Hey everyone. First of all thanks for the reviews. My hand's doing much better so I quickly typed this update for you. Not a lot of smut in it. There will be in the next chapter, probably. Anyways I hope that you enjoy this little update. It's longer then the previous one. Enjoy. R&R
Chapter 8: The long way home
Sakura watched as Sasuke fell to the floor. Hitting it with a dull thud. She was still trembling from a few moments ago. Her cheeks were still wet from spilled tears. And she felt even worse. She had just knocked out Sasuke. The mission was almost complete now. All they had to do was return home with Sasuke. Sakura took a deep breath trying to calm herself, because she wasn't calm. The trembling just wouldn't settle down. She had been afraid. Afraid of someone whom she had once cared for deeply. But those feelings were never answered. Now that she had finally moved on did he announce his feelings for her. Too little, too late.
Kakashi kneeled down next to where Sasuke was laying on the floor. He blindfolded, gagged and tied him up. He got and walked over to Sakura's bag for some sedation. The look that was still on Sakura's face didn't go unnoticed, but this had priority right now. If Sasuke ever managed to come around without sedation then those ropes wouldn't be enough to keep him from escaping.
Sakura watched as Kakashi extracted a black box from her bag and took one dose of sedation from it. She felt that she could use some right now. Her heart was still hammering violently in her chest. She was still panting, like she had run for miles. Unable to move, unable to think she just stood there against the wall watching Kakashi do all the work.
No words were spoken as Kakashi sedated the still unconscious Sasuke. Although Kakashi could tell that Sakura was watching. He could tell that she was still a little scared from what had just happened. Kakashi didn't want to think what could've happened if he hadn't shown up when he did. Was Sasuke really going to rape her? Kakashi shook his head, trying to cast away the thought of possible alternative scenario's. He was just glad that he had managed to save her. Glad that all would turn out alright. At least for him, not for Sasuke. He was facing trail and possible execution when they got back to Konoha. Frankly Kakashi thought that he deserved it trying to force himself onto his Sakura.
Kakashi was finished with Sasuke and turned his attention to Sakura. She looked like a cornered animal right now. "Sakura", Kakashi said.
Sakura eyes snapped to attention. The scared look faded when she saw Kakashi moved closer. It was gone the moment she felt his arms around her back in a tight embrace.
"I won't let him hurt you", Kakashi said to her. "Not ever".
Sakura nodded against his shoulder. She just wanted to go home and leave this all behind her.
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The journey home seemed much longer then the way to the Land of Rice Paddies. Maybe it was just that Sakura really wanted to go home. She had been dreading this mission from the moment that she had put her hand on that wedding certificate. Looking back it made her wonder why it had been required for her to sign it anyways. It's not like Sasuke had checked. He had come because of some rumors, not because he had seen the certificate.
Sakura's gaze fell on the sedated Sasuke who was being dragged along by Kakashi. Although she had some kind of hint as to why he had assaulted her, it made her wonder what had stopped him in the past. He always acted like he hated her. And the moment that he caught wind of her seeing someone else did he show up declaring what he should've declared when he left her when she was twelve. He should've said those three simple words. I love you. But he never did. Maybe he just didn't have the ability to truly care for another person. She closed her eyes, biting back the urge to just break down and cry. Cry like she had done when he had left her. Cry for a lost cause.
Kakashi stopped dead in his tracks as an alarm on his watch went of. He would have to give Sasuke another dose of sedation or he would wake up again. One glance at Sakura's face told him she was in deep thought. "Sakura?"
Sakura looked over at Kakashi. He looked a little worried.
"I'm alright", Sakura said softly.
Kakashi stared for a moment. Like he was trying to read Sakura's mind, but he gave up when she said nothing. Instead he took the rope tied to Sasuke's ankles and started to drag him along. It would be at least another day before they would reach Konoha again.
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Evening fell and camp was set up. Sasuke was tied to a tree now and given another dose of sedation. Kakashi would take no risk with Sasuke. He'd rather see him die of an overdose sedation then let him escape. Although Kakashi was certain that what awaited Sasuke back in Konoha wasn't pretty.
Sakura sat across the flames on her bedroll. She wasn't looking at Sasuke. She was looking at the night sky. There was no moon that night and it would've been completely dark outside had it not been for their campfire. There was something calming in the vast emptiness of the sky. She was no longer thinking about what Sasuke had tried to do to her. Now she was planning on what she would tell Ino once she got back from her mission.
