Hey.....Ok, I've been re-writing this story to make it better and I think I got it right this time. Please, I really like the idea of this story. It's really long, full of gore, romanticism, psychological horrors.

If you like it or hate it review, please i want to make this story good. Flames are exceptable, i don't care. This is a Naruto harem story but a OC x Sakura story. I needed a main character chick so it had to be her. At the end of the story it will be god like Naruto and OC. But it doesn't start that way.

Please give it a try and I hope you enjoy.

Uzumaki Naruto stood in the Hokage's office, his feet were firmly planted and his hands were starting to turn white. The Hokage, Tsunade, the last of the legendary Sannin, sat at her desk with the same expression. Behind her, through the glass, stood the burning wreckage of a rebuilding Konoha. "Run that by me again?" He said. Tsunade started to rub her temples and she didn't look at him, "She's gone Naruto."

"And she left that" he asked looking out the window at the burning village. Tsunade nodded, "Naruto...you know this crime will not go unpunished." The blond turned to her and nodded, "Damn right it isnt." His voice was cold, and leaked murder. Tsunade stood up and whistled, ANBU surrounded her. "Haruno Sakura is now an S ranked missing nin. Bring her back alive." The ANBU nodded and disappeared. Naruto stood there and stared out the window, "The sacrifices that were made to make sure this village was safe. Shikamaru, Chouji, Kakashi, Kiba, and Sai....it was for nothing."

"Naruto-"

"NOTHING! She destroyed everything! First we lose Sasuke....then Kakashi....Sai....Now she destroy's everything we did and runs off! When did she get that powerful? I didn't even know what hit me." Naruto said. Tsunade sighed and handed him a file. "If your going to chase her, you might want this. It includes all the information we know on her."

"Where do you think she's going" Naruto asked. The Godaime shrugged. "I don't know."

Naruto put his ANBU mask back on and cracked his neck. "I'm not letting all those deaths be for nothing. When I find her, I will kill her." Tsunade nodded as he left in a puff of smoke.

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3 Years Later

It could have been a nightmare but when Haruno Sakura woke up, she wasn't happy at all. Not only was that nightmare reoccuring, but she didn't get anything new from it. 3 figures at the end of an ally, then they're gone and flashes of light dance across her vision. When the dream clears, there's blood everywhere and the three figures are dead on the ground. Another black shadow is standing over them and all she can see are teeth from his smile.

She tossed the covers off her bed and stood up. The morning air made the neck on her hair stand up and goosebumps to form on her arms and legs. Sakura walked to the dresser and pulled out the day's clothes. Outside of her door, the sound of a couple arguing could be heard. Sakura giggled as she slipped on a red tank top, pair of black pants, and her ninja sandels on. She looked in the mirror and decided she didn't want to fuss with her hair, so she threw it in a quick pony tail.

Sakura sat on the bed and listened to the argueing couples conversation, laughing hard. She was quickly forgetting her pissed off mood when she heard the woman say something about her. Sakura growled as she pulled the door to the hotel room open and started to bang on the couples door. She cracked her knuckles as the door opened revealing the woman. "Pink haired bitch huh?"

The male in the room had sat on the bed while his counterpart answered the door. He heared the comment then his wife came flying back into the room, hitting the opposite wall. Her body cracked the wood, leaving her suspended above the floor.

Sakura closed the door and headed down the hallway, her anger gone. She reached behind her and pulled out a small scroll and unraveled it. "Hm, Meeting in half hour. Probably a mission, if not I got the whole day to myself."

When Sakura ran from Konohagakure, she never stopped until she came to the next village in her path. That village, Iwagakure, after doing some odd jobs, the Tsuchikage noticed her around. He eventually gave her a proposition, she worked for him unofficially and she would be accomodated. Who was she to say no to that? He never asked her once about her choices to leave Konoha which was better for her. Sakura hated the fact she left, but she had to. She betrayed the trust of everyone, even herself. When she looked back on it, she didn't even reconize herself. About a year and a half ago, she ran headfirst into Naruto. He wasted no time trying to take her head back to Tsunade. It made her feel ashamed and sad, that the man who claimed to love her endlessly would try to kill her. Maybe it was partly for the reason she refused to return the love, but she didn't love him. Sakura didn't love anyone anymore. She barely escaped Naruto, if his kunai had been one inch lower, she would have been dead.

One thing she came to notice about Iwa was it's stature after the Akatsuki war. It was left in shambles after Uchiha Madara ran through. The system that the new Tsuchikage established was more of an autocracy, sure they had a council but they were too scared of him to tell him no. Tsuchikage Ishikano Yusuke was like a kid in the candy store with his parents buying everything he wanted. Sakura wasn't stupid and she knew that she had to play along for now. When the time was right she was going to hit Iwa where it hurt. Yusuke was a push-over. Everyone believed he was the strongest and when he wasn't. They just thought he was so they were scared. He hides behind everything. He hides behind his guards, even Sakura on several occasions, even the council. Sakura couldn't wait to fuck it all up.

So, Sakura walked along the narrow path inbetween two building's towards Yusuke's office, which was more a castle to hide behind. She approached the gate and the guards checked her for genjutsu, and any other things that may bring harm to the Tsuchikage. The male guard gave her a lecherous grin when he checked her chest area but she gave him a smile that made him withdraw his hands quickly, the guard waved to an overlooking tower directly adjacent to a large oak door. The door itself opened moment's later revealing a lavish courtyard. The inside was completely square, in the center were four gardens each separated by a path which met in the direct center, which was a large fountain with a statue of the Tsuchikage. Some how the man had managed to convince Iwa, he defeated Uchiha Madara. Sakura laughed to herself about this, she had been present at Madara's death at the hands of Naruto. Yusuke didn't even look like he could take on a kitten, his frame was week. He had no once of muscle on his body, his face was sunken in and half of it was burned away by a katon jutsu. His right eye seemed to wanna pop out of his head and Sakura couldn't help but watch it sometimes.

