- Creature of the Night -
Yosh! Anousa, minna-san! Yay! Only the first chappy, and I've gotten tons of reviews! Thanks a lot for those who reviewed! (bows and claps) Anyways, here's the second chappy! I'll put in some KibaHina and SaiSaku inside this one...if I could make up some time to do it... (sweatdrop) Anyhow, enjoy the story! Woot!
Gaara: What do you mean by 'if you can make up some time to do it'?
Koneko: I'm absent-minded, don't you know that?
Gaara: Kinda...but what do you have in mind when you wrote it?
Koneko: I don't know... (sweatdrop)
Gaara: ... (sweatdrop)
Uhh...let's just forget about it and start the story, okay? Woot! Enjoy!
Chapter Two: Shock in the School
"Unh..."
Naruto fluttered his eyelids a few times, opening his eyes slowly. He then got up and realised he was on his bed - alone. He recalled the last night meeting with the teenage vampire. '...it's just a dream...' he thought, getting off his bed. After making up the bed, he took his orange towel and got into the bathroom in his room.
'I feel so exhausted this morning...feels so weird...' he furrowed his brows slightly as he turned on the water and stepped into the shower. He hissed a bit, tensing when the cold water came in contact with his sensitive skin. After a while, he relaxed down as the water began to warm up. He then started to was himself.
After about ten minutes, he was out of the bathroom and was drying himself by then. As he did so, he walked towards his wardrobe and took out his attire for that day; an oversized orange hoodie, a tight black singlet and a pair of black jeans (1). He also put on a black hairband around his head to hold back his golden bangs.
When he was done, he grabbed his orange slingbag and went downstairs to have his breakfast before going to school. He greeted his older brother who was having his breakfast, and sat on an unoccupied chair. Then, he took two pieces of toast, some scrambled egg and a glass of orange juice. While he was doing so, his father entered the dining room.
"Ohayo, minna..." the older blond greeted quite lazily.
"Ohayo!" both boys greeted their father back.
"...did anything happened last night, Naruto?" he asked, taking a seat in front of the both of them. "I heard your doors and windows being locked from inside. Unusual thing to be done by you, isn't it?"
The boy stared at his father innocently. "What do you mean that? I didn't recall doing such thing last night..."
"Really?"
Naruto only nodded and continued to eat his meal, ignoring the weird look his father gave to him. Seeing his son's ignorant behaviour, the man let out a small sigh and decided not to ask any more quiestions since he knew the boy would not answer even if he gave him a lecture for the whole day. Rolling his eyes, he began eating.
'Kami-sama...luckily Dad doesn't find out!' the kitsune thought. 'If not...I think I might be dead by now...' With that thought, he let out a sigh.
Later at school...
"Ohayo, minna-san!"
"Ohayo, Naruto!"
The blond grinned and walked towards his friends. He slapped his best friend, the dog-lover's back and sat beside him, grinning naughtily. The brunette gave him a playful glare, then he ruffled the other boy's golden hair. The redhead sitting in front of them just stared at them bluntly, his face as stoic as ever.
"Hey, did you hear?" the dog-boy named Inuzuka Kiba asked. "A vampire was seen in the residence last night! What's more, it was said to be entering a mansion after being shot! Can you believe that?"
"...and the reason you're telling me this?" Naruto cocked his brow annoyedly.
Kiba pouted slightly. "Just thought you might be interested... Anyways, I also heard that a girl was kidnapped from her house at the neighbouring residence last night - and guess who's the culprit? A vampire! I really can't believe it! How can a vampire go from one huge residence to another huge residence in just one night?"
The kitsune rolled his eyes and turned his vision to the stoic redhead, Sabaku no Gaara. "So, anything interesting happened to you last night, Gaara? Other than the vampire story, I mean..."
"...nothing..."
The boy sighed and pouted slightly. 'Really...isn't there anything else to talk about other than vampires?! And to top it all, I even had met a vampire myself... Oh right, speaking of that vampire...where had he been last night after our chat? I could only remember that we had a small chat...some teasings...right...he called me dobe!'
He puffed his cheeks when he remembered the little pet name the raven had given him the night before. While he was thinking of it, the teacher entered the class. He was an eccentric silver-haired man that covered his nose and mouth with a mask for no apparent reason at all. All the students greeted him, in which he replied with a casual 'yo'.
"Really...you're already thirty years old! Be a thirty-year-old man, not a fifteen-year-old kid..." the boy mumbled to himself.
Suddenly...
"AAAAAAAHHHHHHHH!!"
All the students gasped when they heard the scream. The class began to get noisy with their whispering and chattering. "Calm down, students!" the man said. "I want you all to sit at your places, and don't make noise. I'm going to go out for a while..." He then went out of the class, leaving the students chattering and whispering among themselves.
"...care to check it out?" Naruto suddenly said.
"Huh?" Surprised, Kiba turned to his friend who was already on his feet, ready to get out of the class. "Oi, Naruto! What are you thinking? The teacher told us to stay inside the class, didn't he?!"
"And since when did I listen to them?"
With that, he immediately ran out of class, leaving the dog-lover dumbfounded. "...don't mind him... He knows what he's doing..." He turned to the redhead, cocking his brow. "What do you mean by that, Gaara?"
"...just wait and see..."
The brunette furrowed his brows in confusion, but he dared not to say no to Gaara's words, for the boy was quite a thinker - despite his ignorant and peculiar look. Meanwhile, the kitsune was approaching the scene, trying to as quiet as a mouse. He then reached the dark huge hall, where the scream was coming from earlier.
He peeked inside the room and saw a few teachers talking to each other. He also noticed some policemen and a student lying on the floor. He tried to look at the girl, but he could not do so since the girl was quite a distance away from him. He leaned forward to have a better vision, but he tripped and fell onto the hard floor instead.
"...I told you to stay in the class, Naruto..."
"Ah...gomen ne, Kakashi-sensei..." he rubbed the back of his head, grinning sheepishly as he approached the teachers. "Um... Whoa...what happened to the girl? Looks like she's been..."
"Hai, she had lost all of her blood...bitten..." a female teacher, Mitarashi Anko said. "...now that you find out about this, don't - and I mean don't, ever tell about it to anyone... Do you understand that, Naruto?"
The blond nodded and crouched down beside the body. "She must had been suffering...her face looks so terrified and full of pain... Who could have done such a cruel thing to an innocent girl like her?"
"Much likely, a vampire..."
The four of them turned around and saw a middle-aged man walking towards them. The pale-skinned man had a devilish smile plastered on his face. Naruto gave him an odd look as he walked towards the dead body and looked at the bite mark on her neck. His golden eyes flickered an evil glint as he licked his lower lip.
"...anything you found?" the third teacher, Umino Iruka asked worriedly.
"Iie...not yet..." the pale man smiled, turning to him. "But I might...if I have the permission to bring this girl with me to my lab..."
-- ((To be continued...)) --
Alright! Finally, the end of the second chappy! Took quite a while, since I have my homeworks and all... Anyways, now it's done - and it's quite a cliffy! What do you think? Oh, and sorry for not putting KibaHina and SaiSaku in this chappy! I'm really sorry, I haven't the time to put them in! TwT Anyhow, I hope you enjoyed it, and patiently wait for the next chappy! Woot!
Gaara: You're going to forget to put the (1) again...
Koneko: Oh? (sweatdrop) Well...I'll put it up now!
(1) I know it just doesn't seem to suit in the year 1861, but they're in the year 2010 by then! Lol! X3
Gaara: (sweatdrop)
Koneko: Haha...that's about it... (sweatdrop)
Lol! Well, that's all for now, people! Review please! Woot! Ja ne!