Hey guys, the school years almost over, and I'm so excited for summer. This chapter reveals a new character (compliments to HinataMusaCorneliaRenee) along with a surprise at the end!
Oh, and I've decided what Orochimaru's plans are. And I'm sure it'll be slightly confusing for you guys at first, but as I push you farther you'll begin to realize what's going on. Many of you have caught sight of it, but heh. You aren't there yet. Just keep reading, and don't stress.
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Sasuke sighed as the kago was led through the wet gates of Uchiha castle. 'It's almost good to be back…' he thought to himself when the kago came to a stop. Until recently Sasuke thought of the castle nothing more than "hell-on-Earth" or along the lines of a prison.
Then he met a certain pink-haired woman who saved him from himself.
And his prison, the empire (hell) his clan had created, became his heaven.
The guards greeted him with a humble bow as they opened the large doors to the castle. He nodded to them stiffly before entering. The servants that had gone along quickly carried in large boxes-holding the formal attire for the following evening.
As Sasuke wandered down the halls he pondered the whereabouts of his flower; whom never failed to leave his thoughts- even for a second.
You're falling madly in love with her. What do I smell? Whipped Uchiha? Snickered the voice in the back of his head and it pissed him off.
He could not deny, without lying to himself, that he was falling for this woman who had appeared suddenly in his life. But there was one thing for sure: an Uchiha was never whipped. By ANYONE.
Oh, is that so? Cut the tough guy act. Let me give you a definition of whipped. Whipped: (v.) someone head over heels, completely oblivious to reason, and would do anything for their significant other. Sounds like you, doesn't it? Admit it. You would run around the WORLD for this girl.
But the mocking voice was silenced when he heard voices in the sun room. High pitched giggles and soft murmurs.
Women…3 or 4 of them
Besides Sakura.
In HIS castle…
But just as he was going to raise hell Sasuke decided to listen in on their ecstatic whispers when he heard his flower speak.
"…Do you think he'll like it…?" she asked the women hesitantly. They paused before giggling annoyingly.
"Of COURSE he will, Haruno-san! We already told you before that he's gonna blow his TOP!"
Blow his…? He pondered wildly wanting badly to peel back the doors and see her.
"You're so beautiful Haruno-san…I can't really put my finger on it, but you're like the princesses in the fairy tales!" sighed an envious woman who with a soft, young voice.
Then it hit him. Sakura was being fitted for her dress, and when he realized this he became even more curious.
"Sure, if the princesses had unusual natural pink hair and goofy big green eyes…"
"But I think that your eyes make you desirable." Spoke another woman. Her voice sounded mature, as if she were the oldest. Sasuke listened intently to this. "Your eyes hold something…different. And I'm not just talking about the color. Uchiha-sama sees it, and he's drawn to it."
"It's almost unfair…when he sees you in this, if he hasn't already, Uchiha-sama will fall madly in love with you. Even with him known as the ice-hearted prince. You'll be the most desired woman in all of Konoha; famous for melting the heart of our Lord."
"Most desired…?" Sakura repeated softly. "I've never been desired before…"
Well, this wasn't entirely true. Ino once told her that when the men who had come to buy flowers found her entirely captivating and forgot their purpose. They were mesmerized; blinded by infatuation. And they longed for her.
But of course she had never believed it until now.
"We're finished fitting you with your dress, Haruno-san. We wish you luck."
Sasuke swore mentally as he stepped away from the door. If he were caught the women would probably attack him and steal his clothes. Luckily, Sakura called them back "W-Wait…with what?"
The raven-haired man could almost see their smiles as the responded cheerfully. "With melting our Lord's heart of course.
"…But I wasn't here to-"
"I think…only YOU can do it, Haruno-san. After all you were the first and only woman to stay here besides Mikoto-sama many years ago. And he INVITED you! It's obvious that subconsciously…he chose YOU."
Sasuke came to realization when he replayed the women's words in his head. 'Subconsciously…he chose YOU.' Was Sakura truly the woman his mother had spoke to him about? The woman that could "melt his heart of ice?"
