Hey fellas! Take a look at my new story (even though I actually started it last year, but just haven't gotten around to type and publish on Fanfiction) Light of the Moon, where it involves vampire romance, witches, magic and more!
Disclaimer: Naruto belongs to Kishimoto!
Do you ever feel that something very important is about to happen at any moment? Where your actions have an effect on others? Well, that's exactly how I felt when… Sorry, got ahead of myself didn't I. I should start at the beginning.
My name's Sakura. Sakura Haruno. I work at a department store called Jcpenny, located at Konoha Mall. My job is to scan prices, work with the cashier, and help customers with their questions. Okay, here's the thing about me; I always end up in the middle when it comes to situations like for example right now. Neji Hyuga and Tenten.
Neji's best friend Kiba hit on Tenten. Was that wrong? Yep, and I let Kiba know it. Now Kiba won't even look at me when I pass him in the hall. At least Neji and Tenten still like me.
"Hi Sakura," greeted Tenten.
"Hey guys, is there anything I can help you with?"
That's only one side of the coin; Shikamaru Naru and Temari who just got in line at the counter? They're the other. When Shikamaru's last girlfriend dumped him, he expressed himself by puncturing her back tire. And who happened to witness it? Yep, it was me. Okay, so I snitched. Does that make me a bad person? And that was three months ago. Maybe he got over it? Maybe I should break the ice?
"Hi, Shikamaru. Hi, Temari. How's it going?"
They responded by turning away from me. There's plenty of ice in here, all right, but it's not broken.
"Why do you this to yourself?"
I don't know if my coworker Matsuri means why do I try to talk to people who don't like me… or why do I get myself in these situations the first place. Either way, I don't have an answer for her.
I drove home after I closed up the store. My house is located in a suburban, quiet neighborhood. I lived there with my mom. At least here I know what to expect, especially from long days like this. My mom was grabbing laundry supplies from the pantry.
"Hi, mom."
"Hi honey, how was work?"
"Oh, you know. The usual."
"I swear, if I were around that much clothing all the time, I would try to take them all."
"Mom!"
"I'm kidding, I'm kidding." Mom would sometimes joke about my job at times. I have admit, it's actually pretty funny.
"Hey, Ino and I are going to go see a movie at the classic tonight, if that's ok."
"Be home by midnight."
"You got it!"
I'm waiting outside the movie theater for my friend to show up. Sending a text to ask where she is when I immediately recognized the long, blond ponytail among others coming from the parking lot. So this is Ino, my best friend since we were nine.
"Hey! What do you think?" asked Ino.
"Of that jacket?" The jacket Ino's wearing looks horrible; the colors don't even match each other.
"Yes, of this jacket! Isn't it great? It's a Mudd!" Ino claimed as she starts to prance around, enjoying her jacket. I love Ino to death, but as my grandmother would like to say, she's got her taste in her toes.
One time during the middle of 7th grade, Ino got her ears pierced the day she turned 13. Guess what her earrings were? It was a pair of huge, pasty yellow stars with a happy face on it.
"What do you think? Aren't these earrings great?"
Also, after New Year's Eve that year, Ino came in to my house for a sleepover and she wore the weirdest, kind of jeans I've ever seen; Heck, I never even saw them from the store I work at! It looked like it had too many prints all over and they were ripped.
Obviously, Ino asked me again, "What do you think? Aren't these jeans great?"
Finally, last summer, she actually went bungee-jumping. There was no way I would try to do that. Before she jumped, Ino told me the same thing.
"What do you think? Isn't bungee jumping great?"
I don't try to stop her, but I don't go with her on too many shopping trips either.
We went to a local diner after watching the movie. It was about a girl who fell in love with a vampire and they fight to stay together no matter what. We sat down at a table and she asked me, "So, what'd you think of the movie anyway?"
"I love how the vampire saved his lover from certain death. He was so gorgeous."
"You and your tall, dark and handsomes."
"I know what I like," I pleasantly said. If only I known that the movie we watched will soon become reality. And it all started with them. While we were chatting, Ino heard the door bell rang and she quickly looked at the door and said, "Hey, look—it's the musketeers." Ino and I are awfully close… but we got nothing on these girls. Karin, Konan, and Tayuya have been inseparable since kindergarten.
They're sort of… what's a nice way to say "geeks"?
"Hi Ino! Hi Sakura!" Karin said cheerfully.
"y'hi," I replied.
"How're you're doing?" Ino asked to Karin.
"Oh gosh, I just noticed your jacket! See? We have the same style!" Oh great, Karin is wearing the same ridiculous jacket. What's next?
Ino replied, "Good choice! Mine was on sale at Burlington's. Where'd you get yours?"
Karin exclaimed, "It was on sale? I knew I should've looked there!"
Then Karin starts to blush a bit as she says, "Hey, listen… I know you guys will probably say no… but we've been sort of poking around with some stuff and, uh… if you're not busy Saturday night, we'd uh… well…"
Tayuya suddenly blurts out, "we're having a séance! Out at the fairgrounds! Wanna come with us?"
A séance, really? Not exactly the kind I want to hear.
Bluntly, I said, "Yeah, we have plans alread—"
"A séance? Really? Like, you're gonna try to talk to some dead people?" Ino curiously said, interrupting me.
"Just for kicks, y'know. Trying something new. You don't have to tell us right now. Just, kinda think about it?" asked Karin, who seems to be kinda shy.
"Okay, sure. I'll think about it," Ino simply replied. Before they left, Karin yells, "Ok, cool! See you guys tomorrow!" So all of a sudden, I'm having pretty much the last conversation I ever expected to have.
"Well?" Ino started out.
"Well what?" I bluntly asked.
"What do you think, Sakura? Don't you think a séance'd be exciting?"
"Seriously, Ino? You can't be serious."
"Why not? What's the harm?"
"Let's look at it this way: one, they actually know what they're doing in which case, you'd be messing with dangerous stuff. Two, they don't know what they're doing in which case, you'll waste an entire Saturday evening sitting around in the dark like a baka," But, I don't think Ino listened to me.