5 days away from the Hidden Cloud Village the little group had been traveling for almost a month 'We just had to get stuck in the middle of a rainstorm' Sakura sulked forehead pressed against a window as she watched the storm "Sakura-sama come eat" Kimimaro called from behind her 'Oh yeah there's that guy to' she sulked even further ever since Kimimaro had joined them it had been 'Sakura-sama this, Sakura-sama that' and it was grating on her nerves 'I don't think the maids at the compound could drive me this crazy' Sakura released an aggravated sigh.
Hearing the sigh Hidan looked up from his own meal fighting with himself to keep the smirk off his face "I wouldn't bother her anymore unless you want to die" he warned Kimimaro who was about to speak again but quickly snapped his jaw shut at the warning "Good boy oh I would also stop calling her Sakura-sama, I think after knowing her for this long you've earned the right to just call her Sakura" Hidan adds wisely causing Kimimaro to stare at him nodding his head good deed done for the day Hidan eats more glad for the silence after a month of non-stop chatter.
While Hidan was eating and Sakura was staring out the window Kimimaro was thinking on what he had just learned before nodding instead of eating Kimimaro stood up and went to sit next to Sakura to watch the storm eyes immediately narrowing when she tenses at his proximity "I'm sorry Sakura" he apologizes causing her to look at him in surprise "Oh it's alright Kimimaro it's just I have enough people calling me that and out here I was free of the title of being a clan heir" Sakura smiles sheepishly "I see" Kimimaro nods in response as they allow silence to reign.
Five days later they finally reach the gates of the Hidden Cloud Village "What do you mean we can't get into the village I have the scroll from the Hokage signed by your Raikage that will give us entrance to the village" and Hidan was arguing with the village guard who was yelling right back and denying them entrance even after seeing the scroll "Come on Kimimaro this is gonna take a while and I have a faster way to get us in" Sakura snickers before leading the white-haired man to a spot a little ways away from the gates and performs her summoning jutsu.
"Sakura-sama" Tomo's voice calls out from the smoke that accompanies the jutsu and when it clears "Holy Hell Tomo is that really you" Sakura curses at seeing the bug that now had to be half her body length "Of course Sakura-sama" Tomo laughs as Sakura cringes at the title "Well anyways listen Tomo you remember Lord Raikage right" she asks hoping to get this over and done with so that they could get into the village "Of course" Tomo answers proudly "Can you go tell him that the group from the Leaf Village and an extra are here" Sakura orders simply.
"Absolutely Sakura-sama" Tomo flies off missing the cringe "Raikage-sama" the moth bursts into Ay's office startling a few people within at seeing the giant moth except for the few that had seen him before "Wasn't your name Tomo" Darui asks "That's right" Tomo flaps his wings in response "Raikage-sama the group from the Leaf Village plus one are outside the village" he delivers his message "Why couldn't they tell me that themselves" Ay snarls angrily slamming his hands down on his desk and breaking it into millions of pieces causing a few people to duck.
"From what I could see your village guard won't let them through" Tomo answers instantly "WHAT" Ay yells standing from his chair and punching his way through the window 'Not again' Mabui thought seeing the damage her leader had caused this time in his anger "I'm sorry" Darui rubs the back of his head nodding at Tomo who pops out of existence outside the village gates "See told you I could get us in quicker" Sakura snickered hopping up when she felt the Raikage's chakra approaching them at rapid speed until the gates slam open and he stands there angrily.
"I thought I told you idiots if you saw the group from the Leaf Village you were to let them in" Ay yells at the top of his lungs "We're sorry Raikage-sama" the guards cower in their leaders rage as Sakura walks forward to stand before him "Hello Raikage-sama" she bows politely prompting Kimimaro to do the same "I see you've gotten manners" Ay snaps leading the three into the village "Six months away from a village will give you a new perspective on life Raikage-sama" she smiles softly "Just call me Ay stop being so damn stiff" Ay snaps glaring down at her.
"Lord Ay" Sakura reiterates instantly getting a rough pat on the head from Ay as they enter his office a new desk sat in the middle of the room and the window was taped up to be repaired at a later time Darui, Cee and Mabui stood off to the side "Welcome to the Hidden Cloud Village we hope you enjoy your stay here" Mabui jumps in when it was clear Ay wasn't going to welcome them "Thank you Ma'am" Sakura bows poking Hidan in the side when he stares inappropriately at her "It's Mabui, Sakura-san" she introduces herself feeling self-conscious at Hidan's stare.
