Title: My Boyfriend is a Gumiho
Author: Dark Paine
Pairing: Sakura/Naruto
Type: Multi-chapter
Genre: Comedy/Romance
Written/Posted: Jan 2011, Posted December 23, 2011
Rating: T for Teen
Disclaimer: I do not own the characters from Naruto or from the Korean Drama My Girlfriend is a Gumiho
Summary: AU After Sakura is saved by a loudmouthed blonde-haired man, he starts to threaten to eat her liver! What's a girl to do? Based on the Korean drama 'My Girlfriend is a Gumiho.'
My Boyfriend is a Gumiho
Chapter One
Sakura was running as fast as her feet would take her. However, she could still feel the eyes piercing her back even though she knew he shouldn't realistically be able to. After all, she had been running away from the source of her distress for almost fifteen minutes without breaking stride.
And now that she was rapidly twisting and turning through the sea of people down the sidewalks of Tokyo, it should have been easy for her to escape.
An audible whine left Sakura's lips as she felt the hair on the back of her neck stand up. She could feel him getting closer and her eyes began to scan the crowds. It was no use. No matter how fast her eyes moved across the heads of the people she plowed through, she could not spot the blond hair. Her distress only worsened when there was no sign of him on the upper sidewalk either.
'What the hell have I gotten myself into?'
She should have never gone to that damn mountain. Ino had told Sakura quite firmly that it was dangerous but no, she just had to be strong willed and not listen to her friend and go to the mountain. There were necessary herbs to retrieve that only grew on that mountain during this season after all.
And there was never a prediction for rain in the weather report that morning!
If she had just stopped and waited for the small monsoon to end or even grabbed onto something, anything when she lost her footing, she probably wouldn't have been in this predicament.
Regrettably, the slippery slope had allowed no such thing and while navigating a small and narrow trail towards her destination, Sakura's foot had slipped and she had tumbled to what should have been her death.
The moment her body was falling in mid-air Sakura knew no one would ever find her splattered remains. She would leave this world like how she lived most of her life, forever alone. At least until some scraggly animal came along to eat up her remains. Even in her last moments Sakura was grimacing at the thought.
There had been a moment of pain when her body hit the ground followed quickly by darkness. That was it, Sakura had successfully killed herself before her work could have.
Miraculously, she had eventually woken up. Slowly at first by opening each eye, in amazement that she was even able to do so before quickly jerking her upper body upright to feel around for injuries.
She was alive!
Sakura had no idea how many hours had passed but from the look of the dark forest it was well into the night.
Squinting, Sakura was able to make out the form of her backpack she brought and placed it by her side. Opening it, she grabbed her flashlight and after placing it in her mouth, she rolled up her sleeves.
Her eyes widened as she looked over her once spotless arms that were now covered in cuts and bruises. Tentatively she touched the nastiest looking bruise of them all and could feel the wince of pain she knew she would feel once she put pressure on it.
But none came. No matter how hard she pressed down or repeatedly, there was no pain.
What's going on? She had thought to herself at that time. Surely she should be feeling some sort of pain, right? She wasn't a super human after all nor did she have congenital analgesia. Was it adrenaline that she was experiencing now?
Sakura moved to further inspect her legs, which looked just as bad if not worse than her arms. Huge scratches graced her thighs and parts of her calves, bruises were scattered down the length of her legs and she grimaced. She would definitely be wearing long shirts and pants for a few weeks no matter how hot it was.
With the flashlight still in her mouth, Sakura slowly turned to look behind her and her eyes widened. A large blood stain that covered the stones on the ground greeted her. Holding her breath as one of her hands lightly searched her head, Sakura was already thinking of a way to stop the blood flow and how fast she could possibly get back to civilization.
She was able to find a large bump on the back of her head. But again, to her surprise, even if she applied slight pressure (which should have made her pass out) Sakura could feel nothing. She brought her hand back in front of her and watched as her forefinger and thumb rubbed the dried blood specks off.
Being as skilled of a doctor as Sakura was, she still was not sure if what she was experiencing now was a continued adrenaline rush. It had been quite some time since she had fallen and more than likely the adrenaline should have worn off (if it had even occurred in the first place.)
But if it was not adrenaline, she would be the first one to discover such a feat since Sakura had never seen or heard of such a case happening if what she was experiencing was not adrenaline.
"How is this possible…?" she had whispered into the night.
"Because I saved you."
The sudden and unexpected reply had Sakura almost jumping out of her skin. Breath quickening, she immediately grabbed the flashlight from her mouth and scanned the steep sides of the mountain she had fallen down from.
"Who's there?" she called, voice shaking. Was this a person who had come to take her life? A ghost? Or the grim reaper to tell her she really was dead and to follow him?
Then, like a bat out of hell, he had appeared before her, seeming to jump from whatever hiding place down to where she was. How he had done so, without injuring himself and making it look effortless was beyond her.
He landed in a crouch and at first his face was not looking at her but the ground. Tense moments passed as Sakura had the flashlight pointing straight at his blonde head, frozen in shock.
He appeared to be wearing some sort of feudal clothes, not like the kind you would see at festivals….it was almost as if he stepped right out of a historic drama.
With a jerk of the man's head, he was abruptly looking at her. There was an eerie smile that graced his face, sending shivers up Sakura's spine. Instinctively reacting to the threatening form, Sakura's body quickly made distance between them until her back pressed against the dirt wall.
The sound of her heart beating and her heavy breathing filled Sakura's ears as the man stood straight up and approached her. Again he crouched down right in front of her. His lips began to move but Sakura could not hear anything the man said.
Instead, she let the shock take over her body and fainted.
