Don't You Remember Me?: 22
Sakura and Naruto ran for it. They knew that the building could collapse on them any second. But as they ran, Sakura felt the urge to look into the room they ran past. She saw her father laying out cold on the floor. Sakura stopped and screamed,
" Dad!"
Naruto noticed what she yelled and looked too into the room and saw her father knocked out in the room.
" Teike!" Naruto yelled.
They ran into the room and found that the room was starting to cave in too. Sakura was shocked to see her father there. But something stood out in her mind.
-Flashback-
He smiled, but then a look of guilt overtook his facial features.
Sakura took note of this and said,
" Hm? What's up dad?"
He looked at her and said,
" Sakura.. I know that you haven't really gotten used to Caira.. And I'm sorry about that.."
Sakura was blown away, she would never think he would ever say this to her about her evil stepmother.
" Dad.. It's ok-"
" No it's not Sakura.. I should have asked you how you would feel about it.. I never did.. I'm sorry.." Teike looked truly sorry for not asking her for permission to marry this women.
Sakura couldn't help but feel worried. Why would he suddenly just say this to her out of the blue.
" It's ok dad.. I know you were missing mom and you needed help to put up with me.. I understand.."
" But I know that you don't like her.. I'm sorry that I couldn't replace your mother's spot with someone we could both like.."
Now Sakura was really worried.
" Dad.. Are you alright?"
Teike's face showed remorse and dread, but he faked a smile and said,
" Of course I am honey.. Why wouldn't I be?"
Sakura still doubted him, but she sighed and took it in.
" Oh, it's nothing.. I have to go call up the girls, I'll see you later dad.."
" Oh Sakura dear.. I'm going on a trip this weekend so I won't be able to see you off to the dance."
" Ok dad.. I love you.."
" Bye sweetie.." He hugged her and kissed her forehead, saying his goodbye's until next week.
As Sakura was walking up to her room, she took one last look back at her dad..
-End of Flashback
Sakura found that this is probably why he told her those things earlier that day. She felt tears cascading down her cheeks and felt herself shake with anger that Oroachimaru tried to kill her father. But why did he try to kill him? And did dad know Oroachimaru was going to try and kill him?!
Naruto saw how affected she was by him being there, but he saw that the ceiling was about to cave in any moment.
" Sakura-Chan.. We have to get out of here before the ceiling falls down on us!"
Sakura nodded forcing her tears back. She was going to pick up her father when she felt Naruto pull him onto his back. She felt so happy that Naruto was with her right now, otherwise she probably would never had seen her father again.
She smiled at him and they both ran out just as the ceiling collapsed. They ran all the way down, it wasn't that many more flights of stairs to the bottom.
Finally, they made it to the bottom, but they kept on running because the building was coming down and fast. They made it all the way to the parking lot and saw that the building was completly destroyed. Naruto and Sakura smiled at each other, but then they heard it. That menacing chuckle.
" Kukukuku.. You thought you could get rid of me that eas-sily? That is-s pathetic!" Oroachimaru smirked as he made it through the flying debris.
" How the hell did you get out of that alive with Rei keeping you there!?" Naruto yelled, anger corsing through his veins.
Oroachimaru kept on smirking.
" Rei was-s nothing compaired to me. S-so of course I could take her without s-such a fuss-s.. "
Sakura felt Naruto growl in fury.
" Why can't you just let it go?! Your building is gone and it's very unlikely that you will get another one after this one collapsed!" Sakura asked, her anger shwoing within her voice.
" Well, that's-s where you are wrong.. I have hundreds-s of other buildings-s s-scattered althoughout Japan! You can't get away from me."
" No actually that's where you are wrong. This is where I stop you!" Naruto growled out.
" No Naruto! This is just what he wants! Then he'll capture you and will get power! Please don't!" Sakura said, tears brimming at the edge of her eyes.
Naruto smiled down at her.
" Sakura.. I'm the only one that can stop him.. Please go, and take your father.. " Naruto said as he kissed her forehead.
Sakura tried not to blush. But he can do things to her. She couldn't help it, she blushed and remembered what it felt for those lips of his to be on hers, she blushed deeper. Sakura didn't want him to go though. She didn't want to lose him again. It would only break her heart.
" But Naruto.. I-" Sakura was inturuppted.
" No buts Sakura-Chan.. Go. I need to know you're safe.." Naruto whispered. His voice made her shiver.
Sakura really didn't want to leave him there. She was scared of losing him, just like she lost her mother and almost lost her father. Without him, her world would really crash down, and nothing else but him could repair it. But she also trusted Naruto and his judgement.
Sakura slowly nodded, her heart breaking with each nod. But before she took off with her dad, she looked into those cerulean blue eyes one last time and said,
" Promise me one thing?"
Naruto looked at her, his eyes thinking of the promise they had promised.
" Anything for you Sakura-Chan.." Naruto said softly.
" Come back to me.."Sakura pleaded, tears slowly sliding down her cheeks.
Naruto looked into her beautiful emerald orbs and found himself falling deeper and deeper in love with her each second that he stared into her eyes.
" Always.."
