~Authors Note
This little oneshot wouldn't leave me alone for the life of me the past couple of days so I managed to organize my thoughts and finally write it, the problem is now I have no idea what to title this oneshot, its a hard sell between Finally Somebody Or A Taste of Your Own Medicine, let me know what you think guys otherwise it will just be called chapter 2.
End Authors Note~
"What'll we do the Boss is hurt real bad" a member of the Kurosuki family whispered to his brethren, eyeing the unconscious form of their Boss, aka Raiga Kurosuki after they had pulled him out from underneath the pile of rocks that had collapsed on him.
Ideas were passed around but none of them sounded good enough "Hold on I think I heard one of the residents of the village mentioning one of their friends was a doctor, we can threaten her to send a letter to that friend inviting them here to doctor him until he's healed" Karashi offered.
Suggesting the best idea the group had heard "Nice one newbie, since your the one who came up with it, I say you do all the threatening" the others smirked, clapping the brunet on the shoulder and sending him off.
Needless to say Momo Harada hadn't exactly planned to have her day turn out like this as she wrote a letter to her friend in Leaf inviting her to the place she'd moved to several months back before the Kurosuki Family had taken over, with Karashi practically breathing down her neck.
~Hey Sakura,
Momo here, bet you didn't think you'd hear from me again so soon after the last letter a week ago but here we are hehehe, anyway if you've got the time, I'd really like it if you came and visited, I get so lonely here and the people are great you'll like them.
P.S. Visit as soon as you can, Momo~
From Sakura's point of view the letter was normal as she read it, though it did seem a little odd how her friend had requested twice for her to visit "Time off Sakura….I suppose you are due for a week or two" Tsunade frowned at her apprentice.
That had been training extremely hard so she suppose she could let the girl have a break "Alright, thank you Tsunade-shishou" Sakura bowed, rushing home once she was dismissed to pack for her trip to River Country.
Unfortunately what Sakura didn't expect two and a half days later upon arrival was to be ambushed by what looked to her like a group of thugs and thrown into a room "I hope you'll be able to forgive me Sakura" Momo apologized, the last face she saw before the door was shut.
Leaving her alone or so it seemed until a groan was heard from the corner "Ranmaru" a distinctly males voice murmured in his sleep, Sakura wiped around, pinning frightened green eyes on the unmoving form of whoever was in the room with her.
Just then the door slid open again "Don't sit there, heal him you are a doctor aren't you, do doctoring on him, he's hurt real bad" the one who'd knocked her out ordered, pushing the pinkette closer to the Boss, more like dragging since the girl was being obstinate and refusing.
Despite the struggle she put up Sakura was forced to the unconscious man's side as the thug left her once more before she could explain 'Gee thanks Momo, totally forget the fact that I only started learning medical ninjutsu recently why don't you' Sakura grumbled inwardly.
Eyeing the man warily, he kind of looked familiar actually like she'd seen his picture somewhere, but with little choice Sakura raised dull green chakra coated hands and placed them carefully on his chest.
It went about as suspected really, her healing capabilities were not nearly enough to heal someone injured to this degree yet, with a soft sigh Sakura went to pull away when her wrist was caught in a vice grip and she was pinned down by the formerly unconscious man.
Right as she recognized who he was from his profile in the bingo book, her heart stopped in her chest "One second brat to tell me who you are, what your doing here and where Ranmaru is" Raiga demanded.
Grip tight on the girl, her sigh had been what woke him in the first place "S..Sakura Haruno and I have no clue about the other questions" Sakura blurted quickly, rapidly paling at his proximity as he held her down.
Blue ripple patterned eyes darkened and he called out for someone to enter, in came that same thug from earlier "Boss your awake, seems Harada wasn't lying you are a doctor" the man appeared happy to see Raiga awake.
"No he woke up on his own thank you very much, what Momo failed to tell you is that I'm barely qualified to work on people yet" Sakura snapped angrily, forgetting where she was for a moment and who was pinning her down.
She was reminded however as the pressure on her wrists increased nearly breaking the bones and Sakura couldn't help but wince at the pain "Still your tongue or do you wish to have a funeral, yours" Raiga threatened.
Head pounding from the headache and body aching from almost being buried alive under rocks, the girl went blissfully silent in response "Where is Ranmaru" next Raiga glanced up at one of his men asking one of the questions of before.
Twenty minutes later a little boy no more than 8 probably 9 was sat next to Raiga, perfectly content and happy to Sakura's confusion as she was forced to the other side of the room while the odd pair rested.
Quietly once she was certain they were asleep later that night Sakura crept towards the slightly opened window using all her stealth skills to not make a single sound as she walked across the wooden floor to her escape route.
To bad she would never make it as a kunai whizzed past her face "Another step and my swords go in your back" Raiga growled, Sakura slid to the floor, curling her knees into her chest, tempted to glare at the rogue she was trapped with.
