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Biohazard

He stared at her for a moment as she shifted under his gaze. She didn't like telling anybody her secret. She feared what the people would think of her or how they would look at her. And she did not like how onii-chan stared at her. It was kind of… making her nervous and embarrassed. She wondered if he would leave her and call her a weirdo, or maybe, just maybe, he'd take it as a joke and continue with the mission. There was also a slim chance that he'd smile and accept it. But then, that's just wishful thinking on her part.

"Er… see things, like… a third eye?" he asked after a moment of silence.

She blinked and shook her head. "No, not that kind, what I mean is, I can see where monsters will appear or attack next."

"…A combination of the Byaakugan and Sharingan?" he thought, brows furrowing. "How..?"

"…Daddy said it was God's blessing to me."

Well, he couldn't expect a scientific answer from a little girl. Looks like he'll have to do some research about this, as well as this child's family background; blood tests may be required, though she might not be able to handle it. Sighing, he patted the girl's head for assurance that he wasn't going to leave her alone. He can tell from the look in her eyes that she was worried about his reaction.

"Let's go." He said, giving a grin.

She looked relieved at that and smiled, nodding her head once as she took a hold of Sasuke's offered hand.


Chapter 9: Reality VS Fantasy

They've been circling the area for hours and still no sign of their friends or Sasuke and the child.

"This is getting too hard." Shino murmured, glancing around. Personally, he wouldn't worry too much about Sasuke, but since he had to make sure the kid with him is safe, it makes him feel uneasy that his partner might get hurt in the process. "Sakura."

She nodded and took out a gadget from her pocket. "We're nearing a train station. So far, no monsters are identified inside the train, only dead bodies." She kept the gadget as soon as Shino gave one nod. "We'll head there for the time being. It could be a way to get out of here fast, and possibly locate the others easily by circling the area." He checked his wrist watch, pressing a few buttons first before stopping to look at the countdown before sanitation process begins. "We've got about six hours and fifty-three seconds to finish this mission."

"Shino…"

He looked at her.

"I'm… what if… what if we don't spot the others?"

"…We have no choice but to leave them behind."

"…And Sasuke and the little girl?"

"…" he couldn't say anything to that. It was obvious that if they ran out of time, they had to get out. It was the very order of the higher ups.

"Shino..?"

"…We leave when it's time. Until then, we need to keep searching, and I hope that we can find them."

Sakura lowered her head a bit, not giving any response. It was hard to accept that kind of reality check. But then, Shino did say that until they run out of time, they'll keep searching. That's enough to give her hope, and of course, she had to believe in the rest of the team, she had to have faith in Sasuke. She knew him, she knew he wouldn't just accept defeat too easily. He never considered losing an option. He would always search for another solution to a problem if the first one doesn't work. He's like that, he's Uchiha Sasuke. He does not quit. Not at all.

Her hand reached to clasp the ring that was secured by the chain that held her dog tags. "Sasuke, you have to make it. You just have to." Her grip tightened, and she stopped when Shino did. During this time, she raised her head to look at the night sky. The color was as dark as Sasuke's eyes, and it made her miss him more, made her worry more. "You have to."


"Tch. Didn't know you had it in you." He took her outstretched hand as she smiled and stuck her tongue out at him playfully. Smirking, he pulled her down, having her land on top of him, their faces so close, noses already touching, breaths mixing, and eyes locked onto each other. Her lips were parted in a way that was ready to scold him for what he did, but the words did not leave her mouth, and instead, remained unsaid. She only caught his eyes, and it was enough to make her forget whatever she planned on saying.

"Hn. Cat got your tongue? Funny how I don't see a cat here."

He leaned a bit closer, not yet touching her lips with his, but close enough to tease her, to make her impatient.

"Are you going to get up or not?" he asked later on. She blushed and pulled back, head looking elsewhere as she pouted, her brows furrowed and cheeks puffed. It was obvious that he pissed her off, again. "Alright, looks like you look pretty comfy there." He commented, eyeing their position. He was on his back, though his elbows supported him so that he was leaning upward a bit, while she was straddling his waist, minimizing his movements due to that. Her hands were dangerously close to what made him a man, and the idea of her fingers wrapping around that certain part of his body was giving him a hard-on.

