The Rampage

Chapter 2: The Truth

Disclaimer: Naruto, not mine...

"Hey, Sakura! Have you seen Shikamaru or Chouji?" the blonde girl walked up to them.

"Sorry, I haven't." Sakura refused to look Ino in the eye.

"How 'bout you Naruto? You seen 'em?" She gave the blue-eyed boy a questioning look. Naruto looked down.

"No. I haven't seen either of them."

"What's wrong with you two? Who died?" Ino smiled. "Um, seriously, what's wrong?" Naruto and Sakura looked at each other and then the ground.

"Nothing's wrong Ino. What made you think that?" Sakura looked up.

"The fact that neither of you looked at me until now. Plus you both have on really gloomy faces. That's what made me ask if someone died." Naruto looked up with a huge smile

"What made you think someone died? No one died! We're all just fine and alive! Yep, yep alive and healthy! Alive yea it's a great feel-" Sakura slammed her hand over Naruto's mouth.

"Naruto, you're losing it!" Ino just stood there with a very confused look on her face.

"Okay you haven't seen them so I guess I'll…um…leave?"

"That'd be great! Bye Ino!" Sakura put on a fake smile and tried to keep Naruto from spilling the beans.

"C-c-can't b-breathe!" Naruto was struggling and had to mumble the words.

"Oh!" Sakura pulled her hand off Naruto's mouth. "Sorry."

"It's okay. Sakura, don't you think Ino deserves to know? I mean Shikamaru is her friend."

"That's the problem. He's her friend." Sakura looked down at her feet.

"Well then, should we show her the body then?" He was wearing a sarcastic voice.

"Naruto, show me the body." Sakura stood up.

"Okay."

"Oh my god!" Sakura stood in horror at the bloody mess in front of her.

"Told ya it was bad." Naruto stood there beside Sakura with a disgusted look.

"W-who would do something like this?" Sakura had tears in her eyes.

"A lot of people."

"NARUTO! What s-should we do?"

"I don't know. Why don't we ask…hey where's Sasuke?" Naruto started looking around.

"Good question. I haven't seen him all day." Sakura looked at Naruto.

"Wow! You haven't seen him all day? That's a surprise considering you practically stalk the guy."

"I DON'T STALK HIM!" Sakura hit Naruto over the head.

"OW! What'd ya do that for!" Naruto started rubbing his head.

"So…what should we do with the body?" Sakura ignored Naruto's question. "Should we carry him to the doctor? Should we burry him?"

"Let's go get help. That's the best thing we can do."

"Good idea!" Naruto and Sakura ran off.

'Dark already? Everybody's gonna be inside. Damn.'

"SASUKE!" Ino ran up behind him and gave him a hug. "Have you seen Shikamaru or Chouji lately? I can't find those two anywhere!"

"Yea, I've seen them."

"Really! Where?" She let him go. He turned around with.

"By the academy and outside the food store."

"How long ago? I bet they're gone by now. I'll look for them tomorrow. I'm tired." Ino yawned and stretched her arms.

"Tired? Tomorrow?"

"Yea. I'm tired and I'll look for the other two tomorrow. You sound more tired than me. Maybe you should go home and get some shuteye. Sasuke?"

"I'm not tired. Not the least bit. If you're tired I can make sure that you get a nice long sleep." Sasuke put on an evil grin. Ino couldn't see it because it was too dark out.

"A-are you alright? You sound, different." Ino backed up.

"Don't back away. Come on. Let's spend some quality time together. I mean haven't you wanted that?" Sasuke started walking toward her.

"Y-y-y-yea but y-you s-sound strange. You d-d-don't sound y-yourself." Ino was up against a tree.

"I'm fine but you, you will never greet the morning!" Sasuke threw a shuriken. It landed right beside Ino's head. "Damn. I missed."

"M-m-m-missed! You mean you were trying to hit me?" Her voice was barely above a whisper. "What the hell is wrong with you!" she ran off as fast as she could hoping Sasuke wasn't fallowing.

"Shit! I let her get away!" Sasuke went over and grabbed his shuriken out of the tree. "How could I be so careless!" He punched the tree so hard that he left a huge hole.

"Hello Sakura, Naruto." Kakashi looked at them with a smile.

"Sensei! Naruto found Shikamaru. DEAD! He was missing an arm, and he was dead! If you don't believe me ask Naruto!" Sakura pointed at the blue-eyed boy.

"Yea, Yea! We can show you the body!"

"Dead huh? That makes another one."

"Another one?" The two genin said in unison.

"What do you mean 'another one'? Is someone else dead?" Sakura gave her sensei a puzzling look.

"Yea. Asuma found Chouji dead too. He was outside the food store. Where did you stumble across Shikamaru?" Kakashi looked at Naruto very seriously.

"I found him right by the academy."

'Chouji too! Two people dead in one day! Wait! Chouji and Shikamaru are in the same cell. So is Ino, but she hasn't been found dead…yet…This killer, I think they're killing off one cell at a time. WHAT IF WE'RE NEXT! What if more people die! This is bad. This is really bad!'

"Sakura? Is there something on your mind?" Sakura snapped out of her train of thought.

"No there's nothing on my mind. People are getting killed and I'm just thinking of pretty little horses." She was very sarcastic.

"Oh, okay. Naruto, have you seen Sasuke lately?"

"No. Sakura and I were wondering where he was."

"OH MY GOD! WHAT IF SASUKE'S DEAD! WHAT IF HE WAS KILLED! AHHHHHHHH!" Sakura grabbed her hair and started pulling at it franticly.

"SAKURA'S RIGHT! WHAT IF SASUKE WAS KILLED!" Naruto started turning in circles.

"Calm down you two! Sasuke is probably fine! He is a swell ninja." Kakashi looked out the window and saw a girl running up.

"SAKURA! NARUTO!" The girl was waving her arms franticly. She ran through the door and into the restaurant where most of cell seven was talking.

"Ino?"