CH.6
"The fake princess""what the hell are you doing here?" Sasuke demanded angrily. Certainly, he didn't understand what was going on. Then he caught a glimpse of red when the blood was running down Sakura's arm. He sighed and his expression softened a little.
"Why did you pretend to be the princess?" he asked while he took off one of the bandages he had on his arms and wrapped it carefully on her arm.
"It was her idea, she said that if I dressed like her, they would believe I am her, since not many people have ever seen her. She would be out of danger and I would fulfill my duty" She said innocently and then sighed.
"Hn. You did. I was wondering what she meant when she said she had an advantage, I bet Kakashi suspected something too, I think that by now, he discovered her trick already. Anyways, we have to go back. " He stated and put a hand on his knee pushing himself up. Sakura grabbed his arm, her eyes pleading one minute of his 'valuable' time to listen to her.
"Sasuke, don't you see? They think I am the princess and as long as they keep believing that she is safe!! And we will exceed our duty and succeed!! Please, Sasuke!!"
He didn't move. He just stood there frozen, lost in thought. Then he nodded. "Fine, but if Kakashi sends any signals we are going back with them, understand?" He said emotionlessly, not even looking at her.
"Thank you" She said softly.
"I'm not doing this for you. I just want the mission to succeed. Anyways, how is your arm?"
Sakura drifted her gaze to the wound. It had stopped bleeding.
"I'm okay, thanks." She said smiling, but suddenly, stopped to do so.
"Sasuke, you are bleeding!!" She screamed rushing towards him.
He lowered his sight to see but found just a little darker spot on his shirt.
"This is nothing. Let's start walking."
As he was about to do what he intended, Sakura stopped him.
"Sasuke, if you don't attend this, with the dust and bacteria all around us, it will get infected and you'll be the one slowing us down." She said firmly.
He didn't move. Seeing this like an entry, she moved towards him and pulled up his sleeve. The wounds weren't big, but they were certainly deep. She seized his other arm and discarded the bandages of his left arm. She looked quickly at him, as if waiting for a replay or a complain, but as nothing came, she just continued.
" Do you have water here?" She pointed at a cylinder term hanging from across his shoulder to his waist.
Without a word he nodded and handed it to her. It was cold and she shuddered.
"Please, don't move" She whispered and let the water slip down on his pale, well now, red spilled skin. He winced as the water washed the red blood. When they were clean, she wrapped the bandages around his upper arm tightly.
"Let's go. Maybe Kakashi thinks this trick can actually help, since he hadn't sent any signal of any kind. Let's just head to the tea country, keeping this show on going." , he said grinning, " princess".
She blushed. It was weird, he made her feel embarrassed. For some odd reason.
"What?! I don't understand!! Explain it again!! What did you do with Sakura-chan, you witch!!" yelled an enraged Naruto, moving his hands hysterically up and down.
"Naruto, listen. It's easy. She just switched places with Sakura and they took her instead of the princess, so she would be safe with us." Kakashi explained. Naruto buffed.
"Great plan you had, Naruto, I have to congratulate you, Konoha's ninja are very high-skilled" the princess said calmly and smiling, you could tell by the lines that curved on the sides of the dark silk veil that rested at the middle of her nose, resembling Kakashi's mask. She was now dressed in Sakura's red outfit.
"Well, I did this with Kabuto and Sasuke, on the forest of dead, but it was easier then, here I had to fake a dozen of deaths"
"I have to agree, Naruto, I never knew you could use your kage-bunshin, then make clones of us and finally, let them fake our deaths"
"It's very advanced" one man said. Naruto blushed at the excess of attention gained. He then frowned. "I hope Sakura-chan is ok" Naruto said, looking very concerned.
"Don't worry, Naruto, she is with Sasuke." Kakashi said, trying to make him feel better, " I hope they catch up with us soon. But never underestimate Sasuke or Sakura, they will be fine" Kakashi said rubbing the back of his head and smiling the way only he can.
"Ok then!!" Naruto yelled " let's get going!!"
