A/N: Another chapter if a small one, was a bit busy today and I'm exhausted. Thanks for those that have reviewed, it is appreciated.
Warnings: Just language this chapter, oops wait, a little bit of violence too.
Disclaimer: Do not own it.
Chapter Seven
The night sky was soon filled with flames. Sakura felt like crying as the next explosion blasted in the middle of the Academy. The second had taken out the storage warehouse. It hurt to see the smoke rising in the distance. "Did we really just blow up the village?"
"Not really. We just took out three buildings, only one was in use." Besides they had set the powder near the archives. No one was there this time of night. It would just be used to draw attention and cause the forces to run around in panic. Their main goal would be to put out the fires and make sure no civilians got hurt.
Anxiety of waiting had Sakura wanting to vomit. Would they make it here safely? They had to be patient and wait. Sasuke wouldn't be able to help much with combat. The only thing he could rely on would be a bit of taijutsu. They had to be alright. Once they arrived, she and Ino would be able to assist. "Don't, he said to wait."
"How bothersome," Ino had to focus on not moving her feet hearing the shouting and another explosion from below, that wasn't part of their diversion. It meant the two were fighting for their lives. Another ten minutes went by. "I don't think I can wait. I'm going."
"Right, let's go." Sakura prayed that the man wouldn't blow up seeing them arriving to assist. From the noise and smoke, they were near the exit but had been met with resistance. "Leave the bags here, we'll grab them on the run out."
She placed both so she could easily snatch on the run back. Ino was a step behind Sakura. They should have known better. There had to be forces waiting on the outskirts to keep Sasuke from trying to leave. "We can't lose here, it's our only chance."
Ino nodded and picked up speed. If they managed to recapture him, they would execute him immediately. The attempt will have been for nothing. This was it, they were fighting for Sasuke's life and their own freedom. As they neared the open gates, she could make out almost a dozen shinobi forming a line of defense. "They are on the other side, break through."
She recognized the back of Kotetsu and Izumo. They would not prevent them from leaving. She didn't want to kill them. "I'll open a path, order him to run with him."
That was easier said than done. There was little chance of Hidan doing that but she'd try. Ino took a deep breath and released it slowly. With strength that surpassed even that of the Hokage, Sakura charged the barricade. Izumo turned around a split second before her fist connected with the ground. Not enough time to warn the others. Ino jumped to crouch on a piece of flying rock to inspect the situation. They had been correct, not only had there been a blockade in front of them but behind. The two had been cut off from any means of escape. Izumo suddenly landed in front of her, she managed to catch the foot aiming to knock some sense into her. His eyes widened as her fingers tightened around his ankle. An upwards thrust of her fist made a solid impact with his groin. The shinobi flew to the ground and rolled in pain. Ino came sliding to a halt next to Sakura.
"Dammit, I told you I had this." Hidan glared at the pair. He should have known better than to expect a woman to follow simple directions. It didn't help that the Uchiha had managed to get himself nicked in the side.
"Sakura, Ino," Kotetsu coughed as the dust settled. No, what were they doing here? They had been prepared for an outbreak from the Uchiha and perhaps outside allies. Seeing the two standing before him, he was too stunned to move. Why were they helping the former Akatsuki? It was hard enough that they were dealing with an immortal. The blonde kunoichi had the skills of any ANBU. They all knew that Sakura was also a problem. The young med-nin had already passed in skill and strength of their Hokage. "Stand down. We must return the escaped prisoner. Sasuke Uchiha, must be returned to pay for his crimes."
"Well, we are going to have a problem," Ino withdrew the double blades from the sheath. They were only half an inch in width and a foot long. Only three that had been guarding the exit were getting back on their feet.
"You're going to have to kill us first." And they were up against two immortals and her. Sakura was more worried about the wound she could see on Sasuke's side. "Ino?"
"Hai!" She turned her attention to the man standing beside the Uchiha. The guards behind were waiting for a signal from Kotetsu obviously. Their arrival had put a damper on their mission. They all knew who she and Sakura were. Being as they didn't have actual orders to kill them, they hesitated on how to proceed. All knew that Sakura was the Hokage's protégé. "Get him and go, we will handle this."
"Like hell you will." Hidan snarled at the proposal. He had this. "This is your damn fault. 'Don't kill. Blah blah blah, no blood.'"
"I don't sound like that!" How dare he?! He was going to blame this on her? Fine, if he wanted it his way. Ino made a mental note to slug him hard later. "Give him to Sakura. We are running out of time, do what you want."
