-DISCLAIMER:

I don't own Naruto or any of its characters, that would be Masashi Kishimoto.

I'll only post this disclaimer in this first chapter so XP.

But I will say that this is my story :3. Also a lil info on this story. It takes place during the time Naruto goes to train with Jiraiya to bring back Sasuke. Sakura is still "weak" during this time so yea. And Sasuke is a lil out of chara. Oh I bet your wondering why I placed this as rated MA, it's because there's a really bloody scene O.o' and there may be some naughty things later on lol?

In Italics are thoughts I guess ?


Chapter One: Please don't let it be

It's been two years since a certain someone fled Konoha and became a missing-nin. Being able to find a new way to gain power from a certain serpent didn't bother him, but the burning desire to kill someone just helped fuel his fire did. True, in the deepest part of his cold heart, he did miss some people in Konoha. But he can't go back. He needs to accomplish his goal, Itachi needed to be killed.

A knock was heard from the outside of his room and Sasuke told that person to enter.

"Ah, Sasuke. Your still in your room I see. Orochimaru-sama will be back from his outing soon. Why don't you get ready for you training…" Kabuto spoke as he fixed his glasses. Sure it was a pain to have Sasuke here. But he couldn't do anything to him, for one Sasuke could easily kill him and two Orochimaru would surely kill him if he killed his "soon to be new body".

Sasuke just grunted as Kabuto exited his room. He got up from his chair and licked his thumb and finger as he used it to extinguish the candle that was on his desk.

"Another day to train, and still he hasn't taught me anything knew…" He sighed as he fixed his bangs out of his face and exited out of his room.

"Hello, Sasuke-kun. How are you?" Orochimaru smiled at him. Not a single scratch lay on him nor any stains on his clothes.

"Where were you, Orochimaru…" Sasuke gave the serpent an angry glare. It's been a week since Orochimaru had left to go somewhere. It felt like he was running out of time to kill his brother.

"I had gone to a village that an associate of mine stays. While I was there, I had found out some information about some thing that would help you." Orochimaru sat down on his chair.

"And? What is it?" Sasuke grew annoyed.

"Well Akatsuki has started to make some movement… But my associate doesn't know where at the moment. He will though tell me where as soon as he finds out." He grabbed an apple at the counter table near his chair and took a bite out of it. Sasuke just looked at him and then started to turn around.

"And by the way…. A sound-nin of ours had found a certain pink haired konoichi and took care of her." He smirked at Sasuke.

"And lets say that she wasn't the victor." A chuckle came out of his mouth as he took another bite from his apple. The room was silent for a while. The only thing you could hear was the cracks and crackle of the embers of the torch burning.

"Where…."

Sure he did say that he had nothing to do with Konoha no more and that no one there would stop him from gaining his goal. He did after all cut off all connections to Konoha and became a missing-nin. But a sinking feeling had made its way to his heart. He jumped from tree branch to tree branch. Orochimaru told him that the sound-nin had killed someone with pink hair about 500 kilometers, Southwest from the hideout. Soon he would be there. And soon he will find out what he wanted or didn't want to know.

FLASHBACK

"Please don't go! I know your lonely but if you go then I'll be lonely too!" Tears started to form at the edge of here eyes. He just simply listened to her as he looked down at the cold stoned pathway.

"Sakura…. From this point on, we both need to follow a different path from one another." He softly said. Sakura didn't know that this was killing him as well but he needed to kill Itachi in order to fill up that empty gape that was in his heart and mind. True, she didn't know the pain and heartache of losing her parents and close ones. She had a different life than he and Naruto. They both had to live without someone to love them. He knew that Naruto had it much more worst than he did.

Naruto was born an orphan. He was shunned from the villagers and often get rocks thrown by them. One time, he was sent to the hospital from having a rock thrown to his head and knocking him out. He got his food and supplies from the Hokage since he promised the Yondaime that he would take care of him. Then later, as he got older, he started to get closer to people. Naruto then felt like he was wanted and loved.

"Sasuke!" She raised her trembling voice, as she tried her best to hold her tears from coming out.

"I… I love you, Sasuke. And I'll do anything to make you happy if you stay with me, here in Konoha." A single tear had fallen from her eye.

"But if you do go, please bring me with you! But if you don't , then I'll scream." She hesitantly said as she held her hands over her chest. She knew this wouldn't work but she had to at least try. Try to tell him that people in Konoha truly cared for him. She wanted to tell him that he DID have a family even though it's just his friends, it's still a family of people who cared and loved him.

"Che…" Sasuke smirked as he turn around to meet her gaze.

"Your still annoying as ever Sakura." She was confused on why he said that. But before she could scream, Sasuke was behind her in the blink of an eye. He knocked her out and catches her before she falls. He then settles her gently on the nearby bench and sat near her. Sure his heart ache and he did want her near, but he can't. If she went with him, surely Orochimaru would've killed her right then and there because of her frailty.

"I'm sorry Sakura…" He fixed her bangs off of her face.

"But this is my choice…." With that he disappears in a cloud of smoke.

END OF FLASHBACK

As he neared his destination, he could slightly smell the tint of blood in the air. Of course he doesn't have the freaky nose of Kiba but anyone would be able to smell blood from this close.

Then suddenly, Sasuke stops dead on his tracks as he saw blood covering part of a tree trunk. Please don't it be Sakura… He thought to himself. As he started walking closer to the tree trunk, moving the shrubs that was in his way, the smell of blood started to thicken the air around him. It was fresh and he could hear the buzzing of numerous flies hovering by. His heart started to beat faster in his chest, sweat started to form on his face. Why am I acting like this. I'm use to seeing death around me. Why now? he gulped. Then something caught his attention at his right side. A foot was barely visible on the side of a nearby shrub. He rushed to it and nearly fell on all fours when he found out who she was.

"Sakura….?" His shaking hands tried to reach of the cut on her neck but retreated to it's masters side. She was bloody from the cuts that was all over her body and dark bruises were visible on her face, arms, and thighs. She looked up at the sky with her wide emerald eyes as her hair was all over her face. This was truly Sakura.

"Why were you here…?" He whispered to himself as he combed her pink hair off of her face. He then caressed her cheek with his hand. Sasuke still couldn't believe that she's gone.

While he was busy deciding what to do to his teammates body, a shrub started to rustle behind him. Then in one blink of an eye tree roots had wrapped itself all over Sasuke's body, leaving only his face free.

"Well, well, well… Look what the cat dragged in." A female voice chuckled as she came out of the shadows. Sasuke turned around and his expression changed from shock from seeing his dead teammate's body to ghostly white.

Ohhhh cliff hanger lol. I just wanted to stop right there. Who's this female and why did Sasuke turn Ghostly white…. Only I know :3 till then yea?

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