"We didn't have time to set up hotel rooms for each of you" Mabui explains "And so Sakura-san you'll be staying with Darui and Hidan-san you'll be staying with Cee" she looks up realizing she'd missed someone "And what's your name" Mabui asks eyeing Kimimaro from her spot "Kimimaro" he answers simply "No last name" Mabui furrows her brow "Kaguya" Kimimaro sighs out "Well you'll be staying with Lord Killer Bee" she finally finishes and Ay dismisses the group from his office so that he could get started on his work while someone finished the repairs.
"So how was your trip here Sakura" Darui asks as they head down a different street "It was great though 5 days before we got here we got stuck in a rainstorm and had to wait it out in a shady hotel that Hidan said was good" Sakura said with a laugh causing Darui to give her an amused grin "You sound annoyed" he frowns as they turn down another street getting strange looks that Sakura remains completely oblivious to "Oh well it's nothing to worry about now Kimimaro and I have settled that issue so we're all good" Sakura answers a few minutes later after thinking.
"He kept calling me Sakura-sama" she groans out when Darui kept staring at her "I see, welcome to my home Sakura" they finally stop in front of an apartment complex "This is cool" Sakura praises excitedly causing Darui to chuckle but lead her up the stairs and into his apartment "Now you have your own room but we have to share the bathroom" he warned showing her to her room so that she could unpack "That's ok Darui-san I'm used to sharing with my brother" Sakura answers as she sets down her bag in the room before turning to face him with a smile.
"Well that's a relief" Darui chuckles out awkwardly giving her a weird look "I'll leave you to unpack and when your done just make yourself comfortable" he gives her a wave before heading to his living room 'Hmm maybe I'll just take out a few things and leave the rest sealed in my scroll until I need them' Sakura tapped her lip in thought before unsealing some lighter and heavier clothes and putting them in the small dresser that was in the room and then she unsealed some of her weapons grabbing the mini fan that Temari had given her to practice.
"Darui-san where is the nearest training field from here" Sakura asks as she emerges from the room 10 minutes later "Your finished unpacking already" he blinks at her in surprise from what he'd heard girls took forever to do things "Well I only unpacked what I needed" she shrugged "Oh right training field if you leave here it's two street's over behind the red building" he explains when he remembers the question she had asked "Thank you Darui-san I will be back before nightfall" Sakura gives him a small wave before heading out the apartment door.
Remembering that he was told to stay with her Darui jumps up from his couch and runs out the door slamming into the girl before she could head down the stairs "Um Darui-san" Sakura squeaks out from underneath him and he looked down into pink hair "Sorry Sakura it's just I'm supposed to stay with you" he hops up before pulling Sakura to her feet "That's ok" she gives him a pained smile while rubbing her head that had slammed against the stair railing as Darui rammed into her before holding up her hand and healing the bruise and sighing in relief.
"Your a medical ninja" Darui asks raising an eyebrow as they head down the street towards the training field "Kinda I just do the simply things like heal broken bones, cuts and bruises" Sakura explains "Well I know someone who could help you improve if your interested" he offers as they go round the back of the building "Ah I'm actually more interested in improving on my fighting abilities" Sakura gives him a quick smile before sulking "I see your training Hidan" she pouts at him causing Hidan to stop mid swing "Oh I was actually waiting for you" Hidan snickers out.
"Sure" Sakura rolls her eyes giving Cee a wave before leaping at Hidan her fist raised high "Woah there" Hidan laughs dodging the fist that would have hit him in the arm "Why so serious Sakura-sama" he teases ducking when she flings a couple of regular shuriken at him before throwing out his leg to trip her but she jumps over his leg cartwheeling backwards to gain distance hearing the whirring of shuriken behind him he spins out of the way seeing the chakra strings just barely as they flicker "Focus Sakura" he calls out when they become fully visible.
"I know that" Sakura responded a moment later gritting her teeth and focusing on making her chakra strings invisible again reigning in her squeal of victory when the disappear again only to lose her concentration when Hidan comes flying at her swinging his triple-bladed scythe slicing her arm rendering it useless as she tries to get out of its range only to realize that he could just throw it and deal even more damage 'Oh' she struggles to keep the smile off of her face when she realizes what she could use to stop the scythe and Hidan all in one go and then a punch.
Willing the sand on her arm to do her bidding as she creates a smokescreen to cover her she sends it into the ground ducking and dodging and weaving when the smoke dissipates to bide her time until the sand was ready panting as she pulls out her own scythe and blocks Hidan from cutting her face Sakura struggles under the weight of Hidan's scythe using only one arm to fend him off shoving back she gains a little distance to heal her arm just enough to be usable before rolling to the side to avoid Hidan's next attack as he throws the scythe at her.
