Chapter 1
"Why Sasuke?..." The wounded kunoichi whispered to herself as she pulled her body up onto the tree branch. Haruno Sakura was the only survivor of the squad that had just been ambushed by Sound Nin. The ambush had been led by one of her first comrades, the Missing Nin Uchiha Sasuke, now of the Sound Village.
The young Chunnin had noticed the traps before the other two members of her squad, both were jonin. Sakura had bareley been fast enough to tackle the older men out of the way as the paper bombs began to go off... As the squad landed on the forest floor Sakura quickly threw a shuriken into the under brush 50 feet away. There was a small grunt, a shinobi bearing the hitae-ate of the Sound slumped out of the bushes, the shuriken was lodged in his temple, death had come swiftly to him. As his lifeless body fell to the ground he set off the remaining traps his squad had set. The other two Sound nin used the explosions to send a hail of kunai knifes in the dirrection of the Leaf, who deftly dodged them with apparent ease of much practice.
"Shit where did those come from!?" Just then a pale raven haired Sound nin wielding a katana landed on the forest floor silently behind one of the two jonin. His sword rasped as he drew it from the sheath Sakura turned and all she saw was the Sharingan, she was frozen on the spot. With a flash of silver the Leaf nin was riven from the left shoulder to his right hip, from the scapula and clavical to the third rib at the breast bone and spine were cut clear through.With a final scream the jonin collapsed in a spray of blood. The remaining jonin looked over and made eye contact with Sasuke, and quickly found he could not move or look away. Seconds later he was on the ground his mind shattered but his body still living. The other member of the Sound ambush took advantage of her momentary distraction and threw three kunai into her back. Two of them lodged themselves ino her scapula and the third in her kidney. The pain droped Sakura to her knees, she wanted more than anything to pull the kunai out of her kidney but knew it would merley hasten her death.
"I gotta get out of here, soon i won't live much longer if i stay." She looked up just in time to see the Uchiha lop off the head of her ruined comrade, she used her body to cover her hands from his view lest the Sharingan see and counter her jutsu. Sakura lifted her head and brought her right hand to her lips "Fire Style: Grand Fire Ball Jutsu!" With that she exhaled and managed to make theUchiha jump out of the area, his comrade was not quick enough. He was engulfed in the flame along with the bodies of both squads, all were incinerated in a matter of seconds. Before the smoke had cleared she had vanished in a cloud of sakura blossoms.
Fifteen minutes later she was two miles away panting on a tree branch. "Why Sasuke?... Why did you kill them, why did you attack us and completely ignore me? He let me go he could have destroyed me when I looked into his Sharingan, so that means there is some good left in him, right?"
"No Sakura-Chan, it doesn't. It means i wanted to toy with you, and still do. Stay still." She felt his hand on ther shoulder as he removed the kunai, not gently but not maliciously either. He then moved his hand to her hip so as to remove the kunai in her kidney.
"Don't! It's pierced my kidney, if you pull it out I'll die in minutes." Or is that his point, he did say he was going to toy with me.
"Very well, I take it you have been studying medical-ninjutsu since I left then?" He glanced at her arms, they seemed much more toned now.
"Yes, I was trained by the fifth." She wanted to keep him talking. She was building chakra up in her right arm.
"You know that my eyes can see chakra that leaves the body, like what is emenating from your right arm right?"
"Oh..." She stoped building the chakra in her arm. 'I can't have him getting pissed at me, at my best i wouldn't be able to wound him, let alone with a kunai in my kidney.' She relaxed and tried to think of a way to get out of her situation, as far as she could tell she was dead. Sasuke could see any moove she made before it had a chance to connect.
"Show me the hand seals for a jutsu that will stop the bleeding in your kidney." He turned her over as he said this and looked into her face. She had held her eyes shut as he prompted her to roll over. "You needn't worry about my Sharingan, if I wanted you dead we wouldn't be having this conversation." He smiled grimly at his comment.
"Why are you helping me. You left me there, and left the village, thus you became a missing nin. So why help me?" She had oppened her eyes, and found the dark eyes of her former comrade looking into her jade ones. "Reactivate your Sharingan, These signs are complicated." She flashed the signs once she saw his eyes change hoping he didnt realize the position of his fingers on the final sign, he could open the wound instead of close it. He quickly mimicked the signs and placed a faintly glowing hand next to the kunai and the other on the haft of the kunai, he then gradually drew it out. Sakura let out a small gasp once he had removed the blade he jumped to another branch and said to her.
"Once you see Naruto tell him not to come after me, he needs to worry about the Akatsuki. If he survives that he may have a chance at beating me. Hope you never see me again. With that he was gone. He had meant to hurt and tarnish Naruto and Sakura's honor, instead he made her smile with that comment. He was a fool.