The next morning, Karin got up fairly early. Wearing a thin bathrobe the redhead stood on the balcony and breathed in some refreshing air. She stared up the azure sky before her eyes closed, thinking over her first time with the man of her dreams. A faint blush appeared over her cheeks as the images went through her head. Never did she think Sasuke and her would ever be so close. This was like a dream. She still wondered if it was true. Her eyes opened when she felt the familiar touch of a hand on her shoulder. The young Uchiha shoved her bathrobe off her smooth skin and ran a finger over her bite marks. Karin froze.

"Sasuke.. what are you doing there huh? Don't look at them.. They're ugly."

Sasuke placed kisses over those unique marks.

"They are not ugly. They are one of the many things that make you as beautiful as you are. One of the many things that make you, you."

"S-sasuke! Are you serious?"

"Yeah. They're gorgerous." He stated plainly as he turned her over so he could look at her face. He smiled fainty when he noticed she was blushing. Somehow he found that extremely cute. The color of tomatoes suited her best after all.

"Hn, you enjoy making me want to eat you, don't you? As if it isn't enough already to provoke me with your tomato colored hair and eyes, you bring your cheeks in too."

"Huh?! Ugh Sasuke! It isn't my fault at all! You made me blush so hard, you dipshit!" She squeezed his arms tightly as she yelled the words out.

"If you say so.." He shrugs.

"Y-yeah!" She felt uncomfortable and embarrassed. But regardless she couldn't help it so she just hugged him tightly and buried her face in his chest. Sasuke felt at peace upon feeling her warm body against his. Gently, he rubbed a hand over her back. There was silenence. But it broke soon when the Uchiha spoke up.

"We're going to leave this place."

"Already?! Where are we headed?"

"The Hidden Stone village. According to information gathered by Orochimaru they are imprisoning a many of Orochimaru's sucessfull experiments. During an attack several years ago the lot was caught and locked up. Even if things seem peaceful as of now, not much has changed. Conflict between the villages will arise sooner or later. And in order to built my own village I need strong shinobi. To summarize. We are extending Taka."

"I understand Sasuke. But are you sure you can invade the village just like that?"

"Certain. They are completely powerless against the Rinnegan and the Sharingan. If I have to, I'll eliminate them."

Karin pushed her glasses up "You've been in touch with Orochimaru-sama?"

"A messenger came to see me last night. I'll be working with him until I built my own village."

"Heh, I see. Oh well at least Suigetsu and Jugo aren't bothering us. After all I really just wanna be alone with you, Sasukeee!" She hugs his arm and rubs her head against his chest several times. Surprised yet pleased Sasuke smiled down at her, speaking to her in a soft voice

"Go get ready. We can't afford to waste anymore time."

—

It's been hours already since the two were travelling through the woods. Karin got tired, but she didn't want to tell Sasuke. She didn't want to get in his way and seem weak. The raven however noticed how she slowed down, so he gave her a concerned look.

"We're going to be there shortly." He reassured.

"Heh! Of course. I don't mind no matter how long it takes!" She lied, but suddenly she felt how her feet couldn't support her weight anymore so she collapsed, something that rarely ever happened to her and she felt so ashamed because of it. "Ugh! Damn it!" She cursed. "What the fuck! I should have slept longer!"

"Karin." Sasuke stopped and looked over at her, when he saw her on the ground he rushed to her side and gave her a worried look. He fondled in his bag and pulled out a bottle of water. He held it against her mouth so she could drink from it.

"S-sorry Sasuke. I have no fucking idea what got me so exhausted. But ugh maybe it was your intense fucking after all! Yeah must be it! It got me tired as hell!" She confessed before gulping down half of the bottle.

The redhead wiped her mouth and sighed. "Alright. I am good now." She stood up and stretched.

"Are you sure? Go and rest somewhere. I can take care of this on my own."

"What the hell Sasuke?! No way! I am going to come with you or some strange ass women will be all over you again!"

"Is that really that important considering the state you are in?"

"Of course it is! I wanted to punch that Mizukage in her old hag face when she lusted over you!"

