(Recap)
"You okay?" Sakura nodded and watched Sasuke leave as Gaara came up. He kissed her cheek and lied next to her.
"So exactly what's going on?" Kiba explained the story and what exactly just happened. Kankaru smiled at Gaara and began to snicker.
"Well, well, well Gaara. I knew my brother could be good meat for the ladies but I didn't think he could actually get a girl." Kankaru said as Gaara threw Kankaru's bag at him. Kankaru stopped and Gaara laid back down.
"Well we'll have to get out of here some how with out Itachi seeing us but for right now, I want some sleep." Gaara said as Sakura was already half asleep. As every one settled down and fell asleep. Gaara held Sakura in his arms and fell asleep, breathing in her scent.
(End of Recap)
Chapter Ten: A bump in the night
"We never found them sir. They might've gone over bored." Officer Asuma said as Itachi groaned in response. Itachi dismissed Asuma and began to pace back and fourth in his room with Sakura's mother.
"Dammit. Sakura, you're in so much trouble. I'm going to punish her so badly that she'll never want to leave my side for any reason." Itachi thought to himself as he began to get irritated. Mrs. Haruno was getting angrier by the second. The many things that Sakura had done couldn't have measured up to what she had done this time.
"I know Sakura. There is some thing going on. She isn't one to go down with out a fight so easily. Also suicide isn't her thing." Mrs. Haruno stated as Itachi punched the wall. Mrs. Haruno looked at him and could obviously see that he was mad. She shook her head at the thought that Sakura couldn't have killed herself. She had to be hiding and was with that boy because they said that they hadn't found him either. Problem was where was she hiding and when would she come out. She couldn't stay on the boat forever.
"Itachi for right now get some sleep. The police will find Sakura."
"Yes but there are only so many places that she can hide in. I'm going to keep them looking for her all night. Even if it means that I myself have to search the boat." Itachi said walking out of the room. Mrs. Haruno took one last sip of her tea and began to walk towards her room.
Sasuke woke up to see that it was dark and quiet in the room. He could see through the darkness that Sakura was sleeping. Sasuke could barely see Gaara but he knew that he was there. He noticed that their covers were slowly slipping off their bodies. He saw Gaara's arm around her waist. She seemed to be smiling at this and had to have been dreaming. In all the years Sasuke and Sakura had been together, he had never heard or seen Sakura so happy.
"Gaara. I knew that you were the one for her." Sasuke thought as he laid back down on the floor. He looked at the bottom bunk of where Sakura was sleeping and Kankaru was sound asleep. He looked over to the other bunk bed to see Kiba and Akamaru silently sleeping. Kiba seemed like he passed out and Akamaru was stretched out on the bed. Under them, Naruto and Hinata were quietly sleeping. For all Sasuke knew, some thing else might happen. Hinata became happier because she found Naruto and Sakura became happier as well when she found Gaara. Sasuke put his hands behind his head and was almost asleep when he heard a noise and felt a shudder. It lasted for a few seconds and looked out the window. He couldn't see any thing and quickly grabbed his jacket and put it on and went to find the captain.
Two men at the watch point (I don't know the name of the look out thing that people stand at the make sure the path way for the boat is clear so if you know tell me and I'll change it) were freezing cold and looked out into the distance. They saw the ice berg. It was huge. It seemed about the size of the boat but only half as big in length.
"Orochimaru, do you see an ice berg or am I starting to see things?" A silvered haired man asked as his friend looked pale and snake like, looked out in to the distance. He narrowed his yellow eyes out into the distance.
"I'm not sure but we might want to keep close eye Kabuto." Orochimaru said as he frowned deeper and narrowed his eyes even more. They popped open and Kabuto hung the phone.
"Ice berg ahead." Orochimaru said as Kabuto quickly picked the phone up. For about ten seconds, no one answered.
"Pick up you sons of bitches!" Kabuto yelled into the phone. Some one finally answered and talked to him. Kabuto said an ice berg was ahead and hung up.
"Captain Jiraiya, ice berg ahead." A man said as Jiraiya nodded.
"Okay then. Avoid the ice berg and try to go around it." Jiraira said as the men got to work on telling the men working the engines around the obsticle. Kabuto and Orochimaru watched as they started heading into the ice berg. They slowly noticed that they were making progress in to moving the boat over but they weren't going to make it. They soon were meters, yards, feet, and then inches. They weren't going to hit the ice berg directly but they might just... Kabuto and Orochimaru held their breath as they saw Titanic slowly passed the ice berg but they heard a terrible scratching sound during it. When they began to pass it completely, their breathes eased up and they began to try to calm down their racing hearts.
"So what do you thinks going to happen next?" Kabuto asked as Orochimaru shrugged at him.
"I'm not sure." Was all he said before they leaned back into their seats.
Sakura woke up to hear a shutter movement and the sound of metal being scraped. She saw Gaara had heard it too because he had his head turned to the window. Sakura sat up completely and Gaara looked at her.
"You heard it too?" He asked quietly. Sakura nodded.
"Gaara, what do you think it was?" Sakura asked as she felt scared. It was shallow and small but she felt it. Gaara could sense she was feeling scared. He pulled her in to his embrace and held her with reassurance. She held on to him a little tighter than she normally would but she still felt a little uneasy even in Gaara's arms.
"Don't worry, I'm sure that what ever happened we will be okay. If any thing is to happen, I'll never let go." Gaara said as they kissed her head. Sakura managed to go back into a light sleep and Gaara couldn't sleep again. He didn't feel right. Some thing didn't feel right. His instincts were telling him some thing wrong and his face expression said it all.
"If some thing is wrong, I've got to get Sakura out of here as fast as I can. Even if it means that I have to die for her." Gaara thought to himself as he stared out into space while holding Sakura.
