Chapter 3: Your BFF Will Always Stab You In The Back
Alright, I got bored of writing all that shit, so I'm just going to say, all of those people are 2000 years old and if you have any other comments/questions/complaints, please leave a review. (you non-member's can review too, just put in a name instead of "Guest") anyway, to the story!
I watched myself disappear and sighed.
"What's wrong?" Sai asked.
"It's nothing. I'd just like to read the next chapter, that's all."
"Go ahead and start. Dinner will be ready in about an hour." He said, walking into the kitchen and opening my fridge.
I walked up the stairs and into my bedroom, closing the door and not locking it. I pulled on a pair of cloth shorts and a t-shirt that wasn't going to choke me and flopped down on my bed, opening the book to the third chapter.
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Chapter three is pretty harsh. When I say harsh, I'm talking
about Temari no Sabaku, one of my absolute best friends in the group. She was a
good person, most of the time anyway. Her boyfriend Shikamaru was a vampire
along with her. Temari loved the wilderness, which made me wonder if she used to
be a werewolf. After the whole Kiba/Tenten incident, I was cautious of people
that liked the outdoors. After all, those were the people that were unable to
become protectors and I didn't want to get involved with those kinds of people.
Besides, Sasuke hates anybody like that with a burning passion from hell, I have
no idea why, but I guess I did too.
However, Temari seemed different.
She was a vampire that would come hiking with me, or spend a day at the beach.
She wouldn't go I'm the water, or leave the shade of the umbrella, but it was
better than the people that just wouldn't go there.
"So Temari-san, you're a
vampire and not a protector? Sasuke explained it, but I wanted to hear it from
you."
"Okay. Protectors are humans that don't age. Vampires are people who
can't spend more than 5 minutes in the sun, we can't go in water, and we can't
eat anything with garlic and silver makes us break out. We're governed by the
laws of the vampire council." (A/N: And I'm not talking about the Volturi)
"That's cool."
"Not really. Werewolf life is cool. The only thing we- I
mean, they're governed by is the full moon and that only comes around once a
month. Vampire law is EVERY. DAY."
"So you were a werewolf." I said to
myself. Temari sighed.
"Yeah, I was. And to tell you the truth, it's so much
more fun being a werewolf then a vampire. I love the outdoors. That's why I come
with you instead of Sasuke. When you want to go play outside. Because I'm the
only person here that's ever failed the protector test."
"I'm
sorry."
"Haha, don't be. I like being a vampire so I can spend my life with
Shika-kun, but other than that, werewolves are more fun. The only bad thing is
the moon, and the fact that all the werewolf guys are perverts." She said with a
smile.
"Can protectors or vampires turn into werewolves?"
"No. Well, yes.
If you kill the person you are supposed to be protecting, you become a werewolf
forever with no chance of re-taking the test."
"R-really? What is the
protecter test?"
"It's different for everyone, depending on who you
are."
"What was yours?" Temari rubbed her hair.
"The first or second
time?" We started walking back to her car so she could take me back home.
"Both!"
"Okay. The first time is always hard. For anybody. I failed
because it was too hard. You see, there are three parts to the test. They each
have three categories that pry on your weaknesses.
"The first part of he
test usually isn't very hard and it's just dealing with the various things
you're afraid of. I passed that easy, only being afraid of being buried
alive."
"That is scary."
I folded down the page where
Temari started talking. I needed to be sure that I kept that page showing me
what the "protector test" was.
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"I know, right?! But the man giving ms the test said it was mostly bugs, and different ways of dying, so I wasn't completely alone.
"The second part of the test involves endurance and trust. To complete it, you have to protect a "person" for five days while dodging several major disasters that the test givers throw at you. This is where I failed. I let my "person" get "killed" by one of the events."
"So, what's the third part?"
"I don't know."
"Why not?"
"They don't tell you the next part until you've cleared the one your on. I didn't clear part two, I don't know what part three is."
"BUT YOU TOOK IT AGAIN!"
"I know. They wipe your memory of the third challenge."
"You're shitting me, right?"
"I wish." I sighed as Temari turned another corner.
"So Sakura, you like Sasuke, right?"
"I guess." I said, Haruka's figure flashing into my mind.
"He really likes you."
"I guess."
"Why don't you take the protector test? You'd live forever."
"I guess."
"Are you a lesbian?"
"Huh? What? No!"
"So, you were listening."
"Yeah, I just didn't want to reply."
"So, why don't you take it?"
