"Um, nope." I sat down on the ground and folded my legs.

"Wait, what?" Suigetsu seemed confused, and I glanced at him with lidded eyes then back to the concrete.

"I don't wanna help you so I'm not moving." I said, earning myself a glare from Karin. I flipped her off. What was that chick's problem? She could have Sasuke.

"Sachi, get up." And in chimes Sasuke.

"Nope." my arm lifted as he tugged on my leash. I snorted. "Like hell that's gonna get me to move."

"Sachi get up and start walking or else." he was starting to get annoyed.

"Sorry Mum." I said, unaffected by his scary look. Suigetsu was starting to look at me with some kind of hero worship expression. Did he really find Sasuke that intimidating?

"He is starting to sound like a Mother..." Suigetsu muttered to Karin. She was quick to smack him in the head. I sniggered.

"So help me, I will drag you." he hissed, and tugged harder on the chakra chain, as if to add emphasis. He was getting pissed. No doubt he was thinking his subordinates were doubting his ability as a leader since they'd probably not seen the pissy little boy side of him yet. I smirked in derision.

"No you won't."

His eyes narrowed into a glare. "Why are you being so difficult, Sachiko?"

"Gee, I wonder." I said sarcastically, folding my arms. "It's not like you kidnapped me or anything..."

If I was being completely and utterly honest, I was enjoying this. Sasuke Uchiha, stood in front of me, trying- uselessly- to get me to do his bidding. Me, sat on the floor, legs crossed and arms folded, refusing to move. His other three suboordinates stood around us, ranging from annoyed condescention to I'm-going-to-pee-my-pants-this-is-hilarious. The best part was, he was injured enough that there was no way he'd pick me up, and jealous enough that he wouldn't tell Suigetsu to. I never said I'd make it easy for him.

"Jugo." I felt the ground leave and cursed. I forgot about Jugo. He followed behind. I made sure to keep my arms folded to let him know I wasn't happy- though to be honest it was a relief to not have to walk anymore. He managed to meet my eyes for a split second, and I thanked the lord my expression was already in a glare. "Could you at least try and be a bit more compliant?"

"I could," I returned, resting my chin in my hand and staring up at one of the birds that had landed on Jugo's head (weird), "But then I remember how much I want to punch you in the throat, and it goes away..."

Suigetsu placed a hand on his throat and grimaced. He leaned toward Sasuke, "Somehow I don't think you got much chance winning this violent kid over- ow! Oi!"

I whistled and looked away, crossing my legs behind Jugo's stomach so he wouldn't see my shoe was missing. "Wasn't me."

"I can see your shoe is missing!"

"That wasn't my shoe that hit you." I paused, realising that I'd probably want that shoe when I got put down again later, "Karin-chan, be a dear and grab my shoe for me?"

"You literally just said it wasn't your shoe!" Suigetsu exploded, and I just stared at him blankly. He was fun to annoy.

"It's not."

"Make your mind up!!!" He screamed. It took all I had not to squeal with laughter.

"Quit wasting your breath. Focus on walking." Sasuke, who'd moved to the front (tugging uncomfortably at my wrist) called them to order. I rolled my eyes.

"Yo, still missing a shoe here." I said. I could hear his sigh loudly.

"Karin, grab Sachi's shoe."

The redhead handed me the footwear, not looking happy about having to do so. "Thank you, Karin-chaaaan~!" I cooed in the cutesy-est voice I could manage. She was fun to annoy, too.

It didn't take long until my stomach started to hurt from being jabbed into by Jugo's shoulder. He let me down without much bothering. That guy was alright as far as my company went.

"If you stop walking again you-" I groaned loudly to drown out Sasuke's voice, waving my hand in his arrogant face.

"Uuuuugghhh, shut up--!" I blew my bangs out of my face, "I'll walk, I'll walk!"

He opened his mouth, received a glare from me and closed it again, heaving a sigh.

