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Do you remember?
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Sakura lowered her eyes to the book as she recalled all the memories from long ago… a night she thought she had forgotten and now it was there as if it was yesterday it all happened and how utterly stupid she had been for trusting him in the slightest.
"I do." She muttered and shifted through papers.
How utterly silly of him to think she had forgotten, because maybe just maybe he had been right… Years ago he had thought that even if a hundred years went by and everyone forgot about him he'd come back and she'd be the only one to remember him…
It didn't matter because she had loved him deeply… and he had taken upon him to ruin everything.
"You should go to sleep, Sasuke…" she said not looking up to meet his red eyes.
His eyes softened feeling despicable and in the end he could only nod; he placed the untouched cup of tea on the table next to hers and stood to leave with wobbly legs.
She heard the door of her bedroom closing and she let her pencil hit the surface with a soft click, she placed a hand over her eyes willing the tears to stay inside and then took a deep breath before she directed a glance at the clock on the front wall…
1:00 a.m.
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13 years ago
"Are you okay, Sakura-chan?" Sakura was panicking now that she was alone and trapped underground.
"I-I am f-fine…" she said through the microphone with trembling voice as she supported herself against a wall.
"We are under attack Sakura-chan… we have to flee from there… do you think you can find a way out?" Sakura looked around in the dark not able to see her own hands and almost cried then and there.
"I'll manage, Naruto… you need to go ahead and finish the mission." She willed her voice to come out as strong as she could muster it.
"Sakura-chan I'm coming back… wait for me." He said and she almost growled out of frustration, Naruto thought she was useless and to be honest she felt useless at the moment, but she didn't want him to feel like that.
"You idiot!" she yelled. "Just keep going to the next check point, Kakashi-sensei should be there already… You can't leave Sai alone…" she pleaded feeling her lungs tight with pressure.
"I shouldn't leave you alone!" he complained loudly making her moan in fear.
"Naruto I am fine and I'll find a way out… the rogue ninjas should think I am dead and that's to my advantage… You'll help me more if you can lead them away from here…." She couldn't believe she had the ability to think so smartly in this condition.
There was no answer from him and inside her mind she was screaming for him to say he'd come back for her, but her better judgment willed her to hope he'd go on with the mission.
"Fine… be sure to catch up, Sakura-chan… We'll be waiting on the next check point! Believe it!" just hearing him saying that gave her strength enough to survive.
She disconnected herself from the hearing device because she knew as soon as Naruto was out of range it'd be useless and it hurt her bloody ear to wear it.
"First of all…" she clutched around her hips where the pouch was securely tied and reached for a lantern… "Let there be light…" she mumbled as she turned it on and looked around her.
The cave was irregular and she swallowed knowing she could be buried alive anytime… the ceiling though, was too high to climb and as she looked down there were puddles, meaning she could drown if there was a sudden leak anywhere… This was a tight situation and she felt fear gripping her soul.
Get a hold of your bloody self, Sakura! You need to escape so you can follow Naruto, Sai and Kakashi back to the village!
She decided to walk around not separating herself from the wall and then her trip begun…
It was only after 6 hours, she deemed, that she came to a stop… there was a loud murmur coming from where she had been six hours ago and she knew what that was… water… running water…
"Damn…" she muttered as she turned to a relatively bent wall, maybe she could climb and start digging the ceiling, but she didn't know the wideness of the roof… for all she knew it could be too wide to dig.
Putting the lantern between her lips she climbed as fast as she could, but then it dawned on her; she was too weak… she had been on a mission hours ago and she was already tired by then; drained and only keeping her reserves for emergencies… medical emergencies…
Tears prickled her eyes as she placed her hands flat against the ceiling; trying to muster her inhuman strength… she didn't need chakra to be inhumanly strong, but she was too tired to will her skinny arms to push upwards.
Her gloved hands buried in the soft earth and she realized, hopelessly she would die… the soil was soft meaning that it had been moistened and six hours later it was getting tighter of course… there was no way she could provoke another slide… she was… doomed.
She turned her head and the lantern showed the enormous amount of water that was coming her way… her green eyes widening in fright and she started pounding on the rooftop with all she had.
The cold water reached her ankles and she shivered and moaned not able to scream because of the lantern still between her lips… as if teasing her to death she felt the water reaching up her calves, her thighs… and she kept pounding on the ceiling.
"No!" she yelled through the lamp.
In her mind Naruto kept saying he shouldn't leave her alone… in her mind she could still see his blue eyes with determination to survive… if only she was strong enough to do the shadow clone jutsu… if only she had some amazing technique, but in the end she was only the medic…
She stopped as she closed her eyes and fists tightly; the water had reached her hips and was creeping up her waist and ribs with its coldness making her numb and she could only pray that maybe she'd die from hypothermia and not drowned…
She looked down lighting up the water that had just reached her chest and then the lantern flickered off…
"No!" she tried to turn it on again and it didn't work, her mind was going insane and she started to pound against the ceiling; the darkness enveloping her body and her soul…
She slipped against the wall and her scream was muffled by the water entering her mouth, in the consuming blackness of her doom she grabbed onto something… a root… She emerged and swallowed enough air for at least a minute before she'd die…
She inserted her hand on the ceiling like a knife and pulled with her fingers curled; the soil gave away and like a ton of bricks she was pushed down by the heavy earth coming down on her…
Her eyes tightly closed until she couldn't hold her breath any more… through the dark and dirty water she thought she could see light… and a hand… but maybe she was just dying.
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"We'll avoid the borders." Sasuke coldly replied to his last companion as they walked through the forest. "Let's meet here in two days." He finally said as he turned to leave.
