Hey guys... sorry it has taken me so long to upload. Lots of drama going on in my life. Like my best friend dating my ex-boyfriend. That's a big part of it but you guys aren't here to read about my stupid, dull, drama filled life. You're here to read my fanfic!!! YAY!!!! I am so glad people like it... so here is the next chapter. I hope you enjoy!!!!
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Chapter 7: Broken Promises
Sakura walked behind Sasuke, watching his back, and took in her surroundings. The walls were lightly tinted by the light coming from the wall candles. She made a map in her head of the halls they turned down, just in case she needed more rotten food. They had been walking for almost five minutes. Sakura wondered how big this place really was. Sasuke hadn't said another thing to her sense they had started walking, and Sakura wasn't going to be the one to break the silence. She was going to wait for words to come out of his mouth, and not just that 'hn' word either. Sakura had even decided that 'hn' was not, in fact, a word and that it didn't count as one, so she would wait until actual words came out of his mouth, until she spoke a word to him.
They turned down another hall, Sakura adding it to the map in her head, and then watching Sasuke's feet move sluggishly. Sakura started to think about home, the real world fading from her mind, and then pictures played in front of her eyes. She saw E's soft, sweet face, and then tried to picture it when she would return. She saw him older, his hair longer, framing his face. His eyes had less light and excitement in them, they were duller. His face lost all of its baby fat and now was very mannish and handsome. His skin was flawless, clear, creamy... perfect. He would be quite a catch with the ladies. Sakura smiled to herself, her little brother a ladies man.
Then, she saw Naruto. His teenage features turned into that of a man. His clear, ocean eyes became softer, but were still strong. His face had become more sharp, and he now had laugh lines. He was still strong and handsome as ever, though.
Then, she saw Tsunade. Tsunade had turned to look older, a lot older. Her eyes looking more fragile. She looked more fragile. She was skinnier, and her hair was turning gray. She had laugh lines, frown lines, age spots, and wrinkles. She finally looked her age.
Then, Sakura saw the rest of them. they all were older. Then, she pictured all of them with kids. She saw Ino holding a little black haired boy; Sai's kid. She saw Temari holding a sleeping bow with brown hair; Shika Jr. She saw Tenten standing there with a little boy between her legs, he had white eyes and long brown hair. She also held a little baby girl with a little patch of lighter brown hair; defiantly Neji's children. She saw Hinata holding the wrist of a very hyper mini Naruto, only with white eyes. Sakura laughed inwardly at her vision.
Everyone was happy. They all had family. They would be fine without her. Sakura frowned at this. Would they even miss her? Did they ever need her? Should she even go back? Or would she just be like a third wheel?
Would she ever be happy like that? Would she ever have a family to take care of? Would she ever let go of the man she was following? Would she ever be happy with a man that loved her? Sakura sighed when she realized that she would never have a chance. She didn't even know if she would make it out of the snakes clutches alive. She would probably die.
Sakura mentally slapped herself. She couldn't just give up. E still needed her, and she made a promise to him. Yes! Yes, she would get out of here. She would kill Kabuto and Kisame. She would get home. She would return knowing that there was no need to worry about her family being in danger. It would take time, but it would happen. She had to... for Ehuro. For her late clan, for her family. For herself..... for--
She ran into a block of stone. Sasuke had stopped right in front of Sakura and, being as Sakura was lost in deep thought, she had ran into him. Sakura looked up into his coal, black eyes with a glare. He glared back down at her. Sakura wanted to say something to him along the lines of 'asshole', but she had a promise to keep to herself.
He would be the one to speak first.
"Hn..." he said. Sakura narrowed her eyes. That was not a word! It doesn't count.
Sasuke then turned back to the door he had stopped at. He reached up with long, white fingers and turned the door knob, and pushed it open. The room was dark. Sakura searched around her and found Orochimaru and Kabuto two doors down from them (the were finished and laying next to each other). It was the same one that she woke up in.
