Chapter 14

She was breathing heavily as the sharp blade of a katana just barely missed her arm. The pinkette growled and sent a chakra charged fist at her opponent. Next to her the redheaded girl was struggling to keep up with her own battle. Sakura and Karin backed up only to be cornered against the mountain side. In front of them Sasuke and a boy previously named as Juugo were closing in on them. Both girls growled. Sakura jumped forward only to be sent backwards by a blow from Sasuke.

"Sakura, stop fighting. Just join me and I'll stop having to harm you." Sasuke's face still adorned the smirk he wore when the two had pounced on the girls an hour or so before. His eyes were blood red, intimidating to the redhead, but pathetic to the pinkette.

The pinky struggled to stay awake as unconsciousness flung itself upon her. She was overdoing it and her chakra was dangerously low. One word made its way from her lips when she fell onto the ground with a loud THUMP.

"Sasori-kun…"

Karin screamed seeing her best friend collapse. The redhead begged for her to still be alive. And then it all went black for her. Juugo knocked her out. Both girls lay on the floor, each with tears falling from their eyes. And each cut and bleeding on the ground. Sasuke picked up the pinkette and threw her over his shoulder. The Uchiha and Juugo disappeared, leaving Karin behind.

Hours later emerald eyes shot open. Fury burned through them as the pinkette stood up. She looked around seeing that she was in someone's room. It was a dark blue and by the huge white and red fan on the left wall, she could guess whose room it was. Sakura hissed seeing that the person in her head was sitting quietly in a chair. Sasuke smirked at her. Amusement danced across his face when she took a step towards him and collapsed.

Sakura expected her fall to hurt. But instead she fell onto something softer. The pinkette looked up and growled at the Uchiha that was now holding her. He stared down at her, no longer smirking. His eyes cooled from their red down to the normal coal black. He picked her up bridal style, the smirk returning after he heard the gasp of surprise. The raven haired boy dropped her roughly on the bed and sat down next to the pinkette.

"Sakura-"

"Sasuke, before the bullshit starts to spill from your second ass, please move away from me." Her sugary tone made him frown.

If Hidan were here, he would smile and give you two thumbs up.

Sakura smirked. Inner Sakura was right. Her smirk faded when Sasuke only moved closer.

"Now, now Sakura, don't get feisty. Deep down you love me. I know you do."

Sakura growled. She looked around. Catching sight of his katana she smirked and a plan hatched in her head. The pinkette leaned close to Sasuke and batted her eyelashes. "Fine, you've caught me. I have always seen you as an important part of my life. You know what Sasuke?" The pink-haired girl crawled closer to him and smiled.

"What, Sakura?" He smirked and purred his words. Obviously thinking that he had won, he leaned closer as Sakura beckoned him near.

Before either could blink Sakura grabbed his katana and aimed it at him. "You are incredibly important in my life. You showed me the difference between ignorance and stupidity." Sakura smiled evilly, cutting his left bang with the katana.

To her astonishment Sasuke smiled and stepped back. "You want to play this game, Sakura? Fine, let's play." He grabbed another katana and smirked. Taking position, he beckoned for her to attack him.

"My pleasure," Sakura growled and brought the katana back. She ran forward, throwing the katana into his arm. Sasuke smirked before disappearing in a cloud of smoke. Sakura cursed to herself and closed her eyes for a minute. Then she turned around, bringing the katana up to block Sasuke's. They went at each other. Each offensive attack was met with a defensive one.

"I must admit, Sakura. You are talented with a katana."

"I wish I could say the same to you." Sakura smirked. As Sasuke scowled she tripped him with her foot. He fell to the ground and his Sharingan eyes looked up too late. Sakura used the handle of the katana to knock Sasuke out. She looked down at the katana contemplatively.

Just take it!

'But-'

But nothing, grab it and run!

Sakura nodded and took the katana with her as she ran. Her emerald eyes watched the doorway disappear behind her. Swiveling her head she jumped with joy and ran to what her eyes thought was red hair. Horror replaced hope once she saw the truth. It wasn't the puppet's red hair she saw. She saw the orange hair of Juugo.

How the hell did you mistake the two?

'Damn it. We haven't had food in our system in about four days. The mission with Karin and then getting caught by Sasuke left us no time to eat. It seems reasonable that we are having hallucinations.'

Either way, we are so screwed.

'Yes, indeed we are. '

Juugo wasted no time grabbing the pinkette and silently tossing her into Sasuke's room. The Uchiha looked aggravated and Sakura gulped slightly.

…

Karin awoke hours later at the base. She looked around confused before realizing she was on the couch in the living room. She jumped up and clung to the closest body. "Where's bubblegum?!"

