Sakura stalked through the halls of the school earlier than her usual time. Yesterday after fighting with Sayuki and Gaara she hadn't been able to find Karin or her friends. They had probably ditched school like the norm. She wasn't going to stop though. She was going to find her before Gaara came. She wouldn't be able to before Sayuki came, because as carefully as she was trying, Sakura could see the small girl tailing her.
Sakura sped up to lose the girl. She quickly nudged a blond haired girl named Ino. She slipped a paper into the girl's hand. Ino looked up at her confused for a moment before Sakura spoke. "I need you to distract Sayuki for as long as possible." Ino raised an eyebrow before quickly opening the paper. Inside was a number neatly printed with Sasuke's name below. Ino grinned and nodded before she waved goodbye to her friends and began to approach the oncoming Sayuki.
With that Sakura continued on her search. It didn't take long for her to near her class where she heard the shrill laughter of girls. As she neared closer a silky blur of red was whipping through the air as the easily recognizable Karin flipped her hair in a flirty manner. In front Sasuke's dark eyes could be seen staring blankly back at the girl with disinterest as several of her friends surrounded him too.
Sasuke noticed Sakura nearing, her posture tall and strong. He raised an eyebrow and with a tremendous effort Sakura turned her stare from his smouldering onyx eyes. Instead she focused on her anger towards Karin. Her rage boiled over and grew at the sight of the red.
"Karin we need to talk." Sakura bellowed over the girl's shrill laughter. Karin paused mid laugh and turned to look back at Sakura. She continued to snicker as though Sakura had said something ridiculous. She looked her up and down before ignoring her and a flash of red spun in Sakura's face as Karin turned back to the group. Sakura's eyes narrowed with frustration. "Karin!" Sakura's voice rose with annoyance.
"Why do they let flies in this school?" Karin asked her friends with annoyance before spinning around on her heels. She stared Sakura right in the eye getting the hint she wouldn't back off and leave just because she got ignored. She placed her thin pale hand delicately on her waist in impatience. She raised an eyebrow. "What can I do for you little fly?"
"I think we should go somewhere more private." Sakura suggested as politely as she could manage. Karin looked her up and down, sizing her up about what she really wanted. She glanced back at her friends whose eyes drowned with curiosity.
"Whatever you want to say, can be said in front of everyone here." Karin finally pronounced challengingly to Sakura. Sakura bit her lip as she glanced at the staring eyes. She wouldn't get anywhere with Karin in front of her friends. She just played games to show off to them. There would be no cracking into her to stop with bystanders. From her smirk there would be no convincing of her leaving to talk somewhere else either.
"Fine then..." Sakura relented before she continued with one simple word. "Stop." Karin blinked a few times with innocent nature. Her smile grew.
"Stop what?" Karin asked innocently as she eyed her friends who smiled back knowingly. Sakura ground her teeth in anger as she played stupid. She clenched her fist to release some of her anger before she took a deep breath.
"Don't play stupid Karin. You're attacking us over a mistake." Sakura practically growled as the girl continued to act dumbfounded. Karin batted her eyelashes as she pretended to think. Her eyes suddenly widened with mock remembrance.
"Oh you mean our club ceremony with Gaara!" Karin chimed excitedly as she clapped her hands together. She smirked and Sakura's anger bubbled at the sight of it. Sasuke seemed to suddenly remember the torment they had caused only yesterday, but it only showed on his face for a moment before he began to turn away.
"You jumped him and even carved into his arm!" Sakura shouted, catching the attention of more on goers. Karin didn't seem to care about the gawking strangers like Sakura. She instead just shrugged carelessly. Sakura's fist twitched and she mentally told herself to calm down before she lost control.
"If that's all... I really should be heading to class with Sasuke..." Karin explained nonchalantly as she looked at Sasuke who was listening to another guy from class but kept his eye on them curiously.
"Are you guys some sort of sick freaks!" Sakura screeched in anger as Karin began to turn away. She stopped mid step and her arm twitched. Karin slowly turned back and glared. It was the first sign of any real emotion Sakura saw from her. It was a start at least. Even Sasuke seemed to notice this. He stepped towards her and reached to grab Karin but she stepped forward unnoticing. She brought herself an inch from Sakura's face and tilted her head to the right slightly.
