Chapter Three

Sakura looked around and started down the street. She wasn't looking for Sasuke; well actually she wasn't looking for anyone. She was just running and thinking things over as she did.

She hopped on top of a building and went from building top to building top. She stopped at the last one and looked at the Hokage faces that were carved into the mountain side.

She clenched her fists and her expression hardened and her eyes narrowed as she stood there. Her hand shook as she clenched them tighter. She released them a bit. "Sasuke you idiot!" She yelled into the still air.

She stared at the mountain and cursed to herself as she stood there. "Sakura…why so mad?" A voice said from a few feet behind her.

Sakura's eyes flashed with a sudden anger when she spun around. Her voice was filled with pure anger and venom when she seethed, "Sasuke…what brings you here today?"

There in the rain someone stood. It was only the outline of someone since it was raining so hard. "I see…you miss understand me for me pathetic brother, but I am not "Sasuke"." The voice said.

Sakura's eyes softened a bit, but only hardened again. "Then who would you be? And why are you here?" She asked coldly.

The person smirked. "Hmpf, seems as if you've changed over the years. And I would think your research would have paid off, but I guess it didn't."

Sakura glared at the person. "Research? Why does it seem that you seem to be stalking me?" She asked and raised a brow and dropped her umbrella on the ground next to her.

The smirk on the figures face faded and his head moved up. Red eyes were shown and they gleamed through the dense rain. "Stalking? I wouldn't call it that, but you could say I have been watching you." He said.

Sakura's expression changed immediately to a surprised one. "You…you're him. You're the one that has made Sasuke suffer all these years!" she yelled and ran forward her fist raised.

He smirked again. "Seeking revenge for the one who betrayed you? Pathetic." He said and the smirk went from his face as he disappeared.

Sakura had punched the spot where he stood moments after he had gone. Damn! I missed! But the next time I won't! She cursed to herself.

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"Itachi….what kept you?" An irritated voice said and another person stepped from the shadows.

"Be quiet Kisame. That girl had changed and she won't be so easy to bring, but if she's filled with more hate for my brother and anyone else it might be a bit easier, but I don't know."

"Well, you know we can't go back unless we had the girl with us. So what do you suggest we do?" Kisame asked grinning and giving Itachi a toothy grin.

"I don't know yet…" Itachi said and looked behind him. He hmpfed and started walking off, but not towards the hideout.

Kisame followed him without any questions, but was wondering what he was thinking when he looked back.

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Sakura glared, then turned and walked back to her umbrella. She grabbed it and hopped off home.

She stopped in front of her house and opened the door. She walked inside and dropped her umbrella. The house was warm and cozy, but with Sakura's blood boiling like crazy she felt more than just warm.

Water dripped from her body continuously. She didn't care though. She walked over the carpet, leaving tracks, then walked up the stairs and leaving small puddles of water.

She walked into her room. Her eyes turned to her dresser and she boiled when she saw that the old picture of her and her team was gone was replaced with one of Ino and Sasuke.

She stomped over to the picture and threw it against the ground as hard as she could. The glass on it shattered and shards flew everywhere. Sakura lazily lifted up her arm and five large shards pierced it, but she showed no pain when they did.

She lowered her arm and blood slowly seeped from the shallow cuts, but she didn't mind. She stared at the picture boredly and spun around and walked to her bed and sat down.

She looked at her arm and pulled out the glass. The glass clattered to the floor when they slipped through her fingers. She wrapped her arm with some bandages and she was done with that.

The door to her room creaked open and someone stepped in. "Sakura…honey?" Her mom's voice rang in her ears.

Sakura's attention was turned to her door immediately. She hid her arm quickly behind her back. "M-Mom? What are you doing here? In my room I mean." She said in surprise.

Her mom looked at her, then at the shattered picture on the ground. She stared at it for a moment, then looked back at Sakura. "Sakura, what happened? Why is this picture shattered? And why is there blood on the ground."

Sakura looked at her mom, then at the ground. And surely enough there it was. Blood. Blood had dripped on the ground and was mingled in with the many pieces of glass. Oh, know! What the hell do I tell her?

"Sakura?" Her mom said again, but was annoyed by her daughter's long pause.

"Uh…well… it fell over and it shattered and I cut myself when it fell." Sakura said, hoping that was a good enough for her mother to believe.

Her mom was silent. It was like she was thinking it over. She sighed and finally said, "Okay, Sakura. Just clean it up." And with that she left.

Sakura breathed with relief as she stood and began to clean up the floor. As she swept up the shards of glass she sighed and thought. Itachi, what did he want? That makes no sense why he would be watching me? What's so special about me? And pathetic he says. He's right about that…

She sighed as she wiped the floor clean. "Done," she said plainly and threw the rag into the corner of her room. She watched it hit the wall and slump to the ground like a lifeless person.

That's how she felt. Like a lifeless rag that was just roaming around having nothing to do in life. She sighed and put a hand over her heart. She could feel her pulse, but she could also feel coldness coming from it.

She clenched her shirt, then released it. She sighed deeply and looked around her room. Everything looked and felt dull now.

Her life had changed and so had see and the one to blame was Sasuke Uchiha, but I mean not everyone would blame him. Meaning Ino, the one who stole him from Sakura, but one day things would change and Sasuke would regret it.

Okay, well it might be a bit shorter than the last one, but I am done! So, hope you like it and please R&R!

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