Fine, I finally up date. You guys are such naggs. No I'm just kidding! I'm just lazy, that's all. I did something kind of stupid and like deleted half of the chapter i was writing and then took for ever to get going again. This chapter is kind of short and pointless, but I'm working on the next chapter, which will be fun, and also the next chapter to my story Friendship. Review and hopefully I'll get the motivation to finish them. Hope you like!
Chapter 2: The first day
Hinata slowly woke from her peaceful sleep. It had been a long time since she had slept that good. Forcing her eyes open, she was hit with yesterdays events like a ton of bricks. 'The Wolf!!'
She sat up quickly, only to find she was facing the wall. Twisting around, she came face to face with a wet black nose and beautiful red eyes ringed in black. She unconsciously smiled and then gently petted the large animal on the cheek.
"Good morning, Sakura." The wolf again nodded and then gracefully got to its feet. Hinata was beginning to wonder if the animal could understand what she was saying. Well, no one was here. "Can you understand me?"
The wolf again nodded, only more slowly this time while looking her in the eye. Hinata's eyes widened a little and she slowly pulled the blankets back and placed her feet over the edge of the futon. "Can…can you talk?"
The wolf stilled for a second, apparently considering this, then locked eye with her again and opened her mouth. "Yes." She replied softly with a slight twitch of the ear.
Hinata jumped slightly and let out a yelp. The wolf looked at her in an amused way and laid back down, obviously waiting for the questions that would surly come.
Hinata forced herself to collect her thoughts. She asked the first question that came to her mind. "How?" The wolf considered this for a second and looked like she wasn't going to tell. Seeing this, Hinata quickly added, "Please."
The wolf sighed and hung her head in slight defeat. "I'm human and this is my bloodline. You mustn't tell anyone or I'll have to wipe your memory."
Hinata forced herself to nod. She had no intention to tell anybody, they would simply think her odder. The wolf made no move to leave so Hinata decided to question her further. "Can you turn back?"
The wolf nodded and said quietly, "I'll show you later."
"What is your real name?"
The wolf gave her a questioning look and answered, "I already told you. I am Sakura."
Hinata gulped in uncertainty, but pushed forward and retorted, "Your whole name…"
"Oh…"
Hinata waited patiently as the creature twitch uncomfortably before coming to an answer. "You can't tell anybody. If you do, believe me, I will kill you. Trust me; I will know if you're lying." Hinata could tell from the tone of her voice that she was not bluffing in the slightest. It wasn't like she had anybody to tell it to, other than Kiba and Shino, and it was unlikely Kiba would know what to do with it and Shino always kept his mouth shut, so it was pointless. Nodding adamantly to the wolf, Sakura sighed again and laid her head down on the edge of the futon, next to Hinata's legs. "I am known as Sakura…Uchiha."
Hinata was immediately filled with confusion. "Isn't that impossible? The Uchiha bloodline is the Sharingan, not shape shifting."
Sakura snorted at her ignorance. "Don't be ridiculous. I'm a Black Uchiha, not a pathetic Red Uchiha."
"Is there a difference?"
"Hell yes! Almost all Blacks hold a demon wolf bloodline and a different form of Sharingan than the Reds. Before, the Blacks and Reds were together, but the Reds have a lesser form of the Sharingan and it is easier for the female to give birth than it is for the Blacks, so we were the lesser number. The Reds felt threatened by us and we feared annulations, so we fled just before they could attack. I was unaware that the Reds inhabited this village. If I had, I would not have come."
Hinata nodded and glance down at her hands. She…wasn't twirling her fingers. Glancing up, she vaguely wondered why she felt so at ease around this odd creature. Sakura got to her feet again, and said quietly, "I'm starved. Get dressed so I can go hunting." Hinata nodded and quickly got dressed. Returning, she found Sakura trying to nose open the slid door. Smiling in an amused way, Hinata helped her and stepped out. Using her bloodline, she found that almost everyone was still asleep. Slipping out, she quickly sprinted to the wall that surrounded her home and leapt over it. Sakura followed suite.
Once they were a few streets away, Sakura slowed to a stop and gestured to her back. Hinata just smiled at her and shook her head.
"I can walk. It's not that far." Hinata answered to her questioning gaze. "I'll just buy you something at the supermarket as a gift for the ride you gave me and Shino."
Sakura couldn't help but give a whine of uncertainty, but followed Hinata none the less.
As them traveled at a rather slow pace through the streets, Sakura could vaguely feel the curious gazes that she caught, but very few were fearful. Hinata simply ignored them and no one questioned her on her new companion. Eager to gather some more information on this new village, she copied all the minds she could, storing all the information to be gone over for later. They soon came to a market of some sort. There were every few people there but most of the shops were open. Hinata lead the way and soon gestured for her to stop in front of a small door. She disappeared into the building that smelled wonderfully of meat and it was a short time before she returned with a very confused man wearing a white apron and holding a knife. He was shocked for a moment, but then made an understanding noise and ran back into his building.
Sakura blinked in a confused manner, but soon brushed it off and prepared to wait. Hinata returned after a minute and settled herself by the large animal. Leaning over to her after a second of thought she murmured, "That man is making our food. It will be ready in about ten minutes." Sakura nodded and then rested her head once more.
