Explicit warning: rated M for mature, mentions of rape and harsh words. Read at your own Discretion.
Chapter 10
Hunting
Konaha 11 months ago.
Pure rage bellowed up through her scream as she spit venomous words at the red head above her. Arms bound, legs tied, the bed dipping while he invaded her. He finally shuttered, spilling his seed into her as he pushed a hand on her forehead, forcing her head to the mattress while kissing the side of her neck. She felt sick. Every time he did this she felt sick.
"You taste like honey dew," he purred into her ear. Bile rose up her throat. "I'll make sure to bring that soap back. I love it." He kissed her neck again. Slipping off the bed and adorning his robes. She glared from her position. Hands clenched into tight balls.
"Nothing to say my love? You didn't enjoy yourself?" He smiled sardonically in her direction, she let out a guttural hiss. "I suggest you change your tune, I'd really like to keep you around, making you into a puppet would be ideal, but I'd love to have you as an ally as well."
"You sick fuck!" She spit out. He pulled a gag out of his robe pocket. After tieing it in place he kissed the side of her cheek.
She growled at him.
"I love when you get all vicious. It really turns me on this little game we play. I hope you fall pregnant soon." He put a finger to his lip, cocking his head to the side.
"I will fucking gut you one day, sasori of the red sand. And when I do, I will decorate my halls with your entrails. I will wear your blood like a veil." Sakuras eyes almost glowed with anger.
"Oh my. My my my, you really have a way with words my petal. I just love when you use that tone with me…." He smiled, unfastening his robe again. "You sound like your ready for round two, I know I am."
Her screams echoed down the hall has he began the process again.
Sakura awoke, eyes bleary, naked and bruised. With shackles biting into her skin, red welts opening up, seeping blood and chakra into the air around her. The small twin bed soaked through with sweat and filth. She felt dirty. She felt ruin. She filled with rage again. This man. This fucking monster. She clenched her teeth. Peering around the room and finding herself alone, she smiled. He was easier to play than the hokage herself. Pulling herself up with one arm.
She spit the small metal object she pulled from the doctor that had come in moments ago into her hand. He'd never noticed the needle missing. The first mistake.
She was anbu. They'd forgotten that aspect when they seen her broken.
It took her a moment to get the right angle, once the cuff was undone, it was seconds before the next one clicked loose. Then both ankles followed. She stretched her arms, feeling the torn muscles in her shoulder. If she had enough chakra she would fix that. Maybe on the return trip. Find ino first.
Getting off the bed quietly, she snuck into the shadows. Buisness order one, find clothing.
Buisness order two. Ino.
Buisness order three.
Cut The bastard who touched her into tiny little pieces and feed him to pigs.
He would bleed for this. He would choke on his own blood. She would see to that, if it were the very last thing she did.
After successfully taking out the trio of guards in her hall sakura stole her new rations of clothing from a supply closet. Dressing quickly and slapping destruction scrolls on the walls. Trying to pin point where they would stow her teammate. Darting through the halls and checking rooms. Where the fuck could she be hidden? How big was this underground compound?
She made mental notes of the turns and twists. Darkness surrounding all the corners. She had a small reserve of chakra left. The best she could do was a three foot barrier of sensory.
It would have to do. Stopping suddenly she whipped a door open, finding only boxes of rations.
'Fuck. Fuck this maze.' She closed it and ran down The corridor coming to a T intersection. Left went to another turn, headed right. But right came to a staircase leading up. She had yet to go up yet, and without being able to sense above her she decided to turn left. What ever awaited her upstairs would have to wait. She slapped two more destruction scrolls on the wall next to the Innersection just in case she needed them later to stop whatever came down those stairs.
Once she made it to the turn she found three guards station there. Her hope shot up. A good sign ino would be in there. Pooling chakra into her fists slightly, hoping not to be noticed she walked into the opening, crouching slightly.
"Looks like we have a lost mouse." One guard said smiling. "Your not supposed to be walking around, petal. The boss won't like you exploring our halls."
