Chapter Twenty-One; a Night to Remember
Sakura
I tapped my fingers on the wall behind me, sighing in irritation as Hidan toyed around with his scythe and Naruto fidgeted aimlessly, we were waiting on the other members of council to appear, namely, Hiashi Hyuga, and Tsunade-Shishou.
"This is so boring." Naruto whined, after finishing carving a bar of soap he found in the bathroom with a kunai, it appeared to be a… radish? It might have been a duck or something, Naruto was never artistically gifted.
"Shut up." Hidan groaned, running a hand through his slicked-back silver locks, annoyed with Naruto who hadn't quit mumbling and complaining since we got here. I simply sighed and tugged at the zipper on my red shirt, sliding it down a bit so the breeze hit my collar bone; it was almost a thousand degrees for some reason.
"You shut up, bastard!" Naruto grumbled, crossing his arms over his chest as his lips turned into a kind of pout, it was an odd sight, seeing him without his junjuriki markings, he looked so much like Minato- his father. It was almost an eerie resemblance.
A loud smack rang through the air as Hidan struck Naruto with the blunt end of his scythe in the motion almost like striking a pool ball, I rolled my eyes and stared at my unconscious blonde teammate who was sprawled out on the floor, drool dripping from his mouth, with how heavily he snores it surprised me that he was never ambushed while he was sleeping on a mission.
"You know Hidan; you should probably refrain from attacking anyone else, you and I aren't exactly on good terms with the village right now. Besides that, you're going to give Naruto brain damage." I sighed, rubbing my temples in irritation, hearing Hidan grumble something unintelligible under his breath.
I heard a door slam somewhere further down the hallway and everyone's head turned to see Tsunade adorning her full length, white Kage robes and headpiece, Jariya and Shizune trailing behind her, although TonTon was no where in sight.
She offered a nod to Hidan and I before entering the door we were standing by, all three disappearing within, I nodded to Hidan who slung a still-unconscious Naruto over his shoulder before following behind me into the room where the council would soon be present.
The first one I noticed was Koharu, who was looking old and sour as she sat with a scowl, arms crossed before her, as her wrinkled eyes fell on me they narrowed, she pushed back her chair with a snarl and pointed an accusing finger at me, "And what is she doing here?" She spat.
I ignored her rude comment and strode up to the across from beside her, smiling pleasantly as Hidan pulled out the chair for me, his face stoic as stone as he took the seat beside myself, as I turned to face the elder woman, who looked like she would explode in mere moments from anger.
"I am here to represent the Haruno clan, and- As old testament states; you cannot deny me place on the council." I smiled, cocking my head to the side to grin innocently at the snarky old bitch, whose mouth gaped for a moment before she fell back into her seat, huffing like a child.
I drummed my fingers restlessly on the table, looking around to people I'd known my entire life, Shikamaru's dad, looking worried for his missing son, along with tired considering it was decently late in the night, Ino's father, looking annoyed, his eyes scanning over the silver-haired Jashinist beside me with clear hatred, along with Choji's father.
"Where's Hiashi?" Koharu spoke up, seeming to forget she was supposed to be pouting over my presence, "I don't want to be here all night."
A loud slam hushed the elder woman, and everyone's eyes went to Tsunade, her eyes shadowed by the Kage headdress, her fist still curled and placed over the surface of the table. "We'll be here as long as we need to be, we must protect our people." She spoke, contempt and irritation towards the elder woman fueling her tempered words.
At that moment, a loud crash followed by an angered snarl erupted and Hyuga Hiashi erupted from the door, his kimono slightly skewed to the left, his hair being straightened out by the frail, nervous looking woman behind him which I assumed was one of his servants because he slapped away her hands and scowled at her until she quickly and nervously left the room, closing the door behind her.
The click that followed sounded so… definite, so final.
My fingers laced together beneath my chin as I propped my elbows up on the table, staring at a clearly not amused Hyuga, whom was actually not looking at me with hatred, surprisingly. His eyes were busy drilling into the Hokage in the most subtle way possible.
"Who, may I ask, had soap shavings thrown across the floors so carelessly?" Hiashi practically snarled. I could feel my chest straining with discomfort as I tried not to laugh. I even tilted my head to the side and tried to cover it with a cough, but something told me Hiashi Hyuga didn't miss the action with his 'oh-so brilliant' byakugan eyes.
