Summary: After being conned into a mission by her former sensei, Sakura finds herself captive to a very hands on interrogator. Will she be able to keep her secrets, or will the pressure be to HANDle?
Disclaimer: I do not own Naruto or its characters, and make no profit from this fic. I do however reserve the right to make characters do naughty-naughty things to each other. Dattebayo!
In her haste to put as much distance between them and the village, Sakura pumped chakra into her legs as well as her feet. The farther they got into the forest, the harder it was to keep the speed up, Sakura's strides were slowing. Concentrating harder, she persevered.
I'm so out of practice. I shouldn't be winded by this, when did I become so weak. When I return to the village I'll train harder!. She thought, determination showing on her face.
So lost in her thoughts, Sakura almost didn't feel the energy above her. She abruptly stopped and dodged to the left. Relief flooded her as she saw Shino mirror her actions. Both leaf-nins dropped into fighting stance, barely dodging the explosives that had been thrown at them. Sakura looked around wildly attempting to find the source of the attack.
The kunoichi noticed Diedara looking down at her. How did he break my illusion? I know I'm stronger than this; how?
She met his eyes head on, the intensity in his azure eyes made her nervous. He seemed to be sizing her up, like he could see her inner turmoil. Finally his eyes stopped staring right back, his eye widened before changing into a look of pure hatred.
"Thought you could get past us, yeah?" The blonde yelled, throwing down more bombs. His laughter chilled her to the bone.
Shino jumped farther away making sure not to get hit, Sakura barely made it away in time. Her attention changed to the Akatski who was laughing menacing. She saw him direct his partner, who jumped from the tree, before coming towards her.
"I underestimated you, trust me, it wont happen again." Sakura promised.
Sakura jumped back and into the dense foliage. Attempting to regroup, she hid behind a thick tree trunk. Thinking quickly, she threw some shurikens to keep Diedara occupied as she relocated to the upper branches. Still out of sight, Sakura created two shadow clones while silently thanking Naruto for the days of training he had helped her through.
She let one of the clones run from the hiding spot. Her clone made sure the explosive expert was following her every step until he was facing away from the other two Sakura's, Diedara's spider bombs flew in every direction in an attempt to hit the leaf-nin. The other two Sakura's launched at the branch he was on from behind, as the clone kept his attention. The spiders he had thrown attached themselves to the Sakura clone and with a puff of smoke was gone. The missing-nin turned, with a scowl on his face, just before the remaining Sakur'a attacked. Diedara jumped higher, just out of reach. Sakura and her clone loosing ground and unable to go for the surprise attacked, retreated back to the ground.
"You can't fool me with such a dull jutsu, yeah." he taunted. "you wont be able to lay a hand on me, kunoichi."
Sakura and her left over clone both ran into the forest to regroup. Shino was having trouble with his opponent as well. The shinobi was to quick for Shino's bug and was bombarding him with multiple attacks ranging from kunai to just tiajutsu. Shino was loosing ground quickly. He glanced over to Sakura who was no where close to defeating the blonde Akatsuki member. Catching her eye they both came to the same conclusion, they were better suited to the others opponent.
Shino dodged another blow before using a substitution jutsu with a nearby log. The man with the orange mask didn't notice when Sakura switched with the bug-nin, Diedara was too intent on hurting the Sakura clone, who had walked into the clearing, to notice Shino till he was knocked off the top of the tree by a swarm of insects.
Sakura ended her jutsu, recalling the clone and charged toward the enemy shinobi. She focused all her energy into her fist, glowing with power she charged forward. He barely dodged in time, his speed a challenge to her. The battle continued, with his speed he dodged everyone of the attacks.
I'm going to loose, I've got to end this I'm running out of chakra! She worried.
The missing-nin had stopped, waiting for her to attack. She jumped at him but aimed for the ground, just into front of his feet. Though her fist missed the man, it didn't miss her target. The ground shuttered and cracked, a chasm formed, rocks falling inward sucking all things with in a ten foot line into it. The man fell in with everything else, but caught himself on the edge. Sakura's leg, chakra infused, cocked back and was about to deliver the final blow when a cry of pain echoed through the forest.
She turned to the battle that had been raging behind her. Sakura saw them; Diedara was laughing, holding onto her partner, as his many clay spiders ran rampant over Shino's body.
"No!" She yelled, running to her comrade, she left the injured Akatsuki.
He stopped her before she got to close.
Waving his finger back and forth he chided "Ah, Ah, Ah, you get any closer and their wont be a piece of your friend left, yeah. Tell me where the other three that we sensed are, or this boy will be blown up sky-high; a master piece!" He punctuated the end of his sentence with an evil smirk.
Knowing the tentative pact with all the aligned villages were at stake, Sakura couldn't tell Diedara. Instead she tried to deter him with questions of her own.
"Why are you here, why did chase us?" Sakura sidetracked.
Diedara flashed a hand sign causing a spider on Shino's leg to explode. He dropped to the forest floor groaning in pain. His internal bugs flooded to the wound, in an attempt to healing their host.
"Stop!" Sakura yelled, starting forward. Her movements halted when she heard another pop followed by a scream. Shino's Shoulder was open and bleeding profusely, the insects couldn't heal both wounds fast enough.
"Answer my questions, or the rest will explode one by one, yeah." He smiled in a sick sense of delight.
I can't... I can't save him...No! I will save him. I have to, I'm not that feeble, defenseless girl any more. I am Sakura Haruno, and I wont let my friend die! She resolved.
Thinking fast, Sakura decided on a substitution jutsu as the best plan of action. Shino disappeared in a cloud of smoke and Sakura took his place. Shino landed where Sakura once was, with eyes wide.
"Run! Go get help!" She shouted.
Keeping both missing-nins occupied with chakra laden fists, the fast paced hand to hand combat dislodged most of the clay arachnids but as Diedara realized he was losing a hostage he detonated the remaining spiders. Sakura screamed in agony. Her legs buckled and her arms hung useless, both bleeding and injured. Sakura, about to pass out, channeled her energy to healing her limbs. The kunoichi smiled as she felt her partners chakra fade and disappear. She stood knowing, no matter what; that he would get away and inform the others what was happening... Help would come.
Through the haze of pain she saw the blonde reach into his pouch, his expression of glee change to one of rage. He was in front of her in two strides, he reached back and slapped her so fast she didn't have a chance to dodge.
"Where are they and why were you here, yeah?" He asked bunching the front of her outfit in his fist, leaning forward in an attempt to intimidate her. Sakura searched for a way out, only seeing the orange masked nin rummaging through her belongings.
KICK HIS ASS! FIGHT BACK! YOU ARE BETTER THAN THIS, YOU WERE TRAINED BETTER!
Sakura pumped by the inner pep talk spit in the missing-nins face. Diedara reached back to strike her again but stopped when his partner spoke.
"Diedara-Sempai! I found something!" He yelled, holding up a mission scroll.
Using Diedara's distraction, Sakura broke his hold and used her remaining chakra to run. Her feet moved as fast as she could make them, while the thicker forest converged on her giving her ample coverage from the weapons aimed at her. Sakura looked back to see if they were close, they were gaining ground quickly. Her distraction from the path in front of her was her downfall,literally, an exposed root caused her ankle to twist. The ground was hard, Sakura groaned in pain as she hit the forest floor. The two Akatsuki were upon her in seconds.
I'm going to die. Sakura thought in defeat.