Hello everyone! This is my first fic. I hope that you like it. Right now it is Sakura centric but I plan on following all of team 7. Please review and let me know what you think :) Oh yea I do not own Naruto in any way shape or form.
The Road of Fate
How long had it been? Days? Weeks? She had lost track. All that she has known or seen lately is that hideous green wall. Sakura had tried everything she could think of to break free of her bonds. But, here she was still tied up to this board like she was going to be filleted. How had she gotten here? The last thing that she remembered was leaving Konoha on a solo A rank mission. Her job was to gain intelligence on a rogue nin that had been seen skipping the boarder into fire. Sakura was to locate the nin, and simply take notes without being detected. She had did just that, but on her return trip back to Konoha she found herself waking up to this green wall.
There was something wrong with her chakra. Sakura could not detect the flow of it inside her. She had spent many frustrating hours trying to make it flare up, even just a little bit, but her attempts only left her exhausted. The mantra 'stay calm' kept playing over and over in her head. If her chakra was not going to help her get out of this situation, then her intelligence was going to have to.
That's when it started again. There was a searing pain that shot through her lower abdomen. Sakura looked down to find that yet again there was a senbon slowly making its way through her. This was becoming a common occurrence. She never has seen her attacker. Only a faint glow of their chakra was any indication that they were there behind her. A long hiss was ushered from her lips when another senbon was pushed into her. 'Stay calm' shot through her head. These torture sessions never changed. Thirty senbon would make their way through her without even a sound ushered from the torturer. After the last senbon was placed in her they would be agonizingly be pulled out. Sakura would be left there slowly bleeding to death. Blood pooled at her feet.
"Is this time, the last?" she thought to herself. Darkness began to creep into the edge of her vision. The first few times that she started to die she could only think of what she hadn't done in life. Right now the only thing that passed through her mind was her failure to become a member of ANBU. What was it? That's right, ineptitude to stand alone. So, in other words, they thought that she was weak. The darkness had crept in making her vision no more than a pin point. She knew that it would be soon before she was dead to the world. A small cackle escaped her lips.
Once again green. Nothing but green. Sakura was really starting to hate that color. How many times had they killed her and brought her back? She must be apart of some bullshit experiment on human resurrection. She chided herself "Think Sakura, think. This whole situation can't be random." What bothered Sakura the most was that she had no clue what her attacker wanted from her. They obviously didn't want her dead. Well not completely. Was it information? If it were, wouldn't they be asking her questions while they were sticking her with those senbons? The missing nin is a possibility, but something just doesn't seem right about it. Wouldn't he just kill her if he had caught her? Sakura let out an exacerbated grunt. This whole situation seemed like a huge puzzle, if only she could figure it out.
Again! "Already back with those senbons I see" Sakura spat. No reply. "What is it that you want?" Still no response. If only she could move, use her chakra or do something. The only weapon she had was her mouth, which seemed completely ineffectual. There had to be something with those senbons. Why always thirty? Sakura's body began to shake as a senbon slowly passed through her rib cage. A low ragged moan escaped her.
Poison, there had to be poison on those senbon. A type that sealed off her chakra flow but didn't affect her mind or the rest of her body. Could there be a way to counteract it? It seems like every time she wakes from death they are at it again. Maybe the poison stays in her system for only a short period.
That's it! All she needed to do was feign 'sleep' as long as she could. Hopefully given enough time she can regain access to her chakra. All Sakura could do was wait out the pain and welcome the black.
She awoke. She didn't know how long after the most recent black out. Only this time she remained as if she really was still out. She could feel nothing of her chakra, but she expected that. The question is would she after enough time? If this didn't work Sakura had no idea what would.
What seemed like hours passed when she noted the chakra presence of her most hated torturer. Sakura attempted to keep her heart beat at a steady level, hoping to convince them of her supposed sleepy state. Minutes passed and still nothing happened. Sakura tried delving deep within her to find any trace of her own chakra. Nothing, she could find nothing. "Shit!" she screamed inside her head "There has to be a way." She could sense that her torturer knew she was awake. Any second now there would be pain shooting through her body somewhere. She tried again to search for her chakra. Only this time she found a small glimmer. Sakura latched on to it, prodded and pulled at her chakra to move through out her system.
A loud cackle roared out of her mouth. "Lets see if I can make you talk" a rueful smile plastered across her face. With one smooth motion Sakura broke her chain bindings on her hands and feet. She vaulted off the green wall into the air. Gracefully landed in front of her torturer as he hid something behind his back. Most certainly it had to be the poisoned senbons. She would have to be careful to not get hit by one of those. A short staring contest ensued. Sakura noted that he had an ANBU mask on. His posture showed her that although he was surprised at her escape, he did not view her as a threat.
"Who the hell are you?" she screamed. He merely cocked his head slightly before sending a senbon her way. She fell to a crouch to dodge the senbon, only to launch into a full run at her mysterious torturer. He just stood in one spot throwing senbon after senbon. She moved right and left to avoid being hit. "That's been twenty three, you only have seven more. Do you think that you can hit me before I reach you?" He chuckled. There was something familiar to Sakura about that chuckle. Lacing chakra into her right arm Sakura used her strength to pelt a hole into the ground. She grabbed a hold of the side of the hole to wrench up a man sized chunk of the floor. She threw the concrete out in front of her. She succeeded in blocking three more of the senbon while jumping out of the way of a fourth.
The concrete slab crashed into the wall where the man had stood. He of course poofed out of existence. He only has three more, but where is he hiding? Sakura at this time took in her surroundings while scanning for his chakra. There was no obvious door or windows. That really didn't matter, she could always make some. No real place to hide except behind the board she had been tied to. Her best strategy right now is wait until he makes a move. Sakura crouched down concentrating on any movement. There! She flipped into the air, landed and sent another concrete slab his way. Alright he has only..."Oh shit!". Sakura dove across the floor to avoid being hit. "Ha you are down to one. What shall you do now?" She had a smile on her face but on the inside she was in turmoil. What is she going to do? She can't play cat and mouse forever.
She crouched down again and let her hand hit the floor. It was then that she came up with the perfect plan. "Are you so afraid of me that you can't even show yourself?" She chided. A small chuckle emanated in front of her. There he was standing, one hand behind his back and a senbon in the other. His hidden hand still made her nervous but he may just be hiding it to confuse her. Sizing him up Sakura decided to make her move. Her left hand dipped into the ground throwing a concrete slab, as he threw his last senbon at her. With her right hand she grabbed the senbon that she had found and lobbed it at his dodging form. She watched as the senbon was headed right at the target's jugular.
Poof. "What! H..How?" There guarding her tormenter was another man. He was clad in black ninja pants and a green jounin vest. In his hand was none other than the senbon that she threw and a bright orange copy of Icha Icha Paradise. "Kakashi!" Sakura exclaimed.