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Full Summary: TRAITOR! He had hurt her so bad; leaving her on that bench six years ago in the middle of the night. He'd ripped her heart out and shattered it right in front of her and then left her to pick up the pieces he'd scattered to the wind. That was the last straw for Haruno Sakura. From that day forward, she trained harder, practiced until she physically couldn't practice anymore. For six years she trained and forgot him. Six years she hated him, she loathed his very being. Sasuke never thought she would come after him, he never thought she could beat him, he never knew he'd return to Konoha a prisoner. He never knew how much she loved him, and he never knew how bad he could hurt her. Now the darkness had consumed her, just like it has consumed him. Only she can save him from his darkness, but first, someone has to save her before it's too late.
Chapter 2: Sweet Revenge
Sakura woke up about three and a half hours later. She knew Sai had put her to bed and was very thankful but she wished those damned nightmares would leave her alone. They constantly plagued her and she hadn't had a good nights sleep for six years; never giving her more than three or four hours a night lest she wake up screaming.
The clock said it was three in the evening. Healing Sai had taken longer than she thought. She yawned and stretched before walking out into the kitchen of her apartment. She put on a kettle for tea and waited for the water to boil. She poured herself a cup of hot water and then added the green tea bag and started to slowly sip at it.
Halfway through her tea, the door bounced open and Naruto's head popped in from off the streets. "Evening Sakura-chan!" Naruto called to her. He came over and gave his best friend a large, sweeping hug before setting her down. He looked at her tea for a moment and shrugged. "C'mon Sakura, Godaime wants us in her office ASAP." Naruto said before taking the empty cup from her hand and putting it into the sink. He turned to urge her on again but in a whirl of Sakura blossoms, she was gone. Damn, she was getting good at that!
With a small pop and a puff of smoke, Naruto was gone and appeared next to Sakura outside the Konoha hospital. "Hey Sakura-chan, you could've at least waited for me." Naruto complained.
Sakura just smirked slightly before replying, "But where is the fun in that?" She gave a sour laugh before heading into the large hospital and winding her way around the hallways and staircases until she found the fifth Hokage's office. She knocked twice before entering and bowed to her former sensei. "Tsunade-sama, I hear that you are in need of our services?" Sakura asked just as Naruto entered the room and closed the door gently.
"Take a seat." A simple command that both Naruto and Sakura obeyed without question. They sat in front of her and waited for her to speak. Tsunade dropped a map in front of Kakashi and then crossed her legs as she sat back down in her chair. "I have located the whereabouts of a missing nin that I want brought back to the village, preferably alive." She looked directly at Sakura for a moment before proceeding with what she was saying. "Sasuke Uchiha has been found near the Snow village."
Everyone had already been quiet since Tsunade had started talking but now you could cut the tension with a knife. "The Teme is the one we're after?" Naruto asked quietly.
Sakura didn't even flinch at his name, and this is what worried Tsunade and Kakashi most; it's as though she's completely pushed all her emotions out of her life. She was becoming cold and stoic. They were fearing for her safety, perhaps returning Sasuke would help her cope.
"Yes, Naruto, Sasuke is the one you will be going after. Unfortunately, he has been traveling with three others. I don't know much about them, but Sakura will inform you on them later." Everyone turned to glance at Sakura, except Sai who only nodded his head in recognition. "There are four of them and four of you. That means one for each of you; Sakura, I want Sasuke brought back alive."
"Wait, you want Sakura to face Sasuke?" Naruto and Kakashi asked the Godaime.
"Yes I do, and you will do well not to interrupt me Naruto. Please, now I need you to leave as soon as possible. Gather your things quickly and leave right away." Tsunade ordered them. "Return safe when you have accomplished your goal."
"And what of the others, if we encounter them?" Sai asked her.
Tsunade paused one moment before glancing back over to them. "Deal with them as you see fit. Personally, they have done nothing against Konoha as of yet. But if they give you a problem, dispose of them." Tsunade said before sitting back down. "Sakura, stay with me a moment if you would."
The others spared a glance back at the small, pink-haired kunoichi before continuing forward. Sakura gave a nod and fell behind them to return to the office.
Fifteen minutes later, Sakura was at her home and turning on the hot water to her shower. She took a nice, long, ten-minute shower and cleaned herself thoroughly knowing that this might be the last chance to bathe for the next few days. Twenty minutes later, she met up with the others at the village gate. "You all right?" Kakashi asked Sakura.
She gave him a small, fake smile before taking off into the woods. That determined look was on her face again, the smile long gone and for the next few days, a smile would be the farthest thing from her mind. She was preparing herself for a mental and physical battle. Going against the legendary Sasuke Uchiha was going to be tough and challenging, but she had faith in herself that she could bring him home.
About an hour later they found themselves nearing a cooler climate. Small snowflakes littered the ground here and there signaling the change from Fire country to the Snow Village.
