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Let's continue!:
One day after training, Sakura was sitting on her bed, dozing off while staring at the ceiling when Sasuke walked in on her.
"I wonder if Sasuke-kun will forgive me, if he finds out that I did something so stupid" she thought aloud, failing to notice Sasuke was in the room.
"What are you talking about, Sakura?" he asked. He had walked right up to her but she still hadn't notice him.
"Neh, I don't think so. He thinks I'm annoying; besides I had to do it, if I want to live"
Sasuke's eyes widened slightly and he moved closer to sit in front of her.
"What are you talking about?!" he asked again, a little less calmly and a little more angrily. Yet again, Sakura didn't notice him. He moved closer to her ear and whispered; "Sa-ku-ra"
Sakura, who was still half-daze, looked forward when she heard someone calling her. She finally noticed Sasuke was in the room when she felt something warm on her lips. Sakura's face turned completely red and pushed Sasuke off her bed. Sasuke stumbled off Sakura's bed and knocked his head against his own bed. Sakura touched her lips, still blushing and ran to the bathroom. She slammed the door shut and leaned against it, falling slowly to the ground.
'T-t-t-t-t-t-t-t-that was my first kiss'
Sasuke was still sitting on the ground and rubbing his head; "Hmpf, she didn't have to push me that hard" he mumbled and lay down on his bed.
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After a few minutes, Sakura slowly and quietly opened the door. Seeing Sasuke lying on his bed, Sakura sneaked out of the room to meet Orochimaru. Orochimaru and Kabuto were waiting for her in an empty room a bit further down the hall than the one she and Sasuke shared.
"You might die" said Orochimaru, almost giddily, as he saw her approaching. When Sakura nodded yes, Kabuto started to walk out of the room and whispered to her; "You are way too weak. You'll definitely die."
Sakura ignored him and started preparing herself for the pain she knew she would be experiencing very soon. Orochimaru made a hand sign and his neck stretched out. He bit Sakura's upper left arm and she froze. As Orochimaru's neck shrunk back to it's normal length, Sakura dropped to the floor and tried to hold in her scream. The pain however, was too much to hold back and she let out a blood-curtling, ear-piercing scream. Orochimaru chuckled and walked out of the room, leaving Sakura alone. It felt like she was being burned alive, while being stabbed with a thousand knifes. She knew she had started running a fever and if she couldn't control it, she would die.
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Sasuke was in his room trying to get some sleep when he heard a loud scream.
'Is that Sakura? She's not back yet...wait...why do I care? I'm still pissed at her...over what? She pushed me away...whatever, she can take care of herself'
Sasuke got up when someone knocked on his door. When he opened it, he saw Kabuto standing there with a smirk on his face. Sasuke wasn't happy to see him and asked bitterly what he wanted.
"You really need to learn some manners, Sasuke." Kabuto paused as he started to walk away, he said further, "You might want to check on your roommate. She's not in the best situation right now"
"So that was Sakura's scream..." ,Sasuke sighed, "I'll go see what's wrong"
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Sakura was lying down on the ground, still holding her arm, trying really hard to hold her scream. She refused to even cry, determined to prove to herself that she was not weak. She needed to be strong, for Sasuke. But she couldn't hold it anymore and started to scream again when her curse mark started to spread painfully across her body.
Sasuke ran into the room; he couldn't handle hearing her scream anymore. When he saw how her body was covered with the curse, he had paused for a moment; he didn't expect this to happen. This was what she was talking about, wondering if Sasuke would forgive her when he found out she did something stupid. He ran towards her and knelt by her side, taking her hand in his.
"Control the curse, Sakura. Stop it from spreading!"
Sakura did as she was told and tried to control the curse. Her curse started to retreat little by little and after an eternity, her curse disappeared. Sakura promptly fainted. Sasuke picked her up bridal style and walked back to their room.
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When Sasuke entered the room, he put Sakura down on her bed and felt her forehead; she was burning up. Sasuke got a wet towel and placed it on her forehead.
Sakura woke up when the cold towel touched her hot forehead and, still half asleep, giggled softly. Sasuke gave her a confused expression, wondering why she was laughing; it was the last thing he expected her to do at the moment.