Could she be the "One"?
"Ladies…if you want, would you like to be guests at the ball?" Sakura asked hesitantly, not knowing if she could invite the people of Konoha to the Uchiha ball. 'I'm sure Sasuke won't mind…with a little persuading…' she thought mentally as her inner thoughts cackled and threw her fists into the air triumphantly. 'FINALLY! We get to seduce the Uchiha to get what we want! Hell yes!'
"W-W-We'd be honored Haruno-san! I can't believe you would invite us…mere peasants-"
"Don't you ever say that." Sakura replied harshly. Her tone was almost intimidating. "You aren't PEASANTS. You're people. Just because you don't come from royal descent doesn't mean you're any less human. Do they not bleed like you and depend on the necessities of life to live? Never look at people with power or money like gods because they aren't." then she paused to soften her tone. "Besides, this ball is for peace among the neighboring nations, so what kind of ball wouldn't let its own people in?"
The women murmured understandingly among each other before thanking Sakura and taking their leave. But they looked around when they thought they heard someone chuckle. Luckily, Sasuke was hidden in the shadows.
When the women had left Sasuke entered the sun room and shut the door behind him soundlessly. Lust filled his obsidian-onyx eyes as he stared at the pink-haired woman. Whatever she had been wearing before was stripped off her and casted aside on a chair near the draped window.
Sakura had just slipped on her kimono; this one a soft yellow with a white sash. When she let her hair down she noticed someone had entered the room, staring at her with lustful eyes. Startled, she started to let out a yelp, but Sasuke's hand swiftly covered her mouth from behind and muted the sound.
"It's me." He replied softly, watching her shoulders relax. Her hands wrapped around his wrist and pulled it down from her soft lips. "Sasuke…"
The man cradled her waist in his arms as he nuzzled his face in her neck, almost lovingly. "How did your visit to Konoha go?" She asked, subconsciously reaching a hand back to play with his raven locks.
"Could've been better." If you had been there… He replied plainly. Sakura seemed to read his mind and turned her head slightly to look back at him. A small smile was plastered on her lips. "Oh? Did you get anything accomplished at least?"
"Hn. More than I expected." Sasuke smirked when a puzzled expression crossed her sun-kissed face. During his time here Sasuke had only been in the sun room when his mother was still alive. She enjoyed painting and was fairly good at it, even if she didn't give herself credit for it. But when she had died, he had lost all interest in coming to the beautiful room located just right so the sun made the room almost seem angelic and unreal. Like being in a fairy tale.
But with Sakura in his arms Sasuke seemed to reacquire a liking to the room he had once been fascinated with.
And when he realized this his thoughts began to scare him. Her feather kisses, her tiny frame against his…those damned captivating eyes… What was this woman doing to him? She was changing him as a person; bringing out emotions that he thought had long ceased to exist. What would he do if she were to ever leave him?
The raven-haired man spun her around slowly so she could face his onyx eyes. The look in that they held made her arms almost immediately snaked around his neck and pulled him down for a fervent kiss.
"I want to announce it at the ball." He replied when they pulled away for air. At first, Sakura looked at him with a puzzled expression. But scanned his face and saw anticipation.
He meant about them.
"A-Are you sure? It could prove troublesome in the future…" Sakura told him hesitantly, but her hesitation was beginning to thaw when he pulled her body even closer to him in reassurance. "I don't care."
"But-"her voiced trailed off when she saw it. And she was sure he could feel her heart beating out of her chest.
The cold onyx eyes she had first met had turned warm with love and his pale yet handsome face seemed more relaxed; content. Sasuke was falling in love with her.
Sakura's jade orbs seemed to welt up with emotion when she realized this and Sasuke noticed it immediately. He gave her his signature smirk before repeating what she had said.
"But?"
A smile curled at her lips as well. And her arms tightened around his neck. "If that's what you want…"
"It is." He replied before crushing his lips on hers. But as the two kissed neither realized someone with monstrous golden orbs eyeing them from outside the room. The man behind the eyes snickered mentally. 'You plan on announcing your affair to all the nations tomorrow, ne? Not if I can help it…nothing is going to stand in the way of my plans…' he replied before slipping into the shadows.