"That's what I wanted to hear." Hidan cackled as she gave in to reason. Did they really think they could break out a criminal without spilling blood? He snatched the dirty Uchiha and tossed him towards the pink-haired kunoichi.
"Oomph. Not so hard asshole, he's injured." Not all of them were immortal. Sakura took the weight as it slammed into her chest. Only one of the shinobi tried to intercept the transfer. The ANBU was stopped midway with a blade imbedded through his stomach.
The shinobi landed at his feet. Sasuke blinked in confusion. That toss had been so unexpected and the impact had slightly dazed him. He had been foolish enough to get injured after getting out of the cell. His mind was still registering what was taking place. Seeing the fallen man, the blood, it began to cause alarm. The Akatsuki was really trying to break him out and they would have to kill in order to do so. His life or theirs. He looked up from the awkward position into the wide green eyes. It was really her? What? Why was she helping the Akatsuki? "Sakura?"
"Don't move too much." Sakura figured explanations were left for later. They still had over a six shinobi to deal with in order to leave and the longer they remained, more would be arriving.
"Sakura, we need to go now. The others are coming," Ino could sense Naruto's chakra quickly coming in this direction. "Are you ready?"
"Hai! Let's do this." Sakura took a step away from the Uchiha that was barely holding himself up. They needed to buy some time.
"I can't let you do that." Kotetsu ran towards the med-nin with one purpose in mind. He would kill Sasuke Uchiha before allowing them to leave with him. Whatever was happening, it was due to the Uchiha that the kunoichi were being used to see to his escape. He had no idea how he was managing to control their actions, he'd put a stop to it. He made it only three feet, pain erupted along his spine. The dirt met him hard, his face scraping as he slid to a stop. The searing pain was gone, leaving nothing but emptiness in its wake. He couldn't feel anything.
"Sorry, you can't fucking do that. I don't get any if I let you kill the Uchiha." Hidan yanked the chain to retrieve the scythe. The bastard was alive, so she couldn't bitch. "Do whatever it is you are going to fucking do. Or I'll just kill the rest of them."
"Take him and run, we will be right behind you." Sakura acted seeing the others get over their confusion at seeing the other shinobi fall. Their mission leader was out of commission, they were going with their original orders, keep the Uchiha from leaving the village at all costs. Using what chakra she could spare, she slammed her fist into the ground. The tons of dirt wasn't meant to kill or hurt. "Now, Ino."
"Earth Style: Earth Wall." Ino infused the wall with chakra, combining all of the earth from Sakura's attack to surround the shinobi. It would only buy them minutes at most.
Sasuke hissed in pain as his arm was roughly thrown over a shoulder and he was being yanked off of the ground. The man wasn't being gentle not to jar him. He turned to see the large wall of dirt to solidify around the group that had been waiting for orders. That wouldn't last long against them. His breath caught, the two kunoichi were forced to deal with the other two that hadn't gotten trapped. He blinked and it was over. One had somehow buried his own blade in his stomach and the other was no longer standing. The distance between them was growing, what were they waiting on? He was still in shock seeing the two appear. He didn't understand. Would they really be willing to betray the village, for him? They had no affiliation with the Akatsuki, so how? The criminal had said something about doing it for his wife and the pink-haired kunoichi. "Your wife?"
"Hmm?" What about her? He better not have just bothered to save someone that had a thing for her. Hidan didn't have an issue burying him in the woods if it came to that.
"Is Ino?" When had the two met? He hadn't been in that cell that long. Sasuke was relieved to see that they were coming up fast behind them. He also noticed as they bypassed bags that had been discarded on the path. The two had planned all of this? Was anyone else involved? He didn't think Naruto would have condoned this course of action. Why had Sakura done it?
"Damn right, so don't get any ideas. You can fuck the bitch with the big forehead all you want but she is mine." It wasn't the time to lay down the rules, might as well do it where she couldn't hear. She wouldn't like him claiming her like an object. That didn't change the fact that she belonged to him.
No problems there. Sasuke was grateful for the save but he had no romantic interests towards the blonde. If he weren't so sore he would have laughed at the man. They were only minutes away from a squad of ANBU wanting to hunt them down and the man was acting like a dog with a bone. His heart clenched thinking of the danger they were now in. Konoha wouldn't let him go so easy. Even if they managed to outrun their current pursuers, others would hunt them.
"It's about fucking time, could you be any slower?" Hidan shouted back at the two a foot behind him. They had paused long enough to grab the belongings. It was a wasted ten seconds, but they couldn't survive on air alone.
"Eat me, you're the slow one." Ino took the lead, jumping in front of the two males. She was better at sensing chakra signatures. They hadn't planned on anything besides getting out of the village. She would direct them in the least hostile direction.