She walked up to the main door across the courtyard and the guards let her inside. The only thing was a spiral stair case that lead to the top floor where Yusuke stayed. He said it was for his protection but he was just too naive. By the time she reached the top it was already time for her meeting, she knocked on the door and heard a quiet "Enter." Sakura opened the door and was greeted by the back of his chair. Yusuke was staring out into the village he had reduced to nothing.

"You got a letter last night" he said. His voice was quiet, probably from age, and his mouth from the burns. Sakura walked over to his desk which was covered in papers and took the center piece. It wasn't signed or addressed, it only had the message Three day's.

"Do you know what that mean's...Haruno-san?"

"No Yusuke-sama. Probably another attempt on my life by Konohagakure, ment to make me paranoid and drop my defense." she suggested. Yusuke turned around in his chair and smiled, "Good good. The mission I have for you will take you more than three day's and you'll be perfectly safe from Konoha where your going."

"May I inquire where?" asked Sakura with a raised eyebrow. The Tsuchikage stood up and smiled, only the left side of his face rose and the other half always had that creepy smile from missing all the flesh on his cheek. "It would be better if I showed you, Haruno-san. Please follow me."

The Tsuchikage stood up and walk slowly over to a bookcase by his window. He reached up and pulled a green book. "You might need this." He said handing it to her. Sakura opened the book and found it written in a language she didn't understand. "What's the point in giving me a book I can't read?" Yusuke didn't answer and he shoved his hand in the back of the bookshelf. His hand pushed a button causing the shelf to slide open, revealing a small platform. "The book is to teach the language of the place you will be going." Yusuke motioned for her to stand on the platform beside him. She looked up at him from the book, her face had confusion written all over it but she followed anyway. The platform moved downward, underneath the castle. They went down into some sort of cavern system. Flood lights filled the caves, Iwa nin and scientists filled the cavern's floor.

"What is this place" Sakura asked when she stepped onto the cavern floor. Yusuke chuckled, "Iwa was built here for a reason Haruno-san. It was to protect these cavern's, which were our biggest secret. It is here where we found the door." The Tsuchikage raised his arm and pointed at a large wooden door standing straight up in the middle of the cavern. "No one to our knowledge has ever opened it, but every couple of decades, it begin's to glow. We also have found the stone."

Yusuke reached down his shirt and pulled out a clear rock on a gold chain. Inside the clear rock, was a purple glow. He reached out and took her hand, gently setting it in her palm. "This stone is a key, Haruno-san, and this key will unlock victory."

"Victory against what?"

"Konohagakure" Yusuke smiled. "I need a small issue taken care of, a mistake I made. If you would please push chakra through the stone." Sakura cocked her eyebrow at the stone and started to send chakra into it. After a moment the purple glow grew brighter and send out a quarter thick beam of white light. It seemed to cut the air and split reality, leaving a dark blue void. "What is this?"

"Iwa's biggest secret. Beyond the void is an entirely diffrent world. It is entirely chakra less, you won't be able to use it and no one can use it against you. I have many people in that world monitoring everything. Most of them are implanted there for one purpose."

Sakura was becoming annoyed at his cryptic talking. She rolled her eye's and looked at the stone, "What is that purpose? Trade?" Yusuke moved his hand in a so-so fashion, "Kinda, but the main purpose is an assassination." Before Yusuke could continue, Sakura inturrupted with her own comment. "So this target is giving you a hard time and you want me to deal with it?"

"No...I want you to find him and bring him back, and kill all the assassins I sent, even though he's doing a good enough job on his own." Yusuke said with amusement in his tone. "He will be an excellent tool in Konoha's destruction."

"Are you looking to start a war Yusuke-sama? Konoha has become much more aggressive then 3 years ago, now that Uzumaki Naruto is head of ANBU. Is it wise to mess with them?" Sakura asked. If she was still involved with Iwa by the time this war started, she didn't want to have to deal with Naruto. He was still stronger than her, and she was sure he would come for her. It sucked having one of the most feared men on the planet after you all the time.

"That is where the trade comes in" Yusuke stated. "We have so much new technology from this world that we don't even know what to do with it. Such destructive power was meant to be unleashed. Iwagakure will become the most feared nation once again."

'Such arrogance' thought Sakura. Yusuke caught her look and sighed. "Your target is my nephew, Ishikano Ryusuke. You have one year to find him until we come and retrieve you. If you fail this Haruno-san....the punishment is death." Sakura was suprised by his comment, it quickly passed as she smirked and moved closer to him. The killer intent she gave off made the Tsuchikage back up slightly. "Don't threaten me Yusuke. I will find your nephew, but if he gives me a hard time, he'll be delievered to you in a body bag. Then you can try and take Konoha alone."

"I only want my nephew's help because of his skills, don't try and fight him. He will kill you." Yusuke warned. He reached inside his robes and pulled out a large file and handed it to her. "This is all the information on my contacts, my nephew, and instructions." Lastly he pulled out a box and handed it to her. "When you get there, you will be in an apartment. That place is yours to use as you want. Key's will be by the door. Don't leave until you've read everything and know the language somewhat."

Sakura slid the box and file into a bag that was on one of the scientists tables by her. The man gave her a pissed off look as she emptied it onto the ground and stuff it inside. She walked to the void and nervously stuck her hand in, followed by her right leg then body. Soon it was just her head refusing to go through. She turned and looked at the Tsuchikage who was smiling. "Where exactly am I going?"

