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Author's Note: So While I was writing this I listened to Solider, by Gavin DeGraw, it went with it in my mind. Just a random fact for those of your reading! Carry on!
3—Solider
It was the crack of dawn when Team Seven was called to Tsunade's office immediately. Tsunade had grown worrisome over Sakura's absence. She had sent her apprentice off, completely vulnerable for an A-ranked mission. She was just to infiltrate and bring back the information in a week. Time had passed slowly for Tsunade, but today marked two weeks and one day since Sakura's departure. Tsunade regretted sending her off on such a mission.
A knocked pulled Tsunade back to reality.
"Enter."
"Granny! What's going on?" Naruto rushed in immediately, standing before Tsunade with a worried expression.
Following Naruto was Kakashi, Sai, and Sasuke.
She sighed, "I am sorry to have to say this, but Sakura has been captured by the enemy." Tsunade stated, looking only at the scroll before her.
"What!" Naruto stepped forward, "That can't be! Why'd you send her alone?"
"Naruto, hold your tone!" Kakashi barked, pulling the boy back in line. Kakashi had lost those close to him before, but even he had wanted to yell at his superior for sending off their Sakura. Kakashi noticed Tsunade's saddened stare at the blonde teen, but what struck him is that Sakura didn't bother to tell them she was heading on such a mission.
Tsunade took a breath in, "Naruto I know you're concerned for Sakura, but she is capable of such a task. I gave her this mission because I felt she is prepared enough for it. She's strong. Unfortunately this mission was supposed to be completed within the week. It has been too long and with no message from Sakura, I can only assume she's been captured officially."
"That's ridiculous! Sakura would've told me!" Naruto growled.
Kakashi interrupted the boy this time, "Naruto you know very well missions are confidential things."
Tsunade felt herself look away from the boy, "She needed this Naruto, she felt too constrained by this team, she needed a chance to break away, find herself and what she's capable of without you. I made the mistake of sending her on an A-rank for her first lone mission without knowing—"
"An A-rank! Lady Hokage, I'm sorry, but what were you thinking! Sakura's too inexperienced—"
"Kakashi! She is fully capable of an A-ranked mission, I misjudged the enemy. Never have I misjudged Sakura, hold your tongue. I assumed an A-ranked mission for Sakura would be completed in a week, except there must've been advancements made within the company." Tsunade sighed.
"Advancements? You didn't want any precautions given, back up?" Kakashi remarked. Tsunade shook her head.
"Sakura felt constricted by her team? But I thought that's what bonded them together?" Sai questioned.
Everyone turned to Sai. Typical Sai, Tsunade shook her head, "Yes, you all protected her, I understand she's the woman on your team, and you feel obligated. I've been there, countless times with my own team, but Sakura wanted to prove herself—"
"Prove herself! To who! We all appreciated her! Well maybe not Sasuke, but—"
Sasuke threw the boy a glare.
"Naruto! Shut it, I'm telling you Sakura needed this. Now Kakashi, if I allowed back up, Sakura's mission would've failed. She was only to get into the country, find out if there was anything threatening the villages and get out. That was it," Tsunade pinched the bridge of her nose.
"That's it. That's it! Granny! That's not it! Sakura's in danger or worse!" Naruto shouted.
Sai came forward, "You didn't just call us in here to tell us Sakura has been captured by the enemy have you?"
Tsunade nodded, "You're right, I'm sending you four on an S-ranked mission, you will be required to go in full ANBU gear, find out the situation at hand, send a report back, and if there is no time, infiltrate I don't care how, get Sakura out of there." Tsunade stated looking at the four men before her.
The four men nodded all in understanding before disappearing.
The sky was darkened by rain clouds that threatened a violent storm. Wind blew furiously through trees, branches swaying, leaves rustling. Four masked ANBU waited in darkness, the trees threatening to expose their positions. They remained calm, despite the risk. The tallest of the three raised his arm slowly.
They were gone in a flash.
Key Country wasn't as easy to infiltrate, especially at night, but the four masked ANBU had found it easier to just take out the East Guard. Then position the guard upright as if he was still living and headed for a secure location to gather information.
As they gathered, Naruto was the first to speak, "I say we tear this hell-hole apart, if Sakura's in here, she's bound to—"
"Don't be rash, Naruto, we need to determine what exactly Sakura's position is," Kakashi stated.
"But Sakura could be hurt!" Naruto whined from under his mask.
"Kakashi's right, we need to be cautious," Sasuke stated looking around at the looming towers he didn't like the feel of this place, something wasn't right. Sai nodded while Naruto crossed his arms.
"Alright, that's settled, we'll spilt up, Sasuke and Sai, you head North. Naruto and I will head west, we'll meet back here in one hour." Kakashi said.
