Black Hearts Turned Pink
Part 4
Kai: Guess what? I'm back! Oh and 18 awesome reviews! None bad! Damn, I must be doing something right.
Tenten: Hell yeah you are! Though, I need to be in the story a little more.
Kai: It's about Sakura, but I'll see what I can do.
Tenten: Awesome! Okay, Kai doesn't own Naruto or any Naruto products. Blah, blah, blah. Please, if you're gonna criticize, try to keep it nice.
Kai: Yes, I almost forgot about that! I allow criticism, but do keep it nice and please don't curse me or my story. Thanks for you cooperation.
Sakura awoke to the feeling of her chakra being both restrained and drained from her body. She also realized that she was blindfolded and over someone's shoulder while said person was travelling very fast. While trying to figure out who it was, a sudden movement caused her body to jerk into a large object which seemed to eat out her hip and drain her chakra. 'Kisame,' she thought, as it happened again, 'Couldn't be anyone else.' She thought she might be able to endure the pain and the chakra drainage, until she knocked against the sword a third time, so hard, it actually cut deeper into her side and drained a lot of chakra. She hissed in pain and kicked Kisame in his chest very hard, causing him to drop her. She flipped in the air and landed softly on her feet, bending into a crouch, before she took off running, not caring where she was going, just as long as she was as far away from them as possible. She found that the cuffs allowed her to use a little chakra, and she used this to make sure she didn't run into a tree.
The Akatsuki members turned in surprise when they heard a hiss and stared at the pinkette as she fell from Kisame's grip, flipping through the air and landing on her feet. Their surprise grew when the same pinkette that they blindfolded, began running into the forest, her blindfold still on, and dodged every tree that was in front of her. They quickly got over their surprise and took off after their escaping captive.
"How the hell is she still running, un?" Deidara asked, after chasing her for almost an hour, "She has on a blindfold and a chakra restraint. This chase shouldn't be happening." They agreed with him as the ninja disappeared from their sight again. 'Why won't this girl just give up?' they all wondered, carefully sweeping the area with their chakra, again.
Sakura let out a careful breath of relief as she brought her hands over her shoulders, around to the front of her body, to take off her blindfold. She blinked a few times at the sudden change of light then began to quickly assess her situation. 'I'm being chased by the Akatsuki. I have escaped them, but probably not for long. And-'then she stopped as she realized a number of things.
1. She was trying to protect a village that betrayed her.
2. There had to be a pretty good reason why the Akatsuki wanted her alive.
3. Inner had mysteriously disappeared.
'I wonder if I hit my head so hard, it sort of got rid her,' she wondered, sitting down on the ground, leaning her back against the tree behind her. She sighed again. 'Wonder how long until they find me. Maybe I should just give up.' Then her eye twitched, 'But then I'd lose my reputation as being the most stubborn ninja ever.' She smiled to herself and got up. Before she could start running again however, she was surrounded by the Akatsuki, again.
"You guys just don't give up, do you?"she asked, glancing at all of them.
"Neither do you, un," Deidara retorted. She grinned at him, causing his heart to involuntary skip a beat.
"What have I got to say," she teased, "I have this stubborn streak I just can't grow out of." Then she felt a pain shoot through her side and she winced. They felt worry cross their faces before they forced it away. Why were they feeling worry for a prisoner?
Sakura looked down at all her wounds, not seeing the expressions on the Akatsuki members' faces, and furrowed her eyes in frustration when she realized she had new cuts and some were re-opened and bleeding. She tried to collect chakra into her fingertips, but the cuffs shocked her. She winced again then glared up at the other ninjas. They looked at her curiously.
"Get these stupid cuffs off of me or I swear, it will not look good for any of you," she growled, glaring at all of them. They looked at her in amazement, surprised that she was still threatening them even when she was cuffed.
"What can you do to us now, un?" Deidara asked, kind of impressed that she still wouldn't give up. She looked at him.
"Uncuff me and you won't have to find out." Hidan laughed.
"Like you can f-" He was cut off when Sakura materialized in front of him and grabbed his head, pulling it down so she could knee him in the face. She did it three times before she kicked him into a tree. He got up, holding his bleeding nose and yelled a stream of curses at her. Before anyone could react, Itachi teleported behind her and quickly knocked her out, catching her in his arms. He picked her up bridal style then began to walk away.
"Let's keep moving," he said quietly, jumping up into a tree. The others shrugged and followed closely behind.
"I don't understand why Sakura hasn't reached as yet," Gaara said to his sister, Temari. She shrugged, leaning on the wall.
"I heard she just got back from a mission so maybe she's tired." He looked at her.
"If she was resting at home before she was given this mission, she would've reached here already," he said, his voice and expression darkening, "Two days is very long for Sakura. Something's wrong." He looked up at Temari as she thought about what he said.
"I'll send a message to Tsunade," she said, walking out. Gaara nodded and turned back to the window. 'I hope you're okay Sakura.'
