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Note: If the words in a quote are italicized they are in Spanish. The translation will follow. Bold is French. Normal, which will follow, is the translation.
Chapter Five: Career
Throw on your break lights
You're in the city of wonder
Ain't gonna play nice
Watch out, you might just go under
Better think twice
Your train of thought will be altered
So if you must falter be wise
Sakura watched Karin with a keen eye. It was lunch, and Sakura sat with her now small clan of friends. So far, Sabaku Temari and Hyuuga Hinata had abandoned Karin's clingy cult to befriend the new girl. Karin looked toward the group of three enjoying each other's company. She mumbled something under her breath and the other girl's howled their approval at their leader's words. "Sugiero que alguien encierrara a la puta. I suggest someone shut the whore up." Sakura mumbled just loud enough for Temari and Hinata to hear. Temari snickered and Hinata let out a small giggle. Sakura was surprised when the two told her they knew Spanish but it also helped her keep up her façade.
Sakura sighed and plopped a mouthful of rice from her bento in with her chopsticks. Sasuke had been asking a lot of very difficult questions lately. Specifically about her past, about if and what she'd been like as a human. Sakura shuddered, not wanting to rack up her memories. If she did, she'd fall ill and risk turning into a ghost. She whimpered as her head began to thump dully, the sound of blood pulsing behind her ears. 'Just run away, Sa-ku-ra! He'll never love you anyway!' Sakura could hear that voice in her head again. It sounded just like Karin, but Sakura knew it wasn't. Whenever she came to school and Karin caught her attention, which was basically every day, she'd get headaches and flashbacks. She hated it. Sakura's only comfort was that she didn't need to last it out too much longer. So long as he didn't come by to check on her, Sakura could last until Sasuke's death.
Sasuke was watching Sakura, feeling worry bubble back up in his gut. Sakura was angry with him again. He didn't know why she was upset, but she was. She was looking sick again, just like two weeks ago, and Sasuke was beginning to wonder why. "What could possibly be triggering it?" He mumbled absent-mindedly.
"Causing what?" Naruto asked him curiously as he slurped up some of his ramen. Luckily enough for Naruto, their teacher allowed them to use the microwave kept in the classroom. Sasuke rolled his eyes, the smell of the chicken broth and noodles filling his senses. He didn't want to talk about relationships with Naruto, who was too shy to ask out Hinata.
"Nothing Dope. Just thinking about what I should do tomorrow. Karin wants me to go shopping with her and her friends, but I'm suppose to go help Sakura with some other things." Sasuke didn't want to explain that tomorrow, instead of enjoying his day off school he was suppose to read the large book of Satanic know-how that Sakura had given him. Not like Naruto would believe that anyway, but still.
Sasuke looked out the window and froze at what he saw. There, sitting in the tree outside the classroom, was Kakashi with two little things. Both were about as big as a six week puppy. One was older, with thinning grey hair and glasses over dark brown eyes. It was a male, in a black suit with demon wings. He looked quite annoyed, glaring at Sasuke with a scowl on his face. The other was pretty much the opposite. It was a young female, with blondish hair and light green eyes. She was wearing a long white dress with angelic wings in a shade of pale blue. She looked very worried, watching Sakura in a motherly way.
Sakura was smiling brightly at the little imps as if she knew them. Sasuke rose and eyebrow at her and shook his head. 'Expect Miss Antichrist to know those freaky things with Kakashi.' He scoffed in his head while plopping a mouthful of rice in with his chopsticks. Mayumi always made him delicious bentos and he didn't want to let Sakura's weirdness interfere with his enjoying it. He growled lightly as he watched Sakura, enjoying her time with Hinata and Temari. It bothered him how she could sit there, always reminding him that his time was getting at least close to an end. Didn't she realize what she was doing to him?
Sasuke was pissed for the rest of the day, mostly because Kakashi and those little things were still watching Sakura. He waited until the bell before he caught Sakura's wrist before she could run off like usual. He never knew why, but Sakura would make a bee line for the door right after the bell. Karin approached them, a snarl sliding from her throat. "Sasuke, I need to talk to Sakura now." She seethed. Sakura whined and tried to pull her wrist free of Sasuke, looking even more pained than earlier. Was it Karin doing this to her?
