The air surrounding the two girls had turned harsh with a cold chill flowing through it. Green eyes meet angered blue ones and Sakura had to stop the smirk that wanted to come onto her face. Even now after six months had passed she was still looking into eyes that seemed to accuse her of a terrible crime. She relaxed her body and put one hand on her hip, she needed to show that she didn't come here for a fight. Although she doubted she would just be able to walk in, either Ino herself would beat on her or Kiba would order others but she knew she would receive some type of punishment for leaving them. She had come ready for that, her school bag was on her shoulder but instead of holding textbooks inside it held a first aid kit along with other forms of medical supplies she may need. She had come prepared for anything that could be thrown at her.
Her eyes traveled back up to the roof and saw that he was still staring down at her. Kiba held her gaze as he was waiting for her to make a move. Even with him so high up she could tell that his body was tense, hands probably balled into fists that would most likely hit her once she meet him face to face again. She gave him a small smile and looked back to Ino who seemed only to become more angered by the smile she wore. It was ironic that she had come back to a place that she had once ruled and now she was its prisoner. Man, was her life a true sad story or what?
"I don't want to fight you, Ino." She told the girl in front of her. Ino had been her best friend after Kiba had recruited her into his gang and the two were almost always together. Whenever Kiba didn't demand her attention to be on him, the two would usually be running around together and causing all sorts of problems for the perverts there that thought they could take advantage of them just because they were girls.
Ino Yamanaka, she was the sole heir of the Yamanaka family. They were known for dealing with flowers, understanding how to create poisons and drugs for almost every type of plant known to man kind. She had long blonde hair that was always up in a high ponytail, her bangs covering one side of her face that had attracted more than half the boys in their school. She had shining blue eyes and a body that many girls dreamed of having, she really was a beautiful looking girl and Sakura had often wondered why Kiba had never chosen Ino as his woman. She only asked him once because every time she questioned him he took it as her insulting him, like she didn't want to be his woman, and he had told her that Ino was to loud and annoying for his liking. Which was very true, the blonde loved screaming whenever she was happy or angry.
The Yamanaka princess scoffed at her words, arms crossed over her chest and Sakura groaned. This was going to be a long day if Ino started acting like a spoil brat. "I find that hard to believe someone like you, billboard brow!" her words were full of spite and Sakura had to stop herself from making a fist of her own. She really hated that old nickname that Ino always seemed so fond of calling her and she wanted to scream right back but she stopped herself. She needed to show that she meant them no harm, if she did start a fight it could end badly for her school and her friends.
She had come of her own accord but even with that she was still representing her school. She had told her mother about what she was planning on doing and although her mother hated the very idea she had given up in the end to convince her daughter otherwise. Both Haruno women knew of the cruel ways of the Nin School and the dangerous families that went there and neither wanted to cause a fight so they had an agreement. If Sakura's mother didn't hear word from her daughter after three days then she was to take her out of Leaf High and transfer her back into Nin High. It was something neither was happy about but they would rather that then a war between two schools break out.
"I'm serious," she dropped to her knees, one arm draped across her leg as she bowed before her to everyone at the school. "I, Sakura Haruno, have come here to offer myself as a prisoner to you and the four Inu Warriors." That was the name they had been given when Sakura was still around. They took the name Inu because Kiba was their leader and the four of them, her, Kiba, Ino, and Shino were the best fighters in the whole school. She wasn't sure if they had taken on a new member to replace her or not but she needed to show her respects before any real damage happened.
"It's the three Inu Warriors now. Our forth member decided she was too good for us and left," Sakura showed that her words had done the damage Ino had wanted done to her. She knew how the girl was, she liked it when she had the power and her opponents felt the harsh words she sent on them, although Sakura had heard much worse she still let Ino see she had hurt her. "Very well then, I'll allow you to see our leader. I'm sure he had a few special greetings he'd like to give you." Sakura shivered at those words, this time she didn't force it out. The one she had feared the most had been Kiba and the anger he was sure to have when he saw her. She didn't know what to expect from him and that slice of fear in her heart only increased as Ino continued to speak.
"You two," Ino pointed to two random bows that were standing off to her side. "Hold the prisoner so she doesn't try and escape." The two nodded and they went up and grabbed Sakura, holding both hands behind her back with a tight grip that was sure to leave marks on her arms.
She wanted to roll her eyes so badly at them. She could tell that they were third years in high school but they were so weak that marks that they would on her would be nothing more then little bug bites that would heal in a day's time. She could easily break free of their grip, she could knock them both out in one attack but she kept herself from doing so and allowed them to push her along the schoolyard. She might as well get use to this life because it was what she was going to be living from now on.
"Hold it right there!" Her eyes were wide when she heard that voice and gasped when she saw that one of the two boys that had been holding her had been kicked away from her. She felt the wind pick up behind her and she heard a familiar voice begin to speak. "There's no way I'm gonna let some dumb delinquents take my Sakura prisoner!"
"Naruto!" Sakura growled and turned in the grip that she was held in to face her friend.
"Hey! Don't try and escape you traitor." The boy that was still holding her was putting his hand on her head, trying to shove her down so that her face would touch the dirt.
"Leave her alone!" Naruto screamed out and punched the guy away from her, making him go flying into the group behind them. "Ha! Take that. No one can stand up to Naruto Uzumaki! The future-!"
"You idiot!" Sakura cut him off with a punch to the head, leaving a giant bump. "What's the big idea following me? Didn't I tell you about not getting involved? And what do you mean, "Your" Sakura? I don't ever remember belonging to you!" she scolded her friend that was cowering in fear at the anger she was directing at him.
"But Sakura…" he whined out, still holding his head in pain and in fear that she would hit him. "I couldn't just leave you to face these guys alone. You're my friend and I made it my duty to make sure all my friends remain safe."
