Hey Everyone, sorry for taking so long to update. Here is chapter 5. Enjoy :)

Sakura and Hinata have been on the Trail of Sorrows for a while now. Shadow led down the beaten path. The horses were going slower than usual to be careful to not fall of the edge of the cliff….unlike a couple of seconds ago when Hinata almost took the plunge with snow.

"Hinata, how much father till we get to our destination?"

Exhausted and needed somewhere to stop, Sakura tossed the question over her shoulder. Hinata not in a better mood then Sakura, bit her lip in thought

"Uhm once the path leads away from the cliffs deeper into the mountains, about two more miles."

Sakura nodded, silence settled around them again. Hinata kept staring at Sakura's back, the image of the bandages still fresh in her mind.

"Maybe now would be a good time"

Hinata opened her mouth but closed it again, then shook her head telling herself it will be ok. After she muster up the courage

"…Sakura….."

Sakura stretching her arms over her head making her shirt ride up a little, showing a thin strip of the bandages.

"Yeah?"

"Where did those bandages on your back come from?"

Hinata said nervously unsure of how Sakura would react

Sakura stopped stretching after she heard Hinata's question. Sakura put her head down, her bangs covering her face, memories flashing in her head. Aowen sense Sakura discomfort and picked up the pace into a trot. Snow followed at the same pace, shadow glad to go faster picked it up the same. They followed the trail until it led to a dirt clearing before the trail disappeared into the mountains.

Sakura dismounted Aowen and grabbed her canteen and took a swig of water. Hinata followed suit and took some water. With Hinata being a forest nymph, she wasn't use to all of the dryness. Hinata wiped her mouth after some water seeped down towards her chin and glanced at Sakura. Sakura was leaning against Aowen, eyes closed, mouth slightly open.

"She looks like a goddess, a creature so pure and not good enough to travel by horse. She's beautiful"

Meanwhile Sakura was trying to decided whether or not she wanted to tell Hinata bout her past.

"Ugh, it's not like it's going to hurt…"

Sakura kept her eyes closed

"They are scars. I used to be a slave to a man and his wife. Every year we would travel from place to place performing. I was a dancer and went by the name the Scarlet Angel. One day my master cut my wings off and left me laying there in my own blood. My friend and her mate saved me, but it was too late. My master and mistress got away. So they took me back to Neji's castle and healed me. After a while I felt like I was in the way so I decided to leave and find Sasuke Uchiha."

Hinata was shocked that Sakura spoke, but even more shocked when she heard about her past and reasons why she had bandages. But Hinata focused on one thing more then the others. Hinata looked at Sakura, who was now making eye contact with her

"You're an Angel?"

Sakura nodded. Then Hinata understood, she understood why Sakura was treating her so nice and equally as her…..Because she knows what she went through, but she had it harder then her.

Sakura sighed and looked at Hinata, and smiled

"So you ready? I wanna try to get to the town before night falls"

Hinata nodded and climbed on her horse. Shadow stretched her self out from her little nap place in the shadows and took the lead. With a final pat on Aowen's side, they took off. They were able to race through the mountains. Soon the scenery changed, they were surrounded by mountains, giving off a misty, gloomy and sad appearance.

"Now I know why they call it the Trail Of Sorrows" Sakura muttered. Aowen grunted.

The continued till dawn was about to touch the horizon, when they came upon the town. Sakura and Hinata looked at each other and grabbed the horse's reins to make them stop before entering.

Hinata shrived "This place is giving off an eerie feeling Sakura"

Sakura could only nod. They saw people walking with cloaks and couldn't see their faces. The streets were empty and foggy. Some houses were lit but most of them had their lights out. Sakura saw a sign for an inn. She reached in her bag and produced two black cloaks. She threw one to Hinata would caught it and gave her a questioning look

"Put it on and follow me. Keep your head down low, we don't want to draw to much attention to ourselves then we already will. "

Sakura put her cloak on, flipped the hood up and gave Aowen a nudge. Aowen was hesitant but gave up. She slowly made her way down the streets with Snow behind her and Shadow closely by her side. The few people who were on the street gave the travelers stares and some giving them glares. Sakura stopped at the inn and got off Aowen she grabbed her reins and took her to the stables that were empty. Hinata about to faint from the people staring at them and whispering followed suit.

"Who are they?"

"Why are they here?"

