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Hajimemashite and Konnichiwa!!! Welcome to the new chapter of The Dance of Fate!!! Thanks to all the readers and reviewers!!! The reviews are so much appreciated!!! Hope you'll enjoy reading!!! Please read and review!!! Constructive criticism is welcome!!! Please give me some ideas in what to write!!!
Disclaimer: I still haven't stolen Naruto from Kishimoto-san but I have a new mission!!! Mission Kidnap-Sai-kun-and-Lock-Him-in-my-Closet-with-Sasuke-kun now in progress!!! I am now also in love with Sai… He's so kawaii!!! Just like Sasuke… But I still love Sasuke more… Anyway... on with the story!!!
Chapter 9: The Obliviousness and the Concern
Sakura's eyes opened. She couldn't see well because of the darkness. When her eyes adjusted, it widened when she realized where she was. She also took note that she was in a sitting position with her hands tied to a wooden pole with chakra strings.
She remembered what happened. She tried to break out of the chakra strings but knew it was useless. Then she caught sight of somebody watching her. She can't see the face of the person but she knew that the presence was familiar.
The only odd thing was that it had two chakras combined into one. The said person moved closer to Sakura. Sakura gasped as she saw the face of the person.
"Kabuto?" Sakura asked. Kabuto stood in front of her. He had an odd appearance because the other half of his face was Orochimaru's. (To all those who don't know how Kabuto looked like after Sasuke beat Orochimaru, just look at it in the manga. Sorry but I don't know what chapter that is.)
"Aa. You're awake, Sakura-chan," Kabuto said. "You do know that even if you now have Tsunade's monstrous strength you still won't be able to break free, right?" he asked smirking evilly as he saw how Sakura struggled.
Sakura growled. "What the hell do you want with me?" Sakura snapped. 'I swear I'm going to punch him so hard even harder than Naruto's record of 400 meters from the ground,' she thought as she glared at Kabuto. 'HELL YEAH!!!' Inner Sakura shouted.
"Now now Sakura-chan, don't let that temper of yours get to you. I'm not going to hurt you. Don't worry," he said still smirking evilly. "I'll just have you here until he gets here and then I'm already going to free you," he added.
'He? Who's he?' she thought. "So you are going to use me as bait... but for who?" she asked. She really has no idea who Kabuto wants to get to them.
"Oh don't play naïve on me Sakura-chan," Kabuto said. "Don't tell me you don't know who he is," he added.
'Naïve?' Sakura thought. Then, her eyes widened. "What the hell do you want from Naruto?" she asked threateningly. 'I swear I'm going to kill this guy when I break free of this,' she thought as she tried to break the chakra strings.
'Don't tell me she doesn't know,' Kabuto thought. He can't believe how clueless this girl is. "On the contrary it's not Naruto," he said. "I don't have any intention on him but for… Sasuke," he added.
'Sasuke?' she thought. 'Then why the hell am I here?' she thought confused. "Sasuke? Then why do I have to be here?" she asked. She knew why Naruto would come here but Sasuke? Oh right he cares for her as a friend anyway…
"Don't you know?" Kabuto asked. "Sasuke's new objective in life… is YOU," he said.
A look of pure obliviousness took hold of her features. "WHAT?!?" Sakura asked/ yelled completely bewildered. 'WHAT THE HELL?!?' she thought.
"You've bewitched him, poisoned him, crawled under his skin like an insect," Kabuto said. He smirked as he saw the girl's shock and obliviousness. 'Never thought you were this discreet Sasuke,' he thought.
"You're… wrong…" she whispered. "He… I… Sasuke doesn't…" she stuttered. She was at a loss for words. 'Why the hell would Sasuke think of me like that?' she asked herself.
Kabuto sighed. "You really don't believe me, do you Sakura-chan?" he asked. This girl was completely clueless. 'Sasuke, why do you have to be in denial when it's already too obvious?' he thought.
"Of course not!!!" Sakura yelled. 'If this bastard is fooling with me then I am SO going to kick his ass later,' she thought as she glared on Kabuto. Sasuke couldn't and would NEVER think of her like that. Not in a thousand years. That's what she thinks anyway…
"TSUNADE-BAACHAN!!!" Naruto yelled as he and Sasuke barged inside the Hokage's office.
"WHAT?!?" Tsunade yelled. Naruto really is getting on her nerves. 'If this brat calls me that again I swear I'm going to demote him to genin,' she thought. Naruto just became chuunin a month ago after all.
Naruto slowly backed away in fear as he noticed how bad Tsunade's mood is. Sasuke just sweatdropped. Tsunade had so many piles of paperwork in front of her. Not to mention how unorganized the office in the wholeness looked. Papers were scattered everywhere.
"Sakura's kidnapped," Sasuke said urgently. They have no time to fool around. Sakura's life is at stake right now. 'That bastard…' Sasuke growled inwardly.
"What?" Tsunade's head bolted upward. Her forehead then creased worry. Sakura was like a daughter to her after all.
"Kabuto got her," Naruto growled as he glared at nobody in particular. 'I am going to kill him if he ever hurts Sakura-chan… ' he thought. Sakura was like a sister to her. He will not let anybody hurt her.
"How? There are Anbu scattered around the village. He can't possibly enter," she said her voice filled with confusion and worry. "Wasn't she supposed to be in the hospital?"
"Well she kind of… went home on her own…" Naruto said sheepishly. "She even ate at Ichiraku first," he added.
"That girl is so stubborn," Tsunade sighed. 'Sakura… I hope you're okay,' she thought. "How did you know that it was Kabuto who got her?" she asked the two.
"I felt his chakra. It was combined with Orochimaru's chakra," Sasuke said quietly.
"Teme dragged me to where Kabuto is. It was inside Sakura-chan's apartment," Naruto explained. "But when we got there, it was already empty."
"Alright you two, this is going to be an A-rank mission. I will assign this mission for you two and also Kakashi and Sai. I will call on them now. Just meet at the gate after half an hour," Tsunade said. "I know that you are on probation Sasuke but I have no choice. Besides, you are Sakura's friend so I'll let it slide for now but I'll have Kakashi monitor you, understand?" she asked.
"Yes," Naruto and Sasuke said.
"You two are dismissed," Tsunade said.
The two dashed outside the Hokage's office. Both of them were quiet on their way out. They were both thinking about Sakura and the ways they are going to kill Kabuto.
'Sakura-chan, just hang on in there,' Naruto thought as his features showed worry.
A/N:
Sorry if I haven't updated much but I have no inspiration to write these days… And the last fic that I read was such a downer because Sasuke died in the end of that fic… and Naruto and Sakura were together in the end!!! Sorry to all the NaruSaku fans but I think Naruto and Sakura just treat each others as siblings… Another downer is that… we have classes on 30 and 31!!! WHAT THE HELL?!? They said that we'll start classes on Nov. 5 but no… because of that stupid Adopt-a-Country corner we have to go to school on 30 and 31… At least our cultural night is on Nov. 9!!! YAY!!! Oh sorry if I'm rambling too much… Just ignore my rambling people!!! Anyway… please review!!! Hope you enjoyed reading!!! Constructive criticism is welcome!!! Do please give me some ideas on what to write… Also please give me some of the techniques Kabuto uses… Thank you so much!!! Ja ne!!!