All was silent for awhile before Raiga had an idea to keep the kunoichi from escaping "What…no I'm fine here" Sakura scowled when she was ordered to join him on the futon, like hell she'd ever let that happen.
Gut-wrenching silence filled the room as the rogue shifted then stood, stalking over to her "Care to repeat that to my face you little snot-nosed brat" Raiga demanded, eyes glinting with anger as he radiated fury.
Whether she liked it or not Sakura was made to lay on the futon anyway, an arm wrapped around her middle like a steel band and somewhat reluctantly went to sleep "Boss how do you feel" a thug asked the following morning.
After bringing a meal for the recovering Raiga, Sakura's stomach rumbled in hunger when she noticed that there was nothing for her "Fine, in a few days I'll be back up on my feet even" Raiga growled, unpleasant even to his own men it seemed.
"Oi you girl do your doctoring so he can be up and about even sooner" the thug demanded suddenly of the pinkette in the opposite corner of the room, where Sakura had fled the minute she'd been released from Raiga's grip.
In response Sakura gnashed her teeth furiously at him then turned stubbornly away, she'd just be repeating herself pointlessly anyway if she spoke, plus there was no way she was going to piss off the rogue she was being forced in the company of.
Bad luck seemed to be going around though as he marched over to her and gripped her hair tugging harshly "Do Your Job Now" he ordered, tossing the stupid brat in the direction of the Boss, a loud crack echoed through the room.
And the girl let out a sharp yelp as she landed awkwardly on her arm "Bastard you have no idea what it even takes to heal a person, one chakra, two skill and three experience none of which I have, you can demand all you want, it's impossible" Sakura grumbled.
Cradling her broken arm tenderly against her chest "You telling me that Harada girl was lying about you being a doctor then, Karashi was certain he'd heard her raving over one of the letters you sent her" the thug growled.
Raiga merely listening for the time "I told her I was in training, IN, I've barely scratched the surface of medical ninjutsu, I'm inexperienced at healing people or do you want him hurt more because I don't know what I'm doing" Sakura huffed.
Going eerily quiet as a hand landed heavily on her shoulder, sweat beading on her brow, perhaps she'd said to much and now she really was going to die this time "Enough leave, I believe I need to have a little chat with our guest" Raiga commanded.
Dismissing his subordinate who took Ranmaru with him, imagine Sakura surprise when Raiga prodded her arm with his fingers "Uhhh what are you ouch" Sakura hissed, jerking back when his finger poked a spot that hurt.
"Aren't you going to set it, otherwise the bone won't heal properly, you might even lose the ability to form hand signs" Raiga remarked, being oddly nice to Sakura's confusion, with a deep breath though Sakura gripped her arm and snapped the bone back into place.
For the rest she wrapped it in bandages with a splint she had on hand, there was nothing else she could do however "I don't belong here you know, people are going to notice my absence if I don't get back home soon" Sakura commented carefully.
Dark blue ripple patterned orbs focused on her "Where are you from, your clearly a kunoichi, a genin if I had to guess" Raiga questioned, debating over whether or not the brat was worth the trouble of killing if whoever her leader was got wind of who killed her.
He would probably have another village's shinobi on his tail, not just his own if he offed the kid "Konohagakure" the pinkette answered rather calmly, a brow twitched at the answer, Leaf had just come under the leadership of a new Hokage, one of the Sannin if he recalled.
To much trouble and definitely not worth it he decided "Leave, get out of my sight quickly" Raiga jerked his head towards the door, letting the brat go, Sakura slowly rose as if she didn't quite believe him and walked cautiously to the door.
Only when she opened it, she shut it instantly when her green eyes met red sharingan ones "Sakura was that you, open up" Sasuke's familiar voice called out to her from the other side, she gripped a kunai in her hand tightly.
Holding the door shut tightly with all her strength as Sasuke tried to force it open when she didn't answer, at this point Raiga was starting to get extremely annoyed "What business do you have here" Raiga growled.
Rising despite the ache though it wasn't as bad as yesterday "Orochimaru sent me to speak with the leader of the Kurosuki Family" the boy answered through the door, Raiga motioned the girl to move away from the door.
With clear reluctance she did so and the door slid open forcefully with a loud clatter as it hit the wall, Sasuke strode in as if he hadn't spent the last couple of minutes fighting to open the door, then took a seat when he was gestured to.
Mostly ignoring Sakura who hovered nervously in the background as he began explaining the reason that he was there, about a special boy that Raiga worked very closely with, Orochimaru wanted the child and he was there to collect the boy.
Before Raiga could make a move Sakura flew into action "Get out, Get out NOW, if you think it's acceptable to kidnap children for that sick bastard then you are nothing do you hear me Sasuke, nothing, your worse than, than HIM" Sakura yelled.
