JUMP
A NARUTO Fan Fiction
Disclaimer: I Do NOT own Naruto the Anime Series or the Manga or The Shippuden(sp?)
Genre: AU, Romance, Drama, Gangs/Crime.
Pairing: Undecided- Sakura x ?
Summary:
Sakura lives an average life, one filled with pain instead of happiness, hate instead of love, and abuse instead of comfort. Being forced to move from a place of security, she is thoren into a world she wasn't supposed to know exsisted. "When I say JUMP, you say how high"
Prologue
SLAM!
Sakura gasped in shock and pain as her body was thrown against the locker door in one rapid blink of the eye.
"Ugh…" She groaned out, unable to halt the throbbing in her head that began soon after impact.
The shaggy headed boy lifted Sakura up by her shirt collar once more and slammed her head against the locker for emphasis. Tears stung in Sakura's eyes, but she refused to cry and be shown as weak in front of the gang bullies.
"What all did you hear little Sa-Ku-Ra?" The dark haired teen with the fake emotion filled eyes asked, mocking and annoyance in his voice.
'Wow…That almost sounded…real'Inner Sakura said with a mock shocked expression. 'Shut up you! Can't you see we're in major trouble? Think of a solution!' Sakura yelled at her Inner self.
"Stop spacing out, you nosy little brat and answer the question before I make you!" The shaggy dog boy sneered.
Sakura winced as she felt the grip on her collar tighten, pinching her neck. "Ouch!" She whimpered.
"Oh, I'll make you say ouch alright!" The dog boy said, raising his hand to strike Sakura.
Sakura closed her eyes, waiting for the stinging she was so accustomed too to fall upon her cheek. But it never came. The sound of a palm meeting skin was heard, but she never felt the impact. She gasped at the sound, but was afraid to open her eyes, just in case she had been hit and the pain was numbing. Realizing she had not been struck by the would-be bruise, Sakura mustered the courage to open her eyes and face the unknown.
"Uah!" she gasped out, eyeing her savior. The blonde headed, blue eyed fox boy she had met earlier was standing beside the dog boy, and his arm had stopped the blow aiming for her.
"Kiba, did I miss something?" He said, still holding onto the dog like boys arm.
'So, this guy's name is Kiba, eh? Note to self, stay away from him if we get out of this mess' Sakura said to herself.
Kiba turned to the blonde boy with a look of annoyance. "We have a snoop, Naruto. She was listening in on our conversation not ten minutes ago." Kiba said, gesturing to the boys who formed a circle around the three.
Naruto nodded in understanding then shook his head in a sigh. He lifted his head, letting go of Kiba's arm, and looked at the girl still pinned up against the lockers.
"Sakura-Chan, it is rude to listen into people's conversations. Didn't you know that?" Naruto said looking at Sakura with amusement.
'Earlier this guy seemed like a total idiot, what is his deal? I mean one minute he is helping us pick our books up and is a really nice guy, kinda crazy, but nice. But now? He is mocking us and being all weird and serious… What do you think? Duel personalities do you think?'Inner Sakura questioned
'I don't know! Shut it, and we'll talk later.'
Sakura, not knowing what to think exactly about the situation she found herself in, just nodded stupidly in agreement.
Naruto nodded again, signaling to Kiba to drop the pinkette. Sakura gasped, for the hundredth time it seemed, when she felt her self being dropped from a death grip and onto the floor. Relieved at feeling the stable ground beneath her feet, Sakura sighed.
Naruto took a few steps and towered over the petite girl with the pretty green eyes. Man, did he hate when the cute ones found out their secrets. His leader would always find some way to scare the poor girl into submission and keep the secret. Sometimes their leader would make the girl leave the school and sometimes he would simply erase their memories and put them in a coma. Naruto feared for the cute little girl below him. He didn't have feelings for the newbee or anything like that; he just worried for the innocents' safety, that's all. Besides, he already had the love of his life. The most beautiful, the most innocent girl he had ever met, in his eyes, was his.
Getting back to present issue, Naruto looked at the pinkette.
"Then, why were you listening to Kiba and his friends talking about matters that don't involve you?" Naruto asked Sakura, raising an eyebrow at her.
Sakura and her widely known temper didn't like the way he looked at her; as if he an adult scolding a child.
"If whatever they were talking about didn't involve someone like me, they shouldn't have been talking so darn loud. I heard HIS--" Sakura began, pointing an accusing finger at the boy named Kiba, "—voice halfway down the hallway. I mean he was practically shouting the conversation!" Sakura scowled at the group, regaining some of her courage.
Naruto, not known for his patience, looked at Sakura with a look of annoyance. "Why were you walking down the hallway?"
Sakura glared defiantly at Naruto.
"My LOCKER is just around this corner." She said pointing to the place Kiba had yanked her from. "I was getting my stuff to go HOME when he--" she paused once again gesturing to Kiba "—grabbed me and started knocking me around!" Sakura started to get excited, the adrenaline from before pumping in her veins. She remembered when the long, brunette, haired guy pulled her hair and knocked the air out of her. It had hurt.
Tears began to rise and sting Sakura's eyes, threatening to spill as her shot nerves got the better of her. The events of the day came crashing down on her all at once, causing her to hyperventilate and panic.
"I swear, I never meant to listen in, it just happened! It's not my fault…" She said in an airy tone, a tear falling from her emerald eyes. "…it just happened.."
Naruto saw Sakura losing it slowly, if they pushed her just a little more, she would break. He recalled earlier that morning, when she had dropped her books and he had helped her. One look and her eyes and he saw the pain and hurt lingering from her past and the present. He saw her beginning to breakdown. She had only been in his school for two weeks, but he and his friends would watch the new student from the side lines. They saw her walk in to the school the first day, and they noticed her strong determination to not show her weakness and the distrust of people.
Right now he saw a broken little girl, in need of love and some serious help. But he couldn't do anything for her. She had broken a big rule of the school, and he didn't want to face the consequences if they didn't fix the situation.
"Sakura, what did you hear. Tell me, and I won't hurt you. Don't lie to me, okay? I think you're a pretty sweet kid, and I don't want to have to do anything to cause you harm, but if you don't tell us so we can fix the problem, we'll be forced to do some nasty things, kay?" Naruto said, trying to get the girl to talk in detail.
Sakura began to panic. She had heard A LOT. She had been through this already once in her life and she didn't want to go through a second time. But, right now she didn't have choice.
She had to get through this.
