Disclaimer: I don't own Naruto or the characters...still wishing I did...
AN: This chapter has a lot of humor and drama, even a little horror mixed in. You'll see.
Summer Inn
Episode 01: The Inn and the Out
The young inn keeper wore a red and white traditional kimono as her fingers stayed firmly planted on the broom handle, making it sway side-to-side in effort to clean the dirt off the wooden porch. Sakura Haruno hummed joyfully to herself, sweeping to the rhythm, her pink locks still held firmly above her head in a messy bun. Her sleeves were rolled up, seeing as to how it was the middle of June, her feet dressed in light sandals.
Her emerald eyes gazed out at the open grassy plain ahead, a small, measly dirt road winding through, leading to the small inn she managed with her best friend on the country side. A grassy field surrounded the small wooden inn that wasn't even two-stories tall. It had four rooms, six including the two that Sakura and her friend stayed in.
Sighing, Sakura wiped a bead of sweat from her forehead, smiling up to the blue sky.
Another thing you don't see in the city.
"Sakura-chan!" a voice shouted from the cabin. A blonde teen came rushing out, his beach blonde spikes still messy, as usual, his cerulean eyes gleaming with pride. His skin was tan, three whisker like birthmarks on both sides of his cheeks, and a large grin on his face, making it looked inhumanly stretched out even more than usual. The teen's white teeth gleamed, blinding Sakura when the sun lit the rows of teeth.
"What Naruto?" Sakura snapped.
It better not be something stupid again.
"There's a snake in the kitchen," Naruto said, not freaking out but it was more along the lines of he was informing Sakura to this matter.
The pink haired girl sighed. He's hopeless. She resisted the urge to kick him where the sun don't shine.
"Well get it out, use the broom in the kitchen," Sakura gritted out.
"Oh yeah, thanks Sakura-chan." With that, the one and only clueless Naruto Uzumaki rushed back in.
All that was heard a minute later was Naruto yelling, the snake hissing, and the broom making contact with a hard surface.
I didn't say kill the thing Naruto. Sakura sighed again, returning to sweeping the porch.
Naruto and I have been friends since childhood. Even our parents were friends but when his parents passed away in an accident, it was my family that took him in. We were seven at the time. Our home in Sacramento, California is like any other city, crowded and polluted. My family owns this inn and since we turned sixteen, they decided to send us here for the summer. Like a summer getaway I suppose. So until August 17, we get to stay here and run the place. But since there hasn't been a customer for years, we just get to live here. The nearest store is about a fifteen minute drive from here and yes, we do have a car. Naruto failed his driving test so many times that he still hasn't received his license so I'm the designated driver. Then again, I don't see what's so great about driving a rundown pickup truck.
I was all for coming here and Naruto was too since all he really liked was the TV, which the inn has, so he's fine. I'm more of a book person myself and I brought a bag full of novels with me. Other than that, we've been sitting around, cleaning up the place best we could, and chatting about being juniors next year.
Naruto interrupted Sakura's thoughts when he came back out without the broom. "Where's the shovel?"
"Why do you need the shovel?" Sakura asked, raising a pink brow.
"I sort of smashed the snake on the kitchen floor," he chuckled nervously, rubbing the back of his head.
"Ew, the shovel is in the garage, by the truck and make sure you scrub the floor with soap afterwards. I'd prefer to have a decently smelling inn," Sakura said.
"Thanks." He went back inside through the wooden front door to go into the small one-car garage to pull out the shovel.
Sakura shook her head, muttering, "Baka."
The cleaning had been going on for the past week. Since no one had come to the inn for a year, dust had gradually gathered up, cobwebs scattered throughout the place, sheets dirty, and the furniture looked mummified. Apparently, there was food leftover from last year, expired and rotting, smelling like a carcass. After the constant dusting, scrubbing, sweeping, washing, drying, and exterminating, the place was finally decent.
"Done," Sakura told herself, going inside to put the broom away in the garage.