Jugo nodded in understanding as he watched Sasuke walking away…
Two hours later as he walked out of the forest he was confused by the place he had just reached… it seemed there had been some kind of sliding and the earth was all soft and tricky under his feet…
He was surrounding the area avoiding the obviously dangerous steps when he felt it… and his reddening eyes immediately went to the floor near a tree's base…
That chakra…
He walked over to the tree and placed a hand against it with confusion… then he felt a soft tremor under his feet and he knew it was water running underground… the chakra intensified and he couldn't explain the feeling that overpowered his indifference…
Sakura was below… and she was about to die…
Why did he care? He had actually tried to kill her before and now that she was going to die he was actually panicking…
He moved to be standing securely on the tree's protruding roots as he watched the earth; knowing full well that his former teammate was fighting to survive and she was probably going to fail.
His eyes widened as he saw the soil moving like quicksand, water coming out and his lungs stopped working; she was already underwater about to drown… it snapped something inside him and he shoved his hand in the forming hole feeling the sticky mud molding around his lean arm…
He couldn't see her even if the earth was falling now… the water was too dirty to see and he only hoped he'd grab her… his eyes trying to see beneath and then he felt a soft graze of her hand… he wasted no time in grabbing and clutching it tightly as he pulled her.
Her weight, plus the mud's and the water's made it difficult to finally take her out, but he did nonetheless; he watched her body come out from the mud as he raised her to eyelevel just hanging on her wrist; she was covered in mud.
He didn't have time to think for the earth and the tree's root was giving in prompted by the slide…
"Sakura!" he called, but her head was hanging to the right as he held her by her left arm. She was unconscious.
Ha cradled her against his body and jumped before the tree slid to the forming pool… he jumped from tree top to tree top until he deemed it safe to walk on earth; as he landed the rain started to pour from the graying skies.
He looked down at her face as the rain cleaned it from the mud and her features appeared along with her pink hair… it was long reaching her chest; her purple lips snapped him out and he wasted no time in placing her on the ground.
He pushed her chest with both hands for a while, but to no avail he leaned forward and pinched her nose he blew in her mouth and gagged as she started to cough…
He turned his head to a side and spat the dirty water he almost swallowed… he grunted; this was not how he imagined this reunion would be…
As she coughed and turned to the other side regaining her consciousness; he wiped the mud from his lips.
"I told you… to… leave me…" she muttered softly not facing him. "The mission is in danger now, Naruto…" she was breathing raggedly and when Sasuke heard his name he couldn't help but look around hoping to find him hiding somewhere.
Sakura was glad he had decided to come back for her, but if the mission failed Naruto would have trouble to become Hokage…
She used her arms to sit better and wiped her face watching as the mud slowly washed out from her body and clothes…
"This is a mess… Kakashi-sensei is going to kill us." She muttered as she turned to face him.
Her eyes were lowered and they fell on black pants… her breath caught in her throat as she roamed her eyes up until she reached the white shirt with a low cut that revealed a granite chiseled chest and then his face…
For only a moment she thought she was dead… why else was she seeing his face again?
As her green eyes widened his frown intensified; he was too close for comfort; in her mind there was still that time in which he had tried to kill her and it only fueled her fear…
"Sa-Sasuke…" she whispered and when he grunted it all went too fast.
She tried to stand to leave as fast… get some distance for attacking purposes, but he tackled her down pressing a hand to her neck and the other, pressing painfully on her shoulder.
Her scream was muffled on her throat and she felt the lack of air affecting her brain… or maybe it was just his presence; she was desperate now, her kicking legs under his… one of his knees pressed down on her hand immobilizing her under him…
She felt tears running down her cheeks as she stared up at his bothered face and in the mist of fear she could only wonder why he had saved her… It didn't make any sense… was he so sadistic he actually wanted to be the one killing her?
"W-why?" she mouthed and watched his eyes widening, but he didn't let go.
Her free arm rose to his shoulder trying to push him off her, but her strength was abandoning her body… she punched him softly feeling utterly hopeless knowing she'd die at his bare hands.
Sasuke couldn't understand why was he killing her… but above all how could he kill her?
Her green, moist eyes held every feeling she had felt for him over years and he realized she was probably the only one who could understand aside from Naruto… He felt her hand pulling at his collar desperately trying to suck some air into her lungs and loosened his hold on her neck.
Her loud intake of air made him aware of his decisions… he could kill her, yes, he could, but he wouldn't.
What was the purpose of killing her? None.
Sakura wasn't stronger than him… She hadn't done anything wrong… She had never contradicted him and he could remember her telling him to take her with him…
There were so many things he couldn't tell her… he had only one purpose, but if he were to live a normal life someday he'd probably look for her.
He couldn't remember it, but Sakura was close to showing him again; she had snapped something inside him the day he left Konoha… She loved him; she wanted him to take her with him even if she'd end up paying for sins that wasn't hers.
He couldn't tell her he had actually been thrilled about her proposal, but he wasn't a bad person; at least not then… he couldn't ruin her life for his own purposes.
"Why… did you… save me?" she asked still crying and now her hand was trying to take his hand off her neck.
Sasuke frowned again and glared down at the woman.
"What are you doing so far away from Konoha?" he asked roughly.
"Top secret mission." She answered dutifully.
"Answer me, Sakura." He tightened his hold only a bit making her gasp loudly.
"I can't tell you…" she muttered softly.
"How many of you are there? You, Naruto and Kakashi… who else?" he asked pressing harder and he was confused as her eyes hardened and she tightened her hold on his wrist.
"Not everything is about you, Sasuke…"
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I promise to upload tomorrow... but after tomorrow i think the next update will be until next year... lol see ya weasels Happy new year! ;) I'm sorry if something about the plot didn't fill your expectations... I cannot do anything about it... that's the way i planned it... see ya!