Chapter seven – Part of them
[Sakuras POV]
My whole body was hurting so badly, everything burned…I was an idiot for provoking him…but I won so I guess that is all that matters right now. Deidara and Hidan had already left the area but I was still standing awkwardly around the Akatsuki.
"Itachi," Pain finally spoke up as I flinched slightly before looking over at Itachi, who was keeping a firm glare in Pains Direction. "Lead her to the main bathroom and get her cleaned up." I frowned in disgust as I was just about to speak up.
"Don't talk." Itachi interrupted my thought, yanked my wrist and led me out of the room. I refrained so much from yelling out in pain, it felt like my wrist was on fire. I wanted to snatch my hand back but Itachi had a strong hold on it.
We continued further into the hideout, taking lefts and rights until I could no longer backtrack. We soon entered a bright room. It was very clean…that was my first observation until my eyes locked onto a small photo on the desk in the far corner of the room…Was that…Sasuke? Before I could get a clear look, Itachi yanked me further into the room until we reached another door.
I was expecting Itachi to wait outside but he opened the door and let go of my hand. Locking the door behind me, Itachi then walked over to a bath that stood weirdly in the middle of the room before switching on both the taps. He poured in, what looked like, bubble bath solution before he walked over to me and stared into my eyes.
I glared back at him before he went to sit on a plastic chair in the corner of the room. I continued to stare at him in confusion.
This was the guy who killed his whole clan…Sasuke's biggest enemy…and I'm right here…
"You might want to stop the taps before you flood the place." He spoke up. I sighed and reluctantly went to turn off the taps.
I removed my hoodie before turning to see Itachi still looking at me.
"Avert your eyes." I said. Itachi stared at me blankly for a moment before closing his eyes.
"You have 15 seconds." He stated. I frowned at him before rushing to remove my clothing. I carefully placed the pouch on the ground before I hopped into the bath.
My whole body stung horrendously as soon as my skin came into contact with the water.
I stopped a grunt from escaping my lips as I tried to relax my body into the water.
I didn't look at Itachi after that, I just started to heal my body, it was going to take quite some time to tend to the burns.
The more I healed my burns, the more tired I grew, the warm water inviting me to sleep but I fought my consciousness for a while.
The bathroom filled with darkness within seconds…as if there was a fire nearby. I sat up in the bath before looking around.
Different colours started to dot around in my vision until structures started forming around me. I could see a building very similar to my own house. I stood up from the bath and looked down at myself. I was fully naked.
But very quickly the bath had turned into dust and the water slowly spread out on the floor. The white dust circled around me once before it attached itself onto my body to form a short white dress. Some of the water on the ground surrounded my feet to create glass like shoes, the other parts of the water attached itself to my stomach to create a crystal blue bow around my waist and a blue rose in my hair.
I used my hands to feel the soft materials on my body before walking forwards. The scene started to get brighter.
I saw a silhouette of a man in the distance…Standing quite close to my house…I sped up my pace and the wind started picking up…almost as if the wind didn't want me to walk towards the man.
"Sakura." I heard a familiar voice softly call my name. It must have come from the guy near my house.
I started to power walk, ignoring the wind making it harder for me to breathe.
"Quick, there isn't much time…" I started running, my breath leaving me quickly.
"Sasuke?" I called out, my vision on the man getting more clear. I quickened my pace, tears threatening to fall from my eyes.
The man started to walk towards me with his arms held out. I could tell by now it was Sasuke so I sprinted towards him and I swiftly hugged him tightly.
"Sakura…" he whispered in my ear as his grip tightened around my back. "You useless fool." He continued as I felt a sharp object pierce my back and through my stomach. I looked down and I could see that the blade had gone through me and started to penetrate into Sasukes body too.
Red started to stain the brilliant white dress. It spread quite fast until blood started to drip down onto the floor. I looked up at Sasuke and his face was mere inches from my own.
"Sa-Sasuke?" I hoarsely whispered as his lips hovered over my own. I couldn't breathe at all. My body felt so heavy…
…so heavy…
…Like I was drowning in my own blood…
…my blood…like…
…like I was drowning…
I opened my eyes and thrashed around in this new found water I was submerged in. My eyes stung slightly as the water hit my face. The best thing I could do right now was to relax, but I could gauge that I had a lot of water in my lungs, so I didn't even have any oxygen to even attempt to breathe with.
An arm had wrapped itself around my back as it lifted me into a fluffy red towel, couldn't stay steady on my feet. I just felt light headed as I was moved around and I couldn't see straight.
