Title - Unexpected Turn of Life

A/N – Here's the new chapter! Thank you for reviewing the last chapters Shining SAKURAA, lolgurl and the guests! ^^

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'….' – Thoughts

"…..." – Speaking

Chapter 21

No one's POV

On the ship

"…but she's not a pro in swimming…" said Ino, as she held onto Sai's shoulder for support, unconsciously.

Hinata was already sobbing and was comforted by Tenten and Neji, but there was shock written on Tenten's face. Karin was sitting quietly beside Suigetsu looking outside which left him a little surprised at her quietness as she had just met the Uchiha she always wanted to, but didn't say or blabber about it. But he was worried for Sakura too. Half an hour had passed after Sasuke jumped in to the sea and they don't know about their whereabouts.

Naruto looked down at the floor. He had no choice but to tell them the news as they were Sakura's best friends. He wanted to go find them but he was not allowed to go.

'What if he… No!' he frowned at his thoughts. Shikamaru put a hand on his shoulder.

"You should believe in him, Naruto. We can't jump to conclusions like this" stated Shikamaru, reading Naruto's thoughts.

Naruto nodded. "Don't worry guys! Sasuke is pro at swimming! I'm sure nothing will happen to them! Believe it!" he said looking at the girls, making his voice firm. "Just be safe…" he whispered looking outside at the ragging storm.

Meanwhile…

"Are you positive no one is with the weapon among them?" asked Fugaku. The Uchiha's were discussing among themselves with some others including Kakashi about the situation at hand.

"Yes, sir"

"Well, well… you sure about that…?" asked a voice behind them. They stiffened. Just then Itachi came in hurriedly.

"Otou-san, there's a problem" he said but stopped when he saw a person holding guns in both hands. "I should have known…" muttered Itachi, as he came face to face with the person.

At the same time…..

"HEY! What are you doing?!" exclaimed Naruto, angrily followed by more incoherent words.

"…Troublesome… Naruto stop that" muttered Shikamaru and sighed.

They both were standing in front of the girls with Sai and Neji alongside them who looked alerted. The girls held each other's hands and looked scared but Neji told them not to panic. But… who cannot get afraid when the ship you are in, get infiltrated by some armed people…? They all were surrounded by the men with the guns.

"What a stupid question…" said a man in a suit, smirked and pointed his gun at Naruto. It was obvious that they were disguised as guests. "Relax… just do what's said or you die. Now come on everyone, start moving!" he added, smirking wide.

'What a drag… It's a good thing Temari went to my brother-in-law's (Gaara's) house… Where is Itachi anyway…?' thought Shikamaru as he watched the guests giving out their precious things and were scared.

He glanced around and analyzed the situation. 'There are six with the guns… but their boss might be somewhere else as they are all scattered and collecting things… The question is, who is leading them here? It's just as Itachi predicted. What a smart guy… But Sasuke's and Haruno Sakura's disappearance was not in the plan…' he thought and sighed.

"Oyi Shikamaru?" whispered Naruto. "You and Neji seem too relaxed" he said. Both Shikamaru and Neji glanced at each other than at Naruto and shook their heads and looked back at the people in front.

"Just stand there, Uzumaki" said Neji while Naruto glared at him.

"State your business, Kimimaru" stated Itachi, looking at the person with an emotionless face. Kimimaru smirked at him.

"I didn't know you are still here… And here I thought you left to find Sasuke" said Kimimaru, sighing.

"Is your boss here? And are you the one who's behind that gun shot?" asked Itachi, glancing towards the door.

"Straight to the point as usual" said Kimimaru. "May be… may be not… So how about we talk…?" he added, pointing a gun at Itachi. Itachi frowned.

"How about saving the talk for later?" said a new voice, from behind Kimimaru, with a gun pointing at his head.

"And your subordinates are all down" added the other one, bored. Four men were lying on the floor in different directions who looked like Kimimaru's subordinates.

"What? How did you-…?" started Kimimaru as he glanced at the side through peripheral vision but…

There was a gunshot… It all happened so fast, they barely had time to blink let alone blink; even the elder Uchiha's were shocked at the scene.

