Well, wrote this chapter pretty fast. thanks to a lot of ice cold water and listening to Imma Star by Jeremih. so thank those two factors for letting me write this chapter so fast.
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Warning: some abuse content. not graphic because i just can't do that, but there is some abuse in here and not until the end.
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Chapter 3
The bickering that was going on was annoying the hell out of him. Ever since the team had been created the two were constantly at each others throats, threatening and making fun of the other, if you could even call it making fun of the other. It was more of a time to throw insults at the other. He found it rather annoying and found himself rubbing his forehead with the pads of his fingers trying to keep the oncoming headache from actually taking over right now. They were so close to finishing the stupid mission.
They had located the man with ease. He apparently had a fetish for bars and pretty girls who would also be too drunk out of their minds to even see what the man looked like. The man was not one of the most attractive guys, Karin had made that point upon seeing the target's picture. The man, they all had to agree, wasn't someone that they would think would ever gain information seeing as when they had spied on him he was always piss drunk.
He growled at the two behind him when they started to get too loud and told them unceremoniously to shut up. They both quieted down, Suigetsu just not wanting to get his rear handed to him by the Uchiha prodigy and the female shut up, just because it was her precious Sasuke-kun that told her too. At times like these he really wanted to beat his head against a tree or a wall, seeing as that was what was available. His team though incompetent at times was still useful in deadly situations.
The sky was beginning to darken and from their open doorway that led out to the balcony of their inn room they could see that their target was just exiting his line of work to head towards the local bar, where the sake would be unlimited and and the man would surely get drunker than all get out. But something still bothered Sasuke to an extent. This man was always piss drunk. How on earth could this man possibly know anything about the Akatsuki? Something had to be wrong. This whole situation was chaotic in some way, but first he had to prove it.
The team waited another fifteen minutes before they made their move. Karin was already entering the local bar to get a layout of the place and their target. Sasuke had set up the mission so Karin would have the honors of luring their man out of the bar and into a side street, where the man of course would be using his dirty mind and thinking that they would be doing something, but then once in the side street he would be quickly questioned before his life would be ended.
Sasuke and Suigetsu along with Juugo remained in the shadows as they watched Karun saunter into the bar, but not before the ruffled her already crazy styled hair. It already looked like she had had sex before she had even entered the place, which would make sure that the target would catch onto her easily as well. If he was thinking it and saw her with her getup, he was sure to be drawn to her without hesitation, and from there it would be easy.
Karin snuffled her nose when she walked in. She could stand the stench of cigarette smoke but this was just too much. The whole bar seemed to reek of cigarette smoke, alcohol of various brands, and even a little of sex. It wouldn't surprise her if she went into the bathroom to see someone getting it on. The thought made her grimace a little but then when she thought about it if it were her and Sasuke then it might not be so bad, but she knew that was probably not going to happen.
Making her way to the bar, she sat at one of the stools, effectively crossing her slim legs to allow her shorts to ride up just below her derriere. She could already feel the lustful stares of men as they looked her way. She wanted to snort in disgust, she may have looked like a whore, but she wasn't. The thought made her pause, and she realized she had just called herself a whore. Pushing the thought out of her mind, ruby eyes searched for the target.
Once spotting him she actually did snort in disgust. The man was sitting at a booth with two women on either side of him, both practically sitting on his lap, as he welcomed the sake and other alcohol that he was drinking, occasionally offering them a drink or two as well. Her mind began to think of ideas of how to get the man alone with her. Once she saw one of the girls leave she made her way to that spot.
Sitting where the other girl had left the vacant spot she began to talk to the man in a dirty manner and within five minutes she was leading him out of the bar for what he thought would be the best night of sex he had ever had. But when the two entered into the side street, did his senses come back to him.
"What? You want me to do ya here?" he asked in a slurred manner.
"Of course not." she replied stepping backwards until her back hit the other side of the side street's wall. And that was the cue for the others to move in.
"But I have some questions for you." Sasuke's cold voice spoke out. The man opened his blurred eyes wider, making the already blurred vision a little clearer than it had been.
"Who....are you." he swayed a little, even with his back now against the wall.
"Doesn't matter." Sasuke replied crisply. "What do you know of the Akatsuki?" short and straight to the point.
"Akatsuki?" the man asked making his head hurt as he thought of what the answer was supposed to be. "I know nothing of this Akatsuki." He replied shaking his drunken head and holding his hands up in a manner of dumbness.
"You know nothing of the Akatsuki?" Sasuke asked, his suspicions that this was a botched mission from the beginning were starting to become reality.
