I'm back! With another chapter of the story!!!!!
If you're wondering why it took me so long to update please take a look at my homepage, there is an explanation on there.
(Also my stupid internet isn't working right, I have a ton of homework, little time on the computer ,I'm still getting over 4 days of no time to myself, andd I've had little sleep all weekend.)
Anywho, I'll stop rambling and get on with the story. If I can actually type today, dammit.
Disclaimer: I don't own Naruto. Short, sweet, and to the point. (Keo and Salina are MINE)
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Sakura's POV:
By the last class before lunchtime, I had figured out that at least one of my new friends were in each of my classes.
I also found out that they are all very weird.
Anyway, back to what was going on.
The bell had just rung and I had just reached my locker when TenTen, Ino, Hinata, Skye, and Salina showed up.
"Hi Sakura!" Salina chirped.
"Hey," I replied, more intent on digging my money out of my locker than coming up with a good response. "Where did the guys go?"
"Naruto's doesn't have the patience to wait for everyone to show up before eating," TenTen explained.
"It really doesn't make sense to me how Hinata can like him," Ino thought out loud.
That comment made Hinata turn red.
I looked up at the white eyed girl, "Is that true Hinata?"
She turned a darker shade of red and nodded, "H-Hai."
"Well I can't say that he's my type but if you like him I'm sure he can't be that bad," I smiled.
"Here they come again," Skye muttered, looking over her shoulder.
I shut my locker and looked in the same direction, "Who?"
"The Akatsuki," TenTen said carelessly.
"I repeat: who?"
"They're a group of seniors. Holding records in almost everything and on nearly every team we've got." Ino explained.
"Is there something wrong with them?" I asked, examining the sight.
There were four guys standing at the end of the hallway talking and exchanging playful blows.
(I'm doing the 4 that I know the most, I'll try to bring one or two of the others if I can; gomen!)
TenTen stood next to her and pointed each of them out, "The one with the blonde ponytail covering one eye is Deidara, the one with the mask is Tobi, the one with the black hair is Itachi, and the one with the blue face is Kisame."
"Also known as Gillface," Salina put in gleefully.
"Also known as Gillface," Skye repeated.
"Alright, but I still don't get why Skye said 'here they come again'," I continued.
"Itachi i-is Sasuke's o-older b-brother," Hinata answered.
"And they really don't like each other," Ino added.
"So it's pretty much a sibling rivalry?" I inquired.
"To put it bluntly, yes," TenTen said sounding reluctant.
That was when the guy apparently known as Tobi came up behind Salina, picked her up and began spinning around.
This of course caused the off guard girl to freak out.
"Dammit Tobi! Put me down! Can't you bug someone else?" She yelled.
Tobi stopped spinning but kept her a few inches above the ground, "Why would I do that?" He asked innocently.
As Salina kept complaining I turned to Skye who was laughing.
"Does this happen a lot?" I asked.
Skye calmed down enough to answer, "Yeah, you'd think that they were brother and sister or something."
That was when a thought occurred to me, "Shouldn't Keo and Salina-chan be freshman?"
Skye answered automatically, "They should be, but they each skipped a grade back in elementary school. Why do you ask?"
"Curiosity," I replied.
Just after I said that the other three Akatsuki guys walked over to us.
"Tobi, how many times do we have to tell you to not do that?" The blue-faced one said.
Clearly, he was annoyed by this whole thing.
"Fine," Tobi sighed and let Salina go and she immediately backed out of his reach.
"Took you long enough," She muttered.
The blonde guy pointed at me, "Who are you..yeah?"
"That's Sakura, she just moved here," Skye explained nonchalantly.
"The pleasure is ours I'm sure," Sasuke's brother said. His voice sent shivers up my spine and just the thought of him made my skin crawl.
Salina broke into the conversation, "Well I'm sorry to break up this lively introduction but we have to leave now."
"That's right; we've got people waiting for us!" TenTen grinned and led us to the cafeteria, leaving the Akatsuki behind.
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Sasuke's POV:
We were sitting in the cafeteria with our lunches for about ten minutes before the girls showed up.
Shikamaru was the first to say anything, "Finally, what to you so long? Troublesome women."
"Let's just say that Sakura met everyone's favorite group of seniors," Ino said, rolling her eyes.
"And leave it at that," Skye muttered.
Great, Sakura had met my brother, but does she know that we're related?
Salina seemed to read my mind, literally.
"Yes Sasuke, she does know that you're related," Her grin annoyed me.
"Mind your own business would you?" I growled.
"We will once you make everything less evident in your eyes," Skye retorted gleefully.
Damn, these girls get on my nerves.
Ino, TenTen, Naruto, and Keo were laughing. Sakura looked confused though.
Neji turned to her to explain, "Those two can be witches at times, literally."
"Thanks for the update Neji, but you're about six years too late," Salina replied.
You can only imagine how the rest of the day went.
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Sakura's POV:
The rest of the day went pretty smoothly. It was after school that I was worried about.
After all, getting a part time job as a maid isn't exactly something that happens every other day.
Anyway, when I finally found the right address, (Which wasn't very hard since it's one of the only houses on the street) I walked up to the door and someone answered before I could even knock.
The girl who opened the door was slim and pale. The dark clothing and emotionless face kind of gave her the look of a ghost.
Until she smiled, that is.
"Hello, I'm Kiriki Akasaka, you're Sakura right?"
I smiled faintly, "Uh yeah, that's me."
"Alright then, come with me, Mr. and Mrs. Uchiha are waiting for you."
Before I could give a response, Kiriki was walking away from me and up the stairs.
As I was following her up the staircase I heard the door close on its own.
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Normal POV:
Sakura trailed into a dimly lit room behind Kiriki.