"Because I barely know Sasuke. He's hot, and there's a huge part of me that likes him, but the rational part of my brain hasn't been thinking that. What do you know about Sasuke?"
"Not much. I know a lot about you, or Haruka, I guess."
"Oh." Temari's expression changed a little bit.
"I do know a little." She said, pulling into my driveway.
"Please tell me."
"Okay.
You and Sasuke were engaged and Sasuke couldn't give two shits about you. Even though you stayed loyal, Sasuke would keep his distance from you. Actually, he kept his distance from the female gender...
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"I wonder if I could ask somebody I know about what Sai was like two thousand years ago. I could ask Ino, but I don't want to bother her. I'm angry when I'm hungry." My hand touched my stomach.
"SAI! Is dinner ready yet?!"
"Ten minutes!" Came the reply.
"Argh!" I grumbled, flopping down on my bed. I pulled the book back out.
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Sasuke was the type of guy that just didn't care. He spent all of his time alone, training." Temari said, waving her hands in the air.
"Sounds just like the one I know."
"Yeah, right? But anyway,Sasuke didn't realize he liked you until your curse kicked in and you got really sick. Every one of us gets some sort of incurable disease unless we at least ATTEMPT to take the protector test."
"You mean, if I don't try to take this test, I'm going to die of some sort of incurable disease?"
"Pretty much."
"That sucks."
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"I'm going to get a disease unless I take the
test? Where do I sign up?"
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"Yeah, it does. I took the test while I HAD said disease, so hat might have been part of the reason I failed."
"Why didn't you just take it before?"
"I don't know. I'm stupid like that."
For the next two hours, Temari told me all about everything she remembered about me and Sasuke two thousand year ago. She told me a lot about everybody else too. I thought it was extremely interesting, but she was stopped, mid-sentence by Sasuke knocking on the window of her car.
"Hi Sasuke-kun! What're you doing here?" She asked.
"I live here. And so does Sakura. Get out."
"Bye Temari! You can finish your story tomorrow!" I said, unbuckling and climbing out of her car.
"Bye Sakura-chan!" I waved as she turned the key and drove away.
"What the hell, Sasuke! She was just about to tell me what disease I had two thousand years ago!"
"She was telling you about what happened?" He asked, his jaw and fist clenching.
"Yeah..."
"You can't talk to her anymore."
"Okay, you know what? I think I CAN talk to her because Temari is nice and she, unlike you, tells me about my old life."
"You aren't supposed to KNOW!"
"Wh-why not?"
"Because you're supposed to realize your powers on your own. You can't just get information from somebody else!"
"Why the hell not? It's just like school! You learn from somebody else and you use that in your own life!"
"Sakura, I'm trying to be reasonable. You can't ju-"
"I can't what? What do you think is bad? Why do you hate me? Is it because of "Haruka Appear"?" I said, my jaw clenched as the other me appeared.
"Hello, Sasuke-kun."
"Make her go away."
"No."
"Make. Her. Go. Away."
"No-" A small dribble of blood squished out of my mouth.
"You really should listen to people, Sakura-chan." Temari was standing behind me, with a knife in my back. (A/N: And I bet you thought this chapter was about Temari being a bitch)
"Temari?" A wicked smile crossed her face. The moon outside was coming out. It was also full. Sasuke dashed over to me and put his hand on my wound. It felt instantly better. He stood up and grabbed Temari's throat.
"If you EVER come near Sakura again, it'll be you in her place," He said bitterly, his bloody fingers pointing at me.
"Got it?" Temari nodded. Sasuke fingers tightened and Temari passed out.
"Goodnight, Temari-chan." Sasuke said, letting her slump down on the sidewalk. Sasuke walked back over and put both hands on my wound.
"Just stay still. Focus on yourself not being hurt." Sasuke said quietly, pressing down on the bloody cloth.
"Alright, I'm going to have to take off your shirt to clean and bandage the wound." All I could do was moan. My body felt like it was shutting down. Sasuke took of my blue top and turned me over to see the wound on my lower back.
"I don't think she punctured any organs, so you'll be fine." He said, taking the hose and washing of the wound. It felt like the bleeding had stopped, so I sat up a little bit.
"Am I okay?"
"You're fine."
End of Chapter 3
"Holy shit!" I said out loud before biting my tongue, hoping my little brother hadn't heard me.
"Ino-chan! Your dinner is ready!" Sai screamed. I marked my place in the book and went downstairs, my mouth almost watering from the smell of the food.
There's chapter4! So, if you have any suggestions, I accept PM's and reviews! -Chiharu-chan!