Found By Chance
It seemed like the same ninja kept on coming back to attack. One after the other. The same process repeated over and over again.
Sakura would sense them coming before they strike, and kick them or punch them back out of this small circle.
Of course she faced some of their attacks here and there. They did hurt a little more than expected because of the wounds she already had.
But the pain didn't ruin her concentration instead she kept repeating that same process of kicking and punching over and over.
It seemed like with her hair tied up, she gained some sort of male-like personality. At that moment she became headstrong and never showed a sign of the girly side of her.
Sakura gave up her girly side long before when she left the village.
The ninjas continued to attack one after the other and sometimes they would try to attack at once.
She always hated when she was out-numbered which is why she tried to avoid getting in fights like these since never figured out a way to over-come her opponents whenever she was out-numbered.
Naruto would've kicked these guys' asses by now if he was here. Them bastards don't give up do they! I gotta think of a way to get em.
Sakura bit her lip as she snapped. She blindly punched the ground creating the same small craters whenever she saw a glimpse of one of the ninjas.
Her screams kept on warning her attackers therefore they easily dodged the huge bits of rock and rumble flown at them.
After continuous punches, Sakura finally stopped her sudden rampage when a sudden pain struck her. It came from her stomach, she had reopened the wound.
Then she realized she had an ounce of chakra left. She needed to finish this quickly. Her plan was set in motion.
One by one she kicked each enemy into a nearby crater, causing them to fall in. Then jumped backwards unto the huge cliff, with her back against the full moon she towered over the men.
Smirking as she watched them stagger to get up within the craters. She wouldn't let them escape. She was nice enough to build their graves just for them.
Those ninjas must be pleased. Soon they're going to be drowned rats.
Sakura finally raised her fist, which was currently surrounded by blue swirls of chakra, she yelled as she punched the mountainous ground below her with her greatest effort.
Bits and pieces of dirt and rock and something else flew out this time and it had already descended on the trapped men. Water overflowed every crater Sakura had made.
During the brawl, Sakura had purposely hit the ground below her to create the huge craters for the water to fill up in.
After she jumped off the remainder of the cliff and landed on nearby tree branch, she gladly watched the drowning rats. "Water water everywhere, bitch." She spit in the water.
A few minutes later when the water became absorbed by the dirt and continuous pebbles of rock, Sakura finally decided to see if her plan had worked and jumped down from the branch.
Her feet landed with a small splash and every footstep she took made a small splash noise. Sakura walked toward the nearest crater and looked inside expecting to see a dead body.
But when she looked, there was one. Shocked by this, her mind was set in motion. She reacted quickly by jumping back to dodge an attack of kunai with a explosive tag tied to the end.
She bit her lip as she landed with her feet and one hand in front of her. Her composure wasn't too good.
She was slouching a bit which showed a sign of weakness, something that she didn't want to show at all.
Her breathing started to have a faster pace and she clutched her stomach once more. The wound had reopened.
One ninja saw the blood spreading across her shirt where her wound was and grinned at the sight, "Tch you think you'd kill us that easily!"
"Damn." Sakura mindly cursed. Stubborn as she is, she stepped forward indicating that she wasn't done yet.
Yet her body didn't agree. After she stepped forward, her vision blurred and her mind went blank. Her body started to shut down. Sakura, her hand clutching her head, she staggered for a bit trying to stand up.
Then it started to shut down completely. Her eyes slowly closed as her body tilted backwards, falling.
She had no chakra left.
A Questionable Rescue
Sakura felt herself fall.
No. Not now. Not just yet. Please I want to fight. I need to fight. I need to get up and FIGHT!
Then hands stretched out behind her. The warm hands started to touch Sakura's falling shoulders. They gripped her shoulders lightly and pushed forward, causing Sakura to regain her balance and stand once again on her two feet.
With her eyes popped open, Sakura quickly realized she was being lifted up by someone. But who?
She hesitantly turned her head to see who kept her from falling. She wanted to thank the person. "Ah, thank y-" She let her words trail off when she saw the Akatsuki symbol.
No way... She thought and slowly looked up to see a man with long blonde hair who looked like a woman. Part of his hair covered one of his eyes. But she could tell he was a man. There was no sign of breasts on him.
She searched for her words but they got caught in her throat. She'd never expect an Akatsuki member to help her. Unless... he wasn't.
Sakura felt ashamed that she'd think that an AKATSUKI member would help her. There was no way they would. Just no way.
