Cheero walked down a pure white hall way and was being followed by other rain ninja. She didn't seem happy, but all the other people around her knew this is how she always looked. She was a little happy to be in her regular clothes again though. The black hood she was wearing was getting annoying. She walked a little further and passed a few rooms before turning right. She then came to a pure white wall with a special keypad next on the left. She walked over to it and bit her thumb. And then she placed it on the scanner below. Not moments later it beeped and she typed in a code. Then the pure white wall opened in one part like a sliding door; reveling a fairly tall white tower and someone sitting in ankle high water in the middle.

Cheero smiled and leaned on the wall. "Hello Lady Haruno." She said with a grin. The pinkette from the leaf slowly looked up and silently growled at the other pinkette. "How do you like your new home?" Cheero then asked.

"I hate it."

"Oh? Did I hear the word hate?" Cheero asked setting a hand by her ear. As she did this she lightly touched the water with her foot and the ripple traveled all the way to where Sakura sat. As the ripple passed her Sakura sat up straight and seemed to lose control of her feelings.

"I l-love it here Madam Cheero."

She said this with emotionless eyes. Cheero clapped and started to make her way out. "Whoo-hoo…The room works perfectly." She said with a more emotionless tone then excited. "Lady Haruno? How do you like the name Talaya?" She then asked. Sakura blinked and nodded.

"I think it's perfect."

"Good….Because that's the goddess I'm going to try and turn you into." Cheero mumbled as the door slowly started to close. Sakura nodded and Cheero smiled. "You're such a good sport Lady Haruno. I'm glad….you agree….with me……." Then the door shut all the way and few moments later Sakura snapped out of it and looked at the bottom of the pool.

"Naruto…." She mumbled to herself. It was now her turn to break down into tears as she cried in her hands. 'Please Naruto…..come for me…….'

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The next day Mona finally had woken up from her slumber. She had no idea why she slept so much after the day Sakura disappeared. It was awfully strange of her. She ran out of the complex and looked around. "I need to tell Naruto-kun before he gets the wrong idea." She told herself. She then saw Kakashi reading his book on a building in the distance. She ran over and jumped up onto the roof next to him. "You're here, so that means Naruto-kun is too right?" She asked. He didn't take his eye off the book, but he did nod and point in the direction of Naruto complex. "K Thanks." She said before disappearing.

She dropped down in the street and quickly made her way down it. 'If Naruto-kun is already home, then that means he's probably gone through a lot…' She thought as she ran faster. 'He needs to know the truth or he might break down…' She turned into his apartment complex and made her way up the steps. When she made it to his door she knocked on it, but it opened as she did. "Naruto-Kun?" She asked as she walked inside. She looked around when she got no answer. Then when she didn't see anyone she turned around to walk back out.

"Ah!" She yelped as Naruto scared her. He was leaning on the wall and looked like he was either crying in his knees or sleeping. "Naruto-Kun?" She asked as she knelt down in front of him. He made neither sound nor movement. She blinked and went to shake him a bit but stopped when she noticed the box on the ground. "What's this?" She asked as she grabbed it. She turned it around so she could look inside and nearly gasped. 'H-He was going to propose?' She thought as she looked back and forth between the two. "Now I really need to explain." She mumbled to herself.

"Naruto-Kun, please wake up." She said as she started to shake him. After a few seconds of shaking him; his head slowly rose. She leaned back a little so he could have his space as he sat up straight. He leaned on the wall and faintly smiled.

"H-hi...Mona…"

"Hi Naruto-Kun…." She said back to him. She played with the ring nervously as she tried to think of a way to tell him. "This is a really nice ring Naruto-Kun…I'm sure she'll like it." She mumbled as she looked at it.

"What do you mean she'll like it?" He asked. "She's dead Mona…." He then mumbled.

"No she's not! I know what happened to her and she's not dead!" Mona yelped. His eyes didn't seem to show any interest. They were lost without Sakura. Mona had no idea if he was dying or just staring in space. "Naruto-Kun. She's not dead." She repeated. This time he blinked and looked at her.

"She's not?"

"No. She was just taken." Mona replied. He blinked and put his hand on his forehead as he looked down.

"Thank god…."

"I know who did it too." Mona told him. He took his hand away and looked at her. This time; his eyes did show interest. He gave her that look. The look that told her he wanted to know. "My Nee-Chan. Cheero" Mona told him; standing up. He stood up as well and looked down to her before cocking his head to the side

"You have a big sister?"

Mona nodded and he slightly smiled. "So…You know where she is." He then said. She nodded but then as she noticed she really had no idea she covered it up by shaking her head and mouthing the word 'No' To him, before looking at the ground. He sighed and looked at the ground as well.

'But…" She thought. 'Gobi has that thing…….maybe we can use it….' She looked up and waved a hand in front of his gloom face. He soon came into focus and looked at her. "Gobi has a tracker. Find something that belonged to her and I'll go get it." She told him. His eyes widened as he smiled. Then he nodded. She nodded as well and then ran out the door.

