Strangely… I can't think of anything to say… except… (Locks the exit) more hugs and kisses! Mwuhahahahaha…
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-- Previously --
Sakura softly rubbed Sasuke's cheek lovingly and went back to healing his arm when he shifted uncomfortably in his sleep, "Im just happy that he's found someone he can love… no matter what" She replied truthfully with a broad smile
Tsunade returned her smile and agreed, "That's nice Sakura… I'm sure you should tell him that…"
"I will Tsunade-sama… I will…" her smile faltered when she looked back down at Sasuke's passive face, his looked so worry-free…
'Please wake up soon Sasuke-kun… I need you… we need you… but most of all…' She turned her head to look at the small tanned figure that was Naruto in the distance…
'But most of all… Naruto needs you…'
Gaara jumped backwards as he just narrowly dodged Kyuubi vessel, Naruto landed gracefully on all fours and sprung at Gaara again. Gaara's sand whipped up as Naruto collided with the thick wall of grains, a loud snap and crack sounded when Naruto slammed into the barrier. Gaara mentally cringed when he had heard Naruto crash head-on with the hard sand divider between them both; Gaara reluctantly made his sand disappeared back into his gourd, as he wanted to see Naruto's face. Said man was leaning over with his hands planted on his knees as he growled loudly and sent Gaara a death glare from beneath his bangs.
Naruto's nose was twisted in an ugly direction as it had snapped off to a side; Naruto crossed his eyes and winced at the sight of his distorted nose, he looked back at Gaara who was sending him a smug look. Naruto hastily pulled his nose until an unnatural 'pop' sound erupted from it; he wiggled it back into its normal position and waited for the fox demon to heal it. Naruto carefully let go of his nose as he felt the chakra soothing his broken nose. Gaara watched Naruto's movements in a bored fashion; Naruto wriggled and scrunched his nose, seeing if it was all right. He mentally congratulated the demon's handiwork and thanked the Kyuubi, Naruto snapped his neck from side to side and smirked at the redhead.
Gaara's eye twitched vigorously from Naruto's taunting smile, Gaara's sand picked itself up off the ground in slow motion. It stabbed at Naruto's body in precise and dangerous movements; Naruto was only just able to dodge Gaara's attacks. A dark aura was building around Gaara from anger, Naruto merely sighed at Gaara's determination. Gaara's sand enveloped Naruto's feet and threw him in too a tree before letting go, Naruto dug his nails into the tree so he hadn't hit it with a large amount of force.
Naruto slid down the tree trunk and gracelessly landed on his butt on the ground. Naruto sent Gaara a death glare, who just countered it with his usual apathetic look. Naruto shook his head and stood up, brushing the dark ashes and sand grains off his pant legs. Naruto planted his hands on his sides and stretched his hips by waving them from side to side. Boredom quickly replaced Gaara's anger at Naruto, this of all times was not the best time to get angry at Naruto… knowing what could be the fate of Naruto or himself, if he enraged their demons.
Naruto wiped the side of his face clean from the blood; he sent Gaara a slight glare before pouncing at him again. Gaara swung his fist at Naruto and made it collide with Naruto's cheekbone, Naruto winced slightly under the sharp pain but managed to attack Gaara. Naruto, at the same time as Gaara, had done the same motion as the redhead. They both flew in opposite directions; Gaara flew to the right while Naruto flew off to the left. They both lay on the ground momentarily, before both demon vessels leapt to their feet and charged at each other.
Naruto moved his fist back and forth as he aimed a punch at Gaara's face, Gaara awaited Naruto's hit patiently. Gaara's sand instantly flared up before Naruto's hand could get even close to his face, Naruto cringed when his knuckles cracked against the rough grainy wall. Naruto angrily retracted his hand and glared at the sand wall, hoping it would burn under his fiery glare. Gaara sent him a self-satisfied smirk as his sand receded its defensive position around Gaara.
