Hiya people! Sorry about the long wait. Hope you aren't too frustrated with me for taking so long. Gomen! So I won't chatter too terribly long. Again hope you enjoyed Halloween and if you don't celebrate. Sorry. Well without further ado here is the summary and disclaimer!
Summary: Sakura was born in Kirigakure. She is the daughter of the Mizuikage Mei Terumi. She is destined to end up as the next Mizuikage when she is kidnapped and finds herself on the outskirts of Konohagakure Injured and in need of help having successfully escaped her captors. There she meets Sasuke, Naruto, Kakashi, and Sai. Who are all ANBU and just returning from a mission. They stumble upon Sakura who is delirious by this point and she sees the before passing out. She later wakes up in the hospital and is told where she is and that he mother wants her to stay in Konoha. As war is bearing down on them and traveling would be incredibly dangerous. She meets unlikely people and makes lasting friend ships.
Disclaimer: I hope you know by now how this works. If not then here you go. Ya dummies. If your a newcomer welcome! I don't own Naruto (or Sasuke) no matter how much I wish I did. (Sadly) Anywho without further ado. Chapter 4!


Chapter 4

Sakura's P.O.V.


We've been at this for almost a week now. Things aren't looking good for us now. The first two days we were pulling through strongly. Now fear is starting to seep through the ranks. Somehow they've infiltrated and disguised themselves as us.
Long time friends, trusted teammates, and even family members are turning on each other out of fear. Everyday things look worse. Reinforcements have yet to arrive. They were due yesterday morning but never showed up. My team met up with a few others and we set up a little defense base while we're stranded.
Several of the people gathered here are injured but I'm the only one with medical capabilities. Unfortunately most of my chakra is gone. I am having trouble healing shallow scratches at the moment and I have a pretty bad head injury. Nothing to serious. Just a terrible headache.
I got it yesterday when we attempted to launch a counter attack and gain back some of our lost ground. I didn't anticipate the trap laid out previously and no one told me in time.
FLASHBACK!
Shikamaru, Tenten, Neji, Sasuke, Naruto, Hinata, Ino, Chouji, Lee, Kiba, a guy whose name I think is Shino (not sure), and myself sat around a map Shikamaru had been able to secure. With a little help from Ino we'd been able to gather the location of a temporary base scattered in a twenty mile radius around us.
One of them was near a medical camp I was needed at in the opposite direction that was furthest away. They'd sent out a distress signal for help. Being over run with enemies and in need of someone to take control and get things back in order and drive the enemy out.
Getting there had been no trouble. We'd encountered little resistance. Just a few stray Zetsu copies. Naruto got rid of them permanently by turning them back into trees. A fact which he loved to rub into Sasuke's face. Which in turn earned him a smack upside the head. Multiple times, each one harder then the last.
Finally we were in sight of the medical camp. Naruto and Sasuke froze. Something was off but I ran ahead. Towards the thick black smoke rising from the center of the camp. That could only mean we were too late.
As soon as I set foot between the high walls serving as the only entrance Zetsu copies swarmed the area. Coming up from the ground, the surrounding trees, and out of a few tents.
They rushed towards me grinning manically. I blocked a blow from a kunai with my arm guard and delivered a swift punch to his stomach. He collapsed to the ground and another took his place.
Something was off. Only a few were attacking at a time and nothing I couldn't handle. A few were running around doing something but I wasn't paying attention. Suddenly I heard Sasuke call out to me.
"Sakura! Get out of the..." A loud explosion erupted sending me flying back. Something hit my head before I landed and I felt dazed. I couldn't really hear my teammates calling for me. I felt so dizzy, everything was spinning and something warm ran down the side of my head.
A dark head entered my vision and I slowly looked up into concerned dark eyes. Slowly the world stops spinning and my ears pop. Letting me hear properly again.
"Sakura-Chan, Sakura-Chan are you alright Sakura-Chan"? I flick my eyes over to Naruto. He's showing his worry full force and slightly freaking out.
