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Chapter four
The following week was spent on getting to know all of the guys better and to simply heal from my injuries. I woke up excited; Konan was finally taking me shopping.
I quickly dressed in a pair of black skinny jeans, a simple white tank and a black hoodie from Ed Hardy. I also put on my black combat boots. Then I ventured to the kitchen to make some breakfast. In the kitchen I found Tobi who was making something that looked like pancake batter. "Morning Tobi" "Good Morning Sakura-chan, do Sakura-chan want pancakes? Tobi makes good pancakes because Tobi is a good boy!" "I´d love some Tobi" I said with a smile and sat at the table. It didn´t take long for Tobi to make the pancakes and soon he put a plate filled with syrup coated pancakes in front of me.
Soon the rest of the gang showed up, all of them jealous of mine and Tobi's breakfast. Konan downed a cup of coffee before asking me. "Are you ready to go Sakura?" I nodded and stood up but before we got out of the kitchen Hidan spoke up. "Where the fuck are you two going?" Konan turned around and answered him with a big smile. "We´re going shopping, want to come?" I could almost see him pale on the spot while slowly backing away. "No thanks bitch, got to keep these shitheads under control." Me and Konan just giggled as I followed her out to the huge garage.
The garage had to be huge as everybody had their own vehicle, some even had two. She led me to a dark blue Camaro that had grey leather seats. When she pulled out of the garage I had to ask her. "What does everybody do since you guys got so much money?" She turned up on the highway before answering me. "Well myself and Pein are running a small business with the help of Kakuzu, Kisame is a professional wrestler, Itachi, Sasori and Deidara does some jobs for the navy, Hidan works as a bouncer at a club sometimes, Zetzu works as a gardener and Tobi… well Tobi doesn´t really do something. But without Kakuzu keeping an eye on our economy and investing it wisely we wouldn´t be where we are today." I pondered this for a while. "What kind of business do you have?" She gave me a smile and said. "We got a tattoo and piercing studio who also sells my paintings. Kakuzu does the tattoos and Pein does the piercings." My eyes widened and got a little bit glossy. "Do you think I can get a piercing or a tattoo?" She gave me a quick glance before answering. "I don´t see why not, a piercing we can do today if you want but a tattoo you have to have Sasoris permission to since you´re not 18 yet." "Let me think about it then, I really need clothes first and foremost." I told her.
When we parked outside the mall I was almost bouncing in the car, I hadn´t gone shopping like this for years so I was really excited.
When we took a break for food at three in the afternoon I was sure I had all the clothes, shoes and other things I could possibly need and we had spent an incredible amount of money. We had ordered a large pizza and was trying to decide if we were going to shop some more or if we were going home or getting me a piercing.
Suddenly I froze. On the other side of the restaurant stood no other then Sasuke himself, in the company of some other gang members. Karin was there, a redhead with red eyes and glasses, she did not have a nice personality. He was also in the company of Suigetsu, a white haired boy with no brain and more muscles than you would think. There was also Jugo, a tall, broad guy with orange hair and eyes. Konan followed my gaze and then said to me. "Just take it easy Sakura, slow breaths. They can´t do anything to you here."
I nodded and tried to relax again but inevitably tensed up as I saw Sasuke making his way over to us. "Sakura, I heard your parents left town. Guess that means you belong to me and Orochimarus gang now." I could barely breathe and had no chance at all to answer him. Thankfully Konan didn´t have the same problem as I did. "She does not belong to you, she belongs with her brother Sasori and with us." He gave me a look that made my stomach tighten painfully and my breathing to become even harder. "You cannot seriously be thinking about staying with these disgusting Akatsuki, you know you are mine."
There was a barely hidden threat in his voice but this time I knew I had to answer him myself. "I will stay with the Akatsuki and my brother, I´m not yours and I will never be that either, so leave me alone." I spat at him and I saw that my words angered him. "We´ll see about that." And with those words, he finally left and I allowed myself to break down. My airways constricted and tears fell freely, I was panicking and I couldn´t breathe. I wanted to be home and safe, not unprotected in a restaurant.
"Konan!" I gasped as the panic increased. "It´s okay Sakura, try to take slow, deep breaths, I´m going to get us home." Somehow she managed to get me, herself and all of our bags out to the car. She quickly pulled out of the parking lot and sped up on the highway. I was trying my hardest not to give in to my panic but it was a mission doomed to fail. When Konan pulled up in front of the house and stopped with screeching tires I was in full panic, not being able to see where I was or who I was with. And still barely being able to breath.
