Mysterious&&Perfection. The only words used to decribe the Demon Brothers. The rulers of Sarutobi High school. The four kings that have walked the hallways time after time, all holding a deep dark secret. Life goes on.. Until a menacing new comer threatens to expose them all. Along with a new pink haired girl that has returned home, secretly capturing the heart of our red headed king.
.CHAPTER ONE: Stranger.
Thick snow flurried in from the black sky as four shadows made their way into the old wood house. They entered with fluid steps, so light not a single board creeked as they passed. They crept lightly up the old splintering staircase and down the narrow hallway, and into the large open room in the top corner of the three story house.
They stood in the dark, staring at each other as their leader light a single candle. The soft gold light light the room dimly, just enough to see. -Though they didn't need the light, for they saw better in the dark anyway.-
A boy with long brown hair turned to the redhead, "You are coming tomorrow aren't you, Gaara?"
A quiet, yet sinister snarl rippled through his throat in reply.
"You don't have to come. It just wouldn't be the same if you didn't." A friendly grin streaked across the face of a boy with shorter brown hair and red triangles on his cheeks.
"Yes, your fangirls would surely suffer from severe heartbreak if their 'one true love' doesn't show up." the other taunted.
"Go to hell Neji!" Gaara snarled.
"Enough." the blond spoke clearly and sternly from where he lounged on the windowsill. His blue eyes darted back and forth between his brothers. "You know what were here to discus and it has nothing to do with human girls." he shot an annoyed glance at his two brown headed brothers.
Gaara's rigid frame calmed as he settled into a big chair in the darkest corner of the room. His jade eyes fixed on the leader. "Naruto, who was she?"
"I'm not sure. I haven't had the chance to investigate much. I slipped past the guards at the psychiatric ward and got a chance to see her. She started saying something about dark eyes and blood." he paused, "It could have been an animal. Though they say she did it to herself."
"But is it worth looking in to any further?"
After a moment of stillness and silence, Naruto shook his head, "Nah, we'll just sit back and observe for now. That's what they have investigators for."
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"Don't come any closer. You don't belong here." a muffled voice hissed through the darkness. Sakura's green eyes snapped open as she sat up. She glanced at the half unpacked box in front of her, "Don't belong. . . where?" she murmured. A cold breeze made it's way through the door of her bedroom and whipped across her small frame, sending multiple chills up her spine. She glanced at her clock, Nine-thirty. She had been sleeping for less that half an hour.
Feeling uneasy, she grabbed her coat and went down stairs. Seeing no sign of her best friend, she made a quick escape through the front door. When she was sure that she wasn't being watched she made her way down the street, going over the voice in her head repeatedly. She couldn't put her finger on why it seemed so significant, or why it creeped her out so bad. Gradually the sense of being watched crept over her as her feet started moving faster. The wind whipped her pink hair from around her neck, sending yet, another chill down her spine.
'It was just a dream Sakura, no need to dwell on it any more.' she heard her mothers voice cooing to her. A faint memory of when she used to have nightmares as a child. The uneasy feeling withdrew itself slowly as her pace slowed once again. She looked around, noticing all the familiar houses, and all the new ones. Her mind hadn't registered till now that her feet were carrying her to a place that she'd always gone as a child.
'It's been about four years since I've been home.' she thought as she crossed over into the small patch of woods. Once deep in the comfort of the familiar woods the horrible feelings from earlier had completely vanished. She looked around as she passed the landmark of Sarutobi Town. An old house directly in the middle of the woods. A small smile twitched at the corners of her lips. The flicker of a gold light caught her eye to the right, she spun around to just catch the faint movement from the curtain in the top left window of the old house, and the soft glow of candlelight emitting dimly from the thought-to-be empty room. Silently she wondered whether or not she should check it out.
Suddenly someone stepped out of the shadows on the other side of the narrow dirt road. Sakura's eyes widened as she spun around once again only to meet the jade eyes of a tall boy. His dark red hair tousled and wet from the wind and snow, eyes thickly outlined with black, and a crimson sign on his forehead that signified 'love'. His stare was intense, and in the time that it took the poor girl to notice that she could probably calm down, she noticed that he was the most gorgeous creature she'd ever seen.
"W- Wh-" she tried to begin but couldn't force the words out of her mouth.
"What's a girl like you doing out here all alone at this time of night?" He asked, slipping his hands into his pockets.
She couldn't help but stare at him for just a moment longer before she could speak, "Just. . . Walking."
"Go home." he ordered before turning to walk away.
Her hand shot up to stop him, but her instincts kept her from coming in contact, "Wait! Why are you out here?"
"Leaving. Like you should be." he murmured as he turned to face her again. His voice was cold and uncaring, yet, smooth, and beautiful. He looked at her again, the emotion in his stare was impossible to place. She started to speak again before,
"Sakura!" the girl's voice echoed loudly through the trees. Sakura turned hesitantly to see her blond friend jogging up the snow covered path, waving her hand in the air.
"Ino, what are you doing?" she turned again to see the mysterious boy had vanished.
"That's what I should be asking." she panted when she finally stopped next to her. "I figured you'd be out here. Well, I followed your footprints."
"I was just. . . woken up by a voice. So I went for a walk. And then I met a boy. But he. . . vanished." Sakura confessed, slightly dazed, still staring at where he had been.
"Saku-chan." Ino whispered, "Have you gone insane?" she asked jokingly, her eyebrows raised by the thought of what her friend just informed her of. "You heard voices, so you went for a walk in the snow, wearing nothing with shorts, a tank top, and a thin jacket. Not only did you go for a walk, but you came out here, into the woods. Where you met a guy, that mysteriously disappears. Leaving no footprints in the snow?" she asked, pointing at the white, untouched snow infront of them.
"N-No. He was there. I swear he was. He had green-ish eyes and. . ." all of the sudden the picture of him in her head went hazey and she couldn't remember what he looked like. "He was. . ."
"C'mon Sakura," Ino comforted, wrapping her arm around the girls neck, "I'll make you some hot chocolate. then maybe you should get some more sleep. We have school tomorrow."
Sakura just nodded as the two girls walked out of the woods and towards home.
Gaara smirked as he stepped back out of the shadows and walked into the house. His brothers awaited him in the room, each with a smirk.
"Have fun?" Kiba sneered playfully.
"No." his answer was blunt and emotionless as he settled back into his chair.
"I'm appointing you to her." Naruto ordered. "She'll be back. I know it. And when she comes back, you'll have to take care of her again." He grinned.
Gaara let out a low growl, "Why me?"
"Because you obviously get along with her." Neji taunted with a smirk, his grey eyes fixed on the miserable Gaara.
He sat silent, fighting the urge to lunge at his brother and attempt to rip his throat out. He closed his eyes, "Fine." he answered Naruto's order calmly.
A/N: Yo! First chapter of the first story! So tell me how you like it! And what needs work with the structure and all that niffty crap. Thanks!
