Sakura wandered the streets and had an odd feeling. Something in her gut told her to run toward back. Something told her to run toward the entrance. Nobody was there, she started to walk away until she saw Sasuke coming. She smiled but then she saw a backpack. He also had no headband on.

"What are you doing out here late at night? Out for a stroll?" Sasuke asked.

"You have to take this road to leave Konoha..." Sakura said.

Sasuke continued to walk.

"You're leaving aren't you?... To get your revenge... I remember when we first became a team. You said that it's your goal." Sakura said.

"What does that matter to you?" Sasuke asked.

"Because... I.. I love you Sasuke... I'll do anything for you." Sakura said.

"You would leave your home? Your friends? Your family?" Sasuke asked.

Sakura looked at him. She wondered if he would do the same for her. Probably not... but this isn't about her it's about him. Sasuke wondered how far she would go to help him. How far could he tolerate her. She's always been annoying, and she still is, but something about her now changed. Something that told him that he should trust her, but he needed to make sure. She closed her eyes and took a deep breath.

"Yes." Sakura answered.

"Prove it." Sasuke said.

Sakura took off her headband and pulled out a kunai. She took one last look at the shiny headband. Everything was going to change from here on out. She slashed it, leaving a line right across the Konoha symbol and tossed it to him. Sasuke caught it and looked at her.

"This good enough for you?" Sakura asked.

"Fine. You can come. Just don't get in my way." Sasuke said.

"You won't regret it." Sakura said.

"I'm waiting ten minutes. Go get your things." Sasuke said.

Sakura immediately disappeared. She opened the door to her house and slowly crept inside. She got her backpack and packed kunais, shurikens, and extra clothes. She took one last look at the Team 7 picture. She knew better but still took the picture with her. She snuck out of the house leaving a letter to her parents. She found Sasuke back at the entrance. They started to leave Konoha. They arrived at a hill. There were four people. Three boys and one girl. The girl had long red hair, one of the guys was fat, but looked kinda scary, now the other two guys were kind of strange. The one with blue hair had two heads, and the one with black hair had six arms. What is he? A spider?

"Who's this?" the one with two heads asked.

"Sakura. She's coming with us." Sasuke said.

"Orochimaru-sama never said anything about a pinky." the girl said.

"Well, when he sees her he'll see he's going to need her." Sasuke said.

"You do know, he may just kill her once he sees her." the spider looking guy said.

"Now now Kidomaru, if Sasuke sees potential in her, then maybe she is useful." the one with two heads said.

"But Sakon!" Kidomaru said.

"Just listen to him you dumbass!" the girl said.

"Watch that mouth Tayuya! It might just come off!" Kidomaru said.

"Oh yeah! Bring it!" Tayuya said.

"Everybody stop!" Sakon said.

Tayuya and Kidomaru stopped bickering. Sakon went on one knee and so did the rest of the them.

"When you left Konoha, it was decided that you would be our leader Sasuke. Please forgive our rudeness earlier." Sakon said.

"Earlier? What happened earlier? Are they the reason why he's leaving?...Because they did something to him?" Sakura thought.

"I couldn't care less about that." Sasuke said.

Sasuke walked past them and the rest of them stood up.

"It begins." Sasuke said.

Shikamaru appeared in Tsunade's office.

"What is it Hokage-sama?" Shikamaru asked.

"This is your first mission as a Chunin. Bring Sasuke and Sakura back." Tsunade said.

"Back? What happened?" Shikamaru asked.

"They.. ran away... Her parents found a note in her room and brought it to me." Tsunade said.

Tsunade handed Shikamaru the note.

Dear Mom and Dad,

I'm sorry to say goodbye like this. I'm running away with Sasuke. This is something I have to do. We're going to Orochimaru. We're going to train and become stronger than ever. I love you both. Please don't ever forget that. I'm going to help Sasuke avenge his clan. He's become everything to me. I can't lose him. If he died, I couldn't bear to think whether I could have done something. If I could've protected him. So please. Leave me be... I promise that I'll still be able to protect you. I love you.

Love, Sakura

Naruto opened the door to find Shikamaru. Shikamaru filled him on what had happened.

"What? You're joking right?" Naruto asked.

"Damn it. You're so loud." Shikamaru said.

"Damn it Sasuke. I can't believe them two.." Naruto thought.

"Wait a second!" Naruto said.

Naruto quickly got changed. Naruto and Shikamaru gathered up the rest of the team. They figured out the plan at the gates.

"Wait!" a voice said.

Everyone turned to see Ino.

"Ino, what are you doing here?" Shikamaru asked.

"I heard what happened... Sakura's parents told me. Bring them both back please! If not, at least Sakura... we just started to be friends again... I can't lose my best friend again!" Ino said.

"Don't worry Ino.. I'll bring them both back. I swear." Naruto said.

"Thank you.." Ino said.

Naruto, Shikamaru, Kiba, Neji, and Chouji disappeared in search of Sasuke and Sakura.

-time skip-

"Why are you two doing this? Don't you care about Konoha?" Naruto asked.

"Go Sakura." Sasuke said.

Sakura left and waited for Sasuke. Naruto and Sasuke fought with kunais and shurikens in the air, fists in each other's faces and stomachs. Something weird started to happen as the curse seal started to shift. Wings sprouted out of Sasuke's back and his appearance completely changed. Naruto in turn had red chakra tails and his eyes had turned red as well. Sasuke charged up his Chidori while Naruto did the same with Rasengan. They charged toward each other with it. To kill or spare his life was up to the user. Sakura waited two hours before growing concerned. She found Sasuke kneeling and coughing up blood. She immediately healed him enough that his wounds closed. Sakura helped him walk for hours. They finally stopped as they reached the base. Sakura knew that if Orochimaru didn't approve of her, she'd immediately be killed. Would Sasuke let that happen? They entered the base and Orochimaru and Kabuto were waiting for them.

"Sakura-chan, I wasn't expecting you." Orochimaru said.

"I..I want to become strong. I want to join you." Sakura said.

"Do you really want to join me? Or is it because of Sasuke-kun?" Orochimaru asked.

"Maybe Sasuke-kun was the reason I left, but the reason I'm still standing here is to join you." Sakura said.

"Fine then, this shall prove whether you are worth it." Orochimaru said.

"What's 'this'?" Sakura asked.

Without answering, Orochimaru's head appeared in front of her and bit her neck, the curse seal forming. Sakura fell to her knees and bit down on her lip as she felt the pain. Sasuke looked at Sakura and then at Orochimaru in shock.

"If she can still stay alive after receiving the curse seal, then maybe she will be of use to me." Orochimaru said.

Orochimaru and Kabuto walked away pleased. When Sakura was sure that they were far enough, she screamed. Sasuke kneeled down to her and pulled her into his arms.

"I'm repaying you for when it happened to me." Sasuke said.

After that, Sakura passed out after tears rolled down her cheeks. Kabuto came back and saw the scene.

"Passed out?" Kabuto asked.

"Just show us to our rooms." Sasuke said.

"Already making orders are we?" Kabuto asked.

Kabuto lead them to their rooms. Sakura's was next to Sasuke's. Kabuto left and Sasuke set Sakura down on the bed. He pulled the blanket over her and stopped at the door. He took one last look at Sakura and then closed the door and left to his room. He laid down on his bed and drifted to sleep, thinking about the long day today was.

So there's the first chapter! Good? :) Read & Review! I'll still write Friends, Love, and Revenge. The next chapter for that is coming up as well! So please give love to both of these stories! ^.^