Sakura was in the middle of a dream…no more of a nightmare. She dreamt that she was in pitch black, nothing but empty space. She was floating in midair with no support. She didn't find that too joyful. Sakura surveyed her surroundings, trying to see what was happening. Her body froze. Him. Her number one person. Sasuke.
He was a few yards away from her, his clothes tattered to shreds, and some spots of dried blood stuck to him. He smiled, tiredly making his slow march toward her. Then out of the black, sinister shadows came Kakuzu. His eyes were red, with that savage wild man look in them. He had a sword readied in his hand, Sasuke a few inches from him. Sakura cried out, but couldn't. She tried using her voice but found it was gone. She tried to move from her spot, but it was like gravity weighing down on her with all its might. Sakura trembled for the fear of losing her loved one. He could see his face, not noticing what was right behind him. Kakuzu lowered his sword, like a hunter trying to gain its quarry.
"SASUKE-KUN, WATCH OUT!!!!!" Sakura's voice sprang out, her body upright in her sleeping bag. She was sweating, from the horror that was in her dream…correction nightmare.
"Sakura?" Sasuke's deep voice rang in her ears. She turned her head slightly, almost not believing the truth before her. There her teammate was, perfectly fine. Not bathed in blood, or almost facing death.
She sprang towards him, embracing him. Sasuke widened his eyes. Um, did I miss something? He thought. He looked down at the suddenly fragile girl in his arms. Sasuke pulled her closer to him, trying to comfort her the best as he could. They stayed like that for a few minutes, silently. Then Sakura parted from him, her eyes looked frozen from fear.
"What happened, Sakura?" Sasuke asked, his voice in that serious tone of his.
"Uh, I'd rather not talk about it." Sakura said, her body still stiff.
"Come on, it wasn't that bad was it?"
"I saw you die."
Awkward silence.
Sasuke froze. He didn't expect that answer. He….was going to die? That didn't really sound good. Wait…she freaked out all because he was going to die? Did she really care about him? Well he already knew the answer to that.
She loved him, but didn't show it any more because she grew more mature. And ever since she became Tsunade's apprentice she didn't act that way anymore. He had to admit that he missed all the attention that Sakura gave him, but now he found that he actually cared for her. But, he still wasn't going to admit it. (-.-)
"Sakura, we should finish the mission."
Sakura nodded her head in agreement and began gathering her things. Sasuke had already packed and was just staring out into the desert. Once Sakura finished they descended into the hot sand, and ran off into the hot desert.
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Knock. "Kazekage-sama, you have visitors. Should I let them in?"
"Yes."
Gaara was doing the usual paper work. When he looked up, he saw two Konoha ninjas. One ninja had an emotionless face. Typical. It was the Uchiha. The other was smiling at him, though he could see pain in her eyes. Sakura-san?
"Sasuke Uchiha. Sakura Haruno. What brings you here?" He said, his voice friendlier now.
"We brought you the scroll, Gaara-san." Sakura said, holding out the brightly colored scroll to him. He gingerly took it, and opened it quickly. The black ink spread out through the paper and Gaara took his time reading it. His facial expression didn't change though you could tell his eyes were alarmed. He carefully folded the scroll back and then looked up at the two ninjas.
"Thank you for bringing the scroll here," Gaara said. "You better be getting back to your village by now."
Sakura's expression turned to a confused one. Sasuke just stood still, like an unmoving rock. Gaara sighed. So much work involved in protecting people he loved.
"Naruto says that the Akatsuki are on the move, so you better get back to your village safely before any trouble begins. I bet he wants his two best friends beside him to defend the village." Gaara explained.
"Oh, yes Gaara-san. Best wishes for the your village!" Sakura smiled, cheerily. Sasuke just nodded his head and Gaara nodded back.
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Two Akatsuki members are in Konoha's secret vault, full of its secrets and shinobi files.
"How are we going to find those files?!" Sasori complained. "Use your head. Use your chakra strings to open all the files, and see the pictures."
Sasori sighed. "Work always piles on me."
"Stop complaining and get to work." Kakuzu's voice bellowed.
"Hai. Hai."
---Half An Hour Later
"Finally, I'm done. My arms are sore!!!!! Anyway, aren't these the two ninjas?" Sasori handed Kakuzu the papers, with a bored expression on his face.
"Yep. No doubt. There's the pink haired one….and the Sharingan user. Let's see…..her name is Sakura Haruno and the other guy is Sasuke Uchiha. Both have many abilities. Sakura is the Hokage's apprentice. Uchiha had very high marks from when he was in the Academy."
"I don't want to hear about their whole life, let's just take them back to Leader-sama for his approval." Sasori said, snappishly.
"Fine. Let's go."
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