"You better watch your back." Karin's voice was filled with pure venom. The bell rang and Sakura could suddenly hear the nervous call from Sayuki. She didn't know how long she had been there, but she wasn't going to continue this. She knew one more thing, and she would crack. She took the best option and stepped back from the red haired girl. She turned around as she heard her voice again. "You better take care of Blondie too... you don't know how bad things can get now. One eye off her and she could wind up a dead whore."
Sakura whipped around and before she even knew what she was doing she had launched herself at Karin. Within a moment they were both on the ground with a gasp from the watching crowd. Sakura pinned the girl and began to pound on her pale face. Karin shrieked and shoved off Sakura's grip on her shoulders. She reached out and grabbed Sakura's pink hair and began pulling on it screaming between profanities for her to get off.
Sakura felt someone grab her shoulders but she shoved the arm back and continued to scratch at Karin's face with her nails. The room felt like it was spinning faster and faster, but she didn't care. She was lost in her rage as she struck at the girl's cringing face. Karin eventually shoved her off with the help of someone tugging on her arm and then holding her in place. Whistles and cat calls were heard around them as one of Karin's friends pulled Sakura back. Karin shakily stood up as Sakura thrashed and kicked for both Karin and the one holding her. She felt dizzy but she couldn't stop.
"Are you fucking crazy you bitch!" Karin screeched as she flung her hand to rid herself of some of the pink hair she had pulled from Sakura's scalp. In a pure fit of anger Sakura spit at the girl and hit Karin's cheek. Karin shrieked and this time she charged at Sakura with her hand raised, ready to slap her face. Before she could though a hand grabbed hers tightly and twisted it back. Karin screamed in pain, louder than the chants from the crowd.
"Back off," Gaara's voice rang through the crowd. Karin's eyes and nose widened as she breathed deeply in adrenaline and anger. She pulled her arm free and shoved him away from her. She stared at Sakura, her eyes still wide. Sasuke chuckled, catching everyone's attention as he pulled her back. From behind Sakura, Sayuki stood suddenly attempting to calm her and warning her of teachers coming to the fight.
"I'll kick your ass later!" Karin roared as she wiped some of the blood from her face that oozed from the scratches. Sasuke tugged her back when Karin seemed to want to make her "later" right then. She was so lost in her anger that she didn't do the usual swoon from Sasuke's touch. The bell to be in class rang deafeningly throughout the hall and with the help of the approaching teachers the students began to spread out and leave.
"Sakura let's go." Gaara coaxed her as he pulled on her arm. Sayuki was suddenly on Sakura's other side grabbing her arm and embracing it in basically a hug. Sayuki could feel her arm shaking in adrenaline and what she was sure was fear and regret. She counted as her breath began to slow. "Are you going to be okay?"
Sakura snatched her arm from his grip as it began to shake again. "I can handle myself..." Sakura muttered coldly as she began to step away. She felt her arm being tugged and remembered the blond haired girl who held a tight grip.
She felt herself cringe and pull back more as she saw the look on her face. Full of disgust and lust for revenge. The look frightened Sakura, but a moment later she shook her head. Sayuki's blue eyes looked worriedly up at Sakura and she couldn't help but doubt what she thought she had seen. She looked so small and innocent as she searched for any wounds on Sakura. Her imagination was beginning to go wild from the blood rush.
"Sakura the teachers are coming..." Sayuki urgently caught her attention. Sakura looked up to see the teacher only seconds away from them. The crowd was already dispersing quickly in fear of reprimand. Sakura quickly took the initiative to pull Sayuki and run through the crowd and outside.
It was there that she saw Karin once again. She saw her hand shaking as she lit a cigarette and walked with her back to Sakura. Her two friends tagged along beside her cooing about her abilities and comforting the girl who still was furious. It was obvious just from her breathing and posture. Sakura bit her lip and fought the rage bubbling. Sayuki began to speak but Sakura knew she planned to distract her. She decided herself she'd leave.
She heard the door behind her open and spotted Gaara slinking out from it. He too caught Karin leaving but ignored her. He quickly began to move towards the two. Karin shook her head as she sped out the gate. She wasn't far enough for Sakura to miss it though.
"I'm going to kill that bitch and her friends!" Karin shrieked to her friends who agreed with glee. Suddenly she felt herself being pulled by her own body towards the girl. She didn't even know what she was doing as she ran and pulled the red strands of hair back. It all just went black.