"Captain, we hit the ice berg." A man by the name of Iruka said as Jaraiya groaned.
"How bad did we hit?" He asked in a deep voice.
"Pretty badly. It hit the lower parts of E deck and slowly the boat is filling with water. We've put the extra doors on and if we send signals for help now, that we might have a chance to save every one if this boat doesn't hold." Jiraiya nodded.
"If the boat does fill, how long will it take for the boat to sink?" He asked with signs knowing it wouldn't last long.
"About two hours." Jiraiya groaned even louder and gulped.
"Send a signal out and see how long it will take for them to get out here." He said as Iruka left to send the message. Jiraiya groaned again and looked at his crew members.
"Go and tell every one on board to put on a life jacket. If we have an emergency then I want every one taken off board. Women and children first remember that." Jiraiya said as they nodded and left except himself.
"Sir what about you aren't you going to get one?" Jiraiya shook his head.
"If this Titanic goes down then I will go down with her." He said as he sipped his tea which had a lemon in it.
Sasuke and Gaara heard a knock at the door and Sasuke went to get it. Some one came in and got down the life jackets for them. Everyone began to wake up and see the life jackets on the floor.
"What's going on?" Hinata asked as Gaara began to wonder if this had some thing to do with the bump from earlier.
"I don't know but I don't like the sound of it." Sasuke said as Gaara spoke.
"This might have some thing to do with bump that Sakura and I heard earlier. But come on we should see what's going on. Sasuke can you go and see what's going on?" Gaara asked as Sasuke said yes. Kiba and Akamaru volunteered to come along. Gaara grabbed the life jackets and gave one to every one. He then spotted Kankaru still sleeping.
"God can Kankaru sleep. You could beat him up and he won't wake up." Gaara thought to himself as he kicked Kankaru in the side. Kankaru woke up feeling the kick.
"What's going on?" He asked in a yawn.
"We heard the boat bump against some thing and now we need to put life jackets on." Sakura said as Kankaru got up.
"So isn't any one going to find out what's going on?"
"Sasuke, Kiba, and Akamaru are. They just left. For the time being we wait." Naruto said as he held Hinata. Hinata looking a little spooked held on to him. Sakura moved closer to Gaara and felt his protective arms wrap around her.
"Don't worry, what ever happens I'm not letting go." Gaara whispered in her ear as they waited for the guys to come back.
Sasuke and Kiba felt odd as they walked around. When they swore that the floor was tipping they began to run. Kiba and Sasuke ran to the deck where they saw people beginning to get the boats uncovered.
"Do you think that the boat's going to sink Sasuke?" Kiba asked as Sasuke frowned.
"I'm not sure but I know a safety precaution has already taken place. That bump that I heard might be a sign that Titanic is going to sleep tonight on the ocean floors. We better hurry." Sasuke said as they ran to where Itachi was.
"Itachi what's going on?" Sasuke asked as Itachi looked at his little brother.
"I heard the boat collided with an ice berg. I don't know the report." Just then Iruka came up and told them captain. The captain then told Itachi.
"Itachi, get your self some thing warm. The injury that Titanic has gotten is fatal. She's going to sink. Right now we need to stay calm and get your family to the boats and start loading." Jaraiya said as Itachi nodded. Sasuke and Kiba heard it all. Their hearts began to race so fast that you could tell it was beating from fear alone.
"Sasuke, have you seen Sakura or Gaara any where?" Sasuke shook his and so did Kiba.
"Are you positive?"
"Yes we're positive. What happened to her any way?" Itachi frowned.
"She ran off again. The next time you see her bring her to me. I have to have a word with her." Itachi said as his eyes seemed colder and harsher than before. Sasuke and Kiba ran back to the room not knowing that Itachi was following them. Sasuke and Kiba walked into the room. They shut the door and Itachi growled.
"So that's where's she's staying. She's in hiding with that guy. I'll kill him before the water has a chance to kill him." Itachi said going back to his room to grab a few things.
"Titanic is sinking?!"
"But that's impossible!" Kankaru yelled as he Gaara spoke.
"Titanic is made of iron, she can sink. Right now get what ever you can that's light and hurry." Gaara said as Naruto picked Hinata up.
"Well I'm good to go." Naruto said laughing as Hinata giggled.
"No time for jokes right now Naruto we should get on deck." Hinata said as Naruto let her down. He grabbed her hand and took her along with him up to the deck. Kankaru, Kiba, Akamaru, and Sasuke left next. Sakura's heart was pounding the whole time and Gaara held her close.
"It's okay, we'll make it out of here alive and well." Gaara said as Sakura seemed sad.
"Gaara!" She cried as he looked at her.
"Every one on board won't be able to make it." He looked dumbfounded.
"What do you mean?"
"The other day I was walking around with you and I noticed that were about 25 boats and each boat can only hold about 75 people at most. There 22,000 people on board. That means ..."
"Not every one on board will be able to make it out of here. Not only that the water is coming at us fast. Come on Sakura, we need to hurry." Gaara said as they held hands running down the hallway. Sakura and Gaara forgot to grab their jackets which revealed their identity. They ran on deck and there, they ran into some one.
"Hello Sakura. It's nice to see you." Sakura saw Itachi standing in front of her and Gaara quickly stood in front of her.
"So Sakura of all the things to do in the world, you choose to be his whore." Sakura got mad.
"I'm not a whore Itachi." Sakura yelled in response as Gaara stood his ground. They had to get to the boats as soon as possible. If they didn't they would be left for dead. Problem was Gaara and Sakura had only one obstacle to over come and he stood right in front of them and their way out.
I had fun writing about Hinata holding on to Naruto. I'm trying to add them in at the last second. Also thanks so much for the reviews. Tell me about the words I may have mispelled so that I can fix them. Thanks every one.