Warning: BLOOOOOOOOD =]
Chapter 10 – Attack Attack
The sound of the front door of the Uchiha company building opening was like heaven to Sakura and Sasuke as they sat at the reception desk the very same morning. They'd been sitting in comfortable silence while Sakura wrote some lyrics absentmindedly. But when the sound of the outside world hit them they were running for the door like a shot, not caring how stupid they looked.
They both ran for the door where they could see some bulky man who, in Sakura's opinion, looked about fifteen months pregnant with twins, was just opening up the door. The look on his face when he saw the two of them charging straight for him at full speed, the poor man let out a very unmanly squawk as he jumped away from the door. Mikoto and Fugaku both stood just outside and also got quite a shock when they saw the pair dive out the door and into freedom.
Mikoto jumped forward and began to fret over the two, making sure they were really okay. Sasuke let her man handle him for a while as she dragged him over to the sleek dark limo waiting for them. He wondered why they'd brought one, they prefer to ride Mercedes rather than limo's of all things, mind you they probably wanted to talk to them in private, and not all of them could fit in the back of the car.
With a happy sigh Sakura took in a huge gulp of fresh air as Mikoto shuffled her along to the car. Sakura (for once) was a little disappointed at having to take the car, she was in the mood to walk back, she'd never take freedom and the outside world for granted again. So with a huff she clambered into the long limo and took her seat next to Sasuke and pulled her seat belt on.
Mikoto and Fugaku both sat opposite them and did the same, the air of calmness flooding the area. Everyone was happy that the small ordeal yesterday was behind them, even though Sasuke would admit that he'd rather enjoyed the time spent with Sakura that morning. After Sasuke had agreed to call Sakura by her first name and not her second he'd felt a little closer to the woman. Whether that was good or not he didn't really care, Sasuke found himself more than happy to drift closer to her, he wouldn't exactly call her a friend, but then again Sasuke never declared anyone, even Naruto, a friend. Then again, Naruto some how managed to drill it into him that he was, even if he didn't admit it out loud.
He peered over at his father opposite him, giving him the go ahead to speak, he'd gathered that his father had wanted to talk to them, why else would he have come? Fugaku straightened up in his chair, and prepared to speak.
"You both have today off, it's the least I can do for everything. But, if I may ask, how did you end up getting stuck in there in the first place?" He questioned, a single brow raised as he regarded to two people in front of him. Sasuke and Sakura both glanced at each other with a questioning look, wondering who was going to answer his question. Sakura nudged his side subtly, indicating that he was to answer and not her, with a roll of the eyes he faced his father and began to explain in his usual monotone voice.
"We were about to head out late since I had extra work to do. I'd agreed to take Sakura home since we were going to the same place anyway and as we were heading to the lift the back up got hit by lightening, I think." He stated as an after thought. Fugaku nodded, lent back and folded his arms, accepting his son's story. Sasuke then began to process what his father had just said; he'd stated that they both got the day off. The thought of going home right now didn't exactly appeal to him very much. He knew that Karin would be there and most likely get clingy because he'd been with Sakura all night, he really couldn't be bothered with the woman right now.
"Could I just go back to work? I don't really want to fall behind and I had a few meetings today." Sasuke pleaded, hoping his father would take pity on him, even if he didn't know what to pity. Every one in the car gave him a weird look, wondering why the hell he wanted to go back to the place he'd just been imprisoned in. Fugaku just gave him a blank look and huffed, he was not going to let his son become addicted to work, well, not at twenty-four anyway.
"No. Your not a robot Sasuke, take the day off and be grateful. I don't offer them often." He deadpanned. Sasuke gave an irritated huff and sat back, arms crossed as he stared out of the tinted window. Sakura held in a laugh, he looked so much like a small kid right now, the way he had his arms crossed and how he frowned as he looked out the window. It was almost laughable that Sasuke would get into a mood about not being aloud to go to work of all places.
Sakura couldn't help but snigger slightly at his actions before turning back around. Fugaku looked from Sasuke to Sakura with his usual blank eyes, an Uchiha trait, she was sure, and spoke.
