Chapter 2- Sakura
*Hi again wow only my second week and it's already hard to keep up with the chapters…that's sad. But anyway mission accomplished (this week anyway). Please enjoy! I do not own Naruto.*
Sakura's P.O.V
"Damn it, damn it, damn it!" Sakura internally cursed as she pushed her way through the thick crowd. "When I catch up to them they are in soooo much trouble" she thought. She just returned from the month long solo mission to the land of snow. She had been sent to gather a rare snow flower root because the store room was running low; and even though she'd had a nice time there and the kage had welcomed her with open arms she had missed her village and her three favorite students. It was wonderful that lady Tsunade had given her the task of teaching the academy students the different medical herds in her spare time. Tsunade had said it was a good skill for all the future nin to have. Sakura agreed full heartedly, she also secretly believed and it was also nice for the girls to see a female kunoichi. She often took her students and even a few of the hospital children to gather herbs with her, which is exactly how she had gotten into this mess.
"Excuse me!" she huffed as she continued to push her way through. Where the hell were all these people coming from? " I wonder what's going on? … well whatever it is I'm sure Chihiro, Miho, and Raiden are in the middle of it. Damn those kids! They knew I wasn't supposed to take them out today. It was supposed to be our little secret… and my welcome home present." At that thought she had been so caught up in her thoughts that she just noticed she was nearing the front of the crowd. Over her own noisy array of excuse me's, she could just make out lady Tsunade's voice.
"…Hokage of the Village Hidden in the Leaves and will have to face the consequences of betraying a comrade is this clear?" Sakura's brow furrowed in confusion, what was she walking into? None of what she was hearing was making any since. Just as she pushed past the last layer of people and broke into the inner ring of the circle she heard "Welcome Home Sasuke." Time seamed to stop.
Sakura wasn't even aware she had made a sound until she felt a small tug on the bottom of her medic's skirt. She knew it was one of the kids but she didn't care enough to see which one. She could feel the three small bodies crowding her legs but her attention was elsewhere focused. She felt so cold, and as soon as she heard those words time seamed to happen in slow motion. The children crowed her legs and everyone turned to look at her, she could feel each of their gazes but took no notice of them. The last head to turn in her direction was his. He looked exactly the same strong back, broad shoulders dark blue (arguably black but she preferred to think of it as blue) hair. When his gaze met hers strong and unforgiving as ever she was back to reality.
Everyone was string at her and waiting for her to say something. The intensity of the atmosphere had brought the earlier thinning crowed back in full force. She set her jaw in a tight line and crossed her arms to keep her fits from shaking, it did little good because in place of her fits she visibly began to shake ever so slightly. She took a minute and bit her tongue hard trying to calm her wild reaction. She ripped her eyes from Saskue's form trying to blink away her visible disgust. "AAAAAAAAAAAARRRHHHHHHHHH!" she could feel her inner flaring up in her most extreme reaction since Sai had called her fat. She just had to hold it together long enough to get herself and the three children around her out of there.
She looked down to the anxious trio around her legs "go back to the field… go back to the field and wait. I'll be right behind you. When I get there we are going straight back to the hospital no special treats today. You know better to take off like that." this came out a little harsher than she intended but she would apologize for that later. All three knew better than to protest. They know something was very wrong. They turned looking a little dejected and the crowd begin to part to let them through. "Sigh" Sakura worked to soften her voice "I think you are forgetting something. Apologize right now to Lady Tsunade for interrupting… and if you do a good enough job then we can talk about getting a small treat on the way back. Now hurry up." The trio perked up instantly and spun on their heels.
"We are very sorry Lady Tsunade, Hokage Sama!" all three dropped to their knees in a show of respect. Without actually taking any notice Sakura's mind filed away a reminder that she would have to teach them the proper way to address the hokage. In pure defiance she kept her eyes on the three bowing forms in front of her, refusing to look at him though she could feel his cool gaze on her. She glanced at Tsunade and saw her eyes soften even more (by this point they were almost puddles) and she smiled and gave the three a small nod.
`` Very good, apologies accepted now do a Sakura said`` Tsunade could barely contain her giggle. With that the trio rose with huge smiles on the faces at being praised by the hokage and ran off through the crowd. Sakura watched them go. Once they had disappeared she turned back to Tsunade not sparing a secondary glance at any of the three men off to her side.
```Forgive me master I know I should have kept a close eye on them. I didn`t meant to disturb your …to disturb you.`` Sakura gave a slight bow and when she raised her head she saw a mixture of worry and pity in her masters eyes. Sakura didn`t have it in her at the moment to answer her concerned masters gaze she just turned to leave her hands clenched into fits at her sides.
``Sakura…`` Tsunade whispered after her. Internally Sakura flinched at walking away so coldly from her friend and master but she just needed to get away. She felt no sadness just a burning rage and a pulsing desire to rip out Sasuke`s beating heart, but no matter how mad she was she would never defy the hokage. She had heard her say `` Anyone who tries to attack or harm you will be going against my will as Hokage..``.
Just when she was almost in the clear almost a shadow among the crowd there was and ear splitting ``Hey Sakura!``. She froze.
`` Damn it Naruto`` she thought `` no, don`t make me, don`t do it just let me leave! `` inner Sakura was actually pleading.Her body however just remained completely frozen, tenser than she had ever been. She could hear a scuffle behind her, she could assume that both Kakashi and Lady Tsunade were trying to silence Naruto.
`` What the hell are you doing huh!? All of this time and you won`t even look at him!`` Naruto screamed. She could hear his loud footsteps as he got closer. He put his hand on her shoulder and she flinched beneath it before turning to stone. If only she could just leave! ``Sakura look at me, no look at him`` Naruto tried to spin her around but she remained firm ``all this time were you not fighting to get Sasuke back to? And now you won`t even say a word to him? WHY?`` he screamed the last bit. That was the last straw, she broke. Kakashi moved to grab him but before he could get there Naruto was sent flying.
He hit the ground with a crash, it wasn`t a chakra release punch, Sakura was just pissed. She stood facing all of them arms crossed and staring back at every surprised face, inner had taken over. She was completely ablaze with rage; but no face pleased her more than the rare look of shock across Sasuke`s features. `` Argh what the hell!?`` Naruto asked a little dazed. Sakura stepped towards him Kakashi stepped in her path but was instantly pulled out of the way but a stone faced Tsunade.
``Naruto you idiot! I want nothing to do with Sasuke Uchiha now, or ever. I moved on Naruto, a long time ago. I had no obligation to sit and wait for some ungrateful, cold, stuck up prick! With a twisted obsession for pointless revenge.`` She knew the more she said he more she would hurt Naruto but inner was blazing and she couldn't seem to stop herself. ``I despise Uchiha with every fiber of my being``. With that she turned to go. She stopped a few steps from the crowd and turned back `` and Naruto… if you had stopped chasing after him for three seconds and listened to me you would have seen that I stopped fighting for him a long time ago``. She walked through the crowd, no tears, no apology, no second glance noting but pure rage.
~continued in chapter 3~
*Wow that did not turn out quite like I expected.. so anyway I hope you enjoyed! Feel free to review or not. A bug thank you to anyone who read the first chapter and is actually still with me for chapter two! Thanx! Anyway continued next Sunday!*