Chapter 1
A/N: Konoha Forest is NOT the forest of death. It's the forest that surrounds the village. Also NO Akatsuki member is dead at this point. I'm changing it up so Sasori isn't killed by Sakura's hand.
Me: Please say the disclaimer please!
Akatsuki: Who?
Me: Whoever but make it fast I want my story to begin soon.
Tobi: Let's decide with a game of rock paper scissors!
Deidara: Shut up no one likes you Tobi, hmm
Me: Quit being rude to Tobi and say the disclaimer or else!
Deidara: Or else what?
Me: Or else I will make sure you don't blow anything up.
Deidara: Fine! AlmightyAkatsuki doesn't own Naruto because if she did the Akatsuki would still be alive and ruling the world.
Sakura's POV
'Shizune, Tsunade-Shisou, and I are trying our hardest to heal a ninja that came back from duty with fatal injuries.
Tsunade was working on the man's harsh concussion; while Shizune was extracting the poison from his torso that could have killed him if it spread any further. I was finishing healing the deep stab wounds on his legs and abdomen. When we had started his procedure to extract and heal he had a 20% chance of surviving. Thankfully Shizune Tsunade and I have secured his life for the time being. Suddenly my name was being called by Tsunade.
"Sakura! I need you to go into Konoha Forest and retrieve me a Lotus Root for the medical balm we need for after the procedure, he's going to make it." Tsunade told me with a stern voice with hints of relief.
"Yes, Shisou." I answered
I walked out of the hospital in slow jog due to my exhaustion from healing the wounded ninja. I passed civilians and said hello to those who greeted me. I made it to Konoha Forest and looked for the lotus root. I had wandered far into the forest to a secret spot that I knew had all the medical herbs from Konoha Forest. I picked several others than just the Lotus Root when I heard voices. I wasn't sure if I was hearing things or if there really was someone. Then I heard the voices again and I was sure someone was there.
I became consumed with curiosity, concealed my chakra, and went toward where I heard the voices. What I saw made me gasp. Thankfully they hadn't heard my gasp.
"We will infiltrate the Leaf during the night and take what we need. For now we watch." A person named Sasori told the person in front of him, I believe his name was Deidara. I know their names because as ninja we are allowed to look through a Bingo Book.
I gasped at hearing this new information and turned to go back to the village, the lotus root long forgotten.
I turned and ran, though I didn't get very far because an explosion knocked me back and caught me off guard, I opened my eyes to see Deidara standing over me with a psychotic grin on his face.
"Well, well, what do we have here? Eavesdropping isn't nice you know, hmm" I sneered, like I would want to be nice to any Akatsuki.
I got to my feet quickly but the explosions aftershock made me unbalanced. As I regained my balance I felt restrained, as if my limbs were being controlled. I turned around and saw the reason why.
Sasori was standing behind me with a bored look on his face while his chakra strings connected to my limbs and torso my hate for feeling controlled instinctually made me to give him a vicious glare, and he smirked at me!
'THAT JERK! SMIRKING AT US, WHAT AN ASS!' My inner self shouted to no one in particular.
"What should we do with her? I can always make her into one of my pieces of art, yeah!" Deidara asked Sasori with an evil glint in his only visible eye.
"Do as you please, but make it quick I hate waiting, brat."
Sasori released the chakra strings he had me under and walked deeper into the forest.
Deidara got onto his clay bird and threw down a clay snake that wrapped around my legs and detonated burning the flesh to 3rd degree burns.
"You're lucky I'm toying with you if not then you would have no legs right now, hmm"
Ignoring his comment, I climbed a tree and jumped straight into is bird with my fist loaded and ready to hit. I felt proud that I was able to get him off his bird by smashing it to bits.
"You little brat, yeah!"
I lowered my guard a bit and smirked, he took advantage of this and blew me off my course, and I crashed into a tree.
Before I lost consciousness I thought 'I'm sorry everyone especially you Naruto for not being able to stop them, but what chance did I have?'
Still Sakura's POV
My head was in excruciating pain it hurt to move any and all muscles, not to mention my legs were still scorched. I opened my eyes and saw a place that I've never seen before it took a few moments to register it was a cell. While climbing to sit in the ugly bed I was placed in I found that my hands were shackled and too close together to make any hand signs. There was a throbbing pain in my bicep, I checked and saw there was a welt the size of a tennis ball there, it seems to have been infected due to an unsanitary procedure or injection.
