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Chapter five:
"Could you… give me a pencil please?" green eyes didn't meet those pale ones, never since that day she found out that they were… evil. Evil. Sakura didn't even know if they were, but she sure as hell didn't want to find it out the hard way. (As in: "Hinata are you evil?" "Uh, oh yes I am.- insert killing her with a knife.)
She didn't want to attract attention, but trying to stay away from them was nearly impossible, Sakura-chan do you want to go to work together after school?" Hinata still tried to talk to her, she did not know why, though. Every question from the dark haired girl was responded with a nod or only one word but the dark haired one kept on asking and babbling, reminding her of Naruto. Anyways she was quite rude to the girl but she just couldn't allow herself to be friends with Hinata.
For all she knew there were three kinds of folks.
Bullies. People without power and people with power.
Bullies were out of question, they didn't like her anyway, hence, bullies.
People without power who found out about her having this power were, well, quite rude to the pink haired girl. Or just scared of her.
But people with power were the worst. She didn't know whether to trust them or not. She'd never met someone before with those powers but the night with Sasuke in the alley gave her enough things to think over. (Especially those crimson eyes.)
The whole town was kind of weird because the Café always locked at nine pm. In her old city the Cafés were open till 12pm and longer. But it seemed that it wasn't just Aoiki's Café but every other restaurant, too.
However, she knew nothing about those seven people but they attracted her like a fly light. She did not know why, or what made them so special but she couldn't… no… she didn't want to stay away from them even if her brain told her to run – as cliché as it sounded – her heart wanted her to stay. She had no idea why she felt those feelings towards those strangers, heck, she didn't even know their powers, intentions and the side they were on.
"Sorry Hina-chan, I got to do this assignment for history, you know?" she was actually proud that she found an excuse for not talking to her. "Um… Sakura-chan we don't have history today." So much for good at lying. "You see… I have… no time because I… yeah I have to work after school."
"So we could go together? My shift starts right after school, too." The pink haired girl groaned mentally, deciding that she was not one of the best liars around – well, she had never been raised to be one for starters – and clearly needed some work-out there. "I guess." She gave in after several minutes.
Her pen scratched on the paper when she tried to concentrate on her history assignment since she knew she had to keep up the lie – at least. Unconsciously she drew the eye she saw the night before she drew the two commas, the mesmerizing shape and… She stopped her doodling when she heard Hinata gasp. "What's this?" she asked while pointing at her drawing. Her hands got clam and sweaty when she tried to get a straight thought of what to say. 'Lie. Lie. Lie.' Her mind screamed. 'HOW?!' Was the… well, intelligent answer.
"You know my assignment is about the old Egypt and well I researched this in a book it is a stick" – she drew some straight lines below, connecting some lines making it look like a stick those old pharaohs always carried around – " which said something about a pharaoh's power over the land he ruled." she sighed when Hinata settled down again. Phew, this had been a close one. Sigh. Lying is a sin after all.
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She groaned once, closing her locker with a loud 'bang'. "Hey what's up?" Ino asked, appearing next to her, dumping her books inside her locker, checking her lips in her compact mirror she threw a blending smile to the pink haired girl. "Nothing much, gotta go, see you later, Ino." She left the bewildered blue eyes girl behind her in a rush, searching her classroom. Just when she was about to go into the classroom she bumped into Sasuke. Their eyes met for a short moment before she got up and straightened out her skirt, grabbing her books she had dropped. Sasuke raised an eyebrow at the girl but helping her anyway. The pink haired girl didn't even say thank you when she rushed inside. 'Strange,' he thought.
Hinata POV:
They were sitting closely together at lunch, discussing their newest plan. "Today the new ones come." Tenten's eyes narrowed, clutching the fork with all her might.
"We'll be there and ready, they won't come before midnight anyway." Neji muttered. "Who told you this? Ino didn't have any visions or dreams when they would arrive. She just saw them coming but they could come whenever they want to." Hinata argued back, having enough from the bullshit they were talking about. They could come whenever they wanted to just because they came at night the last four times didn't mean that they were always coming this late.
"Just be careful and don't go out alone." Naruto finished the discussion, "We will see it then."
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She dragged Sakura towards the Café. Hinata had released a big breath when she noticed that Sakura was herself again. At least this was how it seemed. She teased her about Naruto and was her old cheery self again. But there was something off about her she didn't get. For example the doodling she drew back in the classroom. It looked exactly the same like… like Sasuke's eyes. But she couldn't be the one who beat him, never, Sasuke told them that he/she punched like hell and his/hers was the strongest he'd ever felt and considering Sakura's thin arms she couldn't really believe that.
She changed out of her school clothes and back into her uniform for work. "Here's the mug, Hinata." Sakura called already, pink hair in a high ponytail.
"Get some sandwiches with bacon down to table four." This was her cue, running into Sakura when she made her way into the kitchen she grabbed the already prepared sandwiches down towards the said table together with the mugs Sakura handed her before. She noticed Naruto and Sasuke sitting on one of the tables, probably planning something about tonight. Hinata's cheeks became a light pinkish tint while watching the blonde mess around with his hair.
"Hinata… Hinata… Hinata!" whirling around she saw Sakura with her hands on her hip, smirking. Aw, she was in for it now. And there comes another round of teasing. Damn.