"Kisame." My head started banging as I heard muffled voices around me.
I tried to speak up but I ended up starting a choking fit. I couldn't stop coughing. My body started to violently shiver. I could feel the life escaping me.
"Yeah I know." I heard a deep voice as my chin was uncomfortably forced up. My eyes started to feel extremely weighted. But I felt something wet surround my lips.
Just as quickly I felt the water from my lungs escape me, but at a horribly fast rate, itching my throat as it passed through my mouth and out to whatever it was extracting the water.
As my lungs got emptier, I started regaining my vision, until my eyes focused onto a big blue face that was a few centimeters from my own.
I tried to push myself away from the blue face as a natural reaction but attempts were futile as he gripped my head from moving.
A few more seconds passed as he finally moved his head away from me. I greedily gasped for air in relief as Kisame found a bucket to spit the water into.
I watched, astounded, as the bucket started to overfill with water. I suddenly started becoming very aware of the temperature around me. My wet hair dripping down from my face and back, making everything colder. I hugged the towel close to my body to attempt to warm my body, but the towel was quite small.
"W-what the hell?" I asked, not knowing what else to say. Kisame wiped his mouth before looking from me to Itachi.
"Next time you want a bit of male affection, maybe it would be less life threatening if you asked." Kisame winked at me before he left the room.
I stood in bewilderment for a few moments before looking over at Itachi.
"Don't be such an idiot next time." He said as he chucked my pouch at me. I grabbed it with my right hand before he pointed over at some gear hung on a wardrobe. "There are some new shorts, a fish net top and the same hoodie as you selected before. I'll wait for two minutes outside the room." He stated as he left the room.
I took a big breath before taking the towel to dry off my body as quick as I possibly could before reaching into my pouch for my red set of underwear. I hesitantly rushed to get the clothes on before rubbing my head with the towel.
I noticed that my hair had grown a few inches since I went out on my personal mission…its weird that I've only noticed now.
As soon as I attached the pouch to my side, Itachi opened the door. I rushed to exit the room before I saw Deidara and Hidan walk towards us.
"Pain obviously hasn't told you yet, but we're supposed to be moving bases, to the mist." Deidara spoke to Itachi. I looked up at Itachi but he didn't look at me.
"You seen Kakuzu anywhere?" Hidan asked as Itachi shook his head. Hidan grunted before walking off. Itachi pushed past me and walked in the opposite way to Hidan leaving me with Deidara.
"Well, you look like you're ready to go, I just need to pick up the rest of my clay and then we can leave." Deidara stated before walking in the direction of his room.
I reluctantly followed him, making sure that I didn't make a sound.
Deidara opened his door and went inside the room. I just stood in the doorway, holding the door open as Deidara rummaged through the clutter in his room. He picked some grey pouches up and stuffed it into his pockets. He turned round to look at me. He just stopped at stared at me.
"Come here, idiot." He said in a softer voice than I was used to hearing. I hesitantly let go of the door and walked towards him. He sat me down on the edge of his bed before handing me over a hair dryer.
I looked at him for a moment before turning the hair dryer on the highest temperature. I picked up the brush that was on Deidaras bed and rushed to dry my hair completely.
After a majority of my hair was dry, I turned off the hairdryer and stood up.
"Alright, let's head out. It shouldn't take us too long." Deidara said as he walked towards the exit of his room. "Oh, I forgot to give you this. It should fit you." He held out a long black robe, lined with red threads and holding the patterns of traitors…
I didn't want to think too deeply into it, so I just shoved it on and left it unzipped.
"It's kinda big on you." Deidara laughed before leaving his room. I quickly followed him and we both reached the outdoors. It was chucking it down with rain.
I wondered for a moment why Deidara would get me to dry my hair if it was raining so hard.
But my unspoken question was answered as he dropped a clay figure onto the ground. He performed a hand sign and the small figure turned into a Pegasus looking creature with an overhead guard crafted from its tail.
I stood still as Deidara jumped onto the back of the Pegasus looking creature.
"C'mon, we can't waste any more time." He said loudly through the rain. I rushed to get on the front of the creature before I hugged onto its neck.
I couldn't feel like any more of a traitor if I tried…the sound of hooves hit the soft mud and the rain hitting the ground distracted me from thinking straight…
…I wonder if anyone knows that I'm gone…I wonder if anyone would care that I'm not back in Konoha yet…
A/N
Front cover can be seen on my DA - art/Sakuras-Journey-612555175?ga_submit_new=10%253A1464786196
