Fast Flashback of where the last chapter left off at:
Flashed in the, big, sad, emerald green eyes.
Sasuke shot her a puzzled glance. What's wrong with her?
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Flashback.
"Sakura, you have to let me go." an empty voice stated, in a bored tone.
"NO! YOU CAN'T LEAVE!" a wave of pain hit the girl's heart.
"Sakura-chan,"
"NO! NO! NO! I CAN'T LET YOU LEAVE! Naruto!" the girl cried out, tightening her grip on the boy's shirt.
Sakura, her face in the chest of her beloved teammate's chest, begging him not to leave her; not to do what their other teammate did.
"Sakura-chan, let go. Please." He begged, in an empty voice.
"BUT,-- Naruto! Kakashi-sensei! Tsunade-sama! Asuma! Jiraiya! Sasuke! Think about it: you're doing exactly what he did!"
"Sakura-chan. No, I'm not. I'm doing this for the village; not betraying it. I understand where you're coming from. But, Sakura-chan, I'll come back; trust me."
The girl stared at her brotherly figure. "B-but! No! What about HINATA?! Huh? What about her, Naruto!"
"I know." He closed his eyes, and quietly repeated his self.
"You might die! Forget it! Naruto!"
"I have to do this for my village, Sakura-chan! The village! We're in the middle of a war, and I have to help!"
"No! You don't! Please.."
The fox boy gave her one last hug--for who-knows how long. "I'm sorry, Sakura-chan." He then graped her wrist and yanked them off of his shirt, and turned around. "I'll come back," He countinued to stalk off. "I promise, I will."
"NO! WAIT! Nartuo! Please, don't!" Sakura, reached out, hopelessly to the boy.
"I will come back, after I find my answers; I swear it." He smiled, brightly. "Believe it."
He then disappeared into the twilight.
Tears bubbled up in the hazed emerald eyes. Naruto. Sakura shook her head wildly; letting the tears fall away from her eyes. Its been three years..
The raven haired male blinked. "Sakura?"
The girl closed her eyes tightly, ignoring him.
Why...why am I crying, now? I look weak. What a shame..
So what. Last time I checked, it wasn't illegal to CRY!
Well, now it is! That's why I couldn't go with Naruto! Because I--er, we, wouldn't be able to "handle it."
"Sakura, are you okay?"
"Huh?"
"Are you okay?"
"Yeah. Whatever." She mumbled, looking down. "Why do you care?" She bit him a snide remark.
"Whatever. Now, answer my question."
"No." she said looking up at him, glaring.
"Stop being difficult, and tell me. Its pathetic."
"NO! You're pathetic! You're the one who went to a rapist snake!"
He corked an eyebrow. (Insert a: say-what? look on Sasuke's face.)
"So..yeah!"
"Shut up and answer."
"Answer what?" she asked, truly forgetting what he asked.
He rolled his eyes, and muttered a quiet dumb ass under his breath. "What is the Skeleton Crystal?"
"I don't-" He cut her off, coldly. "And don't play stupid."
"I don't know what you're talking about."
"Yes, you do." He glared. "And, I suggest, if you plan on leaving here, you might want to tell me."
She blinked, processing the information. "So, if I tell you what it is; you'll let me go?"
The boy nodded.
"Okay." She smiled. "The Skeleton Crystal..." Sasuke drawled closer. "..is a powerful crystal."
He gave her his oh-so-famous glare. "Naw, shit. Tell me what it does, exactly."
"No."
Then, the staring contest began. Both, subconsciously, leaning forward. Their faces just three inches apart from each other....then,
The door opened, revealing the messenger boy, Rikku. Him, walking in on his lord's vessel--the emotionless, asshole who hates everyone--face three inches away from the new prisoner, made him take the situation wrong. (Who wouldn't?)
The Uchiha glared at the male, annoyed.
Rikku smirked. "Am I..interrupting something?"
Sasuke iced his glare even more with that said. The messenger boy's smirk widened. Looking at the Uchiha, knowingly.
"No." Sakura butted in, oblivous to whats going on.
The man, Rikku, looked at the pink-haired ninja with lust clear in his red eyes. They traveled up and down her body, stopping every once in awhile at her breast and legs.
Sasuke, seeing this, got defense, and blocked his view of Sakura, by leaning a little bit towards her. (Did I mention that Sasuke is sitting on the foot of the bed? Haha..I must of forgot..^^')
Sakura, being clueless, gave a puzzled glance in the Uchiha's direction. He just grunted and rolled his eyes at her oblivious-ness, and continued to glare at Rikku.
"What do you need, Rikku?" Sasuke said in a voice so low, so icy, that it sent shivers up Sakura's spine.
He looked past Sasuke and spoke, looking at the pinket; who was looking at her ex-teammate in confusion. "Hm? Oh. Lord Orochimaru wants to see you, Master Sasuke." You could hear the quotes in his voice when he said Master Sasuke.
"Good. Well, you are dismissed."
"No. He said now." He lied quickly.
"Hn." The boy reluctantly stood up, looking at the clueless girl. "I'll talk to you later." He glared at the messenger while walking out, him following his tail.
"Bye, Sasuke-kun." The girl said, mockingly.
"Hn."
"So, you think its a risk letting Sassuke-kuun see the Kohana girl is a risk to his focus?" the dark, snake-like voice questioned.
"Not only that, mi'lord. But maby a lack of hatred, as well."
"Aah. Cleaver, Rikku. Now, what do you say I should do?"
The said boy let out a cocky smirk. "Leave that to me."
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