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Sheltered Chapter 7
Previously:
As he stood up straight he looked down as she grasped the blanket in her sleep pulling it tight to her for warmth. He gave a small smirk and walked back to the entrance of the cave as the snow picked up even more.
POOF!
Sakura was awakened by a poof! To see one of her slugs in front of her face. She sat up groggily and looked at it, "Suki what're you doing here so late?" she asked in breathy, sleepy tone "Lady Haruno! You are requested back at the village immediately!" the little slug all but cried out
"Why what's happened?" Sakura asked finally waking up a bit more
"A-A large bomb went off in the hospital! There are over 100 fatalities and 1000 injured, you need to return to the village as quick as possible under orders of Lady Hokage herself."
Sakura drew in a shaky breath and nodded, "Okay, tell Lady Tsunade we're at Shin-Tsu pass, I'll make it back before dawn,"
"Okay Lady Haruno, please hurry back!" she cried
"Is the entire team requested back," Sakura asked grabbing her pack " Is there a direct threat to the village as of now?"
"No, Lady Tsunade said you should bring one of them back with you if need be." And with that the little slug was gone.
She looked up to see Sasuke looking over his shoulder at her as she walked toward the mouth of the cave where he was standing
" Be on guard, I'll send for you three if the village is being attacked." Sakura said to him as she slipped her second shoe on in a hurry,
"Do you need someone to go with you?" Sasuke asked in his normal tone
She shook her head " I'll be fine," she took a step closer so she was front to front with him, only inches apart, she looked up at him " thank you, for that." She motioned toward the spot he laid her down at " You should get some sleep tonight." Her cheeks were beginning to turn pink.
He nodded and mumbled something that sounded close to "careful." She nodded and sped out of the cave as he watched her bolt from branch to branch until she began to fade from his sight, he activated his sharingan to watch her travel even farther until he lost sight of her once again.
He turned back into the cave to the spot she'd been laying and sat down on the mat
"Go with her," The silver haired ninja said " Naruto and I can handle getting a scroll."
"Don't think I didn't know you were up old man." Sasuke mumbled to the other Sharingan user
Kakashi smiled under his mask "You care for her, there's nothing wrong with that Sasuke," he glared over at the older man " Besides, it's dangerous out there, and you can't see a foot in front of you…without the Sharingan. I'm sure the village could put an extra ambu captain to use at the moment anyways."
Sasuke nodded, standing up he grabbed his pack rolling up the mat and putting it away he tossed the pack over one shoulder and walked with large strides to the front of the cave once again.
He looked back over his shoulder at Kakashi who smiled at him "Icha Icha?" Kakashi suggested holding up the book Sasuke gave a small smirk as he tossed him the book "Captains orders you know." Kakashi said slyly, laying down once again as Sasuke hopped out of the cave tucking the book into his pocket running faster than the speed of light, he wasn't even a blur.
.: Sakura :.
She ran as fast as she could through the trees she hoped to get there before dawn, though with the cold and the snow she'd only been able to cover 3 miles in the 20 minutes she was gone.
She felt a very dark chakra coming up on her quick and she was instantly angry
"Why'd he have to come? I can take care of myself." She thought in a huff
"Becaaaause he's taking care of you! Like a good boyfriend should!" Her inner winked at her and Sakura blushed at the thought.
Sasuke had finally gotten to her as he slowed his pace to keep in step with her, he didn't look over at her
"What are you doing here?" Sakura asked
"Hn." She sighed
"I don't need a babysitter you know." She said
"You do need to see in front of you." He answered
She didn't say anything as she looked over at him to see his Sharingan activated
"Fine." She answered as she sped herself up
"Trying to impress Sasuke-kun?" her inner purred
"Of course not! I need to get back quickly did you not hear Suki?"
"Yes but I also see Sasuke-kun running right next to you!" her inner teased
"Quit calling him that!" she yelled at the inner
"I'm your mind!" the inner yelled back
"Why did you lie me down like that?" she blurted out not meaning to
He glanced at her and he could see her cheeks turning bright red as she kept staring ahead.
There was a long silence and finally he answered
"So you'd be comfortable." He said
"Thank you." She said quietly
They ran for another two hours in silence. There was another POOF! Sasuke glanced at where there was a slug on Sakura's forearm
"What's wrong Suki?" She asked
"The number has risen to 400 fatalities, more people are getting injured, and there is an apparent attack on the village. Your team is requested to come home as soon as possible. Lady Tsunade herself is injured, she told me to tell you all to hurry, making it back at dawn or after will not be tolerated." The slug said in one breath.
" You'll have to have pervy-sage send Naruto a frog, unless you can remember the location of the cave we were in?" Sakura hoped she would, it would be a lot quicker if she did
"Hai, hai Lady Haruno! Ill return to the cave at once!" and with a poof she was gone again.
"What do you think could be happening? What if it's the akatsuki? " Sakura asked Sasuke
"They would be looking for dobe, and Pein would be smart enough to realize he isn't there before the attack." He answered
"Pein?" she asked
"He's their leader." She nodded at his answer and hesitated before asking the next question
"H-how many did you kill?" she asked in but a whisper
He looked over at her, the look on her face was a very uncomfortable one
"Are you afraid of the Akatsuki?" he asked awaiting her answer
She only gave a slight nod
"There are bigger things to fear than the Akatsuki." His answer was cryptic, she looked over at him confused
"What do you mean?" she asked in a soft tone
"6 of them are dead, I'm personally responsible for 4." He answered her question finally
"Which ones?" she asked, still mulling the previous statement over in her mind
"Itachi, Madara, Deidara, and Kisame. The other two were Sasori and Kakuzu, I'm not sure who killed them." He said
Sakura bit her lip "Sasori? The puppet guy?" she asked, he nodded
"I killed him." Was the only thing she said
He looked over at her surprised, he'd usually heard about things like that in his travels
"You killed him?" he said in disbelief, and was answered with a glare
"6 out of the 10 are dead. That gives us a pretty good chance right?" Sakura asked in an uneasy voice
He chuckled earning a long stare from Sakura and suddenly stopped on a branch. She noticed a second later and stopped on the second branch
He walked closer to her until he was only inches away and he grabbed her chin. She looked up at him surprised "It isn't the Akatsuki, you don't need to be afraid of them." He said, in an almost comforting tone
"What makes you so sure?" She asked
He leaned down and put his lips by her ear, he was so close she could feel his warm breath on her freezing skin
"They won't make the mistake of coming near me again, Sa-Ku-Ra." She could hear the amusement in his tone
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Jenn