'Those stupid Akatsuki probably injected me with some kind of chakra suppressant, because I have close to nothing in my reserves.'
I continued thinking to myself until I heard someone walk in and place a tray down in front of me; eyeing the food warily I looked at the person who placed it there.
The person who placed it there was a woman, she has an impassive face but her eyes were gentle, her hair was blue and made into a bun, in the bun was an origami rose. She had golden eyes and one piercing below her lip. I could tell she was taller than me, and the way she held herself shouted graceful.
Before I had a chance to ask her anything she spoke, in an emotionless voice
"Hello Sakura, my name is Konan and I'm here to ask you a few questions."
"By asking a few questions I'm assuming you mean torture." I spat viciously with my voice full of venom at the women.
Konan was not fazed in the slightest; she merely shook her head and said in a voice now gentle.
"You have no reason to fret. I am personally not a fan of that form of interrogation however if you do no cooperate and answer my questions then my partner will come in. That is when you must worry for he will do anything to have what he wants."
To say I was surprised is an understatement I was completely stunned to even answer her. An Akatsuki member not fond of torture had to be a sick joke, perhaps she was torturing me mentally by allowing me to think she is trustworthy. No that can't be it; if they wanted to do that Itachi would be here.
"Now eat. You have been in a comatose state for 2 days; I will be back later this evening to begin my interrogation." Konan said after some silence her voice once again devoid of any emotion.
After Konan left I poked at my food not completely trusting of it since I had no idea who made it, for all I know it can have the drug that is suppressing my chakra. I used only a bit of the small portion of chakra to scan my food and after that I deemed it clear enough to eat.
A few hours later, I think since I haven't been outside for 2 days, Konan walked in with a paper and pen.
"I am going to begin with the questions know Sakura. What do you know about the Kyuubi?" I personally hated how she referred to Naruto as the 'Kyuubi' so I decided to voice it.
"I know that his name is Naruto."
When I glanced at her face I swear I could see a slight smile and her eyes had mirth, as if she understood why I had said that.
"Very well. What do you know about Naruto? "
"I will not answer anything about Naruto or the Village Hidden in the Leaves."
"Of course. Then, what are you skills in medical jutsu?"
"My medical skills are on par with that of the Fifth Hokage." Konan seemed to decide whether or not that was important in her head and when she decided she wrote something down on the paper.
"Next question, what are you exceptional at healing and what are you not poor at?"
"I believe that was 2 questions." I could tell that I annoyed her, but only because I saw the twitch in her eye and the way her mouth formed a thin line.
"Alright, what category are you exceptional at healing?"
"I am most excellent at mending broken bones and extracting poison"
"What are you poor at repairing?"
"I excel in all categories however if I had to chose a category that I am not comfortable at working with it is working with the reconnecting of severed nerves."
"This is my final question and I will come back tomorrow and ask you more. Do you have information on the Akatsuki and any of its members?" I was silent for a few moments before answering.
"I have no Intel on your organization other than some members name and appearance."
"Very well. Thank you for your cooperation. I will have your dinner brought to you by me in an hour."
Konan left without a second glance. I waited for an hour until my food came; I once again did the scan and ate the food when it came out clear. During and after my dinner I berated myself for giving the Akatsuki information about me.
'Why?! I didn't mean to. It…it was just instinct to answer her questions how can I have done that? I…I'm just glad I didn't give away anything about the village. I've decided tomorrow when she comes to interrogate me; I will not answer anything about me or those I care about. Not even about my Intel on the Akatsuki'
I thought some more about what I've done wrong. When I got tired I imagined the happy faces of all those I care about ,and through my imagination made them tell me that what I did was okay ,that I did nothing wrong ,but that's all I could do to console myself.
Sakura's POV
The next morning I woke up to the sound of my cell door opening and Konan setting the tray on my bed like she did the day before. I ate my breakfast quickly without checking it because they more than likely won't drug me if I'm needed for interrogation.
"I'm going to begin now Sakura."
"Hai"
Konan began asking question after my response, and I stuck true to my word and stayed quiet and refused to answer. Before Konan left she told me that she will be bringing me my lunch than after I eat we will have another interrogation then dinner. Konan came as she said she would, while I still refused to answer anything.
We had 3 more days go the same way and I believe Konan became fed up with my lack of answer. During our last questioning Konan had informed me before she left that tomorrow after breakfast she will not come to more interrogation. Before she closed the door I heard her whisper faintly,
"You brought this on yourself Sakura"
This made me worry.
