Hellooooooo! We are back once again with another thrilling chapter! Yeah right! No way am I starting a chapter like that…(even though I kinda just did) Anyway, back to reality, I won't be able to update tomorrow as I'm going to be at a theme park, so I've put this up now. I'm ill and at home, so I found the time between naps to write this up for you all. Hope it suffices!
LAST TIME: Sakura tagged along with Naruto, Neji and Gaara in Shikamaru's place. They've made a plan and Sakura finally revealed who she really was. Sasuke's going mental from Orochimaru's drip of water and insane laugh. Can he be saved? Time to find out in the latest chapter of…
Romeo and Juliet – SasuSaku style
Chapter 26
Sakura's POV
"Found him." Neji confirmed.
"Where?" Sakura asked impatiently.
"North…3 doors from the main hall, which is directly opposite the room we're in."
'They didn't hide him well did they?' Sakura thought to herself.
'Woohoo!' Inner Sakura was much cheerier than she had been the past few hours. 'We're gonna save Sasuke-kun, kick butt AND maybe even be back before my friends realise my 'body' is missing from the tomb!' Sakura shuddered and so did her Inner. Her friends would no doubt visit the tomb…but it was still awful that she had been stuck in there. She had a thought. Kakashi would know by now that she had left, what would he be thinking?
-With Kakashi-
"DAMMIT SAKURA!"
-Back to our heroine-
'Oh well, he'll get over it.' She thought to herself.
Neji faced her and looked her straight in the eye.
"Sakura, you were correct. There are bars on the door, wristbands and ankle bands on him, chains round his body and lasers everywhere." He narrowed his eyes. "How could you possibly…?" Sakura waved him off.
"No time for that." She dodged. "Where's the control room?"
Neji tutted but told her that it was 5 doors left of Sasuke's confinement. She grinned.
"Perfect. Naruto can watch both rooms for intruders then." Sakura was practically glowing. Nodding to Gaara to start his job, she motioned to Naruto to follow her. Neji quickly drew up a rough sketch of where she was going and handed it to her.
"Be careful." He warned. "There are a lot of Sound Nin in the main hall."
Sakura nodded, but was unconcerned. Naruto was with her, he may be dense, but he could fight well, and she wasn't a push over either. The two left the room, allowing Gaara to discover how the locks worked without any distractions. She and Naruto found the control room relatively easily. They knocked out, and killed, a couple of ninja on the way, but that was exciting as it got. Despite the lack of action, Sakura's heart was pounding and adrenaline was pumping throughout her body. Just being so close to the enemy gave her the rush she got from being a ninja. Smiling to herself, she grabbed Naruto's collar, preventing him from just running into the room.
"Huh?" He looked at her questioningly.
She merely smiled and told him to keep his mouth shut and let her do the talking. He looked offended, but nodded nonetheless. Opening the door, Sakura put an emotionless mask on, the way Sasuke had taught her. If this guy was to be taken out, he had to believe she was a Sound Ninja, otherwise he might raise an alarm…this was the control room after all.
"Tayuya." The guy stared at her. "What're you doing here?"
Sakura had deliberately taken Tayuya as her identity because she knew a lot about her. Okay so she didn't, but she knew enough to fool these nitwits. Sakura flipped the girl's hair over her shoulder. Oh yes, there was that as well. The pink hair made her feel more like herself. She put her hands on her hips and looked down her nose at the man before her. She was impressed with herself, because this guy was about 3 inches taller than Tayuya was, so he was looking down on Sakura.
"Don't talk to me like that, you insubordinate little worm." She spat. "What I am doing here is not your concern." Sakura knew enough about Tayuya to know that the only people higher in rank than her were Orochimaru and Kabuto. This man was neither of those two, so Sakura had to try and treat him like dirt. It was kinda fun…but when she saw the man shiver in fear, she felt bad…although her Inner was certainly having fun…
'Oh yes, that's right! Fear me! I am the almighty Inner Sakura! Hahahaha, I could get used to this!'
Sakura mentally sighed, but was brought back to Earth when the man before her began speaking.
"O…of course, Tayuya-sama…I meant no disrespect…I just wondered why you had brought Jiroubou with you…I thought he was on patrols now."
Yes, Naruto was Jiroubou. Sakura had said it was because she knew his personality but that was a lie. He was just dumb and hot headed, meaning if Naruto could just say mean things he would slot perfectly into character.
"He has been relieved of his patrol duties by Kidoumaru." Sakura was just throwing the names of the sound 4 around.
She didn't know anyone else. Everyone knew the sound 4 though. They were Orochimaru's elite…but they never stood a chance against the Konoha shinobi. Sakura nearly sniggered at how easily the elite ninja's had been taken out…nearly. Naruto stood still, with his face impassive, but Sakura could sense his confusion. She decided to get on with the mission. They had stalled for long enough. She had just seen Neji and Gaara (disguised as Sakon and Dosu, another famous Sound Nin) run towards a room that was not Sasuke's. Guessing they were getting the keys for his chains, she knew it was time to finish this pointless conversation. Sakura looked the ninja in the eyes and motioned behind her back for Naruto to get behind him.
"We were sent here by Kabuto. You haven't been working hard enough. Orochimaru feels it is necessary to…relieve you of your work post."
