Hey and welcome back to another chapter of Demonic Love and new arc. Just want to say sorry for delay. I was doing my one-shot and plus real life hasn't been doing me good. But hopefully things will lighten up soon.
Also, when you read this, there will be a sentence that says "a spark flashed through her head." If you don't know that means, it's when, in anime, you'll see a close up of a character and the background will turn a different colour or go black and a spark would strike through the characters head. So when I mention anything in that way, that's what it will mean.
Anyway, enough of my babbling and on with the story. I apologise in advance for any grammar mistakes, repetitiveness and poor writing.
I don't own Naruto or it's characters. I'm just using them for the story. And any OCs are mine.
"Alright everyone, you can put your pencils down, the test has finished."
Hearing those words coming out of the laid back Hatake Kakashi's mouth, the students, of classroom 2-B, let out a huge sigh of relief. It was now Wednesday, the final day of the summer exams before summer vacation, which would start next week. With an order from Kakashi, the girl's at the back of the class gave their test paper to the person in front of them, and that person then did the same to their's and the other girl's paper to the person in front of them and so on.
The white haired man collected the test papers from the girl's at the front, and stacked them together. When that was all done, the teacher closed his eye and smiled behind his mask. "Well then everyone," the one eyed man started. He looked at the clock that was above his desk to confirm the time. "It looks like lunch will be starting soon." He then faced his students. "So I want you guys to stay here until the bell chimes, okay?"
All the girl's gave a nod to their teacher, who in turn gave a nod back. And with a "Good work" from Kakashi, the white haired man left his classroom and headed for the faculty office. The girl's waited until they couldn't hear their teachers footsteps and when they disappeared, all the girl's began to talk to one another.
"Thank god!" Tenten cried out, the upper half of her body flopping on the table. "It's over."
The brunette felt exhausted. It had only been a couple of days since she had been attacked by the white skinned demon, and was saved by Sakura. The good side was that she didn't die, and she and the pinkette were now friends. The bad side was that it didn't stop her from the exams and studying for them.
"Good work Tenten," Hinata said with a smile.
"Thanks," continued Tenten. "I'm just so glad the exams are over."
"But they're not over yet," Sakura added. Tenten felt like she had just pierced by an arrow. "There should be another one after lunch, shouldn't there?"
"A GIRL CAN DREAM CAN'T SHE!" the brunette cried out, glaring at the pink haired girl as water was beginning to gather up in her eyes. Sakura just cocked her head to the side wondering what was making the girl tear up, and Hinata let out a nervous laugh. Even though the two were now friends, the pair still had there moments.
"Hey everyone, come and look at this!"
Everybody that was in the classroom, including the trio, looked at the girl who shouted, and then, like they were all in sync, all the girls went towards the window. Outside, they all saw two girls standing on the path, next to the school's trees. By the looks of the colour of their uniform's bow, and the slight height difference, one girl was a first year and another was a third year.
"Hey look, in the third year's hand! Isn't that..." When Hinata, Tenten and Sakura looked closer, they noticed the older girl was holding something in her left hand and from the looks of it, it looked like an envelope. Which probably meant only one thing.
"Is this... a confession!" one of the other girl's exclaimed out loud, causing the rest to squeal. They soon settled down, however, and continued to watch, anticipation clearly written on each of the individual's faces.
The first and third year began to talk. The older girl lifted the hand that held the envelope, most likely asking the younger girl if she was the one that had put it in, most likely, her shoe locker. The first year began to blush crimson and gave a nod, admitting that she did. The girl began to talk more, and even though the girls couldn't read lips, they could tell what the girl was saying.
She was most likely saying how much she had been in love with the third year, but she was too afraid to admit it until now. The third year girl was just standing there, surprise written all over her face. And then, after the girl confessed everything, she said the older girl's name and spoke those three words that everyone could easily read on the younger girl's lips.
'I love you.'
