Hope you enjoy this I worked super hard on it even though not alot happens. I don't know how far I want to drag out; there is alot of unaswered questions which I'll answer in the next couple of chapters. This is turning out to be a very dark story maybe I should change the rating hmmm idk And I know some of ya'll are wondering where is the SasuSaku?? Well there is some in this chappie! but for them actually being reunited your gonna have to wait I have it all planned out hehe and am writing chapters like crazy!! I had to add little note here and there in this chapter cause it was way too confusing.

Text written like this is Sakuras thoughts and flashbacks

Text written like this is the quote of each chapter

Text written like this is Time Skip

Text written like this are author note

Oh and I don't own Naruto! If I did things would be totally different

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"Like driving along a bumpy road and losing control of the steering wheel, tossing you--just a tad--off the road. The wheels kick up some dirt, but you're able to pull it back. Yet no matter how hard you try to drive straight, something keeps jerking you to the side. You have so little control over anything anymore. And at some point, the struggle becomes too much--too tiring--and you consider letting go. Allowing tragedy...or whatever...to happen." Jay Asher

Ice Cream! I hadn't had ice cream in years! It brought peace to my mind whenever I tasted the creamy goodness. We were sitting on a tree branch, a kind of weird sight to the villagers around us who thought of Shinobi as strong people with supernatural powers, yet Itachi and I were sitting on a branch eating ice cream with rainbow sprinkles. Just sitting there with him brought back so many memories, happy and sad.

"You can't keep it bottled up forever you know," He started, " So why are you so reluctant to tell me?" He was doing his little gilt trip thing that I absolutely hated

"If I tell you will you promise to not tell anyone… no matter what? I asked. He nodded his head in agreement. "I was 14, I had been training the entire day and my Chakra was entirely drained, it was late around one in the morning and a full moon was out. I was walking to my apartment when a drunk came out and started calling me sweetchecks and cute lost mouse, I tried ignoring him and walking around him, but he threw me against a wooden wall of an alleyway. Then he injected some kind of medicine that paralyzed me. My head was bleeding and my vision was blurry. Before I knew it he started kissing me and we were on the ground. I… couldn't do anything…. I was helpless. Then shirts were up and pants were down, and I was just lying there. I don't know why but as this was all happening, the only thing I could think about was Sasuke saying " Your annoying" over and over. After he's done hurting me, he stands up and pulls up his pants and pulls back on his shirt. Then tells me "It was fun Pinky," And just leaves me there, on the cold wet ground all alone. I couldn't scream or do anything, I was completely weak." I spat out he last word fighting back sobs " Everything felt horrible and numb, my head was bleeding… my tears didn't help and I… couldn't stop him…" I stopped now fighting back the lump in my throat and the sobs started erupting from me. The hot tears ran down my face as Itachi put his arm around me and comforted me. I didn't dare look up into his eyes; I couldn't stand how weak I was.

"Sakura, what could you have done," He said in a soothing voice that made some of the tears subside. " But I do have one question, why didn't you tell anyone?"

" They would always think of me as the weak link… my entire team thought so. People in the village were finally starting to think of me as strong. If I told anyone… it would spread through the village and they would baby me forever and still think of me as weak…" I explained in between sobs.

"No Sakura! Don't ever sell yourself short! You were drained of Chakra and drugged not even the strongest of shinobi could do anything. You were strong. You never gave up." He said sternly. I still couldn't look at him, but it began to feel like I was 6 again and he was my oni-San. I missed having a family, someone to lean on for comfort, but right now it felt like I did have a family.

2 hours later

"Hey wait a minute!" I said suddenly, "You never finished telling me about why you told Sasuke to hate you!"

"Ok," he said defeated "I entrusted the Uchiha name to Sasuke, hoping he would rebuild the clan on a new foundation of honor and nobility. For the sake of Konoha, and for Sasuke. I traded honor for disgrace and Sasuke's love for his hatred, but he didn't kill me and thought it would be better to just go and let him think he did. After I killed my clan I pleaded with the Third Hokage to keep Sasuke safe. I also threatened Danzo to not harm Sasuke or risk him revealing everything he knew about Konoha's secrets to enemy countries. Sasuke's safety was therefore secured, and I returned to my original plan of becoming infamous for my slaughter of the Uchiha clan."

"What about Akatsuki?" I asked.

"I joined Akatsuki in order to keep an eye on the organization," He explained.

"So all this time, you were only trying to do what was best for Sasuke?" I was in shock again.

"Yes," he answered.

Sasuke's POV

Naruto and Suigetsu should just start a club called 'the most annoying people in the world' they keep on going on about how hungry they are and how we should take a break. Karin is just being a pain in the ass right now, asking me if I want to go on a date with her, and trying to flirt. My replacement Sai is just socially awkward or something because he keeps on going on about how 'Ugly and Dickless' are always fighting but are friends and how that's the exact opposite of what he read in a book. Thank God that Juugo and Kakashi don't talk a lot.

"Sasuke-kun! After we're done with this charity mission, do you want to spend some alone time together?" Karin asks suggestively.

"No Karin," I say holding back the puke.

"They've stopped!" Karin yells suddenly " This way!" She yells and everyone follows her. I can't wait until this mission is over.