"If you didn't have that sand you'd be defenseless and weak…" Naruto muttered as he rubbed his sore fist
"And so would you… if you didn't have the Kyuubi's chakra to back you up…" Naruto glared as Gaara finished his taunting "But… your already weak…"
Naruto sent him a dirty look and flared up his chakra, the hurricane of red chakra erupted around his body and dangerously swung at Gaara's body. Gaara jumped back when the chakra took tried to attack his body, Naruto bent forward and gently placed his palms on the soggy grass. Gaara carefully analyzed Naruto's animalistic movements, Naruto's hair drooped low down in front of his eyes but his red eyes shone through his muddy blonde bangs. Gaara raised a hairless eyebrow at the nasty look he was receiving; Naruto extended his arm and slashed Gaara's leg, leaving four claw marks.
Gaara jumped backs as if he had been electrocuted; he gripped his wound and sent Naruto a blood-chilling glare. Naruto just sent him a toothy grin and scraped his bangs backwards, Gaara saw his wound dry up and become a scab, although it was still tender and ached if excessive movement was used on it. Gaara could feel the skin around the injury tightening; Naruto leapt at Gaara and pushed him into the dirt. Gaara pushed Naruto around so he was on top; he smashed his fist into Naruto's forehead making Naruto's whole body shake under the sheer force of it.
Naruto slipped his head from under Gaara's fist and sunk his pointed fangs into the unscathed skin on Gaara's hand. Gaara immediately responded to the pain by punching Naruto in the side of his face, Naruto didn't let go of his firm grip on Gaara's hand. Gaara swung his fist back and forth again and slammed into the side of Naruto's head, Naruto winced and reluctantly let go of Gaara's hand. Naruto stumbled backwards and rubbed his face trying to soothe the minor pain, while Gaara rubbed his sore fist and massaged the bite marks that had penetrated his skin. Naruto sent Gaara a dark glare and let his chakra die down, and Gaara sent him an equally frightening glare.
Gaara's sand twirled around violently making small swirls before shooting itself at Naruto, Naruto absent-mindedly dodged Gaara's sand as it just barely slipped past his hip. Naruto yawned and sidestepped the sand's attack again, Gaara narrowed his eyes as his sand took another shot at attacking Naruto. The violent sand scraped the side of Naruto's waist but he didn't falter from it, the wound closed up with ease and was healed in an instant. Naruto flipped backwards like a cat as he dodged the sand, it made numerous fast-paced attempts to grab Naruto, and yet one after another they all failed.
Naruto leapt backwards and wrapped his legs energetically around a tree limb, Gaara looked down at his hand as it turned to a large fistful of sand. Gaara hurled his sand at Naruto; the sand hand disappeared and was replaced by his real hand in seconds. Before Naruto could blink the sand crashed into his chest, the force pushed all the air out of Naruto's lungs, he wheezed maniacally trying to regain his breath.
In his air deprived state he managed to duck and roll away from another sand attack, he regained his breath after kicking Gaara's sand away from his sore chest. Naruto threw himself at Gaara and dug his nails into the soft surface of the ground; Naruto mildly admired the workmanship of the Kyuubi's chakra on his body. It was truly amazing. Naruto pulled himself up off the ground and into a crouching position; he rested his arms on his knees and entwined his fingers with each other. He stared arrogantly at Gaara, Gaara just off-handedly looked away; he had been hoping he would've been down for at least another minute.
Gaara's sand spun up behind Naruto and pounced at him, Gaara had been silently maneuvering the sand with his hands still tucked over his chest. Naruto flew to the ground and rolled away from the sand, unfortunately for him the sand had gotten him. Dark blood trickled down from a jagged cut on his slightly exposed hip, Naruto glanced at Gaara and sent him a half-hearted glare for his sneak attack. He used his thumb to carefully wipe away the blood, and licked the traces of blood off it.
