Date: 6/25/13
Rating: T
Genre: Action, Drama
Prompt: Itachi tells Sakura about the massacre during the war, and she tells Sasuke she knows
Sakura opened her eyes, her smile still plastered on her face, hoping Sai's expression would ease the sinking feeling she had in the pit of her stomach. It didn't. She turned back around to watch the ensuing battle; she couldn't look at him anymore.
He knows that smile was fake.
She tensed. There was that voice again, one that sounded familiar but one she couldn't quite recognize. But it told her that it was Itachi, told her what Sasuke was planning, told her why. Her eyes traveled to where Sasuke was now standing. She didn't want to believe it, but at the same time, she couldn't deny how credible it seemed. Was she going crazy?
You're not.
She shook her head. That was comforting. So the voice in her head was telling her she wasn't crazy. Perfect. But as she watched Sasuke and Naruto continue to argue, she knew the voice was right. She couldn't just stand there. Sakura clenched her fists. Whether or not the voice was Itachi's and whether or not what it told her was true, she knew Sasuke was up to something, something that scared not only her but worried Sai, too.
So she ran, ignoring Sai's protests, ignoring everyone and everything but her instinct.
"Sasuke-kun!" Sakura exclaimed, causing both Sasuke and Naruto to stop glaring at each other and look down from their summons. "I know what you're planning, and you have to stop! This isn't right!" However, Sasuke's face remained expressionless. She swallowed. "But," she said, her voice softened, "I understand why now. It—It has to do with your brother, doesn't it?"
However, it Naruto who responded. "Sakura-chan," he said, almost horrified, "you know?"
"Not now, Naruto! I'll deal with you later!" she yelled, pointing at him accusingly. His eyes widened as he shrunk back, cursing under his breath. Sakura turned to Sasuke. "Sasuke-kun, please. Just listen to me—"
"Why should I?" Sasuke finally asked, scoffing, "If you understand like you say you do, then you should know to stay out of my way." He looked at the ten-tails, disgusted. "This shinobi system is twisted. And it's too late to fix it. There's only one solution: it needs to be destroyed. And I'll start," he stopped and made a hand motion, "here."
However, before he could set fire to the ten-tails, Sakura ran up Aoda and punched Sasuke so hard across the face that he would have fallen off his summon had she not pulled him by the collar just in time. He groaned.
"You want to change the system," Sakura screamed as she shook him violently, "fine! Do it! We'll change it together! But not like this!" Letting go of his collar mid-shake, she stood up and looked down at him. "God, Sasuke-kun, can you just listen to yourself? If want things to change, then do us all a favor first and get your god damned head out of your ass for once and stop acting so foolish!"
Sasuke stared at her for a moment, still trying to process what just happened, and sat up. He shook his head, massaging his face as he mumbled something Sakura couldn't hear.
"What did you say?" she asked dangerously, squinting her eyes.
He smirked, ignoring the pain he felt in his jaw. "Still," he said coyly, "annoying." Sakura twitched, unsure how to react—torn between wanting to hug him and punch him. He got to his feet. "So you found out. But if it wasn't Naruto," he said, raising his brow, "then who told you?"
Sakura gave him a small smile. "It was," she said, poking him on forehead, not sure why, "a friend."