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Chapter 10: Mission: Jealousy
Thankfully once everything was cleared up by Tsunade about Naruto being on a mission with Lee on retrieving a princess from the Mist and returning her home along the leaf line. The information given all made sense now, Sakura walked down the steps from her office feeling the panic drain from her as she made her way to the street.
She stopped seeing Ino sitting there on the curb and sighed making her way over to her and sat down.
"I am sorry isn't going to cut it is it?" She asked looking over at Sakura who plopped down and nodded. "I knew Naruto was a friend but I was hoping the missing story would…"
"Strike a match under my ass and set me straight?" Sakura offered Ino smiled and nodded.
"I guess, it was just jealousy, you after all did get the man."
"It was bound to happen." Sakura said with a straight face looking at Ino from the side of her eyes. Ino gasped and looked at her but Sakura bursted into laughter doubling over from her sitting position.
"Tsunade really is keeping you working all the time can I ask why?" Sakura shrugged and shook her head. "I think she is secretly trying to protect me like the rest of the world. Look Ino I know he has tried in the past to kill me, to be completely honest he is not who everyone thinks he is. He does what he has to do and if stepping in his way makes things harder for us and him then stepping in the way isn't the way to go about things. Naruto doesn't seem to think like that. I didn't either till recently when I knew there was no way I could get strong enough to stop him. I doubt even Naruto would be able to stop him now. He is going to do whatever he wants to do it is who he is, and always has been." Ino nodded and sighed.
"I guess your right he has been like that sense the Academy, always doing things over the top but never listening to anyone." Ino said throwing in a little laugh. Sakura nodded and looked up at the rain clouds starting to form.
"We will talk, more; I need to get back to the injured and lonely." Sakura said Ino smiled and nodded. "I am sorry Sakura… my information was wrong." Sakura shook her head and hugged her best friend and nodded.
Sakura ran along the roof tops silently to avoid any others who felt intervening in her life was a good idea. She was fairly sure Sasuke's feelings might have been wounded as worried as she was about Naruto but started to doubt it the closer she got to her apartment.
Jumping into her window and smiled seeing her Sasuke sleeping in on her bed his arm over his eyes. A position he seemed to be in as of late. She tiptoed inside and kneeled on the bed rolling over him as silently and effortlessly over him and stared a the ceiling and looked over at the un-awakened Sasuke.
It was a few hours when Sakura awoke from Sasuke getting off the bed. He returned a few minutes later and she opened her eyes to look at him.
"Sorry babe, I need to take off." He whispered she sighed and nodded trying to wake up more but Sasuke made it easy kissing her forehead and tucked her mused hair behind her ear.
"I will be back in three days can you wait for me till then? I don't want Oro to think I am wasting my training time he might start putting regulations on me." Sakura smiled and shook her head.
"Like anyone could tell you, you had to do something!" He kissed her forehead again smiling against her skin.
"Everything straightened out with Naruto?" He asked pulling his blade from its place under the bed so he wouldn't be surprised by her presence when he was asleep or something.
"Yes, I did. I guess have fun isn't the exact thing to say. So please be careful." She said softly he nodded sighing and walked to the window Sakura didn't need to say anything else. She wasn't going to tell him to stay. She wasn't going to beg. She was his and he knew it.
~*~(ORO DOMAIN)
The training was hard and vigorous as Oro worked ever muscle Sasuke had. Sasuke took it without complaint killing the monsters put before him, the shadows he fought against were hard but nothing that could keep him busy longer then a day or so. It was the forth day and he was hoping to leave but knew he wouldn't be able to tonight.
Oro was finished with him for the moment his own body was starting to wear out, a new one would be needed soon, Oro had been hoping Sasuke would be prepared by the time he got done with the whole thing. That goal was still there but Sasuke was progressing faster then oro was expecting he would be to hard to merge with if he was going to progress this fast. Oro turned off the weighted air machine and everything became to light and easy for Sasuke to do. The sweat that ran off his body was heavy but it wasn't as bad as it could have been considering his body was close to crashing.
