There was a loud knocking coming from
her front door that dragged her out of her sleeping state. She rolled
over lazily to look at the clock on her night stand.
'....1:26....Lovely...' Sakura thought.
The knocking
that woke her suddenly seemed louder, more desperate. Sakura dragged
herself out of her bed and sluggishly made her way to the front door.
"Hello?" She said as she opened the door.
She gasped when
her brain registered what she saw. At her door, barely standing, was
her teammate Sai, covered in cuts, scratches, and had puncture wounds
as well.
"Oh my gosh!!! Sai!!" She yelled out.
He looked
up at her slowly, his eyes full of pain. "They're....They're after
me....." he managed to say.
"What? Who is they?" Sakura
asked
"They're...t-trying to kill me...."
Sai's eyes then
went blank, and he forward onto Sakura.
"SAI!!!" She
screamed.
Her eyes filled with tears, she was so confused. She
had no idea what was going on, but she knew right now she had to help
Sai.
She carefully carried him inside and placed him on her
couch. She quickly ran to get some medical supplies from another part
of her house. When she returned she noticed Sai was shivering and his
breathing had became rapid and shallow.
"Sai?" She said
quietly
After a few seconds his eyes fluttered open. She could
see they were filled with pain and agony.
"Sai! You're awake,
thank god. Now, please, tell me what's going on!" She demanded
"...S-Sakura.... they....they took my blood....."
"Who?
Please Sai, you need to tell me!"
"...demons..."
"D-demons?" She said in disbelief.
Sai then had another
violent shiver go through his body. It's also looked as if patches of
his skin were taking on a darker color.
'W-what's happening to
him?' She asked herself
She knelt there next to him, frozen
in fear. After a moment she regained control of herself, forcing her
mind to concentrate on heeling Sai.
Sometime into her
treatment, the phone rang. The ringing surprised her, making her jump
and lose focus. She looked over at the phone, then back at Sai. She
tried to get back to work, since she instantly
figured Sai was more important then missing a call, but after a
minute the phone was still ringing. She glared at it before
reluctantly getting up to answer it.
"Hello?" She said
"Sakura... meet me outside the hospital, bring Sai with you."
the person said
Sakura knew the voice, but the last time she had
heard it was many years ago.
"S-sasuke?" She stuttered out,
sounding very shocked 'Sasuke... is he really back?'
"Sakura,"
he said in a very urgent tone, "you're wasting time. Sai is in
danger, and so are you. He's not the first victim . . . and he won't
be the last."
"...Okay, we'll be right there!" She said,
coming back to reality.
She hung up the phone and went back over
to Sai, she swiftly picked him up and started running as fast as she
could to the hospital
Sakura started to slow down when the
hospital came into view, she noticed someone was sitting outside. She
squinted her eyes, trying to figure out who it was. Once she got a
bit closer, she gasped.
'It's him... He really has
returned....'