"I need to speak with her first, Karin." He stated as calmly as he could. All the things happening to him were making Sasuke very irritable. If he could at least figure out what the new things had to do with him, he would have a little bit of relief. Sakura looked like a dog cornered by two dog catchers, planning how to get away from both. "Now, Sakura, would you please come with me?" He asked flatly. Sakura looked up for a quick second at the fire alarm, and then at the sprinklers. Sasuke blinked, confused, until the alarm released its loud cries and the roof began to rain. All the students began to rush for the exit, screaming and howling. Sasuke and Karin turned their backs for no more than two seconds and Sakura was gone. Sasuke growled, knowing he'd be able to track her with the chain from the bracelet, and left without so much as a glance at Karin.
Elsewhere
Sakura let out an anguished cry as she morphed from her human form to her demon form. Her knees buckled underneath her and she feel to the dirt. "Sakura-San!" cried the little angel as it fluttered over. Sakura grabbed at her hair, tugging at the soft pastel strands. Her eyes were wide and glossy, staring into some unseen world. Sasuke followed the chain and ducked behind a wall, watching the scene before him play out.
The little angel was fretting over Sakura, its little wings flapping violently like a hummingbird's around Sakura's head. Sakura perked up slightly and suddenly yanked the chain as hard as she could. Sasuke was tugged out into the open. The other three looked at him in surprise, shocked to see him in the area with them. Sakura looked up through her tangled curtain of hair, eyes burning into Sasuke with their intensity. He shuddered lightly. "I'm fine Tanny, don't worry about it." Sakura stated softly, sting up fully and looking at then little angel. Tanny, as Sakura addressed her, nodded and fluttered down, settling in Sakura's waiting arms. It looked as if Sakura was holding a little doll. "Come sit and ask your questions Sasuke." She stated flatly as he approached. He sat against a nearby tree, far enough away so nobody would see him but close enough for Sakura to hear.
"I have a lot. Will you answer the ones you can?" He asked. Sakura gave a nod and he nodded back, sorting out his concerns. "Why do you run off right after the bell? Does being around Karin make you ill or something? What are these things floating around us?" He asked first.
"First, I run off because I have to turn back to a demon and it takes a lot of energy to stay human for the entire school day. It puts stress on my demonic soul plus makes me vulnerable to human illnesses and they can have horrible side effects on my demonic side. Second, yes being around Karin makes me ill for a few reasons. First is that she's so ugly, second is that she wears too much of her disgusting scented perfume, third is because she's a skank-ho-bitch-bag and I have an allergic reaction to them, and fourth is that she brings back memories of a side of me I'd rather not discuss. Third answer, these are Tanny and Tonny. Tanny and Tonny are the Guardian Sprites sent to keep me from becoming too evil or too good since I'm the daughter of Satan." She explained calmly and slowly.
Sasuke blinked a few times. "I thought that Satan was the king of damnation and evil?" He asked her skeptically. Sakura looked suddenly annoyed. She glared at Sasuke as harshly as she glared at Karin.
"No! Satan's job is to pass final judgment. He decides, with the help of God and Jesus, who is worthy of being in Heaven and who needs to be taught. Depending on what and how many sins you committed there are three places you get sent. If you were of average sinfulness you're sent to Heaven to enjoy life in Paradise for as long as you'd like. Next is Repentance, or community services. Kakashi is a fine example. If you took your own life or lived a life of over average sinfulness you get assigned to be a Shinigami, and reap the souls of the living for an assigned span of time. The last option is that if you were extremely sinful, or committed major sins too many times, you are sent to Punishment. With Punishment, you get sent to Hell and have to perform years of hard labor. After you serve your time you have to go through Repentance. And then, when Satan and the others think you're ready you can go to Heaven or take your reincarnation immediately." Sakura explained with a small sigh. Kakashi twitched at his name and looked away. "So you see, Daddy can't be too evil or too good otherwise the judicial system below would get out of whack and a war would be held. That war would lead to the end of the world, you see, which is why sprites are assigned. Kind of like those little angels and devils you see in cartoons." She giggled, lightly twirling Tanny around and letting Tonny rest against her other arm.
Sasuke opened his mouth to speak when he heard something. It was Spanish, he knew because he recognized a few words, and looked at the person who said it. Sakura seemed frozen by the sounds of this new persons voice, too scared to move.
"¡Porqué hola otra vez, Srta. Drop Dead Hideous! ¡Ha sido un rato largo puesto que me han maldecido para ocuparme de su presencia! Why hello again, Miss Drop Dead Hideous! It's been a long time since I've been cursed to deal with your presence!"
TBC
Yay! The language for today was…SPANISH!! I'll start using some French around chapter seven, so Yvaine-Chan, you better be ready to hit the ground running! And that goes double for the rest of ya'll! Also, check out my profile sometime. I've got a poll up and I need people to vote or else it would be...A very useless poll. Until next time!