Hidan however, had no quarrel with cracking a grin at the honestly hilarious situation, I surely hope Naruto's soap-duck will be worth the sure beating he will receive from Lady Tsunade later this evening, unless we're already at war, and then I assume she'll wait until after to beat the blonde.
"Hiashi, take a seat." Tsunade warned, not the least bit concerned with Hiashi's petty pride at the moment, which was understandable considering the problem at hand. Going to war with the Akatsuki alone would be a big effort, but now that other villages were mixed in it was almost discouraging.
My eyes flickered to Hidan, who was eyeing Kurenai curiously, she didn't even turn to look at him, but the whiteness of her knuckles as she gripped the arm of her chair told me that she knew he was here, along with the sharp side-glances Kakashi was sending to me, but at the moment, neither of them mattered in the slightest.
"Lady Tsunade, when can we send a team to find my son?" Shikaku spoke, his usually calm and disinterested voice sounding shaky and forced. But who wouldn't be rattled if they were woken in the middle of the night saying their son was in the hands of a one-hundred year old sharringan wielding schizophrenic?
"Calm down, Shikaku. I understand your concern for your son, and a team has been sent." Tsunade nodded to the Nara clan leader before her honey-colored eyes flickered to me, hard as stone, demanding respect, authority practically radiated off her.
And I'm sure she could see the defiance in my eyes. The only reason I would ever take orders from this woman is because she taught me everything she knows, she was my one and only true mentor, like a mother to me. Except she didn't shove a god of death inside of me, of course.
"Lady Hokage, You can't be serious about discussing matters of an attack on the Akatsuki with former members, perhaps even spies-"
"That's enough, Koharu." Tsunade cut off, her eyes narrowing at the older woman, who then turned to the elder beside her, just as vile and yet to speak a word. Danzo had however not been here to witness it, because he was several feet in the ground.
"I also do not find it wise of you, Tsunade." A cracked, dry voice spoke up, I was wandering how long that old bag of bones would keep quiet, or maybe I was hoping he died in the hurry to get here.
"How kind of you to join us, Homura." I smiled innocently, not missing the distinct sneer he sent my way, I just batted my eyelashes and turned back to Lady Tsunade, seeing her watching me with wary eyes, as if she were trying to warn me to remember my place. Although I thought she knew me far better than that.
"I never betrayed Konohagakure, or its people. I have not once attacked a citizen or field Nin unless in self-defense. I disbanded which would have made me AWOL, but considering Uchiha Sasuke was given a pardon, I expect to be treated equally." I smirked, watching a frown appear on Homura's face as he pushed his glasses up the bridge of his nose and Koharu simply crossed her arms and continued glaring at me.
"You joined the organization, Akatsuki. That is a criminal organization against all villages, including your own, Miss Haruno." Homura spoke, the moonlight glinting off his glasses, glaring out his eyes.
"That's Lady Haruno." Hidan snarled, his massive hands clamping on to the edge of the table, a loud crack echoing through the room, His usually pinkish eyes taking on a more lavender color due to his bubbling anger. The unease in Shikaku and Kurenai was evident, but they had yet to speak against Hidan, surprisingly.
"There is no longer a Haruno clan." Koharu snapped, her eyes flickering to me, amusement dancing in them. She thought she was going to rile me up into a frenzy so I would look incompetent, even though I really fucking wanted to snap her over my knee, I would hit the bitch where it hurt; her completely undeserved pride.
"No thanks to your people. I have however illuminated the Kyubi threat and have valuable information on the Akatsuki, as well as my counterpart. That alone should grant us immunity, considering torture of any kind will not work on either of us. I may not have a bloodline to bargain with, but I'm sure you aren't that greedy, are you, Koharu? Homura?" I remarked, watching a small flush come to Koharu's cheeks, and an annoyed glint form in Homura's wrinkled eyes.
"Your 'counterpart' need I remind you, has committed a very high offense against this village." Koharu snarled, her eyes narrowing at the silver-haired man beside me, who simply smirked at the old woman, I could see the look on his face and went to speak to cover up whatever snide comment he was about to make that would ruin any chance of civility between any of us, when something strange happened.