She opened my door and tried to get me out of the car but I could no longer recognize her. She was just a shadow that promised pain, and I was her victim. So when she reached for me I flung myself at her, successfully tackling her to the ground. I heard the front door being flung open but it didn´t mean anything to me as I punched Konan in the face. Suddenly two strong arms circled around me and lifted me off of Konan. I was shaking and I couldn´t breathe so Kisames voice in my ear had little effect.
"Calm down Kitten it´s just us." Konan held a hand against her bruised face and said. "Take her to Sasori or Hidan or Kakuzu, whoever is home. This is a panic-attack we cannot deal with since she no longer recognizes us." Both of them hurried back into the house as Kisame explained. "There´s nobody home but Hidan, Deidara and me so I guess we are lucky." Then he swung open the door to Hidans bedroom without knocking, but Hidan wasn´t there.
"Fuck!" Konan cursed. "Try to calm her down, I´m going to find Hidan." Kisame settled on the floor against the wall and put one of his large hands over my eyes. His other arm struggled to keep me still and against his chest. "Please Kitten, calm down." About now I realized that I wouldn´t get anywhere, Kisame´s grip on me was too strong. "Please don´t hurt me, Please don´t hurt me, Please don´t…" "What are you talking about Kitten? Of course I´m not going to hurt you!" But I didn´t hear him and the panic didn´t let go.
A sudden bang told me that the door had been flung open even though I didn´t pay any attention to it. "Thank Kami you´re here, I can´t get her to calm down and by the way she is struggling I don´t think she even knows where she is or who she´s with." Kisame told the person. Suddenly his hold on me loosened and I quickly scrambled away only to be caught in another man's arms.
His grip on me was just as tight but somehow I didn´t struggle with the same ferocity against him. "You may leave Kisame, go take care of Konan, she got hit real bad. I can take of Sakura." The man holding me said. I heard everything they said, it just didn´t hold any importance to me. Even though I recognized their voices. Once the door shut behind Kisame, the man behind me sat on the bed with me pressed against his chest. He practically radiated safety to my panicky mind and I had almost stopped struggling. I realized that it was Hidan who had the calming effect on me and soon my struggle died out completely. His hand over my eyes made my breathing finally become normal once again and soon I was myself.
At first neither of us said anything, that is until I realized what I had done and broke into tears. He shifted me so that I sat sideways in his lap instead. I had my head leaning against his broad chest and his heartbeat resonated against the shell of my ear. He gently stroked me over my back and said, with his voice even darker than usual because of worry. "What happened to scare you so badly? You didn´t even recognize us, neither did you hear us..."
I pressed myself even more tightly against him before answering him. "I did hear you guys, I just couldn´t connect it to what it meant…" Yet another sob escaped my now chapped lips. "Hush Sakura it´s okay." Hidan comforted me. "But I… I hit Konan… All because that damned Sasuke!" I could tell Hidan was shocked to hear that Sasuke was the cause of my distress. But at the same time it allowed him to better understand my reaction. He knew that I was terrified of Sasuke. The panic-attack had really drained me of energy and it didn´t take long for me to fall asleep in Hidans lap, feeling safe in his embrace.
I woke slowly to two people arguing, I cracked one of my eyes open to see that it was Hidan and Sasori who woke me up. I couldn´t hear what they were arguing about but I didn´t like it one bit. I slowly made my way to the edge of the bed before dashing into the bathroom before either of them had realized that I was awake. I quickly locked the door behind me and then the joining door to my room. I could hear both Sasori and Hidan knocking on the door but I didn´t listen to them, I needed to be alone for a little while.
I knew that both Sasuke and Orochimaru wanted me to join their gang so that was no news, but I didn´t know what to do about it. I pushed these thoughts away and sat down on the edge of the tub. I had hit Konan… I can´t believe I did that, she and Pein must be so angry with me… Sasori and Hidan had stopped banging on the door now but suddenly I heard a much more timid knock on the door leading to my room.
"Who is it?" I asked and the answer came without hesitation. "It´s Konan, will you let me in?" At first I was hesitant to let her in but at the same time I wanted a chance to explain myself, to tell her I was sorry. I silently opened the door just enough to let her in and then quickly closed it again. I stood silent, with my back against the door, not daring to look at her.
"Sakura please look at me." I wouldn´t say that Konan begged me to look at her, it was more like she kindly told me to. Anyway I slowly focused on her face, the dark bruise near her left eye made me cringe. "It´s okay Sakura, I don´t blame you." Was all she said but it was enough to make me cling to her and desperately and repeatedly beg for her forgiveness as tears once more streamed down my face. She hugged me against her and soothingly stroked my hair. She whispered comforting nothings in my ear. After a long time the tears finally stopped and we sat next to each other on the cold bathroom floor.