"Did Sasuke tell you about the up coming Party next month?" He questioned. Sakura swore she heard Sasuke groan in pain before he glared at his father, but said nothing. Sakura frowned in confusion, ignoring Sasuke for the moment.
"No, he hasn't." She stated simply, still ignoring him. Fugaku looked heaven ward and said something even Sakura couldn't catch and faced her again to explain.
"I'm having a Halloween party next month to promote the company and since you and your band are meant to be a big part of that it's also going to be where your first release of your new album shall be. The media will be there so it'll be perfect for advertisement, think of it as a launch part of sorts." He explained. Sakura froze… the release of their album was next month! Did they even have enough songs for that? She didn't think they even had six for crying out loud!
Sakura gapped like a fish as she regarded Fugaku, was he serious? Then again, that man was always serious. Did he think she and the band could write an entire album in one month! No way, just, no way.
"We've not even got half the album finished yet, I don't think we'll be done in time." Sakura forced out of frozen lips. Fugaku merely raised an eyebrow at her as if saying he simply didn't care.
"I'm so doomed." She mumbled as she sat back and became vacant. With her looking like an empty doll and Sasuke like a moody three year old, Mikoto found it hard not to snigger at them both. If only she had a camera…
"Sir, we're here." The driver said through the small window. Sasuke just frowned even more as his building came into view, he really didn't want to go home at all but just put up with it. He was engaged to her for god sake, yet he disliked the thought of being around her, it simply wasn't normal.
With a grumpy huff he climbed out of the car and put on his suit jacket that he'd been carrying before he remembered he'd left his case in the office. With an annoyed groan he turned and watched the car drive off with a longing look. He wasn't to sure if he should be admitting this or not but he'd give anything to be back in that limo right now and in the seat next to that pink haired half-breed.
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Karin once again paced the length of the open planned condo with a strong sense of Dai sha vu. With the house phone in hand and wrapped around her stomach she chewed on her thumbnail with her eyebrows creased in a deep frown. She was worried.
Not only had Sasuke not come home but when she phoned the Mansion Mikoto told her he and Sakura hadn't turned up. Various scenario's of her Sasuke and the pink rodent flew threw her head at high speed, refusing to stop. Even after her warning, even after Karin told her personally to back off, the little shit goes and pulls a stunt like this, and the very next day no less. She had no nerve.
Karin had no idea where they might be right now but when Sasuke got home she was going to make it clear who he was with, who was more important and who was higher up the food chain, which was Karin, obviously. The mere thought of the rat even being near the same league as Karin made her want to laugh, a hobo had no right being near them. She should just leave, or she'd make her leave.
The sound of the lift doors opening pulled Karin out of her thoughts as she whirled around and marched across the condo, heading for the worn out figure just exiting the doors.
Sasuke wanted nothing more than to climb into bed right now. Sleeping in his office chair hadn't been one of his smarter ideas and was seriously starting to regret it. The sound of stiletto heals clacking against the wooden floor pulled him from his thoughts however, forcing him too look up from where his eyes had been forced to the ground.
Karin walked up to him with a frown in place and her arms firmly crossed under her chest, pushing her chest up in a way that made Sasuke want to cringe. He wondered when he stopped liking Karin's chest, any other time he wouldn't have minded at all to have them in his face, but now all he wanted to do was look away.
Karin noticed his hesitance and her frown deepened, what had the rat done to him! She loosened her arms a little, giving up and instead just took up an angry stance. It was rare that she would get mad at Sasuke, but she had to get it through that head of his that he was hers. He'd given her the ring and there was no way he was taking it back, not if she could help it.
Sasuke watched her wearily, this wasn't what he'd expected, and he thought she would have jumped him when he came back, not get angry with him. He didn't think he'd ever seen her angry at him, besides the time he broke her bra when ripping it off but he'd rather not think of that right now. He watched with caution as she glared at him, waiting for him to make the first move.