Kakashi just looked at the blonde boy with an amazed eyes, 'Sometimes, Naruto, you really amaze me' he thought.
Sasuke and Sakura had been walking for hours, looking for a river or some place where they could find water.
"Sasuke, can we rest for a minute?" Sakura pleaded.
He nodded. Sakura felt as if her legs were made of steel. She looked back at her companion and realized that she had been with him half of a day already and they hadn't had a conversation.
"Come on, Sakura"
She sighed. "But…"
"I smell water" he said shortly. She looked up and started to walk next to him again. The smell of pure water filled her nostrils as their steps went closer to the source of it.
Minutes later the impacting sight of a beautiful waterfall came to her eyes.
"wow" she whispered. Of course heaven was like this always, shocking beautiful things at every corner, but looking at them here, was more like a symbol for the humans; peaceful, natural, bright sights, like this brought hope to them.
When Sakura turned around, she caught sight of Sasuke. This, was the first time she looked at him closely. He was beautiful. His pale skin contrasting his raven colored hair and dark eyes. Those eyes. She frowned. Somehow they didn't look right to her.
"We can camp here. The night will fall soon and since we are on the spotlight at the moment, we can't afford to risk being spotted, because it would be very obvious." He said getting his off his shoulders backpack. "I will go fishing to get us some food. You make a fire. It shouldn't take me too long" He said, walking off towards some rocks on the middle of the river. Sakura stood up. She looked around and saw a dead three almost ten feet away, deeper in the forest. She walked quietly towards it and when she made sure Sasuke couldn't see her, she closed her eyes and as quick as lightening, she opened again and hit the three on an exact point. An instant later, it fell next to her.
She smiled. When she was about to get one branch f the three, Sasuke appeared right next to her.
"What happened?" he said looking at the three, with no emotion on his voice or face.
"Oh, I just kicked it and it fell" she lied, looking innocently at him.
"Hn"
"Are you done fishing?" She asked, changing the topic quickly, the less he knew, the better.
"Yes" he answered shortly.
"Well, that's-" she started to say, but was shocked when she realized he was not paying attention to her anymore, in fact, he was already half of the way back to the edge of the river, carrying two large branches. She just followed.
Sasuke put the branches on the ground, cut some at the middle and threw them together, so it would be easier for them to feed the fire. Making the designed hand signs for it, he performed the 'Katon Housenka no Jutsu', which is the technique conformed by small groups of fire balls.
When the fire was set, he put the fishes he had caught earlier on a stick and then made little holes where he stuck them. The minutes seemed as hours for Sakura. The silence was not a good partner. At least not for her.
"So, Sasuke, why did you come after me when those guys took me?" She asked doubtfully, thinking if that was a good start.
"Hn. Our mission was to protect the princess."
Obviously it wasn't. She sighed. This was not going anywhere. As the night fell, she started to feel very tired. Her eyes were starting to close slowly when…
"Here" Sasuke said. When she opened her eyes, she found him handing her a fish.
"Thank you" She muttered.
She looked at him. He was eating already. 'He is so cute.' She thought while she watched him eat. He looked at her and blushed for a moment.
"What?" he asked, with his mouth still full of fish. She just smiled and started to eat her own fish.
By the time they had finished eating, it was already dark.
"I'm going to sleep." He said getting up starting to walk. She nodded. "You should go too, tomorrow we will walk a lot again, and I will not wait for you like I did today"
She nodded again. Sakura looked towards the waterfall. The beautifulness of it seemed interminable and so inviting. She smiled, looked back at Sasuke and stood up.
Sasuke was lying on the ground, his eyes closed and his breathing was heavy. He was turning his head sideways very fast and suddenly. His hair was drenched with sweat. "No" he murmured quietly. His movements and breathing became so rushed that one second later in a sudden movement, he sat down. Sweat running down his face. He tried to make his breathe steady, but it was useless. He closed his eyes as he regained his respiration and then ran a hand through his hair. He just wished this nightmares stopped. Every time he went to bed, it was always the same. Those incessant nightmares haunted him, drenched the pleasure of resting and made him afraid. Yes, Uchiha Sasuke was afraid. He didn't like to admit it, but he knew it very well.
