Disclaimer: Naruto and all its characters belong to Masashi Kishimoto.


Chapter 1

"There we are, Uchiha-san!" Sakura chirped cheerily. "You are good to go."

Her stoic patient merely nodded, as he rose and proceeded towards the door.

"Wait, Uchiha-san!" Sakura also stood, gesturing for him to wait.

"Just… be more careful next time, okay? I don't want to see you in my office again." She saw the slight frown on the black haired male's face and quickly added, "It's not that I don't want to see you again, it's just that I don't want to see you here with anymore injuries. You've been coming here constantly for a month now, and always injured."

He gave no response.

She sighed, "Promise to take care of yourself, okay?"

He gave her a long look, before nodding his head slightly and left.


"Hands up, everyone! We are taking over this place temporarily until everything valuable has been handed to us. Co-operate, and we won't harm you. Resist, and we won't hesitate to kill you. Until we meet again next time, do remember us, the Akatsuki!"

"Tch. Does he need to broadcast our name like that every time?" Sasuke whispered grumpily to the Akatsuki member beside him, Pain.

"That's Deidara for you." Pain shrugged. "Zetsu also said that it would mock the police more, because they can't catch us no matter how big a name we make for ourselves out there."

Sasuke burned a hole through the back of Deidara's head with his eyes before proceeding to clean up anything valuable. The faster he got out of here, the better he will be.

Back in the hideout…

"Zetsu! Why are we still running petty errands like robbing banks? You promised to help me kill Orochimaru and avenge my family!" Sasuke glared angrily at the said man, or whatever creature that weird Akatsuki leader was. The raven-haired man was fuming. It had been 5 months since he joined Akatsuki to end Orochimaru's life, and he had gained nothing significant yet.

"Woah, calm down man!" was Zetsu's calm reply, which made Sasuke want to strangle him. "We need resources to take down a man like Orochimaru. We are just currently gathering what we need."

"It's been five months!" Sasuke burst out, not buying Zetsu's excuse.

Zetsu merely waved a hand at him, unintimidated, "Say what you will, Sasuke, but remember, we are the ones helping you, so we go by our rules. Which, in other words, are my rules." He then left Sasuke surrounded by his own murderous intent.


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