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Orochimaru was quite surprised by what Sasuke had just told him, although he hid the surprise and instead smirked at the boy in front of him. Maybe he is considered a man now but in Orochimaru's eyes, he would always be that 12 (A/N: I think he was 12 when he left or 13, one of those two) year old boy who came to him for power. He sort of considered Sasuke as his son-ish now. So when Sasuke came to Orochimaru for a request he was quite surprised.

"I want to go to Konoha and get something." He had asked or more like stated to Orochimaru.

"Oh, now do you, or do you want to get someone." Orochimaru smirked. He had seen how Sasuke had taken a liking of a certain pink-haired girl during the pass few years. It must have been the time when they had 'reunited' again 3 years ago and Sasuke had almost killed his best friend, well more like attempted to. Orochimaru knew that Sasuke really wouldn't. He still cared about that kyuubi vessel friend of his. It was an annoyance but almost amusing to him that after all these years Sasuke, the sole survivor (not technically) of the Uchiha clan, still had feelings for the people in Konoha.

Sasuke merely looked into Orochimaru's eyes with emotionless eyes. "I want to bring some of the men as backup."

Orochimaru raised a brow. "Now do you? Now, what is your reason for going?" he asked in a snaky voice.

"I told you already, to get something." Sasuke answered in that deadpan voice of his.

Orochimaru laughed in that crazy laugh of his. "Do you really think you could capture that feisty pink-haired girl?" Yes, Orochimaru had seen what the girl could do. She was like the exact replica of his old teammate Tsunade.

"Do you really think that I can't?" Sasuke asked with a challenge in his voice.

"If you could get her, I would be very delighted." Orochimaru looked at Sasuke with glee written on his face. This could be Orochimaru's chance to get his hands healed. He knew what the girl could do and he knew that she was taught under the hands of the fifth hokage herself.

Sasuke narrowed his eyes at Orochimaru waiting for an answer. "Alright then, I'll let you infiltrate Konoha then. I don't care how you do it. You can even kill all the people there if you like."

Orochimaru then turned away, waving Sasuke off like he was a pest. "Go on then."

Sasuke glared at his 'teacher' before leaving silently a plan already forming in his brilliant mind.

*The Day*

Sakura could feel it in her bones. Something sinister was coming. She didn't know why but she felt frightened. Another thing was the fact that today had been a really bad day for her.

In the morning, when she woke up and went into the bathroom, she found out that the handle for the sink had broke (how she found out was that water started spraying at her when she turned it and the handle fell off). Afterwards, when she went out to go run she tripped and fell into a puddle of muddy water. It was like the puddle had just been waiting for her to fall into it.

Then while she was working in the hospital, immediate chaos came. There were patients in every room who needed help or were in serious conditions. Also, when she took off for break (after everything had settled down), Naruto had somehow found her and asked her to lunch at Ichiraku's, of course. Once they had eaten, Sakura found out that she had forgotten her wallet at the hospital in her locker. Naruto, who had expected Sakura to pay, was broke. It resulted in them both owing money and having to wash the dishes in the back which caused Sakura to be late to work and be scolded by Tsunade.

"What more can happen?" Sakura thought to herself sighing as she sat on the bridge that used to be a meeting place for team 7. Well, the old team 7. The one that consisted of her, Naruto, Kakashi-sensei and… Sasuke. Yes, Uchiha Sasuke, her used to be crush.

Of course, she got over him. They were still looking for him, but Sakura had wiped away the foolish crush she had on him and now thought of him as a friend (if they ever were anyways).

Somehow, when she was depressed or worn out, she always came to this certain place to cool down and rest. It was a peaceful place that had a good view of the town and barely anyone came here anymore. She rested her head on the rail and looked at her reflection in the water. She looked so pathetic right then. Her hair was askew from all the running back and forth in the hospital, she still had some bits of dirt in her hair and a little on her face from her fall in the puddle, and she had bags under her eyes from her lack of sleep.

Sakura knew that although she tried to take that certain raven-haired boy out of her head, she just couldn't keep him out. He always showed up in her sleep, in her mind, or anytime that she had free time to even think of him.

"Stop it Sakura. You're stronger than this." Sakura scolded herself as she mentally hit herself. And she was stronger. She was now an accomplished medic-nin and was part of the jounin crew. She was much wiser too and not that idiotic fan girl from years ago. When she looked back on it she felt so ashamed of herself. She was so weak. But now she is strong. Strong, both physically and emotionally.

She then felt a strong presence behind her and turned to be faced with none other then her used to be teacher, Kakashi. "Kakashi-sensei."

"Now then Sakura, what did I say about calling me that? We're comrades now." Kakashi smiled at Sakura, looking at her with gentle eyes.

"I know, but I'm just so used to calling you that and besides you let Naruto call you Kakashi-sensei too." Sakura teased lightly.