Sakura let out an exhausted sigh at Naruto and how he was acting. He just put a giant wrench in her plan and she wasn't sure now if she could stop a fight from breaking out between the Leaf and Nin. "Look Naruto, you need to go home. You don't understand how things work here so leave before you cause anymore problems." She ordered him, pointing out to the open gates and the outside world.
"But Sakura-!" Naruto only whined again, not pleased that she was kicking him out.
"Well isn't this interesting," Ino's sharp voice made ice cold needles run up Sakura's spin. This wasn't good. "Little Sakura made a new friend, possible a new boyfriend." Ino was grinning at the sudden development that was folding out in front of her and Sakura wanted to scream.
She spun around to face Ino, not liking the amused grin that was on her face and before she could stop herself she brought her eyes back up to Kiba's and wanted to curse a blue streak. His eyes were dark, he heard everything Ino had said and the thought of Naruto being her boyfriend had angered him more than she would have liked. At least she knew that he did indeed still have feelings for her, the same possessiveness was still there and it was burning as strong as ever with the sudden appearance of Naruto. Damn it, she had to do damage control fast before things got to far out of hand.
"It's not what you think!" She shouted up at Kiba instead of Ino. He was the leader, the only one who would be able to stop the war that seemed to be getting closer and closer to happening between the two schools. "Naruto is my friend, a classmates, I'm not dating anybody!" she needed him to understand that. She had not been with another man other than him and if he knew that then she still had a chance to fix things. If he believed he still had the claim on her body and heart like he did before than she could use that to get him to listen to her. She could save her friends from getting hurt or worse killed.
"Doesn't matter," Ino's voice brought her attention off of Kiba and back onto her. "He's still an outsider and if you remember the rules Sakura, then you know what we do to outsiders." She was grinning from ear to ear.
Sakura remembered alright, she had helped create the rules after all, she knew that when an outside came and challenged their school they would put them through a challenge. Kind like a game of tag, if they could make it up to the roof of the school then they were allowed to make a request and they had to honor it. Of course they had to get past the giant group of the entire Nin High student population so nobody had ever been able to reach them. Those who tried always failed, having been beaten at some point by the students of the Nin High and when they did fail they had to obey the four, or now three, Inu Warriors.
"Now then Sakura, your "Friend" will have to complete the challenge if he wants to get out of here," Ino really seemed to be enjoying herself and Sakura wondered how she never noticed how twisted she was before. "As for you and your request, we have already accepted it before the challenge came so if you just follow me I'll lead you up to where Kiba is. I'm sure he'll enjoy watching your friend get destroyed with you by his side." She walked ahead of her, laughing all the way to the double doors that would lead Sakura though the empty hallways and soon the rooftop that held an angry Inuzuka boy that was waiting for her.
She really hated bad her luck seemed to be getting worse with each passing moment and cursed whoever thought it would be fun to torture her like this. Nothing was going right and now Naruto was going to be hurt all because of her. She hated this! "Sakura?" Naruto's hand on her shoulder made her snap out of her pity party and look into concerned blue eyes. "What does she mean prisoner?" He held worry in him but not for himself but for her. He had clearly heard Ino but instead of asking her questions about the challenge he was speaking his concern for her.
She gave him a tiny grin, she was glad she had met him. "I won't be returning to Leaf High, Naruto. I'm going to be staying here and continue my education amongst my old classmates. Ino was only joking with the prisoner stuff, she's always making weird jokes like that." she tried giving him an easy looking smile, like everything was right in the world and he didn't need to be so worried about her.
"You're a really bad liar, Sakura." He pulled out a light blue handkerchief and Sakura was surprised to see that she was crying. She hadn't felt the tears falling until she saw the light blue cloth. It was the very same one that Hinata had given to her yesterday when she had been crying on the park bench. "I'm not the only one who's worried about you Sakura," He told her with a giant grin on his face. "Hinata, Shikamaru, Chouji, heck even Sasuke are worried about you. The only reason I came was because I was the only who had enough courage to skip class when we saw that you weren't in school." She had finally noticed that he was still in his school uniform, a white dress shirt and dark blue pants that the boys had been given when they passed the entrance exam.
"Sakura!" Ino was calling out to her, trying to sound light and happy but there was too much spite in her voice for her to pull it off. "Time to go. Don't want to keep Kiba waiting any longer than he has to, right?" She was taunting her and for once Sakura didn't feel the rush of annoyance at hearing the blonde's voice. Ino was leaning against the side of the door, pressing buttons that would close the gates behind Sakura and Naruto and keep them locked in until the gates were opened again by the same buttons.
"I don't think so," Naruto go in front of her, as if he was trying to block away the stares they were receiving from all the students on the grounds. "All I have to do if face some challenge? Fine, I can handle anything you throw at me." He was ready to step forward and take on the fight but Sakura's hand on his shoulder stopped him from moving.
"Wait Naruto," She removed once of the gloves from her hand and held it out. "Tag me."
"Huh?" It was obvious that her sudden request had confused him. "Tag you?"
She nodded her head, telling her he heard her right. "Tag me." She said again and smiled when he slapped his hand down on hers and tagged her like she asked him too. "Thank you." In a flash she wrapped her hands around his arm, turning sharply on the back of her heel and threw Naruto through the closing gates. He landed on the other side of the street and she grinned to herself that the gates were already closed by the time he had regained himself. "Sorry Naruto, but I won't let you risk your life when I'm the one who has to be the one to fix things." She whispered to herself before putting the glove back on her hand and turning around to face the giant crowd before her.
"What are you thinking, Sakura?" Ino huffed out, angered by what Sakura had just done.
That anger only made Sakura smile. "You should know, Ino. I'm not the only one helped create these rules," It was her time now to be the one who was taunting. Naruto had given her the courage she needed to face her fears and she would do it no matter how badly she got hurt. "And according to those rules, if a challenger comes with a friend then they can tag that other person at any time in the game and get them to take the challenge for them instead." That was the one thing Sakura was sure would never change. When the rules were created they get written down in a giant book that had been passed down from every school leader there had been and whatever gets written down stays forever until a new leader comes and decides to change those rules.
