Not That Different

Chapter two: I Know Nothing Of Your Kind

Pink hair stuck out from under the black sheets of the large bed said girl was laying in. The room had very little light. The only light came from the small candle that sat on the desk that was placed against the wall. A dark haired man sat at the desk, in his hands was a book. His colored finger nails flipped the page. To the man's right was wardrobe, and next to that was a large book shelve. The book shelve was filled from floor to ceiling with books and scrolls that had been collected over time.

Back to the bedside was another man who fidgeted in the chair that sat next to the bed. His orange and black mask covered his face making it impossible to see what he looked like. A small groan echoed through the room. The pink hair moved around before the blanket was removed from the woman's face.

Sakura's eyes felt heavy as she moved from her comfortable position on the bed she laid on. She tightened her eyes before she let the open. She waited for a few seconds as her eyes started to adjust to the rooms lighting. She pushed herself up into a siting position. She leaned against the head board before glancing to her side.

"Pretty lady is awake!" She stared wide eyed at the orange and black mask until she looked at what he was wearing. Black and red clouds stared at her. Her eyes widened in horror as the events of what had taken place before she had awoke flooded her mind. Her eyes were filled with her village in flames.

"How long have I been here?" she barked at the man, almost knocking him off balance in his chair as she stood up from the bed. "Where am I?" She quickly felt her leg where he weapons normally sat. She glanced down and found that she was no longer in her ninja attire. Or any attire for that matter. Her upper half was wrapped by white bindings. Her lower half was covered by her underwear she had been wearing. Her face flushed red and she glared at the man.

"Itachi-san was right. Taking your weapons was a good idea." Tobi smiled from behind his mask. "You've been asleep for two days. And I can't tell you where we are! You're out captive!" Tobi cheered. Sakura resisted the urge to jump forward and beat the boy to a pulp. She clinched her first. She had been here for two days. Two days. Konoha would have no idea she hadn't made it to Suna in at least a week. She growled once more.

She shivered slightly feeling a presence behind her. It was too late. Before she could turn around and see the man her world went dark and she fell to the ground with a thud. Tobi looked up and into the red eyes of the Uchiha who stood in front of him.

"Itachi-san?" Tobi questioned before the man in question fled from the room.

The room had an eerie silence through it. Sasuke stood in front of Orochimaru who had been extremely quite since the sound nin had returned from Konoha empty handed. Sasuke watched as the anger across Orochimaru's face became more and more prudent. After a few more moments a look of pure rage erupted across the snake Sanin's face. His gold eyes glared forward.

"You let the girl get away!" The room echoed from his yell. Everyone in the room flinched not daring to meet the names eyes. Sasuke continued to stare down. The room became silent again. "Get out! Before I kill the lot of you!" the troops that were in the room quickly fled. "Sasuke-kun." Sasuke froze and turned back to look at the man.

"Get me Karin." Sasuke nodded before turning to leave the room. "Sauske-kun." Sauske turned to face the man once more. "You're still weak." Sasuke glared hard at the man before turning to leave. His fists clinched as he walked from the room. A look of pure hate covered his face.

"Tsunade-sama!" Moegi yelled as she made her way across the burnt field. Kakashi helped holding Tsunade up as the two walked towards them. Konohomaru ran behind her a kunia in hand ready to defend in case there were any enemy ninja still here.

Their once beautiful village was in ruins. The number of dead had yet to still be counted. Yet looking around the once beautiful park they all knew that their enemy had taken a good number of their comrades. Konohomaru had to fight back his tears as they came to a stop in front of the Hokage and Kakashi. Moegi quickly helped Kakashi move Tsuande into a sitting position before she started to heal the her. Her dark blue eyes searched the older shinobi for some sort of sign that Sakura was safe.

"When will we hear word?" Moegi asked. Her heart ached to know if Sakura had in fact made it to the safe zone. There was no doubt in the orange haired girls mind that if Sakura made it to Suna that the Kazekage would keep her safe. Tsunade sighed and allowed her own tears to fall from her eyes.

