Disclaimer for entire story: I do not own Naruto, but the new plot is my own.
New Strength
kkstev
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"Boy, Teme, it is so awesome we get to go out and work the ol' tired muscles a bit. How long you think we have before Itachi and them get back from their mission?"
Sasuke eyed Naruto as he continued to defeat the purpose of the plain black cloak and indistinguishable mask commissioned by ANBU. It seemed like with every word, he would flail his limbs in some way, flashing the disturbingly bright orange underneath. When he wasn't doing that, he was fidgeting with his mask or hood, giving peeks of shaggy yellow hair and tanned cheeks with whisker marks. Did the dobe really not get how much he stood out in a crowd?
Though it was probably a bad idea to allow him to wear his regular clothing underneath the cloaks as well.
With a subtle shake of the head, Sasuke resisted swiping one of his hands down his face in annoyance, not wanting to shift his mask like the chattering irritation beside him. Though he did feel fortunate to have the gear at all. The Hokage, though respecting his decision to work for his father and the rest of the police force, felt that his skills would be wasted confined to the village permanently. So he ended up with the very awkward yet satisfying position of part-time ANBU.
"You know, you're lucky I even let us leave so early. I mean really, it's still a little light out," he looked up to the darkening sky, then scanned the treetops passing him. Sensing no one too close, he continued, "Not that we couldn't handle it, but it's dangerous for the mission. I only let it go because their team is due back pretty soon, and I really don't want to get caught."
Suddenly speeding up in hopping the branches, Naruto called back to Sasuke, "Oi! Don't act like you can give me permission for anything! Eat my dust, Uchiha-teme!"
Infuriated at the level of maturity, yet secretly excited to have an opportunity to act immature, Sasuke activated his sharingan on instinct. He immediately began to pursue the cloaked figure gradually disappearing from his line of sight.
After a few minutes of chasing, Sasuke found himself being chased, having passed Naruto on their makeshift track with a hearty laugh. Speed was his specialty. In what other way could he master the art of catching those nin who think themselves above the law of Konoha?
Focusing more on his surroundings, Sasuke muttered a quick, "Kuso," under his breath before braking, hard. He had to use a considerable amount of chakra to root himself to the spot, and even more to grab a hold of the blur of a person about to overtake him.
"W-" Not willing to let his best friend make a sound, Sasuke slapped a hand over Naruto's mouth area before he could speak – again. As he whipped off his mask and gave a frustrated look, Sasuke simply closed his eyes and made the chakra focusing one-handed seal. Getting a location, he whipped his head sharply to his left. Naruto caught on quickly enough, giving a nod of confirmation. He silently followed Sasuke, replacing his mask as he moved ahead.
Sasuke was able to pick out eight fairly weak chakra signatures in about a mile radius. Not wanting to be reckless considering the sensitive nature of mission the leaf shinobi were momentarily ditching, these shinobi must be considered a threat until proven otherwise.
There were two to the east, and six farther west on his other side. His and Naruto's chakras were suppressed well, he supposed, as none of these unknowns reacted to their presence.
He felt the need to curse again as one of the signatures to the east bolted suddenly, taking a northwestern direction. They were trying to surround them!
Sasuke was moments from warning Naruto until he felt his friend tense as well, and he realized communication was unnecessary. They both had come to the same conclusion. And unfortunately, no matter how up they were for a fight, there was no way that such an encounter could be risked. The ANBU made their way south in order to avoid confrontation – whether it be enemy shinobi or others from the leaf.
After a few seconds, they checked on the signatures again, halting when they surmised that they weren't being followed. Both were becoming frustrated when their instincts seemed to fail in analyzing this particular situation. All of the shinobi seemed to be converging further to the north, at the position where the first had relocated. Standing beside each other on one branch, they boys lifted their masks to converse comfortably. Both easily slipping into mission mode, Naruto asked, "What do you think? We could probably do exactly what we're both thinking without detection."
Nodding curtly, Sasuke slid his mask back down, replying, "Full stealth, full covert identities, no exceptions without mutual consent."
Naruto mirrored his movement adding, "We'll identify the leader, find out their strength, figure out their intentions, then act from there."
Without any more words exchanged, the two made off north at the same time.