"Hai. I doubt he likes his women freely doing much of anything. Let alone thinking for themselves." She gave the best sadistic grin she could manage. "But you see, I'm handing in my letter of resignation. I don't fancy being a pet."
She dove forward, meeting his blade with her fist, shattering it on impact. The second man shot behind her, grabbing her hair and whipping her head back, Whilist the third ran through hand signs to bind her.
"Ha, that was too easy." The first guard said, as she struggled. "Maybe we take her back after some fun?" He peered at his fellow guards.
That's when the second guard dropped. Dead at their feet.
"What th-" the third guard spat blood as his body combust, spraying the two dark red chunks. Sakura readjusted, as her doppelgänger walked around the hall. Chakra fists blazing green.
"Oh how I love fun. What did you have in mind?"
The first guard gritted his teeth.
"You fucking bitch!" He screamed shooting forward and striking out his blade. Sakura dipped slightly and her doppelgängers fist met the man's chest puncturing through.
His blood spraying the door.
"Yeah. I guess I am."
She pulled the keys from his pocket, kicking him one last time before opening the door and dispelling her clone.
That's when the smell hit her. Rot and piss putrefying the air. Ino crumpled in a corner, white blond hair now tinged brow and grey from dirt and god knows what else. Blood flaking off her wrists where red green welts swelled around the iron gauntlets. Her black spandex top torn and tattered ripped in very specific areas, to inflict torture and pus oozing from wounds ravaged by time. Caked in what looked like feces and puke. Fuck.
Her arms were hanging at a weird angle, her leg jutted out at her hip twisted wrong.
Sakura approached, cautiously, inos face was swelled up. One eye completely swollen shut. Her hair was one big pile of matting.
What had they done to her in the few days they'd been trapped? Had it only been a few days?
"Ino…?" Sakura started, one shaking hand outstretched, feeling for a pulse. Inos head raised, her good eye opening slightly. "Ino say something…"
Ino opened her mouth, then gagged, choking slightly. Sakura wished she had grabbed some water on the way in.
If not to quench her thirst then to at least clean her up a bit.
"Sa…sakura…?" She breathed, just below a whisper.
"Ino….oh my Kami ino…." She clenched her jaw to keep from crying. Ninja didn't cry. Not now. "I'm going to get you out of here. Your going to be ok I swear."
"Sa….sakura….they're…..they're going to come back soon…"she coughed, spitting phlegm and blood up. Sakura started a simple scan. Checking over her body for the most serious wounds that she could patch up before rushing her out.
"I know, but we will be long gone, I'm planning a prison break ino." She found an internal bleed and started working on it.
"Leave….me."
"No." Sakuras word was final. "As captain, no, as a ninja, we don't leave comrades behind ino. I'm bringing you home."
"You…he wants you…."she dropped her head as consciousness departed her again.
"I know ino." She peered at the door. Looking for something to brace her leg with so she could carry her out. "And he's not going to get me."
Present day konaha
Naruto stopped eating his Ramen, he put his chopsticks down to the side and looked up at nothing in particular. Licking his lips he said "Sasuke, do you feel that?"
Sasuke Had a shiver come up his spine. He looked over to his blonde friend both hands lacing in front of his face and nodded slowly. "Should we run?"
Naruto turned over to look at Sasuke. "Yes I do believe we should." He pushed his half eaten Ramen, both of them standing out of the stall and turning to leave. That's when they seen the Pinkette stomping down the main street. Both of them Blanched. Killing intent radiating off of her. Naruto closed his eyes and shook his head., "Well Sasuke it has been good knowing you, but whatever you did I can feel the fact that this is directed at you."
The blood from Sasuke's face completely drained now his mouth dropping. "I'm not sure how I know that you're right Naruto but I can't seem to think of a damn thing I did."
Sakura was now feet from the two boys, her body vibrated with anger as she reached out and grabbed both the boys by their collars. "Well well well, just the two I was looking for." An irritation Mark and vein or protruding from her forehead. She smiled sadistically and turned on her heel with both boys in tow. "Sasuke would you mind telling me why your brother kissed me?"