His voice rings in my head making it throb painfully. I reach up to rub my forehead hopping to ease it and encounter a sticky wet substance. I pull my hand away to see blood. I can faintly hear Sasuke speaking but I'm not paying much attention to him. My head hurts to much. Oddly enough I can't really feel the cut on my head. I might have a concussion. Great, just what I need.
Sasuke kneels down beside me and slips his hands under my knees and around my back hoisting me up against his chest. I let my head fall against his chest as he makes for the line of trees. Naruto fights off any remaining Zetsu copies that might have survived the blast.
Sasuke jumps into the trees and I felt a bout of motion sickness as he speed through the trees. Naruto close behind him shouting as usual. Can't he just shut up? And please put me down!
"Hey asshole! You just gonna leave me behind? Oi, ya bastard I'm talking to you"! I groaned and Sasuke stopped turning his head over his shoulder.
"Shut up Dobe. Sakura's head hurts and your loud mouth is making it worse". He puffed up getting ready to throw back an insult but I shifted uncomfortable being held and them talking about me like I wasn't there. Jerks.
"Here should be far enough away". He hopped down from the trees and set me against the base of the one we were standing in a minute ago.
He unclipped my medical bag from my waist and dug through it. Searching for bandages or something. He pulled out a roll of gauze, a few bandage pads, a small bottle of alcohol, and cotton swabs.
He poured some on the swabs and touched it to my forehead. I flinched back finally feeling the cut.
His other hand came up and smoothed my hair back and holding me still. I frowned at how gentle he was being with me. Sasuke isn't one for gentle. Believe me I know. I found that out during our battle.
He held the pad to my head while wrapping gauze around it and securing the ends together with two small metal clips. He pulled his hands back and gave me a hard look. Now I feel like a kid about to get a lecture from a parent for doing something bad.
"Sakura what were you thinking? You can't just rush in to a place without checking it out first. You're a ninja and a ninja does the smart thing". He continued to stare at me with that same hard look. I felt my anger stir up. How dare he treat me like a kid!
A twig snapped somewhere close by and I snapped my head up (ignoring the twinge of pain) and searched for the source. Several chakra signatures flickered nearby. Enemies.
Sasuke jumped up and spun around. His katana extended and ready to defend or attack. Footsteps sounded. Getting closer and closer. A Zetsu clone stepped out of the bushes and rushed forward.
Sasuke took him out and he fell to the ground. I pulled out my two tantos and stood up. A mini scroll clutched between the handle of my blade and my hand.
More of the clones sprang out and I through one of my tantos like a kunai impaling him to a tree. He struggled with it for a minute before succeeding in pulling it free.
I jumped back into the tree and stuck the blade into the tree before unfurling the small scroll. I bit my thumb and pressed it to the scroll scribbling down a few words before summoning a messenger hawk. I gave the scroll to the bird and it took off in the direction of where I last knew Tsunade to be.
A kunai whizzed by my face slicing a few of my hairs off as I dodged it and looked down. The little clearing we'd been in was now overrun with those damn clones. Fuckin' hell.
I flipped hand signs quickly and told Naruto and Sasuke to take cover. They dodged behind the tree I was standing on. "Fire Style: Fireball Jutsu"! A giant ball of fire shot from my mouth and enveloped several of them.
A few of the clones managed to jump away from the flames with minimal to no damage. It was very effective in terms of damage and it served as the distraction I'd intended it to be. As a bonus my messenger bird got away. Perfect.
Sasuke and Naruto hopped up into the tree with me. Glancing at me and the damage I'd inflicted. "What"? I asked cocking my head to the side in confusion. Naruto's jaw was dropped open and his eyes were as wide as saucers. Sasuke had just cocked an eyebrow at me.
"Sakura-Chan what did you do? It was so much bigger this time"! He was referring to my jutsu (I think).
"I was low on chakra last time plus I was tired". I answered simply. He shook his head and focused on the clones below us. More of them had shown up. This could be a problem. I squatted down on the tree and quickly counted the number of clones that were left as well as the ones that had arrived. There are about fifty of them here.
