"Sasuke, are you sure you want to go through with this?" Naruto asked as he watched Sasuke turn around & close the door to his apartment.
"Of course she's perfect, she's strong, she's beautiful, & she's loved buy everyone." Sasuke said as he sat down on the amazingly bright orange couch.
"Yeah I know, but what about Sakura, I mean you're the reason she's the way she is, & she's done so much for you, Sasuke she convinced the elder's & the whole council to allow you to live, she convinced them that the others would be good for Konoha." Naruto said as he looked at his best friend, his brother.
"Naruto, Sakuras weak, she always will be, I can't have that in my clan, Uchihas are all strong, Sakura won't ever be my wife, & she will never bear an Uchiha child ever." Sasuke said as he got off the couch, with a shocked Naruto watching him, he was about to turn the door knob when Naruto finally got the courage to talk.
"Sasuke, the things you say about her aren't true, & one day they'll come back to haunt you, for some reason I'm scared for her, cause when that day does come you'll finally break her mentally & physically." Naruto said as he looked at Sasuke. Sasuke walked out & shut the door.
Sasuke walked down the dirt road, he stopped at a clothing stand, he watched as the red haired kunoichi searched the racks for something she liked. From what he could tell the women hadn't noticed him because if she did, he would have been jumped on.
He walked up to the burgundy women, who still hadn't noticed him, & wrapped his arms around her.
"Have you found anything you like?" He said as he nuzzled his nose in the women's hair.
"Ahhh... (The girl jumped & turned around to face him) Sasuke-kun I didn't know you were here, how long have you been here?" the woman replied as she wrapped her arms around his neck.
Sasuke let go of the girl, leading her out into the middle of the road. & bent down on one knee, by now he had got everyone's attention.
"Karin will you marry me?" Sasuke said as he pulled out the box & opened it. Revealing a gold ring with a yellow gemstone shaped like a crescent moon in the middle of it with many little diamonds surrounding it.
The next thing he knew he was tackled down. To him that was a yes.
"So, are you telling me you want me to get her to tell us where it is?" Pein said as he closed his eyes knowing he was going to be in here for a while.
"No….. (Sigh) only a fool would want that information." Came his reply.
"What was the scroll her father wanted?"
"Well you wouldn't understand unless I told you the whole story about Shinden no Kwan Yin."
"So tell me, Konans with Haruno-san, so I have all the time in the world right now." Pein stated.
"Well it's just a story so, bear with me here. Shinden no Kwan Yin was built clearly by the worshipers of Kwan Yin, the goddess of compassion, well they say the reason it was built was to hide the scroll of Tengoku Shuujin (Heavens Prisoners) Anyway the worshipers once believed that if you got your hands on that scroll you would release the Shuujin, if you killed every last one of them you'd get the world in return, The people of a bandit gang believed this so they stole the scroll. What they got was a bloody hell. They were killed on the spot by monsters; people believed that this is where the nine bijuu came from. Well then the scroll vanished along with the temple, the only evidence there was at the time was the bodies of the bandits, also the villagers & worshipers." Madara explained
"What does the scroll that Sakuras father wanted have to do with this?" Pein asked fully interested in where this was going.
"One of the member of the bandits backed out of everything at last minute, he was the one who came back to see if they were okay, he found everything. The man created a scroll called Komichi mo Jigoku (Path to Hell) he wrote down how to find the Shinden & Scroll, but there was also another scroll he wrote called Komichi Keshimasu (Path Eraser) which is said to erase the scroll & the Shinden automatically, but it can if the user wishes to bring it back from being vanished I guess you can say, but the catch to erase it would mean that they would have to seal it inside the purest forms blessed by Kwan Yin herself."
"So which scroll did he ask for?" Pein asked opening his steel colored eyes.
"Komichi Keshimasu, but you have to remember this stuff happened centuries before I was even born" Madara said leaning forward on his desk.
"Ah, right, so that's why the gang attacked on his family he was gonna make sure it was never going be found ever again, but tell me how did the last man know how to find the Shinden & the scroll if they vanished before he came back?"Pein questioned wanting to know more on the story.
"He took that answer to his grave." Madara answered.
"Konan-san do you really think I should've heard that information?" Sakura asked as she & Konan walked back to her & Peins chambers, Konan had told her that instead of being in the observation room, that Madara thought she should be watched more closely, because eventually she'd escape from there, & they wanted a happy medic so they put her with Pein since he was the only one who could deal with her, since she didn't fear Itachi & Kisame seemed like he wanted to rip her shreds, & Zetsu probably would rather eat her right now.
"Don't worry about it Sakura you're going to be with Pein & you'll hear more from being with him than you could with me besides Madara won't be mad, if that's what your worrying about." Konan explained as she & Sakura walked through the long hallway.
"Konan- san I have to ask why you chose me to be the medic for you, I mean I'm sure there are a lot of medics out there that could've done it." Sakura said as she & Konan came up to her door, she opened it to find that Pein was thankfully still not there.
"Simple you're the best & my babies going to be birthed by the best, not to mention, you know the Akatsuki better than anyone else, I mean if we would have taken the Godaimes apprentice then we would always have to worry about my child's health, we'd also be on the move a lot, because of Itachi's little brother." Konan explained as she sat back down on the bed as she watched Sakura take a seat back on the window sill.
