Title: Stand My Ground
Rating: M for violence, language and later chapters.
Distribution: Just credit me and let me know where it's going!
Reviews: Love 'em. I don't really like flames, but then, no one really does.
Disclaimer: I do own NARUTO, and if I did, Sasuke wouldn't be so cold.
Main Pairings: Sasu&Saku, Naru&Hina, Ten&Neji, Ino&Shika
A/N: Yes, I know that Sakon & Ukon were both killed by Kankurou and Tayuya by Temari but hey, this is a fanfic:) Thank you guys for all of your reviews! (I will update again once the reviews reach 60!)
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"Oh shit." Naruto pused his limits, quickening his pace.
What's so big that he's using the chidori? Is he going to hurt Sakura-chan? This is bad. This is really bad.
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"GET OUT OF THE WAY, ECCHI!" Tayuya shouted, pointing at Sasuke, who was still building the Chidori. Sasuke rushed at him, but Sakon was pushed out of the way by Tayuya.
Once Tayuya was standing up again she looked to Sakon, "Fuck this." Her skin was becoming noticably brown and five horn-like bones began protruding out of her head, her hair was becoming longer, and she turned to grin wickedly at Sakura. "Get ready, bitch."
Sakura braced herself, storing chakra and began to think of a game plan. Her hands began forming seals faster than ever before, and a smile also placed itself on her lips.
"No," She looked at Tayuya, "you get ready." She produced several kunai from out of nowhere and began the blizzard technique. As Tayuya blocked the kunai, the explosive tags attached to them fell to the ground around her and Sakura threw one more, igniting them all.
A loud explosion echoed through the forest.
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Which is what Naruto heard, and made him cringe, "I'm not going to make it!!"
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When the smoke cleared, Tayuya was still standing. She had a few minor burns on her arms, but was still grinning viciously. "Makyō no Ran!" (War Of Evil Men) She began playing her flute, and one of the three destroyed Doki appeared, wobbling it's head at Sakura. Sakura's eyes widened.
"I killed you once, I will kill you again."
Tayuya smiled, and began playing her Demonic Flute again, pausing once to yell,"Dream Sound Chain!"
Sakura had heard about this. The demon was going to trap her and her skin would melt off of her bones while she was still alive. I am so not looking forward to this...
She dodged the attack twice before smiling herself, "Oinaru Sakura!" (Great Sakura) A giant sized Sakura appeared over Tayuya, grinning wickedly.
Tayuya grunted, trying to dodge the attack. "IT'S JUST A GENJUSTU!" Sakon yelled from his position across the yard where he was fighting with Sasuke.
Tayuya released herself and smiled back over at the regular Sakura who was panting slightly. "So, you dodged mine, I dodged yours... what do you have left?"
Sakura smiled, and opened her mouth to say something but was interuppted when the chidori was heard again. Both her and Tayuya turned to see Sasuke beelining for Sakon again, and once more, Tayuya jumped to push Sakon out of the way.
Sakura lunged at Sakon who'd already hit the ground, and a blood curling scream bit into his ears.
"TAYUYA!" She was lying on the ground back in her normal state, clutching her stomach, blood dripping from between her fingers. Sasuke was standing over her, a smirk on his face.
"I'm sorry, Sakon," Tayuya said, gasping for breath. "You know I always fucking hated hand to hand. Plan...B..." Sasuke looked down at Tayuya, his eyes blazing red with the sharingan,
"Shouldn't have jumped in the way."
She glared at him, a groan making its way through her parted lips before she went limp.
Sakon was still struggling with Sakura who had healed herself three times already. "Uchiha killed Tayuya, so I'm going to kill you."
"Wasn't the whole point of your mission to catch me?" Three more Sakuras appeared out of nowhere, along with Sasuke. He was still looking pissed and powerful.
"Well, you just changed the plan, bitch."
Sakura frowned at him. "You know, it's not nice to call names.." Two of the Sakura's threw chakra charged punches and neither hit Sakon. He landed behind the Sakura he thought was real and brought the kunai in a smooth line across her throat. The Sakura disappeared and Sakon swore.
All three of the Sakuras winced, and one more disappeared. Both Sakuras spoke at the same time, "We're losing chakra, we won't be able to hold much longer."
Sasuke nodded and went full force for Sakon. They were locked in hand to hand combat for more that five minutes before Sakon saw an opening and began his transformation. Before they could comprehend, Ukon was sticking out of the back of Sakon's head.
"Oh no."
Sakon/Ukon appeared behind another one of the Sakuras, and sliced her throat. She dissapated.
"Only one left," The Ukon side was facing them, Sasuke breathing hard, Sakura shaking slightly.
