The bright rays of the sun blinded me when I opened my eyes after awakening from my slumber. I blinked the light away and turned my head to see Suigetsu on the other bed, still out like a light.
"Morning," I heard a voice on my other side call. I turned my gaze onto the pinkette resting on my chest, who was smiling up at me with half-lidded eyes.
Gorgeous.
"Hi," I whispered in my morning voice, gruff and husky. I heard the shower turn on and assumed that Jugo had woken up before all of us and decided to freshen up. Sakura noticed too, when I met her eyes I saw a mischievous glint in them.
"Guess we're sort of alone," she whispered, her breath tickling my neck as she leaned in closer.
"Hn," I grunted, unable to find the right words with the way she was looking at me. She turned her head down and pressed kisses onto my neck, igniting my desire.
If only Jugo and Suigetsu weren't here.
She pressed a kiss to my throat then moved to my jawline before leaning up and almost touching my lips with her own. She ran her tongue over my lips faintly before pecking the edge of my lips and moving back to look into my eyes.
"Sasuke…" she whispered, dangerously close to me, almost making me lose control. But then she backed away before I could, smirking deviously.
"Fucking tease," I muttered. She laughed slightly before moving back down and moving her mouth against my neck, nipping at my skin. She repeated her actions from before, kissing my jawline and then hovering over my mouth, but I wasn't about to let her get away from me again. When she made to move away, I pulled her into my lips, tasting what I had desired. She was all over me, running her hands up my underneath my shirt and moving her lips so fast I couldn't keep up.
"Fuck," I groaned, not able to suppress it any longer, she was dynamite, when she was this intense, there was no way I could match her. I wanted to flip her over and rock her world, but Suigetsu would definitely wake up. Sakura wasn't exactly the quietest person during sex, I'm pretty sure we woke up her entire floor back in her apartment, though I had no regrets about it.
My hands were perfectly positioned, one on the back of her head, and the other on her back, we were relentless, showing no signs of slowing down. In fact, we were so engrossed in each other's lips that we didn't notice that the shower had been turned off, only when we heard the bathroom door open did we realize that Jugo was about to walk in on us. Sakura sensed him too and rolled off of me, leaving me turned on and pissed off.
The orange-haired man walked out with a plain white shirt and black shorts, and his eyes fell on us. We made it quite obvious, both of us were completely out of breath, cheeks flushed, and lips swollen, only an idiot wouldn't know what we were up to.
Unfortunately, Jugo was not an idiot.
Fortunately, he didn't say anything, he just went back to his side of the bed and pulled out his phone, probably to read the news or talk to someone or something.
"I'm going to go shower," Sakura whispered to me, carefully looking to see if Jugo was looking. When she saw he wasn't, she pecked my lips one last time before grabbing her toothbrush and a new set of clothes. When I heard the bathroom door close, I sighed and went to reach for my phone.
"How the hell did Suigetsu sleep through that." Jugo's voice stopped my arm in its tracks. I couldn't help the amused smirk that crept up onto my face at his words, Suigetsu had to be one of the heaviest sleepers ever.
"I have no idea what you're referring to," I muttered.
"Of course you don't," He replied in an amused tone. I grabbed my phone and started to scroll through it until I heard the shower turn on. Jugo sensed it almost immediately and grinned real wide at me as if on cue.
"You're thinking about her naked right now, aren't you?"
I quickly turned away from him, but Jugo had seen my entire face go red before I could. He laughed loudly as I I hid my face from view like a child. How the hell this giant orange-haired man did that was beyond me, honestly he was like a psychic sometimes. I was always good at reading emotions and faces, its part of the job, but Jugo was just, different.
"Shut up," I muttered, hoping that he would stop laughing. He did, just returning to his phone as if our conversation had never happened.
I lay there, reexamining what had happened previously. Deidara had rigged a bomb in a coffee shop that we were parked near. He had to have been close, probably saw us stop and went inside to set up an explosive inside. I had a feeling that he was using a detonator, after all, he had waited for me to notice him before detonating, meaning a timer would've been virtually impossible unless he had timed it perfectly, but it was highly doubtful that he did.
But how did he know where we were?