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It was already nightfall before the two left the sunroom. Quietly they walked down the empty halls.
Everyone was still busy with the preparations, so most of the castle was deserted. "I want to give you something. Tomorrow." Sasuke told her suddenly as they turned a corner.
Hmm? A birthday gift?
'Did you get anything accomplished at least?'
'Hn. More than expected.'
So that's what he had meant.
That sneaky Uchiha.
But of course, Sakura found a bright smile curling at her lips. "Oh? Was I hard to shop for?"
"Not really."
"You know you didn't have to get me anything…"
"Hn." Sasuke replied unbelieving. Like he WASN'T going to get her anything. Che. This made her laugh and wrap her arms around on of his. "Arigato. I'm sure I'll love it."
And this made Sasuke wonder. Was Sato's advice of use to him? Had he gotten her the right gift? A thousands questions popped into his head making him stress, but suddenly he heard footsteps and murmurs.
Slowly he broke away from Sakura and put on stiff expression as the men turned a corner, surprised to find the two walking together.
"Oh, Uchiha-sama, Haruno-san we weren't expecting to run into you two." The guards told them humbly and bowed their heads.
"I just got done with my dress fitting, and Sasuke came to look for me." Sakura responded only partially lying. He hadn't particularly gone looking for her. In fact, she had merely popped into his head when he heard women's voices coming out of the sun room. But of course, she didn't know he had been there the entire time.
"I see. That reminds me. Uchiha-sama I believe Yozu-sama was in need of your assistance in the great hall."
Though it was silent, Sakura could almost hear him groan mentally before he hn'ed and was escorted by the two, leaving Sakura to watch their retreating figures.
'Ah well…I suppose I could go back to the infirmary…maybe Gaara's woken up? I better check on him just in case.' she thought hopefully and walked back to the infirmary.
But when she reached the doors she froze with terror. Something rather large, white and furry was guarding the door, sleeping quietly in front of it.
'It…it looks like a humongous white dog!!' she thought as she yelped softly. Sakura realized that this would prove to be a fatal mistake as she watched its ears perk to the soft, high pitched sound.
The dog raised his head and noticed the pink-haired woman before growling dangerously, baring its teeth at her; arching it's back as if ready to pounce on her.
'Sakura…move you idiot!!' her inner voice screamed, but she found that she could no longer move. She shut her eyes slowly. 'Is this the end…?'
"DOWN AKAMARU!" roared a voice from the infirmary doorway. Sakura's eyes flung open to see the large dog whining and lying back down. She spun around to face the man behind the voice. Her mouth turned into a large O as she gaped at him.
"K-Kiba!"
"I'm guessing you haven't met Akamaru till now." The man told her with a toothy grin as he patted the beast's large furry head that came up to his chest when sitting down.
"A-Akamaru?"
"Yeah, he's my dog."
"DOG?!" 'More like monstrously-huge-dog-like-thing-that-had-intentions-of-killing-us! Shannaro!' her mind told her angrily, punching the air.
"My ancestors made packs with dogs to protect each other thousands of years ago. Which is why we're called the Inuzuka." Some of the dogs were nin-dogs; used in the wars." Kiba explained, pride lining his voice. "At least that's what Shikamaru said when he found a file on my clan."
'A nin-dog? No wonder Akamaru's so huge… I wonder where he got his name from.'
Her mind seemed to have been read as Kiba's grin grew sadistically; showing his sharpened teeth. He was definitely a man of a dog-loving clan. "Hopefully you'll never have to find out why he's named 'Akamaru'."
"Ne, Kiba, what were you doing in the infirmary anyway?" Sakura asked curiously after a short moment of silence. He had only been seen in the infirmary twice since Naruto started to help out, and she doubted that he came to see Hinata this late.
"Err…well…" Kiba replied hesitantly, clearly remembering the reason why he was there in the first place.
