Some of you guys seem to be worried about Sasuke being very dark in this fic. Don't worry he'll have some redeeming qualities I promise. This is how I'd imagine Sasuke being if he hadn't sought out the Edo Tensei Hokages, falling further into madness.
It'll be okay, I promise.
Also forgive me for any errors in the storyline I stopped watching a while ago but I've seen pictures of Naruto "The Last" etc. and assume this is an entirely different plot line during and after Shippuden.
Sakura looked away from him the entire time she was being carried, she could of squirmed some more or probably fall out of his arms doing so but she figured there was little point in that.
She was still in shock, Sasuke might have always been a bit damaged but she never could have imagined him turning into someone who could murder in cold blood.
He wouldn't let her just travel with him, she figured it was to reserve her chakra but the last thing she wanted was to be carried as a 20 year old fully fledged kunoichi.
She had basically become a legend during the fight with Madara, saving hundreds of Shinobi lives from every country.
She had many people from outside the village seeking her as a medic, including a certain someone who was now carrying her somewhere against her will.
He eventually stopped and much to her dismay she knew where they were. The huge boulder blocking the entrance moved as it picked up his ring and he walked inside the cave-like entrance.
This place had been set up again by other Akatsuki members after team 7 and 8 had broken the seals and rescued Gaara.
She had horrible memories in here, this was the closest she had ever come to dying; her fight with Sasori. She still thought about Chiyo-obaasan, who saved her life, every now and then.
Once inside he near dropped her on the ground and started searching around the dark cave for something. The huge statue that she remembered being there so many years ago was gone.
"What are you looking for," she finally asked, itching with curiosity.
"Now, if I told you that I'd have to kill you," He replied sounding amused, she would have almost thought he was joking if she didn't know him better than that.
She dropped it, she wanted to be released after this and quenching her curiosity wasn't worth the risk.
He came back a few minutes later empty handed, she figured he found what he was looking for however and had already stored it somewhere.
Considering he was the last person alive with an Akatsuki ring nobody else could get in here and from what she understood one could only get in with a ring made for them.
She was sitting on the floor watching him; he seemed to be getting lost in his thoughts again and she wondered what that was about, she had very rarely seen Sasuke do that back when they were on the same team.
But now since she had met him in the forest he'd done it twice.
"Can you untie me now, please," She finally asked, breaking him out of his thoughts.
He didn't seem pleased she had caught him doing that but he walked over to her, pulled her off the ground by her arm and slid a kunai under the ropes, severing them in half.
They fell to the ground and she rubbed over the bruising area gingerly. He seemed to do a lot of unnecessary things these days in favour of being a bastard.
He walked towards the boulder closing the exit and it rolled to the side to let him out.
"Come," He said.
Not wanting to be left in a cave she'd never be able to get out of by herself she obeyed and near ran after him.
She could probably smash through the wall no problem but he still had a chakra seal on her which was very much the problem.
She had to find a way to get rid of it, but she hadn't even managed to find where he had placed it yet.
The whole area outside the lair was familiar to her and she glanced at the spot where Gaara was brought back to life.
She looked back at Sasuke who for some reason had stopped walking, and was caught by surprise by red and black again.
"Sleep Sakura," He said, but it sounded almost dream-like and distant.
She collapsed to the ground but he of course caught her and didn't let her acquire even a single scratch.
He pulled her up into his chest and looked down at her; she was breathing softly and evenly, very much asleep.
Her lips were pouty almost looking as though she was mad at him for using his Sharingan on her again.
Finally breaking eye contact with her sleeping form he jumped up into the nearest tree and bounded away at what seemed like the speed of light.
He used the Sharingan on her because she was still low on chakra and he didn't need her struggling in his grip and falling while travelling at this speed.
A sleepy blonde haired Hokage rested his head on the desk, snoring audibly.
A huge pile of paperwork lay tauntingly next to him.
When there was a frantic knock at the door he jumped, bashing his chin on the desk.
He grasped it instantly, rubbing it delicately.
Today just wasn't his day, the paperwork was absolutely slaying him and he hadn't slept in two whole days.
