Hey! As I promised here is chapter 2!
*clears throat* Me not own Naruto (but me can still dream)
So here it is, I hope you like it and if you do please review…
ENJOY
The faint sound of feet meeting the floor made her heart skip a beat. Her eyes widen trying to make out the person that was covered by the darkness. "So you woke up. About time." It was a woman's voice, moments later she made her appearance she wore a long cloak and her face was covered. "Here" She extended her arm revealing her marked forearm "bite me." She eyed the woman hovering above her with distrust. "Listen pinkie this isn't fun for me either but I suggest you do as I say."
The blue haired, blue skinned man smirked this girl was pretty strong but he had already sucked a big amount of her chakra. Sakura was exhausted, she had managed to land a few hits but that man just wouldn't go down that easily. 'get a hold of yourself Sakura' she heard her inner whisper 'Here he comes'
She backflipped to avoid a blow aimed at her face and landed a few meters back throwing some senbon on her way down . Unfortunately they weren't that helpful. She pushed chakra to her feet and aimed a punch in his chin but before she could celebrate he caught her fist and delivered a not so gentle kick in her upper body.
She coughed some blood and felt her vision unfocous. 'Two broken ribs' the medic inside her spoke. Her attention was diverted from the battle earning her another blow with Samehada. She fell on her knees feeling the world around her fade to black.
'This can't be the end come on move, move!' Kishame got closer, kunai in hand , ready to deliver the fateful blow 'Gomenasai Naruto, Kakashi-sensei, Sai, Shisou' A lone tear escaped her eyes, no, it wasn't fear it was regret. Regret that she wasn't strong enough to fulfill her promises, that she never trained enough to protect her loved ones. Her eyes closed awaiting for the end, but the blow never came.
The oh so familiar chirping of birds was heard in the distance and it wasn't long until blood splashed across the forest floor. But it wasn't her blood. 'Yokatta (=thank God) Kakashi-sensei' but as she looked up she was met with two crimson eyes. Her mind whispered a name but in her weakened state even her own thoughts seemed like a blur. The last thing she registered was the feeling of falling and a faint thud, after that all she knew was darkness.
She took the womans arm and bit it, she had nothing to lose, if they wanted her dead she would have been dead long ago. Immediately healing chakra entered her system and her wounds began to close, she even felt her own chakra being restored."Thanks" "Don't thank me if it was up to me you'd be already be dead, it's him you should thank" "What do you-"
"Sakura"
She froze, she knew that voice, it was engraved in her heart, she would never forget it. She slowly turned around and gasped. He was there, in arms reach, his face was impassive as ever his eyes colder than ice and to her still so handsome that even Zeus would feel ashamed.
"Sasuke…" She found her voice weak barely above a whisper "What…? Why are you here?" 'Those red eyes..' "You saved me?" "Aa" "Why?" "Follow me" it wasn't a question, he turned around and began to walk. The pinkette was in a daze 'Not possible… this must be a dream' "Move!" the irritating voice of the unknown woman boomed in the stillness of the night. She had removed her hood, Sakura caught a glimpse of red hair and matching eyes but she couldn't bring herself to care. She reluctantly took a step following her ex-teammate in a daze like state.
He led her in front of a waterfall and then she lost sight of him. "There is a cave behind it" she nodded absentminded and copied his previews actions. The opening was small but the cave was bigger as she moved deeper. The inside was lit by a fire burning at the far back, in its light she could make out two figures. The first one had white hair with a blue tint to it, she locked eyes with him, emerald clashed with light purple before he stood up grinning "Hey there, I'm Suigetsu" he then turned to Sasuke "You never told us that she was good looking, it would be good to meet a woman for a change" that earned him a punch in the shoulder by a certain red headed woman. Sakura chose that exact time to snap out of her daze.
"What's going on? Why am I here?" "You are a medic nin heal him" There was no questioning in his baritone voice, it was a command. 'How dare he order us around' she turned to the second figure that lay motionless on the ground she couldn't tell anything about him, he was covered with a thick blanket. "If I do will you let me go?" "Hn" 'Is that a yes or a no? Hmm Uchihas and their lack of vocabulary' "Was that a yes?" "Do it" she gritted her teeth, they both knew she would do it anyway, she couldn't let a person die in front of her eyes not outside of the battlefield at least.
She moved to where that person lay followed by the Uchiha. The redhead to whom Sakura had taken a particular liking (note the sarcasm) moved at the other side of the bundle of blankets and uncovered an orange haired man. His eyebrows were stitched together and sweat was making his skin glister at the light provided by the fire. He appeared to be in great pain. Sakura was now on medic mode her eyes scanned his body for any signs of what could be wrong, she made too check his temperature before a hand stopped her "How do we know you won't try to kill him?" The other woman glared at her. "Oh shut up Karin and let her do her job!" it was Suigetsu that spoke, the woman, Karin, glared at him before letting Sakura's hand.
Said girl sighed and turned to who seemed to be the only friendly person there "Can you get me my stuff?" "Yeah" She checked the unknown man's temperature 'a fever' she proceeded to check his pulse 'too slow' next were his eyes she opened them and studied his pupils only to find them bigger than they should be 'probably poisoning' to make sure she opened his mouth and took a little of his saliva 'dry mouth as well, hmmm'
"It's poisoning, the symptoms indicate a mix of heavy metals with some very dangerous herbs." She took her pack and pulled out some herbs and some weird liquids. "I am going to need plenty of water" "No need to worry about that" Suigetsu pointed to the waterfall "Okay" she pulled out a scroll and summoned two large bowls and a couple of needles "I need you to refill them and dispose of the water used during the procedure" Suigetsu nodded and went to fill them. She turned to Sasuke "I need you to hold him down" His eyes narrowed but he moved to do as asked, he put his hands on each shoulder of the man "Umm… Karin, I want you chop these herbs and mix them with these-" she handed her some of the liquids "- remember to keep mixing at a steady pace" the red head glared but didn't argue.
"I'm going to start now, make sure to hold him still" "Hn" Her hand hovered above the first bowl of water, as she moved her hand the water moved with her. She moved her hand above orange haired guy's chest and she slowly pushed it inside ever so gently. The man screamed and tried to shoot up but Sasuke's iron grip prevented him from doing so. Sakura closed her eyes and willed the poison out if the man's' system, when sure there were no more traces of poison there she used her other hand to extract it, she then dropped the water back in the bowl "Please dispose of the water and refill the bowl" Suigetsu was not happy to move from his comfortable spot but he did so nonetheless.
Sakura used her chakra to locate the rest of the poison when a hand grabbed hers roughly, she gasped as she saw the gray skin and long nails. "Jugo calm down!"The calm but commanding voice of her old teammate echoed. She looked down to meet the half-mad half-sad face of the man she was treating. She gulped but knew she had to do something to calm him down. "It's okay" she spoke her voice held all the warmth she could muster "I won't hurt you, the pain will fade away, I promise, I'll take it away" green orbs met with orange ones and the curse mark retreated as Jugo fell into unconsciousness once again. Sasuke showed no emotion but she didn't miss the way Karin's mouth hung open and how Suigetsu had frozen mid-step leg hovering above the ground.
She sighed in hopes to relieve some of her stress. She repeated her previews actions taking a bubble of water in her hand. The procedure continued for half an hour, thankfully without any further interruptions.
Done! Next chapter will be uploaded next Saturday….
Wings Of A Butterfly…..
