Hey pplz!! Me ish back and im also sorry that this took so long. I had it written already about 2 to 3 weeks ago but Ive been very busy with school so I'll be updating a bit later so please be patient with me
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Anywayyyyyy.. on with the story!! (( sorry bout the cliffy XD))
Recap
When we arrived at the hospital, we went running as fast as we could towards Sakura's room. On the way there we began to see many nurses running back and forth which seemed to worry Sai, but it seemed only I noticed it. When we made it to Sakura's door we rushed in but I bumped into Sai's back halfway inside the room. I glared at him but it instantly disappeared when I saw the look on his face. He looked towards Sakura's bed towards In utter shock and noticeable pain. I turned to look at Sakura but as sson as I did, I wish I hadn't. My eyes widened a fraction in shock and I felt something sharp go through my chest.
Curse Marked Love
Ch 8
Annoying as Ever..
My chest ached and pounded so hard I thought it would explode. Sakura was tossing and turning from side to side and her breathing was ragged. She suddenly opened her mouth as an agonizing yell came out as she wrapped her harms around herself.
I watched in shock as tightened her grip and tears streamed down her face. I placed my hand over my heart and clutched onto my shirt tightly. I felt as though my heart was being twisted, wounded and shattered all at once. I tired to ignore the pain as I clutched my shirt tighter and gritted my teeth but I couldn't.
Suddenly the door burst open and Tsunade ran over to Sakura's bed. She stopped beside her and pried her hands off of her torso. My eyes widened even more if possible as my heart burst into pieces as Tsunade held Sakura's arms above her. Her hands were a deep red along with the normally white sheets.
She growled as she pulled the sheets off and pulled Sakura up to a sitting position.She tried to hols Sakura still to be able to get a good look at what was wrong but she wouldn't stop struggling.
"Sai, Kakashi, I called you here in case I needed help! I need one of you to hold her still!" she yelled at them ignoring that Naruto and I were there.
What happened next was something nobody expected…
I ran over to her bed and sat beside Sakura as I embraced her in a tight hug. I could see everybody around me with shock on their faces from the corner of my eyes as I cradled Sakura in my arms. 'I can't take it any longer..'
I realized how much I hated seeing her in pain and I had to do something about. I closed my eyes as I felt her cold tears on my shoulder. I brushed her hair with my hand and whispered to her in her ear as I hugged her and it felt so… right.
Tsunade awoke from her state of shock and quickly noticed that Sakura was bleeding through the back of the hospital gown.
She reached over and pulled a kunai out of my holster and cut the gown she was wearing. She growled as she saw some bandages wrapped around Sakura's breasts held together by a fishnet shirt acting as a bra.
She cut them down the middle with her kunai and threw them aside. I let her go and took off my shirt and put it in front of her. I sat down across from her and hugged her tightly to make sure that the shirt didn't fall off, revealing her bare chest.
Tsunade grabbed a wet cloth and wiped the blood from Sakura's back to reveal that her wound from the mission was re opening. She quickly healed but then noticed something she didn't like at all. She scowled as she saw a sort of horizontal writing across her wound.
"Kakashi, get over here." she said sternly as Kakashi nodded and walked over to Sakura's bed.
"I see.." he said quietly. I looked up at him and saw his visible eye full of seriousness and determination. He looked at me and turned towards Sai and Naruto. " You two need to leave." he said as he pulled up his hitai ate reveling his Sharingan.
"But Kakashi sensei!!" protested Naruto. "Now!" Kakashi cut him off sternly. Sai narrowed his eyes as he left along with Naruto.
"What about Uchiha." Tsunade asked glancing down at me. "He needs to be here" he stated simply. Tsunade nodded at his answer but didn't realize what he really meant by that statement.
He bit his thumb as he placed his hand on the floor and kanji appeared across the floor forming into a circle in the middle. Kakashi walked over to me and took Sakura from my arms and placed her in the middle of the circle.
My eyes widened a fraction as I remembered it from the chunin exams when he placed that seal on me to control the curse mark.
