Train rides always bothered Sakura, she hated the noise they made and how all the people on board seemed to surround each other. Only this one didn't bother her as much. They car she rode in wasn't so crowded because most people were either at work or school so it was quite and it gave her the chance to think. It had been six months since she had left this town to live to start her life over and it felt strange returning after so long. Probably because when she left she was told never to come back but she needed to if she was going to fix the problems that were going on in her new home. She let out a long sigh and crossed her legs to get into a more comfortable position. She had come ready to head off into battle, a red turtleneck shirt with no sleeves, a white skirt with black leggings underneath that could only be seen if she raised her leg up, and knee length black boots that had a small heel on it. Her hands were covered by black gloves and the ribbon still resting on her head, she wasn't sure what she would find when she reached the school but she knew it wouldn't be her old classmates welcoming her with warm and open arms.
She sighed again and looked out the window that was behind her. She could remember the night her whole world had suddenly changed for her. The time when Kiba had beaten those four middle school kids nearly half to death and she saw the true darkness of the world she had lived in.
/Flashback/
The night was quite after Kiba had finished beating up on the middle school students that were the same age as them. Sakura looked down at them all in disgust, she hated when the enemy begged for mercy when they brought it all on themselves. Why beg for mercy when you were the one who started it all? It didn't make sense to her and she didn't try to understand it either, she didn't want to know how a weakling thinks. She watched Kiba poking one the boy's body with a nearby stick and he seemed to be enjoying himself and she liked that. She was glad that he seemed too happy after his fight; he was their leader after all so he should be happy after every battle. She was ready to go over to him and congratulate him when she felt a weight on her shoe.
Her green eyes looked down and saw one of the boys had a hold on her foot and he seemed to be struggling to keep his grip. She scoffed at him, hands on her hips and waited to see just what the hell the weakling was trying to do.
"Why…!" his voice came out in ragged gasps and he struggled to pick his head up to look at her. "Why...did you…attack us?" he was panting, his body was ready to give out and go to sleep in the darkness of his mind. "What did we ever do to you!" his body was weak but his eyes were strong, looking at her with hatred and confusion. They were accusing her.
Sakura sucked in her breath at his eyes, her hands falling from her hips and lying motionless at her side. They were so strong those eyes, burning into her skin, her mind, her body, she couldn't un-see no matter how she tried to block them out. She felt like screaming, she wanted to run away and escape those eyes but she was being held back by the boys hand that was still gripping on her shoe. He wanted her to answer him. Wanted her to tell him why they had been attacked. He wanted to tell her what they had done that was so bad that they had to beaten this badly?
"I…" she couldn't speak, couldn't breath, and no matter how she tried she couldn't move. She wanted to get this boy to let go of her shoe, free her from this horrible feeling that was burning up inside her. She wanted to get away because she didn't have an answer to give him. What could she tell him? That Kiba had hit them because they made him spill food on himself? She gasped and covered her hands over her mouth, trying to stop the bile that suddenly wanted to come up. She felt disgusted with herself. She had let Kiba beat up on these innocent people all because of an accident that was so common, but she took it as a challenge and let him hurt these people. She was gasping, trying to get a hold of herself because her mind was suddenly flashing her back to all the fights she had been in. Almost all of them were because someone in their group had taken a simple accident as someone disrespecting them and they had beaten them to show that they were powerful and no one should ever try and look down at them.
Sakura hated herself at this. What had she done? "Hey! Get your hands off of her!" Kiba had jumped before she could stop him and watched as he kicked the boy off her shoe. Her eyes followed his as his body rolled away from her and fell to the ground in a limp, eyes still burning and accusing her despite that Kiba's kicked had knocked the boy out. She wanted to run over and check the boy's vital signs, see if he was still alive and take him to the hospital. She wanted to help them all but the sudden feeling of Kiba's arm wrapping around her shoulder had stopped her and see remembered where she was and who she was with. If she did run over to them then she was sure that it would only cause them more harm and she couldn't bear causing them anymore pain then she already had.
So instead she closed her eyes and turned away from the bodies and leaned into Kiba's touch. "Let's get out of here." She kept her voice even and calm, trying desperately to hide the sudden feeling of guilt and disgust that was burning inside her stomach. If she didn't leave the scene soon she was sure that she would throw up everything she had eaten that day.
