Cold As You

Chapter Three: Evening The Score

Jade eyes continued to look around the room. It was to white. She didn't like it. In face she hated it. Turning her attention from the room her eyes landed on the dark eyes that belonged to the silver haired man. She was exactly sure how long the two of them had been sitting in the research room but from the looks of Kabuto she could assume she had wasted a few hours. He looked distraught. Almost as if he was scared she wasn't working.

"Really cherry blossom, you might want to do something. You wouldn't want to anger Orochimaru-sama." There would have been a time in Sakura's life when that would have effected her. A time when she cared about her life, a time when her heart cared for things of the sort. But now... she had changed so much again. Her life constantly changing.

"Like I give a shit." she scoffed at the man. "Besides," she smirked. "It's you who will receive the punishment. I can tell," her voice lowered into a whisper. "Your terrified." Kabuto stared at her wide eyed. Sakura wasn't exactly sure what had changed in her over the past few days but it was like a flip had just switched on in her body making her... heartless, uncaring.

"You idiot girl! He'll kill you!" he said it as if she cared either way.

"Let him," she was done. Done with life, done with living. She wanted nothing to do with it. No matter what she did she still wasn't smart enough. Strong enough. She closed her eyes searching for that one piece she needed. That piece of him that made her still want to take steps forward.

Itachi...

Was he even coming at all? She had told herself over and over. They were soulmates. She could feel it. He needed to feel it. He must have. He would come. He would come for her. She hoped. She wanted him to. She needed him to. Just to see him again. See those brilliant gray eyes look at her. She wanted to see him.

Opening her eyes she turned around quickly. "Sakura." looking up she glared when her eyes landed on the crimson red eyes. She felt her breath leave her parted lips. Those eyes... such a bittersweet reminder. She had hated seeing those eyes when she spoke to Itachi, yet now... now they were the closest thing she had to him. It was all she had left to remind her of the man she loved. The man she loved left her to the snakes. "Sakura?"

She blinked forcing herself from her thoughts. "What?" she hissed through clinched teeth. She hated him. Sasuke. The whole reason this wonderful crazy life had started. If she had never met him none of this would be happening to her. All he did was remind her of the man who truly broke her heart. Shattered it into millions of pieces three weeks ago. And for that, her hatred for him ran deep.

"Follow me." he demanded.

Sakura glared at him. He had no right to make demands of her. She would make sure of that. This man deserved nothing from her. He didn't even deserve to be in her presence let alone talk to her. She opened her mouth ready to yell at him, but stopped when Kabuto spoke first.

"I don't think that would be wise, Orochimaru-sama-"

"Will get what he want." Sasuke glared at Kabuto. She wanted to laugh. That snake bastard would get nothing from her. She would die before she let that happened. Even if Konoha wasn't her home in her heart anymore it was still the home to the people she loved and that was enough to make her not want to heal the snake bastard.

So here she sat in between a rock and a hard place. She could either stay and piss off Sasuke more or she could leave the room and send Kabuto into another conniption fit. Looking back down at the desk in front of her, her eyes landed on her notebook that really consisted of doodles since there was no way in hell she would heal anyone here. Flipping through the pages she landed on the page that was divided in two parts.

One said had Kabuto's name at the top and under his name twelve tally marks sat under it. She nodded than shifted her eyes to the other side. Sasuke's name glared at her and she smiled. Under his name sat twenty-three tally marks. Nodding once more she mauled it over in her head. She nodded once more in approval before marking a tally under Kabuto's name and than shutting the book. The chair that sat underneath her squeaked as she pushed back.

"What do you think you're doing!" Kabuto yelled. Sakura smiled at him as she stood up. She turned her back on him and walked toward the door.

"Oh... you know, just evening the score." she smiled shutting the door behind her. Once the metal door was shut she laughed slightly when she heard yelling and crashing noises from inside. Turning around she found that Sasuke was already halfway down the darkened hallway. She snorted. Did her really expect her to follow him? Not a chance. She turned around and began to walk the other way down the hall. He would learn one day that what she was different compared to twelve year old girl she had once been.

In fact, she was more than positive that she was different than who she had been five months ago. Some how, she had changed with out realizing it. She harbored such anger, something she had never really held on to before. She turned around and glared at the empty hallway. "You can stop following me, I know you're there." she glared. She watched as the woman Karin moved from the wall making herself visible. Sakura smirked slightly at the white bandage that was on her nose. "Why are you following me?" Sakura asked.

"Why didn't you go with Sasuke-kun?" she asked. Sakura sighed before looking down. She wanted to hate the girl, she really did but somehow she pitied her.

"I don't love him you know." Sakura said looking into her red eyes.

"Than why does he talk like you do?"

"I thought I had loved Sasuke... when I was twelve. I was young and naive. I didn't know what love was." Sakura said brushing a hand through her hair.

"And you know what love is now?" Karin asked. Sakura smiled bitterly.

"It's hard not to once you've met your soulmate." Sakura turned around only to run into a hard chest. Sakura looked up into angry red eyes. She winched when Sasuke's arm gripped her wrist.

"Who's your soulmate, Sakura?" he glared at her. Sakura glared at him trying to pull her arm out of tight grip. He only tightened his grip. Sakura winched once more.

"Let me go." she said. He gripped her wrist a sicking pop echoed down the corridor. Sakura hissed out in pain. Karin stood wide eyed staring at the man.

"Tell me Sakura." he demanded.

Sakura glared up at the man. "Your brother." Sakura let out a scream when she was slammed into the hallway wall. Her wrists were held above her head. Her eyes began to droop the chakra that was given to her was slowly leaving her body. She hated feeling this weak. She felt disgusting when Sasuke moved closer to her. Sakura's eyes moved to stare at Karin.

"Sasuke-kun, maybe you should-"

"Leave." Sasuke glared at Karin. Karin stared at him shocked before slowly backing away. She gave a sad look towards Sakura before disappearing down the hallway. Sakura turned her attention back to Sasuke who was glaring at her. Those damned Uchiha eyes. "Sakura-"

"I hate you." she spat at him. Her anger of him was coming off in waves.

"I think you mispronounced love." he smirked before slamming his lips to her. She tried to push him off but found it to hard. She felt his tongue brush against her lips. She felt disgusted. Something her younger self would have died of happiness if this would have happened, she now wished it never would. She opened her mouth slightly so her plunged his tongue inside. She bit down hard. "You bitch." Sasuke said pulling back.

"You'll never be him Sasuke. You're half the man Itachi is."

"He left you Sakura," he smirked. "And he's not coming back for you."

Tears attacked her eyes. It felt so real hearing someone else say it. He had left her. On her own to defend herself. And here she was two weeks later... and no one had come for her. The only thing that kept her going was knowing that he was her soulmate. He couldn't stay away from her for long. He just couldn't. He loved her. She knew it. "That's where you're wrong," she smirked. "He loves me." she whispered. She watched as Sasuke glared at her. Her eyes slowly began to shut, she had used all of her chakra up. She slumped forward and welcomed the darkness.

A/N

Yes I know it's been like forever since I've updated. The reason for this is because I had the stronger urge to rewrite Not That Different. There were soooo many spelling errors and it was just killing me. Now that that's over. I will be updating this regularly. So so so so so sorry for the wait! I hope you guys liked this chapter and it was worth the wait. :) please review let me know what you liked what you didn't. What you want to see more of. Also I know Itachi isn't a big part of this... :/ But don't worry Sakura's kicking some Sasuke ass! CHA!