Sasuke stepped back enough for Sakura to slip into the dark room. Sakura stood in it until Sasuke came in and lit a wall candle with a flick of his chakra on his finger and then did the same to another on the other wall.
As the room came into view, by the light, Sakura noticed something. There were two beds in this room. Sakura had promised to keep quiet though so she went to the one on the left side of the room. It was against the wall that when you laid down in it you would be facing the door. The other bed was at the right of the door, but when you laid in it, you'd face the other bed. The bed's out line was like a 'L'.
Sakura sat on it and then looked down, and waited for Sasuke to leave. He stood there for a minute, just watching her. Then, slowly he started to walk to the other bed. Sakura looked up, stunned by his movement. She was putting pieces together in her head. She watched him as he neared the bed, and then he sat down, the bed crunching under his weight.
As soon as he sat down on the bed, Sakura broke her promise. "What are you doing?" Her voice was sure and steady, but inside she was freaking out. She felt like hitting down another wall when his answer came.
"Going to sleep," he said shortly and then he laid back on the bed. Sakura exploded.
"What!?! What do you mean?! You don't mean that we are going to be sharing this room, do you?!?" She asked him frantically. She realised that she had stood up and was walking towards him, so, she stopped herself about five feet from him.
His back was toward her, and Sakura had a need to turn him around to look at her. To see his face, to touch his skin, to kiss his li-- No.... Sakura you can't think like that... he is the enemy! Sakura just stood there.
"Hn..." She heard him say. Sakura narrowed her eyes.
"That is not a word, Uchiha..." she told him and put her hands on her hips. She heard Sasuke sigh and then he turned around to face her. He held his head up with his hand, it was almost as if he was posing for a picture.
He looked at her sternly, and then he grinned at her. "You either share a room with me... or with Karin...." he said. Sakura was confused. Karin was a girl, right? She was sure that she would want to sleep in that room.
"I want to share a room with this Karin person..." she told him. Sasuke starred at her for a minute and then he sighed and got up from his bed. He opened the bedroom door and then stalked down the hall.
"Hn..." he murdered as he walked down the hall. Sakura followed him. They past Orochimaru's room and then kept going.
The further they walked, the more Sakura wondered... who was this Karin person. Then, Sakura felt a strong chakra enter the hideout, or more so her chakra-sensing range. Sakura still wondered how big this place really was. It was bigger than her chakra-sensing range, which was a little more than five miles at the moment. They kept walking.
Sakura was surprised that they didn't make many turns and stuff. Maybe one of two, but it was pretty much one hall they used. Sakura added it all to the map in her head, and then continued to follow the Uchiha.
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Sasuke lead the way to Karin's room. It was a mile ahead. His thoughts were focused on the soft, stepping of the kunochi behind him. Sasuke inwardly grinned to himself. He knew that this would happen, but he, also, knew that Sakura would be back in his room before this night turned to morning. He knew that Sakura would have hell with Karin. Karin would give her hell, just because she was Karin and didn't want any woman, besides her, in this hideout. It even made it worse, that Sakura would create a threat, when it came to Sasuke.
Sasuke kept walking focusing on Sakura's foot fall. He then, turned down another hall and then stopped at a room at the end of the hall. Before he could even reach up to knock on the door, the door flew open. Showing a red-headed woman, with red eyes.
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"Sasuke-kun!!!!" The red-headed screeched. Then she started to lightly jump on her feet and stare at Sasuke. Then, he eyes slid to meet Sakura's accusing ones. At that moment the jumping stopped and she held out a finger to point at the pink-headed medic. "Who is she!?!" She asked with childish anger in her eyes. Sakura looked over at Sasuke and then back at Karin.
"Sakura Haruno... she'll be sharing a room with you..." Sasuke told her. Karin's eyes grew wide and then she looked at him. She looked confused and angry at the same time.
"W-what???" The red headed one asked. Sasuke sighed. All he had to say was one sentence and then Karin would accept. So he waited and then he looked at Karin sternly.
"Or she can sleep in my room..." Karin's eyes widened, and then she looked back at Sakura. She gave a sigh and then a huff, and then walked back into her bedroom, leaving the door open for Sakura to follow.
