I'm so sorry for the late update! I've had a massive writers block –shakes fist- but its here now…please don't kill me!
Disclaimer: I think it's pretty obvious by now that I don't own Naruto
Treading The Unknown
Chapter 4 – The kidnapper revealed?
Sakura screamed at the top of her lungs as she clawed desperately at the wall, blood dripping from underneath her fingernails, her exhausted body almost at its limit. It took all her strength not to faint right there and then.
'Surely I should have recovered by now' she thought 'But my chakra…why do I have hardly any chakra?'
It was then that it clicked in her mind. The room was draining her chakra! It was keeping it so she had next to none left, so she was utterly helpless.
She stood there still, her heart drumming loudly against her chest. She clasped her hands over her lips, unable to catch her breath, and finally, the tears just flowed freely down to her cheeks; there was nothing she could do."
She was so absorbed in her turmoil that she hardly noticed a chill fall over the room; Cold, calloused hands gripped onto her shaky shoulders, Sakura gasped. She had been petrified with fear.
"Oh Sakura why so cold?" the menacing voice whispered "You never used to be this cold towards me"
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Naruto heard a commotion and raised voices in Tsunade's office and, being the curious person that he was, decided to eavesdrop.
He waited outside the office, listened and watched.
Shizune almost exploded into Tsunade's office and slammed her hands onto her desk, trying to catch her breath.
"Tsunade-sama! Sakura is missing!"
"WHAT?"
"Y-y-yes I went to her apartment and she's gone, the hallway is in a huge mess, looks like there was a struggle"
Naruto's eyes widened in disbelief and he even pinched his arm to make sure he wasn't dreaming, how could this be happening?
Tsunade sighed "Shizune, make sure Naruto doesn't find out about this, I'll get a team on it right away"
Naruto rose from his perch outside Tsunade's office. How dare she not tell him about this! He had healed fast thanks to the Kyubbi (even though deep down he knew he hadn't healed enough yet) he could handle this!
Naruto ran straight to his room and began hurriedly dressing and getting things ready.
He had to save Sakura! He just had to!
Once he had everything ready he set out trying to make sure (but unbeknownst to him not very successfully) that no-one saw him.
The afternoon was warm, not a cloud in sight, and the hot sun beat down on an oblivious Konoha as a determined Naruto set out to save the girl he cared about more than anything.
He had no idea where to start, where to look, or even which direction to go but he resolved that he would figure it out as he went along. What else could he do?
More determined than ever, he marched out of the village a resolute look planted firmly on his face.
"Hold on Sakura-chan, I'm coming!"
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"You" Sakura whispered "I-It's you"
An icy cold laugh pierced the air, demoralising and mocking all at the same time. Even the walls seemed to recoil at the sheer malice in that laugh.
"Of course it's me, why? Surprised are we? You actually thought I'd come back and play 'happy families' with you all?
You haven't changed…your just as stupid and annoying after all these years"
With that, the mysterious shadowy figure trailed off, leaving behind a helpless pink haired kunoichi to drown in her sorrows.
Im so sorry its so short! As I explained, I have writers block!
Anyway, has everyone figured out the kidnapper yet? If not shame on you!!!
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