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Now to finally put my readers out of their misery, may the next chapter begin!
Disclaimer: Other than this story, I don't own "Naruto" or the characters used here from it.
Chapter 2:
Concrete crackled under each step as Sakura continued to walk briskly, but blankly. The pictures ahead of her were clear, but something else was on the cherry blossom's mind. Car exhaust made their way into her nostrils, causing her to cough, but still wasn't enough to vanquish the cloudy mist of thought that loitered in her mind.
She felt strange, just like she always did. Intuition spoke to her like an inner voice, and she knew something was coming up, something big. She looked up at the sky, careful not to be blinded by the morning sun's glow as the wind fiddled with her soft pink locks.
'What happened yesterday?' Sakura thought to herself, 'It should've been a dream, but it felt so real.'
What the pinkette saw yesterday made her wonder if that past day was even real. Everything before didn't seem out of the ordinary, but the ends were enough to shock away the memory from her enlarged cranium.
As the most logical, realistic person, Sakura knew better than to believe what her eyes screamed to have beheld. Everything had a logical explanation, and Sakura Haruno was known to search for it until it's found.
What happened yesterday was too superficial to be reality, yet too vivid to be a dream. For the first time in her life, Sakura was shaken with confusion, and was finally put in a place where she is mindlessly dwelling about, unknown of her next move, next thought.
"The person told me to tell you in private," Sasuke jerked his head towards Sakura, "I'll tell you once she leaves."
Sakura was still confused about what was happening right now, but took Sasuke's declaration as a chance to escape. Without another word, Sakura walked quickly out of the hallways and into the outside.
Once she was about a hundred yards away from the building, Sakura stopped and curiously looked back. The wind wasn't strong enough to block any sound, so it intrigued the blossom to wonder why the silence was so heavy, and what that someone Sasuke was talking about had to say that was important enough for him to interrupt the football jocks and their "fun" with her.
Deciding she'll just think about it on the way home, Sakura turned around and started on her way. She stopped her tracks, however, when a deep, monstrous roar suddenly echoed through the school grounds, and Sakura froze in fear when the shrill screech of manly fear followed through.
Sakura briskly turned around to the source, and saw that it came from the school building. She stared in horror as she continued hearing the roars and screams that constantly repeated themselves, and held her breath when what sounded like metal was heard getting pounded repeatedly against some unknown forces.
Deciding or not whether she should listen to her fear or curiosity, she decided to listen to both as she, for reasons unknown even to herself, started to run back to the school grounds. Fear helped weigh and slow her down, and it stiffened her body, making it difficult to run. But her curiosity fueled her, and in a matter of seconds, she stared face to face with what changed her life forever.
In front of her, lockers and walls were what seemed to be dents and giant claw marks. She horrified at the sight of the beige walls and floors streaked of what seemed to be blood. Looking to her left, she gaped at Naru's group sitting and leaning against the beaten down lockers, shivering in fear.
On the floor looking like they were being mauled to death, cuts, bruises, and blood blanketed their shivering structures and bloodshot eyes were wide open staring into space as if after looking at what will traumatize them for the rest of their lives. Sakura wouldn't blame them; even she couldn't stop her present shivering.
Sakura looked up reluctantly to see nothing but the eyes that stood out from the shadows the demolished lights refused to illuminate. She heard animal-like growls and whimpered at the thoughts of what that possible beast would do to her. Finding herself frozen in fear, the pinkette could only stare at the eyes of the unknown creature, and halted her breath when the eyes disappeared into the shadows.
A few minutes have passed, 'The monster must've fled', she thought. Gradually, Sakura regained her ability to move and breathe as she stiffly started to walk towards the three men who remained cowering in fear. She stopped her tracks when she saw the three men abruptly look up to her with their fearful, bloodshot eyes. With unknown source of quick energy, the three adolescent boys scampered away in terror as if her eyes were giving them the same fear the unknown creature was giving to her just minutes ago.
About thirty minutes later, the police and fire department appeared in the school yards. Paramedics ran out of their vans and made their ways to treat the traumatized, screaming men. Crews were sent to search the school grounds in search for any more disturbances. A crew made their ways into the main school building and stopped at their tracks to see a shaken Sakura sitting on the floor with knees close and her face buried into her arms. Paramedics were soon called. One saw her and sympathetically draped a blanket over the blossom's shaking form, patting her on the back.
"Don't worry mam," the paramedic assured, "You're gonna be alright."
When questioned, all was assured Sakura had nothing to do with the vandalism and the student attacks. After a few checkups, Sakura was sent home, where her worried mother greeted her with a relieved hug. Sakura was physically fine, but in the inside, she knew she was broken.
