I dont own Naruto.
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Konoha.
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It was the middle of the night and the brisk, September air was biting at the Team's skin. Sasuke fought back a subconscious shudder as they vastly approached Konoha Gates.
What was he doing.
This was, he found out, the only place he could take two critically injured girls to be treated, as the rest of the villages in the area were small and didn't have hospitals.
Oh the bitter irony that he had to come back here; with Sakura of all people.
He hadn't even thought about how he was going to go about this. He turned his head up to the sky, the moon hanging brightly.
It was at least 12:00 at night.
"Sasuke, you sure this is safe," Suigetsu said looking at the other boy, the shadows of the trees dancing on his skin. Sasuke raised an eyebrow at him.
"No, not that I'm scared," He smirked toothily, "I mean, for you, Mr. Traitor."
"Well obviously not." Sasuke answered dully, stepping inside the gates, glancing around.
Suigetsu blanched, "And you don't care?" Sasuke tch'd.
"If I can leave when I was 13, I can leave now." He said quietly.
"Jeez, Sasuke you're so modest." He said rolling his eyes. A small moan from Karin brought their attention back to the injured girls.
"Follow me." Sasuke said bluntly.
"Not as if I have a choice," Suigetsu muttered under his breath.
Tsunade's eyes dropped as did her head but with a jolt she sat up right mumbling incoherently. She raked a hand over her face and let out a stifled yawn.
"Only 12?" She mumbled as she glanced up at the clock. She lazily shuffled the stacks of paperwork on her desk and vaguely wondered why she agreed to become Hokage.
She paused suddenly, hearing footsteps in corridor outside. Her brows knitted together.
"Shizune?" She called. The sound stopped and she slowly gathered chakra into her palm in suspicion.
The door swung open to reveal Sasuke Uchiha holding her apprentice. Tsunade flew to her feet making a beeline towards him. She started to speak, only to find the words didn't come out.
She shook her head angrily.
Suigetsu also stepped through the door, panting a little.
"Sasuke, what the hell…" His voice became quiet at the end, as he saw the Hokage standing there.
"You took us to the Hokage? Are you insane?" Suigetsu hissed under his breath. Sasuke stayed quiet.
"Uchiha, what the hell are you doing?" The woman spat, eyeing the unconscious girl in shock.
"She needs to be treated, as does Karin," He said cocking his head to the boy behind him.
"I can see that!" She snapped. She dragged her hand through her dirty blonde hair, taking in a deep breath.
"Bring them down, and you will tell me everything." She said, eyeing the boys menacingly. Sasuke nodded slowly, and Suigetsu suppressed a shudder as they each walked out the door.
Sakura vaguely became aware of some one's hushed voice. Her eyes twitched slightly and the talking ceased.
"Sakura, you awake?"
Her eyes fluttered open, only to be greeted with a blinding light and complete white all around her. She groaned loudly and sat up.
Hospital.
She attempted to rub her eyes only to find something confining her wrist, she blinked and dazed brought her eyes down to rest on her wrist.
Her wrist was tied to the bars of the headboard. Her eyes widened as she recalled all earlier events.
"S-sasuke? Suigetsu?" She called, her eyes flying around the room in a panic.
A hand landed on her head and she looked up to see a masked Jounin, tears pricked her eyes.
"My, aren't you in trouble." Kakashi murmured, his eye creasing into what she assumed was a fond smile.
Surely, he wasn't that stupid, no… Sasuke.
"What-"
"Sasuke along with that Suigetsu brought you and that other girl here, demanding you be treated," he chuckled.
Sakura's hand twitched and she cursed the chakra string tying her to her own hospital bed.
"Baka…" She said quietly, looking down at her sheets irritated.
Until a thought hit her, making her head snap back to her teacher.
"Wait… where are they now?"
"Incarcerated, maybe interrogated…" He must have seen the look on Sakura's face as his smile dropped.
"You know how much trouble you've got yourself into now." He said seriously, snapping shut the orange book, which had idly been hanging open in his hand.
"I know," She said looking down.
"Does Naruto know I'm here?" She asked dully, Kakashi shook his head.
"Don't tell him," She said looking up at him, completely serious. Kakashi's brows knit together and he sighed, ruffling her hair slightly, before heading to the door.
"I don't want to put ideas in your head," He paused, "But take care of yourself."
"Of course Kaka-sensei," She smiled brightly. They looked at each for a moment, an atmosphere of understanding hanging in the air between them and Sakura could safely say she had never had so much respect for her teacher.