Kakashi sweat dropped at this. "Well, you know how Naruto is."

"And you know how I am." Sakura said triumphantly causing Kakashi to sigh in defeat. "Ne, Kakashi-sensei, I know you came to find me for a reason."

Kakashi then gave Sakura a serious expression. "Sakura, Tsunade has requested for you to go to her office ASAP."

Sakura stared at Kakashi. "Are you going there too?"

Kakashi nodded. "It seems Tsunade is rounding up some of us. Although I'm not quite sure what she is planning but I think you should go now."

"Can I go with you?" Sakura asked Kakashi innocently.

Kakashi knew why she asked. He was always late for everything and if he showed up late, Tsunade would probably blow up in his face again like last time. Sighing again he nodded his head.

Sakura smiled happily. "Let's go then Sensei."

Tsunade stared at the group of people in front of her. They were all ranked differently, from chunin to jounin. Of course, she had already told the ANBU to be on the watch too. The last two to show up were Sakura and surprisingly Kakashi, who actually showed up on time.

The people consisted of team Kakashi, team Gai, team Kurenai, team Asuma, and the others that were gathered. A total of 2o people or more were cramped into the tiny office. Tsunade was quite satisfied that she had this much people still in Konoha on break.

Tsunade cleared her throat to get all their attention (mainly Naruto and Kiba's because they were both arguing with each other.) "Now then, you must be wondering why I have gathered you all here." The people in the room nodded their heads.

"Unfortunately, we have discovered that a great mass of people or maybe army will be arriving here. We do not know when but it could be soon. Now we have guessed that they might be from sound but have not made the conclusion yet. From some of my sources, I've found that they might be attempting to either destroy Konoha or have come to get something from us."

"What is it that you think they might want?" Sakura asked questioningly.

"Well, I haven't figured it out yet, but I do have some theories." Tsunade answered, staring at her apprentice with concern.

Sakura stared at Tsunade with surprise. "You think they might have come here to get me?"

"Maybe," Tsunade sighed. "He might still need someone to heal his hands and since I'm not willing and will never be, you are my assistant and are one of the best medics in Konoha."

Sakura could not believe it. If sound ninjas were coming then didn't that mean Sasuke was coming too? Naruto it seemed read her mind. "Does that mean Sasuke is coming?"

"That could be a possibility. But then you will be on the opposite sides, Naruto. Now then, I'm all asking you this. Are you all ready to fight with one of your own comrades?"

Everyone stayed quiet for awhile. The first to answer, surprisingly, was Naruto. "Yes! But I will do anything I can to save him!"

Sakura stared at Naruto proudly. Although Naruto can be and idiot sometimes, he could also say the right things at other. "Yes, as long as it means saving one of our friends and maybe even getting him back!" Sakura answered strongly.

Everyone else then stirred too erupting in confident waves of voices. Tsunade smiled at their decisions. "Right then, this is what I want you all to do." She then told them all where to go and then sent them all off. "Sakura, Naruto, and Kakashi, I want to talk to you three."

"What is it shishou?" Sakura turned to face Tsunade.

"I want you all to be careful. You three are the closest to Sasuke. I want you three to be ready for whatever you have to face."

All three nodded their heads. "Don't worry, Tsunade baa san! We will get Sasuke back!" Naruto said with a very determined face on as the three left.

Tsunade stared at the closed door, a very grim look on her face. "I hope so."

Sasuke didn't know what to expect, but he hoped that he could capture Sakura. He was surprised to find out how much stronger Sakura had gotten. Sasuke's mind roamed back to the time when they had met. He had thought of her as an annoyance. All she ever did was bother him and go all gooey over him, but ever since he had left Konoha to become an apprentice for Orochimaru, he had missed that warmth that Sakura had held.

He couldn't believe it that he hadn't seen it before. The fact that Sakura was one of the only people who ever cared for him and actually did something for him. He didn't want to admit it but he missed her bright smile, her talkative nature and just the fact that he couldn't hear her sweet voice anymore.

"Sasuke-sama, how do you plan on the capture of the kunoichi?" one of the sound nin asks.

"We'll surround from all sides. Attack with all the power you can and once we get person of our mission, we will retreat."

"Hai!" the sound nin then hurried away with some others as they all split up into groups.

Sasuke faced forward with his group of ninjas. It was time for them to attack for they were nearing Konoha. "Sakura, I'll have you in my hands once again." Sasuke smirked as he imagined the look on her face when he came to get her. She would finally be his again and he wouldn't have to worry of her with other guys. Plus, there some very annoying fan girls back at where he stayed at.

He was going to enjoy it when he got her and then she would be his. All his. He couldn't help but to be satisfied with that. She would be no one elses that was for sure because she would be his only.

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