An Evening With El Diablo

Chapter 9: Abandonment and Betrayal

UchihaSanNin has no affiliation whatso ever with Masashi Kishimoto, and Naruto or Naruto Shippuden.

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Delione- yes....Sasuke is the mule.....I regretted explaining it that way from Sasuke's standpoint....lmao....I laughed so damned hard...but as I sed above. I SWEAR that it gets better.

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"Sasuke Uchiha." Tsunade suddenly called out, and Sasuke turned and looked back over his shoulder. The older blond-haired, big breasted woman with the stunning body to boot was leaning against the doorframe, and Sasuke walked over with an annoyed look on his face.

"You screeched....?" He asked, and she gave him the nastiest look that she could muster. "You're interrupting my session, Lady Tsunade." She shook her head with a smile, and started to walk to her office. Naruto watched as The teme followed hesitantly, and they disappeared around the corner.

"I wonder what she needs him for...." The blond kyuubi container mutterd to himself. "Huh...."

Later.....

Naruto saw Sasuke Uchiha leaving the building, with his riding gear on. the heavy black jacket, the padded pants that he wore over his jeans or slacks, and his boots. his full black colored helmet was tucked under his arm, and he wore a grim expression on his usually stoic face. "Teme? Whats going on?"

"Huh." He just shoved the door open, but before he could walk out, Naruto grabbed his arm. "Let go, Naruto." He growled, and tried to pull away. He couldn't get lose.

"Where are you going, Teme?" He growled back, and Sasuke narrowed his ruby red eyes onto those sky blue orbs.

"I'm leaving. I have no choice." He growled. He then managed to pull out of Naruto's grasp, and started walking down the sidewalk toward the place where his bike was. The rain then started hammering down on their heads and back, and Naruto winced at the sharp stinging.

"WHY? Where are you going?! Without saying goodbye to Sakura? whywould you do that to her, Teme?!" He yelled, and Sasuke stopped as he sat on his motorcycle, his hand hovering over the ignition switch.

"WHen it comes to her life....I would rather not risk it....They're targeting her. We've lost tabs on both my brother and Orochimaru.....that bastard wants her for something...and...Itachi....he wants me...and he will go through anybody to get to me. She is too vulnerable....I'm going to bring her back to the condo tonight before I leave. Tell her.....Just tell her whatever you think would help you both sleep at night." And with that, he shoved his helmet over his face, and punched the ignition. the motorcycle started up with a loud roar, and then he sped off and away from the blond haired half demon.

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"Kura....Saku...." She could hear a voice calling to her out of the darkness. It was Sasuke's voice. Her eyes slowly opened to see his face, but his mouth wasn't moving. She felt his hand on her face, cupping her cheek, and she smiled. Then everything went black once again.

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She woke up with a start to a dark, moonlit room. She looked around, rekognizing that room instantly. She was back in the condo where she stayed with Naruto and Sai. Her hand strayed to the opposite sid e of the bed, and felt an empty, cold spot. Sasuke was gone. SHe leaped out of the bed, and started to look for him.

"He's gone, Sakura-San." Naruto whispered from the door. She froze, and looked up at him.

"What do you mean? He's gone....? Where? When will he be back?"

"He won't be.....He left. Went cold turkey, so to speak. Tsunade sent him out on a mission." Sakura leaned backwards against the wall, and a sob escaped her. She then sunk down to the ground, and Sai came into the room as Naruto went down onto the ground with her to aid in some comfort.

"Sakura-San......" Sai murmured, but a warning glance from Naruto told the Sasuke-look-a-like to back off.

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A Few months later......

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Sasuke stood to the side, watching as his new adversary came into view. He'd been waiting for hours. the man was late. He was pissed. Sasuke leaned against the wall, and glared daggers at him. The man was covered by those long shadows, and Sasuke sniffed, breathing the scent in. A werewolf. His name was Lucian. Orochimaru's third. The Uchiha watched with wary eyes as Lucians onyx eyes flashed silver in the moonlight as he walked out of the shadows. Kabuto and the others were probrably waiting for a chance to ambush him, in suspicion of his being on the enemy's side. Not counting that the Uchiha had nearly killed him.

"Bastard, you're late. I have a life, unlike you." The Uchiha muttered. He set his helmet on his bike, and sighed. "But, I guess that I have no choice...."

"Tch....." Lucian glared back at the Uchiha, and snarled. "You, halfbreed, DO NOT have a choice in the matter. Orochimaru has things that need to be done...and....amazingly, he has bowed down and allowed himself to come begging to you for assistance...."

