Hello! I'm really sorry about the rating, I should have changed it way sooner! But thanks to the person who pointed it out!
Here's chapter 4: Shots Fired
Sakura couldn't believe who was standing in front of her, this now grown man was once her best friend. The blond trouble maker. She hugged him tightly and fought back tears of joy.
"OH MY GOD! How long has it been since I last saw you?! 10 years or something?!" Sakura shook her head in disbelief.
"Wow look at you Miss Haruno... or no more Miss?" he eyed her playfully.
Sakura punched his arm, "it is still Miss, still trying to be funny?"
"Come on did you forget all the times I made you roll on the ground out of laughter?" Sakura couldn't help but laugh.
"Come inside"
she felt him lose all of the playfulness at once.
"Um, do you know why I'm here?"
"no... Am I supposed to?"
"No it's fine but I don't think you are going to like it..." Naruto radiated nervousness and frustration, he swallowed and continued, "You know things kept getting worse and I had to leave town" Sakura nodded," well somehow I ended up here, with these guys… you know, the new gang…"
Sakura's eyes widened and realization hit her.
"You are here for them, and let me guess, it's my turn to pay"
"so you know…"
"I've heard rumors about some new bad guys taking over and walking around collecting money, they say we owe it to them, we are in their zone and they are protecting us. But we were here long before them Naruto."
"It doesn't matter, the weak has to obey or you know what happens, there is only sadness on the other side."
"Well I don't see flowers on this one! Everyone is scared, the streets aren't safe, well they have never been, but they brought their trouble along. Lately there has been more fights, Schools shutting their doors, drugs being passed on in the day light to kids…"
"It's bigger than what you think, its way dirtier and scarier from the usual gangs shit. This is ..."he trailed off as Sakura shook her head violently
"this isn't you Naruto, no matter how hard things get, you never hurt people and you never take advantage of the weak."
Naruto looked down for a minute then smiled: "people change Sakura...So what's it gonna be?"
Sakura shot her eyes close and a picture of Sasuke flashed before her eyes.
"I can't do this, I can't betray everything I believe in and give up just like that." She looked Naruto in the eyes and said: "I can't give you what you want."
Naruto smiled tenderly: "Sasuke did say you were trouble and if I did know it was you I would have known what he was talking about…you are making things hard. Just think about this. I'll come back later."
"Sasuke, you know him?"
"Of course I do! He is a…close friend of mine. Any way I have to go. See you soon though we have to catch up!" Naruto leaned in and kissed her on the cheek.
Soon after Naruto left, Sakura sat down and took a walk down the memory lane: the first time she met Naruto, the poor orphan, everyone thought he was weird and pushed him away, but he never gave up, he had the energy of a thousand sun. It took her a while to warm up to him and become friends. The things they went through together… the fighter that used to be within that little boy. He had always wanted to be a cop…she wondered what happened, why did he change so much? But she found herself answering in his shoes "life. It isn't all happy and sweet, it kicks people hard, look what it did you, what about Naruto, he who had no one by his side…"
her name being called snapped her back to the present.
"Here you are! Umm Sakura I wanted to ask you something."
"go ahead Hinata."
the young woman blushed and was obviously struggling to find the right words.
"Is it about Naruto?" Sakura tried to get her to speak.
"Yes, do you know him?"
"We go way back but I haven't seen him in ages so I was surprised when he showed up today."
"I see, so...what brought him here?"
"He moved to town and wanted to pay me a visit" Sakura wanted to believe her lie so badly.
"Oh but he didn't stay long… Would he be coming back?"
Sakura laughed, "I think so, but he is cute isn't he?"
Hinata went all red and Sakura felt guilty for pushing the girl, she knew Hinata was very shy.
"Hinata..."
"Um, I do think he is cute."
The two girls giggled and spent another hour chatting before each headed home.
That night Sakura went to bed thinking about what was to come now and about sharp dark eyes. She hadn't seen him all day. She wondered what was he doing and if she crossed his mind even once.
Not too far away, at the RED LAGOON club, shots were being fired. It was all too sudden, they were having one of their usual gatherings when the east side gang decided to interrupt. Gun fire was heard outside. Sasuke, Sai, the new guy, and Naruto stormed outside with their guns loaded and ready. They took cover and fired back at a dozen of masked men. The guards were already lying on the ground. The three men just had to buy some time till the rest of the gang got ready.
Out of nowhere, Sai decided to take a closer shot and walked out to the open street.
"GET BACK HERE!" Naruto yelled but before turning back, Sai was shot in the shoulder and fell to the ground. The boy started shaking and screaming for help. Bullets kept flying above his head.
"SHIT!" Sasuke cursed. "COVER ME."
Naruto started shooting left and right till Sasuke reached Sai and pulled him back.
The masked men kept closing on them and things weren't so bright.
"Where the hell is Ori and the rest?! "Just as Naruto let the words out, backup came rushing through the doors. Now, they outnumbered these cowards.
Just as the trespassers started running off, someone yelled: "FOLLOW THEM!"
He spent so much time watching her. He watched her dance, watched her talk to her students so eagerly, watched the way her green eyes shine when she laughs, how she chews on her lip when she is nervous. Her pink hair floating behind her. It was the first thing that caught his eyes. Who had pink hair?! He felt different watching her. As if transported to another dimension, full of colors. His world only knew the color of blood.
He was so lost in thought he found himself at her door step. He felt dizzy and everything started spinning around. He rang the bell and waited. Nothing. He pressed the bell again. "What time is it" he thought to himself. Soon green orbs were staring at him.
"ARE YOU BLEEDING?!"
"Hn" Sasuke smirked.
Sakura let her head out, checked the street, pulled Sasuke in and shut the door.
"WHAT IS THIS! OH GOD!"
Sakura kept staring at the blood stain on Sasuke's shirt.
Realizing he had no reason to be there and that he should've headed to his house, Sasuke froze in place.
"You need to see a doctor or something… wait you can't, he would call the police…" Sakura looked around like a lunatic, "I don't know what to do…"
Sasuke clenched his teeth, what was he thinking?! She is freaking out, he should leave.
But instead he said:
"it's okay, things like this happen. I can stitch myself up but I need some help, could you get me your first aid kit?"
Sakura tried to pull herself together and just as she started walking away he added "if you got any liquor in the house it would help too."
When Sakura walked back to her living room, Sasuke was lying on her couch shirtless, his left side kept bleeding and she felt nauseous.
"Did you get shot?" her voice came out like a whisper.
"Stabbed. it's not deep."
"I brought everything i thought would be useful...here"
She handed him a bottle of liquor and set a box on the coffee table. Sasuke poured the hard liquor down his throat.
"Now, shall we start?"
Sakura's eyes widened. "it's gonna be a long night." she thought.
first time writing a shooting scene if that's what it's called *awkward*
I hope you liked it !