Steal My Heart

Rated:T

Sakura walked into the building with a hot cup of coffee. Everyone was apparently already there waiting for her. Walking up the steps to the second floor where the meeting room was being held, she noticed that indeed everyone was waiting on her arrival.

"Morning boys" she spoke as she entered the room, heading for the couch that sat underneath the windows. Taking a seat next to Sai she leaned back and crossed her legs making herself comfortable.

"You're late."

"I'm here now Sasuke, that's what's important, right?"

Sasuke kept his eyes on her, observing her. Her hair was currently pulled back into a high ponytail that ended over her shoulder. His eyes lingered on her face before he focused his gaze on her lips as she took a sip of her coffee. Looking away he got back to business, missing the smirk that formed on Sakura's lips.

"Now that everyone is here we can get started. We've got a store to take."

He stood in front of a board that held the information they had been gathering for the past couple of months. Pictures of the building, what the interior looked like and images of the AC system on the roof. There was a map that contained a route that the team would take after the job was done.

"The plan is simple, listen to Kakashi and the information he gives you and we'll all make a quick buck. If things go bad you all know the drill. This wasn't organized, we don't know each other. We got caught up in a robbery and acted in self-defense." He looked around the room observing its occupants. Everyone was wearing dark blue jumpsuits including himself except for Sakura and Kakashi. He'd known these people for years so he trusted them with his life and vice versa. "But it's not going to be an issue because everything is going to go just fine."

Next to him, Kakashi moved forward before he spoke, "The alarm system is easy. Now if I didn't need to be running things I could have it offline myself no problem," He looked to Sakura before he continued "You should be able to get us a pretty decent window. How decently depends on the job you do" Sakura scoffed at this but Kakashi ignored it. "Once it's down you signal Sasuke and he makes the call."

Kakashi looked back to Sasuke so he could continue, "If things go as planned, Naruto should be able to drop the gas we obtained into the air vent on the roof. Everybody goes to sleep, no problem, we take our time. If we run into trouble, we move quickly and with force. Questions?"

He moved his gaze around the room waiting for someone to speak up but no one did.

"Let's go."

Everyone filed out of the room and headed to where they were assigned. "Naruto, you're with me, everyone else, head to the location and wait for the signal."

Just as he was about to head downstairs with everyone else he felt a tug on the sleeve of his jumpsuit. Sakura looked at him expectantly but he didn't say anything. "Please be careful out there Sasuke." She got up on her tiptoes and placed a kiss on his cheek before moving around him to catch up with the others.

Sasuke watched her leave before heading out himself. Everything would be fine.

At least he hoped.

Sasuke was currently driving with Naruto sitting in the passenger seat. He was currently switching radio stations until Sasuke turned off the radio completely.

"You're such a bastard Sasuke, I was trying to find music to pump us up!" Naruto crossed his arms like a petulant child and looked out the window instead.

"We don't have time for that, I want to make sure you know what you're doing."

"Of course I know what I'm doing, we've already discussed this." Naruto turned to look at Sasuke when he said this.

"Just make sure you don't use too much gas or you'll kill them, alright?"

"Yeah, yeah I got it."

As they pulled up to the shopping strip he parked alongside the building that was being reconstructed. "Alright head up to the roof and let me know when the job is done. Don't forget to turn on your earpiece."

Less than fifteen minutes later Naruto gave to okay that the gas was placed, now they needed to waited for it to take effect.

Sai and Yamato had met him out in front of the jewelry store donning their gas masks and duffle bags on their shoulders. They also each had an AK-47 in case this went downhill. The only upside to not getting caught was that there were hardly any people in the shopping strip.

Sasuke lead them inside as he spoke to Sakura through the earpiece. "Alright, Sakura how's hacking the system going for you."

There was a crackle through the mic before she responded. "Honestly, you guys seriously underestimate me. I bypassed their systems ages ago, I was able to get you a four-minute window, so hurry up and grab what you can and get out of there."

Sasuke inwardly smirked, he knew she was the best he just liked messing with her.

"Alright guys you heard her, we got four minutes to clean this place out. Work fast."

They split up to cover more ground and to make sure each display was hit. They continued filling up their duffle bags for two minutes when they heard Sakura through the earpiece again.

"Alright guys how's it going, I know I gave you four minutes but you gotta hurry it up. I'm starting to get interference on my side, any minute now they're gonna figure out what we're up to."

Sasuke looked to the other two to see how they were holding up before he responded. "Everything looks good so far, we're almost done here we should be heading out in the next thirty seconds."

"Alright sounds good, the bikes have already been dropped off out front, and Naruto should be waiting for you at the location. Try not to get caught."

"Not a chance babe."

Everything had gone smoothly until the cops had figure out the jewelry store was being robbed. As they drove away from the shopping strip the cops were closing in on them forcing them to speed up.