Sakura had them pause to rest for an hour and told them she was going to scout around. Kakashi didn't like it but he decided to let her be. He knew she had to prepare herself for her upcoming battle. He just hoped she wouldn't get hurt and that they would both survive, but a small part of him wanted Sasuke to suffer like Sakura had for the past six years. He was angry at the shinobi, but he could not hate him as Sakura did, for he was not the one that had been betrayed.
Sakura returned to the group with her mind set. She would make Sasuke pay for what he had done to her. He will know what it's like to have your heart ripped out and torn to shreds. She was going to hurt him every way she knew how and she didn't care if she had to die doing it! He wanted revenge, she'd show him true revenge; there's nothing worse than a broken hearted woman unless it's a broken hearted woman out for revenge!
After three hours of searching, Kakashi halted the group and summon Pakuun and his other hounds. "Sakura, do you have the article with Sasuke's scent?" Kakashi asked softly.
Sakura nodded and pulled out Sasuke's Hidden Leaf headband. Kakashi just stared at the thing as though it were speaking to him. Naruto let out a gasp and looked to Sakura who had her head bowed as the dog came near to sniff it. The little puppy-looking canine lifted its head into the air along with the others.
"I can smell him, but the scent is being covered with others. He must have given them something of his as well." Pakuun observed to the group.
"Will you be able to track him Pakuun?" Kakashi asked quietly. The dog sniffed again and then nodded. "All right then, Pakuun, lead Sakura towards him. Naruto, Sai, split up and find the others. We have to distract them so that Sakura can sneak through undetected if only for a few moments." Kakashi said.
Sai and Naruto nodded and disappeared, following one of the other canines that Kakashi had created. Kakashi was the last remaining and came up behind Sakura. He put a hand on her shoulder and sensed how tense she was. "Just be careful Sakura, please be careful." That was all he said before he disappeared off into the trees.
Sakura gave them all a decent head start and then continued silently through the trees. She had told them all about the ninjas that formed up Team Hebi; Karin the chakra sensor, Juugo the unstable one, and Suigetsu the water manipulating ninja. She hoped they would all succeed. Her mission depended on theirs succeeding.
She continued to travel and then stopped dead behind Pakuun just in time to dodge the kunai that were thrown in her general direction. Pakuun disappeared in a puff of smoke and Sakura looked up to see the back of none other than Sasuke Uchiha. She knew it was him because only he wears the symbol on his back, not even Itachi; his murderous brother would wear the Uchiha clan symbol on his clothing.
Now it was time for her to face him. She could feel all the hatred and loathing of him building up inside of her like a raging inferno, a fire that couldn't be controlled. Her anger was great, but her control was better. She pushed the fury aside and drew her kunai. "Sasuke Uchiha, you have been deemed a missing nin from Konoha. I am here to bring you back by command of the fifth Hokage, will you comply?" Sakura had to ask that, because she would have to take him there without a fight if he went willingly. But she already knew the question to her answer.
A kunai was tossed in her direction; she merely caught it and tossed it right back. "Fine, then I will bring you back." She had only whispered this but she knew Sasuke had heard her. The kunai hit directly in his back but there was a suddenly poof and he was gone. "Substitution jutsu." Sakura merely nodded to herself. "Clever Uchiha, but don't run from me, I want you to fight me Uchiha! Or are you too afraid to be beaten?" Sakura had to insult his pride, or else he would never come down.
Sasuke was suddenly behind her, a kunai pointed at her delicate throat as he pulled on of her arms back towards his body so she couldn't reach for a weapon. "Do you really wish to fight me Sakura?" He cooed into her ear. "You're going to get hurt Sakura, just go home and play ninja there. You're too weak to beat me." He whispered into her ear.
Her log hair blew in the breeze and tickled his nose. That was the distraction she needed as she brought her head back and hit him in the face hard, she heard his nose bust and knew she probably had his blood on her hair, but she didn't care.
She flipped forward a few more times before landing in a crouch and glancing around. Four shruiken came flying at her from the right and she just barely had time to dodge those attacks when Sasuke appeared out of nowhere, his knee connecting with her jaw, but a small pop echoed and her shadow clone disappeared in a puff of smoke.
From the shadows of the trees, she watched him and pulled out several kunai. She tucked one in the valley of her breasts, hidden swiftly by the material and then dove at him; so far she'd only used one jutsu and was focusing on saving her chakra for last.
He was suddenly behind her; but she had anticipated this and brought her foot back in time to connect with his stomach. He was sent flying a few feet into the base of the tree. He was already up again though and angrier this time. His Sharingan activated and he stared at her.
Sakura could feel his Sharingan on her and forced herself not to look into his eyes. There was too much at stake here, she had to keep focused. In a whirl of Sakura blossoms, she vanished.
Sasuke couldn't track her now, for some reason, his Sharingan couldn't locate her. So he had to search for her physically. "Come on Sakura, do you really want to play these kind of games?" He called. A rustle in the leaves alerted him and he just barely dodged a well aimed kunai. If he hadn't moved, he would have lost something very vital to his clan's survival. "Playing dirty now are we?" He smirked.
