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Perfect Downfall
Prologue
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Haruno Sakura crouched low to the ground as a group of ANBU passed by in a hurry. She made sure to mask her chakra, knowing that one slip and she'd be doomed. Without much warning her concentration was quickly melting away when a wave of nausea immediately churned through her. A hand immediately flew to her mouth as she gagged. Her eyes widened and hid deeper into the brush she was currently residing in. She made sure not to move when an ANBU member paused and turned around and another stopped a little ahead, wondering what his partner was up to.
"What is it?" The second one asked standing next to the first.
The first one scanned the area carefully, keeping his eyes and ears open. "I thought I heard something." He said seriously.
The second looked around skeptically, his eyes falling on the bush Sakura was currently hiding behind. She tensed prepping herself for a fight if they discovered her. She could take 'em. The two continued to look around but finally started to turn away. "Maybe it was just an animal." The second one said as he started to head back up to the trees.
The first one sighed and nodded as he followed the second. "Maybe you're right. I'm getting too old for this." And with that the two disappeared back into the trees, leaving Sakura behind in their wake. Her eyes scanned around for anymore signs of ANBU and then she tried to sense how far the two had gotten and made sure there was no other presence around before she decided to get up.
She sighed in relief when she sensed none. Standing back up she brushed the dirt and mudd off as best as she could. It was dark, and raining, and so far she hadn't thought of her plan as far as running away from the ANBU and Tracker Nins that were currently after her. She shook her head to get the water out of her eyes and stretched a little. Good thing she was perfect with her chakra control. Not anyone could hide from specialized black-ops. "Good thing I'm not just anyone." She muttered to herself with a confident smirk.
Blinking in surprise she shook her head once again and smacked her head. Now was not the time to get cocky. She was not out of the woods yet. Right now she had to worry about getting out of the Land of Fire before she ran into more trouble. The last thing she needed was some of the rookie-nine ending up finding her. And knowing Naruto that was bound to happen. She could bet the Sixth would send Neji-san and Shikamaru first. "I wouldn't expect anything less from that loud mouthed Baka." She muttered with a smirk and then she jumped to the trees and made her way to Takiagakure for the time being. Though she was definitely not going to the Ninja Village. That would just be stupid.
Besides it was temporary anyway and she wasn't going to waste her time staying there for the remainder of – Her thoughts were immediately cut off by another wave of nausea. This time she didn't hold back her gag reflex and finally relieved her stomach of its contents. She leaned against a tree as she wiped her mouth. "Geez, you'd think with all that I've been through you'd give mommy a break, hmm." She muttered as she rubbed her slightly protruding stomach. She sighed and smiled a melancholic smile. "You're lucky I'm not as heartless as most people who find out they're pregnant by the enemy." She said softly as she caressed her belly more.
"Though, and I'm not going to change my mind on this either, but when I see you're useless excuse of a father I'm going to murder him!" She hissed. "I'm not going to blame you sweetie. You're too innocent and it's not your fault. But until then, looks like it's just you and me." Making sure she was no longer about to hack up the rest of her guts she wiped the water from her face and raised her hood back up from when it had fallen. She jumped through the trees swiftly, not daring to stop until she was out of the Land of Fire, which she guessed wouldn't be for another hour or so. She'd been moving for hours now non-stop.
"You're lucky your Okaa-san is a ninja or we'd be in deep trouble babe." She said breathlessly as she continued to make her way through the trees. "We're gonna love our new home." She muttered flippantly. "Yep, we won't have to worry about anymore ninjas coming after us, or the Akatsuki, or Sasuke and his Orochimaru lackeys. Heck! We won't even have to worry about Naruto or the rest of Konoha, it's just going to be you and me. And a nice little civilian village. No one else." She said confidently as she picked up more speed.
She refused to show how much this was affecting her. It was her fault for letting it happen in the first place. `Sakura, what have you gotten yourself into?' She thought to herself tiredly. `This wasn't how our life was supposed to turn out. No. You just had to fall under temptation and let your hormones get the best of you.' She hissed to herself mentally. "Going on that mission, was the worst thing I could probably ever have agreed to." She sighed as she slowed down to stop on a tree branch.
"Man!" She said, panting as she placed her hands on her waist and leaned forward out of breath. "Being pregnant sucks for my energy!" She gasped in exaggeration how could she be sweating in the middle of a thunderstorm? "Oh, my dear child, you are going to be the death of me." She breathed in and shook her head as she went back to leaping through the trees. `Note to self: Never get pregnant again.'
"Itachi, lets take a break, we've been going on for hours." Kisame sighed as he leaned against a tree tiredly.
Itachi hummed lowly and turned to his partner stoically. "Are you tired already Kisame-san? Your age seems to finally be catching up to you." He said with a cock of his head.
The ex-Mist nin growled darkly. `Cocky little Uchiha brat!' Kisame muttered obscenities under his breath as he continued to follow along behind Itachi. This brat had been leading him on a wild goose chase for at least a week now. To be honest the Mist nin was beginning to the think the Uchiha didn't have the slightest clue to where he was going.
"Kisame..." Itachi said lowly as they both stopped. Kisame nodded at his partner as they both crouched to keep themselves hidden. "There's three off to the east and two to the south, seems like we got a hunt going on." He whispered.
Kisame nodded and watched as the ANBU under them continued to talk amongst themselves, not even noticing the two dangerous criminals from above. The shark-like Akatsuki member smirked darkly. "Good. I've been itching for a kill."
Itachi didn't seem to be bothered by Kisame's apparent blood lust, but held out his arm to silence the nin regardless, wanting to hear what the ANBU were talking about. Kisame seemed disgruntled by the arm that shot out to rudely silence him. His teeth were dying to sink into that puny arm covered by the traditional Akatsuki garb.
"I can't believe we lost her trail so fast!" Shouted a feminine voice in frustration. "We were just behind her!"
One ninja jumped at the loud voice and immediately slapped his hand over the females mouth. "Be quiet you idiot. We don't want the whole world to know we're out here."
The woman knocked his hand away. "I still can't believe Sakura-san would betray the village like that. She was such a renowned kunoichi. She had such potential." The woman clucked her teeth in disapproval. "And to think someone only at twenty could do so much and then throw it all away for one night of rutting between the sheets." She scoffed in annoyance.
This seemed to grab Itachi's attention.
"Hold your tongue! We don't know the full details. Who knows what could have happened to her." Another defended harshly.
The female threw her hands in the air. "Just like a male to immediately defend Haruno! Even when she's a traitor to the Nation and pregnant with the child of an S-Class criminal she's still got men falling at her feet."
Kisame and Itachi froze completely. Now that was interesting.
Sakura paused slightly and sneezed loudly. She sniffled and looked around in confusion. "Is someone talking about me?" She asked to no one. She shook her head. Of course people are talking about her, she got a bounty on her head as big as Naruto's and Sasuke's put together. Why should she be surprised. Shrugging it off she continued on her way. Not knowing what was in store for her.
A/N: Well here's the revised prologue. I told you my muse was raring to go. I'll have more chapters put out as soon as I can. I'm really into this story so don't be surprised if you see another one up in a few days. This isn't beta'd but I did look over it, there might be some mistakes but I can't help it if I miss some things. Thanks for reading. Hoped you like! Thanks!
Jung-Hee