He went to walk out the door, but paused as he was about to close it.
"Oh Sakura," He said airily, "Those chakra bonds? I hear only pure chakra have no effect on them…"
She gasped slightly, knowing what he was telling her.
"Interesting fact, ne?" He said, before closing the door. She laughed a little.
Thank you Kakashi-sensei…
"Sasuke, you idiot!" Suigetsu snapped, the wall between them muffling their voices a little.
"Hn," He replied, obviously not bothered by the fact they were both in prison as wanted criminals.
"What are we doing to do!"
"Hn,"
"WOULD YOU GIVE ME A PROPER ANSWER."
"Hey," Sasuke looked up to the familiar voice, "Keep it down… Sasuke?"
He looked up to see the Nara boy standing there, the usual bored expression on his face, standing on the other side of the iron bars wearing his Chunin vest.
"Nara," He said in recognition before closing his eyes once again.
"They finally caught you huh?" The other boy drawled, a small smirk playing on his face.
He opened his eyes, "Hardly."
"So you came back?" He voice dropped, all serious now.
He stayed silent, heavy footsteps approached.
"Ibiki-san."
"Leave the interrogating to me, kid. Go find a rattle to play with or something. Dismissed."
Shikamaru nodded, glanced back at Sasuke before leaving.
"Now that the reunions over with, let's play shall we?" Ibiki snarled, a twisted grin breaking out on to his face.
"Sasuke what's the interrogation like here?" Suigetsu asked, sitting back against the wall of his cell.
"We'll see." He replied.
"Heh, that's what I like to hear." Suigetsu snickered.
"Pah, child's play."
Suigetsu skipped, humming as he went past Sasuke's cell, Ibiki shouting after him before liquidising into loops into his own cell. Ibiki stood there, a vein pulsating on his forehead.
"WOULD YOU QUIT DOING THAT." He yelled, some dust from the ceiling floated to the floor. Suigetsu blinked before dusting off his hair quickly, and carrying on humming. The interrogator's fingers twitched at his sides.
"Sasuke, you're village is pathetic." Suigetsu said boredly, tipping his cup upside down, checking for any of its contents.
"You may not want to be saying such things in your situation, you traitorous mist nin."
"Excuse me?"
Sasuke smirked.
"Hn."
"And you Uchiha, you may be a Konoha shinobi-"
"I am no longer of that status," Sasuke said calmly, opening his eyes to glower at the man.
"Oh I know," Ibiki snarled, a grin contorting the many scars on his face, "I was merely saying-"
"TEME!"
Sasuke's eyes shot the direction in which the shrill yell came from his sharingan activating immediately. His nails dug into the soft ground beneath him, his fist clenching.
Naruto…
"NARUTO, WHAT THE HELL ARE YOU DOING DOWN HERE?" Ibiki yelled, his voice rattling through the hollow corridors.
All Sasuke saw was the occasional flash of yellow or an orange sleeve appear before being forced back by Ibiki.
"The hell…" Suigetsu muttered, liquidising and slipping through the metal bars. He blinked and somewhat wondered why he hadn't done that earlier to actually escape.
"Dobe." Sasuke muttered under his breath.
"What the hell." Suigetsu said, cocking his head to the side watching the struggling boy.
Ibiki turned.
"HEY." He yelled, lunging for Suigetsu, whom quickly side stepped him and ran off down the corridor. Ibiki followed.
Leaving Naruto unattended.
Kami
"Sasuke?" The boy asked, walking up to his cell, resting his forehead against the metal railings.
Sasuke didn't look at him and stayed silent.
"Where's Sakura-chan?"
Admittedly, that was not the first question he expected the boy to ask. He raised his eyes to him, sharingan flashing which made Naruto break out into a boyish grin.
Again, not quite the reaction he was asking for.
"Hospital." He answered simply.
Naruto's eyes darkened as his grip on the bars tightened.
"I can't believe you Teme," He said, his voice barely audible, "You actually kidnapped her?"
Sasuke stood and walked a little closer to the bars.
"Did you really kidnap her Sasuke?" Naruto asked, rather sincerely, probably worried of what he was going to hear.
Sasuke stared at him a while, watching him as the boy grew more and more irritated.
"Yes."
Naruto eyes flashed red for a couple of seconds before his hand came through the bars and grabbed a fistful of Sasuke's black shirt, slamming him into the bars. Sasuke smirked slightly.