"Wait a minute! Why am I stuck with you?!" Naruto stated pointing to his former sensei. Kakashi sighed, "Because I can't have you doing anything stupid and knowing Sasuke and Sai they'll go right along with you if they get the chance. You're better off in my eyesight."
Sai smiled underneath his mask and headed off in the same direction as Sasuke.
Naruto was beside Kakashi when they noticed the rain falling. Kakashi grew panicked, "We'll lose her trace if this rain keeps up!"
"We could ask people…nicely." Naruto stated cracking his knuckles and noticing the villagers running for cover from the rain. Kakashi grinned, but shook his head.
"We can't risk our position, stay close we're heading there," Kakashi said pointing to a small building.
"Right," Naruto answered.
Sai followed closely behind Sasuke who had ignored anything Sai tried to say.
The rain had started making Sasuke curse under his breath.
"You know if I didn't know any better, Uchiha, I'd say you're actually concerned about someone other than yourself." Sai stated watching as Sasuke threw a glare back to him. Sai only smirked, "Don't get me wrong, I enjoy Sakura's presence too, she makes the team a little less animalistic."
Sasuke just ignored the copy-cat.
The air was dense as they got further North, Sasuke felt like coughing but ignored the tickle in his lungs, and he needed to focus. That is until he realized the dense air made it harder to trace Sakura. His Sharingan had been activated, but her chakra wasn't anywhere he could sense, and nothing was out of the ordinary.
Sasuke caught a glimpse of what appeared to be a heavy-set man walking quickly in a tower that looked to have windows, but there was no way seeing in. The man walked into the building and that's when Sasuke took his chance.
"Sai, we should spilt up." Sasuke stated. Sai looked up from his position a little shocked by the request.
"I don't think that's the best option, we're supposed to meet Kakashi and Naruto, in five minutes, shouldn't we head back?" Sai remarked.
Sasuke rolled his eyes, "No, I won't be going, you go and alert them of that tower." Sasuke pointed ahead, "Sakura's in there." Sai watched him with awe.
"How do you know?"
"I just know, now go back, we'll spilt up from here."
Sasuke didn't like the tower, something about it made Sasuke's spine tingle. Sai just nodded as Sasuke didn't bother to wait before he was off towards the tower.
Entering the tower wasn't going to be easy. Sasuke approached concealed by a black hood, heading for the doorway. A guard looked at him puzzled, until Sasuke ran his hand right through the man using Chidori. There was no alarm that sounded, but Sasuke knew he'd need to act quickly. When he entered the building, he evaded the few guards that were posted at each staircase and instead headed upwards, trying to sense any sign of Sakura. Sasuke crinkled his nose, the place reminded him of Orochimaru's crawling with the stench of death.
"He what! That bastard!" Naruto nearly shouted. Kakashi closed his eyes. He couldn't believe Sasuke was the one to run off, when he specifically stayed with Naruto thinking Naruto would run off the first chance he got. He should've known.
Since the war ended three years ago, team 7 has become closer, yet Sasuke still remains the stoic boy he always has. Although Sasuke was still quiet and kept to himself, Kakashi knew he had a special spot for Naruto and Sakura in his heart…looking over to Sai, it'd take longer for him to get used to.
Kakashi sighed, Sakura, she was the one who kept the team together other than Naruto of course. Kakashi enjoyed having the team by his side and if Sakura was gone—no, Kakashi shook his head, he couldn't think like that.
Naruto looked around at his remaining team, "Sakura, we need to find her, fast, I'm getting a bad feeling about this place," Kakashi nodded.
The three Shinobi looked North has they heard an alarm sound.
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Sasuke had managed to get passed most of the guards before they sounded an alarm for the front guard. He swore, before making himself known to the guards surrounding the hall that he wanted to get through.
He was quicker than the guards anticipated. But he managed to get through them and headed up the last set of stairs. He would find the man behind this and make him tell where he was holding Sakura.
As Sasuke entered two sets of heavy doors, he felt himself go numb as he saw Sakura lying on the ground wearing nothing but undergarments. The man who Sasuke had seen enter the building was nothing compared to what he could do. The man was fat and disturbing.
"Uchiha Sasuke I presume, by your Sharingan through that mask of yours?" the man smirked. Sasuke tensed, of course people have heard of the Uchiha clan, but the feeling Sasuke was getting about this place made him question how the man seemed to expect him to come.
Sasuke only looked on glaring at the man through spinning red eyes.
"What a treat? Eh, Ayame?" the man kicked Sakura roughly, causing her to gasp in pain. Sasuke clenched his fists.
"You seem angered, Uchiha, I wouldn't get to mad, I could do irreversible damage to your little girlfriend here. But that wouldn't benefit me," the man spoke with a sarcastic tone.
