Disclaimer: I do not own Naruto.
Chapter Eleven
I didn´t sleep much the night after Sasori and the others left, I was mostly crying so the morning after my eyes were red and puffy. But that didn´t stop Konan from suggesting that we should go shopping.
It was kind of sweet of her and probably her way of making me think of something else so I agreed to going. I was also trying very hard not to think of how our last shopping trip ended.
But when we pulled into the parking lot at the mall I was not nervous, instead I had gotten a great idea. I wanted to give my room a makeover. I told Konan my idea and explained it to her. "It´s not that I don´t like it the way it is because I do. But at the same time I feel that I no longer need a room that is clearly made with the purpose of healing. I feel like I need something different now…" She nodded then and I knew that I had managed to convince her.
After we had bought paint, we bought some new bedding, lamps and some other stuff. Then we shopped for some clothes and shoes before taking a break for food. While we ate our sushi I kept staring at a jewelry store that had some absolutely awesome stuff in their window.
I pointed it out for Konan and she told me. "Yeah they have pretty good stuff; they do piercings and tattoos as well. I kind of know the owner Temari. She and her two brothers are running the place." I pondered that for a while before asking her. "Do you think I could get another piercing?" "Sure but why don't you ask Pein to do it?" She asked me and I blushed a bit. "Well I was thinking of getting a nipple piercing and I wouldn´t be comfortable with him doing that." I told her. Konan just looked at me, mouth slightly open and asked me. "You want a nipple piercing?"
I nodded eagerly and she laughed. "Well let´s go talk to Temari then." We quickly finished our meal and went inside the small shop named "the sand coffin".
"Hey Temari!" Konan yelled and a women with dirty blond hair in four ponytails looked up. "Hey Konan, what´s up?" She asked casually in a slightly raspy voice as her teal eyes were focused on me.
"My friend Sakura wish to get a nipple piercing." She told her happily and Temari gestured at us to follow her into a small room. "You the Sakura that Sound is looking for?" She asked me as she showed me the jewelry available. I only nodded and picked a jewelry that looked like an arrow going through my nipple.
Her statement made me nervous, would she tell Sound about me? But just before she did the piercing she told me. "Don´t worry, I won´t tell about you. Sound tried to hurt my baby brother Gaara."
I walked out of the shop with both a new piercing and Temaris number in my phone, thinking that maybe I had just gotten a new friend as well.
We were on our way to the car when the one and only Sasuke showed up in front of us, his own little crew in tow. At seeing him I didn´t froze up as last time, instead I merely felt annoyed.
"What do you want Sasuke?" I asked him, surprising both him and Konan. "Hn, you´re still clinging to the Akatsuki I see. You will regret that, you know." He told me, a smirk on his lips. "I doubt that." Was my simple answer while keeping tabs on the big guy Jugo that was sneaking up behind me.
Suddenly the other guy, Suigetsu, lunged toward me but I sidestepped him and then spun around, delivering a hard roundhouse kick to Jugos head, knocking him unconscious. Suigetsu tried to punch me but I sidestepped him once more and was just about to knock him out when the sound of someone cocking a gun reached me. I froze and slowly turned around.
Sasuke was holding a gun pressed against Konans head.
"If you come with me, I won´t kill your friend." He told me, his smirk gone and his eyes ice cold. I knew he was lying and I tried to come up with a plan that didn´t involve me or Konan getting shot.
"I will come with you if you let Konan go to our car." I told him, voice steady. Sasuke stared at me trying to figure out if he could trust me or not. "Fine, but Suigetsu and Karin are restraining you until she gets there." He said and I nodded. Konan looked at me as she walked past but I didn´t dare to give her a sign of my plan, I was hoping she would get it anyway.
As soon as Konan closed the car door of her car, Suigetsus grip on me tightened as Sasuke said. "Karin get Jugo in the car, we´re leaving." As soon as she let go of me, Suigetsu moved to stand directly behind me so he would get a better grip on me. That was exactly what I was hoping for.
I leaned forward as far as I could without falling and kicked backwards and upwards, hitting Suigetsu exactly where it hurts the most. He let go of me with a cry of pain, making the bitch Karin turn around. I punched her in the face, effectively knocking her out as well.
I turned to look for Sasuke when he grabbed my arm, hard. I knew I was getting bruises but that didn´t stop me from trying to get away. He tightened his hold on my upper arm before throwing me against a car with enough force to shatter the window. I felt my right shoulder dislocate and bit back a scream of pain.