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The unknowns had grouped within a manageable area by the time they arrived. At one point, some were traveling by way of the treetops, but now all were standing on the forest floor. Sasuke easily cast a genjutsu around himself and his partner so they could remain at the most favorable vantage point without exposure.
Upon thorough inspection, the scene quickly became one that they had not been expecting. Seven shinobi who appeared in alliance in some way were gathered facing a lone and clearly terrified kunoichi. But that could not quite be accurate. It was Naruto who silently conveyed one word – civilian. And a poorly informed one as well, from what they heard. It was mere moments before the conversation confirmed her status.
Naruto nodded in the girl's direction, in essence asking, "Time to act?" Indicating a negative, Sasuke could not consent. If it was just some standard street robbers, he could not open an opportunity for their real mission to become compromised. He knew Naruto would understand, but still not agree. And though Sasuke felt a strong pull to help as well, his long-ingrained compulsion to follow the rules prevailed. Especially considering a mission so important to Konoha.
Petty bandits only stole what was on you and left anyway. It's not like the girl would lose her home or her life savings or anything like that.
So for now, they would watch. And send word to the Hokage upon their return to the camp to commission a team to purge this region of thieves. After the current Konoha party left the area, of course.
Naruto slumped his shoulders at Sasuke's response, but he both expected it and understood. He really did. It just sucked so hard to have to sit and watch this. Especially when the grimy bastard held the money – all of which the girl had said she worked for – over his head like he had accomplished something. Naruto wanted to spit.
But it was when the guy approached her with chakra-enhanced speed and was subsequently put down for the count by the small girl that Naruto felt his hand tighten around the kunai that manifested in his hand.
Silently, partially due to surprise, the concealed duo followed the secondary chase. After cringing guiltily at her panicked screaming for help, they arrived to find the girl trapped again. They stood attentive, though this time positioned themselves closer to the action to be able to hear their words more clearly. Neither boy liked where the conversation seemed to be headed. Nor did they get a comforting feeling from the perverted laughing that echoed from the six standing men.
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Nothing really felt real. Convinced the pain, the fear, and the confusion could only be due to another horrible dream she was so prone to getting, Sakura felt a slight wave of calmness. She knew, in all reality, that she was about to die in one of the most horrid manners she had never imagined, but pretending it wasn't true made it a bit easier. So she pushed her natural logic and reason on the topic to the back of her mind.
Instead, while the brutes fought about something amongst themselves that she didn't care to listen to, she thought to the heroes she idolized. The ones that were so good, so strong, they were only found in her books. It helped her form a plan with simply, 'What would they do right now?' She would make her last moments of life absolute hell for these men, and try to prevent any loss of her… bodily innocence… before she was gone from this world. Or after, hoping of course that these guys weren't so sick that after she was dead…
Shivering violently, Sakura fought the urge to vomit. These thoughts would definitely not help her! She needed to remain calm, and not worry about things she could not control. The situation was dire enough that it was necessary. It really didn't even matter in the end. What she required was to get them pissed off enough to kill her quickly, rather than drag it out horrifically, because she clearly could not take all of them on her own, and running had already failed.
Especially as her outward reactions just brought their attention back to her.
The second-in-command, or so she assumed, stood in front of Sakura triumphantly, his hands fisted at his hips. Two of the other men came to both sides, unwrapping the chain until there was just one stretched across her lower stomach. It was wrapped once around the tree, one man to the weight, one to the blade to keep the ends tight. It seemed they also thought it prudent for each to grind one heel into her closest knee, to keep her from kicking out with either leg.
Sakura winced at the pressure, with them seemingly trying to bend the joints the wrong way. Trying her best to ignore this and plan, she waited patiently as the current leader began moving toward her slowly, "So, yer gonna make thi' easy, or ha-" He was cut off as she landed her first strike back. She went to punch his stomach, but as he continued to move closer, he had caused her to land the hit – lower. As he bent forward, grabbing at his groin, Sakura realized her momentum was moving her forward as well. She ended up flipping right over the top of the chain meant to restrain her, freeing her lower half and somersaulting her to the ground. Through this process, she pushed the hurting man backwards with her weight, completely on accident. But, as off balance as he was, this little bit was enough to make him fall backwards and work to Sakura's advantage. His bulk, which was almost dead weight, landed on two of the other men behind him who had stepped up to help.