"Excuse me Karin. I want to go to bed." He tonelessly said. He was not in the mood to talk and really couldn't be assed with the twenty questions' he just knew she was going to fire at him. Karin uncrossed her arms and placed them on her perfectly curved hips, staring intently into Sasuke's eyes. Wild fire met with dark coal as they both stared for a while, both of their brows now creased in frustration.
"Karin wou-" Sasuke tried to say before he was interrupted.
"Where the hell did you and that rat run off to last night." She spoke, acid running into her voice. Sasuke was surprised, he never heard this tone of voice being directed at him before, she was obviously pretty mad at him for not coming home. But then he remembered what she'd just called Sakura; she'd called her a rat, which was uncalled for. Sakura had done nothing to Karin and she didn't deserve this treatment.
"Her name is Sakura, not 'rat'." He replied, a little anger leaking into his usually calm voice. Karin refused to react, even though the comment burned. He was meant to be on her side, not the rats.
"Would you just answer?" She shot, her voice sharp and firm. Sasuke let out an irritated huff before answering.
"There was a power cut in the company and we both got locked in." He explained as simply as he could before he tried to make an escape. Karin saw this and moved in front of him and placed her palm against his well-toned chest, stopping him in his tracks.
Sasuke swallowed an annoyed groan, couldn't she just leave him be? All he wanted was to sleep in his nice warm and amazingly comfy bed, not put up with this shit!
"Karin, move." He growled. Karin just looked up at him, she was used to that tone of voice so it hardly affected her anymore.
"No I wont. Not until you agree with me to stay away from that woman." She all but spat, the mere thought of saying 'Sakura' made Karin want to pull her own hair out.
Sasuke raised a questioning eyebrow at Karin's demand. Why the hell did she want him to stay away from Sakura? He wanted to know what Karin's problem was with her, she'd done nothing, absolutely nothing. Sasuke didn't know why but he felt incredibly protective against Sakura, like she was something worth protecting.
"Karin…" Sasuke warned. Karin simply held his gaze, not backing off.
"Sasuke, your engaged to me, not her. Stop acting like it's the other way around." She cut him off when Sasuke went to continue his sentence. She refused to let him take her side and not Karin's.
"I know something's going on, don't pretend like its not, I'm not stupid." She glowered. Sasuke's eyebrows shot up in surprise. Karin thought he liked Sakura? Now that was almost laughable, he didn't like Sakura in that way, she was simply a close acquaintance. Sasuke ignored the fact that the thought stung a little around the chest area.
"There's nothing going on between us Karin. You're my fiancé, I want to be with you." He said, wondering why it felt like a lie, a complete and total lie. Karin smirked a little, an evil glint in her eye.
Karin slowly got up on her tiptoes, mouth against his ear as she whispered.
"Prove it." She groaned seductively, wrapping her arms around his neck and pushing her hips against his. Sasuke inwardly growled in frustration, why did she have to do this, all he wanted to do today was sleep and maybe sneak some work in as well. Not pleasure her…
With a silent irritated huff he moved her head around and pressed his lips to hers. Karin instantly reacted, she pushed her chest into his and deepened the kiss. Sasuke really didn't want to do this but he knew she was right. Sakura wasn't involved with him at all, Karin was, they were engaged, he had to be intimate otherwise she'd suspect something. Only he didn't know what that was.
He felt Karin's arm slide down to his shirt and pull the buttons open, reveling his pale, toned chest and abdomen. Karin never once let go of his lips as she attacked his clothes, pulling them off one by one.
Sasuke resisted the urge to pull away and instead began on her. Karin pulled him away to their shared bedroom where Sasuke proceeded to convince Karin and himself that Sakura was nothing compared to her when it came to his love life. Only he knew somewhere deep down that it was just the opposite, even if he wasn't ready to admit it to himself yet.
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Karin sat in the surprisingly clean apartment as she watched the man in front of her as he did the same. Karin wasn't happy, she was so unhappy in fact that she'd even went as far as to get the help of Suigetsu, the man who she had to admit she had a thing for.