While their spar was going on Darui and Cee were talking "She's not going to win it's obvious he has an advantage over her and he's exploiting that obviously" Cee points out wincing slightly as Hidan lands another hit and his scythe thinly slices her stomach not enough to be dangerous but enough to sting "You gotta give the girl the credit she's due Cee" Darui chuckles when Sakura lands a particularly vicious punch to Hidan's shoulder and both men hear the loud crack signaling that she had broken his shoulder followed by muttered curses from Hidan.
Swinging her scythe over her head she nicks Hidan's arm wincing as more cussing comes from Hidan 'Oh I hope he's not angry at me' she thought worriedly ducking as he thrusts his own forward coming close to beheading her feeling the sand finish she smiles causing Hidan to pause in his attack and stare at her warily 'That look usually means trouble' he thought looking around carefully no longer paying close attention to Sakura as she places her hands on the ground "Hidan" she calls teasingly throwing a kunai at him to get his attention "What" he snaps.
"What's the matter" she giggles causing him to frown missing the sand wrapping around his ankles "I don't know what your up to Sakura but it's not going to work" he bravely tells her while on the inside he was panicking 'Shit, what the fucking hell is she plotting and boy am I glad I learned a few tricks from the Leaf Village such as the shadow cone jutsu' he swiped his forehead from the sweat that was trickling down his face as he prepared to end their match only to find himself stuck looking down Hidan finally realizes what she had done.
'Heh gotta hand it to the fucking bitch but I'm not finished' he smirked internally as Sakura ran at him pulling her arm back only to be sent careening into a tree as he dispels his clone before she would have hit him "Better luck next time pinky" Hidan tells her as he places his scythe against her neck "Your right Hidan, better luck next time" Sakura snickers from behind him as she dispels her own clone and goes through a set of handsigns and then a flash of light from somewhere behind her nearly blinds him as he jumps back into the fight he wouldn't let her win.
On the outside of the genjutsu Sakura drops her arms feeling exhausted knowing that her jutsu wouldn't last long she walks over and plops down next to Darui who gives Cee a look "I guess your a lot stronger than you look was that genjutsu and did I see you using Medical Ninjutsu" Cee praises her before asking her his two questions "Well genjutsu is kind of my specialty I've been trying to create my own version but so far it hasn't worked out and I know some medical ninjutsu" Sakura flashes him a smile as she answers his question before leaning back.
15 minutes later Hidan snaps out of the genjutsu "Sakura how many times have I told you..." Hidan scolds warningly only to trail off when he realizes that his apprentice was sleeping "Just tell her she did a good job" he laughs 'No wonder the genjutsu wore off she fell asleep' Hidan shakes his head before following Cee back to his house to get a little rest "Sakura" Darui nudges her gently before picking her up when she didn't even stir taking her back to his apartment was an easy task because she was light and he laid her down in her bed before turning off the lights.
The next morning he woke to a delicious aroma wafting through his apartment so shoving his clothes on Darui pads through the apartment barefoot to reach the kitchen were Sakura was cooking breakfast her pink and silver hair dripping wet "Good Morning Darui-san" she greets when she spots him standing in the middle of the living room "M'ning" he yawns jumbling the word together as he sits at the table as she places the most delicious looking pancake he'd ever seen on a plate with hashbrowns, eggs, sausage and bacon and then sets the plate before him.
"Think of it as a thank you for last night also I love cooking so that's another thing" Sakura looks up from her book briefly to see his baffled expression before explaining "I see well if this is what I get for thanks then don't mention it" Darui grins about cut into the pancake when a knock on his door interrupts their breakfast "Don't bother getting up Darui" Cee calls out entering his friends apartment Hidan following him "I see you waited for us not" Hidan sulks "I didn't think you'd get up this early" Sakura quips while rolling her eyes before spotting Kimimaro.
"Yeah pretty boy here complained about being stuck with someone else so the Raikage booted him out this morning and now I'm sharing a room with him" Hidan explained jerking his thumb at Kimimaro when he glued himself to Sakura's side "Your training will have to wait" Darui spoke up from his spot at the kitchen table "Sakura you might want to get your weapons we'll be leaving the village for a few days" he explains when Sakura gives him a strange look "Let me guess it will just be us two" she sighs when he nods but enters her room to grab her weapons.
A few minutes later she comes back out and heads over to Hidan and Kimimaro giving them a brief side hug before waiting for Darui's next order "See you in a few days guys" Darui gives them a wave before gesturing to Sakura to follow him as they leave the apartment and then the village "So what's this mission about" Sakura asks keeping pace with him easily "A group of bandits a day away from here attacked a little village we received a message asking for help this morning" Darui pushes his hair out of his face as he explains the reason for their leaving.