"Sakura."

"What?"

"Get off."

She blinked, stared at him and then grinned. "Make me."

He frowned. "Get. Off."

"Nyeh." She stuck her tongue out again, feeling high and mighty since her fiancé can't move too much.

"I'm warning you."

"Boo hoo, I'm scared." She said in a sarcastic tone. "Whaccha gonna do to me?" she taunted.

He twitched. "You don't wanna know."

"Oh?" she quirked a brow. "For someone who isn't in any position to counter, you sure are smug."

"Just get off."

"Nah. Like you said, I'm too comfortable here." She leaned down a bit and grinned. At her action, it caused her hands to press harder on the area near his private part, and he did not like it one bit. Of course, he was only saying he didn't want the feeling because he had to act professional in the training room with Sakura. He was responsible for her, so he had to train her to be a formidable soldier. A medic soldier at that. "Sakura, get off."

She smirked evilly, knowing why, since she just felt it. "You're feeling horny, aren't you?"

"What the fuck? No!"

"Yeah? Then what's with your penis poking me?"

"…"

"Aww… Sasu-chan is speechless..!" of course, she can't just admit that his erection was too close to her core, and it was also making her feel hot and aroused. "I can't believe you'd still be lusting for me even during training! You're such a bad boy Sasu-chan!" she poked his nose repeatedly, and he scowled at the action.

"Will you please get off?"

"If I do, you might just pin me down and have your way with me, so never mind."

"If you don't, I seriously will."

"How?" she grinned.

"Sakura!"

"Yes?"

"GET OFF!"

"Uh-uh." She shook her head at that and leaned lower. "I don't think I can handle it anymore." She breathed, her eyes clouding over as she gave a seductive look at him, which caused his cheeks to turn a bright shade of red. "It aches…" she whispered.

"What the fuck are you-" he got cut off when she kissed him, her tongue forcing itself inside his mouth as he tried to control himself. They were inside the training room! People might catch them once they step in. It wasn't good, even if their commander is a pervert. "Mmph, Saku-" he couldn't complete her name when she bit his neck and sucked. He was feeling too embarrassed at the idea of her being in control. "Damn it, Sakura!" he cursed, placing his hands on her shoulders and trying to push her away. "Stop it." He said sternly. "This is a training room. We can't-" she cut him off again when she kissed him, pulled his hands away and had them pinned down, her grip was tight, and he was having a hard time in getting his hands free.

She pulled away for air as they both panted, catching their breaths. That was one hot kiss they just had.

"Fuck you." He murmured.

"Hm." She smirked cockily. "I think I'm the one who's about to fuck you, lieutenant." And somehow, when she kissed him again, he didn't put up much of a fight any longer, and she released his wrists, which led to him pulling her head lower and deeper. Hell, if she was going to remain on top of him, then he might as well enjoy it. "Tch, you're dead when we get caught." He hissed, letting her push his jacket off of him. "Correction," she said, pulling his shirt off swiftly. "IF we get caught." She leaned down again and kissed him, letting his hands invade under her shirt. "I locked the door." She whispered.

"Hn." He smirked. "You should've said that earlier."


"Sakura, if you're done daydreaming about what happened during your last training session with Sasuke, I'd appreciate it if you lend me a hand here."

She snapped from her thoughts and spotted Shino having difficulty in moving some rocks away. "Oh, sorry." She rushed towards him to help, only realizing just then that Shino knew of her last training with Sasuke. "Wait a minute, how did you-"

"Every area in HQ has been equipped with surveillance cameras, especially when most male rookies were caught making out with some of the female nurses or soldiers." Shino smirked. "Though yours and Sasuke's recent training was the best one we've ever watched."

"Wait! You watched that?!"

"Yeah. Every soldier of SA squad saw it."

"Shit…"

"It's alright, the captain and commander didn't show any signs of opposing your relationship. In fact," he smirked. "They supported it more, especially since in the past, all you two ever did was make-out, which wasn't a very satisfying show at all."

Her cheeks turned pink, putting the color of her hair to shame. "You guys saw everything?! Even the past ones?!"

