Sorry, I know I told some people it would be out sooner but this chapter gave me hell. Not to mention I read a story (my cardinal rule not to do) on here and that slowed my writing. It is a good story so far but I refuse to say what it was because in five chapters it has more reviews than mine does at nine (Revenge Upon The Avenger by TheOmegaMan (or to me dialogue guy)). So I am sorry about delay but I hope to have another chapter in by the end of the weekend.
Disclaimer: I do not own Naruto, though I am currently searching for loophole to change that.
"The box contains various records of the village," Kakashi said to the team as they sat around the fireplace in one of Yamato's cozy houses. "Which is surprising. The Hidden Rain Village has had a heavy isolationist policy for quite some time. Information like this could not have been easy to come by."
"Then that's Sasuke's next destination," Yamato continued. "He wouldn't have gone through all the trouble of getting this information and protecting it just to have it as extra notes. We also know that some are about three months old."
Yamato held out little note book with the title "Bingo Book" written across it. Naruto took it and began flipping through the pages.
"Page 17 I think..."
Naruto had already stopped on that page and was now staring at the familiar face of Nagato. It had all his information, even about his techniques and six separate bodies.
"This is the real Pain," Naruto said in a raised voice of amazement. "And his picture is crossed out, which means..."
"That this was compiled after you defeated him," Yamato said.
"I see, so if this is where Sasuke's headed, we shouldn't be wasting time. Let's get going." Naruto said.
"Wait Naruto," Kakashi said as he got to his feet. "The Village Hidden in the Rain is a three day trip, going full speed. We should rest up tonight so we can start out nice and fresh tomorrow."
"That reminds me, tonight's sleeping arrangements are a bit different," Yamato announced to everyone as him and Kakashi started to inch towards the stairs. "In turn for my jutsu earlier, I was low on chakra so I had to downsize as you may have noticed."
Looking around Naruto noticed that it didn't appear any smaller. The only difference he noticed was that looking up the stairs; he saw only two doors instead of the usual four. The size didn't look any different though.
"We only have two bedrooms so Kakashi and I have one and you two have the other," Yamato said to the two as he and Kakashi made their way upstairs. "We'll see you two young, healthy and sexually curious ninjas tomorrow."
"Huh, I don't get it," said a confused Naruto who then turned to a day dreaming Sakura. "Do you Sakura?"
"Huh? What about Sasuke?" She said as she had been thinking about Sasuke at that particular moment.
Naruto turned away, feeling anger as he looked to try to take some out on the other two. He was too late though.
The two jonin disappeared behind their door before either of the other two could get another word in edgewise. The door literally disappeared after that, turning into the wall that surrounded it.
Kakashi and Yamato who were long-time friends shared chuckles as they put their belongings away. Yamato thought back to the days of him and Kakashi serving on ANBU together. Kakashi, being four years his senior, had guided the young and naive Yamato through many missions.
flashback...
"Targets on the move, coming up to your position Tenzo," a bird-masked ANBU member said in his radio.
"Roger," responded the nervous ninja.
He didn't really like his name he was given, but he couldn't really complain. It was his first mission for the ANBU forces and he wanted to make a good impression and prove to everybody he was more than just hype. He had been the talk of ANBU lately with his wood style. Many welcomed the change from all the rumors flying around about a secret force among ANBU led by Danzo Shimura. His thoughts were thrown aside by the approaching footsteps. He waited. When the target was about fifteen yards away he jumped out, signing while in the air. As he landed he held one of his arms out.
"Wood Style: Silent Strangulation Jutsu!"
Several wood tendrils sprang from his arm and shot at the oncoming ninja. At the last second the opponent threw multiple smoke bombs.
"Too late," Tenzo said as he made a snatch for the target in the smoke. "Gotcha."
Retracting the tendrils, he looked at the man he had caught only to see it was a dummy. Dropping it he turned around to see the opponent coming at him from the opposite direction. He had his sword out and had Tenzo caught defenseless. Shutting his eyes Tenzo waited to be impaled.
"You can open your eyes now," came an unfamiliar voice. "You are no good blind."
Tenzo opened them to see Kakashi Hatake, with his katana driven through the opponent. Turning his head, the silver haired ninja laughed. Tenzo joined in nervously not knowing this would be the first of many laughs they shared.
end flashback...
Yamato smiled at the thought of his first mission, an utter failure of one. From then on though his record turned out to be almost spotless. In fact, he had the best performance record of anyone in ANBU while serving under the Third Hokage.
"I hope you didn't make things too awkward for them Tenzo," Kakashi said as he laid down in his bed. "I think we might have overdone it a little."
"First, stop calling me that," Yamato snapped, "And second, it was you're idea anyways, I just created the house and the atmosphere."
