Karin watched the train pull away with enough fury and anguish to explode a metaphorical building. Her face flushed furiously and she kicked the bag of money and jewelry they had "acquired", so hard that it ended up on the other side of the tracks.
"Maybe you shouldn't take it out on the loot? I mean, we're probably going to need it…"
Karin's head turned around dramatically fast as she stared at the girl who was sitting atop an old fallen tree. The bitch doesn't even look sorry. I'm so going to kick her ass.
She charged toward the girl, pointing her finger at her and yelling, "YOU have absolutely no place telling me what to do! It's your fault that we were thrown off the train. You just had to provoke everyone, didn't you? Do you have some type of mental disorder?"
In an effort to escape the redhead's wrath, Sakura was leaning back so far she almost fell off of the tree. Karin's face was dangerously close, and she was a little afraid that she was going to bite her.
"What are you talking about? You're the one that was terrorizing the people on the train with your menacing self! I just thought it would be a little funny if I-"
"If what? If you pretended that we were criminals?"
"Well…"
"So, what do you think the land of vegetables is like?"
"Really healthy."
Sakura waited patiently for an answer from the, thus far, difficult girl. They had been seated next to each other for the past two hours, and, after their initial introduction, her acquaintance had clammed up and been answering her attempts at small talk with as few syllables as possible. So, Sakura did the socially acceptable thing and continued to impart her thoughts onto the other girl, whether she wanted to hear them or not.
Meanwhile, Karin had made peace with the fact that she would not be able to ease the growing tension headache she had any time soon, as the girl had been incessantly questioning her about some of the most mundane and pointless things in the world: "What do you think came first, the chicken or the egg?", "Have you ever used coconut oil as conditioner?", and many other random questions as well.
Karin did sometimes wonder what the Land of Vegetables was like. Were there a lot of vegetables, or was it incorrectly named like the Land of Fire (They were lacking in volcanoes and forest fires and had too many trees for that to make sense). Regardless, Karin found this Sakura girl very annoying.
As her resolve to ignore the girl weakened and her urge to murder the innocent grew larger, Sakura continued to ask her more questions.
"So, where are you from anyway?"
"Oto."
"Really? I heard that the people there are really scary."
Karin didn't justify that with a response. And Sakura, finally, left her alone. What she didn't realize was that Sakura was currently tossing an evil prank around in her mind.
"All I'm saying is that it would be pretty funny if we pretended to take the train over. That's all."
"It's not a good idea. We could get arrested. Besides, we aren't far enough away to make a scene like that."
"But you are bored. I'm you, so I can tell. Do you want to start the story of your adventures to begin with a boring train ride? What will you tell your grandchildren?"
It was with those thoughts fresh in her mind that Sakura took in all the citizens on the train, still avoiding the danger-zone known as Karin. Sakura couldn't help but giggle.
Karin looked up curiously and was about to ask what was so funny, but Sakura acted before she could.
In a flash, Sakura had taken a knife out of her pocket and was waving it around. "Everyone! This is a train jacking. If you want to get out of this unharmed It would be wise to give us your money or anything valuable you have on you. We are cold-blooded killers, so don't do anything stupid!"
The people on the train all shrank back in absolute horror. The train they were riding on traveled through the most rural area of the Land of Fire. Most of them had only heard of such criminals targeting innocent people. And, since there were always so few passengers, there were only two cars, the one they were in, and the empty one behind them that was usually rented to carry cargo. They were completely alone with these criminals and had absolutely zero experience with these types of crimes.
Some of them were whispering quietly to each other. "My God, they've killed before, I bet they'll do it again!"
"Just do what they say!"
"That one with the red hair is the one we should look out for. I could tell there was something wrong with her as soon as I set eyes on her."
Karin stared stupidly at the girl. She had sat next to a thug the whole time and didn't even know it! Wait...what did she mean by "we" and "us"? Does she have an accomplice hiding somewhere?
Sakura then tossed an empty bag that she had grabbed from the man in front of her to the girl sitting in the very front of the car. "Put everything you've got in there! Then pass it to the next person till it gets back here! Or we," she pulled Karin up by her arm as she said this, "will make sure to take it from your rapidly cooling corpse."
The passengers complied.
Meanwhile, Karin's face was scrunched up as the fact that she had been forced into becoming an accomplice registered through her mind. She was about to, again, voice her thoughts when she was interrupted by Sakura tossing the, now full, bag into Karin's arms before making one last declaration.
"Ladies and gentleman, you are too kind! As compensation for your cooperation, we will leave without hurting anyone." She then grabbed her duffel bag and shoved Karin's backpack into her arms before pulling open the door in the back and dragging Karin through it. Then, still pulling Karin, she ran through the cargo car and opened the side door. She smiled when she saw that they were riding along a sandy beach. Good for landing on.
"Wait! we really don;t have to jump, okay we can get off at the next station!" Karin had to yell over the sound of the wind in her ears and the screech of the train over the rails.
"The police will be at the next station. I'm not going to jail. Besides, this is way more fun than any train ride filled with a bunch of gutless hicks. Oh, and don't forget. You're an accomplice, so they will definitely arrest you if you stay on the train."
"I'm not an accomplice!"
Sakura smirked before poking at the bag in Karin;s arms. "If that were true, you wouldn't be holding that would you? No one would believe you. Either way, I'm jumping now while I have a safe landing. You better make up your mind before it's too late to get out!"
Karin watched the girl jump out of the train with trepidation. I am not a damned accomplice! But...Karin remembered the gray walls and the yellow eyes, I sure as hell am not going to be anyone's prisoner! I will not be found!
Karin pulled her backpack onto her shoulders and clutched the bag of money tightly before jumping.
I will never be found!