Chapter Five: The Sake's Fault

Sasuke found the area easily. He stared in awe at the destructive power Sakura had back then. He smirked as he jumped down into the area, using his senses to locate her chakra signature even though it was very faint. "I found you Sakura." He whispered as he created a chidori in his hand. Chidori ripped through the boulder like scissors through paper. The dust and debris cleared to reveal a tunnel.

He entered smirking as he called. "Sakura I know you're in here." Sasuke looked around only to see that the main tunnel broke off into smaller tunnels. "Well, well your little friends are smarter than they look, but I will find you." He called again listening to the echo and hoping to hear her reply enraged in his words, but none came.

Sakura heard the echo and cursed under her breath. "How did he find us so fast, hm?" Deidara asked annoyance in his voice. Sakura growled in frustration. "He's good at fucking tracking. How do you think he found his brother? No matter how well we cover our tracks he'll find us. We need to split up with clones of one another to throw him off." Sasori smiled and nodded a sort of unknown emotion flickered in his eyes but to quick see what it was. 'Very smart move, Sakura.' Sasori thought while rising from the bed.

He grabbed her hand and the three dashed to the right of the door. "There's three tunnels up ahead leading to Ishi, Ame and Kusa. We'll meet in Iwa." Sasori said quietly so it didn't echo. Sakura used her senses to find Sasuke's chakra signature at the first tunnel still searching. They stopped in front of the tunnels. After making clones Sasori grabbed Sakura and pulled her into a heated kiss. "Ew p.d.a. go fins a room, yeah." Sasori pulled away smirking before he shot a remark back at Deidara. "We had a room until some brat had to interrupt. We should go. Be careful, Sakura."

Deidara took the left, Sakura nodded taking the middle, and Sasori the right once he saw her nod. Sakura ran for what felt like hours until she finally found a trap door. She cautiously opened it to find it was raining heavily. 'Damn must be in the Rain country.' She thought as she and clones climbed out and shut it behind them. Before they made a move two clones of Sasuke appeared behind them attacking the clones making them disappear in a poof of smoke. "I had a feeling there was tunnels to other countries nearby. I just got lucky, but I wonder if you're my Sakura or not." Sasuke purred as he came out of the shadows eyes Sakura as rain made her leather look even more tempting than before.

His clones rushed her but in one swift move, Sakura had punched one in the stomach and the other got her heel with a retractable boot knife through the chin. The both disappeared in a poof of smoke leaving Sakura to take her fighting stance, a deep scowl adorning her features. "I'm not a piece of ass someone can calm, asshole." She growled while avoiding his gaze. "You're definitely the original. Well since you want to play rough." Sasuke charged forward kusanagi in hand. She quickly moved and kneed him in the stomach. Sasuke groaned as blood came out of his mouth, before he disappeared in a poof of smoke as well.

"Damn a clone. Sasuke get out here and fight like a man instead of a pansy." Sasuke was silently perched in a tree behind her. 'Damn she's fast. I almost lost her for a second.' Sasuke thought as he silently jumped down behind her, but somehow she heard him. Before he could even think of moving, an elbow caught him in the stomach. His vision blurred as Sakura whirled around and caught him hard in the same spot. Sasuke coughed up blood as the impact of the kick flung him back into a tree.

Sakura cracked her neck walking closer to him. "Stop stalking me, Sasuke. I'm not that lovesick little girl anymore. This could get more painful for you if you continue this." He cracked an eye and just stared up at her. The beauty standing before him was powerful and gorgeous in that leather. He watched as a rain droplet ran down her chest, he smirked. "I will never stop until I get what I want." He lunged at her snaking his arms around her waist effectively pinning her arms to her sides.

'Maybe one goodbye kiss.' She thought knowing he was going to be pissed in minute. "So you think you've got me." She said as she leaned her face down to his. Their lips met in a brief kiss then pulled away and in a poof of smoke Sasuke found he was holding a log. He dropped it like it was on fire. "SAKURA! WHERE ARE YOU?"

A few miles away Sakura smirked as she ran to the border. 'I got you, Sasuke. How does it feel to be outwitted by the former weakest of team 7.' She thought as she slipped through undetected. It didn't take long to get to the city and even easier to enter. Once she was in she found the shadiest bar she could find. She cautiously entered, every seedy nins eyes turned to her, but didn't move. Once they realized she wasn't after anyone they went back to their business.

Sakura walked to the bar. Behind it a monster of a barkeep stood. His arms and chest were scarred badly, with one ugly thick scar that ran from to left side of his chin all the way up over his right eye. "What'll be pretty lady?" He asked in a rough gravely voice. "A bottle of sake, please." Sakura smiled as she dug out her money. After paying the man, she took her bottle and cup. She settled herself into a booth in a dark corner of the bar. Sakura made sure she could see the front door, had a cover window beside her and an exit door to her back just case she needed a quick escape.

She flared her chakra once as a signal, before she started her drinking. Within 30 minutes, the sake was gone. A familiar shock of red and blonde entered the bar. It Sasori a few seconds to spot her, Deidara was at the bar buying drinks. Sasori walked over and sat down her. He snaked an arm behind her leaving her trapped between him and the window. "I'm surprised you came in here. Sakura smirked as she leaned back slightly forgetting about the arm, but tensed as soon as her back touched it.

"I know how the criminal mind works well enough." Deidara took a seat on the opposite side of them and sat down three bottles of sake. "We should go to the safe house its going to be dark soon, yeah." Deidara said as he took a long swig straight from his bottle. Sakura started feling nervous about that heated situation that was sure to come when her and Sasori were behind locked doors.