"Not....nothing." the man said again. "I don't even really know who they are." the man paused. "Can I go back to drinking?" Sasuke looked at the man who was completely drunk and the man apparently didn't know the situation he was in.
Sasuke looked around the streets for a second. It was now dark, the only light coming from the moon and the light that was emitted from the flames of torches and candles and the little electricity the town had. This man was completely innocent. Madara had sent them on some stupid mission to kill a harmless man. What exactly was that man up too?
Turning his attention back to the man, his eyes flashed red and black tomos starred to spin rapidly. Muttering only a few words, he watched as the man slowly dragged his back down the hard rock wall to the ground where the man slumped over face landing on the semi-wet ground. The man wouldn't remember what had happened, and Madara wouldn't be the wiser if he had or hadn't killed the man. Making a hand motion he started walking away, his team following him, while his sharingan still blazed red. He hated being used.
All three sets of eyes looked at the lone piece of fabric that was located in the black haired woman's palm. Hearts dropped and the hope that Sakura was maybe safe were gone out of the window. There had to have been a struggle, but with who, that was the question. Azure and honey eyes met for a second before they locked back onto the piece of fabric.
"Sakura-chan." the spiky blond haired boy whispered softly. It was the only thing that broke the silence. The room stood still for a few moments more before once again the silence was interrupted.
"Shizune, find Kakashi and tell him to get up here immediately. Don't tell him anything though." She finished off closing her eyes, hiding the pained honey from the world. The dark eyed woman consented and left the room, but only after placing the piece of cloth onto the desk for the other two in the room.
"Baa-chan....." Naruto stated. "we have to get her back." the room again entered into silence.
"I know." was what the Godaime whispered back. "and we will."
Shizune finally found the elusive copy nin walking around the market streets. He had his ever familiar orange book out in front of his face yet he knew exactly where to go, walking and dodging around everyone that he would have bumped into if he didn't have that weird sense that made him avoid them. Calling his name and waving her hand in the air she approached him rapidly.
When he took notice he saw the waving hand of the first apprentice of the Godaime. Her black cropped hair was whipping around her face as she pushed her way through the crowd towards him. He stopped and moved to a side of the street where it wasn't as busy as other parts of the street and waited for the dark haired woman to catch up to him. She paused before him and said nothing trying to regain her breath a little before she started to talk.
"Kakashi, Tsunade-sama needs to see you immediately." the woman said and Kakashi just nodded his head in a casual way. He would get there a little later. "And no, you can't go a little later, she needs you right now." the woman enforced pointing his body in the direction of the Hokage Tower.
Kakashi sent a puzzled glance down at the assistant to the fierce Godaime. If it was that urgent something had to be wrong. Nodding he set off in the direction that the woman had pointed him in and if that wasn't enough, the assistant followed him, either making sure he actually got there, or she too was involved in this little meeting that he had to go to that was so important, that he had to put his own Icha Icha away.
He trudged almost sluggishly up the steps not really even wanting to go to the Hokage's office. He had been given a week off since his last mission and as far as he knew he still had three days of vacation so being called in was something that he really didn't want. Because being called in was basically the roundabout way of telling someone that they have a mission and Kakashi didn't really want a mission at the moment. He had just barely gotten the new edition of Icha Icha and he was only halfway through it.
Walking through the door after pushing it open he walked in and saw a scene that he particularly didn't want to see, because he knew by both of the looks he saw that something was terribly wrong. And when both were this down, then it could only mean one thing. Something was wrong or had happened to Sakura, and if he recalled correctly she had been sent out on a mission a day before he had returned or at least that was what Naruto had said and it was a relatively easy mission for the kunoichi to take seeing as it had dealt with someone that was in need of a medical ninja.
He stopped when he came to the side of the blond haired man that had grown up to be a comrade. Kakashi could clearly tell the man was trying to hide his emotions, but Naruto was failing miserably. The blond man had his jaw clenched and his whole face was tense. Naruto wanted to probably get home before he let all of his emotions out.
The Hokage looked no better, except when she went home she had nobody where Naruto had Hinata. The Hokage was trying to act as pacified as possible but all of her emotions were blaring at him through her hurting honey eyes. Kakashi had deducted that it had to be Sakura, even Shizune was acting strangely and that was unusual. Clearing his throat he spoke.
"You called Hokage-sama." He spoke clearly even with his mask covered face. The amber eyes shot to him and he could see her compose herself silently.
"I did." She began. "It came to my attention that Haruno Sakura, was late from returning from her mission. Upon investigation I have come to the conclusion that medic Haruno Sakura was most likely captured on her mission. By whom we still do not know, but that is why I have called you here Kakashi. I felt that you should be one of the first to know. I have already sent for Sai and Yamato." her throat constricted at her own words. They were serious and almost condemning.
