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Confused, Suigetsu scratched the back of his head.
"What are you talking about?" He asked.
As if suddenly realizing something, Juugo blinked.
"They… don't know about it, right?"
Sakura nodded.
"Should we show them?"
"Hn."
Karin's knuckles bulged as she tightened her fist.
What could Sakura know that she didn't? She tried to make herself think.
But really, she was hurt deep inside of her that Sasuke had let another girl know something so important before he told her.
The pink haired kunoichi dug around in her bag until she found two yellow manila folders.
"Here. Read them."
The stunned silence that followed after the documents dropping onto the floor was expected.
"S-so… Sasuke-kun…? What are you going to do?" Karin asked.
He sighed.
"I need time to think." With that, he got up and went out the door.
"Hey-hey! Where're you goin'? Hello?You were the one that called this meeting!" Suigetsu called after him. "Should we go after him?"
"No need, I can track him." Sakura and Karin said at the same time.
Karin glared at the other girl and angrily turned away.
Juugo glanced at Sakura and saw that she looked worried.
"What's wrong? Isn't this what you wanted him to know?"
She rapidly blinked.
"Y-yes, but I think he would have been happier if he didn't. And… he looks so… frustrated. I don't know what choice he'll make, but I hope he won't make the wrong one."
"Wrong one?"
She just shook her head and looked out the window.
Suigetsu yawned and stretched his legs.
"So, what do we do?"
A sulking Karin suddenly perked up.
"I know! Let's go shopping!"
Three pairs of eyes stared questioningly at her.
"What?" She indignantly said.
Suigetsu waved his hand.
"Whatever. This is expected from a fangirl like you." He mimicked her squeaky voice. "OOOoooh Sasuke-kuuun, how do I looook?" He posed and sauntered around the room.
Sakura and Juugo laughed as Karin chased him with a very intense killing intent.
"Ok, well… Karin, you can go shop or do whatever it is you want to do, just stay within 2,000 meters from here."
Why would you think I'd go 2,000 miles away for? Other than to get away from you?
Karin opened her mouth to tell her not to boss her around, but closed it when Sasuke appeared in the window.
"We're going after Itachi."
"WHAT!?"
Sasuke groaned, he knew she would react like this.
Juugo, Karin and Suigetsu simply raised an eyebrow at him.
"Why the heck would you do that? Where'd all your brains go? Huh? Hellooo? He's your brother! The one that you read all about yesterday and grew up admiring!? What in the world happened to you? Did you forget what he sacrificed to get you this far? Are you just gonna kill him after all that?"
She had stomped her way around him already, and now her face was tilted up, her eyes boring into his.
At that moment, a few strands of hair shifted on her head, and he saw a small green diamond on her forehead.
"Sasuke answer me!" She demanded.
He jerked back and put his hand on her shoulder to placate her.
"I need to hear the truth from him."
Like a deflating balloon, she immediately calmed down.
"Oh."
He continued.
"What you told me might not be true."
Her eyes widened, and she gasped, only slightly.
He narrowed his eyes.
"Was this a mission assigned to you?" He slowly inquired.
She was nervous now, he knew. She was trembling slightly, and fingering the hem of her shirt.
"I-I"
"Tell me the truth. The whole truth."
"B-"
"Now."
"Tsunade-sama gave me this mission."
He gave a small nod.
"I kind of guessed. but you've been gone for almost a week now, and Konoha isn't searching for you, and you're not labeled a misssing-nin."
"Is that how you figured it out?"
"Yes. For all I know, Naruto would be scrambling all over the world to find you."
She lowered her eyes.
"It was kept a secret only from him. He was told that I was chosen as the ambassador to the Hidden Mist."
"Hn."
"And... my mission is to bring you back to Konoha with a pure heart, no evil intentions."
"Why couldn't you tell me that to my face?" He demanded.
"I-I just c-couldn't…"
"You don't trust me?"
Now she was in the defensive.
"You're asking if I trust you? Who are you kidding? You're an S-rank criminal!"
"So you were willing to lie to me?"
She shook her head, desperately clutching his sleeve.
"No! Everything I told you is true!"
He crossed his arms, shaking her off.
"I can't take even your word for it."
Spinning on his heel, he walked away.
She sank to her knees, tears brimming on her eyelids, ready to drop.
Why? Why was it that she always watched him walk away?
Why was she never good enough to take his hand and lead him away from the path he was going?
Why… why did she always fail?
Karin shook with fierce joy as she saw how miserable Sakura was. She was in trouble with Sasuke!
Maybe now he'll open his eyes to me instead! She gleefully thought.
Juugo tried to comfort her, but it didn't work. She was sobbing already, and his heart wrenched to see her like this. He had confirmed it now, and with all his heart, he knew he loved her.
She had cried herself on Juugo's shoulder, and Suigetsu was starting to get worried.
Sasuke still wasn't back, and he didn't like the look on Karin's face.
"Do you know where he is?" He said to no one in particular.
"He's been outside the whole time." Smirking, Karin answered him.
With a frown, Suigetsu stood up.
When he approached the door, Juugo asked, "What're you doing?"
"I'm going to talk to that idiot."
Sasuke was sitting on the steps outside the inn.
He had been there for many hours now.
His mind was reeling.
What had kept Sakura from telling him the truth? But what nagged at him the most was, why didn't she trust him?
He thought that all previous tensions were erased on that night, the night she held him in her arms as he caught up with three years of emotions. He decided that he was wrong then.
"Oi, Sasuke!"
That annoying water monster was yelling at him.
"What the heck do you think you're doing, just sitting there? Who's gonna get the dinner?"
Tch. Dinner.
"Eat whatever you want. I'm not hungry."
Suigetsu shrugged and went back in. Sasuke followed.
Then he saw it again. That little green diamond on her forehead.
There. Dne with Chapter 5. Hope you liked it! And if you will, please review!