Now sitting dizzily at the base of the tree to which she had been confined, Sakura took in the damage so far, and was encouraged. The plan hadn't gone as she thought, but it was better. It just meant improvising now; so she quickly reached up and grabbed the still taught chain, pulling it down toward her chest. The jerking motion brought the two stunned brutes holding it colliding into the tree headfirst.
For the first time in what felt like forever, Sakura could feel hope blossom that she may be able to live through this.
That was, at least, until the men who had smashed the tree fell partially on her injured legs, the men who had been knocked over by their leader began to get up, and the only one still standing stalked angrily over. She didn't have time to do anything as he dragged her from the small pile of bodies and pinned her to a tree: by her throat, high enough off the ground that they were looking at one another eye-to-eye.
"Feisty, huh? I like it, might be worth keepin' for a while. Properly restrained of course." He growled and gave her a twisted smirk as he squeezed tighter at her throat to emphasize his words. Losing the oxygen to her system and now-failing brain, she felt tears leaking from her eyes as she clawed weakly at his hand. Closing her eyes tightly, she realized the extra spurt of survival adrenaline had completely worn off from earlier.
'I've made it worse, it's all going to be so much worse.'
Even as he dropped her limp body to the ground, seconds before she would have lost consciousness, this one line was the only thinks she could think. In a vain attempt to protect herself, she curled her body in as tight of a ball as she could. Everything that had happened in her favor when downing the men was pure luck. Sakura knew that, but had thought Kami-sama had taken pity on her and given her a chance.
With all of them now really knowing what to expect, there was no chance of another opening. She could never win a fair fight with any one of them one-on-one, never mind in a group.
Sakura just awaited the pain and misery that was to be inflicted as she heard the flurry of movement from the thieves.
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When it came down to it, Sasuke was much more impulsive than Naruto. People just tended to focus on the blonde's tendency because he felt the need to shout his idiocy for anyone who would listen. It was the only explanation Sauske had for flying through the air, katana drawn, with Naruto following closely behind him.
They had worked together enough to need no verbal interaction, yet still know what to do. Sasuke, the faster of the two, went straight for the shinobi holding the girl. The shinobi dropped her to the ground immediately once he reached him. The pair had had hope once she caught them all off guard once again, but Sasuke quickly came to the conclusion that even if she incapacitated all of them temporarily, she appeared too injured to run and escape successfully. They hadn't even particularly worried about the kusarigama that the second flaunted to strike fear in her. It was more of a weapon to disable other weapons, or people apparently, though its chain had proved problematic in this situation.
It was that she almost lost her ability to respond to their advances, and what these twisted shits really intended to do, that did it for him. He didn't want her so vulnerable, consequences be damned. If Naruto thought she deserved saving just from being in distress, Sasuke thought it was because she proved herself worthy of it. She fought back to the best of her ability, and the leaf shinobi present were going to reward her for it. He just could not let them knock her out so she would be unable to fight back.
As Sasuke did his part, Naruto executed his. The stronger of the pair in terms of downright power, Naruto took the two who were working to stand. Though the timing was not something he was thrilled with – it would have been better if they had stepped in earlier – Naruto was satisfied with taking these assholes on. Sasuke knew he already wanted to move, so when the black haired man leapt from their hiding spot, Naruto was only too happy to take that as consent to his earlier request.
How could these guys have been trained in the ways of the shinobi, and choose to use their skills for things so horrible he was reluctant to even think about it?
This type of thing was something even he was wary of whether he could ever really fix in this world. These were acts of pure selfishness and self-appeasement, regardless of its effect on others. Greed, in its worst form.
Plus, the girl did nothing wrong. At least not to these guys. Being an excellent judge of character, Naruto couldn't imagine this girl having done anything to anyone for that matter. And definitely not anything horrible enough to deserve retribution in the way they had planned.
For the second time, Naruto cleared his thoughts as best as possible. He was a bit nauseated by the whole situation. As shinobi, and ANBU no less, he knew about and even saw these things more than he was happy about.
But for now, he just wanted to enjoy the pummeling he and his best friend were dishing out to the rest of these monsters.
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There was nothing but the rustling of leaves and the slight clank of the chain. Sakura waited for the sounds to draw nearer, but when they never did, curiosity fought against her fear.