'Just how serious is what's happening to her..' I asked myself as he did a couple hand signs and placed his hand over the writing on her back as the kanji moved up her body to where his hand was placed and formed the seal.
A cry escaped her purple lips as she fell on her side.
"Sakura!" I called out as I ran over to her and embraced her, not caring that Kakashi and Tsunade were still there. I knew they were looking me, probably shocked and giving me weird looks but I didn't care.
"Sasuke… I need you to bring her here so I can finish closing the wound" Tsunade said slowly. I held onto Sakura and looked down at her sleeping figure. "Sasuke.." warned Tsunade. I reluctantly and carefully picked up Sakura and placed her on the bed.
Tsunade then put her hand over Sakura's wound as it started to glow of a faint green and she finished healing her.
"She'll be out for a few hours so don't try to wake her." she said as she exited the room. I gave a short nod to her as she left the room and I turned back down to Sakura.
After a few moments of silence Kakashi spoke. "So Sasuke, when are you going to tell her." I looked up at Kakashi with a raised brow.
"Tell her what?" I asked him. He glanced down at Sakura and then turned his gaze back to me once more. "How you really feel about her." he stated plainly as if it was obvious.
"She already knows how I feel." I said as I looked away from him. "You know she doesn't… she needs to know and you have to be the one to tell her." he said.
"I don't have to tell her anything because there's nothing she needs to know." I voiced out strongly, trying to end the conversation.
"Stop lying to yourself Sasuke. Don't tell me you don't feel anything when just moments ago held her, helped her out willingly and just displayed various emotions towards her that I happened to notice." Kakashi replied in a strong father-like tone.
"She's just my teammate and nothing more, I don't need to say anything because I feel nothing more than a responsibility to protect her as my teammate and I feel no affection what-so-ever towards her!" I snapped back irritated.
Kakashi closed his visible eye and sighed, "look Sasuke, I know you're not the type of person to open up, show his feelings to others or even accept them himself… but lying to yourself will just make it harder. I know you feel something for Sakura.."
I grunted as he continued "…and even though she wont show it, I can tell she still feels something for you…even if its dying"
I looked down at the white tile floor "Enough, I don't want to hear it." Kakashi just sighed and opened the door.
"Just remember Sasuke, I've been your sensei for a few years now and I know you very well, which means you can't hide anything from me." he a bit smugly as his eyes creased and he left, closing the door behind him.
I sighed and my eyes softened as I looked back down at Sakura..
"…and even though she wont show it, I can tell she still feels something for you…even if its dying"
I tightened my fists as I continued to look down at her 'dying?..' I though as I closed my eyes.
"Sakura… what are you doing to me?.." I whispered to myself as I opened my eyes to be met with half open jade green ones.
"making you feel.." she whispered as her eyes fluttered shut once more.
I stared down at her, shocked at her last statement. 'Making me..feel…' I thought as I placed my hand above my heart and clutched my shirt once again.
Sakura PoV
I slowly opened my eyes and looked around squinting as my eyes adjusted to the light. I felt some sort of pressure on the bed and looked beside me for my eyes to fall upon the sleeping figure of the last person I thought would be there.
"Sasuke kun?.." I whispered to myself as I stared down at him. He took a deep breath and shifted a bit as he lifted his head up and looked at me lazily… which strongly reminded me of Shikamaru's gaze as I smiled at him and he sat up straight.
"Ohayo Sasuke kun.." I said in a low tone as he fixed his shirt and lightly rubbed his right eye.
"Ohayo.. how are you feeling?.." he asked me calmly. "I..I'm feeling ok" I said and gave a soft smile as I closed my eyes.
"You had me worried.." he said slowly. I raised a pink brow at him 'I had him worried?' Sasuke looked away as he cleared his throat.
" Are you hungry?" he asked as he put up his emotionless mask again. "A little.." I replied as he nodded and pressed a button that read food on it. There was a silent moment in the air before Sasuke decided to break it.
"Sakura.." he said looking down. "nani?.." I asked as he looked around the room for some strange reason until his eyes stopped on me.
"Arigato..Sakura.." he said in almost a whisper.