Her eyes travelled to Kakashi who, now that the mission was pretty much completed, put his mask back in place. He looked so handsome without. It was a shame that she wasn't able to see through the mask. Just thinking about it. There had been speculations in the past. Rumors about how Kakashi really looked. Some said that he was horribly deformed. Others said that he was so handsome that he had to fight of tons of women who wanted to kiss him. The latter was a bit exaggerated, but Sakura would be the first to admit that he was very easy on the eyes. But the mission was over now and she would probably never see his maskless face again.
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They reached Konoha the next day. Evening was already kicking in when they finally made it through the main gate. They walked towards the Hokage tower in silence. There really wasn't much to say. Sasuke would be dropped of and they would make their report. This is what bothered Sakura the most. Exactly what would they tell Tsunade?
"Uhm Kakashi", she said.
He stopped and turned to her. He figured that she was going to say something about their lack of judgment.
"What are we going to tell Tsunade-shishou?"
"That the mission was a success due to our fabulous acting skills", Kakashi said, a tinge of humor could be heard when he said fabulous acting skills.
Sasuke was too drugged to really pick up anything. He wasn't fighting them. He just lay there on the ground in Kakashi's tracks.
Sakura smiled. She had been a little scared that he would get into details about what exactly caused Sasuke to come out of hiding. Although she knew that Tsunade could probably guess.
She followed Kakashi to the Hokage building. There they lifted Sasuke from the ground and walked up the steps. He'd be of no used if they caused brain damage. That is assuming that Tsunade wanted to extract information.
Once they reached the top of the stairs, Kakashi hoisted Sasuke onto his shoulder to carry him last few feet to Tsunade's office.
Sakura knocked politely on the door.
After only a few seconds there was a muffled "come in" sound from the inside the office.
Again as always, Tsunade was almost completely hidden away behind a large stack of paper. She didn't look up and continued scribbling.
"We're back", Sakura said.
Kakashi walked forwards and dumped the heavily sedated Sasuke between the stacks of paper on her desk.
Tsunade's eyes grew wide. She stared. She raised her hand and poked Sasuke's head with her index finger. A feeling of utter amazement washed over her. 'Those two actually completed a fake mission', she thought when she turned Sasuke's head to examine his face more closely.
Her hand went down to the drawer of her desk. She pulled it open and her hand went inside the drawer. She pulled out a bottle of Sake and set it down in front of her. Again she stared for a moment at the unconscious Uchiha laying on her desk. Then she looked at Kakashi and Sakura. She shook her head. Then she went for the bottle. It was uncorked and then drained in one very long, large gulp.
She turned her head towards Shizune, who was reading through mission reports. "Get me Ibiki and some ANBU to escort Sasuke Uchiha downstairs", Tsunade said. The disbelief could be heard in her voice.
Then there was silence. Tsunade hadn't counted on their returned to be so quick. She thought that she would have a little more time to come up with an excuse as to why she had let them sign a real wedding certificate. She was in some deep shit now.
"You can report tomorrow", She said quickly. "You look tired. Good job. Dismissed".
Kakashi and Sakura thought that Tsunade was acting a little weird, but neither would say anything as Ibiki accompanied by several ANBU walked into the office.
Kakashi and Sakura walked in silence towards the two apartment buildings in which they lived. Sakura wasn't in a mood to talk and Kakashi didn't know what to talk about.
Sakura played a little with her hands as she bade Kakashi goodbye. Sure they were going see each other again being team Kakashi and all. But things would be a little different from now on. Somehow just sleeping with someone and then not talk to them for weeks was something Ino usually did.
"Later", Kakashi said as he turned and walked into his own apartment building.
Sakura gave his behind one last glance before Kakashi disappeared from view. 'He really does have a nice ass', Sakura thought while starting to walk towards her own apartment building.
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Sasuke was slowly waking up. His head was throbbing painfully, while his eyesight remained what it was. He couldn't see anything. He was blindfolded. "Sakura", He hissed. She had hit him in the back of his head while he'd been paying attention to Kakashi. He tried freeing himself from his confines to no avail. He couldn't summon any chakra either. The air around him. He was definitely back in Konoha.
Sasuke pulled on his chains again. "Who's there", he called when he heard footsteps.
"Who do you want it to be", A female voice asked.
"Not you", Sasuke spat. "I want to talk to Sakura".
"All in due time", Ibiki said. "First we have some questions".
"I'm not saying anything", Sasuke said. "Not until I got a chance to talk to Sakura".
Ibiki nodded towards the woman who'd spoke first. She quickly left.
"It's being taken care of", Ibiki said calmly. "Now down to business. Where's Orochimaru?"
"Dead", Sasuke answered coolly.
Ibiki scribbled something down. They would have to check on that.
"And you wouldn't happen to know who was so very kind as to relieve this world of that monstrosity", Ibiki asked.
