'I'm not done. Actually, Sakura's father is dead.'
'Dead?' Sasuke was shocked, and wondered if Sakura knew about it, 'Can you-'
'Aww man, I really need to leave now or Tenten will be mad at me,' said Neji in an apologetic tone.
The two boy separated from one another, the elder headed to the left while the younger one was heading to the right, where the headquarter stood. He didn't know why, but he had to find Sakura. He wanted to know if she was alright and if she needed a shoulder to cry on, well...
'In anycase, I need to find her first.'
While Sasuke was seeking for her, Sakura still remained in Tsunade's office.
'Sakura?'
'...'
She stood there, in front of her shishou, not knowing what to do or what to say. Of course, she wanted to ask : 'Nee, shishou, this is a joke right? Haha, funny, can we start training now?' but something told her that Tsunade-sama wouldn't joke about this kind of matter.
'I know this is hard to believe, but you are one of the best kunoichi that I've known and I believe that you had to know about this incidence as soon as possible since it concerned you and you aren't a kid anymore. The corpse was found-'
'Any suspects so far?' managed to ask Sakura. The tone she used was brute and surprised Tsunade. For an instance, the hokage was afraid that she wouldn't be able to recognize her own student since she revealed the death of Haruno-san, but no one can blame her, she just lost a dearest person.
'We have someone in mind, but we do not have-'
'Who is he!? Or she?! I want names-' Tears started to drop down her cheek and she wasn't able to control her emotion and she stepped forward. Shizune, who was quiet since the little kunoichi came in, spoke for the first time as she headed to Sakura's side.
'Sakura, calm down-'
'Tsunade-sama, please, give me names and let me investigate on this! At least, let me avenge the death of my father-'
'No.'
'WHY!?' Sakura couldn't understand and tried to get away from Shizune's grip, 'Why...'
'Because you might get hurt.' Sakura stopped moving and Shizune's grip loosened.
'You are annoying Sakura. Always getting in other's way, you should mind your own business' said a twelve years old boy.
'Sasuke-kun...'
'Tsunade-sama!' cried Shizune. Tsunade didn't reply and looked deeply in Sakura's eyes.
'At least, these words calmed you down. Of course Sakura, I won't be against the fact that you want to investigate the death of your father,' and before Sakura could reply or asked anything else, Tsunade stood up from her chair and went to face Sakura, 'However, I can't give you a name yet, because nothing is clear and the crime only occured last night. Nothing can be conclude from the few informations we have gathered so far. Also it's hard to believe that Haruno-san was killed that easily even if he was sick and consigned at home.'
'I see...'
'Also... I need to know everything you did last night,' told Tsunade as she returned to her seat, 'I want to know everything.'
'Everything?'
'Everything.'
A few minutes later, from the top of the building, we could see a pinkette girl walking out of the headquarter. Tsunade stood up from her chair and watched her student from her window while Shizune spoke.
'Tsunade-sama... Are you sure about Sakura? Shouldn't we have told her about-'
'But we do not have enough proof yet.'
'Tsunade-sama, Uchida Sasuke disapeared a few years ago and we don't even know what he had done and suddenly he's back. Also, a member from the Anbu came to me this morning and was really angry because he had to release him.'
'Shizune, are you doubting about how I handle things here?' asked calmly Tsunade while she was still watching her student from afar. A dark haired boy went to Sakura and the two of them stood there.
'No... No, Tsunade-sama. I'm sorry if I have offended you.'
'Don't worry, I know you and don't think that you've said that to offend me but to, perhaps, stop me from doing anything useless. In fact, I agree with you. We don't know anything about Sasuke and it's dangerous for Sakura to hang around him. However, I can't interfere, since it's must have been hard for her since he returned, she should have manage something herself to not bother the others. And if I'm wrong about this, I will do anything in my power to protect everyone' said Tsunade as she looked up to Shizune.
'Of course, Tsunade-sama' smiled Shizune, 'Why don't you start with these papers-'
'I think I'm going out for a drink-'
'TSUNADE-SAMA!'
'OK, OK, papers, papers...'
Tsunade took a last glance at the couple outside, 'I hope I make the right choice... Be careful, Uchiha Sasuke, don't you dare to hurt Sakura's feelings.'