"We lost an informant to the wind, he is running. I would send you off to keep his trap shut but you're generally a lazy person." Sasuke didn't react. He knew he was testing to see if he would run off to see Sakura. Sasuke stood there.
"Not in a hurry to leave?" Oro tested.
"No." He said simply Oro smiled a bit inside this is what Sasuke knew he wanted to see. Sasuke being indifferent was a good sign that he was still not attached to this woman.
"Go do something with yourself; I won't see you for a while anyway." He hissed then leaned closer to Sasuke who simply stared at him bored.
(SAKURA)
Sakura raced through the forest with a newly added Jounin at her side as the mission target drew closer. They were prepared to attack a well known hideout. They were the men who were supposedly behind the kidnapping of the women of the near by villages and selling them as slave girls. Sakura narrowed her eyes ripping the branches down as she crashed through the thick trees.
"They had to be so far out here in this forest?" Tecka asked looking over at the other Mori, kiba's girlfriend, who joined them from the side.
"There doesn't seem to be anything up ahead, Neji is up there with Hinita they are checking the place out." Mori said Tecka looked over Sakura who was thinking about possible entry techniques. She couldn't risk this mission being the first she has been allowed on side she was targeted which is still undergoing investigations.
They stopped where Hinita and Neji were and looked around the ground seemed quite, too quite. Sakura moved quickly as a shadow came after her locking blades with Sai and smiled lowering her own to seeing no threat.
"Tsunade sent me as soon as I got back. She said this mission might be the perfect balance needed to settle in the uncertainty of what has been going on with the water countries." Sai said Sakura looked over at him.
Water countries? The cities?
"Naruto was with the-" Sai shook his head, "He hasn't returned either Shino, Kiba and Shikamaru were sent out to see what is taking him so long." Sakura nodded and looked to the building ahead of them.
"What is our plan?" Neji asked Sakura who adjusted her feet on the branch.
"Getting the girls back safely is the main priority." Hinita nodded as Sakura spoke.
"The issue is we don't really know what is going on in there other then as far as the two of you can see into the place."
"It looks rather simple, nothing more then a few guards and the girls, by the chakra out put they seem all to be the village girls, and the guards simple nin, nothing special. Rookies at least." Neji said Sakura nodded.
"Hinita come with Me, Mori you go with Neji and Sai I will take Tecka." They nodded and all disbanded.
"What is our plan?" Neji asked into the com.
"We need to see all exits, do what you can to find them on your side." Sakura instructed leaping to a new branch making sure she still had her group with her. Hinita was looking for exits on their side but it still seemed to easy. This unsettled Sakura as they reached their entrance.
"We are going in," Neji said Sakura sighed and nodded, "Alright then we will enter as well."
The Lair was oddly familiar as they walked through the barren hallways. She ran her fingers over the rocks and looked over the flickering lights. This very well might have been a old retired lair of Oro. They reached a new hallway taking careful precautions she stepped around looking down both ways and flicked her fingers for her group to precede.
"Sakura this place seems deserted on this side," Neji said then the com went funny with static.
"Repeat." Sakura said looking around carefully. When no one responded she swore and started running down the other hallway to where her comrades were supposed to be. The body trail wasn't her own men yet, so she was still in good hopes they were still okay.
"Mori get out of here!" Neji yelled up ahead Sakura tried to use the darkness to her advantage but only felt like it was hindering her. They rushed up the huge hill hallway and reached a huge wide open room. She tried to calm her breathing seeing a huge beast.
The beast was mutated and dripped green blood from its wounds where Neji had inflicted upon him. Sai was knelt beside the girl who was unconscious beside him on the ground. Sakura and group ran inside Sakura and Tecka to the girl and Hinita to Neji's side joined by Sai. Sakura ran a quick hand over Mori's body finding she had just been knocked unconscious.