'Will I receive torture from her partner tomorrow? Or perhaps they will just kill me. '
'SAKURA! HOW DARE YOU THINK THAT! DO YOU HONESTLY THINK THAT I WOULD JUST LET YOU DIE, ACTUALLY NO. DO YOU THINK THAT I WOULD LET US DIE?"
'Inner?'
"Damn right!"
'Go away. I'm too tired to talk to you right now.'
"TO HELL WITH WHAT YOU'RE TIRED WITH! I'M NOT GOING TO SIT BY AND LET YOU JUST WAIT FOR YOURSELF TO DIE! YOU ARE NOT THE ANNOYING SAKURA I'VE LIVED WITH!"
'Inner, just shut up I need to sleep.'
"NO! I WILL NOT SHUT UP UNTIL YOUR FAVORITE WORD IS COURAGE AGAIN! RIGHT NOW I AM LOOKING DOWN UPON YOU MORE THAN I ALREADY DO. I'VE BEEN HERE YOUR WHOLE LIFE AND I KNOW THAT 'WEAKNESS' AND 'USELESS' IS WHAT YOU HATE BEING BUT NOW IM STARTING TO THINK THAT'S WHAT YOU ARE. DO YOU THINK THAT NARUTO IS NOT GOING TO BE LOOKING DEATH STRAIGHT IN THE EYE FOR YOU?! DO YOU THINK HES GOING TO BE JUST
"INNER! DO YOU THINK I HAVENT THOUGHT ABOUT THAT?! I HAVE THOUGHT ABOUT HIM DYING BECAUSE OF ME BUT THERE IS NOTHING I CAN DO NOW. THE TORTURE IM GOING TO GET WILL KILL ME!'
"And when has death stopped Naruto? When has it stopped Sasuke? Or even Kakashi? To be honest death seems to only stop you Sakura."
At this my eyes flew open wide. When has death stopped any of my teammates? If it can't stop then I need to have the courage and stare death in the eye until he cowers because Sakura Haruno is not going to die anytime soon!
"That's it girl! Don't let it stop us because we are NOT weak, we are NOT useless, and we are NOT scared of death!"
'Thank you inner, couldn't have done it without you."
The next morning Konan walked into my cell set the tray down and when I looked at her, her eyes got a bit wider. I was ready for whatever they are going to throw at me because thanks to inner I have new found confidence that I didn't have after our first questioning. Konan gave me a small smile and was about to leave when she spoke,
"My partner has decided to come and do his form of interrogation. He will be by in an hour, be ready." Her tone was emotionless and the smile she once bore was nowhere to be seen.
"Very well, I will be here." I inquired.
For the next hour I ate and sat in silence, imagining the pain I will be in. What kind of torture would I have to be going through? Heh. I guess I'll just have to wait and see.
By the time I knew it my hour was up and I had my door being opened and closed none too gently. I was lying on my bed facing the wall so I didn't see the face of my interrogator.
"Get up."
From only those 2 words I was able to interpret a lot. It was a male, he had an emotionless tone like his partner, and his voice though it had no emotion though it shouted power and confidence.
"Get up"
He said it again though his voice was much sterner. I did as he said and sat up on the so called bed. As I did I looked up and saw the oddest looking man. This man had piercings covering his face, 3 rods through his nose, 2 fang shaped piercings below his lip, 6 ear claps on each ear along with a rod through both as well. He had orange hair, the color Naruto wore, and purple ringed eyes.
"Konan has told me that you refuse to be cooperative and answer her questions. I believe she told you the consequences of not collaborating."
I looked him straight in the eye and with not even a stutter, "She has."
He turned around and spoke monotonously "We will begin now."
"Its proper manners to introduce yourself before you nearly kill someone; at least it would hurt my pride a lot less." I commented calmly, at this he slowly looked over his shoulder and stared at me. Finally after what felt like hours he replied.
"Pain"
Sakura's POV
1 hour later I had 6 broken fingers, a cut running from my shoulder to the beginning of my index finger on both arms, and a dislocated knee. What I was really proud of is the fact I managed to stay quiet. I was about to fall into unconsciousness when I heard Pain speak.
"I am going to allow you some chakra to heal your wounds but if you try, and get away with what you're allowed, tomorrow I will be harsher with my interrogation." Pain made sure I understood before making a hand sign and letting me have 30% of my chakra. "I will watch, now heal." His voice held no room for arguments.