"Ouch," he complained before remembering what woke him up from his power nap.
"Oh, come in," he shouted, wondering what could be so bad that someone was banging on his door like that.
"Lee? What is it?" Naruto asked worried by his panicky expression.
"I just found this in Sakura-san's apartment!" he said handing Naruto the note.
Naruto's eyes widened and he slammed his fist on the desk, rising to his feet.
Sasuke.
He just knew it was him.
And he had Sakura; he couldn't let anything happen to her.
He also knew as Hokage he couldn't just leave the village Hokage-less to find her.
"Fox, mouse," he said and in a split second two Anbu had appeared out of thin air, both wore masks of the animals they were named after.
They kneeled on the floor in front of him awaiting commands.
"Summon Kakashi, Hinata, Shikamaru and Sai," he ordered. He didn't want to send his girlfriend but the group needed a sensory on the team and he trusted no Hyuuga better than her.
When they arrived he briefed them on the mission; find and bring Sakura home and avoid confrontation with Sasuke as much as possible.
He'd never seen Kakashi look so worried before, but he felt it too, Sasuke wasn't who he used to be.
And he had Sakura, his dearest friend.
They left shortly after that.
Sakura started to stir some hours later. She was propped up against a tree trunk and there was a fire about a metre and a half in front of her.
She smelt food and realised she hadn't eaten in around two days but she had been unconscious for so much of it she had hardly noticed.
It was evening and the sun was setting; she was about to check her surroundings when he handed her a piece of bread and a fish on a stick that had been cooked over the fire.
"Uh- thanks," she responded, unsure what to say to him.
He just made a "hnn" sound and sat down next to the her.
Almost too close for her liking. But she had notice him being quite... touchy with her.
And she found it strange, he never used to like bodily contact with anyone.
She brushed it off, doubting it meant anything.
He finished eating and looked over at her a few times while she finished eating.
Sakura finally returned the gaze and she knew what was coming next.
He wanted her to heal him again; she could tell by her chakra being released again.
He lay down in front of her missing her lap by mere centimetres.
She sighed and wiped her hands off on her shorts.
Slowly forming the chakra bubble she pushed it into the exposed wound; his body tensed instantly.
She knew it hurt but he didn't make a sound.
A few more times and she stopped, refusing to get as drained as the previous time.
When she popped the bubble she got distracted by the numerous faded scars scattered across his chiselled chest. One in particular caught her attention; it was reddish pink and fairly recent, no more than a few months old.
Subconsciously she lightly grazed a finger over it and in a split second Sasuke had grabbed her wrist. It was a gentle grip however, one she didn't think him capable of.
He sat up and held onto her a few moments longer than necessary until she gently pulled it out of his grip.
She almost thought she saw a tint of red on his cheeks but she knew that was impossible.
"I- uh- sorry, I don't know why I did that," she said, blushing slightly at her loss of self control.
"Hnn," was his only response before he was on his feet again and buttoning his shirt.
'Well at least some things don't change' she thought to herself a half smile coming to her face at the feeling of nostalgia.
She wished she could have stopped him from leaving Konoha then none of this would have happened. He would be a hero and not a murderer.
She was snapped out of her thoughts a few minutes later when he sat down next to her again.
There was silence between them before she finally spoke up.
"Is there a river nearby?"
He looked at her calculatingly for a moment.
"Just down there," he said, pointing towards some more trees.
She stood up and he let her go down to the river on her own.
Her clothes were gross at this point and actually blood stained from the fight that morning.
She couldn't go on like this it was gross.
She stripped naked and climbed into the clear water, it was cold but refreshing and she could finally wash the grime from her body and hair.
When she was done she begrudgingly got back into her filthy pajamas.
She walked up towards Sasuke and found him the in the same position, casually leaning back against the tree, one coal black eye open and looking at her.
Was she not in her current position she would have admired his beauty. For all his flaws, looks were never one of them.
"I'll get you clothes tomorrow," he said as if reading her mind.
