Academy Days

14

I stood in shock, trembling as his body fell on the floor. I covered myself with my own arms, trying to internalize what just happened.

"Sakura!" said Sasuke as he rushed. "Come on, let's go."

"S-Sasuke-kun..." I said as I tried my best to fight my tears. "S-Sasuke-kun he....he tried to.."

"There's no time. We'll talk about it once we're somewhere safe." He said as he urged me to follow him. There were so many emotions, so many thoughts I was having in such a short amount of time. And how did he got here so fast? How did he knew I was here?

Meanwhile, Konan listened how Orochimaru kept planning with Karin, Juugo and Suigetsu his next moves.

"Everything's going according to plan." Orochimaru said to himself. "Soon we'll receive what we deserve."

"How dare he call me out like that?!? He has to pay us for all the work we've been doing!" Karin said in rage as Konan rolled her eyes.

"That happens when you're acting like a dog in heat. It's obvious that his own father will treat you like that..." she said.

"Yeah, and keep in mind that you cheated on him. I mean you had to be really stupid to cheat on the son of your main client to-ow!!" Suigetsu said as Karin punched him.

"I didn't cheated on him!! It was a client who offered a huge amount for the service that time. And in the end it benefited our cause, right Juugo?" She said as she turned to Juugo who was silent, hearing the entire conversation.

"I prefer not being dragged again into this." He said as Karin let out a frustrated sigh.

"So, what now?" Suigetsu said. "We succeeded on creating a drug, also on giving three new girls for initiation. What else?"

"We will expand our business." Orochimaru said.

"Yeah but how exactly?" He insisted.

"The flower shop is already controlled by the Akatsuki." Konam said. "We can use it to expand our drug distribution there."

"Exactly" Orochimaru said. "We can also use our newest ally to recruit members not only for the initiations, but also to work for us."

"Who?" Karin asked.

"The pink one."

"Bubble gum? How can she recruit new members to join us?"

"The same way you got recruited in your youth." Orochimaru smirked as Karin remembered how she got recruited when she was a small child at the orphanage. She started robbing things to get money, but eventually she managed to get deep in the business until she got chosen to the initiation.

She was the youngest of her group, but she earned her place after showing her talents at bargain her luck once with one of the clients. She managed to fool him for not to long, but the effort got him intrigued.

"So, you'll use little girls to join us just like you did with Karin? Or you will include boys too?" Juugo asked as Orochimaru did nothing but smirk.

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"Naruto why did you bring us here?" Shikamari asked as he yawned.

"You apartment is somehow cleaner than last time." Gaara commented.

"I'm hungry." Chouji said as Naruto only stayed in silence and walked from one place to another.

"Naruto can you please tell us what's going on? I'm losing my patience." Neji said as Tenten managed to comfort him.

"Calm down, he's just waiting for Sasuke to arrive." She replied. "How about you do some small workout with Lee? He's been doing push ups for the past hour to clear his mind...."

"He's only doing it because he's obsessed with becoming our gym class teacher." Sai added as he earned a glare from the brunette girl.

"1,000 push ups! 1,001....1,002..." Lee said as he continued exercising.

"I got exhausted by just watching him" Shikamaru said.

"Well it's better than hearing this dude talk with bugs." Kankuro commented as he leaned over to Kiba. "Seriously how do you handle this guy?"

"....By bullying him?" He replied as Temari rolled her eyes.

"Okay Naruto you got us all here for what? It's been an hour so what's happening?" She said as Naruto was about to speak but then he heard someone knocking on the door. He quickly rushed to open it.

"Sakura-chan!!" He said in a mix of shock and relief as Sasuke entered the apartment, carrying me. "What happened dattebayo?!"

Naruto's sudden change of mood made everyone turn into alert mode as Sasuke found a couch to place me. I noticed how everyonesurrounded me which made me cover myself even more.

"Teme what happened! Why is she trembling dattebayo!?" He said in confusion as everyone watched how he took a couple of steps back and took a long sigh.

"She almost got raped by one of the Akatsuki." He said as there was a sudden silence in the room.

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"....She WHAT?!?!?!?!?!" Everyone yelled.