"Just what are you doing, billboard brow?" Ino cried out, her anger could be seen by all and Sakura had to let out the laugh she was keeping in.
"Isn't it obvious?" she had on a sweet smile and put her hands behind her bad, as if she was good little girl that had never done anything wrong in her entire life. "I'm following the rules." And with that she ran at the group, her boots no longer making the same clicking noise they did when she walked on the sidewalk. She ran at the giant group that screamed at her in rage, all were ready to attack her, calling her stupid for doing a frontal attack but she only grinned at them all and at the last moment jumped back as she reached them and bounced into the air. She beamed as she felt the wind rush through her short pink hair and rub against her cheeks as she started to make her descent to the world below her. With only accuracy that she could have, she landed on one guy's shoulders and jumped off, landing outside the group. She held a confident smirk on her face when she landed on the ground in perfect condition, no bones or muscles had been hurt when she made that sudden move and was glad to see that six months of not fighting hadn't caused her body to become as weak as she feared it had.
She stood up and waved to the giant group behind her. "Catch me if you can!" she let out a stream of giggles as she was chased around the school by angry delinquents. She had missed this part of her life, being chased around and feeling the full rush of life hit her. The weights she had worn for so long and hated were off and she was running at full speed, the wind in her hair only made her laugh more as she made a circle around the school building, the giant group still chasing after her. She only continued to laugh in pure joy when their screams of annoyance reached her ears, she was really enjoying herself. Sure she was happy with her new life, enjoying the peace and quiet that she got to feel everyday and not worry about being jumped felt very nice to Sakura. It gave her mind the peace she hadn't known she had been longing for when she was with Kiba's group but there was nothing like a good chase to get the body going. She had missed a lot of her old life and one of the things she missed the most was teasing the enemy and making them so made that they didn't think straight. She had just gone around the building a second time and you think one of them would have known to get a big part of the group to stay behind and block her way the next time she had run around but she figured they were to angry with her to realized that. That only caused her to laugh again as she made another sharp turn, her hands were waving high in the air like she was some little kid playing tag with her friends.
It was on her third time around that she noticed that Ino had disappeared and Sakura knew where she had gone. All the Inu Warriors had to be present when the challenger reached the roof. "I guess I better wrap this up." She didn't want to keep her old friends waiting so she put more power into her feet and sprinted ahead at the tree that was coming up in front of her. She had jumped up and grabbed one of the low hanging branches and pulled herself up.
She was proud of herself and grinned when she saw that the group below her was confused at her sudden disappearance. She couldn't stop herself and starting laughing at their confused faces. "You bitch," she squeaked when a rock was thrown at her. "Get down here." Some where climbing up the tree to get her and others were throwing items at her head, trying to make her fall down.
She let out a sigh and jumped onto the next branch above her and climbed to the very top, avoiding all the objects that were thrown her way. When she reached the very top branch she steadied herself before running out on it, her mind focusing solely on keeping her balance and not falling to her doom. This was a new trick for her, or sort of was. She had tried doing this back when she was still in the gang but after numerous attempts of failing she gave up the hard move and tried learning a new one. So she was trying it again and this time she would succeed. There was too much at stake for her to fail. So with her speed she ran out on the branch and jumped off it once she reached the end, twisting her body around so that her legs would hit off one of the balconies that a class window had and pushed herself back into the air. She curled into a ball as she spun forward and reached her hands out to grab the green fence. She let out a shaky breath when she almost lost her grip but was proud to say that she kept it and started climbing up the giant green fence. The school had put it up so that all the schools wouldn't try sneaking out during class time and beating on the little kids in the elementary or middle school.
At one point Sakura hated looking at the green fence that seemed to cage her in but now she was happy for it being there. She had made it to the top and nearly screamed when she saw how high up she was. Looking down at the ground was a bad idea but she had to keep going and she did. She ran on the thin pole of the fence, her heart beating at the instant death at staring at her from below but she blocked it from her mind and jumped forwards to the lamp post that was coming up. She landed on the end and grinned with she saw that the added pressure she had put on it caused it to bend forward before it sent her flying into the air once again. She gave her body one more twist so that she would land on the fence that was around the school's roof and jumped off it to land in front of the three people she had once been proud to call her comrades in battle.
She landed with a soft thud in front of the three teenagers, her back was to the doorway that lead to the roof. She looked at them all in the eyes, her green orbs glowing full of the determination and strength that she held while her mind and stomach did summersaults at what she had just done. "Oh my god! I can't believe I just did that!" she wanted to do nothing more than fall to her knees and gasp for air at the stunt she just did. And she called Naruto the reckless one of their friends? What she just did topped anything he had ever done. "When this is all over I'm so taking a nap." She doubted she would leave her room for the rest of the night, her body was screaming at her still from the dangerous stunt she just did.
"Looks likes someone's been training while she was away," Any thoughts of her relaxing had left when she heard his voice. Kiba had spoken to her, his voice was surprisingly calm and the anger she was sure would be there wasn't. This wasn't what she had expected and that worried her. It meant she didn't know how he would act and treat her offer, for all she knew he could deny it and still hold her prisoner. This wasn't going well at all. "Well guys, seems like we have our first winner of the challenge." He held a cheeky grin on his face as he leaned up against the fence, hands in his pockets and Sakura looked him over.
He wore a black leather jacket with a matching gray mesh shirt underneath, black jeans and running sneakers, along with his giant dog Akamaru lying at his feet. He looked exactly the same as when she left them and unconsciously she took a step back. Her eyes were like everyone's in the group, trained to see hidden weapons and she saw the ones Kiba had on him. A knife in his jacket with one wrapped around his ankle and another around his wrist. He was prepared for a fight more than she was and that scared her.