He looked around and then ran for the bedroom to see if he could find anything. 'Gotta find something…' He thought as he looked around the room. He started for the closet but his foot his something by the dresser. "What was that?" He asked as he looked down. He saw a string coming out from the bottom of the dresser and knelt down. He grabbed the string and lightly pulled on it so it whatever was at the end would slide out. It was her necklace. The necklace Sakura told him that Mona had bought for her. He rubbed the pendent that hung off it and smiled. 'It must have fallen off when she was taken.' He thought.

"OKAY IM BACK! WHERE ARE YOU?!"

"My room!" He yelled back; still looking at the necklace. Soon after he yelled this, she entered the room with a strange devise. She noticed that he was looking at the necklace she had bought for Sakura.

"Is that the necklace Sakura-nee had?" She asked as she pointed. He nodded and she held out a hand. He handed it to her and she looked at it carefully. "I bought this from Nee-Chan then gave it to Sakura…" She mumbled as she set it down on the dresser. "Maybe I should have kept it…..it's probably a reason why she's gone." She then said as she took a scroll out of a secret department on the devise. She rolled the scroll out and then laid the necklace out on top.

"What is that thing?"

Naruto then asked this as he stood up to watch. "It's a tracking devise created by Gobi." She said as she made a hand sign. Then the necklace disappeared and a seal appeared on the scroll. Then she rolled it up and set it back inside the devise.

"Tracking?"

She nodded and pressed a button. Then a few seconds later it beeped and a strange symbol appeared on it. "I got her." She then said with a smile. He smiled as well and she walked over to the balcony and opened it. "Let's go. I'll know exactly where she is in 3….2…..1.." Then the same exact symbol appeared in her forehead and she smiled. "Now…" She mumbled. Naruto then walked over and stood next to her. "Alright then…You lead the way." She nodded and jumped off of the balcony and onto the complex across the street. Then Naruto followed and they were both soon out of the village.

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Sakura stared at the water in her strange cell. She watched as each tear dripped off her nose and creates ripples as they fell in the shallow water. Each time a ripple was created, she flinched; afraid that her emotions would by toyed with by her own actions. But when nothing happened, she relaxed and cried a little more. She missed Naruto so much. Just like she told Ino; she was really attached to him, and she'd kill herself if he died. She blinked and wiped her eye. 'Naruto…..' She really wished that she could have spent more time with him. She really wished that he'd be there…..Saying 'I'll rescue you Sakura-Chan. That's a promise.' Like he would always say. But Mona's stupid Sister had to but in and kidnap her for her crazy experiments. It pissed her off, and made her sad and depressed at the same time.

"Lady Haruno?" Cheero asked as the door opened. Sakura looked up from the water and blinked; which let more tears fall. "I need you for some more tests." She said stepping a little closer to the edge of the walk way. Sakura froze for a moment, and then shook her head. Cheero raised a brow and stuck her foot out. "Fine…I guess I'll have to use force." She mumbled as she tapped the water with her toe. Sakura's eyes widened, and without another word she stood up and walked over to the door with now narrowed eyes. Cheero smiled and stepped out of the tranced girl's way, then she grabbed Sakura's arm and they both headed down the hallway.

{Naruto please!}

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Naruto and Mona ran through the forest in a panic. Well….Mostly Naruto. Mona looked at him. He was very panicked….yet happy – happy to know that Sakura was alive and somewhere out there. The devise made a sound and the mark on her forehead turned red along with a slight burn. With a slight wince she stopped and set her hand on her forehead. "Damn Gobi….He just has to make things that hurt." She mumbled as Naruto landed next to her.

"Are you ok?"

She nodded and pulled her hand away. "It was just telling me that we are close." She told him before jumping off. He nodded and followed her. They've been travelling for almost 3 days now, and now they know they're close. Naruto was getting more and more happy as they approached Sakura. He knew she was ok. She 'had' to be ok. "Naruto?" Mona asked. He blinked and looked at her. She was still looking forward. But after a second or so she pointed above the trees and he looked. "There….That's the abandoned laboratory." She said as they landed in a treeless area.

"Laboratory?" He asked. It looked nothing like a laboratory. More like a bunch of towers around a dome. He blinked and started to count each tower. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13. After 13 he gave up. They seemed to go on forever. "There……there's so many…." He finally mumbled. Mona noticed his counting and stopped messing with the devise.

"There's a lot more then thirteen Naruto." She said. He blinked and looked at the building once again. "There's about 20 or 30 of them." She held out a finger and pointed as he looked. Then she started to explain. "Nee-Chan….She read a book about this building. Each tower is one big room with ankle high water at the bottom." She pointed to one of the towers and continued. "Back before this place was abandoned, people used these special rooms to hold prisoners. Each room had ankle high water only because the water was used to mess with the prisoner's emotions and such. Nee-Chan wants to make Sakura-Nee a goddess….So having an all powerful goddess that can be controlled with the simplest ripple in that water……is really bad…"

Naruto nodded and looked at her. "How to you know all this anyway?" He asked, wondering how she would know so much about this place. It was quite strange for such a young girl to know so much in his book. She stopped jumping and he soon followed when they arrived.

