A Reason to Leave; A Reason to Love

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Chapter 4: A Reunion and Accepting Loosely…Sakura's POV

It has been 3 months since I saw those Akatsuki boys, and I was thrilled to have some peace. I had found a nice job on my way out that has kept me well kept on money for all these months. I had of course taken other jobs and with that money bought some stuff for both me and Lily.

I was currently finishing collecting the money for an S-rank job I had done for some guy who wanted me to kill some other guy because of some reason. I didn't really care for the reasons, as long as I got the money to support myself. But damn that guys guards were a pain in the ass to deal with when I was trying to get to him. It was quite a good chunk of chain if I do say so myself. And the guy gave me extra for completing it so fast.

I was making my way to village on the rim of Oto country. It was a run down village that most shady people hung around because nobody wanted to get near Oto. I had found the best hotel-which wasn't saying much-for me that had a couch for Lily to sleep on.

I had used a henge to make sure that nobody would realize it was me. I still had my figure and face, but I was a little taller, red hair like blood, and dark blue eyes. I had gone to a bar to get a bottle of sake to celebrate my mission well done. I had drunk no more that 4 bottles of their largest bottle when I felt 4 very familiar presences. I scowled into the cup of sake cursing it for always bringing me bad luck when I wanted to have fun.

I felt them make there way to a booth in the corner of the room. All of them having a drink and having a good old time. But the conversation was what made me want to smash all of their brains in. "Are you sure this was the last place they saw her? I mean he did say it was a few months ago," a girl with a whiny and high-pitched voice asked.

"I'm sure, he wouldn't lie to me. And if she was here a few months ago, with her speed she couldn't have gotten far," a lazy, unemotional, and muffled voice asked. It had always been like that.

"Hey, that's not entirely true. She had just gotten into ANBU so she couldn't have been that slow. But then again she was probably just going to be and ANBU medic. And it was probably Baa-chan that pulled a lot of string for her. I mean this is Sakura-chan were talking about. She was never that strong, I just wish she hadn't have gone psycho on us for trying to protect her," a loud mouthed boy said from the table. It was obviously Naruto from how childish it sounded, and of course Kakashi and Ino were joining in on trying to demean me. Finally the last one joined into the conversation.

"Ugly is probably dead by now with her poor skills. I don't see the logic behind looking for her anymore. It's not like Konoha needs weaklings like her around," the unemotional voice of Sai said.

"That may be partially true Sai, but she holds value information of Konoha from working at the tower since she was 13. But, it is also what friends do. Go looking for them, but I am starting to doubt the whole friend's thing. I mean she just totally brushed off our concern for her well being and got mad at us. I mean we were just looking after her, I mean she never had a problem with listening to us before. Why can't she just do as she's told? She is so stubborn and reckless. I'm starting to doubt she's alive as well," Ino said in her high pitched, whiny, and bitchy voice.

My fist coiled tighter and tighter around the sake glass as the undermined my skills even more. For all I cared they could have dies and I wouldn't care. And friends, since the day they told me to my face that they thought I was weak we stopped being friends and I stopped caring for them. If they were true friends they would have helped me get stronger till they believed in me. But no they took the path that was an easy solution for them.

I finally felt the glass in my hand break into little pieces and embed into my hand when a comment of my incompetence was the actual reason for Sasuke leaving. I didn't care about him anymore, for all I cared now his brother should have killed him that night. But to say that it was my fault, he wanted power, and he was the one that I was pretty sure was gay to go to that pedophile.

All eyes turned to me and the bartender backed away from me at seeing my killing intent. I was cursing under my breath at the same time as shards of glass went into my hands. I felt Ino come up to me and ask, "Are you okay ma'am. I am a top medic trained under Tsunade herself so I'm the best and can fix your hand. Do you need some help?" The others came up behind her to look but I just ripped out the shards as I glared at them.

"I'm fine you damn whore. I don't need any one's help, I can heal myself. And tell your damn pussy patrol that they can back the fuck off," I said. As my hand were now fully healed and shard free. Ino had looked on as I healed in a few seconds that which would have taken her a few minutes. "It isn't lady like of a little priss like you to be so immodest. Keep your skills to yourself cause nobody gives a fuck." I got up and paid the bartender for the sake and the broken glass. Just as I was leaving I turned to the gaping ninja and said, "Also Ino-pig, and idiots, don't talk so bad about me when I can kick any of your asses. Bye bitches!" I dropped my henge at the last second as I disappeared in a swirl of cherry blossoms.

I dashed to my hotel and sent out clones in different directions to lead them off my trail I had long ago made sure that people couldn't track me by my scent so that would make sure Kakashi couldn't use his dogs. I changed my appearance again once I got to the hotel in my room to look like a brown short girl with purple eyes. Lily was asleep on the couch and I watched from the window as the Konoha ninja tried desperately to find me. They probably would have thought I left. But I was watching them scurry around like little squirrels. It was very amusing to watch.

An hour later they were all racing out of the village. I stayed up for most of the night till I had Lily keep watch to get some sleep before I moved on in another direction. I set up traps around the room premises, and then fell asleep peacefully.

Next Morning around 8 AM

I was going to get back at them all for what they had said. All I needed was to find them. And by them I meant the Akatsuki. They would be the ones to help me get back at them all for what they said. But I wasn't ready to be fully into the organization, to many strings would be attached and I really hated getting that into something. I would ask for a loose membership where I cold take there missions but still others at the same time, also I wouldn't have to live at their base, and lastly I wouldn't have to wear the cloak that all were afraid of. I had to build up my name as the Tigris, a feared kunoichi around the world, before I wore the cloak. That would make me even more fearsome.

Finding the bastards couldn't be too hard, I had heard that they were somewhere in Ame country. So I would head that way, taking o as many missions as possible to catch their eye and they knew I was headed their way. They had already expressed their interest of having me with them, so if I was even more powerful to them than I would be a shoe in and having me loosely would be better than nothing.

I don't thing that Lily would mind the extra missions. She seemed to like going on them, as long as she got to sink her teeth and claws into some food she would be happy. Besides, if I was joining this organization loosely than she was going to be with me, Lily would become feared as well. I wonder in they had stuff for animals in the Akatsuki. Since Lily was the only partner I needed with me for missions.

Tiger Lily, that's what we had been known as since we joined together. I don't think anybody could say that we didn't work well together. We were both ferocious in battle, we held a grace that none could compare to, and we were both beautiful creatures. Some people had even made a rumor that we were one in the same person. That Lily had actually been made from my body and she could join with me. It was a stupid rumor but some believed it. Idiots is what they were.

I took to the trees at a speed most alarming and Lily matched it. Even challenging me every now and then by gong faster. She was my best friend and I hers. We looked after each other, and I knew that if the Akatsuki didn't agree to my loose terms of joining Lily would help me persuade them.

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