"It would seem so." Shino had spoken next and Sakura saw what he had on. A giant jacket covering his body, hood over his head to hide his brown hair and sunglasses that covered his eyes. To this day no one in their group, not even Kiba, has ever seen Shino's eyes. A brown long sleeved shirt showing through his open jacket and matching brown pants and boots. She saw the bag on his bag and new what was in there. Shino Aburame, he belonged to the Aburame clan a special Yakuza group known for dealing with bugs. They could somehow get them to listen to them and obey their every command, making them kill an enemy if they wanted too. Sakura had been wary of him at first but she had grown used to his silent behavior and considered him a close friend, now she worried about him all over again.
"I guess even traitors get stronger." Ino had spoken last and Sakura wanted to gag when she finally noticed what the blonde was wearing. She wore a short purple shirt that showed off her tiny stomach, a matching shirt purple skirt that Sakura was happy to see she was wearing long leggings under it. The reached all the way down to her legs were she saw purple heeled leather ankle boots on her. She already knew Ino held no hidden weapons on her, not that she had any place to hide. While her family worked with poison they were also masters of understanding a person's mind and what makes it click. If Ino wanted she could easily hit a spot on Sakura's head and make her mind slowly rot away.
"Oh yeah, I pissed off the right people." Her life was screwed, really badly. As her comrades she felt happy along side them but as her enemy, Sakura wasn't sure if she could take them all on at once and walk it off. She almost wished she had brought Naruto along with her, at least then she would the reassurance that someone could carry her out after she fought the three.
"So…" Kiba's voice brought her back to the world and she took in a deep breath. She waited for him to finish, she wanted to see his first reaction so she could prepare herself for more that was sure to come. "What's your wish?"
"Huh?" That was not what she expected. She expected for him to call her every name in the book, screaming in pure rage at her, and then throw her to the ground and rip her clothes off and restate his claim on her. Not him asking what her wish was.
"Your wish," he said again, pushing himself off the fence and walking towards her. "You won the challenge so we have to hear your wish and grant it," That's right. She had forgotten that she had reached the top and she won the game they had created so long ago. He was in front of her now, she hadn't noticed it before but he had gotten taller. He was at least a head taller then her now and she sudden felt very small being in his shadow. "So hurry up and tell us because I want to hear it," he lowered his head to her level, mouth right up against her ear. "Cause once you finish I'm gonna lock you away from the world in a room that only I'll be able to enter. I told you Sakura, if you ever came back I wouldn't let you go." She shivered when she heard his voice, it was so dark and feral that it made her freeze over. She couldn't move her body, it was like his words had wrapped some kind of invisible chain around her and was holding her in place. She tried moving her mouth to speak her request but no words come out, she was too much in sub mood to try and speak.
Sub mood was the term they gave when Kiba used his Alpha voice. She had heard him use it many times before to opponents that were so much bigger then him but once they heard him speak they were on their knees in fear. The Alpha voice made everyone he spoke to become submissive around him, do whatever he wanted no matter what he told them to do. Sakura had heard him use this voice so many times before in the past but she didn't know how much power it really held over his enemies, it didn't seem possible to her that by only talking he could control his attackers but he did. He had used it on her and now she was trapped. He had been prepared for her, he had gotten her to let her guard down with his smile and once he saw it was done enough he used his voice and caught her in the prison he had warned her he would put her in.
"Well?" he was pulling at the strands of her short hair while she was standing motionless before him. "No wish? Does that mean you came all the way back here because you missed me?" That grin was back on his face but Sakura didn't fall for it this time. She tried putting her guard back up but fighting the sub mood was so much tougher then she expected it to be. "You know, I think I like your hair better short. It makes you look really cute." he twirled a strand around his finger and brought his face closer to hers. "Keep it short from now on." She gasped when she heard his Alpha voice again and felt her head nodding at his command. Suddenly any thought that may have made her think about growing her hair long again left her and she knew she would always keep her hair short for the rest of her life.
He seemed pleased with her obedient behavior and kissed her forehead. "Good girl." His hand was under her chin, making her look up at him and watched as he lowered his lips to hers. She tried fighting to keep her eyes from closing, tried stopping her lips from puckering up to meet his, and wanted to cry when she stood on her toes so she could reach him. Her body was not listening to her but to Kiba instead and if she could have she would have screamed.
"Stop it!" She couldn't but someone else did and she felt the control Kiba had on her slip away and she had control over her own body again. She turned around to see that Naruto was leaning against the door, his clothes were ripped and he was covered in sweat and bruises but he somehow he looked really cool standing there. He reached forward and pulled Sakura away from Kiba's grip and pushed her behind him, blocking her from his words and control. "I won't let you hurt her so keep your hands off her!"
Kiba only laughed at Naruto, he didn't take him serious and grinned at Sakura over his shoulder. "I see your friend came back to save you. I wonder if this means that he doesn't know who you used to be?"
"I do." Naruto stopped him before he could continue. "I know all about her past, she told me everything she had done and I don't care. Sakura is still Sakura and she's my friend so I'm gonna keep her safe from jerks like you." He told Kiba, pointing an accusing finger at him to let him know the jerk he was talking about was him.
"Naruto," She smiled at her friend who was trying so hard to protect her. Never before had she been so happy for having friends like Naruto in her life. While Kiba and everyone in the group had always respected her she had never really felt really friendship with them outside of fighting, and known none of them would go all out to say they would protect her. If you were in a fight you needed help to finish it then you were looked at as weak and were made to do grunt work. "Quit trying to act so tough." Although it felt nice to have Naruto protect her, it still embarrassed her. She smacked his head and turned her head off to the side as she tried to hide the small pink blush that she knew had formed at the blonde's words.