She tried a couple of times to open her eyes, but failed. So she just continued to listen, to hopefully figure out what might be happening next, and ideally gain the courage needed to open her eyes. But the little movement she heard softened quickly until it completely stopped. There was nothing but the echoing of a tree frog somewhere in the distance.
Then, suddenly… 'Arguing? Well that seems weird…' But it was the only thing she could figure. It sounded like a whispered argument, where she caught random words here and there. Things like, 'custody,' 'mission,' and 'leaf' seemed to be thrown around the most by what she could make out, but she had no idea what that could mean.
And why were they all of a sudden so worried about her hearing them?
She cracked open one eye and made out two new, black cloaked figures. With their backs towards her, facing her ex-captors, the feeling they were emitting was terrifying, yet another one that she couldn't explain in words. But Sakura also noted that the thieves were all confined to the tree she had been imprisoned to in very much the same manner.
So then were they taking them into custody, or her?
Was saving her their mission, did they have another, or were they going against their mission by helping her?
Did they… were they… are leaves, um, important to them?
Sakura continued staring at the figures and huffed slightly at her own ridiculousness on the last question. 'Leaf' definitely was something vital to these people, but she doubted they were some environmentalists who thought they were pretty.
It seemed their disagreement was coming to a conclusion, as they both turned to her at the same time, giving her no more time for thought. Even in the almost non-existent light, Sakura could still see the terrifying masks they wore. They looked like the white of bones, streaked with red in random patterns.
Blood and bones. Death personified.
They seemed to glow eerily in the darkness, and she couldn't hold back a whimper as they approached.
Immediately, both figures stopped, and looked at each other. They seemed to communicate something before one stepped forward and crouched down to her level. From beneath the cloak came a black sleeved and gloved hand, one that made Sakura flinch.
She heard a light sigh, but the hand didn't move. A muffled voice came from behind the mask, and Sakura abruptly thought 'male.' It was comforting somewhat, as assigning a gender made them seem more human.
Less Grim Reaper.
"We stopped the bad guys for ya, so why would we hurt you? We just wanna help." Though fairly quiet, Sakura got the impression that the man was smiling behind the mask. Also, some small part of her noticed, that heavy, deadly feeling in the air had faded at some point after they approached her. Weird.
As he seemed to offer his hand again, Sakura nodded reluctantly and took it. She really was in no position to argue. Plus she thought she might be in a bit of shock. He helped her sit up, and the three just stared at each other as the crickets started chirping around them.
She eyed their masks, and looked warily up at the one still standing. With a barely-noticeable inclination of the crouching one's head, the other came and sat before her on the forest floor. Relaxing slightly, Sakura found herself blurting out, "Are you people?"
There was quiet for a split second before the first to speak burst out laughing, while the other just seemed to stare at her. The laughing one, 'One' she dubbed in her mind, practically yelled, "Of course we are! Why would ya think we weren't?"
As he quieted, she asked, "Well, then why are you wearing those masks?"
"Oh, that?" One responded, "Well that's because-"
"Gomen nasai, but we cannot tell you that," Two answered, speaking for the first time. The voice was deeper, and a little scarier, but still muffled like the other. Also male, she concluded.
"So, then… you can't tell me your names?" She asked, but Two simply shook his head. She tired again, "Why you're here? Or why you saved me?" This time, he didn't even shake his head, he just continued to – or so she assumed with the mask – stare at her. She took all of this as a negative.
Swallowing heavily, Sakura looked to the ground. Though she was quite tired of sounding like a small child questioning the world around her, she still had to ask, "Maybe what you plan on doing with me, then?"
This time, Two did answer, "We will escort you to the edge of the forest so you may return home safely."
One burst in again, calling, "Yo, Te- uh, I mean, um, yeah," he raised his arm toward the back of his neck, but stopped when his hand touched his hood. Lowering his arm, he restarted, "What I meant was, why don't we take her all the way home, huh?"
Two looked at him, and seemed to shake his head in annoyance, not that Sakura could really tell the reason, but she guessed. Especially since his answering voice sounded a little different – chastising, maybe? Either way, she felt slightly better hoping that her ordeal would soon be over. 'Home' really had never sounded better. She would be alive, and would be going home.
