A/N: Ok, so they are an official fake couple. So, I'm not going to say anything, but this chapter is very… interesting… So, read on! And remember, review!
Chapter 12
Brainwash! Muahaha!
The next day, Sasuke and Sakura walked to school, not without some complaint and grumbling from Sasuke first though. He still couldn't see why they couldn't take his bike… "I don't see why we can't take my bike…" Sakura turned to him with a smile, "Just because…" she then put her gaze back on the blossoms in a nearby tree. Sasuke sighed, but stopped arguing. He would never win.
School was rather normal; everyone stare at them in jealousy and confusion, homework, Naruto mutter 'just not right', lunch; you know, the normal stuff. After lunch, the three went to their English class. The teacher began rambling on about some book no one really cared about. Notes were being passed, doodles were being drawn, and whispers were being… well, whispered. Sakura was drawing a picture of a flower, Sasuke was staring out the window at nothing in particular, and Naruto was playing with his clicker pencil. Click, click, click. Sakura was just about to grab the pencil right out of Naruto's hand, when suddenly she felt something. She and Sasuke both sat up straight, then glanced at each other. They nodded, and then Sasuke put up his hand. The teacher turned, and nodded in his direction. "Sir, Sakura has a stomach ache. May we go see the nurse?" Sakura was giving her best 'owe, my stomach…' look she could, which might I add was rather impressive. The teacher glanced at her, then back at Sasuke. "She may go, but you need to stay here. She can get there by herself." Sasuke wasn't about to take that for an answer, "But sir, we think she might have eaten some peanuts at lunch. She's allergic, and her medicine is in my locker." The teacher thought about this for a moment, then nodded. "Fine, go." Sakura and Sasuke quickly got up and walked to the door, Sakura still acting as if she was going to hurl.
As soon as they closed the door behind them, there faces quickly changed to very serious ones. They both darted down the east hall at top speed. After a few turns and a flight of stairs, which they jumped in one leap, they came across a man in black. Sakura chucked a kunai at him, which he dodged. To bad for him, Sakura had thrown a second kunai, hitting him straight in the gut. Sasuke began punching and kicking like mad. The man had no time to block, and thus was lying on the ground in a matter of seconds. After the fight, Sakura picked up her scattered kunai, as Sasuke picked up the body and placed it on his shoulders. "We better dump this one off quickly. They'll be wondering where we went." Sakura nodded, and then the pair disappeared in a puff… actually two puffs… of smoke.
Naruto sat in class, clicking away. 'Why do Sakura and Sasuke always get out of these stupid things?' Suddenly, he heard a small beep. He picked up his head and looked around. As far as he could tell, no one else had heard it. Then, he saw a silver cell phone in the middle of the table, right beside Sakura's books. Naruto, being himself, couldn't resist. He quickly grabbed the phone and flicked it open. Sure enough, there was an unread email, received about one second ago. He glanced back and forth with sneaky eyes, and then looked back down at the phone. '…What the hell…' he opened the message and peered down at the small screen before him. Cherry Blossom, you and Sharingan are to meet me and the rest of the council in our office after school. We need to work out your mission. Boss. Naruto looked at the letter in confusion then at the address.The address that the letter had been sent from was encrypted or something. He scratched his head, then read the note again. 'What the hell does this mean? Cherry Blossom? Sharingan? Council? Mission? Huh?' Quickly, he realized Sakura could be back any minuet now. He marked the message as unread, and then flipped the lid shut. After placing it down where he found it he began devising a plan. Not a smart plan, but come on, this is Naruto we're talking about. Nothing he does is ever smart.
