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Chapter Four
Pain
"Now that I lost my wings, will you catch me and be my solid ground?"
"I don't ask for much because with you I have everything that I will ever need."
"I won't be your solid ground, I'll be your wings and make you fly towards the bright sky."
From time to time I find I lost
Some meaning that was urgent
To myself I do believe
That I've never met anyone quite like you before
Oh, up, down, turn around;
Please don't let me hit the ground
Tonight I think I'll walk alone;
Find my soul as I go home
"When someone is in need of help and you have the power to do so, it is best you lend a hand."
I trusted my mother's words on this.. yet as I went to go help the kid.. I had a strange feeling in the pit of my stomach as if screaming 'No! Don't go!' I wonder why? Is it because I'll get hurt? Raped? And even worse.. die?
I have never thought about how I will die, I never wanted to die. I wanted to live forever, not like my parents who had lost their lives earlier than their supposed death age. Life is strange isn't it? I just thought I would die peacefully in my slumber at an old age. That's how I wanted to die anyways. After all, we are 'human beings', we aren't immortal. In fact were the exact opposite of that. I've always wondered this when I was little.. since humans are so weak, we make killing other things our own kind of a 'hobby' for what reason? Is it because they want to rid of everything else besides us human beings? Is that why? Then let me ask you this, Why do we kill when we are killed for killing? There is no end to this cycle.
However, as I say this, at this moment – situation I'm in.. I really regret ever letting those words leave my mouth. Right now, to me, it's more like, 'Kill or be killed'.
I could feel their stares on me as we continued walking through the empty hallways of the cruise ship. It was as if they were ripping off my clothes with their selfish and greedy stare. I clenched my teeth tightly together behind my fake smiling lips. I refuse to hit them, I refuse to do anything until I know we are in a safe spot, then I'll kill..
I'll kill them all. Each and every one of them.
I'll show them..
We human beings are not useless, we strive to survive, isn't that what bravery is all about? Being able to take on something with no fear inside of you.
Yet, human beings were also naive little beings. They did not know a lot about the world, the world we share with different other kinds other than ourselves. There is so little we know yet we act as if we know everything. I regret ever being born as a human. I regret it all.
I heard the door slam shut and I knew I was locked inside of a room. No way out. I was like a mouse trapped in a corner with cats surrounding me.
Humans really are ridiculous aren't we?
I glanced up at them only to notice their blood thirsty fangs showing through their lips. That was when I knew I wasn't going to be normal after I make it out of this, or yet, If I make it out of this.
"So pretty lady.." I watched as one of them licked their lips as they stared at me with hungry eyes.
"Sakura, no matter what happens, don't let anyone see the fear in your eyes.. that is the human's weak point."
I followed my father's words, I refuse to be afraid, I refuse to show fear and I especially refuse to give in. Right now the only reason why I'm still living is for my parents and Sasuke..
Where is Sasuke? I trust him, I love him, and I wish he would come. Come save me from these creatures.. his own kind. I want to be cradled in his strong arms again yet this mistake I had made for even thinking these people were even humans was the most dumbest thing I've probably done. I guess I won't even be able to marry Sasuke. But, I will never regret saving the little child from these people.
And I'll remember how I had my moments together with Sasuke, how that little boy was smiling slightly in relief when I had came to his rescue, how I met so many new friends, so many new enemies, and so many relationships have bloomed throughout the twenty-three years of my life. To human beings, twenty three years isn't a lot, but to me, it is. Why? Because I got to meet so many new people who showed me the difference between right and wrong, so many people had helped me stand up on my two feet again after the deep wound my parents had left me with.
It wasn't their fault that the wound was there, it was God's fault, the world's fault, fate had taken their lives away from me and I knew nothing of this word yet so many people merely smiled at me and said that my parents would have wished for my eternal peace. I really wish that my parent's wishes had come true cause right now, I'm not feeling any peace.
"Mm, where should we start? The head or the feet?" Another one of the 'men' hissed out as his greedy eyes trailed down my body and up.
I refuse to blink, I refuse to show fear, I refuse to let them take advantage of me just because they were different. I will not give in and I especially will not back down without a fight. No matter what happens, I'll just remember how I had saved someone's precious life, maybe even more important than mine, from these people.
His footsteps echoed down the hallways of the large ship, his footsteps only began to slow down when he had reached the deck, his hands holding onto the entrance door of the deck as he panted heavily from all that running. He raised his head up quickly and glanced around, beads of sweat rolling down his face, his eyebrows knotted together as his eyes caught sight of someone, person, adult whoever, he just needed someone.
"HELP! HELP!" He cried as he ran to the middle of the deck and fell down on his knees before continuing his cry for help.
Immediately multiple of heads turned towards the direction and some remained frozen in shock as they stared at the little boy who continued to cry out loud. Finally there was movement in the small crowd as a blonde haired girl walked up to the boy and kneeled down, "What's the matter? Are you alright?"