There was a fireplace at the far side of the room with a couch, coffee table, and two overstuffed chairs arranged around it.
In one chair sat a man with onyx eyes and jet black hair and a beautiful woman sat in the other, talking animatedly.
Kiriki interrupted politely, "Pardon my interruption, but Sakura Haruno has arrived."
The woman stood facing them, a dazzling smile gracing her lips, "That's quite all right Kiriki, you may leave now."
The latter bowed obediently and proceeded down the hall and disappeared around the corner.
It was the man who spoke next, "Come Sakura, have a seat."
Sakura made her way over and she sat quietly on the red velvet couch.
"So, how do you like Konoha so far?" The woman asked sweetly.
Sakura replied easily, "It's great, I'm making new friends pretty easily, err-"
"Just call me Mikoto, over there is my husband Fugaku," the woman added.
"If that's what you want," Sakura said politely.
"Sakura, I have a question for you," Fugaku said, staring into the fire.
Sakura tensed slightly, "What is it?"
Fugaku transferred his view from the fire to Sakura, "How superstitious are you?"
The pink haired girl looked bewildered, "Superstitious, like black cats and werewolves?"
"Mostly, yes," He responded.
Sakura relaxed slightly, "I'm pretty much as into that sort of stuff as the next person you could say."
Fugaku gave her a warming smile, "Alright then, if that's all we'll have Kirimi show you what your job will entail."
As if on cue, a girl strangely similar to Kiriki walked into the room.
"You called?" the girl asked feebly.
Mikoto was the one to answer her, "Yes, could you please show Sakura where she'll be working and what she'll be doing for her job?"
"Hai, follow me then Sakura-chan," The girl bowed to Mr. and Mrs. Uchiha and walked promptly out the door with Sakura at her heels.
Kirimi led Sakura down several hallways and opened up a door leading to a bedroom.
"This is where you will change into your uniform," She said monotonously.
"What uniform? There isn't anything in here," The cherry blossom replied, looking around the room.
Kirimi pulled a classic black maid dress from a drawer and handed it to Sakura, "Here is your uniform, you will be working here mainly on weekdays and you will get paid on Fridays."
Sakura fingered the dress delicately before she spoke, "Will I actually be serving Mikoto-sama or Fugaku-san?"
Kirimi smiled knowingly, "I doubt it since you don't have prior experience but there is a very slight possibility that you may serve one of their sons."
Sakura was only half relieved.
"Is there anything else I need to know?"
"No, not right now, you'll learn everything tomorrow, you can go home if you'd like," The maid replied.
"Would anyone mind if I took a look around?" The pink haired girl inquired.
After all, there was no harm in exploring the place she'd be working at.
"As long as you go home before sunset I don't see a problem," Kirimi said.
Sakura nodded and the maid left to room.
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Sakura's POV
I was only wandering around for about five minutes before I heard footsteps from around the corner.
Sadly, I didn't have a chance to move before the two people collided with me.
"Well this is vaguely familiar," A girl's voice said.
I instantly recognized her as Salina.
"Whatever, I still won," This time it was a guy with a cocky tone.
Naruto
"You did not! It was a tie!" Salina argued back.
Apparently, they didn't know I was underneath them.
"Hello, right under you here," I said, smiling.
The two stopped bickering and looked at me, "Oh, Hi Sakura chan," they said in unison.
As we stood up I started interrogating them immediately, "What are you doing here?"
Naruto crossed his arms and said childishly, "I could ask you the same thing."
I put my hands on my hips and smirked, "I asked you first."
Salina intervened before Naruto could respond, "Naruto lives here and Mikoto loves me so I'm hanging around a lot of times."
Now I was confused, "But how do you know Mikoto and why does Naruto live here?"
"Naruto's an orphan adopted into this family and my parents knew the Uchihas," she continued.
"Yeah, it's kind of interesting being Sasuke's brother since we're best friends and all," Naruto rambled mainly to himself.
"Wait, you're Sasuke's brother?! And he's an Uchiha?!"
If I wasn't confused earlier, I was now.
"Yep, didn't we tell you that?" Salina asked me. I shook my head no.
"Well, he is, and Itachi is too," She grinned sheepishly.
"Good to know," I muttered.
That was when Naruto remembered something, "So why are you here?"
"Oh, my parents made me take a part time job here," I explained.
"That would explain it," Salina said to herself before adding, "You're mainly going to be cleaning rooms and working in the kitchen though."
"I don't have a problem with that, but I should be heading home now," I said.
Salina smiled, "Alright, we'll see you tomorrow. Oh, and if you need anything when you're here, just gimme a shout."
I nodded and we went our separate ways.
Fifteen minutes later:
I was walking around for a while, completely lost.
That was, until I came to a door at the end of a hallway.
Pressing my ear against it, I couldn't hear anything so I turned the handle and walked into the room.
What I saw made me go weak in the knees.
The room was empty except for a figure hunched over something that looked like a dead animal.
The figure turned and looked at me and I instantly recognized him as Sasuke.
Only, he didn't look like he did at school. His onyx eyes had turned a deep scarlet, two of his teeth were sticking out now at fang length and there was blood dripping from his mouth onto a bloody wound on the dead animal.
I couldn't think straight and I could feel my consciousness slipping away from me.I could only mutter one thing before I collapsed.
"You're a v-vampire."
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Well, there you have it! Chapter two of Red Blood, Black Rose! About time I know but I had major writer's block at the beginning of the chapter. I know what I want to do for the next chapter so it shouldn't take as long unless I have trouble on the new chapter for my other fic. I was originally going to add a scene to this but since I really wanted to post this chapter I'll put it in chapter 3.
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