Tsuki: Oh I'm ashamed of my previous chapters, but oh well! I will write better stories and I will start trying to make these chapters better too! *sobs* Forgive me!
*sniffles* well this time I'm doing the disclaimer because I was too sad to find someone…
Disclaimer: I don't own, and right now perhaps it's best...
Alright, well read on! And thank you so very much to those of you who have reviewed! You make me want to write better stories!
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Naruto and Sasuke entered the building. The front room was bare, just a door on the opposite end. They opened it slowly, and inside was a long cave. Few torches lit the sides, and it reminded Sasuke eerily of Orochimaru's hideout. Naruto took a step and it echoed all the way down the corridor. Slowly they made their way down, neither of them talking.
Sasuke glared ahead, and soon another door was there. He grabbed the knob and clicked it open. What they saw made the demon boy gasp. It was a huge arena, complete with seats escalating up, just like the roman ones. The torches didn't do much, but they did notice something in the center of the arena. Sasuke took a step down the stairs, and then sprinted towards the groaning person.
"Sakura!" Naruto jumped down, and Sasuke sat there, next to their pink-haired teammate. "Oh my god…" Sasuke was knelt next to her, breathing heavily with fury, and Naruto fell to his knees.
Her hair was no longer pink; it was clotted with blood and dirt. Her blood. Gashes lined her arms and legs, and her face had long cuts on it. Sakura's eyes were closed and clamped with dry blood; she lay there in the fetal position, barely breathing. Sasuke could tell four of her ribs were broken, along with her left arm and leg. Her nose was also cracked, and she had no chakra left. It was a gruesome sight, and more crimson liquid pooled around her.
He put his fingers on her cheek, it was cold, when he pulled away she didn't move and sticky blood was on his hand. Sasuke's breath shuddered and tears brimmed. Carefully, afraid to further break the fragile creature, he lifted her off the ground. She was like a fallen angel, her face gentle even though she had her wings torn out. Sakura's face fell against his chest as he held her bridal style, and she moaned. Balancing her legs on his own (he was still kneeling); he brushed a delicate blood stained-pink lock from her tattered messy face.
"Sasuke, calm down." Naruto put his hand on his friends shoulder, and Sasuke froze. Hesitantly prying his hand from Sasuke's shoulder, Naruto took a cautious step away. Sasuke shook violently with his breathing, and his eyes swirled. "Mangekyou..." Naruto breathed, shocked, and stepped back more, almost tripping.
Sasuke said something he couldn't understand, and he asked what he said. "WHERE THE FUCK IS HE?!" He snarled, and punched the ground, making a fair sized mark. When he turned around, Naruto saw the tears that were streaming freely down his face, his infinite rage overflowing, his eyes spinning aggressively.
"Sasuke its okay, we just need to get…"
Sasuke screamed, he had put Sakura down and hit Naruto, who had been trying to make his way to get to Sakura, so Sasuke wouldn't hurt her in accidental rage. "Stay the fuck away from her…" His usually baritone voice was full of emotion and hatred.
"I just want to help, Sasuke, we have to get her home." Naruto wiped the blood from his cheek where Sasuke hit him, a slash now there.
The Mangekyou swirled and he shook with anger. He picked up Sakura once more. "She isn't going anywhere with you." The sound of birds filled the air; a blue mass collecting in the hand Sakura wasn't being held in. "Get away, now." The blonde boy backed up, putting his hands in the air.
"Hey now, I'm not going to take her away, just calm down, put Sakura down, we don't want to hurt her, right?" Sasuke snarled, and took a step towards Naruto.
"Sasuke," Said boy looked down at the frail girl in his arms, she smiled slightly and put her hand on his cheek, where he had cut himself only slightly from a branch as he had been running. "You came." A tear of his slipped down and fell on her cheek, she gave him a gentle look, her hand beginning to glow slight green with the only chakra she had, and she healed the barely recognizable scrape. He pushed her hand away, trying to get her to not waste it. The Chidori stopped it's calling, but his sharingan still stayed. Yet she put her hand back on his cheek, and wiped away a tear. "Why are you crying? Did something happen? Where's sensei and Naruto?"
What happened?? He grabbed her hand and Naruto walked over to her. He waved slightly, and she smiled at him.
"Hey Sakura, good to see you. Sensei should be here soon." She laughed a bit, but blood chortled her laughter, and she coughed up more. Sasuke leaned his head against her own.
"We're going to get you out of here, where's Kabuto?"
"I… I don't know. He just left me here…" He kissed her on the forehead and she was too dazed to realize as he passed her awkwardly to Naruto.
"Naruto, take her back to the village. She needs medical help." Naruto nodded, and Sakura looked around.
"Wait, Sasuke, what's going on? Where are we going?"
"Naruto's going to take you back to Konoha."
"What about you?"
"I'm going to find Kabuto." She looked at him pleadingly.
