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Last time on Before it's too late
"What a beautiful story" Sakura said as she stared at the tree. "Imagine…falling in love like that…"
"Yes, very beautiful story indeed." Leo said with a smile. "Too bad it's just a myth" he said crushing Sakura's fantasy. "Well let's carry on, there's still more grounds to cover before it gets dark"
Sakura stayed back as she touched the tree. To her it felt warm.
'Just a myth…' Sakura told herself.
"Forehead girl, let's go!" Ino called out.
"I'm coming!" Sakura said as she ran to her friends. Unknown to her, light giggles were heard from the tree.
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Everyone was sound asleep as Sakura continued to stare up at the ceiling. She continued to think about her situation and Sasuke. In two weeks, she would get married to Kaoru and she wouldn't have to deal with Sasuke and that girl. She kept telling herself she wouldn't care, but she couldn't help but wonder.
"Were you just messing around with me?" Sakura whispered to the sleeping Sasuke across the room. She silently got up and walked outside the hut, making sure not to wake up the other two.
Sakura had walked to a nearby lake as the moonlight shined upon it, making the water sparkle. Sakura hugged her knees as she looked at her reflection. She soon saw blue eyes but didn't make any moves to get up and run.
"Deidara…." Sakura said.
"So you know me, yeah?" Deidara said with a grin.
"You are on the bingo book, a member of Akatsuki. So you have been attacking the village!" Sakura said as she continued to look at the lake. Deidara was amazed that she wasn't showing any sign of fear.
"What's a girl like you doing here about by yourself? Anyone can come and hurt you, you know, yeah" Deidara took a seat next to the girl. Sakura had carefully looked at him. If he wanted to hurt her, he would have done so already.
Deidara's eyes widened as he saw her. He had seen her before, back when they were after Gaara. She was the one who killed Sasori. But he had never seen her like this. The moonlight as the
water had reflected on her face. It was a stunning sight to see. The only thing that seemed out of place was her expression. It was so sad and confused. It didn't seem right to see that on her face.
Deidara's eyes widened. What was he doing? Here he was with the enemy, and he's worrying about her face. Tobi was probably rubbing off on him.
"Why are you attacking the village?" Sakura asked. "These are innocent people, and they have done no wrong"
Deidara hesitated to tell her. She was the enemy after all. But he told her anyways. "We're trying to get a scroll. They have it and they didn't agree to hand it over, so we just bombed it for fun. It's really boring as hell over at the base. Kisame is drunk all the time, ever since Itachi died. Tobi just annoys the hell out of us both. Always around and hyper, yeah"
Sakura giggled a bit. "Reminds me of Naruto, Tobi that is"
There, Deidara thought. That was what belonged on her face.
"Are you not afraid, yeah?" Deidara asked.
Sakura didn't say anything for a minute. "No, even if you killed people. I've done the same as well, even if I didn't like it. We're still the same. We're still all human right?"
Deidara felt weird inside. She was the first person to consider him human. Other people thought of him as a monster. Even his own mother had, when she saw the mouth on his hand.
"Thanks, yeah" Deidara said as he kissed Sakura on the cheek. He then disappeared into the night. Sakura just stood there dumbstruck. She was just kissed by an S-rank criminal! But he was nice. What has she gotten herself into now?
Sakura got up to go back into the hut. She quietly got back in and went to sleep, in a good mood this time.
Sasuke had opened his eyes. Where did she go this late at night? She came back safe and that was all that mattered. He soon went back to sleep.
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It was morning as everyone was eating breakfast. Leo had joined them to make them feel welcomed. Sakura continued to think about what Deidara had told her.
"We're trying to get a scroll. They have it and they didn't agree to hand it over…"
"I wonder what's so important about a scroll'
"Hey Leo-sama, I was wondering, do you have any scrolls that deals with medical?" Sakura asked trying to see if he would take the bait and led on to talking about the scroll Deidara wanted.
"Why yes, we have many. We have another scroll, very important, yes indeed. Three members from the Akatsuki came and asked for it, but we said no. So they began to attack our village" Leo began to stroke his long beard. Hit, line, and sinker…
"What's so important about a scroll?" Ino asked.
"Listen here blonde, this scroll is special" Leo said as he began to search for something under his robe. He soon took out a scroll.
