Mating Season

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Chapter 1: Acquaintance

An evil cackling laughter ran through the silent deadly night as four teenage girls sat on a couch, stuffing their face as they watched a strange box in terror. They couldn't breathe because of the horrific pictures and screams coming from it. And there was also strange noises coming from it that sent tremors up and down their spines. Their face was still with the expression of horror was plastered onto their face.

"Heeheeheehee…I will now kill you!"

"Eek!"

"AAAAHHH!"

One of the girl's threw a pillow at the television set and the other three watched the TV tip over and fall. It crashed. All of them screamed as small electricity sparks jumped in the air. A sizzle sparked and dark smoke rose from the fallen television. They were still for a moment in the dark.

All three of them turned to the one who threw the pillow.

"SAKURA!"

30 Minutes…

"Are you sure it's okay?" Sakura asked, twisting her finger around her pink hair nervously. She was cautiously glancing back from the television to her best friend.

"Yeah, dude, it's okay, don't worry. My parents wouldn't notice this old television missing. We got a hundred left more." Replied Ino as she threw a pillow away from her. Out of all her friends, she was the richest one. "But…" She took an exaggerated pause, placing a delicate hand on her chest. "Was that the scariest movie you've ever seen?"

"I-I c-can feel m-m-my h-heart p-pounding." Hyuuga Hinata stuttered, her hands at the sides of her molted red face. It looked like she was really going to faint since her face was so pale from the lack of blood.

"Come on, guys. It wasn't that scary. Let's watch another." Tenten reached out her arm to grab another horror movie. She was about to reach, Michael Myers on Mars.

"NO!" Sakura quickly tackled Tenten to the floor and pinned her down. "No more scary movies!" She wailed.

Tenten pouted. "But school starts tomorrow! TOMORROW! We need some FUN! Get off of me! I NEED TO BREATHE!" She pushed Sakura off of her. Sakura ended up landing on her butt with no soft land. Sakura glared at Tenten as she was rubbing her butt.

"Oh, boring school again." Ino sighed. "Homework…ew." She wrinkled her nose in disgust.

"B-but we-we're going t-to be J-J-Juniors." Hinata tried to cheer them up. And boy did that worked.

"JUNIORS! JUNIORS! WE'RE GOING TO BE JUNIORS!" Ino and Sakura chanted and danced in circles until they were rolling on the floor.

"Not me! I'm going to be a senior!" Tenten smiled. She survived 3 whole years of high school. Now she has one more year until college. She took in a deep breath. She can smell the freedom coming near.

"Hey, Ino. I'm going to get some ice cream!" Sakura ran to Ino's kitchen as fast as lightning. The four girls were at Ino's house…that's what Ino would call it and also from her point of view. But it's a mansion from her friend's point of view. Her parents were at America for vacation.

"You're gonna get fatter, forehead girl!" Ino shouted and smiled evilly.

"Shut up, PIG!" Sakura exited the kitchen with a bowl of ice cream filled with chocolate syrup. Her eyes landed on Ino. Her menacing look turned to a curious one. "And what are you married?"

Everybody looked at Ino's left ring finger. There on her finger was a simple silver ring with a sapphire jewel embedded in it. It was simple yet elegant and beautiful.

"I-It's so-so beau-tiful," Hinata smiled. Ino smiled widely and flipped her hair back. "Thanks, an old friend gave it to me." She emphasized the 'old' as if it was an inside joke.

Before Sakura can ask whom, Tenten grabbed Ino's wrist and pulled her (Ino) towards her (Tenten). Ino complained and whined but Tenten stopped her with one word.

"TATOO?"

Ino froze and Sakura and Hinata stared at her with wide eyes. Sakura rushed and looked at Ino's bare left shoulder. It wasn't as big, but it wasn't as small. There on her shoulder was a cloud with lightning. Instead of the ink being black it was blue. The same color of Ino's ring. The lightning was yellow.

They stared at her with shock.

"Did you little old friend pressure you into having this?" Tenten narrowed her eyes as she looked at the ring. She felt like destroying it. She practically could destroy it with the glare she was giving it.

Ino shook her head, clasped her hands beneath her chin and looked at her ceiling lovingly. "It was like love a first sight." She sighed and smiled silly.

"Pfft," Tenten glared at Ino even more.

"How did you find out, Tenten?" Sakura asked. Tenten glared at Ino…more ferociously and dangerously.

"When, Ino here flipped her hair, I caught a glimpse of that tattoo. And Ino here is wearing a spaghetti strap so it would be obvious to everybody else. What are your parents going to say about it?" She questioned. Ino smiled and didn't say anything. "They're never going to find out." Was all she said.

"Why you-!" Before Tenten could even strangle Ino, Hinata interfered.

