She felt tried down to her bones to the point that exhaustion was nipping at her heels. However, she knew she couldn't stop even if she wanted to. Instead, she pushed through the pain and nauseousness trying to outrun the shadows.
Yet no matter what she did, she knew that they were on her trail waiting for her to tire and fall from exhaustion. She had been a fool to think herself irrelevant to the likes of them, especially him.
If only she had taken a different route, she might have avoided this. Instead, her legs trembled as her feet barely managed to get a foothold. She was at her breaking point. Tears leaking from her eyes, her lungs desperately asking for air, her cries silently slipping away to the heavens.
Biting her bottom lip, she dared to look behind her though she knew too well what she would see... Nothing. Nothing at all, except the trees speeding past as she moved, even so, she could feel their eyes on her, gaining ground and narrowing her window of escape. If she had a window of escape, to begin with, or was that a delusion that she allowed herself to fall into. Whatever the case she knew deep down in her soul that they were near playing with her.
Her chakra levels were near depleted to fight back against the threat and too far away from home for help. Knowing this further aided her tears. She could do nothing at all.
Suddenly a sharp cry escaped, as she hit something solid, yet instead of falling something wrapped around her waist in an iron grip holding her in place.
Her blood ran cold with terror as stared at the familiar black and red cloak. Yet that was nothing to his crimson blood eyes. Every muscle on his face was tense and without a word he communicated was intense.
Rain suddenly pored, adding to the already intense atmosphere making her frozen body shiver either from terror or cold.
Terror as he pulled her body closer towards his, through making sure she never broke eye contact from his hypnotising stare, no matter how much she wanted especially when she heard thumps all around her.
Suddenly, his gaze changed into something much more frightening only for her world to blacken seconds later.
A/n: this is my first every naruto story and it's one thing that has been in my mind since watching the anime again. I would love to know what you guys think.
