For those that liked the original Deauti I have reposted it back up and will figure something out in regards to completing it. PLEASE NEVER SAVE MY STORIES FOR YOURSELF. I FEEL VERY UNCOMFORTABLE OF ANYONE DOING THAT.
Beginning starts lighthearted but this fic will get dark. Be warned.
Full Summary:
When Sasuke is still hunting Itachi, a wounded Sakura stumbles into Team Hebe's hideout, begging for his help. The Uchiha agrees, but for a steep price: for her to stay with him.
It was raining that day outside the hideout.
Suigetsu and Jugo were sitting in the corner, respectively helping each other bandage nasty cuts on their arms and legs; Karin was keeping a lookout while unsubtly shifting her gaze back and forth to Sasuke's central form.
The leader of Team Hebe sat cross legged in the middle of the multi-tiered stone house, once a factory that Orochimaru had used to keep his test subjects but now the place that Sasuke had taken for his hideout. Sasuke sat on the second floor with Karin while the rest of his teammates were downstairs.
His eyes were closed and focused while his concentrated. Sasuke was utilizing his chakra right now within himself: ruminating it to let it recover from the core injuries he'd sustained not two days ago in a battle with Konohagakure.
They had won but it had caused a significant drain on his chakra supply.
Orochimaru had taught him this method to help himself recover. He had to do this every day for an hour; in a couple of days, he would be back at full strength.
Today's hour quota had only a few minutes left before completing, which was why Sasuke was intent on having no distractions-
-when a loud 'boom' occurred at the front door.
Without opening his eyes, Sasuke seethed furiously to Karin: "Go check out who it is; get rid of them."
Begrudgingly, Karin obeyed, stomping downstairs through the wooden staircase. She shot a bored look towards Jugo and Suigetsu's injured forms before reaching for the door handle. As soon as she turned the wooden knob, the door fell open and a familiar pink haired kunoichi collapsed through the entrance. Her body falling to completely encapsulate Karin's bewildered form.
"Get this bitch off me!" Karin shouted to her comrades who had already risen and were coming up to pick up the bloodied and semi-conscious form of Sakura Haruno. When they got her onto two feet they realized how damaged the kunouchi was: dried blood had caused the outmost portion of her clothes (which were half severed from obvious battle) to shine gruesomely in the morning's sun, while the freshest lacerations on her were all on her face or the upper half of her body, causing sweat and blood to drip down onto the dirt floor.
"Sa-Sasuke-…Sasuke…I need-" Sakura was forced to stop as a violent stream of bloody coughs erupted from her chest cavity. When she was done, though blood still dripped morbidly from her lips, she still continued: "I…need…to talk…to him."
Karin looked up to gauge her fellow teammate's thoughts. Suigetsu looked perplexed and Jugo a façade of apathy. Damn, was she always to be the deciding force.
Before any of them could call their leader however, the very man stepped down from the upstairs stairwell. His attention having been prompted by the abrupt entrance.
His eyes widened infinitesimally before returning to normal, hiding his shock as they took in the sight of Sakura's bloodied form.
It had taken an hour, maybe two, for Karin to replenish the blood loss. Making cells multiply wasn't exactly an easy task. Then there were the infections; it seemed like Sakura had had to trek through mud and filth to make her way here because nearly all her lacerations had some degree of bacterial infection.
But Karin was no novice when it came to healing someone. Sasuke, Jugo and Suigetsu had all come back from the battlefield with worse injuries than this (though, not that much worse), and she had still managed to bring them back to perfect health. When Karin was done, even the injuries on Sakura's face were gone.
Of course the jealous part of her had not wanted to heal Sakura, especially after Sasuke had ordered it, but with the sadistic Uchiha standing over her, watching the healing process the entire time…there wasn't much Karin could do about it.
There wasn't really any good place to put Sakura considering most rooms were either filled with torture devices or corpses (or both), so Sasuke had the girl relocated to his own room.
It was a simple statement of his that he didn't have any other motive for but still erupted a small grin from Suigetsu and a deep seeded glare from Karin that Sasuke didn't bother addressing.
They could think whatever they wanted. He didn't care.
