+ Hidden Leaflets : Scroll Six +
Gray
"How does it feel?" Itachi muttered to her. She didn't say anything though as she stood beside Itachi looking at Konoha, a bit more destroyed than when she left it. But the wind was still the same.
"Returning to Kono-"
"I am not returning." Sakura cut whatever it was he was going to add if indeed there was something he was going to add. She spoke but was not looking at him. It was very unlikely of her. Itachi did not reply. That was likely of him.
"We're here for...""Naruto and the Kyuubi. I know." She said again, eyes not lifting from the village."How long do you plan on cutting me off?" Itachi spoke but Sakura could not trace if he was annoyed or simply asking.
"Oh." She replied half a giggle. It was only then that she turned to Itachi, a small smile on her face as she said, "I am sorry, Itachi but...You just said nine words. That is unusual."
"Hn." Only Itachi's eyes moved as he shifted his gaze from Konoha to Sakura. He was looking at her weirdly. Had he been with Kisame, this conversation would have not taken place. Now he felt like being in the Sasori-Deidara relationship only without talking about art and beauty and Sakura not saying "Yeah" after everything she says.
Sakura looked at Konoha. It was this time that the town was quiet and the nin made their rounds and Naruto would be at Ichiraku's for his night meal. Tsunade would be drinking her sake by now and Shizune reprimanding her of many things to be done.
It was this time that Orochimaru attacked, that same time Ino got her injury. And... yes, well, something was significant about this time. Maybe it was...
"Sakura." Itachi's voice cut through her thoughts as she randomly scanned Konoha.
"Hn?" she responded; her eyes darting towards randomly and her head snapping towards Itachi. She had not been paying attention due to her random thoughts of the town. Stupid memories. She was expecting the Uchiha prodigy to be looking at her flatly but no. Instead, she saw the back of his head. He was looking somewhere.
And there in the thick forest that surrounded Konoha was the giant snake Sakura had always dreamed of beheading.
Itachi did not say anything. He stopped for some moments before looking at Sakura who was trying hard and in vain to keep a straight face and drape a poker face. But Itachi did not need the Sharingan to tell that she was in a vengeful rage. Her emerald eyes shone and she was gritting her teeth for sure. She was not speaking but Itachi knew she was cursing.
Good-for-nothing, worthless piece of... Sakura's mind was raging as she saw the snake. That monster, that hideous creature... He had caused all this. He was the reason for everything she had become now. That... That thing! That snake!
Not that she was regretting where she was now. She was powerful, oh, yes, she was. But everything else... every vengeful bit of her wants a piece of Orochimaru. She will make him pay. Pay dearly - long and painful - yes, she will. And she will make sure she enjoys every moment of pain and agony she begets in his eyes. And she will have the glory of looking upon those eyes...
Dark eyes.
Obsidian eyes.
Eyes like...
"Sakura."
"What!" she blasted at him and his eyes grew a bit wide, his head darting back very slightly. And at this, Sakura's angry features softened and her shoulders dropped, her fingers loosened.
"This is..." Sakura looked at the lofty snake advancing towards Konohagakure who was busily taking arms. The genin, the chuunin, the jounin, the ANBU - heck - Tsunade will be there.
"This day is... Interesting." She said as her pink hair flew in the wind.
Right.
It was this time of day that Sasuke left.
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