Great I'm a bargaining chip, and I think its going to work. I just hope Gaara doesn't do anything stupid, Sakura thought as she was taken on the ship as a sword fight was going on. She had a pistol against her head and was being forced around by Sasori. He fired into the air getting everyone's attention before placing back against her head.
"Now Captain Gaara, tell your crew to stand down or I shoot her." Sasori mocked and Sakura could tell Gaara was thinking about doing just that.
"Gaara don't you dare do anything stupid! Save your crew, I'm mmmMMm." Sakura shouted being cut off by Sasori's hand covering her mouth.
"Now now quiet poppet." He said cocking the gun. Gaara didn't know what to do. Sakura was important to him but so was his crew and he knew they could beat Akatsuki. He could have the treasure and his crew sailing the sea, but somehow his picture seemed empty with out Sakura. Damn Sasori, I should've killed him when I had the chance, Gaara cursed in his head not knowing what to do. "The clock is ticking."
Sakura was frustrated that Gaara was taking this long to decide. The choice should be obvious, she wasn't worth having gone all this way and possibly injuring all of his crew. His friends. Her friends. Sakura bit down on Sasori's hand not letting go as he tried to get his hand back. The gun left her head. But Sakura soon felt Sasori begin to punch her head to get her off.
"Sakura!" Gaara shouted still unsure what to do. Finally Sakura let go of Sasori's hand and got away from his hold.
"You little bitch." He hissed grabbing at his bleeding hand. Sakura turned to Gaara.
"Now will you fight them!" She shouted as Gaara lifted his sword swiping at the first Akatsuki he saw, his crew doing the same. Sakura looked around for a weapon when she spotted Tobi. "Tobi!"
"Tobi can't talk to you. Tobi got in trouble because Tobi's not a good boy." He said his shoulders slumped, obviously sad.
"No, Tobi's a good boy. I'm Sakura and I need your help." Sakura said and watched as he lit up. He really was just like a little kid.
"Sakura thinks Tobi is a good boy?" He asked and Sakura nodded. "Tobi help Sakura."
"Alright, I need a sword, does Tobi think he could get me one?"
"Tobi give you Tobi's sword." Tobi told her giving her his sword. Sakura smiled took the sword and kissed Tobi on the cheek.
"Thank you Tobi. You are a really good boy." Sakura said before heading into the fight. She didn't make it far however.
"I've had enough of you." Sasori said the gun aimed at her head again.
BANG!
"Goodbye poppet." Sasori said as Sakura fell to the ground a bullet lodged in her head.
"Sakura!" Gaara yelled looking at her fallen body.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~A Pirates Life for Me~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Sakura felt a tingle in her head. She knew she had been shot, but why could she still feel? And what was that other feeling inside her stomach for? A shot to her head should have killed her. She even heard everyone yell her name. She didn't feel much blood as she stood up. Gasps were heard all around.
"Your supposed to be dead!" Kisame shouted. Sakura patted her hands against her stomach its feeling slightly strange to her.
"Am I not?" Sakura asked slightly disgruntled.
"Sakura?" Naruto questioned. "How the hell are you alive?!"
"Um…I don't know." Sakura said, she really didn't know. The last things she remembered was arriving in the cave, watching Gaara try to open the chest, giving him the key, going into that other chest and taking a few pieces of cool looking gold medallions out of the chest while people looked at the all the different treasure laying around, then Akastuki coming leading up to her getting shot.
"Did you doing anything? Take anything?" Shikamaru asked trying to figure out how she was alive.
"Yeah, um when they were looking at everything there was this chest with some medallions in it. See." Sakura said showing him the gold. Shikamaru's eyes went wide.
"The treasure of Cortez. It really is cursed." Shikamaru said in amazement. He forgot Sakura didn't know about pirate treasures and would take it without knowing the consequences. Of course that just saved her life.