The ninja's eyes widened for a second and then closed, as Naruto hit his pressure point, knocking him unconscious, and then drew a kunai across his throat, beheading him. Sakura delicately turned away. Despite the fact she was a ninja and familiar with death, it didn't make it any easier to watch. She busied herself with removing a lose panel from the ceiling. Naruto put the body and head inside and then shut the panel.
"I'll be outside keeping watch Sakura-chan." He told her. Then he left.
Sakura turned her attention to the keyboard and grinned.
'Let's do this.'
Boy's POV
Gaara marched confidently into the room, Neji at his side. The Hyuuga's face was pale, or rather, Sakon's face was pale. Gaara was well aware that Neji was not pleased at being Sakon, but by the same margin, he himself was not happy at being Dosu. The guy wasn't small, he just hunched over, and have you seen his arm? Seriously, that thing weighs a ton, more than Gaara's gourd of sand, which, by the way, was hidden under his clothes. This way, since Gaara was small, it looked like he was hunched over, when in fact he wasn't. Still, carrying a gourd full of sand AND a heavy arm made of metal? Gaara would have muscles like a body-builder by the end of this mission. In case I didn't make my point clear, Gaara was very grumpy. VERY grumpy, so he snapped at the Sound Ninja to 'give him the keys'. The ninja just sneered at him.
"What's up Dosu? You want the keys? Tough luck mate. In case you've forgotten, I'm the leader of our group now, not you. Me, Zaku. If you want the keys…wait…why do you want the keys?" Zaku was looking at him curiously.
Gaara growled. He was so not in the mood for this. Luckily, Neji had been watching Gaara closely and decided this would be a perfect moment to intervene.
"Zaku, you may be higher in rank than Dosu, but you're beneath me." He reminded the man coldly. "Hand over those keys. Orochimaru's orders."
Zaku gave him a look and opened his mouth to ask why they needed the keys, but Neji snatched them from him and gave him a glare.
"You are not important enough to know such things." He firmly informed the ninja.
"But I'm above Dosu…" Zaku began.
"Dosu was told to accompany me. He has not been given any information and neither shall you." Neji snapped, starting to lose his patience.
Zaku was preoccupied with Neji, and didn't notice Gaara sneak up behind him. The Sound Ninja never stood a chance and was soon stuffed in the ceiling panels, while a pissed off Dosu and an annoyed looking Sakon left as though nothing had happened.
Sakura's POV
She smiled. It had taken a little while, but she had finally figured out the combination and all the lasers in Sasuke's room had been deactivated. How did Sakura know this? Simple. She watched the screen that showed Sasuke's room. She couldn't see Sasuke, because the camera was behind the table, (A.N. That was a pretty pointless camera then. XD) but she could see the lasers turn off when she entered the correct code. It had been difficult, trying to find the right combination, mostly because Naruto kept distracting her. Apparently, the guy they killed was very popular, because a lot of people came to the room. Each one was stuffed into the ceiling along with their companions, courtesy of Naruto. Sakura wrinkled her nose. They needed to leave now. There were 15 bodies altogether in the room and she wanted to leave before it started to smell. She hated the smell dead bodies gave off, even more so now, thanks to when she found herself in the tomb a couple of days ago. Nodding to Naruto, who was bringing in a 16th person, they shoved the body with the rest of them and left. Miraculously, they had left no traces of blood, so if anyone were to enter, the only clue as to what had happened would be the funny smell.
The two met up with a very pissed off Neji and Gaara. Sakura and Neji left Naruto and Gaara outside the room to keep watch, with Neji's Byakuugan activated, just in case the two couldn't call for back up or were ambushed. Sakura took the keys from Neji, transformed back into her normal self and ran over to Sasuke in order to free him. Sasuke just looked at her with grateful eyes, but he didn't say anything. They didn't want to be overheard in case someone walked past and got suspicious, so Sakura was glad that her husband was aware of this fact. Normally, she would have cut the wires on the camera, but since it was behind his table and couldn't see anything…well…it just seemed pointless.
At last Sakura had unlocked all of Sasuke's restraints and he was stood in front of her, free from the table. He pulled her into a tight hug (being mindful of her stomach) and kissed her forehead. Then he nodded to Neji and pulled Sakura along by her wrist. She had tears in her eyes.
'He's alright…he's alright…he's alright!' She thought happily to herself.
He turned and looked at her questioningly when she wasn't walking with him. She merely smiled, shook her head, and transformed back into Tayuya. He smirked back, understanding what she wanted him to do. He obliged, and transformed into Yoroi, a mysterious spy for Sound. He moved away from her, so as not to appear suspicious and the 5 Konoha shinobi headed towards Orochimaru's quarters, taking out all the Sound Nin they encountered. Neji lead them with Byakuugan, and they soon found themselves outside the snake's room. Taking one last look at each other they knocked and entered, so he wouldn't grow concerned until they transformed back to normal.
The time for the final fight was almost here.
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Me: Well, hope you enjoyed! I have to get ready now to go out, and Mum says I need like 17 layers on because I'm not well, hahaha!
Inner Me: It's almost over…
Me: Yeah I know! T-TSasuke: FINALLY! No more crappy fan story!
Sakura: Review please!