"So what are we going to do about these assholes"? Naruto asked excitedly. He'd been bored all day. We had just been running around on errands today and he was anxious for some action.
"Kick some ass. What else"? I asked him like it was the most obvious thing in the world (Cause it was). Naruto yelled in excitement and I slapped my hand against my face (an action I immediately regretted. Head injury. Remember? Cause I forgot) and winced. Sasuke just shook his head and jumped from the tree in the opposite direction Naruto did.
I flipped my hands through several hand signs and whispered "Ice Style: Dance of the cherry blossoms". What many people don't know about this technique is that it isn't just an escape and diversionary tactic. Its also an offensive jutsu. With just the right about of chakra I can make the cherry blossoms look sharp enough to cut someone. When in reality that's not the case. Ultimately a victim will look like he went through a paper shredder when I get through with them.
It takes excellent chakra control to perform this technique. As it is a combination of genjutsu, taijutsu, and ninjutsu. The genjutsu fools an opponent into thinking that my body froze and turned into thousands of cherry blossom petals. The taijutsu is needed in order to give the extreme speed to keep up the illusion that cherry blossoms are cutting you. And finally the ninjutsu part, using your chakra control and a space time jutsu in order to flicker around the area you've picked as your target.
Senbon is required for this in order to give the paper like cuts that appear on your skin thanks to the genjutsu and made reality by me.
The only set back is that this move requires a lot of chakra. It always eats up more than half my chakra stores. Performing two jutsus simultaneously is no easy task.
I sped through the enemies who were dazed by the frozen petals. Now I thought as I made the petals appear to slice the opponents while I did the hard work.
More than once I swore I felt Sasuke's eyes on me. That's not possible. No one can see me. They're all under my genjutsu. Only Zetsu's clones are affected by the cuts though. So there is no way he could seem me.
Except that he did. Just as the jutsu came to an end Sasuke's red eyes met mine and he smirked at my surprised expression. The hell is going on? No ones supposed to be able to see me! The genjutsu and speed should have made sure of that!
I ended the jutsu and dropped my last two Senbon now dull and useless to me. Naruto had summoned about ten clones of himself and were currently beating up on one of the few left.
I jumped back to the tree branch and froze. Twenty feet in front of me was a white haired snake with glasses. "Kabuto"! I hissed angry now. He smirked at me.
"Ah Sakura-chan how good to see you again! I must thank you for freezing me in that ball of ice. I must return the favor and show my gratitude". He said with mock politeness. It just barely masked the anger I could sense boiling beneath the surface. Maybe I can use that to my advantage. Let's see how far that takes me.
"Perhaps you would like a repeat of the same gift"? I asked taunting him while grabbing a syringe filled with a milky fluid. Kabuto and his master have a thing for snakes and the poison that some snakes have is deadly. Throw those to crack heads in the mix and you're a gonner almost instantly. Unless you have extensive knowledge of poison and antidotes. I do.
"Now, now Sakura-chan you know that's hardly fair. Ruining my fun before its even began".
Shit that can't be good. I uncapped the needle and brought it down towards my leg when a sharp stinging hit my arm. Forcing me to drop the syringe. I clutched my hand to my chest. The bastard had broken some of the bones in my hand with that blow.
A snakes tail had slapped my hand hard. I saw the scaly white tail slither back up his sleeve and disappear from sight. Fooling you into thinking it was gone. However I'm no idiot and I can clearly sense the giant fucking snake wrapped around his torso like a damn belt.
I took a chance at his momentary distraction of victory and dove for the fallen syringe. It wasn't enough time.
The same tail wrapped around my own chest (did I ever mention I hate snakes? No well nows a good time. I fucking hate snakes!) And tossed me into the base of a tree several feet away. Now I'm pissed.
"Damn that fucking hurts". I gasped as I dropped to my feet regaining my breath. I glanced around searching for the needle. It was too far away from me now. Why the hell don't I carry two?