He appeared behind her. His kunai moving towards her throat, Sakura screamed, and a bright orange blur came out of nowhere and tackled Sakon/Ukon to the ground. Sakura landed on the ground, unmoving just as Sasuke yelled,
"NARUTO!"
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"Where'd that fool go?" Neji looked over at Kakashi.
"I just heard an explosion," Pakkun said, his ears perked. "Where'd it come from?"
"I don't know," The Hyuga heir said, his eyebrows raised. "BYAKUGAN!" Looking to the right Neji began to inform them of the scene, leading them in the direction. "It's Naruto, Sasuke, Sakon... and Ukon.. there's a body.. on the ground.. whoever it is isn't breathing... it has.. pink hair..."
"Sakura?" Ino, TenTen and Kakashi asked immediately at the same time, all dreading the answer.
"I can't tell.. it's too far. As we get closer I'll try to focus in on the details."
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Naruto landed inbetween Sasuke, Sakon and Ukon with a grunt, rolling to his feet, he looked around. "Sakura-chan!" His eyes were focused on the body that was lying unmoving on the ground. "Sasuke, you teme! Make sure Sakura-chan is okay!"
Sasuke nodded, bent down and turned Sakura over.
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"It's not her, it's the member of the Sound Four.. the girl."
"Tayuya?" Kakashi put in.
"Yes, her, Sakura's on the ground too but she's moving. Naruto's got shadow clones out... Okay, not anymore, Sakon and Ukon just transformed... they're using their cursed-seals.."
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"Shit."
"Get up, get up," Sasuke was saying, but Sakura's vision was blurry. She shook her head and looked over toward Sakon and Ukon, her eyes widening when she caught sight of...
"NARUTO!"
"Sakura-Chan!" Naruto called back, never taking his eyes off of Sakon and Ukon, "Are you okay?"
"I'm fine, ready to take him down?"
Naruto didn't even have to answer. He lunged at Sakon and Ukon the same time Sasuke and Sakura did. They were all thrown back, but Sasuke, using his sharingan frowns, "He's almost out of chakra."
Before Sasuke or Sakura can attack, Naruto conjured his rasengan. When it was over, Sakon was back in his normal state, lying on the ground, blood running from his mouth.
He grinned up at them. "It's not over."
"Oh no?" Sakura asked, raising an eyebrow.
"There's more of us. You will die eventually," Sakon slurred the last two words and then he died.
Naruto looked at Sakura before turning his attention to the raven-haired boy. The look on Naruto's face made Sakura's eye twitch.
"AND YOU! WHY I OUGHTA-- YOU KIDNAPPED SAKURA-CHAN YOU NASTY TEME! HOW COULD YOU DO THAT!?"
Sasuke visibly sweat dropped. "I didn't kidnap her, Naruto." He looked pointedly over at Sakura. "She came with me."
"Oh, first you're a kidnapper and now you're a liar." Naruto's whole body twitched. "When do you ever stop?"
"Naruto," Sakura began, "Sasuke really didn--"
"You don't have to be strong anymore, I'm here to rescue you, okay, Sakura-chan?"
She could see his eyes shining with pride, waiting for her to say thank you, waiting for her to say something.
Wow, we're going to break his heart, Inner Sakura chimed in, making Sakura twitch as well. Once we tell him that we went with Sasuke willingly, he's going to be so hurt and so mad, I won't be surprised if he ever talks to us again. But, it's not like we could just let the love of our life go-- Inner Sakura was cut off by Sasuke,
"Look, Naruto, sorry to dissapoint you, but we have to go."
"Shut up, teme," Naruto said in return, still looking at Sakura.
"Naruto, I'm so sorry. I don't want to hurt you but this is the truth. I went with Sasuke. He didn't kidnap me."
"Wh..What?"
"I'm really sorry, Naruto."
"So am I.." he murmured, his attention turning back to Sasuke. "So what do we do now?"
"What do you mean 'we'?"
"Well, I don't want to fight you, and you're not going to stay here because you and I both know that more of those sound-nin are coming as well as our friends, like Neji, Shikamaru and Kakashi and they will drag you back to Konoha."
Sasuke frowned.
"So I'm going with you guys. I'm gonna make sure you don't hurt Sakura-chan." Naruto said.
Noone said anything.
Sasuke broke the silence. "Lets move."
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Three Hours Later...
"What do you mean you 'lost them'?" Tsunade asked, glaring intently at Pakkun and Kakashi.
"Well, they are my students, they know how to conceal themselves. Somehow Pakkun couldn't even smell them. We couldn't find Naruto either." Kakashi explained.
