Chapter 3: you're forgiven, because I care for you!

The next day… as usual they are meeting each other at the bridge…

Sasuke was already there, waiting patiently for them to arrive. He leaned back at the railings of the bridge and gazed lazily at the clouds above him.

"The clouds are so nice today!" he sighed and looked at the flowing water of the river. It made ripples, cause by the fishes swimming up to the surface. It was kind of boring to look at the ripples.

"Hey!" a voice behind him called him and that person patted his shoulders, allowing him to face the stranger. It was just Naruto, panting again and with a smirk on his face.

"You loved nature right? By the way you look at your surroundings now!" the fox boy grinned at him.

"Whatever!" he said coldly. "Why are you early today?" he asked emotionless. Staring straight at his sapphire blue eyes.

"Nothing! I just woke up early… that's all!" he replied. He eyed Sasuke curiously and grinned.

"Why are you grinning, fox boy!" he coldly asked. His right eyebrow raised.

"You and Sakura are FRIENDS again, right?" he asked while looking at Sasuke very closely. Closely that he could kiss him. (BUT NOT!)

"Whatever! I don't want to talk to her!" he yelled as he eyed him seriously.

Naruto looked at him and smirked. "You're lying! You helped her when we're on that stupid mission!" he grimaced.

"That's just… helping her… she's weak of course! Impudent!" he stammered the words. "Why? Is it a sin… not trying to help her!" Sasuke asked and looked away.

"Fine! Suit yourself!" Naruto turned back and started throwing pebbles at the water, causing ripples that made Sasuke annoyed.

"Why did I help her? Are we friends or enemies!" he asked himself. He looked at Naruto, who was playing and he thrown a small rock at him.

"Hey Sasuke-teme! What did you do that for!" he looked at him with flaming eyes and clenched fist. "You're going to pay!"

"You're on!" he replied back. He activated his Sharingan, when a familiar voice cut their fight.

"What are you two doing?" Sakura asked. One eyebrow raised and frowning.

"NOTHING!" they yelled out in unison. "Just playing!" Naruto said and looked at her innocently.

"Fine!" she looked at Sasuke and smiled. "We're friends again, right?" she asked him politely and smiled broadly.

Sasuke nodded and looked away. Sakura's face lit up with joy, her heart pounding normally and her smile was so angelic. Naruto was thunderstruck.

FLASHBACK:

At Shikayo temple…

The three of them entered the temple gates. It was wide open, as if someone is welcoming their arrival. The place was old and the grasses were as tall as a six-footer person.

"Oh man! This place gives me the creeps!" Naruto exclaimed, while keeping up with his two teammates, who are ahead of him.

"Shut up dobe and look where you are going!" Sasuke gave him a blank stare.

"Why? Are there traps here?" Naruto asked keeping his eyes straight on the trail.

"You may never know!" Sasuke said waving a hand at them.

"Enough chit chat! Let's get going." Urged Sakura. Her hair got tangled with a branch of a tree and she stumbled at the muddy ground.

"Sakura-Chan!" Naruto walked beside her. Sakura was lying on the ground and her hair was still tangled on the tree branch.

"Stupid! I told you two to look on where you're going!" Sasuke walked beside them and got out a kunai.

"What are you doing! Are you going to cut my hair!" Sakura asked with shocked eyes. Sasuke didn't respond. "AHHH!" Sakura screamed. "My hair!"

Sasuke wasn't going to cut her hair; instead he cut the tree's branch. Sakura's hair untangled itself and her hair was messy and dirt was over her hair.

"There! Your hair is fine!" Sasuke placed his kunai backed to his pouch and started walking again.

Sakura was thunderstruck. "Sasuke helped me?" she asked herself. "What's that for!" Naruto asked curiously. Sakura shrugged and Naruto helped her stand up. "Let's go!" she urged Naruto. "HAI!"

The three of them reached the temple. They walked pass the slippery stairs. Naruto slipped on the stairs. Sasuke and Sakura sweat dropped. Sakura helped him stand up and Sasuke rolled his eyes. "Idiot!" he muttered.

"Hey! There's the fortune jar!" Sakura pointed at the jar, which was placed above an old altar. They walked there and Naruto held up the jar. "Yosh! Let's go!" he exclaimed happily. Sasuke and Sakura nodded.

"That's odd! There's no enemy!" Sakura looked at Naruto with curious eyes. "Great!" Naruto replied, holding the jar with both of his arms around it.