Slapping Sasuke across the cheek full force "Don't make me kill you Sakura, I spared your life last time because you were my teammate, this time things will be very different" Sasuke warned, holding his throbbing cheek.
Not expecting the kick that sent him flying out the still open door "And I'm different compared to the last time we saw each other a few months ago Sasuke, I've been training" Sakura informed, drawing back her arm, hand clenched into a tight fist.
The Uchiha shook his head shaking off the shock and pain, with honed reflexes he dodged the next attack, her knuckles brushed the earth and the ground exploded beneath their feet "Your siding with a rogue Sakura, an anonymous tip and you'll be branded a traitor" Sasuke threatened.
Jade orbs burned angrily into him "I….I don't care, what your trying to do is morally unacceptable, even if he is a rogue, it's just a kid, no older than Inari, how could you do that to someone, rip them apart from the person they care about" Sakura snapped.
Coming after her former teammate again, a crater formed from the impact of her fist and the unleashing of pent up chakra, Sakura was relentless as she tried time after time to punch him "Tch don't think I'll forget this Sakura" Sasuke scoffed, turning tail and running.
Sakura stood in the aftermath of their fight surrounded by smoking craters and breathing heavily before the chakra exhaustion got to her and she lost consciousness, only waking the following morning, gut grumbling angrily in protest for going so long without eating.
A chuckle had her head snapping to the left to spy Raiga nearby, polishing his swords "Perhaps having you around will be useful, so little kunoichi how shall I break you, I'll need someone to protect Ranmaru in my place if something ever happens to me" Raiga questioned.
Her heart stopped, blood freezing in terror at the implications of his statement "The Hokage knows where I am, if I don't return at the stated time, Anbu will be sent out to retrieve me, seeing as I'm her student" Sakura warned.
"B…But if it's protection for Ranmaru you want I'll take him to Leaf, only if that's what you want, he'll be safe there, I promise Orochimaru will never get his hands on him" Sakura offered hesitantly, flinching when the rogue stood.
Striding over to her in one smooth movement to sit once more "We'll be long gone by then" Raiga affirmed, calling out to the men posted outside the door to not disturb him no matter what, returning his gaze onto the kunoichi.
Who was attempting to flee from him, she didn't get very far before he pinned her underneath of him "PLEASE, NO YOU CAN'T" Sakura screamed, fighting with all her might to get free even with her broken arm.
It was no use though as he twisted her flesh harshly "Come on where'd that strength from before go kunoichi this won't be any fun if you don't put up a harder fight than that, I want to break you thoroughly" Raiga taunted, laughing maniacally as he did so.
Tearing another scream from her throat, unaware that this was all a genjutsu, on the outside Sasuke straightened, fairly certain that Sakura was trapped in his sharingan induced illusion, despite her aptitude it would take her awhile to get out of this one.
"What did you do to her" Raiga demanded, eyeing the little kunoichi laying on the ground, thrashing back and forth, as if she was trying to fight off someone in the genjutsu she'd been put under, Sasuke was about to answer when a scream rented the air.
From the rosette and another, and another, she was being tortured "Nothing less than what she deserves, she wants to defend you so much that I'm simply showing her what you could be like to a weakling like her, your answer Raiga" Sasuke smirked.
Resuming the conversation that his former teammate had so rudely interrupted "A weakling wouldn't have created so much destruction with her bare fists alone you little snot, my answer is the same as hers, No and if you don't want to die leave" Raiga growled.
Slightly worried when the girl let out one of the most agonized screams he'd ever heard, inside the genjutsu Sakura realized something was off when she smelt no blood, fury boiled through her as her chakra flared wildly, shattering the illusion she was trapped in.
"Sasuke you just crossed a line you shouldn't have, I can only hope Naruto will forgive me" Sakura wiped her eyes dry, slowly standing on wobbly legs, throat raw from the screaming she must of done then simply lunged.
Landing a solid blow right to Sasuke's stomach, releasing the pent up chakra in her fist to literally send the Uchiha flying, he slammed harshly into a tree, knocking him unconscious "Kunoichi" Raiga stepped forward barely catching her as she slumped into her own unconscious state.
Both shinobi out, though Raiga was more concerned for the kunoichi than the idiot who worked for rogue Sannin, he did keep an eye on Sasuke who remained unconscious, he probably even had some internal damage from the punch Sakura had delivered to his stomach.
Eight hours later movement drew his gaze onto the rosette upon meeting his eyes, panic flickered in frightened green orbs "Little kunoichi do I scare you" Raiga asked, wondering what the boy had shown her in the illusion.
When she jumped, flinching away from him reflexively while trying to crawl away in her exhausted condition, face paler than a ghosts, shaking her head and trembling, sweat beaded on Sakura's brow as she breathed heavily, damn near hyperventilating just because of a question.
