She awoke and bringing her bright emerald eyes into focus on the ceiling above her. She laid there motionless absorbing all the detail of this ceiling above her. It was a white popcorn ceiling with a decent amount of water stains scattered around. In the middle was a ceiling fan with five blades and three out of its four lampshades attached. The fan made a faint clinking sounds as the blades rotated, but it wasn't the only sound in the room. She slowly moved her head to the right to see a man sleeping in the bed next to her. Her eyes widened for a moment but smoothly returned to a relaxed state. The man beside her was fully dressed, this cued her to visually inspect herself. She too was fully clothed and covered by the cheap and low thread count red bedspread that came with the room. She quickly remembered she was in a hotel room, a cheap one at that. It was dark and didn't hold a pleasant odor. The smell gave her a headache.
Gradually, she sat up and began to remove the bedspread from her body and softly planted her feet on the carpet. Once her back was fully turned to the man in bed she stood as quietly as she could and stretched bringing her arms above her head and arching her back to extend her spinal column as much as possible. After bringing her arms back to her side a voice softly resonated around the room.
"Good morning, gorgeous." The man said.
She put on a fake, but convincing smile before turning to face the man still in bed "Good morning to you, handsome." She winked at the end of her sentence, cheesy, but it is just how she is.
"I'm sorry I couldn't get back to you at a reasonable time, but you know how it is with my line of work." He added.
Mentally, Sakura reminded herself of why she was even in this crummy hotel room, him. She was waiting up all night for him to get back so she could get more information on her assignment from him. Him, in this case, being a man by the name of Inuzuka Kiba was a small-time drug dealer in the Konoha area. Her assignment was to get close to him so could build a case against him and his less than desirable associates. A case she close to closing.
"That's ok. I was lonely though." She said as she seductively walked around the bed approaching the man. "How are you going it up to me?" She added biting her lip and feigning a school girl act.
He liked when she acted this way, it was cute to him and she knew this.
"Well, I could think of a thing or two." He said grabbing her by her waist and pulling her into bed on top of him.
The ringing of Sakura's phone stopped him from getting the chance to kiss her. On the other side of the room on a desk table, Sakura's phone rang. She smoothly removed herself from his grip and stood moving toward the phone on the desk. Picking up the phone Sakura glanced at the called I.D. "Best Friend" was listed on the screen with no photo to accompany it. She knew who "Best Friend" actually was, but the key was Kiba not to know. She rested her butt on the desk and faced Kiba as she answered the device.
"Hello" She said.
"Is now a good time for you to talk?" The voice asked. This voice belonging to her partner on the force, Uzumaki Naruto.
"Yeah. What's up?" She asked trying to keep her tone nonchalant,
"We got the package you sent last night. The captain says that's enough to bring Kiba in." Naruto stated with joy in his voice. It sounded like he was driving.
"Well, I don't know. I just shopping last week" she said to Naruto over the phone. She couldn't give any indication to Kiba of what was going on.
"Are you safe? Is everything ok?" Naruto asked sounding slightly concerned.
"Yes Ino everything's fine" She said rolling her eyes to show her fake annoyance to Kiba. Kiba laughed in response to theatrics.
"Fine, you win! What time do you want to go shopping today?" Sakura asked continuing to speak in code. Kiba rose from the bed and began to stretch and yawn.
"We're already in place. We can be there in about 5 minutes." Naruto said.
"Ok but honk the horn when you're here." Sakura said hanging up and looking at the time listed on her phone: eleven o'clock even.
Naruto looked at his phone as she had hung up. He pressed down harder on the accelerator. That last sentence was a prearranged code he and Sakura had set up months before. This was Sakura's way of saying there may be a problem. Naruto knew he had to hurry.
Putting the phone down, Sakura continued to play it cool. "What are your plans for the day? I guess I'm going shopping with Ino again." She said playfully. Sakura used that code line with Naruto for one main reason. Kiba had one hell of a temper. He was unstable to put it lightly. He could easily lose his head and try to hurt Sakura. She was simply trying to prepare for the worst.
"Again? You never spend time with me." Kiba said walking towards Sakura. Sakura could read the look on his face. He was making a sexual advance with his eyes. Sakura had seen this look many a time before. She was rather crafty in avoiding him when he got like this, however, in this instance Kiba was the only thing standing between herself and the only door to exit this hotel room. She had never slept with him, but she knew eventually he'd was more from her than to be his beautiful arm candy.
Kiba who strode toward Sakura in a very commanding way, stood at approximately six feet even. He positively towered over Sakura's five foot six inch frame. Sakura looked back at her phone and checked the time it was now eleven o'three. Two minutes left until backup arrives. She just had to make it two minutes until Naruto would bust down that door and haul Kiba's ass away in cuffs. Kiba was wearing a gray tank top undershirt with a pair of dirty blue jeans. He displayed spike brown hair and his most notable feature was the red and white fan tattoo on his left bicep. He never told her what is was from and every time she had asked her evaded the question.
"Well, before Ino gets here, how about we get more acquainted. We've been seeing each other for about three weeks now. Don't you think its about time we…" He trailed off as he wrapped his arms around her and held her to his body. Sakura's brain froze for a split second while she tried to come up with a viable response.
