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"I've been having nightmares, but they were never like this." Sakura admitted, gratefully accepting the tea Ibiki handed her as he sank down next to her on the couch. He watched as she rubbed her eyes, wondering if the dark circles underneath her eyes would become as permanent as the Kazekage's, before dropping the pack of biscuits into her lap urging her to eat, not relaxing until with a sigh she nibbled on one.
"It was bound to happen."
A disgusted sigh blew from her lips. "I would wake and fall back to sleep or simply remember them the next morning. Not cry and wake screaming unable to sleep."
Ibiki kept his mouth shut, support and interrogation sometimes overlapped, silence was golden and sometimes letting the victim speak allowed them to reveal more than they would. They sat sipping tea and nibbling biscuits listening to the radio warble on in the darkness of the night, the static from the tv muted and then turned off.
As Ibiki began to wonder if he was losing his touch Sakura finally spoke.
"Did you warn the others?"
Ibiki simply mmmmd around his tea mug, leaning his head back against the cushion and watched the pink haired woman from the corner of his eye. Her mug was nearly empty though she seemed to hold it more for comfort than for anything else as she picked away any biscuit crumbs that had fallen on her oversized t-shirt and pants. Her voice was hesitant but sure.
"Maybe it's because I know what he plans to do with us now. There are only six of us left. Do you think he'll kill any more?"
Frowning Ibiki spoke. "I don't know. I hadn't anticipated Hisoka being killed."
"I would dream about the attack but tonight it was me that was on the bed." Without a word Ibiki took her mug from her hands and waited as Sakura played with the ends of her t-shirt, pink hair falling to cover her face. "I was strapped down, no one listened as I screamed or begged. I felt the scalpel cut me, the tissues being torn apart and then they pulled it from me. Danzou looked down at me and said let her die she's not essential." Sakura's voice was steady but empty, a hand rising to wipe her eyes but no tears had fallen, hair shook back to look at Ibiki.
"What do you think is going to happen?"
"ROOT is now implementing a curfew, ANBU missions have become more and more mundane as time goes, and with the last few months I've noticed high ranking Kunoichi are used in missions bellow their ability.
Some of my suspicions were correct but a handful have been wrong"
Ibiki left his highest suspicion unsaid – Kakashi, Naruto and Sai would most likely have faced several attempts on their lives, but even Ibiki had learned not to underestimate the blonde Kyuubi container who made friends with everyone including his enemies.
"What are you doing next?"
Ibiki snorted; did she expect him to have all the answers? But he obliged her, that feeling in his chest pushing him to reassure her.
"I'm meeting the others in a week or so, hopefully they'll have information or plans worth it and not another stupid assassination attempt that will kill half of us. The right to Hokage is not simply a position and if we kill him we'll bring war from the other Kages."
"Not Gaara though." Sakura smiled.
"No." Ibiki smiled ruefully. "He is to visit in two weeks with a delegation that should help."
Ibiki stopped himself; an idea forming that had a lot of potential but only saying. "Tsunade waking would be a major advantage."
The sad smile and slumping shoulders were exactly what he intended as he stood and pulled Sakura to her feet, placing her mug on the ground and guiding her to his bedroom. With soft words he said goodnight and leaving the door open a crack to allow the light to brighten the room, he lay down in his bed of cushions on the floor and started to think.
Five nights later, making it six in a row, a familiar scream woke him and in moments he was sitting on the bed and pulling Sakura to him. Listening to her describe her attack, how this time they didn't stop, how she couldn't wake, how it morphed into them raping her as she died from childbirth - he held her tight and swore he would do everything he could.
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Dia Duit,
This is a filler and setting up chapter! An dyes I know it's not as detailed as my other fics hence the quick updates :-)Though there are some hints for future chapter ideas. It's more progressing Ibiki and Sakura. I'm putting it that the kage's don't take uprisings well and they have to have valid reasons to allow the death of Kages, not just the people not liking him, evidence has to be proven. Kinda a ruler policing method, if that makes sense that all the kages have interest in who rules next to them and it Shinobi killed their own Kages willy nilly it would lead to chaos through all the countries.
No chapter up tomorrow,work all day and then meeting and then course so will be gone from home 8-10.30. Hopefully next day.
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The Rose and the Dagger x x