Then her eyes snapped onto Sasuke's prone form and anger boiled in her veins as she remembered what had happened "Yes" Sakura finally answered, being honest to his confusion, and here he thought she'd try to deny it.
"Hmm and what exactly frightens you about me….what did the illusion me do to you" Raiga inquired, moving quick to trap her against the wall, sensing she was going to try and make a break for it again.
She was an interesting kunoichi that was for sure as her mouth shut with an audible clack of teeth and she shook her head, squeezing her eyes shut, well if she wasn't going to speak, he would have to coax the truth out of her.
By leaning down "I think I have a pretty good guess at what was going on in that genjutsu, but just to be sure did it go a little something like this" Raiga inquired, pressing the girl into the wall further and he gently licked at her lips.
A squeak flew from her mouth and he took advantage of the opportunity she presented to him, her tiny destructive hands clenched into his shirt, as he stroked his tongue along hers, after a moment Raiga pulled back "No that's not what happened at all" Sakura whimpered.
Face red, "Tell me then or I do more" Raiga demanded, prepared to do just that until he was interrupted as the boy groaned, indicating he was soon going to wake from his nap, jade orbs snapped onto Sasuke as well "Actually I have a better idea" he grinned widely.
Standing, dragging the girl up with him and over to the boy then made Sakura tie the fool up, having a feeling she'd be carting the idiot back to her village anyway when he was done "The hell….Sakura come on let me out of this" Sasuke came to with a jolt.
Only to realize his predicament of being basically hog-tied in a very uncomfortable position, fingers and hands separated to prevent any escape attempts, bereaved of weapons as Sakura sat before him, glaring furiously, that rogue behind her.
Brushing his large hands along her shoulders "You deserve whats coming to you Sasuke, I don't care what your reasoning for leaving is, I'm taking you back to Leaf against your will if I have to" Sakura snapped.
Charcoal orbs went wide at the cold tone in which Sakura had spoken to him with "Ah first a taste of his own medicine, he thinks I'm some kind of monster, why don't we show him exactly how wrong he is" Raiga suggested.
Verdant orbs glinted with confusion "DON'T YOU DARE TOUCH HER" Sasuke scowled, even if he thought Sakura was annoying, he refused to see anyone else lay a finger on the rosette, especially someone as filthy as Raiga Kurosuki.
His warning went unheeded when the man descended upon Sakura, crushing his mouth against hers and he was forced to watch, a sick feeling curling in his stomach making him feel ill as Sakura struggled at first.
Pushing against Raiga's shoulders as he pinned her to the floor, her small body crushed beneath his, taking Sakura's wrists with a single hand, while the other stroked along her flesh, drawing a gasp from her mouth that he swallowed.
Sakura squirmed, whimpering from the onslaught of foreign feelings "I think it's about time what about you" Raiga drew back, releasing the girl, familiar chakra flooded through Sasuke's network, and the genjutsu faded.
"How's a taste of your own medicine Sasuke, did you think I enjoyed that nightmare you put me in, so it was only fair you experience an illusion of my own making that was just as psychologically damaging" Sakura asked.
When onyx orbs locked with angry peridot "I was right you are weak and I'm going to tell them exactly what went on here that is if you manage to drag me back" Sasuke spat, furious she wasn't catering to his whim like before.
Forest green eyes hardened "My crimes are lesser Sasuke, I'll own up to my mistake and tell the truth myself, you however are already a branded criminal…who might you remember just tried to abduct a child for Orochimaru to experiment on I bet, I wonder which of us will be in more trouble" Sakura informed harshly.
Quick a snake Sakura struck the Uchiha over the head knocking him out for a second time before glancing up at Raiga "I'm sorry but I will have to tell the Hokage what happened, I won't lie to my teacher, the first person to think I was worth teaching" Sakura apologized.
Kind of feeling a little guilty for how this whole mess had turned out if Sasuke had not shown up she could have gone home and forgotten the entire incident but no, every member of Team Seven was cursed with bad luck.
Blue ripple patterned orbs peered into honest green ones at least she wasn't trying to lie, it counted for something "Fine do as you must, I'll have cleared out of this place long before Anbu descend on this area" Raiga waved his hand dismissively.
Jade orbs snapped onto Sasuke before he was sealed in a scroll for safe-keeping and after a quick stop by Momo's, the reason she had been in this mess in the first place was headed back to Leaf, Tsunade had a field day with the news but it was Sasuke who was thrown in a jail-cell, sharingan and chakra sealed while life carried on for Sakura as normal.
Though she did always wonder how Raiga and Ranmaru were doing, Sakura didn't dwell to long on those thoughts and performed her duties to the best of her abilities as the Fifth Hokage's apprentice, gaining a reputation for herself so she was finally somebody.