"Hehehe, this is like Chunin exam...but now our position switched" she said softly and fell asleep again.
"Heh, I guess you're right"
Sasuke stayed all night up and took care of Sakura. After staying up all night and seeing as she didn't have a high fever anymore, he fell right away asleep on his arms on Sakura's bed.
When Sakura woke up, she felt something heavy on her chest as she opened her eyes slowly. The pain in her upper left arm was weaker. Her vision cleared slowly, but what she saw put her in shock. She had to blink a few times to make sure she wasn't imagining it. Sasuke had fallen asleep and had laid on her chest. Sakura started to blush and her heart started to beat fast and loud. So loud that even Sasuke could hear it-of course, he was in the best position to hear her heart thumping.
Sasuke opened his eyes and stared at Sakura's beet-red face, still looking a bit tired, and she stared right back at him, blushing even harder.
'S-so close...j-just like the last time...And w-we accidently kissed that time', thought Sakura. Thinking about that made her heart beat even faster.
"Are you okay, Sakura? Your heartbeat has increased and your face is really red. Has your fever returned" said Sasuke sleepily.
"I-I-I-I'm fine" She managed to say.
"You sure?"
"Y-y-yeah, but can you p-p-p-please get off me" She started blush more, if that was possible, and her heart began beating faster.
"hn...", he mumbled, "At least let me sleep for a little. I did help you, Sakura."
"O-o-o-o-okay but not on m-me," she stuttered.
Sasuke smirked, 'oh, that's why...I wonder...', he thought as he nuzzled his head onto her chest.
Sakura's heart felt like it was about to burst. She couldn't take it anymore and was going to sit up, but once she started moving, Sasuke was suddenly on top of her, pinning her wrists to the bed. His mouth was next to her ear and whispered;
"You shouldn't move. You still need to recover..."
Sakura, still blushing, stuttered out that she knew she had to rest, she just had to go to the bathroom.
"No...because I know you're lying. If you get up, you'll regret it" said Sasuke and bit one of her ears.
"I-I get it Sasuke-kun. D-don't you need to train?", she squeaked.
He sighed and got off of her, knowing she was right. He needed to train. What was he thinking anyway? He walked out of the room, but before he was completely out the door, he turned around and said; "Don't move too much or you will be in pain again. I will be back. Don't leave the room".
Sakura sat up, still in shock over what had just happened. She didn't know what to do, should she be happy or worried? Why would Sasuke do that? He was so close to her. And even that time...they accidently kissed...but he didn't say anything after that happened. Sakura snapped out of her thoughts when a sudden wave of pain shot through her body.
"Sasuke-kun was right, I shouldn't move so much."
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On his way to the training room, Sasuke was mentally beating himself up for what he had done to Sakura. What was wrong with him? Why did he do that?
Entering the room, he saw Orochimaru waiting for him, "Glad you are here, let's continue your training."
"Hn...why did you give Sakura a curse mark?"
"My my, Sasuke. Are you concerned? Sakura requested it herself." he said sweetly, then paused and continued a bit more venomously, "Don't let your emotions get to you. They will distract you on your path to revenge".
Sasuke clenched his teeth, knowing Orochimaru was right. "Hn...let's train".
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Someone knocked on the door to Sasuke and Sakura's bedroom, then came in when Sakura voiced her permission.
"What do you want, Kabuto?" she asked nastily.
Kabuto laughed a little, "I apologize Sakura. I just came here to see if you've survived."
"Of course I have. It was my request in the first place, remember? But I didn't expect to be left there on the cold floor." said Sakura bitterly.
"Oh, well at least Sasuke found you. I also came to tell you that you will be training along with Sasuke, Orochimaru, and me from now on"
"Fine, is that all?"
"Not yet. We warned you not to distract Sasuke, didn't we? Stop distracting him." he stepped closer to her and her gave her a pill. She recognized it right away, this was the same pill that those sound ninja gave to Sasuke to achieve the second stage of the curse mark. Sakura immediately gave it back to Kabuto, claiming that while she did want to get stronger, she didn't want to look like a monster. Kabuto took the pill back and laughed a little at the thought that she wanted to get stronger without the second stage of the curse mark.