Hinata's chest tightened from those words, while the rest of the girls, besides Tenten and Sakura, squealed once again from the sudden declaration. They then all waited with baited breath, wondering what was going to happen next. The third year girl looked at her underclassman for a while, her brain trying to process what the girl had said. Then, the older girl put the love letter in her pocket and slowly made her way towards the smaller girl. When the first year realized this, she looked down and closed her eyes tightly.
When the older girl was in front of the younger, she reached out and cupped the first year's cheek. The girl's eyes widened at that action and looked back to her upperclassman. She tried to call out the older girl's name but she couldn't do that as the third year leant her head forward and pressed her lips onto the younger girl's.
The first year was surprised, not expecting this, but then she closed her eyes, placed both her hands on the older girl's chest and kissed back, enjoying the moment. For the third time, the girls of class 2-B squealed as they watched the two girls, now lovers, kissing one another. There were comments like, "I'm so happy for them," or "So cute!" and many similar things were coming out of their mouths and while that was happening, Sakura looked at the two girl's that were kissing, confusion clearly written on her face.
One of the her classmate noticed this and spoke up. "Are you alright Haruno-san?" The pinkette didn't reply, too lost in her own thoughts. She crossed her arms over her chest and narrowed her one eye at the couple. "Haruno-san?" the girl called out once again.
"That's it!" Sakura said loudly, causing all the girls to turn their gaze on her. She made a fist with one hand and tapped it against her open palm of her other hand, coming to a realization. "That third year is actually a boy in a girl's uniform!" The entire classroom shook, like an earthquake had just hit, as everyone nearly fell over from what the girl had just said.
"THEY'RE BOTH GIRLS!" they all shouted at the pink haired girl in unison.
"Really?" was what Sakura responded with and then, all the girls began to berate her on how bad it is mistaking a girl for boy.
Tenten watched her pink haired friend get scolded for a moment before she let out a sigh. "She's an idiot," the twin bunned girl said. The girl may be an expert at demon killing, but when it came to normal life, she didn't have a clue. She then turned to face her childhood friend. "Don't you agree Hina-" But she stopped when she saw the look that was on Hinata's face. The girl's white eyes were clued onto Sakura and the brunette could see the sadness in them.
Hinata... she called in her thoughts. It pained her to see the girl she calls a sister look like this. It was taking all she had to not go over to her and hug her there and then. The only reason she wasn't doing that now was because she would remember what happened on the rooftop of the school, the day after the white skinned fiend had attacked Tenten.
It was now lunch at Konoha High, the next day after the battle with the demon, and Hinata and Tenten, were eating lunch on the rooftop, sitting on the blanket that the ravenette had brought with her. Sakura had been with them, but she excused herself to go and get a drink from one of the vending machines and now it was just the pair of girls. There was a silence between them as they ate their lunch, the sound of the other girls that were eating on the roof being the only noise.
"You were right Tenten," Hinata spoke up, breaking the silence. Tenten didn't need to ask what the girl was talking about, but she had to admit, she was surprised that the girl would bring it up now.
"I see," she replied. "So, when are you going to tell her?" Hinata closed her eyes, a sad smile forming on her face. She then shook her head side to side.
"I'm not."
"You're... not? Why?" she asked sounding confused. Tenten had never been in love before, but even she knew that if you liked somebody you would tell them. "It's not because she's a girl is it. Or because," she lowered her voice so that none of the other girls could hear, "that she's a demon?"
Again, the Hyūga girl shook her head. "The fact that she's a girl doesn't bother me, and knowing the fact that she's demon doesn't either." The ravenette then opened her eyes and stared at the boxed lunch that was in her lap, virtually untouched. "It's because I'm scared."
"Scared?" the brunette repeated, getting confused even more.
Hinata gave a nod. "I've never had these feelings before," she continued. "It's only been half a day, and I'm already seeing her differently. When I'm near her, my heart beats faster and I get butterflies in my stomach. I try my best to act normal, and it's worked so far."
"But you know that won't work forever. She's bound to notice something sooner or later."
