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"Speak"

'Think'

'Inner Think'

Poetry

Do

Memories last forever?

Yes, they do. As the people

You know come and go,

The memories held close

Never falter. But

You

Try to forget everything.

The laughs, the cries,

Everything. Reminiscing

Will just hold you back.

I didn't forget, I

Remember

All the times we shared

As a team. Working together

Trying to protect one another.

I remember the arguments, too.

Did you forget

Me

No matter how hard I tried,

I've never forgotten you

Or the idiot. It was just too hard.

But I just have one question to ask.

Do you remember me?

Chapter 1

'Damn it!' A raven haired boy was dashing through the clearing clutching his kunai. He was being pursued by the ANBU of Konoha. Of course, he easily killed them, except for one. The one pursuing him was different.

He sensed the ANBU catching up to him, so he surged his chakra to his legs. He sped up, but the ANBU was still on his tail. This was harder than expected, and the pouring rain wasn't helping him either.

Wasting his chakra like this won't solve anything, abruptly he stopped and the ANBU was standing just five feet ahead of him. Waiting for each other to make the first move, he broke the silence, "You're definitely different from the others. You actually pose as a threat."

"Don't underestimate the power of the Leaf Village!" The ANBU spat back. "Don't forget, you were once part of our village."

He cringed at the statement. He never forgot. He was, after all Sasuke Uchiha, traitor of Konoha. "So you do know who I am. I only have one last thing to say. Prepare to die."

"Funny, I was going to say the same thing." And the two of them charged each other. Sasuke activated his sharingan, and decided to end this quickly. Even thought trying to outrun this ANBU wasted some of his chakra, he still had a lot left within him. He charged chakra into his left hand, and was about to use his chidori.

"CHIDORI!" Sasuke was about to plunge his arm into the enemy's chest, but the enemy disappeared, and as fast as lightning appeared on his right side. Then Sasuke felt the ANBU kick him on the side with monstrous force.

'Damn! How did he find out the weakness of the chidori?' It was true; there were two drawbacks to using this attack. One, it consumes a terrible amount of chakra, but that never affected him much because he usually only needed to use the chidori once on his attacker. Two, because of the speed Sasuke has to take, and the fact that he has to move in a straight line, it creates a tunnel-like vision.

However, all the opponents Sasuke faced never knew these flaws. 'Who is this person?' This was no ordinary ANBU. He must have studied Sasuke's moves and techniques thoroughly before going on this mission, but how? He knew that not many shinobi in Konoha knew of himself. But there was no time to answer that question because as fast as the attacker kinked him, he was right in front of him.

The ANBU looked down at Sasuke, and mocked him, "Is this all the famous Sasuke Uchiha has? Honestly, I thought that you'd be more of a challenge. Maybe Orochimaru is holding back on you."

That hit a nerve. Ever since Sasuke left the village, he's gotten a lot stronger. Now this… this ANBU has the courage to say he's weak? He was definitely going to die. Sasuke massaged his right side, and stood up. No more playing nice.

Sasuke grabbed another kunai from his holster, and dashed to the ANBU. As a counter attack, the ANBU also took a kunai from his holster and plunged it into Sasuke's chest. "Ha! I got you Sasuke" But the Sasuke he attacked turned into a puff of smoke revealing a log. "What?! A substitution jutsu!"

Caught off guard, Sasuke came from behind, and stabbed the ANBU on his back. But as the kunai touched the ANBU's back, it too turned into a log. 'What? Where is he?' Sasuke jumped back to the middle of the clearing and searched for any sign of the ANBU.

This was taking longer than Sasuke expected, but then Sasuke saw three kunai hurling at him. He backed up, easily dodging them as they landed on the ground. Suddenly, he noticed that the kunai has paper seals on them.

Frantically, he jumped further away from the kunai as they exploded, but behind him the ANBU cam out of hiding. The ANBU jumped from a tree and punched the ground. The punch was so strong that the ground decimated beneath Sasuke and he flew into the air.

Quickly, Sasuke reacted by aimlessly threw a shuriken before hitting whatever was left of the ground. The shuriken did strike the ANBU on his collarbone deeply. Both Sasuke and the ANBU harshly landed on their backs.

But they both got back up to their feet, and faced one another. The ANBU took the shuriken from his collarbone as more blood oozed from the wound. Sasuke smirked, 'This is my chance! I probably weakened him.'

But then the ANBU did something that surprised Sasuke. He concentrated his chakra into his hand, and placed it on the wound. He was healing himself! So this ANBU was also a medic-nin?

Sasuke wasn't sure how much longer he was able to take. He was indeed impressed, but he will defeat the enemy. Using most of his strength, he charged toward the ANBU with his fist, and the ANBU followed suit.