"Well in that case I have a feeling they'll be moving their beds to opposite sides of the room."
"Oh, they won't be."
...
"What the fuck is this?" Naruto exclaimed loudly as he opened the door to the room.
There were rose pedals spread all across the floor, nearly four dozen lit candles scattered all around the room and finally one bed in the middle, with a canopy draped over it. The bed was very light pink, almost white and from the looks of it, was covered with silk sheets.
"Those perverts, once I get my hands on them I swear..." Naruto angrily rambled on as he went around the room blowing out candles, kicking the rose petal to the side and finally ripping the canopy from over the bed and throwing it in the corner.
Sakura on the other hand just sat there, her mouth agape. She couldn't believe those two, she wanted to go punch through the wall, drag them out and beat them to a pulp. In all truth she would have, but the thought of sleeping next to Naruto made her heart skip a beat. She could feel her face turning red like the rose pedals she was now probably a similar shade to. She tried to settle down as she had to play this off just right to make it seem like she didn't want to, but in actuality she didn't mind. Formulating the words to say in her head, Sakura took a deep breath and interrupted Naruto from his ranting.
"That's enough Naruto, I guess we are just gonna sleep together."
Naruto's face drained of color as he looked at Sakura. His eyes were wide open and mouth open even wider. Sakura could feel the rose color returning as she tried to think of something to say. It had come out all wrong and she didn't know what to say to fix it. With nothing coming to mind she decided to do the only thing she knew how to... send Naruto through the wall. With one swift punch, he went flying to the other side of the room.
"What did I do?" He asked as he picked himself off the ground. "You were the one that said it."
"Well... you know what I meant," She lied angrily.
Sakura knew it wasn't his fault, but she didn't want to admit it. She had said something stupid and he took it like anyone else would. She actually wanted what she said, maybe not in the most literal term, but she did want to lay there next to him, safe and warm against his body.
"I guess I got ground then," Naruto said angrily as he threw his stuff in a corner.
She felt bad all of a sudden. She hadn't wanted it to go this way, she had messed it all up. She didn't want awkwardness between them; she wanted him to comfort her. She didn't want him on the floor; she wanted him in the bed with her.
"No, Naruto, we will both sleep here tonight," she said in the gentlest voice she could muster up.
Naruto looked at her in surprise.
"No it's fine Sakura," he said. "I'll be fine"
"No, please Naruto, I wa... I think it's ok if we share a bed," she said carefully correcting herself to avoid another awkward moment. "We're friends and have been through so much as teammates, I think sharing a bed is no big deal."
Naruto opened his mouth to argue, but decided against it. He nodded his head in agreement and decided to go get ready to turn in for the night. He used the bathroom first to shower and change into his pajama's. Sakura followed and showered up as quick as she could. She then changed into her sleeping gown as fast as she could. She only stopped to look in the mirror to make sure everything was good for Naruto. She even pulled down a little on the neck to reveal more cleavage. She smiled at what she saw, messed with her short hair one last time, and exited the bathroom.
"All right, what side..."
Naruto was laying on his side, back to her, breathing peacefully. She frowned in disappointment and walked over. This was what she was afraid of, him falling asleep before she could do anything. She was careful to not make much movement as she tried to sneak between the sheets. After settling in, she closed her eyes and tried to relax.
"Were you saying something?" Naruto asked, making Sakura jump a little.
She hadn't expected to hear his voice till morning. She wasn't all too sad about it though, as she smiled knowing Naruto couldn't see it. She knew that it was now or never to make a move. Kakashi and Yamato, no matter how perverted their intentions were, gave her the chance to show him just how much she cared for him. Nervous as hell she took a deep breath.
"I was just going to say how I should probably check your wound before you doze off," Sakura lied.
"I thought the Kyubi took care of it?"
"He did, but I just want to be safe."
Naruto shrugged, he knew Sakura was a highly skilled medical ninja; it just seemed a little odd to check his wound right now. Not wanting to argue he unbuttoned his top to reveal his strong torso. Sakura ran her hands from his belly button to his chest, giving him the chills. She stayed on his chest for a while but then started moving around. Naruto didn't know what was going on but, refused to look her way. It was probably some weird medical ninjutsu thing that if he asked, he would get an answer he couldn't understand. Her hand started massaging his collar bone which made him tremble a bit, then the warmth of her grip traveled up to his neck. She then pulled, making him face her. She had moved closer, and was now staring with her emerald jewels into his eyes.
"What are you doing Sakura?"
"Taking you pulse, why?
"Just wondering."
Sakura looked longingly into his eyes as Naruto felt his stomach twist and turn. He was uncomfortable, yet couldn't look away. Some part of him wanted this. As her hand moved from his pulse spot to his cheek. That part of him that had wanted this for so long took over. As she shut her eyes and leaned in, tilting her head, he obliged and followed suit.
