"This has to be the weirdest day of my life." Sakura had been walking to school like a regular high school student would do. She took in the beauty of nature, listened to the sounds of the little animals, and smiled at the sun and the beautiful day before her. Wrong! Actually she spent it walking only five blocks before getting attacked by a random gang, defeating them all with ease before being suddenly kidnapped by Shino and was now riding in a limo next to him. She really wished she had just home in bed today.
"How are you Sakura?" Shino spoke in his usual monotone voice which meant Sakura couldn't tell if he was lying or not. "Our last encounter was cut short so I did not get the chance to ask you." He had his hands curried in the pockets of his jacket and that worried her.
Sakura sat up straight, hands on her lap and curled into small fists. "I've been fine," She knew that he was breaking the rule of the wish they made but something told her that where they were going it didn't matter. "My life here is good. I'm happy here."
"That is good to hear," she couldn't tell if he was serious or not. "Things have certainly changed after you left." She knew what he meant; Hana had explained Kiba's behavior after she had left him. He had changed and no one liked it. "Perhaps now that Ino has left and things are working in your favor you can get our lives back to normal." What he said surprised her.
"Wait? You want to help me?" That was not what she was expecting. Shino was Kiba's best friend; they were buddies and trusted each other. If Shino went over to her side than she didn't want to know how it would affect Kiba.
"I've been helping you," he had his arms crossed as he spoke, keeping his body language unreadable as well as his voice. "The gate was supposed to close the moment you fell to the ground by the chain but I was able to stop it and help you escape. Kiba wanted to put a picture of you fighting in the middle of a gang war but I convinced him to put the picture of how you used to look instead. He had almost seen the note you left for Ino but I was able to keep him from reading it." How the hell had she missed this?
"Why?" she had missed so much that it didn't seem possible. None of this suddenly seemed real. "Why help me? You're Kiba's best friend so why do you want to help me so badly?"
"Because you're the one he loves and he'll change for you," they had stopped at a stop light; she wondered where he was taking her. "Ino and him are no longer engaged to be married thanks to you," Sakura was surprised. She didn't know Ino had broken it off already. They had only just fought yesterday. "She told her father she would leave the clan if he kept trying to control her like that. So to keep her from leaving her father agreed to let her transfers and break off the engagement. It's only because it was broken that Kiba is overlooking her leaving and not having your friends attacked by a group of gangs." She winced at his words.
"So what do you want me to do?" she had a plan in her mind but if Shino had one as well than it would be even better. He always did come up with good strategies when they fought together and he was very smart too.
"You will go to Kiba and agree to be his fiancé and from there you can work slowly on him, making him go back to how he used to be." Suddenly she found the bug man very stupid.
"Not happening," she kicked open the limo door before the light turned green. "I want to save Kiba but because he wants me to help him not because I have to control him to do so." She slammed the door shut and started walking back towards school. She would go back to school and complain to her friends what had just happened to her. She was just kidnapped but she was more pissed off about what Shino said instead of what he did.
"Boys are so stupid." She mumbled to herself and hoped in the taxi that came. She gave him the directions to her school and sat in silences the whole way. She needed to think about all of this.
By the way Shino contacted her meant that Kiba had no idea that what he was doing. So that had to mean that he was telling the truth and really wanted to help her. Or maybe that was just the trap they set for her? There were too many questions and not enough answers. "I have a headache." She rubbed the side of her head, maybe it would be better if she skipped school today. Most of her class hated her and going there would only cause her friends more problems, and she needed to think of a new plan now. Shino may be willing to help but by how much and at what cost. She needed time to think. "What abut Ino?" she had almost forgotten that today was the Yamanaka's first day at her school. "I'm sure everyone can handle Ino without me," Her friends knew how to handle themselves. "What could happen with just being left alone with Ino?"
"Taxi!"