Her mother, Sakuna, didn't talk to her much about it. After she asked and seeing the reaction her daughter gave, she decided to drop it. Still trying to be helpful, Sakura made her daughter's favorite hot chocolate and gave her some quiet alone time with an early attempt to sleep. It helped Sakura relax, but it still wasn't enough to erase the affects the incident inflicted on her.
To prove it, it was the only thing that covered in Sakura's mind as she continued on her way to school. After a few more blocks, the questions in Sakura's head only increased in number as she started noticing the commotion that was happening in the school grounds.
The usual medium amount of conversations on the school grounds turned into its max as it continued to grow louder and louder in Sakura's ears. Every one of them had scared, anxious, or curious expressions on their faces with loud rambling escaping their mouths. It didn't bother Sakura as much until all those faces started making their way towards her.
"There she is!"
"I heard she's the one that saw everything!"
"Ask her what happened!"
Exclamations continued to ring her ears as Sakura tried to make it through the growing crowd. More and more people started coming her way, and if she didn't get enough help, she'd drown in the ocean of loud curious, annoying high school students. Thankfully, life was kind enough to throw her a life saver.
"Everyone move away from the girl!" A woman voice commanded as she her body easily cut through the crowds, heading towards the relieved pinkette, "Let's go! Leave the girl alone! GO!"
Soon, all the students started to depart into their usual spots, and Sakura watched as the pandemonium slowly try to turn back into another ordinary school morning. 'Ironic', Sakura thought, nothing seems ordinary anymore.
Sakura looked at her savior and saw that it was Ms. Suki, her period 4 English teacher. Ms. Suki was wearing a tight plain gray polo t-shirt with a short black skirt and gray high heels. Her black hair is tied up to a bun and her glasses framed her shiny, amethyst eyes like pictures in a museum. She was an attractive 27 year old woman that caught the hearts of many men, but surprisingly single.
"You okay there Sakura?" Ms. Suki asked.
Sakura looked at her teacher, before looking around, surprised at the rapid change of environment. The only difference right now though is now, the students have something new to talk about in their daily group conversations, "Y-yeah," Sakura answered.
"Sakura!"
Sakura was about to turn to the source, but realized she didn't need to when it was literally crushing her in its arms.
"Sakura!" Tenten repeated as she squeezed Sakura a bit tighter, "I was so worried! Thank goodness you're alright," Sakura frowned at the irony. She was far from alright, "I'm sorry I didn't check up on you yesterday. My mom wouldn't let me out of her sight!"
"It's okay Tenten," Sakura said as she tried to pry herself out of Tenten's hold, "I'm fine, really."
Tenten finally released Sakura to observe her for a few moments, "You don't look alright," she noted, "What happened yesterday?" she held Sakura comfortingly by the shoulders, "What did you see?"
Sakura looked down at the ground and reluctantly shook her head. She didn't want to remember what she saw, what she felt. Tenten noticed this and gave her a sympathetic nod.
"Alright," she took her hands back before giving Sakura a reassuring smile, "Tell me when you're ready."
"Well I'm afraid she has to be ready now," Ms. Suki stated. Tenten turned her head in surprise. She was so worried about Sakura, she didn't notice her there until now.
"Why?" Sakura asked curiously. Ms. Suki turned around, motioned with her finger for the two girls to walk with towards the main school building. The closer they got there, the more people and voices they heard. Sakura fearfully hesitated, but with the help of Tenten, Sakura took her by the hand and cautiously walked inside.
The second the three went inside, the two girls widened her eyes. Yellow police tapes that read "Police Line Do Not Cross" divided the crowd and the atrocious scene that beheld them. Tenten didn't look as surprised, she saw all this before she went out to find Sakura. Sakura turned to her teacher for her reaction, and realized she must've done the same thing.
Sakura however, had her eyes and mouth wide open. Seeing the scene reminded her of yesterday: Beaten down lockers, blood and dirt streaked walls, and what looked like claw marks. Sakura shook as she remembered visions of the aftermath when the three boys were attacked. She remembered the boys cowering and shaking in fear, and those eyes, those glowing black eyes.
Tenten turned to her friend and gasped as she noticed Sakura presently wobbling, her knees shaking beneath her madly. Tenten caught her friend in her arms before her weakened knees plopped her down to the ground. She embraced Sakura, determined to comfort her.
Also noticing Sakura's reaction, some of the students leaned towards their way, planning to feed their curiosity. Both girls panicked a bit, but were relieved when Ms. Suki barricaded them from the crowd before they had a chance to pull through to them.
The annoyance of the crowd helped Sakura relax a bit, getting her mind out of the flashbacks she had yesterday. She looked up with Tenten at Ms. Suki as she motioned them to follow her again. After looking back to see the principal, Tsunade, holding back the students for the three to pass, Tenten helped Sakura back to her knees to follow their teacher.