"I know," Hinata spoke, her fingers, that were wrapped around the box lunched, tightened. "But I have to keep it up for as long as I can." Her fingers then began to relax a little. "Besides, we've only recently became friends, so it's too soon. It may only be a crush and it will eventually go away."
Just as she had finished speaking, the sound of the metal door to the rooftop was heard causing both girls to look in that direction. It was Sakura, and she had three cans in her hands as she started to make her way towards the pair of girls.
"So that's why I won't tell her about these feelings, and we'll just stay the way we are."
"But..." Tenten was about to speak up, but it was too late. Sakura had returned to their sides and the conversation ceased to be. And like she had told Tenten, Hinata had continued to talk to Sakura like nothing ever happened. But, thanks to the conversation that they just had, even though she was speaking normally, the brunette could easily tell that the younger girl looked pained for each word she spoke, and Tenten felt completely useless at that point.
Hinata...
She had said that it was just a crush and it would go away. But Tenten didn't believe that for a second. From her point of view, it looked like the feelings she had were only building up and seeing spectacle of the two girls out side probably didn't help matters either. But unfortunately for the brunette she couldn't do anything. All she could do was respect Hinata's choice and watch on.
... you're an idiot.
DING DONG DING DONG...
The sound of the bell, indicating that it was now lunch, rang through the entire school. The girls that had be been scolding Sakura had now finished, and either left for the cafeteria or went to get their boxed lunches and eat out or inside the classroom. Once they left, Sakura looked exhausted and slowly made her way towards Hinata and Tenten. Upon seeing this, Hinata flipped a switch in her head and forced herself to smile. Likewise, Tenten did the same thing and they both approached pink haired girl.
"Are you okay?" Hinata asked.
There was a long pause. Then finally, she spoke, a shiver running down her spine as she did.
"Girls are scary."
"FREEDOM!" Tenten cried out loud, raising her arms high into the air, as she took her first steps out of Konoha High's main entrance to the building. Some of the other girls that were also exiting the school gave the brunette a weird look, but at the moment she didn't care. The summer exams were finally over!
"Is summer vacation that important?" Sakura asked as she and Hinata finished replacing their slipper-like shoes with their other footwear. The younger out of the two girls couldn't understand why the brown haired girl would make a huge fuss over a month off from school. For Sakura, when she came to the human realm, her summers were only consisted of her killing demons and when she started school, hanging around with Yukiko.
Tenten turned on her heel, placed her hands on her hips and glared at the pinkette again. "Of course it is!" she exclaimed. "Summer is a thirty-one day, school free month! It's the time to wear swim suits and go to the beach! To smash open watermelons! Tests of courage!" For each thing Tenten listed off, she lifted a finger from one of her hands, a huge smile on her face as she did. "Even wearing a yukata for the summer festival that happens during the last few days of summer!"
The girl then turned around again, clenching her hands into fists, before she fist bumped them into the air. "Next week can't come any sooner!"
"But if I remember correctly," Sakura spoke up, interrupting the brunette's moment of excitement. "Don't we get homework over the summer?"
As soon as the pinkette mentioned the word 'homework', Tenten suddenly felt a heavy weight hit her body.
"Now that you mention it," Hinata chimed in. "You're right. There's also the fact that if you fail more than three subjects during the exam, they have you come to school over the summer and do make-up exams for those subjects."
Hinata dealt the final blow and an even heavier weight had been added onto Tenten body, a cold sweat cascading down her back. She quickly turned back to face her friends. "N-Nevermind the details!" she said with a nervous voice. "Let's just celebrate the fact the exams are finally over, okay? And to do that, let's go to Rāmen Ichiraku's, my treat!"
The ravenette smiled and gave a nod, following along with her best friend. "Sure, I don't mind," she said, turning to the pinkette. "What do you think Sakura-chan?"
"I don't mind," Sakura replied, shrugging her shoulders.
"Great!" Tenten shouted happily. "Then, without further delay, let's go!" And with that announcement, the twin bunned girl turned on her heel and began to leave. Sakura and Hinata both looked at one another and smiled, before they both decided to follow their tomboyish friend.