She called for transportation and she needed it fast. Ino can be scary when angry and she didn't want anything happening to her friends. She needed them to help her with Kiba and Shino and because she didn't want Ino to put them in the hospital because she was having a tantrum. So she got in the car and made the drive go through three stop lights, two stop signs, and drive at full speed until they pulled up at her school with a violent stop. "Thank you." She handed him the right amount of cash needed for the ride and ran to her homeroom. She was late and worried that something might have already happened.
"Nice of you to join us, Sakura," she had just entered her homeroom with a giant burst and was expecting to see the worst but instead she only saw curious glances and the now familiar glares. Kakashi was teaching in front of the class and Ino was standing next to him, a wide grin on her face when she saw Sakura. "Now than, take your seat so I can introduce our new student." Sakura only managed a small nod and went to her seat. She had been expecting the girls crying and the boys bowing down to Ino, that's what her old school was like.
"Maybe this really will be different?" she smiled and gave a small giggle. She had freaked herself out for nothing and she was proud of her best friend. Things looked like they would turn out fine.
"Okay, why don't you introduce yourself since the principle didn't give me your name," Kakashi sat down at his desk and put his covered face in his favorite orange book. Only Sakura knew that the book was about sex, she's seen Kiba and a few other boys read it. Actually it kind of disturbed her that her teacher would read porn books during class but she wasn't about to say anything.
"Very well," Ino took a step forward, flipping her long hair over her shoulder and gave the class a sexy smile. "My name is Ino Yamanaka, the next head of the Yamanaka clan. I specialize in flowers and poisons so be careful not to get on my bad side. I'm also looking for a great boyfriend so guys if you think you can, I dare you to come and try to win my heart." She finished her introduction and it ended up with everyone in the class other than Sakura to retreat to the back of the room. Even Kakashi moved away from Ino after her introduction started.
Sakura slammed her head on her desk and sighed. "I was wrong. This is going to be one giant headache." She would have to talk with Ino later about what she should and what she shouldn't talk about to their classmates.
"Great, now we have another delinquent," Ami's voice could be heard over the retreating group. Sakura scoffed when she heard the word "Delinquent". They weren't just some stupid kids trying to get attention, her and everyone at Nin High were real fighters. "Just what the hell are they suddenly coming here for? Don't they have some stupid run down school to go to where their parents don't have to look at them?" Ami didn't know what she was saying and that was dangerous. Her words hit a nerve for both Sakura and Ino and both girls wouldn't tolerate being talked down to. They wouldn't allow Ami to talk badly about them or their families or their friends at Nin High.
"Sakura, calm down," Naruto and Sasuke were by her side as soon as she stood up, hands balled tights into fists and she was glowing red from anger. "Don't let her get to you. That's just what she wants and you're smart enough to know that." They were calming her down and out of the corner of her eye she saw that Shikamaru and Chouji were doing the same to Ino.
With a sigh, Sakura calmed herself and sat back down in her seat. "You're right." She hated Ami, she wanted nothing more than to strangle the stupid girl, but her friends were right. She needed to stay calm and just ignore the loud and annoying girl.
"You can't be serious," While Sakura was able to calm down, Ino was a different story. She broke away from the two boys that were trying to calm her and marched over to Sakura. "You're actually going to let some stupid girl like her get away with saying that?" Ino pointed to the back of the room where Ami was and glared at the smirking female. "The old you would have punched her through the wall for ever talking like that." With a huff Ino crossed her arms and looked down at Sakura.
"This is different Ino," Sakura needed to calm her down before a fight broke out or they got expelled. "This school isn't Nin High and we're not the same people that we used to be. We need to follow the rules and ignore stupid people like her." she needed her best friend to see that. If they were going to go to regular school than Ino needed to understand that she couldn't solve every little problem with fighting.
Ino only scoffed at her words, "Okay, I get it," she sat down in the desk next to Sakura and placed one cheek in her hand. "I just hope you don't stay this soft after Kiba marries you." And her words made the whole room freeze.
"What?" Everyone, including Sakura, screamed in shock at the blonde's words.