"Oh yeah. We are moving to another hideout tomorrow morning" Kabuto announced and walked away.
'How am I distracting Sasuke-kun? Did he see what happened between me and Sasuke-kun?! But its not like I started it! Oh I'm so confused!,' thought Saskura and decided to lay back down for a while.
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After four hours of training, Sasuke walked back to his room. As he entered, he saw Sakura sleeping on her bed. 'She is beautiful...! Wait what am I thinking?!'
He walked over to her and nudged her shoulder a little.
"Wake up, Sakura"
When he nudged her again, she let out a soft moan and shifted a little. He moved a little closer to her and brushed a lock of her hair away. Realizing what he was doing, he stopped immediately and back away. Sakura woke up slowly, still sore, tried to sit up.
"Oh, hi Sasuke-kun. I fell asleep...Did you need something?"
'Something is really wrong with me. I should be focusing on training, not Sakura; he thought, almost forgetting that Sakura asked him something, "Did you go out of the room?", asked Sasuke in a serious tone.
Sakura started to tell him everything Kabuto had said about moving to another hideout the next morning as well as her refusing the pill. It was then that Sasuke decided to pop his question.
"Why did you ask Orochimaru for the curse mark, Sakura?"
There was a pause for a minute before Sakura spoke. She couldn't tell him why she wanted one. She couldn't just say it bluntly, 'I need to get stronger and prove to you that I can be powerful'.
So she just decided to ignore the question, which made it obvious to Sasuke that she was trying to hide something from him. She started to mutter about getting up to pack her things for tomorrow.
Sakura stood up from her bed, still hurting, but not as bad as earlier and started towards the door. She needed to pack her poison scrolls.
As she walked towards the door, she tripped and started to fall, but instead of hitting the floor as she was expecting, Sasuke caught her, "Hn...you're clumsy," he said.
"S-shut up! I-I just tripped!" she yelled and tried to walk away, but Sasuke pulled back. Her back was on his chest and he brought his head down next to her neck.
"Hmpf, be careful next time, Sa-ku-ra" he whispered in her ear.
The way he whispered her name made Sakura blush a deep red. Trying to hide her blush, she wriggled out of his grip and dashed out of the room. Sasuke lay down on his bed, scolding himself again about doing that to Sakura.
'What's up with him...H-he is acting strange; She thought, still blushing while packing her scrolls. One of the sound ninjas who was helping Sakura pack, started to ask if she had a fever, seeing how red her face was. Sakura nearly shouted her denial to the ninja and they immediately lapsed into silence again. Kabuto's words were also repeating in her head, over and over again. Was she really distracting him?
The next morning, Sakura woke up before Sasuke. She felt normal again; her body didn't hurt anymore. She looked at her curse seal on her upper arm. She still couldn't believe she actually did that. She was also tired of smiling and acting like she respect Orochimaru. The only thing she wants to do was give that snake bastard a piece of her mind, but doubted he would care since she wasn't strong enough to do anything to him. Sakura got up and walked to the bathroom to cool off and get ready.
Sasuke woke up a while later to the sound the shower being turned on. He sighed and closed his eyes again. He had taken care of Sakura all through night before, then had to train with Orochimaru for four hours. So of course he was way too tired to get up. He promptly dozed off again.
As Sakura walked out of the bathroom, she saw Sasuke was still asleep. She walked over to him, touched his shoulder and gave it a small nudge. One of his eyes opened when she touched his shoulder.
"What do you want" he mumbled.
"We need to go" she said in a soft voice. Sasuke groaned and got up to take a shower. While he was taking a shower, Sakura started thinking about Naruto and the others back in the Leaf village. Orochimaru and his gang were leaving for another hideout, which meant that she and Sasuke would be going even further away from the Leaf. Could she still go back?
"Don't even think about it" said Sasuke. She looked up at him. She hadn't noticed Sasuke was already done taking a shower nor that he was in the room.