"Take her to the sidelines; guard her with your life." She ordered to Tecka who nodded and scooped up the girl carrying her to the side.
"Neji I thought you would be the one to awaken a huge monster who could eat us all in a single bite." Sakura said pulling her gloves on walking carefully to their side as they stared at it.
"Marvious creature don't you think, though I a little disappointed to see that you are here." A familiar voice came from the side. Sakura's eyes widened and she turned looking at Oro and Kabuto who pushed his glasses on his nose.
'Sasuke is at the village…they knew…I would be here…' Sakura thought looking over at Sai who inched closer to her but kept his guard up.
"Well I hoping to see Naruto new and improved self but I guess that won't be happening, oh well, I guess I can watch how my monster works." With that the beast roared and started to attack. Sai grabbed Sakura's arm freeing her to land on her own and move as its huge alligator tail swung towards the group who scattered. Sakura looked up at Oro who watched her making her clench her fist and looked at Sai who nodded she wouldn't be able to use any moves that Sasuke has taught her or it would give her and Sasuke's position away.
(Sasuke)
Sasuke leapt into Sakura's room doing a quick check he sighed and moved in silence around her home then left again heading to the hospitable which he did not enter. He stared at the walls with his Sharigan not spotting her Chakra anywhere and moved away from the hospitable back to the shadows stopping seeing Ino who was carrying the little girl in her arms. She turned hearing a whisper of her name in her mind and looked over seeing Sasuke standing there. She looked at her baby but came over none the less.
"Sakura?" Ino asked Sasuke nodded again he had asked her where he might find her. He seemed a little on edge so she thought about it quickly.
"She left yesterday on a mission." Sasuke didn't move he simply stared at her so she sighed and caved. "It was a simple retrieval she should be back tonight." He nodded and sighed mumbling a quick thanks he returned to her apartment and was going to wait for her."
(Sakura and group)
The group was rather tired as they tried to take the beast down, it was working but they were growing tired of its struggle. Sakura raced forward again jumping over the beast to the ledge to where Oro and Kabuto was but didn't attack Oro who simply stepped forward and watched as she went after Kabuto.
"Sakura!" Neji called fearful she was jumping head first out of anger. He pulled out his hands which glowed blue and was about to hit her hands as they cam but she ducked jumping to her hands and back up sending her feet into his chest knocking him far away from her. She looked at her leg seeing he caught a muscle but rested her fingers on it healing it so the pain would ease and rushed forward again. The Beast roared spewing true blood this time which melted the walls and skin of what it landed on. Sakura jumped away as Kabuto came after again this time her movements were slowed because of her muscle but she pushed off and looked below her as the beast came up she spun her body missing the fangs by inches and landed beside Sai but leapt away as soon as Oro came down after her. She blocked his snake like attacks swearing Kabuto to the pits of hell. Jumping again she missed Neji's attack on the beast and landing against the wall.
Oro smiled opening his large mouth revealing a blade and aimed for her. She smiled and waited. The tongue moved and she moved last second as it hit the wall she grabbed the thick tongue and ripped his face towards her punching his open jaw as hard as her fist could manage without causing harm to her own body. His body flew away but caught the slack as she pulled him back. His eyes widened as he was sent to the ground with her on top of him crushing him to the ground creating an imprint. He looked at her as she lifted her head her pink hair flinging about from her momentum as she pulled her fist from the hole in his chest. Her eyes were angry, filled with hate.
Tsunade stopped shaking looking at Oro who didn't seem to notice her coming at all. The attacks were brutal and destroyed several pieces of his body from her brut strength.
Oro winced as she pulled him to his feet again whipping around she kicked him to the far side of the room. Kabuto was there in an instant Oro laughed and stood to his feet dusting himself off. Her punches had wounded the already weak body just like Tsunade's had, though Oro had grown strong from that body the hate that ran through her body was far more then Tsunade's had been.
"I am sure we will meet again when you try to stop Sasuke from coming home, I can see it in your eyes that you are willing to let him kill you if it makes him stop."