It could either be blind luck or more likely he had been tailing us, maybe he had a way to track all the agents after him? The man has been avoiding the world's top class law enforcement agencies for years, so he was definitely experienced, he knew exactly what he was doing. From the looks of it, he knew what we were doing just as well.
I sat up and ran my hands through my hair, frustrated that I hadn't noticed him or that he might've been tailing us, I should've noticed him sooner. He could've hurt or killed Sakura because of my carelessness, I wasn't going to let him get the drop on me again.
I heard the bathroom door open and Sakura stepped out. Her damp hair covered her forehead and the tight outfit she chose had my stomach doing somersaults.
"Sasuke?" She called out, noticing my wandering eye. I got up and grabbed a spare set of clothes and made my way into the bathroom. Once I closed the door, I leaned against it, and breathed out a "damn". I quickly stripped off my current clothes and made sure to keep the bandages around my wound wrapped tightly before stepping in and letting the warm water fall over my skin. After I was soaked from head to toe, I stepped out and quickly dried myself, carefully avoiding my bandages. I dabbed them with my towel after to somewhat dry them before slipping into a button shirt and black jeans and making my way out to where I saw Jugo had fallen back asleep and Suigetsu was still sleeping.
But then I saw her, I saw the expression on her face, and I knew something was wrong, the way her eyes were wide and her lips were parted, I could tell she was spooked by something.
"Sakura?" I made my way to her and sat down next to her, concern etched all over my features.
"Sasuke…" she whispered, her voice laced with fear.
"What's wrong?" I asked, slightly worried by how scared she was acting.
"I've been thinking about how Deidara's attacks...they all had a specific target masked by numerous deaths," She paused and drew a breath before continuing, "Remember when I asked you why he would be in Fort Myers?"
"Yeah, I told you it was because he wanted to lure the FBI to one area."
"But what if he wasn't after the FBI? What if he was just targeting one person?"
"Who would he be targeting?"
"You," she whispered.
"What?"
"Deidara always has a target in his attacks. In his last two bombings, the only person who's been involved in both was you. You're his target, that's why he's here, he knew the FBI would get you involved." My eyes widened with realization, I should've know that he was after me, the way he smirked at me. It certainly did seem that he had taken an interest to me, but why?
"But he has no reason to go after me, Sakura."
"But he's still after you! It doesn't matter why!"
"She's right, Sasuke." I turned to see Jugo eyeing me with concern. "We don't know why, but I'm almost certain he's after you. Don't you think its weird that only three cars were blown up at the coffee shop, and out of the three yours took the brunt of the impact?"
Both of them were right, Deidara was after me probably, but the question still remained: Why?
What reason did he have to be after me?
Was it because I was known as the FBI's best? It seemed petty for him to target me just because of my title, but it was the only lead I had right now, so it would have to do.
"I'm going after him then, alone," I said.
"What?! How does that make sense? He'll kill you!" Sakura half-shouted at me. I cupped my hands on her face and looked her straight in the eyes.
"You're crazy if you think that guy is going to kill me."
"But-"
"Sakura, he's had the element of surprise twice and I'm still standing, what makes you think he'll get me now that I know who he's after?"
"Let me come with you."
"No, I won't put you in danger."
"I can take care of myself!"
"I know you can, but I refuse to willingly put you in harm's way."
"Sasuke-"
I pressed a kiss onto her forehead, trying my very best to convey my emotions through my lips.
When I looked down, she nodded slightly, although she still held a worried expression.
"Deidara will get cocky, he'll underestimate me. When he does, I'll put a bullet in his head."
"You're going to kill him?"
"If I have to."
"Promise me you'll only kill him if he doesn't leave you any other choice. Promise me, Sasuke." I looked down at her and nodded. I would only kill Deidara if I had to.
"Now all I need is a car," I muttered, drawing a giggle out of the girl in front of me.
"Here," Jugo tossed me his keys, "I got insurance." I nodded and looked down at Sakura again before pressing another kiss onto her forehead.
"If you don't come back to me, I'll find you and bring you back to life so I can kill you again," she threatened.
"Yeah? How?"
"Magic."
I chuckled and kissed her before grabbing my phone and gun and making my way to the door.
"See you later, Jugo."
"See ya." I walked out the door only to be followed by Sakura.
"I'm not bringing you-" I cut myself off when she wrapped her arms around me and buried her face into my chest.
