A lot of you were talking about the last chapters cliff hanger, so I wrote it faster than I usually do. xD don't be scared to review . ;D ENJOY~ ** Sasuke was alone, standing at the doorway in his Akatsuki cloak. He activated his sharingan, and my mouth opened.
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They weren't going to fight…would they?
"Hmph," Sasuke smirked, his fingers twitching. "When you're like this, you usually calm down when I step in."
Juugo shrugged, his grip on me still not loosening. If anything, getting tighter.
Sasuke slid out his katana and twirled it skillfully, his fingers dancing with the blade.
Juugo's hand suddenly turned into some sort of claw, and now his full attention was on Sasuke.
With his claw hand, he tossed me aside, sending me into the wall yet again, causing a few cracks to be made.
Sasuke's eyes flashed to me and then back to Juugo, his hand tightening on the sword.
"I'm going to enjoy this."**Sasuke's P.O.V
I heard her screaming from the lobby. Really, If Juugo was doing something to her and trying to get away with it, the least he could do was cover her mouth.
I 'tsk' ed, and scanned the lobby. Nobody seemed to notice, and I raised a calm eyebrow. You didn't have to be a ninja to be able to hear screams coming from the top floors.
I looked over at Karin and Suigetsu. They didn't hear her yells either.
Honestly, was I the only one that heard her?
I shot Suigetsu a sharp glare and gestured to the town outside the lobby.
"Suigetsu. You and Karin try to gather information to help our mission."
Suigetsu raised his eyebrow, and a moronic expression appeared on his face.
"Ha? Alone? with her? What about you?"
I started walking away without giving him an explanation.
I stepped up the stairs calmly, taking my time. Arriving closer to Juugo and Sakura, I heard more and more of their conversation. Sakura was telling him to stop.
It was not in Juugo's nature to continue doing something when told not to. Unless of course he was under the influence of that bloody curse mark.
He was probably trying to kill her right now.
My legs slowly brought me up each stair, still taking my time.
Sakura could hopefully hold her ground until I got there. If she dies, guess she wasn't worth recruiting.
Finally arriving outside the room, my ear perked up.
Nothing. There were no more yells. No crashes. Only little grunts and Sakura's occasional protest.
It didn't sound like any fight to me.
I shoved open the door, not knowing what to expect anymore.
As soon as my eyes saw the scene that was being played out in front of me, my black eyes suddenly turned red without my permission.
They locked onto Juugo instantly, once again, without my permission. But I didn't mind.
Juugo carried on, not turning to me even after he felt my presence. My eyebrow twitched.
"Juugo," I said calmly, my hands twitching. I suddenly had the urge to strangle him.
At my voice, Sakura perked up and her emerald eyes zoomed in on me, but my eyes stayed on Juugo's back.
Finally not being able to put it off any longer, the red head hesitantly turned to me, but still held Sakura where she was.
"Sasuke," He greeted.
"Hmph," I responded. He was so cocky. The corners of my lips were curving upwards.
"When you're like this, you usually calm down when I step in."
Juugo gave a slight shrug of his shoulder, still showing no sign of releasing the medic. He would regret it if he killed her. After what I was going to do to him, he'd better pray Sakura will heal him.
My fingers twitched anxiously.
I reached for my Katana, letting my fingers glide with its movement.
Now Juugo's full attention was on me, and he tossed Sakura aside and sent her crashing into the wall.
For a split second my vision tinted red as I looked from Sakura to Juugo, my hand on the Katana tightening.
I knew I couldn't kill Juugo. He was necessary. But I could beat him unconscious.
My lips curved into a sick smirk as I imagined the many ways to mangle his body.
"I'm going to enjoy this," I murmured, and appeared behind him in a flash.
**
Sakura's P.O.VI wiped the blood from my mouth and brought my hand to my back, letting my green chakra flow into the wounded area.
I looked for Sasuke, but my eyes widened when I saw he was gone.
My eyes scanned the room frantically, not finding him anywhere. Surely he didn't leave, right?
A gasp escaped my mouth as he suddenly appeared behind the orange haired boy. Sasuke was smirking, and raised his sword, quickly bringing it down and slashing Juugo's leg.
I covered my mouth and looked at the wound. From Sasuke's attacks, it was obvious he wasn't trying to kill him. But he was trying to put him in a lot of pain.
Sasuke was hitting all of the worst areas.
Juugo spun to hit Sasuke back, but was dismayed when the raven haired boy was no longer there.
I looked up and spotted Sasuke on the ceiling. Blue chakra flooded out of his feet, and he pushed off the ceiling, crashing into Juugo with such force that they almost went through to the floor below.
Sasuke grabbed Juugo by the front of the shirt and, like Juugo did to me, whipped him across the room with one arm.