"If you leave, I'll scream Sasuke kun!!" I yelled at him as tears ran down my face.
"You're still annoying." he replied as he turned his back on me.
"Please don't leave me!! I love you with all my heart Sasuke kun!!" I yelled as I clutched my shirt and more tears ran freely from my eyes.
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" Arigato, Sakura.." were his last words as everything turned black
"Sa..suke… kun…"
I stared at him as my heart began to pound against my ribcage.
"For what Sasuke kun?.." I asked him in a whisper. "For saving me on our mission." he replied staring at me intently. I closed my eyes as I let go of a breathe I didn't notice I had been holding.
"Oh that, don't worry about it.. After all, we're teammates and we protect each other, like it's our responsibility or something like that." I said smiling at him, though inside my heart was falling to pieces. Sasuke's eyes widened a hardly noticeable fraction at what he heard..
"She's just my teammate and nothing more, I don't need to say anything because I feel nothing more than a responsibility to protect her as my teammate and I feel no affection what-so-ever towards her!"
"Sakura…why did you say that?.." he asked trying to see me as I looked down and my bangs covered my eyes.
"Because it's true, ne Sasuke kun?.." I said softly as I slowly looked up at him with my eyes glazed over. He slowly brought his hand up towards my face,
"Sakura..I.."
"Here's your food Haruno san." said a cheery nurse interrupting Sasuke as she came in. Sasuke pulled away quickly and stood up beside the bed as the nurse placed Sakura's food on the table.
"Oh and Lady Hokage said that when you awoke you could leave as soon as you like" she said smiling as she left. I nodded as she left and ate my food in silence as Sasuke looked outside the window. I saw him glare at something outside but ignored it and finished eating. I finished my breakfast and changed into my regular ninja outfit.
"I'm going home Sasuke kun, are you planning on staying here?.." I asked as I opened the door. He turned back to me and left the room closing the door behind us. We walked in silence until we got out of the hospital and saw Sai coming towards us.
"Sakura! You're alright." said Sai as he embraced me and kissed my cheek. Sasuke glared at the artist nin as he pulled away.
"Where are you headed ugly?" he asked smiling at me. "I was gonna go grocery shopping then home Sai chan" I replied smiling back.
"I'll accompany you," he said as he held his arm out. "Actually, Sasuke kun was.." I stopped as I turned to where Sasuke would be only to see that he was gone.
"leaving?.." asked Sai smiling as I turned back to him. "I guess so.." I replied in a low tone.
"So, does the hag want me to take her home?" asked Sai smiling. "It's alright Sai chan, I'll go by myself, ja!" I said as I walked off waving at him.
Sasuke PoV
I closed the door behind me and looked around as I sighed quietly. 'Looks like I'm going home..' I thought as I went to the kitchen and got some water when I noticed that Sakura's phone had 3 messages. I walked over and grabbed it and drank some water as I held it to my ear,
You have 3 messages
Message number1..
Hello Sakura chan!! I called you on this youthful day to see if you are feeling alright after that youthful mission you went on with Naruto and Sasuke san!!
Please call me back soon Sakura chan!!
Said Lee's voice over the phone as I rolled my eyes and kept listening…
Message number 2..
Sakura chan!!…………………… ………………SAKURA CHAAAAAANN!!………………
……hm I guess you're not home yet. Anyways I was calling to see if you'd wanna come with me and the Teme to Ichitaku's on Wednesday to celebrate our completed mission!! Ja ne!
I grunted as I heard Naruto's hyperactive voice as I walked back to the kitchen to put the glass back 'hn.. dobe...'
Message number 3...
"Hey Saku chan.. Or Sasuke , I'm sorry that we aren't home yet but we have to stay here at Tea Country because of our business trip, so we've decided we're going to stay and live here. Dakara, you'll have the house to yourself… like you wanted…" said her mom almost whispering. "…Soredemo, I've called Mikoto chan and we agreed that fom now on Sasuke will be living with you. Have fun and behave! Sayonara.." she said ending the message.