"Don't even think about going back," he repeated.
"I-I wasn't thinking about that" she said quickly and looked away. He leaned closer to her ear and whispered demandingly not to lie. She denied once again that she wasn't thinking about the Leaf Village. This time, Sasuke pushed her on to the bed and moved his face closer to hers. Their faces were only a few inches away from each other. He looked into her eyes, deeper than before. She tried to close her eyes, but couldn't and looked away. He demanded once again not to lie. She broke down under his stare and admitted that she was thinking about the Leaf Village and told him that she won't do it again.
"Hn...I thought so...let's go" said Sasuke as he got up. Sakura knew Sasuke was right; she made her decision to go with Sasuke and she couldn't back down. They grabbed their things and walked out of the room.
As they walked down the hall, they began to hear a lot of noise coming from the other side of the hideout.
'Is someone attacking the hideout? Could it be Naruto?!' thought Sakura and looked in the direction the racket was coming from. A sound ninja appeared before them, telling them to hurry up; the hideout was really under an attack.
Sakura stared at the sound ninja. She felt like she was forgetting something. It finally popped into her head when the sound ninja apologized to her and called someone's name. Sakura suddenly began running in the direction the battle seemed to be. Sasuke noticed her and tried to grab her wrist but was a little too late. The sound ninja apologized once again and ran after Sakura.
"Hn" Sasuke acted like he didn't care and walked to the room where they were supposed to meet Orochimaru.
Sakura rushed into her training room and saw another sound ninja lying on the ground. His leg had gotten stuck under a rock. Sakura broke the rock with her strength and healed his leg. The sound ninja apologized none-stop and gave her a scroll.
"You idiot! I know you promised that you'd give it back to me...and that this scroll is important to me...but that doesn't mean you can throw your life away just for something like this!" she yelled and smacked him upside the head. She took the scroll and put it in her bag. The first sound ninja Sasuke and Sakura met, finally caught up to Sakura. He yelled at Sakura and the sound ninja she helped to hurry up. They all ran out of the room and hurried where Orochimaru was waiting for her.
Sakura began to worry. She had just left Sasuke and rushed over here to help that idiot without thinking about the consequences. Did Sasuke and Orochimaru already leave? Did Sasuke think that she left him to go back to the Leaf Village?
Tears started to fill in her eyes, when she thought about being left behind. While on her way to the meeting room, Sound Ninja #1 told her that he and Sound Ninja #2 needed to go right while she needed to go left to meet Orochimaru. Sakura didn't want to split up; she didn't want it to happen again...like the other time with Jirobo. She didn't want to go safely to another hideout and later find out that they had died.
Sakura started to panic as such thoughts started to flood her mind. Did Sasuke leave her behind? What if he really did? Then she'd be alone...because she and the sound ninjas split up...and what if they died? Then she'd really be alone here...
She snapped out of her thoughts when she realized that both sound ninjas were promising her that they wouldn't die. After the promise, the ninjas took the right path while Sakura took the left. Tears were fighting to stream down her cheeks as she ran to meet Orochimaru, but she held them back.
Sakura froze instantly when she heard a loud voice. "Sasuke! Sakura-chan!
'It can't be...Naruto?!'
She didn't know what to do. His voice echoed all over the hall. Which way should she go? What if she took the wrong path and got captured by Naruto?
She was pulled out of her thoughts when she suddenly felt someone grabbing her wrist and pulling her in to run. She looked up and saw Sasuke holding her. She wanted to cry so badly; she was so relieved to see him. He didn't leave her behind after all.
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Together they hurried outside to meet Orochimaru and Kabuto. Only then did Sakura realize just how long it had been since she had seen the sky. Well, their hideout was under the ground, so yeah...and Sakura wasn't allowed to go outside. Sakura put her hand over her eyes as the light blinded her.
"You're late. You guys almost got caught by those Leaf ninjas" said Orochimaru. Sakura was staring back the way they came. So it really was Naruto. He came all the way here to bring them back.