"I love you," she said. I smiled down at her and waited until she lifted her head up to meet my gaze. I raised two fingers and poked her forehead.
"Be back in a bit," I told her. She leaned up and kissed me again before watching me walk to the elevator and ride down to the lobby. I made my way to Jugo's car and swiftly ignited the engine. I took a deep breath and glanced up at the Marriott, specifically our room before driving away.
As of now, I had no idea where Deidara was, but if he really was after me, then he would find me, I was confident of that. I drove to the site of where my car passed away and got out of Jugo's vehicle. There was a large crowd gathered there, not as large as the one that had formed when the bomb went off, but still a pretty large crowd. It was mostly journalists and curious civilians looking to see why the street had been closed off.
I made my way to the back of the crowd and scanned it for any signs of Deidara. There weren't many blondes among the crowd which was unfortunate.
Blonde girl in her 20s judging from her purse and clothes, not Deidara.
Another blonde, but the hair was too short.
Blonde teenage girl, again, not Deidara.
I was beginning to think this was a waste of time because out of all the blondes I had spotted, none were the one I was searching for.
"Looking for someone?"
I stopped scanning, because when I heard that voice, even if I had never heard it before, I knew who it was.
"Deidara," I growled while keeping my gaze ahead.
"Go ahead, Sasuke, try to arrest me."
"I'm sure you'll tell me why that's a bad idea."
"Clever, hm! I've planted three bombs in Fort Myers and only I know the locations. Of course you can try to arrest me and interrogate me, but I can assure you that you will get no information from me."
"So how do you wanna work this out, Deidara?"
"How about I tell you where I am and you can meet me? Wouldn't it be fun to face off? Hm, Sasuke?"
"Cocky prick, give me the location, I'll be there."
"301 Woodland Boulevard, it's a huge warehouse, can't miss it. Oh, and come alone, Sasuke, wouldn't want that beautiful girl of yours to get hurt." I clenched my fists and grinded my teeth as Deidara disappeared into the crowd. I knew I would be playing his game, but like I told Sakura he would underestimate me, that's when I'll strike. I quickly turned away from the oblivious crowd and made my way straight to the car. I put the address into the GPS and sped off, drawing a little bit of attention with my speed.
I was strangely calm, surprising myself. I thought I would be fuming the whole drive there, but I was calm, even though I was playing a dangerous game, I knew keeping a level head would be to my advantage. I drove through the streets and spotted some kids at a park playing with their parents, unaware of the imminent danger. They could die, but they weren't going to, not while I was on my way to kick that blonde lunatic's ass.
I thought about calling Sakura, but that probably wouldn't be the best idea, she was probably worrying right now, and if I told her where Deidara was, she would definitely show up and put herself in danger. I had let her go off alone once before and she had almost died because of it, I wasn't about to go through that again. I drove for a little while until I reached Woodland Boulevard. I saw various warehouses lined up and checked the numbers on each one. 295, 297, 299...301.
Got him.
I parked the car and surveyed the surrounding area, which was unsurprisingly empty. There was nothing nearby, only the door to Deidara's hideout. I stepped towards it, still calm and in control of my senses, but I kept both of my hands on my twin Brownings, just in case. I pushed open the door and stepped inside the possible deathtrap. I saw what I expected to see, a mostly empty warehouse, except there were some bombs, probably prototypes or experiments, scattered across the place.
"Those were bad ones," I heard a voice echo through the place. I spotted him leaning on his desk, which contained some blueprints and a map with some markings on it.
"I'm guessing that's where you put the bombs?"
"Well done, Sasuke! Would you like to know my estimate on how many people they will kill when the bombs detonate?"
"No one's dying, asshole, except maybe for you."
"Wrong!"
"I'm going to arrest you now, Deidara."
"Oh, Sasuke, you fail to understand me if you think that's all it will take to bring me in. I'm here to bring you death, make no mistake about it."
"You can try."
"Very well." He lifted his hand and showed off a detonator. I tensed and readied my body to move. He pressed the button with that same smirk on his face from back when he blew my car up, the bastard. I heard an explosive go off and saw the support structures of the place begin to fall, specifically the ones I was standing right next to. I had maybe two seconds to dodge the structure, Deidara must've calculated so that I had no time to react, clever.