"Yup. And Sasuke still has no idea about it." He snickered. "He's still clueless about the reason why we often call him Sas-UKE."

"…No wonder."

Shino froze a bit, before smirking and looking behind him. "Good to see you're still in one piece." He greeted, watching as his partner and the little girl approach him and Sakura, who was too relieved to see her fiancé alive and well. Her excitement won over, and she rushed to hug him, and Sasuke just let her be, the child with him walking towards Shino to give the couple a moment.

"Hn. I'm fine, don't worry."

She pulled back and gave a smile and a nod. He returned the grin before turning back to Shino with a serious look. "I didn't find any trace of the others, did you?" he asked, hoping Shino and Sakura had had better luck. When the bug-boy shook his head, Sasuke cursed and sighed, trying to remain calm and composed. "Good news though," Shino added. "Behind this rubble is a train. If we can get to it, we can operate it and have it circle Tokyo, with our detectors and radars on."

"Right." Sasuke approached the rocks with Sakura tailing behind, keeping the little girl a few feet away. "Let's start digging then."

As they did, Sasuke told Sakura to keep an eye on the girl, whose name he just found out was Seika.

"So, how did you manage to live without much of a scratch?" Shino asked. "Last time I checked, the area you two ended up in happens to be filled with so many Lickers."

"Seika," he turned to the girl for a brief moment then turned back to the rocks. "She kept telling me that Lickers are about to attack. Though strange…"

"Pfft. Kidding aside…"

"Trust me, the reason I'm still alive and kicking is because of her warnings."

"You expect me to believe that a seven year old kid can predict?"

"Shino, I know it sounds… unbelievable… but I'm not one to tell when I myself don't believe it."

"True…" Shino eyed the child who was busy being entertained by Sakura so that she wouldn't be frightened. "But what's so strange if she does have a gift?" he asked, turning back to Sasuke. "Well," the Uchiha began. "Aside from the sharingan that can detect heat and predict movements earlier, the byaakugan that can see through anything, this gift she's saying… it's…" he trailed off. "It's one of the symptoms of Lickers, if not Crawlers."

"Are you saying…"

"No, Shino. Just assuming that it's possible, yet it's only one symptom out of the six ones we discovered, so she's still safe."

"You do realize what we have to do if three or more start showing."

"Yeah." Sasuke stopped for a moment as his eyes went forlorn. "No matter how much I'd hate to do it, I have to."

"For humanity's sake, Sasuke, you need to."

"Hn."

They finally got rid of the remaining stones and were glad to see that the train still looked in good condition.

"We just have to operate it then." Shino said. "But first," he checked his rifles to see if they were loaded. "We need to clear it."

"Sakura, stay on guard and close." Sasuke ordered, earning a nod from her as she held Seika's small hand. "Let's go." The four cautiously entered the open door of the train, glad that it wasn't locked. Slowly but surely, they shot each head of the dead bodies they spotted to make sure they stay dead. Once they reached the last cart – technically the first one since it's the control room – Shino began operating the train.

"I'm glad RAS offers training in all types of transportations…"

"Hn." Sasuke glanced up at a screen that showed the other areas of the train. "Can it run?"

"Yeah, but we've got one problem." Shino said. "We need the master card, which I suppose is in the driver's room. Where, I'm not sure."

"Tch. You two stay here with Shino then."

"No way Uchiha." Shino countered. "I know you're immune from the virus, but you're prone to death like any of us. Take Sakura with you."

"How can I die if we just cleared the path?"

"I'm not taking any chances again, partner. Just take Sakura. We're of equal ranks, so technically, we can both be leaders."

Sasuke sighed and just shook his head. "Okay, okay. Let's go Cherry."

"I though her name was Sakura..?" Seika voiced out. The couple left Shino to entertain the child for the time being.


The pair walked on, guns held for a ready shot in case something attacks them. From behind him, he could sense the fear coming from his fiancée, and he felt responsible in calming her down. It was obvious anyway that he had to, since it might lead to their deaths. "Sakura." He called. "Relax, alright?"

"Tell that to me when I'm sure we won't die."

"Tch. You belittle our abilities too much."

"No, Sasuke. This isn't a fantasy game wherein you can live again once you die! This is reality!"

