Chapter Eleven:
You're a hard soul to save
with an ocean in the way
but I'll get around it.
"S-Sasuke..."
His named trembled coming out of her mouth, quietly. Sakura was trying so hard to register what had just occurred.
Sasuke...Uchiha Sasuke was standing in front of her, in a bed room, in a brothel, underground.
"You...you sick son of a bitch!" Sakura growled backing up as far as she could.
The look on his face was one of utter confusion. Then, it clicked in his mind.
She thinks I'm really here to sleep with a prostitute, that prostitute being her...
"Sakura." He said sternly, trying to give her a look that would convey what he was trying to say without talking so much.
"Is this what all missing nin do? Never thought I'd see you in the likes of this kind of place, Sasuke." She spat as coldy as she possibly could.
Sasuke rolled his eyes and took a deep breath.
"Sakura. I don't have time to explain. We're leaving, I need to get you out." The Uchiha was clearly frustrated as he spoke very quietly.
"Why would you get me out! How did you know I was here?!" Sakura stifled a shouting tone. She was clearly starting to get anxious.
"Shut up, I will explain everything after we escape, can you just cooperate for once?" Sasuke said, annoyed.
What is going on...Why is Sasuke here? How did he know I would be here?
Do I trust him?
Damn it.
Damn it, damn it...ugh!
Inner Sakura was practically having a meltdown trying to understand what exactly was happening. Her ex teammate, was here to what? Save her? Kill her? What were his motives?
Sasuke walked to the bed and threw a pillow on the ground, and moved the sheets and blankets around considerably. He knew he had to make it look like something had happened, in case they came and checked the room.
"Let's go." He said softly but seriously.
"I'm not going anywhere with you! Have you lost your mind, tell me what the hell you're doing here..." Sakura clenched her fists and backed away.
The dark haired boy let out a heavy sigh and flash stepped behind her.
"I really didn't want to have to do it this way."
Before she could respond, she was out cold and collapsed in his arms.
Sasuke felt guilty about knocking her out, but he knew it was probably the easiest way to go, he was not under any circumstances going to let her stay there. Sakura would forgive him for knocking her unconscious, but he wouldn't forgive himself if he failed this mission.
Sasuke held her to his chest and put his cloak around both of them to conceal her unconscious form.
He looked down at the limp girl in his arms and shook his head.
Of course she would react that way...
Stubborn.
Sasuke paused.
Would it really be wise to walk through the door and try to leave?
He weighed his options and decided the safest for both of them would be a transportation jutsu, thankfully he had enough chakra for both of them but they would probably end up far away.
He cleared his mind just as he heard a knock on the door.
Without hesitation or much thought, he transported both of them out of the room.
"Sir, I'm afraid your time is up? I know, I know, you can always pay for for more time if you just can't restrain yourself. Hello? Sir?" The man knocked on the door several more times until unlocking it himself.
An empty room and a bed with disheveled sheets was what he saw.
"Oh, no! Guards! Guards! One of our girls and clients are missing, do a full sweep of the bar and rooms just to make sure. If you don't find BOTH of them, inform Gorou...you know what will happen."
The Guards nodded and quickly began their search.
Sasuke had ended up taking them somewhere in a safe, ordinary village. The village was tucked away in hills and trees, and the stars were extremely visible, unlike in Konoha where the lights sometimes dim out the stars.
He sat on the grassy hill and tried to make his appearance less suspicious. He lost the face mask and hood and concealed his weapons into a scroll. Once he was sure he appeared some what harmless, he scooped Sakura back up, who was still out.
This should be interesting to explain to the inn owners.
Sasuke made his way to a small, yet nice inn inside the village. Walking through the doors with an unconsciousness girl in his arms was probably questionable, as the woman at the front raised an eyebrow.
"Oh my dear, is she alright?" The women said with concern.
"Yes. She just... had too much to drink, she will need to rest." Sasuke assumed they would believe his lie that Sakura was passed out drunk in his arms.
"Tsk, tsk. Here's a key, I'll have them send some soothing tea and water bottles to your room."