"Sakura is Kiba's fiancé." Ino said it with a shrug, as if this was a normal matter.
"What?" Only to Sakura this was anything but normal. "When did I agree to be his fiancé?" she was in the blonde's face, wants answers to her new and sudden engagement.
"Well it's pretty obvious that once this is all over that Kiba's going to marry you. I mean the boy is still in love with you so it's only a matter of time now." Ino took out a nail file and began fixing her nails.
Suddenly Shino's plan came running right back. "Did Shino put this idea in your head?"
"Shino?" Ino looked surprised at the mention of the boy's name. "No, this was something I decided on my own," her blue eyes stared suspiciously at her green one. "Why?"
Sakura knew this wasn't the time or the place to be discussing things but Ino didn't know that and she was worried. "I'll tell you later at lunch." She hoped that her friend wouldn't put up to much of a fight. She needed to talk with all her friends and tell them about her morning encounter but she needed to do it when they were alone. Who knows who could be listening and if they could somehow tell Kiba. She had made a lot of enemies of her classmates and she could name a few off the top of her head that wanted her gone.
So they waited for lunch to come, each of them on edge as they waited for the bell to ring so they could talk about Sakura and what she was saying in homeroom. When the bell finally did ring they all sprinted up to the roof and locked the door once they were all up, doing a quick check to make sure they were alone Sakura explained about her ride with Shino and what he wanted her too do.
"So he wants you to be Kiba's fiancé because he thinks it will turn the guy back to normal?" Naruto looked skeptic, like the plan was too crazy even for someone like him. "I don't know sounds like it could be a trap."
"Doubt it," Ino scoffed at Naruto and took a small bite out of her salad. "Shino isn't the type to play dirty tricks. Kiba is but not Shino." Sakura agreed, she knew how the bug man acted but something did seem off about him today when they talked.
"Maybe it's both?" could that be it? Was Shino trying to trap her into staying with Kiba because he was so desperate to get his best friend back? "Maybe he wants what Kiba wants," Everyone but Ino looked at her like she was crazy. "Think about it, Shino is Kiba's closest friend so that means he'll do anything to help him," they were starting to look at her like she was less crazy. "Maybe he wants me to go because that's what Kiba wants. Kiba wants me by his side and Shino thinks if I do that than things will go back to normal." Now they understood.
"Makes sense," Shikamaru sighed and laid down on his back to stare up at the clouds. "From what you've described means this guy is smart and plans ahead, so it could be possible that he is planning a trap for you. Expect it's not a trap we would expect."
"Right," Sakura understood what he meant. "Instead of trapping me physically I'll be trapped emotionally and possibly mentally as well. I won't want to leave Kiba's side and in turn be going along with Shino's plan." Now that they understood the bug man's plan they needed to think of a way to avoid it.
"It's obvious Shino wants you to go to Kiba willingly so maybe we can use that to our advantage," Sasuke came in, his hands crossed and chin resting on top of them. "If we get him to think that you're willing maybe we can catch him off guard enough for us to capture him instead."
"You really think it will work?" Ino wasn't sure about this. The plan sounded risky and she didn't want to hurt her friends.
"It'll be fine," Sasuke motioned towards Naruto. "We'll just send this idiot in and Shino will be on our side by the end of the day just to shut him up."
"Hey!" Naruto wasn't too happy with the insult and tried starting a fight with Sasuke. "You take that back." The two boys went at each other, yelling, screaming, and punching each other for the rest of lunch.
"Are they okay?" Ino has seen a lot of fights in her life but this one was completely different.
"They're fine," Sakura just waved them off. "They do this everyday." She pointed to all their friends on the roof that was ignoring the fighting boys and eating their lunches peacefully.
"Weird." Ino mumbled, taking another bite of her salad.
"You get used to it." Sakura shrugged, popping in another piece of her own lunch. She wished her mom would come home soon, she was a decent cook but all she could really make was rice and cookies. Not a healthy lunch but it was all she could do. She didn't have enough money to buy the school's lunch everyday so she would settle for this and wait until her mother returned.
