Chapter Thirty-Five. Hex.
"Why would she give you the Hex Crystal!" Soeutsu asked curiously while also ranting on the inside.
"I don't know... Trust." Sasuke answered just as unsure as the others.
"Love..." Kakashi stated in a tone that made it sound like he simplified everything.
"Hn..." Sasuke answered as his eyes flashed Red with the Sharingan, his anger was rising, he couldn't be with Sakura and he was worried for his girl.
"When did you get the Hex crystal." Kakashi asked.
"...When we were in the camper." Sasuke stated leaving out the other things that had happened in the camper.
"I bet those Claw marks also happened in the camper!" Naruto stated with a knowing smirk.
"She's feisty isn't she... Does it hurt or feel good... The pain." Naruto pushed beyond his boundaries and Sasuke snapped at him.
"Don't talk about her like that!" Sasuke hissed in a mid-yell at the terrified blonde boy, his Sharingan activated and spinning wildly.
"S-S-Sss-oo-orr-ry." Naruto stuttered nervously as he step backwards a few long strides.
"What else happened in the camper..Sasuke." Kakashi asked knowing there was more.
" *sigh* When you and Sai left the camper she sang and we eventually kissed. She must have put the Necklace on when we kissed." Sasuke said looking at the floor and avoiding everyone's wondering eyes.
"You would have noticed the weight of the Necklace... This doesn't add up." Kakashi said curiously trying to get the other half of the story the slightly blushing boy wasn't telling him.
"Ah... Teme was making out with Sakura... Not just a kiss... it must have been a hard core make out if you don't remember her slipping this thing around your neck." Naruto said putting too and too together while holding the Hex crystal before Sasuke swatted his hand away.
"She cloaked it, when she was gone... It appeared." Sasuke stated while picking up the crystal off his toned muscles, he twirled the genuine crystal in his fingers and gently took it off. He smelt Sakura's cherry blossom perfume on the beautiful necklace, he missed her arguments, her smile, her glassy emerald orbs that always had a shine to them, and most of all her courage she would never back down from anyone friends or foe.
"We need to go after her." Naruto stated the obvious yet again.
"We are." Sasuke stated in a certain tone, challenging anyone to defy him.
"Then we better be heading out." Kakashi said with a sigh as he walked out the door after two very hurried and determined looking boys went before him.
The remaining members of team seven, and the fifty warriors as well as the directors and actors for the movie followed the ninja to the land of snows castle ran by Doto.
"Where here." Soutseu told them as Sasuke and Naruto didn't waste a second and ran up to the castles doors and were about to violently tear the hinges off and demand for Sakura before Kakashi stopped them and proposed a plan.
"Everyone got it." Kakashi asked on edge.
"Yeah let's go." Naruto said while him and Sasuke took the back entrance through a window. Kakashi and Sai went through the front door disguised as Snow ninja. The four ninja ran through the hall ways and corridors while the camera crew hacked their security system And recording the movie from there while discovering where Sakura and Yuki where.
"Kakashi... There in the right corridor ...escaping..." The director stated into his head piece telling all the four ninja where she was. "Okay." Sasuke said to the other side as he turned to corner and saw the pink haired girl running while holding Yuki's hand and pulling her along.
Sakura cursed as she saw the Snow ninja, she had no chakra after what she had been through she was surprised she could even stand, let alone get out of that damn cell. Sakura thought back to what she went through, first a rather painful interrogation That's where she had gotten the bruise on her right cheek and a bloody lip from. Three of her fingers had been painfully broken in three different ways, her cheek had been slashed with a kunai where the bruise was mixing the black and purple color with a dark red and a light gold sparkle.
Sakura had a broken wrist and a sprained ankle not to mention a dislocated shoulder and a popped Vein in her right arm. Sakura ran forward ready to kick the Snow Shinobi's asses whether she had Chakra or not she was getting herself and Yuki out of this awful place.
Sakura kicked the first Snow ninja in the chest and in the neck before he fell to the ground Yelling an apology and Ows and ooohhs. Sakura advanced on the second Snow ninja who looked shocked before he ran and hugged her she fought and struggled against the Snow ninjas touch before he purred into her ear with a light nibble on her earlobe "Sakura... It's me... Sasuke.."
Her body immanently stopped fighting and relaxed in his strong arms as she hugged him in a tight un-Sasuke like way. Sakura's serene expression didn't last long When she sent The other Snow ninja who was slowly getting off the ground a hard glare and readied herself for a fight before he screeched "Sakura its me... Naruto."
"Oh." Sakura said with a small embarrassed smile as she hugged him and they continued to run down the hall way Sakura slightly whimpering from her unhealed and painful fresh injuries. Sasuke noticed and picked her up giving her a piggie back ride.
"Sasuke.. I can handle myself." Sakura stated in a matter-O-Factly tone.
"I know... We're on a mission... You slowing us down." Sasuke said honestly and slightly angry that she was fighting his help.
Sakura didn't answer and he knew he fucked up when he said she slowed them down but it was the best way to get her to willingly agree. "This way." Yuki said with a wave of her hand as they met with Kakashi, and Sai and headed for what they thought was the easiest escape.
