End and the beginning...
Sakura looked away furrowing her face with a certain disgust she felt in her gut... she no longer sees him as the man she loved, instead she sees him as a selfish monster.
"Master..." said the two ninjas as they gave their full attention.
Sasuke walked up to Sakura yet she never looked at him. He grabbed her face and turned her loury gaze at him.
"Beautiful... who could let pass your beauty...? Not even a demon I see..." he said with a cold smile on his face.
Sakura tried to push his hand away and stood up looking up at him with furious eyes. The two ninja's quickly grabbed her. Sasuke looked at them with his cold gaze and they understood that it is not necessary to restrain her like that. They released her and stepped aside.
"It's time..." he said very briefly and turned to walk away.
Sakura frowning gaze intensified at Sasuke.
"Come with me... you'll see..." said Sasuke as he led the way.
She had no other choice but to obey, the two ninja girls pushed her to follow their master. Sasuke walked ahead and she followed him out of the room in a reluctant manner. She knows that there is no use in talking to him, once his mind is set on doing something there is no turning back. Sasuke led them through a long dark corridor and then down on another long spiral stairway.
After a long walk he led her to a large hall with tall pillars and no roof. The whole place was lit with candles and in the center of the hall marked with a strange sign. It is the sacrificial altar. There were several hooded ninjas standing around the place sparingly. All of them are highly trained ninjas and devoted disciples of Sasuke. A strange hum is in the background of the darkly lit hall.
As Sakura entered the place her heart began to beat faster and faster. She kept looking around like an animal on its way to the slaughter house. Everywhere she looked was filled with nothing but horror starring right back at her. Sakura had become overwhelmed with fear, a strange tug in her heart gagged her throat, even though she tried to cry out louder, she couldn't. Sasuke walked ahead and stood in the center. As her last final attempt to escape; Sakura quickly turned back in a rush to run away fast as she could. Unfortunately the two female ninjas who were coming behind her quickly grabbed her with ease. She tried to struggle with all her might to free herself, but it was a futile attempt. They restrained her hands and forcibly kneeled her facing the center of the hall.
They dragged her to the sacrificial altar.
"YOU ARE CRAZY... YOU ALL ARE CRAZY..." Sakura screamed angrily.
They released her on to the altar and since her hands were tied she fell on the ground.
Suddenly there was silence and the humming had stopped. Sasuke quickly turned up gazing at the hunter's moon in the cloudy night sky and spreads his arms wide open.
"HEAR ME... HEAR ME... THOU WHO DWELLS IN THE BOTTOMMOST PITT OF THE UNDERWORLD... I SUMMON THOU TONIGHT... HEAR ME... HEAR ME... THE DEMON GOD WHO LURKS IN THE INKY DARKNESS; I SUMMON THOU TONIGHT... HEAR ME... HEAR ME... ONE WHO DESIRES FOR THE CROWN JEWEL OF MY LIFE... I SUMMON THOUGH TO ACCEPT THIS SACRIFICES TONIGHT..." Sasuke began the summoning ritual without speaking a word to Sakura.
Intensity of the wind began to increase slowly and the entire place was filled with low hummed howl like a pack of wolves coming at a distance. Sasuke raised his left hand and took a dagger from his belt and cut his own palm across. He let his own blood drip on to the ground of sacrificial altar.
"HEAR ME... HEAR ME... THE ONE WHO REFUSE TO ANSWER MY CALLING... I HAVE FULLFILLED MY END OF THE BARGAIN... I HAVE WHAT THOU DESIRE... NOW THOU MAY APPEAR!!!!!" said Sasuke in an angered tone taunting the summoning ritual.
Sakura tried to get back on her feet but the two ninjas only pulled her up to the knees and forced her to stay that way.
A scary grunt began to appear in the atmosphere. The other ninjas who were surrounding the place began to perform their part of the ritual to summon the demon god.
Suddenly the earth began to tremble as if it is an earthquake then cracked opened ahead of the altar. A thick red smoke spurted out, up into the air out of the opening. The red smoke in the darkness began to rise up into the heavens covering the dim light of hunter's moon.
