Disclaimer: I do not own Naruto
The second time Sakura sees a shinobi is when she and Akiko-sama are walking back from the grocery store, wearing matching blue sweaters. Sakura doesn't even care that the sweater has at least three holes and the sleeves are ripped.
Akiko-sama is smiling and Sakura is happy when Akiko-sama is.
"Oh so the pretty whore has a daughter then?" A low voice says.
Akiko-sama's hands tighten on Sakura's shoulders and then the older woman shoves her behind her legs.
"What is it to you, Takeshi?"
The man is tall and large and has a scar running down his cheek that touches the edge of a glinting brown eye.
"She's got such lovely hair, that one."
"Don't even think about it."
"…How old is she?"
"If you touch her I will kill you!" Sakura shouts out when the man comes too close to Akiko-sama.
Brown eyes swing to her and Akiko-sama's nails dig into Sakura's shoulders.
"Be quiet Sakura-chan."
The man leans down to her level, looking through Akiko-sama's legs. His eyes are cruel and the set of his jaw works up and down as he takes her in.
"Hello little lady. How old are you?"
"Sakura do not answer him."
"I'm five."
The man smiles and reaches around Akiko-sama to touch a strand of her long pink hair. Sakura flinches from his touch but her eyes are angry and there is a scowl to her mouth as she spits in his face.
"Why you little bitch!" The man shouts. "You're going to pay for that."
"Please don't she's only five!" Akiko-sama kicks at the man's knees as he drags Sakura out from behind her. "She's only five she doesn't understand what she's saying!"
"Well she will—"
"What is going on here?" A man asks.
Sakura stares at his hair and the way that his brown eyes track towards the man who is dragging her forward and how Akiko-sama is kicking him.
"They disrespected me."
The man takes a drag of his cigarette and runs a hand through dark brown hair. "Seems to me like you're the one who touched them first."
The large hands that are digging into Sakura's waist squeeze tighter and Sakura's eyes burn with tears but she doesn't regret standing up for Akiko-sama against this monster.
"What are you going to do about it?" The cruel man asks, tugging Sakura closer.
"I am not for sale." Sakura kicks out at his wrist and the man hisses. "Stop touching me!"
The man ignores her for the man's favor. "Some shinobi you are."
Sakura's eyes swing towards the dark-haired man and she watches as he takes another drag of his cigarette and takes a couple of steps closer. "Why don't you let the little girl go?"
"Her whore of a Mother—"
"—Akiko-sama is not a whore!—"
"—forgot to mention that she had a pink-haired daughter. And she is oh-so exotic."
The shinobi's eyes harden and the cigarette is tossed to the floor, his hands slipping out of his pockets. "What's your name?"
"Takeshi Hozomi." The man stupidly answers.
Akiko-sama is tugging Sakura away from the two men but the cruel man—Takeshi—is digging into her skin with his fingers.
"Ah." The shinobi hums.
And then the cruel man is on the floor with a bloody mouth and dazed eyes while Sakura is back in Akiko-sama's arms and the shinobi presses his foot into the man's throat harder.
"My name is Asuma Sarutobi."
Brown eyes widen and the man beneath him whimpers.
Enjoy :)