Sakura starred after her and then looked over to meet Sasuke's gaze. He eyes were confused and surprised. Sakura thought about just going back with Sasuke but then she made a promise to herself that she wouldn't go back, it would be like crawling back to him. She wouldn't do that, she wouldn't crawl back to him, so she made that promise to herself.
Sakura looked at the Uchiha and then back at the empty doorway. Sakura wiped the confused and surprised expression from her face and then walked in the room. She turned around to close the door, looking at the Uchiha once more and then closing the door.
She turned around to look at Karin, who was staring at her with her hands on her hips. She had a angry and accusing expression on her face. Sakura raised an eyebrow at her.
"What?" Sakura asked her. Karin's eyes narrowed at her words. Then, Karin turned and sat on her bed. Sakura looked around and saw a bed on the right side of the room. Right next to the door. Sakura sat down on it and starred down at her feet. She could feel Karin starring at her, but Sakura ignored it.
After a few minutes of Karin's non-stop starring, Sakura finally looked up at her.
"What?" Sakura repeated. Karin's eyes narrowed more.
"Let's lay down some ground rules, okay?" Karin starred at her and Sakura raised an eyebrow at her. Karin sighed and then said, "First off... no talking. Next, don't touch anything. Next, don't ask me to do anything for you. You want something go find it yourself. Next, listen to me and do everything I say. Next, respect me. And lastly, don't go near Sasuke-kun... he is mine. It's not like you'd have a chance anyway, but he doesn't need you getting in his way, he doesn't even like you. So stay away from him, okay. If I'm letting you share my room with me, then you must follow these rules. That's how it goes, pinkie, got it?" Karin finished and gave Sakura a stern and expecting look.
Sakura lowered her eyebrows and smiled at her. She laughed and then looked down.
"What the fuck you laughing at?!" Karin asked her. Sakura looked up with the smile still on her face.
"I don't see how you can order around someone who is stronger than you. That's like a mouse telling a panther what to do... it doesn't work unless the panther is brain washed, and I am, most certainly, not brain washed," Sakura said to the red head. Sakura watched as Karin's eyes grew angrier and then watched as they narrowed. Sakura smiled again.
"Do you want to go? And stop fucking smiling!!!" Karin ordered. Sakura laughed at her and her smile grew bigger.
"I would kill you to quickly, it wouldn't be any fun..." Sakura smiled again. Karin's eyes narrowed further. Sakura smiled wider. Then she looked down. "And as far as Sasuke goes... you can have him. Trust me, I'm no threat to you... when it comes to Sasuke," Sakura's smile was now gone.
Sakura hated to admit it but it was true. Sasuke would never love her the way she loves him. Sakura sighed and smiled up at Karin. Karin's eyes were narrowed at her. Sakura laughed at her again, making her eyes narrow further.
Karin laid down on her bed, still staring at Sakura. Sakura looked down again and then laid down on her bed, with her back towards Karin. Sakura could still feel holes being burned in the back of her head, but she tried to ignore it. She had to keep a promise to herself. She would lay here and take this. Sakura never liked being stared at, but she would take this.
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Sakura had been laying down for three hours, she should have already been asleep. She should be dreaming, but the holes being burned into her head hadn't stopped yet. Sakura was getting angry.
How long can somebody stare at someone? This is getting ridiculous... does she even sleep?
Sakura had tried to ignore it but it was hard to ignore. For three hours, Karin had not stopped staring at her. Sakura didn't know how much more of this she could take. Sakura was about to turn around to tell her to shove it all, when she heard snoring. She thought for a moment that Karin had finally gone to sleep, but then she realized that the starring had not stopped yet. Sakura was confused. How can she be sleeping and starring...? Sakura turned around to look at Karin. This is when she realized that Karin was sleeping with her eyes open.
Okay, this was freaky. It was creeping Sakura out. Sakura turned and tried to ignore it but she couldn't. The starring was still there and the snoring was getting louder. Sakrua laid there for ten more minutes, battling over herself.