I heard taking coming from above me. "Now, now Sakura-Chan that's not very lady like. Such language is unbecoming of a beautiful young lady. What would your mother think"? He was taunting me now.
He obviously doesn't know who my mother is or her personality.
"You're really stupid you know that? Don't you do your research? The Mizuikage is my mother. She's got a foul temper and mouth to match. Where do you think I picked up things like how to hand an asshole's ass to him when he can't take the fact that he was beaten by a girl"?
Red filtered across his cheeks and his eyes glinted dangerously. He pushed his glasses up his nose using his first finger and smirked again.
"You really should pay more attention to your surroundings Sakura-Chan". He said simply and I felt another snake behind me.
Honestly this is insulting. He really thinks I'm so weak I can't even sense a big fucking snake attempting to sneak up on me? How sad.
I drew out my katana and jumped in the air high above a giant scaly purple head. I raised it above my head as I fell back down and struck. Completely severing the head from the body.
A hissing sound met my ears and steam filled the air. What the hell? I glanced at my cloak when I felt a burning sensation touch my arm. Fuck acid!
The snake's blood was acidic. I shrugged out of my cloak and tossed it aside. Damn that burns.
I quickly scanned my clothes looking for signs that the acid had seeped through to my clothes and was eating it away.
I was wearing black short shorts and a long sleeveless white tunic over that. I had a fingerless mesh glove on my left hand and a white fingerless gloves on my right arm. The gloves came up to just under my shoulders. The red sash was tied around my waist holding a few scrolls and various weapons for easy access. Black thigh high tights covered my legs and a small amount of skin can be seen between my shorts and tights. I'd replaced my sandals for a shoe with more protection. A pair of ankle heeled ninja shoes covered my feet.
My medical bag was attached to a belt below the sash and secured the bag close to my back so it wouldn't fall off.
As far as I can tell no acid got on me. Except for what touched my left arm. A small red burn was there and nothing else. I got lucky this time.
"Sakura-Chan are you okay"? I heard Naruto call from above me. I glanced up and saw my two teammates standing on the branch looking concerned. Well Naruto did. Sasuke's eyes raked my body looking for any further injuries (A/N remember the one on her head?). He slightly relaxed when he found none. I directed my attention back to Kabuto.
"That was a dirty trick you bastard"! Naruto called out to him angrily. I silently agreed with him but now is not the time for berating an asshole. Now's the time to kick said asshole's ass.
I pulled my long hair out of my face and up into a high ponytail so it wouldn't get in my way. Now that that was done I returned my attention to Kabuto.
"Oi, asshole why are you hiding in a tree? To scared to come fight me yourself? What's next a smoke bomb"?
Taunting him further probably wasn't the best idea but it was funny and angry people tend to make mistakes when they don't think rationally. A fact I learned from my mother.
He threw off his cloak and the snake I knew was there uncoiled it's self from his body and launched towards me. It was so fast! A pair of arms wrapped around my waist and I found myself airborne for a minute as I was pulled out of the snakes strike path.
Sasuke had grabbed me and launched himself forward to avoid me getting hit. Something was wrong though. I could smell blood, fresh blood and he was clutching his side. Did he get hit by the snake?
"Sasuke what's wrong"? I asked as I tugged his arm away from his side. A dark stain coated the edge of the torn fabric and a deep gash peeked through.
"Did this happen just now"? He shook his head no. One of the Zetsu clones must have hit him earlier. He was very pale now. Too pale. He was losing to much blood.
"Naruto take care of Kabuto! Sasuke's hurt"! I heard his loud call of I know and okay before I set to work.
I grabbed a kunai and sliced his shirt open and off so I could see the extent of the damage. It probably looks worse than it is. The gash is several inches long and looks deep. Blood is flowing rapidly from it. Probably further aggravated by the fact that he moved so fast to pull me to safety.
I opened one of my scrolls and bit my thumb and slapped my hand down on the summoning symbol. More extensive medical supplies came out and I grabbed the bottle of alcohol and a taped up roll of gauze pads.
