Sakura woke up with a start and a scream, her face plastered with sweat as her hair clung to it. Her breaths came in ragged as her mind remembered the grinning, almost laughing, face of the old man that had taken her prisoner not a couple weeks ago. She had no idea why she was suddenly and unexpectedly released, both her and Ino dropped down from the floor and out from the wall. She was at least thankful that Naruto was there to comfort them as the experience left them mentally drained.
Her body stopped shaking as she regained control of her faculties, letting her hands move her hair out of the way. She was at least thankful that she was on leave as she knew that she wouldnÆt be able to really function as she needed. A deep sigh left her lips as she shook her head, tyring to clear her thoughts. She would sometimes see that face whenever she closed her eyes, seeing that grinning, bony face staring at her and she was sure her friend was in the same position. A low moan left her lips as she shook her head again, deciding that she wasnÆt going to get back to sleep anytime soon, she got up and got ready for the day. She wanted to pay a visit to Ino to see how she was doing dealing with this and dealing with the loss of a teammate.
However, fate seemed to have decided otherwise as Sakura went to her door to head downstairs for breakfast, a pool of blackness, the same one that the Old Man sucked her into, quickly appeared on her door and a hand shot out and grabbed her neck, pulling her into the pool and back into the vast nothingness that was the Old ManÆs realm.
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The passage of travel left Sakura dazed and confused. The only thing she knew is that it was dark and she was sitting on something rough. It didnÆt take her long to recover but when she did, and she noticed exactly where she was, horror started to fill her mind as she realized where she was. ôOh no no no no no no no, not again, not this again.ö Fear motivating her, she immediately stood up and looked around. Unlike last time where she was deposited into a room, now she found herself in a hallway with darkness on both sides. Suddenly, there was a scream to her right and she jerked away, her eyes staring down the hallway while her ears strained to listen but all she could hear was the blood pounding in her ears. Her feet started taking her back, her mind telling her to run and to get out of this place.
However, after taking a few steps back, her back suddenly hit something and before she could stop herself, she looked up and, to her horror, found the skeletal face of the Old Man staring down at her. She screamed in fright and ran, ran as fast as her legs could take her down the opposite side of the hallway. She didnÆt dare look back, all she could do was run but suddenly the entire space shifted and she ended up screeching to a halt before she ended up falling off the edge of a cliff. Slowly she backed up, feeling her heart pound in her chest. She wished that this nightmare would end already, wanting nothing more than to wake up in her nice and warm bed.
A chill went up her back and she swerved around but saw nothing there. Her throat bobbed as she gulped, her feet instinctually taking a step back as she looked upon the vast darkness. She hated this place. She was terrified here and she had no idea what was going on or what was around the next corner. She felt so alone here, so vulnerable and she hated it. Suddenly, she heard a dark chuckle before her and she turned, only having a chance to let out a short scream before the Old ManÆs hand shot out and grabbed her throat and she couldnÆt help the heavy shudder that flowed through her. His hand felt incrediablely cold and her neck felt like it was dying but that was nothing compared to what she felt when she looked into his eyes. She felt like her life was being drained away in those black holes but at the same time, felt like he was staring straight at her. ôWhaàwhat a-are y-you?ö That seemed to produce another chuckle out of him. A whimper came out of her mouth as her body started to struggle as she saw his free hand extended and reaching for her but her struggles was lackluster as his grip seemed to have filled her with an overpowering sense of fear but as his hand gripped her arm, a terrified and painful scream tore from her throat as not only the cloth under his grip dissolved, but her skin blackened and died as the corrosive energy flowed from him and to her.
The pinkette screamed again, this time in fright as his hands let go of her and she fell down an endless void but she didnÆt fall for long as light suddenly swarmed over her and she ended up crashing against something before she felt her momentum shift and she ended up falling again and crashed once again against something but this time, she landed on her bad arm and a fresh round of pain flowed through her and let out one of the loudest scream she ever vocalized, but even as she screamed, her senses were going haywire, one part telling her that she was surrounded by people but at the same time, she could feel that she was still alone, still in that dark nothingness that seemed to be his realm.
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I don't think I captured the horror of it but then again, I never written horror before.