I Do Not Own Naruto

Reasoning

Sakura was certain that the poison master was not from Suna, most of these poisons were from the Land of Lightning. Which was strange but also mesmerizing. It also limited who would be her opponent. Not many were this skilled in the arts of poisons but she had an idea of who this poison master could be which made her frown. It wasn't a pleasing thought having narrowed down the origins and who of this problem because the fact remained: she still had to catch this poison master. And that would be no easy feat. Even with the Uchiha here seeing all these chakras.

And it was this discovery which had her frowning as she walked out of the lab pondering just who the poison master could be and why they'd be attacking. There really was no reason to attack after the war, the war had ushered in a grand demand for peace and being a ninja now was actually hard work and slim pickings. But most ninja were like herself and had skills which they could use in civilian life and make relatively ordinary lives until the demand for ninjas came back. Peace never lasted, not matter who was in power, no matter how stable a civilization, for people were people and people were blood thirsty creatures at heart.

Sasuke was proof of that!

Sakura shook her head of the thought as she made her way back to where she was staying. Sasuke materialized beside her but she ignored him as she pondered the new problems of this poison master. It wasn't often that she came across an opponent of equal skill as she in the art of poisons and it was disconcerting thought for her. Sakura didn't like this because there was a very real threat that one of these poisons up the poison master's sleeve would actually thwart her and she'd lose someone.

After the war Sakura didn't want to lose anyone else. She had already lost more than people knew but she couldn't stand the thought of losing anyone else. Even Sasuke was someone she couldn't stand to lose and she didn't even really like him all that much at this moment! Still, anyone could be this poison master's target and she didn't like that thought because that made everyone a target in her mind.

Also, being in Suna there was no way to mass produce antidotes and she didn't want to choose who would live and who would die. That was not a power she liked; even as a doctor she hated it. To put a value on a life was difficult because each life was worth something to someone, it didn't matter who they were or what they had done, life had value and she didn't like choosing who lived and died. But she had a feeling that that was exactly what this poison master would force her to do. Sakura did not like this poison master and when she caught up to them she was punching them to her village and beat the hell out of them the entire trip. That was a promise she made to herself as she cracked her knuckles.

Her temper seemed to be rearing it's head and it had him stepping out of her reach just in case he was yet again the target of her anger. It was something he didn't want to feel, ever, he had seen what she could do to mountains and the thought of him being her target had him wisely stepping away from her. Sasuke followed her into their hotel, his eyes scanning around them for a threat as they made it up to her room. He walked in after her without thinking about it too much, she glared at him but ignored him as she stomped off to the shower.

Quietly Sasuke inspected the room for signs of tampering but he found none. Not even the best of ninja could leave no trace when he left a million tells around a room and he could see chakra and all it's trace so it'd be difficult to elude him. Sasuke didn't like this though, he felt exposed, like someone had been here already. He immediately looked her food over and the drinks in the minibar, not satisfied he pitched them and then he walked to the bathroom Sakura walked out in her towel and looked dumbly at him.

"What are you doing?" she asked him sharply, internally he winced at her tone but externally he revealed nothing.

"Inspecting the room," Sasuke answered icily. Now he was looking her over and had to admit, he didn't know how he had missed this when they were genin. She was so beautiful it was distracting and not fair. Sakura's emerald eyes narrowed as he inspected her.

"I'd expect Naruto, or Sai, or Kakashi to be the perverts so why the hell are you looking me over Uchiha!" she snapped and he smirked as he walked past her into her bathroom to inspect it. Leave her to wonder, besides if he said anything he'd be liable to have a one way trip to Leaf and that was not a thrilling thought. Especially since he'd probably break several mountains in the process.

"Men," he heard Sakura grumble and he could all but see her roll her eyes. They were getting along better, she didn't seem as likely to send him flying or into the dirt; also she didn't flirt with him or fawn over him anymore. It made it easier to be around her now, also she seemed to have grown up. It was an amazing sight and he was only a little disappointed that he had missed her growing up. She had bloomed beautifully. Which made it more important to him that he didn't lose her, he couldn't lose this strong woman, he could live with her hating him and having mixed feelings about him but he couldn't survive if she died. She meant more to him than he expected, which made her all that more important to him.

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