Sakura blossoms and snakes chapter 10! Ok so first off I would like to say thanks to all of you for reading and reviewing and making my day better! I really do love all of you guys! Tank you Echo Uchiha! Ok so now that I have gotten that out of my system I guess now it's onto the story? Oh and PM me if you have any ideas or suggestions. Don't be afraid that I will bite your head off, I pinky swear I won't. unless somebody stole my candy, then maybe. Off topic!
Disclaimer: I don't own Naruto. I just own my mind, and I loose that darn thing quite frequently nowadays.
Naruto dodged another handful of kunais that were sent his way. He looked over at his employer with angry eyes. "What the hell are you doing?" He shouted at the man. He had medium length white hair that stopped at his shoulder and bright purple eyes. The man, also known as Hakue, smirked at Naruto and said, "There was a change in our plans once we found out who the Akatsuki member was. Needless to say when it was discovered that you two were former friends, we discovered that you were a traitor." By the end of the sentence he was getting into an attack position. "What are you talking about Baka?" now Naruto was truly confused. "I don't know any Akatsuki members. Only Orochimaru and we aren't exactly friends." Then it clicked. "She couldn't be a part of that, could she? No she wouldn't, there trying to kill me. She-she wouldn't do that, what if she did?" Naruto was too busy freaking out to notice, or care, that a shuriken was coming straight for his head.
Naruto saw a flash of pink before he was thrown ten feet from the spot he was standing at and landed on a fallen log. He got up quickly and looked around for the person who had saved is life. Sakura turned around to face him, her cloak opened and flowing around her with her long hair. Naruto's eyes widened, and thoughts of how she had changed swarmed his head. "Focus baka! You're going to get yourself killed." She all but shouted at him. Hundreds of questions flooded his brain but he would ask them later he decided. He quickly grabbed his unconscious sensei, and put him behind a large tree out of harms way. He looked at Sakura to see what she had in mind. "He is probably anbu rank, and there are at least two more. If all three of them come out I highly doubt we can take them. Can you handle this one?" she asked him with a grim face. Naruto was drooling and not paying attention to a word she was saying. Sakura-chan is so pretty. She is even more pretty then last time I saw her. Sakura, knowing when he wasn't paying attention, walked over to him and hit on the head using some of her inhuman strength that she had taught to herself. He looked at her dazed before finally snapping out of it and listened to her explain the situation again.
"I'll handle him Sakura-chan." He said while calling up his shadow clones. They started charging Hakue as soon as they appeared. Sakura jumped onto the branch of the trees scouting for the other Nins. She found them coming up behind the real Naruto. They both had long brown hair from what she could see. She jumped down and punched the first one on his jaw making him fly several hundred feet away. She turned to face the other nin. He pulled out a kunai and stabbed her leg as she sent a round house kick to his torso. She ignored the pain as she pulled the kunai out of her leg and pulled out two of the clay petals Diedara had given her. She waited until they were almost at her before soaking them in her chakra and sticking them to their heads. She jumped up quickly to a tree branch. The Nins were about to take the petals off of their heads when they exploded. She looked away and closed her eyes. Warmth gently cascaded around her. When she was sure there was no more explosions coming she looked at where the Nins where. She could only find bits of the Nins mixed in with tree debri. The once open clearing was now covered with fallen trees and charred black. She sighed to herself. That was easy. Would you like me to get the easy button? Let's just help Naruto. She jumped down again after spotting him. He and Hakue were currently fighting with no weapons just Taijutsu. She rolled her eyes at them and was about to step in when a hand on her shoulder stopped her. She looked up preparing to be attacked when she realized it was Jiriaya looking like he had the worst hangover in the history of hangovers. He was squinting in the daylight but still managed to look at Sakura. "Let him have this one. He has wanted to train, and if you step in he'll be nagging me all the way home about how he could have taken Hakue. So please save me from that headache." He looked at her pleadingly. She motioned for him to come closer to her. He looked at her warily, knowing that she was also an enemy whether she had helped them or not. When it seemed to Sakura that he wasn't going to obey her she reached up and grabbed his head, putting her palms over his temples and inserted her chakra into his head. When she saw his frightened look she said, "Don't be afraid of me Jiriaya. Well for now. You seem to have a bad hangover and I would like to help relieve you of it. It wouldn't be helpful to be in pain while going back to Konoha." While she was talking she was tending to the nerves in his eyes and through his spine. She gently eased her chakra out of his head and removed her hands. She looked into his eyes and was pleased with herself when she saw he could open his eyes fully, and his pupils weren't so dilated. She looked over at Naruto to see him finishing with Hakue, knocking him unconscious. Sakura was about to jump onto a branch and go back to her hotel to face Pein's wrath when he found out that she had gone against his orders about killing when she felt a sharp pain to the back of her neck. Her last thought before darkness overwhelmed her was, shit I am such an idiot. If Konoha doesn't kill me, my Akatsuki family will.