"It's useless. You obviously need some rest. If you collapse like you did you're only getting in the way. Stay here."

"Damn it Sasuke would you just shut up?! I mean it when I say I am fine. You know very well how I don't just collapse out of nowhere! You've known me well enough for all these years so why not just trust me? Stop being a jerk already! I am not letting you go alone!"

"…. Why do you want to come so badly?"

"Because you said it yourself a long ass time ago. You need me! What if you get hurt huh?! Who is going to heal you?" She glared at him, hating how he thought she would get in the way.

"Fine then. Come." He gave a subtle nod, deciding to trust her since what she said was true and he knew her to the core. He knew she wasn't that kind of person that would stay on the ground when they'd collapse. So he believed he had nothing to lose.

—-

It didn't take long until the couple stood before the gates of the Hidden Stone. Without much effort Sasuke granted himself and his partner entrance. Forcing the guards to let them in by using the powers of his Sharingan.

It was night, the streets were already empty.

"Where's the Tsuchikage?"

"One sec." Karin used her sensory abilities to find out his location but no matter how hard she tried, she wasn't able to pin point it.

"That's weird. It seems like he isn't around here. Did he have the ability to make his chakra untraceable?"

"No." Sasuke scanned the area with those two gifted eyes of his.

"SASUKE!" Karin all of a sudden yelled, she jumped onto him and pulled him to the ground with her. She sensed how the Tsuchikage along with his guards neared the gate.

"We need to hide! He's returning!" Karin pressed her body against Sasuke's, trying to hide it with her own.

"Let's go." He jumped up and pulled her with him, hiding behind a small building.

"Tsk what an old bastard! Surprising us like that!" Karin cursed in a quiet voice. The two stayed as silent as possible as they watched the Tsuchikage pass by them, heading towards his own building. Once he was gone, Sasuke stepped forward.

"The prison is over there. How many guards are there?"

Karin closed her eyes to, using her sensory abilities to check. "About 60. They're all jounin. Each are capable of using two chakra natures."

"Hn. Easy enough."

"Come, Karin." He responded as he speeded off towards the prison, arriving there in a matter of seconds with Karin following. Activating his Sharingan he burned the wall down with the black flames of Amateratsu. The alarm went off as the two found their way inside the prison. Guards began storming at them, sending flying kunai and jutsu at them. The jutsu were absorbed by Sasuke's Rinnegan, during the time of the intervall him and Karin made sure to dodge the other jutsu. The kunai were blocked by Karin's own. The guards that headed straight for Sasuke were taken out by simple strikes of his katana. This was, indeed an easy job for a powerful shinobi like him.

"Karin, get the keys from that one!" Sasuke yelled as he stabbed the guard holding the keys, another one appeared behind Sasuke, another one in front of him. The guards kept him busy, he had to make sure to k.o. them. He didn't want to kill them. Only if there really was no other way.

"Get them out and leave this place. I am coming later!" Sasuke ordered as he fought the guards, sending kicks, punches, strikes of his sword and jutsu at them. He had to dodge their attacks as well. As usual, his Sharingan helped greatly in doing so.

Karin didn't hesistate for a second, she knew Sasuke would follow once he was done here. Unlocking each prison cell with a few disturbances in between, as in guards trying to keep her from doing so, she hurried. The guards that tried messing with her obviously weren't lucky. They either had to suffer powerful kicks or slappings or tireness caused by a laod of perfume spray.

"Hurry your asses out of here!" She yelled once all cells were opened. The prisoners cheered as they ran off, following the redheaded konoichi that leaded the way to the outside.

In the meanwhile, Sasuke took out the last remaining guards. Quickly, he found his way out of the prison.

"You guys." He looks around himself. "I am Orochimaru's sucessor. From today on, you are working for me. Follow." Sasuke hopped onto a tree, going to escape the village as quick as possible. Which was hard due to the amount of prisoners he just freed.

"Heh. The brat talks as if he's some big shot." One of the prisoners bellowed. He was a tall and angry sounding man.

"He freed us. Stay loyal to him for now or he'll send us right back to that hell." Another one replied in a calmer tone.