"hn"
"S-sorry" Sakura apologized. If she didn't go back to her training room to help a sound ninja...and if she didn't freeze when she heard Naruto's voice...they would have been faster...But something else had been bothering her. They way they spoke...Orochimaru had said 'You guys'...meaning Sasuke hadn't met them until now. Did he wait for her?
"We will be relocating to another hideout. It will take about a day to get there if we go fast. We have to hurry before the Leaf ninjas will notice that we aren't inside anymore" explained Kabuto while walking towards Orochimaru.
"Whatever. Let's go" said Sasuke and the four of them took off.
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They had been traveling for five hours straight. Sakura was tired and, though she refused to show it, she hadn't fully recovered from the curse mark and it was still hurting her. Sasuke noticed that she was struggling and falling behind. He slowed down a little to run next to Sakura and asked her if she was okay.
Sakura nodded as she held her upper arm tightly. She'd manage it somehow. He nodded back and increased his speed to catch up to Orochimaru and Kabuto.
Finally after another hour of traveling, Orochimaru and Kabuto stopped. They decided to scout around to make sure the area was safe while the others could rest. Sasuke leaned on a tree and Sakura stood next to him.
When the Orochimaru and Kabuto were out of sight, Sakura jumped up and sat down on a branch, letting her feet dangle off the branch. Sasuke was still leaning against the tree with his eyes closed.
A few minutes later, Kabuto and Orochimaru have returned.
"Let's move" Orochimaru ordered and they started to run again.
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They finally arrived at their new hideout after another two hours. They walked into their new hideout and stood in the main hall. Orochimaru ordered them to get some rest and Kabuto lead Sasuke and Sakura to their new room.
Sasuke opened the door and walked in while Sakura followed him. Their new room was bigger than the one before as were the bed, but all the furniture placed in the same position. One bed on the left and the other on the right with dressers to accompany them.
"Are you going to rest?" asked Sakura.
Sasuke gave his usual answer "hn" and fell on his bed. Sakura giggled, taking that as a yes and walked towards the door. She stopped when Sasuke called her. He sat up when she turned around.
"Are you going to use those pills again."
She gasped when she heard the question. She started to stutter as she asked him how he knew about them. When he answered that it was obvious, she gave a small smile and told him she would be okay. But before she knew it, Sasuke pulled her back in, locked the door and threw her on his bed. His hands pinned hers to the bed and he placed his mouth next to her ear.
"W-what are you doing?" she asked and looked away while blushing.
"It has been a long day Sakura. Get some sleep"
"I'm not tired, Sasuke-kun"
"I know you are lying" he replied. "You got tired while we were traveling, so how can you not be tired now? You're hiding something from me again, Sakura. Tell me what it is."
At first Sakura denied everything, but soon gave up. She started to tell him she couldn't sleep, that she'd been having nightmares and was lucky enough she didn't puke blood anymore.
She was too embarrassed to look at Sasuke and prepared herself for the worst. She expected him to say that she was pathetic or weak, but neither of those comments came out of his mouth. He just lay next to her, his back facing her and told her to try and get some sleep now. If only for today.
Sakura obeyed and tried to go to her own bed to get some sleep, but Sasuke grabbed her wrist as she got up and told her to stay where she was. Sakura's face turned red, like a tomato. She let out a silent gasp and didn't know what to do. Finally, she took a deep breath and lay next to Sasuke.
"Before we left the previous hideout...You waited for me, didn't you? Why?" asked Sakura. She waited for him to answer, but when he didn't, she closed her eyes.
It took a while for Sakura to finally get to sleep, but it took even longer for Sasuke. His face was also red and he kept scolding himself in his mind. He couldn't believe what he had just done. He blushed even more when he felt Sakura's breath on his back while she was clenching onto his shirt.
He wanted to tell her to back off a little, but she was already asleep. He let it go this time, this time only! His last thought before he fell asleep was;
"I guess it would have been boring without you around"
~to be continued~
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Question for this chapter: If you could live in one of your favorite anime. Which one will it be?
If I could live in one of mine...I would like to live in Fairy tail! It was difficult for me to choose between Naruto and Fairy tail...but I wanted to have magic :D It looks fun to have magic
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