Lady RIne: I appologize for the short chapters lately... but at least i'm updating like every day (cool guy pose)

this is another short chapter... but i'm palling to write on more before i go to sleep.

I would have written alot more today but i ended up working a 9am-5pm shift at work today so i'm exhausted > and can't think straight.

HAHAHA! thats no excuse (bows head in shame)

I will do my absolute best to write chapters that are more than 1000-something words long.

once again i apologize to all of you (cries)


Act 20: Mission escort (Part 8) –End of mission 2… commence mission 3

"SAKURA LOOK ME IN THE EYE AND TELL ME THAT YOU LOVE HIM!"

She screamed with all of her might in her head. "Don't give in! He doesn't love you! Sasuke doesn't LOVE YOU! JIN DOES! JIN DOES!" She had to get him to stop. So she yelled. "NO!"

"WHY NOT!"

"BECAUSE!" She tensed up "Don't give in! Don't give in!"

"Sakura…" He whispered.

"DON'T GIVE IN!" She was trembling more fighting her bottled and, quote, 'long forgotten' end quote love for him. "I can't…"

"You can't what?"

"I can't look you in the eyes and tell you that I love him…" She said sobbing. "FUCK! I gave in." It was then that she wanted to let go… she wanted to fighting it. But she had to fight it! He didn't love her! Sasuke didn't love her.

"…" He reached over and whipped her tears away.

"Why were you going to say yes?"

"Because he's the only one that loves me that way…" She said rather timidly. It felt more like telling herself than telling him that.

"That's not true…" He sounded rather concerned.

"Oh no? Sure it is…" She looked up at him. "FUCK HELL YEAH IT IS! You don't love me you bastard! I wasted so much time on you! FUCK DAMNIT! AND YOU LEFT ME TOO ASSHOLE! YOU LEFT ME WHEN I NEEDED YOU THE MOST! YOU FUCKING LEFT!" She wanted to touch his face and hold him… she also wanted to beat his ass.

He peered into her jade eyes.

She peered into his dark ones.

"Sakura…" He whispered. His eyes were loving…his voice was soft and gentle. She felt like he was calling her.

More tears came. "Oh fuck no! Don't say my name like that… don't say my name like that. I CAN'T LOVE YOU ANYMORE!"

He leaned in closer to her.

"No… stop…" Tears fell, in her mind she wanted him to stop… but her heart didn't. Her body acted on its own. Her eyes became heavy… eyelids started to close.

His breath was against her skin. She wanted to obey her mind and even opened her mouth to say stop. But no words came out. She wanted his kiss. She wanted to be with him.

"Sasuke… Don't do things you don't mean…" Her battle lingered on in her head.

His lips met hers. They fit together perfectly. Like they were made for each other.

She felt like she was floating.

"I still love you… I couldn't forget you… But you don't love me! Don't do these things…STOP PLAYING WITH ME!"

He pulled away reluctantly… and she let him… reluctantly.

"Sasuke… Sasuke… Sasuke… Don't leave me… I can't take it anymore."

She opened her eyes; he was staring right at her. It pained her so much.

"Don't look at me like that!"

"Sakura…"

"Don't say my name like that!"

She couldn't bare it if she let herself fall and he left her again.

"I can't do this! I can't do this anymore Sasuke!"

"I…"

"NO! NO! NO! You don't--."

"…love you"

"--love me"

Her eyes widened.

--

"Hey, you can go for lunch break now." The Rain boarder guards were in the middle of changing shifts.

In the distance a red-haired man watched them carefully. He aimed a cross bow at one of the guard's head.

"Fire one…" He whispered.

"Thanks…" He got up. "I'm really hung—" He was rudely cut off by the arrow that flew into his head.

Shinji took careful aim once more. At the second guard.

"Fire two…"

"What the!" He reached of his radio but was also interrupted by the arrow that crashed into his skull.

Shinji lowered the cross bow down and turned to his army of 500 top ranking assassins. "Go." He commanded and they vanished from sight.

