Yes, even though the story will NOT be focused around them, there will be couples in here. So don't read if you absolutely hate the following:
Sasusaku, NaruHina, NejiTen, and suggested SaiIno.
My first 'real' horror fic, which will hopefully not fail. Please, please, please review/critique. I'll love you lots.
Tighter and tighter the grip became.
Every ounce of force was slowly crushing her throat. She gasped and choked for breath, clawing at the hands of the person. Nail marks were engraved into the person's skin, in an attempt for them to let go.
The music stopped playing.
Earlier that month..
Animal found massacred in forest again.
"Again?" Ino asked herself.
"Again what?" Sakura overheard.
"Look."
Ino flashed the newspaper page to Sakura, who grabbed it to read the entire article.
"That's horrible.. It's the third time this week," Ino stated, with a hint of fear lingering in her voice.
"It's probably just some academy kids playing a prank. They'll grow out of it," Sakura responded.
"But to go this far?"
"Some kids are just screwed up at youth."
Being a medic-nin, odd obsessions like this were not anything new to her. She had seen plently of patients with different types of mental illnesses, her worst case being a necrophiliac, who seemed to have quite the fancy with blood. Ino, on the other hand, had not been used to cases such as those, being that she was a bit more squeemish then Sakura. Naturally, Ino handled the lighter ones.
Sakura placed the newspaper down on the desk she was leaning against, then looked up at the clock. She took a deep sigh. The clock seemed to tick ever so slowly, until the minute hand finally reached the twelve.
"Finally! Our shift is over!" Sakura sighed happily.
"Finally?" Ino asked. "That doesn't quite sound like something you'd say."
"True, but it's Friday."
"Ahhh, true. I can't wait for tonight!"
"Me too, I finally get to see Sai~"
Ino squealed.
"Geez, you're still after him?"
"Just because you have Sasuke-"
"Shut up Ino-pig, I don't 'have' him," Sakura sharply commented as a slight pink formed on her cheeks.
Sakura gathered her things, clocked out, and rushed out of the hospital to get home. She threw her stuff on the bed, swiftly opening up her closet door, ransaking through the bunches of clothes. She pulled out several outfits, until one in particular caught her eye. It was a red and white striped corset top that drastically showed the curves of her figure. The actual corset part was black, with white lace, and the same red and white striped pattern behind the black ribbon. She threw it on with a black skirt then wore her usual black ninja heels. After messily picking up her hair with some sticks, she rushed out of the door to the ramen shop.
"Naruto~!" Sakura yelled happily.
"Oh, Sakura-chan! You're here!"
Sakura stepped into the ramen bar and sat to the right of Naruto. Hinata was sitting on the left.
"Hello, Hinata," Sakura said brightly with a smile across her face.
"H-Hi, Sakura," Hinata responded nervously, bearing an innocently cute smile back.
Meanwhile, Naruto ordered yet another bowl of ramen. (It was his fourth).
"Naruto! You're going to be eating at the restaurant!" Sakura scolded him.
"But I'm hungry!"
She smacked him on the back of the head. Hinata giggled softly. The owner put a steaming bowl of barbeque pork ramen in front of Naruto.
"Itadakimasu!" Naruto yelled, closing his eyes and smiling brightly.
Suddenly when he looked back down, the ramen bowl was no longer there.
"What the hell?"
Naruto spun his head to the side, to see that Sakura was the one that stole it. She took apart her chopsticks and started to chow down rapidly. She looked back up at him and laughed.
"What can I say? I was hungry!"
"But you just yelled at me for eating it!"
"Which is why I took this bowl for myself."
Naruto kept ranting and ranting, until Hinata grabbed his arm and leaned on it. Naruto slightly blushed and smiled at her. Sakura ignored the couple and finished up 'her' ramen, then waited for the rest of the group to arrive. Sasuke then walked in, with Ino, Neji, and Tenten not far behind.
"Ah, Sasuke-kun, you're here!" Sakura said gleefully.
"Hn. Are we gonna leave?"
"Yea, let's go! Naruto, pay the bill!"
Sakura stood from the bar stool, secretly latching herself onto Sasuke's arm, who strangely didn't seem to mind much. They exited and left for the club. Naruto sharply turned his head to the side.
"Hey, wait up!"
"N-Neji-."
Neji looked around for the familiar voice.
"Nejiiiii-."
"Agh, there you are."
Neji moved the leaves out of the way to reveal a drunken Tenten sprawled over the bushes. Neji picked her up and carried her, heading to her house. On the way there, he ran into a drunk villager, who was probably five times more drunk than Tenten. The villager angrily shoved Neji, almost causing him to release Tenten from his hold. Neji glared at the man, but hid the anger from his voice.
"Sorry."
"Hmph, you better be! Oh? What's that beauty that you're holding?"
The man attempted to touch her face, but Neji pulled away.
"Don't touch her."
"What's the problem? Oh, you're going to take advantage of her aren't you!"
Neji glared even more intensely, but just bypassed him.
"Have fun with that drunken slut!"
Neji stopped in his tracks, and looked around slowly, striking pure fear into the heart of the villager.
"If you say something about her again, I will kill you."