Sasuke laughed mirthlessly as it appeared in front of him. A massive demon began to manifest out of that red smoke. A monster with pointy teeth, red gloving eyes, sharp scaly skin with spikes all over its body like a reptile.
Sakura saw the massive demon that appeared in front of them out of that red thick smoke. It immediately resembled the monstrous appearance of nine tails and Sakura gasped in fear. Hot fiery gust of steam blasted out of his nostrils as he opened his blood red eyes scanning the entire hall in an instance. Sasuke's disciples bow down falling on their knees to the demon who stepped out from the red smoke.
After the creature appeared from the deathly darkness of red haze there was silence and its heavy breathing for a moment.
"THOU WHO DARE TO SUMMON ME FROM MY SLUMBER... THOU MAY STATE YOUR CAUSE..." the demon said with its deep grunting voice.
The two ninjas who were holding Sakura stood her up and then released her. Sakura was pushed towards Sasuke. As she she tumble towards him, she suddenly felt a tugging grapple all over her body. Sakura felt completely powerless.
"I KEPT MY END OF THE BARGAIN... TONIGHT I GIVE YOU THE MOST PRECIOUS CROWN JEWEL OF MY LIFE UNDER THE HUNTER'S MOON... SHE IS YOURS TO DO AS YOU MAY PLEASE..." said Sasuke facing the demon.
"YOU SURPRISE ME HUMAN... I ASKED FOR THE IMPOSSIBLE... YET YOU MADE UP YOUR MIND TO GIVE IT TO ME... SURPRISING INDEED..." the demon grunted in a mirthless manner.
Sakura felt a sudden release of the grapple and she felt to the ground on her knees again.
"Sasuke... you are still not too late to stop this from happening..." she said wanting to stop Sasuke from going any further.
"SILENCE..." Sasuke raised his voice at her.
"BRING HER TO ME..." the demon commanded.
Sasuke grabbed her from the back of her collar and pushed her forward. He made her walk to the edge of the marked altar. The demon kept staring at her and then began to reach toward her. Sakura closed her eyes shivering in fear.
Sasuke quickly pulled his Katana out.
"DO NOT UNDERESTIMATE ME DEMON..." he said in a threatening tone and the demon retreated.
"SHE IS ALL YOURS... BUT..." said Sasuke and he got interrupted in the middle by the demons deep grunting voice again.
"I SEE YOUR POINT..." said the demon in a much calmer tone.
"I TRUST NO ONE..." said Sasuke.
Suddenly a reddish Katana appeared out of air and kept levitating in front of Sasuke.
"BEHEAD HER WITH IT AND THE SACRIFICE SHALL COMPLETE GRANTING YOU WITH THE POWER YOU SEEK..." said the demon.
Sasuke grabbed the Katana out of the air without thinking twice. It is made out of reddish metal and warm to touch. He kept staring at the Katana for a while.
"IT WILL BIND THE SACRIFICE TO ME..." said the demon.
Sasuke didn't have any further thoughts he quickly turned at Sakura. She couldn't speak any further, too much tension and fear made her unable to scream nor speak further. He grabbed her and kneel her in front of the demon.
Sakura finally gave up on resisting her fate. She closed her eyes with tears accepting whatever that may come to her. Sasuke slowly went behind her and stood with the demon's sword in his hands. The two female ninjas came around Sakura and harshly tore away Sakura's shirt then pulled it down off her shoulders revealing her neck clearly.
Sasuke slowly raised the sword and the thoughts of Sakura kept flowing across his mind. He is about to behead the woman who loved him all her life.
"If this is what you want... then be it... I am not angry with you..." Sakura whispered through her sniveling.
"I am sorry... Sakura..." said Sasuke in a cold tone just before he beheads her.
Meanwhile...
Two caped figures hiding in the darkness kept on spying at the whole ritual for the last few hours. They had been waiting for the right moment. The one that was looking through the spyglass had already begun to grow impatient while the other one kept on contemplating quietly.
"It is about to begin... I think it's time..." one whispered to another while retracting the spyglass.
"I shall begin..." the one which was in contemplation replied in a female voice.
