HI GUYS ! JUST TO LET YOU KNOW THAT I AM SO SOWWY FOR DOING THIS TO EVERY1 THAT WAS WAITIN FOR MA STORY. Don't know why I spoke like that... Oh by the way, I don't own Naruto... -goes to the corner and cries-


Looking for you

Sasuke's pov

It was dark, the full moon giving us, Team Hawk, the light we needed as the gates of Konoha was in our sight, standing tall.

I told them to be quiet (which will be hard for Suigetsu and Karin), or the 8th Hokage will shout the village down. I already killed Itachi, but I still felt like nothing was accomplished. If anything, I feel as if there's a bigger hole after I killed him. I had nowhere to go, so I came back to the village, in hopes for them to accept me with open arms. For Naruto to accept me.

For her.

As soon as we were 2 metres away from the big green doors, an ANBU dropped from Kami knows where, in a cloak, in less than a blink of an eye. It stood up showing a delicate design of the wolf mask.

"What reason does a traitor have for coming back to the village in the middle of the night?" A sweet but harsh voice asked, facing me.

It's a woman.

"Hn." My Uchiha pride got the better of me from answering her question.

"You never change, Sasuke. Now answer or I will tear your insides out." Her voice leaked with venom, nearly freaking me out. I said nearly.

"You can't talk to Sasuke-kun like that you little slut!" Karin shrieked, pissing me off. Next thing I knew, the ANBU was behind Karin, kunai at her throat.

"Now, if I was a slut, I would've worn clothes that looked like yours, and talk the way you do. Sasuke, I thought you hated annoying people. Didn't think you will pick her as a teammate." She barely whispered, pressing the kunai closer to Karin's throat, earning a whimper from her. Suigetsu was mumbling something about 'Liking this woman' and smirking, while Juugo was just watching a black cat crossing the street.

"Hn. Fine. I came back merely on a whim." I said, getting annoyed at all of them.

"Hn. Fine. Come with me. But if you do anything that's suspicious, your guts will really be hanging on the Hokage monuments."

She knocked on the door of the Hokage's office.

Nothing.

She knocked on it harder.

Nothing.

She kicked the door, the double doors flying to both sides of the room."I'm starting to like her more and more." Suigetsu whispered to me as we went inside.

"Hn."

"WHOEVER KICKED THE DOOR WILL HAVE TO PAY FOR THAT! I SWEAR IF I FIND OUT WHO IT WAS I'M GONNA MAKE THEM EAT RAMEN FOR THE REST OF THEIR LIVES! OH HEY, SAK-" Naruto shouted before getting kicked to the other side of the room.

"SHUT UP YOU FUCKING BAKA! IT'S THE FUCKING MIDDLE OF THE FUCKING NIGHT! DO YOU WANT TO WAKE UP EVERY FUCKING PERSON IN THE FIRE COUNTRY?" The ANBU shouted back. Kami, these two are really loud. That ANBU really does remind me of Sakura Haruno. Except the swearing part. Speaking of, where was she?

"Naruto, what the hell are you doing in the Hokage's office? Where is the Tsunade lady?" I asked. I'm not the type to talk so much, but desperate times call for desperate measures.

"S-Sasuke? What are you-" He was cut off by the ANBU

"He came back merely on a whim, Naruto-kun." She removed the hood of her cape, revealing her ANBU gear. Her hair. It's pink. Like Sakura's. "And before you get me to check on him," She took off her mask, "Get someone else in the hospital to check them, because, clearly, I'm busy." There she stood.

Sakura. Not like I saw her before. Her unemotional face staring at nothing. Her porcelain skin, peach coloured and smooth, gleaming in the moonlight. Her nose, nice and small. Her mouth, cherry coloured and full. Her hair that's now at the middle of her back, in low pigtails, silky smooth shining in the same moonlight. Her aristocratic eyebrows furrowed. And her eyes. They used to be gleaming with love for him; they used to cry for him. Now they were nothing but cold green eyes, like they have never cried in a long time.

"What are you looking at, Uchiha?" She said, breaking me from my thoughts. Then I realised I was staring at her. There was only one thing I could do…

"Hn."

