Sakura groaned into her pillow as she lay in her bed, she and her friends had just escaped from her old school and everyone who had gone there three days ago. She had faced Kiba and escaped with her freedom, something he swore he would take away from her if she ever came back. Her friends however had been able to come to her rescue and they all made it out alive and only had a few minor wounds to show for it. Normally that was nothing to brag about but this time it was, they had gone against the entire Nin High population and the next heir of the Inuzuka clan, and Naruto had been sure to brag about it the next day at school. She rolled her eyes at the thoughts of her hyper friend before rolling over on her side, hugging her pillow close to her chest and shivered. It wasn't cold in her room but she couldn't stop her body from shaking, her mind repeating over the words she had read from the note Kiba had sent her.
"You still only belong to me. One way or another, you'll be back."
She shivered again, this time she heard Kiba's voice speaking the words. He had known they would escape; he was prepared for her to leave the school if anyone came and tried to rescues her. That was something new to her, Kiba never did the planning. He was always jump in first and think later kind of guy so for him to think of battle plans meant that he had changed more then she had thought he would. She groaned into her pillow again, she didn't know how to deal with this new Kiba. This new one had anticipated their escape so who knows what else he was expecting them to do or if he had spies running around for him to watch their every move. She wouldn't put it past him, he had done it before and that worried her even more. She knew all of the members of the Inuzuka clan so she would have seen if any members had been running around in the shadows but she hadn't any since her escape which could only mean that either he hadn't sent people to spy on her or he was using others. Others that she didn't know who they were or what they looked liked. Hell they could be her teacher for all she knew.
"This sucks." She sighed out, throwing her pillow at the wall and spread herself out fully on her bed. Her mom had gone on another trip and left her home alone for the next four months and Sakura didn't feel safe. Despite that she had been in more fights then she could count, had hidden weapons all over her room, and was prepared with a desk full of medical supplies she still couldn't shake the feeling that Kiba would bust in her room at any moment and take her away. He had done it to her before back when she was still in the gang and when she hadn't thought of him as a crazy bastard.
Before in the past he would sneak in her room all the time whenever she didn't go to his house and they would either leave her house and run around town picking fights with anyone who pissed them off or they would spend the rest of the night in her bed. Him usually on top of her and ripping off whatever she had worn that night to bed. He was always like that with her and only with her, whenever they had sex he would always rip off her clothes and just take her despite if her mother was home or not. He would even stay with her until morning, walking out in only his boxers to show her mom that she had indeed heard them last night and at one time Sakura had thought he was so cool but when she thought back to it now she wanted to smack herself. What had she been thinking letting him do that?
Kiba Inuzuka, the man who seemed to go only on instincts was always around her, either ripping off her clothes or keeping her so close to him that she would get sucked into his body if he pulled her any closer. She had loved being with him and enjoyed the time they had spent together, despite the few times he had broken her stuff. He always replaced it though with something that was much more expensive then the original piece was. One time he had gotten so mad at something her mother had said to him, something about him always coming over and sleeping with her, that he had destroyed her bed the moment she left. Sakura had tried stopping him but he was to strong for her so she had just sat down and watched for an hour as he ripped and shredded her bed into tiny pieces. When he had finished he had apologized and offered her to stay at his place, she had accepted since she had no bed of her own and the next morning when she came home she found a new queen size bed had been set up in her room, with new sheets and pillows to match her room.
At the time she had enjoyed the gifts he would give her but now she wondered why he had given them to her. Was it because she was his girlfriend or did he think of her more as his mistress. She didn't know anymore and that annoyed the hell out of her.
"Just what am I supposed to do now?" Her original plan had been to just go back to Kiba and get him to stop what he was doing but that was before her friends came to rescues and remind her of the life she was trying to leave behind. Sakura had loved being in the gang and being so close with everyone that was in it but none of that could compare to the life she lived in now. The friends she had and her relationship with her mother, her goals and dreams and so much more, she had them all and can share them along side with the people who truly care for her. There was no way she could abandon them, this life she had was the one she wanted all along. The one she wished for everyday in the back of her mind when she looked at the world through the darkness. "I don't know what I can do but…" she sat herself up and looked up at the moon that was shining down at her through her window. It was just above her bed, something Sakura had loved the moment she saw how her bedroom was set up. "I won't give up. One way or another, I'll fix it all. I'm make both our lives one that we're happy to live in." It was her vow.