Sasuke turned his blindfolded eyes towards Ibiki. He'd used his voice to pinpoint his exact location within the room. "Yours truly", Sasuke answered. "Now enough with the questions. I'm not saying anything else until I've seen Sakura".
Sasuke sat in silence. He wasn't sure exactly how long he'd been that way but he could finally hear Sakura's voice coming from outside the room.
"What do you want", Sakura asked. She had needed a lot of convincing before she gave in and came along.
"I just want to know one thing", Sasuke said. "Why would you marry Kakashi of all people".
Sakura chuckled. "We're not married", she said. "It was a mission. We were supposed to pretend to be newlyweds so you'd get jealous and come out of hiding. And you fell for it. Maybe I should take up a career as an actress?"
Sasuke struggled against his chains again. "Whore", he yelled at Sakura.
Sakura shrugged. "I'm not the one who promised my body to Orochimaru as payment for revenge", she said. "That's what you did".
Sakura turned around and made to leave the room. "I've waited six years for you", She said quietly, more gentle than before. "I guess I just grew tired of waiting".
Then she left, crying silent tears for someone who she had once loved. Someone who she would've everything, just to e with him. But not anymore.
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Sakura closed the door of her apartment behind her. She locked it and leaned against for a moment. That had been easier then she had anticipated. She felt muscles relax that she didn't even know had been tense.
She shed her coat, then her top and then she saw Kakashi looking through his window right at her. She raised her fist at him, but he only smiled as a response. Then she saw him nod his head. Like he inviting her over. Sakura bit her lower lip. Again he nodded his head in the same way and he clasped his hands together as if he were begging. "Why the hell not", Sakura said to herself. At least she would feel safe if he was around.
She quickly put on her top and opened the lock on her door. In a few minutes she was standing in front of Kakashi apartment. She knocked and waited till the door opened. And when it finally did she could think of only one thing. "Can I borrow some sugar?"
Kakashi smiled when he heard that question. It reminded him of his wacky striptease dance. He stepped aside to let her inside. "And what kind of sugar will it be this time", he asked.
She could feel his hot breath on her neck. "A massage", Sakura said.
Kakashi raised an eyebrow.
"I'm usually the one giving them", she said. "I thought that it might be nice to be on the receiving end for a change".
Kakashi knew this, having received them from her too while staying at the hospital. He'd be bedridden for weeks on end sometimes so Sakura would massage him to keep his muscles from getting stiff. "As you wish".
Kakashi led the way into his bedroom. It was a neat room. A double bed, with a green blanket on it. A desk and a chair under the window and a closet was to the right of his bedroom door. "Take of your clothes", said huskily in her ear.
Sakura knew he was planning something. Still she wouldn't be denied her first ever massage from a non-medic. She looked over her shoulder at Kakashi. "Could you turn around", she asked. "Or do you want to watch?"
"That was the idea".
"Pervert".
Kakashi nodded and turned around. "There my backs turned", he said. He could hear her undress and waited. The okay never came.
As Kakashi turned he found that she was fast asleep, hugging his pillow. That had been what she needed. A place where she would feel safe.
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The morning sun shone brightly on Sakura's still closed eyes. Again she felt something familiar. She was laying next to Kakashi again, wearing surprisingly little clothes. She tried to remember. She'd been to see Sasuke and she felt a little tense. Then Kakashi invited her over. She'd asked for a massage that she had never got because she'd been so tired. 'Gosh that's so embarrassing', Sakura thought.
Kakashi was just waking up. He felt something wiggle against him. Something pleasantly warm. He opened his eyes to find Sakura laying in his embrace. She wasn't fleeing and she didn't seem to be uncomfortable. Unlike the last time they woke up like this. He shifted and pulled on Sakura so she was straddling him while sitting on his hips.
Sakura yelped when she felt Kakashi large hands on her hips and he moved her. She was now sitting on top of him, straddling his hips. She could feel his manhood press against her.
"I had such a nice dream last night", Kakashi said as his hand stroked Sakura's outer thighs.
Sakura's eyes roamed his chest. She too had dreamt something that she'd rather not mention in public or in private for that matter. She leaned down kissing him gently on the lips. "Want to get rid of that little problem", Sakura asked as she let her lip brush against his ear.
"I don't know what you're talking about", Kakashi said flatly, taunting her.
"That", Sakura said as she rocked her hips causing friction between her and the now hard manhood beneath it.
"That is not a problem", Kakashi said, he bucked up a little causing some friction of his own. "But I don't have time for that right now". Kakashi pushed Sakura of.
"I need to talk to someone", he said. "Wait here. I'll be back before you know it".
That's it for this chapter. Please leave a review. And till next time!
Jennifer