But unfortunately, for Sakura, it was never that easy.
After she took a couple of steps, a spark flashed through her head and she stopped on the spot, narrowing her emerald coloured eye. Demons... she thought. She could sense multiple demons further into the city, one massive demonic presence, and a two weaker ones. The weak ones she had no concern about, but the huge one meant only trouble.
"What's wrong Sakura-chan?" Hinata asked as she noticed the girl had stopped moving. Tenten stopped also, twisting her head to look back.
"A demon," the pinkette told her. "It's somewhere in the city."
"Do you need us to do anything?" Tenten offered, even though she knew that it was a stupid question to ask. She knew that she would only get in the way, but she didn't want to be as useless like she was when she encountered the white skinned demon. Sakura, however, didn't berate her in telling her that it was a stupid thing to ask. Instead, she gave the brunette a small smile.
"It's alright," she told the pair, taking her school bag of her shoulder and handing it to Hinata. "Why don't you guys head off to Rāmen Ichiraku's, I'll join you later." Both girls gave a nod, as the ravenette accepted the bag, and Sakura ran off towards the school's entrance. As the girl got further away, Hinata suddenly felt dread creep up on her.
"Sakura-chan!" Hinata cried out. She didn't know why she did, but it happened anyway. Ever since the ravenette started to have these feelings for the pinkette, Hinata had slowly become even more worried for the pink haired demon's safety. Worried that if she went out to fight alone, that she wouldn't come back. Sakura paused in her running, and turned to look at the Hyūga girl, waiting on what she was going to say. "Be careful, okay?"
The pinkette was confused for a moment but her expression quickly changed as she gave the girl a reassuring smile. And with a final nod, Sakura turned back on her heel and left the school grounds.
When she was gone from sight, Tenten turned to look from were Sakura had gone to Hinata, and again she saw that expression on the girl's face. The sadness in her eyes as she watched her friend go to fight a demon alone. The sight made her chest grow tight. The brunette then mentally slapped herself. Now wasn't the time to watch from the side lines when her friend was in trouble and so thinking that, Tenten made her way to the worried younger girl.
"Come on Hinata!" she said, grasping the girl's free hand.
"Tenten...?" the ravenette called. "But..."
"Sakura will be fine," she told her, not having any of it. "You believe in her, right?"
The girl's white eyes widened a fraction, realising her mistake. She's right she thought. Sakura had been in worst situations before. Like fighting the reddish-pink demon, even though she was out matched, and coming out on top. Even fighting the immortal demon, only to over come it as well. So, if this demon that Sakura was going to face was just another ordinary demon she would normally go against, then she had nothing to fear.
"You're right," Hinata spoke, the worried look long forgotten about. "I do believe in her."
Tenten gave her 'little sister' a big grin. "Good! Now then let's go!"
And with that, the brunette dragged her childhood friend away from the school grounds and into the city, heading for their original destination.
Sakura's hair danced as she jumped from rooftop to rooftop in the city of Konohagakure. It was still bright out, so the pinkette had to be careful not to be seen, but swift so she could get to the demon before it could cause unnecessary trouble.
As she landed onto another roof, and was about take off again, a spark flashed through her head again, causing the girl's emerald eye to widen before she skidded to a halt. What's going on? Sakura's eye then narrowed. The creature that she had been sensing with the massive demonic energy, had suddenly vanished. It disappeared without a trace, like it was never there to begin with.
The pinkette found it strange. There could only be two ways that it would just disappear like it did. The first was that it hid it's presence. If it was anything like the reddish-pink demon, and the white skinned fiend, then she was dealing with another deadly foe and killing it would not be an easy feat.
The other reason would be that it was killed, which Sakura found even more strange. She knew the demons rarely killed each other, and as far as she knew, besides her, there should be no one else that could kill a demon. But then again, she never felt the need to find out.
I'm not going to find out just standing here she thought and then carried on jumping on the next rooftop.
