New story, new beginning. Hope you enjoy. I'm open for critic and feedback that can help me improve my writing skills :)
Summary:
She never thought a casual jogging trip in the park could turn out like this. Never, never even in her wildest imagination. The fact that something as casual as maintaining once health on a regular Wednesday morning, would turn out as something dragged out of a 'fast and furious' movie, was beyond anyone. Even Boris.
Rating: M
Paring: ItachixSakura
Anything else?: Ladies and gentlemen, tighten your seat belts.
The intrepid audacity of my jog in the park.
The phone alarm went off at its normal time, and as usual Sakura got out of the shower just in time to turn it off. Her cat came jumping inn through the bedroom window just as she finished putting on her training outfit. He meowed vigorously for food as usual too, after a long night of hunting without luck.
"Come here little kitti" she purred at the adroit animal. It complied without complains before jumped into her awaiting arms.
"What should we do for breakfast today…" She mumbled to herself. The cat, Boris started drowsing off as she skipped into the living room and further into the kitchen.
Her small flat was nothing impressive, just enough space for her and Boris. And a sofa, for someone to crash a night or two. The apartment was on the fourth floor of an old building centered one row of buildings behind the busiest market street in Konoha. No postcode envy really.
Boris continued his drowsing on the counter as Sakura started finding ingredients to put in her morning shake.
She stretched a little extra on her limbs as she reached for things, just to make her muscles would wake up a little more, and get the blood streaming a little better. As a medical student, these things were important, and she knew it.
Her pink hair tickled the snoring cat as she opened her kitchen window. She cut off a handful of fresh barley grass as well as a few leafs of mint and threw it into her blender. A few frozen bananas, a kiwi and fresh orange and some ginger joined in as well. A bunch of kale made the top layer before she started the blending.
Boris didn't even as much as flinch at the sharp aggressive sound of the food processor, he had grown used to it over the months.
The shake was down in the blink of an eye, finished with a cold glass of water and a long satisfied sigh.
"Well, I better get going than. See you later Boris!" Sakura chirped after finishing refilling said cats food and water supply.
Sakura skimmed her apartment after belongings she would need for her trip, she didn't have lecture until later in the evening, so she had plenty of time to train and run other errands.
Her phone, headset, wallet, keys and small water bottle went into her hip pouch before she tide her Nikes.
A last look around the apartment for anything amiss and she was out.
It was a nice day, sun casting a beautiful mid summer morning glow over the city. Sakura inhaled slowly damp, chilled, fresh morning air seeping into her lungs.
And so she started her jog, with calm, summery music enlightening her as if it was possible to get more enlightened.
She had usual rounds depending on the time she had on her hands, and today, she had more than usual. She rounded the corner and entered the market. She spotted Ino just getting finished setting out the flower display in front of the Yamanaka flower shop.
"Looking good Sakura! Keep that ass tight!" She cheered at her approach, tossing a small bag at her. "Came in this morning, new super energy thing. You should try it!" She shouted as the distance started to expand. "Thanks!" The jogger shouted over her shoulder before sniffing the bags content. It was an indistinguishable scent of silo that filled her nostrils. She knew what it was, Chia seeds. Great source of omega-3 and had been experimented on in the fight against diabetes 2. Yet again, medical student.
She would diffidently make a week worth of chia pudding when she got home. She stuffed the bag into her pouch and continued her running.
Sakura could feel her pulse starting to catch up after a good 40 minutes jogging her longest route. Sweat starting to prickle on her forehead. She slowed down a bit to pull her pink locks up in a high pigtale before continuing on her way.
Half an hour later, she arrived at the local park. Some kids on they're way to school had stopped to play at the playground on the open field. Sakura broke the tree line, huffing slightly before breaking into a walk. She approached one of the benches and started doing exercises on it. Such as dips, sit ups and such.
With a long sigh she sat down on the bench and took a long swig of her water bottle. She watched the children play before one of them notified them of the time. They started walking towards the road behind the tree line, on the other end of the park. All though the morning rush was at its peak 360 around the small park, Sakura could still enjoy the cool breeze and the chirping birds around her.
She adjusted more comfortably on the bench and rested her head backwards. Her life was perfect, she told herself. If only he was still with her…No. She refused to think of him!
Although the past months had been the roughest on her heart yet in her life, she refused to think of him. He had left her with the words "annoying" and "boring". Spat at her, like it was a hair on the tongue, or like something disgusting.
She could feel her eyes starting to prickle. She snapped up with a clenched gasp as she refused to shred more tears over him. Stupid him!...stupid her.
She was suddenly ripped out of her line of dark thoughts as she could hear honking a screeching of cars down one of the main roads. Well someone woke up on the wrong side of bed today, that's for sure, she thought. The sound of an engine running at is climax caught her attention as it came swooshing up the road the children from before had just crossed. Against the traffic…
This was definitely not someone who had just woken up on the wrong side of the bed. The motorcycle took a turn and made an approach to encircle the park. Five cars on it's tail.