Kiba's growl wiped the blush off her cheeks and made her freeze up again. He was angry now; the blush he had seen had set him off and he believed that had meant she had feelings for Naruto instead of him. He was possessive of her from the moment he met her and her leaving didn't do anything to calm that feeling. It only made it worse and with Naruto being so close to her was making this situation turn deadly. Even Shino and Ino had backed up in fear. "Move away from her." He was back to speaking in his Alpha voice and Sakura gasped, her hands gripping Naruto's shirt so he wouldn't leave her.
"No." Every pair of eyes stared on in shock as Naruto spoke. He was standing tall, body still, and eyes that were clear. He hadn't listened to Kiba's Alpha voice. "I don't care what you do, I won't let you hurt Sakura." He was speaking in a clear voice, telling all that his body and mind were still in his control and not Kiba's.
"What?" Kiba wasn't happy with that and only growled deeper, hands balled into fists so tight they were starting to turn white. "You want to die you little squirt!" He moved faster then Sakura could see and before she could do something, Naruto pushed her out of the way and she was forced to watch as Kiba hit him in the face and made him fall back down the flight of stairs that he had just traveled up.
"Naruto!" She cried out in fear that he could be lying in a pool of his own blood and ran to him. She pushed Kiba away from the door and gasped when she saw him trying to get up from the fall he had taken, drops of blood falling from the side of his head. "No, Naruto!" She cried again and tried running to help him but Kiba held her back. He pulled her back onto the roof despite her kicking and screaming for him to let her go. "Let me go! Kiba! You asshole, you're going to kill him!" she tried again to break free from his grip that he had on her. Both arms wrapped tightly around her body and with him being much taller then her he was able to lift her feet off the ground, making it even harder for her to try and escape.
He only laughed and pulled her closer to him. "I don't think so. I told you Sakura, I'd keep you here forever if you ever came back," his voice scared her, he was talking in such tone that was more animal then human that she was worried about what he would do next. "Now that you're here do you really think I'll let you run back and try and help some squirt? Hell no, you're mine again so get used to it!" he didn't use his Alpha voice this time because he didn't need to. Whether or not she agreed to it he was going to keep her there and never return to the life she lived in for six months.
She let out a growl of her own this time. "Damn it," she hated that he held such power over her. She tried all her life to become strong but no matter how hard she tried she couldn't break free from his hold on her. "My request!" she finally remembered she had a wish she could use. "I want you to stop being such a jerk and let me go so I can help Naruto!"
He only laughed again. "Sorry Sakura, I only take one request at a time so I guess I'll listen to the first one. Ok, I'll stop being such a jerk." His words cut her like butter and she screamed at him.
"No!" She thrashed inside his arms all over again. "That's not what I meant and you know it!" She cried out and hated how weak she was. How she could do nothing for Naruto and everything she had come here to do was for nothing.
"I told you to keep your hands off her!" They all gasped when they saw Naruto struggling up the stairs, one eyes was closed from the blood that was spilling over from his wound.
"Naruto," Sakura saw he was struggling to keep his balance, in fact he looked ready to fall once again. The wound to his head was probably making him dizzy and hard for him to stand, let alone walk. She knew she had to help him before he fell again so with as much force as she could put in she lifted her leg up and kicked Kiba's knee. She was pleased when she heard the pained groan escape from his frowning mouth and pushed herself out of his arms and ran towards Naruto.
"S-Sakura?" he was questioning if it was really her. His body turned limp and she fell to her knees when his heavier body was forced onto hers. Quickly she wiped away the blood that was in his eyes and wrapped her ribbon around his head; she needed to stop the bleeding before he suffered from brain damage. "r-run…"
She didn't understand what he was saying, his voice was so weak but she found out when she felt those same arms that held her before pull her back and against that same hard chest. She could only scream again when she felt herself become trapped in her prison once more. "Let me go, you asshole!"
"Watch your mouth," he brought one hand up to cover her mouth, muffling out her screams and insults. "You should show more respect to the man that is now your life." His tongue was running up the side of her face and her ear. He spotted to suck on the soft skin under her ear before he started whispering to her. "I said it before, you're my woman. That means you do what I say and do what I want and what I want is to fill your stomach with my kids."The other hand that held her by her waist was tight around her. With one hand over her mouth he couldn't keep her off the ground without her escaping him so he wrapped both his legs around hers, keeping her body from moving. His hand that was on her body was now on the stomach as he spoke of the kids he would impregnate her with.
If his hand wasn't covering her mouth she would have gasped. He wanted to get her pregnant? She knew he held feelings for her but she didn't know they ran that strongly for her. She tried shaking his hand off her mouth, wanting to know why he had the sudden interest to get her pregnant. "Confused? You shouldn't be because Sakura it's so obvious,"He brought his sharp canine like teeth down on her earlobe and bit down, making blood come out from the wound he made. "With you pregnant with my kid means you'll never be able to run away again." His eyes were sharp as they spoke to her. He sucked on the ear he had just made a hole in and was sucking on the blood that was spilling out. She shivered at this and tired once again to break free but it was useless, she was trapped in his arms and could only reply the words he had spoken to her.
And it suddenly all made sense to her. What he meant by the prison and keeping her there forever, he was talking about having a kid with her. If he got her pregnant then she wouldn't be able to leave him, he knew she wouldn't be able to abandon her child. No matter how desperately she may want to leave she could never leave her own child behind and that was what Kiba had anticipated. He knew her better than she thought and knew how to keep her with him without having to use chains and locks, he would make her stay by his side of her own will and there would be nothing she could do about it.
"Good," he licked away more of the blood from the wound he had created. "Seems like you understand now." He was grinning; she could feel it from the way he was speaking. "You guys, get this fool out of my sights. For good." Her eyes widened in fear for her friend and she once again started thrashing, trying to break free of Kiba's grip and help her friend. She didn't want him to die, not after all the trouble he had gone through to help her out, she couldn't let him die.
