Chapter 37

Awakened by her voice, Sasuke opened his eyes and looks at Chizuru who is sleeping beside her. She had a pained expression and is sweating. Her hand was clutching on his shirt as if her life depends on it. Sasuke felt a sharp pain on his chest from seeing her suffering from nightmares that keeps hunting her ever since she acquired her ocular ninjutsu that is created by shinobis who wants to create a kekkei genkai equal to Uchiha's sharingan.

"-sama…" Chizuru kept calling in her sleep, "Onee-sama, onee-sama…"

"Chizuru," Sasuke called tapping on her cheeks lightly, "Wake up,"

"No!" she shouted, opening her eyes. She was panting heavily and her sweat keeps rolling down her face.

'Onee-sama? I thought she had no siblings?' Sasuke stares at her frightened face,

Chizuru looks at Sasuke for a moment then she jumps at him, embracing him tightly. Dumbfounded by her actions, Sasuke looks at her and he can feel her body trembling in fear.

"Hold me, please" Chizuru pleaded, pressing her body more against his warmth,

Sasuke wraps his arms around her, "Hush… calm down, Chizuru." He said,

Soon after, she started to calm down and stopped trembling. He brushes away the few strands that are covering her face with his fingers, staring at her crystal blue eyes.

"You kept calling for your sister," Sasuke said and Chizuru averts her eyes,

"Were not blood related," she answered briefly, looking into his blackest black eyes again.

"Where is she now?" he's just so curious about her past and can't help but to ask questions.

"She's already dead." She responded,

"How did she die?" he asked again, his eyes never leaves her face. Chizuru just stares at him and didn't answer. Sasuke just sighed; there are still a lot of things that he doesn't know about her. "Let's get back to sleep," he said, pushing her head closer to his chest,

Chizuru looks up to Sasuke and stares at him as he closes his eyes. She wanted to tell him everything but is very afraid that he might despise her if she did. She closes her eyes and hoping that she could get sleep after that terrifying dream.

Sasuke with Suigetsu and Jugo were on the sitting area inside the ship, looking down on the spread map of Kyozu in the old coffee table and is discussing their plan pertaining on where and how they should be positioned when the Homura Mitokado's carriage enters the village. They are expecting him to be guarded by several leaf ninjas so they prepared as many ninja scrolls and traps that they could use.

Chizuru on the other hand were also busy cooking their breakfast inside the kitchen even though she is not feeling well because of her morning sickness.

The ship's food supplies were all inedible so they are relying on the supplies they could find inside the cave and what Jugo had got in the farmhouse before escaping. The kitchen though very old had a simple wood stove and kitchen utensils that they could use, creating fire is not a problem since she had fire affinity and the ship has stacks of fire wood.

She felt someone taps on her shoulder and look to see Jugo standing behind her.

"The fishes, I will grill them." He said looking at her. He knows that the smell of grilled meat makes her nauseous,

"Thanks, Jugo, you're very kind." She said smiling at him and walks out of the kitchen and heads to the toilet to throw up.

Every morning she always tends to skip breakfast because her stomach would always turns just from the smell of grilled meat or onions. She can only eat grapes with dip cream though she knows that she should watch her daily nutrition intake to make sure that the baby in her womb stays healthy.

She walks out of the toilet room and stares at her reflection in the antique rounded mirror that is hanged on the wall.

"We won't be having grilled fish next time if it makes you nauseous and lose your appetite to eat," Sasuke said, leaning on the wall beside the toilet room door. "You should eat regularly, so that my child would be healthy" he added in his usual cold demeanor.

'Sasuke, it's ours not only yours' She said inwardly, "Yes, I know." She said, hiding her sadness perfectly.

"Let's head back, Suigetsu might finish all the food on the table if we don't go back now," he said grabbing onto her hand and pulls her to the dining area,

"Yes," holding onto his hand tightly, she noticed lately that she is becoming more emotional and clingy to Sasuke, maybe that is what they called hormonal changes when you are pregnant.

Sasuke know that his attitude towards her makes her upset, but he never intended to be cold to her. It was a first experience to him to be in love and he doesn't know how to deal with his over flowing feelings towards her, knowing that she doesn't feel anything towards him.

When they get back in the kitchen, Jugo and Suigetsu were already sitting in front of the table and eating. Sasuke pulls a chair for Chizuru then sits beside her and began chatting with the two.

Chizuru started to eat rice and sautéed vegetables silently, she suddenly remembered Kaya, Akane and the employees of Rukiya. The geishas are frightened for sure when the leaf ninjas came to inspect but she knows that Reiko can handle that situation.

Sasuke looks at Chizuru who is starting to eat beside him. Her hand that is holding the chopsticks reaches for the sautéed vegetables as her crystal blue eyes were on the food. His sight goes down at her mouth as she opens it and chomps the food.

Chizuru looks at Sasuke when she noticed him staring at her, "What is it?"

Sasuke averts his eyes from her, "eat more," he said instead and puts more food in her plate to hide his embarrassment. When he looks at Jugo and Suigetsu, they are both had a knowing expression on their faces.

The next day, Sasuke and the others left the cave to set the traps on the woods before the town's arc as they are expecting the elder's carriage to reach the town by dawn tomorrow. With the help of Chizuru, she pin points the short cuts and passage ways in the town that they could use to avoid walking into leaf ninjas that are stationed around the town.

"We have to attack them here, these spot is the most secluded area that we could ambush them without alerting the leaf ninjas near the town's gate." Sasuke discussed, explaining further their positions after they had set up the traps.

"Yeah, we go for the guards while you go for the elder." Suigetsu said

"We have to do it fast and leave the area immediately before reinforcements came" Jugo said

They immediately jump back when they felt someone else's presence. Sasuke's hand is on the hilt of his katana while his thumb pushes the handle upwards to unsheathe it slowly. Suigetsu's hand is on the handle of his large sword and Jugo stand on his fighting stance.

"It's me," the white Zetsu appears from the ground,

"You," Suigetsu pointed at him,

"Hello team Taka." Zetsu greeted with his devious smile, "I'm here on Tobi's orders, he wanted to meet with you," he added

"Bring us to him," Sasuke commanded,

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