"H-h-hey guys, I-I think Sakura-chan we-went to s-sleep." All three saw Sakura curled up on the bed. She was sleeping in her PJ's with a blanket thrown over her. It was obvious that she was really tired since she kept yawning during the movie.

Tenten sighed. "We better go too. But I'm not forgetting about that tattoo, Ino." Ino nodded and soon all of them fell asleep.

An Unknown Area…

"So what was it, lazy-bum? Love at first sight?" A curious blue-eyed vampire asked. It was Uzumaki Naruto. He was talking to another vampire whom has finished his duty. When the other vampire didn't answer, Naruto got annoyed and started to poking him nonstop.

The lazy vampire woke up and cracked his sleepy eyes open.

"Eh? Oh, it's only you Naruto." Nara Shikamaru rolled his black beady eyes, rolled over to his side and tried to go back to sleep. But it was impossible since Naruto was there.

A vein popped out of Naruto's' forehead. "ONLY?" He rolled up his sleeves. "I'll show you only!" Before Naruto could even jump Shikmaru, a voice behind him, managed to stop him.

"Quit being so noisy and nosy, dobe." A deep dark voice commanded. Naruto turned around quickly to see Uchiha Sasuke and Hyuuga Neji standing in the doorway. They both had their hands in their pockets, they were laid back and calm.

"Shut up, teme. I wanna know how to get a girl. And you know what happens when you don't get one." Naruto shuddered in a frightening way. He then turned back to Shikamaru, ignoring the fact that he was trying to ignore him. "So was it true love?" He continued.

Shikamaru, knowing that Naruto was going to win, sat up and looked at the sky. "She was really loud and annoying but I love her with all my heart." He honestly confessed. All the other three rolled their eyes.

"So, what was her tattoo sign thingamajig?" Naruto asked. It took a while for Shikamaru to answer.

"A cloud with lightning."

"Uh…that was like…so random." Naruto said. Sasuke and Neji rolled their eyes. "It's not random, Dobe. Look at Shikamaru. He's laid back, calm and lazy." Sasuke explained.

"Like a cloud?" Naruto guessed.

"Yes, dobe. Like a cloud. While the lightning symbolizes his mate…who is probably loud and annoying. And she's really scary at times, right?" All looked at Shikamaru who nodded.

"Wow, teme." Naruto looked at Sasuke with fake admiration in his eyes. "You should be a mind reader." He finished.

Everybody sweatdropped.

"I'm leaving." Neji was at the door. As soon as his fingers touch the doorknob, the door bursted open.

"What the-?" Naruto looked at the door to see that it was blow into a million pieces. Neji was standing there with a shocked look. "Oh, man." He groaned. "We need to find a girl fast." He looked at Shikamaru, who was smirking at them. He had a mate and they didn't. Naruto looked at him once more and groaned once more. "Lucky bastard." He muttered.

"Just find a girl fast before your powers blow you up like that door." Shikamaru commented. "And if you don't then your powers will get out of control and you know what's going to happen." He looked at them hesitantly. "You're going to blow up with your powers. Whether you like it or not."

"You make it sound so easy!" Naruto yelled in frustration. He was close to pulling out his beautiful golden blond hair from his scalp.

"Cause it is." Sasuke said in a bored tone. "Get a girl, mark her and give her the ring. Che, love has nothing to do with this."

"But I want someone who really loves meeeeee!" Naruto whined. He sat up and pouted. "And for who I am…actually what I am…or maybe it's who?" Naruto sat there thinking all day.

"Come on, we're going to start our search tomorrow." All four of them left their hiding place.

The Next Day…

RING! RING! RING! RING! RI-

Sakura bashed the alarm clock next to her. She woke up groggily to see that her clock read: …7:30AM. It took a long time for her mind to register at what she was looking at.

"…Uh…What the hell?" Her eyes practically bulged out of her eye socket. "OMG! WAKE UP EVERYBODY! SCHOOL'S STARTING IN…Huh?" Looking around her, Sakura saw that there was nobody in the same room as she was in. She looked around. There was no noise.

Sakura wasted no time. She washed her face, combed her hair and dressed out of her PJ's. She wore a plain black skirt, a tight red tennis low-cut shirt and white shoes. This belonged to Ino, but Sakura couldn't find her clothes anywhere. I know she wouldn't mind...now. Sakura thought…thoughtfully. She grabbed her bag and looked at the clock once more. It read: 7:36AM. "AAAAHHH! I HAVE ONLY 4 MORE MINUTES LEFT TO GET TO SCHOOL!" Sakura ran out of the house and went to take a short cut in the dark abandoned park.

