So many dreams were broken and so much was sacrificed
Was it worth the ones we loved and had to leave behind?
So many years have past, who are the noble and the wise?
Will all our sins be justified?
Chapter 8: Hands of Sorrow
"So, what happened to Hebi anyway?" Sakura asked as they continued walking around Konoha
"I don't know, they probably went their own separate ways," Sasuke answered with a shrug as they came up to the bench where he knocked her out two years ago
"Well I guess the Akatsuki decided to go back to their base, the gates are open and the guards are fine," Sakura pointed out when they came into eyesight of the big gates
"Yeah, let's go back home, you need to rest," Sasuke said in a commanding tone making Sakura narrow her eyes at him
"You can't always tell me what to do, besides I don't have a home, my parents most likely threw my stuff out by now," Sakura said looking away from him, a sad look in her eyes
"I guess you could stay with me then, I should still have my apartment, I don't think the village got rid of it that easily," Sasuke offered earning a smile from Sakura
"Arigato Sasuke-kun!!" Sakura said with a wide grin as she hugged Sasuke, but before Sasuke could answer her back he was pulled away by small hands grabbing the back of his shirt and pulling him away from Sakura
"What the fuck?!" both Sasuke and Sakura yelled, looking to see who was behind the ruining of their sweet fluffy moment
"Who the fuck do you think you are bitch?!" Karin asked yelling at Sakura as she tightened an arm around Sasuke's right arm, earning an annoyed and disgusted look from him
"No, the question is, who the fuck do you think you are, you little slut?!!" Sakura yelled, giving Karin her infamous death glare which she learned from Sasuke, but Karin only flinched for a second
"Who're you calling the slut?!!!" Karin yelled
"I call them as I see them," Sakura answered pushing Karin off the edge, so she charged at Sakura, to try to punch her, but Sakura easily dodged, and kicked Karin's back, sending her flying to a tree face first
"If you couldn't beat me last time, what makes you think you can beat me now?!" Sakura yelled at the kunoichi who stood up and performed some hand seals, summoning some shadow clones and sending them to Sakura, but Sakura easily dodged each of their attacks and made them all crash into each other, making smoke form around her "Do you seriously think you can defeat me? I guess you really want to die," Sakura said performing some hand seals and quickly ran to Karin, appearing in front of her, and punched her, but Karin blocked, making Sakura only punch her arm. But then it turned to flames, and spread throughout her body, the blazes earning screams and cries of anguish and pain, as the flames burned her alive, Sasuke and Sakura continued to stand there with their emotionless facades on as they watched the annoying kunoichi slowly die.
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"About time that bitch is finally dead," Sakura said under her breath as some footsteps came running their way, making Sasuke and Sakura turn to see the guards looking at them
"Who was screaming, what the hell did you two do?!!" one of the guards yelled, finally glancing at the dead burned form of Karin, then they looked back up at Sakura and saw that she was closer to the dead kunoichi, so they put 2 and 2 together and figured out that Sakura was the cause of the kunoichi's death
"I think you need to see Tsunade-sama," the other guard said grabbing Sakura's arm, not earning a reaction from the kunoichi, as they walked away, Sasuke following them, rubbing his throbbing head at his love's stupidity
'She shouldn't have killed Karin so close to the guards, idiot,' Sasuke thought as Sakura turned to face him, giving him a sheepish grin
"Gomen Sasuke-kun, I got carried away," Sakura said nervously scratching the back of her head as Sasuke shook his head, the group reaching Hokage tower in a matter of seconds.
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"What did you do now Sakura?!" Tsunade asked rubbing her temple when a guard showed up with her apprentice in his grasp
"This kunoichi was found with another kunoichi, dead, she killed the other one," the guard said pushing Sakura to the desk, earning a death glare from Sasuke that made the guard flinch and cower to the other side of the room
"Is this true Sakura?" Tsunade asked
"Yeah," Sakura said with a shrug earning a punch from Tsunade
"Idiot!! You haven't even been hear for an hour and you're already killing?!!!" Tsunade yelled as Sakura rubbed her head
"She wasn't even a leaf-nin, who knows what she was planning to do," Sakura answered, gathering what little chakra she had left and healed her throbbing head
'Pfft. She just didn't want Karin around to hang around me,' Sasuke thought as he mentally smirked
"sigh Just go home Sakura, we'll deal with you later on, please stay out of trouble until then," Tsunade said rubbing her temples as she grabbed a bottle of sake and downed it with one gulp
"Hai Tsunade-sama," Sakura said bowing and walking out of the tower with Sasuke next to her.