Karin was ready to get rid of Sakura, permanently, no strings attached, and luckily Suigetsu was just the man for the job. He had his connections, some of which Karin really didn't want any part in but connections nonetheless.
Suigetsu glanced curiously at her, it had to be the first time in months that she hadn't come looking for sex. Her reasons were still unknown to him but he didn't ask, he simply waited for her to speak first, it was the easiest way to avoid getting something thrown at him. It was only then that Karin spoke to him, informing of what she needed.
"I need you to ruff up someone for me." She instructed. Her voice was powerful and commanding, something he personally loved about the woman.
"And who do you need me to 'ruff up', exactly?" He asked, sarcasm clear in his voice. He wondered what had got her in such a mood, to order him to beat someone senseless? Well, in any case, he felt sorry for the poor bugger that annoyed Karin.
"Her names Sakura Haruno, she's living in the Uchiha Mansion at the moment." Karin informed him, she lent back against the sofa and watched the man opposite for his reply. Suigetsu thought for a moment, he'd never heard of this 'Sakura Haruno', it was weird, seeing as she apparently lived with the exclusive Uchiha's.
"Never heard of her." He deadpanned. Karin growled a little in frustration, why did he always have to be so annoying!
"Well of course you haven't heard of her! She's nothing special!" Karin snapped, folding her arms angrily and huffing. Suigetsu simply smirked before leaning forward and leaning his forearms across his knees.
"What has she done to you anyways? It's been awhile since the last time you came begging for my assistance." He said in a bored tone. He wished she would hurry up, Suigetsu couldn't be bothered with this right now.
Karin simply looked at him with a creased brow, she didn't really want to explain herself to Suigetsu, he wouldn't understand. He was to laid back for this sort of thing to matter to him. Sometimes she wondered why she was even 'involved' with him, whenever they were together they would always argue, or have sex…
"That's none of your business." Karin warned, her voice low and threatening. Suigetsu simply raised an eyebrow at the angry woman in front of him. He wasn't exactly going to go beat someone up and not know the reason for it. Karin huffed, realizing what he meant with that look, she didn't exactly want to tell him but he wouldn't do it if she refused.
"Jesus, Fine. The rat is getting to close to Sasuke and I think there might be something going on that he's not telling. Plus he's started to distance himself from me, so I want his attention back and the only thing I can do to do that is get her out of the way." Karin explained. Suigetsu's eyebrows shot up, could she actually be so cold? She wanted to get this Sakura person hospitalized because she was getting close that Uchiha twat? Sometimes he really wanted to know where she got these ideas from.
"You know that's the dumbest idea I've ever heard right?" And he'd heard some pretty daft stuff over the years, not that he was going to say that part out loud. Karin gave him a death glare that she'd picked up from Sasuke and Suigetsu tried not to frown.
"Will you just do it for me?" Karin asked, leaning forward and showing off a bit of her chest, he was always a sucker for her body. His eyes locked onto the low top and she smirked, counting the seconds until he caved.
"I know some people that owe me a favor, I'll ask them later on." He said, eyes never once leaving her chest. Karin grinned in victory, she knew she'd have her way sooner or later, it all just depended on how much skin she showed.
"Where will I find her?" Suigetsu asked, actually looking up to meet her gaze. Karin thought for a moment, she couldn't say at the company because there would be to many witnesses, it had to be somewhere quite. Then she remembered! Sasuke would sometimes moan about the midnight strolls the rat would take every night. If they caught her just by the park that's just a few streets down from the mansion, it may be a little close for comfort but the place had enough cover and if she screamed it probably would carry very far. With a sly grin Karin sat up, cutting off the view of her chest before answering.
" You know the park a few streets from the Mansion?" Suigetsu nodded his head. "Okay well, apparently she has a fetish for late night walks, wait around the park, near the road and you could make a grab for her when she passes. The woods will give you the cover you need and nobody would come running because it's so quite around those parts." She grinned, happy that she spoke complete logic.
