I know that this is no excuse but English is not my native language, and this is my first attempt at fan fiction so…please go easy on me. :)
Curse of the Sand Man
Prologue
I ran and ran, trying to get away from the evil boy. I hated him. He was always there, staring at me, watching me with those creepy, black-rimmed eyes of his. He loved to touch me, why wouldn't he let me alone?! How dare he hit Sasuke-kun! "I hate him!" was all that kept echoing inside my head, my heart was pounding and I started to cry. My eyes widened as something wrapped around my left leg, something grainy. Before my mind could register what happened, my body had fallen to the ground below me as someone landed on me, both legs straddled me. It was a boy…him…
"No…Sasuke-kun, help me…" Soft shaky words escaped my mouth as I reluctantly stared into the eyes of my captor. He stared back…intensely, ready to pierce my very soul.
"Sakura…Sakura…" The boy murmured as he reached down to stroke my hair, and then lowered his other hand to caress my cheek. I could only stared at him wide-eyed. He murmured something else that I was unable to hear clearly, then lowered his head and softly brushed his lips against… (gasp) mine…!!!
"No…GET AWAY FROM ME! I HATE YOU, YOU CREEP!!!" The boy immediately jerked his head back. My fear and disgust for the boy overwhelmed me in a matter of seconds. Horrified, I could hear myself yelling, trying my best to struggle free out of his reach. He was stunned, stunned by my words, I could see it. But before I could do anything, the boy silently stood up, ran away, and disappeared into the thick fog, left me lying on the ground. I looked down and noticed the substance that wrapped around my ankle had disappeared as well. Still shocked and trying to calm myself down, I stared blankly at the direction the boy had disappeared for God-only-knows how long before I noticed a silhouette approaching me.
"Sa-Sasuke-kun…Sasuke-kun!!!" I was extremely relieved to see the raven-haired boy.
"Sakura…Are you okay…? Where is the damn kid?" he kneeled beside me. He looked messed up, bruises across his beautiful face, and blood dripped from his nose. He had fought with the boy…to protect me…although he lost, I was more than happy to find out that Sasuke cared about me, and would do anything to protect me. A trait that I probably would have never discovered if not for this little incident.
"Oh no…you're bleeding…Sasuke-kun…" I reached out my hand to touch his face, but instead of skin, all my fingers could feel was…air…?
Chapter 1: Morning and Dream
I'm Haruno Sakura, 22 years old. Today is my first day on the job as a pathologist for East Konoha Clinical Pathology & Medical Research Centre. Though, as always, my morning had never been pleasant lately. I was having that dream again ... an unpleasant dream should I say, though I wouldn't go so far as to call ita nightmare. It has been two weeks in a row I have had the same dream and I'm very annoyed at this fact since that incident was what…? 10 years ago. Why the memory I had been trying my best to forget kept coming back to haunt me was beyond my comprehension. That kid… I can't even remember his name, wait… did I even know his name? No…I didn't. It had always been "that kid", "the red head", "that maniacal boy", "that creep", "that sand freak", "the tattoo boy"…none of which were his name because we never bothered to find out. Because he was simply too weird, aloof…sometimes too brutal for us "normal" kids to handle, and that boy wasn't normal at all, he was insane…that much I could tell, since I was the first to experience it firsthand.
Laying on my bed as I stare at the ceiling, I let my mind wanders some more "…but he was a cute boy though…and…my first kiss…" I paused. Somehow I've forgotten why I thought the boy was so creepy, as far as I remember, he really had not done anything harmful to me to warrant my hate, except that he beat up the person I loved and stole my first kiss...wait…oh yea, I think those were good enough reasons for a twelve year-old girl, or…was there more…? I can't remember it and rolled my eyes. The fear and disgust I had for the boy had vanished as the time passed and maturity kicked in, though the image of him being unpleasant was already engraved deeply on my mind it's hard to think of him otherwise. Besides, I never had the chance to get to know him better or more like I didn't want to. That incident in my dream was the last time I saw him. I wonder where he could be now?
Sighing slightly, I pushed the memory of the boy aside and get up, sitting on the edge of the bed while eyeing the alarm clock besides the bed. 6.15 AM. There's still plenty of time to get ready. I stretched lazily before heading to the bathroom. Stepping out of the bathroom half an hour later, I quickly put on my clothes. Looking at the clock again, I realized Sasuke will be here in 30 minutes to pick me up. I can't help but smile at the realization. Speaking of which, have I mentioned that I'm now dating Sasuke, my first love, my childhood hero? To think that I have my dream man by my side, got the job of my dream… I'm practically living through my dream right now –except that I have yet to have a beautiful apartment of my own– and I'm very grateful for it.
A sudden happiness surged inside me. Smiling from ear to ear, I hummed my way to the kitchen, made a quick breakfast and turned on the TV for morning news. To my dismay, the morning news was all about the recent series of brutal murders started 2 weeks ago involving …sand. Though it is known fact that the same type of murder had once happened 5 years ago, but no trace of the murderer could be found. It wasn't until 2 weeks ago that the assumed same murderer had grown relentless in this city, Konoha.
"2 weeks ago…and…sand…" I thought, "…what a coincidence." Feeling stupid, I continued with my thought "That couldn't be him…what am I thinking?!" Hesitantly letting out a slight chuckle, I turned my attention back to the TV.
"…bodies were found in sickly decapitated states buried inside huge piles of sand. Warning has been made by Konoha Metropolitan Police Department for all Konoha citizens to be extra careful…especially the residents of the suburbs area of the city." The reporter continued.
"So…that would include me…" I whispered, a sudden nervousness creeped up on me. Suddenly the door bell rang. I got up quickly, turned off the TV and hurried to the door…but feeling unsafe, I paused for a while until I heard…
"Sakura!" I heard Sasuke's voice outside the door calling for me. Letting out a sigh of relieve I replied…
"I'm coming!" I opened the door with wide smile plestered on my face. There, leaning against the wall next to the door was Sasuke, arms crossed, staring at me, half smiling.
To be continued.