Chapter lll:More then pain.

Well,about ten minutes ago we just arrived at this abandoned hotel that was maybe as huge as was all quiet and creepy. Cobwebs,Spiders,and dry wall were here,there,everywhere. Our combat boots were quietly booming along the dry,cracked floor that was covered in dust. It was clear that this building was abandoned long ago. Sand somehow found it's was to covering the rips on the walls that were also occupied with dry blood prints made by dead fingers,and claw marks.

The Lights above were dimming. Flickering at a weird slow,slow,slow,fast,fast,slow,fast were open to reveal pitch black darkness,Making me hesitate if I should go in there or 's flashlight guiding us along the way.

Crickle. Crackle. Crick. Pop. Crack.
The flickering lights sang.

Step. Step. Step. Step. Step. Step. Step. Step.
Rhythemed our boots as we turned at a corner.

Moan~

Alarmed,I was already in fighting stance.
"Hazuko." I called. She put up her hand to signal me,"I heard.".
We kept going forward as we heard slow steps dragging near us.

I heaved as I smelt the dry red liquid that was once alive and human coming from behind.
I turned and saw nothing. Yet. I walked backwards pointing my gun anywhere I thought they would
come out. I furrowed my eyebrows.

'Just come out here already,bastards.' I thought.
We heard groaning coming in front of me,making Hazuko turn my way.
Nothing.

"Ughhhhh~".

My emerald eyes got two times bigger.
"Hazuko!".
She turned to face the dead man in her face and tried to pry him off when he latched onto her.
As soon as I was about to help,I felt heavy breathing on my now goosebump covered neck.

Quickly,I turned shooting the thing in the stomach. It bounced back slightly but kept walking towards me.
I shot in the head,causing it to groan in pain and clapse on the ground.
"Run!" I ordered.
We burst into speed,turned the right,and met up with about twenty others.

They were all over the place! Once I turned left,there was ten of them,When I turned right,there were
fifthteen! I mean shit! On top of that Hazuko was having more trouble then myself,So I had to watch
her back as well!

"Sakura your left!" The dark haired zombie slayer warned me. I was so overwhelmed and not focused that I accidentally turned right,and shot Hazuko! Oh boy,not good. She screamed in agony,pain written clearly all over her lightly tanned face. Her dark heliotope eyes wincing,while bring her right hand to cover the bullet wound on her bicep.

I knew I wasn't going to hear the end of this.

"God dammit Sakura! I told you it was on your left!" She yelled. All I could say was,"I'm Sorry! Hiya!" as I continued to wack the moaning beasts.

Now,after all that action,bumping into a demonic little girl,whom I once felt bad for,and having to admit Hazuko was right,
I was driving alongside a bleeding Hazuko who was clearly showing she was holding back from rubbing it in my face that I was wrong.

I was pissed off of course. I despised it when she was always right. Finnaly I couldn't take it.
"Okay I already said I was wrong,what more do ya want?" I asked, pretended to think,putting her soft
finger up to her pink lips,and looking up at the sky.

"Hmm..well let's go over this whole thing. We pulled up to a mansion like hotel,abandoned of course.
You stopped,and I thought it was a bad idea. We got into a tiny debate,and you said,and I quote,

"Okay fine. If we run into any zombies,before we find any equipment or needs,I'll do your chores for the next three weeks."

unquote."

A deathly glare was being sent at her,hoping I could burn her if I glared hard enough.
She smiled cheekily and softly chuckled,"Heh, heh. You do realize looks don't kill right Sakura dear?"
She teased.

Steam came out of my ears,making it sound like a train as my face rose up into a tomato red.
My focus went back to driving as blood boiled in my veins. So far the score was:Hazuko-47,
Sakura-...2. As I tallied the imaginary score board,waterfall tears came leaking from my eyes.
'why me?'.

"Okay,Okay. I'll go easy on you. You can do my chores for a month,but have the weekends off.".
That sounded like a real nice deal. That is until I realized there was only a day difference.
I turned to Hazuko extremely annoyed that she did that on purpose. All she did was smirk.

"Oh ha ha. Real funny." I said sarcasticly.
She put up her hands,shrugging her shoulders,"Hey. Either twenty-one days of hard labor,or Twenty.
Your choice dude.".

"Fine,I'll take the offer."I huffed.
"Yay!" Hazuko cheered.
"Whatever.".

I noticed the road started to get a little bumpy as we started crossing the Verrazano Narrows Bridge,
that was completely deserted. Hmph. Well it matched all the other deserted,ripped up places on this
waste land.

A few minutes ago Hazuko was treating her wound,but because of the destroyed bridge and road,
she was having trouble.

"Uh Sakura. Do you think you could pull over a sec?" She asked.

I pulled over to the side,and pulled out my gun in case any thing came out and attacked us. I grabbed my medical kit and decided to help her.I was in the middle of the healing process until,

"Damn Sakura,I told you it was on your left,this shit hurts." Hazuko complained. For the billionth time.
I slowly pulled out the cause of her pain as she winced. I dropped the silver bullet on the ground,and got the alcohol to clean out the gash.

"Crap! Take it easy will ya?" She yelped.
"Sorry,I'm trying to be as careful as I possibly can kay?".

By the way it was looking,it was pretty deep shot. She had to have
eleven stiches. As I criss crossed the thread in her skin,I saw she was having another headache.

"How bad are your headaches getting?" I asked without looking away from what I was doing.
She put her right hand on her head."Getting worse each day,but I'll live I guess." she said popping a pain killer in her mouth.

I nodded.

I cut the string that was left over,and cleaned the rest of the dry blood.
I grabbed a soft tissue like cloth,put it on her injury,then gently wrapped the gauze around her arm.
She flexed and slowly moved her arm to get use to the feeling.

"Thanks.".She pulled out her gun,and without looking up,shot a dead man who was walking slowly over here six yards away. I just started putting my supplies away,not even bothering to look,since I already knew that thing was here.

I stood up,and packed the supplies in the back."Well you ready to go? The map shows that there's an old mini food mart about four miles away." I considered.

"Hm..can we stop by a gas station first?".
"Uh..Hazuko? You do realize that we already have gas tanks back home right?".
"Yes I know,but It's closer and I just wanna check something out.".
I shrugged,"Alright. Let's go.".

I was about to go to the drivers seat,until Hazuko said she wanted to drive for a while. I protested,but she said her arm would be okay. So in the end she was driving us to our destination.

Hey guys,I know I said on my profile that I update on Fridays,but I'm leaving for New York tomorrow morning(Thursday) and I'm gonna be on the road for a bit. Disclaimer:I don't own Naruto or Kishimoto-san created:3 Soo...yeah! Review pretty please. :)