Then they heard the door slam. Sasuke ran to the entrance door, but to their surprise the door was locked in the outside. "What the hell!" Naruto exclaimed as he placed the jar on the ground. Sakura begun to banged the door. "Anyone there? It seems we're locked!" she yelled in horror.

A gust of wind blew from the inside. Their eyes were in shocked mode. Sakura's knees begun to shake and Naruto was sweating all over. Sasuke activated his Sharingan.

"Hey that's not funny!" Sakura exclaimed as he held onto Naruto's sleeves. "I'm scared!" Naruto yelled. Sasuke got out his kunai again and he looked around. Noone was around and the place was cold and dark. "SHIT"

Sakura yelled she felt something sharp poked her on the leg. "What's the matter?" Naruto asked as he looked at her. She touched her leg and it felt slimy. She held her hand to her face and she was shocked to see blood on her palms. "BLOOD!" she screamed in horror. "WHAT!" the two boys screamed in unison.

Sakura begun to cry. "This is too scary!" she exclaimed looking at Naruto with shaky eyes. Then something hard hit Naruto on the head. "What's the big idea!" he yelled angrily.

"What now?" Sasuke asked angrily. Then Sasuke felt a presence of someone. He saw a blurred image in front of him. He thrown his kunai at the figure, but it disappeared. "What the hell?" he whispered.

"What's the matter, Sasuke?" Naruto asked calmly. "There's someone in here!" Sasuke exclaimed. "WHAT? WHO?" Sakura asked nervously. Sasuke shrugged his shoulder.

Then Sasuke was thunderstruck to see a shiny object aiming straight on Sakura. "A flying kunai!" he yelled out. "WHERE?" Naruto looked around, then he saw it. It was about to hit Sakura on the chest.

"SAKURA!" Sasuke yelled in horror. "GET OUT OF THE WAY!" he yelled again. Sakura was surprised that her body didn't want to move. "I CAN'T MOVE!" she yelled in horror. "SAKURA-CHAN!" Naruto yelled nervously. "STUPID!" Sasuke yelled again.

Sasuke jumped in front of her, but its too late the kunai was near them. Sakura screamed aloud. Naruto was shaking nervously. The kunai hit Sasuke on the back. "AH!" He yelled out. Sasuke felt his knees numb and he fell to Sakura's arms. "SASUKE!" Sakura yelled in horror.

Naruto was about to run to them, when the person appeared in font of him. It was a woman at the age of thirty. She has a long blond hair, tied in a ponytail. She was wearing a mask on her face and red ninja outfit. "Hey!" she greeted Naruto.

"WHO ARE YOU!" Naruto asked angrily. "None of your business kid!" she responded. "What a foolish little boy! Letting himself hurt by my poisoned kunai." She said and laughed hysterically.

Sakura's eyes widened. "POISONED!" She asked the woman nervously. The woman nodded and grimaced. "His going to die! It's your own fault little girl, your senses are not quite that active!" she exclaimed looking at her with a smirk on her face.

"YOU BITCH!" Naruto yelled. He runs to Sakura and Sasuke's place and he thrown a kunai to the woman. She easily dodged it and she blocked it with her own kunai. "Temper!" she exclaimed. Naruto's eyes glared at her devilish. "Tsk… tsk…" she muttered the words.

Sakura heard Sasuke speak her name. "Sakura…" sakura's eyes are puffy and she was about to cry when Sasuke told her. "Don't worry about me, I can fight it!" he said it weakly and he fainted. "Sasuke…" she spoke his name and he hugged him tightly. "Sasuke-kun… you have to live! Don't leave us!" she cried in horror.

"Huh? Live? He's not going to live, stupid girl. It's a poisoned weapon and a cure is nothing!" she yelled out happily. "You're lying!" Sakura yelled at her. "Sakura-Chan!" Naruto whispered. Sakura's tears fell down on Sasuke's face. "You're going to pay!" Sakura got out her kunai. "Naruto… please look after Sasuke-kun! I'll deal with her!" she spoke to Naruto with a serious face. "She's going to die!" Sakura said. Naruto looked at her and nodded. "Just be careful!" he advised her and she nodded.

"Fight me eh?" she asked her. "You bet, bitch!" sakura yelled the words and ran towards her. The woman's eyes glimmered with joy. "Huh? You're no match for me!" she thrown a poison kunai at her. Sakura blocked it with her kunai and she performed a bunshin technique.