"I do not believe she would want that," Two looked at her, "If I may, I presume you would not be agreeable to us knowing exactly where your residence is, nor your village." She had to say, the man was polite, and honestly, he was right. Even though things seemed better, and they saved her, she did not trust these people. Sure, they helped her, but they would not even let her see their faces, never mind know their names. It was clear they were hiding something. And if they were working so hard to do so, she could keep a few things to herself as well, like where she lived.
Plus, what if they wanted to come back for her? As it was, they could probably just follow from a distance, regardless of what they said they were going to do.
Sakura nodded slightly in agreement, blushing a bit at how rude she was being to her saviors, despite of her solid logic on the matter. Her eyes made their way to the chained bandits, "And them?"
"Will be dealt with, appropriately," Two sounded pissed.
One followed her eyes, and added, "They are so fucking screwed it's not even funny." Sakura didn't know what it was, but something about One shifted just then – he no longer seemed like the less threatening of the pair. There was something just daunting about him. But with the minor repositioning of one of Two's feet in the leaves, One snapped back to his former persona. The two masks faced each other, communicating telepathically for all Sakura knew, before the tension was released again and One nodded.
Two stood and made his way back to the men while One helped a cautious Sakura up on shaky legs. She saw Two do something peculiar with his hands, before he stepped forward and snatched her bag from one of their packs. He turned his back on them, then handed Sakura her belongings, "Be sure everything is there before we leave."
She thought he sounded a little demanding, maybe even mean, but she was still in no position to argue. He was helping her. So she sorted through her things and was pleasantly surprised to find everything, even her money. She nodded, accompanied by the first smile she gave in a while, and they took that as her affirmative to move.
One kept his arm around Sakura's waist to help her pick her way through the forest, and though extremely uncomfortable with it, she was eternally grateful. Everything seemed to hurt, and if it didn't hurt, it was at least sore. Her body was just in an overall unpleasant state, but she did find some relief once they emerged on the deserted road.
She looked up at the sky once the barrier of trees was thinner. The moon and stars were still twinkling merrily, as though nothing extraordinary had happened that night. They hadn't changed, but she knew she had. Sakura was unsure of what it was just yet, but she knew it would probably hit her hard tomorrow.
For now though, she allowed herself to feel safe with her saviors. Next to them, and under the steadfast moon and stars, she felt the beginning of the stirrings of her own inadequacies.
Taking a deep breath, Sakura did her best to move steadily towards home, mysterious and clearly powerful men flanking her on either side.
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Neither of them really knew what to say to this girl. They had saved her, and her attackers were restrained – physically and by genjutsu – to be taken back to the Leaf for judgement, but they couldn't leave her alone while she was injured. For all their valiant acts, they were now stuck unsurely with this completely awkward silence.
Plus, she didn't appear to be faring well walking on her own. She had a slight limp on her right leg, and still appeared slightly disoriented. But the girl was trying to hide her struggling to keep up with them even at their highly decreased pace, never saying anything indicating she wished them to slow for her.
They both felt bad about not being able to tell her anything about themselves. Naruto had come close to saying Teme's name – even though it wasn't his real name, everyone knew Teme was a teme – and more than once he was close to ripping off his mask to speak with her face to face.
And Sasuke knew that, though they helped her, she was distrustful that they were so secretive. He was trying to converse with her as best he knew how, but was irritated that he could not speak more freely.
They were careful about even giving her their codenames, in case it somehow got out. Konoha had a higher tendency than the other villages to use animal codenames for their ANBU. There was no being too safe in this situation about keeping the presence of Leaf ANBU quiet.
And they could tell the girl was still scared, just simply complying with the only feasible option she had.
At the girl's abrupt stop, both shinobi halted their feet and thoughts, and turned back to look at her. She hung her head, and was staring at her interlaced fingers. Naruto made to reach back to comfort her, but figured he really should not. So he waited, along with Sasuke, for what exactly she planned on doing.
Her voice was weak, and barely there as they heard, "Gomen nasai, I don't know how I could have overlooked it, but, but… arigatou," she looked up at them at this point, and shifted her eyes between their masks as though seeking some eye contact. "I-I don't know if you realize it, but, well, you did more than just save my life tonight. And I have no real way to thank you."
She didn't know it, but both boys smiled behind their masks. Naruto decided to relax a little, and placed his arm around her shoulders, "No problem! We like to help, and we're glad you're safe and sound!" She was still nervous, but she still attempted to smile up at him.