"Good idea," Kiba tightened his hold on her, bringing her body closer to his. "I can't stand the sight of these weaklings anymore." He laughed and so did everyone else in their group. Sakura was the only one that didn't, she was to busy trying to hold back the screams that she wanted to direct at Kiba. Her hands were balled into fists at the feeling of stopping herself from smacking that amusing grin off his and everyone's face. She hated all of this.
They had all left the scene and headed to their own home, the whole way laughing at how weak the boys were and how they deserved every punch and kick Kiba had given to them. Sakura could feel blood dripping from her hands at the added pressure she kept applying to them. She wasn't sure how much longer she could stand being with them, she needed to get away from them all before she ended up hitting them all and causing more damage to this night. Finally the group finally seemed to disappear until it was only Sakura and Kiba, something she had grown used to over the years of knowing him. Her eyes looked on ahead and saw her house was coming up, a car parked in the driveway saying that her mother was home. When they neared the house, Kiba moved his arm to her waist and pulled her so that would be turning the corner instead of going straight, he was leading her to his house instead of hers but Sakura didn't let him. She stopped dead in her tracks and looked ahead at her house, she knew what she had to do. She got out of Kiba's grip but didn't move from her spot, she knew he would question her and if she was going to pull this off than she needed to do this perfectly.
"What's wrong?" He pulled her back to his body, this time both hands coming around her waist so that she would be facing him. She didn't need that, if he saw her eyes than he would see what she was thinking and that was not what she wanted. Quickly she stood on the tips of her toes and kissed him, hands coming up to wrap around his neck and pushed herself up against his body. Both her hands were still balled into fists, trying to keep the blood from dripping onto his clothes, and she tried keeping the kiss going and normal. She needed to act as she always would around him when they made out, she needed to keep the atmosphere normal.
She was pleased when she felt him kiss her back, hands traveling up her body as if he was feeling something that was new to him but them kissing was nothing new. They kissed almost daily, with Kiba's claim that she was his girl not many others bothered her and she didn't mind any of that. She had liked Kiba, he was strong, brave, handsome, and seemed to care for her that she had accepted his claim on her and let him kiss her whenever he pleased. They stayed like that for a while, they only moved so Kiba could pushed her up against the side of someone's house and tried getting his body closer to hers. Automatically her legs wrapped around his waist as they both deepened the kiss, the passion flaring out of them and Sakura was slowly losing herself to the feeling he was causing in her.
They stopped the kiss only once and that was when the need for air had become too great for either of them to ignore. She was panting from the lack of air and saw Kiba was doing the same, both their eyes were glazed over with lust and suddenly Sakura couldn't remember what she had been so upset about before. "Sakura…" he breathed out her name, mouth running over her neck to leave another one of his marks that he seemed to love leaving on her ivory colored skin. "Let's finish this at my house." He growled out and Sakura was in agreement for this. It wasn't the first time with them so she had no reason to be nervous so why was her heart suddenly beating so fast?
Hey glazed over eyes looked up at the moon as Kiba continued to leave more mark on her neck. The moon was full tonight and it was the only light that was shinning in the middle of the darkened street corner, the light falling onto her and Kiba. It was showing to all what was happening at this very moment, almost as if it was accusing her of something. At that moment she understood her beating heart and pushed Kiba off of her, her breath coming out in short gasps and finally she emptied the contents of her stomach in a nearby garbage bin. She chocked out the bile that seemed to be coming up no matter how hard she tried to stop it, her long hair falling into her face every time more burning acid came up from her stomach. She felt his hands holding her hair back and she smirked at how weird this seen must look. The Kiba Inuzuka who was known as the cold blooded wolf of their school was being kind and helping her hold her hair back while she barfed. If only their classmates could see them now.
When she finished empting her stomach and felt that no more would come up she picked her head up and leaned back against the side of the house that she was pushed up against only moments before. Eyes were closed and she was taking deep breaths, trying to calm her racing heart down.
"What's up with you?" Kiba's question caused her to open her eyes and stare into his. He had his arms crossed and he didn't look too amused. "You've been acting weird ever since we left those annoying punks." If she didn't feel so bad she would have cursed. She hadn't expected him to catch on but then again he was always watching her. She shouldn't have let her guard down the way she did.
"It's nothing," she waved him off and headed towards her house. "I'm just not feeling so hot at the moment. I'm sleeping at my house tonight so I'll see you tomorrow." She wasn't surprised to feel his hand on her wrist and pull her back to him. Hands coming to rest on her shoulders and he brought his face closer to her.