He looked at me with bleary eyes when I told him to open his mouth. "Bite down on this because its going to hurt". So he opened his mouth while I uncapped the bottle and poured it on the wound. Sasuke grit his teeth and bit down on the roll.
Once that was done I wiped away the excess alcohol and poured cool water on it to sooth the burning.
"Do you know if the weapon was coated with poison"? He shook his head no. Indicating he didn't. I sent chakra into his system to see if there was. Luck seemed to be on his side when I found no traces of foreign substances in his body. Then I staunched the bleeding and started to close up his injury.
This wasn't easy. It was deep and I had to make sure the muscles were aligned and healed with no further damage. Once that was done then I turned my attention to reconnecting his nerves and regenerating skin cells. That is much harder and takes more chakra then you would think. I sealed it over and made sure no scar remained. Finally that was all done.
I wiped my forehead and dug through my pouch locking for the small container of pills.
"Ah, ha"! I said finally finding the slender glass container. "Plasma pills, helps regenerate lost blood quickly but it uses up a good chunk of chakra. You have more than enough for this". I said pulling the cotton from his mouth and replacing it with two small circular red pills. He crunched and swallowed them. Grimacing at the taste.
I watched as some color finally returned to his face before getting up and handing his pack to him so he could get a new shirt.
Now that he wasn't in a life threatening position anymore I became painfully aware of his exposed chest. It didn't take a rocket scientist to figure out Sasuke was gorgeous. Not to mention he knew it too. Hence the cocky attitude.
I was preparing to leave when I heard his voice. "Thank you Sakura". I wasn't sure I heard anything, so I just finished packing up my things.
After all that was done I hopped up into a standing position getting ready to jump up into the neared tree to find out where Naruto had gotten to when I felt dizzy. Everything started to spin and blur out of focus.
Then I realized why. I had no chakra left. I fell forwards and waited to hit the ground. It never came. I opened my eyes when I felt two warm arms wrapped around me. Sasuke had caught me and he was wearing a shirt again (A/N sadly XD).
END OF FLASHBACK!
I don't recall anything after that so I must have fallen asleep. I haven't been awake too long but night has fallen and were surrounded. By what I'm not sure. We've taken refuge with some ninjas from the Sand and Kiri. I don't recognize them but they seem to know me. Well at least the Kiri ninja do. The Sand ninja know of me.
A few of them are injured but I still can't do anything as I lack sufficient chakra to be of much help. I gathered that its well past midnight. One of the Sand nins suggested setting a rotating guard for those who had little to no injuries and getting some sleep. It was a good idea but unfortunately not everyone agreed. One of the Kiri ninja said she wouldn't sleep with potential enemies. Regardless of the fact that Naruto could sense if there were and there weren't in here anyways. Outside is a different story.
So several people stayed awake and some glared at each other.
Sasuke and Naruto sat on either side of me. Every time I woke up Sasuke would glare at me and silently order me to go back to sleep. Naruto asked me to at least. I needed to restore my chakra and sleeping helped regenerate it faster. By now I'd say I had a third of it back.
I sat up ignoring Naruto's loud protests and Sasuke's silent demands and orders. I walked over to one of the more heavily injured Kiri nins. She had sustained multiple cuts, several broken bones, and had been poisoned with something that kept her chakra from replenishing.
"How are you doing Nanami-San"? She opened her eyes and looked at me. She seemed to take in my appearance and measuring my chakra levels.
"Sakura-Sama you are not yet in a good enough condition to be tending others. You need rest". She closed her eyes and tried to rest again. A small smile tugged her lips when she realized I wasn't moving from this spot.
"Please Nanami you can't last forever like this! Let me help you! I can remove the poison!" I said desperately. If it stays in her system much longer it could permanently damage her chakra network and cause heart failure as well as shut down her body slowly and in a painful way. Dying like that is excruciating.
"I suppose if you as my doctor are so adamant in helping me then I can't say no". I looked back at her and saw a twinkle in her eyes. She'd been testing my resolve and determination.