"I have committed offenses against this village. However, Sakura and I are joined by marriage and from then on are held to the laws of our clan. The clan I originate from uses sacrifice in battle religiously. Therefore by the laws of Konohagakure you cannot become involved with matters inside of a private clan." He spoke evenly, and if I was correct, didn't use a single bit of profanity. I was stunned to say the least, because he was absolutely right, I almost forgot about the laws here. They were nearly medieval.
A loud crash echoed through the room and the blonde haired Tsunade who I had nearly forgotten was in the room finally had enough with the bickering between the two elders and me, clearly. "Damn it. I don't care who's in this room right now, we need something to do right now or our village will be destroyed!" She bellowed, her eyes a blazing gold.
"I suggest a frontal attack, we send in the Chunin and Jonin to the front," Chouza Akimichi began, laying out a map of the village and perimeter across the long rectangular table, everyone quite stunned he was first to speak, Shikaku was more of a strategist. ", and Sent the ANBU around here," He said, pointing to an underground junction used as a secondary defense during war. "They are bound to keep their leader somewhere in the middle. And seeing as its Uchiha Madara, he has to have the most potent chakra signature of everyone there." He nodded.
"I agree with the first wave, but we're outnumbered and certainly can't afford any of the casualties caused by such a blunt attack, we could create a smoke screen, plant the perimeter with paper bombs to force back the first few waves of attackers, that way we can at least have a few moments for our teams to correctly position themselves." Shikaku nodded, rubbing his chin in deep thought, his plan was actually quite smart, and forcing them back was probably a good idea, they didn't need to be fighting off thousands of other ninja while the civilians were evacuating.
"Have you contacted Suna, Lady Hokage?" Inoichi Yamanaka spoke up, his sharp blue eyes resting on the flattened piece of paper that showed a graphic sketch of the village and surrounding perimeter and forest, quite detailed actually.
"Yes. They have not responded yet. I can only hope they aren't suffering the same bad luck." She spoke, fingers entwined beneath her chin.
I could feel Shikaku's eyes on me, and inclined my head to the side, noticing the discomfort in his features I didn't snap at him like a usually would. I didn't have the right, I had dragged the man that had killed his son's Sensei into the village and made them damn sure that I wouldn't allow him to be jailed.
"You have information on the Akatsuki, correct?" He questioned sharply, his hazelnut colored eyes drilling in to me, age worn and swimming with concern, as a former friend of Shikamaru I was quite concerned myself. So I bit my tongue.
"Yes." I nodded, pushing back from my chair and walking to stand beside Chouza, who didn't even incline his head to say he noticed my presence, as I lent over the map, I propped myself onto my palms and swiftly knocked the pieces from it's surface, ignoring the annoyed grunts and gasps from me wiping out their plan.
I strategically began setting them up once more in a different order, explaining imperfections and flaws in their plan, "A frontal attack won't work, although the former part of Shikaku's plan would be ingenious as a distraction, we could place delayed smoke bombs and paper bombs around the front gates, where most are waiting, and then attack from underground, where Madera would least be expecting us to, since he knows Konoha like the back of his hand, he would assume we would be evacuating civilians through the tunnels." I nodded, moving another piece across the board, ignoring all who started speaking.
I was talking, and if they wanted to win this war, they would listen.
"We're outnumbered, but if we attack through the ground, it could give us the moment of infiltration we need. Madera won't be in the crowds, no, he knows better than that, and he expects that. He's most likely on the south wing, opposite of the gates, so he can infiltrate the village while most of our nin are fighting off the front waves of ninja, he care's not for his men, he'd sacrifice thousands to get to us unharmed, Hidan and I will go to the south wing and-"
"What makes you think you can take him by yourself?" An almost forgotten presence spoke up, my evergreen eyes flickered upwards to meet with Naruto's oceanic blue, doubt and concern swimming in them.
"Naruto, you'll just have to trust me on this-"
"No!" He protested, slamming two sun kissed hands on the table, defiance and sheer willpower radiating off of him, "There is no more trust, Sakura!" He snarled, his words striking deeply, but I couldn't allow it to show, now was not the time for that. "You can't face him, and probably the entire Akatsuki by yourself!"