The boy could only cry as the tears and sweat mixed together on his face now, "A lady rescued me from a bunch of big guys.. they took her away and I know she can't handle them on her own! There was like four or five of them!" The blonde girl's eyes immediately narrowed slightly, "What did the lady look like?"
"She had pink hair-.."
A swift breeze past through the entire crowd.
"..And green eyes."
There was blood everywhere, on the walls of the room, on the bed of the room, on the items in the room. It was splattered everywhere, and the entire smell had taken over the scent of the room. Loud crash noises envelope the room but you couldn't hear anything from the outside due to the sound proof walls every room provided.
A startled scream and then another crash noise then complete silence.
"My what a feisty little lady.. you should watch where you swipe with those hands of yours."
"Or maybe you should lay down and play dead just like your other friends." I was panting slightly as she was holding onto a now bloody lamp which I had used to whack two out of five of them and thankfully two of them were knocked out cause of it.
I was not about to give up and definitely not about to give in, I was definitely going to get out of this hell hole and find everyone and continue on our fun days.
Definitely.
But as I thought of this.. I watched as the vampire in front of me pounce towards me in a speed I couldn't keep up with and that was when I prayed that I would see Sasuke at least.. before I get killed.
It was as if my wish came true because my knight in shining armour burst through the door and his blood red eyes scanned the scenery before landing their gaze onto me, he hissed loudly though when one of the vampires already had me.
And I could remember was a sudden pain hitting my neck and then darkness swallowed me up.
Blood Splat.
(Sasuke's P.O.V)
When a little boy had burst through the door of the deck, everyone turned their heads in sudden shock before getting over it quickly, however it came back as soon as it was gone when the little boy started screaming for help. No one had made a move towards the boy who was now crying his eyes out. I had assumed that he was just lost and didn't know where his parents were.
I watched as Ino had walked up to the said boy and asked what's wrong. That was when my eyes shifted into their blood red color, my fangs growing sharper, my hands clenching into tight fists as I had swiftly turned around and stared hard at the boy.
I glared slightly when the boy had mentioned a lady being captured, I assumed it was his mother or something then again if it was his mother he would've used the term 'mom' or some word that kid's call their parents nowadays.
I guess you could say I reacted faster than the speed of light when I had heard 'pink hair' come out of the boy's lips. I had turned around so fast and sped towards the door where the boy had come from searching for the only girl I knew who was on this boat with pink hair.
I couldn't, wouldn't believe that Sakura would've been captured by men, especially if they were human, however if my guess is right, it was most likely vampires who took Sakura. There's no way in hell Sakura would've been taken by mere human men, she could take on them with her bare hands and certainly she couldn't have been taking this long just to beat the crap out of few humans.
She was unique, I knew that for sure, she could slap someone and they'd probably go flying a few feet from the impact.
My worries were gone as I had tracked down Sakura's scent to a room, and of course, knowing most people lock rooms when they capture someone, I didn't bother knocking or even trying to open the door, I did the first thing that came to mind. Kick the door down and beat the crap out of the guy.
My eyes showed relief for a few seconds as I had spotted Sakura alive and well still. Though horror struck me as soon as I saw one of the men and leaped up towards her and now had Sakura in a lock hold. I could only watch in fright, my muscles reacting too late, as his teeth sank into her neck, through her skin and fat and into her blood source.
I estimated that he had taken a sip or two before I had literally ripped off his head from his body and then took his head and ripped it into shreds. There was blood everywhere but I didn't care about that, my main focus was Sakura who was now unconscious on the floor. My body reacted quickly as I bent down and picked up Sakura bridal style, staring in disgust at the five men who had dared to lay their hands on Sakura.
As soon as I walked out the door, the room was lit in flames.
(End Sasuke's P.O.V)
"It was reported that the victim is now dead."
"So soon? I don't think so, the victim isn't that weak."
"Shall we search again?"
"No, the victim's body guards will probably lock themselves and be hidden somewhere, if we take action now who knows what they'll do to us."
"Delay it then?"
"Yes."
"Understood, shall I put away the documents?"
"No, we may be stopping searching on them but I still want data to be collected."
"Roger."
"Dismissed."
(Sasuke's P.O.V)
Humans are very fragile beings, you can easily break them like breaking a stick if you snap them at the right spot. It's the exact same for vampires sinking their teeth into human's fragile bodies.
If you choose the wrong spot to sink your teeth in then the human is in danger. Any wrong spot could kill the human, humans are that weak and useless, they cannot survive without killing yet they are afraid to be killed.
"Sasuke.."
I could only look up slightly and caught sight of a blonde spiky hair do which I knew right away was one of my best friend, Naruto. Seeing as I gave him acknowledgement I laid my head back down next to the bed as I held the hand of the one I loved the most.
"Sasuke, it's been three months now, she hasn't moved an inch.. You need to feed on something or at least drink the blood we have refrigerated downstairs in the frid-.."
"I don't need it."
"We can take turns looking after her, Sasuke, please just eat something at least, you look like your about to die from hunger.. I'm sure Sak-.."
"Get out."