"SHUT UP, SASUKE! DO YOU KNOW HOW MUCH IT STILL ANNOYS ME! YOU'RE SO LUCKY I'M THE HOKAGE OR YOU-"Sakura kicked him.

Hard.

"Shut up! You're so lucky I put a genjutsu on the whole of Konoha to keep them sleeping! And I know what you're thinking, Naruto! I'm not going to check up on Sasuke and his team and that's final! Even if they were the last thing on Earth." All of us stared her because of what she just said. Suigetsu muttered something about this chic being one of a kind, putting genjutsu on a whole village is very impressive. I wouldn't admit it out loud, but I was impressed also.

"Sakura-chan pretty please? At least get some information from them!" Naruto whined.

"Fine but after that I'm having nothing to do with them." She turned towards us, glaring at us. Boy, she can sure give our Uchiha glare a run for its money. "Follow me. I will put you in a prison for tonight. Tomorrow I will interrogate you, and then I will have to heal you, which will be annoying for not only me, but you and your team too." Her voice. No emotion.

Karin's high pitched voice echoed in the room. "What was your name? Sakura right? Listen, you will NOT put me, Sasuke-kun, Suigetsu and Jugo in a prison. You should be happy that you're petty little village has a team like us in it so-" She was thrown against the opposite wall with Naruto grabbing her neck.

"Don't ever talk about my village like that. Since I became Hokage, this petty little village, as you so kindly put it, has become the best village since the Fourth Hokage was still alive. So you either shut that fucking fly trap of yours or I can have you executed by one of my best ANBU Captain. Sakura will you do the honours?" He growled, sending shivers up my spine.

I turned to look at Sakura. She was smirking, a smirk that could rival an Uchiha smirk. ANBU Captain? Since when? "I will gladly do it," she said walking over to the two of them. Karin's face showed her fear as Sakura stood in front of her. Naruto removed his grip on her neck, Karin dropped on the floor.

Sakura bent down, her eye level with Karin's. "I suggest you don't talk about our village like that, Karin, because since Naruto-kun was little, it was his dream to become Hokage. He's very generous, and always gives people a second chance, but you seriously don't want to get on his bad side. Or mine." And with that, she knocked her out.

Sakura put her wolf mask back on, put her hood back over her head, and picked up Karin, before turning back to us, and said, "Let's go."

Candles illuminated the hallway. It reminded me of Orochimaru's lair as I walked behind Sakura, who was holding a knocked out Karin. There were bars on either side of us, all empty inside.

Sakura stopped in front of a metal door. She turned to us, her cape flowing with her movements. "All of you will stay in this cell." She opened the cell and turned the lights on. As the lights flickered, she commanded us to move in. I looked around the cold room. It was definitely a big, but there was something weird about it. She laid Karin down, and slowly turned towards us. "This room was designed by me. Anyone in this room will realise that their chakra is slowly depleting. Mine won't," she explained, stroking the damp wall,

"Because my chakra is the thing sucking your own."

She looked at all of us, her eyes landing on me.

"What about Sasuke? Surely his sharingan won't get affected by it?" Juugo asked.

Sakura smirked, "It will be affected. Eye techniques need chakra to be able to activate. I've put Uchiha Itachi in here before. Couldn't even use the basic Sharingan."

I froze. My whole body felt like it fell into the pits of hell, deeper and deeper, non-stop. "Sakura, when was he in here? How? And Why?" I said, looking at her straight in the eye.

"I'd like to tell you, but I have to put you all in chains first, so sit at the edge of the wall and let me put them on." She said. No emotions. So she made Karin sit down with her back on the wall. Sakura put some chains on her wrists. When she was done, Sakura brought her hands up to Karin's neck and pressed lightly, causing her to instantly wake up.

Sakura whispered, "I'm seriously going to regret doing that in 3, 2, 1-"

"Where the hell am I you bitch! Get me out of here!" She screamed. Even though Sakura had her mask on, I can feel her squinting.