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'Oi, Shikamaru! What'd you want anyway?" Kiba asked, rudely barging in on the ponytail-haired man talking to a man with dark glasses; shielding his eyes from the world.
"Eh? You said you wanted to talk to me privately!" the brunette asked, in protest.
"I did. I need your help with something." Shikamaru replied calmly. If the two didn't look different he could've compared Kiba to Naruto. "Then why is Shino here?"
"I need his help as well." The man replied, gesturing them to sit down. 'It's better if I inform these two about what's going on…if Orochimaru's as bad as Kaito said than I have to keep Hinata safe, no matter what.' He thought quietly before scribbling something onto a piece of paper.
Kaito came to me having a notion that Orochimaru and Saito are plotting something troublesome.
The two gaped at him silently, but Kiba bared his teeth in rage.
Calm down or you'll end up in here like Hinata and Gaara.
"Since when is he in here? Where the HELL have I been lately…" Kiba eyes seemed to demand as he scratched his head in confusion but more to himself. Shikamaru sighed and counted to three before continuing.
As you know Gaara came here recently, but with amnesia. A few days ago Sakura ran into him and encouraged him to recover his memory back. She did something troublesome, so to make up for her actions she did something important for me; to do a background check on Orochimaru with Gaara's help.
They found something on him, but the minute Gaara touched the file a memory came back to him. But he was in a lot of pain, so they came back her., But when Sakura and I went back up to the hall of records to retrieve the file, it was missing. It was stolen since no one knew about the background check I had sent Gaara and Sakura to do.
But what does that have to do with us?Why aren't we talking anyway? Kiba asked, becoming more puzzled than before. In Shikamarus's eyes he was definitely becoming more like Naruto.
I'm getting to that. I can't give you any details, for safety precautions, but we're being watched; a spy has infiltrated Uchiha castle. In fact, we could be being watched at this very moment which is why I'm writing this down. If Orochimaru and Saito are plotting something Hinata can't be left alone-which is where you two come in.
The man paused to watch Shino and Kiba look at each other. Shino nodded his head silently and scribbled something down as well. I understand. You want us to keep a watchful eye on them.
Aah. Shino, you're from the Aburame clan so you and your bugs can confirm if Orochimaru is plotting troublesome and the possible location of the spy. I suspect inside the walls.
Kiba scratched his head, but seemed to understand a little more. Okay, so we're just to keep an eye on him and see if he does anything shady? What're you gonna do then?
Sakura and I found a link between Orochimaru and Gaara who's somehow connected to Hinata. If I can fill in the blanks between them, I might be able to find out what his true intentions are. One more thing, Sakura can't know what we're doing. Keep and eye on her as well. Kaito told me that they plan to use her against Sasuke.
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"Shikamaru wanted my opinion on a medicine, that's all." He lied, and Sakura noticed it. What reason did he have in lying to her? There must be something he was told that Shikamaru didn't want her to know…but why?
"I see. Well, I have some work to do, so I'll see you around okay?" she asked. Sakura didn't wait for his answer before she gave Akamaru's head a quick pat and entered the infirmary.
"Well Akamaru, let's go. We have some work to do too." He told his companion with a grin before they rushed off. Hopefully they could get any leads to help Shikamaru and Shino.
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A few hours later Sakura flopped onto her bed with a groan. Though she had only been in the infirmary for a few hours, she became frustrated and Shikamaru let her have the rest of the night off.
The red-haired man was still unconscious, but Hinata was sleeping peacefully. Whatever he had remembered must've taken a lot out of him. If she didn't know better Sakura would've thought he was comatose.
But the words he murmured in his subconscious state made her uneasy, just as it had when Hinata had warned her.
Taskete…(A/N: save me)
'He must be reliving his memories in his sleep…' Sakura thought sympathetically. She couldn't imagine the pain he could be going through.
But what hurt her the most was the fact that she couldn't help him even in his state of helplessness. And since she couldn't help him, Sakura couldn't draw the link between him and Hinata.
