Sakura Petals

Bitten

Rewritten as of 25OCT19

Sasuke's POV

I never noticed it at first, but it didn't take me long to realize I was way out of my league.

He, no, she... whatever this thing was, because there's no way it was human, was strong.

Almost as soon as Sakura left, the grass ninja seemed to be playing with me. Like I was nothing more than a kitten in a lions den. Before anything had started he swallowed the scroll we were after, then I had tried to charge at him but he pulled down the skin by his eyes and for a moment I thought he had put me in a genjutsu, because I had seen my life literally flash before my eyes. But then I realized that it was just his amazing killer intent.

Even against our fight with Zabuza, the killing intent wasn't this strong.

Sakura was right. We need to get out of here, all of us.

And we gotta do it now.

"What's the matter Sasuke-kun? Realizing a bit too late that your little teammate was right after all? You said some pretty harsh words to her, I wonder if she'll even speak to you again after this. Is your team ruined before you all even become Chunin?" The Shinobi siad as he mocked me, making me scowl at him.

Part of me wondered if he was right about Sakura, would she even look at me after what I'd said to her? Gods, what would my mother say of she ever found out what I'd said to her. She'd kill me before this creep ever got the chance to lay a finger on me. "Oh well, it's not like you'd ever get the chance to apologize to her anyway, she's probably dead along with that blonde teammate of yours. And who knows, you may just follow them."

"I don't think so, I don't plan on dying here today, and there's no way Naruto or Sakura would fall to the likes of you." I said as I managed to jump out of the way as one of the huge snakes he summoned attacked me from behind.

It's times like these that make me glad my brother and cousin help me train. If I hadn't of trained with them I'm sure I would be frozen in fear right now.

Now that I've gotten a better idea of how strong this guy is I know that I have to get out of here, did Sakura manage to find Naruto? Or were they both hurt?

"You should stay focused Sasuke-kun, I have to test your strengths before I move forward with the plans I had made for you." He said as he jumped to a tree branch close to me.

"What?" I spat out. "What plans?"

"You'll just have to wait and find out I suppose." He said before charging at me again, only this time his own body seemed to extend like a snake, wrapping around trees in an effort to attack me.

It was a back and forth battle for a long time, but I couldn't help but notice how easy it seemed for him. He was able to dodge effortlessly while I struggled. He was unaffected while I was out of breath. He seemed to have and endless amount of chakra deapite how many jutsu's he was throwing at me, while I was almost chakra depleted.

He appeared to be such a weak Genin before this all started, yet here he was now, stronger than most ANBU. It makes me wonder how strong he'd be against my brother and my cousin. If they'd be able to handle him or if they'd have trouble too. But then I scoffed at the thought of them having any kind of trouble against this guy. There's no way an Uchiha of their level would fall to this guy.

But I'm not on their level yet.

I had to get out of this place, or I just might die here.

"Sasuke!!" I heard a loud, familiar yell from the trees behind me, causing some of the worry that had taken up space in my mind to clear. I soon felt both Naruto and Sakura's chakra nearby. But something was off about Sakura's chakra, it was still her, but it somehow felt stronger, more refined.