To this Naruto piped up "Sasuke you don't have to answer her without a lawyer present. You have rights" Sakura knocked both heads together. "Ow!" They retorted simultaneously.
"Ki-kissed you?" Sasuke said, rubbing his forehead. "Why the fuck would he do that?" Sakura started dragging them again.
"That's what your going to tell me. And now." She seethed. "Your fucking brother, your fucking problem."
"Why am I involved saku-" she tossed naruto in the air, as he fell she tossed several senbon. Piercing through pieces of his clothing and trapping him to the wall. One senbon close to his crown jewels. Naruto observed with wide eyes and jaw dropped. "Ok. Ok. I'm involved." He blinked several times as sakura pinned sasuke to the wall with her forearm. Chakra infused fist at the ready.
"Your going to tell me exactly why you think your brother would, ahem, be 'intrested' in me." She looked at the watch on the arm pinning sasuke, "you have 60 seconds."
Sasukes mouth dropped open. "Um wait, what?"
"55 seconds."
"Wait! Wait! I need information!"
"Yes, I see," she threw her fist into the wall by sasukes head, blowing a hole in the stone. "48 seconds."
He stiffened. Rock falling by his feet. "Did you perchance happen to hit your head?" His voice was wavy. She kneed him in the groin. He sagged against her.
"40 seconds."
"Ok ok!!!" He cried out. "Did you win in the fight against him?" He weezed.
"No." She drummed her free fingers against the wall next to his head.
"I don't know what you could have done. Did you show him blood?" A sheen of sweat furrowed his brow.
"No." She looked back at her watch. "30 seconds."
"Sakura please." He grumbled. "If Itachi is intrested, he's intrested. The guy doesn't tell me anything! I swear!" He cried out, holding his crotch. "You didn't show him this side of you did you?!"
"What do you mean, sasuke?" Her sweet breath coming out through clenched teeth. "What side of me are you refusing too?"
"Well!" He motioned with his head, "your you know…" he looked at naruto for help.
"Nope. I'm involved to the point of I'm a spectator in this gamble." Naruto deadpanned. "She's asking you the questions. I'm just here taking notes."
"5…4"
"Your killing intent!" Sasuke cried out. "This um blood thirsty side of you!" Sweat covered his brow now.
"That's all you have?" She quirked an eyebrow at him.
"Yes please! Sakura, I'll do my research! Give me time!"
She eyed him a moment. "I'll give you until nightfall tomorow." She relaxed her arm hold. "And I will find you sasuke. You will give me answers." She dropped him. He feel to his knees holding his aching manhood. "Either you give me details, or you'd better get really good at masking yourself. Otherwise." She cracked her knuckles. "Your in for a beat down you've never experienced." She dropped to her heels coming eye to eye with the crouching uchiha. "I am a med nin. I can make things hurt, things you didn't even know existed in your body." She stood, turned and stalked off.
"Fuck. Has she always been that scary?" Sasuke muttered. Grabbing his mid section.
"Yes. Yes she has." Naruto said, still pinned to the wall. "But this is the first time in years she's ever been this riled up."
Sasuke turned to the blond, who was trying to unpin himself from the wall. "What do you mean?"
"Well…" he pulled the last senbon out of his shirt, and walked over to sasuke helping him to his feet. "Stuff happened when you were gone teme… bad stuff. You heard about ino? Yeah?"
"Yeah. We got message in lighting territory a week after they brought her home."
"It wasn't 'they' teme. It was her. She took her mask off and walked through the village, covered in blood. Her eyes……god sasuke her eyes looked dead. She held the body scroll at arms length. Letting people see. Letting them know. ANBU operative blossom became ANBU operative sakura in a matter of hours." He shook his head, looking sadly in the direction of the pinkette. "It was…..it was bad. I don't know all the details. But they locked her in a psychward for like four or five months after that."
Sasuke looked in the direction of their friend as well. "Fuck Itachi…." He sighed. "Want to help me with some intel gathering?"
