Sakura swung her head from right to left, glancing at the busy people who keep on running to sell fish, shouting for commerce and the other people who continue to pass by the streets.
The buildings were, as you could say, not that big, except for the inns and those uh… private places, as Sakura likes to name them.
All in all, it was plain, small and a busy town… somehow reminding her of the usual villages and nearby towns she and the rest of Team 7 usually go to or pass by on missions.
'I wonder what Naruto and Kakashi-sensei are doing right now.' She thought; a sad smile adorning her face, 'Probably still looking for me…'
As Sakura looked up to see that Itachi was walking a short distance away from her already, she ran to walk by his side, him not paying attention to her at all, as they both walk to an inn.
"But Tsunade-baa-chan!" Naruto shouted as he slammed his palm on the Godaimes desk
"Oi, Naruto, calm down!" Kiba said
"How can I when—"
"Sakura is a grown woman Naruto. We all worry about her. But you must understand she is wise enough to understand what she would do in her lkind of situation. She trained hard to become the kunoichi she is now, Naruto. Be proud of her for that and keep in mind that she knows how to deal with those kinds of situations." Tsunade explained as she eyed the remaining of the boys that held no minajor injuries from the last mission they were put to.
"I know that Tsunade-baa-chan, but… Sakura-chan is… she's a very special person to me. I already vowed to her that I would bring Sasuke back to Konoha and to her, and I still will. But now… " Naruto trailed off
"I know, Naruto. I understand how you feel… but for now… let's just wait." Tsunade said
"Itachi… this room has only one bed. Where do you expect me to sleep?" Sakura asked the dark-haired Uchiha. She knew that he would take the bed, it wasn't king-sized, but it could fit two people in it, since it was queen-size, but still. Would he even allow her to share a bed with him? More importantly, would she allow herself to sleep next to him?
'Hell no!" she thought angrily and embarrassingly
'Hell yeah! Wouldn't want to waste a chance of having him holding you in his arms so tight.' Inner Sakura squealed in delight
Itachi laid his shuriken pouch and kunai holster on the desk and proceeded to unbutton his cloak as he fold and laid it on the bed. "We'll continue this conversation of yours later. Let's go down." Itachi simply said
Leaving her own cloak behind, she followed Itachi downstairs as he gave the keys to the innkeeper before proceeding to the door that was on the left side of the innkeepers' desk.
The door, to Sakuras dismay lead to a unrespectable bar with women dressed in barely something served the men that came inside to drink.
'Is Itachi this kind of man?' Sakura asked herself
As they seated themselves on a table near the corner, a waitress came by and asked for both nins orders. But even though she was asking for 'their' orders, Sakura knew that the waitress was flirting with Itachi.
'Darn bitch!' inner Sakura said
Itachi just shook his head signaling that he wasn't interested, but smirked at how Sakura was reacting to the waitress. And when the waitress bent over to Itachi to show him some quite of… cleavage, Sakura slammed her fist on the table.
"Just sake would be fine, miss." Sakura said through gritted teeth.
When the frightened waitress left, Itachi chuckled at the fuming pink-haired kunoichi.
"What?" Sakura snapped at him
Itachi raised a fine-shaped eyebrow at her, "Aren't you a minor?" he asked with that smooth voice of his
Sakura turned bright pink, matching the color of her hair. "It's not like I haven't drank before." She said
What a lie that was. Tsunade once told her to taste some out of her drinken state and Sakura politely said no.
Before Sakura could get a response from Itachi, the waitress came over again, serving the sake along with 8 cups in a tray.
"I'll just leave it here." The waitress said hurriedly as she walked away from their table, fearing Sakura might punch her face this time.
The fierce pink-haired kunoichi began to gulp down the sake, not even minding the look of amusement in Itachis eyes.
When she had her seventh cup though, her head began to hurt. And just at that moment when Itachi was about to aske her what was wrong, three of his comrades arrived.