"Karin. You might want to rethink that because A. you're in chains, B. you're in my special chakra draining room and C. do you think I would be as stupid as you?" She said in such a soft voice that only the trained ear will be able to hear.

So Karin closed her eyes, like in a meditation. After a minute she opened her eyes, fear inside them. "H-How? There are different types of chakra in the walls. Hundreds, if not thousands. But there are two super strong chakra in-"

"Uchiha Itachi," Sakura interrupted, walking towards Suigetsu, "Uchiha and I had a little chat with each other. My chakra is in the walls to absorb the prisoners' chakra. Uchiha, on the other hand, had all of his chakra absorbed. He said he was very impressed with my technique, so I made a deal with him." She finished chaining Suigetsu, moving to me.

She pushed me to the floor, and crouched down staring at me with those empty eyes, "If I give him his chakra back, he would have to stay in Konoha and be a shinobi again. He agreed. But he wanted to also help me with my prison wall, so he gave me some of his chakra, helping to absorb other chakra easier and faster."

"He's here? Alive? How? And how can you just let him in when he killed our clan? He fucking slaughtered them, all of them, my mum, dad. And you can just fucking let him in like he was the hero of the whole fucking thing!" I snapped at her. But she started smirking at me. She strapped the chains on my wrists, chuckling in the process.

She leant towards me, as I watched her lips move towards my ear "No one has told you the truth of the Uchiha Massacre have they, Sasuke?" she whispered. What did she mean by the truth? What does she know that I don't? She moved away from me and walked towards Suigetsu and Juugo to chain them, giving Juugo reassurance that he will be just fine. I couldn't hear them of course, but I can see how relaxed he has become when he looked at her.

She stood up and walked towards the door, but not before looking back and said, "I know you want more answers Sasuke, but I can't give them to you without Itachi's permission." And with that, she left.

"What does she mean, Sasuke-san?" Juugo asked.

.

Will he tell me the truth?

.

"Sasuke-kun?"

.

Will he tell me?

.

"Yo, Sasuke, what did she say?"

.

Will he?

.

"Nothing."


No one's POV

Sasuke lost track of time. But he knew that a few days have passed, judging by the way ANBU would give them breakfast, lunch and dinner. Really he didn't care. What haunted him was the question Sakura asked him,

No one has told you the truth of the Uchiha Massacre have they, Sasuke?

Every time he woke up, that was the first thing he thought of, when he could feel his chakra draining (and it was starting to piss him off, since Itachi was also the one helping Sakura) he would think about it. When he went to sleep, it was the last thing on his mind. And it really was starting to annoy him.

Juugo, who was next to him, looked at him with a concerned look in his eyes. Sasuke stared back at him, and Juugo understood.

Juugo understood that Sasuke was hurt inside, he didn't know how hurt he was, but judging by the way he doesn't tell Karin and Suigetsu to be quiet, he really was hurt. He didn't know what to do, but maybe, just maybe, maybe Sakura can help.


Sakura's POV

The sun was up as I walked to Ino's flower shop, the Sun heating my already hot ANBU uniform. I was still on duty, so I should be patrolling, but Naruto-kun has allowed me to do this. I opened the door to the shop, the door bell ringing. Ino was rearranging some tulips on a shelf, before she looked back and saw me.

"Sakura! How are you?" She asked, smiling her brightest smile. She walked over to me, giving me a tight hug. We haven't seen much of each other, since we're both ANBU and all, but when we do, she would always know why I came here for.

"Ino. I'm fine thanks, how are you and Shikamaru?" I said, after she let go of me. She and Shikamaru have been going out for a year now, and only I know that Shikamaru is going to ask her to marry him.

"We're good, thanks. Now I know why you came here, I have your lilies right here on the counter, hun. As always, free of charge." She gave me the flowers. I bid her farewell after thanking her and transported myself to the Ninja Burial Ground (A/N: I didn't want to use the word graveyard or anything like that because when I think of that word, scary pics come up in my mind… better not tell you, my fellow readers.). I walked towards the Sakura tree, where underneath it, lay two graves.