"I'd watch yourself. You seem a little too confident." Sasuke remarked, walking forward. The enemy bent down and grabbed a fistful of Sakura's hair, pulling it, and making the pink-haired Kunoichi moan out in pain.
Sasuke stopped in his tracks, "That's right Uchiha, I wouldn't be too cocky yourself." Sasuke growled in aggravation.
"Now, where was I? Ah, yes, walk forward Uchiha," Sasuke could do nothing but obey the man. He clenched his jaw. Uchiha men never obeyed.
"I'll give you ten minutes, I'll sit right over here, but trust me, I wouldn't try anything, Sakura won't feel very well if you get too far from me," The man snickered walking back to his chair. Sasuke kneeled down beside Sakura, checking his teammate was still doing okay on her own before he turned to the man.
"I said ten minutes, starting now." Sasuke glared at the man.
"Oh you don't know what I'm asking, silly me," the man laughed to himself, Sasuke only became more enraged, "Ten minutes to deflower Ayame or whoever the hell she is, before I do. And I'm being generous here, I would've already had her, if it weren't for—"
Sasuke looked down at his teammate wide-eyed, he couldn't just deflower her in front of this sick pervert. That couldn't be the only thing he wanted? A perverted show put on for him? Sakura was in pain enough, Sasuke didn't need to add to it.
Sasuke smirked as he noticed the man left Sakura, "What happens if I don't, I can just kill you—"
Sakura let out a scream as she began to jolt in all different directions as though she's been shocked. Sasuke glared back at the man, "I would hurry Uchiha. You don't have much time." The man sat in his chair, putting his feet up on the table.
Sasuke looked down at his teammate. He could do it or let this scum take away something that she saved. He tried to believe she still loved him like when they were Genin. Yeah, he had to believe she'd forgive him for what he was about to do.
Kakashi, Naruto, and Sai hurried towards the tower, it was just in view, but that didn't mean they'd make it in time. Kakashi followed where the dead bodies were laid out, Sasuke showed no mercy. Naruto became irritated, "The bastard could've waited! I wanted some guys to hit too!"
Sai noticed Kakashi had stopped dead in his tracks.
"What's wrong with you guys? C'mon!" Naruto shouted.
Kakashi looked nervously around the hall, "Something isn't right, where are all the guards? The alarm is still going, but the guards, Sasuke couldn't have gotten them all."
Naruto looked around, "I don't care! C'mon!"
"Naruto we need to move with caution, something is out of place." Kakashi stated hurrying down the hall towards the staircase.
Sakura could feel something inside her. Moving in and out, but she hoped to the Heavens that it wasn't what she thought. She could barely move, barely open her eyes, nothing worked, she tried fighting, but a voice in her head told her to relax that'd it all be alright. She couldn't relax, she didn't know where she was or who was touching her. She wanted to scream, but her voice strained.
The pain in her back was still excruciatingly painful, especially when something was making her move constantly. She tried pushing away, but it didn't' work, nothing she did helped.
The boss of the whole operation had tortured her for hours, when he had found the seal, she would give nothing away so he wanted to torture her out of it. Sakura couldn't remember what the man wanted specifically but she remembered it had to do with her team. Even when Sakura felt like he was ripping her flesh off she didn't give in. She couldn't. The safety of Naruto and Sasuke, Sai and Kakashi, Tsunade, her friends, the village, mattered. She couldn't lose.
Sasuke saw the pained expression on Sakura's face as he picked up the pace, avoiding the large smirk that crossed the enemies face. He wanted to tell her it'd be okay, that it's him that she needs to stop crying. He hated when she cried. But nothing would help, she wasn't conscious. She could feel everything perfectly fine, but she wouldn't be able to do much about the feelings. Whatever happened to Sakura, Sasuke felt his heart squeeze painfully, he thought the feeling was anger, for the man who caused her this much pain.
Sasuke grunted before finishing and quickly got Sakura's underwear back in place. He looked down at her pained expression and glared back at the man who sat with his arms crossed over his chest.
"Hm, such a shame, I could've done such a better job. It looked like it wasn't just her first time either, how pitiful a boy like you and such an awful job." The man sneered. Sasuke grit his teeth.
Before long the door flew open to reveal Naruto, Kakashi, and Sai. The enemies eyes widened in shock. The man jumped from the chair and fumbled with the scroll that had been given to him as a get-away.
Sakura began to wake from the painful nightmare she was cast in.
"SAKURA!" Naruto shouted as he hurried over to shield the girl with his jacket.
Sasuke smirked, madly as he noticed the enemy do a poor job of trying to perform a transportation Jutsu under pressure. All it took was one swipe of Sasuke's Katana to end the man who caused Sakura pain.
Author's Note: Thanks for reading! Hope you enjoyed this chapter, I'll try to update as quickly as I can! R&R.