"Sasuke, please no, just come home…please… Don't leave me." It pained him, but he knew if he said anything, he would go with her. No, he had to find Kabuto. He would not let this crime go unpunished. Sasuke turned, and she called out to him again and again. "Sasuke, don't! Sasuke please stay! If you leave I'll…" His heart froze. Such familiar words… Keep walking. You should be used to walking away now. He continued to walk away, and her voice faded as she grew tired. "Sasu…ke…."
Naruto ran, jumping from tree branch to tree branch, but trying to be as gentle as possible, so as not to hurt the girl in his arms. She stirred a bit, and Naruto talked to her to keep her awake.
"Naruto-san, I'm so sleepy. Can't I just go to sleep?" He smiled at her innocent yawn.
"No Sakura, you have to stay awake."
"I'm just going to close my eyes for a little bit." Naruto felt something warm on his shirt, and looked down. She had a small hole in her stomach. His gut twisted and he picked up his pace.
"Damn it Sakura, you keep your eyes open! Do not close your eyes!"
"Don't yell…stop yelling…" Her eyes drifted open, then closed again.
"Sakura! Stay awake, I swear to god you better stay awake!" He couldn't let her sleep, or she might never wake up. A trail of blood followed behind them, her gashes still hadn't stopped pouring the thick, crimson substance and she could very well die from eternal bleeding. She just nodded sleepily, and fought to keep her eyes open. If she wasn't so damn dazed she would know better… He smiled a pitiful one at her, and kept on running. He had to keep going, no matter how much he wanted to turn back and kill Kabuto, yet he kept going. You better return alright, Sasuke.
"The village is just ahead Sakura, not long now! Just you wait!"
"Kabuto," Sasuke snarled, his eyes swirled once, menacingly. The indicated man smiled, and rose from one of the seats in the stands.
He pushed his glasses up. "Good to see you Sasuke. Quite a show, quite a show. So I guess I made the right choice when I took that little wench as a hostage, huh? I admit, at first I was a bit worried you wouldn't show up, and I'd have to just kill her, she was quite annoying. But look at you now, you showed up faster than I thought Tsunade could work. Or wait," he smiled further. "You did ask her, didn't you? It really isn't polite to just leave; you of all people should know the consequences."
"You fucking bastard! I'LL SLAUGHTER YOU LIKE A LAMB!" Fuck, He thought, why didn't I get my katana? Nonetheless Sasuke flew after him, screaming at the top of his lungs. Just as he reaching him, throwing a punch, Kabuto appeared down in the center of the arena.
"So blind with anger Sasuke, are you sure you can fight like this?" He laughed.
Sasuke flash stepped behind him, and shoved a kunai in his back, Kabuto groaned and jumped forward, throwing senbon. He used the bloodied kunai to deflect the little needles, and did his hand signs.
"Katon: Gokakyu No Jutsu (Release: Grand Fireball Technique)!" A huge flame erupted from Sasuke's mouth, but Kabuto dodged it, yet the jutsus kept coming. "Seneijashu (Hidden Shadow Snake Hand)!!" Snakes flew from his wrists, grabbing onto Kabuto with their long fangs and injecting a poison.
Kabuto gasped, one of them had grasped his neck. He lifted his hands. "Nehan Shoja No Jutsu (temple of nirvana technique)!" Sasuke knew Kabuto's jutsus well enough to know this was meant to knock him out, yet he also knew how to deactivate it. He put his hands into the tiger seal, and the jutsu was cancelled out. "Damn you Sasuke…"
"Fuck you, Kabuto." He smirked.
"Sasuke, you can't kill me, what about all the power you want?"
"You mean the power I already have? I'll see you in hell, bastard, and for the record, let this be a lesson to everyone as to what happens when you fuck with Sakura."
"Not so fast, Inyu Shometsu (secret healing wound destruction)!" He thought he's won because he can recreate cells now… idiot.
Sasuke glared, and his Mangekyou swirled. He'd never tried this, but there was a first time for everything. "Tsukuyomi (moon reader)." His world spun into negative, and Kabuto screamed a blood curdling sound. Time warped and he felt the power rushing through him. This is what it feels like… unlimited power here, I am the controller… He lifted his head and laughed, he would enjoy this. Sasuke took a crazy look in his negative color eyes, and stared at Kabuto who hung on a wooden plank now.
"Welcome to Hell." Katana's stabbed into the medic, and he screamed. "You'll be here for long enough, so why don't you explain to me just what happened with Sakura." Blood flew as Sasuke impaled him through the chest, where his heart was, and he screamed again. "What are you screaming for? People like you don't have hearts." He twisted the blade in a full circle in his chest and laughed maniacally. "Only seventy-two hours to go, Kabuto…"
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Tsuki: ooh, evil Sasuke! Haha, Tsukuyomi, that's cool. *child-like smile and wags tail* Well it went okay I suppose, the next chapter will be very love-oriented. See you then.