One way or another she was going to get Kiba and everyone else to live the life that she was living now. She would save them from the darkness that was still holding them.
A long yawn escaped from Sakura's mouth as she made her way to her high school. After she made her unspoken vow last night she had gone to bed but it felt like she hadn't slept at all. Which meant only one thing; someone had been watching her last night. Her mind and body were used to being watched all the time by enemies so she would always tense up when she felt their eyes on her. She hadn't felt anybody watching her when she went to sleep so that meant they had to come by after she had gone to bed and were far enough that her mind didn't feel the need to wake her. She sighed when she felt more eyes on her but none of them held a malicious feeling in them, they were the usual looks of all the perverts that went to her school and just wanted to get under her skirt. Rolling her eyes at the all and continuing her walk to her school Sakura looked on at the passing clouds that floated above her. The perverted eyes never leaving her but she could ignore them, she was used to those eyes as well. Although most of the gazes she got were from Kiba.
She only just realized it now but he seemed like he was really obsessed with her back then. He was always by her side, always following her even when she was only with Ino, and even kept others away so he could only be with her. It was like he didn't want to share her with the world and that she was created for only him and he was going to keep it that way. If she had been the old Sakura she would have gotten excited about that, taking it as a challenge but now it freaked her out. Sure she cared for him too but not to the point that she wanted to be by his side 24/7. There was a thing called personal space that she liked having, or at least now she did. Back then her only thoughts had how to make her leader happy and show how useful she was to the gang.
"I guess mom was right, I was really screwed up." She laughed a little as she remembered some of the fights she used to have with her mother. Obvious she opposed her gang life but Sakura had not cared or bothered to listen to her mother at the time, which resulted in numerous arguments.
"You know you really shouldn't really be talking to yourself," she jumped at the sudden voice and before she could stop herself she spun on her heels, leg up to kick who was ever behind her in the head and send them flying. Her high kick was coming fast but it was stopped by a pale hand before it reached its target. "Sasuke!" She hadn't been expecting him to be behind her, usually he came early to school.
"You're not wearing your leg weights today?" His question surprised her.
"You knew?" she thought no one knew about her leg weights. They were small and looked more like an oversized ankle bracelet rather than a weight.
He only shrugged at her question, releasing her leg from his grip and started back on his way to school. Sakura walking beside him, questioning what else he knew. "How did you know I wore leg weights?"
He only shrugged again, that bored look on his face as always. "It was obvious to those who look." His answer was vague but still an answer. She was lucky to get that. Sasuke was known as the silent type, he rarely ever talks so you should count your blessings when he does.
"What else?" she needed to know what else he knew. If she missed something that could top off anyone about her old life. She may be out of Kiba's gang but she still had enemies, people who remember her and still hold a grudge for what she did to them. In a gang or not, if anyone found out who she was then there would be a lot of trouble for her and her friends. "I need to know, Sasuke." She needed to know if she had prepare for battle against anyone who wanted her blood.
"I knew you could fight," he said, hands in his pockets as he stared straight ahead at the upcoming school. "The way you walk told me you knew how to handle yourself in battle." He explained to her.
She sighed in relief when she heard this. "Only you would notice little things like that." It was true. The Uchiha had very strong eyes, he could tell if a person was lying by the way the moved their hands, eyes, body, and even the way they sneezed.
He merely shrugged again and she laughed. He really was the silent type, something she was not used to. She had been with Kiba most of the time and he loved talking with her, said anything that was on his mind, and he said everything. Whether it was good or bad he told her everything but with Sasuke he kept to himself and something about that made Sakura think he was cool. It was strange.
The two made it to there classroom with ease, after the fight that happened at Nin High and Naruto bragging about how they were the toughest their group had been harassed by many students. Some looking for autographs, some wanting to hire them for protection, and some who wanted to fight them and claim the title as the strongest. Of course they were able to deal with everyone who bothered them but it was still nice when they had a clear path and didn't have to worry about bumping into bodies of people screaming at them.