Both of them struck each other square in the face, and skidded on the ground on their backs about ten feet away. Pain surged through Sasuke's body, but he forced himself to get up. Slowly, he went to his knees ignoring the excruciating pain got to his feet. He looked in front of him, and saw that the ANBU was still on the ground.

'Finally, I defeated him. I guess Konoha ANBU aren't as strong as they appear to be.'

Sasuke sauntered up to the body to make sure he was really dead. He looked down to observe the body, and it seemed lifeless, but then the ANBU sprang to his feet and punched Sasuke in the gut.

The wind was blown out of Sasuke. He just didn't understand it. He was nearly at his limit, and this ANBU was still able to fight? Sasuke was frustrated. He just wanted this to end, but then he remembered how the ANBU got up from the ground. He remembered that his speed had gotten a little slower. Sasuke thought that this was his chance.

He had just the right amount of chakra for one mare chidori. It would use all of his chakra, and probably leave him unconscious. However, because the ANBU's speed decreased, he wouldn't be able to counter attack. It was worth getting knocked unconscious, at least the ANBU would die.

Sasuke decided that was his plan. He concentrated his chakra to his left hand once more, and began running towards the ANBU. "CHI -" But that's all Sasuke could mutter because he noticed that a strand of hair had escaped from the protection of the ANBU's tiger mask.

But it wasn't any ordinary strand of hair, it was pink! Sasuke halted a yard away from the ANBU, and put his arm down. There was only one person Sasuke knew that had pink hair.

'It can't be.' Sasuke couldn't believe that it was her. Sakura would never get this strong, at least not the Sakura he left behind. Maybe it's just a guy with pink hair.

"What's the matter, Sasuke? Don't have enough chakra?" That's when Sasuke had a revelation; the ANBU's voice was indeed feminine. It wasn't a he, but a she. All this time he thought he was fighting against a man. But it couldn't be Sakura.

"If you're not going to attack, I will!" she was about to hit Sasuke, but he said a word that made her stop.

"Sakura?" the ANBU stopped her attack. Sasuke went up to the ANBU, and harshly took off her mask. She made no attempt to stop him, and the face behind the mask was indeed Sakura's.

"H-how do you know my name?" Sakura fearfully said. Sasuke's eye's widened.

What did she mean by 'How do you know my name'? Of course he knew her name; they were former teammates after all. Sasuke couldn't understand it. The woman standing right in front of her was Sakura; he knew it had to be her. She still had those brilliant jade orbs, but these were different. They looked more like….his.

"What do mean how do I know your name? We were teammates once. Don't you remember?"

Sakura stepped back. "What are you talking about? You were never my teammate. My teammates were Naruto and Sai. They always have been."

PANG!

Sasuke felt something tightening in his chest. Sai? Who is Sai? Sasuke was bewildered, he was so taken aback.

Sasuke made his way towards her. "Don't you know who I am?"

Sakura looked at him questioningly, "Of course I do." Sasuke felt a little sign of relief, she was probably joking. "You are Sasuke Uchiha of the Uchiha clan, and one of the last alive. Your goal is to kill your brother Itachi, and you betrayed Konoha when you were twelve. And that's it."

Sasuke couldn't believe it, "That's it? Don't you remember me? I was your teammate!"

Sakura had no idea what he was talking about. All she knew was that it was her mission to annihilate Sasuke Uchiha. This was the perfect opportunity to kill him, but a deep feeling inside her wouldn't let her do it. She retreated backwards. The way Sasuke was talking to her was scaring her. He was never her teammate!

"Sakura listen to me!" Sasuke was desperate, even though it's been six years he's never forgotten her and Konoha. How can she not remember him!

She opened her mouth to answer, but all that came out was a shrill scream. She fell to the ground unconscious, and the person behind her was Kabuto.

"Good job Sasuke-san. I thought you were going to lose, but you made her get off-guard. After observing you I think you're finally ready."

"Ready for what? What did you do to her?" Sasuke didn't know what Kabuto was talking about. But he wanted to know what happened to Sakura.

"I just did my Shōsen Jutsu. (Mystic Palm Technique) But, you are finally ready to be Orochimaru's container." Kabuto motioned for Sasuke to follow, but Sasuke didn't intend on being anyone's container.

"No."

"What do you mean no? You made a promise to Orochimaru, and you must fulfill that promise."

"Well you can tell him that the deal is off. I am NO ONE'S container."

"Sasuke-san! You -" but Sasuke ran up to him and kicked him on the side. Kabuto laid on the ground clutching his side gasping for air.

Sasuke growled, "I said, I am NO ONE'S container."

Sasuke walked away from Kabuto, and went over to Sakura. He picked her up, carried her bride-style, and took her to the only place her could think off.

Konoha.

Well, that's chapter one! I don't know what inspired me, but I wrote that poem out of boredom, and POOF! I had a new idea for a fan fiction.

Tell me what you think about this. Should I continue?

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