Sakura took that as an " I promise."
With that she was about to leave, when Naruto pulled her close, their lips instantly meeting in a slow and soft chaste kiss. It was something filled with all his love for her, and she felt it, she also felt her face go ablaze. She kissed him back with all of her heart and soul.
They broke, and felt breathless by how that kiss meant to both of them. Sakura looked into his eyes one last time, and his into hers. Both of them saying I love you without even speaking a word. Sakura ran away, taking a glance back at her best friend and someone she loved with all her heart. Naruto gave her a small smile before she disappeared in the dark garage, before he turned and scowled at Oroachimaru.
" Kukuku.. What's-s wrong Naruto-Kun? Did you really think you could get rid of me s-so eas-sily? Kukuku, I laugh at your judgement.." Oroachimaru smirked at the boy, thinking that he had already won the battle.
It was Naruto's turn to smirk.
" So what if I did? It doesn't mean that I still get rid of ya!" Naruto said before he started after the son of a bitch, wow, where'd that come from?
Oroachimaru smirked and felt that he already had won. Naruto's fist was so close coming in contact with Oroachimaru's face. But Oroachimaru side-stepped the boy and took ahold of his fist. Naruto grimanced at the pain, but tried not to yell out as the snake twisted it until it made a cracking sound. Naruto screamed in pain, as he twisted his arm out of his hands. Oroachimaru's smirk deepened as Naruto fell to the floor in agony. Naruto couldn't feel his hand at the moment but that wouldn't stop him. Naruto slowly got up and glared at the bastard. He gripped his wrist and tried to keep it from being injured any longer, he winced at the sharp pain. He made another swing at Oroachimaru with his leg this time but, only to find himself falling face first into the cold cement of the parking garage.
Oroachimaru just kept on smirking in arrogance.
" Is-s this-s all you can do? You pos-sess-s the nine-tailed fox and this-s is-s all the power you can mus-ster? You truly are pathetic..kukuku.." Oroachimaru sneered at Naruto.
Naruto clenched his fist, the one that he could feel, and grit his teeth in anger. He was getting angry fast, and that was never good news, especially if you are the one to get him angry.
" You are s-so weak.. But that's-s to be expected, your parents-s were jus-st as weak..kukuku.." Oroachimaru chuckled.
Naruto's eyes widened at the mention of his parents. Naruto lives alone, not even knowing who his parents were.
" How the hell do you know my parents?!" Naruto yelled, wanting to get some answers.
Oroachimaru smirked.
" Oh, that's-s right.. You never knew your parents-s, did you?"
Naruto didn't reply, he waited for an answer, he needed to know.. What happened to them? Why was he all alone?
" Kukuku.. Of cours-se I knew your parents-s.. I was-s the one who killed them both!" Oroachimaru laughed with hilarity in his voice.
Naruto's eyes bulged out of their sockets. So.. This was the man that had made him all alone. He was the one who made him suffer through torment of thinking that he wasn't good enough for his parents. He was the one who took his, most likely, loving mother and father away from him! He was the one who had made him miserable for more than half of his life! That bastard..
Naruto felt the tears falling swiftly down his cheeks, but anger soon became a stronger urge. He wanted revenge. He wanted this man's blood..
Naruto was losing himself, and fast..
Oroachimaru noticed this and smirked at the boy.
" S-so.. Finally going to s-show me the true power you pos-sess-s.. Excellent.." Oroachimaru grinned malaciously at his opponent. Naruto felt himself being covered in the red-chakra cloak. He faced Oroachimaru, and felt anger wash completly over him, not going to let anything stop him from his revenge.
Naruto was already at 3 tails, one more and he would loose himself to the nine-tailed fox..
Naruto growled in anger and blew away that smirk right off of Oroachimaru's face. Naruto's hand like claw went after Oroachimaru and grasped the snake and shut his fist tight, but Oroachimaru suddenly turned into a bunch of snakes.
Naruto was surprised to see this, but found Oroachimaru quickly. Naruto roared in fury, causing Oroachimaru to fall back, but not completly. Naruto then threw another red-chakra fist and knocked him into the sky. As Naruto was trying to grab hold of him, Oroachimaru flung himself about trying not to get caught, he knew he would die if he got caught.
Naruto roared again, but this time only in frustration as the snake countered another of his moves. He wanted to rid the world of this disgusting man. He wanted him to be killed, and he the one to do it. Oroachimaru has caused so much pain in his life and he was going to pay.
Naruto's anger topped it off as a fourth tail sprouted out, making him lose all cauntiousness. The smell of rotting flesh was to be smelled throughout the garage, and the scent of blood to take it's place. The chakra was so intense that his skin was peeling off, replaced with his own blood. Naruto now looked like a miniture fox.
-XoXo-
Sakura stopped at the very bottom of the garage. She smelled burning flesh, with a little scent of blood in the air. She shivered as she felt a strong presense in the air. (chakra) She looked at her dad and looked back at the garage.
She knew something bad was going on, she could feel it.
-XoXo-
Naruto threw a ball of chakra at Oroachimaru, something no man could dodge, but Oroachimaru is no man..
