If Only Chapter 1, a naruto fanfic

Chapter 1

Out of all the Things that could've

'Out of all the things that could've gone wrong', thought Sakura as she jumped from tree to tree away from the oncoming swarm of missing nin, 'why the fuck did I have to be there….'

"Sakura you all right?" came Kakashi's lazy voice through kunoichi's sweat-drenched headphones.

"Hardly sensei, I'll be fine…are Sai and Naruto there with you still?"

"Yea surprisingly though, all those missing nins who were standing guard seem to have completely abandoned their places and are after you. A good 200 last I checked, could be more, but we've found the documents."

"Sensei you're joking! I hardly have enough chakra left. " Sakura whined between pants. In her brief distraction, Sakura lost her footing and started falling towards the ground. "SHIT!"

'Well', thought inner Sakura, 'lets just pretend this is the worst part and that those dirty, sweaty, smelly hoard of testosterone filled brutes are nice. Either I'll be caught in a net or one of them is going to pluck me before I die, even though that would be such a nice thing to happen right now'. As Sakura began to close her eyes, she heard the clumsy footing of the nins as they passed over her head along the branches. In panic Sakura opened her eyes, 'hey wait!' As she looked down, she was seconds away from hitting a branch.

"I was just kidding I don't really want to die! EEEYYAAAHHH!"

In a heavy, wet thud, the wind was knocked out of Sakura. Barely able to think as the grooves along the thick branch now shaped her intestines and splinters stuck up like needles in her once smooth flesh, she made the small effort possible to breathe as she dangled over the unforgiving wood.

"SAKURA-CHAN!" - "WHAT HAPPENED!" - "..…", Kakashi, Naruto and Sai voices fuzzed through her headphones as they heard the painful land of their teammate on a branch in the forest.

Gasping for air, Sakura could only manage a groan. Cold sweat seemed to be the only blessing as it trickled down her cheeks, cooling off her flustered face and reminding her that she is all but out of this. Watching her arms droop and slave way to the wind, she heard the voices of the men that followed her once again now knowing the location of the kunoichi. 'Fucking branch…when I get the chance I'll burn the whole tree!'

"SAKURA!" Kakashi yelled painfully in Sakura's headphone.

Exhausted, Sakura responded "Sensei, I'm fine but Naruto and Sai listen…" then in a dark voice that only women can muster and strike fear into a man's heart, "When I get out of here I'm going to rip the both of you a new asshole and a better reason to start calling each other dickless retards-!"

Suddenly cutting off Sakura in mid-sentence of her threat Kakashi realized the situation. "Sakura listen to me you can't let them get you, the mission was trap, the documents are phony, whatever this is about it's with you. I'm sending Naruto and Sai over with pakkun. I'm heading back to the hideout"

Wide-eyed, Sakura made haste and tried to move the shaking limbs that no longer seem to be in her control. Trying to ignore the pain that surged throughout her abdomen, she launched forward. But with the wrenching tenderness and the small shards of wood sinking further into her body she all but manage to successfully grab the next branch before a piece of rope attached to a kunai wrapped around her neck suspending her like a piece of meat.

Unable to speak and quickly losing air, Sakura struggled. The more she did however, the rope only became tighter and kunai it was fastened to was determined not to let loose.

"Well, well", snuck a husky voice next to Sakura's ear, "what do we have here?"

Another body came close to Sakura and started to stroke her hair and spoke in a deep yet oddly screechy voice to her ear. "Heh pink hair huh? Wonder if it's real?" Then in a good pluck from her scalp, he took a finger's thickness of hair, leaving the empty spot throbbing Sakura with even more ache than what she already had.

The lack of air was causing Sakura to black out and vision to blur. Unable to scream and no energy left to struggle she could only hope that Pakkun, Sai and Naruto could reach her in time. Even then, however, she knew they wouldn't be fast enough and dreaded with the slow death she was facing.

As she heard the countless feet landing from the other hoard of men chasing her, she slipped in the black abyss hearing the final order from their leader to cut her down.

'well', though Sakura ironically, 'at least they don't smell that bad...'

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Hi, this is my first story, so I want to make sure I'm doing it right.

Criticism is much appreciated

Naruto does not belong to me