Itachi had kicked the guns from Kimimaru's hands while the new person punched him in the face, hard, causing him to crash on the floor and hit his head making him unconscious.

"You're still here? Anyway, thank you, Yahiko, Nagato…" said Itachi, smiling a little then winced as he held his right shoulder. Everyone could see that there were some drops of blood falling on the floor from Itachi's figure tips. He was the one who was shot.

"Itachi!"

"That was a stupid move, Itachi! Who would have saved you if we had gone?" berated Yahiko then smirked while Itachi rolled his eyes.

"He was the one who did most of the work, Yahiko. Now let's get them moving" said Nagato, pointing at the fallen men and sighed. "And his other men are also captured" he added. Itachi sighed relieved as well as the others.

"You need medical attention. Let's go" said Kakashi as he supported Itachi.

"But… Sasuke and Sakura-chan are still-…" Itachi tried to protest but Madara interrupted.

"Kakashi, take him and don't let him go anywhere" ordered Madara, surprising others by his concern filled voice. Itachi sighed then winced again.

"We'll soon find them, Itachi. We'll reach in few minutes" said Obito, trying to reason with Itachi. Itachi frowned but nodded as he left with Kakashi.

'Just be alright…'

With Sasuke and Sakura…

"What are you looking at?" asked Sasuke, monotonously.

However, it was more like a statement, like telling them to mind their own business. They backed up, frowning and started talking with themselves but kept glancing at Sasuke and Sakura. Way to go Sasuke…

Sasuke glanced at the unknown people and shifted. He frowned as he saw the people giving off a strange vibe but ignored it then glanced beside him, to find Sakura sleeping beside him, facing him and her arm draped over his stomach as if she was hugging him. But then he noticed that his hand was also wrapped around her waist. He removed his hand around her and his shifting caused her to wake up.

"Why are you in my room, pervert…" she muttered, unclearly with hazy eyes. But then her eyes widened as she saw him so close to her and it looked like she was hugging him. She instantly sat up, blushing furiously.

"…S-Sorry…" she muttered and then saw some people. To hide her flushed face and stammering, she stood up and smiled at them. "Hey!" she exclaimed.

Sasuke sat up, smirking as he saw her stutter with a flushed face. He watched as she started talking with the men. Wait… men…? He glanced around and saw there were no women and only five men who Sakura was speaking at the moment. He noticed that the sun is just at the horizon. They woke up too early… He sighed and stretched his hands as he stood up. He saw the men had their full attention on her and seemed to ignore him. He frowned as he saw the men had her surrounded.

On the other hand, Sakura smiled at the men. "Hello, sirs! Actually, we need some help" she said and explained their situation. The men grinned at her. They looked average and normal to Sakura while Sasuke gave them a blank stare.

"My, my… we got some rich fellows here, Men!" said one of them.

Sakura waved her hand. "No no no… I'm not rich, Mister! But once we get some help, we can-…"

"Your boyfriend seems rich" said the other one, grinning. The men glanced at Sasuke who was behind a blushing Sakura now.

"Hn"

Sakura's eyebrow twitched.

"See! He agrees! He seems shy to speak" the third one said. Sakura sweat dropped.

'Can't he just improve his vocabulary?' she thought, shooting a glare at Sasuke.

"We don't want help. Let's go" said Sasuke as he attempted to grab Sakura's wrist. But before that, Sakura was pushed back and two of the men stood in front of Sasuke.

"HEY?!" Sakura exclaimed.

Sasuke glared at the men while Sakura seemed to be protesting, as her hand was grabbed by one of them.

"There are few things we want. You look smart enough to know what we want. You can call from our phone and ask for our requirements or she dies. Until then, we will keep her company" said the first one, who seemed to be their boss.

Sasuke furrowed his eyebrows as he saw the so called boss reached for Sakura and held her chin roughly. Sasuke's glare intensified as he saw him caress her cheek with his thumb.

"Besides, she seems quite a catch…" the man added. Yes… he was too angry now…

"Hey! Stop that!" exclaimed Sakura as she slapped his hand away earning grins from the men.