I sighed, straightening and crossing my arms with a huff, turning to face Lady Tsunade, Naruto not a problem at the moment, beside his protesting groans and words against being ignored. "Lady Tsunade, I haven't the slightest doubt that most of the Akatsuki's current members will switch sides once they see me oncoming with Hidan, most are there just for the pay and home, they most likely didn't even want to participate in the war that's about to break loose, and then, in that moment of doubt, Hidan can fight off the remaining members while I go for Madara." I nodded, eyes flickering to Hidan who looked like a statue radiating power, arms crossed and eyes hard, towering over most men in the room.
I closed my eyes and sucked in a breath, noting everyone in the room had come to a hush, even Tsunade looked doubtful of my plan.
"Listen, I know these men like the back of my hand. I know their quirks, their fighting styles, their weaknesses, and I also know that more than most of them are there because they couldn't get out or were forced in, if they're offered a place to go, they'll take it, and fight alongside us." I remarked, watching the doubt still swim in my old Shishou's eyes.
"Disperse. We'll attack tomorrow at dawn." Tsunade spoke lowly; for once she seemed to truly fear for our village.
I clamped a hand on her shoulder and turned to take Hidan's offered arm, before he lead me out of the room, where two ANBU blackops met us in the doorway, one I noticed was wearing the mask of a bear, Izaya. The other, I did not recognize.
"Follow us, and we'll lead you to your rooms, Lady Haruno." Izaya spoke, he was one of the younger ANBU, I'd trained him some in medical Ninjutsu, I believe. I nearly blushed at the honorific, considering most ANBU were more timid around me now, less trusting. I wasn't sure if it was a good thing or not that this young man still held some kind of faith in me.
I wouldn't.
I closed my eyes, cherishing the feeling of being in the village for what may be the last time, leaning my head on Hidan's arm, taking a slow breath, breathing in the scent of the village, feeling it's warm air. The hatred I held to it was still alive, just slowly burning to nothing. I didn't want my last moments on this Earth to be filled with hatred or sorrow.
I felt Hidan's grip tighten, I know he was worried for me, ever since Kakashi had stuck his hand through my chest in an attempt to kill me, He'd been treating me like a glass doll, one that would shatter at the lightest touch. I sighed and leaned in to his touch, to relieve some of the stress from his monster grip. I closed my eyes. Relishing the feel of him as if it would be the last time, and maybe it would be, after tomorrow.
We were lead to one of the democratic sweats in the back of the Kage tower, one used for traveling Kage's and diplomats. Although I doubt they were trying to make us comfortable, this is the best guarded place in the village besides the Investigation tower.
As soon as we were inside the ANBU took a stand outside of the door, they tried to mask their chakra, but I could smell it, (Thanks to the Kyubi and his keen sense of smell.)
Hidan turned to me, concern swimming in his lavender depth, before gripping my forearms and yanking me forward into a powerful, demanding kiss, his soft lips traveling along the nape of my neck almost desperately.
I closed my eyes and let my fingers slide through his soft tousled locks, enjoying his very feral snarl of appreciation. Soon I was lifted from the ground, my legs instinctively wrapped around Hidan's waist, my back meeting against the back of the wall harshly, pain radiating through it for a moment, but that was pushed aside when my shirt was torn from me, I snarled at the loss, but as Hidan's warm, hot lips started traveling along my collarbone, leaving hot wet marks that his breath fanned against.
A gasped as he cut through my chest bindings in one slice, my breasts bouncing free, his animalistic grin caused a burning between my legs, I groaned and lent my head back, whining for him to continue, rocking my hips forward until I felt his lips on my neck, and his fingertips brushing alongside my breasts, along the sides, as if outlining them with his hands, every now and again the pad of his thumb would swipe over the sensitive peak, causing a gasp to slip past my lips, now burning from my teeth digging in to them.
"Say my name." His breathing was labored, but as his fingers pinched down hard over my nipple I found myself crying out in a mixture of pain and agonizing pleasure, I could feel the wetness forming between my legs as he rolled his hips into mine, I could feel the throbbing of his manhood teasing me.
I snarled and forced myself forward, fingers clutching into his hair and pulling at the roots, my lips meeting his in a dangerous dance for dominance. My tongue sliding along his lower lip, meeting his, I pushed the black T-shirt he had been wearing from his form, purring as I ran a hand over his rippling muscles, which were clenching with arousal.
