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Title: halloween
Author/Artist: ohwhatsherface
Pairing: Uchiha Sasuke x Haruno Sakura
Fandom: Naruto
Theme: other world, #46 enchantment
Word Count: 954
Disclaimer: I do not own Naruto.

and with the extra prompts: bloodstains on the walls, vanilla sugar, a god amongst men

For Jazzle Dazzle (and the other cool people).

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"Fuck our lives," Shikamaru muttered as he slammed the shed door shut before the beast that had been chasing after them could come in. He took a deep breath and frowned at the spot where the beast scratched his forearm. It had simply caught his armguards, causing him to be suddenly glad he decided to be a ninja for Halloween.

"Tell us again what you did," Neji shouted, glaring at Sakura. He was so angry he could grab her but as a ghost, everything literally slipped through his fingers. "You, Ino and Hinata did something really fucking stupid, Haruno! How the hell do we get out of this situation?"

Sakura bit her lip nervously and looked at her lap where she fumbled with her costume. "I—it was an accident. We didn't think it would work!"

"Clearly it did." Sasuke's face showed no actual sign of fear but on the inside, he was raving with anxiety. "Calm down and think it through."

She nodded, observing how Sasuke suddenly appeared paler than usual. "It was a spell," Sakura admitted. "The book… the spell book we found it in belonged to my great-great-grandmother, though!" Sakura shook her head miserably, remembering the sleepover the night before at her house when she and Ino convinced a reluctant Hinata to join them in 'casting a spell'. They thought it was a joke – turning someone into what they were for Halloween couldn't have been possible at all. "We didn't mean for this to happen…"

"You're not some god, Sakura!" Tenten shrieked. "You had no right to fool around like that!"

"I know!" Sakura leaned on the wall and slid down to take a seat beside where Sasuke was sitting. "I know." She brought her hands to her face and rubbed her eyes. "I know…"

"Don't sit too close to me."

She frowned at Sasuke's irritated voice. Sakura glanced at him, expecting to see him glaring, angry at her like everyone else. Instead, his eyes were closed, he was breathing heavily and his hands were twitching and randomly closing into fists

"Are you okay?" she inquired, bringing her palm to his forehead. She expected him to be burning up, but she found quite the opposite.

Sasuke snorted. "As stupid as this is going to sound, Sakura, you smell fucking amazing."

Despite the situation, Sakura still managed to blush. "W—what?!"

"I'm a vampire now, remember? I want to suck your blood," he drawled, rubbing his temples. "You smell like," Sasuke seemed to be giving his observation some serious thought, "vanilla sugar…"

Sakura stiffened as he turned his head in her direction and stared at her neck, licking her lips. "Um—"

"Now isn't the time for you to be flirting!" Tenten yelled, taking Sasuke out of his trance. Sasuke and Sakura both stood up and walked to separate sides of the shed. "Sakura, isn't there a fucking counter spell or whatever for this?!"

"Relax," Shikamaru said. He looked distressed by the sight of a tearful girl. "We'll get through this."

"How?!" Tenten asked frantically from her spot by the window. With her cheerleader costume, Tenten's usual confidence and strength seemed to disappear; instead, she donned a personality that ran at the sight of the danger lurking outside and even spoke with an accent. "There are freaking zombies out there, in case you haven't noticed—"

Tenten was cut short when they heard the sound of breaking glass and grayish arms poked through. They grabbed her and as Neji tried to reach for her, his fingers slipped through.

"Fucking spell," Neji growled under his breath. Luckily, Sakura seized Tenten away while Shikamaru hit the arms with a shovel that was in the shed.

"We need to get out of here," Sasuke stated as he disgustedly stared at the few fingers that had fallen off the zombie and into their current hiding place. "They probably know we're here."

"No shit," Shikamaru said tiredly. "But where can we go? We're just off of the track field." He glanced at the shattered window for a moment. "Everyone here is a zombie. Remember how the school was going to do that zombie parade or whatever the fuck it is? If we leave, we won't make it off school property without being killed."

Sasuke, Sakura and Shikamaru had gone back to the school to finish the prank that Naruto wanted to do but couldn't as he was grounded by his dad. They had splashed the gym walls with pigs' blood, hoping that when the student population met there for the Halloween parade they would all get freaked out by the sight of the blood. Instead however, as Sakura's spell took its toll on them, it made the 'zombies' want to hunt for fresh meat.

"So far we've noticed I can't get hurt…"

Everyone looked up to Neji when he spoke. Sasuke narrowed his eyes, likely catching Neji's drift.

"You want to be bait," Sasuke said.

"It's not bait per se," Neji contradicted, glancing at his girlfriend before staring back at Sasuke. "Just…a distraction," he corrected. Neji waved his hand through Shikamaru's head to prove his coming point. "The zombies are stupid. They'll follow me when I go out there but even if they catch up to me, nothing will happen." He noticeably swallowed. "When I get out of here, you four run. Your car is here, isn't it, Uchiha?"

Sasuke nodded reluctantly.

"Then it's settled." The ghost walked towards the wall but paused before leaving to glare at Sakura. "You better fix this, Haruno. If I stay a ghost, I'll haunt your ass."

As Neji left, Tenten whimpered in fear and Sakura weakly smiled at his disappearing form.

Sasuke waited a few minutes before muttering, "Let's go."

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