In other words, she didn't trust them. She came to a conclusion that they must've sent the ninjas after her.
All this time Akatsuki was probably watching in the side lines, enjoying the fight between a girl and 5 men. The sick bastards.
Sakura didn't like the Akatsuki. They were always up to no good. Because of them, Sasuke- Her thoughts were interrupted when she felt her clothing become wet on her shoulders.
The sudden wetness made her shudder and she instantly turned to punch the blonde in the face but missed when he jumped backwards, landing next to his partner who was jumping up and down. "Senpai!" He cried.
Sakura flipped backwards then realized she was closer to the 5 men and turned around to where she could look after both sides. As usual, she didn't like being out numbered and this just made it worse.
Gasping as she saw the blonde's partner, she knew how the Akatsuki worked in groups of two so this was no surprise to her. But what made her gasp was the new face...er mask that she'd never seen before.
Sakura took a good look at him. The man face was covered with an orange mask with an eye holeyuhhh and he had short, spiky black hair.
How mysterious.
She then realized that she got some of her chakra back. It was enough for her to stand but if she got hit it, it would be lights out for her. But how did she regain chakra?
Did that blonde guy transfer some of his chakra to her? No it couldn't be. They're the enemy!
All this didn't make sense to her. She had enough. She turned to face the two Akatsuki members, "Why are you here! What do you want with me!" She shouted in anger.
The blonde stepped forward and replied calmly, "We came to help you, un."
With eyes grown wide, she stood there surprised at his response. "...Help me...?"
She didn't know how to react. This was the last thing she'd hear from an Akatsuki member.
As she stood there dumbfounded, she didn't sense one of the men come behind her until he grabbed her arm.
She reacted the same way and quickly turned to punch once more but stopped when she saw a small white critter crawl up from behind the man's neck and unto his face.
Disgusted by the white critter, she jumped backwards just before it exploded on the man's face. Bits and pieces of what's left of the ninja flew out and smoke from the explosion started to clear.
Sakura was once again surprised. She turned to look at the Akatsuki members, seeing if they caused the explosion.
She saw the blonde with a hand sign in front of him. He smirked, "One down, four to go."
It was one surprise after another. Sakura started to believe what the blonde had said about helping her. But another side of her told her that they must've wanted something in return.
The blonde and his jumpy partner walked up to stand in front of Sakura. "W-what are you doing?" She asked them. The blonde sighed, facing Sakura. "I said we are helping you, un!"
"Wah! Deidara-sempai doesn't like to repeat himself! Don't make him mad, boy!" The orange masked-man cried.
Boy? They think I'm a boy? Oh yeah, I forgot my clothing is different now.
Sakura checked her black T-shirt and pants. Plus her hair was up.
But nevermind that, she'd tell them she's actually a girl later. Right now she didn't want them to fight her fight.
"Ok! Deidara-sempai will show you his art!" The masked man yelled, jumping up and down.
Sakura glanced at the blonde.
So his name is Deidara?
"Oi, Tobi. You need to shut up." Deidara spouted at him.
So the masked man's name is Tobi. Never saw him in the Bingo Book. He must be new
"W-wait a minute. This is my fight." Sakura said.
Deidara looked at her up and down.
She stood there covered in dirt and sweat. There were some scratches on her and he glanced at the bleeding wound on her stomach.
"You almost passed out earlier and you still think you could win?"
Sakura nodded.
"Your an idiot." He said, bluntly and faced the remaining 4 men, leaving Sakura insulted and having an urge to punch him.
The remaining four seemed to know the Akatsuki based on their clothing and stirred a bit.
Sakura expected them to become afraid of the sight of Akatsuki.
The men still stood firm which pissed her off. She had enough of those guys now. "Why are you so intent in capturing me! What do I have that you want!" She yelled at them, from behind the two Akatsuki.
Her questions didn't sound like questions.
She demanded a straight answer and a reasonable one.
One of them sneered and pointed at her, "You don't realize that according to the Leaf Village you are a missing nin? The Leaf is offering a 26,500 ryo reward for anyone who brings you back."
Then he pointed at himself with his thumb, "We are going to be the ones to do that but instead we will take you as hostage and ask for even more money! Genius plan, right?"
But his gross evil smile revealed his true purpose. Sakura knew that they weren't going give her away alive to the Leaf. She didn't want the Leaf to pay a huge amount of money for a raped, dead body.
But now this explains why they were so intent on capturing her.
