Redemption |complete| (SasuSaku)

Infiltration

Tuesday, 10th of October.

"Sakura-San...?"

Sakura opened her eyes. The little girl was staring at her with her big and innocent eyes from the hospital bed. Sakura had fallen asleep on a chair. "Yukata..." the tears were blurring her vision menacing to pour out of her eyes at any time now. "I am so relieved to see you awake. Why did you do that to yourself?"

The girl was staring at her with a tired look. "But I didn't."

"What do you mean, you didn't?"

"I didn't jump. Someone pushed me. Where is Sasuke? I want to see Sasuke."

"Sasuke? He is talking to the Hokage right now. Do you want me to go and get him?" the little girl nodded. "I will, but first can you tell me who pushed you. It is very important."

"I want to speak in front of him too. I won't say anything if he's not there."

"Why?"

"Because he promised to keep you alive and he did. I like him."

Sakura called a nurse with a smile and asked him to bring Sasuke here. She waited quietly with Yukata. If she had been pushed it meant that someone in this village was after her but who could be stupid enough to try an attack from inside the village.

Sasuke arrived very shortly after. His usual stoic attitude was plastered on his face. She smiled at him.

"Sasuke-san!" Yukata opened her amrs and he watched her while frowning his eyebrows. He looked at her not knowing what to do. Sakura indicated him to hug Yukata with a sign of her head. She could see that he didn't want to do it but still he moved to the bed. Her little arms wrapped around his neck and he awkwardly tapped her shoulder.

"I am glad to see that you are better." She could hear in his voice that he was thinking. Kakashi had probably told him sonething important.

"You're finally back! Sakura-san told me that you were on an important mission away keeping all of us safe."

"Yes and if he's back it's because we are safe." Sakura added gently.

"He stopped all the bad guys?"

"He did and now we are gonna stop the bad guy who hurt you."

Sasuke interrogated her with a look. She stood up and told him to sit which he did. Sakura, wanting to make him uncomfortable, sat on his lap. She felt his body getting rigid. A smile fromed on her face.

"What bad guy?" his voice sounded tense and she laughed.

"Yukata was telling me that someone pushed her."

"She didn't fall or jump?"

"Why would I jump?"

Sasuke shrugged his shoulder. Sakura rested her hand on his other leg. His body got more rigid.

"So tell us what happened, sweetheart."

"I was in my bedroom. We were suposed to sleep already. Someone came in. I didn't see his face. He said that he was looking for you Sasuke-san. He said that you had something that he wanted. He said something about making money. He said that he was sorry but he needed to hurt me to get you in the village."

"Did you see if he was from here? A leaf headband or something?"

"I didn't see anything at all. Then he grabbed me, covered my mouth and threw me out of the window."

"Who would be this cruel..."

She turned her head to Sasuke. He seemed like a statue and she wondered if he even was listening to Yukata or was he only focused on the fact that she was sitting on his lap. He spoke making her realise that he was only thinking.  Feeling a bit disappointed that she didn't have the reaction she hoped for, she looked at the him.   

"I need to go back to Kotaka. If I search his mind with the intel team, we might be able to see if he knows something."

"You really want to go back to him? Why?"

"Because I think that it has something to do with Lb."

"Black market?"

"Yes. Maybe they saw me in the abandoned city and saw the Rinnegan. If they did, they automatically knew who I was."

"Don't you cover that eye?"

"I do but it can never be fully hidden."

"Why would they be after your eye?"

"Eyes. They want both. Many People will want to buy the Rinnegan to get it implanted instead of their eye. They also know that I have the Sharingan and I am the only one who does."

"And the ones who seek power would pay a lot of money for them. But why come to Konoha? I tought that they would be scared of coming here because, you know... Naruto is in the village."

"I thought so too but we were wrong. That's why I need to see Kotaka."

"He will never leave our life, will he..."

"I'm sorry. You don't have to come wih me if you don't want to."

"I really don't. I'll stay here. If Yukata was a target she might still be. She needs to be guarded at all time."

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The man was listening to the conversation from the other side of the door. His master will need to hear about this. They were discovered.

He slowly backed away from the door and walked out of the hospital. He moved towards the guarded building. Konoha might possess the strongest shinobi but they still had no security. Him and his friends had time to implant themselves into the village and now that their master was here, it would be easier for them to capture Sasuke Uchiha.

He said hello to the people he saw as he walked down the stairs. The air was stuffy in here and he could smell the blood even from far away. He stopped in front of a man.

"The little girl survived." he said afraid to anger his master.

"Ts."

"I tried to get inside to kill her but Sakura Haruno was at her side. Sasuke arrived later and they know that you were after her."

"Did they mention my name?"

"No."

"So they know nothing."

"Sasuke linked the incident to Lb already."

"He is smarter than I expected."

"Sakura Haruno said that there was going to guard Yukata."

"The little girl doesn't matter anymore. One of our men is spying on Sakura Haruno. It appears that the only reason why Sasuke came back is because of her. Besides she might be pregnant. That baby is the descendant of the Uchiha which means a new set of Sharingan will appear. Sasuke will do everything to protect them both, his legacy and the future of his clan will be menaced. Change of plan, the next target is Sakura Haruno."

"She is too powerful for us."

"No, I know exactly how to take her down. Ask everyone to meet up, we need to plan something for tonight."

"What is happening tonight?"

"Naruto's birthday."

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Litle transition chapter because I am extremely bored xx the long chapter will be posted tonight as per usual