"I will kill you before stopping him" Sakura snapped about to leapt forward but a huge clawed paw swung around capturing her sending her into the rocky side shattering the wall. "Sakura!" Rocks piling on top of her, she was unconscious before being buried.
"Well we got the girls, we got our crazy warrior here, what else did I miss?" A low voice said. Sakura's eyes fluttered open slightly wincing as her weight was lifted. She opened her eyes little wider seeing blond hair instead of the one she wished was carrying her right now. She was in no shape to walk so she didn't move.
"I am worried the beast was strong enough to break all the ribs on Tecka's body just from a scratch she was hit full on plus the rocks how are it that she is even alive?" Hinita asked she was carrying Tecka.
"She is stronger then most give her credit for, she can a beating better then I have even seen like when we battled the first set of Akatsuki. Her battle with Sasori resulted in her being stabbed through the stomach… she lived through that and continued to battle with him." Naruto said his eyes softening as he tightened his grip on her legs keeping her steady. She wanted to yelp in pain at the sudden movement of his hands on her wounds but buried her face in his shoulder instead.
"We have three wounded, one in critical condition." Naruto said to the three medical nin who had just come up beside them with a cart and carried off Tecka while Naruto continued to carry Sakura into the village and over to the hospitable.
Sakura stared out the window she had only been awake for a few minutes now after her check up and thigh muscle was fixed as well as the other wounds she received from her battle with the rocks. Flexing her fingers she sighed seeing they were stiff from lack of moving and looked over to the side seeing Naruto sleeping in the chair beside her flowers rested on the table beside her a greeting card from Hinita. The door slid open with a nurse waking Naruto who rubbed his eyes tiredly.
"She will be here tomorrow why don't you leave and get some rest that mission was a hard and long on for you was it not?" The nurse asked Naruto nodded and looked aver at Sakura who took a deep breath with her eyes closed then opened them again looking around the room.
"How are you feeling dear?" The woman asked. "I am fine." Sakura lied and sat up ignoring the pain in her body but decided not to push herself father then that.
"That was quite the scare you gave us, after we got in you went silent like not breathing and then you would wake up and attack people but you seem back to normal." Naruto said Sakura smiled she remembered the waking up; it was like a bad dream and all she could feel was pain so she fought to get away.
"Maybe the nurse is right, I am pretty tired is there anything I can get you before I hit the bed?" Naruto asked Sakura thought about it for a minute then nodded. Naruto sighed and nodded already knowing what she wanted him to do for her.
"Is it safe with you being injured and all?" He asked Sakura nodded regretting the movement as soon as the pain in her neck returned but she didn't falter,
"I will do it for you." He said heading out the door past the nurse who waited for him to leave before walking over to her.
"How are you really feeling Sakura?" She asked looking over at her smiling.
"Like I have been hit by a huge bolder." She mumbled. The nurse smiled and nodded checking the vitals on the screen. The nurse had taken off again leaving her alone with her thoughts about Oro and Kabuto. She showed she was weaker then they were, she didn't really show her true potential power because they were there, she probably could have defeated the beast single handedly but…that failed now didn't it.
(Sasuke and Naruto)
Naruto grumbled the whole way up the stairs to Sakura's apartment. He didn't want to be the one getting the Sakura's lover when that was what he wished he had been to her. He knocked on the door and looked around.
"Sasuke if your in there open the door." He said lowly. He looked around feeling foolish but Naruto was about to leave and the door opened quickly. Sasuke looked at Naruto like he had for so many years. Filled with wanting to hate him, breaking the bond had been so important to him back then and even here, now standing before him he wished he still could hate Naruto but knew he couldn't.
"Sakura is calling for you." Naruto mumbled out Sasuke's eyes narrowed. Naruto wanted to feel smug about Sasuke's confusion but decided on doing this favor for Sakura and not feeling the need to show his best friend up.
