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Ew…I went and actually read this fic…and I've GOT to say..it's disgusting…chapters one through six are so bad…seven was OKAY, but…ughh…I'm so ashamed…thankyou everyone though…if you all had said what I think of my story now, then I'd have been shot down so bad, and given up on you soo much! I LOVE YOU ALL

Medicine

Chapter 8 – Tricked

The raven-haired boy woke up with a start in the grand hotel. Folding up his futon, he put it back into the paper sliding door closet. He slipped on his clothes, refreshed himself, attached his weapon pouch to his pants, and wrapped his bandages around his leg. Sliding open the shoji door, he came within 2 centimetres of two familiar faces.

"What are you two doing here?"

"Sasuke, the Godaime and myself both told you to stay put, but you didn't listen. So, Naruto and I have come to escort you on this mission: to retrieve Sakura and Kuranosuke," Kakashi explained exasperatedly.

"That's right, Sasuke-bastard. We're here because if you didn't have back up, then you'd get your ass WHOOPED," piped in Naruto.

"Shut up" Sasuke glared at him like there was no tomorrow and Naruto followed up by sticking his tongue out at him, a Sakura worth gesture. Sakura…

"Why are we standing here? Our mission, as Kakashi-sensei just stated, is to get Sakura back. Let's go," he stated as he walked in between the two, heading for the exit of the hotel. The two followed right behind his heel.

"So, what's the situation?" Kakashi asked flatly.

"There are the two guards just as before, in the shack with Kuranosuke and Sakura. They are both tied to a chair," stated Sasuke, getting straight to the point.

"I see. I think it's best to keep watching them. We'll think of a plan soon, after watching their behaviour for a little while," Kakashi decided.

"Aa…"

"But what about Sakura-chan! We have to rescue her, remember?" Naruto whined.

"We can't go barging in the place without knowing what's going on, Naruto. I thought I taught you this the first time I became your sensei. I've already proved to you how useless it was when you just attacked me head on," Kakashi reasoned.

Naruto put a pout on his face, and kept walking, his arms across his chest.

"Oh, we'll have to be extra careful this time. Those two guards weren't as stupid as they looked. They knew we were spying on them last time. I heard them say that to Sakura," Sasuke warned.

"Hmm…" Kakashi pondered for a little while, looking up at the sky as he scratched his chin. "I see…"

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The three males kept watch on the two guards and their two prisoners, taking note on their daily routines, rituals, anything that would be of use to them to rescue Sakura and Kuranosuke.

After a week of observations, they had hatched a plan.

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As expected, guard number one would go out for food and water every 2 days. It was then, that operation 'chair prisoner' would commence.

The guard had walked towards a nearby stream, as he did every two days, retrieving water with his bucket. Kakashi quickly zipped up behind him, and knocked him out. He then tied him hanging from a tree upside down, with cloth stuffed in his mouth.

As the silver-haired jounin began tying his complicated knots, Sasuke had transformed into said guard, and took the bucket, along with the animal the guard had hunted. Kakashi looked through the tied-up man's clothing, and found out that his name was Inui, and the other guard was Saeko. He told Sasuke so, in case he needed it. Sasuke then sauntered back to the shack, acting as the guard in every way possible.

Sasuke reached the shack, and pushed the door open with his leg, as both his arms were occupied.

"Oi, Saeko," Sasuke dropped the anime and the bucket on the floor, while eyeing Sakura and Kuranosuke, both asleep.

Saeko grunted, and got up from the floor. He grabbed the animal, took out a knife, and began skinning it. The two began preparing dinner, as Kakashi and Naruto waited patiently outside until a signal was given to them.

Night fell, and Sasuke told the guard that he would stand guard outside for the night.

"Aa. I haven't had a good night's sleep in a while. Wake me up if you get tired though. We don't want to let anyone slip in," Saeko agreed. He settled himself on the ground, cross-legged, as Sasuke slipped out the door. He eyed Kakashi and Naruto, giving them the signal that the guard was in the process of falling asleep. Another quarter of an hour later, Sasuke peered through the cracks of the shack to check whether the guard was asleep. He was.

Signalling his sensei and teammate once more with his hand, he slipped inside silently and took out special ninja rope. He tied the sleeping guard up, in a way where he could not do any hand seals. As Kakashi and Naruto slipped in, he transformed back into his own self, and went over to Sakura and Kuranosuke.

Naruto and Sasuke went ahead to untie the two hostages, trying to get them to wake up at the same time.

Kuranosuke woke up in no time, relieve rushing through his face as he saw the leaf ninjas.

"Oh, thank god. You've found me!" he sighed.

"Shh, the guard is still asleep"

"Hai, hai…When are you going to get me out of here? I haven't seen my family in weeks!" the blonde whispered.

"Soon"

"Aa…"

"Eh, Sasuke, why isn't Sakura-chan waking up?" Naruto asked as he continued to poke Sakura.

Sasuke turned to the rosette kunoichi, and true to Naruto's words, she wasn't waking up. He walked over, and shook her, hoping she would wake up.

"Kakashi-sensei, did those guards drug her or something?" Naruto asked.

"…no, I don't think so…"

"Then why isn't she waking up?"

Kakashi thought over the possibilities in his head, and finally said, "Kai"

Sure enough, an illusion had been pulled over their eyes, and the chair which Sakura had been sitting at, was empty. They had tricked us all along! Sasuke thought, lips pressing into a thin line.

He walked over to the guard, and kicked him, waking him up.

"W-what?" the middle-aged man muttered groggily.

"Where's Sakura?" he asked.

"…heh, the girl?" He smirked, closing his eyes.

"Yes"

"Yeah, what'd you do with Sakura-chan!" piped Naruto.

"She was taken to the boss a long time ago…" his smile grew.

"Taken…to the boss? Where?" Kakashi asked, still confused.

"And why should I tell you?"

"Because if you don't we'll kill you" Sasuke answered through clenched teeth.

"Fine, fine. It's not like you can actually get into the place anyway. Located at the outskirts of the Hidden Mist Village is a big mountain, where a cave can be found on the North-east side," he explained.

"Right. I'll take Kuranosuke back to Konoha, while you two set out for Mist. I'll also inform the Hokage what you're doing, and see if I can bring some reinforcements, as he said that it'll be difficult to get in," Kakashi ordered.

"Right, let's go!" Naruto rushed out the door, with Sasuke behind him.

Kakashi got Kuranosuke on his feet, then headed for the door as well.

"Hey, what about me!" the guard yelled, his cool demeanour now forgotten.

"You, can stay here, tied up," Kakashi answered.

"But, I'll starve to death!" he whimpered.

"No you won't. You'll die of thirst first," Kakashi said, a sadistic smile crept onto his face.

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I intended this chapter to be longer, but I'm going to inform everyone that I'm dropping this fic as well. Because I wrote myself into a big HOLE, I can't find a way to make the fic work even with the plot I've planned out. Also, I just don't have the motivation for SasuSaku fics anymore. After catching up with Naruto, Sasuke's become a bastard, in my opinion. So, yeah. I'll be working on one-shots here and there, as well as a NejiSaku fic I have in mind.

If you would like to know how the rest of the story goes, feel free to email me, and I'll be glad to tell you why Sakura was taken to the boss. I think it's quite original, really (in Naruto fics, anyway)...so, I might actually make a fic about that...XD and of course, the very end of the story will include major SasuSaku moments, like them getting married and living happily ever after, though that'll never happen and kind of disgusts me now... JA!