"Naruto!" Tears started to fall from her eyes because she knew there was nothing she could do for her friend.
"Don't cry, blossom," She glared at Kiba, she hated him at this moment and how much of a bastard he was acting like. "Relax, once I get you home you'll forget all about this annoying piece of garbage and be to busy focusing on the pleasure I'll be giving you." She shivered at his words, knowing full well that he would keep them. Once he got her to his house she doubted she would ever see the outside world again, at least not until Kiba had her mind warped enough that the thoughts of leaving would never enter her brain.
"Argh!" Suddenly the thoughts of what would go on at Kiba's place were forgotten when Ino and Shino were thrown to the ground beside them. Sakura started to tear over again but this time with joy at what she was seeing. Sasuke, Shikamaru, Chouji, and Hinata were standing in the doorway of the roof now. Sasuke was helping hold up Naruto who was amazing still awake, they were all breathing heavily and held small bruises on their body much like Naruto's but each one looked ready to head into another battle.
"Looks like we made it in time." Shikamaru commented, in one hand he held up an unconscious first year in his hand. He threw the boy to the ground at Kiba and turned serious. "This kid explained everything to us. We won the challenge and now each one of us gets to make a wish. A wish you guys have to follow." If she could have, Sakura would have shouted in joy at her friends.
Kiba growled at them all, Ino and Shino giving them a glare of their own. None of the three were happy with the sudden turn of events.
"Our first wish is for you to stop what you're doing with the underclassmen. Quit letting them run wild with power and going into territories that don't belong to you." Shikamaru had spoken his wish and Sakura would have kissed him if she could. The way he worded the question had actually made Kiba follow two wishes for the price of one. Now he would control the students like before and keep them only in the areas that belongs to the Inuzuka clan.
"Our second wish if for you never to bother us. We don't want to see you in our town unless you have permission to be there." Chouji spoke up next, the bag of chips in his hands had been popped open from the bottom and Sakura figured that someone must have pulled at it and broke it. She wondered how she didn't hear any angry screams from him when it had occurred.
"Our third wish is for you to drop Sakura, we want her free." Hinata was up next, there was no stutter in her voice now and Sakura filled with joy when she felt his grip on her give and her body free from his once again. She was ready to be back in the safe arms of her friends again.
"Stay!" Kiba's growl made her feet freeze and she couldn't move again. "I let her go but she's still mine. Sakura knew what would happen if she came back here."
"What the hell are you talking about?" Naruto spoke next and Sakura wished he hadn't. He was in bad shape and needed to save his energy instead of wasting it by talking.
Kiba had a grin back on his face. "Is that a wish?"
Naruto glared at the grinning boy and suddenly his hatred of him increased with ever grin he gave them. "Fine it's a wish. Now tell us what the hell you're talking about." He really hated how high and mighty the guy was acting.
"It's really nothing to hard to understand," Kiba came around to stand beside Sakura, his arm coming to wrap around her shoulder. "When she left we gave her a warning. If she ever returned then it meant she was coming back for good, we would never let her leave again. Sakura came here knowing that and now she's our little prisoner." He pulled her close to him, as if he was holding her in an affectionate hug instead of an iron grip that had no intention of letting her go.
"Then that will be our final wish," Sasuke spoke up this time. "Our last wish is Sakura's freedom." She felt her cheeks glow a warm pink when he said his wish. Her crush on him just increased.
"Not happening!" Kiba growled out, his grip on her increasing.
"You have too," Shikamaru added in. "According to the rules you have to grant our wishes or else you risk giving up your title as the leader of this school."
"Why does an outside like you know that?" Ino's questioned was directed more at Sakura than at Shikamaru. "Did the traitor tell you all our secrets?" she stamped her foot down on the ground and started cracking her knuckles.
"I didn't." Sakura told them the truth. Up until yesterday she had never spoken about her old life and when she did tell them she made sure to leave out the rules and secrets they had created together."
"She didn't have too," Shikamaru stepped forward, his arm going around to his back and pulled out a giant black book that was screaming of old age. "You really should hide something like this in a better place. Leaving it under the staircase was too obvious of hiding place that even someone as dumb as Naruto could have figured it out."
"Hey!" Naruto wasn't happy with his friend calling him dumb
Shikamaru only rolled his eyes at Naruto's outburst and pulled Sakura free of Kiba's grip; his arms had gone numb from the anger that was boiling inside him. Sakura could feel it from when he held her and she wondered if anyone else could. "I read this book, cover to cover and it clearly says anyone who breaks their own rules gives up the title of being leader and loses all control they have over this school and the students." If she wasn't sure Kiba would knock him out, Sakura would had jumped at Shikamaru in a bear hug. She loved how smart he was.
Things were silent on the roof in that one long moment, no one was saying anything as they waited to see what Kiba would do. If he wanted he could not listen to the rules and still keep her as his prisoner but that would be risking his leadership and Sakura was positive that he wouldn't risk that. Being the leader of the school meant everything to Kiba, she understood that better than everyone else because he had told her so often in the past that it was his dream to rule over the school. If he hadn't been such a cold hearted bastard to her today she would have felt sorry for him but now all she wanted was to go home and hide away under the safety of her blankets.
"Fine. You can have your freedom." he finally agreed and it looked like it nearly killed him. He hated losing, everyone who knew him understood just how much he really hated to lose. It hurt his pride more then anyone could ever know for him to admit that he had lost at something.
Sakura and her friends gave a quick sigh of relief at this. "That is if you can get it," His words sucked that sigh right back in. No one understood what he was talking about. They won the challenge, they were free to go so what was he talking about?
"What do you mean?" Sakura questioned him, her gloved covered hands at her sides. She hadn't gotten a chance to use them but now if this conversation was going where she thought it was, then she would be using them soon enough.
