A/N:this is the sequel to Go back Sakura go back. To every one who wanted a sequel or new chapter, this is it.
Summary: After meeting Sasuke, Sakura finds out that the Akatsuki want Naruto. Still. Orochimaru still wants Sasuke and what do this things have in common? And how does she find out? The victim of kidnapping. She's gonna have to save herself, but I see someone in the distance.
"Agh," Sakura groaned opening her eyes. She immediately closed her eyes because of the viciously white, bright walls of the hospital she knew so well. She raised a hand to her head trying to sooth the painful headache she was starting to get.
"No, she's asleep, Naruto. Now get out of my hospital," she heard the voice of Lady Tsunade outside her room door. She slowly opened her eyes again and adjusted them to the brightness. Then she noticed a bowel of ramen placed at her bedside table. The words 'Get well soon, Sakura' written on the side.
"Please Granny Tsunade, this isn't your hospital, it's Konoha's hospital," she heard him retort before a loud banging sound could be heard though out the floor. Sakura's lips were tugging at the corners forming a smile. The door to the room slammed open with irritation and closed in the same manner.
Sakura saw her master walk over to her bed with her nose in the clipboard. She looked down to see Sakura starring at her.
"Your awake?" she asked mildly surprised. Sakura looked at the door then back at Tsunade.
"With all that noise it'd be impossible to sleep," she smiled. Her master returned the smile.
"Naruto is insisting that he be allowed to see you, but since you were sleeping I didn't want him to wake you up with that mouth of his," she said putting her hand on Sakura's forehead. "What happened to you?"
Sakura looked at her master funny. It took her a moment before a memory dam broke. Thoughts of the mission, of Sasuke, of what he said poured though the cracks.
"Wait for me."
That sentence echoed in her head louder than a drill sergeant taking roll call. It added to the headache she already had. But she didn't want Tsunade to know she met Sasuke, and she defiantly didn't want her to know about the make-out session they shared either.
"Nothing much happened. Enemy ninja, that's it. I mean we were near enemy territory," she lied not looking Tsunade in the eye. She never liked to lie to anyone, least of all Naruto, Tsunade, or Kakashi.
"You sure?" Tsunade asked not really believing Sakura. She didn't trust her voice so she nodded. Tsunade let it go. Thankfully.
"Since your awake you can get out tomorrow morning," Tsunade declared standing up and making her way to the door. Sakura stopped her with a question.
"How long have I been unconscious?" she asked, she wanted to know how long ago she saw Sasuke and if that ramen was still good. Because it was looking like heaven at the moment.
"You were brought here yesterday morning when your team came back," Tsunade answered closing the door. Sakura was going to guess the ramen was still good and picked it up off the table and started to eat it much faster than normal.
"Wait for me."
What does he mean by that? she asked herself.
What do you think? her inner asked.
I don't know, stupid, that's why I asked, she told her innerself.
Idiot, must I do everything myself? inner Sakura asked dramatically.
Shut up and start talking, damnit! she demanded. Her inner sighed.
He's coming back, that's what he meant, her inner said.
And he wants me to wait for him. What the hell gave him the impression I wasn't?! I've wasted so much time on him and he still has the nerve to tell me to wait!? Sakura yelled in her head.
Look, don't take it out on me. Besides you know as well as I do that you would wait forever, the inner responded to the outrage of her outerself.
How long?
I don't know, but what else is there to do?
He said he couldn't come back, why the change of mind?
I highly doubt it has to do with his mind and I don't go around trying to understand what goes though Sasuke's head. It's frightening territory.
What about Orochimaru? He's back so what'll he do to Sasuke?
Sasuke may be a cold-hearted prick, but he's not a dumbass. He won't go to that freak ever again.
During the conversion in her mind Sakura slowly fell into sleep.
"HEY, SAKURA!" was the cry that woke Sakura out of her dreamless sleep. She had just opened her eyes to see Naruto barging though the door. Sakura looked at the clock that was on the wall acrossed from her bed to see it was a quarter to seven in the morning.
"Naruto, not so loud. You'll wake the dead. What is it?" Sakura moaned turning over to face Naruto fully laying on her side. Her pink hair got in the way of seeing Naruto properly and all of his orange and black glory. Honestly the boy was wearing orange that stuck out like a sore thumb. He was asking to be a target, but knowing Naruto he did that on purpose, or was just unable to match colors.
"Granny Tsunade said you get out today so I came to pick you up," he smiled his signature smile. She couldn't help but smile back. Feeling warmed by the thought of Naruto coming to get her, she sat up and made ready to leave. As she walked by Naruto he had a strange sent to him.
"Naruto, are you wearing girls' perfume?" she asked sniffing Naruto's clothes. Naruto's face went up like the fourth of July. It really made her wonder what her best friend had been doing before he came here.
"Uh, well see, i-it was like this. I get to the, uh, um, ramen stand and Hinata was uh, eating miso ramen and, well she fell on me and I uh, caught her," Naruto stumbled out looking at the ground that seemed to be very entertaining to him at the moment. Sakura raised her eyebrows. It was not like Naruto to stumble over words or blush the shade of a tomato.
"And….," she prompted. Naruto's hands went to his pockets nervously. Sakura was starting to worry. "What'd you do with her?" He looked up at that.
"Nothing!" he denied sharply. "When I caught her I saw down her shirt a little and I ran away," he finally admitted shamefully. Sakura smiled trying so hard not to laugh. She could picture the scene.
"Well, at least you didn't get ramen stuck down her shirt," Sakura said trying to look at the bright side of the possible disasters that could have been a lot worse. Naruto's face blushed a million shades of red but he laughed anyways.