Sakura then sighed and then she flipped the covers off of her. She grabbed her boots quietly and slipped out of the door.
The hall candles were still burning and Sakura opened the map in her head. She couldn't believe she was doing this, but she couldn't stand another minute of Karin's staring and snoring. Sakura slipped on her boots and then buckled them up, then she started to walk down the hallway that she came from, making it back to her former room mate.
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Sasuke woke to his door closing behind someone. He opened his eyes and starred into the silent, and dark room. Somewhere in it he heard shuffeling. He activated his sharingan and saw Sakura. He deactivated it and then smirked as he heard Sakura stump her toe on the foot of her bed. He heard a string of curses and then he heard her bed sink down below her weight. Sasuke closed his eyes as silence filled the room, after she took off her boots and then laid in her bed.
Sasuke's prediction came true. He knew that Karin would have gave her hell. He knew Sakura would come back. He grinned inwardly at himself. He loved it when he was right.
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Sakura laid in her bed on the left side of the room, facing the wall. She wanted to punch herself for doing this. She had just went crawling back to him, the traitor, the Uchiha bastered. She had just broken another promise.
That's two today... I'm not going to break another one. Sakura thought to herself. She defiantly wouldn't break the promise she made to E. She would keep that one.
No matter what it took, she would make it back to Konoha... to E... to everyone. She would make it back, it would take some time, but she would see them all, and their families, one day again.
Sakura let that thought slip from her mind as sleep took over her. Her mind filled with memories and people from her home village. She saw them all, she heard all their voices.
She wanted to be there with them, she wanted to hold her E, to hug Naruto, Ino, Sai, Hinata, and all of the others. She wanted to go home, to see them all again. To be with them and apart of their lives once again. She missed them, she missed her home. She missed her old life, she wanted things to return to normal. She wanted her old life.
A tear slipped from behind her closed eyes. She never wanted to admit it but she was home sick. She wanted more than what she could have. She wanted her family back, she wanted them all. Kahiro, Manhino, Sahuna, mother, father, Ehuro. She wanted them all back. She even wanted her clan back.
Sakura thought back to when Sasuke left. After he left, she didn't think that it could get worse. Then he clan died. She was wrong. Then, she got a new family, she was happy. Then it was ripped away. It was just her and E then. She told herself it couldn't get any worse and then she was ripped away from him and taken to this place. Sakura thought that this couldn't get any worse. Then, she told her self that it could.
E could have died... That would have been worse than this. Sakura said to herself. Sakura felt another tear slip from behind her closed eyes.
She would see them all again... she would keep her promise. She would be happy again. She would do it, she could do it. Maybe she would even bring back Sasuke.
Sakura then started to dream of the perfect life. She would come home to see all of them. Her clan, her family, her friends, and then she would kill Kisame and Kabuto, and then bring back Sasuke. They would all be happy, even Sasuke. Sakura then, thought about the happy ending that could possibly come true.
She would come home, Kisame and Kabuto dead. Sasuke would have killed Itachi and Orochimaru, and then come home with her. They would come home to their friends and their friends family. Then, Sakura would be reunited with E and they would all be happy. Sasuke didn't even have to be with Sakura, they didn't have to be together. All he had to be was in the same village. That would make her happy. Although, being with Sasuke would be like a bonus. Then, if that happened, he life would be complete. He life would be as perfect as it could possibly get.
Sakura feel asleep dreaming about this life. Dreaming about everybody and everything that she would have.
She had to make it home, she had to keep this promise. This promise couldn't afford to be broken. She would do anything to keep it, and to make a possible life like the one she was dreaming of. The perfect one.
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Hi, everyone!!! I love you guys. Someone said I should put Karin in the story so I did. If I need to change her personality please let me know.
How is it? I hope you all like it... I 'm sorry, again, that it took so long to update. But review because it reminds me to update. I love you guys.
Please, again, if you have any suggestions for the story, let me know.
Thanks guys!!! Love ya. I will update soon.