"You guys have about fifteen cop cars tailing you, get to the underground subway now!" Sakura spoke through the earpiece.

"Shit. Yeah, got it. Sai, Yamato speed it up we got company."

Sai and Yamato sped up and pulled ahead of him. Sai was leading since he was the one that picked the route. They occasionally fired off shots at the police cars after them and tried to dodge being hit in return.

Sai motioned with his arm to go left and Sasuke and Yamato followed down into the tunnel entrance where the sewage system was being reconstructed. "You two just make sure you stay close and follow me, we'll be out of here in no time."

There was a series of tunnels that they wove through as Yamato followed Sai. It wasn't until they were almost at the exit that they noticed that Sasuke was not with them.

"Fuck, Yamato what happened to Sasuke I thought you were both behind me?"

"We were, we must have lost him a back there."

There was a crackle before they heard Sakura's voice, "What the fuck do you mean you lost Sasuke? Where is he?!" She tried calling out to him but heard nothing back from his earpiece.

"Calm down Sakura he must have taken a different route in the tunnels. It'll be fine they all lead to the same location."

"You better be right Sai." Was the last thing she said before she cut out.

It took another five minutes for Sai and Yamato to reach the end of the tunnel where they made it topside again. It was a river of sorts they wove through the city and under bridges. As they made it out there was a patrol car waiting for them ready to stop them and just as they were getting near, and armored truck rammed into the side of the car.

Naruto whooped as he drove the van down the embankment "Did you guys miss me?!"

"Not likely Naruto, just incapacitate the cop cars will you." Remarked Sai as he sped up and drove in front of Naruto still leading the way. Yamato drove next to him trying to dodge the cop cars that drove too close.

"This is so much fun!," Naruto said as he rammed a couple more patrol cars still oblivious to their missing partner.

It wasn't until they lost the cops and reached the set location that Naruto noticed that Sasuke was not with them.

"Hey Sai, where's Sasuke? I thought he was supposed to be with you guys?"

It was Yamato that responded "We lost him in the tunnels, we were sure he would've ended up here with us either way. Sakura isn't able to get through to him through comms."

Naruto was visibly upset about the news, they wouldn't be able to find out anything until Sasuke got in contact with them.

"We need to head to the safe house, Kakashi is waiting for us. We'll figure out what happens after that."

Naruto sullenly agreed and allowed for the guys to pull up the bikes into the back of the truck and headed to the safe house.

Hours later, Sakura was lying in bed with tears staining her face. There was no word from Sasuke and he had contacted them yet either. He could be dead for all she knew and the thought upset her even more as she clutched the pillow closer to her chest.

Naruto had left her about half an hour ago when he gave up trying to get her to talk. She didn't want to talk to anyone right now. Not while news of Sasuke was nonexistent.

She ended up falling into a fitful sleep and only awoke when she heard a crash coming from the hallway. Sitting up she listened to see if she heard any more noise until she noticed the bedroom door slowing being pushed open and a tall shadow in the doorway. As the shadow stepped forward the moonlight was able to shine on them and that's when Sakura realized who it was.

She let out a choked sob as she leaped out of bed and ran towards Sasuke, crashing into him. He let out a grunt but steadied himself as she embraced him. Sakura pulled him closer if that was even possible and cried into his chest and felt Sasuke wrap his arms around her in return.

"I thought I lost you." Sakura said between sobs, "When we didn't hear from you I began thinking the worst I-" Sasuke pulled away and shushed her bringing his hands up to cups her face. "I'm okay. I'm here. I got clipped in the shoulder and lost balance of the bike. I had to take a different route and wait out the cops."

Sakura looked up to him, glistening eyes wide as she listened to him speak. She pulled away fully, her tears stopping and concern written all over her face. "You were shot?!" She moved to turn the bedroom light on to get a better look at him. Only then did she see the blood dripping down his arm.

He had gotten rid of the jumpsuit and was wearing instead jeans and a black t-shirt.

Before she could make a fuss Sasuke stopped her, "It was just a graze, and I'm fine. I promise."

"But you're bleeding!"

"Sakura." He gave a look but she didn't concede.

"At least let me bandage it up for you" She pushed him to sit down on the bed and went to get the first aid kit from the bathroom before he could protest.

As she sat next to him and rolled up his right sleeve to assess the damage she spoke in a quiet voice, almost a whisper. "I really thought I almost lost you today." Tears were starting to blur her vision but she pushed them back so she could work on his wound. Cleaning the area with an alcohol pad she placed a squared white bandage on the graze before she placed a kiss on it.

Sasuke felt bad for worrying her. He would have contacted them if he was able to be he didn't want to get caught. So he chose to hide out in an abandoned warehouse where he got rid of the jumpsuit and the bike instead and wait out the police.

He placed a hand on her cheek before he spoke: "I'll always come back to you Sakura." He placed a gentle kiss on her forehead before he continued "No matter the situation I will always come back to you."