The portal started to close and she was forced to duck back into the blue vortex, before it closed she swear she heard the Kage say, "New York City."

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"I CAN'T TAKE THE DAMN STRESS!" yelled Naruto stabbing a pile of papers with his pencil. Next to him was his girlfriend, Hyuuga Hinata. "If I could burn it all I would, shadow clones done even help that much. They just keep bring in more and more." He picked up a piece of paper and studied it. "Look at this, Rabbit filled out a report because she helped some shitlin get her cat out of a tree. Why do I need to know this!"

Hinata stood there and shook her head. Naruto was still Naruto and she loved him for that but...she did a little growing up herself, after the Hyuuga clan was almost wiped out by Uchiha Madara. She, her sister, Hanabi, Neji and a few less effecient branch members survived. Neji himself left the village 2 years ago. No one knew why, he just packed and left. It forced Hinata to grow up, she was the one who managed to kill Zetsu and Konan of Akatsuki while Naruto fought Pein and Madara.

"Hinata-chan, would you look down on me if I just went back to being an ANBU captain." he asked with a hopeful smile on his face. She smirked and shook her head. "Have a good day hun." With that said she disappeared. When she was gone, Naruto's assistant walked in with another stack of papers. "Here you go Naruto-san" she said with a smile. The killer intent let off and she gave him a stern look. "If you give me one more piece of paper today...I will kill you....got that?" The assistant sighed and rubbed her temples, "Yeah yeah, I got it."

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Sakura stood in a small apartment with her bag and book. The apartment was just one square room with a simple bed in the back corner and a desk. No window's. On the otherside was a steel chair and a small television with a door to a bathroom. 'I can explore this place later' she thought. The pinkette threw the book on the bed and took the file and started to skim through it. 'Wait a second....gah fuck! It's written in that damn language.' She looked over at the bed and picked up the book. English was written on the front. Sakura threw herself on the bed and began to read. The words were given then a translation in her language. Then pronounciations.

"This is going to be a long year" Sakura said to herself as she studied. But the more important thing was she wasn't going to be able to report in for a year.

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1 Month Later

And it's seven a.m. here in New York City. The temperature is currently 75 degrees and partly cloudy. Chance of showers.

"I already hate this guy" Sakura grumbled as she turned the alarm off. She jumped out of bed and turned the television on. The new's popped on talking about a car that had caught on fire and rolled down a hill into an office building. The driver was still inside. Sakura understood what was being said perfectly, the english was natural for her to learn but speaking it was a little difficult. She could speak it but she had a little slur with words sometimes. Sakura's stomach gurgled as she stumbled over to the fridge. She moved her knappy hair out of the way and checked inside. Empty. "No...." she moaned. This meant she had to leave earlier than she planned. Sakura hadn't left the apartment once since she'd been there. She sighed and figured now was a better time then never. She opens the desk drawer and pulls out a large manilla envolope. Inside was green pieces of paper. There was a note inside which she pulled out and read it. It told her how to use the green pieces of paper and the currency system. Nodding to herself with understanding she went into the bathroom and showered.

After her shower, Sakura checked the closet and pulled out a clean pair of jeans and a black t-shirt to wear. She didn't know exactly where New York was but she liked the clothes. Taking the key off the desk and grabbing about 60 dollars, she left the apartment for the first time. She was confident that everything was going to go alright for now, but when she got her food, she needed to read her mission envolope, she still had no idea what she was doing here or even where she was. As she walked down alot of stairs, she whipped her hair into a quick pony tail and exited the building at the ground floor. "Woah" she said to herself as she saw the city she was in.

The city but any village she had ever been in to shame. It was enormous. Maybe when she got enough time she would tour it. She walked down the street between people who were of all sorts of diffrent races and colors. She was amazed at how diverse the culture was but they kept staring at her pink hair. The pinkette sighed as she walked forward, looking for a place with food.

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Her blue eye's stared back at him. Her eye's were what made her so amazing. They were a deep ocean blue and she had black hair which made them standout even more. He fell in love with those eye's. She had even excepted his proposal of marrige. Nothing could have been better until he went to kiss her then everything went red. It was all over his face, clothes, and hair. Her eye's and hair were gone but her bottom jaw was as her body hit the ground. Tears lined his vision as he held his partially decapitated fianc'e.

Mitch Walsh jumped up from his sleep with a loud sob. The papers on his chest fluttered to the floor. He quickly covered his face with his hands and wiped the tears around his eye's away. A groan escaped his mouth as he sat up completely. He pushed his long brown hair back and stood up. 'I don't want to do this today' he thought as he stummbled to the bathroom. He turned on the cold water and splashed it on his face. After wiping down with a towel, Mitch looked in the mirror. His left eye was black, and the gauze on his right arm was pure red. He cursed and started to peel the bandages away. Mitch contemplated going to get stictches for the wound but he had class in an hour. When he removed the gauze from the cut, blood flowed freely. He inhaled through his teeth as he through move bandages over top of it. Mitch cursed remembering the serraded blade embedded in him and when he tore it out. He walked out of the bathroom and threw on a pair of blue jeans, black t-shirt and black anarchy shoes.

About 15 minutes later he was walking into Roosevelt High School to his room. His eye's were droopy and he wasn't in the mood to deal with kids. He unlocked his class and sat behind his desk. "One more day" he breathed. "Yay weekend."

Mitch spun in the chair and looked at the clock, another 20 minutes before schools started. "Bah!" he breathed.

"Is it just boredom or have you finally snapped" asked a voice from the door. Mitch stuck his foot out to stop his chair spin and looked at the male in the doorway. He had long blonde hair and was wearing half a suit. Long white collared shirt, tie, and jeans. His face was more mature for someone his age and his blue eyes were dull.