Outside, in front of Konoha's headquarter, Sakura met with Sasuke. She didn't say anything since he came to her. On the other hand, Sasuke was trying to catch his breath, he ran all the way since he knew what had happened to Sakura's father.
'Are you alright?' managed to ask Sasuke. Sakura nodded, not wanting to speak. She wasn't looking at Sasuke because if she did, she knew she wouldn't be able control her emotion and like earlier, she would cry. Seeing that she was looking at him, Sasuke worried and didn't know what to do. 'Damn it, Uchiha, you are so useless. When you were down, she always said the right word to comfort me and when it's her turn, you can't even think of anything else then 'Are you alright?' Aww c'mon!' as his eyes were deviated from Sakura's face, he noticed that everyone were looking at them and were whispering.
'Have you heard of what happen to Sakura's father?'
'Poor kid.'
'Haruno-san is dead?'
Sasuke didn't understood why these peoples were gathering here as if Sakura and he were a good attraction from the zoo. Sasuke instinctively took Sakura's hand and ran off from those people. Not knowing where to get away from the unwanted viewers, he continued to lead as long as they would be far from the anyone's attention. After a few minutes, they stopped moving.
'I'm sorry, but I just didn't want-' Sasuke turned around to see that Sakura was nowhere to be seen and he realized that he ended up in a marketplace, where hundreds of people were buying their groceries and a lot of kids were running and were playing around the place.
'Sakura...?' He started to run as he screamed her name. He didn't understood how could that ever happen, if Sakura had let his hand go, he was sure he would have felt it, or at least noticed it.
'Sakura! Where the hell did you go? Oi!'
He looked everywhere, no pinkette girl was around. He asked a few merchants if they have seen a pink haired girl but noon of them did. Words started to spread that it was Uchiha Sasuke who was running all over the market so villagers started to ignore him instead of helping him. He was in fact considered as a traitor by the village after all. Not letting his spirit down, he continued to search.
'Sakura! Don't joke around, Oi! Sakura!'
While Sasuke was determined to find Sakura, the little kunoichi wondered how she could have lost him. She just looked around desperately while bumping into some strangers as she was struggling to find a path to Sasuke. She started to walk around, looking for her ... for her what? What was exactly Sasuke to her? A friend? A teammate? A...
Lover?
No she didn't think so, but then, how could she explain Sasuke's behavior? People were around all over the place and were whispering between them as if they thought she couldn't heard them and then, Sasuke took her hand and ran off... And she ended up in an unknown place.
'How am I going to return to my-'
Actually, she didn't even have a place to go back. No one would be waiting for her since her father died. She suddenly felt down at the thought of it and stopped walking.
'I'm all alone now...'
On the other side of the street, Sai came out of an art shop and saw Sakura. He realized that she was crying and was about to call out her name but-
'Oi! Sakura!'
Someone did it on his behalf.
Sakura looked up to where the voice came from to see that Sasuke was coming to her.
'Sasuke... Sasuke-kun?' Sakura didn't know what was going on. The shinobi she was looking for finally came to her. She felt his arms around her body, hugging her tightly.
'Don't.you.ever.do.that.to.me.again' said Sasuke as he tried to catch his breath, he loosened his grip and took a look at her. Sakura could see that he was afraid and didn't dare to look away this time. She tried to smile, but instead, tears that she couldn't hold back dropped down her cheek slowly.
At the sight of this, anyone would have thought that these two were a couple, even Sai who was standing on the other side of the street, thought that something was going on between them.
'It's not as if I care, but, don't you dare to make her cry, I wouldn't hold back and take you down, Uchiha Sasuke. I didn't pose as a fake lover for nothing.'
Not wanting to see more, he started to walk away.
Sasuke wipped the tears away and lean forward to hug her again. 'You don't have to hold your feelings inside... I've seen you cry before...' When Sakura heard his word, she cried even more and putted her arms around Sasuke and tightened her grip.
'No, I'm not alone...'
PockyCake is here: Hehe, hope you guys have enjoyed reading it ! Maybe chapter 6 will be release during this week-end, just before I return to school ! For now... I would looooveeee to read your reviews! And any suggestions for the storyline? Like or dislike? Review please:)
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