Naruto grabbed Sakura before she hit the ground and cradled her small form in his arms before looking at Jiriaya shocked. "Why did you knock out Sakura-chan?" "Baka, she wasn't going to go with us on her own free will. We need to take her back to Konoha." At that they started running at a break neck speed to a boat that would take them back to Konoha.
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Pein was pacing around his desk. Sakura was supposed to have communicated with him through the rings by now, and what was worse was that the ring/tracking device showed that she was heading in the direction of Konoha not sound where there new base was. "Konan, I want you to call Itachi, Kisame, Diedara, and Sasori and tell them to find Sakura. I think she may be in trouble." He looked at her and noticed her confused look. "Sasori should be back any moment, and he will be upset once he realizes he missed Sakura's birthday and he would want to help retrieve her." Konan nodded and did as he said. Sakura you're giving me so many grey hairs. Pein quickly scanned through his hair in the mirror to make sure he didn't jinx himself.
The bundle in Naruto's arms started to stir. Naruto looked down and smiled at her as she opened her eyes. She immediately tried to push him away, and was surprised to find that her hands and feet were tied together with chakra enforced rope, that was also keeping her from using her chakra. She could still move around just not much. She gave Naruto one of her best glares and let him killer intent emanate off of her. Naruto looked away visibly scared and would have let her down had he not been carrying her to Konoha. They were currently traveling at a speed that any lesser ninja would have died at and were two days away from Konoha. He looked at Jiriaya as if to say help me, but the old pervy man just chuckled. All around them were giant, leafy trees that seemed to never stop going up, and grass so green it was like a never-ending sea of emerald.
"We will stop here for the night." Jiriaya said looking around at the clearing that was surrounded by trees. He took one last glance at Naruto and Sakura before figuring out that they would be alright.
Naruto gently sat Sakura on the grassy ground and sat down beside her so that their shoulders were touching and if Sakura moved closer towards him she would almost be sitting on top of him. He leaned back against the tree and closed his eyes. While his eyes were closed Sakura took time to notice the changes that Naruto had been through. He blonde hair had gotten longer and was now a darker blonde. His whiskers were much more prominent now and complimented his face. He was a lot taller now and wasn't as scrawny as he had been. He was very muscular and looked as if he could hold his own. Sakura absently stroked the whiskers on the side of Naruto's face. How she missed him. The past three years had done well to keep her mind away from thoughts of him but they still came. And now when he was right beside the warmth she felt for him grew and came an almost unbearable heat all over her body. She was unconsciously leaning towards the blonde. He opened his eyes at her. She almost fell back in shock, but due to her training she remained still. He looked into her eyes and then she realized how close they were. She was about to move away when Naruto gently put his lips to hers. Sakura's eyes widened in shock before they slowly closed and she allowed herself to melt into Naruto. He put one of his arms around her back and the other in her hair while continuing to kiss her. He deepened the kiss by opening his mouth slightly and coaxing hers open with the tip of his tongue. She opened her mouth slowly and let his tongue explore her mouth. She chuckled slightly when his tongue rubbed against hers and tickled her mouth.
A loud cough made them both scoot away from each other as fast as they could. Sakura looked away from Naruto with her face as red as a lobster, and Naruto doing the exact same. Jiriaya chuckled at their antics. "Naruto I need your help with setting the traps. Sakura you stay there." He said pointing at the pink haired beauty. She rolled her eyes and watched as Naruto got up and gave her an embarrassed look before leaving her alone with her thoughts.
She put her fingers to her lips remembering the kiss. She dropped her hand and began working on her restraints. She was halfway done with the first one when she sensed four Nins presence. She closed her eyes and tried to see if they were familiar or not to her. A relieved smile graced her lips as she recognized their chakra's. Itachi, Kisame, Diedara, and Sasori dropped in front of her. Sasori smiled at her and then put a finger to his lips in a shushing motion. She nodded and held out her hands to Kisame for him to break the restraints. He easily tore them off and helped her up. She staggered due to the lack of chakra and Diedara caught her before she fell and picking her up in one swift motion. Itachi gave them a signal and they jumped out of the clearing and ran to their home. Sakura looked at the clearing before nestling in Diedara's arms and falling asleep. she really does know how to make a dramatic exit doesn't she? Yes but for now we will let her continue this game, but soon we will have to intervene. Yay. Did you hear the sarcasm?
Naruto and Jiriaya came back into the clearing to see the remains of the ropes and a missing Sakura. "SHIT!"
Well tell me how you liked it as always and stuff like that. Sorry it took so long to post I was having a little difficulty with the kissing part. It was the first time I ever did that so yeahhhhh. Well bye and I hope you enjoyed it! Oh feel free to leave suggestions!