He turned into a bunch of snakes that slithered around and made their way underground, out of harms way. He then reappeared behind Naruto and swung a sword around and into Naruto's fox-like shoulder. It didn't pierce right through him. No it was more like pushed. No matter how hard he tried, Oroachimaru could not thrust his sharpest sword into this boy.
Interesting,
Oroachimaru smirked at his new-found knowladge.
Oroachimaru pulled away from Naruto and pulled out a scroll. Naruto, was paying him no attention and trying out his next attack on the snake.
Oroachimaru smirked as he opened the scoll. He did a few handsigns and a puff of smoke clouded Naruto's vision. Naruto growled, more like the nine-tailed fox. He could see nothing but this fog. It was getting in the way of his revenge and it was not making him happy.
" Kukuku.. Naruto-Kun.. I'm impress-sed.. You actually are quite s-strong. That is-s why I have res-sorted into us-sing my las-st technique. It is-s s-something that can s-stop you.. S-so be ready.." Oroachimaru warned, even though he could not be seen.
The four-tailed Naruto looked around searching for his opponant.
Suddenly something trapped Naruto and he couldn't break free. He felt a sharp pain coming from his stomach and he felt his power draining away, along with his strength. Naruto went limp.
Oroachimaru chuckled.
" Kukuku.. I did tell you.."
The fog lifted up as Naruto saw what had captured him. A steel like claw was keeping him still. He couldn't move and he was barely concious.
" Now.. As long as I have you.. Nothing can s-stop me!"
Oroachimaru appeared before Naruto, his gaze slowly drifting in and out.
" S-soon.. You'll be joining your s-stupid parents-s.. All I need is-s-"
" GET THE FUCKING HELL AWAY FROM NARUTO!!"
Sakura punched the unsuspecting Oroachimaru into a tree that was just outside the car garage.
Sakura looked at Naruto and found herself shocked beyond anything she's seen. Naruto looked like a miniture fox. Tears instantly fell down Sakura's cheeks, a pain clutching at her chest. She just couldn't help but feel helples to do anything to help Naruto. She fell down in defeat. He looked into her eyes and saw her tears, and felt all anger and lust for blood disappear within him.
Slowly, his form returned to two tails, and that was enough to let him talk to Sakura.
" S-Sakura.. Chan..? "
Sakura looked up at the sound of his voice.
" N-Naruto..? W-what h-happened to y-you?" Sakura said scrambling up to her feet.
" I.. I d-don't know.. All I remember is hearing Oroachimaru talking about murdering my parents.. And then blank.. I don't remember.." By then, he was back to normal and no longer in the fox's cloak.
Sakura's eyes widened in shock.
" H-he was the bastard that took your parents away from you?!"
Naruto slowly nodded. Sakura was angry beyond belief. Oroachimaru is the freakin' bastard that has been making Naruto's life a living hell! That bastard was going to pay!
Sakura looked like she could kill anyone at the moment, but Naruto's voice calmed her down.
" Sakura.. Please don't.. I can't afford to lose you too.." His voice and eyes pleading not to do anything drastic.
Sakura couldn't help but feel her heart crack at the look in his eyes. He looked so miserable and so sad. It made her feel so depressed and sad that he was feeling like that, and she couldn't even do anything about it.
Sakura went up to Naruto and got him out of the metal claw machine.
Naruto smiled up at Sakura, although it was evident that he was still put out by the new information about his parents.
"Oh Naruto.." Sakura said, as she hugged him and tried so hard to releave him of his pain.
Naruto smiled and hugged her back.
" Oh.. How touching.."
Naruto and Sakura looked up at the sound of the voice. Naruto glared and stood up. Sakura following his actions.
".."
" Oh.. Cat got your tounge? Well.. It doesn't matter. It's-s time that I finally end this-s!" Oroachimaru screeched as he leaped after the two, trying to finally rid him of them.
Naruto stood in front of Sakura protectively, not letting her get hurt whatsoever. Sakura hugged him close, hoping that nothing would happen to him.
Naruto growled as Oroachimaru brought out a sharp sword. Naruto slightly flinched and thought of the pain, but didn't care what happened to him as long as Sakura was safe.
Oroachimaru was about 3 ft. away when suddenly a demon wind shuriken flew out and deflected the sword away from the couple. Oroachimaru backed away at the sudden attack.
He looked at Naruto and Sakura and saw it was neither of the two that had deflected his attack.
" It's been awhile.. Oroachimaru.." A voice spoke out.
" Who the hell was-s that?!" Oroachimaru said, a look of anger at the person that disturbed his murder.
Who is-s the person that deflected my attack? It was-s not the girl or the boy.. S-so who could it be?
Suddenly a figure jumped down and landed in front of Naruto and Sakura. They regained composure and stood up and smirked at Oroachimaru.
" .. That would be me."
Well, that's all for now! Sorry for the cliffhanger, but I though'd you'd like a little suspense in this story! So who is this person, and how do they know Oroachimaru? Ok, well anyways, please review! I really hope you liked it.
I guess that's all for now, so I guess I'll see you all here soon, later!
XoXo ninchick01