"I'm not surprised you don't know. We made up a new rule after you left us," he walked away from them to lean against the green fence that was on the school's roof and looked down below them. "Should anyone actually win the game and get to us, we'll grant their wish but they have to make it out of the building on their own and not get caught."
"What!" Sakura screamed when she heard the sudden rule. "Why the hell did you make up such a rule? The rules of the game clearly state that you have to agree to whatever the challenger's request. You can't change the rules after they had been written!"
He only chuckled at her, letting himself slide down against the fence and sitting next to Akamaru. "True but the rules never talked about what happened after the wish was granted," she gasped at his meaning and now understood why he created the new rule. "We had to make it incase you Sakura, decided to come back and try to win your freedom. It seems it was the right choice to make."
She was shaking in pure rage right now. Screw if he was the next in line of a well known Yakuza family, she would beat him to death with her own hands right now! "Calm down!" Shikamaru pulled her back before she could jump at Kiba. "This isn't the time to be getting so upset. We need to focus more on getting out of here alive." She knew he was speaking the truth, she knew that but that didn't mean it didn't piss her off. She wanted so badly to beat that grin off his face that seemed to permanently remain on Kiba's face but she had other issues to deal with.
"You're right," she took in deep breathes, trying to calm her down if only a little so that she could talk to Kiba without hitting him. "What are the rules we need to follow?" she wanted to know, maybe she could gain an advantage with knowing some tips. After all with her and Shikamaru's minds working together they were bound to come up with a kick ass strategy.
Kiba acted like he didn't hear her but instead his pulled out a crumbled piece of paper from his pocket and wrote on it in black sharpie. Once the message was written down he began to fold the paper, making it form into a paper airplane. "Kiba!" She wasn't in the mood right now for him acting like a dumbass.
"Simple," he finished his paper airplane, examining it for any signs of damage that could make its flying go wrong. "Just get out the gate before it closes and you're free. Should any of you still be inside after the gate closes then you'll stuck at our school forever you'll have to obey our every command or risk the lives of your loved ones." He snapped his fingers at Shino and grinned when the silent boy pulled out a remote control. "You really should have used your last wish better. Of course I can make it so that you guys can walk out of here without getting jumped."
"If…" Sakura urged him to continue, she had a feeling what he would request.
He grinned at her once again and she really wanted to rip that look off his face. "If you Sakura agree to stay here and vow never to leave my side again." She couldn't stop the gulp she choked down. It was a tempting offer. All she had to do was agree to be his again and her friends could walk out of there with their freedom and their lives. She knew she would probably hate how it turned out for her in the end but she would agree to it. If it meant saving her friend's lives than she would agree to anything he told her to do.
"Not happening!" Naruto answered her before she could. Her green eyes turned to look at his strong blue ones. "I said it before and I'll say it again, Sakura's our friend and we're not letting jerks like you hurt her anymore." They all nodded in agreement, saying they would keep that promise and help keep Sakura safe from them.
"You guys…" she wanted to cry at this.
Kiba only shrugged it off. "Your funeral." He snapped his fingers again and Shino pressed the red button that was in the center of the remote.
"Shit!" Sakura cursed when she heard the loud sounds of the gate opening. She now knew what the remote was and hated that a lot more had changed in her school then she thought. She ran at her friends, pushing them all out the door of the roof and down the flights of stairs that would take them out into the schoolyard. "We only have three minutes before the gate closes and we're stuck here." She warned them of the time limit they had before she jumped over the railing and jumped the three flights of stairs. She wasn't surprised when she saw a big group waiting for her and her friends at the end of the stairwell and attacked. She knocked out all the students that acted as an obstacle for her and her friend's freedom. She had dragged them into this so she was going to get them all out.
She let out a warrior's cry and attacked them all, boys and girls, those who held weapons, and those who tried fighting her using dirty methods. Hair pulling, dirt in the eyes, pulling at her clothes, she was used to it all and none of that distracted her. She made her way through the group of students that blocked her way from the exit of the school, she only had three left that were blocking the doors. All were male and much bigger than her, the practically screamed meatheads but that didn't stop her. Sakura ran forwards, putting all her strength into her hand and punched the three guys out of her way and opening the doors of the school.
"Two minutes left!" she called over her shoulder back to her friends, they were moving slow become of their wounds and the injured Naruto but they still kept up a good pace. When she saw that they were coming along fine she ran out into the open and went back to attack the rest of her ex-classmates. From first years to third years, she fought them all once before and she be damned if she lost to them now. Just because she left the gang doesn't mean she's weakling, she was still Sakura Haruno, the girl who could fight against one hundred men and beat them all.
Another scream left her as she jumped in the air and kicked away five of her opponents. The time was counting down in her head and she knew she had to finish this soon or else they would lose and be stuck here forever. It would waste a lot of her energy but Sakura let out another battle cry before jumping back up in the air, this time her fist coming down to the ground and leaving a crater from the impact. She had been known for her freakish strength and now it was the time to use it. She could hit brick walls and not break her hand so hitting the hard ground meant nothing to her but it gave a big message to those around her.
"She's a freak!"
"I don't want to die!"
"Let's get out of here!"
She grinned when she heard them run away in fear at her monster strength and that was what she wanted to happen. "One minute left!" It was time to get going now. She scared off most of them with her last attack but a big group still remained for her to finish fighting. Her body was starting to feel the effects of her last attack but she ignored the fatigue in her and sprang forward, arms and legs going out to hit every opponent that tried stopping her from achieving her freedom. She was in the middle of the group, fighting off against every one of them while her friends ran around them and were outside the school's gate.
"Sakura!" They all called to her when the gate started closing.
"You gotta move!" Shikamaru called to her.
"Hurry!" Hinata was crying out.
"Run!" Chouji was next.