And so Sakura felt simple cotton covers over herself as she stirred awake; a white ceiling being the first to appear in her vision. Gingerly, she sat up, her body feeling as heavy as lead while she maneuvered herself to lean against the headboard of the bed.
"Hello Sakura," she recognized the voice immediately. Turning her head to the right, she took in Sasuke's form as he leaned against a corner with his arms crossed in front of him.
Her eyes widened in shock. "Sasuke, you-"
"What do you want with me, Sakura?" he interrupted while locking gazes with her. "You said you wanted to speak with me."
Sakura swallowed nervously. "Um…"
Moving the covers off herself, Sakura stood up from the bed and took a step towards him. "I need you to bring back Naruto's soul."
Sakura took steps closer to him. "I need you to use the Soul Relocation Jutsu Kakashi taught you and Naruto when we were younger."
The Uchiha quirked his eyebrows, the corner of his lips rising in humor and…condescension. "You were our teammate too, if I remember correctly. Can't you do it?"
Sakura's eyes darkened here; she was angry but restraining it. "You know Kakashi didn't teach me half the jutsu he taught you guys."
"Maybe he just didn't think you had the attention span, Sakura. Considering you were always hell bent on throwing yourself at me."
Sakura plumed a furious red here, ashamed of her behaviors as an adolescent. He had her there…but she refused to back down.
"That's all in the past now, Sasuke. I didn't come here for myself. Naruto was injured three days ago by a group of Sound-nin. They sealed his soul in the spirit world and no one knows how to bring him back."
"Can't Kakashi do it?"
Sakura bit her lip here. "He's…he disappeared about a month ago. No one knows where he is right now."
Sasuke's lips pursed here, understanding the situation now. He remained silent as his gaze fell to the ground, contemplative.
"Please Sasuke, Naruto's vessel can only stay on chakra support for so long. He has only a few days left."
Sasuke scoffed here. "What makes you think I would do this, Sakura? I abandoned you guys, remember? What do I get out of this?"
Sakura pressed her lips together, uncomfortable. "Sasuke…you grew up with Naruto. He's your best friend."
The man stood up from the wall here. His frame now standing at full height to leer down at his former Team Seven partner. "Don't think you understand who I am, Sakura."
The kunoichi blinked confusedly. She took one step backwards so that there was a more comfortable distance between them before throwing her hands up in exasperation. "Fine. Whatever, you hate all of us. Just tell me what it is you want that'll get you to save Naruto."
Sasuke tsked, turning slightly away. "You sure have changed, Sakura."
His diversions were wearing down on her patience. Stepping closer to him again, Sakura whipped him around by his elbow so that he was once more facing her. "Just tell me what you want Sasuke!"
The man locked eyes with her then. His expression unfathomable as he stayed silent, only continuing to bore down into her green eyes with his jet black ones.
They were interrupted as the lights to their compound suddenly turned off, at the same time a loud thunderous boom had cracked in through the night's dry air outside.
Thunder without rain. A dry thunderstorm. One of the rarest weather conditions but still a possibility every now and again, especially after a real storm.
Jugo's voice sounded through the closed door to their room. "The power's out Sasuke! Suigetsu and Karin are going outside to check on the generator."
A grin spread itself slowly across Sasuke's lips as he called back: "Alright Jugo. Take your time."
Suddenly, Sakura felt Sasuke gripping both of her upper arms, pulling her in forward until their bodies were touching. Her eyes skimmed upwards, confused and looking into his for an answer. As soon as they met, Sasuke's mouth covered hers.
Sakura's eyes burst open in shock, immediately squirming away from the tight kiss but a hand came to lock against the back of her skull, keeping her pinned. His tongue delved into her mouth and ravaged it like a hungry python.
Sakura gagged into the kiss but he still wouldn't let go. Summoning her chakra to her fingers, the kunoichi punched Sasuke upside his head.
The Uchiha doubled over, collapsing onto the dark blue carpet of his room. He turned back glaring at Sakura, a dab of blood on the corner of his mouth.
Sakura was belligerent. "Wh-what the hell?!"
The man scoffed while getting back on his feet. "You wanted to know my price Sakura. Well you just got it."
The kunoichi blinked. "What?"
"My price, for saving Naruto, is you."