--

"Naruto you are a good man." The Rain leader said. He was taking a walk with Jin and Naruto as they took a stroll in the park. They were discussing the Konoha nins' extended stay in Rain.

"Mizukage-sama!" A messenger ran up to them out of breath and in a panic. "We're under attack."

"Jin, find Sasuke and Sakura…" Naruto commanded right away.

"Shouldn't we go to the boarders first?" Jin questioned.

An explosion blew in the distance.

"That's the town!" The Rain leader yelped.

"Don't ask questions! JUST GO!" Naruto scolded. "THAT'S AN ORDER!" He sped off in the direction of the explosion.

Jin nodded and dashed back to the main house.

--

"I love you…"

"Did he just…" Her eyes were wide with shock. She heard him. Yes she did. "Is this a dream…" She stared at him. "Is he playing with me again?" He couldn't be… he was serious. The tone in his voice, the way he said it, the way he was looking at her, the was she was still holding her cheeks and was STILL whipping her tears although she has commanded them to stop falling.

"Did you—" She was cut off by an explosion. It startled the both of them.

"FUCK! Why is there ALWAYS a fucking distraction!" Sasuke flared. He resentfully let go of her cheeks and they both stood up, diverting thier attention to the explosion.

"Fucking duty always fucking calls at the WRONG freakken time!" Sakura screamed in her head. She leaned over the railing and saw smoke.

"SAKURA! SASUKE!" They both turned, it was Jin. "They're here."

"I noticed." Sakura said disappearing before he could say anything more.

"Let me guess… that's the town?" Sasuke said sarcastically.

"Yeah it is. Why are you so calm?" Jin said trying to be intimidating… it wasn't working.

"It's always the fucking town." Sasuke sighed before ditching Jin, following Sakura's lead and speeding off to the town.

--

"NARUTO!" Sakura called landing on a rooftop. She had forgotten her mask today and her hair was down.

"Sakura. Where's Sasuke?"

"Right here dobe." Sasuke said landing on the ground behind Naruto. Jin arrived shortly after on the same rooftop as Sakura. The three of them surveyed the scene. The streets had already been evacuated. Shops and houses were locked down.

"Guys listen up." Naruto said watching the assassin army slowly appear in the distance. "Mission Escort ended two days ago. Old-lady's orders… ' Mission 3: Defend Rain' commences now."

The three nins nodded in understanding and they braced themselves for the impact of this invasion.


To Saki-16: (evil rine grin) yes i love to tease... it's what i do... i don't know why, it's just automatic (Cheezy smile)

umm for all of you (and Saki for asking this frequently...) lol umm my other story is ALOT different than this one it. For one it's written in Shojo style (go chick flicks! even though shojo is for "everyone!") and of course there are love triangles. MUAHAHAHAHAHAHA!

YES it is another SASUSAKU thing...cause you know... i just LOVE SASUKE X SAKURA fics BOOYEAH!

but it has nothing to do with the Naruto series... in other words, it's in "our time" (yay 21st centuary) and yeah... it's a "sweet" story. that's all i'm going to say.

It's entitled "Can't Say Goodbye"

and it hasn't... HAS NOT! NOT! been put up yet... i havn't finished editing it. haha!

I'm serious about the totally different thing... i bet you guys will think it's a totally different author. HAHA!

THANK YOU SOOOOOOOOOOOOO MUCH FOR THE REVIEWS!

you guys have no idea how much they mean to me, and i'm serious when i say they're the reason why i keep writting this fic...(even if it's like frikken 4 in the morning... i'm still typing on word.)

SO PLEASE! keep reading and PLEASE keep reviewing! 'cause it keeps me going and i love to hear your thoughts, critiques, and opinions about this fic.

UNTIL NEXT TIME!

(heart) always

Lady Rine.

ps: lol cool! i actually effectively wrote a character that you can't help but dislike! WOOO! (is reffering to Jin)