Okay, chapter two is up, but it's only a measly 689 words.
Traveling through the darkness with Sakura held bridal style in his arms, Sasuke kept an eye out for any potential danger. He knew that the wooded area around Orochimaru's hideout was usually deserted, but he didn't want to count on generalities today.
He looked down at the female and told himself for the hundredth time that taking her was a bad idea, it was just too dangerous. Sasuke had no clue what Orochimaru would do if he found out. Would he simply kick Sakura out? No, not if she had already seen anything inside. Would she be kept and used as a test subject in one of his gruesome experiments? Probably, since Orochimaru wouldn't want to waste the chance for a new victim.
And what would happen to him, Sasuke? Would he be thrown out? Not likely, he was too important in Orochimaru's plans. Actually, now that he thought about it, he doubted anything would be done to him. He might get a simple reprimand, but other than that nothing too bad. Sasuke basically had free reign whenever he didn't have a specific order from the top, and there was no rule against bringing people into the place.
The trees began to thin as he approached the entrance to the hideout, and he paused to think things through before waltzing right in. He knelt on the branch and set Sakura down. This particular hideout was one of the more permanent settings of Orochimaru's which meant it held a lot more people. There were numerous servants housed inside, as well as guards and loyal minions of Orochimaru.
Sasuke's room was far enough away from the busy center of the underground community that he wouldn't need to pass by too many potential spies of Orochimaru's, but he was far enough in from the edges that he would need a great amount of skill and luck to make it without being seen. However, Sasuke had skill, and was sure of his ability to sneak her in without suspicion.
He looked at Sakura and noticed her wounds were leaving little pools of red on the bark of the branch. Sasuke took off his loose, open fronted shirt, and wrapped Sakura entirely inside it so that her blood wouldn't leave trails through the hallways inside.
Sasuke went closer to the entrance of the hideout and tried to sense if anyone was nearby. Not sensing any presence of life, Sasuke silently ran inside with Sakura draped over one shoulder. The hallways were dark and quiet and Sasuke moved through them quickly. He turned corner after corner until the hallways became brighter with the promise of more light up ahead.
Usually he would continue going straight and take the more direct route to his room, but in the present situation he decided to use the less traveled paths where the chance of running into people was smaller.
As he went down another hall, he heard the sound of footsteps approaching from up ahead. He quickly ducked around the nearest corner and leaned back into the shadows, waiting for the person to pass. The servant walked past, ignorant of the tense man only a few meters away.
Sasuke waited until the echoing footfalls could no longer be heard, and continued on his way.
Soon he came to the heavy wooden door that was the entrance to his room. He opened it and stepped into the awaiting darkness. He fumbled around for the light switch and then went to drop Sakura onto his bed. He unwrapped her from his bloodstained shirt, but left her lying on it.
Sasuke looked down at her wondering what he should do next. Reporting to Orochimaru would have usually been what he would have done first, so he went to his small closet and pulled out a shirt identical to the one he had just been wearing. He glanced back over to Sakura and decided that she would be safe there; it wasn't likely that she would wake up in the next few minutes.
Sasuke went back through the door and made his way to where he knew the snake would be waiting.
Yeah, that was a short chapter. I'm sorry. It looked much longer on MS word. I was going to add more, but that last sentence seemed like a good stopping point and I thought that I might as well upload it now. Hope you enjoyed it at least!