The walls were wooden, same with the floors but a large red rug was slid over it for the sake of the aged coffee table, large TV, orange, torn up sofa, and two black rocking chairs. The kitchen was small, with stainless steel interior meaning the fridge and stove while the cupboards were wooden, scattered throughout the area.
Every bedroom looked no different than the other, all running down the same hallway. They all had green bed sheets, a wooden nightstand with a touch lamp, and a green rug in the center of the floor. Also, there were small closets included.
As for the garage, it was cluttered with tools used to clean, most dirty at the moment. The washer was in there but clothes had to be hung to dry in the widespread backyard on a clothesline and whenever Naruto stared at Sakura's underwear, she slapped him upside the head.
After putting the broom away, Sakura went back to the kitchen to spy on Naruto's progress in scrubbing the floor. And there he was, in an orange and blue kimono himself, on his knees, scrubbing the floor quickly, a bucket of reddened water beside him.
"Having fun?" Sakura teased.
Naruto looked up, his eyes narrowed. "No shit," he muttered.
"What was that?" Sakura asked, raising up her fist. She wouldn't tolerate foul language, especially from her best, idiotic friend.
"N-Nothing," Naruto stuttered, snapping his head back to the floor, scrubbing intently and fearfully.
"That's what I thought. So, what do you want for lunch?" Sakura asked, her frightening expression transforming into a cheerful one as she walked past Naruto into the kitchen, going to the fridge.
"Ramen!" Naruto grinned.
"Besides that," Sakura said, knowing that's what he would say. The guy could probably live off the stuff.
"Aw," Naruto groaned, his smile disappearing. Now he was pouting.
"I guess you don't want lunch then," Sakura smirked.
"N-No! I'll have whatever you're having!" Naruto quickly said.
That gets him every time.
"'Kay, then you're having a hamburger and fries," Sakura said as she started to get out the ingredients.
"Sounds good to me," Naruto grinned as he continued scrubbing.
"Anything that's edible is good to you Naruto," Sakura chuckled, turning on the stove, putting in two slices of meat in the pan.
"No! I don't like broccoli," Naruto stated.
"You don't like vegetables unless they're in ramen," Sakura corrected.
Naruto opened his mouth to say something but shut it when he realized he couldn't top that. He stubbornly shut his mouth, grumbling to himself as he scrubbed.
That's better.
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"Mm, 'akura 'his is real good," Naruto said with his mouth full, praising the taste of the delectable hamburger he had just bitten into.
"Thank you."
The two were seated at the tile counter, eating away. Ketchup covered the fries and oozed out of the hamburger as Naruto took another bite.
I've never seen Naruto cry…not even when his parents died… He's so strong…
Sakura gazed at her best friend who was now munching on the fries.
"Hey Naruto, do you want to go for a walk later on?" Sakura asked.
"Hmm?" Naruto looked up, a fry hanging from his lips.
"Do you want to go for a walk?" Sakura repeated.
"Sure Sakura-chan!" The fry fell from his lips, half of it gone, plopping back on his plate.
"That's disgusting Naruto," Sakura pointed out.
The blonde merely grinned, showing a mouthful of food, making Sakura gag. He can be so immature!
I still remember how we met…
Flashback
"Sakura, honey, can you pick me some flowers from the field?" her mother asked from the kitchen as she busied herself with preparing the next meal. Her eyes, a shade of forest green complimented her light red locks that draped down her back in gentle curls.
The Haruno family had just settled into their new home by the countryside in Japan. They were planning to move to California, in the USA, in a few years for business purposes but that was a long way from happening. So far, in the five years that Sakura existed, her family had moved seven times.
A tiny pink-haired child appeared from the other room. "Yes, Mommy." With that, the child slipped into a pair of sneakers and ran outside to the field, her short hair still compacted in a small ponytail.