When the guests were serves and it was a bit calmer, she let herself plop down next to Sakura. "Hinata?" she asked quietly. "What is it?" the pink haired girl had an uneasy expression on her face when she asked the next question. "What's wrong with this city?" pale eyes widened slightly. "I don't know what you mean."
"Like, all people go home at nine pm like some sort of curfew, newspaper doesn't print any political sites here, I don't see any children outside..."
"You see, Konoha is… how should I put this. I'm sure you come from a town farther away, don't you?" the pink haired nodded at this, motioning her to continue." … you see, this is a war zone, well, not really. There is war near this town but not quite near this town, it's further up north but sometimes some rebels come from different towns and attack this town but don't worry mostly they just travel through it. Didn't your parents inform themselves before moving here? Because, you know I'm not really informed about it myself."
"No… no… they did I guess I think they just didn't want me to get upset. Why is there war?" the dark haired girl sighed. "Well, for whatever reasons war's actually there for, it's power I guess. I don't know much about it." Hinata lied smoothly, calming the pink haired girl down when she laid her hand on her shoulder reassuringly.
Sakura POV:
She didn't have any more information, but at least some to start with. She sighed once, getting another coffee to it's right table. Her shift would end in less than 20 minutes now. It was already dark outside, around 8.30 pm. She had a break between her shift from 4-5pm to do whatever she pleased. (She'd gone to the mall with Hinata and met there Ino and Tenten.)
When her shift ended, together with Hinata's, they made their way outside the Café together.
"We'll walk you home." Hinata insisted. "No, you don't have to, the way's pretty short. I can handle it myself." Sakura said, pulling her coat closer around her small frame to warm herself up a bit. It had cooled down by some degrees.
"Sakura." Just the way his voice sounded sent shivers up and down her spine. "What is it?" she said uncertainly if she should just go on or wait.
"I'll walk you home." Her eyes widened for a mere second before she felt an warm arm around her shoulders and her body pressed up against a firm side.
"I think I can handle myself pretty good." she sighed when he pushed her forward, leaving her no time to argue further.
"But… Sasuke… I thought we… well, we said that we'd stay together today." Ino called out, worried.
"It's alright, I'll hurry." With that this was a closed case for him but certainly not for the pink haired girl beside him.
"You don't have to, you know?" she shook his arm from her shoulder, instantly missing its warmth but she couldn't care less at the moment.
"Aa," He answered quietly.
"Why… did you, then?" she asked, quietly as well. He hesitated a bit before answering. "I don't know…" with that, they fell silent again.
Ten minutes later they reached her home he noticed that there weren't any lights turned on. "You are alone?" he asked her, raising an eyebrow.
"Um, no my parents will be there in a few. " It hurt her to talk about her parents but she had to be strong now. "Goodbye Sasuke and thanks for walking me home." She said quickly, kissing his cheeks shortly. Her cheeks flushed scarlet when she turned around and walked up to her front porch. Why was he affecting her so much? She thought she heard him mutter a 'no problem' but she couldn't be so sure about that one. When she got inside she quickly changed into a black baggy pullover which hid her curves completely and some black pants. She pulled the hood over her head when she made her way outside and after Sasuke.
He was pretty fast, she noticed. The dark haired boy way jumping over some roof tops while she made sure to stay hidden. When they reached a big mansion she stayed away in a fair distance from it, watching. Aw, she should've brought something to read or anything because she got bored after 10 minutes of waiting.
She was about to go home when the front door opened. She peeked around the corner she'd been hiding behind and watched all of them disappearing into the night. She followed suit and made sure to stay away as far as she could.
They reached an alley close to their school. Soon, she could feel the presence of many other people. They were coming in a quick pace and soon they were there. Many of them. Too many and suddenly all hell broke loose. Attacks were thrown from both sides without talking just fighting. She took her time to study all of their moves. Ino was currently kicking and throwing punches at one or two of their enemies. There were at least thirty. Tenten threw weapons of every kind at three others, piercing them through their heart swiftly. She shuddered. So this was her power, just creating every weapon possible. Impressive.
Neji and Hinata were both engaged into a weird looking fight with their hands. Whenever they touched someone they just crumbled to the ground Their eyes were surrounded by veins and had their usual amazing milky colours.
"I have to stay away from their hands." Sakura thought to herself while watching the fight between them. Shikamaru was just standing there, but so were three of his enemies. She couldn't really see what was happening since it was kind of dark and the street lights didn't give as many hints as she'd like to see.
She could practically feel Naruto's power. He seemed to be the one with the most stamina from all of them. Some round little ball formed in his hand while he killed or injured one enemy after the other.
Suddenly, her breath hitched. Where was Sasuke? He was there when the fight began, but where was he now?! She released a deep breath when she saw him fighting with those red eyes against another six of them. Sakura didn't know what exactly he was doing but it seemed like they were in mental pain because they weren't moving but holding their heads in agony, but no visible wound could be seen.
They were strong, indeed. She had to be careful, but this fight didn't give her as much information as she'd liked to get. She still didn't know if they were bad or not. The pink haired girl made her way away from them but when she turned around she starred into milky white ones.
"Found you." Neji smirked while apple-green eyes widened. Damn.
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