CAPTURED!
Thanks to my (now official) beta Ailish Oriana (I would have been too lazy to fix it)
You can expect longer (not so much) chapters now and fewer errors.
So here's the new version.
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Sweat trickled down his face splashed onto a pool of perspiration. Shikamaru hung upside down. His hands bound together, twisted painfully over the crook of his spinal cord. It had been a long time since he'd been tied up like a dead rat and left alone. His muscles were starting to ache. His throat was sore from thirst. He was burning from heat.
A clanging noise jerked his attention to the source. It was the door that had swung off its hinges, letting a cold air permeate the dingy cell and kissing Shikamaru's cheek, tauntingly. He was back.
"Don't even bother, I'm not going to utter a word no matter what you do to me" Shikamaru's voice was laced with exhaustion and determination.
"Oh I know but you'll think differently when I do something to the pink headed medical ninja here" the man said as two of his henchmen brought in a tear faced Sakura.
I'm sorry Sakura.
"Do what you will. The Leaf's secrets are safe with me"
Sakura smiled inwardly. Despite his cool demeanor, she knew it was an act. She believed him and knew him to find a way to keep her safe
"The water" Spat the man, venomously. Anger furrowing his forehead.
The henchmen grabbed a fist full of Sakura's hair and thrust her head onto the icy cold bucket of water.
Shikamaru smirked. I just hope this works.
The man frowned at Shikamaru, clearly perplexed with his lack of concern.
What in the world is this mutt smirking about. "This is going to keep getting worse. But it can end… and you know how"
"I said it once and I'll say it again do what you will I don't give a damn"
A vein popped in the man's head. This was going to get him nowhere. Didn't this mutt understand his true potential? The amount of power he held in the palm of his hand?
"You are going to tell me now!" infuriated he charged over to Sakura held her neck in a vice grip and smashed her head against the wall with all his might.
Sakura could see stars. She was bleeding. They danced in the lids of her eyes, iridescent, making her dizzy and disoriented.
It was a while before she realized she was bleeding. She could taste blood streaming down to her lips, the bitter copper taste tingling the very tips of her tongue. She swayed, barely holding on
"That is just starting. I can do a lot better then that"
"Are you stupid or what? I. Just. Don't. Care!"
"Fine then" he said through gritted teeth and turned towards his henchmen "Leave her get him"
Shikamaru's ensuing smile was mirrored by Sakura as if infectious.
So this was his plan.
She felt the ground lurch dangerously and her wobbly legs gave away beneath her, as she collapsed to the ground, unconscious.
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