I watched as Juugo spat out blood and stared at Sasuke with hatred.
Instead of running directly to Sasuke, he copied him.
He ran towards the wall, jumping onto it and pushing off, flying towards the Uchiha.
Juugo sent his claw smashing into Sasuke's chest, but Sasuke took advantage of the hit and grabbed his claw hand, spinning Juugo around, eventually sending him into the kitchen.
Juugo managed to catch himself before the fall became too bad, but he still took impact.
The red head started laughing, and I raised an eyebrow. I didn't like this Juugo at all.
He started to run towards Sasuke, and I almost told him to stop. Such a direct approach wouldn't work on Sasuke, and he should know that.
But suddenly Juugo changed his course and was headed for me. I wasn't expecting this, and quickly tried to ready myself.
I blinked and in the next moment Sasuke was in front of me, kicking Juugo square in the chest, and sending him crashing into the opposite wall.
The raven haired boy started weaving some hand signs, and I swallowed, Juugo and I staring in anticipation.
Nothing happened.
But Sasuke still seemed satisfied.
Juugo yelled and once again charged for Sasuke. This time he seriously headed for the direct approach, his rage not allowing him to make proper battle strategies.
I cringed and looked away as Sasuke took out his sword, piercing Juugo through the shoulder blade.
As if that wasn't bad enough, the Uchiha also electrified the blade, and Juugo screamed as he fell to the ground.
I was looking away, and noticed a crow outside of the window on a tree. First only one, but soon there ware at least 20 all around the same tree.
It seemed as though they were peering in with their creepy eyes and trying to get a view of the fight.
My attention was pulled back to the fight when a blood curling scream erupted out of Juugo's mouth, and I looked over to see Sasuke's hand pierced right through the right side of Juugo's chest.
I frowned and bit my lip.
Sasuke, you better not kill him…
Juugo lay on the floor quivering, and spat out about a cup of blood.
He was panting, and looked up at Sasuke, who was looking down at him.
Once again Juugo started laughing, and stood up, directing his attention to the window.
"You forgot," He said sounding quite full of himself. "The animals are on my side!"
He did a couple of hand seals and an odd noise.
Sasuke barely blinked.
"We're on the top floor. You're really expecting a bear to just fly through the window?" Sasuke questioned, trying to deflate his confidence. But Juugo's chaotic smile stayed plastered on his lips.
"Birds!" He shouted, lifting his arms up in exasperation. "There are tons out there, and they're coming to my aid!"
The black haired boy smirked, and I had to agree.
Sasuke could just use his fireball jutsu or something and roast all of them at once.
But once again, Juugo's chaotic state of mind didn't allow him to strategize properly.
A crow entered the window and landed on Juugo's shoulder. Just one at first, but then two, three…
Soon the whole room was full of them. On Juugo's head, shoulders, arms, and even the floor could hardly be seen anymore.
The raven haired boy didn't even blink.
Juugo clenched his teeth and pointed to Sasuke. "Go!" he bellowed.
The birds started to flap their wings and screech.
I cringed and covered my ears at the terrible noises.
The crow on Juugo's shoulder started to peck at his neck. Then the one perched on his head. And soon after, the ones on his arms were pecking away as well.
I watched horrified as all of the birds, even the ones on the floor, gravitated towards Juugo and started to peck and claw at him, releasing terrible screams as they did so.
Juugo was screaming as well, his voice being drowned out by the birds.
My emerald eyes couldn't even see him anymore. He was completely buried by the crows.
My eyes started to sting, and I couldn't handle the blood curling screams anymore.
"Sto—"
Sasuke made the same hand seal from earlier that seemed to do nothing, and suddenly all of the birds disappeared.
The orange haired boy lay on the mat panting. A puddle of blood surrounded him, and there were large gashes and scratch marks all over his body.
I wiped harshly at my eyes as I made my way over at him, looking at his mangled figure on the floor.
"Sakura…" He whispered in a weak voice. I bent down to him and started to heal him, happy that the curse seal had subsided. "I'm sorry…"
I shook my head and focused solely on healing him. Juugo looked up at Sasuke, who was watching us.
"What did you do…?" Juugo asked in his hoarse voice, and Sasuke started to leave the room.
"I knew you were going to resort to calling your little animals, so earlier in the fight, I summoned a flock of my crows to watch and wait."
Sasuke closed the door behind him, and Juugo fainted.
**
Juugo lay on his mat. I had wiped all of his wounds with water and healed them. Though the crows had pecked and scratched almost every visible surface of his skin.
The best I could do with my medical jutsu was reduce them to angry red scars, but the rest had to heal on its own.
