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Last Revised On: September 15, 2009
Summary:Sakura and Hinata have always been thought of as the weakest of their village so they go off to train by themselves for a few years and end up being trained by a certain snake sannin. Through it all the two must remember that nothing is without a price though. In the end Orochimaru is killed by his very own proteges. Before he dies though, Sakura and Hinata find out that Orochimaru had dealings with the Akatsuki that he involved them in and now they must go back to Konaha to fix it before their time is up. Akatsuki is on their tail and they won't stop until Sakura and Hinata are dead.
The Weakest Link
"I taught you everything I know," Orochimaru hissed, as the pink-haired girl drove another kunai into his body, effectively pinning him to the ceiling of her bed chamber. The girl in question lay flat on her back, her pink hair flowing like a halo around her bed, green eyes like hardened jewels as she twirled two shurikens on her fingers lazily, thinking on where to make her next mark in her twisted game of darts.
"Yes of course Orochimaru-sensei. And now I want to show you what an excellent student I have become,"she smirked at him,stopping one of the shurikens long enough to aim at his skull. Orochimaru's anger suddenly turned to amusement as he spoke again.
"My dear, dear student what do you hope to accomplish by killing me? True I have taught you everything I know but that means that I also taught you a very powerful jutsu that I stole from Akatsuki,"He smirked at the look on Sakura's face at the mention of the most powerful S-class criminals in the five great countries."Oh yes my dear, they will indeed be coming back for revenge and if they know I taught it to anyone else they will be inclined to kill those persons to keep their jutsu a secret. Now what do you think about-"
Orochimaru never got the chance to finish because a well aimed shuriken was plunged into his skull and his body immediately slacked. Sakura sighed and said,"Couldn't you have waited until he told us everything."
She looked in the doorway at a young woman with blue/black hair and pale lavender eyes. Her name was Hyuuga Hinata. Hinata just shrugged and said,"I already knew about this beforehand. He was planning on sacrificing us to Akatsuki in his stead, they even arranged the agreement to come into play on the next full moon."
Sakura then realized that it would be on June was next Friday!
"Hina-chan we need to go...NOW!"
Hinata nodded and replied,"All the arrangements have been made, but Sakura there's only one place I can think of with the right protection-"
"Don't say it!"Sakura whispered harshly, her eyes starting to change from green to pink, but she controlled herself.
"Saku-chan we have to go there. It's the only way,"Hinata sighed.
Sakura looked off in the other direction. She knew it was the only way too, she didn't want to go back there just yet even if it had been six years since she'd last been there.
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Sakura still remembered it like it was yesterday. It had been days after Sasuke had left to be with Orochimaru. The day that he left was the day that she had completely lost a little of her sanity.(I mean come on,the love of your life leaves you on a cold bench in the middle of the night to pursue a pedophile that can help him kill his brother?There are so many things wrong with that!) So with nothing left to lose she left Konaha. Just as she was leaving Hinata had come up to her and asked,"S-Sakura-san where are you going?"she had asked timidly. The girl was so innocent and naive, she was called weak by some of the villagers and even by her own clan members. Hinata was the heiress to the Hyuuga clan,which prided themselves on being able to produce strong children,whose fighting skills were only rivaled by the Uchiha clan and if there was one thing they wouldn't tolerate,it was weakness. The clan's pride and joy,the child prodigy known as Hyuuga Neji and Uchiha Sasuke,the Uchiha clan's prodigy, were bitter rivals to the end.
"Hinata can you keep a secret?"Sakura whispered,knowing full well the girl could like no other. Hinata nodded and came closer.
"I'm leaving to become stronger,maybe if I do Sasuke-kun will at least acknowledge me,"Sakura sighed a hard resolve in her eyes that Hinata had only seen once;that was during the Chuunin exams when Sakura had to fight Ino,her best friend and rival. Hinata's eyes widened as Sakura then turned and walked towards the gates. Hinata didn't know what it was that had made her call out to the pink haired girl but somehow she found herself asking to come along. She too,was tired of being called weak. She was called weak by her own people,especially her father. Because Hinata had such an important position in the clan, she was constantly pushed to become stronger. But that was going to change. They won't call her weak anymore;she'll make sure of it.
And so the two left that day and after weeks of training so hard they could hardly walk anymore the girls collapsed into a fitful sleep,but Sakura being the stronger willed of the two manged to stay awake long enough to see a figure with silver hair and shiny glasses making his way towards them,Sakura could've sworn it was Kabuto and then she finally passed out.
The next day the pink haired girl woke up to the very face of the man that caused the love of her life to leave - Orochimaru,the legendary snake sannin. Fear coursed through her body. At first she thought she was having a nightmare but then she glanced around the room and she saw a familiar figure on a medical table with Kabuto standing over her. It was Hinata! Sakura's eyes widened with worry and anger-what had they done to her friend?
"Awake, I see," Orochimaru hissed,"I didn't expect you to be alive, let alone be awake."
Despite what he said Sakura didn't care as long as Hinata was hurt. It wasn't like she was shocked that he thought she was weak,if anything she'd be shocked if he didn't think it.
"Orochimaru,what did you do to her?"she spat,glaring at him. He chuckled. "I did nothing to her,child, she tired herself out while training, along with you."
"Screw you,you bastard!!"she growled. To her surprise he just laughed again and replied," You're a feisty one-I like that. And that is why I am going to train you and the girl over there as my apprentices. Whether you like it or not."
Sakura felt as if a bucket of ice cold water had been thrown on her. It was one thing for her and Hinata to run away from there village,but it was another thing entirely to be trained by an S-class villain who was currently plotting to invading their village. Before she could protest she could feel the fatigue setting in her body and she was out again.
After Sakura was asleep,Orochimaru smirked again. "I like this one Kabuto,so much spirit,It will be fun to break her. She will be one of us. Tsunade-chan will be so pleased."
Kabuto didn't look so sure about taking the girls in but he kept his mouth closed, he just continued to heal the girl in front of him.
Sakura snapped out of her memories and she whispered,"Fine lets go."
Hinata nodded and they set off to the village they abandoned six years ago - Konaha.
(A/N:Sasuke was also trained by Orochimaru,he just was at a different base than Hinata and Sakura. He escaped after being there for three years and when he got back to Konaha Tsunade sentenced him to 1 year of house arrest where he wasn't allowed to go on missions for another 6 months after that. Of course Sakura and Hinata don't know that. Sorry if its a little weird it will all make sense in later chaps.)PLZ REVIEW!!
Hey you guys! I finally got around to rewritng this one. I hope you like it better. If there are any mistakes, then..yeah I am without a doubt, human. Seriously though if you guys catch any mistakes just let me know and don't be rude about it. =)
