Just Because I Said Would Doesn't Mean I Will
They all reached a small town by nightfall and checked into the hotel. They rented out the largest room the hotel had.
When they found their room Sasuke placed Sakura on the bed. He gently put his hand on her forehead.
"She is freezing and it isn't even cold tonight."
"She isn't going to recover her chakra the way she is going." Kai said, she got a few blankets and put them over Sakura.
"I might try something though." Kai placed her hand on Sakura's forehead. Suddenly Sasuke heard Sakura take a large breathe like she had been brought back to life. Then her breathing went back to a normal pace.
Sasuke felt Sakura's forehead again it was warmer now. He looked over at Kai.
"What did you do?"
"Madara had left a genjutsu on Sakura so she would be unable to fight back, then left a different jutsu on her, which was still absorbing her abilities and her chakra; By disrupting her chakra flow all together I have cancelled both the jutsu's and now she should be able to recover her chakra easily." Kai said.
"Where did you get an ability like that?" Naruto asked amazed.
"I was born with it like my invisibility and just as Sakura was born with the ability to watch opponent's actions at a slower pace and using the elements, I always found it weird that my parents named me before they knew that I had this ability because my name means Genjutsu Cancel, I can just touch someone who has a genjutsu on them and it will be destroyed."
"You Haruno's are something." Naruto said.
Kai smiled shyly. She walked over to the one of two couches and lay down.
"Uh, that is better, I am so tired." Kai mumbled to herself and let her eyes close.
"Hmm, I think we might rest up too." Hinata said and pulled Naruto over to the other double bed in the far corner of the room.
Sasuke stayed awake and sat on the chair next to the bed Sakura now slept on.
A couple of hours later Sasuke could feel himself drifting when a quiet voice came.
"She is so lucky to have someone like you looking out for her." Kai's voice said.
"I am not the only one who looks out for her, we all do especially Naruto." Sasuke said drowsily.
"Yes but his protectiveness is more like a brother protecting his little sister, I think yours is more out of love for her and not that same love as a brother would have of his sister but of two people willing to put their lives at risk for the other, no matter what."
Sasuke looked down at Sakura.
"Look whether you accept it or not, i know you love my sister." Kai said.
Sasuke glared at Kai.
"I think you should mind your own business you don't know anything about love you're the one who left Sakura and said you would never forgive her, she was only a child and you blamed her for your carelessness."
Kai chuckled lightly.
"Last I remember you left her too." Kai countered.
Sasuke froze slightly.
"How did you know about that?"
"You don't think that I checked up on my sister every now and then?" Kai said "What you did, so very classy, knocking her out and leaving her in the middle of the street at night, don't even get me started on what could have happened to her!" Kai whispered viciously not wanting to wake the others.
"It was the only way, she wanted to stop me from going to Orochimaru, and I knew that if I said I was going either way she would follow me, I couldn't let her go to Orochimaru, not so close to Kabuto, the fucking perve," Sasuke sneered out "My only other option was to knock her out and get a good head start, if she were to follow."
"You couldn't have at least brought her back home?" Kai said
"I had already successfully managed to get to the gates without anyone seeing me; I wasn't going to take the chance of getting delayed."
"Oh I am so glad you were thinking about the safety of Sakura." Kai said.
Sasuke sighed "Look I am sorry, I was only a 12 year old boy, my whole clan had been killed and my brother had helped do it, I was angry and to be honest only wanted to kill Itachi, Sakura was the only one after my parents had died who really cared for me and listened to me, I didn't want her to get hurt like my parents had so I pushed her away."
"You were the one that called her annoying all the time, I saw her kind of look over to you when she said she had been called annoying a few time didn't think much of it at the time but now I understand, you were arrogant ass-hole who only thought about your own pain." Kai said
Sasuke looked at her angrily.
"You should go back to sleep." Sasuke said.
"I don't think I feel like it." Kai challenged
"It wasn't a request it was an order." Sasuke said
"Who died and made you king?" Kai said and made her way back to the couch and pulled a blanket over her.
Sasuke sat there for another minute
God Haruno's are so fucking stubborn!
Slowly she was welcomed with the warm morning light.