"Don't you have someone else to pester this early in the morning Nick?" asked Mitch with a grin. The blonde laughed, "No, your spinning in a chair, free game." They stared in silence for a moment before Nick spoke. "That was you last night wasn't it?" Mitch nodded.

"I ran into him unintentionally."

"Any information?" Nick asked. Mitch shook his head, "The only thing I got from him was Tsuken is in hiding and a stab wound. But we got them all scared. We're close."

"How long you figure?"

"Nine month's give or take." Mitch said. He looked back at the clock and sighed. "I'm looking for the number two tonight. It'll be one step closer." Nick nodded and left the door way, leaving Mitch alone. The man sighed leaned back closing his eye's slightly. He felt like he was there for five minutes when he felt a poke in his head which jolted him out of his seat. "What the-" he asked looking around. One of his students, a timid little girl in his last class of the day was looking at him. "Um...schools over....thought I should wake you" she said trying to smile. Mitch rubbed his eye's and looked at the clock. It was two thirty.

"Wow, damn" he muttered. The girl pointed to his arm and told him it was bleeding. He looked down and saw blood flowing in five streaks down it. "Ow yeah, thanks. I gotta get that stictched actually." he said then he strode to the door. "Don't bother locking it" he said and left her in there.

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Sakura was sitting in a resturant wolfing down a cheeseburger. She couldn't believe she never had one of them before. The kid behind the counter was staring at her as she ingested her 7th one. Sakura looked outside at the sign and smiled, 'Mcdonalds is awesome!' She ate the rest of her french fries and coke, completely entraced by the greatness before stumbling out of the fast food chain. Sakura smiled as she walked back to her apartment. For now she kept her range from it at two blocks until she became more accustomed to the new world. It was unreal to her. The tall buildings, the people, cars, races, it was alot for her to get used to. She entered her apartment a few minutes later and sighed. It was time to get started. Sakura found out the city had over 10 million people in it and she only had 11 months to find one man.

She pulled out the folder Yusuke gave her and opened it, pulling out everything and looking it over. There was a picture of a 5 year old boy. She frowned and set it to the side. The next paper was the mission statement.

Target: Ishikano Ryusuke

Objective: Capture, return to Iwagakure unharmed

Age: 21

Haruno-san,

I regretably sent a team of assassins to eliminate my nephew. While there, they climbed to the top of New Yorks crime underground. They are still after him none the less. Everytime they get a lead or advantage, Ryusuke kills them. I want you to eliminate all the assassins and make sure my nephew is safe. In doing so, you will be taking out a huge hit of New Yorks crime lords. The man in charge of hunting my nephew is named, Hishen Tsuken. I want his head. Now you've probably noticed how you cant use chakra, inside that box I gave you is adequate protection. If you meet my nephew I'm sure he can show you how since you are on the same side as him.

Another little mystery I want you to solve is what happened to his mother, or my sister.....Iwagakure's first and secret woman Tsuchikage Ishikano Nakoya. She was the true Yondaime of Iwagakure, I felt you should know this. The assassins reported she was dead, murdered. Find out who did it and why.

There is enough money in a bank account for you to survive on for years. Close to ten million dollars, spend wisely. Neccesities only. Food, clothes, protection.

One more issue you should worry about. Ryusuke has been labled as mentaly unstable. He enjoys killing for his cause, which is revenge. Be careful Haruno-san. Do not anger him.

Ishikano Yusuke

'Mentaly unstable? I wonder what happened?' thought Sakura. She picked up the box and opened it. Inside was one of the things she seen on tv. She picked up the note inside and read it.

This is a 9mm Beretta pistol. Not much but it will defend you enough. Instructions are with it. Read them first, do not point the hole toward you. That is key.

Sakura already knew what they did. She used the tv to help her study english. In the tv shows they used this things as weapons, and they did kill effectively. Sakura pulled it out and hit a button on the side. The magazine fell out and she saw it was loaded. She slapped it back in and cocked it. She aimed it ahead of her to adjust the to the weight so she could shoot straight. Sakura smiled and aimed it at the clock. "I'll get started now, its a big city." she said and tucked the handgun in her pants.

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'To get noticed by a crime lord you must commit crime' Sakura thought as she walked down the busy street. 'I'm going to have to pull off some major shit to even get noticed.' She was twiddling her fingers, trying to think of the perfect crime when something hard hit her shoulder. Sakura turned and saw a blonde haired guy walking by at a fast pace messing with a cell phone. "Asshole" she mumbled but she kept walking. If she had her access to chakra she would probably beat the hell out of him. She sighed and looked around.

"You could massacre about 50 people. That would be crazy enough to get anyones attention" said Sakura's Inner.

'I don't want a city after me though, its got to be subtle.' Sakura thought back. 'I'm going to have to search and do more planning. If I get thrown in jail because of this I'm gonna be pissed.' She walked through the city a little bit more, being careful not to lose her way back to the apartment. Sakura probably made six blocks before her stomach start to grumble. It had taken her by suprise because she just ate a little while ago. She ventured forward past a large high school before finding a bar/grill. The sun was just starting to set when she entered. Right before she did however, she swear she heard the discharge of a weapon nearby but she shrugged it off as her stomach rumbled again.

The first thing that hit Sakura's ears when she walked in was the music. It was heavy and sounded pleasant to her, she smirked slightly and continued in. She noticed she caught most of the attention, one off, being the only female in a crowded bar. Sakura's smirk grew as she crossed the floor to the bar and sat on the stool. Above her head and HD TV was playing a baseball game. The man behind the counter, walked up to her a smirked. "Not too often we get a lady in here" he said with a somewhat oriental accent. "This isn't a safe part of town. A little rough."