"So when should we do this?" Chouji asked, finishing off his third bag of barbeque flavored chips and starting on his fourth bag.
"Shino is smart so it's not like we can set a date for this to work," Sakura sighed, finishing off the cookies she made. She really wished her mother would come home soon so she could eat a decent meal. "He's a patient man so we'll just have to wait for him to strike first before we can even begin." It was strange dealing with someone that was the opposite of Kiba. She was used to the rush of attacks, not the sitting and waiting types. Luckily they had Shikamaru on their side someone who was an excellent stargazer so they had one advantage to them.
There was only one real problem.
Sakura looked up above at the sky and saw butterflies flying above them, along with flies flying around Chouji's empty bags of chips. This was normal but today it made her nervous. Shino's family trained bugs and they could use them to spy on people, getting the information need and have the bugs se their bodies together to spell out what was being said. "Maybe we should continue this inside?" not that it would do much good. Bugs were everywhere so being inside wouldn't help them anymore than discussing their plans outside. "If Shino is watching us than it means we could even have less time to do this or we'll be waiting a while for him to strike." She didn't know the bug man that well, Kiba was the only real one who could understand him. Even after spending years together he was always a mystery to her.
"S-Sakura," Hinata sat down next to her, one hand covering her mouth as she whispered into her ear. "I-I don't know much a-about S-Shino but t-to me he seems r-really nice," Sakura raised an eyebrow, showing her confusion but stayed silent to let Hinata continue. "H-He is doing all this f-for K-Kiba so m-maybe we can t-talk to him. I-If we can talk to h-him like y-you did with I-Ino than maybe we won't have to fight him."
"Talk to Shino?" she thought it over. While what Hinata said made sense it was still really risky. She still didn't understand the boy all that well so talking to him may do more harm than good. "Maybe but what other choice do we have?" Shino was dangerous and they had to be careful around him. "Okay, we'll do that," it made a lot more sense than any other plan they had. "But I want you with me when it happens." Sakura may not understand the Shino but it seemed Hinata did and she needed that. After only one encounter and than hearing about the boy it looked like Hinata understood him more than she did and that could help her so much. If Hinata understood him than she knew what needed to be said to get him to come over to their side.
"O-Okay, I-I'll do what I can." Hinata tried to sound brave but Sakura could see that she was nervous.
"Relax," she wrapped one arm around the shy girl's shoulder and pulled her into a gentle half hug with a gentle smile. "I'm nervous too but everything will be alright."
Hinata returned the smile and the hug. "Yeah, you're right." She said this with confidence and without stuttering. She trusted Sakura and if she said things would be fine than she would believe that and not be afraid.
"Great." She was glad that Hinata wasn't nervous anymore. Despite being extremely shy she was an amazing fighter like the rest of her family and Sakura needed that in case all of this failed and they were left with fighting in a gang war.
"It won't come to that," Sakura looked at the clear blue sky above her, the bugs still flying around but she ignored them for now. The wind blew by, a gentle breeze coming through and making her pink hair blow in the wind and highlighting the determination that was shining in her eyes. "No matter what I will win this fight and we'll all be able to live our lives happily." She knew each one of her friends have lived in a world filled with only darkness but now she wanted to be the light that guides them out of that dark place. "Each one of them has suffered and I want to help them get out of that life." She got out and made a better life for herself and she would do the same for the friends she cared so deeply for. "I swear I will help you."
"Well you two sure are close." Ino commented, her hands clenching the salad bowl in her lap. She looked annoyed for being left out of the little moment.
"Relax Ino," Sakura opened her other arm and pulled Ino into a hug as well. "You're still my best friend. You both are," They were two totally different people but even with them being so different Sakura considered these two girls her very best friends and she wanted them to stay that way forever. "Now come on, let's eat before Naruto and Sasuke's fights get so out of control our lunches go flying again." she added taking another cookie out of her lunch box.
