The events from last night felt surreal.
Fake.
Her hands were still shaking as they waited for Sasuke to wake up. Sakura, herself, had strapped Sasuke into the hospital bed since they all knew he was not going to lay down and accept that he was back in the village. He was going to put up a fight now all they had to do was find out when.
Naruto came over to Sakura's side and rested a hand on her shoulder.
"How are you feeling, Sakura-chan? You haven't slept in a while."
She smiled up at him warmly.
"No. I'm fine. Thank you."
He wasn't convinced but nodded at her anyways.
"Okay. Well, if you need anyth--"
The sound of a struggle interrupted him.
Metal clattering to the floor echoed down the halls as medical nins ran past, turning into Sasuke's room. Sakura shot a look at Naruto and ran to the room to see what was causing all the commotion.
Inside was a disaster.
Medical equipment was thrown around the room.
The window was smashed open by a chair that laid out in front of it.
Several medical nin squeezed into the small room and struggled to keep down the violent ninja who had broken through almost all the straps that held him down to bed.
Breaking through the crowd, Naruto came up and threw a rough fist at Sasuke.
The force of the hit pushed Sasuke to the floor, breaking the last of the straps that held him.
Moving quickly, Naruto grabbed Sasuke by the collar and threw him into the wall and held him there.
"Hey! Cool it!"
Sasuke glared at him coldly, not speaking.
Sakura walked to Naruto and pulled him back slightly. She was calm but careful.
"Let go..."
Naruto's grip slowly slipped away until his hand finally fell to his side.
Sasuke stood up right but made no movement. His eyes were on Sakura. Her control and power captivated him.
How was she able to have such strength and now be able to control Naruto? How much has he missed?
Sakura looked on at him coolly as if she knew his thoughts and he looked away.
He was going to have to watch out for her.
After a moment of tense silence, Sakura turned to the window, stood the chair up right, and sat down with her eyes on Sasuke.
"You know you won't be able to leave the village."
He narrowed his eyes but kept his head turned away.
"I'll find a way."
"No, you won't. Everyone knows of your return and there are ANBU stationed around the whole village. There is no way you'd be able to escape without someone seeing. You will be captured and brought back."
She stretched her arms and sighed.
"So, you're stuck here again. You will be judged before the Hokage and after a while of training and such, you will be accepted back to the village as one of our own again and be able to work missions"
Sasuke growled and finally turning to her.
"I won't do any of that! I will leave here and never return!"
"No you won't."
She stated it so bluntly that Sasuke was enraged and ran up to her before Naruto could grab him.
His face was just inches from hers.
"You can't stop me. No one will stop me from getting what I want."
Even though he was right there, able to strike her down at any moment, Sakura was still showed no fear of him.
"What is it that you want then? To get your revenge?"
Sasuke pulled back slightly.
"Yes. To kill my brother... and you won't stop me"
Sakura nodded her head slowly as if she was considering something when a tricky smile played on her face.
She looked up at him with mischievous eyes,
"You really think you're strong enough to kill Itachi?"
Sasuke was on her in seconds, pushing her off the chair and pinning her to ground.
Naruto yelped but made no move toward them.
Sakura was still, staring up at him with the smile still on her face.
Sasuke glared at her in anger and confusion. This was definitely not the same Sakura he left.
She tilted her head, an apparent trademark to her now.
"I have an offer for you."
"You have nothing I want."
He growled in response, pulling himself up and started to the door.
Naruto blocked it as Sakura sat up on the floor.
"We know where Itachi is."
Sasuke stopped and looked down at her, waiting.
"We've been trailing him for a while. You promise to return the village indefinately and we'll tell you where."
He clenched his teeth together and stared out in thought.
After a moment, he shook his head.
"No. I want to know where he is and go kill him. Now."
Sakura stood and brushed herself off as she walked back up to him.
"Under two conditions: You make the promise. And Naruto and I come with you."
"No."
He muttered.
"I don't want your guys help. I can kill him myself."
"We won't jump in. Just tag along, leading you to him."
"I said No."
He started to the door again.
"Fine, one of us. Someone has to go with you, Sasuke. How will we know if you'll really return if we don't?"
He turned and looked at her.
Lost in thought, Sasuke stood there, quietly thinking everything over.
After a moment of silence, he finally agreed.
"Just one of you."
Sakura smiled, and for a split second, it reminded him of the old her.
She nodded happily.
"Good. We'll set out tomorrow morning."
She strolled past him, patting his shoulder as she went.
"Hope you're not a deep sleeper. You'll be up early."
He blinked.
"You're coming?!"
"Well, duh. If Naruto went, you two would instantly start fighting."
She pointed out.
Naruto scoffed and they all knew he agreed.
Sakura waved goodbye to Sasuke.
"See ya later"
Her and Naruto disappeared behind the door and Sasuke stared around room.
When he was pretty sure they were gone, he made a move to the broken window. He glanced around the village.
He could escape.
Leave easily right at this moment.
But he wanted Itachi.
Sasuke slowly reached his hand out onto the broken glass, cutting his finger stared down and the red dot.
Damn the girl.
She really did capture him...
In more than one way.