She stepped back from the darkness and the smooth wind began to sputter around her as she began to levitate up into the air. Her hood was blown away with the wind revealing a female ninja in an Akatsuki red cloud robe with sharp facial features. Her face began to peel off into small sharp papers along with the stuttering wind, in a moment she had completely vanished into thin air turning into a storm of flying papers.
"Watch your back Konan... this won't be easy..." her partner said. He stepped back from the darkness and pulled down his hood, revealing a full build man with sharp teeth like a shark and grey skin. He grinned at Konan as she turned into a tornado of sharp papers.
"Watch me as I snatch the victim from those monsters..." her voice echoed through.
"Origami was never my thing... but hell! Here i come with you..." said Kisame in a sarcastic manner.
Meanwhile,
At the sacrificial altar...
Sasuke felt a strange presence as he raised the sword to behead Sakura. Some of his disciples had already sprung into action by moving towards the entrance for investigation.
With a blink of an eye a storm of sharp papers blasted inside the sacrificial hall cutting down those who oppose it. Kisame crashed in through the main door after Konan entered in her origami storm form. The moment Kisame appeared and began fighting with Sasuke's disciples a large ball of red energy began to appear in front of the demon.
Sasuke knew that if he waits any longer, they will disrupt the sacrifice ritual. He turned at Sakura again determined to complete the Sacrifice.
"Goodbye Sakura..." he said and slashed the sword.
At the moment sword went down, a large number of papers kept gathering up between her neck and the sword. It all happened in a snap second... the sword couldn't cut through the paper shield which appeared in between. Sakura was thrown across the altar with a minor cut on her neck.
Sakura felt an enormous pain on the right side of her neck. She held her neck in pain while on the ground and it had begun to bleed all over. Even though the sword couldn't cut through the paper shield, it had given a significantly bad cut on her neck making her bleed. Konan quickly turned to her human form and held Sakura in her arms. She slowly turned at Konan with her faint eyes.
"You...? Konan...?" Sakura uttered as she felt like fainting.
"You are safe..." Konan said softly.
Kisame saw red ball of energy which just appeared in front of the demon. He understood that it will be fired at him any moment. He grabbed his sword "samehada".
"No... no you don't... eat this you bastards..." he screamed in rage and threw samehada right at the glowing red orb of energy. The massive sword samehada kept spinning across the air and went crashing against the orb of red energy and caused a blinding flash with a massive explosion
Konan covered her eyes for the blinding flash while holding Sakura.
Few minutes later...
Sasuke woke up and found himself on the rubble. He stood up realizing everything had been destroyed by that explosion. The entire sacrificial hall had turned to dust. The demon had disappeared so is Sakura and the two Akatsuki members. The place is scattered with dead bodies of his disciples and rubble. Sasuke was right next to the pinnacle of his life's dream but once again everything had smeared away because of the sudden intrusion of Konan and Kisame.
The two ninjas who were his assistants came running to him.
"MASTER..." they both said together while kneeling beside him.
Sasuke ran towards the altar in a mad fit and searched everywhere for Sakura, he couldn't believe what just happened.
"NO... NO... NOOOOOOOOO THIS CAN'T BE HAPPENING...." He screamed angrily in a mad fit.
"WHERE IS SHE...? WHERE DID SHE GO...?" He shouted angrily turning back at his two disciples.
They kept kneeling while having their head bowed down obediently. They know the outcome of giving negative answers to their master; especially when he is angry.
"WHERE ARE THOSE AKATSUKI'S? HOW DARE THEY BARGE IN DURING MY RITUAL AND RUN AWAY WITH MY SACRIFICE...?" said Sasuke ordering all around him to search for them.
He angrily rolled his fingers into a fist while grinding his teeth.
"KISAAAAMEEEEEEEEE...? KOONAAAAAN....? STOP HIDING LIKE LITTLE VERMIN... COME AND FACE ME...!!!!" Sasuke shouts angrily.
There was no answer but silence.
"I AM SASUKE UCHIHA... THOSE WHO DEFY ME SHALL SUFFER IN HELL FIRE... I SHALL FIND YOU AND I WILL KILL YOU ALLLLLLL" Sasuke shouts angrily.