They walked into their classroom and knew something was wrong when they heard how quiet it was. Being ready for anything the two jumped into the class and gasped when they saw how much of a mess it was in. The desks and chairs turned over, some smashed and some even clued to the ceiling. The walls and windows had graffiti written everywhere; there was no sign of the once clean white walls the used to be there. On the board was a blown up picture of Sakura and how she used to be, the same picture she carried with her as a reminder of her old life and how she used to be. Everyone was staring at the picture in pure shock, as if they couldn't believe this was real and they were all merely dreaming the same thing.
Sakura growled and quickly searched her bag, hands running frantically through it, trying to find the picture that she always had on her. "Damn it!" She punched the wall next to her. She couldn't find the photo. "Kiba took it." He must have somehow gotten it from her bag when he held her on the roof of the school. He had been expecting her escape so he must have taken the picture for his other plans and now she was starting to see them.
"Sakura," Naruto was suddenly in front of her. Eyes filled with worry as they looked into her angered green ones. "I think you should see this." He pulled her along the broken classroom and showed her the only desk that was untouched, her desk.
She gasped when she saw the rose petals scattered around, they looked more like a pool of blood instead of a romantic gesture. All her friends were surrounding the desk, Naruto, Sasuke, Hinata, Shikamaru, and Chouji all looked at it with a grave expression. She gave it the same look. In the middle of the desk were words written in bold black lettering.
YOU'RE MINE, SAKURA
She recognized the handwriting immediately. "Now I know who was watching me last night." She sighed, fingers tracing over the bold letters that seemed to be screaming at her.
"He can't do that," Naruto was outraged with what happened to their school and with Sakura. "Our wish..."
"Won't work," Sakura sighed again. She didn't like explaining the rules that she helped create, doing it made her feel more like the traitor that she was called, but she had no other choice. "We used one wish on Kiba saying that we didn't want him or his gang anywhere around our town unless he had permission. Now unless the Inuzuka clan was called for a meeting with another Yakuza group then he had snuck in late last night and did this."
"Hold on a second," Shikamaru leaned against her desk, hands in his pockets as he brain tried to process everything. "We wished for him never to show his face in our town and you're saying it won't work?" He didn't understand how any of that worked.
Sakura nodded. "He found a loophole," she sighed, running a hand through her hair. "We wished not to see his face around here and we didn't. As long as we don't see him then Kiba and his gang can come in and out of here without breaking the rules of our agreement. I'm betting the teachers are all checking the surveillance cameras but they won't find anything." she knew her old gang; they were too good to be caught on camera. They only time they ever were was when they wanted to be.
"S-So now what?" Hinata asked a question that everyone wanted an answer too.
"I don't know." Sakura gave the only answer she had. She would need time to think about what to do about all this. If she went in blindly then it could end badly for her and for her friends and they all worked to hard to let that happen.
"It was your fault!" Their world was interrupted when the students that were in the front of the room were pointing accusing fingers at Sakura. "It's because of you that this happened." They all glared at her, obvious anger pouring off all of them.
"We don't want a delinquent in our school!"
"Get out!"
"Leave before anything else happens!"
"Die!"
Shouts and screams could be heard from every angry student in her class. They were upset with what had been done to their class and upset to learn that Sakura had been a former Yanki and she was the reason for the mess.
"That's enough!" The voices died down when their teacher Kakashi walked in the room. For once in his life he wasn't late to class and the worried Sakura. If he was early than it meant even more trouble and she wasn't sure how much more she could handle. "I want you all to clean this mess up, and no fighting." He warned them that he was in no mood for any misbehavior. "Sakura," his voice calmed down some when he called to the shaken pink haired girl. "Follow me please."
She listened and followed her teacher out of the classroom. She didn't need to be told where they were going, she already knew. She had been through this process more times then she could count. "So how mad is the principle?" Might as well prepare herself for whatever kind of screams she would receive.
Kakashi merely shrugged. "He's seen better days but I wouldn't worry too much. He's a pretty fair guy." That much was true. Their principle was an old man but instead of being grumpy and rude to everyone he was very kind and treated everyone equally. Sakura liked that about him.