"How dare they come, they shouldn't be here"

Unable to see their faces, Sakura and Hinata went inside the inn. The front desk was being occupied by a blond girl with blue eyes. Sakura went up to her and the blond girl looked at them with fright

"We need a room. Now" Sakura kept her face shielded from her view

"u-u-uh-h-u-u-um-um h-h-how ll-lo-ong?" the girl tried not to show her fear but it was useless

"One night" like Sakura's voice, Hinata's voice held no emotion and kept her face covered as well.

With out a word the girl gave them a key and Sakura led the way up stairs and open the door with their number on it. Inside was two beds a small bath room and a mirror with a dresser and a bay window. Night was almost here when they stepped in their room. Hinata proceeded to take off her cloak and remove her bag and put it on one bed. Sakura did the same and put her stuff on the other bed.

"Sakura?"

Sakura was lying on her bed, but she turned her head to acknowledge Hinata's question

"Do you feel weird about this place?"

Hinata fiddle with her hair. Twisting the strands around her finger, Sakura reached over and grab something from her bag. Then she leaned over to the bedside table that was separating the two beds and lit the candle. She threw the matches back on top of her bag. She looked Hinata straight in the eye

"That's because this is the Towns of the song sisters"

Hinata looked up, her eyes puzzled. Sakura sighed

"Have you noticed how the streets were empty when we arrived, only a few people were out" Hinata nodded "That's because what comes out at night"

Hinata looked at Sakura starting to be afraid, she whispered

"What comes out at night?"

Sakura looked out the window, searching for something

"This town has a history. Its story is known every where, but some people have different versions. This town is called the song sisters, but also called the town of the sirens. The sirens are sisters who come out at night and sing songs. Their melody lures people to their deaths. Some people who try to resist but in the end they end up going crazy and driving themselves to death."

Hinata now remembered this story. It was a story her mother told her one day

"But weren't they human before?"

Sakura looked at Hinata and shook her head

"They used to be water nymphs, flirty and stealing guys hearts and woman's lovers. They were punished by a sorceress for stealing her lover, bound to be unloved for all eternity."

"Wow" Hinata got under the covers while Sakura stood up, took off her shirt slit leaving her in shorts and a black tank top. Sakura laid back down, she licked her index finger and put out the flame of the candle. The room got swallowed in black. After eyes got used to the dark, Hinata stared at the ceiling. She saw Sakura's eyes closed and her breathing started to became shallower. Listening to her breathing, Hinata let sleep consume her.

Hinata woke to a start, someone had their hand over her mouth, and she focused her eyes and saw Sakura holding her finger to her lips signaling her to be quit. Hinata rose her eye brow then heard a crash out in the hall way. She saw Sakura move off her bed, and cross the room without making any noise. She slowly opens the door and stepped out in the hallway. Hinata got off the bed and followed Sakura; she followed her down the stairs and heard screams. Sakura put her hand up to stop Hinata and peered around the corner at the end of the stairs. She saw the blond girl she saw earlier getting her shirt torn. The girl was lying on the front desk, her legs dangling of the side and a man was over her.

"NO, Stop please"

She screamed, the man chuckled

"Scream all you want, no one will hear you"

Sakura back up and looked at Hinata. She jerked her head motioning for Hinata to go see, Hinata peered around the corner and gasped at what she saw. She turned back at Sakura.

"…..ah…nu….N…o….NO…..please…..anyone…stop"

Hinata closed her eyes tightly hoping to get the screams out of her head. She felt a breeze go by her and turned around to see Sakura creeping up towards the man. The man was to busy licking and nibbling the girl's breast to noticed Sakura coming up from behind him. But the girl did, she looked at Sakura, her blue eyes pleading, she opens her mouth to cry out to her, but Sakura's eyes gave her a warning.

Sakura slowly crept up behind the man

"This man is no different from the master"

Sakura grabbed her kunai out off her shorts and raised it. Before the man noticed it was already buried in his back. The man fell sideways off the girl. He landed with a thud and the blond girl slowly rose hugging her body tight. Sakura looked at her

"What's your name?"

The blond girl looked at her; her blue eyes threaten to spill tears

"…I-ii-n-no"

Sakura looked at her before turning her head

"Hinata, come meet Ino"

Hinata stepped out from behind the corner and came over. She looked at the man on the floor, blood slowly leaking out. Then she looked at Ino who was shaking. She gave her a friendly smile

"Hello"

Ino nodded at her

"Hinata"

Hinata turned at Sakura who was looking out the window

"Yeah?"

Sakura looked at Hinata

"We have to leave, someone saw me kill the man and left. Probably to tell some one, we need to leave now"

Hinata looked horrified, then nodded for a minute

"Should I go get our stuff?"

