Lemme warn you beforehand. This chapter stinks. It's just a fill-in chapter imo, whilst I try to decide what Im going to write. I have a rough plan of the story now, cause I remembered bits of what I was planning agesss ago, but forgot a lot of it. This will end up not as complicated as it seems, and I apologise for the rushed chapter X_X I also apologise for the 2-3 year delay lol xD I'm still trying! DX GIVE ME TIME xD Though I've had loads.
I guess if I rewrote the past chapters a bit the storyline for now would be easier to follow and plan, but I think its cool DX I'll just have to be extra smart lol to match the story up xD So forgive me if I forget things in and stuff.
Sorry for the lame chapter ending, the woman in the end is Sakura's now-dead sister, and she'll give all her knowledge in through INNER Sakura, otherwise Sakura will randomly blurt things out or know things randomly and we'll all be like wtf? XD and then the story would make no sense whatsoever.
Read and review people! Any ideas for it or requests you'd like to see happen in the story would also be cool.
She trembled in fear as she watched in horror the man in front of her.
The man, in the image of a haunting nightmare, stood in front of her, towering over her.
No matter how weak or powerless she felt, she couldn't help but feel anger at him as he looked at her with the most insulting disinterest. Forcing herself not to glare back at him, she swallowed her anger and tried to get up.
It took her quite a bit of struggling to get up, only to be pushed not-too-gently back down by the black haired man in front of her. Wincing in pain, she growled through her gritted teeth at her captor.
Narrowing her eyes as she saw his right hand come closer to her, she fought the urge to scream as he placed two fingers on her lips, both his actions and gaze warning her to stay silent.
Slowly, he brought his hand from her mouth and back to himself, reaching for something in his pouch. From his pouch, he drew three dark looking pills and watched as they rolled around in the palm of his hand.
Feeling his gaze shift from his hand back to her, she whimpered as he brought his empty hand to her and grabbed her chin.
Forcing her mouth open, he brought the three pills to her mouth and grabbed a glass of water that Sakura hadn't noticed at her bedside.
With some effort, he managed to force her to swallow the pills, and she felt herself instantaneously stronger. She looked with confusion into his eyes again, to see that his eyes were coal black instead of a vulgar crimson. All she got as a response was, "With the chakra you have now, heal yourself. If you decide to try to use the chakra I just gave you to attack either me or my partner, one of the other pills will seal away your chakra in an instant. I only have to wish it and you'll be weaker than a kitten kunoichi."
With that, the cloaked Uchiha turned around to leave, but stopped when Sakura spoke.
"Why are you helping me?" She asked, hoping her voice didn't show how much she was scared.
"I'm not." Was his reply, and he left the room.
Sasuke was panting, leaning against a tree for support.
He didn't know how he would have survived that blast if he hadn't had that crystal. Strangely enough, all the wounds that he had before were healed, but now he felt extremely exhausted.
Clutching his left arm with his right, he stared into the river flowing in front of him.
He was scared.
For once in his life, he was scared.
Lifting his left hand up to his face, he looked grimly at his hand, and traced the palm many times with his fingers. He watched his hand for what seemed like hours when they were only minutes, and flinched as painful cold raindrops plummeted down onto his bloody hand. Soon enough the rain was hammering down, forcing Sasuke to get up and find shelter before he caught hypothermia.
He laughed dryly as he rose his head to look at the gray clouds.
It was just typical that it rained down on him at the worst times. And for that, he hated the rain.
The rain was a reminder.
A reminder of his solitude.
Sighing, he formed a jutsu that he had managed to learn, which carved a giant whole in the roots of a tree, successfully giving him a hidden shelter. To make sure he was hidden even more, he concealed the entrance with camouflage and a genjutsu that made it look normal.
Clutching the crystal once more, he sat down and leaned against a wall, passing the time by revisiting his memories.
She sat there in the room, leaning against the cold wall. She had already healed her ribs, she didn't even remember when she had broken them, and she didn't want to remember either. Groaning in pain, her legs bruised and bloody, she winced as she knew she didn't have enough chakra to heal them. She'd have to wait a bit longer till she could be able to walk again.
She let her hands fall limp onto the floor, she didn't have anything else to do but hope that someone would rescue her. She knew now that escape was pointless, and a waste of time to think about.