Kakashi's mask held in place as his silver hair whipped around in the wind. Kakashi was fast. Really fast, but he had grown docile in the last few months. It had been awhile since he'd had a good A ranked mission. Still, he felt languid as his body pushed past limits he himself had neglected. He'd only been gone a days, and in that time he had found more information about sasoris hideout beyond the border of sand. Hopefully they could pin point him soon.
The information had been a breeze to get. Something felt off about out how easy it had been. Kakashi couldn't place a finger on it.
He needed to relate this back to the hokage, and as soon as he did they could send out another convoy. They would find that red haired fucker. They would find him, and he would personally see to the end of his life.
He came to a stop at the edge of konaha s gates.
Peering over the vast village and taking a moment to observe its beauty this evening.
He sighed. Sakura would eventually be told of their on goings. Doubtful she would want to join the next mission, but she should at least be made aware.
Was her sanity still on the line? Should he stop in to check on her? Making his way to the gate he stopped at the guard post.
"Hound." Genma nodded. "Hokage sama is awaiting your arrival." He gestures to the main gates.
"Hn." He nodded. Disappearing in a flash of leaves, and reappearing by the hokages tower. Tsunade was against any flash stepping into her office. He ran up the side of the wall popping through the window as the last rays of sun poured though her office.
She stood looking out her back window at the five faces of the former and current hokages.
"Hound, you may disperse of your facade. We are alone." She turned to meet his mask as he turned it off his head.
"Lady hokage. Your going to want to sit down."
She sighed. Brushing past her desk and dropping into her chair. "I'm guessing you found him?"
"I found the body's of the girls that went missing from many villages. Right by the border of sand and fire."
"Really?" She peered at him.
"Yes….they were….they were mutilated, ma'am."
Her jaw tightened. "How so?"
Kakashis hand went to his pocket, he pulled out a scroll. Then placed it in her hand.
She rolled it open and read the contents. Then re read them. Her eyes going wide. Her face drained of blood.
"This sick son of a bitch. His fucking perverted sense of god damn messages are getting outlandish, fucking disgusting god damned bastard," she seethed her hands clenched the scroll enough to break the wooden panel. "He made them…."
"He made them look like her ma'am. He's trying to lure her out." Kakashis jaw set. His hands fisted at his side.
"We have to find him. Find him and annihilate him." She slammed her fist down on the desk. Cracking the surface.
Kakashis eye narrowed. "I will ma'am. I will fucking tear his throat out and feed it to him,"
"Good. But not good enough. I want the hell he feels to last longer than that." She grabbed out her sake. Taking a swig off the bottle. "When can we investigate your leadings?"
"Send out a group tomorow morning." He replied flatly. "I need to tell her." He added.
"No." Tsunade replied. "That's off limits."
"She deserves to kno-"
"No. Final answer." She glared at kakashi.
"Tsunade, ma'am, she needs to know we are sending out shinobi, getting close to finding him." Kakashi placed both hands on her table slaying out his fingers. "This is something we owe her at the least." He met her glare.
"Not yet. She's not ready." Tsunade turned her head.
"God damn it Tsunade. He's hunting her!" Kakashi spat.
"Dismissed hound." She turned her chair.
"No." He growled.
"I said dismissed! Unless you want to spend a night in the icu you will walk the fuck out that window now!" She whipped her body towards him.
"A week." He gritted out. "A week and I will tell her everything," he seethed. "You have it in your hands to control this situation. To make her aware, do the right thing. Tell her." He growled. "Tell sakura sasori is hunting her, or I will."He flash stepped out the window, and tore off through town to his appartment.
"Fuck you." She spit at the empty room. "Fuck you hatake."
Fuck that black haired bastard. She stomped down the road. Fists clenched, arms tight. How dare he. How dare he humiliate her like that. When she got her hands on him, when she got her fist into him. Stopping suddenly she let out a growl.
Both of them, and just for good measure she would beat naruto within inches of death as well. You know. To make a point. Bones would shatter, nerves would sizzle out completely. She would leave him in tatters of the main hospital wing and have Tsunade handle the rest.