"Tell me right now what you're trying to hide." He ordered her and she knew she was in trouble now. He only ordered her around when he was super pissed off at her and that wasn't often, so for him to be now meant this was serious.
"I told you, it's nothing." She slapped his hands away from her shoulders.
"You're lying!" He accused and this time grabbed her arms and pushed her up against the wall again. Only inside of kissing her he was trapping her inside the small space of his arms. "I need to know Sakura what you're trying to hide from me. You know I don't like secrets."
She scoffed at him and crossed her arms, her head turned away from him. "Yeah right. I can't count how many times I've heard you lie to the group your family or other stuff that goes on during school." It was true, she had seen numerous times Kiba lie to their friends and each time she confronted him he would always saw he was doing it for the good of the group.
"You know what I mean," he slammed his hand against the cold surface of the wall, making Sakura jump and look at him. "I don't keep secrets from you and you don't from me. That's what it means to be my woman, you are the only one I'll be honest with and I expect the same from you." He was so close to her now, his nose touching the tip of hers and Sakura suddenly felt horrible. Everything she was doing this night was screaming what a horrible person she was. She moved her eyes back to her house, maybe she should just go to Kiba's and try to forget what had taken place tonight. It wasn't the first time she had seen fights like this so she was sure that she could handle it and she didn't want to risk losing Kiba. She was ready to go with him to his home, ready to forget this night and go back to living her life just as she's been doing for the past fifteen years of her life when she caught a movement coming from her house. Her mother was in the window, watching her and Kiba at this very moment and she could see so clearly the shame and sadness that was leaking out of her mother's eyes.
"Sakura." Kiba called her again and she finally understood what she had to do.
She wrapped her arms around his waist and buried her face in his throat, hiding her eyes and trying to make her voice to shield her voice as much as she could. "My mother wants me to visit my father this weekend." It was all she needed to say. Kiba was the only one in their group who knew about where her father was and what kind of man he really was. Kiba understood how she felt about him and that's why she was sure he would believe her when she told him this lie.
"I see," he held her close to him, hands running through her long pink hair. "You could have told me once we were alone instead of acting like you did." He continued to run his hand through hr hair and Sakura was trying to hard to stop the tears that wanted to fall. She didn't want to lie to him but she needed to.
"You know how I feel about my dad. I hate talking about that man." She was pleased that her voice was muffled out some by being pushed so much into his neck. It meant that he couldn't hear the tears she was blocking out. "I'm sorry." She kissed his cheek and put her head back down to his shoulder, only she knew what she was really apologizing for.
She felt his laugh before she heard it. "It's alright," his face as now buried in her hair. He had told her once that he liked the smell of it. "I understand about your old man and what he does to you," He kissed her forehead and once more tried pulling her with him to his home. "Come on, let's go and I'll make you feel better about having to visit the old bastard."
She wanted to take him up on his offer, she really did, but once again she pulled out of his grip and out of the light of the moon. Her face hidden in the shadows enough that he couldn't read the emotion in her eyes. "Thanks, but I need to talk to my mom about the trip and what she expects me to do when I see the old man. I'll probably hit him once I do." She gave a light laugh before turning away from Kiba and heading into her home. She had walked like she always does, head held up high and body showing the strength she possessed, she knew Kiba had believed her by the footsteps she heard him take in the direction of his house instead of hers.
It only took her a few steps to reach her house and run inside to where her mother was sitting on the couch, waiting for her daughter. "I'm surprised you came home. I thought for sure you would go with that boy like you usually do." Her words were hard but Sakura didn't care. She let them cut into her skin and she ran to her mother, tears falling from her eyes as she cried out everything she was feeling that the moment. She cried to mother about what Kiba had done, how the boy had looked at her, and the shame she felt for just standing there and letting it happen. She cried for hours, letting her tears fall for every poor person that she had let get hurt for her foolish actions, she was a horrible person and her heart couldn't stand the pain she had caused them all.
"Mom…" her tears had finally lessened just as the sun was beginning to rise and bring forth a new day. "I want to transfer." She closed her eyes as the sun slipped into their window and shed its light onto Sakura's crying form. It would end badly for her when the others found about her transfer but she needed to leave, she couldn't stay in that school that allowed everyone to hurt one another. Not anymore, she couldn't live like that anymore.