Thankfully, due to her demonic speed, it didn't take the pinkette long to arrive were she had felt the demonic presence before it disappeared. It had taken her to an alleyway and when she got there, the demon girl looked down from her vantage point from the rooftop she was currently on. Sakura narrowed her emerald gaze from what she was seeing. In the alley, were four people. A man, a woman, a small boy that couldn't have been more than six years old and a hooded cloaked figure.
The woman, no doubt that it was the mother, was holding onto the child like her life depended on it, protecting him. And the man, the father, had his arms wrapped around his family, protecting them. From what she sensed, Sakura knew that the father was the demon, hiding in it's human form, but he was too weak to doing anything bad and she couldn't sense anything from the woman, which meant the mother was human. And the child, the boy, was similar to pink haired girl, half human and half demon. But from what she can sense, the boy's human side was more dominate. In basic terms, the man and child were no threat at all.
The only real threat was the cloaked figure that was towering over the terrified family.
The hooded cloak, the person underneath it wore, was only short, just going past their elbows, leaving anything from their stomach down exposed. Sakura noticed that they were wearing a familiar blue, pleated skirt, tight black shorts underneath the skirt, white socks that went just under her knees and black trainers with white strips on the side. She also saw the person had a sword in hand. The cloaked figure, going by the clothes, was no doubt a girl. Was the cloaked girl the reason for the sudden disappearence of the demonic presence?
"P-Please don't hurt us!" the man pleaded, the look of terror clear in his eyes. "You saved us from that monster, so why are you attacking us?!"
Well that answers that question Sakura thought.
"I'm pretty sure you know why demon," the cloaked girl said, making the man's eyes widen in even more fear. He was about to protest but the mystery girl interrupted him. "Save it, I know who you are. You may look human but you can't hide the demon blood that's flowing in your veins. And in his." Using her sword, the girl pointed at the boy that was being held in his mother's arms.
"No!" the mother screamed. "Please don't hurt him!"
"Please I'm begging you," the man spoke up again. "You're right, I'm a demon, so please," the father released his hold on his wife and son and stood up, "kill me and let my family go."
"Darling!" the woman cried, tears beginning to pool in her eyes, as she listened to what her demon husband had said.
"It's alright," he said calmly, cupping the woman's cheek and using his thumb to wipe away the tears. "You've done a lot for me. You've loved me for all this time, even after I told you who I really am. And you also gave me the greatest gift of all, our son. And I can never thank you enough." He then stroked the boys head, earning a "Daddy" in response. The demon man then took in a deep breath and turned to face the person that would be his demise.
"I'll admit, those are noble intentions, for a demon..." the cloaked girl said. A flicker of hope came upon both the parents' faces. But that hope was soon taken away with what the girl said next. "But I don't make promises to any of your kind. And once your finished with, I'll end that abomination of a child's life as well."
"W-What?!" the man let out, his eyes widening. "But he's just a boy! He doesn't know any better!"
"It doesn't matter," again she interrupted. "He could be a threat in the future. And I won't risk the rest of humanity for one boy." The cloaked girl then raised her sharp metal weapon, high into the air. "Now. Go back to where you come from, in hell!" And she swung down the sword upon the demon in front of her.
Seeing what was about to happen, and more of the fact that she had enough, Sakura jumped down from her vantage point. Her scythe materialized from black flames in front of her palm, grasping the polearm tight, and when she landed in between the cloaked girl and the demon man, she blocked the attack, sparks flying from the contact, both weapons locked with one another.
"W-What?!" the girl cried out in surprise, not expecting these turn of events.
"Run!" Sakura shouted to the family behind her, not breaking eye contact. "Get out of here!"
"W-Who are-?" the man began, but stopped when the pinkette risked looking away from her foe and glared at the man who didn't listen the first time.
"I said run!" she shouted once more. "NOW!"