The walk to the office was short and Sakura walked right in, there was no point in knocking when he was expecting her. "You wanted to see me?" If this was the past she would have plopped down in one of the chairs and waited for the yelling to be over so she could get back with Kiba and her gang. Now she had more respect for her elders and would not give them any reason to believe that she was anything like she used to be.
"Sakura," Their principle was Hiruzen Sarutobi, and he was working as their principle for years now. "Please have a seat." He pointed to the open chair with a smile that Sakura returned. She took the seat and waited for what he had to say to her, possibly how disappointed he was with her or that he was upset that she had dragged her personal problems into the school. "Are you alright, Sakura?"
"Excuse me?" She expected yelling and disappointed from the man, not concern.
"I want to make sure that you are unharmed," he explained to her, taking a long intake of his pipe. "I've spoken with your mother and she explained to me the type of people your old classmates are, and I became worried after she told me of your recent encounters with them." He was worried for her. He knew about her old life, saw what it had done to his school and yet he was still worried for her.
The mere thought sent tears to her eyes. "I'm so sorry!" she buried her face in her hands, trying to stop some of the tears from falling but it was no use. It was like someone had turned on a faucet and wasn't planning on turning it off anytime soon.
"It's alright, child." She didn't know when he had gotten up from his seat but she felt his hand on her head, trying to comfort her. "I only know some details of your past but I can tell it's still affecting you now. While I'm not too pleased with what has happened I know it was not your fault."
Sakura sniffled, eyes poking out to look at the old man. "R-Really?"
"Really." He smiled back down at her. "I know you Sakura. You are a very smart girl that cares for her friends, and I know they can see that you're a different person from what you used to be. You're not alone here, you have people who care about you and want to help." He ruffled her hair some, trying to calm the crying girl down. "Well then…your classroom is a giant mess and will probably stay that way until tomorrow. I'll send your class home for the day." He went back around his desk to make the plans to let school out early for the day.
"Thank you." She thanked him. For what she wasn't sure but she felt she needed to tell him her thanks.
"So what are we gonna do?" Naruto asked his friends as they all sat together at the ramen stand.
"Not quite sure," Sasuke said, taking a small sip of his water. "We could always go back there and beat the game again. But I'm pretty sure he'll be expecting that." He folded his hands together, chin resting on top of them as he tried coming up with a plan.
"We could always beat him up." Naruto suggested, liking the idea of beating up the jerk that was causing so many problems in their lives.
"Doubt it," Shikamaru sighed, this was all too much work for him. "The guy's the next in line of a big time Yakuza group. He's probably got years of martial arts training in him, not to mention the goons he probably has working for him." He did the math in his head and didn't like it at all. Kiba was the leader of a strong school, soon to be leader of a dangerous Mafia family, and had who knows how many people working for him. It didn't matter which side they went up against, they would be outnumbered and completely worn down by the time they reached Kiba who would probably be waiting for them in their weakened state.
"I could always offer myself to him again." Sakura suggested, knowing full well that if she did then Kiba would stop all this and their problems would disappear.
"Quit saying that!" Naruto yelled at her. "I told you, we're going to protect you."
"N-Naruto's right, Sakura!" Hinata spoke up, trying hard to sound confident. "W-We won't l-let K-Kiba get you."
She smiled when she saw the looks her friends wore. Each one said they would keep their promise and help her keep her freedom. "Thank you." She was really lucky that she meet them all.
"So why break into the school?" Chouji asked after he finished his ninth bowl. He and Naruto seemed to be competing in an unofficial ramen eating contest. "What's the point in vandalizing school property if he knows we know he did it?"
"Because he wants everyone to know it," Sakura hadn't touched her bowl once yet. Her mind was to buys focusing on Kiba and how much he had changed and what he had to be thinking. She knew enough about his fighting method but his stargazing was a whole new thing for her so she needed to focus on how he acted around her the last time she saw him. "He wants to turn my classmates against me so that I'll feel like the only place I can go is to him." He may be thinking differently but his goals were still the same. Get her to go to him and stay with him.
"He's insane," Naruto commented, finishing his twelfth bowl. So far he and Chouji were tied and he was eating faster to try and win. "What kind of nut job would do things like this?"