"I understand," her mother did and Sakura was glad she did. "If you're willing to try I can arrange it for you to be moved to where your aunt Shizune lives and you can apply to the high school there." Sakura liked that, she liked her aunt who worked beside a famous doctor. Tsuande was known through the whole country as the best doctor this world had ever seen and Sakura felt living with them would be good on her life and helping her start it over.
"Yeah, I'd like that." With that in mind she felt asleep in her mother's lap, something she hadn't done since she was a little girl and the world used to seem too bright to her.
The months had come and go for Sakura who everyday after school would run home to study for the entrance exam she would be taking for her new school. Her group had wondered what was causing the sudden change but Sakura had lied to them saying her mom had found out about some fights she had been in and placed her under house arrest. Of course they all wanted to try and help free her but Sakura was able to push them down saying that she liked it because it meant she could mess with the cops without worrying about getting thrown in jail. They had bought it and left Sakura alone, which gave her the peace and quite she needed to study. When the fateful day had come Sakura had woken up earlier than she ever did in her life, she pulled out a pocket knife that was given to her by her father before he went to prison and cut her long pink locks.
She watched as the long strands fell into the sink, shining brightly against the white color. Her hand reached up to fell the suddenly short hair that she always kept long and it felt strange to feel the chill that was there at the back of her neck. She looked at her reflection in the mirror and silently ran her fingers through her new short hair, it was just a little above her shoulders and it made her look so different. She looked nice, you wouldn't expect her to get into a fight with gangs or anyone else and Sakura had to admit that she liked the look. Putting the knife away she removed the ribbon from her forehead and tied it around her head, keeping her hair from falling into her face and giving her a more gentle look.
"It looks good on you," her mother came in and ran her own fingers through Sakura's hair. "I like it." Sakura thanked her mother and wiped any remaining hair that was on her school uniform, it was the first time she had worn it without adding any of her own Inuzuka clan items to it. She didn't have the jacket she always wore, bandages no longer on her arms, and she didn't have the wooden sword with her either. She looked like a regular fifteen year old girl. She was ready for it, ready to take the test that was the only thing standing in her way of starting over on her new life. Her mother and her left after that, heading over into the next town where the exam was being held and the whole time Sakura couldn't stop her hands from shaking. This really was the only obstacle that was standing in her way of living behind her old life of violence and she wanted to badly to pass. She wasn't sure what she would do if she failed and she wouldn't think about that, she would pass and get into her new school!
They reached the school sooner than Sakura would have liked and she walked along side of the other students that were there to take the exam. It seemed many knew each other and none recognized her uniform so she was glad there would be no fights or any forms of panic. With a deep breath she said goodbye to her mother and entered the school and took her test, her mind and body seemed to forget the fear she had on the way over and seemed to have calmed down the moment her hand touched the pencil. She buried herself in her studies for months and it was showing with test, the answers were coming to her with such ease, her hand was flying from question to question. Answering them all with confidence that it surprised any onlookers that were staring at her. With an extra ten minutes to spare, Sakura handed in her test and waited for them to dismiss them, her hands went back to shaking like before but her heart was beating strongly with confidence she had never felt before. It felt nice.
It was three weeks late the results would be in and Sakura once again drove into the next town over with her mother and looked on to the scoreboard to see if her name would be up there. She and her mother were standing in the background, they watched as there were a large number of kids checking for their results, some cheering and some crying. Sakura gulped in anticipation and went ahead to the scoreboard, it wouldn't do her any good to just stand off to the side like a statue. She needed to know if she had passed or failed so she went straight into the crowd until she had a clear view of the board and her bright green eyes scanning over every name that was written on there. She held her breath as she passed over a dozen names before finally seeing hers. She had passed and with flying colors, she had come in second on the exam only right behind a kid named Shikamaru Nara.
She stared at the name that was written in front of her, believing that what she was seeing was actually a dream before she felt her mother's warm hand on her shoulder and her soft voice congratulating her. She let a scream of pure joy escape her as she jumped up and hugged her mother, she was so happy at this one moment, it felt so right to her that it didn't seem real but it was. She had passed the entrance exam and she would be going to a new school next month and start her new life. She beamed at the thought and went over to pick up her new school uniform from the admissions office and instantly fell in love with it. The girl's uniforms at Nin High were plain white shirts with a black tie and a black skirt, it was obvious to everyone that the school had just bought the cheapest thing possible. So when she saw her new uniform she hugged it close to her body and thanked the woman for giving it to her and practically skipped home. Her mother had taken her out to dinner to celebrate getting in and Sakura had never known how much she enjoyed spending time with her mother. The two really had not talked properly in years so it felt good to talk with her on this day. When the dinner had ended Sakura had told her mother she wanted to go walk around the park, the sun had only just started to set and she had explained that she had too much energy in her to go home and relax. Although she was reluctant at first her mother let her go and Sakura headed to the park that she had spent a lot of time with Kiba in the past.