Her mom wanted flowers for the arrangement that would go on the dinner table for the day's small party. Today was her father's birthday and, for a change, he was coming home. Being a businessman who owned an expensive branch of hotels required a lot of traveling for him. Taking this branch to the US was going to be a long process and his family would have to move again. He was leaving Japan's branch to another person, relocating to the US for more business hopefully, in which he luckily got.
Sakura raised her arms out…as if she was flying, weaving through the large blades of glass, smiling and laughing all the while. Eventually, she found the small spot where the flowers grew in secret, blooming only once a year. Lucky for her, they were in full bloom.
Giggling, she kneeled down, gazing in wonder at the Cosmos and Daffodils.
"My mommy says I'm still blooming into a Cosmos. Will I be as pretty as you?" Sakura asked the small Cosmos flower.
Her fingers wrapped around the green stem, tugging the flowers one by one out of the ground, keeping them in her open hand.
Soon enough, the flowers were gone, all gathered in her hands. The little girl stood up and toddled off, skipping through the field gleefully, humming a song her mother sung to her.
Something rustled quickly through the grass, circling around Sakura who had stopped by now, shaking in fear.
"W-Who's t-there?" she stuttered, completely frozen in place.
No one responded, instead, a hand reached out and tugged on Sakura's pink ponytail. The pink-haired child whirled around in her pink floral dress, her eyes brimming with tears. To her amazement, a the sight of a little blonde boy about her age stood in front of her rather than a man-eating beast who gobbled up the children who didn't brush their teeth. Thank Sakura's dad for putting that thought in her head in a poor attempt to get her to brush her teeth on her own.
"Hi there!" the boy grinned, showing a row of baby teeth, excluding the gap where he had bit into the wooden railing of the staircase and pulled out one of his teeth.
Sakura sniffled and begun to cry hysterically.
"Oh no, don't cry!" the boy tried to comfort her. His attempts were futile. "Um, here!" He pulled out a twig with cherry blossoms blooming on its edges.
Sakura's crying ceased as she took the twig from his, studying it curiously. She had seen something like this before but only on trees.
"It's a stick."
"No! Look, it has flowers. My dad told me that they're called cherry blossoms and they come before leaves," the boy said as a matter-of-factly.
Sakura looked back at the twig and realized that he was right. "That's what my name means," Sakura whispered to herself.
"Huh?"
"My name is Sakura which means cherry blossom."
"Oh!" Naruto gaped, realization setting in.
"What's your name?"
"Me? My name's Naruto Uzumaki, believe it!" Naruto proudly introduced, giving her a thumbs up.
Sakura couldn't help but giggle at the boy's antics.
"Hey," he wailed, "what's so funny?"
"You," Sakura giggled.
Naruto narrowed his eyes and decided to give her a taste of her own medicine. "Yeah, well, you're hair's pink."
She stopped laughing. "Hey, that's not nice!"
Naruto stuck out his tongue, taking off in a full sprint. Steam erupted from Sakura's ear as she filled her cheeks with air, pouting. Then she took off after him.
"I wasn't done talking to you!"
Even though they started out rocky, the two grew close and the fact that Sakura's and Naruto's were friends in high school helped them grow closer like brother and sister. Sakura didn't move until Naruto's parents died and that's when the two became adopted siblings.
End Flashback
"Hey Sakura-chan, why are you smiling?" Naruto asked.
Sakura snapped out of her daze, her eyes quickly snapping to Naruto. His plate was completely empty, clean even. Then again, the only time Sakura could get something clean at all was from his finished meal containers.
Then he popped the question. "Can I have seconds?"
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"Hello? Yes, this is Sasuke Uchiha, what of it? I need to speak to Itachi Uchiha? Yes. Hello?" the raven-haired teen slammed his black cell shut, pitching it out the window into some random bush.
He concentrated on what was ahead, his hands plated on the wheel. It was quite obvious that he was upset about losing his signal yet again and he was sick of this place already.