"What? That's a lame technique to use!" she teased Sakura and laughed loudly. "None of your business, woman!"

They thrown kunai at each other. The fight was going so intense. Sakura was determined to win against the woman. "You're dead!" she yelled out and was about to stab the woman but the woman dodged it. "What the hell!" she whispered in horror.

"You're the weakest person I ever fought against" then the woman punched Sakura on her stomach. Sakura fell to the ground and she was catching her breath. "I'm not going to lose!" she whispered to herself. She got out another kunai and thrown it again to her. She dodged it again.

"Is that the best you can do?" she asked her coldly. Sakura's chakra was decreasing and she felt her knees numb. She loses consciousness. "SAKURA-CHAN!" Naruto yelled out loudly. She heard the woman laughs and her eyes looked at Sasuke's body lying on the ground. She felt her eyes closing and she fainted.

"SAKURA-CHAAAAN!" Naruto yelled and screamed loudly.

After 2 hours… Naruto defeated the woman. The woman, knowing she was about to lose with a stupid boy, backed out and disappeared into thin air.

Sakura woke up and blinked. She rubbed her eyes and sighed. "What happened?" she asked herself. "Oh man! You're okay!" Naruto saw Sakura sat up and hugged her. "Naruto-kun…" she whispered to his ears. "It's okay now. The woman's gone. I defeated her!" he exclaimed happily. "YOU DID IT!" she hugged him back and smiled. Naruto blushed and returned the hug.

"Where's Sasuke-kun!" Sakura asked him calmly. "Still asleep… I don't know if he's okay! He's having nightmares and he's hot and sweating all over." Naruto explained sadly. "What!" She let go of her hug and saw Sasuke still unconscious on the cold floor.

"Sasuke-kun… wake up!" she shook him roughly. Sasuke's eyes opened and looked at Sakura's worried face. "Sakura…" he whispered to her. Naruto was shocked to hear Sasuke speak. Sakura hugged him and Sasuke blushed. "OUCH!" he yelled. "What's the matter?" Sakura eyed him with a concern look. "My back…"

Sakura let go of her hug and was shocked to see Sasuke's back still bleeding. "Naruto… why didn't you cure his wound on the back?" Sakura asked Naruto worriedly.

"I'm sorry… I don't know what to do… I just removed the kunai and placed a cloth on his fore head." He exclaimed feeling guilty. Sakura smiled at him… "It's okay!" he looked at her smiled face and smiled back.

"AH! My head aches!" Sasuke exclaimed. He sat up and touched his wounded back. "OUCH! I'm bleeding to death!"

Sakura got out some bandages and cloth from her bag and walked to Sasuke's place. "Remove your shirt… I'll cure your wounds." She offered him to nurse his wounds.

Sasuke looked at her blankly and he removed his blue shirt. She wiped some blood with her piece of cloth and bandaged it. "It's alright now!" she exclaimed happily. She placed her things back to her bag and smiled at Sasuke. "Thank you…" he thanked her. She blushed and smiled back.

"I though that kunai on your back was poisoned?" Naruto asked curiously. "Don't know… I don't look dead, am I?" he asked Naruto coldly. "Maybe it was just a joke…" Sakura said to lift up Sasuke's feelings. "I guess you're right!" Naruto exclaimed.

"Well… let's go now!" Sasuke urged the two. Sakura and Naruto nodded in agreement. Sasuke put on his shirt and stood up. Naruto carried the jar again and they all headed home.

After two days they reached the village safe and sound, but with lots of cuts, bruises and deep wounds…

END OF FLASH BACK…

Sasuke looked at Sakura who joined Naruto, throwing pebbles at the water. Sasuke rolled his eyes. "Childish!"

Just then Sakura walked beside Sasuke and stared at his onyx eyes. "Sorry…" she apologized. "For what?" Sasuke asked coldly. "For helping me…" she reasoned out. "No big deal!" he replied emotionless.

Sasuke looked at her and sighed. "You're stupid…" he whispered. "Pardon me?" Sakura asked. "Nothing!"

For the past few days his back always hurt and his head aches… OH MY! Is it the poison? Is it still inside of him?

-End of chapter 3-

Well please review… oh my god! The poison is still inside Sasuke's body! Well tune in next chapter… and find out! Read and review minna!