"Wait. I'm cursed now?" Sakura asked and Shikamaru nodded. "Like the living dead?"
"Yeah." He stated and Sakura smirked turning to the Akatsuki.
"Well this looks like your unlucky day." She told them pulling out a pistol of her own pointing at Sasori. "Give me one reason why I shouldn't shoot you now."
"I—
BANG!
"Sorry I don't really care." Sakura said after shooting him in the head, dead in an instant.
"You shot our cousin!" Kankuro exclaimed.
"Oh, sorry I forgot about that."
"Thank you so much!" Temari shouted in joy. Wow, this is awkward…Sakura thought at their reaction.
"Hehe, no one tries to kill me and gets away with it." Sakura shrugged turning to the rest of Akatsuki. "Now, anyone else want to shoot me or my crewmates?"
"No." They all chorused shaking their heads.
"Good now get the hell off of this ship before I make you!" Sakura ordered. They all ran off and Sakura ran off after one of them. "Tobi!" Sakura called and the orange masked man stopped.
"Sakura need Tobi?" He asked.
"No I just want to say goodbye to Tobi." She told him hugging him.
"Tobi likes hugging Sakura." Tobi chirped.
"I like hugging you too Tobi. Your such a good boy." Sakura told him patting him on the back before letting go. "Bye Tobi."
"Bye-bye Sakura! Tobi will miss you!" Tobi shouted before running up to his crew. Sakura waved as he ran away a smile on her face. It was his child like nature that made her want a child of her own. But meanwhile a growling sound had been growing behind her. Sakura turned to see Gaara glaring at her, the obvious source of the growl.
"What was that." Gaara demanded.
"That was me saying goodbye to Tobi." Sakura stated innocently before a malicious grin broke out on her face. "Is someone jealous?" Sakura teased.
"I am not jealous." Gaara scoffed.
"Uh-huh. Sure you aren't." Sakura said walking up to the girls. "He is so jealous." She whispered to them. They giggled and nodded. "Gaara he is just like a little kid in an adult's body."
"Hn." Gaara stated acting like he didn't care. Sakura rolled her eyes and turned to Shikamaru.
"Hey Shikamaru? How do you get rid of this curse?" Sakura questioned now ignoring Gaara.
"All the gold needs to be returned and a blood sacrifice be made." Shikamaru explained lazily.
"Okay. You guys should probably get the ship ready and stuff." Sakura said unknowingly giving orders.
"Since when do you give orders?" Gaara questioned with a raised eyebrow. Sakura looked at him wide eyed and he smiled saying, "Go get rid of the curse, have someone go with you too."
"Aww, still don't trust me eh Captain?" Sakura teased and Gaara glared at her. Sakura put her hands up in defense before saying, "Alright I'm going. Hinata wanna come with me?"
"Sure."
"Come on." Sakura said as they headed towards the chest. Sakura being the curious person she is began questioning Hinata. "So you and Naruto…"
"What do you mean?" Hinata questioned looking away.
"Are you two a couple? Your always together it seems." Sakura mentioned.
"Ah, no." Hinata said sounding upset.
"But you like him right?" Sakura asked putting the gold back into the chest.
"Um. Yes."
"Well do you think he likes you?"
"I don't know."
"Well I can help you find out." Sakura offered cutting her hand, not really feeling it as she pressed the blood to the gold. "How do I know if it worked?"
"Here." Hinata said quickly cutting Sakura's arm with her sword. Sakura winced, covering the wound with her hand trying to block the blood flow. "I think it worked. And thanks, I'd like the help."
"Well I hope so. Let's head back to the ship." Sakura suggested and they headed to the ship that had made its way out of the cave and into the ocean. Naruto and Gaara were waiting in a dingy for them.
Another month had passed and Sakura wasn't feeling to good. She was currently wasting away in bed, puking her guts out every so often. Seasickness? She didn't know, it didn't make any sense because she had been on the ship for so long before and never felt sick. Still how did she get sick like this?