She looked at him and smiled. "Nee-Chan's book of course. I read it when she wasn't." She told him. He nodded and she looked at the laboratory again. "Come on….She's in one of those towers." She looked at the devise and frowned. "One bad thing though…" He blinked and looked at it as well.

"What is it?"

"…..I can't tell which one…."

They both slouched. "Damn it…" They both mumbled at the same time. "That's gonna be a pain in the ass…." Naruto then mumbled as they both looked up at the lab again. Searching every single one – it was defiantly going to be troublesome.

"Yeah it is…" She mumbled back. She then stood up strait and took a deep breath. "Well….Lets start searching." She then said as she started walking. Naruto looked up as he realized what she said. Then he held a hand up.

"Wait……How do we get in?"

She stopped walking and looked over her shoulder. "Um…." She turned her head back around and scanned the building. "Well……That's gonna be a pain too…." She mumbled. He nodded and took his place next to her. "First things first."

"Find an entrance."

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"Thank you Lady Haruno." Cheero mumbled as Sakura entered the room. When she reached the middle of the room, she turned around and knelt down in the water. She now wore a black and white robe; instead of her usual clothing. Cheero described it as more fitting for a Goddess. "It was good to see that Talaya accepted you." Cheero then said as the door started to shut. Sakura nodded in response.

The door shut and Cheero turned around. "Well then. Shall we get going?" She asked her followers. The two men nodded and she started walking. She walked for a few moments and then stopped.

"Madam Cheero, is something wrong?"

Cheero's ear twitched and she looked over her shoulder and looked down the white hallway. "I have this weird feeling…" She mumbled. They both stepped a bit closer and nodded.

"Do you want us to look around?"

She nodded and turned to face them. "Get everyone else to look around too." She then ordered. They both nodded and disappeared without another word. She looked at the area where the door to Sakura's room was supposed to be and sighed. Whatever the feeling was, she wasn't too worried about it. She closed her eyes and smiled. She had a plan if something were to happen. She opened her eyes again and looked away from the door. She then started walking down the white hallway once again.

'I could always use her.'

Meanwhile, Naruto and Mona found a way inside. They weren't walking on the floor just in case they would get caught. They were walking on the ceiling. "This damn thing isn't precise." Mona mumbled as she looked at the floor below. I have no idea what tower she's in….or 'how' to even get inside them." She looked at him and saw that he stopped. "What is it Naruto-kun?" She asked as she walked over to him. He looked a little paralyzed, a little scared, and a little worried at the same time. He was looking at the ground a little ahead of them. She looked over to where he was looking and found out why he was like this.

5 rain ninja ran around a corner and looked like they were ready to kill. 'Oh no.' Mona thought as they got closer. 'If they see us…..We're dead.' She looked over her shoulder to look at Naruto again but….He was gone. 'Where'd he go?' She thought as she looked around. She then heard grunts of pain from below and looked down. Naruto stood in the middle of a pile of knocked out rain ninja. He looked serious as he picked one up by the collar. Mona gulped and jumped down. She forgot how strong he was.

"Which tower is Sakura locked up in?"

Naruto asked this to the scared man. The man blinked and shook his head. "I cannot tell you that information." He simply said. Naruto growled and started to shake him. He was angry. Mona could tell. She could feel the anger.

"Tell me damn it!"

As he yelled this, tears started to fall. "Never…" The man mumbled as he started to dig into his pocket. Mona noticed this and gasped.

"Naruto watch ou—" She stopped herself as the blade was pierced through skin. But it wasn't Naruto's. The man killed himself. She shook her head as Naruto dropped the man to the ground.

He gripped his fists and looked up. His eyes full of sadness and anger. Almost like a crying demon. "Damn it!!!" He yelled as he started running. Mona yelped at the sudden yell and saw him run around the corner.

"Naruto wait!" She called out as she ran after him. He ran around the corner with the most anger he's ever felt. He absolutely despised this woman now. He grinded his teeth as his eyes turned a fierce red. Then without hesitation he shouted with an evil and coarse voice.

"CHEERO!!!!!!!!!!"

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Cheero stopped her walking as soon as she heard her name echo through the halls. She turned around and frowned. 'So….a rescuer has arrived?' She thought as she made her way back to Sakura's cell. She did the procedure to open the door and peered inside. Sakura was still in her trance. "Lady Haruno?" Cheero asked. Sakura blinked and nodded in response. "Your knight in shining armor has arrived." Cheero then said. Sakura nodded again. But inside her head her reaction was much more different.

{Naruto?! He really came?!}

Cheero smiled and walked over to the edge of the walkway. "I want you to do something for me to test out your new powers ok?" She asked. Sakura nodded again. She smiled again and tapped the water with her foot. The ripple traveled over to Sakura and made the pinkette stand. Then letting Sakura exit the room she whispered. "Kill him." Sakura nodded and disappeared with one thing on her mind.

{No…….}