After school that day, Sakura was putting her books away in her locker. As she began shutting the door, she realized her phone was still inside. She quickly grabbed it, and then locked up. As she walked to Sasuke's locker, she flipped the lid on her cell open. In the corner was a small envelope icon. She read the letter, and then quickly deleted it. When she reached the front of the school, Sasuke was waiting for her. "Hey Sasuke!" she called in her cheery voice. "We've got to go to see my boss." He nodded, not needing her to say any more. They began walking down the hallway, when they ran into Naruto, literally. He fumbled backward, but didn't fall. When he looked up, he smiled. "Hey guys. Where you off to?" Sasuke noticed he was acting weird… ok, weirder then normal. "Nowhere really. Why?" Naruto shrugged, "Just wondering. Well, I have to go. Bye!" He quickly walked down the hall and out of sight. Sasuke and Sakura shrugged it off, and then headed for home. There, they got on Sasuke's bike and road off into the streets of downtown.
Once Sasuke parked his bike, Sakura hopped off with grace. They then walked into a large office building and up two floors to room F56. Sakura knocked on the door in a particular pattern, and then called in, "Cherry Blossom and Sharingan here." The door immediately opened, allowing the two access to the dark room before them. After walking inside, the door closed behind them. They each took a seat facing a long table with five occupied chairs behind it. From right to left sat a short bald man, a red haired woman, a black haired woman, a large muscular man, and a skinny blonde woman. Sasuke immediately recognized the woman in the center as Sakura's mother. And by the looks of how the man beside her had his hand on hers, that was most likely Sakura's father. Now that he saw both, he still couldn't see where Sakura got her appearance from. She was the complete opposite of both her parents.
"Hello Cherry Blossom." Sakura's mother said cheerfully. Sakura nodded, but didn't respond. Sasuke looked at her. 'Why is she so cold to her own mother?'
'Ha! Have you seen yourself lately? You aren't one to talk!'
'Sure, but 1 I don't have a mom anymore, and 2 I'm not usually cheery.'
'Hum… 2 good points…'
"Now, we need you two to sign some papers. You know, legal stuff. So, you are working together on a mission, is that correct?" Sakura nodded once again. The pair went into detail about their mission, while the council sat back and listened to each and every word. Soon, everyone was filled in. "Ok. So, as an assassin and member of the Enforcer Gang, Sakura clearly isn't responsible for the Stingrays missions." Sasuke nodded. "Yes, we know this. That is why we asked her first." Sakura's mother nodded, "And since she agreed, we have allowed it. But, we still want the pair of you to sign this contract, stating your agreement in the mission and a friendship between our gangs."
Just as soon as Sasuke and Sakura had finished signing the paper, everyone in the group turned to the door. Each had heard a small noise, something like a footstep. Usually this would have gone unnoticed and unattended to, but 1, they were all assassins, and rather tuned to these sorts of things, and 2 the noise was rather close to the door. Everyone glanced at each other, and then nodded. Each held a kunai in their hand as Sakura proceeded to the door without a sound. Once there, she quickly turned the knob, flinging the door open.
Suddenly, a blur of blonde feel forward onto the office floor. Just as everyone in the room was about to strike, Sakura's eyes widened. "Naruto?" the boy looked up at his pink haired friend with wide eyes. "What are you doing here? You idiot!" Still, Naruto said nothing. He quickly stood up, glancing around the room at the members of the party. The first to speak was Sakura's mother. "What did you hear boy… Naruto is it?" Naruto was still in a bit of a trance, but he managed to mutter a response. "E-everything. Y-you…" he turned to Sakura. "You're an assassin? But… Why? When? How?" Sakura sighed. "Naruto… It's hard to explain…" Now, the old Naruto was back. "What? No it's not! Why didn't you tell me! We're friends, remember! You can't keep this kind of stuff hidden like that!" Sakura looked up at him. His eyes which just a few moments ago held confusion and terror now held anger and betrayal. "Naruto… I… Urg!" Sakura placed her hands on her head, not sure what to do.