She didn't need to be told anymore times and she used another boys back as a stepping stool and jumped into the air, she was going to land right outside the gate. She could see it, could see the way to her freedom right in front of her but only to have it dragged away from her when a cold metal chain wrapped around her foot. She gasped as she was pulled to the ground, everything around her happening in slow motion now. She saw the eyes that her friends had, each one was filled with such joy only for it to be erased with sorrow. They knew what she did, she wouldn't have enough time to get the chain off her and get out the gate in time.
"No!" She whispered silently to herself when she felt her body collide with the ground. She had lost. Even with her face in the dirt she knew that the ones who were holding her down were walking over to her, they would bring her back to Kiba and enjoy it when she was locked away forever.
"Sakura!" Before she knew what was happening she saw Naruto and Sasuke jump forward, both their legs were out and they kicked away the people that were surrounding her.
"As if we let some dumb Yakuza beat us." Naruto shouted up at Kiba.
Sasuke only scoffed and gave an amused smirk. "What do you mean us? You're the one who needed to be saved first." Sasuke got the chain off Sakura's foot.
Naruto groaned and punched the three guys that had tried attacking them. "You don't have be such an ass about it."
"Whatever." Sasuke pulled Sakura to her feet and kicked an attacked that tried hitting him from the back.
"W-Who are you guys?" One brave young man with a wooden sword asked.
Both boys looked at the group and answers.
"Naruto Uzumaki."
"Sasuke Uchiha."
Collective gasps were heard all over the group. Sasuke's family was known throughout the Yakuza world and Naruto had been in so many fights that it didn't surprise Sakura that they knew who they were. It would seem they hadn't expected to fight against two boys that were known as great fighters in the mafia world.
"Hey! Would you guys get a move on?" Shikamaru's strained voice called them back to the gate and their situation. He and Hinata were trying to keep opening one part of the gate while Chouji tried with the other. "This thing is heavy and it's gonna close soon." He warned them as they were being dragged against the rusted metal that they were trying so hard to keep open.
"Let's go." Sakura grabbed both boys' hands and pulled them with her, each running as fast as their legs could carry them.
"It's closing fast." Sasuke commented when he saw that they weren't moving fast enough. She had let go of her hold on the boy's hand so they wouldn't have any interference with running but it didn't seem like that matter anymore.
"We're not going to make it." Sakura wanted to cry when she saw this. Her two friends were now going to suffer because of her.
"Wait, I got an idea!" Naruto beamed and both Sakura and Sasuke gave each other knowing looks. "Yeah, we're doomed."
"Man, you guys suck!" Naruto shouted at his two friends before tuning his attention back on the gate. "Hey Chouji!" He put both his hands two his mouth, trying to make it so that his voice was heard clearly to the boy he was calling too. "Fatso!" Suddenly Sakura, Sasuke, Hinata, and Shikamaru froze when they heard what left Naruto's mouth. That word was forbidden around Chouji and Naruto had picked the worse time to use it.
"What…did you…Call Me!" Chouji's eye glowed from rage and screamed in fury. His body shook and he pushed forward on the gate, making it stop its movement for that one moment.
And that was the one moment the three needed to make their escape. "Naruto, I will destroy you! You hear me? I will-!" He was pushed down to the ground when Sakura, Sasuke, and Naruto jumped through the open gate and rolling onto the sidewalk. All their friends were with them and they cheered with joy when they realized they had made it. Well almost everyone was cheering. Chouji was busy trying to strangle Naruto for calling him fat.
"We did it!" Sakura didn't think it was possible but somehow she had gone and faced Kiba and had left with her freedom. "Thank you everyone." She thanked her friends for everything had just done for her and couldn't happier to know they cared for her. She was proud to call them her friends.
"N-No problem, Sakura." Hinata smiled at her and Sakura suddenly felt the need to hug the shy girl. And she did just that. She hugged her and let a silent tear fall for how grateful she was that they had come and helped her out.
"Come on, let's get out of here. It's such a drag." Shikamaru said and they all agreed.
Sakura stayed in the back of her little group to watch them as they walked and talked. Chouji was up front as he continued he attacks on Naruto for calling him that taboo word, Shikamaru was trying to hold him back but it wasn't working. Hinata and Sasuke were keeping to themselves and watching all this go, sometimes they would laugh when Naruto said something else that got Chouji angry. She smiled at them all, not that they could see, and she really was glad that she had met them. They had done so much for her, even after she told them about her past and what kind of person she used to be they had never judged her. They had stayed by her side and done everything possible to get her the freedom she had feared she would lose when she first came here. She realized she owed them so much and she would do whatever possible to pay back the debt. Even if it took the rest of her life she wouldn't mind, she would work hard to pay them all back and let them know just how happy she really was with them.
As they turned the corner a sudden wind came back and Sakura had to stop to hold down the skirt she was wearing. She thought now that maybe coming in a skirt hadn't been such a good idea but her original plan had been to seduce Kiba enough that he would listen to her, she had expected a fight but nothing like what she had just done. She lifted her hand off her skirt when the wind had decreased and watched as a small paper airplane flew into her open hands. She was confused by it and looked it over, checking to see if it had a name on it. She saw a black letter on it and realized that it had a message written inside it so she opened it to see what it said. Her hands gripped at the paper and she looked back up at the school's roof and sure enough, Kiba was looking down at her. The cocky grin on his face would be burned forever in her mind.
"Sakura?" She looked away when she heard Hinata's voice. "Is something wrong?" She and everyone else were looking at her in worry.
She looked at each one before smiling brightly. "No, nothing's wrong. Just getting one last look at my old school." They seemed to believe her and turned back to walking home. Sakura watched them go; her feet were glued to the ground from what she read. The paper airplane was behind her back in crumbled ball but even then she could still see the message that had been written on it.
"You still belong only to me. One way or another, you'll be back."
She bit her lip as his message played over and over again in her mind and she forced herself to stare back up at Kiba. That look he had in his eyes told her that what he wrote down was truth. She didn't know how but he would do something that would force her to come back and return to his side.