AnimeCrasherz: Sasuke reveals why there have been so many deaths around Hinata and what exactly he is...
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Chapter 5, Lies... and a Dog
"Oh, god..." Sasuke shook the blood dripping off of his hands. "Deer blood?"
"What?" How could he tell? I kept my distance from him and pressed my back to the tree, trying to stay as far away from him as possible, even if the difference was only a few centimeters.
A sickening sound of crunching reached my ears, and I heard a shrill howl pierce the night air. "We caught one, Akamaru!"
Caught a what?! My back pressed so firmly to the tree that my legs gave way, heels scraping snow forward, crunching twigs.
"What was that?" the voice from before, this time tense; alert.
The sound of crunching twigs broke the forest's silence once again, this time coming from behind a grove of trees- and approaching rapidly. Already tense, I sensed Sasuke's muscles tightening as his onyx eyes narrowed into slits. Instinctively, he leaned forward, like an animal ready to pounce. Bringing my knees back up to my chest and attempting to weave a last minute plan, I just hoped to God there wasn't another bloodbath before my eyes. The rustling of leaves came to my ears like a warning, a foreshadowing song of evil and enemy. There was someone behind those brushes, so close yet so far away. Approaching.
Out from the brush shot out a white dog, blending in with the snow, only distinguishable because of his black-tinted ears. A boy about our age -his owner, I presumed- ran out after him.
I froze.
Any ideas racing through my mind about jumping out and blocking somebody, running away to the house, become snow... were vaporized. Sasuke leaned forward eagerly, like a cheetah waiting for the right moment to pounce.
Then they clashed in mid-air, two wild beasts. I make them seem more poetic than they are - they were vicious. Teeth and nails tore open skin and blood stained the snow. Before I knew it, one was pinned. The dog-boy.
"What are you!?!" I screamed out the words like an accusation.
But I wasn't sure I wanted an answer from either of them.
As if I hadn't existed until now, their heads whipped towards me. I was again a vulnerable, scrawny girl pinned to a tree. If I'd had to go to the bathroom I'd have pissed myself. My eyes widened as they met theirs, both black, full of anger and vicious. The pinned dog-boy bared his teeth, and drool and blood spilled on the snow next to his head.
SCRATCH! And the dog-boy broke loose and left three, long, gaping gashes from Sasuke's ear to his mouth and nose. Then I heard growls emitting from both of them.
I knew it then; I had to run or one or both of them might turn on me. They were mindless and bloodthirsty. I'd seen it last night. Sasuke wouldn't hesitate from hacking me apart for my sweet blood, and neither would that dog-boy.
I ran back to the house to retrieve my book and some food, and run for it.
On my way back from the bedroom, I tripped on the floor rug. My knee bumped against the wooden floor and I screamed, sending the book hurtling to the wall.
It lay, still now, on the floor. It had fallen on it's spine and was open. The page... I remembered them being completely blank, but now words?
He's not what you think.
Eager now, hungry for anything, I snatched up the book and read the page with the single sentence five times, and turned to another random page.
He's not what you think.
He's not what you think.
He's not what you think.
Every single goddamn page! I screamed and threw the book back down.
Footsteps.
Apologizing to it and picking it back up right away, I ran to the bedroom.
Door creaking open.
I fumbled with the latch, and almost froze my fingers to the frosty metal, I let out a groan of terror and frustration.
Footsteps down the hall.
The window flew open and I jumped out, bruising and scratching myself, but landing in the soft, fresh snow.
Bedroom door creaking open.
I crept around the side of the house, and ran straight into the woods as fast as my toothpick legs could carry me.
The trees, the trees, I have to reach the trees! Three feet, two feet, a step, and...
I made it! I could have stopped, but I had to run to-
Nails dug into my wounded shoulder, and I let out a shriek of pain. "GOTCHA!"
AnimeCrasherz: YEAHKIBA! XD I love Kiba. I had to put him in the story. (By the way "dog-boy" is Kiba. No big secret, just in case it didn't hit ya.)
YEE!!! Update, FINALLY. So sorry, but... I have another chapter on the way, so enjoy!
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