Sasuke leaned against me, trapping me against the car. "Don´t make me angry with you, you don´t want that." He whispered in my ear and I shuddered.
The sound of an engine revving caught his attention and as he looked to the side I kicked him between the legs making him lose his grip on me. Then I ran.
Konan opened the passenger door for me and as soon as I was in the car she pulled out of the parking lot. Neither of us said anything for a couple of minutes but then I told her. "That was the last time you and me went to the mall alone." At that she only looked at me before both of us started laughing.
"Are you okay?" She asked me when we had calmed down. I nodded. "Yeah, just some bruises and a dislocated shoulder." "You dislocated your shoulder?" She asked worriedly. "Yeah, but that has happened quite a few times, don´t worry. I´ll just need help popping it back into place." She seemed to accept that explanation but still drove a little faster.
When we arrived home she insisted that I should wait in the car so she could go and get Kakuzu. I told her that I could walk on my own just fine but she was already in the house by then.
I sighed and leaned against the car, I knew that if I didn´t obey her things could get ugly. But when she came back it was with Hidan and Kisame instead of Kakuzu.
I raised one eyebrow in question and she answered irritated. "It seems like Kakuzu is down by the shop." I sighed. "I told you I don´t specifically need Kakuzus help, I bet Kisame could do it, or Hidan." I told her.
"Wait, slow down kitten. What exactly happened?" Kisame asked and I only looked at Konan. "You didn´t tell them?" She shook her head no. I sighed again before telling Kisame and Hidan what had happened in the parking lot. When I was done both of them were staring at me in disbelief.
"Your shoulder is dislocated? Doesn´t that hurt like a bitch?" Kisame asked. "Yeah it hurts like hell." The answer came from Hidan, who obviously had dislocated something before. I on the other hand only shrugged with my good shoulder and said. "Not so bad if you do it enough times." Neither of them answered that.
"Konan can you please go get some pain relieving cream from Kakuzus room?" Hidan asked her and she immediately disappeared inside the house. He then turned to me and said. "That should keep her away for a little while. Do you think you can get out of your shirt or shall we cut it?" He asked me and I realized that he probably intended to pop my shoulder back into place without having Konan watching it.
"Cut it." I told them and Kisame pulled out a small knife and cut my shirt open. At least I had on a nice black, lace bra today. Both of them then took a look at my shoulder and both of them cringed at the look of it. "Damn kitten…" Was Kisames reaction. Hidan gently felt around my shoulder without me making a noise before nodding and telling me.
"I can pop it back if you want me to, or we can call Kakuzu and tell him to come home and fix it." I didn´t even think about it before answering. "You can fix it."
He positioned himself behind me and took a hold of my arm and shoulder. "You ready Cherry?" He asked me, concern just barely detectable in his voice. I smiled at Kisame before telling him. "Bring it on." The noise of my shoulder popping back into place made Kisame cringe but I just clenched my jaw against the pain and didn´t make a sound. When Hidan released me I tried to move and found that I could do so without any major pain.
"Thanks." I told Hidan who only replied. "Yeah let´s try and not make that a habit Cherry." I only gave him a smile that clearly said "no promises" before all of us went back into the house.
I let Kakuzu examine me when he came home and he concluded that I was not badly hurt (which I already knew) and Pein agreed that Konan and I no longer could go to the mall alone.
That night after I had enjoyed a hot shower I put on some white silk pajama pants and a pale pink tank top before venturing to the kitchen to make some hot chocolate. In the kitchen I found Tobi who apparently had the same idea as me.
"Hi Tobi." I said before opening a cabinet, trying to reach one of the cups on the top shelf. "Hi Sakura-chan, Tobi will help you, Tobi is a good boy!" He said before pulling down the cup and pouring hot chocolate in both of our cups. "Thanks Tobi." I said and gave him a hug before returning to my room.
I cuddled up in bed with a book, sipping my chocolate while trying not to think about what had happened at the mall parking lot or that my brother was gone. It was late at night when I finally was able to go to sleep.
A few days passed with not much happening and I actually found myself bored. I had thought that with my past and the threat of Sound hanging over me I would not miss the action and adrenaline. But I did.
I was sitting in my room, staring out the window at the rain outside, bored out of my mind when a knock on the door drew my attention. "Come in." I called.