She sat on one of the newer benches and let out a content sigh, she was so pleased with the day's events. This all felt like a dream to her still but she knew that this was no dream, she had done it. She had gotten into Konoha High and was so proud of herself and what she accomplished. She would be moving in with her aunt soon and she would study in medicine like her aunt had done and follow in the footsteps of the famous doctor, Tsuande. She would do it, she knew she could if she tried and there was nothing that would stop her.
"Well look who's finally free," Her world suddenly froze when she heard his voice. She gasped as she saw Kiba coming towards her. Ino and Shino were not far behind him, each one seemed excited about seeing her and Sakura wanted to hit herself for being so stupid. She had forgotten to tell them that she was leaving Nin School and moving to the next town, they were going to kill her!
Kiba jumped on the bench next to her and pulled her close to him, kissing her gasping lips. "Been a while Sakura. We've missed seeing you pinkie," he grinded and nuzzled close to her. "I've missed you more though." He whispered in her ear, his voice full of lust and Sakura knew at the end of all this that lust would be taken over by anger.
"Sakura!" Ino gasped in horror when she and Shino had finally reached her. "What did you do to your hair?" She ran over and pulled at the short pink hair and nearly cried. She tried moving it in ways so that it would resemble before it was cut but nothing she did would fix it.
"Ino, stop it." Sakura stopped up and removed Ino's hands from her hair. "I wanted a change in my image so I cut it." She explained trying to fix the now tangled hair that Ino's frantic fingers had cause.
"You changed a lot, Sakura." Shino had commented and pulled at the ribbon that was resting on her head instead of on her forehead. "You're also wearing the school uniform, something you never do. Why the sudden change?" He questioned and she couldn't come up with any form of answer. The only one she could give him was the truth and she knew if she said it now she really would be dead.
"Leave her alone, guys," Kiba's told them and they listened to their leader, and Sakura gasped when she saw what was sitting beside him. She had put her new uniform in a bag so it wouldn't get ruined and right now that bag was sitting next to Kiba.
"My bag," she tried to get it but Kiba picked it up before her hand could grab it.
"What this?" He questioned, looking over the colorful bag that seemed to hold so much of Sakura's attention.
"It's nothing! Just some dumb clothes my mother made me buy." She tried to desperately to get the bag before he saw what was inside it but he was to fast for her.
Kiba laughed playfully at her attempts to grab it. "Must be something pretty embarrassing for you to be acting like this." He smiled at her before opening the bag and wanted to see what it held inside. His body stood still and his eyes were hidden by his bangs so Sakura couldn't see the emotion that was in them but the way he was griping the bag told her everything she needed to know. He let out a strong growl and ripped the bag open and threw its contents to the ground. "What the hell is this?" he growled out, pointing to the uniform that was now lying at Sakura's feet. "That's not our school's uniform so why do you have it?" He growled again, demanding answers from her.
Sakura gulped in fear when she saw the look that was in his eyes. They were screaming pure rage, they screamed at her and like before with that young middle school boy's they were accusing her. Accusing her of a crime she had done and hated her for doing so. "I'm transferring." She told them the truth, it was all she could do at this point.
"You're leaving Nin School?" Ino was shocked by what she was being told. Shino remained silent like he always was but Sakura knew he was upset with her too.
She only nodded her head and looked down at the uniform that remained by her feet. She bent down to pick up before it was ruined by the dirt surrounding it. Her hands picked up the suddenly heavy fabric only for her to drop it again when Kiba grabbed both her wrists and made her look into his eyes. "Why?" the rage was still burning in his eyes.
"Because I don't want this life anymore," she wouldn't let him scare her or anyone else. She stopped her body from showing any signs of fear and stood strong with determination. She would tell them the truth and didn't care if they hit her until she tears turn into blood. "I don't want to live a life where I'm hurting people just because I can. I refuse to live like that anymore so I'm leaving."
