[Thread] WEEE-OOH WEEE-OOH WEEE-OOH [EVERYBODY IN!!!]

[lucky_fifth]

The smoke had taken a while to penetrate the heavy old doors that shut the basement laundry away from the rest of the dorm building, and by the time it finally reached a smoke alarm that actually worked the blaze was firmly ensconced. What had started as a small electrical fire was rapidly spreading, lapping hungrily at the coils of wires at the

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[candiedxcherise]

Sakura had been at the library since five, she hadn’t noticed how late that it had gotten. She’d skipped dinner again so she was a little bit hungry, but that wasn’t an issue she could get someone to make herself a snack, or pour herself some cereal. She was on her way back to the dorm when she smelt something that made her nose wrinkle in disgust. It was the same smoky smell that she remembered from when the oven had caught fire, but she was outside how was that even -- Oh God.

She started running and as she got closer to the dorms she heard the fire alarms. Her eyes widened as she saw flames licking at the side of the school coming from the basement, smoke was curling into the sky and her mind raced. First she was infinitely glad that Sasuke moved the kittens to Obito’s house and then she realized that HER baby was still inside. Then it hit her that no one else was outside, which meant they were still inside.

It was hard to even think of calming down but she did her best. She knew, first and foremost that in the case of the fire you were supposed to get out and not go back in for anything, in any circumstance. Though she was known for her intelligence it just so happened that comment didn’t include common sense and she dashed back into the school. She needed to save her baby!!!!

Her shoes pounded on the stairs as she rushed up three flights of stairs and into her room letting the door slam opened. Moving quickly over to her bed she grabbed her violin case, relieved as she felt the weight of her instrument inside. It was only when she turned to evacuate the room she spotted Sasuke standing by the bookshelf. “Sasuke… what are you still doing in here!? You know the school is on FIRE right?!”

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Sasuke was just contemplating the black smoke- like a normal person, he thought sourly- when Sakura threw the door open and started yelling at him.

He paused, his hand going instinctively to his pocket. He looked from the smoke, to her. Yes, of course the building was on fire. He glowered.

"I'm deciding." he muttered. Meaning, of course, which of his instruments could be saved. He pictured complicated insurance forms he'd read cover to cover and then signed, but there were some things he didn't want to replace. He couldn't. He walked past her, stepped over some mess of girl things that probably belonged to the loud blond girl Ino, and hefted a large black zip case from the closet. His favorite set of hammered brass cymbals.

Anything else? He shifted them under his arm. Right- drumsticks. They weere more complicated than they looked, and he had his favorite pair. They were not interchangeable, he thought grumpily. "We need to get out of here quickly," he added, tucking a few other small percussion devices into his briefcase. "The fire must be on the other side of the building. The stairs weren't on fire when I arrived."

Fortunately most of his synths were at Obito's house, as were the cats. He eyed her violin case. Did she need help carrying that?

"Naruto will probably be trying to save his guitars." he muttered, almost to himself. Outside, the wail of fire trucks was drawing closer.

[candiedxcherise]

He made his grumpy face at her and she rolled her eyes clutching her violin case to her chest. 'Deciding' he told her and she wondered why he hadn't started throwing his things out the window, it wasn't that far to the ground. It wouldn't matter if the glass broke either since the entire building was going to have to be rebuilt. God. Even in a situation like this Sasuke was calm, and she wondered if he was panicking like she was on the inside. Probably not by the look he was still giving her, sometimes she just wanted to knock some sense into him!

Closing her eyes as he moved over to the closet Sakura tilted her head back, this was all too much. She was finally starting to feel the heat from the blaze and it was making her more nervous by the second, maybe she shouldn’t have come back in. Inner Sakura muttered that she was damn stupid for doing this, because unlike a violin (even though this one was special) she couldn’t be replaced. The logic made sense, but Sakura had never been well trained at making ‘in the moment’ decisions.

Midterms... Sakura wondered if they were cancelled as she stared up at the ceiling as Sasuke wandered around the room as if there wasn't a raging fire underneath them. She'd studied for days in preparation. How annoying would it be if they cancelled midterms!? It'd probably happen. She looked back over at Sasuke who was staring at her, holding the things he wanted to bring. Of course they needed to get out... "I already said that five minutes ago Sasuke. I came up the side stairs; we can probably go back down that way." By the end of her suggestion she was already halfway out the dorm door. In the future she would listen to what the firefighters said and buy one of those roll-up escape ladders for predicaments exactly like this one.

As she made her way down the hallway and back down the stairs she heard Sasuke mention Naruto under his breath. She hadn’t even thought for a second about him and she immediately felt awful, she came running back into the school for her one instrument. People like Naruto... how was he going to get all of his guitars out? And Tenten? And Haku? She prayed that all of her friends got out safely as she pushed the door opened to outside the cold air hitting her face and the snow crunching underneath her feet. She took a deep breath and the dry air made her throat sting, “Sasuke? Are you alright?” Is Naruto?