Ok people, my goal is to get to 100 reviews with this chapter , I only need like 25 more so PLEASE review! If a get enough, I will write another fluff scene with some clues in it in the next chapter, that scene isn't necessary so I could get away with not writing it (: ooh im ebil
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"They" he pointed to the copies who smirked devilishly. "They…." He gritted his teeth "Those bastards… they fucking raped her!"
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For those of you who didn't really understand the last chapter, pretty much what happened was Sasuke is still in league with Orochimaru and whiles he's in the woods, the "healers" fix Sakura's sight but only for a moment, then they transform into Naruto and Sasuke, her two closest people, and torture her, they didn't rape her then but they obviously have before. They almost raped her then but she escaped into the forest and lost her sight again. Also , when they transform into Sasuke and Naruto, they look the way they did four years ago, because that was the last time Sakura saw them. I just gave you a HUGE hint to something…. (:
So now its raining and Sakura is running around in the swamp blind! Now our team of hotties has to interrogate the imposters, find the REAL healers, and find Sakura. Hmmm… I SMELL FLUFF!!!!
Finally… the moment you have all been waiting for!!! In this chapter… there will be…. FLUFF!!!!
Sakura ran as fast as she could, twigs, thorns and branches slapped her face slicing open her flesh even more than it already was. Her hands stretched desperately out in front of her. She felt her salty tears rolling down her face mixing with the rain that stung her wounds. Her feet stuck in the ground and she took off her boots leaving them abandoned in the mud. She kept running, crying and breathing. She didn't know where she was going, she just wanted to run so far away that the world forgot about her, she wanted to be swallowed up by the sea so she would never have to live again… Her foot caught on a root and she fell forward, crying out in pain and misery.
The mud covered her arms and legs, she had stopped bleeding and the rain had washed most of it away… but she knew her clothes were still stained… she could smell the blood. She lay, sprawled out on the ground for a moment, the mud slowly swallowing her up.
"heh.." a small flicker of voice barely audible, but she caught it. She bolted up straining her ears. Someone was here… someone she had met before…
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Neji stared at the hole in the wall, He had used his Byakugan too late, Sakura had gone too far, even for his sight. "She must have been running pretty fast to get this far away…" Neji said calmly, he turned to see Sasuke and Naruto standing right behind him. Sasuke's emotionless face struggling to keep still. "Ill go get her…"
"ill go too…" Naruto spoke up.
Neji nodded, "Naruto you should look over there, by those caves, she may have hidden there, and Sasuke you-"
They darted in different directions running as fast as they could fathom. Neji sighed… the bonds radiating off of that team were as thick as chains… even though they all claim to have broken them… they still existed. Hiding in the deepest parts of their hearts.
POOF
Sai gasped and Neji turned to see dead bodies sitting in the middle of the room. "Sai what happened?" Neji hurried next to him. "The were clones… made from corpses" Sai struggled to frown, trying his best to imitate what emotions he thought he should be displaying. Neji frowned for real and examined the bodies. "I think were in for more than we can handle Sai…"
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'Sakura'
He ran, and ran and ran…
'Sakura'
Out of the corner of his eye he spotted her boots lying abandoned in the mud, without a thought he threw the muddy shoes into his pack and kept running… he was close.
'Sakura'
There she was, his calm façade had completely disappeared as he looked at her helpless form, she turned in his direction. He looked up to see the outline of someone walking away. 'Kabuto…' he thought angrily as he watched his disappearing figure. Sakura sat motionless, almost as if playing dead. Sasuke took a step closer to her "Sakura its me…" She backed away panicking as the thick mud constricted her movement. "Don't be afraid Sakura, it really is me… I wont let them hurt you again…" his voice was filled with sincerity, but Sakura wouldn't have any of it. She stood up as his hand reached her shoulder, turning and running again. "No Sakura Stop!" He reached for her as she jumped out of his way. He ran after her calling out to her. He reached a hand out and grasped the side of her shirt yanking it back and pulling her along with it. He finally pinned her down on the ground. Delicately holding her head out of the mud. "Sakura please…" he whispered into her ear "its me…" Sakura screamed as he lifted her up "let me go!!!" she flailed her arms trying to hit him. Her chakra had been almost completely drained from running so fast and now it was only a matter of moments before she passed out. "Sakura stop it its me!" he wrapped his arms around her, surrounding her with warmth. Her muscles relaxed as her mind began to stop spinning. "S-Sasuke…" he placed a hand on the back of her head and held her closer. "I'm here Sakura…" she began to shake again, crying softly into his white shirt. "they… they looked like you… they wanted to-" he didn't want to hear it, he didn't want to hear what they could have done to her… because he knew… that he couldn't have helped her… he wouldn't have been there to rescue her. "They looked just like you… the entire time… they just played with my head…" Sasuke held her tighter, burying his face in her shoulder, his face burning with shame. "please…" she begged. Sasuke shut his eyes tightly, holding her as close as humanly possible. Yes. Yes to whatever she asks, 'Ill do anything for you' Whatever she wants, I owe it to her…
"Please…" She cried "don't leave me again…" the words stained the air like ink and sank down into the thick black mud.