30% is enough to only seal the cuts and mend 6 bones, I won't have enough to fix my dislocated knee, guess I'll have to do that the old fashioned way grudgingly with some help, but I can't possibly ask Pain I need to wait for Konan. I began healing my whole left hand since all the fingers were broken, I then used my left hand to heal the cut going down my arms, once done I limped to my bed and Pain walked out after sealing my chakra.
Later Konan came in with my lunch she was standing in front of me and saw how I didn't move to take the tray from the edge of the bed.
"Sakura, what is the matter?" At her question I winced and she noticed.
"I have a dislocated knee and I need help to pop it back into place." I muttered not looking into her eyes. Asking an Akatsuki even a nice one was bad. Konan's eyes softened and her voice was gentle
"What do you need me to do?" My head snapped up at her implication of helping.
"I need you to help me place it back; you need to put your hand to my right of my left knee.
"Like this?"
"Yes. Now use your right hand to hold below the knee on my calf."
"Okay, now what?"
"Now it's the painful part. I need you to use your left hand to push the bone right until you hear the pop."
"Oh I heard of this, I was told its better to distract the person so they feel less pain."
"Yes that usually works bu-OWW!"
"Did it hurt less?"
"Yes it did I didn't think that you could distract me like that though"
"Sakura you're a medic and they usually talk about theories on anatomy so I thought of mentioning a theory to get the pain off your mind" Konan spoke gently with a bit of mirth in her eyes. "Rest up you have a long few days coming up. I will be back later with you dinner."
I ate my food and laid down to rest I was thinking of all my friends back in Konoha and if they were looking for me when I dozed off. I woke up again to have Konan bringing me my, surprisingly, breakfast.
"I was asleep all night?" I questioned her sleepily while slightly slurring my words.
"Yes. When I brought you dinner you didn't wake up like you usually did when I come in, so I left you be." Konan replied slowly since I was still asleep and trying to process everything.
"Hmm that means Pain is coming in soon, right?"
"Hai. I will be going now Sakura. Pain will come in an hour."
Konan closed the door and I began eating my fill with whatever they gave me. I began thinking about what it would be like today.
'Pain he seems like one to change something over periods of time. Does that mean that his torture will be any different?'
I was once again deep in thought and didn't notice the door open. I finally looked up and saw Pain standing there watching me with narrowed eyes.
"We will begin." Pain suddenly announced
"Are you always this demanding?" I questioned him. I didn't like being told what to do very much, however I didn't seem to realize this was a life and death situation. When I finally realized I said it aloud I looked at Pain to see amusement in his eyes and a twitch toward the corner of his lips.
"Sakura I believe you are in no position to be questioning my demands" he said impassively.
"Humph"
Sakura's POV
The torture lasted again for an hour and as I thought I came out with different wounds as yesterday. Today I had only burns on my torso arms and upper thighs. While the torture was painful it never lasted long and I never said anything. Pain allowed me to heal myself once again then sealed my chakra once again and I did not needing anything to heal on its own since the amount I was given was sufficient. Konan came brought me my food as usual. The tortures and meals lasted for a week until something unexpected happened.
Pain allowed me to heal my wounds and instead of leaving after the chakra sealing he stayed and studied me, I stared back at him and was about to speak but before I could he did,
"I'm going to offer you a deal."
"What kind of deal" I said suspiciously.
"I want you to join the Akatsuki and be our medic; you won't have to live in this cell, you'll get your own room and procedure room."
"And if I refuse?"
"I will kill you and show your body to the Kyu-"
"Naruto" I growled at him.
"Yes Naruto."
I thought about his deal and while it was tempting I couldn't betray Konoha like that. However ill die if I don't and that will cause Naruto to rage and lose all sense of right and wrong. That's it I made my decision.
"I agree; however I will not heal things that I see fit because the body needs to heal on its own as well some things aren't worth the waste of chakra."
"Very well. Konan you may come in now."
Konan came in and brought me my food I ate it all and suddenly felt drowsy and light-headed; the last thing I saw before I passed out was Konan's guilty face and Pain's emotionless one
AND THAT IS THE END OF CHAPTER ONE!
(A/N): I know I didn't mention some things so I will now. The burns Sakura had from Deidara's explosions healed gradually during the time she was with Konan, and she also healed it bit by bit with the little chakra she had. The injection Sakura had on her bicep was a special formula that when infused with a person's chakra it made whoever it was injected into have low chakra at the will of the chakra infuser. That's harder to type than think. ^~^
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~Almighty OUT!~