Hey, all! It's KRISH-un yet again, and my bad mood is gone! As quickly as it came, too. Oh well.
THIS IS THE END OF ALL CLIFFHANGERS! Well, not really. This is the end of the cliffhanger set on last Thursday. You get to know!
You know what I've noticed? It seems as this story gets longer, the number of hits gets less and less. Just a trend I've noticed. Maybe people don't like reading long stories, or something. But, I thank you all for all the reviews! Thanks to everyone!
Hope you enjoy this chapter!
Sasuke stared down at Chikazi, "No…" He whispered, slowly shaking his head. His onyx eyes were wide with disbelief.
Suigetsu sighed, and sat straight, "She's gone…" he whispered.
Jugo watched the other two silently, absorbing their reactions. They were interesting sometimes.
Sasuke dropped Chikazi's hand, and stared down at the ground, his eyes still wide.
Karin heard all of this. She was sitting up in her tent, pondering what she should do. Her eyes lit up like stars. She had just thought of the PERFECT way to get herself out of this mess.
She stood and walked out of her tent and kneeled on the ground next to Chikazi. She was opposite of Sasuke, Suigetsu, and Jugo.
Placing both her hands on Chikazi's stomach, she began muttering a healing jutsu. Green tendrils of chakra snaked out of her hands, surrounding Chikazi's whole body.
Suigetsu's eyes widened, "What the HELL are you doing, Karin?!"
Sasuke looked up from the ground, his eyes still wide, "K-Karin…?" He asked slowly.
Karin growled, clenching her teeth. Healing Chikazi now was practically going to kill her! But still, if it was the only way…
"Be quiet!" She snapped, "Leave me alone!" By now, she was sweating profusely, and her jaw hurt from her clenching her teeth so much.
After a few more minutes of painful silence, Karin sat back, panting and sweating. "S-She'll be fine…" She stood up, wobbling slightly, "I-I'll just go back to my tent…" She turned her back on the other four.
"Karin." It was Sasuke. He had stood up and was now right behind her, "What did you do?"
Karin sighed, "I healed her, Sasuke-san. Some of my clan's jutsu can bring people who have recently died back to life." She turned her head the slightest bit to look into Sasuke's eyes, "Can I leave now?"
"Sasuke…sensei…" A very familiar voice said weakly.
Both Karin and Sasuke turned around to see the speaker. To both of their surprise, although it was very obvious, it was Chikazi. She tried to sit up, but Suigetsu pushed her back down. She made a face at him, and looked back at the other two, "Karin… you healed me, why?!"
Karin glared at her, "Not for a reason you need to know, Succubus." ((A succubus is a seductive demon, I believe. Correct me if I'm wrong.))
Chikazi laughed, "Oh, so it's for the same reason as everything." She grinned, "Then… truce?" She held out a shaky hand.
Karin sighed, and then walked towards Chikazi, muttering under her breath, "I don't know why I'm doing this, but yes, truce." She shook Chikazi's hand, the pulled the other to her feet, "You still need to get stronger…" She whispered as Chikazi struggled to gain her balance.
Chikazi laughed again "Yeah, okay. Just don't kill me again; I don't really want to go back yet." This struck Sasuke as odd. Why say something like that?
Karin nodded to her, then to the other three, and stalked off back to her tent, looking partially embarrassed.
Suigetsu stared at Chikazi, who had sat back down upon failing to catch her balance, "What do you mean you 'don't want to go back yet'?"
She sighed, "When I… died, I woke up in my world. But I got sucked back here through the book I guess when Karin revived me." She shook her head, "I think that's why I'm so dizzy. I've been traveling too much…" She laughed weakly, and then passed out.
Sasuke caught her head before it hit the ground. Laying her head down gently, he turned to Suigetsu, "Should I pardon Karin?"
Suigetsu looked in the other direction, "I don't know, Sasuke-san. I mean, she attacked Chikazi, and then killed her, but she brought her back when she saw that it hurt you." He sighed, "Actually, I think you should pardon her. She proved that she is actually useful today. We could use jutsu like that if one of us got seriously injured."
Sasuke nodded, in deep thought, "Yeah, I guess…" He looked at Chikazi, who seemed to be having nightmares, judging by the way she was acting. He sighed, "Yeah, I'll pardon her. We need her, now as much as ever." He stood up, "I'll go talk to her." He walked over to Karin's tent, "Karin…?"
Karin's voice came drifting out of the tent. She already sounded half-asleep. "Yes, Sasuke-san…?"
He sighed, "I'm not holding a grudge against you, and I am sure Chikazi isn't either. You are free to remain a member of Snake. You have been fully pardoned."
He heard her sigh with relief. Her voice came out of the tent again, sounding clearly relieved, "Thank you, Sasuke-san. Now…" She paused, "Can I go to sleep?"
Sasuke smirked. "I'm supposing you can. But yes, you may."
Chikazi stuck her tongue out at him. "Yeah, I'm disliking you now. MAY I go to sleep?"
Sasuke smiled, "Yeah, I'll take night duty. I'll wake everyone in the morning."
She yawned, "Alright then. Good night, Sasuke-san. See you in the morning."
He nodded, forgetting she couldn't see him, "See you in the morning." He walked back to where Suigetsu and Jugo were, along with the unconscious Chikazi, and Karin fell asleep almost immediately.
Sasuke sat down next to Suigetsu, Jugo, and Chikazi, "Go to bed you two, I'll take night duty."
Jugo nodded, silently getting up. He walked over to his tent, disappearing inside. He was asleep in a minute.
Suigetsu sighed, "You sure Sasuke? I'll take night duty if you want me to."
Sasuke shook his head, "No, I'm fine with it, I swear. You've done enough, Suigetsu, go to bed."
Suigetsu stood up, sighing again, "Alright, then. I'll see you in the morning, Sasuke." He walked to his tent, falling asleep slower than the other two had.
Sasuke sighed, looking down at Chikazi. She had calmed down, 'Her bad dream must have ended…' Sasuke thought to himself.
Chikazi's eyes flickered open, "Sasuke…sensei?" She sat up slowly, wincing slightly, "Did I pass out?" She rubbed her eyes wearily.
Sasuke looked warmly at her, nodding, "Yeah, you did. You needed the rest the most, though." He looked around, "Everyone else is asleep in his or her tent. You need help getting to yours?"
Chikazi tried to stand up. Failing that, she grinned sheepishly, "Yeah, I guess I do…"
Sasuke pulled her up, to her surprise, onto his back. She blushed as he carried her to her tent. He opened the flap with relative ease, and laid her on her sleeping bag. "There…" He murmured. He straightened up, and turned to leave.
"Sasuke-sensei…" Chikazi murmured, already close to sleep, "Please come here…"
Confused, he turned back to her. Sitting down he asked, "Yeah? What's the matter?"
She struggled to get up, and he helped her, only to be rewarded by her kissing him on the cheek. "Thank you, Sensei…"
Both of them were blushing madly. "Uh…" He stammered, "You're welcome." He stood up, leaving the tent with his face still blazing.
Her face was still burning madly too, but she laughed, laying back on her sleeping bag, "He's so much fun to mess with, Caya…" She muttered before drifting back into unconsciousness.
Awwww! I forgot about that!! I made Cassie very happy with that.
R + R, 'Kay thanks!!