His muscles flinched and his grip on her loosened… 'no' he thought. He grasped her shoulders and pushed her away from him. Sakura made no sound, he tears silently flowing down her cheeks. Sasuke backed slowly away from her.
"Please Sasuke! Done leave me!" she begged as she fell onto her knees. Sasuke turned his face away, he didn't want to see her… he wouldn't promise her something like that… because he knew it could never happen… he would always be leaving her. She cried "Please Sasuke! Please don't leave me here!!! Just … just take me back to Konaha… to that fucking room where Ill spend the rest of my life… Just get me away from here…" he voice was drenched with fear… fear of those men who had attacked her… fear of the forest.. and fear of Sasuke… He turned around and walked away from her, she cried more frantically, putting her bloodied up face in her hands crying out in agony, both physical and mental. Sasuke walked until he couldn't hear her cries anymore, He found Naruto desperately searching the caves and waved to him "I found her" Naruto jumped towards him "where is she? Why isn't she with you?" he looked around him as if to see if she was hiding behind him "She was too afraid to let me near her, she told me to get you," He pointed in the direction she was in and Naruto darted towards her at full speed. Sasuke could only watch as his two teammates were left to help themselves … again…
Some teammate he was…
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"SAKURA!!!" he called out as he ran "Sakura-chan!!! Where are you?!?!" he headr her voice behind him, a barely audible whisper, withering away in the rain "N-naruto?" He scanned the area for pink, but all he found was red... "Sakura!" He ran towards her and kneeled in front of her "Oh my god Sakura" he immediately picked her up, his eyes overflowed with tears. "Sakura I'm here now, its ok…" Sakura sobbed onto his orange shirt. "Ill take you home now… I promise" he whispered. "I promise"
She smiled lightly, she needed a promise.
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Tsunade drummed her fingers on her desk, her sake bottles lay empty on the floor. Her pink cheeks glowed as the sunlight touched them through her window. It was a beautiful day in Konaha, warm air and cool breeze, complimented by butterflies and flowers, children had been excused from school to savor in such a rare day… But no matter how much alcohol Tsunade swallowed down, she didn't smile. She remembered a previous day like this… several years ago…
-flash back-
"Sensei!" cried a sweet but forceful voice from behind a wooden door.
Tsunade jumped and threw her Sake bottle under her desk quickly resuming her work. "WHO THE HELL IS IT!?!?"
The door burst open and a pink haired ball of energy burst into the room "SENSEI WHAT ARE YOU DOING?!?" Tsunade sighed in relief, only Sakura. She eyed her for a moment noticing her normal fighting clothes were changed to regular day clothes, a simple pair of white shorts and a red tank with her usual Haruno symbol on the front.
"Just catching up on some work Sakura…" She pulled out her sake and continued drinking. "ahhhhh…" Sakura sighed heavily as she leaned on Tsunade's desk, "how about you take a break from that for today?"
Tsunade raised an eyebrow as she swallowed down some of her sacred nectar, savoring in the burning sensation as it slithered down her throat. "and why would I do that Sakura?" The pink haired girl smiled brightly "have you even looked out the window today? I haven't seen a day this nice in my entire life!" Sakura walked over to the curtains and thrust them aside. Tsunade smiled as a cool breeze tickled her skin, calling her outdoors. Sakura placed her hands on her hips and turned to her sensei. "well what do you say?" Tsunade looked longingly out the window "oh… I don't know Sakura…"
"PLEASE!!!!!!!?" Sakura begged. Tsunade frowned "I … I don't know.." Sakura frowned "guh… I didn't want to have to resort to this but…" She looked her teacher dead in the eye, a serious glare that meant business "If you take the day off with me … ill drink with you…" Tsunade smiled standing up triumphantly "YOU HAD ME AT DRINK!" The two women grinned devilishly at each other and turned on their heels bursting through the hallway and racing out the door.
The sun shone in the sky, white milky clouds billowing around them as they lay on the grass. Tsunade poured Sakura another glass of sake and watched proudly as she quickly swallowed it down, apparently Sakura had more drinking experience than she had originally assumed. "So Sakura…"
"hmm?" She fell down onto the grass closing her eyes.
"why aren't you with your friends?" Tsunade, even though she would never admit it, had very few friends…and she always thought, that if she ever had as many friends as Sakura did, she would spend every minute of her time with them, nothing was more depressing than drinking alone.. and she did it almost every day…. But for some reason whenever Sakura took a break from studying or training, she would drag Tsunade out of her office and spend the day with her, usually shopping, or eating, or even just laying on the grass enjoying the weather. Sakura sat up "well I can hang out with them on the weekends…besides" She smiled "I think I have more in common with you, Your one of my closest friends Tsnunade!" Tsunade smiled as she looked at her student. Those eyes… those apple green eyes…
If she had only known that was the last time she would every see them…
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Ok I know this chapter was EXTREMELY short, but hey… I do what I can. Oh and my apologies again for my horrible skills in writing… Gugh… I need to work harder in English…
