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A/N, my spell check is not working... so pardon the mistakes please.

'shit... almost 2 weeks have passed since the last progress report came in from Sakura. She was currantly doing an guard mission in Tea country... Sakura was never this late with reports, unless something went wrong it should have been 12 days ago...' Tsunade looked around her office and growled, "SHIZUNE!" the woman in question scurried in, clutching a folder to her chest, "Hai, Tsunade-sama!"

"Who is in the village that I can send to Tea? Sakura still hasn't reported in... I am getting a little worried." Shizune sighed and let the hand clutching the folders drop to her side, "Well, I know that Hatake, Shurenai, Inuzuka and both Hyuga's happen to be here and are all fit for duty."

"Get me Hatake, Shurinai, and Hyuga Neji."

----Elsewhere----

"Name,Haruno Sakura. Age, 21. Rank, jonin, ANBU class medic. NRN# 012601."

"Yes, yes. you have already told us all this. That doesn't answer my question though, does it? Where is your ward? Where is Hanatako Tenshi?"

"Name, Haruno Sakura. Age, 21. Rank, jonin, ANBU class medic. NRN# 012601."

"Fine have it your way. You know, I really don't enjoy hurting you. But, alas, it is your choice." A tall Imposing figure stepped back and pulled the whip from his side. Sakura was hanging by her wrists from a long Iron bar that ran from wall to wall. Her back was bare and showed the wounds and scars that her captor had riddled over her back. Her chin touching her chest and her eyes closed tightly as she anticipated the cruel bite of the whip into her flesh again, she would not break. She could not break.

SNAP, her body jerked as the leather bit in and tore flesh away with it upon it's return trip to the weilders hand. She did not scream, she did not cry. She raised her head and stared at the wall before her. Empty and haunted... why was she here again? Oh yes. Tenshi, the young woman these bastards were after. She had hidden her away in a safe house on the outskirts of a small village with Idate. They had captured her while out trying to gather information and send a Report back to Konoha...

54 more lashes and the burning agony that was her back poured forth a crimson currant until she felt the coolness of medically aplied chakra. "Now, now. We can't have you die before you tell us what we need to know, where is Tenshi?"

Sakura coughed lightly and shrugged. And again felt the blood slicked whip rip into her, this time however it was the fleshy backs of her thighs, well at least now she could compare scars with Ibiki... Sakura snickered.

"And what may I ask is so funny Ms. Haruno?"

"Name, Haruno Sakura. Age, 21. Rank, jonin, ANBU class medic. NRN# 012601."

"God Dammit!", The beatings did not stop until long after she had lost conciousness.

----Back in Konoha----

Tsunade looked at the 3 people standing in front of her warily. "I have called you here for a mission, Sakura has not reported in in quite some time. We fear she may have been captured... or worse. I am sending you to investigate and if possible retrieve her. Her last known where abouts were one of the small safe houses in Tea country. The one that Idate runs. Her ward is presumably still there. Go with the upmost urgency and report your finding immediatly. Hatake you are in the lead for this one. Any questions?"

The three men looked at one another before all responding in the negitive. Tsunade nodded and dismissed them. Once outside Kakashi reguarded the other two, " Meet at the gates in 30. That should be plenty of time to pack up and be ready. Go." in a flash the only one left standing there was Kakashi. He looked at the ground and formed a couple of signs disapearing in a cloud of grey smoke.

----With Sakura----

She woke feeling a sharp burning pain shoot through her back as frigid water was thrown over her hanging form. Eyes snapping open she once again reguarded the wall before her. Ah yes, she was still here... dammit. How much longer would they question her?

"Do you feel like cooperating now Haruno-san?"

"Cut the polite bullshit. Some interrigators can pull that shit off, you however, can not. It makes you seem a simpering fool... Kabuto." Her head and neck snapped to the side as a hand collided with her cheek.

" Now, now Sakura-hime, I really did not wish to harm you, but you see, I need to know where the girl is. You will tell me now, before worse things than a whipping happen."

"Name, Haruno Sakura. Age, 21. Rank, jonin, ANBU class medic..."