The second time Sakura woke, she found herself staring at a white, tiled ceiling. There was a chakra restraining anklet on her foot and the room smelt like a hospital. 'So, the Akatsuki have an infirmary,' she thought, 'Interesting'. She sat up and soon realized she was covered in bandages. She heard movement behind her and turned to see a blue-haired woman with her back turned to her, looking through some chemicals. Her eyes narrowed slightly.
"Konan, where am I?" she asked. The kuniochi turned and her expression softened.
"Hi to you too," she said softly, "You're in our infirmary and Pein wants to see you right now." Sakura got up, off the bed, shivers running through her body when her cold bandaged feet touched the floor.
"Lead the way."
Konan led Sakura into a large, dark room with a big, oval table and about 12-13 comfy-looking chairs. Sakura took the seat next to Konan and rested her tired head on her folded arms on the table. Voices came from the outside, muttering things she couldn't hear at first until she heard a "Tobi's a good boy!" and a chorus of "Shut up Tobi!"
Sakura groaned as the other Akatsuki members entered the room. They glanced at Sakura before taking their seats.
"What's wrong with you, un?"Deidara asked, warily taking his seat beside her. Sakura opened one eye to look at him.
"Are you stupid or something, un?" she mocked, mimicking his voice. A few snickers were heard around the room. He glared at her.
"Sheesh, I was just asking, un." She sighed, sounding a little frustrated.
"I'm covered in bandages and I'm pretty sure I look like a mess. I'm also very sure that you can see the sleep on my face. What do you think is wrong with me?" she said as gently as she could. He looked her over and shrugged.
"I don't think you look like a mess, un," he said simply, before looking away. She smiled, a certain twinkle in her eye, before closing them again, thinking Deidara didn't see the smile (which he did cuz he was looking at her from the corner of his eye).
Pein walked into the room and looked around. When he got to his seat, he noticed the sleeping pinkette and raised an eyebrow. 'There's no way this is the ninja who had all that information on us,' he thought, looking at her small, slim figure and delicate face. He turned to the rest of the occupants of the room and sat down.
"Why did all of you take so long to come back?" he asked calmly, his deep baritone echoing around the room. Sakura opened her eyes and rubbed them sleepily, sitting up. She had a tired smirk on her face and a very mischievous look in her eye.
"They had trouble subduing me," she answered. Pein looked at the members he sent on the mission then compared Sakura to Konan. Konan was obviously older and probably more experienced than Sakura. He raised an eyebrow at her, a slightly curious look in his eye that she noticed. She sighed and turned her body, so her left side was partially facing him, pulling down the bandages on her upper left arm. There was the ANBU tattoo, showing clearly and proudly on her shoulder except this one, unlike most of the others, had strange markings surrounding it. (I just made this up, so I don't know if this really exists). His eyes barely widened as realization dawned on him. Sakura smirked and turned her body back around
"Surprising, isn't it?" she asked, closing her eyes while leaning her head back on the chair, "I'm the youngest ANBU Commander and the first female." She glanced at him before closing back her eyes.
"I know you recognize my face so I know you know how young I am." Pein sighed. 'This girl is going to be trouble. I know it.' He turned to the rest of his members.
"So you all had trouble subduing a girl?" he asked, looking at all of them. His eyes stopped on Kakuzu. He sighed.
"We didn't know she was a girl until she was stripped of her mask and cloak," he explained. Pein looked at Itachi.
"I must admit," he started, glancing at the pinkette, "Even after we found out she was a girl, we kind of underestimated her because of it and her young age."
Sakura scoffed.
"Hell yeah you did," she muttered, though they heard, "Sexist pigs."
"We aren't sexist yeah!" Deidara argued defiantly.
She glanced at him.
"Really?" she asked calmly, "So why did you underestimate me?" He glared at her, but she saw the tips of his ears go pink.
"Just as I thought," she said, re-closing her eyes.
"You should be fucking happy you're still fucking alive, pink bitch," Hidan called from the other side of the table. Sakura's eye twitched.
"What did you just call me?" she asked, warning in her voice. Hidan smirked.
"Pink. Bitch." Before anyone could blink, Sakura was out of her seat and had Hidan pinned to the wall that was behind him, her hand slowly tightening the grip on his neck. They were amazed at how fast she could move without any chakra.
"Hidan," she started, venom dripping from her voice, "I promise you. If you ever call me that again, and I mean EVER, I will gladly show you how to destroy an immortal. Only thing is, you won't live through it. Am I clear?" Hidan held onto her wrist, trying to stop her from breaking his neck.
"Pink bitch," he grinned. She narrowed her eyes, tightening her grip even more.
"Don't play with me Hidan," she growled, "Are we clear?" He scoffed.
"Like I'd-"
"Are. We. Clear?" she ground out, as his face began to turn purple. To everyone's surprise, he quickly nodded, and she dropped him on the floor, walking away, leaving him gasping for breath. Everyone simply stared at her. Pein had an amused look on his face as he threw a ring at her. She caught it, without breaking the pattern in her step, and opened the door.
"Stupid Jashinist," she muttered, walking out. Everyone sat back, as they realized she had just non-verbally joined the Akatsuki. 'This is going to be interesting,' they all thought.