Sakura watched as the two men standing between her and Sasuke fell down, groaning. A very pissed Sasuke had kicked them. Before anyone could anticipate, Sasuke grabbed Sakura's wrist and made a dash towards the trees.

"GET THEM!"

Just as they passed a large tree, they heard a shot followed by scraping of the tree bark, made by a bullet. Sakura's eyes widened. She exclaimed while running.

"Sasuke! They have GUNS!"

"I know that already! Hurry up!" said Sasuke as he dragged her with him.

Sakura was holding her skirt with her other (injured) hand and tried to keep up with Sasuke who seemed to be swiftly dodging everything on the way. She was glad that she was not wearing those heels.

After fifteen minutes of running aimlessly, Sasuke stopped, causing Sakura to crash into him. Both were glancing around and found that they were surrounded by nothing but the trees and leaves. They were standing below a large tree now and panting from their run. She was going to speak when they heard some snapping sound. They stiffened but found out that it was just a rabbit who hopped off. Sasuke crouched down taking her with him and exhaled deeply. They sat at base of the tree.

"I think we lost them" stated Sasuke once he regained his breath.

"Yeah…" said Sakura. They had heard several gun shots after they ran in the forest but it had stopped a while ago.

"Let's go. We need to get away from here" stated Sasuke, after few minutes. He was still holding her wrist; Sakura noted and tried to wriggle out of his grasp. Sasuke smirked while Sakura glared at him.

"You can let go, you know" she said.

"Well, I refuse. What if they come back? You can't seem to run in those clothes. They found you so 'beautiful' and if they find us, you'll definitely be the first one they'll try to take. And I'm not interested in playing the prince to save a 'Damsel in distress' either" stated Sasuke, sarcasm dripping from his voice. He saw her embarrassed and continued, "Seriously, what is wrong with their eyes?"

Sakura huffed. "Sheesh! All men are perverts! Obviously they have good eyes! They can see the good things (smirk)… they can't keep their hand off of me". Sakura flipped her hair. Sasuke rolled his eyes at that.

"And Stop. Acting. Like. A Jerk" she said, poking him in the chest with each word she spoke. Sasuke grabbed her hand which was poking him and smirked.

"Way to go, Haruno. That's how you speak with a person who saved you…? See, you can't keep your hand off from me now. Taking advantage of the situation like that" said Sasuke.

Sakura looked up and glared at his face, "You! I'm not a pervert like you!"

Suddenly, she realized the little distance between them and before she could move back, Sasuke had her cornered between the tree and himself. Sakura blushed while Sasuke was still holding both of her hands. He looked down at her while she looked down at the ground due to sudden closeness.

"…If you call me a pervert again… I might do something what that word means…" he said, his voice low and smirked as he saw her face rivaled a tomato and looked up to meet his eyes. 'Cute…'

"J-Just move a-already" stammered Sakura, with a pink face and tried to push him with her hands which were still held by him. He blinked as he processed her words but masked his face with indifference before he let go.

"Hn". That shut her up…

Sasuke leaned back on the large rock and closed his eyes. It had been half an hour now and no one spoke thought out their walk. Sakura had quietly followed him as he analyzed the direction with the help of sun and proceeded. Now, they had found a clearing with a waterfall much to their relief.

He glanced at her as she drank water from the river. She removed his blazer and kept it over the rock as she washed her hands and then splashed the water on her face, bending forward so that her dress would not get wet, unknown to the fact that Sasuke was looking at her from the side, the whole time.

'Who the hell was he to touch her like that! That imbecile! Wait… Why do I care?' he thought as he closed his eyes and folded his arms over his chest. On the other hand, Sakura came towards him and nudged him on the shoulder, causing him to open his eyes.

"Hey… Here" she called out; pointing at some berries and fruits.

Sasuke's eyebrows furrowed. "Tsk… annoying…" he muttered, referring to his thoughts but…

"Who are you calling annoying?!" exclaimed Sakura, glaring at him…

'Oh boy…'

To be continued…

A/N – Phew… I'm tired… Just wanna say… Review! I just hope you guys like it… thank you for reading! ^^