Chapter 12: Vulnerable

Thoughts ran through the kunochi’s mind. A cry continued to escape her every once and while, She was alone, in a dungeon of a legendary sannin.
“So caught in emotion and I’m overcome; as I’m falling down…..i come undone….sometimes I feel alone” Sakura started to blame herself, tears staining the side of her bruised cheek.  “Sometimes I feel like I’m not that strong…sometimes I feel so frail….so small…..sometimes I feel a little vulnerable….sometimes I feel a little….fragile” rocking back and forth as she recited the paragraph over and over again…almost like her very own song was forming.

Hours had passed; Itachi and Kisame had arrived at the Sannin’s lair before Itachi’s brother was even near the place. Creeping inside slowly, Itachi could sense it the dead rotting bodies, the constant dripping of water hitting the cold tiled floor. His eyes came across a pink haired kunochi at the end of the snake’s hallway.  Sakura looked up to see from the cell, two dark figures that emerged infront of her. Itachi managed to open the cell locks. Walking towards the kunochi.
“Dare desu ka?” she asked them hoping an answer from the creeps. She was confused about their identity, when she saw the crimson red eyes stare at her coldly.
“This one aye?” Kisame asked, earning a nod from the elder.

Orochimaru could and knew that Itachi was in his lair. “Seem like Itachi came back” Orochimaru announced to his servant. Kabuto again adjusted his glasses, giving a nod as an indication that he was paying attention to what the snake Sannin had to say.
“Should I get rid of him?” Kabuto asked.
“Leave them, we want Sasuke not Sakura…” his sentence ended with a lick of the lips. “Sakura was a decoy” he added a bit more to his dreaded statement.

Sakura’s emerald orbs showed fear and sorrow, fear of the person infront of her and sorrow that her number one shinobi wasn’t by her side the when he most needed him. Itachi came a bit closer towards the pink-haired kunochi, grabbing her by the wrist, while coming into the light to let the kunochi see his real face and identity.
“Sasuke-kun?” she asked, wondering if it was really the shinobi that she had prayed for to come.
“Close” Itachi’s haunting voice ran through her ears. Grabbing her again by the wrist he began to drag the kunochi out of the cell where his partner, Kisame was waiting for him. Bruises, blood stains appeared on the kunochi each step that the elder Uchiha took.

A few hours later Sasuke was on his way to Orochimaru, remembering the exact co-ordinates to Orochimaru’s lair. His red crimson eyes activated furiously as he arrived at the base of the lair, staring at the dark hallway that had once eroded his mind with hatred, and revenge.

Itachi, was making his way back, Sakura was now in his arms tired and asleep. “Itachi” Kisame called out  to his friend earning a glaring look from the Uchiha.
“What?” he answered back coldly.
“What’s your plan?” a question arose amongst them.
“To torture my brother….with the girl he desires” staring coldly at the kunochi in his arms, adding a smirk as he ended his sentence.

Chapter 13 – Snake in the grass

Sasuke was now at the entrance of the lair. “Orochimaru!” he called out. Orochimaru knew his presence long enough. He arose from his snake like throne.
“He’s here” Orochimaru reminded kabuto as he headed toward the entrance of his lair to greet the eagered Uchiha.

Sasuke took a glanced at the pink hearted cherry along with his crest. Taking more stares at the kunochi’s pendant rather than his own.
I promise….I’ll save you….

“Sasuke…you came” Orochimaru stepped out in the sunlight, glancing at the younger Uchiha along as well licking his lips as he spoke those cold hearted words.
“Where’s Sakura?” Orochimaru knew that Sasuke wasn’t up for revenge…he wanted Sakura more. A devilish idea came to his sick twisted mind.
“I’ll make a deal with you…Sasuke-kun….you defeat me….I’ll tell you were Sakura is…..but…..”
“But?” Sasuke echoed.
“But….if I win and you lose…..you’ll stay with me”
“Deal” Sasuke took out his katana, as he ready his stance to defeat the overgrown Sannin. Kabuto came out after to observe the scene that was happening outside of the snake sannin’s lair.

“Are you going to get me or am I going to go over there to get you first?” Orochimaru asked. Sasuke wield his katana out infront of him. His crimson red eyes focusing on his main target, a smirk came to the side of his lips as he watched closely at the sannin’s movements.
“Oh waiting for me to go first right?” Orochimaru commented on his actions. “You have been listening to what I taught you over the years”  No answer from the Uchiha. Orochimaru lurched himself forward, his tongue escaping from his mouth and trying to wrap itself around the young Uchiha’s ankles. Sasuke dodged it swiftly, moving and taking his katana and slashing the damage towards the Sannin’s shoulder. A loud cry was heard from the devilish snake. Sasuke’s sharingan still activated, not losing the sick snake from his crimson eyes.

Kabuto was trying to make his way over to Orochimaru, trying to help him each and every way that he thought was possible. Trying to find a possible openly. The battle was going to fast for the liking. Orochimaru trying to dodge the attack that was pouncing on him each second, each time he dodged one another would have landed a hit on him, causing his own blood to be shed each time.

“Who knew fighting you would be this easy” Sasuke said as he landed safely back to the ground. “Or is it because you can’t keep up with me and my moves?” Orochimaru was almost out of breath, a snake slithered out from his mouth, after that the snake did the same, instead a long sliver sword came out from its own venomous mouth dropping it onto the ground.
“It’s not that Sasuke……” The snake returned back to the sannin’s insides as Orochimaru made his way over to pick up the sliver sword. “It’s not that” he repeated what he said. “You’re using a weapon….its only fair if I use one too” A smirk came to his cold hearted lips, followed by a lick.