"Her last mission hurt her enough to keep her there for a night." He said lowly looking at Him Sasuke still didn't move, he knew Naruto was keeping something from him. Naruto was about to walk away and started to but turned back around and faced him again.
"Did you tell Oro she was there or did you think he wouldn't notice you were coming here to her?" Naruto demanded. Inside Sasuke was furious, but on the outside he was still dead emotionless.
"If I find out you did, then I will have to kill you, that bond will be destroyed." He threatened Sasuke felt a tug on his lips as a grin threatened to pull through his façade.
"If something happens to her you will be the one responsible for her. Is this what you really wanted or is this some easy lay for you to get some energy off?" Naruto asked.
"Its none of your concern what I am doing here." Was the simple respond.
"It is when it concerns her." Naruto snapped.
"Still chasing after her?" He asked he would have added but stopped himself feeling the urge to start a fight with him right now. He wanted to so badly to fight him test those waters see how far he has gotten to bring him back.
"No. I just don't want to see her hurt." He said lowly and walked away. Sasuke sighed and walked back into the room walking to the window he raced through the darkness reaching the near by hospitable with little to no effort. Using his Sharigan he looked at the levels of Chakra finding her room quickly and vanished back into the shadows.
Sakura ran her right hand over the bruise left behind from the muscle healing beneath her fingers and sighed pressing it again feeling the tight skin then let it relax. She tucked her pink hair behind her ear and sighed leaning back on the bed rest she was propped against and pulled her legs against her fiddling with her fingers. She was growing restless sitting here so she reached over to the machine dragging it over pulling the stats from the back of the machine and looked at her condition.
"I was able to go home yet they keep me here." She said rolling her eyes and set the stats back and moved each other her toes individually waiting for Sasuke was boring.
"They are keeping you here I am sure because they think you might be a liablity to yourself with all this hero work." She smiled resting her chin on her knees tilting her head slightly to look at Sasuke who gave a small smiled coming from the shadows into the raising moon's light.
"I was beginging to wonder if Naruto came and got you." He nodded pulling the chair Naruto had been sitting on and resting his arms on the bed. She relaxed her legs stretching them out in front of her and smiled.
"Oro huh? You took on the one man I want you to stay away from." Sasuke said she frowned. "I actually didn't I tried to kill his rat… but that failed… we didn't know he would be there at all." Sakura said Sasuke looked down and shook his head.
"I didn't know he would be either or I would have found away to contact you sooner."
"I would have had to go, because if I didn't my own people would suspect something." He nodded and looked over to the side at the window.
"Naruto seems to think I had something to think I sent him there to kill you." Sakura winced as she used her abs to pull herself up and touched his face cupping it with both hands she bent over kissing his lips tenderly.
"Naruto still thinks I am twelve unable to do anything myself always depending on other people." She said lowering her eyes then let him go. He caught her hand gently putting it back to his face rubbing against it lightly pressing it harder but the movements were gentle and affectionate.
"Naruto also think I am a danger to you." He said lowly.
"Its true, I am not strong enough to kick your ass if we get into a fight so lets not let him have that?" He looked up confused but he got it as soon as he looked at her tender face. He stood from the chair and crawled beside her in the bed she snuggled to the edge but against his chest none the less allowing him to support her weight completely.
"Why are you so perfect?" He asked suddenly making her open her eyes and think about it for a minute. "Because you make me want to be?" She said simply his arms tightened around her.
"That sounds like a good reason to me." He said after a while of silence she just snuggled closer to him while he stared off into the darkness of the room and didn't look down at her till he knew she was asleep. He gave a true smile and nodded settling down himself.
"I guess I should try to do the same too then?"
Okay I know I am sooooooo sorry this has taken a little close to a year hahaha to get up I am starting this up and this is the good faith token that I am in fact doing it! I swear! So here is the real chapter 10. I am starting chapter 11 as soon as I send this off to my veiwing public in hopes it will lure you all back to me!
Love the missed and the very sorry Batt.