"They really get that bad?" Ino asked, finishing off her salad. She told them she was on a diet and she was sticking to it, although Sakura thought she was skinning enough the blonde believed she was fat and needed to lose weight.
"You have no idea." Sakura muttered, her mind picturing all the fights Naruto and Sasuke have gone through and how bad some of them really were.
"S-Sakura?" Hinata's soft voice brought her out of the long and annoying memories of the two boy's fights. "I-Is that all y-you're eating?" she pointed to the rice and cookies that was in the small pink lunch box.
She frowned and had a hungry look on her face as she answered, "It all I can make that won't cause me to die from food poisoning," Sakura really hated that's he couldn't cook more. Her mother offered to pay for cooking lessons but she told her not to waste her money and said she would sign up for the cooking class that was free at her school. So far she had blown up the microwave three times and caused four fires all in the first month of the school year. "Until my mom gets back I'm doing all the cooking for myself and this is all I can make." She really sucked at cooking and hated it.
"Here," she looked down and saw a light blue wrapped bento box placed in front of her. It was still wrapped perfectly and waiting to be eaten. "T-The cook at m-my h-house always m-makes m-me to big o-of an l-lunch. I-I usually g-give it to C-Chouji b-but you c-can have it."
"Hinata," Sakura had tears of joy in her eyes. "Thank you!" she cried and hugged the girl before taking the delicious lunch and devouring it all. She hasn't had a descent meal in over two weeks and she was starving.
"I-I'm glad t-to help." A light pink blush stained Hinata's cheeks. She was happy that she could help Sakura. She knew that she had to be going through a lot and not eating could be bad so she was glad to help out in whatever way she could.
Lunch ended soon after, with both Naruto and Sasuke going to the nurse's office with bruises covering their body and both muttering insults at each other. Sakura had explained to Ino in private what topics she can talk about and what she shouldn't mention. Anything involving fighting or the gang or her family and its long history of being with the Yakuza were all bad topics. Luckily for Sakura she could keep Ino's attention off that with a simple fashion magazine and by introducing her to the gardening club. "It looks like Ino is enjoying herself." She smiled and walked away from the green house that the gardening club kept all their planets. School was finally over and she wanted nothing more than to go home and take a nice nap. All this planning and worrying really drained her and if she was going to fight than she needed her energy.
She reached the schoolyard and walked towards the gate. She was alone because Naruto and Sasuke had to stay after with Kakashi for fighting and Shikamaru and Chouji were busy looking up more information on Kiba's and Shino's families. Shikamaru called it all a drag but he would rather be prepared than sorry. "That reminds me, I still have to finish Kakashi-sensei's report," he wanted to know about her old life and everything she ha gone through that made her change into the Sakura that he saw everyday. "I'll have to…huh?" she looked up when the sight of blue hair caught her eye. "Hinata!" she called to her friend, happy she found someone to walk home with.
The Hyuga heiress turned around to wave back and waited at the gate for Sakura to catch up so they could walk home together. "S-Sakura, are you – " her words died on her mouth when she was thrown into the backseat of a car. With her back turned to the road she had failed to see a black limo pull up behind her and a person dressed in black get out. Only when they put a hand over her mouth and pulled her into the backseat of the vehicle did any of them realize what had just happened.
"Hinata!" Sakura ran to the gate in time for the car to speed away and out of her sights. "Damn it!" she punched the wall next to her, leaving a giant crack in it and cursed. Her friend was just kidnapped in front of her and there was nothing she could do about it. Tears stung to her eyes from her failure and she wanted to run and get the others to help her. "I have to hurry." There was no time for any of that, she wiped her eyes from the tears and took off. She had a good feeling of who kidnapped Hinata and she would get them. First she called Neji and told him what happened and what she was doing about it; he said he would have police cars all around the area and for her to leave her phone on so they could track her in case she needed any help. She called Shikamaru next and he would call all their friends and look around their town in case she was wrong about where Hinata really was.