Kakashi sweat dropped. "Isn't it kind of dangerous to hold the scroll, it could drop or something"
"That's why it's so special" Leo said "You want to know why?" Soon everyone gathered around to hear.
Leo smiled as he unrolled it. "It's blank!" He said with a smile. Everyone fell out of their chairs except for Sakura. Thank god for Tsunade's training. Since she became Tsunade's apprentice, she had to deal with scrolls and Tsunade had thought her how to read scrolls like this. The old man was right. The scroll was completely blank.
"Then why does Akatsuki want a blank scroll?" Tenten asked.
"That's a very good question bun head, that's because they want the real scroll" Leo said.
"Then you've hidden the scroll somewhere safe?" Shikamaru said.
"Actually no, it's gone" Leo said.
"D-Did someone take it?" Hinata asked.
"Nope" Leo said.
"Then what happened to it?" Karin asked.
"You see many years ago…" Leo then put his head down. Everyone just waited until you could hear snoring coming from him.
'He fell asleep again while telling a story' everyone thought.
"Wake up" Naruto said.
Leo soon woke up. "Is it time for dinner?"
"No, you were telling us a story about the scroll" Kaoru said.
"Ah yes! You see, many years ago, during my first few years as leader of this village, a Hokage from your village had asked us to hide this scroll. So as I was starting a fire for the village's traditional bonfire, I had accidentally dropped the scroll in the fire" Leo said with a smile.
'He burnt the scroll? How did he become the leader of this village?' Everyone thought again.
"So I replaced the scroll and said there was a jutsu placed under it, making it blank. Smart huh?"
"What was the scroll about?" Naruto asked.
"You know, you look just like the Hokage who gave me the scroll" Leo said with a smile.
"The fourth Hokage gave you that scroll?" Kakashi asked.
"Yup. It was about how to make the perfect ramen ever!" Leo said. Naruto's eyes glint as the words 'the perfect ramen' came to his ears.
"A scroll to make the perfect ramen ever…" Naruto said as he slowly turned around. "AND YOU DROP IT TO THE FIRE! Oh father, why were you so cruel to leave it in the hands of this man?"
Soon Sakura hit him in the head. "Naruto, you're being really rude!" Sakura scolded him. "But why would Akatsuki want that scroll?"
"Who knows" Leo said. "Oh yes, that reminds me! We're having our annual bonfire coming up soon in three days. You can buy a yukata at some of the stores here. You must wear a mask to hide your identity. It's for fun. There will be dances, food, and games."
"Sounds fun" Temari said.
"Sounds fun indeed…" A voice said from the trees. "It seems the scroll was burnt, but that doesn't mean why can't have any fun right?"
"Heh, fun as in ruining their bonfire, yeah?"
"Tobi wants to go to a bonfire!"
"Shut up, yeah"
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"We should go look for a yukata!" Ino said.
"Yes just us five!" Tenten said.
"Six" Sakura said.
"What do you mean, there's only five of us forehead-girl; you, me, Hinata, Tenten, and Temari"
"You guys are forgetting Karin-san" Hinata said.
"You're considering inviting her to come with us?" Ino asked. "She's trying to steal Sasuke away from you"
"Doesn't mean I have to be mean to her, right?" Sakura said. Tenten sighed.
"You are too nice for your own good" Sakura just laughed as she went to Karin's hut.
"Hello" Sakura said as she smiled.
"Ah, Sakura-chan!" Kaoru said as he hugged her. "I finally get to see you for once!"
"Haha yeah, but I'm here to talk to Karin" Sakura said. Kaoru looked at Karin to see her nod at him as he left the hut.
"What, are you hear to talk about me and Sasuke-kun? Well forget it, he loves me, get that through your big forehead okay?!" Karin said.
Sakura tried to control her inner self from coming out.
"Let me at her! Let me teach this bitch a lesson! Shanarro!"
"Actually, I came here to ask if you wanted to come with me and the girls to pick out yukatas together" Sakura said. Karin soon regretted saying what she just said.
'Even after I said that, she still asked me to go with her…' Karin thought.
"Okay…" Karin said as the two headed to the girls.
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"Hinata, you should get this! It will look really cute on you. Naruto's mouth will drop when he sees you in this!" Ino teased as Hinata blushed. She was currently trying on a grey yukata with a blue obi to match. The yukata had nice cloud designs on it.