Suigetsu pondered over it for a second, it was actually a pretty good plan, considering who thought it up. He nodded in agreement, thinking about all the preparation he had to do now.
"Suigetsu?" Karin asked, pulling him out of his thoughts.
"Yeah?"
"I want you to go too, you know, make sure the people you ask actually send her into the hospital and not the grave." Karin warned. The last thing she wanted was to have a dead corpse on her hands, even if it was the rats. She wasn't going to take any chances, after all, she didn't want to kill her, which would be stupid.
"Fine." He replied, having roughly the same thoughts as Karin.
After he'd finished his planning he got up, pulled off his T-shirt and walked over to his bedroom. Karin watched with a questioning look as he turned around to look at her straight in the eye.
"I do want payment you know." He stated with a smirk. Karin felt a smirk also curl up at her painted lips as she jumped up and followed, all the while removing her clothes for the second time that day.
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Sakura sunk her teeth into the warm neck of her victim, blood spurting everywhere as she did so. The man in her arms was clawing at her back to get free and she had a sneaky suspicion that he'd probably draw blood himself.
The mans blood flowed like a river in time with the frantic beating of his heart that only grew faster as that wonderful adrenaline was realized, something that added a wonderful edge. Sakura closed her mouth over the wound on his neck and began to suck. She was glad that she hadn't grabbed the woman that walked by a few minutes earlier, it always felt weird when she had to suck another woman's neck, plus they were always suffering from some sort of eating disorder, or had some STD, coming from this end of town anyway.
Sakura moaned out in pleasure as the warm, thick and glorious substance slid down her throat. The pleasure that swept through her was intense, like every night, but not in a sexual way, more like stretching after being curled up in some uncomfortable position, or like getting free after being stuck in a rather small box. It was the amount of relief it caused that made drinking so pleasurable, nothing on the 'kinky' side like you'd read in some vampire novel.
But Sakura still hated it, unless she was in the middle of the act, then she liked it very much, it was only before and after that she hated it. Drinking blood marked her as a monster, as something that should be killed on the spot, she'd have killed herself if she weren't so cowardly about it. It was only a matter of time before Sasuke realized and got rid of her himself, something she wasn't looking forward to.
It was bad enough that she'd bit him, it only made it worse however that she had no memory of her horrid acts. She did remember the smell of his blood however, even if she were unconscious at the time, Vampires would never be able to forget the smell of their victims, no matter what condition they were in. Surprisingly enough Sasuke seemed to smell of incense and the musky sent of heat, even if that was a small, it would fill her nose and cause Butterfly's to violently attack her stomach.
She'd noticed when she walked into his office that morning, they'd both had their day off and were now back to work. She been so shocked, her eyeballs were probably bulging and caused Sasuke to give her a weird look. Of course after that she'd very quickly left after handing him some files he needed to go over. She hadn't seen him since.
So now Sakura had hit the streets with vengeance, grabbing the first male to come her way that appeared relatively clean, as in he was pretty sober and hadn't consumed any drugs. She did notwant another replay of last time…
She took another greedy gulp, loving the way the heat of it even reached her tingling toes and fingertips. The man's arms flopped to his sides and his head lolled as his body sagged in her grip, finally falling unconscious. Sakura felt a little bad, but it was soon over come as she took another swig of delicious blood.
Eventually she let go and licked his wound shut before setting him on the ground gently. She pulled out a towel that she'd been carrying in her jacket pocket and began to mop up the evidence. She started with the man's neck and face. Luckily he had very short hair, so none of his blood had been able to touch it, thank god. She hated scrubbing other peoples hair. His neck was coated in the red liquid as she began to wipe it down, covering most of the towel. His clothes were dark and so the red didn't show up from where it had most probably seeped into. Once he looked presentable she began on herself, first of all wiping down her face and as much of her hair as was humanly (or as vampirely?) possible. Her clothes were dark too and she had on a waterproof so it wasn't hard to get all the blood off.
