Temari threw off her white coat, her face dull. "It was Gaara." She whispered, her voice quivering.
Sasuke crossed his arms. "Yeah, it was Gaara." He snapped, not seeming to care about the obvious emotion that was emitting from her.
"You!"—Shikamaru started. "Don't you"—He stopped in the middle of his sentance, and glanced at Temari nervously.
The pale boy snarled-- he was obviously getting more and more impatient by the second. "Are you going to help me or not?"
There was no response from the blonde girl. Then she clenched her fists.
"Of course."
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"...HUH!"
Sakura and Naruto glared at one another, and both stomped off in different directions.
Naruto that idiot! Idiot! IDIOT! Sakura fumed. Why must it be HE to have taken away my… ARRGH!
She covered her lips with her arm, blushing, and quickened her pace.
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Naruto walked, rubbing his jaw. "Ow… I didn't get to bite… Ow…"
Then he suddenly stopped, and looked up. "Neji, I know you're up there."
A figure leapt down from the trees. "Huh… I got caught." He scratched his head, silver eyes glowing. "But she was cute though… Why did she break out of your stupor anyway? Did you release her from your hypnosis?"
Naruto stuck out his tongue playfully. "That's what I'll like to know. I wonder how she did it…" He frowned. "No human can do that unless the vampire who caused the stupor release their hold over them. Maybe she has a greater willpower than others… Arrgh." The blonde vampire rubbed his jaw again. "It hurts, and I feel so tired…"
"…Hah…"
Suddenly Neji held out his arm in front of Naruto, who blinked.
"What?"
"Wanna suck my blood then?" Neji asked, grinning.
SILENCE
Naruto made a disgusted face.
"… I'm not a pervert."
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Shikamaru leapt, glancing at Temari worriedly every sixty seconds.
Will she really stake her own brother?
Temari, however, didn't seem to notice his gaze. Her eyes were focused angrily on the road.
Sasuke had other problems of his own. Sakura. Where's Sakura?
He sniffed the air, and turned. "There."
The trio leapt around the corner, every one of them with a stake in hand.
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Gaara walked slowly, his green eyes fixed on the house before him.
Rustle.
Sakura was gritting her teeth as she continued her stomping to the front door.
"Naruto that idiot!" She yelled, slamming the front door hard.
SILENCE
Gaara drifted from behind the bushes, his eyes narrowing.
A foot stepped forward, and a hand reached out to open one of the windows.
Sakura sighed, taking the yellow bear from her table. She fell backwards onto the bed, staring at the bear with confused jade eyes.
"Mr bear… A lot of stuff happened to me today…"
The bear stared back at her with bright, brown eyes.
"Ah…" Sakura sat up, looking at her knee. "There's… a new bandage? Where's my handkerchief?"
Did Naruto…?
She blushed, and fell back again.
Whoosh.
"Huh?"
She felt a sudden wind blow into her face, and a figure coming in—
To kill
Or not…
The wind blew hard, and then vanished, as though it wasn't present before.
And this time…
Gaara's eyes narrowed again, and the dull green in them somehow managed to capture the light from the moon, and reflect it brillantly.
Sakura bit her lip, and clutched the bear tight. What… What's going… on?
The red-haired boy blinked once, and all the lights went off.
The only light was from the white-gold orb in the sky, still shining as brightly as ever overhead.
Sakura bit her lip harder, and crept backwards onto her bed. Everything and anything living seemed to be gone—just blink—and gone-- the moment the lights went out. It was weird thinking, but that was just what it seemed.
It was all still and silent, except for the frantic breathing of her own.
Though the boy had no made any move towards her yet, she knew.
He was a vampire.
She just knew.
Sasuke.
"…What?" Sakura gasped, and released her teeth on her lip, because she felt a sharp tang.
Blood was oozing out from her bite.
Not good.
Though she wasn't a vampire hunter, she'd read enough books to know that the presence of fresh blood will excite a vampire even more. It was common sense.
Now she'd bitten her own lip and practically given herself to the enemy.
Idiot. You freaking idiot, Sakura.
Gaara stopped, and his calmness disappeared in almost a millisecond as he lunged at her.
"…BLOOD!"
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