Sakura smirked, "Don't worry I like it rough." Her response got most of the men in the bar cheering. All except one. The man chuckled, "That's good, so what can I get you?" Sakura reached into her pocket and pulled out her wallet. After going to the ATM earlier she still had about one hundred dollars left over. "Your biggest plate of food. I'm starving."

The man did a double take, "That's 75 buffalo wings. Are you sure that's what you want?"

Sakura's smile turned into a glare, her good mood flaring to die. "Did I studder?" The man's gazed lifted over her head to the men at the bar, too avoid further embarassment he hurried away. Sakura smiled and looked around. Most of the men had gone back to what they were doing and some were throwing glances and winking time from time. But the one that got her attention was the young brown haired guy at the end of the bar. His gaze was distant, he was thinking hard. Sakura studdied his eye's and saw a mixture of life and death. The brown was dull yet so alive. She instantly placed the eye's. Someone who had seen alot of death but was carrying on. Sakura found herself staring more until his eye's turned into her's making her look away quickly. Over the noise of the music and people she heard him chuckle. Sakura shot a glare his way but his gaze didn't faulter like the bartenders. He stared head on with a smirk on his face. After a moment, he chuckled again and looked away. It brought Sakura out of her thoughts as a large tray of buffalo wings was set infront of her.

'I think I died and went to heaven' she thought eyeing the plate. Her stomach rumbled as she started to devour the little chickens wings and legs. The entire situation caught the attention of the bar patrons who came rushing over to see if she could finish. People were starting to place bets when Sakura cut in. "If I finish these, I get it free?"

The bartender thought it over and nodded. Then one man slapped one hundred on the bar counter. "One hundred if you finish them."

"Your on!" Sakura almost yelled as she started to eat faster. She had eaten 25 before needing a drink for the spiciness. The man at the opposite end of the bar was watching with a large smile. Sakura gave him a look that read "What?"

"If you keep eating those things that fast, it's not going to end well for you." he said. His voice was deep and smooth. The kind of voice Sakura had heard many times in the darkness on a mission. It reminded her of Uchiha Itachi. She became so entraptured by the man she lost control of her eating speed and how much she was consuming. The man chuckled once again and went back to his drink. Obviously not caring that she wasn't taking his advice.

"He's cute eh?"

'And mysterious' added Sakura. She looked back up at him and saw he was watching the tv. He obviously lost intrest in her. The door to the bar opened but Sakura didn't notice. Someone walked past her and sat next to the man. It took Sakura mere seconds to realize who it was. The blonde asshole from earlier. Her teeth clenched breaking a chicken bone in two. After realizing what she did, she smirked and wiped her mouth with a napkin. She peers over and looks at them. They're talking frantically but she cant hear them over the loud music. She starts to read they're lips and her eye's widen.

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Mitch watched the pink haired girl ignore him and eat the wings. 'Ok but the shitter is gonna hate you tonight.' He thought and laughed to himself. 'How does she stay so fit if she eats like that?' Mitch shrugged it off and turned the nearest tv to watch the game when the door opened to the bar. It was Nick and he was walking across the room towards him. There was a relieved look on his face, like he just had a party hat.

Nick sat down and sighed. "Good news."

"Your balls dropped?" Mitch asked sarcastically.

"Fuck you and no, no they have not" he said jokingly. "Our number two is in hiding with Tsuken." Mitch's grip around his glass tightened. "Don't say his name outloud here!" Nick had a confused face and he looked around. Everyone was of some asian decent or was wearing simular clothing. "Oh....yeah."

"Triad fucking paradise." Mitch said taking a drink. "His name has a bullet connected to it in here." Nick sighed and adjusted his shirt. Mitch noticed that it was a nice white long sleeve suit type. "What's with the get up?" he asked.

"Number two is in Italiano de Micioni's down main." Nick smirked. "We both know how long it takes to get food there." Mitch's face grew a sick smile. "That nine month figure just dropped dramatically. How did you find this out you beautiful person?"

"I was talking to the receptionist, Linda, well more like flirting and she said set the phone down and I heard her say his name." Nick explained. "So ready to go kill some more?"

"The sooner this is over the sooner I can stop." Mitch said and finished his drink. They stood up and headed for the door.

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Sakura watched the two get up and walk toward her. She knew they were leaving and she knew what they were doing. While they talked she discovered that this is her closest lead to Tsuken and Ryusuke. As the brown haired man get's close she grabs his arm and says, "I'm coming with you" but because of the music he didn't hear her. He leaned down and yelled "What!?"

"I'm coming with you to find Tsuken!" she yelled. The man's face paled fast and his eye's shot around. The music died and it left the three of them standing there with about thirty eyes on them. "Nick" he said quietly. "Get a car." Nick nodded but didn't move. The only sound was someone pulling out a large pistol and cocking it. The brown haired man grabbed Sakura and threw her over the bar with him just as bullet's started to hit the air where he was.

Nick flipped over a table and pulled a pistol out of his pants. He turned the table to the side and shot all in his way, spray blood over the bar counter and walls as he rolled the table to the door and escaped. Mitch was unarmed and was looking around for something to use as a weapon when the pink haired girl pulled out a 9mm beretta. "Do you know how to use that?" She nodded and cocked the pistol. The firing over top of them stopped for a moment allowing her to pop up and pull the trigger....nothing. Mitch reached up and pulled her down before bullet's ripped her apart. He yanked the pistol from her hands and examined it. "Why are you walking around with a jammed weapon?" He yelled as put the side of it on the bar corner and pushed the jammed bullet out. Mitch repeated the action to re-cock it and he popped up into the hail of bullets and started to shoot. Bullet's where hitting behind him, shattering liquor bottles and sending alcohol and glass all over them.