"I'll be getting this one. I just love the color" Ino said. She was holding an orange yukata with grass designs on the tips of the bottom and flowers with colorful butterflies on it. It had a yellow obi to go with it.
Temari had bought a purple yukata with fan designs, go figure. It was really cute thought. It had a nice lavender obi. Tenten got a green yukata with yellow flowers on it and a yellow obi to go along with it. The girls were surrounding Hinata as they helped her find a yukata. Sakura turned around to see Karin just looking around the store. She could tell Karin was feeling shy.
"Hey, did you find a yukata yet?" Karin didn't say anything as she shook her head. Sakura made a face before grabbing Karin and looking around the store. After a couple of minutes, Sakura found something.
"How about this" Sakura was holding a nice grayish blue yukata with dark blue star designs with a red obi. It seemed to go well with Karin. Karin had looked at the design before nodding.
"Thanks…" She said. "Did you find one yet?"
"Nope" Sakura said as she looked around. "I'm the only one who doesn't have one yet!"
"I'll help…" Karin said. Sakura stared at Karin as she looked away with a light blush on her face.
"Thank you!" Sakura said with a smile. Karin looked around until she found one that seemed to match Sakura perfectly. It was a white yukata with a soft light pink obi to go with it. It had a beautiful light pink design.
"I think this would go well with you" Karin said. Sakura's eyes widened when she saw it. It was beautiful.
"I love it! Let's go pay for this right away" Sakura said as she and Karin went to the cashier.
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Naruto watched as people from the village started to go out more. There hasn't been an attack yet.
"People, I have great news!" Leo said as people began to exit their homes to go see what Leo had to say. "I had just received news from the enemy. They said that they have lost interest of the scroll and will not harm this village anymore!" People began to cheer.
"I guess we weren't needed after all" Shikamaru said.
"You guys are still invited to the bonfire coming up, think of this as a little vacation I guess" Leo said.
"Thank you, I guess we can still stick around just to be sure that they are complete gone" Kakashi said.
"Yes, yes! Please go and explore this village we have a nice hot spa up ahead, you ninja need it" Leo said. "Everything will be on the house"
Leo soon led the boys to the spa as they got relaxed.
"This feels great. It's almost as good as Konoha's!" Naruto said.
"For once I agree" Sasuke said.
"So are you gonna ask her?" Naruto asked.
"Ask who?"
"Sakura-san of course!" Lee said.
"She's going with me" Kaoru said with a smirk on his face. Neji, Naruto, and Sasuke just glared at him.
"She's-"Sasuke was cut off when Kaoru snapped his fingers. "She's going with him; I shall be going with Karin"
Naruto's mouth dropped and so did Neji's. "You're what"
"You heard him" Kaoru said. "I'm going with Sakura-chan and he'll go with Karin-chan"
The boys looked at each other then back at Sasuke.
"Are you serious?" Shikamaru asked. "What about Sakura"
"What about her?" Sasuke asked.
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The girls had also gone to the spa as they heard what the boys had said. Karin knew that Sasuke didn't mean that. It was only because of Kaoru. Sakura had become silent and this made Karin feel even guiltier. Sakura had been nice to her when no one else was, and this is what she returned for her kindness.
"I don't feel like going anymore. You can go with Sasuke in replace of me" Soon Karin froze. Why did she just say that?
"It's okay, you guys are lovers so you guys should go with each other" Sakura said in a fake happy tone. "Besides, it's only right that I go with Kaoru-san, we will be married in a week or two"
Karin's guilt only grew more.
'Why do I want to tell her what's really going on' Karin told herself. 'This is too confusing for me! Sasuke belongs to me, who cares if she gets hurt in the processes?"
"Well, I guess I'm done for today. I'll be going back to the hut" Karin said as she got up and left.
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Sakura looked up at the starry night. She couldn't sleep again. She looked up at the legendary tree that was near the lake. It was tall, so she could see it from here. Sakura wiped her tears away.
"Why is my love life so difficult? Stupid Sasuke messing with my feelings like that! He's so-"
"So what?" A voice asked. Sakura's eyes widened as she felt her heart beat faster. She looked at the reflection to see onyx eyes. Why didn't she have this reaction towards Deidara?
"What are you doing here?" she asked.