"He's right. Orochimaru-sama gave us power. We can't go stabbing him in the back!" A woman added, clenching a fist as she followed the Uchiha.

Hesistantly the rest of them followed. The Stone's anbu came heading the groups way. Sasuke attacked them with the great fireball technique, taking most of them out.

"Don't kill anyone, defeat them in order to get out of here! The gate is close!" Sasuke commanded as he kept fighting off the Stone shinobi. Karin was beside him all this time, punching and kicking away at the shinobi until she felt dizzy again.

"Damn it! What is it now!" She thought out loud.

"What the f-..!" Before she could finish the sentence, the Uzumaki fell to her knees and threw up.

"Karin!" A male nin held his sword up and readied it to pierce Karin as she puked. Just in time Sasuke managed to launch a kick at the mans stomach, knocking the sword out of his grip due to the strong impact. When Karin was done puking he picked her up. Something was wrong with her. She should have just stayed behind after all. Tch. Now his chance at winning became smaller. What a hassle. He wished Suigetsu or Jugo were here. He'd at least trust them to keep Karin in their care, but he wouldn't just hand her to any of those prisoners.

"S-sasuke.. saved me again, heh." She faintly smiled at him as she was in his arms.

"What is wrong with you? Why didn't you tell me you weren't feeling well?!" He yelled in an annoyed tone.

"It really just came over me! I didn't feel like puking up until I had to run so quickly!"

"Shit!" He saw how several anbu came heading their way. Activating his Mangekyou flames of Amateratsu covered the approaching enemies.

"But I would spat on my bloodline if something like this would keep me down!"

Karin jumped out of Sasuke's arms, the adamantine chakra chains came shooting from her back. The golden chains wrapped around each remaining and capable of fighting anbu.

"Get them!" She commanded the freed prisoners. Smirking in dirty and sinister ways the prisoners threw all their powerful jutsu at the trapped anbu. Taking them out and even killing a good few of them. Once the area was cleared up, ridden of every threat, Karin's chakra chains faded away. The girl panted as she fell onto her knees. She overdid it. Sasuke was annoyed by such recklessness, but at least he wouldn't need to worry now. They only needed to leave through the gates now. It'd be fine if he carried her. He picked her up in his arms switfly. With all the prisoners following they made their way out of the village. Leaving it behind in destruction. The prisoners cheered in delight. Happy they were finally free.

"Sasuke! Sasuke! Sasuke!" They chanted over and over again.

"Good." The Uchiha thought. He already ensured their loyalty.

It took all night to get as far into the woods as possible. Finding a place where the villages wouldn't find them all before they would head to Otokagure. Karin fell asleep in Sasuke's arms on the way. The place he found was huge enough to allow each prisoner a resting place. Sasuke himself went into a cave along with Karin. He sealed the entrance to it and let the prisoners know where they could find him.

He laid Karin down on the floor and looked at her full of worry showing in his onyx eyes.

"Karin.."

The redhead opened her eyes slowly when she heared him calling her name, her vision of the man she loved blurry.

"Sasuke? My glasses? Where are they?" She felt around herself for them.

"Here." He noted as he placed them onto her.

"Thank you." She sat up.

"Are you feeling better?"

"Ugh.. not really. I am still dizzy. And all of sudden I feel hungry as fuck! Sasuke! Do we have anything to eat?!"

"I only have a few tomatoes. I didn't get the chance to get anything else yet."

"Ah.. well don't worry, we'll eat in the morning!" She tried to answer in a confident tone, but that confidence was soon destroyed by a growling stomach.

"Uhhh! Never mind that!"

Sasuke stood up.

"I am hungry too. Wait here. I'll get something."

"Sasuke… Thank you.." She smiled gently at him. He loved when she smiled at him like that. And he couldn't help it. It caused him to smile so warmly, so full of peace, each time.

"I'll be back Karin. See ya." He unsealed the entrance and headed out.

Chapter 3 end. Hope you enjoyed. More battle than lovey dovey stuff in this one, but I still hope this was likeable enough.