Naruto could feel the comforting warmth from her lips on his. They matched movements as they seemed to dance in unison, pushing harder into each other. The dancing got more intense as they began to suck at one another's mouth. She bit his bottom lip lightly, making him moan a little. Then, without thinking, he tried to force entry to her mouth with his tongue. To his surprised she obliged as he tasted her sweet tongue against his. He held her cheek as he explored her mouth. She did the same with him as he could feel her tongue search every place it could reach in his mouth. After what seemed like forever they separated, gasping for air.
Naruto looked at her face, now bright crimson red and smiled.
"She will always love me. You are nothing more than a friend, and that's all you will ever be," came a voice in his head from no other than Sasuke.
"You want the girl who picked a traitor over you, then tried to kill you," came a second voice from his head, this time from the nine-tails demon.
His smile faded as he began to think about it. It made no sense, they were just friends. He loved her sure, but she couldn't love him. She chose Sasuke over him, not the other way around. Why was she now doing this to him?
"What was that?" Naruto asked Sakura in a serious tone.
Sakura lost her words for a second in surprise due to his manner. She was happy as could be and he looked mad.
"You didn't like it?"
"No it's not that," Naruto said. "I mean why did you do it."
"Well I thought you would like it, and well..."
"Yah?"
"I love you."
She turned away in embarrassment at these words. She knew he liked her, but she had never told him this.
"No you don't," Naruto said making Sakura turn around in disbelief. "We are just friends, remember?"
"What are you talking about? I just said I love you and this is all I get?"
"Well it isn't true."
"It isn't true?"
"Like you said before, you love Sasuke and we are just friends."
"I never said that."
"Well you might as well have," said Naruto as tears began to run down his face from the pain he was feeling. "You show it at every opportunity you got."
"I used to love him, but I don't..."
"Really? You don't love him."
"NO, I love you," Sakura said raising her voice as tears began to come out. "I realize you mean more to me than I ever thought possible."
"Did this happen just now when you were giving me my medical check up?"
"No, it's been since we met, little by little. I just realized it over the past few days."
"As we were going for Sasuke," Naruto said, now feeling his self control begin to slip. "So really you are just confused and using me."
"What?" Sakura said as she started to cry.
"You don't love me. You just finally figured out that Sasuke isn't coming back to you."
"That has nothing to do..."
"Oh really? Then why have you at every chance since the start of this trip proved to me that you still love Sasuke?"
"When did I do that?"
"Downstairs earlier, our talk by the river and let's not forget the cave."
"The cave?"
"You stabbed me, not Sasuke," Naruto shouted as tears stream downed his face at a record pace. "You picked him over me like you always do."
Sakura's eyes grew as it all came together.
"No I didn't..." was all she managed to choke out through her tears before being cut off.
Naruto couldn't help himself. He was so hurt by the things that she said. Every little thing she had done to him, all the times she was mean to him for no reason, surfaced. The times in the academy where she would join in the ridicule alongside the other classmates. When they were on the original Team Seven where she would completely ignore his attempts to please her for Sasuke. All the dates she turned him down on. The river, the meeting downstairs and the cave. All of it just boiled over as Naruto let himself go.
"You don't love me, and you never have. I'm the one that's been in love, ever since the first time I saw you. Yet you went after the person who probably cared the least about you. I did everything I could for you, yet you still pick him."
"No Naruto, it's not that..."
"I mean, I don't know if it's because we are so close to Sasuke and you know that this is it. You may never see him again if we fail, so I am your insurance blanket in case things go to hell for you. I mean shit; you're just toying with me after all."
"Naruto, please..."
"And after all this I know if Sasuke walked in here right now you would pick him over me in a second like you did back at the cave. You would stab me right in the heart again, wouldn't you?"
Sakura was shaking as tears poured out of her eyes. She somehow managed to control herself to be able to speak.
"Back at the cave, that's not what happened."
"Oh, really? Then how did your Kunai end up in my heart?"
"It was the genjutsu..."
"I know, you thought Sasuke was there, and it confused you so you stabbed me to save your precious Sasuke like..."
"NO," Sakura yelled. She looked fiercely at Naruto, who could feel his pain building to the point where he thought it couldn't get any worse. He was wrong. Sakura shut her shrink wrapped eyes forcing even more tears to fall and said quietly.
"It was Sasuke," she said looking him in the eyes. "I stabbed Sasuke."
So there it is, for all you wondering when Sakura would spill, heres your answer. Now please review, I want to know what every person thinks bout this. I honestly (being modest as possible) thought it was a pretty bad ass way to do it. I want to hear what all of you have to say about this, especially after this chapter gave me hell and probably carpal tunnel syndrome.
So I hope you liked and I will have next chapter up as soon as possible.