Her thoughts then drifted to her second meeting with Akatsuki. When she got shot she had felt something weird in her stomach. As she thought about it more her stomach was a bit harder and she noticed not to long ago that her belly button was sticking out more than she remembered. I can't be pregnant, can I? Sakura thought to herself, her doubts getting to her.
"You okay Sakura?" Hinata asked as she came to check on her. The two had become close friends over the time Sakura had been on the ship and really got into being part of the crew. Sakura was still trying to get Hinata and Naruto together, despite Hinata's protests.
"I feel horrible." Sakura groaned. Hinata nodded and brought a wet cloth onto Sakura's forehead. Sakura in turn sighed feeling a bit of comfort. "What's the date Hinata?"
"May 13th it's a Friday today." Hinata answered and Sakura jumped up and stared at her.
"M-may 13th?" Sakura stuttered. It wasn't possible there was no way it could be that.
"Yeah what's wrong?"
"I-I missed my period." Sakura said her hand automatically going to her stomach.
"You don't mean…?"
"Yeah. I think I'm pregnant." Sakura stated. But she knew one thing. She had to go, to leave the crew. She couldn't stay on the crew pregnant. What if something happened to her child? Sakura would never forgive herself if something happened because she was careless. Her parents kicked her out of her home, and she'd be damned if her child be treated like that. It wasn't a good choice to raise a child on a ship, let alone give child birth on one! But Gaara would look for her. It would be easy for him too.
"Are you sure? I mean what if your wrong."
"Hinata, I haven't had my period in almost two months, there is no way its anything else." Sakura replied. "I have to leave. I can't stay here."
"Sakura you know Gaara, he's not just going to let you go." Hinata said.
"That's why your going to help me."
"How?" Hinata questioned.
"We are stopping for supplies in town in about an hour. I just have to convince Gaara, that I need girl stuff and that your going with me. Then I'll knock you out and they'll think I ran away."
"Alright two problems. One I am not being knocked out in some town full of drunks. Two Gaara has his compass and will just chase after you." Hinata told her. Sakura bit her lip in thought.
"Fine I won't knock you out, um just say you were in the changing room and I ditched, and I can take care of Gaara's compass." Sakura planned and Hinata nodded.
"Alright I'll help."
"Thank you."
"Okay meet back here in an hour, savvy?" Gaara stated and everyone nodded, Sakura and Hinata went off into town together. Once they were far enough Sakura hugged Hinata.
"Thank you so much. I'm going to miss you." Sakura said a few tears leaking out. Hinata was crying as well.
"I'll miss you too. Please find us someday." Hinata pleaded.
"I don't know Hinata, I don't even know where I'm gonna go." Sakura told her.
"Alright, I guess this is goodbye."
"Goodbye Hinata." Sakura told her before running off into town. She knew exactly where she was going to go. The place she hated most, but the place that set her on this journey in the first place. Konoha. She knew exactly how she was going to get there too.
"Hey! Our ship is sailing away!" Someone shouted.
"Haha bunch of idiots, right Akamaru!" A man with spikey brown hair said to a white dog. The dog barked happily before running off and jumping onto the lap of a girl with pink hair.
"Hey Akamaru." Sakura greeted petting him.
"Ya know Akamaru normally doesn't like people so easily."
"Yeah well, I'm not a normal person. Shino hows our progress?" Sakura questioned a man with black sunglasses, dark hair and almost his whole body covered in clothing.
"Right on course for Konoha." He responded.
"Hey Sakura, why are you just gonna give this ship away?" Akamaru's owner asked.
"If I really wanted a ship Kiba, I can steal another one. I just needed to get to Konoha, and you two needed a ship. I can't steer a ship into Konoha all by myself now can I?" Sakura told him.
"Hehe I guess your right." Kiba said taking a seat next to her.
"Shes what." Gaara seethed as Hinata told him the story, tears pouring out of her eyes.