"And if you wait one week longer, I'll make it a night you won't forget." She lied with a Cheshire smile on her face earning one back from Kiba as well.
"Oh no you don't." He playfully began with a small laugh. "You've used that line on me before." His laugh now sounded fake to Sakura. The smile remained on his face, but his eyes looked…mad. Sakura knew his was getting close to throwing fit and she needed to think fast. By her estimation Naruto should be entering the room at any moment. Hadn't two minutes passed already? Did her get her signal?
"I'm done waiting. You're going to give me what I want. I spoil you with money, this fancy hotel room, and more. I want my pay back NOW." Kiba's smile was gone in it's place were red eyes with a crazy look to them. He was starting to perspire, and his face was turning red. This situation just went from bad to worse. His grip on Sakura's waist tightened. He consumed her in a bear hug. Sakura protested calmly.
"Kiba, stop it. You're hurting me." She said.
"I don't care. I'm getting what I'm due." He said throwing her onto the bed. The force from the throw was harsh, but Kiba's miscalculation of where on the bed to throw Sakura meant her head collided violently with the hotel headboard. She hit her head hard and exclaimed.
Kiba quickly approached the bed with a ravenous look in his eyes. Sakura, slightly concussed. Forced herself up and towards the room door. Kiba quickly intercepted her. They paused and made eye contact. This moment seemed to have lasted forever, but it was only a second before Sakura sprinted for the door with all of her might. Kiba, who couldn't move as fast as he grabbed her by her hair and whipped her back with great force onto the bed once again landing her headfirst into the headboard. Sakura rolled backward and off of her side of the bed and stood. Her forehead was bleeding and so was the back of her head. Kiba stood on the other side of the bed with a small amount of Sakura's trademark long pink hair in his hands.
"Since you want to play. Let's play." He said charging off to her again this time running across the bed to get to her. Sakura's speed worked in her favor as she sped past Kiba towards the door, realizing it was locked. She immediately unlocked it when suddenly Kiba grabbed her hair again. This time Sakura wouldn't let his throw her a third time. She screamed and drove her left elbow back into his ribs, granting a scream from Kiba who let go of her hair. Taking advantage of the moment Sakura turned completely and used her right fist to punch Kiba in the jaw. He stumbled back and fell to his butt. Sakura looked up to see her phone was still on the desk. She needed that phone, it held crucial evidence on it. She made the choice to run and grab it. But by the time she grabbed it Kiba was already standing and charging towards her yelling.
She ducked his first punch and kicked his left kneecap inward. Running around him back towards the door. Kiba fell after this hit but was able to grab her left leg and pull her down to the ground before she could reach the door. Her phone bounced away and towards the door. Kiba pulled her towards him giving Sakura rug burn along the way. Once he had her pinned underneath him, she squired before spitting in his eyes.
"You stupid-" He spoke unable to finish the sentence as he was punched in the face by Sakura. They wrestled delivering punches to each other and much to her credit Sakura was doing very well. Until she was able to get back on her feet and stumble towards the door. Kiba's last hit left blood trailing out of her nostrils and mouth. She could barely walk in a line let alone stand. She stumbled towards the door. With Kiba close behind, for the fourth time, Kiba was able to get ahold of her hair and pull her back down to the carpet which was littered with their collective blood. Sakura spun on her back and with her last bit of strength, she kicked and flailed away from Kiba. Kiba caught one of her legs and again pulled her towards him with great force irritating the rug burn on Sakura's back. She yelped as the irritated skin began the scape away from her back. Kiba had pinned her underneath him again and used his left hand to pin her arms above her head. With this right hand, he reached into his back pocket and withdrew a pocket knife.
Sakura's eyes widened as she realized his intention switched from sexual assault to possibly murder. Kiba, now dripping blood out of his mouth and onto Sakura's face, smiled.
"You just can't follow simple fucking instructions, huh?" He teased. Slowly he pressed the serrated edge of the knife against her throat and spoke "Any last words?" He asked in a hushed tone. She laid there with her back against the carpet when the door busted open.
"Konoha PD. Put the knife down!" A male voice screamed. It was Naruto. Thank KAMI. He had a habit of being fashionably late.
Kiba grumbled as he put the knife down.
"Stand up and back away from the woman!" Naruto instructed. As he spoke four more officers with guns and tasers drawn entered the room ready to make good on their threat if he so much as blinked with the intention of trying something funny. Kiba remained motionless. Instead, he continued to stare into Sakura's eyes. It like he was trying to communicate with his eyes again. Sakura couldn't read his face.
"I'm going to say it again. You either stand up or we put you down." Naruto repeated. Kiba broke eye contact with Sakura to look at Naruto and read the intent in his eyes. Naruto's blue eyes left nothing to chance. Kiba knew anything he'd try would lead to a violent shootout.
Slowly, Kiba put the knife down and began to comply with police instructions. Sakura let out a breath and laid there like she was dead for a minute. For the second time that morning, Sakura was staring at that ugly, water-stained ceiling.