"I'll take you up on that." Hidan smirked at the dark blush.
Oh brother! Sakura would pretend she hadn't heard that. They were running for their lives and the two were being perverts. She almost tripped as she met the dark eyes staring back at her. It had to hurt his neck to turn his head at the angle. She couldn't make out the emotions in the heated gaze. She didn't waver, she met the inquisitive look. There was no way to tell what was going through his mind.
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The throbbing brought him to, something hit his back. Sasuke opened his eyes to see a crown of pink. They had stopped in the forest, he didn't recognize the area. The warm chakra caressed the skin on his side.
"Hold still, it is deeper than I first thought. You should have said something." Sakura was glad nothing was still lodged inside the wound. The bleeding had stopped, it still had to hurt with their rapid movement. The confusion and the destruction had bought them a little bit of time. "Here, have some water. We are only resting for a few minutes."
"Thank you," he accepted the flask to take a sip of the cool water. He hadn't realized how thirsty he was. He swallowed a few sips and corked the top. Chugging would cause him to vomit later. Somehow he didn't think his carrier would appreciate being puked on. "For everything."
"Sure," she wouldn't cry. It hurt to have left everything behind but she didn't regret her decisions. The choice had been difficult, she had followed her heart. Sakura used the damp rag to clean the area of blood. "We can't do anything about those chakra seals until we are safe."
He understood. It made him a liability but they couldn't exhaust their own chakra removing the seals while they were trying to out distance the enemy. Enemies, they had become enemies of Konoha. "Why, Sakura? The others?"
"They didn't know. This was our choice, we both have our own reasons." Sakura wasn't about to show a repeat of any of her normal boasts. How she felt hadn't completely influenced her decision. There were other factors involved, "Now isn't the time to talk about it. We can talk later. I'm sure by now a team is being assembled to track us."
"Indeed," they would come after them. If they were caught the two kunoichi would be punished for helping him. The former Akatsuki would be imprisoned since he couldn't be killed. "Um, those two. What is that story?"
She couldn't help but smile seeing Ino trying to reach inside the man's shirt, only to have her hand grabbed. "Another long story. I'll just say we didn't agree with Konoha's verdict and Ino had another reason not to remain behind."
"Take it off," Ino growled at the beastly man. He was already getting on her nerves. "Let me see the wounds. You lost a good bit of blood and I need to heal it."
"Get the fuck off, woman. I'm not some pussy that needs to be healed." Hidan kept a hand on the small hand trying to reach into his shirt. The wounds were already closing, he didn't need to be tended to like a kid.
"You will let me heal them or I'll take that kunai and stab myself in the groin." That got the hand to drop. Thought so, no man wanted to have his cock in pain. "Besides, there is a storm brewing. If we can get rid of the scent of our blood, we may be able to keep them from tracking us."
"If you say so." Hidan grunted feeling the hands running along his chest. The smooth palms felt nice ghosting along his flesh. His body reacted to the touching. It was only scratches, nothing serious. "You just want to touch my body."
It was a nice body. The hard planes of his abdomen jerked underneath her touch. Ino couldn't help but take in the large bulge forming in his pants. "Nice, but we got to get Sasuke somewhere safe. Keep it in your pants until then."
"Thank you, Ino." Sasuke allowed Sakura to help him stand. He wouldn't slow them down when they were risking everything for him. The blonde didn't share any feelings for him besides friendship, what was her angle in all of this?
"Don't thank me. I couldn't exactly let Sakura do everything herself. Besides, it's not like I could have announced my new marital status to the village. Believe it or not, a lot of people would find him to be offensive." Ino patted the hard stomach of her new husband. "But I'm a little attached to him."
"What was that, Bitch? You were more than a little attached earlier, when I was fuc…" He stuck his tongue to lick the palm covering his mouth. It tasted of sweat, blood, and Ino. What was the fucking deal? Not like those two didn't know what fucking was. The hand was jerked away in disgust, "Why the fuck did you cover my mouth? It's not like the flat-ass bitch doesn't know what sex is. We both know the reason she saved the Uchiha is because she wants his little cock."
He liked to think it was above average. Sasuke almost laughed as the blonde slammed a fist into the man's abdomen. That only caused him to grab her and pull her up against him. They were definitely a couple, a very odd and fucked up one. "We should go, Sakura."
"Right, Hidan." Sakura let the other man take Sasuke's weight from her. As much as she longed to keep him by, she didn't have the unlimited endurance of the immortal. Hours had passed since leaving the village. Their luck wouldn't hold, sooner or later, they would run into trouble.
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