The next time she opened her eyes, the scenery around her had changed. Instead of steep walls as well as sharp rocks, she was surrounded by tall grass and trees. She squeezed her eyes shut and rubbed her temples. Now how did she get here? Surely that man could not have…
When she opened her eyes, she was greeted by the face of the man she had seen the previous night and shrieked.
"You scared me!" she had said, placing her hand over her heart.
The man raised an eyebrow and cocked a grin. "I used to get that a lot. I'm glad I still have that ability."
His voice was smooth and calm but held a hint of firmness to it. His eyes looked her over and it almost appeared to Sakura as if he were waiting for her to make a run for it.
Stay calm and breathe.
After swallowing the saliva that had formed in her mouth, Sakura finally looked the man in his eyes.
The gorgeous blue eyes that peered back at her almost had Sakura losing her train of thought. Thankfully a twig snapped in the distance and brought her out of the phase.
"How is this possible?" she glanced around and then down at her opened hands.
"I carried you." Came his simple reply.
Sakura's eyes narrowed. "You carried me?"
He nodded matter-of-factly. Like it was no big deal. "You aren't too heavy so it wasn't hard."
Sakura didn't think she would be able to argue with this man about it, maybe he was crazy? And she knew, you couldn't fight with a crazy person.
"Okay…but I mean, how am I alive? I should be dead right now and animals should be chewing on my bones."
The man pursed his lips. "I saved you."
He had said that last night, now that Sakura remembered. "But how?"
The man pointed at her chest and Sakura instinctively crossed her arms over her chest. She gave him a questioning look and was ready to slap the hell out of him if his hand were to inch closer.
"I gave you my bead."
Now, she had not expected him to say something like that at all. He must be crazy.
"Your bead?"
The blond nodded his head. "My bead is what's keeping you alive right now."
It looked as if Sakura wasn't going to be getting any logical answers from this man and she stood up abruptly in frustration.
She was frustrated that she did not know why she wasn't dead (although she was very happy she wasn't), frustrated that she had even come to the mountain in the first place, and frustrated that this crazy man was the only person who possibly knew everything that happened but he was a total nut bag.
So now, all she could do was try to get into the professional mindset that she usually took on when dealing with difficult patients. After taking a few deep breaths she turned to her 'savior.'
"Okay sir, when your memory comes back to you please remember my thanks for 'saving me'," Sakura bowed politely.
"Memory? Nothing is wrong with my memory…" He paused and looked at her in confusion.
Sakura turned emerald eyes onto him. "I think you also hit your head at some point last night, you should probably go to a hospital when you get a chance."
Bending, Sakura scooped up her backpack and trudged right past the blonde. Maybe she should conduct some tests on herself to see as to why she had yet to feel any pain? She would have to do so in secrecy though because she knew that if she were to mention something like this, the other doctors might think her trips to the mountain had made her into a loon.
Work…she let out an exasperated sigh. She had work today and she was in this forest! "I have to get back to Tokyo."
Her feet stopped and she turned behind her to look at the man who was still looking at her, card in hand. Even if the man couldn't remember the events of last night, it looked as if he appeared to live on the mountain so surely he would know how to get back to civilization.
She stomped back to him. "How can I get back to Tokyo?"
"Tokyo?"
Or maybe he really didn't know anything at all.
Sakura mentally growled. "Where can I find civilization?"
He pointed west of where she had been previously walking.
"Thank you and goodbye."
Promptly she turned but stopped again and looked at the man. "Thank you for helping me again. Be sure to get a check up."
With that, Sakura turned and walked without looking back at him again.
And that had been their first encounter.
Oh how she somewhat wished it had been their last.
Now, back to the present day where Sakura was running for her life, she wondered how she could possibly have come in contact with a crazy person like the one currently advancing on her.
And it wasn't that she was running after seeing him once. Oh No, he had popped up out of nowhere five times before she decided to bolt.
The reunion after the accident five days ago was, as Sakura best put it, decent. She had asked the nameless man if he was feeling better and if he remembered anything but he had stayed quiet. Instead he eyed her with a gimance on his face, one eyebrow raised and arms crossed over his chest. Not a word left his lips.
She had given him a nervous smile and thanked him again before she continued on her way home on her only day off. That was when the madness began.
Every time Sakura saw him, whether he was near or just in eyesight, he was always staring at her with a hungry expression on his face. He looked as if he wanted to eat her.
Maybe he was a serial killer? All the scary images from movies and novels started to run through her mind as she continued to maneuver through the crowd.
The images stopped when Sakura collided with something hard. A wall? And fell down on her ass.
"Ouch!" she couldn't stop the word from leaving as she rubbed her forehead. "What the…?"
Her eyes opened to meet blue. Sakura froze.
"I've found you," came the blonde's deadpanned voice.
Sakura nodded dumbly.
He moved his hand to move a strand of hair out of Sakura's face and she thought her soul might leave her body in that instant.
"You shouldn't run away from me, you know. I will always be able to find you…" he pursed his lips.
Sakura slowly shook her head.
"If you do try to run away again…"
Sakura's eyes widened as his expression turned serious and his eyes appeared to be looking at her breasts again. She could only move her arms to cover them before his eyes dragged up to meet her own.
"I'm going to eat your liver," he said, with the brightest smile.
Hello everyone! I've decided to post the first chapter of this story that I had worked on earlier this year and only got around to uploading it now. Forgive me T_T
This story is not yet complete and is a work in progress. And yes, this is a story that will have a very close plot to that of the Korean Drama (which I totally loved and you must watch!) My Girlfriend is a Gumiho.
In Korean folklore a 'gumiho' is a fox with nine tails and can freely transform, among other things, into a beautiful girl (but in this case a man ahem, Naruto) and often sets out to seduce men, and eat their liver.
TEE HEE.
This story will be updated randomly, unfortunately. I don't want to put a set updating time because I am a full time student.
I hope you enjoyed! Let me know what you thought!