Sakura stared at the living corpse before her. His skin was very pale with a disturbing hue of blue. He had dirty blond hair and for some reason his eyebrows was very bushy. From his accent you can tell it was British, he was smiling at her, Sakura, on the other hand was terrified. Sakura wanted to run but she was frozen in the spot. He moved towards her as she backed away.
"G-get away from me!" Sakura breathed out harshly
"It's traditional for the groom to kiss the bride" He said smiling still approaching her, Sakura began running away terrified. Sakura completely forgot that she can use her ninja skills to get away. She was blinded with fear to think properly. Sakura ran down a small hill but she slipped and slide down and hit her head on a tomb stone, clutching her head she gave a look of pain and frustration, she glances back to find him coming closer to her. Eyes widen she hurriedly stood up and ran faster, as she passed more tomb stones she glance back to see if he still followed her but to her luck she ran into a tree. Holding her eye in pain she glances and sees the dead man advancing towards her, frighten Sakura ran into the tree once again, after being hit in the eye once again after she ran around it. She jumped and landed on the frozen river. Terrified she continued to run but was stuck on the ice as she carelessly kept trying; looking back behind her she saw the corpse reaching out to her as he easily crossed the ice. Getting her head she took big steps to finally cross the river, Sakura ran even more but was stopped by a couple of branches that clung into her dress. Sakura easily shook it of but it didn't leave empty handed the branches had few pieces of cloth from her dress.
Sakura ran to the bridge that connected to the woods and the town. When she did reached the bridge a flock of crows swoop down at her but Sakura ducked in time so that the crows wouldn't hit her. Sakura looked back finding nothing there; she checked the two sides of the bridge at the entrance and the church that was next to the woods. Smiling in relief Sakura took a few steps back without looking and turn only to face the dead man again with their faces every close to each other. Sakura couldn't scream she was too terrified to do so; she backed away into the side of the bridge trapping her from him. The corpse moved towards her smiling once he has successfully trapped her he placed his decaying flesh and boned hands on her shoulders.
"You may kiss the bride" He whispered leaning forward to her but before he could even kiss her everything turned dark….
-Corpse Groom
When Sakura came through she saw a vision of a skeleton's head, then the vision went clear showing to people and one of then looks very dead and the other was completely bones.
"A new arrival!" The clothed skeleton said looking oddly happy
"She must have fainted! Are you alright, dear?" The familiar dead man said as he stroke her cheek lovingly and then gently placing a kiss on her cheek.
"W-wha?... Who are you? Where am I?!" Sakura cried out
"We have ourselves a breather!" the bone guy said and then a small bone boy started poking her with a stick
"She's still soft!" The boy said poking her more, Sakura frighten out of her mind slowly got up by the support of a… pub table? Scanning her surroundings she noticed that the pub was full of dead people!
"A toast to the newly-weds!" A small midget man said toasting to another bone man
"Newly-weds?" Sakura asked confused then the British man sighed lovingly
"In the woods, you said your vows so perfectly" He said showing the ring to her
"I did? I did" Sakura said realizing it
"Wake up, wake up, wake up!" Sakura said banging her head into the table then was stopped by her "husband" who held her tightly
"It's alright, honey" He said kissing her cheek, wait, honey? Oh no!
"Bonjour! Coming through! Coming through!" A head of a French man said and was placed on the table next to her only his head and the neck was attached with bug legs.
*Giggles* "My name is Francis and I'm your head waiter" The head- I mean Francis giggled Sakura gasped frighten
"I will be creating your wedding feast" Francis said happily
"Wedding feast, I'm salivating!" A worm said coming out of the British eye
"Maggots" He laughs
"Just who are you?" Sakura demanded
"Oh? How silly of me! I'm Arthur your husband" Arthur said looking at her with love in his eyes…er … eye. The fear blinded ninja backed away and bumped a few people, grabbing a sword she threaten them
"Stay back! I want questions now!" Sakura clearly scared didn't watched her grammar
"Answers, you mean answers" One corrected
"Yes, Answers I need answers!"
