Consequences
LittleBrownBean
Chapter One
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It was dawn now. She had run all throughout the night. She was crouched over, hands on her knees, taking in big gulps of air to steady her yellowey glow of the lampost lit up the road ahead..
Her legs ached, chest burned, and her breaths of the outside air were short and rushed. Sweat was running down her forehead.
She was also hungry, so very hungry. She felt around the large pocket of my sweatshirt. Twenty dollars. A few bills had somehow fell from her pocket while she was running, leaving her with less than what she had originally started with.
She sighed and quickly pocketed the remnants of the cash.
She didn't really recognize the area she was in. But then again, she was never really allowed to leave the house much.
She looked around for something that might satisfy her appetite.
And there it was. A twenty-four-hour convenience store. It was almost if she was compelled to enter.
The unfamiliar "ding-dong" sound had frightened her. Behind the counter, was a young man with a blue vest. He looked up at her for a moment and then back down at whatever was keeping him occupied.
She walked around the store for a little, unsure of what she was looking for. A cup of pork flavored instant ramen caught her interest, It's packaging an appetizing red. "Spicy pork flavor" it read. She grabbed two other cups along with, a four pack of soda, and a sandwich.
The store clerk scanned the items, not even bothering to look at her.
"Ten forty five."
She dug through her pocket and took out a few bills to count.
"Breaking news."
She placed the required amount onto the counter as the man bagged some of her things. She opened one of the cups and filled it with hot water from one of the canisters. She also got some chopsticks and pocketed them for the road.
"In other news, a girl by the name; Haruno Sakura, was reported missing now four hours ago by her parents; Haruno Kizashi and Mebuki."
Sakura froze. The hot water from her ramen cup overflowed and burned her hand.
"Ah!" She dropped the cup, it's contents spilling out onto the white tile.
The clerk must not have heard her, for he was too busy watching the television mounted in one of the corners.
"The sixteen year old was last seen asleep in her bed at eight-thirty last night."
Panic began to set in as Sakura slowly backed away from the counter, lifting her hood over her head to conceal her features. She gathered the remaining items into the plastic bag.
"Sakura has green eyes and strawberry-blonde hair. Her height is 165 centimeters and she weighs about 62 kilogram. Sakura has freckles over her nose, and a birth mark on her right should-"
Sakura quickly grabbed the bag on the counter and speed-walked out of the store before the clerk took notice.
"H-Hey! You forgot your recipt!" He shouted after her.
Sakura just kept running. She ran without looking back.
Through the streets of this new city, Sakura ran. And she didn't plan on stopping anytime soon.
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