Scars

Chapter 12

I don't own any of the characters, they belong to Masashi Kishimoto

Author's note: thank you all for the reviews, I'll do my best and keep this story interesting for all of you. misgreeneyed :)

Running and even more running. It's such a monotonous way of travelling that you can do nothing, but think. And, Sakura was thinking. Probably thinking too much.

Thinking about the man all tied up, but still not accepting any help from her or the anbu. Even after being taken down, he couldn't give up being the proud Uchiha he always was. And his eyes... They seemed weird. While in a fight he had his sharingan on, but when the fight ended and Sakura saw his eyes her medical intuition told her that his vision was really weak. He might already be blind.

"Don't touch me!" Sakura's thoughts were interrupted by the same man that have been her main thinking object. Sasuke was now trying to punch the young anbu that tried to help him after the Uchiha stumbled. But thankfully, his hands were still cuffed behind him.

Soon enough, the anbu leader announced they should make camp and stay there for the night. That was enough to make the young anbu leave their captive and start to unpack his sleeping bag.

Everything seemed too quiet, too still. Sakura was suspicious that this mission was going too easy so she was expecting to be attacked any moment. And, that's good because she was on the watch now and their safety was her responsibility. Yet, inside her mind there was a hurricane of all kinds of thoughts.

So quiet...

Sasuke is not the same...

I wonder what Kakashi is doing right now?

Sasuke is probably blind from his sharingan.

Everything seems to be going too easy...

What about Sasuke's comrades? Maybe they are coming after us right now?

Kakashi is probably mad at me.

I have to stay alert.

I wonder if I can help Sasuke with his vision?

So cold out here.

What's that sound? Oh, it's just wind...

What about Naruto and Hinata? Have she told him what I said?

Kakashi might be with Naruto right now.

He's probably worried about me.

Still nothing, no chakra sources...

I wish he could embrace me so it wasn't so cold.

How do I tell him what I feel?

And Sasuke?

Naruto will want him to be the same as before.

So cold, but everything is still calm.

It's impossible.

Our love is impossible.

Sasuke being the same is impossible.

Such success in this mission is impossible.

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"Sakura?" a low quiet voice, coming from one of the sleeping bags. A voice that Sakura loved to hear all those years ago.

"Yes, Sasuke?"

"I've never expected for you to be the one to defeat me"

"It wasn't me. It was our team" answered Sakura gesturing to all of her comrades. Her ears detected some kind of sound not too far away. Her head turned sharply, but it was a mistake. As soon as she turned her gaze away from Sasuke he jumped onto her and punched her hard.

These sounds woke up the whole group, but they didn't expect to wake up to being surrounded by the Uchiha's accomplices. They didn't have enough time to react and the fight broke out. But this time the enemies came prepared and outnumbered the Konoha team.

Meanwhile, Sakura was struggling under Sasuke's hard body. But then he lowered his head and licked her cheek. Sakura turned her head away in disgust still trying to figure out a way out of this situation. After turning her head she noticed Sasuke's hands were free. And this made her even more terrified. But she was not going to give up so easily. Sakura started struggling even harder and when she was about to use her chakra enhanced fists, the Uchiha lowered his head again and whispered to her ear:

"I know you were raped, you little bitch. And then you come after me? I'll show you what is your only purpose" and with these words he grabbed both of her wrists with one hand while the other one was moving down under her skirt.

Sakura froze. She couldn't believe this was happening. Memories of Sasuke protecting her, of their team, of him and Naruto kept on flashing in her eyes.

'NO! NO NO NO! IT CAN'T HAPPEN AGAIN! STOP IT!' the woman was screaming inside her mind, but her lips just didn't listen. Her whole body seemed to have become numb. It was as if she was looking at it from above.

She could hear the fighting going on, but nobody seemed to notice two people to the side of the camp. Sakura saw a woman with pink hair lying under a dark haired man. And it wasn't all that disturbing until she looked into the woman's face. She seamed like a child, a really terrified child. And even being above them Sakura could still feel distant touches. Like the leg between her thighs or the hand tearing her clothes and ... the pain. A sudden pain made Sakura snap out of her trance. She looked at her leg and saw a kunai stuck in her shin. If only she could reach it. But Sasuke was holding her hands.

And then she realized something. It wasn't like she was still as helpless as when he left her on the bench all those years ago. And then she concentrated all her chakra into her knee and kicked him away from her. He hit a tree a few feet away and Sakura stood up. The woman knew she was almost naked, but it was no time to think about this. She pulled the kunai out of her leg and healed the wound so that at least it wouldn't bleed too much.

Now it was time for the real fight. Sakura knew she was probably not as strong as him yet, but now she was a lot smarter than before and had a lot of tricks up her sleeve. It wasn't like she became a jounin for nothing, right?

Sakura took a quick look around. It seemed like most of Sasuke's accomplices were already dead, but those alive were hell of a resistance. And then she had to concentrate on the Uchiha himself, who was standing in front of her now. He immediately turned his sharingan on and Sakura felt grossed out for even thinking about helping him with his vision.

So, let the fight begin...

Back at Konoha Kakashi was still angry as hell, when Sakura didn't come back after three days form the start of her mission. He was thinking something awful happened and kept on pestering Tsunade to let him go as reinforcement. But the Hokage thought it might ruin the mission because Kakashi won't be careful and the enemy will surely find out about the team's location.

So, since he repaired the broken wall that he damaged, Kakashi came to the Hokage's office two times per day and asked to let him go after Sakura. And in the evening of the third day he finally got her approval. After grabbing the stuff he had ready since the day he found out where Sakura was, Kakashi scooted out the Konoha gates and summoned Pakkun to track Sakura's scent. That was easy because Pakkun was used to her scent by now because of the time they spent together.

"Don't worry, Sakura. I'm coming for you"

Author's note: nobody expected another fight with Sasuke, right? ;D missgreeneyed