I pulled the phone away from my ear and stared at it in my hand and stared at it as though it was an unknown thing to me. I put it slowly down on the table, my eyes never leaving it, as my brain processed the information. I snapped out of my daze as I left to get the rest iof my things in the Uchiha district.
Sakura PoV
I sighed as I spotted the house coming into view. I was happy to be home since my stroll around Konoha had been somewhat tiring. I opened the door and saw Sasuke sitting in the living room eating a slice of tomato.
I closed the door and put down the grocery bags as I began to walk towards him raising a brow at him. He looked up at me for a moment but kept eating his tomato.
"What are you still doing here Sasuke kun?.." I asked him. 'He should be gone by now.. The week he was supposed to stay ended already.'
"Aah, you're mom left a message on the phone. She's staying to live in the Land of Tea with your dad and she said that from now on I'll be living here with you." he said nonchalantly as I froze in place at what he had said. After a few seconds I regained my composure and stared at him in disbelief.
"Sakura?.." he called out to me. "Oi, Sakura.." he said again, his voice stronger this time as he tried to bring me out of my daze.
"Tch, still annoying as ever.." he said as he got up and left towards his room, unaware that the last statement had abruptly brought me out of daze. I looked up at his retreating figure.
'Annoying..' I thought as my eyes shifted to the floor. 'like always..' I slowly walked up the stairs to my room to get some sleep for school tomorrow.
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My eyes slowly fluttered open as I glanced at my clock. '6:32.…time to get up for school Sakura..' I told myself as I got up and headed towards the shower. I got dressed in my usual outfit as I hummed to myself in a low tone. I brushed my hair and made my way downstairs for some breakfast as my eyes landed on the stoic Uchiha.
"Ohayo, Sasuke kun.." I said as I pulled out some bread and out it in the toaster. Sasuke 'hned' in response and watched as Sakura only took out two pieces of bread.
I took out the butter along with a cup of orange juice. When the bread finished, I spread the butter onto it and began to eat as I saw Sasuke arch a brow at me.
'I thought she'd make me some like she usually would.' he thought but still keeping is emotionless mask.
I gave him a questioning glance but quickly shrugged it off as I finished my breakfast. I finished eating and went back to room.
I attached the kunai holster along with the shuriken pouch to my leg and waist and adjusted my headband before leaving to school without asking Sasuke to accompany me.
Sasuke PoV
I looked over to Sakura only to see her giggle as Neji gave a small smile beside her.
"You know, after you left, Neji and Sakura became really close. He would always help her train and take her to eat with him when they saw each other."
I looked to my left to see that Shikamaru had been the one talking to me.
"Why are you telling me this?" I asked giving him a somewhat questioning look. He sighed as he closed his eyes,
"Because, you've been looking over to them for the past 10 minutes while Kakashi called your name for the attendance." he said lazily.
I grunted as I turned back to face the front of the room. I sighed as I reluctantly looked at the empty seat at my right where Sakura would usually sit. I shook my head a little to rid myself of the thoughts,
'We're just teammates.. Nothing more…right?' I asked myself as I glanced at her once more.
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I sighed in relief as I felt the burst of chakra indicating class was over. I rolled up my scroll as I headed towards my locker. I looked up as I made it to my locker and saw Sakura getting out her medical scrolls beside me.
"Teme!! Hey Temeeeee!!" I turned around and looked to the direction in which the screams were coming from to see Naruto.
"Hey Sasuke teme, wanna go spar after class?" asked the blonde excitedly.
"Hn, I'd love to see you lose again dobe" I replied smirking as I turned back to my locker for my scrolls.
"Oh, hey Sakura chan, you can come too if you want." offered Naruto grinning.
"Iie Naruto, I'd only get in the way… and be annoying you guys." she said the last part quietly, barely above a whisper.
I froze at her last statement as Naruto gave her a confuzed look.
"Tch, still annoying as ever.." I said as I got up and left towards my room.
"Ne, Sakura chan, where did that come from?… You know you would never annoy me, more like the other way around, I love it when you're around." Sakura gave him a small smile in return.