The food was actually quite good, and had a nice flavor to it. It was far different from the food from her home village. The inhabitants were what these people would consider savage and rugged. They spent very little time on the food they devoured only to keep them strong and healthy enough to fight to their fullest ability. The food they ate was mostly raw vegetables, fresh fruits if they could come by them, a few edible herbs that most children were taught to identify at an early age, sometimes berries, and a large variety of meat that was either eaten raw, cooked over a fire, and on very rare occasions, boiled with their vegetables and herbs to make a rather tasty stew. Her stomach easily adopted the new kind of food and set to work on digesting it.
Hinata smiled happily as her new companion began to eat her meal. She was so absorbed in it that she didn't even pay the cooks that came out to gaze upon her in awe any heed at all. She eventually did glance up a little when on of the younger men dared to inch his way up and gently pet her shoulder. When she made no hostile action toward him, the others quickly made there way over to examine the amazing animal. To Hinata's relief, Sakura wagged her tail a little to show she liked the attention. After this, she turned back to her breakfast that consisted of bread, eggs, and a few pieces of bacon. It had been thrown in for free once she had ordered Sakura's rather large and meaty meal.
When she was almost done, the head cook approached her and said with a small smile, "She is truly an amazing animal. Do you know what breed she is?"
Hinata blushed slightly and answered, "N-no. A-all we know i-is that she isn't of the d-dog s-species."
The man nodded in understanding and seemed to ponder something for a second. "I know you come from a prominent clan, but if you have trouble feeding her, I'd like to offer a free meal for you and her every once in awhile. That is if you'll come up front next time. She would be a good attraction for customers, and you wouldn't have to stay very long. An hour tops. We'd really appreciate it. With that new restaurant across town we need all the help we can get."
Hinata looked at him in surprise, but then quickly nodded. "I-I'd really a-appreciate that t-too, sir. When d-do you want u-us back?"
The man gave her a happy smile and replied, "Tomorrow would work out quite well."
Hinata shyly nodded. Her pay was limited to what she made as a ninja since her father rarely gave her any money, and food was expensive, especially meat. When Sakura was done, Hinata bid the cooks goodbye and left with Sakura, having to jog to keep up with the wolfs long, ground eating stride.
When they had exited the market place, Sakura stopped and allowed Hinata to chamber upon her back. They then took to the roofs, and with Hinata's unnecessary directions, went to Team 8's meeting place. The were the first to arrive and according to Hinata, would be for an hour or so.
Sakura, sensing it would be awhile, settle down under the large tree and dozed lightly while Hinata began to stretch and do warm ups. Her mind was at ease and she trusted her instincts to alert her if any danger was approaching. She began to randomly sort through all the information she had absorbed over the last few days and was quite startled when Sai's loud and obnoxious voice forced it's way into her head.
"Excuse me for interrupting your thought but I have something you might find of interest…Are you listening Ugly? I'm talking to you!"
"Sai, It's nice to see your talking to me again. What do you want?"
Sai frowned at her and crossed his arms. "Maybe I don't want to tell you any more."
"Okay, guess I'll talk to you later then." Sakura made to cut off his link when he shouted.
"What?! No, stop that! It took me forever to find you!"
"Okay, I'm listening. Let's hear it." Sakura finally gave in with a small smile.
Sai relaxed and gave a sigh of relief. "Okay, here it is. Father's really pissed about you leaving and is setting up a huge army to go find you. Turns out that the whole village went ballistic when they found out you had run away any are willing to do just about anything to get you back. You'd be surprised. I've never seen all these people so upset. Not even when Mother died. It's not only the Uchiha Clan either. A lot of the wolf demon clans are joining to, large and small. Sakura, it's a living hell over here. They'll be set to cross the mountain area between demon and void in about a week. You sure you don't want to save us the trouble and come back?"
Sakura was in such a state of shock that she couldn't answer for a second. When her thoughts finally cleared she choked out, "Are you sure? I've read most of those peoples mind and they considered me useless, I'm sure of it."
Sai glared at her. "Do you think a village that consider you useless would risk sending more than half there fighting force after you?! Man you are stupid, get a grip Sakura! I don't know who's mind you invaded but it must of not been the right ones."
Sakura felt a slight wave of happiness wash over her and felt a smile grace her lips. "Thanks Sai. I'm glad to hear that, but I'm having too much fun right now. Is there anything else you want to talk about."
Sai gave her another death glare and replied, "Yeah, there is. Tell me how to use that wolf bloodline you're using right now. If you can do it, I should too."
Sakura pretended to ponder his request until he looked like he was about to say something rude. "Fine you big baby. Let me into your mind and I'll do a little prodding."
Sai instantly agreed and Sakura let herself into his mind. Plunging into it's deepest and darkest corner she let out a long howl of greeting, coaxing the wild animal that lurked there into the light. It came bounding toward her with eager, hope filled eyes. Sakura yapped playfully and lead it further toward the center of Sai's mind, where his conscience presided. She signaled Sai to get ready, and he took the hint. When he came into view, the large white beast when lunging toward him, greeting him with a bark like a long lost friend. Sakura yipped her goodbye and quickly exited his mind, not wanting to interrupt there reunion.
Lazily opening her eyes, she saw Hinata was still stretching and the other had yet to arrive. It was a nice sunny day out so she had no complaints. Sniffing the passing breeze lightly, she scented Hinata's team members approaching. Rolling to her feet, she face toward the direction they were coming from and stretched again. Hinata noticed her actions and understood them. Walking to her side, she lightly scratched her behind the ear and murmured, "I hope you'll like you first day training with Team 8.
cya Skyward