Sakura's mother then spoke up, "Well, one reason is she's not aloud to tell… anyone. And now that you know, you'll need to be zapped." Sakura quickly zipped around. "You can't!" Her mother sighed, "But it's the only way. I'm sorry." Naruto looked up in confusion. "What? Zapped?" Sakura turned to him. "It means brainwashed." Naruto's eyes widened. "WHAT! Brainwash! You can't do that to me! I'm not going to let you touch me, you freaks! Stay away! AH!" He began ranting on, and everyone sweet dropped. Sakura's mother sighed. "Yes, I know. But we can't allow anyone to know about us that is not in our own order."
Suddenly, Sakura's eyes brightened and she smiled. "That's it!" Everyone looked at her in confusion. "Make Naruto part of the Enforcers!" Sasuke grunted, "That wimp? I don't think so. You need talent to be an assassin." Naruto glared at him. "Teme…" Sasuke glared in return. "Dobe…" As they stared each other down, everyone sweet dropped… again. "Anyways… no really! I saw him fight one of the guys that attacked our school. He almost killed him with his bare hands! I don't know, but there was something about it… I think he can do it." Her mother nodded her head. "Fine. We'll give him one chance. But if he doesn't meet our needs, we need to erase his memory." Sakura smiled. "Deal." Suddenly, Naruto pulled his gaze away from Sasuke. "Huh? I never agreed to this!" Sakura turned to him, "Don't worry, it'll be fine."
Naruto stood in a boxed off area. He was looking franticly from side to side. "I really don't think I can do this…" he muttered. Sakura called to him from behind a large piece of glass. "Yes you can Naruto. Just kick ass!" He turned in the direction of the large window. Behind it stood Sakura, Sasuke and the five adults of the council. "No… no I can't!" Suddenly, a man dressed in all black came charging at Naruto. The fight was short… and rather sad. Naruto could do absolutely nothing. He tried to block, but was too slow, and when he punched, the man moved too fast. Sakura looked at the scene and sighed. Naruto got whipped in the stomach and she mad a cringing noise. She then recalled Naruto fighting with the man earlier. 'This isn't the same Naruto… he was… different…' she then clued in. "Sasuke, go get him angry." She said, turning toward her partner. Sasuke, hands in his pockets, looked at her with a 'ya… right' look. "Why would I do that?" Sakura sighed, "Just do it!" Sasuke muttered something, which probably shouldn't be said here, then walked out the door to the training area.
He stood, leaning against the wall as he watched Naruto attempt to fight the agent. "Wow, you really are a wimp." Naruto continued ducking like mad, "Shut up teme!" Sasuke smirked, "You don't deserve to live dobe! You have absolutely no talents…" Naruto grunted, "I have talents! Just… fighting isn't one of them." Sasuke snorted "Clearly. No wonder you have no friends…" Naruto dodged a punch and jabbed his fist forward. It actually made contact with the man's gut, causing him to stumble backwards, but only slightly. "I have friends!" Sakura smiled, 'It's working.' "Or family…" Naruto suddenly stopped, giving the man a wide-open shot. He brought his leg forward in a powerful kick, but surprisingly, it never met with Naruto's head. The man widened his eyes in surprise. Naruto had used one of the kunai he was given to block the kick, about one inch from his face. His free hand was clenched into a fist by his side, veins clearly visible. "No wonder they left you. They didn't want you. No one does." Naruto pulled his kunai down and in a split second punched the man in the stomach. He coughed out blood, then flew across the room's surface and smacked his back against the other wall. There, he fell to the ground, motionless. Naruto turned around slowly to face Sasuke. "They didn't leave me." When he had turned around completely, Sasuke widened his eyes. 'What the…' Naruto's eyes were no longer blue, but a pure yellow, the three small streaks on each side of his face grew to the size of large gashes, and his teeth and nails looked as if they were fangs and claws. 'What… what is he?'
Sakura smiled, and then turned to her mother. "Happy?" She didn't turn to her daughter, for her eyes were fixed on the boy before her. "I guess we can make some use of him."
A/N: Ha ha! So now Naruto is part of the gang too! Just so you know, he parents disappeared, just like in the anime/manga. Ok. Ok, good. Now, review!