He closed his other eye and stayed like that until she sat down, she sat next to the fire and wrung out her dripping hair, fluffing it up and trying to dry it.
It was almost Autumn and starting to get chilly the last thing she needed was her hair getting her sick.
She noticed him watching her again and wondered what he could find so interesting.
Or maybe he just didn't trust her. What was she going to do? Outrun him at civilian pace in whatever direction Konoha was in? She almost laughed but refrained from doing so.
When her hair was only slightly damp she moved further back from the fire and lay back on the grass.
The area felt somewhat familiar but she couldn't quite place why.
She ended up falling asleep there, being low on chakra always made her tired.
The grass was lush and soft and it wasn't too cold out.
She didn't even wake up when Sasuke kneeled down next to her and brushed a strand of hair out of her face.
He sat down next to her but he didn't touch her again or sleep he just stared into the fire and remembered why he was doing all this.
He could almost see his brother's face in the fire, smiling back at him.
He gritted his teeth and put out the fire with ease, fire was one of his chakra types and it did what he wanted.
He would have it soon; he would avenge his brother and his family.
Suddenly Sakura started whimpering beside him. She was still fast asleep but her eyebrows were knitted together and her lips parted.
He ignored it and went back to clearing up the remains of the fire, removing as much trace of their presence there as possible. He knew someone was looking for her by now.
She whimpered again and he paused to look back at her troubled face. She must have been having a nightmare again.
When she did it a third time he reached down to wake her up. He didn't even reach her before she shot upwards into a sitting position and he had to catch a fist aimed straight at his face.
Her breathing was quick and she had a thin layer of sweat covering her body.
She looked at him wide-eyed and confused and after a few seconds un-balled her fist. Her wrist was trapped in his grip and he was staring at her with an expression she couldn't quite decipher.
"Sorry," She said finally, realising what had happened. For the last two years she had had nightmares every other night, very rarely going without one.
She tried to pull her wrist out of his hold but he wouldn't let go.
"Sasuke?" She asked, confused.
She tried again and this time managed to pry her wrist free.
What the hell was wrong with him?
He looked away from her and continued spreading the remains of the fire to make it look as though there never was one there.
She pulled her knees up to her chest and rested her head on them. She no longer wanted to sleep, that dream had been terrible.
In the dream she was in the forest and something was following her. Every time she looked behind her nothing was there and every time she looked back in front of her a second set of footsteps could be heard.
The forest started changing from green and leafy to more and more dead and decrepit. Eventually she froze, scared, and the footsteps continued, getting louder until they stopped right behind her.
"Don't look at me," The voice said, it was deep and otherworldly and the sound almost made her jump out of her skin.
She started to turn her head.
"Don't." it said again.
But she had to see what had been following her.
She could see its shadow on the floor in front of her. It was huge, multiple feet taller than her and so muscular.
She didn't feel like it was a person at all.
Scared she ran forward and didn't get far before it leaped over her head and landed right in front of her.
She didn't make out any features apart from its massive size and massive teeth. It was at that point she woke up to almost punch Sasuke right in the face.
Why had he been leaning over her anyway?
She calmed her breathing and tried to convince herself that she needed to sleep.
It wasn't working and every time she closed her eyes all she could see were massive jaws of sharp fangs coming right at her face.
Sasuke, finally done covering their tracks, stood up and left her there. He went in the direction of the river.
This would have been the perfect time to escape but she knew she'd be in more danger with her chakra sealed without him than she was with him.
Yes Sasuke was deranged, dangerous and the most wanted person in all the countries but for some strange reason she felt safer being with him than at the mercy of any malignant person she may come across with her chakra sealed.
He came back 10 minutes later in different clothes and with his hair wet to find her in the same position he had left her in.
He smirked at the way she had given up on escaping him. They both knew it would be futile or at the very least idiotic.
She lay awake for the next few hours before exhaustion finally took hold of her. This time she didn't dream at all and she was thankful for that.
Once she had fallen asleep Sasuke moved closer and lay down next to her. He couldn't properly justify why he did so but chalked it up to "keeping better tabs on her".
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