He yanked her onto the bed and looked her in the eyes," What do you need ugly?" When he said this, she could smell a hint of alcohol on his breath. "Have you been drinking?" He chuckled dryly, thinking this was an illusion. "Great, I still have illusions of Ugly even when I'm wake." Sakura looked at him questioningly. "You're the reason I've started drinking, you know, oh great illusion of Sakura. " Sakura spoke out," Why?" He chuckled a little darkly," Every time you're on a long-assed-mission, I drink. You drank a lot, I caught the habit. You were gone and sometimes I felt that you'd never come back."
Sakura felt her heart tare a little," You drink because of me?" He rubbed his eyes," I never told Ugly how I-how she was making me, a crippled emotionless person, feel. But what am I saying this for, I'm talking to an illusion that I'm starting to feel. I'm crazy." Sakura put her hand under his chin," If I'm not real, then why can you feel…this?" She leaned in and kissed his soft lips that he began to lean into.
She stopped and looked him in the eyes. His eyes were shocked as his hands came up to her face. "You're here…with me?" She felt a tear drop from her eye," Yea I'm here…" She didn't dare say good bye, not yet.
"Do you really mean what you said?" she almost whimpered in the sentence. Sai only hugged her and laid back down on the bed, putting her on top. "I do," he whispered in her ear. She smiled numbly," I love you." Sai looked her in the eyes, "I love you too."
Sakura blinked far too many times, the memories flooding back into her eyes. "Sakura," came the questioning voice of Akasuna no Sasori. The pink haired kunoichi came back to reality for a moment," Yes?" The red head sighed," Never mind." Sakura looked back in front of her, watching every other tree branch she hopped onto.
Sai mumbled his last phrase," I love you." Sakura looked at him wide-eyed. "S-Sai?" As she kept peering down at him, she heard his light breathing and felt the slowness of his heartbeats, 'he's asleep.' Sakura's nose wrinkled, the alcohol was still present. She sighed and put her head down," I'll only stay for a moment."
"We'll stop off here for a break," mumbled the red headed puppet master. Sakura looked at him and dropped to her feet on the ground by a stream. Her feet took light steps as she walked over to the bank; she squatted down and took a handful of water drinking it in the process. Sasori came over next to her; he saw her face, one that looked reminiscent, he frowned. "Sakura," she turned her attention to him, nodding for him to continue. "What," he paused," happened back there?" She took another sip of the water and wiped her mouth, she looked up to him while falling back on her butt," Nothing…I came back and over slept." Sasori sighed, took the answer. "You'd tell me if there was something wrong wouldn't you?"
"Maybe," she said hugging her knees.
Morning came, awakening her senses to the new day. Sakura leaned up, her body still laying on her team mate, the one she so dearly loved.
"Maybe," he questioned in an awkward tone that made her look at him, his cheeks were slightly pink. "What does that mean?" She sighed and looked down to the water," We stayed behind because you went off and sold yourself didn't you?" Sakura instantly stood to her feet, his fists clenched and her teeth gritted together. Sasori stood up, his cheeks now the shade of furry. "Akasuna no Sasori, how dare you, how dare you say something like that about me. I can't believe you...we haven't known each other for too long but I thought you would've taken notice of my personality. I hold high regards to my innocence thank you very much."
He sneered," Until you meet Itachi-san that is." Sakura's teeth gritted and Sasori's face stung. Sakura watched in slow motion, the action replaying in her head, as her hand back slapped his face. Sasori looked up at her, Sakura felt tears coming from her eyes," I-I didn't- I didn't mean to." She
began sobbing; she dropped to the ground burying her face into her hands that became oh so drenched by her tears. Sasori just stood there, a hand print on his cheek, as a remnant of what he had coming to him. Sasori looked down to Sakura, seeing her sob. Sasori knelt down and took his hands to her's. "Saku-"Sakura shoved him away and yelled," I'm sorry Sasori." She bolted up and ran off, Sasori watching in shock as her body became smaller.
"Sakura," he yelled out, the area around him echoing her name in sorrow.
Sakura looked over her hand writing on the scroll she laid out on the counter, she sealed it up. Sakura walked out of the bathroom and to the bed that held a sleeping Sai. She looked down at her new apparel and then to her old clothing she dropped on the floor. She took one more glance to Sai and walked out, her innocence still intact.
"Good bye forever…Sai-kun."
Sakura ran as fast as she could, her direction still going to the Akatsuki. Tears fell, she had nowhere to go accept to them, she was a missing nin now and all she could do now was live as one. Sasori got up to his feet, running after her in a dash. " Sakura," She heard her name echo behind her and she didn't want to let up, not now anyways. "Sakura!"
oh what now? twisted? r/r plz