Sakura banged her hands on the table, jumping in her seat so she could stare down at Naruto. "Don't say that! Kiba's not crazy!" she yelled down at the blonde but gasped at what she had done. All her friends were giving her strange looks and she wasn't surprised by them. She had just defended the guy that was trying to take away her freedom and none of them knew why. "I'm sorry, I have to go." She ran out of the ramen stand in a flash. She needed to get away before she let lose anymore secrets.
"I can't tell them," she thought as her legs carried her down a narrow path in the park. "I can't tell them that. I promised!" she shook her head free from the thoughts that were spinning inside her. She wanted to forget that day, forget what had taken place, and what she had promised. That was her old life and this was her knew one, she couldn't keep mixing the two up.
"Damn it!" she cried as she fell to the ground. She hadn't been paying attention and just missed running into a dog that was in her way. She flung her body to the ground to keep from running into it and possibly hurting its body.
"Arf!" she felt her body freeze when she heard the familiar bark. Eyes traveling over to the side and widened when they saw the familiar giant white dog sitting beside her.
"Akamaru," she sat up, one hand going out to pet the oversized dog. She was shocked when he leaned into her touch and let her pet him instead of biting her like she thought he would. "Did Kiba send you here?" People probably thought she was crazy for talking to a dog but she knew Akamaru. He could understand what humans were telling him and in his own little barks he would respond back.
With a soft bark Akamaru motioned for a piece of paper that was tied to his front left paw. Sakura untied the note from the dog and was surprised when she felt him curl up against her, as if telling her to lean into him for support. She figured she would need it after she read the note and got comfortable before opening the folded paper.
"Sakura, if you're reading this then Akamaru has found you. His tracking skills have gotten better so don't try running away, it's too late now."
Her heart froze when she read that sentence and thoughts of running had crossed her mind but she knew better. If what was written was true then the giant dog would find her no matter where she went.
"I hope you enjoyed our little art display of your classroom. We're lucky your friends decided to show up in their school uniforms or else it would have taken us longer to find you."
She groaned when she realized the fatal mistake her friends made. She was grateful that they had rescued her but by showing up in their uniforms had just made it easier for Kiba to track them down and keep tabs on them. He was probably watching them now.
"I'm sure by now your classmates must be very upset with what's happened and they shouldn't be. After all, the fun's only just begun."
She could feel the grin that he most likely wore when he wrote that part of the note.
"It can all stop. Just agree to be my woman again and everything will disappear, like it never happened and you friends can live happy lives. No worries about who hates them or when they'll be in another fight.
All you have to do Sakura is be mine again. It's easy too. Next week the Inuzuka family is having a little party and if you show up and agree to announce yourself as my fiancé then everything will be back to normal. Just say yes to me."
The note finished after that. She sighed and snuggled deeper into Akamaru's warm body. It really was that simple. She could probably show up at Kiba's door now and agree to be his and everything really would disappear. "Just like my freedom." That was true but wasn't it worth it? To save all her friends, her family, and everyone who cared about her. Would it just be better for her to just give into Kiba and let this mess die down before anything serious happened? She thought of her friends, mind trying to think of what was the best decision for her to make. Only when she tried to think she came up empty. So with her mind out she used her other option, her heart. She loved Kiba, she did and wanted to be with him but she also loved her new life and the friends that were with her.
She gave a small laugh and pulled out a pen from her bag. She wrote her reply in the letter and tied to back around Akamaru's left paw. "Sorry boy, but I need to do what's right for me." She gave the big dog a small kiss on the nose just before she got up and head home. Her stance tall and proud as her mind thought over what she had written in the note.
"I'm not some prize to be won, Kiba. It's my life and my choice and I chose to live it as a free woman. You want me so badly, then get down on one knee and ask me to marry you. But if you hurt my friends then I'm make you regret it. I'll fight you. I swear, I'll keep my friends safe and this time, I'll make you and the rest of the gang come over to my side!
I won't cry anymore!"
Her reply was clear. She wouldn't cry and runaway anymore. She would face her fears and make sure that everyone, including Kiba and everyone at Nin High, live a life that they can be proud to live.