With a deep sigh Sakura placed her open palms onto the man's temples, concentrating carefully as she pushed her mind into his, skipping through his memories before erasing the ones she wanted. His eyes snapped open blankly and Sakura retreated quickly into the shadows, being sure to not be spotted. The man shuffled out into the street before he regained his mind and walked on, believing that nothing happened.
After about five minutes of waiting Sakura walked out of the ally after checking to see if anyone was near. She walked back with her head down and hands shoved in her pockets, she took her time, it was only half one after all, it wasn't like she was out till four am like she used to do. Thank god…
She walked slowly past the empty streets, not taking in her surroundings and instead focused on the near future. She had a lot of work to do, when she arrived that morning with the news of Fugaku's launch idea, the band had been thrilled, except Naruto who paled, he'd reacted more or less the same as Sakura, where the other two were just exited and didn't bother spending almost all of there free time working. Neither did Sakura really, it was more the thought of not finishing in time that worried her, even though she could easily finish her parts to a song in one day her other band members tended to be a little slower.
Sakura entered the more upper class part of Konoha, not once lifting her head to check if she had taken the wrong turn anywhere, there was no need to, she knew her way back like she knew the back of her hand. She lifted her head to look at the full moon in the sky, she noticed how much more clearly the sky was in this half of the city. The stars twinkled and shined from where they had been tossed over the black sky to create an almost magical feel to the other wise simple sky.
Sakura loved the night sky, and not just because she was part Vampire either, it always seemed to calm her fears with a simple glance and make even her most terrifying experiences seem to small compared to the huge space the sky took up. She could honestly stare at it all night, if she had a choice in the matter, Sakura would have liked to become an astronomer. But that was out of the question.
Sakura turned away from the sky and glanced into the park she was walking past, the tree's were right next to the road and even with her eyesight Sakura couldn't even see through it's black cloak. She felt someone's eye on her, in fact, it was more than one, call her paranoid if you want but she wasn't often wrong in that area. Sakura sped up slightly from her slow pace, wanting to get out of there. She was worried that maybe another Vampire was maybe watching her, or it was just some bird.
Suigetsu watched as the girl sped up her pace, according to Karin this 'Sakura' person had pink hair, and sure enough, there she was, at two in the morning, just like he'd been informed. He nodded to the skinheads that were positioned behind him as he pulled up his hood and picked up the wooden bat that he'd lent against a tree. The skinheads behind him sniggered and got ready, some armed with pocket knifes and knuckle-dusters when some just cracked their knuckle's or were armed with the same as him.
Suigetsu had instructed them to not kill the girl, they'd complied easily enough, although he still didn't trust them. He was surprised however to actually see Karin's knew best-friend, note the sarcasm, she didn't look like the usual girl that Sasuke would go for, and that 'usual' would translate to people like Karin. This girl however looked to be everything that had anything to do with the word 'girl'. She was under developed even though she was quite tall, and kept herself covered up. Unlike Karin, who was busty and showed it to the world. He was beginning to wonder if this really was the girl, he ignored the thought however and just got moving, he didn't want to loose track of her.
They were about to close in on a very shady spot that was perfect for cover and he indicated for the skinheads to get into position. Two of them went to join Suigetsu at the front as they all prepared to make a grab for the girl who was just walking past. She looked slightly spooked he noted as she turned the corner, he wondered if she'd maybe noticed them.
She was just walking past now and they made their move, grabbing onto her waterproof and dragging her into the woods. She let out a surprised squawk before he sealed his hand over her mouth and dragged her deeper into the woods. She was pretty strong, he'd admit, as he dragged her back all she did was kick and punch, even if it was near black in there and she mostly hit empty air. He dumped her in the centre of a small clearing and stood back, letting the skinheads have their fun…
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SOOOOOORRY ITS SO LAAAAAAAAATE! When i said that i had my art stuff to finish last time i seemed to have forgotten about my other subject... =[ seriously, school has now officaly KILLED my social life... oh well, thanks for reading! and PLEAAAASE review, it only takes two minutes and i would really love it, getting fed back is so awesome!