Instead, she thought about a strategy of fighting Itachi and Kisame when… if Konoha managed to find her and rescue her. She'd fight alongside them and try her best to fight, so right now, all she could do was save her energy and think up a strategy.
She was so caught up in her thoughts, that she didn't noticed the door in front of her open slowly, and only noticed the blue skinned man in front of her when he nudged her slightly with his toe.
He was holding a plate of onigiri, and smirked as he sat down crossed legged in front of her. Thinking he was trying to taunt her and make fun of her in her weak state, she looked far away at the door again, ignoring the Akatsuki member.
The man in front of her, confused at her actions to ignore him, shrugged and grunted. He placed the plate onto her bloodied lap, and turned to leave.
"It's for you kunoichi, and don't worry, it's not poisoned." Kisame said, perfectly aware of her possible likely and justified suspicions. They WERE the Akatsuki after all and they didn't even want her as a subordinate. Who knows when they'll try to kill her.
Watching carefully as Kisame left the room, shutting the door behind him, she reached for the onigiri with her blood stained hands, and ate it eagerly. She tried her best to eat it slowly, since she knew she'd need the energy and her body would in trouble if she ate it too quickly, but it felt like she hadn't eaten in days.
Sighing, she placed the plate onto the floor, and tried to reanalyze the situation.
"Whats there to reanalyze? This bunch of psycho criminals want you to join their nail painting group. What else is there?" Inner Sakura debilitated.
'Just the fact that if I DON'T join I'll be killed and brutally murdered. Just that, nothing especially important other than the fact that IF I DIE YOU DIE TOO BITCH.' She retorted in her head.
Sighing again, she scolded herself for trying to argue with herself, and that arguing wouldn't get her out of here. She was close to having no chakra, which made her feel incredibly helpless in front of two S class criminal men.
She tried to sense the two men around her by checking the aura of their chakra, something that she could do without using any of her own chakra. In the end, she found they were quite far away from her, but then again, she could be wrong and the people she sensed could be different people altogether.
She looked around the room and recognised the traditional Konoha designs and style of furniture, and immediately understood she was in Konoha still, but she didn't know if she was in an inn or a house.
She wondered what would happen next. She would probably either be rescued by Konoha ninja, or to her distress, be forced to join Akatsuki. If she did join Akatsuki, that would make her a missing nin, but she wondered if her friends would understand it if they knew her options. Of course, she'd probably go with whatever Akatsuki wanted her to do until she found a chance to escape. But if she was teamed up with one such as the Uchiha or someone worse… She may never see her beloved friends again.
A tear of frustration running down her cheek, her eyes drooped as she suddenly felt sleepy, and drifted off to sleep.
"Sakura…" A familiar voice called.
"Sakura… Sakura! Wake up!" The voice said again.
Sakura's eyes flew open, to see a pale image of a woman in front of her. She looked familiar, she definitely could tell that she knew this woman.
She had long blonde hair which was curled at the bottom, and eyes like honey. Her face was similar to Sakura's, just without the pink hair and green eyes. She looked at her, and then looked around herself. She was surrounded by white light, not blinding but soothing.
"Sakura, this will be the last time you'll ever see me or talk to me." The woman said. Sakura tried to speak, but found no voice coming from her.
"I've given you the last of my strength in the form of a blessing. Find someone strong, the strongest person you know, it can't be a female, and give him your heart. If you do this you will be safe, and no harm will be able to come to you. It's ok if you can't remember me, you don't need t. I've also given you part of my knowledge. If you don't understand something, the answer will come to you somehow. This is my last gift to you, I'm sorry I couldn't be with you for all these years." The woman said, and then disappeared into the light.
Well, thanks for reading the chapter, sorry it was so crap xD I will be able to continue the story though from this chapter, this chapter got rid of the writers block for this story xD (Helped me remember stuff and develop stuff that will continue the story xD)
The story will get more interesting soon ;~; I hope ;~; Dun give up on me now people D:
Hint on what will happen next chapter ~
Sakura joins the Akatsuki, but forgets what happened in her dream completely. INNER Sakura is much more direct in things, but calmer, why?
Find out next time in... ETHEREAL REFLECTIONS!
And I promise you wont have to wait another year or two or three till the next update x.x
READ AND REVIEW PEOPLE XD
And thank you all those who waited patiently ;-; I been writing other ItaSaku oneshots instead xD Which I kind of like better cause this is now an AU since Itachi didn't kill the clan cause he wanted too etc DX
