About three things I was absolutely positive.
First, Sasuke was a vampire.
Second, there was a part of him—and I didn't know how dominant that part might be—that thirsted for my blood.
And third, I was unconditionally and irrevocably in love with him….
Everything else—I don't know. Stories never really go the way they should anymore. I just hope this one has a happy ending.
(Slugs)
As I walked through the airport, I felt the sun shining down on me, even through the thick, glass windows.
Man, I was going to miss that heat.
"Flight 23, gate B-14, to the Water Country International Airport will be boarding in 15 minutes…."
I looked up to the sign above me: B-12. OK, I'm almost there. It's the next gate, right? Yeah, here we are.
Oh, hi. If you didn't already know, my name is Sakura Haruno and—
"Now that she's back in the atmosphere, with drops of Jupiter in her hair-eh, ehh—beep" And that's my phone.
"Hello?"
"Sakura? Hi—how are you? This is your aunt."
"Oh…hey, Tsunade—"
"Aunt Tsunade—or just Aunt…Auntie, even."
"Sorry, Aunt Tsunade." She's not really my Aunt, but, whatever. Close enough. "I'm fine. How are you?"
"Fine, did you make it to the airport safely? Where are you?"
"I'm still in the Leaf, you should know that." Old people worry too much.
"Don't get that tone with me, girlie! Now, your parents asked me to watch over youwhilethey're gone. That makes me your legal guardian. I doubt they'd ever forgive me if anything happened to their precious gift from above." I could almost hear her rolling her eyes. It made me laugh a little. "What time does your flight leave?"
"In," I looked at my watch, "20 minutes; they'll be boarding soon."
"Ok, call me when you land. I'll be at the dock to pick you up as soon as I can." FYI, Tsunade is the captain of the police force in the peaceful town of the Mist. Where the crime rate isn't as terrible as it used to be—not since my aunt was put in charge—but is still pretty bad. Meaning Tsunade was always busy, busy, busy all the time.
"Alright, bye."
She hung up.
(Slugs)
It was a four hour flight over the ocean from the Leaf Village to the Water country's only airport. That was then followed by a forty minute boat ride and a half an hour drive till we actually reached town.
Before the boat even docked at the pier, it was raining. I would have normally seen that as some kind of omen, but this was the Mist after all—a land of rain, water, and…well, mist. Bad weather was simply unavoidable.
Speaking of unavoidable…
"Hey, kiddo, how ya been? My—how you've grown, and into such a beautiful, young lady too!"
"Hey, Jiriaya."
"Come over here and give your old uncle a hug! Man, if I was just thirty years younger and didn't already have my eyes on a more…robust woman—"
"Whoa there, pervert, do you realize how wrong that sounds—and after you called yourself her 'uncle' too!?"
I turned my head in the direction of the new voice. What I found was a little, blonde kid. Well, he wasn't exactly "little", or a "kid". He was around my age, but obviously younger. By how much, I'm not sure.
"Who are you?" I couldn't help but ask.
"My name's Naruto! Naruto Uzumaki." He smiled brightly. "I'm the old pervert's godson."
"Watch who you're callin' a pervert, you brat!"
"Nice to meet you Naruto; I'm Sakura." I held out my hand and he shook it enthusiastically.
"Wow! You're Sakura! You're a lot prettier than Tsunade said you were." Aw, he's kinda cute. But that comment does make me wonder—what does Tsunade say about me?
"Thank you."
"Will you go out with me!?" Aw, he thinks he has a chance with an older girl.
"Sorry, I don't date younger guys."
"How do you know I'm younger than you?" Persistent, little bugger aren't you?
"Then how old are you?"
"Fifteen!" He beamed at me.
"Well I'm seventeen." I gave a, what I hoped looked sly, smirk.
His smile fell and was replaced by a pout. "Fine," he kinda growled and started walking away towards the car.
"Naruto!" Jiriaya yelled after him.
"What!"
"Come and carry the lady's bags."
Naruto came back to get the few things I'd brought (I don't own many clothes made for this kind of weather) and took them to the truck while mumbling something about "lazy perverts".
(Slugs)
This is just a start. Tell me what you guys think and I'll continue! This is my first SasuSaku story.
I came up with the name "Slugs" because the first book (Twilight) is from Sakura's POV. The sequel (New Moon) will be from Naruto's POV, therefore the name will be Toads. The third (Eclipse) will be Snakes for Sasuke.
