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These Are The Whispers
By: Ichigo Engine
"Wake up Sakura." Someone said, Sakura groaned and opened her eyes, wanting to sleep longer, but also remembering that Sasuke had said that he would help her escape this place. She rubbed her tired eyes and got a sight of Sasuke in front of her, she slowly stood up and yawned.
"Where are the others?" She asked in a tired tone.
"We're all waiting for you, we better hurry because who knows when Itachi will be back."
"Oh." She said and blushed, embarrassed that she was the last person to wake up, and she followed Sasuke out of the basement.
When they finally came out of the building, Sakura saw everybody, all eager to leave.
"Hey! Hurry up!" One said in an annoyed tone as he ran ahead, followed by the others. As the group began walking Sakura looked around, hoping to spot Hinata somewhere. When she finally saw a glimpse of her blue-haired friend, she quickly ran to her.
"Hinata-san!" The girl turned around.
"Sakura!" She smiled and the two walked together, Sasuke as the leader of the group.
"Can you believe that Sasuke actually let us escape?" Sakura nodded, and decided to drop the subject of Sasuke.
"Hey…where are we heading to?"
"I'm not sure, but I heard from the others a place called "Konoha Village" but we have to get there fast or Itachi might make an appearance."
"I see." For the rest of the way they kept quiet and continued their journey.
When night came they decided to stop and rest.
"We'll be stopping here." Sasuke said in his usual cold voice and pointed to a small grassy area. They then settled and decided to cook dinner. Sakura and Hinata both ran off together into a nearby pond and started to catch some fishes. There they talked about their families and friends, while having fun fishing.
"Hinata! Behind you!" Sakura stated and Hinata turned around, stabbing her stick into the fat fish swimming by. Luckily, she was successful and the fish struggled to get back into the water, but after a few minutes it stopped moving and dropped dead on the stick. Both girls laughed, the happiest moment of their lives since the day they were captured.
"Sakura?"
"Hmm?"
"Since we're already good friends, do you think we could still keep in contact when our escape is successful?" Sakura looked at Hinata and smiled.
"Of course, I'll always remember you."
"That's good to hear." Hinata smiled and began taking off a necklace which hung around her neck. The necklace was a string consisting two rocks, a pink one and a blue one. Although it wasn't expensive material, it looked special anyway. Hinata took the pink rock off and carved an "S" with her blue rock. "Here Sakura, it's for you, in case we lose contact or if something happens to either of us we can still remember each other this way." Sakura stared at Hinata, her mouth shaking, not knowing what to say.
"T-Thank you Hinata-san!" She took the rock and dropped it in her pocket. "I'll always remember you!"
"Me too."
Just then, several screams could be heard from the main area where they planned to rest for the night.
"W-What's happening?" Sakura choked, she held onto Hinata, who was beginning to shake as well.
"I-I don't know…but we have to get out of here!"
They ran away from the screams, whoever was doing the killing, it was absolutely not a pretty sight. Both girls ran furiously, bushes and branches scratched against their bare arms and legs. Sakura felt Hinata slowing down, so she grabbed her wrist and dragged her along.
"Hinata, I'm not letting you die! Come on!"
"S-Sorry Sakura-chan." Suddenly she felt Hinata stop and fall on the ground.
"Hinata keep up with me!" Sakura yelled and turned around, only to find a knife-like object in her back, blood quickly spreading and dripping into the soil.
"S-Sakura…"
"Hinata!"
"S-Sakura…protect yourself!" She choked and lay on the floor, moaning fatally. Sakura's eyes widened, how could this happen? They've only met for such a short while and now she dies? That was wrong. Sakura felt anger, confusion and sadness all mixed into one emotion, her eyes searched for the murder. And there he was, standing about 10 feet away was the murder. He looks like Sasuke…Sakura thought, but…he has lines on his face…that means…
"I'm glad you guessed it, don't try to hide from me, my cherry blossom."
OMG Itachi found her, is she going to die? Find out by reviewing! :D