Sakura stood up in a crouch and moved down to the edge of the bar and grabbed the closest intact bottle of what looked like whisky. She pried it open and poured it all over the counter of the bar top. Mitch saw what she was doing and crouched down. He placed the pistol and the counter and pulled the trigger. The discharge lit the bar top quickly but allowed Mitch to pull the weapon out. He looked to his side and saw the woman grabbing more bottles. She was stuffing napkins inside and lighting them on fire with the fire on the bar. She had made about five which she started throwing around the bar. Mitch stood up again and started shooting. One of his bullet's hit a man's lower jaw, tearing it off and spraying a pool table with blood. Another hit a man in the heart, and another in the liver. Mitch saw a man pull out a large shot gun and aim it at Sakura. He ran over and pulled her down, a moment later the glass above them shattered, showering them with liquor and glass.

Mitch grabbed her arm and pulled her to the opposite side of the bar. He looked over and saw Sakura's molotovs had set flame to the entire bar and alot of firey objects were blocking the door. "We gotta run through the fire! Keep up!" he yelled as he hopped over the bar to the door. Sakura soon followed and saw him jumping across a few tables before going of a window. Sakura hopped on the nearest table and started to make her way to the window when there was a large snap. A large support beam fell from the cieling and landed on the table she was on, making it launch her into a wall. Sakura hit the floor on her back getting the breath knocked out of her. She couldn't move and things kept going black. There was a wetness going down her face but she ignored it. 'So this is how I die. Burned alive in a bar' she thought. Sakura closed her eye's and accepted it. She thought of Naruto, Tsunade, and the rest of Konoha before heavy darkness overtook her.

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Sakura felt rumbling underneath her and distant voices. She tried to move but her body was in pain. There was a small ringing in her ears but she could tell it was fading. Her body felt like it weighed a ton. The voices around her were slowly becoming clearer and she could tell they were both male. 'Am I dead' she thought to herself. 'Is this what Hell is like?' There was a loud crunch and her body bounced on a semi-soft cushion. Sakura opened her eye's and and looked around. She was covered in a metallic covered blanket and she was staring at a clothed ceiling while the scenery out of the windows moved past. Sakura turned her head and saw two seats infront of her. The one on the left had the blonde haired guy behind the wheel and the one on the right had the brown haired guy but she could only see him partially.

"So what should we do with her" asked the blonde. Sakura stayed quiet, she didn't want them to know she was awake yet. Maybe she could get information from them about Tsuken. The other man didn't answer making the blonde sigh. "Mitch...we cant be taking in strangers."

"I know Nick. I know." Mitch said, "Maybe she know's something on the location of Tsuken."

"Or we can put a bullet in her head and end this whole thing." Nick suggested. Sakura felt the tension in the car rise and she saw Nick gulp. "I didn't mean it that way." There was no reply from Mitch but she heard him sigh. "Just drive. We'll see what she know's."

"You ran back into that burning building just for information? You could have been killed." Nick said like he was scolding a small child. Mitch shot him a look. "It was the right thing to do."

"Hearing that from you mean's nothing. Your the most unmerciful person I know. Why did you go back in?"

"I'm not letting another innocent die when I could have prevented it. Get over it Nick. She's now under our protection. Tsuken's men will be all over her if we don't help." Mitch said. "As much as I hate to bring another person into the hell, we have to do it."

"I hope you know what your doing Mitch."

Mitch looked out of the passenger side window and sighed, "Me too."

In the back seat, Sakura relaxed and laid her head back down on the soft cushion. 'He saved my life? Why would he do that for a complete stranger?'

"We both know someone who would do the same exact thing."

'Naruto' she thought as she closed her eye's and fell asleep.

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"Hey lady, wake the hell up." Sakura turned in her sleep and waved her hand, "Gimme five more minutes." She felt something pull at her covers but she gripped them tightly. "Listen, I know your up. Your breakfast is getting cold" said the voice again. Sakura sighed and opened her eye's, infront of her stood the brown haired guy, Mitch. Sakura noticed she wasn't at her place but was in a bed. "Where am I?"

"My apartment" Mitch said before throwing what he had of the covers on the bed. "If you want breakfast come on. I don't want mine cold." Sakura nodded and pulled the covers off of her. The first thing she noticed is that she was still clothed. It suprised her. Normally she read about these situations is that the hero would change her into pajama's or something. She looked around the room and found it quite barren. The walls were made of wood and the floor was hardwood. There was nothing in it but a bed, nightstand with and alarm and Ipod dock. Sakura walked out of the bedroom and into the living room where she saw a bit more stuff.

The walls out here were also wood and some areas had thin carpet. There was a tv by the bedroom door with a red white plaid couch infront of it. On it was a sleeping blonde. Above the tv was a large sniper rifle. 'Purely decoration' she thought hopefully. The living room had posters of metal bands all over it and the stereo by the sliding door to the balcony was playing All Shall Perish quietly. The kitchen was connected to the living room by a door way and small bar type area with stools infront of it. Sakura walked over to one of the wood stools and sat down. Mitch was on the other side and he handed her a plate of eggs, bacon, sausage, and ham. Then he followed up with a small plate of tortilla wraps. Sakura looked up at him and cocked an eyebrow.

Mitch looked at her then to the plate. "They're breakfast burrito's." He still recieved a puzzled look. Mitch sighed and set his stuff down next to hers, then demonstrated by putting the breakfast stuff in the tortilla and eating it. They sat in silence for a moment before Mitch spoke up. "What's your name?"