"I can't believe he would sneak this low," the limo had no license plate but she knew that Kiba was behind this. Shino wasn't this type of person and his main target was her not Hinata. There would be no point in kidnapping her and if he was still the same man she knew than he would have done his research and found out that Hinata was the daughter and heir to the Hyuga Clan, the main police force in the country. He wouldn't risk kidnapping her but Kiba would, he would do it and not even realize who he was kidnapping. "I'm gonna make sure he never does something this stupid ever again!" her eyes glowed red from anger as she jumped on the train and waited by the door, her foot tapping with impatience. This wasn't the first time Kiba's lack of research on a person has gotten them in trouble but she was going to make sure it was the last time. "If he does anything to Hinata I'm going kill him!" already she was thinking of ways to make him cry and suffer if any harm came upon her friend.
When the train door opened Sakura ran out in a burst of speed and headed for Nin High. The school would still be in session for another two hours because they didn't let them out until they knew the kids from the other school were all at home and safe from any fights the Nin students might start. Not that it mattered, so many cut class that it didn't surprise her when she jumped the fence and landed in the schoolyard that she met the stares of more than half the school. The only kids that went to class were usually there to hook-up or mess with the teachers.
Of course they all remembered her and tried coming at her but Sakura was in no mood to be bothered by them. Despite being in her uniform she was able to beat all of them without getting a single scratch and made her way through the school. The few that were in class watched in wondered as she walked down the halls she once ruled over along with Kiba, Shino, and Ino. All four were feared and respected in this school and it brought back memories with each step but she wouldn't let her past get the better of her. She may have enjoyed her time with Kiba but what he had done now made her to angry to care about the past they shared. "Kiba Inuzuka," she called out once reaching the roof and kicking the door wide open. "I'm gonna make you regret ever being born stupid!" she slammed the door shut and walked towards him and his giant dog Akamaru.
"Sakura," he greeted her with a small wave, he was lying down on his back against Akamaru with his hands behind his head. He had the most relaxed look on his face and that just made her want to punch him even more. "What's up? Any special reason why you're here at our school and insulting me?" he didn't open his once since she arrived and that pissed her off even more.
"That's enough," she grabbed him by his shirt, pulling him only an inch from her face. "I didn't come here for games Kiba I want my friend back! Give her back to me!" her free hand was balled into a fist, ready to either fight or defend herself. She would not leave this place without Hinata, even if she had to walk away with bruises all over her body and blood gushing out of her.
Finally Kiba opened his eyes to her and they made a shiver run down her spine. They were so sharp it felt like they were really cutting into her soul. "Now why should I do anything for you?" he put his hand over hers but his grip was weak, he wasn't trying to get her to let him go. "You left me so I don't have to do anything for you." He glared at her, anger finally coming out and he pushed her away from him, relaxing back against Akamaru once again.
"Would you get over that already!" she was getting tired of hearing the same old tune. "I get it already! I betrayed you and the whole gang. I'm a terrible person and deserve to be punished," she put her hand son her hips and looked down at him like she was scolding a child. "I don't care if you're angry with me, you have every right to be," she softened her gaze for only a moment, remembering the time she told them she was leaving and seeing the hurt looks in all theirs eyes. She remembered but she wouldn't let that stop her form what she was doing now. "But when you involve my friends I refuse to stand by and do nothing. I'm not going to let you run around and let you think you own the whole world, you wanna fight me than go ahead but when you involve my friends than I won't hold back. I never considered you my enemy before but if you keep doing stupid things like this I will make you regret ever making me angry!" she shouted out, showing she wouldn't back down from this fight. He started all this but she was the one who was going to finish it.
"Is that so," he stood up, hands shoved in his pockets as he circled her in the same way a wolf does to its prey. Sakura was used to this, he's done it before and she knew how to stand up to this. She was not going to stand around like a helpless deer; he wanted to act like a wolf than so would she. "So you're so willingly to take me on as your enemy? Those are some strong fighting words."