"Well it kind of a long story" Arthur said looking at the floor with sadness then suddenly beamed with happiness
"Come I know a romantic place to be" Arthur said dragging Sakura out of the pub
- Bonjour belle!
Meanwhile in the surface of the living a worried Italian lay at wait for his wife to be. Looking out to the window Feliciano sighed She's been gone for a while now… ve~
"Feliciano, come away from the window" His mother said
"Si mama" Feliciano said sadly walking next to his mother
"Where is that girl?" Sakura's mother said
"Don't worry dear, she'll be back as soon as you say flowers" Sakura's father said assuring her Feliciano sighed once again and his mother hit him in the head then Katarina entered the room.
"Katarina, I trust the room was your liking?" Feliciano's mother said
"Si, it was nice miss… but I have terrible news" Katarina smirked and Feliciano gasped Oh no, Please not Sakura…
"I saw her with another man! She was held in another man's arms!" Katarina said dramatically and Feliciano's poor and innocent heart broke. Another man?
"But she doesn't know another man! She could barely step out the house!" Sakura's mother protested clearly angered by the insolent female
"Or so you thought cagna! Call me when you need assistance!" Katarina said walking out of the room, Feliciano clutched to where his heart is and it was aching terribly
"What do we do now?" Feliciano's mother said distressed
"I can't believe this, we need a bride tomorrow" Feliciano's father said
"Please give us a chance to find her!" Sakura's mother begged
"Just until dawn by tomorrow" Sakura's father said
"Very well, you have a deal" Feliciano's mother said
Sakura please hurry back! I don't want to marry anyone else except you!
-In the end
"Here we are!" Arthur said bringing her to a balcony that overlook a town and on the balcony was a bench. He sat down and patted the space next to him, indicating that he wanted her to sit next to him. Sakura sighed and sat next to him.
"It's beautiful isn't it? if I had breath it would take it away" He said giving her a friendly smile
"I really want to go home now please" Sakura said
"This is your home now" He said with that friendly smile still
"Still I don't even know your name" Arthur asked with a bright smile
"It's Sakura, Sakura Haruno" She answered staring at him
"Sakura what a beautiful name for a beautiful girl" Arthur said holding out right hand, confuse she stared at the hand.
"You shake it" He said taking your right hand and shook it
"Now we are properly met" He smile
"So who or what are you exactly?" Sakura asked
"Well, I met this nice girl and she said she loved me and she wanted to marry me. My parents didn't allow me to and I love her so much" He said
"S-so what happen?" Sakura asked, feeling guilty as he continued his story
"We decided to elope and get married. So I stole my father's suit" He said tugging the hem of the suit, Sakura carefully listened and stayed quiet
"So we agreed to meet in the woods where we met love, and she told me to bring as much money as possible so we could start a new life together. So I waited and it got dark… and cold, I remembered seeing a shadow in the dark and… that's it. Because of that I vowed that I would stay there until someone asked to have me" He said looking at you dreamily
"Thank you for asking me to marry you darling" He said smiling kissing your cheek, Sakura suddenly felt regret in her heart, he has been through a lot.
"My mother would never accept you, but now I'm free and you're my lovely wife" He smiled
"Do you think your parents accept me?" He hoped
"You're lucky you won't ever meet them" Sakura sighed then an idea hit her
"I think you can meet them" Sakura said smiling
"Wonderful! Where are they buried?" He asked excited
"Um… Their alive" Sakura said
"Oh sorry" He mumbled to himself but Sakura can clearly hear him
"Hey I know someone who can help us with that problem!" He said excitingly
"Who?" Sakura said sounding like an owl
"Old man Vladimir, he knows all sort of stuff with magic!" He replied happily
Old man? How old is he? Who would be named Vladimir now in this generation? But whoever you are please help out of here.
-From Back and Froward To Back Again
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