"I know this already dammit!" Kabuto yanked roughly at her hair and stepped behind her again, lowering his mouth to her neck. Sakura could feel his hot breath across the pulse point there and shuddered. "Tell me what I want to know."

Sakura shut her eyes as tightly as she could as she spoke only her name, age, rank and ninja registration number again, feeling bile rise in he throat as the missing-nin ran his tongue up her neck, one hand fisted in her hair as the other ran over the open and fresh wounds that covered her back. Placing his mouth directly by her ear, Kabuto whipered, "Tell me what it is I wish to know, and I might let you die without partaking in your flesh."

----At the gates in Konoha----

Kakashi arrived first, shortly joined by Genma and Neji. With a quick nod, they were off.

Taking to the trees they went at a quick pace. Kakashi's eyes never leaving the path before them. He would not loose another precious person... never again. After retrieving Sasuke 4 years ago, Sakura had remained close to all of her former teammates. She even went so far with Kakashi as to be assigned to his care when he was forced to stay at the hospital for any amount of time. She would sneak Icha Icha in for him to read since the nurses would confiscate it upon his arrival.

They had become very good friends and the fact that he could really talk to her about anything was of great comfort, but now she was possibly in danger, or worse... shit. He was not going to think about that as even a possibility, she was strong now. Hell she was an ANBU medic nin for crying out loud! She was in Bingo books listed as an S-class nin, though they had no pictures or discription... she was too good to be seen on those few but important assasination missions she had under her belt.

They would find her and they would bring her back. Kakashi left no room for doubt in his mind.

----With Sakura----

The bile at the back of her throat was sour, this man was sick...

"You know Sakura-chan... You don't mind if I call you Sakura-chan do you hime?" he paused as if waiting for an answer, when he knew very well that she could not, having shut down her vocal cords himself, "Ofcourse not you say, how silly of me to even ask, but as I was saying hime, healing is rather an intament thing, is it not? The sharing of ones own chakra with another in a moment of vunerability and weakness... yes I would have to say rather intemate." he unhooked the binds that held her to the bar over head and lifted her feet into the air, carrying her as if she were indeed a princess.

Sakura's eyes and ears were processing everything and she wished desperatly to be able to get that damn chakra inhibitor off her arm, but as of yet her body was much to weak. So when she was placed face down on a hospital cot she tensed, 'what the hell is this bastard planning on doing?'

Kabuto lifted her head and positioned it just so. He made sure she would be able to see him work in the mirror to the side of the bed and smirked as he concentrated the green chakra to his hands and worked them over her back showing the most care for the many gashes that were so numerous they had almost become one large wound.

Sakura felt disgusted, he was being all nice and it made her sick. She hated this man and knew he hated her, he was just a sadist who enjoyed the grimace his false kindness brought to her face.

After about 3 hours of laying on her stomach she was ubruptly flipped onto her back and her hands were re-tied to the metal bars on the side of the bed, followed by her ankles. "Now then, Sakura-chan, tell me, where is the girl?"

When she made no move to respond, Kabuto pulled his shirt over his head and started undoing his pants as he made his way between her legs. Sakura tried in vein to close them. "Oh yes, I almost forgot, you can't speak can you?" he grinned evily at her as he raised his hand to her throat, "let me fix that for you..."

"GET THE HELL OFF OF ME YOU SICK BASTARD! I swear to God, if you touch me again I will kill you as soon as I get the chance..." this outburst earned her yet another smack to the face, followed with the sickening green light he used to "heal" her.

"Tell me, where is she?" Sakura's response was to spit in his face as he hoovered above her, followed by a sharp cry as he thrust into her...

Back with Kakashi's team----

They had just arrived at the safe house when Idate appeared before them, "You are her to find Sakura?" Kakashi nodded and followed Idate inside, Genma and Neji close behind.

Idate told them everything he knew and sent Kakashi and Neji in the general direction she had gone that day a few months ago. They had decided that Genma should stay behind to Guard the girl, considering that that was the original mission anyway. And upon seeing that the girl was actually a rather attractive woman, Genma had offered to stay as the watchdog.