"Sasuke-kun, a-are you a-alright?" the girl in the back stuttered. Her black blue hair flowed down her back and she had the most brilliant colored irises. They were clear which meant she was a Hyuga. Nonetheless, she was the heir, Hinata Hyuga, of the famous Hyuga family real-estate agency. In other words, they were filthy stinking rich but as shy as she was, Hinata would never make it in the business so her older cousin Neji was being considered as the heir instead.
Sasuke Uchiha and his elder brother, Itachi Uchiha, were both rich. Sasuke was the vocals for the rock band Raven, making millions, selling out, and busying himself with concerts while Itachi made profit from managing the group. Sasuke was very technology oriented, not an outdoorsman in the least, and could not go two seconds without something manmade. Itachi was the same way but was a bit less temperamental than his brother but they both had issues with telling others how they felt, emotionless in a way.
"He's just a bastard with a stick up his ass," Sai said, bored obviously. Sai, Sasuke's twin brother, played guitar in the band. He was artistic and lied often and like the other two, pretty much emotionless.
"Shut up," Sasuke growled, not even bothering to look at his twin, keeping his eyes on the empty road ahead.
The three had taken a plane from New York and purchased a car in Nevada, a blue Mercedes to be exact, driving to LA to meet up with Itachi and Neji for the summer since they were on tour. Neji, who played bass guitar for Raven as well as being the Hyuga heir, was already there since last May and Shikamaru, who played keyboard, with his girlfriend Ino, were also there. The drummer, Deidara, was there as well with his best friend/actor Sasori.
Hinata was along for the ride because her father refused to let her stay alone in the mansion all summer. He didn't trust the maids or any of the workers so he decided to have Neji watch her for the time being seeing as to how he was in Europe for business purposes while Neji was in California on tour and bringing along other non-band members wasn't outlawed.
Sai shrugged, looking back out the window, wishing this trip would be over with. The only reason they were driving the rest of the way was because they had to pick of Hinata in Nevada.
At least Sasuke and Sai were seventeen, unlike Hinata who was only fifteen, and had valid driving licenses.
"Sai-kun, h-how long is the tour?" Hinata asked.
The younger twin looked back at the timid girl, no signs of emotion written on his face, making his mood hard to read. "Until summer break ends, August 17."
"O-Oh." Hinata went back to twiddling her thumbs nervously in the back. These two made her so nervous with their intimidating personalities.
A few moments passed by before Sai returned his gaze to the road ahead. "We haven't seen a car for hours."
"Obviously," Sasuke grunted, keeping his eyes forward.
"Any reason why that is?"
"None that I know of," Sasuke answered, not seeing a point to his pointless questions.
"M-Maybe the locals know," Hinata said, stumbling over her own words.
"Do you see any locals?" Sasuke asked.
"N-No."
"Then don't ask." With that, the car was engulfed in a tense silence and no conversation was shared until later on that day.
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"Sakura-chaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaan," Naruto wailed as he held the flashlight lazily in his hands, "why are we walking in the fields in the middle of the night?"
"Don't complain Naruto, you promised me we'd take a stroll," Sakura said simply, staying a pace behind him.
"But it's late, I wanna watch TV," Naruto complained.
I swear, he acts so immature sometimes.
"You have all summer to watch TV, just enjoy the view we have. Look at the stars." The two directed their gaze to the dark sky above them, taking in the sight of the thousands of twinkling splotches called stars hanging over their heads.
"Wow! I've never seen so many stars before!" Naruto said in pure awe.
"That's because the city lights are too bright and overpower the stars," Sakura stated, looking at Naruto for a brief second, smiling.
"Well, that sucks," Naruto grunted, looking back to the sky.
"It sure does," Sakura agreed.
Naruto's flashlight stayed limply in his hand, shining towards the ground. Suddenly, the yellow ray started to flicker before completely diminishing. Reality hit the two pretty hard. The flashlight had run out of battery power and they were at least a mile from the cabin. To make matters worse, every light at the inn was turned off, making it impossible to detect and there were wild animals roaming in the fields.
"Shit, Naruto, tell me the light didn't just go out," Sakura cursed.
"Okay, the flashlight didn't go out."