"Allowed?" The Uchiha scoffed, and laughed cynically, throwing his head back. "Haha......ha....Thats all that bastard knows to do....He begs and grovels at anybody's feet to get what he wants....He's pitiful."

THe next thing he knew, Lucian waa right in front of him, and Sasuke ducked, crouching down onto his legs as a steel toed boot went past his head. He then leaped up onto the edge of the roof, and hung upside down, staring down at the man. "Think that you can take me? Just try, mutt." He grinned. His eyes were blood red, and he stared into the were's eyes. Lucian loooked away quickly, and glowered.

"Kukuku......" He chuckled madly, then his arm suddenly bulged grotesquely. the muscle and skin stretched, going beyond the average and normal human's size. He then leaped up to Sasuke, and slammed his hand down onto the roofing. It was obliterated on impact, and sent flying. The once solid tiles were made into tiny sliver like toothpicks, and Sasuke was hit in the face and chest. He leaped away and grabbed the Were's freakishly abnormally sized arm, and swung him around and to the ground.

Lucian landed on the ground on his back, and Sasuke came down ontop of him, hearing the satisfying snap of ribs. The cuts on his bleeding face began to heal, and he bit back the shiver of pure revulsion as he felt Lucian's ribs start to move underneath his body. Then, before he could make his next move, another, miniscule sound reached his sensitive ears. "YOu DO know what he wants, right, Sasuke?" THe wer asked. "He wants Sakura....Haruno Sakura...."

Sasuke managed to keep his face expressionless, but he did hesitate for a moment at dealing a fatal blow.

A scratching and crumbling sound. Small peices of concrete began tinkling against the sides of the buildings, and Sasuke jumped away from his unusually large quarry.

He looked around, and saw a shadow start to play over the scratched and wierdly patterned bricks. Then he cuaght that disgusting scent that he seemed to know so well.

Snake. Snake. Snake. Snake. Snake.

That one word seemed to bounce around in his brain, making his warning flags go way up.

Orchimaru.

Then a low snarl seemed to reverberate around them in the alley, and Lucian sat up, and allowed himself to morph back into his regular sized form. Then the bastard himself landed, with a loud crunching sound, on the cement, cracking and sending splintering lines crisscrossing every which way. Sasuke stared, instantly on alert. THe werewolf in front of him regarded him with beady, unnaturally neon yellow eyes. He was ugly, and haggard looking. disgusting. The rancid smell that seemed to come off of him in waves made the Uchiha's usually hard stomach want to toss it's bellyful of food.

Fucking ugly....

He told himself.

Just the right addition for the nasty breed of nasty....

Grey fur sparsely covered the beast's nearly black body, and at least four inch claw protruded from those long, boney, human hand like paws. A long tail drooped low down behind him, but tipped upward, like a dominant male wolf's, showing his confidence and dominance. Then, bones in his snout and long, lean and muscular body began to crack and break, reforming into it's human skeleton. Sasuke sniffed slightly, taking in that nasty stench, and managing to keep from wretching.

What is that smell.....? That is no normal wer.....

He thought.

He looked at Sasuke with a wierd look in his eyes, and smiled as his body went back to it's normal state. "Sasssuke......" He growled. "There is something that you could do for me.....that is why you are here, is it not....?"

"Hn.....You asked for my presence.....so tell me why I am here to listen to your pitiful groveling....?" He asked, staring down at the black haired man as he straightened his tall frame. "Well?"

"Haruno Sakura."

Sasuke feigned suprise, and glared at him. "Oh. And what do you want that wench for?"

"She was promised to me a long....long time ago....She is...a candidate....And I am in great need of her. I don't have long in this world, without her." He said slowly. "She is....a very important peice."

"Piece.....?" Sasuke asked, and crossed his arms, keeping a wary eye on Lucian, who was walking slowly to his left, to stand with his master. "What kind of piece is that? I heard what you did to her and her family. After trying and failing to kill her, what would you want her living for?"

"That's something that you don't need to worry about, Sasuke-Kun.....The gift I have in exchange.....Is your brother's where-abouts." Sasuke stared at him with those ruby red eyes, and narrowed his gaze. "Give me the girl, and he is yours...."

"Huh.....a week from now." He then turned and started to walk off, and shoved his hands into his pockets. "I'll have her for you then. A week from today's date."