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"Well, here we are, home sweet home," Sasuke said opening the door to his dusty apartment, everything in the same order as he left it two years ago
"Wow, I can't believe you still have this place!" Sakura said, as she sat on the bed, making dust fly around her, making her cough "They could've at least sent someone to clean the place up, coughcough," Sakura said breaking into more coughs as Sasuke patted her back
"I paid the village to keep this as my home no matter what happens, I didn't have enough money to ask them to send someone to clean this up," Sasuke said when Sakura finished coughing
"Let's just get some sleep, we'll worry about cleaning up tomorrow after I see the elders," Sakura said lying back on the bad, instantly falling asleep, as Sasuke laid next to her, wrapping his arms around her waist.
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The next morning Sakura woke up and rushed to the bathroom, emptying her stomach of what little food it held, causing Sasuke to wake up when he heard the sounds she was making "Sakura, are you ok?" Sasuke asked, knocking on the bathroom door, a look of concern and worry crossing over his face.
"Yeah, I'm fine, don't worry about it, the dust probably made me sick," Sakura said trying to reassure them both, even though she knew that there was no reason for her to all of a sudden throw up like the way she was 'No way am I throwing up just because of dust, I'm not allergic to dust, and I haven't eaten anything since lunch yesterday, so why the hell am I throwing up? Not unless-' Sakura thought but was taken from her thoughts by Sasuke's voice
"Get ready Sakura, remember you have to go meet Tsunade in a hour," Sasuke said, seeing that it was already noon
"Oh right!" Sakura said flushing the toilet, and hopping into the shower after she brushed her teeth. 20 minutes later Sakura opened the door, wearing nothing but a towel, "Sasuke-kun, do you have any clothes I could borrow?" Sakura asked, Sasuke nodding and rummaging through his drawers pulling out a pair of boxers, his old shorts and shirt that he wore in his genin days, Sakura took them with a smile "Arigato!" Sakura said making a light blush appear on his cheeks
"Hn," Sasuke answered as Sakura went back to the bathroom and put the clothes on, then she ran outside to Hokage Tower.
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"Ah, there you are Sakura, come in," Tsunade said when Sakura entered as Tsunade quirked an eyebrow at her choice of clothes making Sakura blush
"Hello, everyone," Sakura said getting rid of her blush as she sat at a chair that was in front of the elder couple
"Now let's discuss your punishment, shall we child?" the elder woman said, Sakura nodding in response
"Now, we've been informed that you killed an Akatsuki, and shortly after you ended up joining them, what was the reason?" the elder man asked, Sakura keeping her emotionless façade on
"Simple, I wanted revenge on Sasuke Uchiha, and try to force him back," Sakura truthfully answered
"But why would you bring him back if you were banned yourself?" the elder woman asked, quirking an eyebrow at her
"It wouldn't matter to me, as long as I had my revenge, do you have any idea what it's like to love someone, but to keep getting hurt by that special someone, then when he decides to leave and betray Konoha, you ask to go with him so long as you can be with him, but you're turned down and knocked out just because you were too weak?! That was my reason for betraying Konoha," Sakura said, shocking everyone in the room, most of them knew that Sakura had a crush on him, but they never fully understood her feelings for him.
"Hmm, and is it true that you rescued Naruto Uzumaki from the Akatsuki, before they could take the Kyuubi from him?" the elder woman asked again, as Sakura started playing with her Akatsuki ring which was placed on her left ring finger
"Yes," Sakura answered
"But when you came back, we were informed that you had killed a kunoichi is this correct?" the elder man asked, as Sakura nodded, a grim look crossing over Sakura's superiors' faces
"What was your reason for killing her Sakura?" Tsunade asked before the elders could ask that question themselves.
"Because she favored Orochimaru, and I didn't want her to hang around Sasuke just to force him to leave again," Sakura answered, throwing in a couple of lies that no one could see.
"Well then, based on these, your punishment is to start out as a genin all over again and you won't be able to accept any missions for two months, is that clear?" the elder man stated causing Sakura to go wide-eyed
"What?! I have to start all over again!?!! But I was a fucking jounin!!!" Sakura yelled standing from her seat, knocking the chair over
"We understand, but this seems like the best punishment for your actions, you may leave now," the elder woman said, as Sakura stomped out of the room.
"She'll survive, I apologize for her actions," Tsunade apologized, bowing to the two elders
"No need to apologize, Sakura is an extraordinary shinobi, we have high expectations for team 7 to become the next three saanin, she just needs to have some control," the elder woman said making Tsunade smile before walking away.
TBC
A/N: Finally finished with this chapter. I FINALLY KILLED KARIN!!! I hate her, and just a couple of days ago I found out that she was actually a red-head, but whatever, I'm too lazy to change anything. And I'm now telling you, go read chapter 347, you get to see Konohamaru's new and improved sexy jutsu…boy on boy. Anyway. Yeah, u don't have to read that to understand the next chapter. Next chapter should be up on either Monday or Tuesday. Until then!!
Adios!!!!