"That was quite a good move you pulled…" Naruto complimented as he examined his finger for more blood
Gaara didn't dignify his statement with an answer, his sand curled around his body in a dangerous whirlwind-like form. Naruto watched the sand demon through half-lidded eyes; it was as if a miniature sandstorm was revolving around his body. Naruto entwined his fingers together and placed his hands at the back of his head in boredom, he took a slow blink but kept his constant watch on Gaara. Gaara looked down at his sand and watched it slowly creep over to Naruto's slender figure, Naruto chuckled "I wouldn't fall for it twice…"
Gaara's sand collapsed to the ground, he scowled lightly and kicked the drenched dirt in anger. Gaara suppressed a shrill yell as he felt sharp canine's penetrate the skin on his fragile neck, Naruto continued to crush Gaara's neck with his powerful jaws. Gaara felt his blood pouring into Naruto's mouth as his neck began to crumble under the sheer strength of Naruto's mouth, the blonde still hadn't eased up on the force he was inflicting on Gaara's neck. Gaara hissed out in pain and tried desperately to get Naruto to release the hold on his neck, unfortunately Naruto didn't seem phased by the weak pawing from Gaara on his arms.
Naruto smirked and bite down harder, earning a terror-filled and pain-stricken howl from Gaara. Naruto's smirk widened as he watched what little color was left in Gaara's face drain away, Gaara's jade eyes darkened and turned lifeless.
'He's almost dead…' he licked the blood inside his mouth, savoring the bitter wine-like flavor. 'Almost…'
xXx
Sasuke's eyes fluttered open, it had seemed like an eternity since he had last seen the murky clouds of today. His arm felt great, possibly even better than before, he had to thank Sakura straight away. Sasuke tried his best to get into a sitting position but something heavy was weighing his body down into the uncomfortable position, only then did he realize that the pick-haired kunoichi was lying atop his stomach sleeping peacefully. Sasuke's eyes finally ridded their haziness of sleep and had adjusted to the lighting; he leaned down to Sakura and begged in a harsh whisper "Sakura! Wake up!" She didn't budge.
"…Sakura! Get off…!" His tone was ruder and a tad louder this time, yet she only groaned and made no further movements
"Sakura! Get the hell off me now!" His tone could've frozen hell, or in this case woken Sakura… luckily, for her, it did
Sakura shifted soundlessly in her sleep and flickered her eyes open, she yawned animatedly and stretched out her arms. Sakura looked over at the fuming Uchiha and gave him a groggy smile, as she was still off in her own little world, she spoke to the seething Uchiha with a care in the world "Hey… Sasuke… How's it goin'?"
Sasuke gave her the hint by staring at her, then her arms and then back at her, Sakura laughed stupidly at the silent gesture but obeyed it. She lazily pulled her arms off his legs and leaned back into the chair she had been partially sitting on, Sasuke sighed and sat up with an aching back. He ignored Sakura's question as she had left her sleepy mode and had returned to reality, "Oh Sasuke! I'm so, so, so sorry for sleeping on you! Hows your arm? It's all right isn't it? --" Sasuke waited for her questions to die down, so he could actually answer them…
"Sakura… my arm is fine…" he muttered, he rolled his shoulder to test if it truly was fine
"That's good…" She let go of a breath she hadn't known she was holding, "Let me check it though…"
She pulled herself and her chair closer to Sasuke's shoulder; the wound had healed beautifully and with as little tissue damage as possible. Sakura pressed down on the soft skin around the wound as she checked for any weak points or broken bones, she noted dimly that he had winced slightly when she had began to press her thumbs over his scar. "Does that hurt?" She thought aloud as she continued to press down on the wound, 'no broken bones… that's good.' She pulled away when she heard Sasuke's weak reply
"Not really…" he mumbled and looked away, "So is it alright?"
"Seems fine, albeit it seems a bit tender…" she gave him a strange look and stared him in the eyes "You need to rest--"
"Im sick of fucking resting!" he seethed and sent an infamous Uchiha glare at Sakura, who –surprisingly- countered it with her own glare
"You need to rest Sasuke!" She hissed through clenched teeth although her look softened as she continued, "For Naruto's sake… you need all the rest you can get…"
Sasuke looked at her darkly but sighed and nodded; he snuggled down deeper into the blanket. He gave the blanket a scrutinizing look, "who gave me this?" he asked to no one in particular, Sakura looked up and at the blanket Sasuke was wrapped in "Oh! Tsunade-sama gave it too you, of course!" she replied with her usual pizzazz, Sasuke pulled the blanket higher over his chest so it reached his neckline.
