The Girl Who Would Later Regret

Sakura was given the task of hunting down Wonder Woman and letting her know what was going on. A part of her thought it was because she was a female and they thought she would be more comfortable going to her instead. Another part of her believed it was because they wanted to make sure there were no hard feelings between the women since Wonder Woman 'attacked' her.

They didn't realize that Sakura wasn't angry at Wonder Woman in the slightest. Being angry would mean that Sakura, on some level, believed that Wonder Woman had some sort of control over her actions. She didn't. If she was it would mean that Wonder Woman was one hell of an actress and somehow that just didn't ring true.

Although she could admit that she was a little unnerved to be in the woman's presence. A part of her felt that the Chaos Bringer had chosen to invade Wonder Woman's body for a reason. It couldn't have been a completely random act. Why hadn't she chosen Superman? It would have made more sense since Sakura would have hesitated a bit more fighting Superman than she would have fighting Wonder Woman.

Sakura frowned, wondering if perhaps she trusted Superman a little too much, but immediately dismissed the thought. She knew beyond a shadow of a doubt that Superman, Clark, was a good man. He wouldn't betray her.

Sakura soon found herself near Steve Trevor's office. According to Batman he was the liaison for Wonder Woman. If anyone knew where Wonder Woman was currently it was him. Batman hadn't wanted her to walk directly into his office and ask for Wonder Woman. In fact, he deliberately asked that she use the utmost discretion. When she asked why, he said "Because eyes and ears are everywhere."

She got what he meant, sort of. As a ninja she was used to information being power and she didn't want anyone to have any power over her whatsoever. So when she released the genjutsu that allowed her to sneak into Steve Trevor's office undetected, she was slightly amused to see him jump, startled.

"What are you doing here?" He didn't ask who she was, but she supposed that was obvious. Sakura didn't immediately reply, but instead regarded the man quietly. He seemed…well put together in more ways than one. His blonde hair looked soft to the touch and his blue eyes were striking. His build was solid and something told Sakura he wasn't unfamiliar with combat. "If you're done sizing me up then maybe you'd like to tell me why you're here."

Sakura smiled. "I'm looking for Wonder Woman. I hear that if that's the case you're the man to go to."

Sakura watched something flicker in his eyes and it took her several seconds to understand what she was seeing—protectiveness. She, of all people, should recognize the look. She had seen it several times on the face of Naruto and Kakashi. She had even seen it on Sasuke's face when he—

Pain shot through Sakura's head. She raised a hand and touched it at the ache. After a few seconds the pain stopped leaving a throbbing in its wake.

"Are you alright?"

Sakura made herself focus on the man before her, well aware that she had a task to complete. She waved off his concern with a flick of the wrist and said, "I'm fine. So about Wonder Woman?" Sakura prodded.

"Is this about the President?"

Sakura frowned at the evasion, but then again if she thought about it, she should have expected it. She was a stranger. He probably knew that she had never met the woman prior to the Invasion and they were no bosom buddies.

"It is, but it isn't." Sakura replied being equally cryptic, although it probably wasn't helping her cause in the slightest. His eyes narrowed and Sakura sighed and decided upon being blunt.

"Look. Your President wants to meet us. It is in our best interests if we're all on the same page about this. I need to talk to Wonder Woman and clear the air about what happened out there just to be safe."

"She would never harm an innocent person. What happened out there—"

"I'm not accusing her of anything. I just need to talk to her. Can you make that happen?"

Steve sighed and Sakura heard as buzzing noise. She looked around curiously trying to figure out, where on his desk it was coming from but before she could figure it out the door to his office swung open revealing a leggy brunette.

"Steve—" Her words cut off upon realizing that he wasn't alone and then her eyes focused on his visitor. "It's you, Kunoichi."

"It is." Sakura confirmed and rose to her feet. She glanced at Steve, noting that he didn't seem the least bit happy about this turn of events, but Sakura didn't really care as it worked in her favor. "And you are just the woman I'm looking for."

Her brow raised slightly. "Oh?" Wonder Woman looked at Steve curiously. Out of the corner of her eye, she could see Steve shaking his head and Sakura began to think that the conversation she needed to have wasn't going to take place.

"Yes." Sakura continued. "I'd like to talk to you."

Wonder Woman nodded her head briefly and then said, "Then we will talk."

Sakura ignored the groan she heard in the background and the muttered, "You're going to be the death of me." Sakura saw Wonder Woman's countenance darken and she said in a voice laced with pain.

"It is a fear of mine as well." She turned and walked out the office and Sakura glanced back at Steve, who was looking down at his hands and Sakura suddenly felt sorry for him. It didn't take a genius to figure out what was going on between them, but it wasn't her place to mettle. There would be a time in the future that she wished she had.

Without another word she left the office and caught up to Wonder Woman.