The only problem was, he miscalculated my speed.
I rolled away from the falling debris and brandished my guns, ready to blow Deidara away. However, he detonated again before I could fire, leaving me with little time to react. 4 more pillars blew apart and would've torn right through me if I hadn't taken cover behind the already collapsed pillars. I leaped from my cover and shot at Deidara, who took cover behind his desk.
"Stop resisting, Sasuke!" He yelled before detonating another pair of support pillars. I took cover as the debris scattered around the floor.
"You'll just end up killing us both like this, stop being reckless!"
"Shut up!" He yelled before pulling out an RPG. He aimed it at the piece of debris I was using as cover and prepared to fire and kill me. I quickly aimed my gun and put a bullet into his shoulder, skewering his aim. The explosive fired and sailed over me, blowing up the wall so that it covered the only exit in this place. "Idiot," I muttered before getting out of my cover and firing at Deidara, who took cover again. "Eat this, Uchiha!" He shouted as he threw two grenades from his cover. The explosives sailed through the air and judging from their current trajectory, wouldd fall right at me feet. So naturally, I aimed my pistols at the grenades, held my breath, and fired. A loud explosion sounded as my bullets pierced the grenades and blew them up well before they could wound me.
"You...what the hell?" Deidara said in confusion.
"To be honest, this is really weak," I taunted. He snarled and threw a couple more frags, but I fired and destroyed one before catching the other and chucking it back at him, destroying his cover. I ran across the fallen pillars, using the debris as stepping stones before reaching Deidara's unmoving body.
Deidara was good, really good, if it had been anyone else in the FBI, they would've been dead, but there was a reason I was considered the best. Even as a kid I was considered way too fast for my age. It wasn't just my speed though, it was my reaction time. My eyes tended to see things quicker than other people for some reason, even doctors couldn't pinpoint why they were so quick, but I wasn't about to complain about it.
I reached down and pulled Deidara's body over to see if he was still breathing or not, but when I did, the most horrendous screeching noise sounded through the air. I grunted in agony as I fell to my knees, whatever that noise was it was going to burst my eardrums if it went on for much longer. I looked to see Deidara with plugs in his ears, holding a device that was emitting the agonizing sound that was piercing my brain.
"DIE!" Deidara yelled, kicking me down to the floor. He kicked me in the stomach as I got up, sending me further back. "You little shit, I'll kill you slowly, make you feel the pain," Deidara said as he walked towards me. However, as he made his way over to me, I noticed something, I noticed that the ringing in my ears had stopped.
Deidara had stopped the noise momentarily, which gave me all the time I needed. I jumped up and isolated the arm with the device. I hit him with my elbow and pried his fingers free of the device. He dropped the device and swung at my face. I crouched down and was almost met with a knee to the chin, but I caught his leg and threw him aside. He rolled up to his feet and connected with a kick to my sides. I stumbled a little but caught myself in time to avoid his fists. I hit him in the side of the head with my own fist, staggering him back. He swung again, but I caught him with my left hand and then my right, sending him staggering backwards.
"SASUKE!" He roared and slashed his knife at me. He swung with intense speed at me, albeit wildly. I avoided one swung to the face before avoiding another swung to my stomach. He stabbed at me but I backed away, almost losing my balance on a piece of rubble.
"Always mind your surroundings," I heard in my head. It was a quote from Batman Begins. I sidestepped another stab and shoved Deidara over the heap of rubble, causing him to fall and lose his grip on the knife.
Always mind your surroundings.
When Deidara rolled over to attempt to get up, I front-kicked him in the face, sending him backwards. His head hit the floor hard, and a resounding crack sounded through the warehouse.
Deidara grabbed the back of his head in agony while screeching, "I'll kill you, Uchiha!" I punched his head, knocking him out cold, and grabbed the map of his bombs before slinging his body over my shoulder and running as fast as I could to the exit. The warehouse was close to collapsing, the falling pieces of the roof making it evident.
I made my way to the entrance which was blocked by some debris, so I dumped Deidara's unconscious body, ran back to his workspace, found a couple of his explosives, ran back, and threw them at the debris, all in that order. With the debris out of the way, I ran to the door and kicked it open, forcing it off of its hinges. I ran outside, to where there was already caution tapes surrounding the area, cutting it off from civilians.