"WHAT ARE YOU TRYING TO DO, SASUKE? FIRST YOU TAKE SAKURA-CHAN, THEN BRING HER BACK HERE, ALL BEATEN UP?" He yelled, his knuckles turning white. Sasuke looked down and simply slapped Naruto's hand away from his shirt.
"Why'd you do it?" He asked, quieter, when Sasuke stepped back in his cell. He raised his head and looked at his former team-mate.
"What."
"Hurt her" He shrugged, his eyes falling downcast on the floor.
"Hn." He looked up at the boy smirking, his sharingan flashing. "Because I wanted to."
Naruto was just about to rip those metal bars apart and slaughter Sasuke when Ibiki slammed into him, his cerulean eyes deciding whether or not he had just seen a boy turn into water a slip back into the cell next to Sasuke.
He was knocked off his feet but then roughly picked up by the collar by the huge man.
"Uzamaki if you know what's good for you, you'll be gone before I count to three."
"One." He dropped him.
Naruto stared at him for a while before looking back at Sasuke. The young Uchiha felt the boys eyes on his but refused to look at him, resting his gaze firmly on the floor.
"Two."
"Alright I'm going jeez," Naruto muttered, he took one more look at Sasuke, the disappointment lingering in his eyes and walked off with-out another word. Ibiki sighed.
"Well that was a bit heavy." Suigetsu said airily, "Did you and your boyfriend break up Sasu-kun."
He glared.
Suigetsu shut up.
"Why'd you say you kidnapped her?"
…
"Sasuke?"
…
"Talk. To. Me."
"…Hn."
"You're so immature."
"Suigetsu, just shut. Up." He spat.
"…Baby."
Dear lord, give him strength.
"Sakura Haruno, you are free to go after your injuries have healed." Tsunade said, noting everything down on a small clipboard at the end of her head.
Sakura frowned.
"No punishment?" She asked, wearily. Tsunade glanced at her.
"Why would you? Sasuke kidnapped you and made you take off your headband so you wouldn't be recognised by anyone else." Tsunade said, her eyes locked on Sakura.
Sakura took in a sharp, intake of breath and her eyes flew wide open. She shook her head a little.
"Wha-"
"That's what Sasuke told us." Tsunade said slowly, lowering the clipboard. She narrowed her pale eyes. Sakura didn't meet her gaze.
"Unless… he lied. In that case he'd be in more trouble than you would." Tsunade said edgily. Sakura looked up, biting her gum on the side of mouth in worry. She clenched the sheet underneath her.
Sasuke…
"Well?"
"I-its true."
"He took you?"
"Hai." Her voice wavering.
"Well in that case, you're free to go." Tsunade said lightly, taking off the chakra binds from Sakura's wrists.
"Tsunade-sama." Sakura asked quietly, "Where is Karin?"
"The red head?" She blinked, "In a room opposite here actually."
"Well I was wondering if it would be okay, if became her Nurse." Sakura said warily looking up at her mentor.
Tsunade stared at her for a while, and sighed.
"No."
"Bu-"
"Sakura." Her harsh, clipped tone silenced the kunoichi instantly, "She is criminal who is heard to have worked for Orochimaru."
Sakura stayed quiet her eyes glued to her hands in her lap.
"Please, Tsunade-sama," She bit out, "I've learned to …care for her, please let me nurse her."
Sakura bit back the lie into her mouth, God, it hurt to eve say she liked the girl.
Annoying, obnoxious, slutty-
"Fine, but Sakura, don't trust people so easily okay?" Tsunade frowned and pulled Sakura's chin up to look at her. "Are you listening?"
"Hai, Shishou."
Tsunade sighed, taking her hand away from the girl. She rubbed her temple and walked towards the door.
"Sakura Haruno you shall nurse Karin yaddah yaddah yaddah…" She said boredly, waving her hand around for emphasis. Sakura smiled and nodded. The Hokage left slowly, and Sakura was sure she heard her muttering something about Stockholm syndrome.
She shook her head and quickly got changed into her usual ninja garb and dashed out the door, ignoring the way her head throbbed at the sudden movement.
She quickly opened the door exactly opposite to her, her heart beating at an unusually fast pace. She took a deep shuddering breath in and put on her business mask.
She walked in only to see a elderly woman mopping a stain on the ceiling.
"Uh…"
"THIS SPECK HAS BEEN DRIVING ME INSANE."
Sakura sweat dropped and jogged over to the little old lady standing on her bed. She carefully pulled her back down and got her lay back.
"I thought I told you about you're back, Minayo-san." Sakura tutted, crossing her arms at the woman. Minayo huffed, turning her head to the side.