The man, not willing to risk his saviour's wrath, gave Sakura a nod and went back to his family. He helped his wife up, the child still cradled in her arms and they both ran out of the alleyway, but not without giving the pink haired demon girl their heartfelt gratitude. When they were finally gone, Sakura could now pour all of her attention on the person before her.
"You idiot!" the cloaked girl said. The pinkette could practically feel the nasty glare coming from her hooded foe. "Do you have any idea what you've done?! Who they were?!"
"Yeah I knew," Sakura replied. "But I also knew that those demons were harmless."
"You... If you really think that," the mystery girl spoke, slowly pushing her blade against Sakura's scythe. "Then you have no right to be a part of the demon hunter clan."
Demon hunter? the pinkette wondered. But before she could voice out her thought, the girl pushed the scythe wielding girl back, causing her to stagger. Not wasting a moment, the cloaked girl swung her blade in a horizontal arc and followed it up with diagonal slash. Sakura parried the strike, dodged the slash but she didn't see the kick that had followed straight after. The girl's kick had landed in the pit of Sakura's stomach and forced the girl to skid backwards, stopping a few feet away from were she was originally.
So strong! The pinkette gritted her teeth and glared at the girl. She could practically see the smile beneath that hood of hers and that irked the pinkette. But before she could retaliate, the cloaked girl jumped onto wall next to her and when her feet it the surface of the wall, she jumped onto the other wall on the opposite side, and then repeated, slowly making her way up.
Shit! the girl cursed and not wanting the mystery girl to get away, Sakura throw her scythe, hoping it would hit. But didn't, just missing hooded girl and imapling itself on where she had just landed. The girl eventually made her way to the top and left the pinkette's sight. Oh no you don't! Sakura, using her demonic strength, jumped up and landed on her scythe that was now sticking into the wall and using it as a spring board, jumped on top of the roof the girl had been on and ran after her.
Her opponent hadn't gotten far yet, so she still had time. Extending her arm out to the side, her scythe disappeared from the wall and materialized back into her hand and not missing a beat, leapt at the girl that was a few yards away. Mid-leap, the pinkette twisted her body and swung her scythe at the fleeing girl. Said girl turned just in time to see Sakura's attack and dove out of the way, but her cloak wasn't so fortunate. The blue tinted weapons' metal blade snagged itself on the black material and removed it from it's host.
The pinkette managed to get her feet on the ground before she had slipped of the roof and that was when she noticed the cloak that was hanging off her scythe's blade. She immediately turned around and finally saw who was underneath the hood.
Sakura now knew why the skirt looked so familiar, as the girl was wearing the exact same uniform she was. The girl was fair skinned and had long pale-blonde hair which was tied into a high ponytail, with bangs framing the right side of her face. She also had blue eyes, which were now glaring towards Sakura's direction. The pinkette had to admit, apart from the glare she was receiving and with the evening sun shining behind her, the girl looked beautiful.
The blue eyed girl closed her eyes, let out a sigh and placed her free hand on her hip. "Great, now you've seen my face," said the girl.
"Who are you?" Sakura asked getting straight to the point.
A cocky smirk grew on the fair skinned girl's lips. "That's for me to know and to you to find out," she replied. "But you won't find out tonight." Sakura cocked an eyebrow, wondering what the girl meant. When the blonde haired girl took a step back, she got the idea.
"Wait!" the girl shouted. But it fell on deaf ears as the girl spread her arms out to the side and took another step back. There was nothing behind her and the next thing Sakura knew was the girl fell backwards, leaving the pinette's sight.
The pinkette rushed forward and looked over the edge, expecting to see the girl falling to her death. But there was nothing, not even a body on the pavement on the streets down below. She had disappeared. But even though she was gone, Sakura had a nagging feeling in the back of her mind.
She was going to meet that girl soon. Very soon.
And there we go. You probably know by now who the hooded figure is and which means this new arc of Demonic Love will revolve around her.
Anyway, thanks for reading as always and please leave a review and tell me anything that can help improve the story or my writing. Also constructive criticism is also very appreciated.
Anyway thanks again, and see ya next chapter!