"Sakura Haruno" she said. Mitch looked at her for a moment then shook his head. "Mitch Walsh."

"Nice to meet you and thank you for saving me last night" she said sweetly. Mitch nodded and took another bite from his breakfast. "No problem. But did we learn a lesson last night?" Sakura nodded and set down her burrito. "Don't mention the big guy's name in public?" Mitch smirked, "That's it."

They finished they're breakfast in silence and Mitch put the dishes in the sink. Sakura turned around and leaned against the bar while Mitch exited the kitchen. He walked across the living room to the couch and lightly backhanded Nick. "Wake up dumbass. Breakfast." Nick shot him a sleepy glare and sat up. He got off the couch and stretched. Mitch slapped his hands over his eye's and sighed. "Put pants on now!" Nick looked from him then his gaze traveled left to see Sakura sitting there, a small smirk acrossed her face made Nick a little over-confident.

"Like what you see?" he asked. Sakura put her hands over her eye's like she was looking at something distant and shook her head. "See what?" Nick's eye's widened and Mitch started to laugh. "Damn someone just got fucked up." Nick covered his nether regions and bounded for the bathroom. Mitch's laughter died down and he sat on the couch. "After Nick's done in there why need to have a little talk Sakura."

The pinkette nodded and started to look around the living room more. There was an abandoned fire place and it had pictures over top of it. She slid off the stool and made her way over to them. The first one was Mitch with a older woman who looked slightly like him. 'Probably his mother' she thought. Next that picture was photo of a teenage Mitch sitting on the side of a broken down brick wall watching the sun set. The next one had Mitch near the bottom with a beautiful woman with black hair and blue eye's resting ontop of his head. Mitch appeared to be sleeping and she was trying to bug him to wake up. The last one was the woman laying ontop of Mitch on a bed. Mitch was looking upside down at the camera with a big smile on his face. She was rightside up and showing off her ring finger as if it were her middle finger. On the finger was a beautiful ring.

Sakura smiled and looked at the picture. She turned and looked at Mitch sitting on the couch. His face and eye's were emtpy, not like the pictures. It didn't take Sakura long to put two and two together. She either left him or she was dead. Sakura walked over to the couch and put her hand on the top. "She's why your chasing Tsuken aren't you?"

"Hn" he said.

'Wow, Sasuke out the ass huh?' Her inner couldn't help but agree. Sakura looked down on him and saw the hate residing in him like it was Sasuke. The want for revenge was evident on him. "Your seeking revenge aren't you?"

Mitch shook his head. "If someone else would do their job and do it for me, I wouldn't be on this stupid tyraid. This is justice." There was silence inbetween them but they heard the shower turn on in the bathroom. "Did Tsuken kill someone you loved?" he asked. Sakura shook her head. "No I'm looking for someone, my only lead is Tsuken."

Mitch didn't say anything but he stared ahead and sighed. Sakura walked over and sat opposite him on the couch. "I do know what it's like to lose someone you love ya know." she said. "But revenge is never the way to settle-"

"Thanks for the lecture I've heard over and over. But I made a promise. And I don't go back on my promises Sakura." he said. "I'm going to make sure the people that did this get what they deserve. No one more, no one less. Tsuken, his chain of command, and the assassin he hired. Everyone else is just someone shooting at me." Mitch stood up off the couch and moved his way to the balcony. Sakura sighed and watched him go outside, where he lit up a cigarette.

"Nice guy huh?" Sakura turned around and looked at a fully dressed Nick. He pushed his blonde hair back and flopped on the couch. "You gotta give the guy a little break."

"Why?" Sakura asked angrily. "I've seen revenge take over a person's soul. He's going down the same path." Nick shook his head. "It's not revenge to him. The police aren't doing anything about it. They put a guy on the case a year ago but he got nothing and discontinued the case. Mitch believes it was wrong so he's just doing the justice he feels that is deserved."

Sakura looked out the window and watched Mitch smoke the cigarette slowly while staring at the city. "Just leave him be for a little while, it happened a little over a year ago. He's still a little shellshocked from it."

"From a murder?"

"Her head exploded when he was holding her in his arms. Imagine your loves head exploding all over your face and then walking away. Besides in his sleep, he's never cried about it." Nick looked over his shoulder at Mitch and sighed. "He's going to snap one day. I'd hate to be on his shit list when he does."

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Mitch tossed his cigarette off the side of the balcony and sat back in his lawn chair. He glanced back into the apartment and saw Nick talking to Sakura. When he turned back around he cursed his bad luck. He found Sakura attractive, very attractive. His mind flooded with confusion and guilt. She was a distraction to his goal. Mitch took another cigarette and lit it. 'I need to stop thinking' he thought. 'Maybe after my list is complete, I'll try.'

The internal battle of having love loss then trying to move on was alway's something Mitch had a hard time with. After his mother's death, he had no one and joined the military for 2 years. Came out to be a social studies teacher. But after his mother's death, he never loved until he met Jane Owens. He loved her, then when he saw her head fly apart, he knew it would be awhile before he recovered. 'I must be growing up if I'm already moving on...or I'm horny, one of the two!' he thought.

After about half an hour, Mitch couldn't stand sitting anymore, he needed to walk. He figured some fresh air on the ground for awhile would do him some good. When he walked back into the apartment, Nick was showing Sakura around his music collection. He walked to the door and slipped on a pair of shoes. "I'm going for a walk. We'll talk when I get back." Nick stood up to talk but saw Mitch was already gone. He didn't even hear the door open. Sakura was giving him a questioning look that read, "Should we go after him?" Nick shook his head, "He's normally like this, might as well get used to it. Let's listen to Swallow The Sun."

