CHAPTER RATING: T

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Chapter 29: "I never did, and I never will"

"Did you miss me?" Karin asked mockingly with a smile.

"How the hell did you get back here?" Naruto asked desperately. "I thought Sai would have kept you in captivity!...How the hell did you get into MY HOUSE?!"

"You're GAY FRIEND couldn't stop me…" Karin began.

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Before you call me homophobic, I'm not. Sai may not be gay in canon Naruto, but when he was introduced, I sure thought he was, wearing that revealing shirt and talking about dicks all the time. Well, I am an American, so many of you may not understand the cultural difference in thought processes.

I don't want to turn this into a political rant, but please remember this:

I don't hate gay people.

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"...With this village's pathetic prison system, there's nothing that could have held me back from what I wanted." She reached into her pocket and pulled out a small box. "…As for your house, there's nothing a little lock picking can't do."

Naruto's mind refocused, and he tried to move his hands.

They didn't budge.

He tried to move his legs.

They didn't budge either.

He looked up and gazed at a familiar scene. His limbs were bound to his bed, like they had been so many weeks ago.

Aww Shit. Not this again.

Karin sat down on the bed beside him.

"If you relax, it'll be over soon, all you have to do is cooperate." She said while placing her hand on his cheek and moved ti down, slowly separating his jacket.

"What the hell are you going to do to me?" he asked in anger and frustration. She smiled again, and oddly, took off her glasses. Her tone of voice seemed to change from that of a sinister succubus to an innocent courtesan.

"I'm just here to have some fun with you…" She moved closer and laid her head down onto his chest, her ear placed above his heart. "I can hear your heartbeat, you must really want this."

He continued to struggle, desperately trying to break free of the restraints that bound him to his bed. Karin placed her hand on his ribs, and pushed down with a quick motion.

An extreme, sharp pain shot through his nerves. His breath jutted out of his lungs with the pressure she applied to his ribcage. The pain took away the control he had over his muscles, leaving him flat on his back, gasping for breath, tied to his bed.

He opened his eyes again after the pain passed, to find that Karin's face was only a few inches away from his. "Now, I finally get what you should have given me on that night." She moved closer to him, almost what seemed like a snail's pace.

Footsteps rang throughout Naruto's house.

"Hurry up! Sasuke doesn't like waiting!" A male voice rang out through the house. Karin shot up and looked towards the doorway with disdain; in the doorway to his room stood a man with snow-white hair, and dark violet eyes. And one particularly odd trait: a single sharpened tooth that protruded from the right side of his mouth. He carried with him the same sword that Zabuza had carried: Kubikiribōchō, the Executioner's Blade.

"Shut up, puddle-boy! Get the hell out of here!" she spat at him. He offered her a confused look of both anger and pity.

"Hey, I'm just here to get this kid to Sasuke! That's all! I don't need to see, hear, or even KNOW about your sick fantasies concerning this kid." He replied sarcastically.

"If you don't want to see, hear or know, then GET. THE. FUCK. OUT."

"Pfft." He smirked while turning away. "Whatever, make it quick." He turned and disappeared from sight.

"Sasuke?" Naruto questioned. "What about Sasuke?"

"Don't worry about it. All you need to know is that Sasuke wants to meet you again, but before we can take you, let's have some fun." She smiled and began to descend upon his lips.

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Sakura ran as fast as she could, the gauntlet that Shikamaru and Ino had given her was weighting her down considerably, but she found that with every step, she was becoming accustomed to the weight. While it was heavy, she was using the momentum it had to pull her further with every footfall.

She came across the stairwell that lead to his home; she was breathing deeply and desperately when she reached his door, and raised her right hand.

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A knock interrupted Karin's slow approach. She stopped dead in her tracks "What the hell is that now?!" she whispered.

"Naruto! Naruto are you home?!" Sakura shouted through the walls. Karin's face turned sour. Her gaze shifted towards Naruto.

"It's your girlfriend, isn't it?" Karin whispered to him. She reached into her pocket again and pulled out a pocket knife. "She won't do you any good. She can't save you now."

"Naruto! Are you in there?!" Sakura shouted again.

Naruto took in a deep breath. "SAKURA-CH-" Karin brought forth a piece of cloth from her pocket and pressed it up against Naruto's nose. His outburst caused him to instinctively take a deep breath.

And he fell unconscious.

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Sakura heard his voice scream out her name, but then it was abruptly interrupted.

Something's wrong.

She pulled back her fist and struck the door, her footsteps entered the house through the artificial mist of wood and metal that utterly pulverized the door. She looked around and saw no one, until she reached his bedroom.