Suddenly, Sakura was behind him, he turned just in time to block a good high kick. He grabbed her ankle and pulled her forward, but she dropped into the splits before bringing her other leg around to kick him once more. He caught both of her ankles and held her upside down, a big mistake on his part; she gave him a nice punch to the groin that sent him down to the ground almost in tears.
She landed on her hands and flipped to land on her feet perfectly crouched. She back towards him and kicked him into a tree, but he was already recovering and came at her once more, his Sharingan was activated again. His fist was flying right at her chest but she knocked it away and walloped him one good with a punch that she had focused her chakra into. He was sent flying, but she had made a mistake and looked into his Sharingan. She cursed herself for being so foolish and moved to disappear again.
Unfortunately, Sasuke was too quick and had her pinned against a tree by her throat so she couldn't move or breathe or talk. He growled and forced her higher, the rough bark of the tree gouging into her soft skin and causing angry red marks to appear, moments later they bled. "It's over Sakura." He grabbed her long bubble-gum pink hair and forced her down to the ground and held her there. Tears started to form from the jerking on her hair. She pulled a kunai from her sandal and sliced it through her long beautiful hair.
Her strands went flying as she disappeared for a moment leaving a shocked Sasuke holding at least six inches of her long pink hair in his hands.
"It's not over yet." Sakura hissed as she punched him again; she had used chakra in that punch too, his collarbone was broken, she could tell by the way it had snapped when she punched him.
Now Sasuke was fed up, he knocked Sakura's feeble kick away from him and performed his special jutsu. The chidori was greater than Sakura had ever seen; and he was coming right for her!
Sakura had been preparing for this! She gathered what remained of her chakra in her palms and formed a kind of anti-chidori. He came at her and she went after him. They both attacked, a loud explosion erupted in the thick woods.
Kakashi, Naruto, and Sai had all appeared about ten minutes into the fight after returning from their battles and were watching in awe. They were unable to see what was happening at the moment because of all the dust and smoke that had formed.
A few seconds later, Naruto gasped at the sight. Sasuke and Sakura's hands were linked together, her head lying against his chest, his chin resting on her head. It looked as though if either moved, they would fall; they were both depleted of chakra. They both were breathing hard as they fought not to fall and admit defeat.
Sasuke felt her small body pressed against his, her hair was like silk under his chin. She could hear his heartbeat: thump…thump…thump. She found her strength just before he did and pushed him back.
Sasuke staggered to find his balance as the tiny kunoichi leapt at him. Her body tackled his to the ground and now it was just a mere battle of who was stronger than the other. She forced his hands down as she straddled his waist. She could feel the sharp sides of the kunai gently slicing into her breasts because of how she was pushing against him. He had disarmed her of all others but that one.
"Give up Sasuke." Sakura growled at him.
But the stubborn Uchiha merely growled back and flipped her over so that he was on top and crushing her to the ground. Her hair was spread out gently beneath her like a halo. He could see the fury and rage that dwelled in her emerald eyes. He smirked and pressed down harder successfully pinning her arms to the ground. She began to struggle against him but he was too heavy and she was too tired.
Just when she stopped struggling, Sasuke gave her the opening she needed, he moved in for the kill by choking her round the neck. The air left her lungs almost immediately; she didn't have much time left. Her small hands pulled the kunai from her hiding place and rammed it into his stomach twisting it slightly to make sure the wound was deep and he couldn't fight any longer..
Sasuke's eyes registered surprise for a moment before he looked at her determined face. He cursed and then fell on her, crushing her to the ground once more. She pushed his larger form off her and rolled away from him. She watched as he slowly bled to death.
Naruto was beside them instantly, along with Kakashi and Sai. Naruto was shaking the Uchiha trying to rouse him. But she knew he would die very soon. She should have felt happy about that, that's what she had wanted, him to suffer like she did. But somewhere deep inside of her, there was her twelve-year-old self screaming to save him, to heal him, to hold him.
"Please Sakura, please don't let him die." Naruto pleaded with her.
He looked so damn helpless for the moment that she had to comply. She pushed Kakashi away from her and crawled to Sasuke. "Move." She growled at Naruto before placing her hands over Sasuke.
She tugged the kunai from his stomach and held her now glowing green hands over the wound and healed it with the last ounce of chakra she had left. As she did so, she fainted right into the arms of Sai. He gently picked her up and then looked down at Sasuke angrily. He didn't understand why she would save him, he had caused her so much pain, and even now, he tried to kill her but yet she still showed him mercy. He didn't deserve Sakura's mercy or her love.
Sai merely walked away from the two and headed towards Konoha. Kakashi didn't stop him as he darted off. He passed ANBU shinobi who were picking up the other former Team Hebi members. It seemed that only Sasuke had survived, but even he shouldn't have.
Naruto and Kakashi followed Sai and Sakura at a much slower pace in fear of injuring the bleeding shinobi any further. Sakura had healed the fatal wound she'd dealt him but she didn't have enough chakra to stop the bleeding, they had to get him to the hospital, and fast!
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