To Everlastingstarsinthesky : I laughed…I swear…I have so much fun reading how enthusiastic you are for the "debts paid" scene.
To YinandYanv: I love you too!
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Chapter Ten: To See Him Again
(f) Sasuke grabbed Karin by the neck and slammed her into the wooden wall, his eyes red and tomoe spinning. When she tried to squirm, he slammed her again for the second time, making the wood behind them crack. "What did you do to me?" Earlier, Sakura has dragged him to her clinic, explaining that she's going to test something out. When he arrived at her medical place and saw Naruto and lady Tsunade looking grim and serious, he knew that he was being ambushed.
Without warning, the Haruno injected him with some kind of serum and his head suddenly hurt like hell. No…his whole body hurt like hell. Sakura told him it was an antidote but the pain it brings was like poison.
And everything…as in everything that happened for the past week hit him hard.
And even with Sakura and Tsunade's warning that he was still unstable after another drug was injected into his system, he mustered his strength and ran back to the Uchiha mansion where he knew he would find the culprit. Sakura has explained everything to him using only a few words…
He was brainwashed.
"Sasuke…" Suigetsu tried to ease him down. "What's your problem? Let her go!" And looking by the way Karin's face was turning blue, the taka member feared that she might suffocate by the way the Uchiha's fingers gripped her neck in a dead lock. Half fearing that Sasuke was going to break Karin's neck into two, Suigetsu tried to pull him away.
Jugo on the other hand looked torn between the two. He doesn't know what to do and how to prevent Sasuke from using his sharingan on Karin. Finally firm on his decision, he helped Suigetsu pry Sasuke's hand form Karin's throat.
But the Uchiha was firm.
"Sasuke…" Karin winced, feeling her vocal chords being crushed.
"What did you do to me Karin?" Sasuke growled, his fingers a deadly lock around her thin neck. "Answer me or I am going kill you right here…right now!"
"Teme!" Naruto appeared, using the window as his entrance. Behind him was Sakura, out of breath and looking worried. The moment they told Sasuke about Karin's little experiment with his head; the sharingan user just shot away—looking like he was going to kill anyone on his path. The two former team seven then decided to follow after the Uchiha, just to make sure that he won't go and engage himself on a killing spree."You are not stable yet… the antidote we put on you would leave you weakened for a bit."
There was a sudden pain on his head and the Uchiha's knees buckled beneath him, leaving Karin to drop to the floor and cough, her hands holding her raw throat. The pain was searing and Sasuke has to bury his head on his shaking hands to steady himself.
"Sasuke…" Sakura and Naruto kneeled beside their teammate, trying to hold him while tremors shook his body—the chemical's effect as it was being dissolved by Sakura's antidote.
Suigetsu took Karin by the hand but the Haruno stopped them with a warning. "She's not going anywhere…I am still not finished with her."
"Sasuke…" Karin whimpered. "Gomenasa—"
"I'm going to kill you."
"Teme…don't strain your strength too much." Naruto tried to stop him, holding him down when he tried to get up. "Teme!"
Jugo, Naruto, and Sakura all have a hard time pinning him down. (f)
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Naruto dodged a branch as he weaved in and out of the thick vines in front of his leafy path. "You let her off easy."
The Uchiha did the same, mimicking Naruto's actions as he too avoided the thorny vines and dead twigs. "Hinata won't like it if she knew I hurt someone for her sake. It's better if Karin just left the village."
"Hina-chan is too kind to a fault."
"I know."
The Uzumaki pointed ahead of them and into the vast golden desert that was visible every time they leaped a little higher on top of the trees. "You think we could reach Suna before morning?"
"We will reach it before midnight."
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(f) Karin dropped to the floor, nose and lips bleeding. The Hyuuga has punched her, and she was not expecting the sudden violent action. Shit, the girl was looking too stunned and too pale for her to suspect that she was going to give her a blow on the face.
Hinata felt a satisfying crack when her fist contacted Karin's nose, her glasses breaking into two.
"Y-you broke my nose…"
Hinata's jaw clenched. "You deserve more than that Karin I—"The heiress was not able to finish her threat, for she was suddenly grabbed by the throat, pushed back, and was scowled upon.
It was Sasuke.
"Don't hurt her." He growled on her ear, face contorted in anger and disgust. "You're in no place to harm Karin."
Tears started to form on the Hyuuga's eyes. "Sasuke…you lied…"
He threw her out of the window. (f)
"Hinata…" Temari elbowed the girl on the rib. "You're drifting out."
Hinata blinked, surprised at her own inattentiveness. It was already late, but the fan lady insists on practicing her barrier strengthening jutsu. Temari was able to feel the barrier roots now, and she was enthusiastic on taking her improvement a step further. "Gomenasai…I just remembered something…" She gestured for the woman to continue. "It's just a passing memory…It's nothing important."
Kankuro has already called it a night, and left the two women on their own business. Hinata silently wondered if he was just excited to meet his pretty kunoichi on the terrace again. It seems that the puppet master was smitten, and it showed even just on his simple actions. Earlier on their practice, he absent mindedly noted how beautiful the sky was.
Temari just smirked at her brother's comment.
"Temari-chan…you need to force your chakra deeper into your palms as soon as you're done with the hand seals." Hinata reminded the fan lady with a smile.
"It's easy for you to say…You're a Hyuuga, you have been training with palm techniques all your life." Temari scowled, though there was a naughty glint in her eyes. "Screw palm techniques."
Hinata giggled at the older woman's remarks. "Focus." She reminded her friend gently. "You might suck the barrier down instead of making it strong."
"Yeah…suck."
After a few more tries, the sand princess collapsed on the sand, breathing heavily and brows dripping with sweat. She has drained a large amount of her chakra and Temari knows that going further with her barrier training might cause her harm. Wiping perspiration off her brow, Temari grimaced. "I'm drained…I guess this is enough for a day's training?"
The heiress raised her head up and looked at the twinkling stars. "Enough for one night." She corrected the Subaku woman. "You should rest Temari-chan…It's late."
"Hm…yeah…I guess you're right." Temari raised herself up, dusted her behind, and stretched her aching hands. "Hey, why don't we grab something to eat first? I'm famished."
Hinata agreed, realizing that she was hungry herself. For the past week, she tends to forget eating on the proper time and only remembers when someone mentions about food. She was too busy on keeping her mind occupied that sometimes, she fails to keep her own needs on check. "Hai…me too."
The two women gathered their things and was about to leave the practice grounds when a group of Suna nins passed by them. They looked like they were on a hurry and in their midst were two familiar faces the heiress never thought to see in Suna.
Hinata blanched while Temari's eyes widened in surprise.
It was Naruto and Sasuke.
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See you next chapter! This chapter would be my last update for this week… something came up so I am a little bit busy. Don't worry, I would still update as soon as I can. Maybe after four…five days? (Exams are next week so wish me luck! Besides…I still have writer's block...so suggestions would be very, very helpful.)
(Sorry for the errors…no time to edit.)
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