Sum-Vampires have needs. Too bad for Sakura that she's one of those needs. And vampires don't give up easily. When Sakura moves to a new town, she must start a new life as well. The town she now lives in is rumored to have vampires wander the streets at night. Sakura hardly believes in tall tales, but when she moves there, she learns to believe the hard way…especially when she's in love with one.
a/n: Wow, i'm glad you all like this so far! I'm really glad i got time to finish this chap. up! Homecoming week is such a hassle and a cheerleader is always busy...learning dances and cheers for homecoming THIS FRIDAY! anyway...i hope you like this chap. i posted it for all of you! Next week will be my next update (hopefully) or maybe this saturday! woot woot! enjoy!
CRIMSON MOON
CHAPTER 3: SUPERSITIOUS
"Sakura?"
Sakura pulled away from her thoughts. "Hm?" she asked.
Ino frowned, "What were you looking at?" she asked with a raised eyebrow.
"Oh umm…" Sakura tried to think up a quick lie but none came to mind fast enough.
Ino turned and smiled, "Group of three huh? Real eye candy right?" she asked.
Sakura was about to object her eye ogling but TenTen spoke up. "Don't bother with them." she informed her.
Sakura furrowed her brow, "What do you mean?" she asked confused on what she meant.
Ino finished for TenTen, "She means well…no girl is ever well…'good' enough for either of them."
"As in…" Sakura urged them to continue.
"Dating. Hinata here asked Naruto, I asked Sasuke, and tons of other girls, including us three, have asked Kakashi. But, we were all denied…we just want to save you form the embarrassment or heartbreaking." she glanced at them again. "They really are-"
"Demons." Shikamaru cut her off.
Ino shot Shikamaru a glare. Sakura rolled her eyes, "Please, what is with this town and 'demons' and 'vampire' myths? Is it an attractment for more to come? Or for more to leave?" she asked.
"You guys seriously don't believe in this stuff, right?" she asked looking at them.
The table got quiet and Sakura shook her head. "Really!" she sighed, "How can you believe that?" she asked.
Ino looked from the table to Sakura, "Sakura, you don't know the myths very well compared to us who have lived here, the myths have become reality!"
TenTen nodded, "Right. This town has history about vampires and until recently attacks have been happening again."
"Again?" asked Sakura in disbelief.
They nodded. "The say that the vampire's comrades are those that are demons but use humans as vessels." said Ino with a shiver.
"They are just as equally bad, though they do not drink our blood, they kill for the fun of it. Vampires drink the blood and the demons destroy the rest." finished Lee.
"The only difference is that vampires come out during night and demons can come out whenever." whispered TenTen, her brown eyes dancing with fear.
Sakura snorted, "Ha! I don't believe in scary stories. I mean, have you ever seen a vampire or these demons?" she asked.
The table got quiet for a long time before Ino spoke up. "We don't need to. It's all over the local news, they found a corpse of a young girl with teeth marks on her neck, and a lot of teens have been kidnapped recently as well…grandpa says that's how it started out years ago." she whispered.
"I-it was called the vampire era…T-That year, they almost wiped out the population with their feedings." added the oh so quiet Hinata. Her face had gotten paler with the sudden turn of the conversation.
Sakura rolled her eyes, "Well, I don't believe in it." she whispered with an exaggerated sigh. "Besides from what I hear, I don't see why you guys call them demons." she said referred to the group of three.
Shikamaru gave another exasperated sigh, "Demons because there too good. They can adapt real quick and are kept to them selves when they aren't around each other. It's as if there too good for us."
"They can run fast, jump great, are flexible, and get great grades in all their classes! Your either a jock or a genius not both." said choji as he gobbled down some one chips.
"So…you call them demons because there almost perfect?" asked Sakura with a raise of her eyebrow.
"Not 'almost.' They are too perfect." added Kiba. "Always shunning others and get the highest grades in class."
Sakura chuckled lightly, "I think you guys are just jealous."
Ino nodded, "I agree with Sakura on that one. I mean come on! There good because there expected to. You know that."
"Expected to? By who?" asked Sakura.
"There father. Iruka." answered TenTen.
"There all related?" asked Sakura.
Ino shook her head, "No, you see. Kakashi was the first adapted son of Iruka. His family is a whole mystery to him and us. Two years after that he adapted Naruto who was supposedly an orphan, no clue about his parents or relatives at all. A year after that, he took in Itachi and Sasuke after a mysterious disappearance with their family. Though Itachi lives there, he mostly avoids them all."