My mother and father. They both were ANBU, died in the hands of Akatsuki. When I heard what had happened, I fainted. I always knew they were strong, but when they died, I promised to them that I will get stronger. And I am now. Much stronger.

I knelt down in between the two graves. Putting the lilies on top of their graves, I put my hands together and prayed.

Mum, dad. How are you up there? I hope you are both taking care of each other. Life without you here is boring. Or I should say was, now that Sasuke's back. Yeah, the one who left me on a bench crying after he left. I don't even know why I bother thinking about him. Anyway, I just want you to know that I love you both and that you will always be in my heart.

"Sakura-san," I stood up and turned around, finding Itachi there staring at me. Itachi-san and I are in the same ANBU team, the strongest team in all of Konoha, also known as team 1. Itachi isn't the way he used to be anymore, because now he thinks of me as his best friend. But I know that I can never replace his once true best friend and older cousin, Shisui Uchiha.

"Itachi-kun, what brings you here?" I asked. He walked over to me, looking at my parents' grave. He looked back at me, hurt, regret and understanding evident in his onyx eyes. I stared back at him, confused. Itachi knelt beside me and picked up a lily, smelling it.

"I would like to apologize again for what the Akatsuki did to your parents. If I could bring them back, I would have done it right now." He whispered, putting the lily behind my ear. Itachi was there when my parents were murdered by the famous organization, Akatsuki. The Uchiha's hand stroked my cheek, his fingers stopped at my lips. I closed my eyes, enjoying the blissful moment between us.

Don't get me wrong, we're not lovers or anything. We were just so close that holding each other was like second nature. I took his hand in mine, looking him in the eye. "Itachi-kun, how many times do I have to tell you? What's done is done; no one can change that, even you. Anyway, you didn't know they were my parents, so don't take the blame." I smiled back at him, but I can see, deep in his eyes, the regret that he couldn't save my parents.

"Sakura-san, I-"We were interrupted when an ANBU appeared in front of us, brown tied hair flowing behind him taking its time to land on his shoulders (A/N: I couldn't describe this in so much detail, but you know when you jump and then your hair is still in the air and it takes its time to fall and….yeah) his hawk mask covering his face.

"Sakura-taichou, Itachi-san, the Hokage requests your presence in the tower." His monotone voice interrupting us. We thanked Neji, and transported ourselves to Naruto-kun's office. When he saw us, he started to grunt. That made us smirk, since he hates ANBU teleporting in, since it always left leaves all over the office floor.

"I wish you would stop doing that," he sighed as he stared down at his paperwork. Ever since Naruto-kun became Hokage, he started to become very serious. "Anyway, Sakura and Itachi, you-"

Kiba and Akamauru teleported into the office, grins plastered onto their faces. "Yo, Naruto. Ya called for-"

"WHAT THE HELL IS WRONG WITH YOU PEOPLE? SERIOUSLY, TELEPORTING INTO MY OFFICE AND YOU ALL KNOW IT PISSES ME OFF! YOU KNOW WHAT; ALL ANBU SHOULD START USING THE DOOR!"

…Yep, he's become serious alright (Note the sarcasm). I started to get pissed off, so, in my sweetest voice I said, "Naruto-kun." I started. "Itachi-kun, Kiba-san and I have been requested to be in your presence. So I suggest that you tell us what the hell we are here for or I'm going to make sure that instead of your face being carved on the monuments, it will be the real thing." I saw him gulp, fear evident in his eyes.

"S-Sakura-san, y-you, Itachi and K-Kiba are to i-interrogate Sasuke-baka and get as m-much information a-as you can. D-don't k-kill him, Itachi." Said name smirked.

As we left, I looked up at Itachi-kun. His face was blank, but his eyes held a sort of guilt in them. He stared back at me and smiled. Yes, I know what you might be thinking, Uchiha Itachi is smiling? Only I have seen him smile, seen him laugh, heck, I've even seen him cry! I guess we're just that close.

"Itachi-kun, are you going to tell Sasuke the truth? I mean, I told him that you will tell him but I was wondering if-"

"I will, when the time comes." He replied after looking straight ahead, "We have arrived," he said as we stood by the metal door. I unlocked the seal and opened the door.