"You weren't in the hut and I was worried" Sasuke said. Sakura soon let out a laugh.
"Amazing! Uchiha Sasuke was worried about me?" Sakura said sarcastically as she got up and brushed shoulders with Sasuke.
"What's your problem?" Sasuke asked as he grabbed her wrist.
"What's my problem? I should be asking you!" Sakura yelled. "You're the one messing around with me!"
Sasuke's eyes widened as Sakura had tears coming down her cheeks. She quickly ran away.
"Sakura!" Sasuke said as he chased after her. While he did, he remembered the scene that happened when they got back from the spa.
Flashback
"Sasuke, you need to fight it!" Naruto yelled at him.
"What are you talking about?" Sasuke asked.
"Kaoru's been putting you in a trance! One day he might make you do something that could hurt Sakura-chan more than you have already!"
"I'll tell Sakura then" Sasuke said.
"That wouldn't be such a good idea. Good job on figuring out my plan, Uzumaki" Kaoru said as he moved his blue bangs away from his face. "Who would have known the idiot of the village would ruin my plans" Kaoru was leaning against the door.
"Why I ought to-"Sasuke raised his hand to stop Naruto.
"You're a coward, using this to get to Sakura. Try wining her by your own strength" Sasuke said.
"Even if I tried, I can't. She's in love with you. Any idiot can see that. I can't beat that determination. So this is the only way."
"You're a bastard." Naruto said.
"You should listen to Uzumaki's advice. I can make you do something that could hurt Sakura more than you have already" Kaoru said with a smirk. Sasuke growled as he threw a punch at him. Kaoru quickly caught it and kicked Sasuke in the stomach. Naruto quickly went to catch him. "Watch who your messing with" With that Kaoru walked away.
End of Flashback
Sasuke quickly jumped as he put his arms around Sakura's waist. The two had fallen to the ground with Sakura on the bottom. Sasuke looked down to see Sakura was crying. Gently, he moved his hand to wipe away her tears.
"Why? If you don't love me, don't chase after me. Don't hold my hand. Don't look at me like that. Don't kiss me. Don't play around with my feelings. Don't pretend just because you know how I feel…please…just don't…" Sakura voice cracked. Sasuke didn't say anything as he slowly kissed her on the lips. Sakura gripped a good amount of his shirt.
"I'm not messing around! I love you" Sasuke said. "Kaoru-"
"You should listen to Uzumaki's advice. I can make you do something that could hurt Sakura more than you have already"
"Kaoru?"
"Kaoru doesn't love you! I do. You're all I think about, even back at Sound."
"Sasuke-kun…"
"So don't cry anymore. Don't get married to him" Sasuke whispered.
"I can't" Sakura said as she looked away. They were at the legendary tree.
"You can't or you won't?" Sasuke asked. Sakura's eyes widened.
"I don't want to get married to him. I love you so much!" Sakura cried out. Sasuke wiped her tears again as he moved a few bangs away from her face. Again he kissed her as the tree began to glow in the night.
Sakura's eyes widened as she slowly closed her eyes and kissed back. Sasuke licked her lips asking for an entrance as she let him. At the moment, nothing seemed to matter anymore except each other. The more passionate they got, the more the tree glowed.
Before the couple knew it, they were already taking each other's clothes off.
"Do you want me to stop…?" Sasuke asked between kisses. Sakura knew where this was leading to. Here she was with Sasuke and doing this! She had a fiancé! She was getting married in a couple of days! Yet, that all didn't matter at the moment. Sakura kissed him again before moving closer to his ear.
"Don't stop…" She whispered. Sasuke nodded before he positioned himself. Sakura braced herself as Sasuke entered her. She quickly bit her lip while trying to keep herself from crying out. Sasuke could tell she was in pain, but thank god for Kakashi's sex-ed lessons, he knew this was the normal reaction for a girl who's having her first time.
Soon Sakura put her arms around his neck as she kissed him. "I'm ready"
"Okay…" Sasuke said as he began to thrust in and out of her.
"S-Sasuke-kun…" She moaned as she arched her back.
On a special night…
Two people will realize they were meant to be…
And their love for each other will become so much stronger…
The legendary tree began to glow brighter than the stars above, going unnoticed by the couple.
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Neji and Tenten were on a tree looking up at the midnight sky.
"It's so beautiful" Tenten said as she watched the stars shine, but something caught her attention.