"S-she left. I-I tried l-l-looking for h-her." Hinata sobbed, Naruto pulled her into his embrace to comfort her looking down sadly as Hinata buried her head into his chest. Gaara growled and reached into his jacket to pull out his compass. He scowled at finding it missing. She didn't want him to find her, but she would be in for a rude awakening when he did. He didn't care how long it took him, he would find her.
"Back to the ship." Gaara ordered.
"Shouldn't we search the area first?" Kankuro questioned.
"No, she wouldn't be here anymore. She planned this." Gaara replied going to the dock and onto his ship. Everyone quickly prepared the ship and set sail in search of Sakura. If only they knew how hard it would be to find her.
"So what's your story?" Sakura questioned the two accompanying her.
"Let's just say we have been on the run for a while." Kiba told her and Sakura nodded not digging any further. She really wished she had some rum. Guilt was consuming her but she knew this was the only way. She couldn't stay on the ship with a baby in her womb. If they got attacked, it would be disastrous. She had to protect her child, even if it meant she left everything that meant anything to her behind. Well almost everything. She still had Kakashi. She hoped he wouldn't mind if she paid him a visit, and stayed for about 7 ½ months.
"What about you?"
"Me? I'm going back home. I've had my fill of adventures, it's time I settled back down and looked at reality." Sakura explained. The two nodded and that was the last of anything revolving around anyone's past.
"Well here's Konoha, Sakura." Kiba said and Sakura frowned. This was it, the place she despised would be where she would stay.
"So long boys, good luck!" Sakura shouted as she watched the ship sail away. She wouldn't be on a ship anytime soon, and she was even more upset by that fact. About 3 days had passed since she ran away from Gaara and her crew mates. They hadn't found her and that was a good thing. She could finally get her life straightened out for her and her child. Now to head to Kakashi's.
KNOCK KNOCK
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KNOCK KNOCK
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BANG BANG!
"Kakashi I know your in there let me in!" Sakura yelled and the door opened to reveal a man with gravity defying silver hair, a mask and eye patch covering up most of his face.
"Sakura?" He questioned.
"Are you going to let me in old man?"
"Yup its you." Kakashi sighed stepping to the side to let her in. "What are you doing here?"
"Well thanks for the welcome home. Did you not miss me at all?"
"That's not the point Sakura. You know exactly what I mean."
"Yeah, thanks a lot for setting me up by the way." Sakura growled.
"I was just trying to help you get out of Konoha. I just never thought you would be back so soon." Kakashi told her. Sakura nodded.
"Neither did I. But it's the only place I got."
"What happened?" Kakashi asked and Sakura told him. From where she tried to steal Gaara's ship, ending up joining his crew, almost killing herself, meeting the Akatsuki, almost getting herself killed, even the part where she and Gaara had sex which brought her to her problem.
"I'm pregnant." Sakura told him. Kakashi got wide eyed at the news.
"So you want to stay here? I don't want anyone thinking its mine." Kakashi told her slightly panicking. Sure he was a pervert but he wouldn't do it with someone so young like Sakura.
"I couldn't stay on the ship, I don't want anything to happen to my child and I can't give birth on a ship either. I understand if I can't stay here but could you please help me find a place to stay? You're the only one I can trust besides the crew, but you know why I can't go back." Sakura pleaded. Kakashi sighed, a signal Sakura knew that he was giving in.
"Alright, I know a place you can stay. The woman can help you give birth as well." Kakashi told her. Sakura hugged him thanking him over and over again. This is why she came to Kakashi, he never let her down. Kakashi smiled down at her, she was like his daughter and he couldn't help but try to make her happy. "Go get some rest, while I go see her and tell her the situation. In the morning you will meet her and see where she's staying okay?"
"Thanks again Kakashi." Sakura said heading up to her bed. Kakashi nodded and headed out in search of the woman whom Sakura would stay with.