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9:48 AM

Sasori lay in his bed looking at the ceiling. Do I still remember all the poisons?, he thought to himself. He remembered the ingredients and already was thinking of new poisons to make.

Who replaced me I wonder…

He laughed just thinking about it. He hadn't heard his own laugh for so long. Neither his voice. When he spoke to the lady at the check-in it sounded a bit different.

He turned over to the side and looked at the clock. 10:00 AM. He sighed getting up.

Time to get going…

He got dressed and took nothing with him.

4 hours later he was in Konoha.

10:00 AM

Sakura was fussing over her hair as always this early in the morning. She put on her Hospital uniform and pulled a faded red long-jacket over it. Grabbing a cookie and her porter-bag she got out of the house. Locking her door, she put the keys under her door-mat. That was her first mistake of the day.

The streets were starting to get busy as she walked along. She passed Ino's flower shop. Going inside she looked around for Ino.

"Hello?" she called out into the flower shop.

"Sakura! I heard the great news!" Ino yelped out of nowhere suddenly attacking Sakura in a hug. Her blonde hair was out and as long as ever.

The both laughed, "Keep your guard up Sakuraa!" Ino said and they laughed again.

Ino then went to tend some flowers, "So anything else new? Are you going to the hospital right now?"

"Yeah. Oh and keep the whole you-know-what thing secret," Sakura said sitting down.

Ino turned to her and smiled, "'Course! Or else you'll endure a painful torture?"

Sakura laughed. They said their good byes and Sakura continued walking to the hospital.

Saying hellos to everyone she went to get the files that were ready for her to file. A couple of Nurses asked her questions about several cases to which she gave them a clear perfect answer.

14:28 PM

Sasori walked up the apartment door.

If I were an annoying little leaf, where would I keep my keys?, he thought, and then chuckling he took them from under the mat, too easy.

He let himself in, leaving the door unlocked. He explored the apartment knocking some things down casually.

He jumped on her bed and sat up making himself comfortable. Taking a book from the bedside table he began to read. The book was on medicines.

"Pffshh… amateur stuff…" he said to himself as he sunk into the book.

15:06 PM

Sakura climbed the stairs to her apartment. She got the rest of the afternoon of since it was a Saturday.

She looked under her doormat but the keys weren't there.

What the…

She pushed the door handle down, it opened easily. Walking into her apartment she gasped. Things were broken and on the floor. The key table was on the floor and so was her jacket rack. She pulled those two up and closed the door. That was her second mistake.

Walking deeper into the apartment she saw the all the pans and plates and forks were on the floor, broken or in one piece. Coffee beans and milk all spilled.

She walked into the living room not sure if she wanted to see what mess dwelled there. The chairs were all knocked down and so was the sofa. She pulled four kunais from her pockets, two on each hand as she wandered into her bedroom.

No one was there. She saw her medicine book on the bed and the window open. She ran to it looking outside. There was no one there, just the busy streets of Konoha.

The door clicked shut.

"I thought you'd never come," a familiar voice said.

Sakura spun around weapons ready when she saw someone she didn't expect at all.

"No… No… You're DEAD," she yelled stepping backwards until she bumped against the wall.

"Well yes, I would be. You know why? Because you killed me," his voice was becoming a snarl. Fear took over Sakura. She tried to make her hand move but it wouldn't come. Just throw one kunai, one and it's over… come onn!

She threw the kunais at him. He dodged all of them with ease. Sasori laughed walking towards her.

"Give it up. You beat me once, but you won't do it again. And now, now you'll get what you deserve," he charged at her. Sakura blocked her head waiting for the blow. Nothing happened; she opened her eyes and saw the supposedly dead criminal in front of her. He pinned her hands above her head and smirked. Sakura's heart was beating so fast, it felt like it would burst out any moment.

They stood there like that, after what seemed like an eternity, Sasori spoke, "How shall we do this? Worst to easy tortures or easy to worst?" he smirked at her.

She tried to speak but nothing would come out. She stared into his eyes, fear slowly building up.

He tilted his head, "Are you scared?" she didn't answer, it was like her voice was replaced by the fear, "Well? Answer me!"

"N-no…" she said, her voice shaking. Never show fear. He laughed quietly.

"You don't have to lie kuonochi. I can feel your fear perfectly,"

The door knocked, Sasori looked around, and then back at her. He leaned in until his hot breath tickled Sakura's neck, she shut her eyes tightly, she felt him whisper in her ear, "This isn't over… puppet."

She felt the force leave her wrists. Now that nothing was holding her up, she slid down the wall breathing heavily, the fear finally taking over.

"Sakura?!" a voice yelled from the hall, "Sakura what happened? Sakura!!" someone ran into the room, she looked up seeing her favorite person. His hair was blackish-blue and his eyes so deep. He ran to her and kneeled down, "Sakura…" he whispered softly, "What happened? Your apartment is a mess… and you look like you saw a ghost…"

Sakura shuddered when he said that. Did she just imagine everything? No it felt too real. She touched her neck, his breath still tingled there.

"Oh Sasuke!" she hugged the boy in front of her starting to sob.