A/N: Hey, all! Sorry I've been gone so long, but I've been really... busy lately. You know, three projects in a row and all... 'ttebayo. ANYWAY, watching the beginning of a movie, this idea hit me. I turned off the movie about five minutes in because of the fat, uncensored smut that was there (SCARRING), but the summary gave me an idea which I now present to you. This story will include a small amount of NaruHina, SasuSaku, and then mostly SasuNaru, which will, also, be rated M eventually. I rate it M now so that people who can't read that kinda stuff won't get pissed when suddenly their ethics don't allow them to read this story.
Meh. Not that I have an ego and thing people will want to read it, but... meh. Anyway.
Also, this is (I think?) my first AU (alternate universe) story, so be gentle and tell me what I should do to improve it.
WARNINGS: NaruHina, SasuSaku, SasuNaru, possible other pairings later, yaoi, shonen-ai (whatever you want to call it, SLASH for all I care), violence, dead people, and insanity.
DISCLAIMER: I don't own, Kishi owns, if I owned, I'd use my fangirl army to take over the world and make it like Naruto. This fic in no way expresses the original will of its creators... blah, blah, blah...
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"The third victim in Kyuubi's murdering streak was recently identified as Aburame Shino, an ex-entomologist at Kyushu University in Tokyo, who had been working as a professor of Honors Biology. He was last seen alive at 8:46 P.M. on March 8th and is believed to have been murdered at midnight, with 9 consecutive bullet wounds to the head. Previous victims have been identified as Li Tenten, a Judo instructor in Kyoto, and Akimichi Chouji, a baker living in Konoha. In other news-"
The television was abruptly switched off. Hinata blinked twice, her eyes adjusting to the darkness, before there was a tight grip around her shoulders. "C'mon, Hina... you don't have to watch that crap if you don't want to..."
The indigo-haired girl clutched onto his arms, body heaving with the desire to cry. Shino had been one of her best friends back in high school, all the way through college. They met up twice every month, along with Inuzuka Kiba, at a tiny café in Konoha where the trio used to go to study for tests together.
"Naruto... I'm scared. Everybody Kyuubi has killed so far has been from our graduation class in college... what if I'm next?" Hinata could feel a smile against her cheek before her boyfriend kissed it.
"I'll catch the bastard, babe. Don't worry about it." Hinata smiled and turned in his arms to kiss him back, and the blonde was content.
"Okay, Naruto. I'm going to stay with Kiba and Hana in the city for a little while to deal with this, okay? We're going to Shino's funeral directly from there, so I'll be back in about two weeks, okay?" Hinata smiled weakly, and Naruto smiled back at his girlfriend's attempts to be brave. He hugged her tightly and kissed her on the forehead.
"Whatever you have to do, Hinata."
Then she was gone.
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Unfortunately for Hinata, on her way to Ichiraku to meet up with Kiba, the clock struck midnight. Hinata's side window was shattered with the first of ten rapid bullets, nine of which were lodged in her head as the car spun out of control and crashed into a lamppost.
The police just couldn't figure it out. The traffic cameras didn't catch anything beyond the edge of the road, and there were lots of drivers on the road that night; nobody saw a thing.
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Naruto was driving home when he got the call. His phone rang twice and he pulled into a parking lot to talk because, well, talking on the phone while driving was illegal. He checked the caller ID and flipped the phone open.
"Hey, Neji; what's up?" He heard the Hyuuga prodigy struggling to keep himself composed with a sob; something was up.
"Naruto... H-Hinata was..."
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Sasuke gave his pinkette girlfriend a peck on the cheek, and she smiled lovingly up at him. "Tonight was really, fun, Sakura. Let's do it again sometime." The green-eyed girl smiled widely, then toned down her expression and looked at him through half-lidded, seductive eyes.
"But Sasuke, tonight doesn't have to end yet..." she whispered, taking his hand and standing on her toes to kiss him sweetly. Sasuke picked her up slightly, tangling his hands in her hair, and pressed her against the door to the door to her flat; deepening the kiss fiercely as Sakura fumbled for her key.
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Unlocking a door that's behind you is a very difficult task, especially when you're kissing somebody as sexually appealing as Uchiha Sasuke, as any girl who graduated from Konoha College would know. He had everything one could possibly find appealing in a man; intelligence, good looks, money, not to mention his outstanding displays in athletics.
So it's no surprise that Sakura died so easily.
What was surprising, the police thought, was that the murderer had managed to aim nine consecutive bullets to her head from the left side without hitting Sasuke in the process.
Of course, Sakura and Sasuke didn't have any time to wonder about these things, as Sakura died instantly and Sasuke was pistol-whipped in the head as he turned around; blacking out before hitting the ground. He never did see the murderer.
But damn if that guy was going to be alive when Sasuke was done with him.
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AAAAND there you have it, folks. The intro to my new story. I think I'll wait for the public response before I continue; and now with these murders out of the way, the rest of the story won't be as haphazard with the little dividers.
If you read these and want to vote on the next person to die, type the number corresponding the person you want to die somewhere in your review.
1 – Inuzuka Kiba
2 – Yamanaka Ino
3 – Rock Lee
4 – Hyuuga Neji
5 – Sai (no family name, I'll make one up like for Tenten)
Alright, 1 for Kiba, 2 for Ino, 3 for Lee, 4 for Neji, 5 for Sai. Also, tell me if I should continue. Please. I BEG OF YOU.