Sakura hit him upside the head, glaring at the nimrod in front of her. "No, you dumbass, don't lie! It's a figure of speech!" Sakura screeched.
"Ow," Naruto groaned, rubbing the bump now formed on the top of his head, hunched over a bit. That blow really knocked him off balance.
"Serves you right, baka!"
As soon as Naruto stopped moaning, he stood up, the spot on his head still perfectly tender thanks to a certain pink-haired Haruno. Both of them looked around the field, the useless contraption in Naruto's grip, both being perfectly silent in case they heard something.
Hisses echoed throughout the plain from nearby snakes, hungry for a meal, some poisonous rattles and others measly garters passing by. Insects thrived on the blades of grass, some making sounds, startling Naruto and Sakura. A cool breeze passed by, chills running up their spines.
To make Naruto even more frightened, the moon was full tonight and it was shining a brilliant crimson shade.
"S-S-Sakura-chan, w-w-we s-should get o-out of h-h-here," Naruto managed to stutter, so frightened he could barely speak. He was superstitious and the red, full moon gave him absurd thoughts, most consumed by a lurking werewolf jumping them.
"Naruto, werewolves don't exist," Sakura said, stubborn to admit she was trembling with fear as well, her knees feeling like they'd give out at any time.
Stuck in a field at night, lost, without a light scared the two senseless. They didn't know exactly what dwelled in the fields but they could guess and many of them could prove dangerous in the dark.
At this point, their senses were mixed up, their vision blurry, plagued with illusions running through their minds, they ears deaf, absorbed with the sounds of hisses echoing through, and their sense of smell was useless in this situation.
It was like they were in a cornfield maze, a puzzle. Though there were no walls, the darkness played the part perfectly, blinding them from what was around the corner.
Their heads turned rapidly, their necks sore from the rapid movement, their eyes burning from their futile, countless attempts to see what was around. Right now, their brains were incapable of any though, too busy with envisioning the possibilities.
"S-Sakura-chan…" Naruto's teeth were chattering and he was turned in the opposite direction.
"Yeah?"
"Look." Naruto's orange outer sleeve stretched out, his inner darker blue sleeve becoming visible to the naked eye, draping down, the upper portion rising as his arm did. His pointer finger was stretched out, pinpointing something in the distance.
Sakura turned her entire body around, her emerald eyes widening considerably. She was staring at a human-shaped thing in the distance, a few meters away, illuminated by the moonlight. It was hanging limply from a pole, all four limbs outstretched. Black string stitched its mouth shut, creasing the material on its face a bit. It was dressed in tattered farmer man attire, a hat on its head.
His…or its…eyes were just holes torn into the brown tinted skin. Was it skin?
The two shaking teens stepped closer to it, to inspect it more closely.
The nails were black and rotten, the lips dark, dark blue. That's when they realized the creases in his face were shadows. His skin was dark, of African descent by the looks of it. It was…a real human being…dead…
Naruto touched his hand, greeted by cool skin. There was no pulse, nothing. Shaking, Naruto braced himself, gulping before gazing up at his eyes. Like his mouth, they were stitched shut, swollen. Cuts were sliced into his skin, blood staining his clothes.
The moonlight was telling them something.
Sakura has noticed the scarecrow when they had come; thinking the farmer who lived five miles away had put it up, paying not mind to it. After all, it looked like an average scarecrow from a distance.
Suddenly, it squeezed Naruto's hand, a moan escaping its lips, his head shifting a little.
"Holy crap!" Naruto yanked his hand out of its grip and grabbed Sakura's wrist, bolting away.
Naruto and Sakura ran like the wind, Sakura's bun escaping from its bun, her hair spreading out like wings before being swept behind her. Naruto's shoe fell off, Sakura stepped on a tarantula, and many more things happened but they kept running. They needed to get out of there.
"Naruto, what was that thing!?" Sakura shouted, stumbling a little as she sprinted.
"I don't know and I don't wanna know, just RUN!" Naruto yelled.