"I will send the four of you to the mission location and where evidence was found that we could say that Sakura was most likely captured at."
Kakashi was hardly registering the words after Tsunade had told him that Sakura had gone missing but then to add to it that she was most likely captured. But by who? That was still unanswered. Who would possibly take her? That was actually a stupid question. Over the years Sakura's reputation had grown with being a medic nin trained under the Fifth Hokage, even gaining the woman's monstrous strength that even he still had yet to figure out how she acquired that strength.
With ten minutes the other two members of Team Kakashi walked through the door, their uplifted faces turned sour once they saw the gloominess that filled the room and the somber looks that their two other teammates held. They stood at attention with their two other companions. Yamato immediately knew that something was wrong, but Sai was still a bit oblivious to what was happening, and without thinking he immediately said.
"Where's Ugly?" before the artist knew what was happening he was up against the wall with Naruto's arm up against his throat, the other hand firmly planted against the painted wall.
"Don't call her that." Naruto ground out and Sai looked at him with confusion. He had always called Sakura that and yet the name had never evoked such a reaction from Naruto.
"Naruto, calm down." Kakashe breathed. "It won't do any good to get mad at him." Kakashi's word may have made sense but Naruto wasn't thinking clearly. With a shove he let go of Sai and walked back to his spot where he was at before Sai had asked the questions.
Sai was still oblivious as to why Naruto had responded so harshly to his question but from the way the response was he decided to shut his mouth and just listen to what was going on. He turned his attention to the Hokage who seemed just as upset as his own blond teammate.
"What is going on?" Yamato broke the tense air and a few breaths were given out.
"I have called the four of you here to give you a mission." The Hokage started once again. "Haruno Sakura failed to return from her mission and upon further investigation, the conclusion came that she had been captured, but by whom we have no idea. Your mission is to look for details and other information that could have been left behind. You will search the village where the mission was to take place and the surrounding areas, especially where the cloth was found. You leave immediately" The four nodded each leaving the room with a somber face. Naruto was the last to leave, but before he did, he turned back to Tsunade. "I made Sakura a promise to bring Sasuke back. And I will promise you, that I will bring Sakura back." Cerulean blue eyes locked into the honey eyes of his Hokage, who only nodded to his promise, and then the door shut silently and almost with a finality.
A loud curse escaped his lips. That boy was already causing trouble. He thought that since he had taken the mission so easily in a sense that he wouldn't have to use the girl so soon. But the boy was too smart for his own good. He ran a hand through his midnight hair before turning back to the member in the room. He had sent Zetsu to make sure that the man was killed and when the man with dual personalities came back that the man was not killed only wiped of his memories of what had happened he was far from happy.
"He's on his way back isn't he?" Madara asked the plant looking man.
"He left enraged. Expect him back soon." The man let out. "He didn't look too happy when he found out that the man knew nothing of the Akatsuki and you know Sasuke. Doesn't like killing unless it is absolutely necessary."
"I know that." Madara snapped. His mind going through it all. That was one thing he despised about his young ancestor. The boy was way to willing to let someone live rather than taking a life, but that would change soon. He might just have to pay a visit the girl.
"Where is he now." Madara asked.
"Last spotted crossing the Fire Country. Should be at the Fire Grass border by now. I would give him a day, two at most."
"Keep tracking him then." the plant nodded his head and disappeared from sight.
Trying to keep his cool was almost impossible. First thing first. Sasuke had disobeyed orders and that meant that something had to happen to the girl down below. Once Sasuke saw that she would be hurt if he didn't obey, it would become so much easier to control him. Briskly walking out of the room he began to long ascent to the dungeons. He already knew what to do first.
"Come on, we need to hurry." Naruto barked at the rest of the team.
"Naruto calm down. Rushing ahead of things won't help us any." Kakashi tried to cajole the boy that was listening to absolutely nothing he said. Seeing that the blond haired man wasn't heeding his words he lowered his head and kept jumping from tree to tree.
Kakashi knew how Naruto was feeling about Sakura. They had been teammates ever since they were twelve years old and now at seventeen that hadn't changed. They now had a fiercer bond of wanting to help each other, to protect one another. They had become like siblings, always looking out for one another, never letting the other have to deal with something that was painful or hurtful. That was just the way those two were.