"UCHIHA! GET OUT OF THERE!" I heard multiple voices scream at me. Normally I didn't listen to anyone, but in this case, getting my ass out of harm's way was probably what I wanted anyways. I ran away from the danger zone and to the waiting cops and agents who were on the day shift with Deidara slung over my shoulder.
"What the hell are you doing out, Uchiha?" One of them asked.
"Does that even matter?" I replied. The agent shut his mouth after that and returned to doing whatever he was doing. A couple of agents cuffed Deidara and took him into an escort car surrounded by numerous cop cars a full police escort. I walked through the crowd, pushing my way through cops, agents, curious civilians, and reporters. Some of the reporters shot questions at me like, "Were you trying to kill each other", or "Is Fort Myers safe?" I ignored them all and made my way to Jugo's car, but was surprised to see him leaning on it with Suigetsu right next to him.
"We were going to wait until you got back, but…" Jugo nodded his head to a rental car further back that they took to get here. I handed Jugo back his keys as he pointed me to the crowd. "She's somewhere in there looking for you." I nodded and turned back to the crowd, searching for any signs of pink. I caught a flash of it and walked towards it.
She was nervously chewing on her fingernails and tapping her feet impatiently, telltale signs of someone worrying.
"Did you see Sasuke Uchiha come out from there?" I heard her ask the agents and police officers holding the crowd back. I watched in amusement as she pestered them for my whereabouts, but I had to step in when she grabbed one agents by the collar and shook the life out of the poor guy. I picked her up and carried her away from the crowd. She didn't come quietly, though, she was kicking and screaming as I carried her past Jugo and Suigetsu, who were trying their best to contain laughter.
"Let me go, asshole!" Sakura yelled over and over. "I have to see Sasuke Uchiha! LET ME GO!" I let her down and faced her.
"You couldn't wait until I got back? Annoying and impatient," I said.
Her mouth opened slightly before turning into a smile as she threw her whole body onto me, wrapping her arms around my neck and clinging on to me.
"Why do you love worrying me all the time?" She said, her face buried on my shoulder.
"I make your life interesting." She laughed and leaned off of my shoulder so that she was looking at me right in the face. I leaned my forehead against hers and looked into her eyes.
Some people say that if two people have a strong connection, they can convey everything they feel through just their eyes, as in you can see how a person feels about you just by looking into their eyes. See I used to think all that was bullshit that people made up, but then I met her. And everything that I thought was lies was actually the truth.
Why? Because when I looked into those emerald eyes, every time I lost myself in them, I saw every emotion she was conveying. The strongest one? Love, easy. I always mirrored her feelings with mine, she knew how I felt, hell she knows what I'm thinking most of the time. They say that if your girl doesn't make you a better person, than you shouldn't be with her.
Did she make me a better person?
Do I really need to answer that?
"I told you I wasn't going to die, annoying girl."
"Doesn't mean I won't worry, you dick."
"I love it when you talk dirty, Sa-ku-ra."
"Shut up."
"Why are your cheeks red? You don't have a fever, do you?"
"Ok, let me go now, I hate you."
"Uh-huh." She leaned in and kissed me, making me lose my train of thought. "We should probably get back to the hotel," I murmured against her lips, sensing some of the crowd turning their attention to us.
She pouted when I let her go and shot a dirty look to the crowd. I chuckled and quickly drove out of the place in the rental while Jugo and Suigetsu followed. We quickly went towards the hotel, where we would pack our stuff and probably leave right away.
"We'll probably have to hitch a ride with Jugo, since my car was blown up," I told her.
"Rest in peace, Camaro, we love you," she said to the heavens. I laughed at her antics before pulling into the hotel's parking lot and turning off the car. We walked inside the hotel and grabbed all of our stuff, including all the free shampoos and conditioners, because free stuff is the best stuff. Jugo and Suigetsu were already done packing, so they waited for us by the car while we grabbed our stuff. We dropped our bags into Jugo's trunk, only for him to turn around and address us as we hopped into the backseat.
"We have to check in one last time at the station, all agents are required to go," he said. I mentally groaned and threw my head back against the headrest. All I wanted was to go home and sleep, you'd think taking the #6 guy on the FBI's Most Wanted would warrant you some naptime.