Yuki ran first into a room that was primarily dark only the moon shining through the over head window in the center of the room. The group ran into the middle and was prepared to continue running to the door before Yuki stopped and turned to face the stage when the lights flipped on revealing Doto sitting on the throne.
Sakura was the first to catch on and Tried to grab Yuki's wrist to prevent her from joining Doto but her reflexes where off and she missed as Yuki ran up the steps.
"Wait!" Kakashi yelled to Yuki and took a step forward before Three Snow ninja appeared the all to familiar purple haired Kunochi, the blue haired asshole and the fatass.
Sakura stood beside Sasuke both of their expressions showed how pissed they were and the intent to kill Doto radiated off of them like radio waves. Sakura took a step forward but was stopped by Yuki's voice "There's no use in trying... Give up already... Couz...I'm an actress... I act..."
"So am I." Sakura stated as she fixed her body with a few steps of walking forward as a gold Chakra surrounded her body, the Chakra healed her wounds and bruises, she was brand new as the Chakra slowly disconnected from her body and just hovered around her.
The Chakra storing device had been finally broken with that sudden burst of determination, Yuki handed Doto the Hex Crystal. How'd she get that off of Sasuke? Sakura wondered.
"It was quite easy actually pretend to fall his instincts are to catch you and you accidentally pull the necklace off while switching it with a fake and giving him the wrong one." Yuki stated with a smirk.
"Ah... Another amazing performance by the great Yuki." Doto praised with a chuckle as he took the necklace she held out to him.
"Like I said... I'm a good actress." Yuki said as she pulled out a knife and stuck his upper torso where his heart would be. Doto didn't flinch or move as Yuki pushed her weight against the evil man.
Her weight was heavy enough to push them both over a ten foot drop as Yuki was being choked by one of Doto's large hands, she fell to the ground as Doto dropped his cloak reviling more Chakra armor. Sakura didn't look surprised when he showed his off, but also wasn't happy this would be one hell of a long fight.
Sakura readied herself but realized as soon as he did that the building was falling, Kakashi and Sai must have planted paper bombs over the large Castle. Sakura dodged a Kunai by catching it between her two fingers, that was her first mistake as Chakra string wrapped around her body and his wings exploded from his back, he carried the both of them upwards and though the collapsing ceiling.
Sakura stopped struggling seeing no reason to waste her energy or Chakra on him when he had all the advantages currently. Sakura's body went limp in his arm that was holding her waist. His touch disgusted her it burned her, she wanted it off and away from her body.
Doto stopped at the seven Glaciers that had slightly gleam to them as the sun reflected off of the glaciers. Doto dropped her carelessly and walked over to the center of the glaciers and started to implant the necklace before Sakura blew him away with a wind style jutsu, it felt like a thousand needles entered her body.
Sakura landed on her feet when he dropped her and she let him lower his guard and get anxious before she Sent a powerful wind jutsu that would surly slow him down for the remainder of the fight. She sent the jutsu at him from his right side as he flew to the left and hit the ground with a hard thud.
Sakura readied another jutsu, water serpent jutsu. Sakura through her hands up as ice around him broke and he fell into the cold liquid below, the dragon quickly spun itself and then dove at the gasping man. It had been a minute possibly two before Doto resurfaced from the attack.
"Not so tough without your pesky Bodyguards here... Are ya?" Sakura mocked as walked closer to her target.
"No... I've been going easy.." Doto sneered back while he climbed out of the water.
Doto lunged at Sakura with the intent to kill, Sakura skillfully avoided his dangerous blows and maneuvered her way in and out of his Tiajutsu and Genjutsu. Sakura sent a little surprise of her own out as she punched his chest, she broke through a cord now all she had to do was hit there again and he'd be done for.
However Sakura was never that lucky, she was thrown back twenty feet and stabbed in the left leg with a Kunai. Sakura pulled the dangerously Sharp weapon out and flung it at him with full speed he carelessly caught it an was surprised when The kunai transformed into Sakura.
"Gottcha." Sakura stated with a charming smile as she punched him right in the face, as he went unconscious on the ground, she limped over to the 'treasure' and activated the crystal as steam pored out and the land of snow became Spring, for the first time ever the land of Snow had spring. Sakura let a smile spread across her face as she collapsed from Chakra exhaustion, her normal Chakra was gone she had been depending on her golden Chakra throughout the fights.
Sakura barely noticed when Sasuke and Naruto ran up to her and when they hugged her, she felt on the edge of unconsciousness and was slowly drifting there. Sakura sleazed her head back against Sasuke as she watched Kakashi kill Doto.
"What... What happened to the other Snow ninja?" Sakura asked innocently.
"There dead." Sasuke didn't sugar coat it at all he told her flat out without any detail about how Sasuke had beat the blue haired asshole to a pulp.
Sakura nodded her head before falling asleep in Sasuke's strong warm arms that she so much more appreciated after being held by that creep. When she woke up she was in a house she knew all to well as her mansion. Sakura got ready for the day and prepared for the explanation meeting she would have to have in an hour or two.
"Your bed ridden for the day...maybe two." Sasuke stated as Sakura nodded and fell asleep yet again.