"Arigato Naruto..demo.." she gave me a quick glance from the corner of her eyes then back at Naruto, which I noticed in time…as did the dobe.
Naruto narrowed his eyes slightly, "Don't worry Sakura, the teme -"
"I gotta get to class, I'll see you around Naruto!!" said Sakura as she took off running.
Naruto gave a low growl as he turned and looked at me dead serious, "You know Sasuke, Sakura chan's not annoying-"
"She is very well far from it." cut in Neji as he walked by and gave me a small glare. I ignored him as I walked off with Naruto in an akward silence as he stared down at the floor with his eyes narrowed slightly.
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I sighed as I opened the door and let the steam out. I had just finished taking a shower after my sparring session with the dobe. I walked into my room and got dressed in my usual attire.
I opened the top drawer of the navy blue dresser and grabbed the last clean shirt but before I closed it again, a red piece of cloth caught my attention.
I put down the shirt and grabbed the cloth as stared at it for a few moments. I walked over and sat on my futon as I put down the piece of cloth and unfolded it to find my old navy blue headband.
As I slowly picked it up, it too became undone and a folded piece of paper fell out of it. I grabbed it and slowly opened it up, revealing a photo of us in our genin days but it was a bit damaged.
I passed my fingers over it as I felt some rough surfaces on the photo, mostly on the side where I was.. 'she was crying..'
I looked at it for a while as a small smile appeared on my lips. 'We were all so happy.. though I didn't show it much…I was happy too..' I closed my eyes and gave a deep sigh,
"What did I do?.." I asked myself as I kept staring at the photo. "I didn't have to leave.."
"…No, you didn't… you could've stayed.." I looked up to find Sakura standing at my doorway.
I looked down at the picture again as Sakura walked towards me. She stopped beside me and picked up the headband along with the piece of red cloth.
"Gomen..I guess I forgot to take this out before you came." she said as she carefully took the picture from my hands.
"Iie, it's alright.." I said as she gave a short nod.
"I should leave, I'm sure you'd want to be alone right now.." she said as she began to walk off. I watched as she slowly walked away and almost made it to the doorway.
"Sakura.." I called out as I got up and slowly walked towards her.
"N..nani..?" she asked turning a little, just enough for her to see me over her shoulder. I quickly appeared in front of her and took her chin in between my fingers and made her softly look at me.
"You're not annoying Sakura.." I said as I softly put my arms around her in a hug and closed my eyes. "…you're the farthest thing from it.."
Sakura PoV
My eyes widened slightly as I felt Sasuke hug me. I stood in his arms for a moment, doing nothing but staring into space in shock. I felt his arms wrap a little tighter around me as he placed his chin on my shoulder and awoke me from my daze.
I slowly wrapped my arms around him and waited a moment for dome type of sign or movement, anything that told me I wasn't supposed to hug him. I was expecting for him to push me away like he normally would although he was the one to hug me….but it never came.
I finally gave in completely as I tightened my grip a little and closed my eyes as I leaned my head against his chest. We stayed that way, embracing each other for a few moments until I heard a loud knock on the door.
I pulled away from Sasuke and looked over at the door wondering who it was. Another loud knock brought me out of my thoughts and I began to walk over to the door.
"I'm coming.." I said as I reached the door and slowly opened it to reveal a chunin standing at the door looking quite tired.
"Haruno san!! I'm glad you're here! I've been searching everywhere for you and Sasuke san." He said hurriedly.
"What is it?" I asked him a bit worried as Sasuke stood behind me, gazing at the chunin.
"The Uchiha clan, they've all been murdered!!"
MUahahaha!! cough cough ahem.. sorry about that lolz... its just i think Ive been in an extremely evil mood lately since I made 2 cliffy's straight so sorry about that lolz. I was actually thinking of ending this chap where Sasuke said "You're the farthest thing from it" but when I was typing It, I couldnt resist and I added the beggining of the 9th chapter lolz... . . IT WAS TEMPTING ME!! IM SO SO SORRY!! PLZ FORGIVE ME!!...anyways, read and review and plz give some feedback onegai, until next time, Ja!! .
Katsumi chan