"Haha, yeah, that would have sucked," he laughed just as Lady Tsunade came in.
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Fifteen minutes later Sakura was getting out of a nice hot relaxing shower. She got dressed in her red jacket, shorts, and skirt then went out of her room and down the hall of her apartment. In the kitchen she fixed herself some green tea and hopped up on the counter leaning her head against the cabinets behind her.
There was one thing on her mind. Sasuke. Why did he change his mind about coming back? Was it something she said? Is he going to kill his brother soon? Is he on Itachi's trail? So many questions left unanswered. Stupid Sasuke. After all these years he still did this to her. Made her worry, made her restless, made her uneasy. It's not fair. A beeping interrupted her thought process and she was forced to look at who was paging her. Upon looking a the screen she had the most surprise look on her face.
Master Tsunade, was what it read. Putting her finished cup in the sink she grabbed her weapon holster and wrapped it to her thigh. She went out the door and locked it behind her then ran roof top style to the Hokage tower. At the door she knocked.
"Come in," the voice said. Sakura pushed open the door to see the Lady Hokage actually doing work. Sakura wondered how much Tsunade had to drink.
"You paged me," Sakura said closing the door and walking farther in the room. The fifth looked up from the multiple seas of paper work. It made Sakura glad she wasn't Hokage and head Medic.
"Sakura, I know you just got out from the hospital, but I need you for a mission," she said clasping her hands in front of her face. Sakura stood up straighter.
"Alright, what are the details?" she accepted. The Hokage spoke fast.
"The Akatsuki are quiet. To quiet for my liking. There is an informant that was recently discovered by Jiriya and we need someone to get the information he has and do it discreetly. He was last seen in the land of the Lightening. That's were you'll start: the Village hidden in the Clouds. Any questions?" Tsunade explained. Sakura had one.
"Is it a solo mission?" she asked. Tsunade nodded her confirmation.
"I'm worried that they're getting ready to attack Konoha in search of Naruto and with the added threat of Orochimaru I want to know what the Akatsuki are doing and I want to know now before someone has to die," Tsunade expressed. Sakura had been worried too. It's not like the Akatsuki to not be seen for months, unless they're planning something. It made Sakura worry for Naruto's sake.
"I accept," Sakura answered. To that statement Tsunade threw a scroll to her and dismissed her. Sakura was right at the door when she couldn't resist teasing Naruto about Hinata.
"Tsunade, if I were you, I'd have 'the talk' with Naruto," she said over her shoulder. Tsunade's brow furrowed but said nothing as Sakura left the room.
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The next morning Sakura was in the Village hidden in the Clouds. To look like a seventeen year-old civilian she had a ruffily moss green skirt and a light green top. Her headband was in her backpack that was swung around her shoulders. As she looked around the busy village reminded her of the Land of Waves. She had had a mission there with Naruto a few months back and saw that it had changed to poor people on the street to a modern town. The Great Naruto Bridge was still standing.
Sakura figured it wouldn't be all that bad. She walked through the sea of people to find a cheap motel. It didn't take long, she found one within two minutes, right in the heart of town. She walked in to the modest looking place and up to the clerk.
"I need a single for one night," Sakura requested at the young looking clerk. At her voice he looked up, then slid his gaze down what part of her body he could see. It made Sakura shudder in disgust.
He smiled at her in a way that made her thoroughly uncomfortable. "Take room 18." He made it so their hands brushed one an other's. She drew back with the key and laid the money on the table. Then hightailed it to the said room.
The room was plain enough. Off white walls, a bed, a table, mini-fridge, and a phone all in one room. She sat her pack down by the bed while she sat on the bed. Taking out the information scroll she skimmed over some of the hot spots he likes to hit in this town. She looked at his picture noticing that he was pretty cute.
His hair was blonde and he had the lightest of eyes. The scroll said he was 5' 11" so he was pretty tall too. There wasn't much information on the guy, it didn't even have his name. But all the same, she put on a black tank top with a red cherry blossom on it and tight faded blue jeans. For her feet she donned black kitten heels. Looking over at the time Sakura realized the sun had set and it was time to get to work finding this guy in this village.
Five clubs. That's how many places she went to and she still had seven more to go. She was going to strangle the informant if he ended up in the last club. Her feet felt like they were bleeding and the May weather breeze felt good on her hot skin.
She noticed her next club through a small ally way and decided to go through it instead of going around the block. Muggers be damned. The ally was only light by the neon pink and red sign of the club. It gave the whole road an eerie glow. She was about to come out on the other side but a hand grabbed her waist. Another went to her mouth with some kind of cloth.
The cloth had been soaked in some sort of sleeping aid. Sakura noticed this immediately, but felt all her strength leave her and she fell into a black void not knowing when she was going to get out of it.
Sasuke: when do I come in?
Me: WTF?!
Sasuke: Answer me, damn it!
Me: when do you think?
Sasuke: ...
Me: Asshole.
Sasuke: glare
Me: why would I give that away?
Sasuke: cause I'm sexy.
Sakura: no you're not, you prick.
Sasuke: yes i am. you just want my body.
Sakura: oh, yeah(scarcaism). hard hot and heavey every night.
Me: we so don't want to hear this.
Naruto: i wanna hear this.
Sasuke, Sakura: 0.0
Me: no! sasuke, get back to where i put you. sakura, get back to getting kiddnapped. and naruto, do whatever it is that you do.
Sasuke: where'd you put me?
Sakura: who kiddnapped me?
Naruto: what do i do?
Me: Shut up, all of you!
A/N: well I have everything pretty much mapped out but I'm a lazy bitch so the next chapter might take a little bit. But you should see it within a week, if not earlier. That purple button is calling you know, so answer it.