Hidan, Kisame and Kakuzu all entered dressed in swim shorts and t-shirts. "Hey Cherry, want to go play in the pool with us?" I smiled entered my face and I felt my whole soul lighten. "Of course I want to guys! Kami knows I´m bored out of my mind sitting here…" We agreed that I would meet the guys in the pool as soon as I had changed and then they left me again.
I quickly put on my black bikini with silver stars and checked to see that my nipple piercing wasn´t visible through the fabric. It wasn´t so I hurried down the hallways until I reached the pool. The door was open and I could hear the guys playing in the water.
An evil smile made its way upon my lips as an idea took form in my mind. I knew that the light switch was right beside the door so I sneaked my hand in and sent the pool room into darkness. Then I snuck along the far wall so that I could enter the water from the far side. As I silently entered the pool someone else got out on the other side. I could hear Hidan and Kisame whispering to each other so it must´ve been Kakuzu that got up to switch the lights back on.
I navigated carefully through the water until I stood between Hidan and Kisame, luckily they didn´t notice me or else this prank wasn´t going to work. At the same moment the lights came back on I said a simple "Hi!" scaring both Hidan and Kisame to death.
I actually made both of them scream.
I laughed until my stomach hurt before I was able to stop. Strangely the boy's didn´t seem to find it quite as amusing… But they soon forgave me and we played a few games of water volley ball before getting up. We watched a few movies and had dinner before we all went to bed.
That night I woke up to my phone signaling I had gotten a text message. I groggily took my phone only to instantly becoming alert at the sight of who sent me the text. It was from Sasuke. I opened the text and read it, dread filling my stomach.
Hello Sakura, I just wanted to remind you what will happen if you pull that stunt from the parking lot again.
As if the words were not enough, he had also sent me a picture. The picture was of a young woman who had had the Sound gang symbol, a music note inside an Uchiha fan, carved on her back. I nearly got sick at the sight of it.
I dropped the phone on the floor and it hit the floor with a thud. As soon as I dropped it, I got another text message.
You don´t like it?
I panicked. How did he know my reaction? I frantically looked around my room but I didn´t see anything out of the ordinary. But I couldn´t shook off the uncomfortable feeling so I carefully made my way over to the windows, looking out. I didn´t see anything that shouldn´t be there either.
I tried to get back to bed but soon realized that it would be impossible to sleep like this, I was too tense.
I got up again and silently made my way through the bathroom to Hidans bedroom, it wouldn´t be the first time I went to him in the middle of the night.
"Hidan?" I called silently as I opened the bathroom door and entered his dark bedroom. "Cherry? What´s wrong? Did you have another nightmare?" His voice was heavy with sleep but I could hear him make room for me in his bed.
I thankfully slid under the covers and snuggled up beside him before telling him. "No not a nightmare… I got some text messages from Sasuke; it appears he´s mad at me." I shivered at the thought of what could happen if he actually caught me and Hidan hugged me closer as if he was trying to ward off those thoughts. "We won´t let him take you, try not to worry." He told me with his mouth against my temple.
My own mouth was resting against his neck, my head next to his on his pillow. I laid more on him then next to him, my arm across his chest and my legs nestled with his. His body heat warming me, making me sleepy once again. "I´ll try not to worry…" I murmured against his smooth skin, making goose bumps brake out all over his body.
He opened his eyes to look at me, I could feel his gaze on me and his violet eyes glittered even in the dark of his bedroom. He suddenly switched us, so that he was on top of me, his arms on either side of my head, holding his weigh up. There was a second of stillness before his lips locked on mine.
His lips moved against mine, soft yet demanding. He broke away for air, our breaths mingling, both hot and heavy. Something warm spread low in my stomach, making me give away a low moan. He leaned down to kiss me again, his chest rubbing against mine, making my piercing feel both uncomfortable and comfortable at the same time.
When he broke away next time, he pressed a kiss on my neck, right beneath my ear, before whispering. "When did you get a nipple piercing Sakura?" I blushed but he couldn´t see that in the dark of his bedroom. "I did it the last time Konan and I went to the mall, right before I dislocated my shoulder." He rested his forehead against mine, his breath ghosting over my cheek. "I like it." He told me then he kissed me one last time before laying down beside me again, pulling me close to his chest, his mouth against my Akatsuki tattoo and his arm securely wrapped around my waist.
I didn´t think anymore of Sasuke that night.