He threw a leg over his bike, and looked back as he put his helmet on over his head. The bastard and his man were gone. And now, Sasuke Uchiha had some plans to make.

"What! You have got to be kidding me!???" Naruto Uzumaki yelled, and then Tsunade gave him a warning growl. He quickly sank back down into his seat, and crossed his arms and legs in silent anger.

"We have found The Uchiha....There is nothing that we can do. We have to find and slay him. He will become a problem for this unit....Neji...what did he want from Orochimaru...?" The said man stood beside the older blonde, and he looked over at her.

"Orochimaru wants Haruno Sakura. Sasuke.....as a reward...is getting closer Uchiha Itachi...." He answered carefully.

Everyone in the room froze. "WHAAAAAAAT!!!!?" Both Tsunade's and Naruto's enraged yells echoed through the room, and deafened everyone within.

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two days later.....

"What's this about, Naruto? Sai?" Sakura whined, when Naruto gave her a sad look.

"It's nothing, Sakura-San. I'm just....not in a good mood." Naruto answered. They were told that since Sakura was being targeted, then they had to up their gaurd over her. She couldn't go anywhere without one of them with her. Kakashi Hatake and his team of ANBU were sitting outside, in various places, standing guard, but out of site, and their human scents masked well. Sai just sighed and walked off. She was more confused than ever.

Sakura couldn't help but feel the feeling of unease throughout the house. She sat in front of the tv, but she didn't have it on. It had been at least two days since Naruto and Sai began to tail her around like dogs, and she was thuroughly aggravated with the whole thing. and the fact that they were trying to protect her. Keeping her from the truth. She hated it.

Naruto had thrown himself down onto the futon beside her, and she looked at him.

"you know...It's not your fault."

"Huh....?"

Naruto cleared his throat. "Tsunade gave him an order to leave. I presume that she had found out about you and Sasuke....." He whispered.

"So....." SHe chose her words carefully after a slight pause. "You....think that he left because of her....Tsunade wouldn't do that, would she.....?"

Naruto turned to her, and smirked slightly. But then it disapeared. "Well....IF she was drunk? I wouldn't put it past her....She can be alittle hotheaded with judgement when she is drinking and you know that...."

"Yeah...."

"Sasuke loved you, Sakura....." He finished, and swallowed. "He still does. I know-"

The window that overlooked the horizon suddenly flew inward with a deafening crash, and Sakura was shoved down under Naruto's body. THe blond was hit with the large chunks of glass, and they embedded themselves into his back and side. Sai was running out to them within a second's notice. Sakura pushed Naruto down to the ground on his stomach, and looked him over. "Are you all right, Naruto-Kun??" He nodded and grunted in discomfort, and she stood up, and looked at the now open and missing window. A shadow stood in its place, with a hand braced against the broken and jagged edged frame. She could smell blood.

She recognized the man as her eyes traveled up to see that chicken's ass hair do. Sasuke Uchiha.

Then, the room seemed to explode.

Kakashi came out of nowhere, and Sasuke jumped up, ad lashed out with a leanly muscled leg. the ANBU operative dodged, and took a kunai from his pouch on his upper thigh. He then slammed it into the sharingan user's arm, and his team mates then appeared. They grabbed the Uchiha, and Sakura then joined the fray.

As she threw back a fist for a well aimed punch, the Uchiha grabbed ahold of the operative's faces, and slammed their heads against each other. then he unsheathed his kusinagi, and slammed into Kakashi's middle. Sakura saw the spot where he stabbed the team leader. A non fatal but very effective spot. Kakashi was sent against the wall, and that left her and Sai. Sai ran out ahead of her, but Sasuke simply grabbed his arm, and tossed him over his head, out the window behind him.

"Sai!!!!!!!!" She forgot her sudden impulse to slam her fists into the Uchiha's face, and ran past him to the window. But, as she caught a glimpse of the rocky crevices beneath them, Sasuke slammed his palm into the side of her neck, cutting off the flow of the lood in her artery. Then, her body went numb, and she saw the solid wodd florring falling toward her face. then she saw nothing but blackness.

AAAAH! this is starting to aggravate me. I copied and pasted my work into this.....and then it decides that it wants to go its own way and say fuck you rudd! AGH Im pissed. it switches aroundx the wording, and then wont put in the anwsers that I put in for the reviewers. argh! so if some of your questions and answers arent there, thats why. jeezuz.....Ill get ya next chappie. if this thing doesnt get stoopid....

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