Title: Rolling in the Deep
Author: mitsuki0tennyo (Mitsukino Tennyo)
Fandom: Naruto
Pairing: SasuSaku (Uchiha Sasuke x Haruno Sakura)
Rating: T
Word Count: 629
Disclaimer: I don’t own Naruto.
Summary: Tonight, Sakura’s thoughts didn’t leave her alone. She kept thinking back at Taka’s confrontation with Madara and wondered if she made the right choice.
Nightfall came as they reached Madara’s hideout in Mountain’s Graveyard. Everything about the place made Sakura uneasy and she wasn’t only one. Both Karin and Juugo looked like they wanted to be anywhere but here. But even more so was the fact that Madara was threat to her, Sasuke-kun, Taka and most importantly her child. One that she didn’t quite know how to deal with yet.
Madara had assigned individual rooms but Sasuke opted for the two of them to share a bed like they were used too. As Sasuke slept, Sakura played with his unruly onyx locks. She had always liked the fact she was the sole person in Otogakure in whom’s presence the Uchiha would sleep. Something she noted, that hadn’t changed in Madara’s hideout. Still it had been quite a challenge to convince Sasuke to sleep as she thought back about their earlier conversation.
… o0o …
“I want more power.”
Madara turned to see Sasuke standing behind him, his team a few feet behind their leader.
“I want Itachi’s eyes.”
“Of course.” Madara fully turned to Taka, his stance not overly threatening but it was still enough for Sasuke and Suigetsu to place their hands on the hilts of their swords. “Not to sound suspicious or anything Sasuke but why did you change your mind?”
“Sakura and Suigetsu tortured some Kumo nin for information about the Jinchūriki. Karin was there too in case they’ve been trained to withstand torture, she made sure they couldn’t lie to us. While some were… lost to us, most broke under my team’s combined efforts.”
“That doesn’t explain why you want Itachi’s eyes.” Although Madara could see were this was going. Sasuke and his team had found out who their target exactly was.
“Sakura convinced me I could use all the power I can get. I agreed after she showed me something interesting, a little fact you forgot to mention. She has various Bingo Books, each single one of them are taken from shinobi’s of different villages and lands. Five of them, including the one from Konoha contained an entry about Killer Bee. You were sending us to capture someone who fought the Yondaime Hokage.”
“I wanted to test you, Sasuke.”
“If you value your life never do so again.” Sasuke lifted his sword slightly before letting it slide back in its sheath without a sound.
“Are you threatening me, Sasuke?” He tried to sound threatening or angry, but who did this boy think he was? At least Itachi went behind his back rather than openly disobeying Madara like Sasuke was doing now.
“No it’s just a friendly warning.” A cruel smirk appeared on Sasuke face as he spoke those words. His gaze briefly flashed toward his battle ready team.
… 0O0 …
“What are you thinking so hard about?”
Sasuke’s voice cut through her thoughts and musings. Sakura turned to see Sasuke was awake even though his eyes were still closed. “Did I wake you?”
“No… I had another dream about the past.” Sasuke paused as if he wasn’t quite sure how to voice his next question. “Do you think I will make a good father?”
Sakura was surprised and wondered what possessed Sasuke to ask her such a question. He already had proved he was good father when he chosen their child’s wellbeing over his revenge. “What bought this up?”
“When I was a child my mother favored me while my father… he only ever saw Itachi, only seeing me after his heir was lost to him. So Sakura which am I? The spare heir my father saw or the son who was born for greatness just as much as Itachi, like my mother told me I was?” He gazed at her intently, waiting for her response.
“You are Sasuke, the man I love above anyone else,” Sakura said while stroking his hair. “And the man who controls my loyalty.”
(03. Set Fire to the Rain ←| Love Like Winter |→ 05. Follow Me)
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