"Oh well that's not terribly bad" she twists her hair up out of the way as she answered Darui "We might be stuck there for a few days Sakura" he warns not wanting her to expect that as soon as the bandits were taken care of they would head back to village "That's understandable" Sakura nods at his warning this confuses Darui 'She's a weird girl' he thinks not speaking that part out loud and make her angry at him "You just thought I was weird didn't you" Sakura snorts out in amusement causing Darui to jump a little further away from her in fear of being hit.
"No it's ok your not the first person to ever think that" Sakura rapidly explains 'Why do I always open my big mouth' she jerks her hand through her bangs roughly yanking a few hairs lose as she releases a sigh "I'm not" Darui asks even more confused as he runs next to her again upon hearing her sigh "From day one ever since I became a genin all people have thought were that I was weird" Sakura shrugs "That's not something someone should ever become used to" Darui frowns "It doesn't bother me I like being the odd one out" she laughs seeing his expression.
This time he doesn't hesitate "Your weird but cool" Darui smiles slowing to a stop 'What the we shouldn't have even made it here until tomorrow' he blinks genuinely confused "Looks like we got here in good time huh Darui-san" Sakura asks looking around "Wait Sakura they don't like outsiders much and if you go in there wearing that Leaf Headband they'll attack us" Darui warns grabbing her to prevent her from going into the village "I understand but do you think you could let me go now" Sakura breathes out struggling in his arms to get some distance from him.
"Oh right anyways put this Cloud Headband on and put that away" Darui drops his arms and Sakura hops away with an embarrassed squeak before yanking her Leaf Headband off and sealing it in a scroll before reaching out and taking the new headband tying it around her head she avoids Darui's gaze "One more thing friends and comrades call each other by name so no more suffixes" he warns before ushering her into the village the first thing Sakura sees is a teen boy limping around on crutches bearing an uncanny resemblance to someone she knew.
"Hey there what's your name" she asks rushing over to him while Darui heads off to find the village leader Sakura rushes to soothe the boy when he flinches away from her and she finally gets a good look at him "Torune-kun" she blinks "Sakura-hime" he whispers upon recognizing her "That's right oh Torune I thought I'd never see you again" Sakura almost threw her arms around him for a hug when she remembered what her cousin had in his body and stopped herself at the last second "Looks like you need some help with that cousin" she smiles.
"Don't worry I know that I can't touch you but I can still heal you" Sakura reassures him as her hand glows green Torune breathes a sigh of relief as the pain in his leg fades when his partner appears and shoves Sakura away from him "Who are you stay away from him" Fu snaps shoving a kunai in her face "Hey what's your problem" Sakura growls slapping the kunai out of her face and standing her job done "Fu stand down it's my cousin" Torune orders "Why are you way out here Sakura-hime" he asks when Fu had relaxed "Training" she smiles nervously.
The two boys follow her as she goes around healing people that were hurt until Darui comes back "The Village Leader doesn't think the bandits will come back but let's stay here for a few days to help with repairs" he ruffles her long pink locks before staring at the two males that were with her "Let me guess you know them" Darui sighs when Sakura nods "This is my cousin Torune and that's Fu" Sakura introduces the two "Sakura do you know a man named Danzou" Fu suddenly asks stepping back when her chakra explodes in killing intent "Yes" she answers.
"He told us to come here and wait for his order to come back but it's been months" Fu asks missing the tone in which she used "Danzou is dead" Sakura snaps out grinding her teeth in remembrance of the man feeling her anger all three males take a large step away from her to let her calm down Torune keeping Fu from asking anymore questions and Darui wisely remaining silent as Sakura gets her anger under control a few minutes later she finally relaxes and her chakra fades seeing this Darui pulls her in for a side hug knowing how affectionate she was.
It took two weeks for the village repairs to be finished even with their help Sakura scowled as they walked back to the Hidden Cloud Village, Torune and Fu had left earlier a few days before leaving them to finish up they were half way back when they were surrounded "Hand over the girl or die" the leader of the group orders flashing a kunai at Darui who frowns "Sorry no can do, Sakura you stay back let me handle these 5 idiots" he flashes her a quick grin before pulling out his blade leaping forward he doesn't get very far when he feels a sharp sting in his neck.
The last thing Darui hears before he passes out from the tranquilizer was Sakura's scream pleading for his life and then nothing a few hours later Darui comes to with a groan of pain pulling himself up from the ground he looks around in a panick 'Uh oh this is so drab' he gulped taking off at his fastest run yet to get back to the village speeding past the village guards he runs through the village heading straight for the Raikage's tower running down the halls he flies into Ay's office "Sakura Aburame has been kidnapped" he pants out causing pandemonium.
