Naruto Fanfic - Blood Rage (SasoSaku)

Chapter VII

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PART ONE 

Chapter VII - The Library

1.

The next day, Gai, Kakashi and Tsunade all stood around the teacher's room with worried looks on their faces. Kakashi had his arms folded, head bowed, deep in thought. The three remained silent for some time. They had come to the teacher's room during recess. The meeting had lasted long after recess, long after the student s had all gone back to class. Gai grabbed a coffee and sipped it slowly.

"So, I'm guessing you've heard the news then?" Gai asked.

"Of course." Kakashi said. "It was hard to miss. Three missing students and a classroom full of blood."

"What do you think happened?" Tsunade asked.

"I don't know." Gai replied. "I think something is up with some of the students. You saw the way Sasuke, Sasori and Deidara were today in the yard. Sasuke looked crazy."

"Yeah," said Kakashi. "I'll start interviewing some of the students tomorrow."

Kakashi turned away for a moment to face the window. He looked out into the empty yard. There was just one student, a boy wandering alone across the yard. He was walking very slowly, almost staggering around like he was sleepwalking or in a daze.

Kakashi didn't really think anything of it. He saw weird students every day of the week. It was part and parcel of the job, he thought. This boy was out there alone though. Why wasn't he in class.

"Look at this kid." Kakashi said.

Tsunade and Gai came to the window and they both looked out. All three watched the boy as he made his way across the yard. The boy suddenly looked up. His eyes were colourless as if he had no soul. The boy saw Kakashi and the other teachers and snarled, exposing his front teeth a little which petruded out from his mouth.

"I think we should keep our eye on this kid." Gai said.

The boy then turned back and slowly started making his way back inside the school. His skin looked so pale like he hadn't seen sunlight for months.

The teachers turned back to each other and stood with their heads bowed, deep in thought, worried looks on their faces.

2.

Sakura sat in the library emerged in her book. There was only one other student there. A girl, about the same age, height and build as Sakura with purple hair. She had been reading for as long as Sakura had. But then she yawned and took a look at her watch. It was late. She had to go home, she had already missed dinner.

The girl stood up and left, glancing back at Sakura. Sakura took no notice. She couldn't take her eyes off her book.

"What are you reading?" the girl asked.

Sakura just ignored her. The girl found the silence a bit off-putting she looked at the cover of her book. On the cover was a picture of vampire biting a fair-haired damsel. The girl said nothing about it but turned around and left.

Sakura was all alone in the library. She liked it there. It was pure solitude. The incident earlier in the day hadn't scared her away. She was now sure it was just her over-active imagination. Sakura read her book - a thick, heavy book with a small lamp shining down from above. The library was dimly lit so she needed the lamp to read properly.

Sakura read a few more lines.

The vampire snuck up behind the young raven-haired girl and took a small bite from her neck, drawing blood. It was tasted so sweet. The girl looked up at the vampire still drawing blood. She barely had enough energy to speak but she whispered gently into the vampire's ear, asking him to take one more bite, to take her human form and make her into so much more. She was tired of the simple life. She wanted eternal bliss with the man she now loved. The vampire bit down on her neck again, this time deeper. The girl moaned in pleasure and swooned in the vampire's arms.

Sakura was so engrossed when she heard a loud bang behind her. She turned around but nothing was there. It was just a book that had fallen from the shelf. She got up to pick it up. It was another vampire story. It had a similar cover to the one she way reading, a vampire, long, flowing black hair and sharp fangs carrying a fainted girl off to his castle. They were always the same, she thought. She really had to start reading something else. Every story had exactly the same plot, the same cover, the same characters just with different names and sometimes not even with different names. They were the same as her dreams.

Sakura put her book back. It was really late. She couldn't even remember what time she had started reading. The clock on the wall read, 5 o'clock. But that couldn't be right surely. It was completely dark outside.

She knew that since she was the last person there, she would have to lock up. 

Sakura was about to leave when she put her hand on the desk to get the key to lock up. The desk felt sticky like someone had left chewing gum or glue or something on the desk. When she looked at her hand there was this green goo oozing off her hand. Sakura quickly recoiled and wiped her hand against the wall.

She looked back at the desk. The desk was overflowing with the green ooze. It was all over the floor and all over the chair next to the desk. Sakura jumped back, careful not to get any more on her. She quickly opened the door and locked it behind her.

Sakura went to the bathroom to wash her hands and get the rest of that green goo off. What was that, she thought. This was all too weird. This wasn't like the banging earlier, this was real. Something strange was happening in the library. This was definitely the last time she would be the last person there.

Sakura dried her hands and exited the bathroom. She put her hands to her mouth as she coughed a little. Sakura then felt a little dizzy, not like earlier in the day in the yard, but a sudden drowsiness. She stopped for a moment and tried to focus her vision. She coughed again, this time much deeper from the chest. Her throat felt so dry.

She just needed to go home and rest, she thought to herself. Nothing that some home remedy chicken soup couldn't solve.

Sakura staggered with her hand up against the wall for support and walked down the spiral staircase. She stopped on the bottom stair feeling sick. She felt like she was going to throw up at any moment. What was this? How did she become ill so quickly? She was fine when she was reading in the library. Where was Sasuke when she needed him the most?

After a brief respite on the stairs and a swig of water that she'd been carrying around in her bag, she regained her senses, got up and started walking out of the school. Her steps weren't so staggered now, but she was still sweating profusely and still coughing. Sakura really just wanted to go to bed.

3.

Out of a darkened shadow, just outside the dojo came two forms. A young man and a young lady walking hand-in-hand. The light above them shone bright. The young man scowled at the bright light and covered his face. They moved back into the darkness.

The two were both wearing their school uniform but they didn't look like students. Their faces were pale and their eyes were glazed over and lifeless. They walked slowly as they turned to each other and smiled showing their front teeth, razor-sharp vampire fangs.

The young man had jet-black hair. It was Rock Lee. He put his hand on the young lady's face as the moon shone through the window. He looked at her face clearly. The girl smiling with fangs coming from her mouth.

"Thank TenTen," the young man said in a deep voice.

"No, thank you Rock Lee." said the young lady.

They both licked their lips and salivated. They heard the large entrance door slam close. They peered through the window and saw the pink-haired kunoichi walking away.

Rock Lee and TenTen held hands and bit each other once more, blood filling their mouths, pain turned into ecstasy.