Don't Let Go
by: raetopia
Sitting between her best friend and her ex-boyfriend, Sakura Haruno silently drank her strawberry milkshake while her bestfriend, Ino Yamanaka, yelled at her ex-boyfriend, Sai, in the middle of a restaurant. Sakura doesn't enjoy being in the middle of a scene, and she has no other choice but to stick next to Ino when she's at her worst moments, or when she needs to get the problems out of her system.
"I don't like your disgusting hobby, you've been cheating on me all this time by drawings naked girls, and somebody told me you pick them up on the streets!" Ino yelled. "It's not a hobby, it's a job!" Sai yelled back. Sakura stared back and forth between them as they yelled at each other.
'Oh, a job... I need a job,' Sakura suddenly thought to herself as she looked up, and let her eyes wander around the store.
While Ino and Sai kept arguing, Sakura finished drinking her strawberry milkshake, and stood up. She took out her wallet from her messenger bag, and puts $20 on the table, and bids farewell to her friend.
"You better call me later!" Ino yelled before Sakura stepped out the restaurant.
Sakura growled, it was hot outside. She suddenly saw someone suspicious in the corner of her eye. The man was wearing black clothing in the middle of a really hot day. As Sakura tried to put her messenger bag around her, the suspicious man snatched the bag out of her hands. The man ran in full speed, and Sakura ran behind him.
"Hey! STOP RUNNING YOU THIEF!" Sakura yelled, while running with all her might. "Aghh, I am so not in shape right now," she suddenly said to herself, as she began to slow down. They both ran through the main street of Konoha.
Meanwhile, in another street, two young men walked out of the Police Department of Konoha. "I swear, Granny Tsunade needs to retire, how dare she take my license!" yelled Naruto Uzumaki. His companion, Sasuke Uchiha, smirked. "You're the only person in Konoha who speeds up to 65 mph to go to Ichiraku, Dobe," Sasuke retorted. "When you're hungry, you're hungry, Teme. It's not my fault people make me wait," Naruto replied. "Hn, I still have my license, but there's no way you're going to put your ass on my passenger seat," Sasuke said, as he walked. Naruto ran towards him, and tackled him. "TEEEEMEEEEE~ PLEASEEEE!" Naruto started sobbing on Sasuke's suit. Sasuke grunted, and tried to push Naruto away from him, when suddenly...
"ARE YOU A GIRLY MAN?! THAT BLACK AND PINK MESSENGER BAG WOULDN'T LOOK THAT GOOD ON YOU, ANYWAYS! RETURN IT, NOW!" a pink-haired young woman ran behind the man, and across the two young men. Sasuke and Naruto froze.
"Sasuke, it's a thief," Naruto said. Sasuke grunted, and glared at Naruto finally pushing him off himself, and ran behind the thief. Naruto fell on the ground, and cursed Sasuke while standing up and running behind Sasuke.
"Teme! WAIT FOR ME!" Naruto wheezed. Sasuke ignored him, and kept running, eventually catching up with Sakura. Sakura was really close to the thief, and soon enough she saw an alley and ran towards that alley, hoping there was a shortcut to be able to finally catch the man. Sasuke wondered what the hell she was doing, but kept running behind the man, and Naruto was getting ready to fall on the ground from all the running.
"AGH, MAN! I SWEAR I FEEL LIKE I'M BURNING EVERY SINGLE CALORIE I HAVE LEFT OUT OF MY BODY. TEME, CARRY ME! I'M GOING TO DIE!" Naruto cried out.
The thief ran around the corner of the street and came to a full stop before flying mid-air right in front of Sasuke before he got the chance to make the turn. He stopped and his eyes widened. The pink-haired girl walked towards the thief with her fist in the air. Sasuke looked at her, and his companion's mouth hanged wide open as soon as he finally reached next to Sasuke.
Sakura noticed the thief had already passed out from the impact, so she put her fist down. She took her messenger bag back, and turned around to see she was not alone. She stared at Sasuke and Naruto.
"Oh, no..."