"You're late…" Itachi stated
"Blame the weather, Itachi. It was raining real hard!" Kisame said
"It was really hard to get here…yeah…" Deidara said
"Ah…" Sasori agreed
Kisame then took noticed of the pink-haired kunoichi who was currently clutching her head in pain. Wondering why, he saw that she had drank too much sake and she wasn't sober, he grinned evilly at Itachi, "Nah… Itachi, what were you thinking letting the kunoichi drink this much sake?" he asked his partner
Itachi glared at the shark-man as he just laughed in response.
Sakura, hearing this, took it a bit too seriously and glared at Kisame, "Put a fish in that dirty mouth of yours shark-face!"
With the comment that Sakura just gave the blue-tanned man, Deidara laughed. Itachi and Saori smirked as Kisame huffed in anger. "Why you—" Kisame threatened
"Kisame." Itachi said warningly
"You better keep your mouth shut, kunoichi. Your voice is irritating to hear." Kisame said
"Whatever." Sakura stood up from her seat, "I'm going back to the room to rest. There's no point in arguing with a peanut-sized shark-face like you!" she said as she headed out of the bar.
"Feisty one, ain't she…yeah…" Deidara grinned
The pink-haired kunoichi walked up to the desk to retrieve the keys for their room, Itachi had given her earlier.
"Need the key to your room, miss?" the innkeeper asked
Sakura smiled sweetly and nodded as she accepted the key and went up to their room.
However, when she stood in front of the door leading to their room, a kunai was embedded on the floor by her feet. A note was attched to it ands Sakura narrowed her eyes at it.
Taking caution, she gently picked up the kunai and read the note:
Central Park Square
4:00 p.m.
Having to have known who the person was behind this, she grabbed the shuriken and kunai holsters that Itachi laid moments ago. She didn't wear her Akatsuki robe and left it there on the bed just as previously as it was.
Shutting the door behind her without even locking it, she rushed out of the inn, having 10minutes more before time would hit four.
As she was running through the crowd, her head began to hurt again and she really did feel dizzy. But Sakura was strong-willed and continued her path to Central Park Square.
2 minutes before she would get there, and then her inner mind came popping out of nowhere.
'You know… I don't think Itachi woud like what you're doing right now…' inner Sakura said
'Oh…you think?' Sakura retorted
'But, who would care anyways… he said we would get a far more 'violent or brutal' punishment if we ever do this again, right? I wonder what he has plans for us next?' inner Sakura grinned evilly
'I don't care. I'm not escaping… I'm just gonna have a quick chat with that guy and I'll be back in the inn before you know it. He won't know a thing.' Sakura thought
'Whatever you say boss…' inner Sakura saidA silver-haired man stood at the place he's supposed to meet this certain pink-haired kunoichi. He tilted his eyeglasses upwards and turned around to look at his 'meeting partner' panting very hard.
"Had a nice walk?" Kabuto asked mockingly
"You know very well an ordinary human being couldn't race with time that's killing you to overpower it." Sakura said
Having regained her breath she stood straight up and glared at Kabuto.
"I actually am considering you as no ordinary human being at all, with that inhumane strength and skills that could surpass your mentor." Kabuto smirked
"I'll take that as a compliment, Kabuto. But I must tell you. You still can't force me to go with you to Orocimaru." Sakura said sternly
"Hmmm…let's take this conversation to somewhere more quiet, shall we not?" Kabuto said as he walked past her.
Taking this as a signal to follow him, she did and they both ended up in the forest near the borders of the town.
'How original.' Inner Sakura scoffedKabuto faced Sakura once again who was a good 4 meters away from him. "I would like to ask you something, Sakura-chan." He said
"Then ask. Time is precious." Sakura said
"Do you want to go to Orochimaru-sama?" he asked
"No." Sakura answered
The silver-haired medic smirked. He could very well ask now his real question. "Would you go to Orochimaru-sama if you were to see Sasuke-kun again?" he asked slyly
The question made her body numbed and her eyes wide. 'Would I?'