Sakura turned with the motorcycle and followed it with surprised and curious eyes.
It returned to the road where she had first seen it, when it suddenly burst through the trees and heading full speed towards her.
Sakura's whole body tensed not knowing what to do as panic struck her as a bolt of lightning. In an act completely sponsored by pure adrenaline and survival instincts, she threw herself in a flip over the bench and took cover underneath it.
She watched from under her arms as the driver of the huge machine, threw himself in front of the bench and stopped the bike in front of him at an angle. He ducked down and started digging inside his jacket, cursing under his breath. Sakura noted that the suit he wore looked a little ruffled by the wind, but also dirty. Dust covered the expensive looking material. The stranger unbuttoned his white shirt, while the impartially stranger girl under the bench noted the blood stains on it.
Sakura felt every cell in her body freeze as the stranger pulled out two heavy looking guns, from under each arm. She didn't know much about them, but they sure were big, and dangerous looking.
The tailing cars had broken through the trees as well and had stopped about 50 yards from them. They were preparing to open fire.
"You" A rough, deep manly voice muffled by the helmet, broke her staring. She released breath she didn't realize she was holding. A phone was thrown under the bench at her. She noted that it was an expensive phone, one of those new apple things. Without as much as a grease mark. She quickly noted that said phone was connecting to a call.
"I need you to tell the person on the other side of the line-"He was broken off by a gunfire from the cars. The fired bullet recoiled off the motorcycle functioning as a shield.
"Tell him where we are and what's happening" Sakura heard a panicked 'hello' coming from the phone, she picked it up. She flinched when the phones owner started returning the gunfire.
"H.. Hello! This is Haruno Sakura speaking. I-I'm not sure what is going on b-but we are in Konoha north gate park. Ah, some people in five black cars has opened fire towards us. A-and your friend is returning the fire." She felt her heart slamming against her ribcage, the beat drumming in her ears. She was sure even the stranger with the helmet could hear her heartbeat.
"Okey Sakura, I want you to know that we are on our way to rescue you and the person who gave you the phone. Please pass the information." She noted the calmness in his voice. It reminded her of the time Naruto got a sausage stuck in his throat and she called 911.
"He says they are on they're way." She shouted. He bent down and dug through the inner pockets of the jacket again, pulling out what Sakura thought was ammunition.
"Tell him he better hurry, cause I'm running low on Juice here!" Sakura looked at him with a stunned expression… Juice?... Why in the name of kami would he want that now of all times?
He noticed her sudden stillness and saw her looking dumbfound at him. "Now perhaps?" He finished reloading, before continuing defending they're position.
"H-he says you better hurry because he is running low on juice?!" She felt rather stupid after repeating the sentence in her head.
The person on the other side of the line barked out into a short hysterical laugh.
"They must have done some pretty rough things to him, because that sentence made me doubt that you are under the protection of my cousin." He laughed once more before he shouted away from the microphone "Okey ladies we're moving out!"
The line ended, making Sakura stare at the now silent phone in her palm. Her hands slightly trembling, sweat dripping onto the black screen from her forehead.
Cousin?...
"What the hell is going on!?" Suddenly burst through her lips before she could stop it, she slapped her hand over her mouth as she realized how utterly pathetic she must how sounded.
Her protector throwing her an amused glaze over his shoulder.
A police helicopter suddenly hovered over them, lights flashing in her eyes. Wind from the propellers ruffling up Sakura's hair like a god damn hairdryer.
"Stop shooting or we will be forced to open fire!" Came as a crisp, crackle over the speakers.
The helicopter was hovering over they're heads, she could see the silhouettes of people hanging out from the sides of it.
The man turned to her, breaking her observations yet again and put his smoking guns back inside his shirt. "When Shisui arrives, you will follow me onto the bike, is that understood?" He said calmly.
Sakura's eyes widened in shock, she had never tried on one of those things and not had she planned on it either.
The deep rough voice continued "If you don't then when I drive away, this bench won't offer much protection form the bullets." Sakura wasn't stupid, she could easily see how this day would end if she didn't go onto the bike.
She nodded, brows frowning at the weight of the decision she just made. Her breath coming in short, uneven puffs.
Another helicopter and four cars entered the park out off the blue. Cutting off the bullet rain.
"Now!" Adrenalin making her ears pulse again. She was suddenly pulled onto the bike, her arms instantly locking around the secure body before her. "Go!Go!Go!" She heard from one of the helicopters above.
Special ops came dropping down from the helicopter and landed behind the cars that came in last. She didn't have the time to see anything else, because the man she was clutching to, started the bike with a massive roar and sped off.
She could feel her adrenalin wearing off and her consciousness slipping as soon as they were on the road. She clung to the stranger like her last lifeline in the prayer that she wouldn't fall off. Several ambulances passed them on the way to whatever destination they were headed for.
She hoped someone would feed Boris. Than her world turned to darkness.
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