"But Sasu-.."
"I said get out!"
Naruto sighed before placing down a cup of blood down on the bedside table, picking up the old cup that was untouched and was now probably disgusting to even look at or even drink, "We're all worried about you Sasuke."
I didn't even say a word as my best-friend had left the room with a soft 'click' of the door. I continued holding onto the hand of the one I loved, hoping, praying, wishing that she would just wake up and smile at me. I refuse to drink any blood other than hers, hell I should just tell Naruto and the others that. Every single day for three months one of them had left a cup of blood for me to drink from god knows where but I refuse to drink them, her blood is the only one I'll ever drink, even if it meant dying, then so be it.
It's been three months, eight days and twelve hours since you've been away Sakura.. Come back, come back to us, to me ..
(End of Sasuke's P.O.V)
A twitch.
A movement.
A flinch.
Anything, he just wanted anything. He wanted something to prove to everyone that she wasn't dead, no, he won't believe it. She's alive, breathing, heart is still beating. But why won't her eyes open? Why won't they show him those bright emerald green eyes anymore? Why? Why? Why?!
Why won't those lips of hers curl up into a bright smile? Why won't those lips open up slightly so he could see her bright white teeth? Why won't those lips move? Why won't her mouth open up and let him hear her delicate and beautiful voice?
Why? God damnit why?!
He just wanted simple answers to his simple questions, ones that won't pierce his heart. Ones that will help to make her alive once more.
He just wanted to glance up and maybe, just maybe see her smiling, eyes shining brightly, and her fingers running through his hair like she always did whenever he fell asleep. So, why, why, why? Won't she wake up?
It's been fucking three months, nine days and two hours since she's been away, where the hell did she go? When will she come back? Will she ever come back? Sasuke knew one thing for sure, he will not be letting go of her hand anytime soon, no even if it meant sitting on this damn chair was his death 'bed' then so be it. He will not leave her side, no, never. Not even if there was a war outside. He would never leave her.
Never.
"Run away."
"Why?"
"Just run, don't look back."
"What about you?"
"Don't worry about me, just keep running forwards and don't ever look back."
"You have to come with me."
"I must stay, stay here and watch over you, please, just go."
"But why?"
"You will know the reason soon enough, please, just go on without me."
"Will I ever see you again?"
"..."
"Will I?"
"Only time and fate will tell."
"I need an answer."
"Yes.. you will."
"Promise?"
"I promise..
..Sakura."
Isn't anyone trying to find me?
Won't somebody come take me home
It's a damn cold night
Trying to figure out this life
Won't you take me by the hand
Take me somewhere new
I don't know who you are
But I.. I'm with you
I'm with you
Wow, it's been a while since I've updated and I apologize for not updating for such a long time.. things happened, not a lot of great things, sad to say. My boyfriend dumped me in late August and it left me heartbroken cause I still liked him.. and his excuse was "It isn't working out but I still like you but I think we're both better off single." I don't exactly get that but I was like "ok.." and he did it over MSN sadly.
Though now that I think about it I think doing it over MSN was a better idea doing it in real life cause behind the computer screen he won't be able to see my reaction, he won't be able to see how my face had turned from smiling to frowning within seconds after reading that dreaded sentence however I know life goes on and even though he may not like me anymore I still do. But the most upsetting part about all this is that he doesn't even talk to me anymore, no hi's, bye's, what's up, anything. It makes me quite sad about that, I refuse to look at him or talk to him unless he does it to me first.. I know, quite childish but I wonder if all of you girls (and maybe guys) sometimes get this feeling when you look at your ex and it just hurts? Knowing what you have been doing with him/her.. you can't imagine him/her without you anymore.
Life goes on.
But I don't want mine to anymore.
Sorry for my long stupid upsetting story up there but I felt better after saying that and I can't exactly tell any of my friends in real life because of the fact that they're all friends with him and I don't exactly want him to know I still have feelings for him, after all he preferred me not to be heartbroken but of course he doesn't know that he already broke mine.
Anyways, I apologize for the late update, shoot me, kill me, whatever.
Hope you all enjoyed the chapter as much as I liked typing it!
To Shubhs:
Ahaha , don't worry you'll see what happens later on in the story, so please don't mind the title for the next few chapters =) .. I do hope that you still continue to read the story even if it's not in the 'emo' mood right now, seeing as I do believe your right when it's not really fitting with the story. Haha I did not choose the title Bring Me To Life cause Sasuke's a vampire and Sakura isn't, I've seen wayyy too many of those and I rather not copy and I don't exactly fine the 'uniqueness' in that. Well I don't know about Twilight but I was quite in love with Vampire Knight as I was writing this and had many ideas, I still do but not so obsessed with it that I had changed my wallpaper, screensaver and icons and everything to Vampire Knight ;P, yes I admit I did that, quite embarrassing to some but nope, not me. I do like Twilight though but not as one of those crazy fan girls who would scream seeing one of the Twilight stars in real life and I don't think 'sparkly' vampires are that attractive haha.