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Naruto was giving Hinata a message on her back. His hand traced lightly over the scar on her back. Where the exit wound was from Pein's blade. Sakura had been able to save her life. He pushed his blonde hair from his face and continued his massage. A few minutes later, Hinata was fast asleep. Naruto smiled and ran his fingers down her curves before getting out of bed and putting on a set of clothes. They were black ninja pants and white t-shirt. He slipped on his sandels and started to walk from his small home. It was modest, like an apartment with it's own small property.

His mind was racing, everytime he saw that scar on Hinata's back it reminded him of Sakura and Pein. Pein was the taker of life, Sakura was the giver. Naruto could honestly say he hated and loved Sakura. Before the time of her abandonment, they saw eachother as family. Brother and Sister. They loved eachother that way. It almost destroyed him when he found out she left. He almost lost control of Kyuubi. He hated her for destroying everything they created after Pein's attack.

Naruto sighed and but his hands behind his head. The cool night air breathed up against his face. He walked down the street and passed the Uchiha compound. Another issue that plagued his mind was Uchiha Sasuke. Now that Akatsuki is disbanded, Sasuke took off looking for a place to live, his resentment against Konoha was too great to stay. The two didn't exactly separate on bad terms, just a small fight and mutual agreement that ended with both of them clinging to life by a mere thread. It was Sakura who saved both their lives.

The Uzumaki kicked his feet across the ground and looked at the sky. "If anyone out there has the same problem, know I'm right there with you" he said to himself, some what hoping someone else would hear him. His feet carried him all the way back to his home a few minutes later. Naruto crawled into bed with Hinata and closed his eyes. His bed seemed to sink in with him and the wind outside started to pick up. Naruto swore he heard a voice in it say Itachi. The blonde smiled and relaxed, 'If only it were like.....that....'

Naruto jumped up out of bed, scaring Hinata awake. "Naruto-kun! What's wrong?"

"Nothing Hina-hime! I just had a thought, I'll be back in a little while" he said with a large smile and ran for the door.

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Mitch didn't know how long he had been walking, or remember buying the 40 oz. or the 5th. He stumbled across the ground and landed in some grass. His vision was blured as he looked up. Mitch shook his head so it cleared slightly and he saw a sign that said Roosevelt High School. He took another drink of the 40 and walked up to the door. After fiddling with the key's, he was able to get into the school. Mitch chuckled and took another sip as he walked the halls of the school. "So this is what my life is" he said in a sluring voice. "Drinking out my depression and getting through the day with blood on my hands. HA!"

He walked through the dark hallway's laughing at how pathetic his life was until he tripped and fellt to the floor. His face smacked the tile but he didn't feel it, Mitch only layed there, chuckling. He brought the bottle to his moth and poured. The alcohol overflowed on to him and he started to choke. He chucked the bottle down the hall and it shattered on the floor. Mitch fought to his feet and stumbled against the lockers. He steady him self and set both feet on the ground. Mitch smiled and was about to step when he heard a noise. Like metal scraping against tile. He quickly turned around and saw nothing but an empty hall and desks. Mitch never understood why there were desks in the hallways. There just was. He was about to walk forward when he heard the same sound.

'Shit! What's going on?' he thought looking around. His blured vision wasn't helping at all. Mitch took a step forward then all the desks skidded across the floor against the walls. "What the-!" The light's in the hallways started flashing and a strong wind blew through. The wind was strong enough and started opening lockers and the end of the hallway opening toward him. Mitch covered his eye's from the wind and saw a silhouette. He looked up and saw someone running at him. But it wasn't normal it was if someone had turned a strobe light on but it was only happening to the figure running at him. In his drunken stupor , Mitch tried to run but he was slammed on his back against the lockers. The wind calmed down and the noises stopped leaving Mitch and who had him pinned to the lockers. The person was dressed like him and the hair was the same, except he was wearing a plain white mask.

Mitch chuckled, "Ryusuke, to what do I owe the pleasure?" The masked man chuckled a dark sound. "Oh god your so drunk" Ryusuke said. "That's fucking pathetic, even for you." Mitch rolled his eye's and relaxed a bit. Ryusuke wasn't going to hurt him, just intimidate him. "Say what the hell you want. I needed this."

"Aw, meet a new girl and we're having problems?" laughed the masked man. "Grow the fuck up, get over it! Jane is dead! You can't do anything about it."

Mitch struggled against him but he had a firm hold. "Fuck you! Let me have this! I want to watch them suffer for what they did! I'm going to make Tsuken watch as I rip the organ's from his fucking corpse, you have my fucking word!"

Ryusuke chuckled and turned him around and slammed his face on the lockers. Mitch didn't feel it but he saw the stars. "Listen, yes your going to have your "Justice," but we have to look at future problems. What happens after Tsuken's gone? What happens to Nick? Sakura? You need to get over her death, Mitch" said Ryusuke. Mitch attempted to argue back but Ryusuke pulled his arm and shut him up. Mitch always hated to admit this but how ever Ryusuke worked his voice of reason helped him along. Ryusuke grabbed Mitch's wrist and locked them around his back. "Now just relax, she's gone and you need to move on."

A bright light was soon in Mitch face which caused him to squint. "I said you need to move!" said a diffrent voice. Mitch tried to move his arms but found them cuffed. Mitch looked around and saw that two cops had him pinned tot he lockers. "Oh, fuck" Mitch whispered as they pulled him off and shoved him into the hall. They slammed his head making his vision swirl. The police pulled him off the wall and carried him out of the school.

I hope you enjoyed the first chapter, the first of many. This story will possibly land around 500,000 words if not more. I'm open to constructive criticism, flames, or praises.

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Blood Rain