"You alright Sakura?" Tenten asked as she put her arm around Sakura, making sure she doesn't fall as she tried to keep walking.
Sakura slowly nodded, "Y-yeah," she answered.
After a few moments, the girls looked up to the label above the door that stood in front of them. After reading it, the girls realized that they have been brought to Ms. Suki's office. After unlocking the door with her key, the girls followed Ms. Suki inside after she switched on the lights.
Inside, the girls took note of the small room they were entering. The walls were purple and the floors were wooden gray. A blue couch sat at the right side of the room, and after acknowledging its presence, Tenten carried Sakura to the couch and sat her down. After sitting herself down as well, both girls continued to observe the room.
It was a bare room with occupied by a small amount of useful figures. Across them to their left, sat a black water dispenser with the gallon of water feeding it through. Right in front of them across the room, stood a brown bookshelf filled with documents and a gray metal drawer possibly filled with other things Sakura and Tenten aren't acquainted with. Picture frames of dark-colored flowers and other abstract art covered some parts of the walls. The floors, other than the furniture, were bare and clean.
The girls looked to their right to see a dark brown, wooden desk with the owner leaning against it, facing them. A desktop computer sat on the front center of the desk with utensils and papers laying at its side. Behind the desk was a gray wheeled, cushioned chair and a large rectangular window covered with gray curtains.
"Sorry if my office looks a bit depressing to you girls," Ms. Suki apologized, "I just don't like bright, blinding colors."
The two girls stopped observing the room and looked at the teacher. Tenten smiled at her, "Don't worry Ms. Suki," Tenten assured, "Your office doesn't look depressing at all. It's actually very pretty."
Ms. Suki smiled at the comment, "Thank you," she looked at Sakura, "but I'm afraid I'm going to ask you to leave Tenten. I need to talk to Sakura privately for a moment."
Both girls looked at her with eyes wide opened, "But," Tenten refused, "I can't leave Sakura. She needs me!"
Ms. Suki looked at Tenten and gave her a reassuring smile, "Don't worry," she assured, "It won't take long."
Still unsure, Tenten ambivalently looked at Sakura, and then to her teacher. Unable to think of what can possibly happen in the room, "Alright," she complied before heading towards the door. Before touching the door handle, she stopped and turned to Sakura. "I'll be outside if you need me," she informed.
Sakura looked at her blankly and nodded. "Alright," she responded before watching Tenten exit the room.
"Sakura," her teacher called out, getting Sakura to look at her, "I need you to tell me what happened yesterday," Sakura frowned, "what did you see?"
Sakura's frown deepened before she looked down to the gray floor, avoiding eye contact, "Do we have to talk about that now?"
Ms. Suki sternly nodded, "Where and when else do you want to talk about it?"
Intensifying her stare towards the ground, "I don't want to talk about it at all," she stated.
Ms. Suki gave her a sympathetic frown before sighing, "I know it's hard," she started, "but it's only going to get harder."
Sakura looked up and watched as Ms. Suki sat herself next to her on the couch, "Who or whatever wrecked the main school halls yesterday is obviously dangerous. And if you don't tell someone about it soon, it might attack you or other innocent people."
Sakura averted her eyes away from her teacher's sight, knowing where this is going. "I need you to tell me what happened. I know it's hard, but it's only for the good of your life and everyone else's. Situations like this are very serious, and we can't ignore it," gazing at Sakura's direction intently, "Only you can help us."
"How 'bout the three guys that were mauled by…it?" Sakura asked anxiously.
Ms. Suki closed her eyes and lowered down her head, a sad frown grazing upon her face, "I'm afraid they won't be able to talk."
Sakura widened her eyes in curiosity, "What do you mean?" anxiously facing her, "What happened to them?
Looking at the ground with mourning, "They're no longer with," she started. Sakura widened her eyes in response, "They're in a mental asylum now," she knew it was still bad, but Sakura was still relieved they weren't dead, "They no longer connect to the real world or themselves. What happened to them yesterday traumatized and scarred them for life. We tried to talk to them about it, and then help was called in when the three tried to jump out of their bedroom windows screaming."
Sakura bit her lip, closed her eyes, and looked away, "Do you see now how serious this is?" she asked, "Those boys ruined their life because they didn't know what was coming to them," Sakura avoided her gaze as it intensified towards her, "Don't let other innocent people share the same fate, Sakura. Help us."
Sakura gulped and took a deep breath. She was right. If anything happened to Sakuna, Tenten, or any other person, the blame would all be weighing down at her shoulders. Sure it would mean risking her sanity, but it was better to than watching everyone she loved destroy themselves in unknown fear.
Sakura tiredly sighed, "Alright," she complied. This was it. Time to let it out, time for it all to begin.
I know, the chapter isn't as good as I or some others expect it to be.
But it's still good right?...right? OoO
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