Sakura nodded

"I'll go get the horses ready, keep shadow close by incase anything happens"

Hinata nodded then ran up the stairs. Ino looked at Sakura

"You can't leave"

Sakura looked at her with an eyebrow raised

"And you think you can stop us?"

Ino shook her head

"No, but the sirens, they'll see you and start singing"

Sakura smiled

"We have to try"

Hinata came down the stairs with Shadow close by her. She had her cloak on and her bag on her shoulders. She threw Sakura her bag and cloak, Sakura caught them and proceeds to leave but Hinata tugged on her arm. Sakura looked at her and Hinata jerked her head at Ino. Ino sat there, looking at them with eyes screaming take me with you. Sakura looked at Hinata then looked back at Ino

"If you aren't in the stabled within 5 minutes, we are leaving without you"

She walked out the door and Hinata gave Ino a smile and said hurry up, then followed Sakura. Ino smiled and jumped off the desk. She climbed the stairs and opened the door to her room. She grabbed her bag she used for traveling and threw clothes in there. She changed into a pair of legging with a skirt and a tang top. She grabbed her cloak and put it on. She grabbed another bag and ran out the room, she ran down the stairs and went into the Inn's kitchen, and she started filling the bag with food and drinks.

She opens the door and looked around before she ran to the stables, but made sure to keep with in the shadows. Ino saw that Sakura and Hinata already mounted their horses; Ino went over to a brown horse and mounted her. Sakura waited for Ino to mount her horse before she gave Aowen a kicked to her side. Aowen slowly crept forward. Sakura peered over and looked around she saw some people running around

"Find her!"

"She's gone!"

"Yeah so are those to travelers"

"Nik is dead; he was stabbed in the back!"

Sakura looked back at Hinata and Ino, she gave them a nod and they nodded back. She looked forward; she breathed and let it out.

"Yha"

Aowen shoot forward out of the stables, Hinata and Ino following her. Sakura raced through the streets, people diving desperately trying to get out of the way before they get ran over by three horses. Sakura led them towards the back of the town, for there was a trail that led deeper into the mountains.

"After them!"

"Get them!"

"Don't let them escape!"

Sakura didn't slow down until she felt they were a good two miles away from the town. She slowed down the pace, and came to a clearing with a waterfall running into a small lake. She dismounted Aowen and Hinata and Ino did the same. The led the horses over to the edge of the lake so they could drink and found a couple of rocks to sit on.

"Well we should be ok for now, but we'll have to keep moving"

Sakura looked at the others.

"Dawn is approaching"

Hinata whispered. They turned their heads to see the sun peaking through the trees signaling dawn was indeed coming.

"So Ino since you're traveling with us, what's your story?"

Ino adjusted her belt and looked at the other two before speaking

"Two years ago my family came to the town of the sirens in order to rest. We were traveling to go to a festival near by the town. We heard of a dancer that went by the name of The Scarlet Angel. I really wanted to see her dance so my parents took me" Sakura flinched at this and Hinata looked at her "But then night came, no one told us of the sirens that came out at night. We figured the town was named that to attract visitors. We were staying the same Inn where you guys stayed and in the middle of the night I heard singing, my parents were drawn to it but I wasn't affected for some reason. I tired everything I could to stop them but it was too late, the song was too deep in their minds for me to break it. In never saw my parents again, the town's people were nice enough to let me stay…..and that's it"

Ino kept her head down. Her eye's swimming with emotion for the lost of her dead parents. Sakura and Hinata looked at Ino with symphony in their eyes.

"So Ino, what's your horse's name?"

Ino looked at Hinata

"Dancer, yours?"

Hinata let out a smile

"Snow and the leopard is name shadow, don't worry she won't hurt you"

Ino nodded then looked at Sakura, who was in deep thought

"Forehead"

Sakura's head shot up at the nick name

"Yeah pig?"

Ino eyes shone with fury

"Don't call me that" she seethed

Sakura smirked, "Then don't call me forehead"

"Fine"

"Aowen"

Ino looked confused

"Wha?"

"Aowen that is my horse's name"

Ino smiled and nodded. Sakura got off the rock and stretched

"Well I don't know about you guys, but I didn't get lot of sleep so wake me later"

Sakura climbed the tree near the lake and found a branch to lie on. Ino turned to Hinata with her eyebrow raised and a questioning look on her face. Hinata shrugged

"Don't ask me"

With that she took her cloak that was lying on the ground, spread it out and fell asleep on it. Ino smiled

"I'm not alone anymore mother…. I finally found friends"

Hope you liked it

~CrestedStar20