I Do Not Own Naruto

Chapter 29

When it came down to it he was irritated as he turned around and took her hand to hoist her up the canyon walls. This would be a lot easier if he didn't happen to sense a certain chakra tracking his companion because he knew that's who they'd be looking for. It was in a moment like this that Sasuke wondered why he had ever willingly entangled himself with the pinkette. She was still healing, and though her test had glowed blue she had a valid point of not all her chakra was restored and her body was still recuperating from the poison. But he had a more important argument, they had to leave.

So here he was as he took her hand and hoisted her up behind him. She was still too pale for her normal pale self, and her eyes had bruises beneath them and her lips were pressed into a thin line as she fought off her obvious pain. Sasuke looked up the cliff then at his companion, now he felt like growling for he was about to so something so out of character; even for him; that he decided to do it quickly before he lost his nerve. Sakura yelped as he snatched her up bridal style then leapt upwards. Her grip was tight as iron but he didn't mind as he scaled the face of the cliff.

"Where are we going?" Sakura asked between clenched teeth as he leapt upwards onto a new ledge. Sasuke turned to look down the face of the cliff then he looked up. Where would they go? If he opened another dimension then they could go anywhere but where? All he knew was they needed to get away, he had not exactly planned on where they'd be going at this time.

"Where do you wish to go?" Sasuke asked as he continued up the cliff carefully never letting her go. Her small body curled against his as they went up the cliff. She had her eyes firmly shut he noted then.

"Land of Water," she said suddenly. He nodded, he could do that, just as soon as they were on stable footing and the ground wasn't likely to be ripped out beneath him and that damn dog he had seen wasn't following him. It was her sensei, he knew about Hatake Kakashi, and he knew how much Kakashi meant to Sakura which meant he would not be permitted to hurt the man without Sakura's wrath.

The few times in the past when he had encountered her Team because he was looking for her and he had tangled with them she was always furious. Mostly because the first time he had met her whackos, Sai, Naruto and Kakashi, he had tried to kill them but they had been trying to kill him in turn. When he had finally isolated Sakura from the group she had given him a few solid punches and warned him that if he wanted to keep her help he would not hurt or kill her teammates. Thus his reasoning for not wishing to tangle with her Team. He did need her, and he liked having her company but over the years he had learned that Sakura had an unusual strength in her loyalty to her teammates and to him. She did not like her two loyalties when they collided so he always tried to find her when she wasn't with her Team so she wouldn't be forced to choose.

Right now though he really wished he could just destroy her Team and keep her so he did not have to worry about them chasing him along with the Akatsuki, ANBU agents, and not to mention there were bandits after the price on his head and bounty hunters after the same. Land of Water was a good place to go hide, and he had an island there that they could use that no one knew about because the only way to get to it was through another dimension and come out the other end on that island. He had found the island by accident and honestly…when he wasn't on his mission that was his main living area. He had a nice hut there and a quiet life there, honestly if he ever retired after killing Itatchi he was going to that island and living the remainder of his days in a quiet way.

"Hold on," he murmured as his eyes readied to enter another dimension. Sakura nodded as she held onto him tightly. They were engulfed into a cold dark world as he leapt into the new dimension and ran. Now there'd be no way to follow them because few ever desired to travel through this dimension and even his brother hated it. Sasuke was fast as he ran the known route to his exit so he could let Sakura rest a bit longer.

"Where are we going?" she asked.

"To my hideout," he replied.


Sakura just leaned against Sasuke, though she had recovered most of her strength she would freely admit that there were some lingering effects of the poison still residing in her system. From what her chakra had deciphered most of her pain and the residual poison were at the stab wound which was no longer seeping blood but rather a metallic black liquid. That was the antidote's work but at the same time it was excruciatingly painful.

On the bright side her tests had glowed blue meaning she was healing. On the down side Sasuke said they had to move on. Apparently he rarely stayed in any place for a long period of time but this time he had stayed too long as she healed. Now they were racing through this dark, dreary dimension heading for his hide out. Sakura would run but she did not have enough chakra to keep up with the Uchiha and she also had a seeping wound on her abdomen so she settled for hanging onto the Uchiha as he ran effortlessly. It amazed her how gently he was treating her when she knew she must be frustrating him to no end.

"I'm sorry for being such a burden," she said softly against his neck.

"If you were a burden I'd kill you," he informed her coldly. She smiled at his no nonsense tone and heard the truth in his words as they ran through the darkness.


Pakkun just stared at a very weak Sakura being carried by an Uchiha then disappearing. He'd have to report what he had found but even he wasn't certain what he had found as he raced off to find Kakashi.


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