Chapter Eleven: Just A Bit of Luck
Sachi continued to run without stopping to look behind her. She didn't have a clue where she was going, all she knew was that she wanted to get as far away from her uncle as possible. "I hate him." She said to herself muttering it underneath her breath. "I hate him! I hate him! I hate him!" she cried while she continued to run. "And I am never speaking to him again either." She added while she ran into the woods and then ran straight up the trunk of a tree using her chakra.
Meanwhile Sasuke and Sakura were busy driving through the neighborhood while Sasame stayed back at Naruto's. "I shouldn't have been so hard on her." Sasuke said while heaving a heavy sad sigh and hanging his head.
"Come on Sasuke you can't go blaming yourself." Sakura began reassuringly while touching a comforting hand to his shoulder. "You were only doing what a good uncle should do." She told him when suddenly Sasuke's cellphone rang and he quickly hit his brakes and stopped at a red light before he went to answer it.
"Hello?" he questioned.
"Hey buddy I just wanted to let you know that I'm going to be running a little bit late. I'm stuck in traffic." Naruto explained.
"I'm sorry Naruto but I can't talk right now. Sachi's runaway." He told him anxiously as the light turned green again and he stepped back on the accelerator.
"Really!? What happened!?" Naruto cried.
"We had another argument and to be completely honest with you I think that it was partly my fault." Sasuke told him before turning onto the highway.
"Well should I call the police?" Naruto wondered.
"I am the police you idiot." Sasuke muttered.
"Oh yeah, right, I forgot." Naruto replied as Sasuke just simply shook his head and rolled his eyes.
"Anyways Kakashi and I are splitting up to search for her. With his ninja hounds and Sakura here to help us well we're sure to find her." He told him.
"Alright, well I sure hope that you do and considering her history I sure hope that she'll want to come back." He said.
"She's got to, we're the only family that she has left." Sasuke said before all of a sudden he slammed on his brakes again. "Ah shit." He grumbled. "Just where exactly did you say that you were stuck in traffic again?" he inquired.
Back inside the woods Sachi was speeding and leaping over the treetops before eventually landing on top of the ground inside a clearing where an enormous waterfall was. She stopped and thought about the fact that her aunt Sakura had told her multiple times that she nearly considered taking her own life because of the fact that she missed Sasuke so much and wanted him so badly. Sachi wasn't old enough to know what that kind of love felt like, but at the moment she currently felt like her life was already over so she started making her way to the top.
Once she had finally climbed up all the way, she slowly started making her way to edge and peered down into the water. It certainly was a long drop and she felt her heart pounding against her chest. Before she could do anything else she heard a whimper that sounded like a dog was right by her. As she stopped and turned around sure enough a skinny red Shikoku dog emerged out of the woods. He was limping and bleeding and it looked like he hadn't eaten for days. Sachi gasped. It couldn't be the same dog that she had seen a year ago when they had almost hit it could it?
Sachi knew right then and there that she had to find out and she started making her way back down the rocks again. The dog suddenly stopped and perked up his ears while he watched her and continued to watch her and stare at her until she was a few feet in front of his face and started to pant.
"Hello boy." She began softly while slowly reaching her hand out to him and offering him to sniff it. When the dog didn't respond she scrunched up her face in confusion and tried again. "Hello girl?" she questioned but the dog just simply barked and shook his head and that's when she realized that he was a male after all. "Are you lost boy?" she asked him as the dog barked again and shook his head while continuing to hold his injured paw up in the air.
"You mean, you don't belong to anybody?" she questioned and he shook his head again and then continued to pant. "Oh,.. me neither. Not anymore that is." She told him. "My mom died a few years ago and my father died before I was even born so I never met him." She said and that's when suddenly the dog seemed very interested again and perked up his ears. He glanced down at the locket that she wore around her neck and at that moment he limped over to her and started whimpering with excitement while he wagged his tail and licked her face.
Sachi giggled while she gently petted his head. "Well you're a really friendly boy aren't you? My name's Sachi. Maybe you can stay with me and I can nurse you back to health. Since I'm living on my own now that means I can keep you so I guess that means that you need a name." she said before she started to think of one. "I know!" she exclaimed excitedly after a few moments. "How about Lucky?" she questioned as the dog suddenly took a step back and looked at her.
"I think that it's the perfect name because with a bit of luck, maybe I can find a new family to live with and maybe they'll even adopt me and I'll have parents again just like a regular kid." She said as the dog barked at her for a third time and she giggled again. "I knew that you'd like it. So, Lucky it is then." She said before all of a sudden Lucky started to whine and just simply glanced up at her nervously. "Don't worry boy, I'll take very good care of you, I promise." She assured him before she reached over to him and gently stroked the top of his head again.