He noticed how her eyes had become quite watery – and he knew that she was really scared. "Hey, ai." He approached her and pulled the girl to him with one arm. "Sshh. It's okay, we'll get out of here. Trust me on that."

"I want to, but I keep on thinking about the possibilities of what could happen!"

"Sakura," he whispered. "You're not usually like this, what's wrong?"

She didn't know what to say to that. He was right, she wasn't like this. Back in their first meeting, she was much more level-headed, and that was when she barely had any experience in the battlefield. Now that she's been undergoing RAS training, she should be calmer than ever. But what is it that kept on nagging at her in the back of her mind? What's making her so worried in the depths of her heart and soul? Why can't she just trust her fiancé's words? Why can't she believe in herself and in Sasuke?

"I don't know," she said, calming down now. "I just… I'm…"

She didn't really get to finish what she intended on saying because she felt his lips on her forehead.

"We'll get out of here, I swear." He grabbed her hand and led her to the other end of the train, all the while hoping that his instincts were right in guiding them to the room they were looking for. They had to get out of here – fast.

"Sasuke."

He stopped and tapped his communicator lightly to get rid of the static before answering his partner.

"Get back here, Seika found the card. It was lying underneath a pile of rubble after all."

"Hn." He glanced at Sakura. "Just start the train; we'll stay here in case something happens."

"Good idea. Hang on to something first, or sit down."

Sasuke turned to his fiancée and led her to one of the seats of the station. "Hey, look at me." She did. "We're getting out of here, alright? Just wait and see, we'll make it, I promise." With a nod from her, he grabbed onto one of the hand rails when he felt the train start moving. His eyes scanned the area outside as they made their way outside the tunnel and spotted the ruins of Tokyo. Everything was either set on fire or wrecked. Monsters littered the ground, dead bodies scattered all over the place and still no sign of a survivor or any of their comrades. He was just thankful that the train was built to run on high ground, otherwise, those creatures would've been ambushing them by now.

"I just really hope we'll make it alive."

His dark orbs caught sight of vines suddenly appearing on the windows of their ride, like they just ran over a huge plant. Ignoring it, he started to contemplate on a few things, but was snapped back to reality when the train shook, forcing Shino to make an emergency stop. "What the fuck?!" he called to his partner who was cursing in the control room.

"Plant problem." Shino answered. "If we don't get rid of it now, we'll be trapped."

"Technically, we're sitting ducks right now since we're not on solid ground," he peeked outside the window. "We're approximately fifty feet above."

Sakura got up and eyed the vines that seemed like they were about to wrap the cart like a boa does to its prey based from how the glass was starting to have small cracks. "Shit. Shino, just hang in there, I'll take care of this." And as soon as he got a reply from Shino, the windows broke, causing the broken pieces of glass to fly towards them as they ducked to avoid fatal wounds. Once it was over, he and Sakura got back up and stayed alert as the vines entered and grew thicker and larger.

To make things worse, the vines started wrapping around every body that lay lifeless on the floor, wrapping them in a cocoon like case as spiders the size of Seika started crawling in from outside.

"We're so dead." He told himself, and Sakura had to resist the urge to punch him after just reassuring her earlier that they'll live.

To be continued…


Next on Biohazard: Chapter 10: Search and Destroy

"Promise me this," she looked at him in the eye. "As soon as we're out of here, you'll marry me. I don't care how simple or rushed it is, I just want to finally be with you, I don't want to ever live with questions in my head of possibilities that you might be gone, that you might not be mine anymore, that you may end up-" he cut her off when he kissed her, smiling softly when he pulled away. "You talk too much." She was surprised when his inky interlaced with hers, and his lips turned to a smirk as he stared back at her. "I promise I'll marry you once we're home free."

And without waiting for her response, he ran after Kakashi, Neji, Naruto, Shikamaru and Gaara, leaving his fiancée with the other members of RAS. They still had once more mission to complete before their time runs out: Search and Destroy Riku.


A/N: So the ending of Biohazard's second part is coming. But relax, it doesn't end there. Back then, I said that Biohazard has two parts, but now it has three. After the next chapter, the eleventh will be the start of the third arc.