That feels nice and warm
Sakura opened her eyes and sat up, she looked around the room, Hinata and Naruto snuggled in the corner of the room on the double bed, she smiled, then she saw Kai draped across the couch and Sasuke slumped in the chair next to her bed. She couldn't help but be amused by the scene infront of her.
They all look so peaceful, even Sasuke.
Sakura paused on Sasuke's face for a moment.
He hasn't looked so…so peaceful for such a long time.
Suddenly Sasuke woke and sat up.
"ARGH!" Sakura screamed
Sakura having been staring at him jumped back only to fall off the edge of the bed.
Sasuke looked over to where Sakura would normally be, but all he saw were her legs up in the air behind her bed.
Sakura lay there whilst she heard everyone else wake up and mumble about the noise.
Sasuke walked over to the bed and looked over the side, raising an eyebrow.
Sakura shrugged her shoulders.
"Sorry?" she said.
"Seeing as you seem to of recovered, we should get moving." Sasuke said and went to get his things.
The all groaned.
"Do you want to die or not? Knowing Pein he would have sent people after us because they still want the Kyuubi, or have you forgotten?"
"Fine." Kai said and started to get her things.
10 minutes later they checked out of the hotel.
They made their way into the forest.
"So where too now?" Sakura asked.
"Well we are going to go find Kakashi and the others." Naruto said.
"Ok." Sakura said.
"Alright let's go!" Naruto said.
Sasuke and Sakura were up the front, Sasuke had said he needed Sakura to be up the front with him because of her increased chakra, she would be able to sense out any upcoming people.
Suddenly Sakura felt something, she looked over to Sasuke.
"What?"
"There is a group of people coming up maybe 2 or 3 the third is kind of wavering." Sakura informed.
"How long until we reach them?" Sasuke asked.
"Maybe 2 or 3 minutes?"
"Then why can't I sense them?" Sasuke asked.
"I think they are cloaked, but for some reason I can sense them but just." Sasuke said.
She heard it she wasn't sure if anyone else had but she had the sound of metal cutting through the air and judging by the speed and where she could hear it, it was going to hit someone. She ran at Sasuke and rammed into him, bringing them both to the ground.
"Shit, what was that for?" Sasuke said and then noticed the position they were in; Sakura was sitting on top of Sasuke's stomach.
"Well if you look at that tree you will see a shuriken in it, if I hadn't moved you, that shuriken which is in the tree would be in you, does that tell you what that was for?" Sakura said sarcastically.
"Isn't this a sight for sore eyes, Sasuke you have become soft, any other girl and you would of thrown her of you." Came Madara's voice "It seems you have recovered quit well Sakura" Then at that moment Kai, Naruto and Hinata dropped in behind Sasuke and Sakura.
Naruto's eyes widened at Sasuke and Sakura.
He sighed. "Couldn't you guys at least wait till it was dark so we did have to see this!"
"It's not what you think!" Sakura protested and got off Sasuke.
"Is it just me who seems to of noticed that Madara is actually here?" Sasuke stated plainly.
"Oh," Naruto said "What they hell are you doing here?"
"I was sent to bring you all back; Pein doesn't want the whole world to know about this little…complication," Madara said darkly. "But I get the feeling that you aren't going to come back…civilly."
"You're damn right about that!" Naruto yelled.
Madara smirked. "Well then I will just have to force you."
Madara disappeared and then appeared behind Hinata. He placed a kunai at her neck.
Naruto's eyes widened and then he became angry
"Who the fuck do you think you are?!" he yelled.
"Naruto don't." Hinata said looking into his eyes "Don't worry."
Hinata quickly elbowed Madara in the gut and spun around.
"Byakugan!" the vein appeared around Hinata's eyes, she ran at Madara (who was still trying to recover from the elbow in the gut) and hit him in the chest numerous times. Madara backed away gasping.
"Come on! We have to go whilst we have the chance." Hinata said and grabbed Naruto's arm.
Madara watched as they ran away into the forest.
He fell to his knees; he had missed his chance to get them all
You were careless!
Madara bent his head back and let out a frustrated scream which echoed through the whole forest.
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