"Sakura please be ok," I think to myself

" Why am I worried about that annoying girl" I ask myself

"Because you care about her more than you care to admit"

"I do not! She's just a weak little girl, nothing more,"

"Yeah sure. But you're still worried about her"

"Hn, whatever"

Sakura's POV

As we walk into a small teashop that Itachi says my brother is supposed to meet us at, it's almost empty. There is an elderly couple at one table, a middle aged lady behind the counter and a man who looked about 22, with orangeish red spiked hair (A/N: Think of Hikaru and Kaoru Hitachiin from Ouran High school host club). It was he, my Oni-San, Mamoru.

"Oni-San…" I whispered but he heard. He turned around and I was met with identical green eyes. It was him! He looked so grown up! My brother was here, and this wasn't a dream. I didn't blink afraid that if I did he would disappear. He was just as surprised maybe more than I was because he just sat there in total shock with his eyes wide.

"Sakura?" He asked breaking the silence that had consumed the whole room. I nodded back at him. We both ran to each other consuming both of each other in a hug, he was real. I didn't want this moment to end I was too happy to realize the Chakra presence's coming nearer to us by the sat down at the table Mamoru had been sitting at and Itachi, Mamoru and I started catching up. I learned that Mamoru and Itachi were the same age and had both graduated from the ninja academy early, Itachi at 8, Mamoru at 9. They had known each other but weren't that great friends.

"I can't believe how old you are!" Mamoru said.

"Yep I'm 17 and will be 18 in 2 months!" I said reminding him.

"Well Itachi, I was surprised to hear from you at first but now I know why you wanted to see me, thank you for bringing Sakura along." Mamoru said.

"Why didn't you say good bye?" I asked him seriously breaking down all the walls that I had formed.

"I did," he admitted.

"Liar," I whispered.

" On the night I left, I came into your room, and told you about why I was leaving and told you that we would see each other again, but you were asleep and I couldn't wait any longer to leave," He answered.

"why did you leave then?" I ask again.

"My best friend had just died, and to make matters worse the counsil was balmming me for it, what could I do?" he explained.

"Oh," was all I said, "So he didn't want to leave?"

We found a hotel in the next town and got two rooms with double beds, it was decided that the boys would sleep in the same room and I would have my own room. I couldn't fall asleep partly to the nightmares that haunted me every night, so I decided to get out the sketchbook that Sai had bought me my last birthday and sketch the lobby of the hotel, (which was very fancy). I was dressed in a black tank top that showed my midriff a little too much some red short shorts and a black hoodie that was far too loose on my. I was sketching the crystal chandelier that hung from the ceiling with the hood over my head. I was surprised to hear a far too familiar voice asking the person at the check in desk if he had seen a girl with pink hair and another man with black hair in a pony tail down his back. It was Kakashi with Naruto, and Sai. Sasuke and three other people were there. O crap! I thought as I ran up the stairs. I made it to their room in record time and knocked on the door for what seemed like an eternity. Mamoru answered wiping the sleep from his eyes.

"They're here!" I said as I walked in. Itachi was suddenly up and putting on his black uniform (The ANBU-like one)

"Wait whose here?" Mamoru asked as confused as ever.

"My team, and Sasuke and some weird people!" I shouted running to my room and getting dressed in my ANBU uniform, and grabbing my stuff. Then running back to their room where they were both dressed and ready to go.

"You coming with us?" I asked my brother in confusion.

"Of Course Sakura! I haven't seen you in 11 years and have barely gotten to talk to you!" He said cheerfully. Itachi and I climbed out the window while (A/N: they are running away because 1. Two of them are missing Nin, if team Kakashi finds them, they will make them go to Konoha, and they will be executed or put in jail. 2. Sasuke is gonna want to find Itachi again) Mamoru would pay for the rooms, then come to catch up with us.

Sai's POV

When we entered the Hotel, there was a person sitting on the couched in red shorts and a black tank top which showed her belly button and a black hoodie with the hood pulled over her head, I knew just by her outfit that she was Sakura, but she was also sketching in a sketchbook that I had given her for her last birthday. Even though I knew it was her I didn't say anything, she obviously didn't want to be found and I didn't really want another punch in the face. Kakashi started asking the person at the check in desk questions about Sakura, and when I looked back at where she had been sitting, she was gone, probably to run.

"She's here you know," I said to entire group.

"How do you know Sai?" Naruto asked.

" I just saw her, she's probably going to try to run," I said bored with the conversation.

"Oh no she won't," Naruto yelled running up the stairs.

"Does he even know what room?" Karin asked. Everyone shook his or her heads. That Idiot.

"Excuse me! Are you in line?" A man who looked like he was in his 20's asked us.

"Umm no, " Kakashi answered.

"Ok," The strange man said as he walked to the desk and proceeded to check out. He was strange, he had red hair not fiery red but red, but here was the strange part, he had the exact same eyes as Ugly, they could be brother and sister.

"Do you know someone named Sakura Haruno?" I asked the man suddenly, shocking the entire group, I saw him stiffen at the mention of her name, but he turned around and said,

"I'm afraid I've never met her personally, but I've heard of the strong kunoichi from Konoha, who trained under Tsunade the Legendary Sannin,"

"You look oddly familiar," Kakashi stated directly.

" I've heard that many times before," he said trying to joke but everyone could tense that he was nervous.

"Well I have to go," He said walking out.

" I say we follow him," Naruto said walking towards us "He knew something."

"I agree," the rest of the group said, and with that we were off.