"A few days." Kakashi answered Moegi's question as he looked around him and took in the damages done to the village. What needed to be rebuilt first. He needed to think of anything to keep his mind off of the pinkette. He had unwillingly left her in the enemy's hands. If he would have just stayed would things have ended up differently? Would she had been taken to the safe spot unscratched. His mind was reeling.

Moegi nodded and quickly went back to healing the major wounds the Tsunade had received. Most of her chakra was completely gone thanks to the the blue Akatsuki member.

Konohomaru smiled as he looked down at his confirmed girlfriend. He was happy that at least the two of them had been safe. They had only had to deal with a simple grunt from the sound village. Konohomaru's eyes darkened for a fraction thinking of the day that sound first infiltrated their land. How he hated anything that had to do with that god forsaken village. He was brought out of his thoughts as a warm hand touched his shoulder. He looked down his eyes stared into Moegi's. She gave his shoulder a reassuring squeeze.

Word had been sent out to Naruto when the morning reached the village. Rain had stopped most of the fires, thankfully. They assumed that he would be heading back as soon as he heard what had happened to the village.

"You should be fine, Tsunade-sama." Moegi whispered, before looking back up at Konohomaru, a sad smile formed on her lips. Their other teammate, Udo, still had not been found. It broke their hearts to think that maybe they wouldn't be able to find him. "Are you hurt at all Kakashi-san?"

Moegi turned to look at the silver haired jonin. He lifted his hand to signal her to stop. "No I'm fine." you could distinctly see a large open cut on his upper shoulder. He had refused anyone to touch it in the past two days. He only had one person heal him. And that was Sakura. "Maybe you should take a break. You've been at it for two days straight." Kakashi commented.

"If Sakura-san was here she wouldn't stop. And neither will I!" Moegi exclaimed. She looked up to Sakura as a sister. Sakura had always been there for her. Moegi adored Sakura's will to always push forward through the bad. There was no way Moegi would stop. Ever.

Just as Moegi finished her rant Shikamaru appeared next to the group in a swirl of leafs. A customary cigarette was placed in between his lips. "Report." Tsunade said, her breath came out in staggers.

"You need to take it easy Tsunade-sama!" Moegi said.

"We've found three more Sound nin: dead. Jiraya was found. Medics are working on his as we speak. Hinata says he should be fine. Just some minor cuts here and there." Tsuande sighed in relief. That was one good thing she could check off on her list of worse things that would have happened. "Also. Ikibi found a sound nin alive. They're starting interrogation now."

Tsaunde smiled. Things were definitely looking up.

A groan echoed through the room as Sakura opened her eyes for a second time that day. Her eyes landed on a blonde haired man who sat next to the bed. She glared at him with out even sitting up. She knew what was bound to happen. This time she looked around the room to confirm that there was only one other person in the room with her this time, since she was not in the room to be knocked unconscious again.

"You're awake, yeah?" Sakura turned to look at the blonde once more. Her glare stayed. His one visible blue eye stared at her. "Good. That bastard Itachi already made us late. Leader-sama is sure to have his head later, yeah." Sakura just continued to glare. The look she gave him could have killed him if in fact looks could kill. "What are you dumb, yeah. Get up." Deidara said as he stood from his chair and walked to the door.

Sakura threw the covers from herself. Happy this time to find that she was at least wearing pants. Not happy that some man had more than likely put them on her. A shiver went up her body as her feet softly touched the wooden floor. She hadn't realized how cold it was here. "Your cloak is on the chair, yeah." Deidara said. Sakura walked over to the chair before pulling up and Akatsuki cloak.

"You can't be serious?" she asked, she looked at the blonde haired man as if he had asked her to do something extremely crazy.

"Stay cold than, it's not my problem, yeah." Deidara said as he opened the door. "Though I would hurry or they'll send someone less nice than myself, yeah." he said, as he walked from the room. Sakura dropped the cloak on the floor before following the blonde from the room. She shivered realizing that the hallway was much colder than the room had been. She ignored the cold and continued down the hallway after the blonde.

The hallway walls were made of dirt making Sakura automatically think that they were underground somewhere. The only light to light the nearly dark hallway was the random candles that were placed against the walls. She looked to her side to see a stone door just like the one she had just been in. Looking it over she stared at the kanji that was placed on it. She than moved forward to find another door further a head that had a different kanji.