"Also because we know that your weakness is children, & the fact that you are so familiar with the member of Akatsuki, to a point that you aren't scared to death, to even move is all the much better, besides, I'd rather have my worst enemy birth my child than one of Orochimarus minions." Konan said as she began making paper cranes again.
"Ah."
"Why did you asked me why I wore baggy clothes?" Sakura asked as she played with her hair twirling it around her fingers.
"Simple, you have an amazing body, & yet you hide it why?"Konan asked she waited for an answer but only got since she was gonna get up to leave when she heard Sakuras quite voice.
"When I was younger people used to make fun of my forehead & hair saying I was ugly, one day a girl came to my rescue, she was my first friend & never again did anyone make fun of me……..After Sasuke came back with that girl Karin I was once reminded of how ugly I was but this time she said it was my body; she would say that I couldn't even whore myself because no man was so desperate enough to have me. At the time what she said made sense to me, no man had ever looked at me, that way, & Sasuke, Naruto, & Sai never looked at me in such a way either that it got to me & I started to hide my body, only showing it when I needed to." Sakura explained as she looked out the window.
Konan sat there; even though Sakuras voice was low she could still hear what she said. It was hard for her to believe that the girl was actually telling her something personal about herself. She met Karin a couple of times, she really didn't like her either, and there was something seriously wrong with her. Orochimarus followers were allows mentally sick somehow, he just made it worst. It was no secret that Karin was dating the youngest Uchiha but, Konan had read Sakuras files; there was one thing that caught her attention. Sakura had never left her house around the same time that Sasuke announced he was courting Karin, she also read that Sakura had convinced the village council to allow the brat to live, also to allow the rest of team Hebi to stay in Konoha as Konoha Shinobi as well. She had done so much for the boy & yet he chooses some ditz.
Konan was about to say something but the door opened & Pein walked in.
"Konan, Madara wishes to speak with you." Pein said as he walked further into the room he watched as Konan left the room till he walked over to Sakura.
Looking out the same window as she he couldn't help but wonder what Sakura was thinking.
"I see you changed." Pein said as he watched Sakura from the corner of his eye.
"Uh huh" Sakura said as she continued to play with her hair.
"So who's DNA did they give you, for the bracelet?" Pein asked
Sakura turned her head away from the windows view & to Pein. She really didn't want to tell him but it wasn't like it would matter any how nobody but the elders, Tsunade, & Jiraiya knew where to find the body.
"The Nidaimes." Sakura said she could have sworn that she saw Peins eyes widen a fraction but as soon as she saw it, it was also gone.
"That's interesting."
A knock interrupted their conversation, "Come in" Pein called as he turned his head to see who was at the door.
"Pein-sama lunch will be ready in ten minutes." Said the young girl. Sakuras thoughts went back to this morning trying to figure out why this child was even here.
"Arigato" Pein said as he turned around to look at the view again. The door closed as the young girl left.
"She's so young, how did she get here?" Sakura said still looking at the door
"Her name is Hotaru; her mother used to be a servant here for Hanzo, but she died of some kind of illness. She was the eldest of three her younger brothers are twins, they were at least four months old when her mother died, & her father died of a heart attack when she was eight years, & her brother's father was a rapist. Hanzo never allowed young women to work for him so when his time ended I allowed her to work here as my personal servant." Pein stated.
"Oh right I'm famished." Sakura replied as she followed Pein out of the room.
They walked in silence for the remainder of their journey through the maze like manor. Pein the whole while tried hard not o turn his head in her direction, it wasn't until they had started walking side by side did he notice what Sakura was wearing, it was perfect for her body & it showed off the right curves & it kept the imagination going. Sakura had the top half of her hair in chop sticks while the bottom half went straight down to her hips, it was amazing to him that this was the same girl, that was beheading two missing-nin a week ago, & now she looks like she could be the most innocent person in the world. It was odd to for him to have a women so close to him, the only women he had ever really been close with was Konan so he was used to her, & her ways. They approached the door & he being a gentleman opened the door & allowed her to go in first.
As Sakura walked into the room she had abruptly stopped, the room she & Pein had entered wasn't a room it was a balcony, & the view was gorgeous she could tell there was a jutsu to make it look like it was night when in reality it was the afternoon, but the way it looked was stunning; the stars were shinning & the moon was a crescent shaped & it was absolutely dazzling.
"Beautiful isn't it, Madara always like this area of the manor dark so we have it like this all the time." Pein said as he sat at the table.
"It's gorgeous." Sakura replied as she took a seat across from him.
"Haruno-san can I ask you something?" Pein said as he watched Sakura
"Sure."
"What happened to your pelvis bone, the second day you were unconscious the medic we brought in said that you had shattered your pelvis, from what I saw when you were in the henj you never got hit anywhere near that area. When I mentioned that the medic said that there was scaring as well indicating that it happened a while back so what happened?" Pein asked as he leaned on the table for two.
"That's personal."
"Ah"
The two didn't say anymore since the food had arrived, neither talked after that. It wasn't an uncomfortable silence; it was rather comfortable actually for both of them.
