I'm sorry for not updating for the whole damn summer. College is hectic, and I've rediscovered the words social life.
April 28th, 4:49 PM, Herb Garden, Konohagakure
"Hello Sakura." said a redheaded man in mock greeting. The air around the two suddenly became cold. Even the herbs started shivering. Sasori's eyes interlocked with Sakura's own, causing shivers down her back and adrenaline through her fists. "You…why?" she stuttered, glaring at him, yet also cautiously edging backward. Sasori laughed a low, soft, fake laugh that made her take a step back. "Why Sakura," he paused, "Why so angry?" He took at step at the panicking konouchi. "Or the fear?" Sakura reached the place where the herbs were stewing. 'What am I going to do; he isn't going to let me leave that easily.'
"Why did you poison her?" she asked. Sasori took a small step forward, his hand slowly reaching for her face. His left index finger reached her right cheek and traced her cheekbone. "Why does that concern you?" he laughed again at the disbelief etched in Sakura's face. "She is my mentor and leader, you damned puppet!" She said harshly. Sasori stopped laughing, a cold glare in his eyes now. The finger tracing her cheek continued doing so, but this time scratching her face.
"Do not curse, Sakura, it ruins you. And my doll can't be ruined." said the puppet master, digging his index nail into her face. Sakura hissed. His nail pressed on to draw blood. The blood collected on his dark purple nails. Sakura squinted through the slight pain, pausing to look at his nails. It was the same shade as his… his poison!
Sasori laughed as he took his nail off her wound, blood on his finger. He brushed the bloodied finger against her lips. "What a beautiful shade of red." he whispered. 'Blood red, the color of his hair.' He kissed, bloodstained fingers holding the back of her head. His tongue licked her lips, taking the blood, before forcing himself into Sakura's mouth. Sakura almost gagged at the taste of her blood, metallic and somehow sweet. Sasori pulled himself away, and resumed gently stroking her cheek.
"When I was young," he said, "I would see kids my age walk with families, getting hugged. I had no one except my sociopath of a grandmother. So I asked for sweets. Thirty years later I still like sweet things." Sasori smiled and Sakura had a feeling that somewhere at tree was cut down.
"Is your blood sweet? What does it taste like, Sakura? I wonder. My puppet body can not feel, but I wonder how you taste, how you feel." His eyes looked at her, searching her face. "Answer my question, girl." Before she could stop herself, Sakura nodded. Sasori smile got wider, making Sakura back away. 'Screw the trees. A kitten just died!' Sakura did not like that smile at all.' Sasori pulled her against his chest, giving her a fine view of Akatsku's emblem: Red clouds.
"Do you want to know why I raped you? Why everything is happening?" His wooden hands ran through Sakura's pink hair as he finished the sentence. "I tell you why." Sakura let out a gasp and pulled her self out of Sasori's arms. He smiled even more at this. 'Oh Dear Kami, stop smiling! Think of the fucking kittens!' Sakura thought, as she looked him in the eyes. Suddenly she felt cold, and wanted to be back in his wooden, yet, somehow falsely stable, arms.
"I tell you later." he said, smirking with his eyes, sleepy and half open. Sakura, before she could stop herself, let out a pout, then (Realizing what she was doing), changed into a snarl and said, "Asshole".
Sasori let out a small chuckle before saying, "I thought I told you not to curse, Sakura." His fingers again reached her skin, trailing to her neck and curling around it. "But, truthfully, you being so defiant of my wishes, it's rather arousing." The hand lightly grasping her throat squeezed, making Sakura wince, and released its hold to travel further down, following the curve of her figure, lower to her mid-riff.
"My little broken doll." he whispered. Sasori's free hand grasped her own. She felt something smooth slide into her palm. Sasori pecked her lips before muttering "Bye".
Sakura blinked and he was gone. 'Where'd he go?' Suddenly she remembered the smooth object in her hand. Uncurling her fingers, Sakura looked at the object; a vial filled with yellow liquid.
'A…Antidote? But…?' Something burning reached her nose. 'Ugh… What's burning?' She thought before almost smacking her self. 'Shit… The plants!'
April 28th, 5:13 PM, Hospital,
Ward 11: Critical surgery Room.
"Girls, how is she?" Sakura yelled as she burst into the room brandishing a yellow vial.
"Sakura!" Ino yelled. Beads of sweat formed on the blonde-haired woman's face, her eyes showing panic. "Do you have an antidote?" Shizune briefly looked at Sakura and nodded. It was obvious that she was tired. Her normally flat hair was disheveled, her eyes bloodshot. "Shizune, how much of the poison have you removed?" "Less than half of it, but it keeps increasing." The brown-haired woman said. Sakura injected the antidote into the nearest vein. In a minute, Shizune commented that poison slowly stopped increasing. "Good, send your chakra into the veins to stop the progression. I will try to remove the poison." Sakura said, making a water bubble in the air and gather the poison with chakra.
In ten minutes the bubble was filled, and discarded into a storage scroll. This process was repeated 4 times. As the last purple bubble was dumped into a storage scroll, Shizune and Sakura wiped of the seat from their brows.
"You guys go rest." Sakura said, washing her hands in the nearby sink. "It'll be ok. You did your best." Sakura gave them both a smile. They nodded and went off.
Sakura reentered the room to check on Tsunade. 'She is so weak right now. I cannot believe Sasori would do this. Oh, wait, I can.' She thought while looking at her heart monitor. 'Still very weak, she came so close to dying.'
