CHAPTER FOUR
The inside of the inn was ransacked and dusty.The first thing that Sasuke had noticed was how abandoned it looked.The wallpaper was peeling from the walls, teh furniture of the lobby was dusty, as was the floor.Taking a few steps forward, he noticed that the floor creaked a lot.
"It'll be easy to tell if some one, or something, is behind me." he grabbed a kunai out of his pack and held it at his side while he wandered around the lobby.After searching cupboards and file cabinets, he went behind the reception desk, and browsed around there.
Folders lay everywhere one the floor, some more damaged than others.Sasuke decided to check the mailboxes and the cabinets beneath the desk, as he broswed through the cubby holes,something rang out and startled him, causing him to turn around in haste with his kunai in a throwing position. All that was ringing, was the phone on the desk.He released his held breath and his hand reached over and picked the phone up from the reciever.
"hello?" he said, being careful not to let his slight fear show in his voice.On the other end, he could hear some heavy breathing, the some one crying in the back, then the line went dead.
"What the hell... was that?" he put the phone back to it's rightfull place, the he heard a creak on the floor boards that was not his own.
'it's coming from the upstairs!' he darted out from behind the desk and ran up the stairs, eager to catch whatever was up there.
The staircase was steep, but Sasuke managed to keep his footing, despite the dust covered rug that was placed on the stairs.As he came to the top, he listened for where the noises were coming from. Once he relocated them, he made a turn to the left and ran by some rooms, the doors ajar, yet the rooms completely empty( with the exception on a dust covered by and chair every now and then.
He finally came to the room where the noises originated from. Sasuke stood ready with his kunai in one hand, and his left hand in his shuriken holster, as soon as he though things were at there quietest, he burst through the door, and laid eyes upon what was making those noises.
a person was chained to the wall, at least what had the shape of a person, or any human for that matter, but this creature was much more grotesque. It's flesh was a dark shade of pink, as if it's blood was almost on the outside of it's thin, noney body. It had no face of mouth, but it's legs thrashed violently as it sensed the intruder staring at it in horrifed curiosity.
"what the hell are you?!" He's prepared to launch his Shuriken at it, but the moster suddleny tore the chains from the wall and lunged it's self at the Uchiha.
Sasuke was startled so he had no time to dodge, so he readied his kunai in front of him and as it met what would have been face-to-face with the shinobi, it's torso came in direct contact with the sharp knife, and it thrased around more violents than ever.As Sasuke thrusted the Kunai deeper into the beasts innards, it's "blood" spilled onto his hands, he felt the flesh of his knuckles begin to feel as if they were on Fire, he quickly pulled away, examining his hands.It appeared as if the beast's blood was slightly acidic, but the damage was minimal, and he quickly redirected his attention to the raging monster. Sasuke reached into his holster and threw six shuriken at the vital points( the vital points of a human any way, but he figured that it would be enough to bring the creature down). He watched as it lay on the floor, writhing in pain, until it stoped moving.
"More of these strange creatures, if I don't find Sakura soon, tiem may run out. Sasuke looked around the room, and then at the door, the brass plate read "Room 306"
'this is where I'm supposed to be' he thought.
He withdrew his attention back to the room itself.it was much for furbished than the open rooms he had passed earlier. A small table with brass legs and chairs stood next to a window, where you could see many of the buildings below.Sasuke found his way to what appeared to be the main bedroom. a large bed was placed in the center of the room, a large mirror hung over it, the mirror was cracked in the middle,and several shards of it lay on the bed itself. Sasuke walked over and picked up one of the larger shards and turned in around in his palm.
"This shard is to big to be a part of that mirror" he looked around for other things in the room that the shard may have been a part of.
He came into the kitchen, as he walked across the counter, he came upon a frightening scene.Broken glass littered the floor, and blood was smeared everywhere, upon the floors and the counters.He gazed around a bit more and came to a conclusion
"This must've been a struggle of some sort, between to people perhaps? or maybe one of those monsters" He noticed a piece of paper lay in the dried blood.So he carefull picked it up and unfolded it to reveal it's contents.
A map of the city, and a red circle was draw around a building, most likely a school of some sort.
"I guess that's wear I should go"
Sasuke was glad to be walking out of the front doors to the inn.He gazed every now and then, at Sakura's headband that he had kept in his pocket.While he wandered the deserted streets, he felt empty. He wanted to see Sakura alive so badly, that he thought it might have drove him crazy. He wanted to find whoever had taken her, and kill them a thousand times over.Sasuke realized as he walked that it had gotten darker. He gazed up at the sky, which was once a bleak gray was now a thunder with black clouds and a red sky.In the distance, he thought he heard more of what the beasts were, much like the one he had encountered on the mountain path.He broke into a run, but he soon found himself lost, for his surrondings began to change.
the sides of teh brick buildings, began to peel away to reveal a black,rusted Grating. the streets he walked on, began cracking, adn for a minute Sasuke began to think the streets were going to collapse beneath him.
He knew he couldn't afford to remain still, especially since his blood was begin pumped rapidly through his veins. he looked ahead of him, and what seemed like an armada of pink fleshed creatures were roaming the streets. even behind him, Sasuke saw the creatures.
He had no choice, but to prepare himself for battle. so he reached for the shuriken on his right theigh, when he noticed an opened manhole, and red eyes gleaming at him, red eyes that seemed so familiar, and then a hand grabbing him and pulling him under.
TO BE CONTINUED