"What were Sasori and Hidan fighting about?" I asked her, my voice raspy from all the crying. "I´m not really sure… But I believe it was about you and the situation with Sasuke. Sasori seemed to think that moving away, disappearing from the source of the problem, would be the best thing for you. Hidan on the other hand said that facing with the problem and dealing with it was the only way you´d ever being rid of it. Then Sasori got pissed because he said that he was your brother and therefore knew you best." I gave her a sad little smile before responding. "I wonder how he´s going to react when I tell him that Hidan is right… Running from Sasuke will never let me forget him or his threats, staying here and letting him know that he will never have me is the only right thing to do for me."
We sunk back in comfortable silence when once again a soft knock on my bathroom door disturbed us. "Who is it?" I asked, hoping that it wasn´t Sasori or Hidan. I wasn´t ready to see them yet. "It´s Pein, have you seen Konan? She has disappeared…" The worry was clearly evident in his voice and I shared a smile with Konan before opening the door and practically dragging Pein into the bathroom with us before once again closing and locking the door. He looked utterly confused at my behavior and I couldn´t hold back the giggle that wanted to escape, and neither could Konan. He spun around as her pearly laughter filled the room and as soon as he laid his eyes on her, he visibly relaxed.
"Konan." He said relief lacing his voice. "I´m fine dear, as are Sakura." "I´m glad to hear. Especially since Sasori is in Deidaras room, sulking. And Hidan is in the gym, attempting to break his hands on the punching bag from what I could tell." I sighed, why could things never be simple? "Why are you two locked in the bathroom?" Pein proceeded to ask us, the expression on his face so hilarious we broke down in laughter once more. He just looked at us until we were able to answer him. "We´re just having some girl talk, nothing you need to worry about." Konan told him and I couldn´t help but to add. "And we´re also hiding from Sasori and Hidan, well at least I am…" Pein just shook his head and exited the room with Konan in a tight grip. She smiled at me as she was dragged out the door and I decided that I was going to find Sasori first.
As I knocked on Deidaras door, a thousand thoughts flew through my mind but when Deidara opened the door, instead of Sasori who I had expected, my mind went blank. "I… I…" I didn´t know what to say so instead I hung my head not wanting to meet his eyes. "Come on in, un. You look like you need someone to talk to Blossom." Without a word I stepped into his open arms and he quietly closed the door behind us. He just held me for a while and when he let go as was not as tense as before. "I assume you´re here to talk to Sasori? He went to take a walk but maybe I can help you?"
"Is he angry with me?" I asked Deidara, a little bit afraid of the answer. "No he´s not angry with you, I think he´s just confused and worried about you. He´s afraid to lose you again so soon after he has gotten you back. I believe he even might feel threatened by Hidan since you two seem pretty close." I couldn´t comprehend what Deidara told me, why would Sasori feel the need to feel threatened by Hidan? "But why?" I didn´t know what to do about it but I couldn´t stand the thought of my brother hurting if there was anything I could do about it. "Male pride." Was Deidaras only answer but that didn´t explain anything to me. I gave him a look that clearly told him so and he sighed before saying. "Don´t worry about it, it will sort itself out with some time." I nodded and stood up to leave, but with a hand on the door handle I hesitated. "You are very close to my brother, are you not Dei?" He smiled at his new nickname. "Yes I am." I tilted my head to side. "How close?" He avoided my gaze and answered with a whisper I barely heard. "Too close…"
As I shut the door behind me I wondered if it meant what I thought it meant.
I made my way over to the gym, the sound of punches told me that Hidan was still there. I peered through the open door and was met by the awesome sight of Hidans bare back, rippling with powerful muscles and a light coating of sweat due to the hard training. I cautiously stepped closer and when I was only an arm's length away he heard me and spun around. He clearly was on edge and I wondered who he had expected to see behind him. It surely wasn´t me.
His eyes widened and he had a look of surprise on his features. "Hi." I said awkwardly. "Hi… what are you doing here?" He asked me. I felt a light blush cover my cheeks, we were standing face to chest which gave me a clear view of his taut abs. "I´m looking for you actually… I'm… I'm sorry about before." I lowered my head, afraid of looking him in the eyes. "Hey, don´t be afraid of me." He gently lifted my chin so that he was able to look me in the eyes. "I´m not mad at you, so there is no reason for you to be sorry. I can actually understand your reaction…" He gave me a shy smile that made my insides turn to jelly.
Suddenly he was so close that I could feel the heat radiating of his body. His eyes seemed to drown me as I forgot to breath and then, a quick gentle kiss on my lips before he was gone. I slowly touched my lips, I couldn´t believe what had just happened or how to feel about it. He had stolen my first kiss. Even though I was confused and a little bit dazed, a smile found its way to my lips. My first kiss was not a bad experience and I decided to keep it a secret. If I kept it a secret perhaps the tingling feeling would not go away.