She heard a swoosh as two people burst in.
"Sakura-Chan! What happened?" Naruto yelled his eye already a shade of claret. Sai, in full ANBU/ROOT glory, stood near him, chakra rolling of him. "Aka Suna No Sasori happened." she answered. Naruto ran toward the bed to look Tsunade. "Her sake was poisoned, I saw her drink it and then go into a seizure." Sakura said.
"Is she going to be okay?" Sai asked, calmly coming forward. "Yeah," Sakura sighed. "She was on Death's doorstep. It will be a week before she even comes out of the coma. In three weeks she'll be safe to go out." Sakura rubbed her forehead.
"I'll kill that damn puppet bastard. First, he rapes you. Ruins your life. Moreover, forces you to have his child. Then he attacks Oba-chan. He won't live to see morning!" Naruto shouted as he ran out.
Sakura made a move to stop him, but clutches her head. Sai held her up. "You need to rest Sakura. Go to your ward. I will deal with Naruto." He gave her a fake smile. "Thank you, Sai." Sakura said, heading out of the ward.
"Please mention it, Hag." he called.
Sakura gave a small smile. However, Sai added nothing and just jumped out of the window.
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April 28th, 7:58PM, Hospital, Sakura's Ward
After two hours, in which ANBU, Jounin, and Elders questioned her, Sakura was finally able to go her room. Everyone was running around the village, trying to find Sasori.
First the elders came in and nosily question.
"What was she doing during the poisoning? She did not detect the poison? Why didn't Hokage-sama check it? And to insult her: Are you sure you have nothing to do with this?
Then Jounins came; "Sakura, what happened? How was she poisoned? How old was the wine? Was the bottle open? Was the poison similar to the one in Kankuro?"
The ANBU, well, asked anything that could be asked. One of them suggested that they interrogate her, nothing against Sakura, but since this was an attempt on the Hokage, such matters were to be handled accordingly.
The whole village was on high alert. All available ninja were set to find Sasori and protect the city. But they didn't any luck finding Sasori yet. But Sakura was left forgotten after assignation. The thought that next target can be Sakura slipped the elders' minds. After in their heads she was a suspect. She was probably responsible for her shishou's coma. But she wasn't a target for them.
Sakura sighed as she ate her rice ball. 'If he doesn't want to be found, then he won't be.'
Suddenly, a feeling of dread arose in her stomach. 'He won't come here, will he? He will not dare do that. It is like giving himself in, but also genius at the same time. Oh, Kami, please do not let him come here.'
'I'll tell you later.' Sasori said in her mind. "No, he won't, he just won't. Will he?"
The rice ball was crammed into her mouth as she furrowed her brows. Looking at the dresser, she reached for a bottle of coke. The metal cap shined as the moon reflected on it.
'Naruto, Sai, please be safe. He might be waiting for you.' Sakura thought.
"You really need to eat more, my puppet."
Sakura turned around to see Sasori, still smiling, without his cloak. In surprise, she dropped the bottle of coke on the floor. The noise made Sakura wince. In a second, Sasori had already picked the bottle and placed it somewhere, and was currently standing to close for comfort.
He kissed Sakura's forehead. Sasori's coil snaked around her wrist, allowing him to pull Sakura into him.
"Now, my puppet, I believe you owe me something."
April 28th, 8:42 PM, East Konohagakure
There was someone following him, Naruto thought as he made at turn. Stopping to look in an alley, but the alley's only inhabitant was a chain-smoking homeless person. The cool air rushed against Naruto's tan face, traveling through his hair, making his eyes water.
The moon seemed to be taunting him as he made his search around Konohagakure for the third time. He checked everywhere he can think of, and that was quite an extensive list, since he was accustomed to escaping from angry mobs in Konoha. Blame his prankster impulse. Around one hour ago, he knocked into an ANBU who seemed to be chasing him.
Well, Naruto did forget to say sorry. Nevertheless, that was no excuse to stalk him. Was it?
"Naruto!" Said fox boy turned around to look at the ANBU. That voice…
"Sai?" Naruto frowned,
"Damn it, dickless. I've been following you for hours." Sai said. Naruto almost blushed, ashamed of himself. If the situation was not what it was, Naruto would've have made a nervous laugh.
"What are you doing, Uzumaki?" asked Sai. "Looking for Aka Suna No Sasori." Naruto growled. Sai showed no emotion but said, "In alleys and homes? Naruto, give up. He is an S-class Nin, if he does not want to be found, he will not be."
"What the fuck do you know Sai? You don't care that our Hokage, that Tsunade-Oba-Chan was poisoned. You don't care about the fact Sakura is pregnant! You don't care that Sakura was raped." Naruto screamed at the brunette boy, who had a moment of silence. After a minute, Sai spoke for the first time in years with emotion in his voce. He spoke with hatred, and many years later, Sai himself will say that day opened his emotions.
"Don't you ever say that I don't care about Sakura! My comrades' lives are as important the mission itself." Sai breathed.
A cloud covered the moon, shrouding the two with darkness.
"Wait, Sai, if you're here, who's with Sakura-Chan?"
Both boys yelled shit as they sped to the other side of town.
Preview for next chapter:
"Where are your manner's, girl?" "In bed with your mom." "That can be arranged."… "The reason that we need a child for our plan is..." "Preferably one with good chakra control in it's genetics." You heartless bastard, you killed her!" … "Welcome to ROOT, Ugly."