"I'm not scared of you." If he thinks he can control her with fear he was dead wrong.
"Who says I want you to be," he was still circling her; his movements were strong and steady. He was waiting for an attack and was prepared to counter it if it did come. "I like that you're so brave Sakura, it's one of those many qualities about you that I feel in love with," she followed every step he took with her eyes; she wouldn't let him catch her off guard. "Yet despite me showing you how much I cared for you everyday you still left me, saying you hated how your life and the way you were living it." She froze for a moment. Did he think she left because she hated him? Because she hated how he acted around her and what he did.
The words he said to her that day they found out the truth came rushing into her mind. "You hate me that much?"
"Now wait just a min-" she had let her guard down for only a second but that was enough for Kiba to ram her into the fence and hold her there.
"I treated you like a fucking queen, gave you gifts and made sure you were respected by everyone around you. I even made your goddamn mother respect you. I did more for you than your shitbag father ever did and how do you repay me?" he was pushing her into deeper into the fence, her body hitting against the hard metal until it left marks. "You betray me. You lie and transfer to a different school without telling me, you avoid me for months, and when we finally confront you about all of it you had the nerve to say you hated your life!" he pushed her so hard into the fence that it broke. The rusted green metal fell to the ground with a loud bang and Sakura was hanging over the ledge. Her upper half was over, eyes looking at the ground and seeing the giant crater that was in the dead grass of the school. Fear ran through her body and she clung to Kiba for dear life. "Do you have any idea what you put me through?" he picked her up and through her across the roof, her body sliding against the cold and hard floor but she found it better than colliding with the hard ground of the earth. "I told my whole dame family I found the woman I would marry. I said I would take over that dumb clan by my eighteenth birthday because of you. I made all those decisions for you and how do you repay me?" he was crouching above her, hand under her chin and making her stare at him. "You left me Sakura."
She listened to his words, took them in and heard everything he had to say to her. "Kiba," she put her hands on his cheeks and pulled him in for a kiss. Their lips met and a spark was lit inside them, their bodies in tune with each other, holding each other so close they could hear the sound of the other's heart beat. Kissing was nothing new for them but this one kiss was, they hadn't been this close to each in so long and now that they were finally reunited it was a like different world for them. When the need for air overcame their desire for each other they pulled away and stared into each other's eyes. "You idiot!" or they did until Sakura made a fist and sent Kiba flying. He hit the fence just like she did and he was seeing stars from her punch. Akamaru ran to his master and was frantic, his barks coming out in loud but small whines.
Sakura felt no guilt for punching him and stood up, crossing her arms and looking at the dizzy and confused teen. "You really are stupid," she rolled her eyes when she heard him growl. "You have no idea why I really left so don't go acting like you do." She watched him glare at her, teeth bared and he looked ready to jump her if he wasn't so dizzy. He was holding his head in pain with one hand and the other was clenched into a fist with blood running down his fingers. "I didn't leave because I hated you. I left because I hated the way we all were acting," she needed to get her point across if she was ever going to help him. "Do you remember that night we meet with those middle school kids and they spilled their food on you?"
"What about them?" he growled at her, body shaking from rage.
"Did you know one of them asked me a question? The one that was holding my shoe?" by the look in his eyes said he didn't remember. "He's the one you kicked off me and laughed at," his eyes still held confusion. He didn't remember that night at all. "You may not but I do, I will always remember that night," she looked towards the sky, eyes glazing over as she remembered that night and those boys that were brutally beaten. She had visited them all after a month of transferring and while they had been less than thrilled to see her, Sakura had gone over everyday and apologized. She went over everyday to express how sorry she was for letting that happen and would do everything in her power to make up for it. It took a while but they seemed to forgive her and little by little she made friends with them, even helped them get over their fear of walking at night and now after a few months together they were back to being regular carefree high school students.
"Does this story have a point or are you just wasting my time?" Kiba's voice was sharp and she sent him an annoyed glare.