"Hey Neji-kun, do you see that?" Tenten said pointing to the direction of the legendary tree.
"About time…" Neji whispered as Tenten noticed he had his Byakugan on.
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Shikamaru and Ino were taking a late night walk as Ino saw something glowing from the forest.
"The tree must be glowing!" Ino said.
"Maybe we can make the tree glow next time" Shikamaru said as he nuzzled her neck making her blush.
"Haha okay, but let's make forehead-girl have her moment" Ino said with a knowing smile.
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Hinata and Naruto were inside her hut as Naruto held her in her arms.
"So was it them?" Naruto asked. Hinata had turned off her Byakugan before nodding.
"It's about time" Hinata said.
"Then probably Sasuke will stop being an ass and be happy for once" Naruto joked.
"Yes, then Sakura-chan's dream will come true" Hinata said with a smile.
"What's her dream? Being with Sasuke?" Naruto asked. Hinata shook her head.
"Making Sasuke happy" Hinata said.
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Leo had looked from his balcony. "Why I'll be, so I was correct. Those two were the ones who would fulfill the prophecy of the legendary tree. On a special night, two people will realize they were meant to be and their love for each other will grow stronger" Leo said with a smile.
"You're really something" Kakashi said as he sipped on the tea Leo had given to Kakashi and Kurenai.
"It's about time. Everyone could tell they love each other. The only thing standing in the way is the fact that Sakura is engaged." Kurenai said.
"Oh she is?" Leo asked. Kurenai and Kakashi nodded.
"She's engaged to Kaoru-sama, the one with the blue hair." Kakashi said.
"How troublesome" Leo said. "If they truly love each other, not even her being engaged will get in the way, trust me"
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Sakura screamed Sasuke's name as she finally reached. Sasuke did as well right after her as the two laid on the ground smiling at each other. Sakura moved his bangs away from his eyes as she looked at his onyx eyes.
"I love you Sasuke-kun! Always and forever" Sakura said. Sasuke's hands were laced with Sakura's as he smiled a true smile.
"I know and I love you as well" Sasuke said as he kissed her. The two seemed to finally notice the tree glowing as two spirits seem to fly around the tree.
"Sasuke-kun, the tree…" Sakura said as she saw the spirits were floating around them. Sasuke handed Sakura his shirt as he put on back his shorts. Sakura did the same.
They could hear the spirits giggling, well one of them.
"You guys have made your love stronger! Treasure it more than anything in the world. Tonight you made the tree glow, and that shows you guys were truly meant to be. Believe in your love, and anything will happen" With that the spirits went back to the tree as the tree stopped glowing.
Sasuke and Sakura looked at each other as Sakura just smiled.
"Let's go back" Sakura said as she laced her hand with Sasuke's. Unknown to them jealous Blue eyes had watched the whole scene.
"You're messing with the wrong person Uchiha…" With that the shadowy person walked away.
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The festival was tonight and no one has ever seen Sakura as happy as she was at the moment. Ino tried asking Sakura what happened that night, and all Sakura did was put a finger to her lips and winked.
Sasuke had also stop acting like an ass…
"Shut up dobe!" Sasuke said as he bonked Naruto in the head.
Well kind of….
In the middle of the village, a large bonfire was lit as the villager began playing music and dancing.
The boys were already outside and waiting for the girls to come out. After a couple of minute, the girls arrived. Sasuke's eyes widened. He could tell who was Sakura, due to her hair, which was a big give away. He noticed her hair was put up differently but her mask was covering her eyes.
"You look…beautiful" Sasuke whispered to her.
"Sakura-chan, let's go and dance!" Kaoru said grabbing Sakura away from him.
"Karin, let's go" Sasuke said as he grabbed her with him. A song filled the air as everyone formed a circle with their partner as they began to dance.
"You look lovely tonight" Kaoru said.
"Thank you" Sakura said as she kept her eyes on Sasuke who was dancing a couple of feet away from them.
Soon a girl had replaced Sakura as Sakura moved on to the next guy to dance with.
"Hello Shikamaru" Sakura said.
"How troublesome" Shikamaru smiled.
"I didn't know you could dance" Sakura said as Shikamaru had dipped her. Shikamaru just smiled as he soon spun Sakura around as she giggled. He then spun her close to him then out to her next dance partner.