They must match with the members rings... Sakura thought as she looked from door to door. She than looked forward to find Deidara further a head of her.

"Hurry up Kunoichi, yeah!" Deidara yelled back at her. Sakura quickly ran forward to catch up with the blonde haired man. She hadn't felt this weak since she was a genin. These people were much stronger than she was. They had no mercy like she did. They did not care. They had no feelings and that's what scared the pinkette most. Sakura finally came to a stop in front of two stone doors that laid in front of her. She glanced up at Deidara who was staring down at her as if she had a bug on her face. She quickly glared back up at the man.

Deidara chuckled before he pushed open the door. A rush of cool air made the kunoichi shiver. She than regretted not taking the cloak. Bindings and loose pants were not doing it for her. "Go on, yeah." Deidara said giving her a push into the room. She stumbled forward into the dark room. She found herself in the center of a lighten circle. Surrounding her was darkness. The door she had entered though was no where in site. She looked around to find an array of different eyes staring at her. The first she found was the blue eye that belonged to the blonde man. The second was the red eyes that she had known belonged to Uchiha Itachi.

"Kunoichi." she spun around quickly to face the deep voice of a man she assumed was the Leader of the group.

"What do you want with me?" Sakura demanded. Her voice sounded much stronger than she felt.

"We want you to help us." Sakura scoffed.

"That's unlikely!"

"Big words from such a little girl, Leader-sama... she looks good enough to eat." Sakura's breath hitched in her throat as she turned in the direction of the voice. Sakura wanted to smack herself in the face. What was she thinking! These were S-class criminals. People who were chosen to be apart of the Akatsuki mainly because they had done something awful! She bit her lip to remind herself to watch her smart mouth.

"Zetsu. That's enough." The Leader's voice came out calm and collected. Sakura watched as his eyes turned from the Zetsu guy and than back down to her. "You can either join us or die. You will not be an actual member of the Akatsuki until you can find a ring. The only one left unused belongs to Orochimaru." Sakura shivered at the thought of the snake sanin. "You will just be a simple medic for us."

Sakura glared at him. She couldn't die here. There was no way! She had so much to look forward to she was hardly eighteen. She was still a child. She intended to live life to its fullest. "On one condition." her voice came out weaker than she would have liked. The Leader raised an eyebrow at her. Shocked that she dare even think she had the right to make an arrangement. The only thing stopping him from killing her was the fact that they truly needed to keep her alive. "You and your group... have to leave Naruto alone!" her voice came out stronger and she thank the gods for it.

"Of course, Sakura." The Leader smirked as she glared up at him. "Itachi." Sakura's eyes quickly turned to look towards the red eyes that had been watching her every move moments before hand. "Show our new member to her room. Refrain from knocking her unconscious this time." and with the the silhouette of the leader disappeared from the room.

One by one the Akatsuki members left from the room until all the was left was herself and the Uchiha. "Come." he said walking forward into the lite area of the room. He glared down at her before turning and walking out of the room. Sakura scrambled to her feet and followed the Uchiha into the dimly lite hall way.

"It would serve you well not to go into any of the marked room." his voice was deep and calming. Shivers sent down her spine and she wasn't sure if it came from the man's voice of the cold air. "Most unmarked rooms lead to a bathroom or library. You will recieve your own medical office that will be shown to you tomorrow." He came to a stop. "Try to remember to wear your cloak. You wouldn't want to be mistake as an intruder." he said with a hint of amusement in his voice. Sakura opened her mouth to retort but stopped when she realized that he was already well down the hall way.

She turned back to face the door that laid in front of her. She traced the carved in kanji. It was the kanji for sky which she asumed was the ring that belonged to Orochimaru. She pulled her hand back before pushing the door open.

A/N

As before this is being rewritten for those of you who have already read this you'll notice not much changed in this chapter other than adding more description. I should have the rewrites of chapters three and four up by tomorrow. I won't be updating Cold As You (the sequeal) until I finish the rewrite. I think things will be much easier and more enjoyable for you if this is rewritten. anyway. please enjoy!