Normally, this would scare Sakura any day, any time and anywhere. But now that Sakura was late for school, she had that off her mind. If she was late to first period once more, then she would get an automatic detention. I REALLY hope I'm not late! Or else sensei is going to kill me and have my bones for dinner! Sakura was really worried…that was until two men happened to be in her way.

"Hey, cutie. In a rush?" One of them asked. He had crusty yellow teeth and black oily hair. There was his eyes…they were glazed over his rotten brown colored eyes. The smell of cigarettes was in the air.

"As a matter of fact, I am." Sakura tried to go around them, but the other stood in her way.

"My, my, my. Look at what we got here." The second one was much shorter than the first. The stench of beer stank in his breath. His black eyes were blacker than the abyss. His black hair was like the other. Glossy with oil.

"Back off!" Sakura snarled. This startled the two men. "I'm late for class. Now get outta my way before I bust your heads open and leave you to die!" When it came to school, Sakura was anything but happy.

"Hahahaha…feisty, huh?" The second man turned to the first. "Looks like it's our lucky day."

Now Sakura was scared. The blood drained from her face. These two men were rapists. She was now backing away.

"Aw, looks like the tiger has gotten down to a kitten." They laughed and advanced towards her.

Sakura turn to run, but as soon as she did, they grabbed her. She opened her mouth to scream, but it was soon covered by two grimy dirty hand. They shoved her against the tree that was behind her. She closed her eyes shut tightly.

"Now, now, now. Don't be-"

The hands left her shoulders and kicks and punches were heard. Sakura tentatively opened her eyes to see that the two men were on the floor. She looked around to see nobody. Quickly she took her chance to escape. But she didn't get far, because another hand fell down on her shoulder.

"KYAAAA!" Sakura made her hand into a fist and punched the invader in the jaw.

"Agh!" The invader fell down.

Sakura looked to see that the invader was…quite good looking. He had nice black coal hair. His bangs fell on his forehead teasingly. His dark, abyss black eyes were looking at her as if he was to drown her in love. But now there was an ugly bruise forming around his lower jaw. She continued to glare at him until he was the one glaring at her. And his glare was different. It was as if he was ready to kill her.

"How dare you hit me," He stated as he got back up slowly.

Sakura felt her heartbeat going faster and faster as the stranger approached her. "G-get away!" She yelled. But that didn't stop him from sauntering over to her.

"I'm the one who saved you, stupid!" He yelled. Sakura's edginess dissipated quickly. She glared at him once more.

"If you were the one who saved me then you wouldn't have grabbed at me!" She yelled.

The stranger stopped walking towards her. "Its common sense, idiot. I wanted to see if you were still shaken up from almost getting raped by them. If I wasn't here then you would have been screaming. Be happy you weren't raped." He snapped.

Sakura mind shut down. He was concern about her. He wanted to see if she was okay.

'That doesn't mean you had to grab my shoulder hard!" Sakura pointed at him.

"Didn't your mother teach you not to point at people? It's bad manners." He growled.

"I-!" Sakura was cut off when her watch on her wrist vibrated. Questioningly, she checked her watched and gasped in horror. Her watch read 7:45. She looked up at the sky and held her breath. "…NO!" She dropped to her knees and raised her arms to the sky. "I HAVE DETENTION!"

Sasuke looked at the annoying, crazy, impressive girl that was screaming at the sky. He smirked. She would do perfect as a mate. She screamed and fought against me…something I don't see everyday. A good challenge for me…from day…to day. He thought wickedly as he was licking his lips.

Sakura saw this and immediately stood back up. What the hell? Did he just lick his lips? She then started getting uncomfortable by the way he was looking at her. The evil glint in his eyes, which looked at Sakura as if she was a prey and he…the predator.

"Uh…" She was slowly backing away. And he took one step at a time towards her.

"You're…" He muttered. "Perfect."

Sakura was suddenly slammed against a tree. It shook as she was shaking in fright. She looked around to see that they both were deep in the forest, and nobody could hear them.

Suddenly, he leaned down towards her ear and started speaking to her. His breath tickled her ear.

"Don't worry, Sakura. Just be very careful with the next actions you're going to be doing. Who knows…my jealousy streak will be dangerous. You're my mate. Got it?" He then lowered his lips so that it would touch the skin of her neck. He licked a certain kind of spot with his rough, pleasurable tongue. The spot he licked was the sucked on harshly with his gentle lips.

What the freak? Sakura thought. She was grossed out and on the verge of crying. This man that just saved her was now harassing her! With all her might, Sakura pushed the guy off of her and she started running.

She looked back to see that he wasn't there anymore. Getting creeped out she started running faster.

"Hm." Sasuke was watching the pink haired girl running crazily towards a building. He smirked. This girl was amusing him in many ways.