"Nanami-San you..."? I trailed off and she nodded.
"Your mother asked me to tell you something if I ran into you. She says you don't have to follow the councils decisions. You are your own person. The choices you make need to come from your heart. She knew you never wanted to be the next Mizuikage. Follow your dream. She had someone in mind to take her place when she retired".
I rubbed the tears away from my eyes. I'd tried so hard to hide truth from everyone. I'd trained and studied hard to be the best I could be and make everyone proud of me. My mother especially.
I unfurled the scroll beside me and ran my bloodied thumb down it. A small poof later and I was gathering things for extracting poison and setting broken bones. As well as my wall collection of herbs to make an antidote.
I healed all the small cuts on her and the focused on the entry wound for the poison. I picked up the extraction solution with a chakra gloved palm. "Hold her down". I ordered her two teammates. They nodded and clutched her shoulders holding her firmly to the bed roll beneath her.
Her screams echoed around us. This was a very painful thing to go through. After two hours I managed to pull most of the poison from her system. I'd set aside a small amount to create the antidote.
I set her wrist and bound her two ribs and healed her leg so the bandages could be taken off.
After a few failed attempts I found the right combination of herbs and the antidote was complete. I mixed it with her tea as it had to be drunk and it was most likely bitter. I'd added a narcotic to help her sleep and after a few minutes she was sleeping.
I was about to turns around and leave when a hand appeared in front of my face bearing two small white circular pills. Chakra pills, I recognized them immediately. I glanced up at the person holding them and took note of the dark spiky locks belonging to Sasuke. He wasn't looking at me. His face was turned in Naruto's direction but his intent was clear. If I didn't take the pills he was going to haul me back over to my bed roll and force me to sleep again.
I wordlessly grabbed them and stood up heading over to my next patient. Sasuke grabbed my arm when I turned to leave and stared me down. His eyes travels from mine down to my clenched fist contains the two pills. I tossed them in my mouth and crunched them. After a few seconds I felt better. Alive with new energy and almost full chakra stores.
I raised a brow at him and said "happy now"? He grunted in response and released my arm before retreating back over to the spot Naruto was and glaring at him. I Shrugged then made my way over to the next person.
They're injuries weren't too serious. A broken leg and a few burn marks as well as numerous cuts and scratches. I set his leg and healed it partially so he would be able to move easier. Healing it fully takes time and a good chunk of chakra. Not to mention its taxing on the body. Forcing the cells to work faster to repair the damage to an injury like that leaves them feeling weak and drained. I did heal everything else leaving no scars to indicate he ever received those injuries.
It ended up being a good thing I was able to make several doses of antidote for the poison. Several other people had been hit with it though not to the extent Nanami was. I was also able to learn how the poison was given to a victim.
It was a technique similar to that of Mira's. That girl I fought when Tsunade-Sama conducted that exam for me a while ago.
Apparently these were needles smaller then a Senbon, being closer in size to that of a needle you would use for shots. Strange, were we dealing with a medical ninja? I pondered the question as I extracted the last of the poison and gave the last patient a shot.
After I was done Naruto dragged me back to my bed roll and told me to sleep as I still had injuries of my own. He'd unzipped his jacket a few minutes ago and something fell out of his shirt as he pushed me to lie down.
A small oval shape hung on a thin chain. An emerald set at the top of the oval caught the fire light and made small dazzling lights dance around as the silver oval moved. When it turned around again I caught sight of something etched into the front of it. Sakura, my name was engraved into the surface of the metal. It was my locket! The one I thought was lost forever.
I grasped it pulling Naruto down with the delicate chain. "Naruto where did you get thus"? I asked quietly. My eyes fixated on one of my most prized possessions. He blinked at me not seeming to recap what I was asking about then he looked down at the oval locket resting in my palm.
"Oh yeah! He said suddenly. I found it when the Teme made me retrieve his katana. I meant to ask you about it but forgot when we went on that mission"! He unclasped the chain and held it out to me. "It's yours right"? He asked as he dropped it carefully into my palm.