Sakura nodded as she looked over towards them. At least this story made sense. "So they all live together now?" she asked. They nodded. "How do you know this?" she asked.
"It's not too big of a town." answered Ino, "Some people can't keep their mouth shut."
Sakura smiled and stood up. Ino furrowed her brow, "Sakura? What are you doing!" she asked.
Sakura smiled, "Something." she told her. Feeling brave, Sakura began walking towards the back of the cafeteria. Ino's eye's, along with everyone else at the table, widened as they realized she was heading towards the group of three.
"Sakura!" yelled Ino in a whisper.
Sakura looked over her shoulder and smiled, giving them a thumbs up. Sakura ignoring the waving and signaling they gave her to come back. She ignored the traveling eyes that followed her as she made her way to the back. She suddenly realized what she was doing.
"Man, why'd I do this again?" she thought. "Come Sakura! Suck it up! Prove to everyone that there normal and there dumb myths are fake." she thought again, pushing her fear to the back of her mind.
She arrived at the table, taking a good look at them all. The blonde haired guy looked up at her, with his bright blue eyes. His spiky blonde hair all wildly and unruly. On his face, had three lines on both cheeks, Sakura figured they were birth marks. His smile disappeared when she had came.
Across from him was the sliver haired guy from the morning. And finally there was Itachi's younger brother Sasuke. His raven hair unruly as well, his bangs covering his eyes. He looked up, his onyx eyes looking directly at her emerald ones. She noted he was the cutest out of the bunch.
"Just say thanks and go." she thought over and over.
Sasuke's head was supported by his hands, his elbows on the table. His grip seemed to tighten when she got near, she noticed his body tense up when she got there. The air around them was silent and eerie. Finally Sakura snapped from her thoughts.
"Um…" she turned to Kakashi, "I just wanted to say thanks for helping me this morning! I…well I didn't get to say thanks and I thought that was rude. By the way, we were never properly introduced. I'm Sakura Haruno." she tucked a few strands of pink hair behind her ear as she extended her hand to him.
There was another short silence and Sakura began to blush. Her hand began to lower when he caught it in his own.
"Kakashi Hatake. And your welcome." he said calmly.
Sakura smiled. "Nice to meet you." she told him. Naruto glared at Kakashi, but Sasuke paid no attention. His body still tense and rigid as ever.
"This is Naruto Uzumaki and Sasuke Uchiha." he told her with a nod towards them.
Sakura waved at them, "Hey. Nice meeting you." she greeted.
The blonde guy Naruto smirked, "Same." he answered with a nod.
"Hn." grunted Sasuke not bothering looking up.
Sakura mentally frowned, out of all, she really wanted to know him. She pushed the thought aside as Kakashi moved over.
"Sit." he told her and motioned for her to take the seat next to him.
Obeying she sat. Naruto and Kakashi relaxed slightly but Sasuke tensed up even more. He looked so rigid, Sakura thought that if she touched him, he would break beneath her touch.
"You're the first." said Kakashi with a smirk.
Sakura blinked, "First?" she asked.
"The first to confront us alone." added Naruto. His voice was soft, not what she expected at all. Then again, she thought they would ignore her like the others said.
"Like your friends over there," Sakura glanced over and noticed them staring at her, in shock. "they would come in a group to only one of us." said Kakashi with a slight amusement in his voice.
Sakura slowly nodded, "Yes. I guess they feel intimidated." she blurted.
"Why's that?" asked Naruto.
"Oh, well…your just…so," Sakura stammered a bit to find the right words, "perfect. Almost demon like. At least that's what the guys say."
"Demon like?" asked Kakashi with a hidden gleam in his eye. "What does that mean?"
Sakura shrugged, "Just it's inhuman for some people to be that good. I say there just jealous and I also blame the way this town is so superstitious and the ridiculous myth on vampires and demon's that use humans as vessels and what not."
"You don't believe in the myths?" asked Kakashi, suddenly interested.
Sakura shook her head, "No, not at all. I thought my grandma was going senile when she told me about the new law and when she mentioned the vampire thing…then I soon realized that the WHOLE town is like this…really." she whispered. "I'm not superstitious like this town is."
"She's an interesting one…" thought Kakashi.
"Strange, she doesn't seem afraid of the myths…She'll soon learn." thought Naruto.