The wound that took the longest to heal, and was undoubtedly the most fatal, was the hole Sasuke had pierced through his chest.
If any medic besides me or Tsunade-sama were here, he would have died.
Sasuke, Karin, and Suigetsu were all in the room as well.
Sasuke was sitting up and leaning against the wall with his eyes closed. He appeared to be having a nap.
Karin and Suigetsu were having a thumb war or something, and I was waiting patiently for Juugo to wake up.
I wanted an explanation for what happened.
I healed him a little more than necessary to try and make him wake up faster, but it didn't work.
It's been about two hours since their fight.
Suigetsu and Karin asked what happened, but Sasuke didn't tell them anything.
After that they turned to me for an explanation, and I made up something quick, telling them some birds just randomly went against him.
Which was partly true.
They didn't buy it though. And even without our exclamations, I think they knew what happened.
My eyes shot to Juugo when I heard a small grunt. I backed away to give him some room.
His eyes snapped open, and he shot up, looking around. He looked disorientated, his brown eyes scanning madly.
I guessed he was looking for me, although I was right by his side.
"Juugo," I said softly.
His eyes zeroed in on me, just realizing I was there, and he bowed his head in shame.
Even though he just woke up, and was a little out of it at that, I still wanted an explanation.
"Juugo…what happened back there?"
The red head stayed silent for a few moments before answering.
"Im assuming you mean before the fight."
I nodded, balling my hands into fists in anticipation.
I noticed Sasuke lazily open one of his eyes and look at Juugo.
"The curse mark…" He started, and I held up a hand.
"You don't have to explain it all, I've seen it before." I informed him, and he nodded, looking over to Sasuke.
"The curse mark takes your desires, and amplifies it by about one-hundred. Most people who have the curse mark are seeking power, which means when it activates, that need for power amplifies and becomes the raw desire to kill," He explained, and looked over to me.
I was staring at him, waiting for him to go on.
"Power is usually on the curse mark users mind, but I guess something else was on my mind," He muttered, and I cocked a brow.
"It amplified my desire, and that's why I did what I did."
It took me a second. I stared at him with a confused expression, and replayed what he had just said to me in my head.
My eyes widened when I understood what he was saying, and I lifted my hand to my mouth.
"Juugo, you…"
The orange haired boy stood up and stretched, wincing when the pain from the recent wounds resurfaced.
"Thanks for healing me, Sakura." He acknowledged, throwing me a quick glance, but then headed for the door.
"I'm going to get some fresh air," He announced as he walked out, leaving the door wide open.
I watched as he dragged his feet and left the room. Sasuke watched him with expressionless eyes as he went, and as soon as Juugo was gone, closed his eyes and resumed his nap.
Suigetsu looked at the door where Juugo had just left from, and then looked at me.
"Amplified his desires?" He said dubiously, a perverted smile soon after creeping onto his lips.
I still sat unmoving and staring at where he stood just moments ago, my hands still balled into tight fists.
"I'll be right back," I announced, getting up and following him out the door. I had no shoes on but I didn't care.
I found Juugo sitting on one of the benches right by the entrance of the Inn, and I took a seat beside him.
"Sakura…" He said, shame still in his voice, but he also seemed surprised that I came out to see him.
"Juugo," I swallowed, trying to decide how to word it. "I understand that wasn't you back there, so I'm not holding anything against you, just to let you know."
It looked as though 500 pounds was just taken off of him, and he stopped bowing his head and sat up straight.
I fidgeted, my eyebrows creased. It was a little awkward now that I knew he…'liked' was a childish way to put it. But now that I knew he liked me…
"Sakura."
Juugo's tone was different now. Serious. I turned to look at him with clear confusion plastered on my face.
As soon as I turned to look at him, I saw that he was leaning in to me, his eyes semi closed and studying me. I felt a bead of sweat appear on my face, and I swallowed.
He was trying to kiss me.
I liked Juugo and all, but I didn't, and don't think, I ever would think of him that way. My eyes shifted nervously as I looked around.
I didn't want to back away, because that would hurt his feelings. But if I didn't, he may think I like him back.
Plus, I didn't want my first kiss to be with someone I don't have romantic feelings for.
The red head was close enough so that I could now feel his hot breath on my lips, and I bit down hard on them, trying to decide whether to sacrifice my first kiss, or hurt his feelings.
"Sakura,"
A calm emotionless voice cut through the silence.
Me and Juugo looked up, only to see a shirtless Sasuke leaning casually out of the window from the top floor. Was he watching us the whole time?
"I need healing. Come."
Sasuke disappeared back into the room, and I couldn't help but feel kind of thankful for his sudden need for my medical treatment.
I gave Juugo a quick glance, muttering a sorry before I raced off awkwardly.