Kiba's grip on her weakened and he let her go, his hands at his side were now the ones bleeding from the pressure he had put on them. Sakura understood he was holding himself back the same way she had done the night her life had begun to change. "So you want a new life, this one isn't good enough for you anymore…" he was letting our ragged breaths and suddenly he looked more animal than human.
"That's not what I said," she tried to explain it to him one more time but he wouldn't hear any of it.
"Shut up!" his fist was raised, ready to send her flying to the ground and hit her like he had down to all the others he had accused of disrespecting him. It was coming down fast and Sakura didn't move, she would let him hit her, let him take his anger out on her because she knew she was the one to cause him the pain he was feeling now. She kept her eyes on him and watched in slow motion as the fist came down to her face but stopped when it touched her forehead. He was just standing there, body shaking from the anger that was flowing throughout his body and he was mumbling under his breath.
"You hate me that much?"
She was surprised to hear that sudden question and by the look in his eyes she knew it wasn't meant for her to hear. He growled out again and shoved her to the ground, eyes full of hatred from the betrayal she was doing. "If you want to leave fine, get out of here. I don't care what happens to traitors like you!" his voice was dripping with venom and for a quick second Sakura thought she had saw tears in his eyes. "Never show your face here again. You want to leave so badly than stay out but if I ever caught you around here I swear I'll make sure you stay here and everyday you'll regret ever deserting us."
He left her with that, left her alone on the cold ground of the park and made her once again hate how she was living her life. When they had all left the park, Sakura let the tears fall from her eyes and she cried for the pain and suffering she was sure she caused her friends to feel. "I'm sorry. I'm so sorry!" she cried again and again, hoping one of them could hear so they could know that she hadn't meant to hurt them. That was not her intention but that was what she had done. When the sun had finally set and the moon was shining down on Sakura's body once again she let out a bitter laugh. It always seemed to be looking down at her but this time she could feel that the light it was shining down on her wasn't accusing her of anything, but trying to comfort the crying girl.
/End Flashback/
"That seemed like such a long time ago." She thought to herself as she rode the train that would take her into her old neighborhood. She had recognized a few faces on the train, some were adults she had terrorized when she was still with Kiba and his group and they seemed wary of her at first but they were relaxed now. She wasn't sure if they were avoiding because they remember what she used to do to them or because Kiba had put her name out that she was a traitor and his group was out for her blood. She didn't know and she didn't care, she understood what she was doing and would complete her mission.
She wasn't sure why but for some reason Kiba and the others were allowing the under classmen to do what they want, even going into other towns that didn't belong to Inuzuka territory. She knew there was a possible chance that the town she lived in had become part of the Inuzuka Clan but even if it did she needed to have a talk with the next heir and find out why he was allowing them to run wild with power. They had never allowed them to do that before and her leaving shouldn't have affected the rules they created that much. She had an idea of how to fix things but it wasn't a plan she was too happy with. He had said if she ever came back he wouldn't let her leave again so she wouldn't. If he still held the same feelings for her than she would offer herself to him, she would remain by his side for as long as he wished and in return she would ask him to fix things before an all out war broke out between their school and all the others in the country. She didn't like the thought of auctioning off her freedom but it looked like the only way she could fix things.
The train had stopped and signaled all that they had reached a new spot and this was where Sakura had gotten off. She walked off the train and headed down the streets that would take her to her old school, her heels making a clicking noise with each step and she wanted to run away at the sound they were making. These seemed like the last steps that she would take on her own as a free woman and while it scared her a little it only made her quicken her pace. She would fix everything before things got way out of hand and her friends got hurt because of it. The school was coming up, she could see the tall building that seemed to be looming over her and on the roof of the school she saw a figure staring down at her. She had reached the school's gate and it had opened for her, revealing to her the students that belonged to the Nin school system, her eyes traveling over every face that was in the schoolyard before looking back up at the school's roof.
She saw him. He was staring right down at her and her heartbeat quickened at the cold eyes he was giving her but she didn't let it bother her to much. Right now she had bigger problems to deal with. The students that were in the schoolyard were clearing the way and let a lone figure walk through the open path.
"Well look who came running back," A spiteful female voice came out from the smirking lips. "Been a long time, Sakura."
"Ino." Her hands clenched beside her, the gloves she wore made a strange sound and Sakura took a deep breath to clear her mind. She was ready to fight.