Just a little introduction, the next chapters will be longer….I wanted to keep the other main character a secret for now. Maybe you'll find out in the next chapter…if you're lucky! There may also be a little hot action (hence the M rating) in the next chapter or so!
Sakura's heart pounded in her chest as she raced through the trees.
'Please, body, hold out just a little while longer,' she pleaded with herself.
As the trees thinned, she could see a body lying on its side on the ground.
As she drew nearer, she saw the blood covering the ground all around the body. She could not sense a chakra signature at all. She was too late.
"NO!!!" she shrieked as tears gushed from her eyes.
That was when she saw the other body, facedown in the grass about 100 feet away.
Sakura fell to her knees, convulsing as pain racked her body. A sob escaped her throat as she reeled, trying to force back the nausea.
She managed to pull herself forward and drag her shaking limbs across the grass toward the motionless body.
As she approached, she could see a deep red chasm gashed diagonally from shoulder to hip.
She whimpered as she reached the body, knees sinking in the bloody grass.
She instinctively raised one glowing, shaking hand and ran it over the wound, healing it enough to temporarily stop the bleeding.
Then, trembling, she grabbed the man's shoulder and pushed him over onto his side.
His eyes stared forward, cold, unblinking…dead.
Sakura choked, sobs rolling out of her. Her hot tears spilled over, dripping from her face and mingling with the blood on the ground.
"WHY!?!?" she screamed, sobbing. "WHY?!?!"
It was then that Sakura heard the evil laugh behind her. Her eyes blurred with tears; she could only make out a dark figure, red eyes burning into her, before she passed out.