It was annoying how much my eyes were drawn to him as we walked. Even now, I could sense him close to me, and it was distracting. I was being driven in two different directions and it was pure hell. It didn't help that he walked ever- so-slightly in front of me... because of that stupid chain.

"You... just upped and left, Sasuke! If I hadn't found you, you wouldn't have even said goodbye to me! How could I -possibly -forgive something like that?!" I shouted, swinging for him. He blocked my clenched fist, and I wished immediately I had the pinpoint accuracy chakra control that Sakura wielded so expertly. Blocking a punch like that would surely shatter the bone of his arm.

Having dodged backward, he skidded to a stop. His voice wasn't as furious, wasn't as desperate as mine, but he was clearly distressed. He wanted me to understand, he was trying to make me understand- but it wasn't going to happen. I didn't want to understand. I wasn't here for answers.

"If I'd said goodbye, I wouldn't have been able to leave. You know it was hard for me to do, Sachi!" Sasuke tried to reason, grunting as his side took the force of my kick. He swung at me with his sword in return- mostly ineffective since it was just a lump of metal, thanks to me. "I didn't want to leave!"

"Then why did you?!" I roared, the sharp stab to my chest at his words only serving to make me more angry. He didn't seem to get that making promises of the past would only hurt me more- and the fact that it still hurt only enraged me. It was humiliating to think how emotionally invested I still was in this guy that had left me. My uppercut hit him in the stomach, and I leapt to grasp his arm and slam him back into the ground. The rock cracked around him, and I blamed the stinging of my eyes on this dust around me. He coughed up blood, but I wasn't done. "No matter what you say now, you still left! You can't rewrite the past, just as much as you can't force me into forgiving you for it! Because I won't! I've been screwed over by you enough!" I drew out a kunai, "You left, and became an enemy of our- no, my village, so now I'm gonna kill you before you do anymore damage!"

I jumped, eyes hazy. I blinked to clear them glaring. What was I doing, reminiscing? About a fight that near killed me?

I sighed. At least I didn't destroy half the Mist village this time. I'd managed to drive him away. I hadn't given much thought to Naruto during the fight, but he must have been nearby. Why was it that he didn't join me in the fight?

Not that I'd have wanted him to... even if it would have prevented me being in this mess right now.

It had become dark without me realising, and I peered around at the three weird people Sasuke had picked up from who knows where. I sighed, yawned, and stretched. Who knows how long we'd been walking. I just knew (from the feel of my legs) it had been a very long time.

"We'll camp here for the night. Suigetsu, Karin, Jugo. Firewood and water." I dropped down onto the floor on my front, sighing happily. My head felt dizzy from walking so long.

"What?" I ground out, noticing Sasuke stood right next to me, by his feet. I sat up on the balls of my feet, scowling up at him. He eyed me for a moment, then sat down, barely two feet from me.

"Nothing." A breeze blew, and I shivered slightly, scowling at the ground. They needed to hurry it along with that firewood. It was cold as balls out here.

I squeezed my hands together, then scratched at the dirt. Picking up a stick, I drew a couple pictures in the dirt. A circle and some lines morphed into Naruto's face, and I sighed. Guilt sucked.

"I never intended to leave you behind, you know." his voice was so quiet I almost thought I'd been hearing things. I froze, shellshocked, "I always planned to come back for you."

The kunai thunked into the ground beside his head, and I bent over it, teeth clenched as tears finally managed to well up and drip from my eyes. "Damn it!" Why couldn't I do it?!

I felt his hand rest on my head, shaking. He was barely conscious, just as I was. "I was always going to come back, Sachi." he said, voice weak, fingers lacing into my hair. The warmth from the touch was powerful; my heart pounded. "I was always going to come back to you."

I remained quiet for a moment, then finally managed to bring a glare to my face. "Well, too bad. That ship has sailed."

Pff it's been so long since I updated this. But a good update now, maybe??? :D

So... yup yup