Tsunade. Theirs an idea. She grinned, flash stepping onto the rooftops and flying through the village. She leapt up the side of the tower, stopping suddenly and gripping the ledge of the window. Surprising her chakra.
"Tsunade, ma'am, she needs to know we are hunting him." Kakashis voice clamored out.
What?
"This is something we owe her at the least." He continued. Who? Who could they be talking about.
"Not yet. She's not ready." Tsunade replied, her voice was like Steel.
"God damn it Tsunade. He's hunting her!" Kakashi roared. Did they not realise the volume of the conversation? Wasn't their a seal on this office? Sakura craned her neck, listening closely.
"Dismissed hound." She could hear the authority in her voice, it was final. But who could they be…
"No." What? Kakashi…her brow furrowed when she heard that.
"I said dismissed! Unless you want to spend a night in the icu you will walk the fuck out that window now!" Her shishou was angry. Her mind wandering…they couldn't be…not..
"A week. A week and I will tell her everything, You have it in your hands to control this situation. To make her aware, do the right thing. Tell her. Tell sakura sasori is hunting her, or I will."
Her hand nearly slipped. If not for her perfect chakra control she would have. Especially when kakashi blew out the window a moment later like a bat out of hell. Her eyes followed him, never losing focus.
Someone was going to explain this to her.
She pulled herself onto the ledge. Eyes glaring daggers into the blonde woman herself.
"Shishou." Sakura spit.
Tsunades eyes widened. "S-Sakura!" She stuttered out.
"Care to explain who you two were discussing? Or when you were going to tell me?" Her rage boiled over giving Tsunade no time to regurgitate another lie. "Or who the fuck sanctioned a hunt without me being the lead in it?!"
"Sakura!" Tsunade growled. "I hate to be the bearer of bad news, but I did offer you an in the other day!" She slammed her hands on her desk. Sakura narrowed her eyes.
"I told you then, and even before then. I've been trying to get you on this mission for over a month sakura! But every time you tell me you arnt ready!" She stood trudging over to Sakura, leaning into the window and her face. "Time and time again, 'Gomen, I'm not ready.'" She mocked sakuras tone. "Then I catch you listening at my window. You can't have it both ways! Either your in with anbu, or your out. You can't have it both ways!" Sakuras face went bright red, not from embarrassment, but from fury.
"God damn it Tsunade sama! This is him! The man who did this to me! The man who tore me apart!" She stood towering over Tsunade from her window seal."this is the man who destroyed my life! My integrity! My sanity!" She screamed. "Damn you!" Her eyes pouring out tears as she leapt back off the ledge.
"FUCK! Sakura!" She bellowed out the window after the pinkette. Then turned up to the sky, "Got anymore bullshit kami Hn?" The she slammed the window shut.
Sakuras body took her there unwillingly. Tearing through town faster and faster as she fought her emotions, trying to make it to the stone before she broke all together. How long did they plan to keep her out of the loop? How long did they plan to keep her 'safe'? She would get the answers she sought after she pulled out of this misery. She would. If not for herself then for ino.
If not to rid the world of that filth that walked.
What did they mean by hunting? Was she really ready to face him? She'd only just started to get back into the rhythm of life again.
Could she go back to anbu? Could she handle it?
She blasted through the limbs of the last tree landing in front of the memorial stone in a crouch. Arms shaking head bowed. The sound of thunder rolling over the hills as the downpour it carried started with a sprinkle. She radiated heat and chakra as she slammed her fist into the earth over and over again. Feeling the dirt as she pummeled the ground. Even without her chakra strength she was making a good dent. Looking up at the dark sky she cried. Let her world fold up, let it swallow her. Slaty hot drops down her cheeks and chin mingling with the rain as she felt it try to purify her.
She let it out, let it consume her. Let it break more than it had since the first few nights.
Because this was it, this was the last time she let it break her down.
Starting tomorrow, she would train. She would work.
She would find him,
And she would end him.
A/n: I'm so so sorry y'all waited so long for this, you can hate me. It's ok. I'm working on a lot of different outcomes for this. Let me know what you think.
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