Chapter 7 - The bud has bloomed and truth is revealed
Sakura keeps running holding her arm, she stops and leans against a tree, ripping the bottom of the shirt she's wearing and wraps it round her wound. She moves away from the tree and turns to run again when suddenly a voice calls "going somewhere babe?" she turns around and glares as Sasuke comes from behind the tree.
She smirks "yes actually, oh I'm sorry did you have a problem with that?" Sasuke ignores her sarcastic question,
"If you wanna escape properly and actually manage to get away, it's best not to leave a trail of blood for everyone to see" he smirks. Sakura's eyes widen as she looks down at the shirt around her wound "yes, you should really get someone to look at that" he continues. She looks up,
"Well thanks for your concern" she frowns. Sasuke gets out a kunai,
"I can always just chop your arm off" he grins.
"I'd like to see you try" she glares at him. Sasuke walks towards her and laughs,
"is that a challenge?" Sakura grins and grabs out a kunai,
"Yes, so let's stop the lame threats and get on with the actual fighting" she says sounding bored. Sasuke looks surprised and then grins,
"hmmm..you've got guts, I want to rip them out" he smirks and charges at her.
"You'd never even get that close" she smirks and steps aside kicking the back of Sasuke's left knee, he falls to his knees on the ground holding the back of his left knee, before he has any time to say anything Sakura punches him in the face giving him a death glare. Sasuke hit's the ground, but he quickly bends his knees and jumps back up wiping the blood from around his mouth "I'm impressed quite a powerful punch you got there, but it wont happen again" he smirks and throws shurikens at her, a few manage to cut her arms. She glares at him,
"You talk too much" she runs at him throwing kunais and one manages to cut his left cheek Sasuke laughs,
"come on Sakura give it up, don't start what you can't finish" Sakura looks at him,
"Oh I can finish" she knees him in the gut and throws him across the ground, he fumbles with his kunai and she pounces on him straddling his legs so he can't move and she holds a kunai to his neck. Sasuke smirks,
"hm...looks like you got me..." Sakura feels something pressed against her gut and sees Sasuke has his kunai at her stomach "...almost" he grins and looks into her eyes. Her hand starts to shake and she frowns, pushing the kunai closer to his neck, Sasuke notices this and smirks "don't go soft on me now, finish it! Kill me!" Sakura looks at him and drops the kunai and goes to get up but as quick as a flash Sasuke is now on top of her and has her pinned with the kunai still pressed against her stomach. He smirks and she looks up at him,
"Sasuke I wont kill you and the reason why, because I'm not a murderer like you" she glares up at him. Sasuke frowns and pushes the kunai further, she gasps as it just pierces her skin "you know what, go ahead kill me, it's not going to change who you are" she glowers.
"and what's that?" he pretends to sound interested. Sakura raises her head a little so their faces are mere inches apart and she sneers,
"a cold hearted killer, who is the splitting image of his brother" at the mention of his brother Sasuke's eyes widen and he moves his kunai away and gets up off of Sakura, holding his head Sakura gets up also,
"what was it you always promised yourself? Oh that's right, you said you would avenge your clan and kill your brother" she glares. Sasuke starts to have flashbacks of his past with his family and then Itachi murdering them and then he himself telling Sakura that he would kill Itachi. "But you couldn't even hurt him, let alone kill him, you're pathetic Sasuke" she sneers, she knew what she was doing she knew that if she could get through to his heart the old Sasuke she knew and loved might come back to her and Konoha. Sasuke glares and slams her against a tree,
"SHUT UP!" he yells.
"why? Am I hitting too close to home?" she smirks. "Besides if you had the balls you would have killed me by now, but I know it's not your destiny to kill me" she looks at him. He releases her and looks at her with soft onyx eyes,
"Sakura?" she stares at him and he touches her bruised cheek "I'm so sorry, I didn't mean to hurt you, I was so crazy for power that I forgot all about Itachi and the people I cared about" he looks at her and Sakura doesn't move,
"You never cared about anyone!" she frowns and moves his hand away. "Goodbye Sasuke" she plainly said and pushes past Sasuke running away quick. He watches her go and looks down,
"...Sakura...you're the only person I actually did care about...but I treated you so badly...and now I have lost you" he whispers to himself sighing. He suddenly looks back up with determination on his face and chases after her.
Sakura holds the tears back and carries on running Why do I still love him after everything he's done to me? she ferociously starts to tear off the shirt on her wound, of course it has already healed thanks to her healing jutsu, still running she see Konoha up ahead. Who was I kidding? I wasn't cut out for this mission, I have failed Tsunade Sama she admits to herself sadly. Sasuke spots her ahead and keeps following her he sees Konoha too hm...never thought I would be back here so soon he frowns and carries on ahead.
Well I hope you liked this chap! After all it is Sasu/Saku : ) The next chapter will be on it's way I promise, just give me time : ) but please read and review thanks xxx