"Stop complaining, they're probably going to give you a hero's welcome or something," Suigetsu told me, attempting to make the notion of making one last stop more tempting.
"You know how much I hate that stuff," I muttered gloomily, "Well hurry up, sooner we get there, sooner we can leave." Jugo sped off towards the Fort Myers police station at my words. I stared out the window, looking at all the random stalls and stores that were set up, Fort Myers was the true definition of a tourist hotspot. But then I saw something strange. When Jugo stopped at a traffic light, my eyes met another man's eyes.
His most striking feature was his red hair, a lighter color than Gaara's, and from his face, he looked to be in his early 20s. He looked right at me, and when the light turned green and Jugo stepped on the accelerator, I could've sworn I saw him wave to me.
"The fuck?" I thought to myself, that was either a crazy man...or a man who knew who I was. I shook it off though, if he did know who I was, then I'll meet him soon. We arrived at the station and quickly went down to the cafeteria, where all the agents applauded when I walked in.
"Congratulations, Sasuke," Gaara told me. "Thanks," I muttered back before being barraged with a bunch of other questions from some other agents. I tuned them out and shouldered my way through the crowd to where Sakura was, but a booming voice prevented me from doing so.
"SASUKE UCHIHA!"
It was the person who had announced the shift schedule, I didn't know his name, he wasn't that important. Everyone went silent as the man addressed me.
"Deidara will only speak to you," he told me, and immediately all eyes shifted to me. I walked through the crowd and followed the man to where they kept Deidara, a standard interrogation room. The man motioned me inside and closed the door behind me, leaving me and a blonde sadist, only restrained by a pair of handcuffs.
"So you came, hm," he said to me, staring at me with a smirk on his face.
"Apparently you'll only talk to me, you got a crush or something?"
"Don't get cocky, Sasuke, this is just the tip of the iceberg," he told me.
"Are you saying you're going to attempt an escape? Not a wise move, Deidara."
"As I said, don't get cocky."
"Why not? I'm not the one with handcuffs on my wrists."
"Do you think I was it? That we wouldn't send anyone else? Typical FBI fool, hm."
"We? Who's we?"
"I forget how poorly informed the FBI is about everything, forgive me. I mean the Akatsuki."
"Akatsuki?"
"Surely you've heard of how I've been associated with a...special group of people, hm?"
"There was something about it on your file, so the Akatsuki is the group you operate with?"
"Yes," he confirmed while leaning back onto his seat, a smirk covering his features.
"So who will they send next?"
"Do your job, Uchiha, I've told you all you needed to know, at least all that I was instructed to."
"Instructed by who?"
"No one, merely a shadow. Maybe you'll meet him soon, Sasuke."
"Don't be a dick."
"It''ll all work out, don't you worry about a thing my dear Sasuke. Oh, and one more thing. This whole ordeal is personal, so if the FBI or any other organization gets involved, there will be very dire consequences."
"Such as?"
"Chemical weapons designed to infect entire cities leading to thousands of innocents dying, doesn't it sound fun?"
"So its Sasuke vs the Akatsuki."
"Precisely."
"I see. I'm assuming that's all you have to say to me."
"Correct, I really don't care what happens after this, I'm just a messenger, really, the real horrors will find you in time, and when they're done tormenting your body and your mind, you're whole 'badass' facade will be no more. You'll just be another bloodied corpse on the street, that is all I have to say."
I got up to leave, but not before leaning over the table so I could look the bastard in the eyes one more time.
"Send your horrors, I look forward to meeting them," I whispered to him. But as I walked away, I caught his last words to me.
"Your girl won't be as keen," he sneered. I whipped my head around and glared at the maniac before shutting the door and walking away. I couldn't see his face anymore, but I had a feeling that he was still smirking while handcuffed to that table, he thinks that even in being caught that he's played his part, but he's just like every other psychopath. They just don't know when reality ends and false illusions begin. In his case, rather the Akatsuki's, they believe that they can scare me, intimidate me, but I've gone through terrible things in life.
My whole life has been one whole trial by fire, the Akatsuki don't have a chance in hell at taking me out, that was for sure.
Finals are done and I'm back on this story. Sorry for the wait!