'Gaara please wake up soon…'
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Meanwhile…
"Orochimaru-sama! Aren't you risking yourself by coming to see me?" asked a hesitant, high pitched whisper. The pale man touched this woman's creamy skinned cheek almost tenderly.
The woman looked down but turned her head, as if she were trying to cherish his touch; ignoring the nagging, screaming voice in the back of her head that told her she was only being used.
"Why would I pass up the chance to see my loyal subordinate?" he asked her creepily. "Besides, everyone is busy with the ball preparations and you're hidden by the sound of the rain."
She looked up at his monstrous eyes, as if trying to find some sort of good; something to reassure her that all this was for a good cause, that these innocent lives she had helped taken weren't for selfish intentions or simply to fill his craving for blood. But to her disappointment, she found nothing but cold, dark lust for blood.
"Tell me. What is it that you want?"
"…Orochimaru-sama?"
"You must want something for such abiding loyalty."
"I-I want nothing more than to serve you Milord!" she replied without hesitation, fearing that it was a trick question. Luckily, it wasn't. "There most be something of worldly value that you want. Money? Power? I can give you anything you desire."
The woman looked hesitantly in his eyes. "There is…one thing…he was faithful, just as I am to you." Her one and only love had been "taken" away from him, and his fall had been at Konoha borders, by their hands because he was serving his lord faithfully.
The man smiled evilly. "Ah…I remember him. What a shame he had to die by Konoha's hands." Orochimaru replied smugly as he looked at the woman's eyes that turned cold at the memory of this.
"Thof you desire his resurrection you shall get it." He replied, loving her startled, hopeful reaction. "Honto?! (a/n: means really?!)"
"Anything for my loyal subordinate. But I am in need of your assistance. I need you to..."
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(Sorry you guys aren't going to find out what she needs to do 'till later. I'm just that evil :) )
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Kin stood in complete shock. What Orochimaru had told her to do was unthinkable; unreal…his request was almost incapable of doing. It would destroy her…yet…
"This is the last time I will burden you before I let you go." Orochimaru coaxed, seeing the hope being put into her eyes. The hope that would drive her to new lows. The hope he would take advantage of before discarding her mercilessly.
"My loyal Kin…tell me…what is your answer? Will you serve me one last time?"
The woman lowered her head silently, as if trying to soak in his final request. The request that would become her immediate death if she were found out. "I… have no other desire than to serve you Orochimaru-sama… I have lived for you. I live to serve you." She replied, getting down on her knees and bowing so low that her forehead touched the wet grass below their feet.
"Excellent." He hissed, caressing her cheek as he cackled mentally. 'All according to plan…all according to plan.'
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Sakura's eyes opened slowly to the sound of rain hitting the window panes. It had been raining nonstop for 3 days and it didn't help the feeling of growing uneasiness in the pit of her stomach.
'Today's the day of the ball and my 18th birthday…but I'm all but excited for it…' She thought as she sat up and ran a hand through her long pink locks. Though she would be spending it with Sasuke she had a feeling things were going to go horribly wrong.
Yet, as she thought of this, why didn't she stay in bed? Why hadn't she pretended to be sick and sleep the day away?
'I'd just be acting selfish and childish. If something was going to go wrong I have a chance to stop it. Hinata already predicted it anyway…'
Slowly Sakura dressed herself in a red kimono garnished with white flowers flowing throughout the dress and tied with a black sash. After brushing her hair she strolled downstairs, and was surprised to see Shino with his ear up against a wall and murmuring something.
'Is he talking to himself…? Looks like Gaara isn't the only one that's sick…' Sakura thought as she watched him.
"Ohayo, Sakura-san." He told her quietly, but didn't look up. 'Well that didn't last long…Damn! How could he notice me without looking up…?'
Deciding that there wasn't any point in pretending she wasn't there, Sakura came from around the corner and smiled. "Good morning Shino. What are you doing?"
"Inspecting the walls."
"For what?"
"Any form of life." He replied simply making her skin crawl a little. Bugs? But when he didn't elaborate she nodded. "I see. Are you excited for the ball tonight? Yoroichi-san is enthused by the whole thing."