Sasuke suddenly got up and was followed by Kakashi and Naruto. Sakura looked up and noticed that everyone was leaving. She mentally cursed her self, the first day and she forgot to get lunch. Her stomach growled lightly and she sighed.
Sakura noticed that instead of stares she was now mostly receiving glares. And from the girls, mostly seniors. Sakura tried her best to ignore the fact that they shot daggers of death to her back but she wondered what she did to piss them off. She searched the room and sighed when she noticed Lee and Shikamaru, at least they wouldn't hate her, right?
She found Ino and she came trotting along. "What's with all the glares?" she asked her.
Ino took a huge breathe, "Well…it's the whole…well…when you went to sit by the group of three. There jealous because they let you sit by them." she smiled, some what weak, "So…what happened?" she asked, taking the seat next to her.
She set her binders on the table and looked at her.
"Nothing. I just told Kakashi thanks for helping me this morning and-"
"What!" Ino interrupted, "He helped you this morning? With what?" she asked.
Sakura sighed, "He helped me with finding the school's student entrance."
Ino nodded and urged her to continue. Sakura was beginning to have second thoughts, who was she to tell this one girl she recently met. She opened her mouth when the room suddenly went quiet. Sakura noticed that none of the girls were glaring at her now, their attention brought to the front of the class.
Shikamaru, who Sakura didn't notice him sitting in front of Ino until now, leaned back in his chair, "Hn, speak of the devil." he muttered.
Sasuke, the younger Uchiha walked in. Not taking his eyes off the seat near the back of the class. He ignored all the girls giggling and trying to get his attention. Sakura rolled her eyes as the girls making a mockery of themselves. She admitted he was drop dead gorgeous, but she would never act fake and make herself noticeable.
Lee came up next to them. "I don't see what the girls see in him!" he muttered crossing his hands.
Sasuke walked by and Ino held her breathe. She watched him with her azure eyes and looked lost. Sakura just watched as his shoulders tightened. It was the smallest movement, but Sakura noticed. She furrowed her brow. Something had to have bothered him. She wondered what.
Before Sakura could think about it, the teacher entered the room. She was a lady with red bright eyes and long somewhat wavy black hair. She walked to her desk and smiled.
"Welcome to a new year students." she greeted, "I'm Kurenai, you life skills teacher."
She smiled, "I know this is very sudden but, today, were picking partners for our coming project." she grabbed two hats with pieces of papers in it. "Pick a piece of paper, guys the black hat girls the brown hat. Oh! And don't trade!" She walked around the room as she continued to explain. "This week, you'll get to know your partner more and then the third week you get your baby."
There was a couple of giggles from some girls and some guys moaned.
The teacher shook her head, "Yes, this is a marriage simulation project."
Sakura sighed, she just hoped she didn't get stuck with some guy that was rude, obnoxious, or…weird. She reached her hand in the brown hat and pulled out a slip of paper.
She opened it. "…7" she whispered out load to herself.
Ino leaned over, "What do you have?" she asked.
Sakura showed her, "7" she repeated, "You?"
Ino mimicked her movements, "10." she answered, "Wonder who my 'husband' is." she giggled lightly.
Shikamaru sighed, "What a drag…" he muttered.
Sakura smiled, "What's wrong now Shikamaru?" she asked. In the short time she spent with the group of new friends, she knew Shikamaru complained the most.
"I got 10 too…" he told them, showing them the slip as proof.
Ino hit the back of his head, "Hmph! You should be happy I'm your wife!" she pouted angrily.
He rolled his eyes and Sakura laughed. The teacher smiled, "Glad to see your getting along already."
Ino blushed and crossed her arms, refusing to look at Shikamaru.
"As you probably figured out," continued the teacher, "You pick a number and your partner is the one with the same number as you. Does every one have a slip?" she asked.
The class nodded, some muttering a yes. She made her way to the front of the room, setting the hats down on her desk.
"Now find your partner and get to know each other." she motioned for everyone to start and lazily they all stood up and looked for their partner.
Sakura stood and looked around. Everyone seemed to have some one already. Lee had a girl with short black hair and Ino was with Shikamaru. The only one by himself was-
She looked to the back of the room, "Sasuke…" she muttered, clutching the slip of paper nervously.
a/n: R&R! i hope you liked it...i did, then again...i wrote it...lol. Oh, if you already didn't catch the hint, Kakashi is like 18 years old, cuz he's always older so i made him younger...but he's still the same perverted copy nin we love! lol. until next time!