Sasuke's POV

I heard the heavy metal door unlock and slowly reveal the people behind the door, Kiba and his stupid mutt, Sakura and-

Itachi. His cold eyes bore into mine, his face blank.

Suigetsu was the first to speak, "Yo, Sakura, Sasuke-bastard's older brother and… who are you?" He motioned to Kiba.

"This is Kiba-san, and his dog, Akamaru. Now that your chakra reserves have been depleted, we will be able to interrogate you." Sakura stated her face as emotionless as ever. She was right; I don't have any chakra left. "Suigetsu, you first." She said, removing the chains off said man and walking back to Itachi. She whispered something inaudible, and he looked back at me, with some sort of emotion, I couldn't really tell, but it was there.

And then they left, but not before they all turned to glance back at me. We were back to being in the dark, Juugo, Karin and I. But I didn't care about that. No, I wanted to know one thing…

Now that he's seen me, would he still tell me the truth?

I didn't see Suigetsu after that. Nor Karin and Juugo, who went to get interrogated after Sakura called for them. But interrogating isn't one of my biggest worries right now. All I'm worried about is Itachi. Sakura said that there was some truth behind the massacre, but what? Before the massacre, Itachi was like an older brother, always caring and loving. But then he started to back away from the family, from me. I heard the door unlock and saw Kiba and his mutt come in.

"You are to come with me, Uchiha brat," he said coming over to unchain me. I grunted as I got up, my bones cracking after a long time of just sitting down on the cold, hard floor. Akamaru started growling at me so I asked Kiba what the hell was wrong with him. "He hates you for what you did to Sakura-taichou. You changed her completely. Now come on, she can get very impatient." We left the room, again walking through the dimly lit corridors that still remind me of Orochimaru's underground lair. I wondered how I changed her so much. I can see that she changed, but I really wonder how much. Back then, killing Itachi was my top priority so I ignored anything that wasn't really important in my goals.

Akamaru's bark interrupted my thoughts and I suddenly realised we were at an interrogation room. We walked in the room. It was quite bare, with a table and two chairs opposite each other. Sakura sat on one chair facing the door. Then I saw…

Itachi. He was leaning on the wall, one leg bent to rest on the wall. He was watching me with intense eyes. I felt adrenaline rush through my veins, the sudden urge to murder him intensified. I turned to Sakura, anger shown clearly on my face. She stared back at me, emotionless. "Sit, Sasuke." She ordered. I sent back a grunt, but did as she said. Her emerald eyes bore into my onyx ones and it stayed like that for around a few minutes. To tell you the truth, it annoyed me so much, but I didn't show her. Then he spoke.

"Sakura-taichou, would you mind if I was the one to interrogate him?" Itachi broke the silence, his voice a surprising whisper. He was watching her, and waited for the answer. Sakura sat there, staring at me, before she replied, with her soft voice.

"Itachi, I will let you, but do not kill him. He is needed here." Itachi nodded and took Sakura's seat. His eyes bore into mine, midnight blue into my onyx. Then he started.

"Uchiha Sasuke, I will interrogate you instead. Lie, and Sakura-taichou will know, which results in punishment." He stated. I glared at him. Then he started in his questions.


Sakura's pov

"Sasuke, why did you leave?" Itachi started. Sasuke started to get angry, his hands turned to balls of fists on the table.

"You fucking know why I left, Itachi! You were the reason why I left! You killed mum, dad, everyone! I thought you were my brother- my idol- but I was wrong. My whole life was based on getting stronger, to kill you. So I left the village, to finally get stronger, to finally get my revenge, to-"

"Enough." I commanded. He was getting on my nerves now; he usually is an egotistical emo. But he stayed quiet, weird but at least he listened. So Itachi-kun kept on asking Sasuke questions, and I really didn't think that he would lie now that his brother is here.

"Sasuke, where is Madara now?" Itachi asked, now more serious then ever. Sasuke stared back, the same seriousness planted on his face.

"He's dead. I killed him."

And then I realised…

"Lie." I stated. Itachi glanced back at me and nodded. He then glared at his little brother, who was completely speechless…

Then, Sasuke started screaming.


