A/N ….. ….. ….. …..N…….N…….n…….NARUTO! How I hold no rights to you….
"What is it, Chouji?"
"I….I think it's Sakura-san."
Both Shikamaru and Ino abruptly turned around. "WHAT!?!"
Together the three of them raced to where Chouji said he saw Sakura.
"Oh my…" Ino gasped, "It is her."
Sakura looked up, she had run into an older girl, maybe a few years, but that didn't matter when the other person held a knife to your throat and had your hair tied up in their fist. Dammit, what have I gotten myself into?
Keikai and Merodi lay a little ways away from Sakura, Merodi is unconscious but Keikai seems fine.
One guy, covered in layers and some ratty cloth making him mummified, approached the cats. "What are these things? Not any normal cat I know…"
"Oi, let's just kill 'em and the girl and be on our way."
Sakura wanted to struggle, she wanted to protest, but the knife at her throat made it clear that any word she said would be fatale probably. Think, Sakura, think. Use that big forehead for once!
One of them creeped closer to the cats, making Sakura think even harder. I….I think I got something…
If she miscalculated even a bit, it could mean her life.
"What a drag…" Sakura moaned.
"What was that?" The girl demanded, yanking on Sakura's hair.
"I said you look like a pig."
"You wanna die?" The girl seethed, yanking harder. Just a little more…
"It'd be better than looking at your porkish face, PIG!" Sakura yelled. Ino and the gang couldn't believe what was going on. What was Sakura trying to do? Die?
"Ino, we should do something…." Shikamaru whispered.
She never turned away but began shaking. "Wh-why ask me, hunh?"
"I dunno…didn't you use to be friends with her a long time ago?"
Ino stared at Sakura, captive and close to death, yet no giving in no matter the odds. Sakura…
Sakura's captor pulled the knife away momentarily, but only to add momentum to the strike, she knew. In that brief time that the knife wasn't against her skin, Sakura pulled her head down as fast as she could. The pain of hair coming out of her scalp was terrible, but she knew it was better than being dead, so she beared with it. The older girl didn't notice what Sakura was doing until everything else had happened.
Street dirt doesn't taste good, anybody can guess that. Now Sakura has proof that it's nasty. As she pulled down, the knife had cut her hair, separating Sakura from her captor. However, she instantly hit the dirt, which got into her mouth and ewww…
"S-sakura…" Ino muttered, surprised. When had Sakura grown so much? How had she changed? Ino pondered these thoughts, gazing at something and seeing nothing. The other two boys were watching as Sakura stood from the ground and assumed a 'ready' pose.
Leaning over to Shikamaru, Chouji asked, "Does Sakura know karate or something?"
"Dang, how would I know?"
They turned their attention back to Sakura, trying to figure out how they could help. Now that she wasn't in danger of getting her throat slit, it was a bit safer. However, you had to assume each of your opponents had at least one blade on them. Sakura would probably think about this, Shikamaru could guess, but how much else would she think about?
Her mind was racing, It was doing cartwheels and flips along with her stomach. No, I can't vomit, not right now…
The whole alley way was littered with pink strands, what remained of her hair, she guessed. Putting two fingers to her lips, Sakura whistled long and hard. Mero-chan and Kei-chan both perked up to her call, and came racing over, winding around the enemy. Picking the two up, she ran a ways, trying to find a place better suited for her. Shikamaru and Chouji made to follow her, but when they noticed Ino was frozen in her spot, they stopped.
"I-ino..?" Chouji asked, poking her. She didn't respond.
Shikamaru sighed. "Aw man, how troublesome….hey, is that Sasuke?"
Chouji could've sworn Ino's ears twitched. "S-sasuke? Where?!" She jumped up.
"Oh. I lied."
Eyes burning hell, Ino made to strangle Shikamaru. It was Chouji who intervened.
"Um, Ino, about Sakura…"
The other girl didn't even respond but began to run after the four (six) of them. Whenever they lost their way, they would find a stray pink hair and begin the chase again.
They could only hope they could help.
A/N This may be a little short….but it would've been too long if I added the next part….at least I feel it would've been too long… XD