"Can you tell her 'thanks'?" Sasuke mumbled in an embarrassed tone, Sakura giggled at him and nodded
"Sure Sasuke-kun!" She patted him on the head as if he were a puppy; he sent her a half-hearted glare as she skipped off
Sasuke sighed and lay his head down on the pillow, he wasn't tired physically but mentally he was exhausted. Everything lately had been getting to him… and it was driving him nuts! Although everything seemed to point towards Naruto, the whole thing with Orochimaru and Akatsuki, Sasuke's wound, the whole battle and practically Sasuke's entire life up until this very point. Sasuke sighed and placed his head within his cupped hands, there was no denying it… everything lead to Naruto because that was all he could think about… Sasuke knew he had fallen, and he had fallen hard.
He absently looked over at the fight; they seemed to be just standing there… Sasuke took no actions to figure out why; he just lazily turned back to his previous position of staring up into space. Sakura trotted over and saw him spacing out, she decided it was best to let him stay like that for a while… it was easier on him, herself and nearly everyone around him as they could all do without his constant complaining. Sakura sat back down on her small folding chair and watched him out of boredom, he sighed a lot and seemed to keep rethinking every thing over and over again.
It was strange to see Sasuke's eyes reflecting so many emotions, like love, shame, hurt, happiness… she was so used to looking into his cold eyes and seeing nothing of the sort, the new Sasuke took some time getting used to… but it had been all for the better. She had only seen the Uchiha cry on the very odd occasion… she saw him cry when he thought he had lost Naruto to death, as well as other times when he would just cry after someone may have accidentally brought up the subject of Naruto or the Kyuubi… no, he wouldn't cry in public. He would only allow himself to be racked with quiet sobbing in his own household, knowing he would be safe to do so there.
Sakura shook off her silent reminiscing and shook Sasuke's shoulder slightly "Sasuke-kun?" Sasuke flinched slightly under the touch but replied to her with a grunt, Sakura slid her hand off his shoulder and cleared her throat "Tsunade-sama says that you've healed well… and…"
"…And…?" Sasuke asked and raised an elegant eyebrow
"And… you can go fight Naruto now… but she advises you be careful." Sakura stated, hoping with all her might that the Uchiha would listen and not be headstrong…
"Alright…" Sasuke said a bit uneasily, he thought he would've jumped to the opportunity but…
Sasuke slowly slid off the bed and awkwardly rose to his feet, they were still a bit weak from sleeping. Sasuke stretched his arms outwards uncharacteristically and sighed, Sakura stood up from her chair and eyed him carefully. Sasuke ignored her stares and began to walk slowly over to the battlefield of the two vicious demons. Sakura continued to watch Sasuke as he stalked over to Naruto and Gaara; she took a hesitant step forward and opened her mouth although no words came out.
Sasuke was walking away fast, she needed to tell him… or she would regret it for the rest of her life. "Sasuke-kun!" her words were weak as he voice betrayed her
Sasuke sighed and stopped "What?"
"I-I just wanted to say… good luck!" Sasuke was about to reply but Sakura continued on, "with Naruto I mean! I can tell you really love him! I've always sort of known! So… please take care and bring Naruto back!" she panted slightly after yelling out her confession to the raven-haired man
Sasuke was abruptly taken back by her words, was it that obvious that even she knew? Sasuke turned his body completely around and looked at her skeptically, Sakura faltered slightly under the far away stare of the Uchiha and looked away. Sasuke let a small smile play across his lips, it warmed his heart to know his former teammate –whom had a crush on him- was on his side when it came to his choice for love. "Thank you Sakura!" he waved abnormally and sent her a broad smile.
"Y-your welcome!" She said waving back before turning away and helping Tsunade again
'Please… Please bring him back Sasuke…'
Im so… sorry! I was so… so… so… sick! Nearly everyone in my class got this flu thing and was away from school all week (me being one of those people) Sorry if I faltered while making this, but that is my excuse! Like it or lump it (Glare) Anywho…
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