"Look Whore, I don't know where the Bitch is. I found you in napping on the fucking floor and took your heavy ass home." Karin let go of Hidan before smacking him in the head. Her red eyes searched the room and locked on one person. Sasori, he must've returned from his mission while they were out on their own. Something was different about him. She just couldn't figure out what.

"Sasori, Sakura-chan was taken by Sasuke!" the redhead girl was panicking. She watched his brown eyes grow in size. He nodded swiftly and stood up. "Wait, I'm coming with you. I can track her." She stood and ran over to the puppet man. Before they could head out another person entered the room.

"Sasori, Karin-"

"Itachi-san, we have to go get Sakura-chan!" Karin began to plead in a way that would remind the pinkette of Naruto asking Tsunade for a mission.

"I-"

"No, we won't stay behind! Sakura-chan needs us!" Karin stopped her ranting and shrunk a bit when Itachi shot her an Uchiha glare.

"If you let me complete my statement, I would have told you to go." Karin jumped up and smiled. Without a minute to waste she grabbed Sasori's hand and began to drag him.

"Hurry up Sasori-san. Bubblegum needs us!" The redheads took off. Karin led the way, tacking both Juugo and Sasuke.

…

Sakura growled and looked at the ropes that held her. Sasuke leaned close to her with his smirk. His breathe against her ear as he whispered things she never wanted to hear from him. When the raven-haired boy leaned back she spit in his face. Now he was growling. His eyes flashed red angrily. Then he smirked again.

"Sakura-chan, don't be so angry at me. It isn't my fault you are cooperating. But if you keep being a back girl I'll have to punish you."

"I can deal with any form of torture you throw my way, Sas-gay." She smirked and turned her head to the left and stared at the fan symbol. Itachi had more pride and respect to his name than the fool in front of her.

"Sakura…" The younger Uchiha grabbed her face harshly. He stared at her for a minute, almost sympathetically. But it was gone in a flash. His lips crashed harshly on her own and she screamed, or attempted as he would not let go.

We're done for…

Both Inner Sakura and Sakura began their silent prayers. Tears picked at their eyes when a loud banging sound came from the doorway. Luckily it was enough to pull Sasuke away from his victim. The cherry blossom gasped for breath and tried to put distance between her and the Uchiha.

"Juugo?" The pinkette looked at Sasuke, surprised by his shocked tone. Then her eyes led her to the doorway. There stood Juugo, but he was a bloody mess. White bone was showing in both his arms, his face was scratched up, and his legs looked broken and bent in certain ways that seemed inhumane. But what Sakura saw and Sasuke didn't was the blue chakra strings.

Her face lit up with joy as the remains of Juugo was thrown against the wall. Sasori calmly walked in the room and looked at Sakura with his big brown eyes. She smiled and it grew bigger once Karin strolled in as well. The pinkette's best friend came running toward her. Sasuke ignored the female redhead; his attention was focused on the puppet master.

"Bubblegum, are you ok?" Karin whispered as she untied Sakura. The cherry nodded and pointed to the katana on the floor.

"The infamous Sasori is here to fight me? Well don't I feel honored?" Sasuke smirked. Sasori shook his head.

"I don't think you'll be fighting anybody." Sasuke looked nonplussed at the puppet man, only to retrieve a sadistic smirk.

"Goodbye Sasuke-kun." Sakura smiled maliciously as she stabbed the katana through his heart from behind. They fled quickly and Sakura thanked both of them.

Sakura walked to the kitchen before anyone could touch her at the base. She grabbed a bag of cherries and ran to her room. The pinkette took in a breath of oak and smiled. She was finally home. The girl walked to the bed and sat down. The warmth behind her went unnoticed for a minute. Then arms wrapped around her and took a cherry. Sakura jumped and turned around.

"Sasori-kun," her voice was teasing until she took a look at his bare chest. She reached a small hand out and touched his chest. It was soft. "You're human…" Sakura whispered. She wasn't sure what to feel at that moment. So she settled for doing instead of feeling. Sakura pounced on Sasori and kissed him.

"I love you, Sakura." The redhead managed to whisper those four words before Sakura kissed him again.

"I love you too Sasori..."

A/N um… sorry… that's what I want to say the most. Sorry if the chapter sucked. So, the Sasuke bashing is because I'm angry and I need to vent without physically hurting someone or something. Sorry. Please review. It was actually pretty hard to get myself to finish writing this. But I thought about you guys and decided it is a must finish. This is possibly getting close to an end. I love you guys and see ya next time, lovelies.

Sincerely,

D.A.R.N.