Sasuke's pov

Excruciating pain in my head, that's the only thing I could feel. I couldn't see, nor could I hear. For what felt like hours, the pain in my head became numb and my body was left feeling like it was burned. My breath was heavy from the aftershock.

I looked up at Sakura "how… how did you know?" I spoke even though it was so hard to. How could Sakura know? And where did this pain come from? Sakura? Or Itachi?


Sakura's pov

Did he think I was stupid? His heart rate went up (even if it was the slightest of changes), signalling he was lying. So I gave him a small shock. I won't tell him that though, he isn't worth the knowledge of my techniques (A/N: Imma let you readers in on Sakura's 'lil techniques (technically, her techniques are awesome… but… you get what I mean), because I think all of you are worth it, unlike Sasuke… -turns to Sasuke- you Bakayaro -.-). "That is none of your concern, Uchiha." I then turned to Itachi, "Itachi-san, are you finished?" I asked him. He turned to me and nodded.

"What are you going to do to me now?" Sasuke growled his question towards me. I sighed. So I informed him that he was to clean himself (because he smelt funny), have lunch and to follow me to Naruto-kun. After what seemed like ages, we were ready, so we headed towards the Hokage Tower (awkwardly, I might add).

We walked through the streets, although it was busy, men, women and children turned their heads towards us. Their expressions were ones of disgust, surprise and some, pity.

It was really awkward actually, with two stoic looking Uchihas, a seriously oversized Akamaru (A/N: I swear to muffins ('cause they're ugly), how the hell did Akamaru get so large after like, 2 years? It is physically impossible for a dog the size of a kitten to become a miniature horse. Either Mr. Kishimoto was trying to stand up for abnormal growth hormones (does that even exist?) or he was a tad crazy... like Madara... on coke.) and his fellow companion, Kiba. Aso soon as we arrived to Naruto-kun's office, I tryed to open the door, but realised it was locked. I heard a "Who's there?", and looked at Itachi, and saw that his eye was twitching. so then I, in the nicest way possible, told Naruto-kun...

"OPEN THE FUCKING DOOR YOU IDIOT! A HOKAGE SHOULD NEVER LOCK IT! HINATA, I KNOW YOU'RE IN THERE, YOU SHOULD BE IN THE HOSPITAL, NOT MAKING OUT WITH YOUR STUPID EXCUSE FOR A LOVER!" I felt Naruto flinch at my comment, heard the door unlock and watched as the idiot's fiancée stepped out, her face a tomato red as she apologized. I stared at her clothes, which seemed to be a bit crumpled. "Make sure you fix your appearance before your father realises what you were doing," I whispered. She nodded vigorously, fixed her clothes and ran off.

As we entered, I gave Naruto an amused expression. "Hi Sakura. How are you today?" He scratched the back of his head, obviously nervous to what I was about to say. I mean, it's not everyday you see an idiotic Hokage making out whith the heiress of the Hyuuga clan. Once he saw Sasuke behind us (A/N: Admit it. You forgot Sasuke was with her... or that's just me... .) his expression changed to a relieved one. "How was it, Teme? Did Sakura-chan do something to you? Sakura-chan, did you?" Naruto turned towards me. I sighed and nodded.

"Madara is still not dead, Naruto-sama." Itachi started (A/N: You forgot about him too didn't cha?), eyeing his younger brother carefully, in which said younger brother looked back (A/N: They seem to do a lot of staring don't they?). Naruto fell of his chair. Kiba's eye widened. Itachi-kun stood there, disappointment evident in his eyes. Sasuke kept clenching his fists and looked at his older brother. And me? I just stood there, impassive but highly amused at everyone's reaction. Once Naruto was back in his chair, he wore a serious expression on his face.

"Sasuke," he started, "Why is Madara still alive?


DUN DUN DUUUUUUN! OMG I AM SOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO SOWWY! I wasted 2 years of my meaningless life (private joke) doing nothing but trying (and failing) to write this story. Yay chapter 1 is finally finished btw no longer a one shot .