"Minayo-san." Sakura said warningly.
"Okay okay! Just get some-one to get the stain off the ceiling!" She yelped, throwing her arms around in the air only to hear a crack. She shuddered and put her hands to her back.
"Oh me aching back."
Sakura sighed and quickly placed her hands on the woman's collar bone and one on the small of her back. She pushed, causing the bones to click and crack.
"There." Sakura said simply, "Now please, try to relax and rest."
"Okay but-"
"And I will call some-one about the stain on the ceiling okay?" Sakura smiled. The little woman looked at her for a while before breaking out into a toothless grin.
"I always liked you."
"Goodbye Minayo-san," Sakura said politely before quickly heading out the door. She closed it quickly and slumped against it.
Too many distractions.
She looked to her left, seeing the other door opposite her room.
She opened the door to see Karin sitting on the bed biting her nails.
"Karin, I am your Nurse." She said seriously, walking towards the other girl.
The redhead looked at her, her eyes narrowing.
"Where's Sasuke-kun?" She asked immediately, eying the 'Nurse'.
"Prison." Sakura answered slowly, checking the chart hanging at the end of her bed. Her eyes darting around the data listed, not really taking anything in.
"You're a really bad actor." Karin said airily, slumping back on her bed, closing her eyes.
"What are you talking about?" Sakura said, glancing up at the other girl, shaking her head slightly.
"Oh please, I know exactly what you're doing."
"I'm being you're Nurse." Sakura said simply, placing the chart down and looking seriously at the redhead. Karin opened her eyes, looking blankly at the girl for a while before smirking and adjusting her glasses.
"So what, you volunteered to be my Nurse?" She said, smirking at the girl knowingly. Sakura blanched slightly, turning her to the side as she walked towards the bed.
"Perhaps." She said stubbornly, refusing to look at her as she leant down to look at the chakra binds on her wrists.
"Ha, and why was that? Its not like we get along" She said, laughing slightly, waving her hand in front of her face as best she could, irritating the pink haired kunoichi more so.
"Karin just shut up. I was," She sighed, "Worried about you." She said molding medical chakra into her hand and slicing the binds off.
"My, your acting gets worse and worse." She said cattily, rubbing her wrists a little.
Sakura hung her head slightly knowing the other girl spoke the truth, she lifted her head slowly, her green eyes hard. Karin titled her head to the smile, a smile tugging at her lips, obviously thoroughly enjoying this.
"Sasuke will come to find you, as he needs you-"
"I'm sorry I didn't catch that," Karin smiled, "Can you repeat that?"
Sakura stared at the girl, her teeth grinding. Karin chuckled and leaned forward, still smiling at her.
"Go on, what were you saying?" She said simply, her head resting in the palm of her hand.
"I said… he needs you" She bit out, her hands twitching at her sides, Karin smirked triumphantly "So he'll come to find you…"
Karin's smile dropped, as her mind whirred, finally realising where this was going. She let out a livid growl from somewhere in her throat.
"He's mine, not yours." Karin spat, swinging her legs off the bed to walk over to the kunoichi.
Sakura didn't flinch even when Karin came so close they were nose to nose. Their eyes clashed, Sakura refusing to back down.
They were so close; Sakura could feel Karin's breath tickling her cheeks.
"I've let him go too many times and I'm not letting him go to someone like you" Sakura whispered harshly, her gaze still locked on Karin. Karin's eyes narrowed into an icy glare and Sakura briefly felt her chakra spike.
Karin slowly closed her eyes and Sakura didn't even comprehend the speed in which she saw something flying towards her face.
She just felt the sharp sting of the slap after wards.
She turned her head back to face Karin after the slap had forcibly snapped her head to the side. She looked at her, ignoring the watering of her eyes from the sting. She blinked though when she saw the strange extra glisten in Karin's deep red eyes. Her eyes went a little wider as she stared but Karin quickly turned away, looking towards the window.
Sakura turned to see a silhouette behind the glass, the moonlight still causing a thick shadow over the entire body of the person. The sun was only just peeking over the horizon.
She didn't even need to ask or look who it was.
"Sasuke-kun…"
Well, disappointing chapter? yeah i know |:
I think the Itachi chase will begin after this.
Its just whether or not Sakura will be attending... ;D
So whatcha think of the story so far?
i promise to all those Sakura fans, she WILL get her moment, believeeeeeee me.
well lovelove. Exams are being a bitch at the moment so relatively slow updates kaY?