"Neji-kun" Sakura said with a smile.
"Good evening. You look lovely" Neji complemented her. "So much for the mask, your hair is a big giveaway!" He teased.
"Oh shush" Sakura said as she laughed. The two danced for a few minutes. Soon Neji sent her to her next dance partner.
"Sakura-san, you look so youthful"
"You too Lee"
"What a youthful village this is, I wish our village could be like this so"
"Haha indeed." Soon Sakura was grabbed by her new dance partner. Lee frowned before he smiled at his new dance partner, blinding her in the process.
Sakura looked at her new dance partner. He had an orange mask with swirls. There was only one hole for his right eye.
"Good evening" Sakura said.
"Tobi is a good boy" her partner said.
"Okay then…" Sakura said kind of weird out.
"When the long hand reaches 12, get ready" Tobi said as he sent her to the next person.
Sakura was completely confused by what he had said as she looked at her partner, he had dark blue hair, and she could have sworn he had blue skin. Sakura didn't think anything of it at the moment.
"Hello" Sakura greeted her partner.
"Hey, do you know where I can find any sake?"
"Sake? I don't want you to get drunk" Sakura said.
"Feh, what are you, my mother?" he teased.
"No, I'm just someone who cares haha" Sakura smiled.
"Heh…" He then spun her around then to Naruto whose eyes widened.
"Sakura-chan!" Naruto said with a smile. "Finally I get to dance with you"
"Hello Naruto" Sakura said.
"So how was it?" Naruto asked with a perverted look on his face
"How was what?" Sakura questioned.
"How was the s-"
Sasuke had looked around to find Sakura to see her with Naruto next to him. Naruto had whispered something to her ear as she turned dark red.
"NARUTO!" Sakura yelled as she punched Naruto towards the sky. Sakura soon went to her next dance partner.
"Sasuke-kun" Sakura said as her blush increased. Sasuke smirked.
"Finally I get to dance with you" Sasuke whispered in her ear as he nibbled on it.
"S-Sasuke-kun, not in public" Sakura said as Sasuke felt Sakura shiver in his arms. Sasuke just chuckled as the two continued to dance. Sakura looked at the clock up above, in three minutes the long hand would reach 12.
"Excuse me, but may I dance with the lovely lady here, yeah?" The couple looked to see a man in a black yukata with a cat mask. Sasuke glared at the man as Sakura just patted his shoulder.
"It's just one dance Sasuke-kun" Sakura said as she went to dance with the stranger. There was something about him that Sasuke didn't like. The clock had soon reached ten o'clock.
"So you ended up being the last person I get to dance with, yeah" The man said. Sakura's eyes widened as the man soon pulled her close to his chest as he stabbed her. Sakura had coughed out blood as blood began to soak through her white yukata.
"Sorry yeah?" Sakura watched the man removed his mask.
"D-Deidara…" Sakura could tell he was worried.
"I need to follow orders yeah"
"The enemy is here!" Sakura yelled. She soon looked up at Deidara with sad eyes. "Why..?"
"Please…don't make this any harder for me as it already is" Deidara told her.
"Sakura-chan!" Naruto shouted when he saw the blood dripping on the ground. Two of the dancers went to Deidara's side.
'T-They were the enemy the whole time?' Sakura thought as she felt Tobi grab her with a kunai near her neck.
Kisame who was dancing with Karin had grabbed her with him as well.
"We're just here to have some fun" Kisame said. "Let's get revenge on the Uchiha brat for killing Itachi"
Kisame threw Karin to Deidara as he pulled out his sword and began to drain the girls' charkas.
"Sakura!" Sasuke shouted out. Sakura screamed out in pain as Kisame slammed the sword against her.
Kisame signaled the two to grabbed the girls and run to the cliff in the forest.
"Let the fun begin" Kisame said as he tried to stall time.
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Oh my, so much happened in just one chapter. 15 pages, so I hope I can get a lot of reviews on this one. Many things just seemed to get in the way of Sasuke and Sakura. What does Akatsuki have planned for Sasuke? As some of your guys predicted in the last chapter, Karin felt guilty. And I did my first actual sexual scene! I just love leaving the chapter ending with something exciting about to happen. It just feels like a good part to end. Well everyone please review. Now I need to go back to studying for my finals.
Kumiko