Hey guess who…no its not santa…shutup!
K well you wanted longer so HERE"S longer. 2270 words to be exact: P I proofread it but not very good so if you see any errors please tell me – I'm very tired and frankly can't be ass-ed
Nightfall came quickly and was accompanied by a great full moon. Mist covered the mountain ranges like a thick blanket. Team 7 along with Sakura, settled down in a small clearing and silently watched the flames from their campfire dance into the winter air.
"It's beautiful isn't it?" Naruto calmly said with his eyes still fixated in the flames. Loud wolf howls could be heard from over the hills and travelled through the forest disturbing anything that could read the signs. Sakura tensed up a bit but then relaxed as the howls moved away from their camp.
"It comes with its dangers as well." She said.
"Like what exactly, it's not like anything can stand up to jounin level ninja?" Naruto replied with a bit of an ego to go with it.
Sakura gave a mischievous smile and turned to Naruto, "I think lycans might have something to say about that."
Naruto yelped and fell off his seat on a log. Sasuke exchanged glances with his sensei and then back to Sakura.
"Those only exist in horror stories Sakura – there is no such thing" Sasuke said, "and besides if there was and if they are as powerful as you say they are then how did you survive out here all this time?"
Naruto got up and slammed his hands down on his log in annoyance, "Yeah! Since when do you have arms coming out of your back and since when did wearing a cloak became so important to you?
Sakura gave him a glare and straightened and stood up in view of everyone.
"Fine then, seeing as how its night then I can show you," she took off her cloak revealing her entire form.
Sakura's bottom half wore tight, black leather pants with strapped boots. A fishnet shirt and black leather jacket covered her upper body. Her extensions were folded closely to her back, on closer inspection they were not arms at all but in fact wing membranes, each of which appeared to be about two and a half meters from tip to end. Her hair was still short and her forehead protector was now around her neck rather than acting as a headband. Apart from the wings, Sakura looked overall like a normal sixteen – year old girl.
"Vampires are just as real as lycans, Sasuke and whether you like it or not – we're right in the middle of their territory."
Everyone was staring with mixed emotions of confusion, surprise and a little bit of fear. Sakura pulled her cloak back on and lay down on her back.
"And that's why Tsunade sent you with us – protection." Kakashi stated.
"Yes now I trust that you might want to get some sleep, but don't worry," she turned to her team who were all still looking at her with wide eyes, with a smirk she said "I don't bite…humans anyway.
She moaned against his touch as he kissed feverishly down her neck. She pulled his hair as he began to suck on her breasts, one at a time he played with her before pulling off and kissing her hard on the lips. Pressed against the wall they exchanged kisses again and again until the man pulled her down onto the ground and began to undress her. She smiled shyly as he pulled off the last her clothing leaving her naked in the dimly lit cave. After removing the last of his clothing he pushed her down hard and she screamed out in pain, pleasure and cried out his name. The man reared his head back and let out a piercing howl like that of a wolf and went back down to the job at hand
Sakura opened her eyes in a panic and looked around at her surroundings. The fire had burnt out indicating that she had been asleep for at least a couple of hours. Naruto was snoring loudly while lying upside down against a log. Kakashi had fallen asleep with his adult book pulled over his face. 'Pervert as always'
"Nightmare?"
Sakura quickly turned her head to find that Sasuke had been awake and was watching her with careful eyes. She sat up and returned his look with equal caution.
"How long have you been awake?" she asked.
"Long enough to hear you call out in your sleep. Who is Sean?" he said without moving his gaze.
Sakura looked uncomfortable before turning away to face the smoky remains of the fire.
"My personal life is none of your business Sasuke" she said spitefully.
Sasuke replied with a 'hn' and turned to look in the direction she was staring at.
"Who were those people that attacked us?" he asked all of a sudden.
"They were after me, not you and why do you care? They're dead now?"
"They were lycans weren't they." He said simply.
Sakura looked a little surprised at this and asked, "How did you know?"
He gave a smirk of satisfaction, "you just told me."
Feeling a little stupid, Sakura didn't say anything to that and left it as Sasuke's win.
'Damn'
Everyone woke up at dawn, just before sunrise. Sakura and Sasuke kept their conversation a secret and after a small breakfast they all packed up and headed out once again. Their assignment simply been to take out some high class criminals in the mountains and now they had a vampire and packs of werewolves to worry about. Just great!
"I'm hungry!" complained Naruto after about several hours of trekking. So far the day had been pretty quiet. No one said anything to each other and just kept every thought and comment to themselves, something of which Naruto wasn't capable of.
"I'll admit I am getting pretty famished myself" replied Kakashi. Sasuke's stomach began to rumble quietly in answer to Kakashi. Sakura sighed deeply but knew they couldn't help it, she could stand for weeks without food and she had secretly snuck away before hand to a cattle farm and made a pretty big mess out of one of their prized bulls. 'Prized bulls or sickly cows – I can't see the difference'
"Alright there's a small village just up the road from here – about half an hour off course but I reckon we can afford it." Sakura began to lead they way, much to the pleasure of her hungry team mates.
The forest seemed to be somewhat deserted and the quieter everything became the closer a small village come into view. It looked like it only contained about a dozen small buildings and shops. They headed down through the deserted meadows and towards the village.
"So…hungry…need…food" Naruto and Kakashi were leaning against each others backs on a bench almost in tears.
"You two are pathetic you know that?" Sasuke said in annoyance at his friend and teacher.