Sakura didn't say another word, mustering up all of her strength into pumping her legs forward. But she was quickly tiring. Naruto was too fast.
She jammed her toe on a rock, painfully, throwing her balance off completely, her entire body tumbling down.
Naruto stopped in his tracks, seeing his friend lying on the ground. Sakura sat up slowly, moaning, a searing pain slicing through her ankle.
"We have to get out of here!"
"Naruto, I think my ankle's twisted," Sakura said, rubbing her right ankle gently.
Without a second thought, Naruto scooped Sakura off the ground, holding her bridal style. He started running again, without looking back, the weight slowing him down considerably.
Sakura was shocked Naruto could hold her and run at the same time. She was only an inch smaller than him, probably about ten or fifteen pounds lighter but she weighed well over a hundred. Sakura put her arms around Naruto's neck, hanging on for dear life, tucking her head in the bend of his shoulder, screwing her eyes shut, not daring to look back.
Everything went black, just the rocking of Naruto's body keeping Sakura awake. She knew the flashlight had been long gone so he could pick her up. I need to go to the supermarket to get another one, Sakura mentally noted, trying to distract herself.
All she heard after that was Naruto's feet pounding on the porch and the door opening and slamming shut.
When she opened her eyes, she was lying on the couch, her shoes off, the bruise darkened on her creamy skin.
Every light was on and Naruto had securely locked the door. They couldn't call for help since there was no phone or phone service at the inn.
Now they knew not to trust the nearest neighbor but who could they tell about the scarecrow, the people in the nearest town would just shake their heads, saying, "Crazy teenagers."
Naruto returned with a wet cloth and a bag of ice, a small, sad smile on his face. He bent down next to the rosette-haired teen and applied the cloth on her sprained ankle, putting the ice bag on the cloth, wrapping the ends of the cloth on top of the bag.
I'm going to be out for at least two days. Thank goodness it was only a minor sprain.
"What're we going to do? The farmer did that, I know it." Naruto clenched his fist tightly, his knuckles turning ghost white.
"There's nothing we can do. No one will believe us. I guess we can start by taking the man down. He deserves a proper burial."
The blonde's face turned to stone it seemed like, completely hardening up. "Sakura-chan, we have to tell someone and!"
"And what Naruto!? Tell the police that there's a dead guy hanging on pole in the middle of our field?" Sakura asked sarcastically, waving her arms in the air.
"So, we bury him instead?"
"I guess but let's wait a few days while I recover," Sakura suggested, flashing a small smile to lighten the mood. Naruto returned her hopeful smile with on of his own.
"Yeah," Naruto agreed, still smiling.
Everything will be okay Naruto…
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The night had been long for Sasuke, Sai, and Hinata. They were forced to sleep in the car, without a shower, a proper meal, or anything at all really. They used public bathrooms in stores and the last store they passed was over an hour away.
At the moment, Sasuke was driving, barely awake with Hinata dozing off in the back and Sai shutting his eyes every now and then.
Must stay awake… Sasuke kept his body tense in hopes of keeping him from falling asleep at the wheel. No damn hotels, stores, nothing. We should've just taken the damn plane to LA.
They were on a dirt road, much to Sasuke's distaste, pebbles and rocks grinding under the wheels. His hands were firmly planted on the wheel, trying to keep him from crashing his new car.
Now they were on a single, empty dirt road in the middle of nowhere by a grassy field. That's when he saw something in the corner of his eye.
A small, simple, wooden inn was at the next turn in the dirt road just ahead. A pair of onyx eyes widened. He had finally found somewhere to stay. Sasuke was so focused on the inn that he wasn't paying any mind to the road.
Ann inn…in the middle of nowhere…
In the backseat, Hinata was limp, her seatbelt holding her in place despite her slanted position. Hinata's eyes opened warily and she spotted the inn. She glanced at the rearview mirror, noticing that Sasuke was focused solely on the inn. Then she averted her eyes to the road ahead.
