Karin the Fangirl, Sasuke the Girl Kidnapper

"Ahhh~~"

With the terrifying Black Bear behind her drooling and closing in, the panicked Karin stumbled and fell to the ground.

"Roar..."

Seeing its prey expose an opening, the Black Bear let out a furious roar and immediately pounced.

Having lost her glasses in the fall, Karin grew even more terrified, despair filling her eyes...

Am I... going to die??

Remembering her brief and unbearable life, her eyes instantly reddened and filled with tears...

"Rasengan..."

At the critical moment, a figure suddenly stepped in front of her and shouted in a low voice.

Before Karin could react, the fierce Black Bear let out a scream and spun as it flew backward even faster...

Its thick, sturdy paw was directly shredded by the powerful tearing force, the injury extending straight to its head and abdomen.

It died instantly...

"This is..."

Looking at the somewhat familiar yet blurry Blue Shirt and Shorts before her, Karin murmured, hurriedly picked up her glasses, and looked up.

"Are you okay..."

The moment Karin put on her glasses and raised her head, Sasuke turned around with an easy smile.

At that very instant, a ray of brilliant sunlight happened to filter through the leaves and fall across Sasuke's profile...

That single glance made Karin's breath catch as she clearly saw Sasuke's face...

Looking at the handsome, sunny, and powerful young man, blush rapidly bloomed across her cheeks...

Her heart raced wildly, and she did not know what to say...

"You're a Genin from Kusagakure. I saw you at the examination site before!"

Seeing Karin unable to pull herself away from his Peerless Beauty, Sasuke had no choice but to take the initiative and break the awkward silence.

"Ah~ y-yes..."

Hearing that, Karin instantly recalled the way Sasuke had looked at her before. She lowered her head again, her face full of shyness.

The moment she lowered her head and saw the Scroll in her hand, Karin suddenly came to her senses...

"Th-thank you for saving me...

Do you need this Scroll??"

Without the slightest hesitation, Karin directly forgot about her teammates and Kusagakure, offering the Scroll with both hands.

This was not merely because he had saved her life or because she admired him. There was also the most direct and practical issue!

Her nomadic life since childhood had long forced her to learn the basic rules of survival: reading people and judging the situation.

They were competitors right now...

Faced with the powerful Sasuke, this was her best choice!

"The Book of Earth?

I don't need this...

But I need you!!"

Ignoring the Scroll, Sasuke smiled calmly and looked at Karin with deep, meaningful eyes...

"N-need me??"

Hearing this naked confession, the nervous Karin was instantly dumbfounded. Her already flushed little face turned crimson, as if it were about to drip blood...

Could it be that he wanted to...

Thinking of that possibility, Karin's eyes immediately grew dreamy as her imagination ran wild...

"Bastard, outsiders really can't be trusted..."

"Karin, you actually gave the Scroll to someone from Konoha?

Are you trying to betray Kusagakure now??"

Just as Karin's girlish heart was overflowing, the voices of her two Grass Shinobi companions suddenly exploded beside her ears.

Karin instantly snapped awake. Her delicate body trembled as cold sweat poured down her back...

"N-no, it's not what you think..."

Instinctively, Karin hurriedly turned around to explain.

But the two of them gave her no chance to explain...

Two sharp whistles rang out as two Kunai shot straight at Karin's face...

"You..."

Seeing this utterly merciless scene, Karin's pupils widened in disbelief.

How could they do this!!

"Bang, clang..."

As Karin stood there stunned, Sasuke immediately grabbed the Scroll and casually threw it out.

The Scroll turned into an afterimage and knocked both Kunai away...

Of course, the Scroll was also cut in half by the Kunai.

"Damn it...

That guy destroyed our Scroll."

One of them immediately shouted resentfully, glaring at Sasuke with fury in his eyes.

"Run! That guy isn't someone we can deal with..."

The other gave Karin a vicious look and immediately turned to flee.

Their orders were to execute Karin on the spot if she made any suspicious moves, but staying alive was more important now...

"Run? Did I say you could leave??

Fire Style: Great Fireball Technique..."

Sasuke naturally had no intention of leaving survivors. His hands formed Hand Seals in an instant as he opened his mouth and shouted softly.

"Boom..."

A massive fireball ten meters across roared out in an instant. The two men wore terrified expressions as they were about to dodge.

But Sasuke's follow-up attack arrived first. Two Shuriken shot out and struck both men in the calves...

Making them scream and collapse to the ground.

"Ahhh..."

"Stoppp..."

Amid two miserable screams, the two men were mercilessly crushed by the scorching fireball rolling toward them...

"Thud..."

Watching her two companions be swallowed by the fireball, Karin's legs gave out and she collapsed onto the ground.

Though she knew they would have threatened her safety if they lived, she could not help but feel sorrow at their fate...

And with her teammates dead, she would no longer be trusted even if she returned to Kusagakure!

Even if she somehow avoided punishment, she would still be suspected and isolated...

Because she was the weakest of the three.

In an instant, fear and loneliness once again flooded Karin's heart...

"You're Karin, right...

Judging by your hair, you should be from the Uzumaki Clan.

Abandoned and nearly killed by your teammates, if you have nowhere to go, stay by my side...

But for now, you can't appear as a ninja!!"

Looking at Karin's expression like that of a frightened little rabbit, Sasuke shook his head and spoke seriously.

According to the original course of events, after failing this examination, Karin would be isolated by Kusagakure and sent to the Northern Fortress in the Land of Grass.

It was there that Karin, who had nearly been drained to death, escaped and encountered Orochimaru...

But even in Orochimaru's hands, she still could not escape the fate of becoming an experimental subject!

Sasuke did not want Karin to go through those experiences again...

That was why he had cleanly killed Karin's teammates and cut off her path of retreat.

After all, Karin was a confidante who had fallen for Sasuke at first sight and would be doomed for life...

Sasuke could not bear to let Karin continue being bitten by others until she was covered in wounds...

"R-really?

Do you really need me??

Aren't you afraid I'm a rogue ninja??"

As Sasuke's thoughts drifted, Karin also came back to her senses and asked uneasily.

If she stayed by Sasuke's side, she would inevitably become a rogue ninja of Kusagakure. That was a major threat to a Konoha Genin.

Neither Konoha nor Kusagakure would allow such a thing to happen...

"That's not something you need to worry about!

As long as you withdraw from the Match and stay in Konoha now, I'll arrange everything for you..."

Sasuke flashed a brilliant smile and said confidently, not worried in the slightest.

Would cowardly Kusagakure really dare come to Konoha to demand someone back?

As long as the Fifth Tsunade took office two months later, every problem would be easily resolved...

He believed that the terms he offered, along with Karin's identity as a member of the Uzumaki Clan, would definitely make Tsunade agree to let Karin remain in the village.

"Then I'll be in your care, Sasuke...

My name is Karin..."

After struggling for a moment, Karin looked at Sasuke's handsome face, which she could not refuse, and gritted her teeth in agreement.

Her life could not get any worse than this!

Even if she went back and avoided being punished, her final fate would only be the same as her mother's.

Compared to that future, where she could see the end at a glance...

If it was Sasuke, taking a gamble was not a bad idea...

Most importantly:

Ahhh...

Sasuke-kun was too handsome...

She could not refuse. She absolutely could not refuse~~