I closed my fingers around it and held it to my chest. "It belonged to my father. He had it made the day I was born. He wanted something to take with him he could look at whenever he went on missions". I said quietly and unclenched my palm. I pulled the ends of the chain together and fastened the metal clasp. The locket rested just above my chest. I tucked it under my shirt and looked up.
"What happened to him"? Naruto asked just as quietly. Afraid to shatter the silence with his usual loud demeanor.
"He went on a mission when I was five. I begged him not to go because the survival rate for returning from this mission was so low. He had a 95% chance of during on this mission. Instead he patted me on the head and knelt down to my level. Then he took this necklace off and he told me, Sakura keep this safe for me. Keep it safe and I'll come back for it. He promised he would return to us and claim it back". I took a breath and wiped a stray tear away.
"So I waited. Watched him walk out of the village alone. His hand stuck up in the air in a wave. Never looking back. That was like him though he was always looking forward, never back. I waited for days but they soon turned into weeks and before I knew it two months had gone by then a year. He never came back and no trace of him was ever found. He just disappeared and for the longest time I had hope that he would come back".
Naruto stayed silent taking in everything I'd said. Sasuke hadn't spoken a word so I lay down and closed my eyes. "So what happened did you give up"?
His quiet voice made me snap my eyes open. I glanced at Sasuke. He was staring at me heatedly. An unknown emotion blazing in his usually calm and collected eyes.
"I realized a long time ago what I had was a child's hope, a child's dream. I'm not a child anymore. People die in the world we live in everyday and sometimes we can't prevent that. And we who are left behind have to accept that. Hundreds of people are dying everyday and for what? This stupid war your family member started"!
We were both on our feet by now. Glaring at each other. My eyes widened in realization at what I'd just said.
My head swung to the side a sharp sting on my right cheek.
"I can't believe you just said that Sakura". Naruto said quietly. His head bent down bangs covering his eyes hiding them from view. "I can't believe you just put the blame for this war on Sasuke. He didn't start this war. That person was banished from his family a long time ago. None of this was his fault".
A flutter of wings caught my attention. I locked up and saw my messenger hawk returning. I held my arm up and out and the bird landed. Undoing the seal and opening the scroll I scanned it and saw Tsunade's familiar handwriting. Shed scribbled a short note.
Sakura,
I need you to come back to the front. There's something you should see. Your mother will meet you halfway. Come alone if you can.
Tsunade
I rolled the scroll back up and shoved it in my pouch. Naruto had read over my shoulder and crossed his arms over his chest. "No way your leaving". He said with mock authority. I narrowed my eyes at him.
"Look I'm sorry for what I said, it was out of line but I'm going and you can't stop me. I packed up my things and sealed them into a scroll before shoving that into my the pouch at my waist. I pulled out a spared cloak and settled it over my shoulders and drew the hood up. I stepped in front of the entrance to our temporary camp and was about to leave when someone grabbed my arm and jerked me back.
"Sakura, I don't care about that. If you leave you'll be in danger. Please stay". Sasuke was holding me back. Asking me to stay.
"Look I'm sorry for what I said. I didn't mean it. I was just angry. Okay? But I'm going. I haven't seen my mother in a month so please let me go". The grip tightened on my arm for a second before loosening again. I made to step forward but I was spun around and hauled back into a firm chest.
"I told you I don't care about that. Just come back safely". I almost shattered my resolve and stayed but then the overwhelming urge to see my mother firmed it up again and I flickered out of sight. The guilt at what I'd said weighing heavily on my mind. Tears pricked at the corner of my eyes but I refused to let them fall. I sprinted off racing against the sun just starting to peek over the horizon.


That's it for this one! Sorry again for the long wait. I meant to have this published last weekend but I got sick so I couldn't. I'm still kinda sick but feeling better. So I'll be fine. Anyways let me know what ya think. If you dont like it then dont read it. Simple as that. Ja na!

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