The village that Sakura's mission was at came into view. The four descended from the trees and started to walk along the road that was leading into the village. The first thing Kakashi noted that the village was small and meager. Could it be possible that there was a higher ranked family here? Maybe in incognito. But that was suspicious. They continued walking until they were in the village. They could see the locals starting to pack up for the day. They approached a nicer more friendlier looking man, that was packing up his wares.
"Excuse me sir." Kakashi said, making the man look up at him.
"You a ninja?" was the first thing the man asked.
"Hai we are. We have a mission here. Have you seen a pink haired female in the past week?" Kakashi asked getting straight to the point.
"Pink hair?" the man asked himself, thinking about the question. "I believe so. About five or six days a pink haired girl shows up asking for a noble family that needs healing. We have no noble family here. We just a small village. She started to look panicked and then left in a hurry." the man finished his short tale.
"Which way did she head?" Naruto asked impatiently.
"Don' know, I think north west. Off in tha' direction." the man pointed.
"Thanks." Yamato said before motioning for Sai and Naruto to follow him with Kakashi just behind them. Once they were outside the village they grouped together for a minute to talk.
"Sounds like it was a fake mission." Yamato said and Kakashi nodded.
"Has to be." Kakashi murmured. "But who would want to capture Sakura?" that question stumped them all. "Let's find out where she was taken at and then go from there." they nodded and went in the north western direction to find where Sakura was taken at.
Her mind was numb as she laid on her left side. She didn't dare move her right arm, she just let it lay out in front of her. Even the smallest movement would hurt the burn mark on her upper right shoulder, though it was more of a brand mark. She let silent tears fall to the already wet ground as she tried to not whimper out in pain. She didn't want to give that man any pleasure out of what he had done.
She hadn't even remembered what had exactly happened. She was in her position with her back against the wall trying to think of what exactly that man was going to do to her when the door had opened with a small fury. She had jumped from the suddenness of the movement, that and she was still wary of the man that had her under his thumb.
All she knew after that was getting a rough hard slap and then her chains were unlocked and she picked up and dragged out of the room and into another room where once she became oriented again she had fought but after a few more hard slaps she was too disoriented to even resist and then she felt the fire that erupted on her upper right back. She could only remember letting out a cold blooded scream before her mind went black.
Slowly raising her head to try and see what exactly was imprinted on her skin she could see the dark outline of.......a cloud? She tensed. Had the man marked her with the ever infamous cloud that the Akatsuki wore? She didn't want to crane further to directly see, but she was sure that was what it was. Letting her head drop back to the ground she tried to will herself to sleep. She didn't even have enough chakra to heal the charred flesh.
He stormed through the front doors of the large stone structure, leaving his team to do whatever the hell they wanted but he had some business to attend to. He didn't think he had ever climbed all those sets of stairs and walkways so fast since he had been at the base in Rock. Flinging the doors open to the room where he knew that the man would be, he stalked in wanting to make sure the man that was in the room knew exactly how mad he really was.
"Madara!" he barked at the man. The accused man only rose from a chair he was nonchalantly sitting at.
"Welcome back Sasuke." the man calmly said. "How was the mission?"
"The mission?" Sasuke snarled. "Was a botched up one. I don't run around killing innocent people for your sick pleasure. What the hell was that about?"
"Now, now Sasuke. You don't have to authority of questioning what I do, or want done."
"Like I care?!" Sasuke snapped. "Your even more pathetic than my brother was. You can say goodbye to whatever you thought you could do to me."
"Does that mean you want to leave? Because you can't Sasuke. Remember I told you about that unattached string." it wasn't a question. "Well I'm sure you wouldn't want that string to get....cut."
"What are you talking about?" The young Uchiha snapped.
"Why don't I show you." Madara spoke with an undertone of sadism.
As if on cue the doors of the room were opened and Kisame and Deidara approached with someone between them but their cloaks covered the persons head. The two Akatsuki members dropped their load and Sasuke didn't breathe when he saw just who was kneeling on the ground on all fours, her hair making a curtain to shield her face from him.
Pink hair was attached to a female body that he saw. His mind reeled. It couldn't possibly be her. But it was her, the pink hair was a dead give away. No one else had pink hair. But then something else caught his eye. He could see her breathing but he could also see a torn part of her shirt and there on the upper right side of her back was a.....brand? And it looked similar to the clouds that were on the cloaks.
"What the hell is going on and why is she here?"
Sorry for the little cliffhanger. well, hopefully the next chapter won't take long to write so i can get it out quicker
So, yeah, what did you think of that? my first try at something really violent, sort of. so yeah. and just so i say this now, i am not a sadistic person, so when there will be torture scenes or whatever, i will probably be like with my fight scenes, so just a forewarning.
so please review and let me know how I did.
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