It appeared the girl was becoming more comfortable, though still rightfully cautious. She started walking again, and it seemed as though she very much wanted to trust them, as she began trying to make conversation normally, "Arigatou, again. And, uh, just so you know, my name is Sakura."
Sasuke noticed he didn't provide a family name, and was satisfied at her forethought on the matter. It did not seem to faze Naruto though, as he exclaimed, "What a pretty name, Sakura-chan! I'm Na- happy to meet you! Did your parents name you Sakura-chan because of your cute pink hair, because you do know your hair is pink, right? Is it naturally like that? Or is it black like this?" he asked as he lifted a strip of black near the front.
Sakura chuckled at his excitement and super-speed takling, and proved willing to answer these types of questions. She smiled, and said, "I'm glad to meet you too, uh, hm, Koujinbutsu," as she giggled, assumedly at the name, Naruto beamed outside of her view, "and hai, I do know my hair is both pink and black. Believe it or not, the pink is straight from my head, but the black is from a box."
Naruto seemed confused for a moment, as he was quiet, so Sasuke stepped in while rolling his covered eyes, "Hair dye, she means black hair dye."
"Oh!" he caught on now, "Why would you dye your really cool hair a different color? You don't like it or something? Because I think it's beautiful!"
Sasuke noticed her smile die a little bit, but she still held the last traces of it as best as she could. She seemed to think a little bit, then responded, "No, I actually don't have a problem with my hair, dying it just seemed, well, fitting. Still does, actually…"
Her trailed off statement could be interpreted a few ways, and Sasuke oddly found himself wondering exactly what she meant. Even more unusual was that he found himself commenting, "It's interesting. An unusual combination of colors."
She smiled again as she looked at Sasuke's covered face, and laughed once, though Sasuke could tell there was no humor in it, "Hai, I know, what can I say? I just love being unique, Kimajime." At this she smiled wider in his direction, as Sasuke cocked his head slightly to the side. He understood the giant, but polite, 'back off this topic' stamped over her words, and respected her wishes. Though the fact that the topic of her hair became such a serious one was beyond his understanding, he chalked it up to not comprehending women as a whole.
Meanwhile, Naruto was nearly doubling over in laughter, repeating, "'Kimajime!' Oh man, Sakura-chan, did you ever hit that nail on the head!" As he was gasping for breath, he added, "But if you really want serious, you should meet his brother!"
Sasuke growled, "What part of 'anonymous' do you not understand?"
Sakura held her hand in front of her mouth as she tried to stifle a giggle. Naruto answered, "Uh, all of it?"
Still laughing slightly, Sakura whispered behind her hand, "I'm not supposed to know who you are, Koujinbutsu, and you just told me about your partner's family."
Naruto threw up his hands, and rolled his eyes, Sasuke could just tell. "Really, Kimajime?" he emphasized the name Sakura had used, "A lot of people have brothers!"
Not even caring about the mask anymore, Sasuke slapped his gloved palm to his face (though it never moved from his proper place). His best friend was such an idiot.
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The walk was nicer than she had expected. From the little bit about the men that Sakura could tell, they seemed to be genuinely nice people who were just doing her a favor. They seemed to feel that they had the power to help and did so.
They chatted for much of the way, and it was almost like the thieves had never happened. Her companions became more human at time passed, and she felt herself talking fairly easily with them. Which for her, was definitely a feat in itself.
One, or Koujinbutsu as she called him, even disappeared into the woods for a moment and emerged with a solid walking stick for her to use to finish her trek home. With all that had happened after, Sakura had actually considered allowing them to escort her the remainder of the way, but quickly chastised herself for even considering being so irresponsible.
So, with a wave and a final, profuse thanks at the town outside the forest's edge, she left the masked men.
Nearly stumbling into her dark home, she clumsily made her way to her room. Hito was already there, sitting by her bed and whining. She sat on the edge by him, patting his head as she slumped her back tiredly. Sakura felt her breath suddenly stutter, she shuddered harshly, and before she knew it she was curled up on the bed, balling her eyes out at the night's events.
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You may not know:
kusarigama : weapon that is a sickle with the base attached to a chain with a weight at the end of the chain. The weight is normally thrown to tangle and incapacitate weapons while the sickle is used to destroy the opponent wielding it
koujinbutsu : nice person
kimajime : too serious of a person