"He can be so impatient sometimes." She rolled her eyes at him but continued. "That boy asked me why we attacked him. He asked why he and his friends were attacked and than it hit me. You beat up three defenseless boys all because of an accident that's so common it's funny!"
"They challenged me." Kiba tried defending himself but Sakura knew the truth.
"How?" she asked, eyes staring deep into his. "How did they challenge you? They didn't even notice you until it happened. They were so buried in their studies they didn't notice anything until it was too late," she felt the disgust wash over her once again but Sakura fought against the tears. "They weren't fighters and you knew that, we all knew it but instead of just letting it go you beta them up and we let it happen," she looked to the ground for a quick moment, trying desperately to get the tears to leave her eyes. "I didn't leave because I hated you, I can never hate you. I left because I couldn't stand the tough of hurting people just because I can. I left because I wanted a different life, one where I can proudly say that I have the power to help people instead of beating on them like a bully." It was no use. There were too many tears for her to wipe away on her own and she was freely crying in front of the guy that could easily take her down in one strike.
"It doesn't matter," he turned away from her. All she saw was his back as he stared out into the crying city that was in front of him. "You still left and you're going to leave again so just make your request and go."
"Kiba…" she recognized all of this. He looked the same way he did the night she went over when his dad left. "I'm not leaving you. I want you to come with me and out of this place."
He gave a hollow laugh at her words. "I don't belong there. A beast doesn't belong amongst the humans."
"You're not a beast!" she couldn't believe he just called himself that. "I'll admit you have a bad temper, not that I'm any better, but you are in no ways a beast."
He gave another hollow laugh. "Mind telling my old man that?" Sakura froze when he mentioned his father. Kiba's father was a taboo topic amongst them. Even with her hatred for her father she didn't mind if he was brought up in the conversation, she could handle it but it was different with Kiba. If anyone mentioned his father he would lose it to the point that not even she could control him. "The day he left he told us all what he really thought of us. He called me a beast, a bloodthirsty beast that could do nothing but cause harm to everyone around him. He said I was a cursed demon child and he refused to stay and raise such a thing." He had never told her that. She didn't know any of that.
"Kiba," she didn't even try to stop herself. She ran and hugged him. She hugged him from behind, pulling her close and showing that he wasn't as alone as he thought. "I am so sorry." A single tear escaped from her eyes, followed by two more than three and more until she was freely crying for him.
"Get off me," he tried hitting her away from him but suddenly he had lost all his strength. "I don't need your pity."
"It's not pity when someone is really worried and concerned for you." She told him and pulled him even closer.
"It doesn't matter," he forced himself up and went t the fence, almost like he was trying his hardest to put some distance between them. "Just make your request and leave."
She looked at his back from her spot on the roof, his back that she would always watch in battle that was screaming of the power her had was shaking and quivering.
"I came here wishing for Hinata's freedom but I have a different wish," she stood up on her feet and faced that quivering back. "I wish for you, Kiba Inuzuka, to join me at my school and continue to be my boyfriend as you once were." She didn't wait for his reply. He had heard her request now what he does with it would be his decision and she knew that she had overstayed her welcome. It was time for her to go.
This was not the day she had been expecting when she had woken up that morning but Sakura had to admit a lot happened this day. Aside from Hinata being kidnapped and her wasting possibly the only chance to get her back safely she still felt like a lot of good had been done today. Now she understood more about why Kiba was really angry with her. He believed she left because she hated him and the life he was making her live in. "I wonder what his answer to my request will be?" she had to admit she was a little worried about the request and what his answer would be but she needed to have faith that everything would work out fine.
Her phone buzzed inside her bag and she pulled it out to see that she had a message from Naruto.
"We found Hinata. She and Shino are with us now at the school and you really want to get over here and listen to what the two of them are saying. Believe it!"
With a sigh of relief Sakura shut her phone and started running to the train station. She would take the train back to her town and hear what it was that Hinata and Shino were saying. She needed to know what happened while she was gone and what it would mean for them and their future.