With Sakura "Just give us the answers we want or suffer the consequences little girl" one of her captors breathes in her face causing Sakura to wrinkle her nose in disgust 'Man doesn't this guy know what a breath freshener is called' she thought internally gagging wishing she could plug her nose Sakura is broken out of her thoughts by a slap "Answer the fucking question bitch" the guy snaps insultingly thinking that it would make her cry but all she does is sit there eyes and face blank of all emotion Sakura wouldn't give her captors the satisfaction of seeing her cry.
That's how it goes for the next several hours her getting beat to the point of unconsciousness when she offers no answers to their questions 'Not that I'd be able to answer them anyway' Sakura thought wincing internally as the ropes cut into her hands wriggling to get out of them so she could escape she holds herself still when the door creaks open and another silver-haired guy walks into the room only to stare at her in surprise "Those idiots" he curses preparing to leave the room when Sakura calls out to him "Wait" she coughs out and he pauses in his steps.
"What brat" he spins and walks over to her before squatting down in front of her "Can't you help me you obviously know I don't know the answers they are after" she whispers out not wanting to alert her captors that she was talking "Sorry kid" the guy shrugs preparing to stand but thinks better of it "Unless you can offer me something" he proposes smiling widely at her "Like what" Sakura asks 'At this point I'm willing to do anything' she thought internally as she waited.
"Would you be willing to give me your body" Sakon asks the one time he leaves without his brother and he meets someone interesting "Sorry no my body already belongs to someone" the pink-haired girl whispers her green eyes staring at him sadly "That's really to bad then" he smirks standing from his crouch "Wait maybe a compromise" she hisses softly "What would you be willing to compromise" Sakon asks "If your ever in trouble I'll help you out" Sakura offered getting desperate at the thought of being left alone to fend for herself here.
'Hmm that doesn't seem like a bad offer' Sakon thought Orochimaru had been getting crazier and crazier ever since their failed attempt at taking over the Leaf Village and this girl was offering him a way out if he decided he didn't want to follow Orochimaru anymore in the near future "You got yourself a deal kid my name is Sakon" he crouches down again and quickly unties the knots on the ropes "And mines Sakura" she introduces herself softly rubbing her wrists before Sakon jerks her to her feet and over to the corner as voices pass by the room.
"Now lets seal that deal" Sakon smirks causing Sakura to stare at him warily as he pulls her closer "Wait what are you doing" she whispers in fear feeling his breath on her cheek and then a sharp prick on her wrist "Sealing the deal" he reiterates carving a mark into her skin with his nails "Now you do the same" he hisses in her ear and she quickly carves the Aburame clan symbol into his wrist before he jabs her neck and she blacks out as he escapes with her.
Back in the Raikage's office Ay had been in a meeting all day the minute he had gotten back and announced his news about Sakura being taken apparently during the two weeks they had been gone Cee, Hidan and Kimimaro had been sent out on their own mission and it was agonizing to Darui waiting for them to be called back several minutes later Ay slams the door to his office open and stalks in anger radiating off of him in waves "Why don't you explain to me what happened again Darui" Ay asks rubbing a hand down his face as he sits in his chair.
"We were on our way back and these guys surrounded us they demanded I hand over Sakura or that I would die when I jumped forward I got shot with a tranquilizer the last thing I heard was Sakura screaming for them to spare my life a few hours later I woke up and hurried back here as fast as I could" Darui explains recalling every detail he could remember Ay was about to ask something else when Mabui flew into his office "Ay-sama there's a man outside the village he has Sakura-san with him" she shouted causing the two men to jump to their feet and rush out of the office quickly.
Reaching the village gates and like Mabui said there was a man holding Sakura under one arm Darui barely caught her when he threw her at him "Tell pinky there that I'll definitely be collecting on our promise sometime in the future" the man told them before disappearing with out a sound "Let's get her to your apartment Darui" Ay orders as they head back into the village Sakura being held carefully by Darui as the two men walk up the steps to his apartment laying Sakura down on the bed he looks her over before wincing at the bruises.
A few minutes earlier Ay had left so Darui felt comfortable saying this in the silence of his apartment "They really did a number on you didn't they Sakura" he sighed out before leaving the room momentarily a second later he came back in carrying a chair setting it next to the bed "Cee you better hurry back" he prayed out loud resting his arms on the back of the chair as he sits in it backwards running a hand through his stark white hair Darui lets out a tired sigh feeling extremely guilty about what had happened to Sakura.