"Say it, Sakura." He snarled, I closed my eyes and sucked in a deep breath, trying to keep from screaming it out just so he would continue, but I wasn't going to give in, this was a game and I would play it to the end.
"I want to play doctor." I whispered harshly into his ear, a bright green glow dancing onto my fingertips, my hands dancing over his back until I found the nerve in the junction of his lower back, hearing a loud grown followed by 'not fair', as I attacked his pleasure system.
His teeth burrowed into my shoulder, I mewled as I felt my blood dribble down my shoulder, and Hidan's tongue lapped hungrily at the thick crimson liquid. I rocked my hips forward once more, grinding hard against his now rock hard manhood, biting down on my lower lip as he furiously thrust forward, hitting hard against my clothed clit, only a thin layer of spandex between us.
I felt his index start rubbing down the clothed slit, I could feel the moisture already building on the layer of spandex, I let out a rough moan as his fingers pushed harder against me,
I built chakra into my hands and shoved hard against him, knocking him to the floor and onto his back, my sensitive breasts bouncing at the action, causing me to moan and clutch desperately at his back, nails digging in to the skin as I straddled him, smirking at the sinister face he wore.
He bent forward, his breath hot on my neck, sensitive from the open mouth kisses earlier, his lips touching the lobe of my ear as he harshly whispered, his hands clutching roughly into my long pink tresses, "We're going to do this the right way."
I gave him a questioning look, before I felt the tip of a kunai slice roughly into my shoulder, I moaned from pain mixed pleasure as blood spilled from my shoulder, Hidan began drawing the symbol of Jashin on the left, I smirked and buried a kunai in his shoulder, watching the deep crimson liquid flow.
I repeated his process, watching as the shadows from the room wavered and began crawling up our skin. The symbols of our transformational states covering our skin, He looked at me through lavender eyes as I bend down and ran my tongue over the skeletal markings by his parted lips, his own tongue snaking out to meet mine.
He tasted of blood and sweat, delicious.
His hand still fisted in my hair tightened and I felt him give a rough tug forward, his lips meeting my own, tongue snaking out and running along the swirling marking on my cheeks, my eyes instinctively taking on a crimson hue, the glow illuminates my face.
"You're so fucking beautiful the way Jashin created you." He whispered as I heard the click of a buckle, and Hidan's manhood sprung free through the zipper of his pants, pressing hard against my abdomen, droplets of pre-cum causing droplets of moisture on its surface.
My spandex shorts were expertly sliced off, leaving me in my medical apron, hardly covering anything as is, his manhood brushed along my entrance as I lifted my hips to make it more accessible, as I began lowering myself over his length I grunted, he groaned in response as he felt my tight walls clenching around his member, his hands still fisted into my hair as he roughly thrust forward, causing a moan to escape my lips.
"Say my name." he growled lowly, causing me to scream out, unintelligible mixtures of sounds that didn't really count as words, his fingers curled around my throat, choking me as he roughly fucked me, I felt my walls tightening, I closed my eyes and met each thrust, which was getting quicker and more desperate.
"Say it." He snarled with a rough up thrust.
I didn't give in, my eyes clenched shut as I felt one of his fingers tracing my nipples, before clamping down and pinching it, I moaned, which came out a strangled gasp considering one of his hands was busy strangling me, I felt the juices of my womanhood making it a more slick ride.
"Say it." He said, his hand that once occupied my nipple reached under to start pinching and rubbing at my clit, slick with moisture, his cock harshly throbbing within my tight walls, he was getting so close, I just had to hold off that….
"Hidan!"
I felt his seed fill me, mixing with my own juices as I slowly rode off my orgasm, eyes clenched and muscles tingling, my head spinning from how hard I had came.
I opened my eyes to see a wide grin on his face, his breathing labored and a devilish glint in his eyes as he yanked me forward by my hair, bringing his lips to my ear once more,
"Don't forget Hime, We need to survive tomorrow. I'll make fucking sure we do. You're still promised to me."
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A little HidaSaku for you glorious souls, a rushed lemon, but I thought it was nice if I do say so myself.
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