"Take it easy." A male voice warned. "We don't need to have any bloodshed here. That'd really be a shame." Sakura walked forward and saw the same man with white hair, carrying Zabuza's sword, that rested silently across Naruto's neck.

"W-Who are you?" Sakura asked him. But her eyes narrowed when she saw the person behind him. "How the hell did you get here?" She shouted at Karin.

"He can tell you how…If you can take him."

"What do you want with him?"

"It's not what I want. It's what Sasuke wants."

Sasuke…?

"What does Sasuke want with Naruto?!"

"Sasuke just wants to know that Naruto is dead." Karin shrugged. "Don't worry though." She took a deep breath and smiled. "I was going to make sure that he would have enjoyed his last moments."

"Oh my God! Do you really have to say this?!" The man with white hair shouted.

"Shut the fuck of Suigetsu! Get some damn cotton swabs and soak away your ears then!"

Sakura stepped forward.

"Don't." Suigetsu warned. He brought the blade closer down to Naruto's neck. "All you need to do, little lady, is just walk out, and pretend you didn't see anything." Sakura took a deep breath.

With a look of determination, she glared at him. "I won't let you do anything to Naruto."

"Fine, have it your way. It looks like Kubikiribōchō will rebuild itself tonight." Suigetsu raised Kubikiribōchō, and swiftly sung it towards Sakura's midsection. Sakura immediately reacted, raising her left arm; the blade came into contact with the steel gauntlet, and sent Sakura up against the wall.

The impact drove her against the wall, and into the ground. She sat up against the wall, still drained from the Nine-Tails' healing. In a daze, she looked up, to find that Suigetsu stood over her, raising Kubikiribōchō, he fiercely brought it down.

Sakura raised her gauntleted hand and caught the sword in her fist. Suigetsu tried his best to pull loose the blade, but couldn't find the strength to pull it away from her grasp. Sakura looked up towards him, her eyes filled with brutal determination as the gauntlet began to grow red. In Sakura's grip, the blade began to fracture.

Before Suigetsu had the chance to recover, the entire blade of Kubikiribōchō had shattered into fragments on the floor, the hilt fell down, and crashed onto the carpeted floor. Her other hand shot up and grabbed his, with a swing, she tossed him through the wall, and down onto the streets of Konoha, lights from every building in Konoha came on in reaction to the sound.

Panic entered Karin's eyes as Sakura slowly advanced towards her.

"What did I say I was going to do the next time I saw you?" Sakura asked. "Oh, right. I was going to kill you." She added.

Karin panicked, and pulled out a pocket knife, with a snap, she positioned the blade above Naruto's heart.

"If you come any closer, I-I'll kill him!" she shouted.

Sakura formed three seals with her hands.

The pocket knife broke away from Karin's hands, and flew passed Sakura.

"W-Wait, Please! Don't-!" Karin's breath exited her lungs when she felt Sakura's knee strike her midsection.

Within minutes many people had swarmed the household. The lead of the team was Shikamaru, who greeted Sakura with a depressed voice.

"What's wrong with Naruto?"

"Don't worry about him, all she had in her pocket was a little chloroform, a few sniffs, and you're lights go out."

"What will we do with her?"

"She'll be hauled off to prison-"

"That's where she broke out from! How can you be sure that she won't be back?"

"We've been working on a new system. Prisoner's will be wearing bright orange jumpsuits, the same as Naruto's, without the black, will have all of their possessions confiscated, and the locks on all doors are digital, she won't be getting out any time soon."

"We'll need to get Naruto to the hospital as fast as we can."

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The Next Day…

Sakura sat by Naruto in his hospital room, her hand held a grip on his, tight enough to never let go, soft enough to never be let go of.

"You've saved me again." He said with a grateful smile. She softly smiled back, and hugged him.

Their embrace was interrupted by Tsunade walking through the door.

"Naruto, Sakura! I'm sorry for what happened, but now I need to talk to you two urgently." She grabbed a chair and sat down next to them. "I have been in contact with the Sage Toads of Mount Myōboku have another thing that they have to tell you, Naruto."

"Then, why don't they just tell me themselves?"

"They don't know what they have to tell you, all they know is who will tell you."

"What do you mean?"

"What were you told at Mount Myōboku?"

"I was told that I would meet an octopus, and that it will be essential to helping me defeat Sasuke."

"We have been told that there is an Oracle in the Land of Wind. The Sages have told us that you will find a second part of the prophecy there."

"So, you're asking us to decide where we want to go?" Sakura asked.

"That's right." Tsunade finalized.