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Note: I may start updating this story every half week or so. Basically every 3-5 days since I have another one that I am focusing on. Sorry guys :( I don't want to burn out all my creative juices!

*Btw, will you guys check out my other story: Saved ? I'll share my cookies if you do... :D

The next time Sakura woke she was lying deep within the channels of a cave, she knew this because there was no sunlight. Where are my Anbu escorts? She sat up, looking around. The only sign of anyone having been here was a fire lit at her feet. Great, maybe she'd suffocate from lack of oxygen and smoke inhalation. Then again, the cave wasn't filled with smoke, so there must be an exit somewhere...

She tried to get up to look, but couldn't stand. She could move her legs, but couldn't get up. Okay, now she was freaking out. Following the smoke with her eyes, Sakura saw that it lead upward, and yet she could see no crack in the ceiling of the cave.

"Looking for something?" a deep voice echoed, bouncing off the walls and repeating itself in the distance. Sakura recognized that voice, the voice of the man who had tried to kill her on multiple accounts, the older voice of a kid she once loved. The voice of someone who had unsparingly ripped her heart out and tore it up every time she'd offered it.

Sasuke Uchiha.

That bastard.

"What do you want with me?" Sakura growled. Whatever his sick purposes were, she'd kill him this time. As much as her heart defied her mind, she just have to ignore it, lock away her feelings, and do what was best for herself and all of Konoha.

"Is that how you greet all of your old friends?" He asked nonchalantly. Oh yes, he'd get it this time.

"To answer your earlier question, I'm looking for an exit to get the hell away from you!" she spat.

He chuckled. "You've changed quite a bit Sakura" he said pronouncing every syllable in her name separately. Oh, how she used to love that, still did as a matter of fact...

"I repeat, what do you want with me Sasuke?" She asked, anger intensifying. How could he be so smug? After all that he'd done, all the people he had hurt, how could he stand in front of the fire grinning like that?

"Several things, but this will all come later. For now," an emotionless mask took place of his grin, "we shall build your strength back up, and" pause, "talk."

Huh?

"I'll be back would food soon. You'll eat, then we'll get started." and somehow, he disappeared.

Sakura started looking for an exit with her eyes, still unable to stand.

..::Back in Konoha::..

"Lady Tsunade!" her black haired helper ugently yelled.

"Yes?" she said, barely looking up. She was used to this by now; always some urgent need for her attention.

"We've just received news that the Anbu and Medic never arrived!"

Crap.

"I want an an explanation and I want it now. Call a meeting. If someone can take out 3 Anbu, we've got a problem."

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-Added June 13-