"It's the latter."
'Jeez! Trying to have a conversation out of this guy is like trying to get water out of a rock! P-O-I-N-T-L-E-S-S!!' Inner Sakura yelled and pulled her hair. But she ignored this, for Sasuke had a similar personality.
"Oh…well have you seen Naruto by any chance?" Sakura asked the man who seemed to be paying no attention to her. He shook his head, but mumbled two words. "Infirmary perhaps…"
"Arigato. Well I better get to Hinata before he drives her up the walls. Good luck with finding those bugs." The pinkette told him cheerfully.
Shino stopped, confused by this. He wasn't looking for bugs, his bugs were looking for a particular "bug" that could've infiltrated Uchiha castle and was hiding in the walls….but he decided it was better, as Shikamaru said, to keep her oblivious to this inspection.
"Sakura-san." He called before she left. She turned her head slightly to look at the man and felt chills go up her spine. This guy was strange…
"Take care of yourself."
Though she nodded Sakura was puzzled. She had been taking care of herself all her life, and she sure as hell wasn't dependent on others such as Sasuke. If anything Sasuke was dependent on her. She was his sanity, his comfort, and the object his affection.
"I will. Don't worry." And with that she hurried down to the infirmary. But as she did this she didn't realize the bug following her along the walls. 'Just to be safe.' Shino thought before returning to his work which was a large clump of bugs crawling into a tiny hole in the wall.
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"Sakura-chan thank Kami you're here!" Naruto told her relieved as he grabbed her arm the minute she entered the infirmary. "Naruto? What's wrong?" She asked, startled by his sudden appearance.
"It's Hinata-chan! She's doing that shaking thing again- come on!" Naruto said, dragging her to the room where Hinata was indeed, shaking violently. Tears streamed down her fear-stricken face.
"Naruto, tell me what happened." Sakura told him calmly as she rushed over to Hinata and held her hands. Sakura bit her lip painfully as she watched Hinata's nails dig into the back of her hand and draw blood.
"I-I only came in here to tell her good morning and…well…"
"Well what?"
"Her eyes got all big and she started crying…" Naruto replied in an elusive tone. His cobalt blue eyes were fixed on the shaking girl. Sakura nodded. The cheerful blonde was blaming himself for her agony right now.
"Don't blame yourself, Naruto." The pinkette told him softly before she squeezed Hinata's hands gently. "Hinata, I don't know if you can hear me, but I can't help you if you don't calm down."
Hinata seemed to acknowledge this as she flinched slightly, but her head didn't turn to meet the girl's innocent jade orbs for she was paralyzed with fear. With Naruto's appearance images had popped into her head like a premonition.
Blood spattered on her now paled skin as she stared in horror. Eyes widened, and his face was scrunched with a mixture of pain and shock. The man fell to his knee, lowering his head. Looking at the blade that was now piercing his body.
He looked up one last time as his pupils began to dilate and he murmured something…then her name before collapsing at her feet in a pool of blood.
A strong arm came around her shoulder and covered her mouth, muffling her scream. A scream so loud, had it not been muffled, all of Konoha would've been able to hear it. As she was taken away, the cool metal of a blade against her neck dared her to run to help the man. Dared her to try and retaliate. Dared her to try and find a way out of her near doom…
Then, suddenly, Hinata screamed before falling into an unconscious state; startling Sakura and Naruto. She had spoken- even if it was a scream. Hinata had gotten her voice back, but whatever she had seen shocked her into regaining her voice back wouldn't be noted until she would reawaken.
But by the looks of it, Hinata wasn't going to wake any time soon.
And that's what scared Sakura the most.
TBC
Ahh the suspense is probably killing you guys and I bet the drama is too. But don't worry; the drama is going to intensify even more next time. It might even make some of you guys cry…
I'll have this up for you guys on Weds if I'm not murdered by my the first quarter of my exams. Wish me luck, and I'll do the same for you guys.
Till Next Time!
xxasukachanxx