The Perfect Plan
ItaSasu
Author's Note: What…? I'm alive? O.o Wow. Sorry everyone….. (oh, here come the excuses) Complete lack of free time and inspiration, plus, I am in a really serious year at school so I have a heck of a lot of work to do. I'm sorry!
This chapter, well, as I write now, I still have no idea what to write but we'll see, I guess… damn, I bet other people are so organised and know what to write… I just… write… xD Can't be a good technique. Well, let's go then!
I bring you… the long awaited chapter 16! Woo! –claps-
Chapter 16 – Urgency and Short Breaths
I led the way because I knew where we were going: the Akatsuki hideout. Naruto should be there.
Sakura was a couple of metres behind me and I could hear her breathing heavily. Tired already? We'd only been sprinting for three hours, honestly. I stopped suddenly and she ran another two metres before stopping too.
"What is it, Sasuke-kun?" she asked, donning a concerned expression.
"You're tired. Rest."
The whole resting business always pissed me off. It put us behind on missions and training. I always thought, if stamina were infinite, my ninja skills would be hundreds of times better than they were. I could train all day and all night and complete missions with ease. But unfortunately, stamina did eventually run out (or rather, Sakura's depleted pretty quickly) and it always put us back an hour or so. Naruto could have been miles away by the time we'd recuperated.
"Oh…" she said after a pause, looking at her feet. "Uh… I…"
What was it now? It always pissed me off when she acted like that. I wished she'd just get a move on and spit out whatever crappy fangirl thing she had to say. I sat down on the thick branch we had stopped on, dangling my legs over one side and looking down the twenty or so feet to the ground. I was hardly tired at all. Tch.
The girl ummed and ahhed a little longer before she also sat down on the branch (surprisingly, she didn't come and sit right next to me).
I closed my eyes and submerged myself in a sea of thoughts. Naruto… Itachi…. Sakura…
Before too long, Sakura spoke and stood up, startling me slightly, "Okay. Naruto could be in any sort of trouble. We have to rescue him before its too late." I looked up at her out of the corner of my eye. The determination was pretty evident. She'd matured a heck of a lot more than I'd bothered to take notice of. And not just mentally. She was a real woman now… damn popular with the guys… and you know what? She still looked at me in that way. Still went shy and giggly if I so much as looked at her. 5 years later and she hadn't changed, despite my constant rejection. And yet now, I'd never seen such determination in her eyes… it was weird. She was like a different person. Curious, I stood up and walked over to her.
"What were you going to say earlier?" I asked her firmly.
She turned quickly, an expression of embarrassment and fear on her face.
"Say it." I loved having this power over her. Even if she did get kind of annoying.
"…I…" she wasn't looking at me. "I…. just…. Wondered what happened… at the Akatsuki hideout…"
"I'm alive, aren't I?"
"No… I meant… what did they do to you…?"
She looked up at me. I couldn't escape her eyes. They were so pleading. Damn, this was annoying. I wished she wouldn't put me on the spot like that. Why was she standing so close? And why did I feel so awkward? And hot?
"I- They-" Wait… was this my voice? Agh, I was getting stuttery and irritating just like her!! Was it rubbing off on me somehow? Must get out of this… I couldn't move. I was frozen. It wasn't jutsu, no… I just couldn't move… How do I get out of this…?
"Sasuke-kun…" She was so close. I couldn't go anywhere. She was moving closer! Damn! I willed my feet to move… her hand fell on my shoulder.
It all happened so fast. Her lips crashed onto mine. All I could do was stare forwards… but I couldn't see Sakura. Sure, I felt her… tasted her… sugary… but I saw him. Those dark eyes. Was that why I kissed back? Is that why I held her too?
Shit…
Is he the reason we ended up breathing hard… pushing hard… crying out…? It was like I couldn't control myself. There was an urgency in my body telling me how I needed him so badly…
"Ah… ah…"
She moaned loudly… but it resounded in my ears in that deep, emotionless voice…
She touched me… but at the same time… he touched me… it was as if I'd entered another world…
Then…
"Sasuke-kun…" she let out a long drawn out moan and I was brought back down to earth suddenly. I looked down. Haruno Sakura. Her face was flushed, sweating and her hair was a mess. Look, there were my fingers tangled in it. Her arms were round my neck.
"Sasuke-kun…" she whispered, panting, her hands starting to stroke my own hair. "I love you…"
No…
…
"No… no… NO!" I cried out, my eyes so wide they could pop out. I began breathing even more sharply. I detangled my fingers and jumped back from her, fumbling for my clothes and pulling them on blindly. No… it had not happened…
She sat up… "Sasuke-kun?" I couldn't bear that hurt look in her eyes. She was so naked, so exposed. I couldn't look at her. I couldn't be with her! I'd fooled her, mistreated her, lied to her… this was so much than all those rejections I gave her. And not only that… Itachi…
If he found out… what would he do to me? I needed him! I had to find him! I needed to be rescued! Itachi!
So I ran. I had no idea what I was doing or where I was going… I just ran. I ran as fast as I could, ignoring Sakura's cries. They faded and grew more distant and it was only seconds before they disappeared altogether.
What had I done? …surely it was not true? No… I realised why my fingers were so sticky… I'd really done it… there was no escape.
I, Uchiha Sasuke had had sex with my team mate and friend, Haruno Sakura. What about Naruto? I didn't know what to do… I couldn't face him or her now… all I could think of was to escape… and get away. If I ran far enough, would my troubles go away?
It was dark now. I'd been running for hours and I was low on energy but I couldn't stop my legs – they'd gone into auto pilot, programmed never to stop. I wasn't watching the path ahead. All I could see was Sakura, panting and smiling, telling me she loved me… and then him…
Waah…! I suddenly felt more horizontal than usual and I realised that I'd stopped. My head hurt. I then realised I'd slammed into something. No, I had to keep going. Breathing heavily, I lifted my head from the dirt and focused my eyes.
…
No…
Feet.
…
A black cloak…
…
Slowly, I raised my head to face a tall cloaked silhouette.
"Oh? You're back, I see."
A voice like dark velvet…
No… it wasn't-!
Author's Note: ….omg cliffhanger. xD Just cause I had writer's block doesn't mean I can't be mean and have a cliffhanger. Even if the outcome is kinda obvious… hahaha.
Well, I have writer's unblock now. Or rather I didn't. Though the end of this chapter wasn't part of my plan. Hehe oh well I'll have to figure out how to get back into my original plot.
Well, I really hope you all enjoyed the chapter. I read every single review and I apologise for depriving you of the next chapter! More should come soon, I hope. Bye bye for now xx