Sakura P.O.V

I closed up shop to head home, the stench of ground coffee beans lingering on me and my bag of unbought cakes. I huddled my arms together, not too much to give anything away, as I was actually quite scared to walk the streets alone this late at night. They may have been empty but as my father always told me, it's better to be safe than sorry. It was at this solitary moment when I got to think about things festering in my mind. For example, did I really have what it took to become a doctor? I mean people were placing their lives in my hands and the pressure was devouring me. The studying was fine, I was a competent and intelligent student with no real social life. I wasn't anti-social but more like invisible to most of the student body of the academic facilities I attended. It's true I wasn't a very loud or bold person but even shy people can make friends. I was different when he was alive and even now that was an issue.

Anytime I was around blood, even the smell, I couldn't function properly. The memory resurfaced every time I saw it but it wasn't just that. It was like I could almost taste it in my mouth or I could identify the specific shades of blood from looking at it and tell what animal it had come from. Well, it wasn't a shade but I just could. That definitely helped in class but it also got some strange looks thrown at me. I guess I didn't want anyone to experience what I had that night in the ER so I decided to dedicate my life to saving other lives. By day a simple barrister and waitress, by night a college student hitting the books feeding on unwanted bakes and free coffee as well as the usual salad. I mean I was a vegetarian. Yup for a girl who knew a lot about blood and wanted to deal with guts every day I couldn't stand the sight of steak or blood oozing out, it just felt wrong to me. I had a plan and I was going to follow it right to the end; graduate with honours and major in medicine, work at the prestigious Konoha Hospital, save as many lives as I can, slowly and steadily make at least one friend, meet a guy, get married and have kids, retire and grow old with my husband. It may seem not that thought out but it was comprised of my goals and dreams so it was really just a template, it was everything I could ask for in life.

Finally, I had made it to the familiar street as I hurried through the blistering cold when I heard a deafening smash! I gasped and stayed behind the building. I knew there was a small convenience store around this corner and if my guesses had proved me right, it was being broken into. What do I do? I peaked around the corner and there I saw three hooded figures loading a truck with stolen goods. I tried to calm my breathing as my shaking reached into my purse to grab my phone. Just when I was about to dial the police I forgot to check if the coast was clear, I could hear approaching footsteps. I covered my mouth and tried to stay undetected.

"I told ya Shino, I sm- heard someone over here!" Barked a man, I tried to stop the tears welling in my eyes.

"Well, we finished our job... it won't hurt looking for our little witness. Why do you ask? Because if she was to report us we could get into a lot of trouble from Boss... have you seen our witness Miss?" The man named Shino turned the corner with a blank expression that terrified me.

Obviously, he had already seen me somehow but that wasn't worrying me the most anymore. These two seemed to apart of some sort of gang! Boss? I was going to be killed by the mafia!

Shino was in a big, black trench coat with a hood and collar that covered his mouth. In fact, all you could see were his thick, black goggles that masked his eyes. The other one had all canines with two red markings on either cheek, he resembled a dog. He wore a leather jacket with a netted undershirt and jeans. They edged near me, the other one carrying a petrifying smirk with his sharp teeth while Shino remained unreadable.

"Listen... I, uh... I didn't see anything!" I lied horribly.

"Then why's your phone out? Why? Because you were attempting to ring the authorities. Sadly I can not allow you to do that," said Shino.

"You guys are bad people and you belong in jail!" The two ignored me, the red-faced one rolled his eyes before Shino turned to his partner.

"Go get Akamaru Kiba," he ordered but I wasn't there long enough to hear anything else because I had made a run for it.

I raced down the street with my trainers on luckily and made a sharp turn before making it onto another street which was situated behind my house. I could hear the bark of a dog and a familiar voice which meant I still hadn't lost them. Still pretty shaken, I climbed up a drainpipe to reach my room window. I kicked open the latch with my foot and with all my remaining energy I jumped to catch onto the ledge. The barks grew louder, the tears streaming down my face as I tried to pull myself through the window. I was too worn out and I contemplated just dropping instead of enduring their forms of torture. But that's not why he died. He died so I could live. I managed to muster some sort of courage and will before pulling myself through the window and shutting it. I sighed with relief and cried my eyes out.

After a few minutes, I heard Kiba curse at the dead end he had found himself in. I peaked wearily out of the window and saw him pull out his phone. I could faintly hear his conversation.

"Boss. Shino and I got the job done but there was a witness."

"We were going to take care of her but she ran for it. I lost Shino too."

"We'll find her Boss. It's funny, with that bright pink hair and green eyes you'd think we'd be able to spot her easily."

"What?!" My eyes widened with pure fear. The man on the other line had roared so loud she could hear it from a good fifteen meters away. It sounded like a feral beast and Kiba himself had had to distance his ear away from the phone.

"W-What is it Boss?"

"Bright pink hair, shining jade eyes, ivory skin. She was quite beautiful actually." I gulped.

"S-Sorry Boss. We'll find her and bring her back for you!" Kiba hung up and I felt filled with dread. I was now a wanted woman!

I tried one more time to call the police on my phone but as I put it up to my ear, I saw a bug crawling up my wrist. I put it down to shoo the bug away but as soon it flew away another five crawled up my leg. I stopped to shake the bugs off but as I went to the medicine cabinet in the bathroom none other than Shino stood by my bathroom sink but not only that! He was engulfed by bugs! I backed away until my back hit the cold tiled wall behind me.

"W-What are you?!" If I wasn't so scared for my life I wouldn't have said that as rude as I had.

"Never underestimate even the smallest bug," he tilted his head and at that moment I felt something crawling up my neck. I felt it bite me but I didn't feel anything as I hit the floor and blacked out.

Okay so this is one of my more polished pre-written stories, I've got ten lined up but I started with my current favourite, keep in mind I still think it's not as good because I'm pretty inexperienced. I've written more of this one than I have of Coming Home, simply because I enjoy writing it more at the moment. I decided to post this to get some feedback. Just because this chapter felt awfully short I'm going to post two today so happy reading and constructive criticism is always appreciated. Grammar isn't too bad and spelling is alright I just wish I knew how to convey the story but let me know what you think and thanks for reading! Also just a warning but I tend to ramble on about what they're wearing so feel free to imagine your own style or skip completely. Personally, it just sets the mood or the character a bit for me