Sasuke nodded in appreciation and headed down the hallway to the room.
He stepped in and flipped on the light.
One bed.
Fantastic.
Sasuke sighed and gently set Sakura down on the bed and decided he would wait for her to come to, since he knew she would probably throw some kind of fit.
It was a perfect time roll out the extra futon.
What a weird dream I had last night...Sasuke was there and..
Open your eyes.
Sakura slowly lifted her eyelids to see a ceiling, one that she did not recognize.
She knew for sure she wasn't in the brothel anymore, but she didn't know where she was, or why, or with who. So, she remained completely still hoping she could hear something to let her know.
"I know you're awake."
Shit.
Is that really his voice?
Keeping her gaze down she slowly sat up on the bed, and looked around. She was obviously at an inn, in a room, and...
Uchiha Sasuke was sitting on the ground on top of a futon drinking tea and staring at her like she had truly gone insane. She pulled the blanket over her exposed legs and refused to look him in the eye.
"Sakura."
There it goes again.
Yeah, that his voice...
She looked up to meet his gaze.
Calm down, just talk it out...like normal people.
"What the hell is going on? Why were you there, and how in the hell did you know I was there?" Sakura said cautiously.
He looked at her for a moment before answering.
"A mission."
Leave it up to him to be vague, no matter what.
"Did you just say mission?! For? From?" Sakura said, this just kept getting even more unusual.
"From Lady Hokage, I was assigned a retrieval mission." He said calmly, as if the past four years had never happened.
"Am I dreaming or drugged? Or missing something? How could you have a mission out of Konoha!"
Sasuke just glared at her, he knew she wasn't stupid enough to not put the pieces together.
"You...you went back..."
He nodded and looked down.
Why do these things happen while I'm MIA!?
"I did not know you would be there, but it was a guess and the Hokage saw that worth pursuing if it meant I could return her apprentice." Sasuke explained, he mentioned the details about what Suigetsu told him and how he had found her merely based on an educated guess.
"What if I don't believe you..." Sakura said, even though she knew deep down, she did. She had to test the waters.
"You were sent on a mission to the Land of Tea and when Konoha received word you never made it there, they assumed something wrong had happened somewhere down the line." Sasuke spoke rather calmly. He even relayed the details of her mission, that told Sakura he was most likely being honest.
Sakura knew he was telling the truth but she was still very surprised by the turn of events.
"Why would she send you? Alone?"
"I knew the whereabouts." Sasuke left out the part about her being his ticket to freedom.
"Well...I was going to get out of there tonight anyways, I didn't need your help." She huffed and crossed her arms.
Sasuke rolled his eyes.
"So annoying." Sasuke flopped down onto his futon and pulled the blankets over his head.
It was silent and awkward for a moment.
"You can have the bed if you want, I know you have probably been traveling a lot and so maybe you-"
"Sakura." He cut her off, his voice gravely.
"What?"
"Go to sleep."
Sakura supressed the strange feeling the enveloped her every time he spoke, spoke normally... not hatefully, or angrily...just normally. It was something she had not had the pleasure to hear in a very long time. Just Sasuke, just speaking. Fate had been kind to her, when it sent Sasuke home, and then sent Sasuke to her. She knew that she was lucky, as much as she hated being viewed as some kind of damsel in distress, maybe this needed to happen. Although, she was worried about trusting him. Could he really be here so plainly, like they had never tried to kill each other in the past? Like he hadn't left her out cold on a stone park bench? Like she hadn't gone after him with her own weapon? She knew she would have to get over the past if she ever wanted to see her village again, things weren't the same but of course they never would be.
Things change, seasons turn, tides go out and sometimes you just have to adjust. Sakura knew it would be useless living in the past, even if it was all she had to go off of.
She snuggled down deep into the covers, she could faintly hear his steady breathing and she knew he was already asleep. The poor guy was probably exhausted, she had guessed as much.
"Good night...Sasuke."
AN:/ SasuSaku DIALOGUE, look how far we have come. ^.^ Sorry if this chapter isn't super exciting, at least they are together. Tell me what you think of the chapter, and how the story is coming along so far.
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