They both knew the night would be uneasy; they would each be sleeping in a room with someone who wanted them dead. After the usual insults and arguing they settled into a volatile peace and tried to forget who was on the opposite site of the room. Sasuke made a pissed-off loud exhale on purpose just to set her off again.
"Bastard." Sakura spat out as she lay on the bench turned away Sasuke. She was busy looking out the window and waited for sleep, but didn't want or expect it with the threat barely five feet from her. 'Why couldn't the train run him over?'
"Bitch." Sasuke replied and turned over facing his back to her. Sasuke was pissed off at the current situation, but sans anyone else to take it out on he chose to put all his aggressions on Sakura.
"So how many countries want you dead again?" She growled and pulled the blankets over her taught. She was hoping it would shut him up, however, it just gave him something to talk about.
"All of them. Every single country knows my name." Sasuke said happily and smiled to himself. "Isn't it wonderful? I've become greater than all of you could ever hope."
"Every single one of them now hates Uchihas due to you." Sakura said turning her head to him. "They're all planning on ganging up and killing you so you're clan dies out because you all act so stupid."
"They're just scared." He muttered through gritted teeth. He didn't want to admit it but the comment had gotten to him. The one thing Sasuke held proud of was his family, his name and his eyes were all he had left.
"Or they got it right and your blood is rotten." Sasuke's eyes flicked open. He shifted slightly looking at her, she was smiling. Sasuke could only remembering being this angry after Naruto had saved him from Gaara.
"One more thing, Haruno…" Sasuke said. The growled coincided with his sword being withdrawn from his hilt. Casually he pointed it out to her. He held it barely an inch from her face aimed right at her nose. "Give me a reason to cut your pretty little face."
"Bastard…" Sakura whispered to herself and sat up out of Sasuke's reach. Sakura just stared out the window; she wasn't sure how fast the train was going or where they were yet. Just four hours into the train trip they were in the mountains somewhere with the cold fogging the windows at the rims. She watched the snow fall through the trees outside daintily touch down on the window every now and than. She stared for a minute and than reached up and grabbed the emergency brake hard.
The train wailed and they stopped on the track. The sudden impact threw Sasuke from his bench and he began yelling at Sakura. Sakura was narrow-minded for this instance; she passed the conductor who yelled out after her. Sakura yelled back: "I saw someone!"
Sakura rushed outside in her shoes and passed in front of the train to see two familiar figures down the way. On sight they began running towards her, and she to them. "Sakura!"
"Naruto!" Sakura yelled, he stopped in his tracks. She didn't until she latched onto him and began crying. Naruto nervously wrapped his arms around her. "He's terrible."
"Who's…?" He didn't need to ask the question because Sasuke wandered around the side on the train scowling angrily. Naruto's jaw dropped than his face flashed red with anger to match the Uchiha's expression. "You ended up with Sasuke?"
"Yea, she did, now move it! You're both wasting my time!" He yelled reading Naruto's lips. Sasuke, in his view, wasted no time disappearing as fast as he had appeared. Naruto pulled Sakura off so they could walk to the train. "He's strangled me, and threatened me, and keeps talking about killing me once he finds out where we are."
"That's because that's not Sasuke anymore, that's something evil." Naruto whispered and checked behind him to make sure Hinata was following. She was but she kept her two fingers constantly mashed together and didn't look up. "It sounds like we're safe as long as we don't know where we are."
"We are, but still, it's terrifying." Sakura muttered wiping her eyes. She broke away and began to walk on her own. "We just have to be really careful. I think as long as we don't upset him too much, he won't be much of a problem."
"Sakura… Are you okay?" Hinata asked patiently strolling up beside the distressed teen. Sakura nodded and perked up as she approached the otherside to be helped up by the conductor.
"Peggy, these are my friends, Naruto and Hinata." Naruto and HInata bowed as tradition. "I know it's a lot, but can they come as well?"
"You all Japanese or something?" The three of them exchanged looks all with a bewildered smug. "Whatever, I'd never ditch anyone up in these mountains. Glad you spotted them. Welcome to Bertha, my train."
Sakura and Peggy helped the young ninjas onto the train. She took them back into the main room and told Sakura to show them around. Sasuke was already in there, not lying down but stilling. He had his eyes closed but there was an uneasy feeling of alertness to him. All three felt deserted when Peggy left them. As the door closed Sasuke raised his head and opened two obsidian eyes towards the group and smiled. "Hello, Kyuubi."