"Sasuke-kun, watch out!" she yelled.
Sai snapped awake quickly, wondering what the noise was about. He wouldn't admit it but he was a little angry about his small nap being disrupted. His eyes hooked to the creature ahead, standing in the aloof in the forsaken street.
A small fox had stumbled into the road, yards away from their car. It was too shocked to move out of the way. It's eyes gleamed yellow, a small slit in the center of them. The fox's eyes met Sasuke's for a brief second.
Everything after that continued in slow motion. Sasuke's hands jerked the wheel to the right, in the direction of a small ravine leading into a small wooden fence and another grassy field.
"Shit!" he cursed, his body going rigid, his eyes screwing shut. Hinata screamed and Sai froze in place, unable to believe what was happening.
Their car shook violently, Sai's body lurching forward, giving a sickening grunt, his seatbelt restraining him from flying out of the car, the airbag deploying right in front of his face. Hinata flew forward into Sasuke's seat, her head slamming into the back of his leather seat, before being flung back into her own seat, hitting her head on the soft backseat. Sasuke was hurled into the wheel, crashing his forehead into the hard steering wheel with a sickening crack, making the horn honk, piercing the whole vicinity and alerting them of an alarming crash.
Then, their car tumbled down the ravine, into the fence that crashed into the windshield, glass flying everywhere, slicing into skin, stabbing flesh, and much more.
Moments later, there car was down the small ravine, the back wheels spinning wildly, the front of the car smashed into the ground below. The Mercedes rested against the surface of the gorge, almost directly upward. The horn still echoed throughout the grassy plain, sending an instant message to the inhabitants.
Speeding was never a smart idea. The fox glanced with a wistful eye at the remains before bounding away at light speed into the grass, passing the wreckage without a second glance.
A pale arm rested on the wheel with blood oozing down the pallid skin in streams; Sasuke's face was planted against the wheel right below his limp arm, the airbag was blown, almost hiding the existence of the younger Uchiha twin, and the girl in the back seat was leaning forward, her head resting on the seat ahead of her.
The inn was now a forgotten memory among the many others floating around the ruins of the newly bought Mercedes.
Episode 01: End
End Note: A car accident in the first chapter, man that was quick! Well, I had this plot in mind for awhile and I changed it a bit so. Well, we'll be looking more into the scarecrow thing next chapter and Sasuke's accident. Sasuke, Hinata, and Sai were the only ones in the car so you know. Who knows, I might kill someone off which I have done but I didn't post the story up.
So, yay or yuck? Tell me!
I think the chapters will get longer. The first chapter is always the hardest for me to do because I have so many ideas in my head. This time, unlike my other fics, I won't come up with the whole story. That makes me want to move on so there is a chance I can be influenced. Ideas or characters you want to see you can include in your reviews if you like.
The airbag, yeah, I know there's one in the steering wheel and that'll be added next chapter but for now, let's say it didn't deploy in time.
Originally, there wasn't going to even be a band but then the story would get boring so I decided to put that in. Deidara and Sasori were just added in when I typed it up and I thought Deidara fit the profile of a drummer. The closest instrument to BANG was the drums. I just added Sasori in because I felt like it. Actually, the original version only included Naruto, Sasuke, Sakura, and Sai but I'm not a Yaoi writer so I put other people in and it shot off from there.
5 - 10 reviews sound nice.
Oh, and the ages if you didn't catch them plus their job/career.
Naruto- 16 - Summer Innkeeper
Sakura- 16 - Summer Innkeeper
Sasuke- 17 - Vocals for Raven
Sai- 17 - Guitarist for Raven
Hinata- 15 - None at the moment
And other character ages/careers:
Itachi- 23 - Manager for Raven
Shikamaru- 17 - Keyboardist for Raven
Ino- 16 - Babysitter/ Cashier at a clothing market in New York
Neji- 19 - Bass Guitarist for Raven
Deidara- 20 - Drummer for Raven
Sasori- 21 - Aspiring Actor