AN – This is my first fic and I hope you guys will enjoy it because it continues the story just like I imagined it right from Shippuuden episode 214.

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Chapter 1 - Surprise!

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"Would you mind if I killed you?

Would you mind if I tried to?
Cause you have turned into my worst enemy
You carry hate that I don't feel

It's over now,
What have you done?"

- What have you done? by Within Temptation

"Kill Karin," came Sasuke's answer "then I'll know if you are ready. If you are ready to destroy The Leaf Village with me."

His voice was full of such a strong hatred that made Sakura wonder where it came from, why such hatred towards Konoha so suddenly? What really happened with Sasuke?

Then Sakura's eyes turned towards the girl on the ground at Sasuke's feet. She didn't know her, realized the medic. The girl had red hair which Sakura rarely saw before and she was wearing glasses, and she had to kill her. She had to kill an innocent person that was already injured just for her plan, just for Nauto to release him from such a big burden - Uchiha. Sakura hadn't thought of this, she never believed there would be collateral damage just to have a chance to attack Sasuke from behind. She took out her kunai from her cloak and took a few steps towards the girl laying at the boy's feet.

"Who is she?" whispered Sakura avoiding the victim's eyes and wishing not to feel pity for her right now. She knew she would hate herself for this.

"A member of Taka, a team I made." said Sasuke walking away from the person that was on the ground.

Sakura flinched. The girl - Sasuke called her Karin earlier, right? - was some sort of teammate for him and he wanted Sakura to kill her…Why? Just to prove him something? The old Sasuke would have never asked her something like this.

"As you can see she's useless," continued the Uchiha boy. "Sakura, you're a medical ninja right? You can replace her. This will work perfectly."

Sasuke was out of her eyesight and Sakura realized that he was talking from behind her. A perfect position if he wanted to attack her.

The pink-haired girl barely nodded kneeling near Karin and aiming the kunai close to the girl's heart. She knew that with such a precise hit near the heart without affecting any organ the victim would survive, but the kunai initially prepared for Sasuke had poison on it, and the poison would reduce Karin's chances of survival to zero.

"Well, Sakura, can you do it?" asked Sasuke eagerly.

"And what if I don't do it?" Sakura asked herself. Then Sasuke would attack her from behind. Now she thought he was capable of everything after what he asked her to do.

And what if she killed Karin? Then she would feel awful.

Suddenly Sakura realized something, in her cloak's pocket she had a syringe with the antidote for the poison from the kunai. She smiled remembering what Sasuke told her a few seconds ago - this will work perfectly.

Aiming her kunai towards an unlethal zone near Karin's heart, Sakura took out with her left hand the syringe while her right hand was lowering towards the zone near Karin's heart, the needle was going through her cloak and also through Karin's clothes lodging in her arm and the kunai entered her ribcage without Sasuke noticing anything. This way she administered her the antidote saving both of them.

Karin groaned in pain her eyes widening terrified before she closed them.

Sakura ignoring her instinct to help her stood up looking at Sasuke. She noticed frowning that he had Chidori in his hand preparing for what? To attack her? The pink-haired girl sighed. He didn't trust her.

"For a second I thought you would back down," spoke the Uchiha, a big smile which sent shivers down Sakura's back appearing on his face. Chidori was gone. "Welcome to the team, Sakura. As you can see," he said pointing towards Karin, "on the future I intend that those who decide to abandon the team won't live to see another day. Same goes for the weak ones."

Sakura gulped. It was a threat.

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Sasuke ignored the expression on Sakura's face. He analyzed her cloak. Just as she took out that kunai she could as well take out other weapons. Sasuke had no idea how armed Sakura was.

"Take it off!" he ordered.

Sakura frowned but still threw the cloak to her feet. Sasuke noticed somehow annoyed, somehow relieved that she had no other weapons on her, at least none visible.

He got angry because Sakura believed that she could kill Karin with a simple kunai. But he was relieved that she would not try any kind of stupid thing to give him a reason to attack her. Anyway Sakura had no chance against him.

He disappeard and reappeard behind her. He saw her flinch and smiled just for himself.

"Run!"

Not understanding what he was saying Sakura looked at him over her shoulder.

"What?" she said.

Getting bored before even starting to explain he grabbed her arm pulling her after him as he jumped on the bridge's edge. He let her go pointing his head towards North.

"You first."

And he remained silent. He noticed them when she looked down towards the water. There were dozens and had the same yellow cloaks almost like Sakura's but unlike her they were wearing masks. And some of them appeared behind her.

"ANBU," thought Sasuke.

To be continued