Hostage
Please, Sakura... Don't struggle too much. I don't really want to hurt you... But, of course, I can't tell you that.
"Keep it quiet," he whispered menacingly in her ear as he brought the blade of his sword up to her throat. Her eyes widened, and he narrowed his eyes for effect.
It really bothered Sasuke that he had to keep up this act until he got a chance to kill Tobi. But once that wass done... if he survived... Maybe she'd forgive him.
"I'm only taking you hostage, Sakura. Be happy I'm not trying to kill you. I could easily do that as well..."
I could never do that, Sakura... So please, stop struggling...
But struggle she did, and it was a fight just to bring her to Tobi.
"Here. I brought her, like you asked," Sasuke said, still holding her tightly in his mock embrace. Oh, if only he could really hold her...
The evil glint in Tobi's eye was enough to chill his soul. He knew immediately that the man had something planned, something dark and devastating...
"Good, Sasuke. Now kill her."
Sakura's eyes widened, and Sasuke was afraid his did the same before he caught himself. "W-what? I thought you said we were taking her hostage—"
"I told you to bring her to me—and now that she's here, I want to watch you kill her."
He knows, Sasuke thought. He knows that I can't really hurt her. He's seen through me all along, hasn't he?
"Fine," Sasuke had to force the word out, even as his mind was working to form a plan. It's times like that he really envied Itachi's ability to think out every little detail, to keep his cool under pressure. Sasuke could feel the sweat trickling down his back as he threw Sakura to the ground and pointed his sword at her back. He made sure to face away from Tobi, so the man wouldn't see his face.
Sasuke clenched his eyes shut, unable to hold back a few stray tears as he readied his sword for the strike...
"Not so fast! I won't let you kill Sakura!"
Sasuke froze where he stood, the barest of smiles appearing on his face. What took you so long, moron?
He'd never been happier to hear Naruto's annoying voice in his life.
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Author: I figure Sasuke's madness was real until the end of the attack on Konoha when he almost killed Sakura, which shocked him back to reality. However, he was still unstable and just kept playing it up so Tobi would underestimate him. And he had to convince Sakura she was in real danger, so she wouldn't give away his true intentions... Just an all around awful situation here.
Leave it to Naruto to jump in and save the day. XD.
I also realized today that this is my first official SasuSaku writing. I'm glad I have a whole plot bunny for their romance in my head already. ^^
Thanks to everyone who reviewed!
Just Continue: Awesome, I was planning on doing fan-art originally but for lack of time chose fanfics instead because I can write faster. ^^
kloradori: I'm glad you liked it!
Strings of a Puppet: I'm happy you agree. I can't imagine it any other way myself, it's too fitting that he'd have to win her over again in the end after hurting her so badly. :)
