To Fall in Love Twice

Itachilova101

Ch. 2

A/N: Thank you to WhiteWingedAngel, to AkatsukiDreamer, to TheDevilsAngel, to AyameIris, to manialoll stands on chakra and to the reviewer whom I remember seeing in quite a few of my stories as a reviewer, Hanyou2005! XD Okay, chapter 2...

Sakura, Naruto and Kiba all sat on the ground, alone. They were deciding on where they should travel to next.

It was now close to midnight and they'd rested for a while, ate, slept. They were all ready to go...

"What about that way?" asked Naruto, pointing west.

"If we travel that way, we'll find a whole load of nothing." Sakura answered.

"Well, what about North?"

"That would take us to Earth Country." Kiba said.

"I think the bases are situated outside of random countries, so we shouldn't go into the countries, but we can scout around the country." Sakura said.

The men nodded and the three of them took off in the direction of Earth Country.

After running for a few hours longer, Sakura and her team were just south of Earth Country. They estimated they were about three hundred metres from the border and decided to start scouting around the country.

"I know what's ahead." Sakura said as they ran. "We're not going to find them if we go this way. All that's this way is that old, abandoned military... base... THAT'S IT!"

"What's it?" asked Naruto. "Okay, I've missed something..."

Kiba told him, "the abandoned military base might be where some of the Akatsuki are..."

Sakura told them, "I've done some research on the Akatsuki... All of Akatsuki is split up into partners. Those partners are based all over the shinobi countries. Once every few months, they meet at one of the bases and discuss their progress with certain missions they were put on. If my calculations are correct, they're due for a meeting. So, we might just find all of Akatsuki... There."

"That's a good thing, right?" asked Naruto.

"More like bitter-sweet, Naruto." answered Sakura. "It's good because we'll have all three of our targets in one general area and that'll make it easier for us to capture them... But, if all of Akatsuki is there, we're going to have a long, dangerous battle on our hands."

She pressed the button on her ear-piece and said, "Nara, this is Team Haruno. I think we have found the base. I repeat, I think we've found the base! How fast can you get here?"

"Where are you now?"

"About south-west of Earth Country. Where are you?"

"Heh, far enough that it's going to take at least three days to get there." answered Ino cynically.

"Great..." Naruto commented only to his group. "Do we just go in there and get them ourselves?"

"Yes, Naruto, we will go in there, kill every member of Akatsuki but the guys we need and won't die." answered Kiba sarcastically. "What do you think!"

"It was just a question!" snapped Naruto.

"WILL YOU TWO SHUT THE HELL UP!!!" yelled Sakura. "I'm trying to think!"

Both men did as told and shut the hell up.

"Okay, sit tight for now." Shikamaru said. "Take a break, gain back your strength and chakra so you have a better chance of surviving. You can do what you can once you've rested up, but we'll try to be there ASAP."

"Alright."

With that, they stopped their contact and they were on their own until they restarted.

"Well, we'd best get out of this place." Sakura stated. "Let's go somewhere relatively safe for now so we can rest up."

The men agreed and they left the area.

Hours had passed. The three jonin were still beat. They laid in the shade. They were in a wooded area, so couldn't easily be seen... Yet. Of course, if somebody came looking for them, they would find them. But, they felt fairly certain that they were safe.

Still, they'd have to move to another spot soon, just to keep their safety a definite.

"And I thought it was tough when I was training with the Pervy Sage." Naruto commented.

Sakura chuckled, half asleep. "Well, you're in for a rude awakening when we fight the Akatsuki."

"... What was that Sasori-dude like?" asked Kiba.

Sakura's smile feel and she opened her eyes. She looked up to the sky as she answered, "I didn't know much about him, but he was a puppet master and worked with poisons, too. Deidara looked up to him and... That's all I know."

The look on Sakura's face made the two men wonder whether she felt proud that she had killed one of the Akatsuki.

"He may have been a killer. He may have been Akatsuki, but he was still a living being. I really don't want to take lives. I want to save them... That's why I became a medic-nin... Why am I still taking lives, then?"

"Because it's neccessary." answered Kiba.

"It's never neccessary to take a life." Sakura corrected. "Never."

The area was then filled with an empty silence. One that wasn't awkward, but wasn't comfortable, either. It was just... Empty.

Sakura stood and stretched. "I hink we should move to a new location for now."

"Uh, right." replied Naruto.

The two men stood and they moved to a new location a ways away from where they just were.

"Okay, we've waited as long as we could." Sakura said. "We've got to go in there now."

The two men nodded in agreement.

"There's only one question I have to ask you." she told them, an impassive look on her face.

"Yea?" asked Naruto. "What is it?"

Her look turned to one of fear as she asked, "... Which one of you is willing to go in there so I don't have to?"

Naruto and Kiba gave eachother a glance and took one of her arms each. They practically had to drag her into the Akatsuki base, but they got her in there.

She eventually gained her bearings and went back to being impassive. The mission... Had now begun.

A/N: Well, that's chapter two! Please review!