'No you won't You know damn well this is all a trick! He said 'see' Sakura, nothing more.' Inner Sakura shrieked in frustration
She bowed her head in shame but raised it with determined eyes. "Even if I were to see Sasuke-kun, I wouldn't go. I would come for him with Naruto and Kakshi-sensei, once I escape Akatsuki…" Sakura said
She heard Kabuto snicker, "That is… if you escape Akatsuki…but," he paused, "…can you escape Uchiha Itachi?"
"What are you implying?" Sakura asked as she narrowed her eyes at him.
"You seem to have gotten close to the Akatsuki, Sakura-chan." He stated
"What's it to you?"
"You know how Orochimaru-sama disposed of the other three, right?" Kabuto asked
Sakura was getting a hint of what he was trying to imply… but she thought ahead of it already… "I know, but it wouldn't concern me at all if Akatsuki gets into trouble with you people. Frankly, I don't give any concern on what's happening with you guys. I just want to escape from them and help Naruto get Sasuke-kun back." She said
Kabuto's smirk transformed into a straight line. "Aye… but you should know that I have information concerning you and the elder Uchiha." He said
"Itachi? I mean nothing more than a captive to him." Sakura said almost disappointingly
"Hmm… but what is he to you? I mean Sakura-chan… a kiss? What would Sasuke-kun think if I ever tell him about it?" Kabuto asked with a smirk on his face
Suddenly realization hit her. Kabuto knew about the whole moment of her and Itachi sharing a kiss with each other. "He didn't kiss me out of lust or love. It was some kind of twisted punishment." She said coldly
"Yes… but can you imagine what would Sasuke-kun do when he finds about all of this; you with Uchiha Itachi, the one who Sasuke-kun has sworn to kill. He will not only hunt Itachi is that's so and possibly hunt you or use you to get to him."
"You wouldn't!" Sakura growled
"Come with me to Sound and we'll think about it." Kabuto said
The younger medic was confused now. If any other would be on her shoes right now, what would they do?
"How did you get information on this anyway?" Sakura asked
"I was a spy for Sasori-sama, remember?" Kabuto explained, "You're a smart girl Sakura-chan, go to Orochimaru-sama."
"No… you're threatening me! Sasuke-kun wouldn't believe it!" Sakura replied shaking her head side to side.
"You think?"
Itachi was standing at the front of their room eyeing the chipped part of the floor-wood. He knew exactly that it was a kunai slice. He gently opened the door, narrowing his eyes as he discovered it was unlocked.
The elder Uchiha soon found the room empty of any trace of the pink-haired kunoichi, except for her borrowed Akatsuki robe that was lying on the bed. He walked over to the desk where he had left his shuriken and kunai holsters and found them missing.
"She's missing, isn't she?" Sasori asked Itachi who was leaning against the doorframe
"She's got some guts escaping us…yeah…" Deidara said
"I'm going to look for her." Itachi stated emotionlessly as he headed out of the room and down the stairs.
"I wonder how much time he'll spend looking for a drunk Sakura-chan?…yeah…" Deidara asked himself
"Wanna bet, art boy?" Kisame asked
Deidara just grinned in reply
"If you really think about it, he'll surely believe it."
Sakuras head began to pound mercilessly again and her vision was getting hazy now. Her cheeks flushed with red as she began to hyperventilate.
Kabuto seeing this could smirk. He could take the girl right away, but as he stepped near her, he sensed another presence coming and deemed it to be powerful. He decided that it was time to retreat and he jumped to a branch and before he disappeared, he said to Sakura, "Take the wisest choice, Sakura-chan. I'll be waiting for you here once again if you decide to change your mind."
No more trace of Kabutos chakra was lingering in the vicinity but Sakura was too tired to sense another chakra coming towards her as she fell to the ground unconscious.
Miakoda13: Hi there! I'm so glad about the reviews you guys! It's near one hundred already and I've only made five chapters! You guys are sooooooo coooooool! Way awesome! How's about that, huh? Cool? Well, I'm still thinking about it but in any case… thanks again for all the reviews you guys have given me! You're inspiring me to write more!
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Chapter 7 preview: Bedtime Conflict
"What are you doing?"
"So that you won't escape."
"Then why the hell are you kissing me?"
"You don't like it?"