Unfamiliar Love
Chapter One: First Impressions
She opened the door to her new apartment and briskly walked in taking off her shoes and turning on the lights as she went. She looked around and nodded her head in approval. "Yep this was a good choice." She thought to herself.
Sakura had decided to leave her parents and hometown behind for a new beginning. Getting an apartment in Konoha had been the first step.
She remembered that she had left in a hurry, so the only furniture that she possessed was what had come with the apartment. The small table and one chair, which resided in the kitchen, and her bed, which was the mattress on the floor in the living room.
She walked over to her bed, tossing the bag of clothes which had been slung around her shoulder.
Even though it had been a little over a year she could still remember that day, the day everything changed. When she thought about it now, she had changed a lot since then. She had thought at one time that she knew the way the world worked. She had thought she could do anything, no consequences. But after everything had happened, she realized just how immature she had been.
Sakura lay on the mattress sighing and closing her eyes.
Starting a new life was her goal, a life where she didn't need to fight or struggle to survive. Even if she had to work hard, that was okay, she just wanted to be normal. "Maybe I'll even fall in love." She thought. "Maybe I'll meet just the right guy; we would date, fall in love, get married and have kids, grow old and die together. Yes... A perfectly normal boring life, that's all I want. Can I have that?"
She heard a rumble which brought her out of her stupor, laughing she said. "Guess that's my cue to get some food." She got up and looked around the apartment one more time before heading out the door.
She walked down the steps humming. The super market was only a ten minute walk from her home and she had quickly grabbed ten or eleven things of ramen, some tea, juice and strawberry milk. Luckily her apartment already had pots and pans, they weren't in good condition but they would do for now.
She was almost at her apartment when she heard a loud clatter coming from an alley close by.
When she peaked around the corner she saw a group of guys beating on something on the ground. Not something, someone. She counted, there were ten of them.
"Don't get involved Sakura, it's none of your business, and the guy probably deserves it anyway." Even as she thought this her body moved on its own and before she knew it, she was grabbing a board by the trash and hitting the guy closest to her square in the jaw.
When he hit the ground the others turned around and looked at Sakura. "Get out of here now and you won't end up like this guy!" She said.
They shared some glances, and then two guys rushed her. She quickly dodged a punch from one as she kicked the other in the face, he hit the ground. She turned and grabbed the guy still standing, smashing her head into his. Blood trickled down his face as he hit the ground. "Three down... Seven to go."
It didn't take long for the others to fall. Sakura had actually been hoping for at least a little more resistance than that. "These guys are pretty weak." She sighed.
She quickly ran to the guy who had been beaten. She turned him over and looked him up and down. "He's in bad shape." She thought as she examined a stab wound around his stomach.
"There's no other choice." She decided as she slung his arm around her shoulder and began walking towards her apartment.
"Okay chapter one, done. It's my first story so I hope its ok.
Review if you want, open to criticism."
Disclaimer: These are not my characters they belong to the guy who came up with Naruto.