"I told him that there was trouble and he went off in the direction of the explosion. After that, I can't say what happened to him." Pakkun said, not looking at Kakashi or Tsunade.
"Well that's just freaking great," Tsunade said, her hand on her forehead. "Uchiha's got my apprentice and Naruto. This is just freaking super."
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"So you'll sleep in here," Sakura explained to Naruto, pointing in the spare bedroom of the cabin that Sasuke had led them to. Sakura had been so overwhelmed. She had specifically gotten the fight out of the house only destroying ONE wall for a reason. It was so they didn't destroy her new home. And now she realized that Sasuke was prepared for anything. He had a spare house. News to her.
"Alright." Naruto stopped and turned to her, touching her wrist. "Are you sure you're okay?"
"Yes, Naruto," She said, sighing. "I'm fine. Thank you for asking." She pulled away from him. "Get some sleep."
As soon as Naruto's head hit the pillow he was out. Sakura rolled her eyes and headed towards the other side of the cabin where Sasuke was waiting in their 'other' bedroom. She was almost nervous. She knew that he was itching to continue from where they were so rudely interrupted, and she wasn't so sure she was ready. But she loved him. So she would do her best to shut off her doubts.
She walked into the bedroom and looked around. It was pitch black. When her eyes adjusted to the darkness, she gasped. He was leaning against the dresser, his arms folded across his naked torso. She squinted momentarily but couldn't tell if he had any pants on.
Thirty seconds later he was in front of her. She didn't even have a chance to react before he was kissing her. His tongue flicked across her bottom lip, wanting entrance, which she gave him. When they pulled apart for breath, she realized that he had somehow gotten her onto the bed, closed and locked the door and was leaning over her now. Her sea foam green gaze searched his face for emotion. She was surprised when she found that same emotion from before lingering in his eyes. What is that? She asked herself, but didn't have time to think about it when he leaned down and started round two.
This time when they pulled apart, she noticed that her shirt was missing. How does he do that? She wondered, and noticed the smirk on his lips. She leaned up, pushing him over on to his back, and began kissing his chest. When she looked up, she noticed his eyes were closed, and leaned up, placing a kiss on his lips. She moved to go back to work on his chest, but didn't get the chance. He was kissing her again.
His hands wandered her back, taking in all the curves and the feeling of her spine, and he smiled against her.
This is what he'd wanted. And he could almost have this without worry. But then there was Itachi. Itachi always ruined everything. He knew he should stop.. but he couldn't bring himself to. He wanted her. He needed her. He craved her. And now he would have her. She would be his, and he wouldn't let anyone else touch her like he was about to be touching her. Not as long as he lived or breathed.
This time, he managed to get the confining contraption off of her body. He flipped her over again, and began to work on her chest. He felt her fingers clench and unclench in his hair. He smiled.
A few minutes later, they were completely free of clothing, and he was staring into her green orbs intently. He blinked as if to ask, 'are you sure?' When she nodded, he leaned down and kissed her, an with one swift smooth movement, he was inside of her.
She closed her eyes and moaned out in pain, as the white hot feeling shook her body. Seconds later it was gone, and she looked up into his eyes again. He looked...concerned. She took a deep breath and pulled his head down to hers.
Together, they found a motion and rocked together. Sakura could feel the hot lava flowing through her system, the adrenaline and the feeling of pain replaced by pleasure. She was doing something intimate with the man she'd loved for as long as she could remember. The most intimate thing.
Her moaning was music to his ears. He liked hearing her, he wanted to hear her moans forever. He kissed her again.
Before long, she felt like she was going to explode. Sasuke was panting above her, and she felt like her heart was going too fast, she might never catch up. She finally found her release, and a few seconds later, he found his own. He collapsed on to her chest, both of them panting, trying to catch their breaths.
"Sasuke... I love you," She murmured. When a minute had gone by, and he hadn't said anything, she tensed.
He felt it, and looked up at her. "I love you too," he whispered, laying his cheek back down on her chest. "I love you, too."
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"Well, alright, so what is our assignment? I'm not gonna just let that dobe disappear and leave Konoha in turmoil," Shikamaru grumbled. "Why does he have to make everything so troublesome?"
"I don't know," Ino said, her hand on his shoulder. "We'll find him. You can kick his ass while I kick Forehead's all the way across the world."
Shikamaru managed to smile at her. Maybe not all women are troublesome.
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WHOOO.. I am.. well. I'm.. hmm. Ha. I hate love scenes. When I have to write them. ;) I'm afraid to know what you guys thought cause I know you were all waiting for it, and I really wanted to write it and I didn't know how to put it down and there it is. It's probably not what you were expecting. :( Review anyway! ha.
--rach