Chapter Three
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Sakura opened her door and put on her slippers again, she turned around to lock her door and then walked into her kitchen she opened a cupboard above her sink and took out a twenty packet of incense sticks, a holder, a packet of green tea and three mint leaves, a lighter, bubble bath, a CD and some cookies. She took them all onto a large tray and walked into her bathroom. She lit the incense sticks played the CD, and dumped the remains of the bubble bath into her tub. She walked out and put the kettle on and boiled the water. She then poured it into a mug and put a teaspoon of sugar in and cream. She put the teabag and mint leaves in and sniffed it happily. She took her concoction into the bathroom and locked the door. She undressed and turned off the tap before opening her window a crack. She then laid herself into the bathtub and closed her eyes. Minutes later, she was asleep. The cool wind poured through the window as she managed to turn over to face the bathroom wall, opposite the window. The small window creaked open. Inside slithered a dark substance then, formed itself on the small pink carpet beside the toilet. There the form of Sasuke Uchiha stood. Being careful not to wake her, he slipped a towel around her fragile like body and put a towel over her face and slithered out.
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Three Hours Later…
"Sakura-chan! Sakura-chan!" called Naruto, he opened the door with his key and looked inside. The small apartment was as clean as ever and the few cupboards were open.
"Sakura… you there?" he asked, he looked around in the bedrooms and as he wondered, he found that the bathroom door was locked shut.
"Sakura-chan! Sakura-chan! Wake up!" he knew she sometimes had the habit of falling asleep in her bathtub. No answer.
"Sakura! It's me, Naruto-kun!" he yelled, he tried to pick the lock with his own and opened it. The bathtub was full, all her stuff was there. But Sakura wasn't. Naruto looked around, the window was open. His heart panged in fear.
"Sakura! Were are you, please tell me you're here." But no sound came from the apartment.
"Sakura-chan… maybe she had to go somewhere…" No, Sakura wouldn't go anywhere without checking with me, or asking me to go with her… something's up. He rushed out the door to look for Sakura.
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Fire… there's fire somewhere here. Warmth. Shelter. Sakura thought. She slowly creaked open an eye and looked around. She was in a clearing with a fire around two tents. Both made for about one person each. Sakura sat up. She was wearing her towel and nothing else,
"Oh shoot where's my clothes." She thought and looked around. Wait, I was taken from my bathtub… I was kidnapped!
"So, you're awake." Said a familiar voice. Sakura slowly turned her head to have a pair of shorts a tee shirt and an undershirt thrown at her.
"Get dressed." The voice said. She silently obeyed and walked to the forest that surrounded the clearing. AS she got dressed, the fire crackled behind her and no other sound. When she finished she looked over to where she had heard the voice from before.
"Sasuke…" she whispered, it was true. There, stoking the fire, was Sasuke Uchiha.
"Hello again… Sakura-chan." He said, Sakura walked over at sat in front of him.
"Sasuke… where did you go? Why did you go?" she asked, Sasuke managed a small smile.
"I went… for a long walk Sakura… just to think for a few months…"
"Sasuke you were gone years! Two years Sasuke! Everyone had been looking for you… even know when most of us thought that you were dead! Naruto—"
"How is the dobe?" he asked.
"Don't try and change the subject Sasuke Uchiha! I was worried so much! I thought you were dead!" she yelled,
"Shhh… you'll let out our position. I'm very sorry that I worried you Sakura. Please forgive me, but I've had to do many things…"
"How many have you killed?" she asked.
"…"
"Well?"
" (Sigh) I lost count after 150." Sakura burst into tears.
"Sakura please stop crying… I hate to hear an angel cry." Sakura looked up to him.
"Flattery will get you no where Uchiha." She whispered angrily, Sasuke put the stick down that he was using to stoke the fire.
"Look Sakura, I told you before all this happened. I'm an Avenger. I have to kill my brother—"
"But he's gonna kill you first!" Sasuke glared at her.
"Your brother is way stronger then you, Sasuke, you know that! He killed nearly everyone that got in his way! You're in his way! What do you think I'd do Sasuke? Do you think I could live without you with the past I've had?" Sasuke stayed motionless.
"Sakura. I. Will. Kill. Itachi and come home to you. Only you." Sasuke picked up the stick and continued to stoke the fire.
"Why did you take me from my bathtub?" she asked, Sasuke shook his head.
"Because,"
"Because why?" she asked
"Just because, ok?" he said sternly.
"Fine."
"Fine."
"Fine."
"Oh, shut up."
"Fine.
"Arrggh."
Sakura woke up the next morning drowsy and cold. The fire had gone out and Sasuke was snoring in his tent about a meter away. Sakura sat up and rubbed her eyes.
"Damn sunlight, damn tent. Damn Sasuke, damn fucking damn, damn." She cursed as she rolled off of her bed roll. She managed to crawl out of the tent and look up.
"I really hate morning in these circumstances. Uchiha, wake up." Sakura picked up a small stone and slightly unzipped the zipper closing the tent that Sasuke was in. She flicked her wrist and sent the rock flying into the tent.
"Ouch" came a shout; Sakura crawled back into her tent and pretended to fall asleep. Soon enough, her tent opened, and then closed. Sakura tried to muffle a laugh, but failed.
"IT WAS YOU!" yelled Sasuke as he crawled over to Sakura's giggling face with her eyes closed. Sasuke pounced on her with a kunai placed playfully on her throat.
"Never do that again, Cherry Blossom." He tugged at the kunai and put it back into his holder.
"Sorry, Uchiha."
"I have a name ya know."
"Yeah, Uchiha." She replied getting out of her tent. Sasuke sighed.
"We're moving in one hour, so get ready." He said and went back into his tent briefly, then came out with a large array of kunais, shrikans, Crescent Blades, (A large wooden or metal pole with a Crescent Moon shaped blade,) and hatchets.
"What are all those for?" she asked as Sasuke dropped them in front of the fire that Sakura had just lit.
"I'm going to polish and sharpen them. Care to help?" he asked, Sakura nodded her head and took several kunai and a Crescent Blade. Sasuke tossed her flint and a roll of metal woll. He then took out from his pocket two containers of metal polish and handed one to Sakura. She opened the metal polish and then took the flint and started to razor strop the ends of the blades. Once she thought that they were sharp enough, she ran her finger over the top of the sharpened blade and decided if it was sharp enough or not. She then polished the blade with the metal polish and metal wool. When she finished her batch, she headed onto the hatchets and did the process all over again. When they were all finished, Sasuke showed Sakura ways to use the Crescent Blade.
"One of the most used techniques is called the 'Side Slash'. What you do basically is you run up to the enemy fake a hit and move to the side. After that you turn around and Slash their side. Simple enough. Right?" Sakura nodded and tried the attack out on Sasuke.
"Hey, Uchiha, why are you teaching me this?" asked the rosette haired konuchi. Sasuke shook his head.
"Because I want to, and I think that you would need these skills in the upcoming months. Sakura were gonna be gone for a little while. At least a year or two—"
"What?" she cried, Sasuke was taken back.
"Why? How come? What do I have to do with this?" she yelled, Sakura stood up walked over to Sasuke and glared him in the eye.
"I'll tell you the truth," he sighed. "Sit the hell down."