"Sasuke…I…you…oh whatever I'm too tired to think of any comebacks" Naruto looked half dead. He hadn't eaten ramen in three days which was a very big step for him. Kakashi just stared at the ground looking pretty depressing for a twenty-nine year old. Once again – pa the tic
Sakura came over to them after visiting the shops and held up two bags of food. She passed one to Sasuke who took it pretty fast considering he kept saying he wasn't hungry ten minutes ago. Kakashi and Naruto didn't wait for Sakura to give them the other bag; they simply grabbed it with near invisible speed and began emptying its contents into their mouths as though they were garbage disposals. Sakura sweat dropped at the two men and sat down beside Sasuke.
"Aren't you going to eat anything Sakura?" he asked while offering a piece of bread. She shook her head, "Nah I already ate"
Strangely enough a farmer came running down at that moment screaming that something had killed his best cattle
"Sakura?" Sasuke gave her a questioning/warning look.
"What?"
The team checked out in a small motel on the edge of the village. It wasn't big nor was a five star luxury but at least it provides shelter. Apparently in Naruto's point of view the housekeeper's daughter had in interest in Kakashi and was flirting with him every time they ordered a drink or meal, at least Naruto was occupied with something or other. Sasuke was lying down on the hard mattress that filled in for a bed. With everyone happy (or at least some), Sakura headed out to the local pub in need of a break from the handful of mortals she was now stuck with. She entered the pub with little notice and took a seat by herself at the bar.
"Usual thanks" she asked the bartender who nodded happily and prepared her a red drink.
He passed it to her and she drank the red liquid down in one shot.
"Stress getting to ya Sakura?" he asked as he began cleaning a bear glass.
She smiled half-heartedly, "If you call looking after clueless humans – stressful"
They laughed lightly but then Sakura gave a look around carefully and leaned in slowly.
"Sean's been haunting my dreams though and causing me more sleepless nights than I can afford"
'Ah' he replied and put down the glass. "Could it be that our vampire kunoichi still has feelings for the lycan clan leader?"
Sakura gave a scoff and 'yeah right' before motioning for another drink.
"It was just sex – nothing more nothing less,' she leaned in again with seriousness, 'and besides I don't think that I have a future with the man who murdered my mentor"
"That elder – May?" he asked with concern
She nodded her head sadly and gulped down her second glass of cattle blood.
Kakashi came into Naruto and Sasuke's room looking horrified. He walked over to the bed like a zombie and sat down calmly.
"Girl trouble eh Kakashi?" teased Naruto as he lay back onto his pillow.
Kakashi turned around to face Naruto still looking scared as hell.
"She pulled me into her room, she took off all her clothes and she…she" he couldn't seem to get the words right. After some immature wolf whistles from Nauro he finally finished his sentence, "she is NO lady!" Now Sasuke and Naruto looked as mortified as Kakashi was, they lay back onto their beds with wide eyes and scarred minds.
The full moon sent bright moonlight rays through the window of Sakura's room. It was about 11 in the night and was already pitch black outside. Tired and dizzy from the drinks she had earlier, Sakura slumped down on the bed and prepared to fall into a deep and hopefully dreamless asleep when a scream came up through the floor. It was a woman's cry for help and it sounded like it came from the cellar. Though reluctant to get up, Sakura got up off the bed broke into a light run down the stairs where she met up with Naruto, Sasuke and Kakashi. They all quickly headed down into the cellar to find the housekeeper's daughter, half alive with large gashes in her stomach and excessive bleeding. Standing over her body was a large wolf-like creature but about three times larger than a normal forest wolf. Its strong clawed limbs pinned down the girl and its long snout lined with large, sharp and somewhat disfigured teeth was dipped inside a particularly large wound in her stomach and licking away at the bloodied flesh.
"Lycan" Sakura whispered softly to the others and she carefully pulled out her sword from behind her back and went into a battle position ready to fend it off.
The werewolf lifted its large head and sniffed the air. Noticing the intruders it left its meal and gave a loud, piercing roar before angrily came up to the four shinobi. The beast began to slow walk, then a trot and finally it leapt up with wide jaws and sharp claws aimed at Sasuke. In defence, Sasuke pulled out a kunai and held it tightly before ramming it into the lycan's chest and throwing it off. Howling in pain, the werewolf licked at is flesh wound, growled and charged once again. Sasuke went for another kunai but Sakura came in front of him with her sword ready. Without a second thought, the sword sliced through the lycan's hide letting spill blood, organs and the contents of its stomach.
"Why the hell did you have to stop me?' yelled Sasuke, "I could of easily finished it off on my own!"
Sakura was inspecting the girl's body when she turned around to face her annoyed ex team-mate.
"The kunai would never of been able to puncture it's skin fatally so you would have died or," she stopped and looked back down at the daughter's body, grabbed her sword and took off her head, "you would have become one of them" She wiped off the blood on her face and turned to leave through the cellar door. Noticing Sasuke's annoyance and hurt pride she sighed and came up to him and put a hand on his shoulder.
"You just have to accept that there will be some things you can't do alone Sasuke" Sasuke gave her an infamous glare and she smiled back. Taking one last look at the ruins of the cellar she headed back up stairs.
"Get your things packed guys – if there is one here then there will be others coming so we have to get out of this place now!" she called
'Seems they aren't too good at following physical descriptions of their targets…that guy has just died in vain'
Yeah these werewolves are probably colour-blind or something…I mean how can you miss a vampiress with pink hair? Well I dunno either but that's just how it is. They have been born werewolves and so are not very civilized but they're leader might be different no?
Me: haha Sasuke's pride got pwned!
Sakura: yeah go girl power! highfive
Kakashi: He's still sulking in the corner
Me: yeah well ….just leave him there