Finally, accepting that he couldn't get back to sleep, he stood up and walked to the waterfall, thinking that some fresh water would help him erase the horrible memories on his mind. He walked all the way to the edge with his eyes fixed to the ground, not really having a special reason to do so. When he reached the river, he kneeled down on the edge of it, and laid his hands on the water. It refreshed him totally, because it was very cold.
As he lifted his gaze along with his body, he caught a glimpse of pink. 'It can't be!!' he thought and froze automatically right on the spot.
Standing twenty feet ahead of him, right at the bottom of the waterfall with her back at him, was Sakura. Apparently, she was taking a bath. 'Of course you idiot!! She is naked!!'
He turned his hands into fists as he felt a strange feeling on his lower body. He blushed fiercely into a very deep crimson red. 'I have no time for things like this' he told himself and then turned away. He clenched his fists as he remembered the perfection of her body, the delicateness of her shape, of her moves. He closed his eyes tight, trying to push those thoughts aside. He could feel himself starting to calm down by now. 'It's normal, I'm on the age of 'sexual discovery', so don't over react, Sasuke, everything is fine. Just calm down' he thought hard as he walked away as fast as he could. He stopped when he reached the spot where he was lying down earlier and laid on the ground. He the sighed loudly.
Sakura had just walked out from the waterfall and was walking towards her clothes. It was windy and she was freezing. She dressed quickly just the under vest and looked around for Sasuke. After some minutes, she spotted him. He was lying on the ground with one arm on the back of his head and his right leg doubled on top of his left knee. He looked hot. She smiled and sat next to him. The moment she turned her back at him to lay herself on the ground, he sensed her and opened one eye. She didn't notice. The wind picked up fast. It was really cold.
'Oh my God!! It's never cold in heaven!! Wow, I admire him, how can he stand it?…'
She thought while moving a little closer to him. Suddenly, she started to tremble due to the fast and cold wind. 'I think that bath wasn't a good idea after all'
He felt her trembling and rolled his visible eye. 'Hn, it's not that cold. Is she really a shinobi? We are taught to be though…but again, she is a girl. They are supposed to be a little more delicate, or like I say, weaker. Hn, women,' He then sat down, reached his backpack and pulled out a little blanket.
Sakura opened her eyes and looked surprised at him for a moment. Then she gave him the most sincere and gorgeous smile she could muster.
"Thanks" she whispered.
"Hn" he replied, lying down next to her, barely noticing the little space between them, not that he cared, anyways. As the wind blew harder, he felt a chill ran through his body. Unfortunately for him, and due to the lack of space between them, Sakura felt him right away.
'Hn, this is starting to get kind of cold' Sasuke was thinking when he felt a sudden heat over his body. He opened his eyes and saw Sakura pulling part of the cover over him. she was half covered, but she was smiling.
"Sakura, you can have it, I…"
"We can share" she said firmly, but gently at the same time.
"It's not enough for both of us, look, you are half covered as I am. Hm, I told you already, you can ha-" but a sudden pull forward cut him off as his vision suddenly enclosed the pink haired girl. For some reason the strange sensation he experienced earlier came back, maybe it was for the feeling of her soft skin, or her sweet and delicate aroma, 'stop!!, sasuke, what the hell is wrong with you?! Just act cool.' He told himself, sighed and looked at her. She was now resting her head on top of his arm, there wasn't even one centimeter between them , and they were completely covered now. She smiled.
"See. I told you. It is enough for us" and with that, she closed her eyes. He looked at her one more time and closed his eyes, he didn't move. He grinned. 'Hn, at least I'm warm now.'
And with that he gave in to the night charming coo, too.
Well I hope you liked. I was on time this once and I hope to be every friday for you guys. Thank you for all the favorites. I really appreciate it. It boosts my moral a lot!! ''U XD
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