanted to- Drink." I ordered him as he latched his sharp teeth into my neck. I ignored the pain and continued to clean his wound. I saw the wound start to heal when he pulled away from me.

"That's enough to last me a while." Haru stood and wiped his lips. "I'm going back out."

"Don't fight him anymore!" I shouted. "I'm your mother! Listen to me, Haru!"

"You're my mother. That's why I'm going to protect you. He can come back anytime. I'm the only one keeping him away." Haru paused and turned towards me. "Don't hate me for this. It's for your own good.." I looked at him as he pulled out a knife. My eyes widened at the sight of the large blade.

"Haru.." I wish I found the voice to scream, but I just couldn't when he plunged the knife into my stomach.

I didn't scream to my surprise. I didn't bother fighting him off. I had let him stab me.

"Why.." I started off with.

"Like I had any other option." He pushed the knife deeper and backed me against the bathroom wall. I let out a discomfort grunt and grabbed the handle. "I just wish I had a longer knife…"

A/N: Any guesses to why he stabbed her?

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