"Sada-chan come on!" Haku yelled, I swung my arm over my head. "Get up!" I groaned tiredly and turned over on my side, I wasn't getting up for anything. "Sada-chan wake up! Breakfast is almost ready!"

"Go away Haku-kun, let me sleep." I mumbled, my eyes still closed.

"Sada-chan!" he yelled again. Of course Haku wasn't going to let me sleep, he never did. He always woke me up at the crack of dawn, it'd been this way for years. "Sada-chan get up!" I yawned quietly, and he groaned. I heard his light footsteps across the ground and turned over on my side, not really caring. "Sada-chan, get up." he whispered next to my ear. I yawned again, and he sighed to himself. "Fine, I tried to be nice."

'Crap, Haku's not going to be nice? That's a first.'

"Ok I'm up!" I yelled, jumping up. I ended up getting up so fast that it made my head spin, and I ended up landing face first on the ground. "Itai!" He laughed, and I pushed my face out of the dirt.

'Ewww, so gross.' I wrinkled my nose and wiped the dirt off my face. I looked up at Haku and he chuckled to himself, still amused about my lovely face plant. I moved myself out of the dirt and sat up, my hair falling all around me like a halo.

"I knew that was what would get you up." he said, smiling to himself. I groaned loudly and shook my hair out of my face, it was beginning to get annoying this early in the morning.

"Haku-kun that wasn't very friendly." I whispered, crossing my arms over my chest. He smiled and bent down next to me, hugging me tightly.

"Gomen Sada-chan, Zabuza-san would've been very angry if you hadn't been awake by the time he got back. You know how he is." he said in his usual kind voice. I sighed and put my arms around him, hugging him back.

"It's alright I guess." I whispered, nuzzling my face into his shoulder. He smiled and quickly kissed my forehead before going over to the fire to finish breakfast. I shook my head amused and looked through my bag, trying to find my hairbrush.

I'd been with Haku and Zabuza for four years, and it was definitely the best time of my life. Zabuza had helped me control my kekkei genkai, and now I finally had it mastered. It was hard at first but as time progressed, I got better and better at controlling it; I was just magic I suppose. Ok, I had my conceited moment. It actually wasn't as easy as I had just made it out to be. It really took me a full three years to master it, shocking huh? My darkness related jutsu had improved since I'd been with Zabuza, having an S-Ranked Criminal as your sensei had perks. Zabuza had also managed to help me set up a great bunch of mental blocks, blocking off my power to steal chakra. After doing much research on it, he came to realize that there was no possible way I could control it all. If I released too many mental blocks, I'd lose control of it and my opponents (and anyone else I touched for that matter) would be dead within a good five minutes. I had to make sure that I'd never release all my mental blocks. But away from that, Haku was my best friend, I cherished him. I don't know what would happen if I lost him. He'd taught me so many things since I'd been with them. My medical ninjutsu had gotten better, and Haku had taught me everything he knew about healing. How you could use herbs to make medicines and whatnot. He was precious to me, and I knew that I was precious to him as well.

I brushed my hair out and left it hanging in my face like I usually did. I adjusted my silver colored leggings, black summer kimono with red paint splatters on it, and ninja sandals. I looked in my mirror at my face, cringing to myself. 'Gah, and it's still caked with all kinds of dirt. Dang it Haku, I look horrible. Arigato best friend.' I grabbed the cloth sitting on my bag and wiped at my face. 'There, all better.'

"Breakfast is ready." Haku said, looking back at me. I smiled sweetly and skipped over to him.

"It looks amazing." I said, looking over his shoulder.

I loved it when Haku cooked, he was so amazing it at. For breakfast today we were having grilled fish, tamagoyaki, and seasoned nori. He was such an amazing cook, as I said before. He smiled in response and handed me my plate.

"Don't leave your hair hanging in your face like that or you're going to end up eating it." Haku said, chuckling quietly.

"Will not." I said, plopping down on the grass.

"Will too." Haku argued, sitting beside me.

"Nu uh." I disagreed.

"Yeah huh." he said with a smirk. I rolled my eyes and shook my head to myself.

"I will not." I mumbled. He laughed, and I wrinkled my nose. "Urg! Fine, I'll do as you wish, even though I know I won't eat my own hair." I mumbled this last part, and Haku said

"So do as I wish, and get it out of your face."

"Fine fine, so bossy." He chuckled as I pushed my hair away from my face and brought it into a low ponytail. "Happy now?"

"I am very pleased." Haku said. I giggled and we ate our breakfast, joking around with each other like we did on a daily basis.

"Zabuza-san's not back yet." I observed, dumping water on the fire.

"I know, it's not like him." Haku said, scratching his head in thought. There was a moment of silence while Haku thought about Zabuza's absence, and I shuffled my feet on the ground.

"Should we go look for him?" I asked, breaking the awkward silence. Haku moved his eyes from me to the ground and quickly thought it over.

"No, Zabuza-san's able to handle himself." Haku stated.

I nodded and sighed understanding his meaning. If Zabuza had needed our help he would have woken us up and asked for it before he had left. Since he hadn't asked for our help, it would be disrespectful of us to go off looking for him when he didn't need any assistance in whatever he was doing. Right now, our job was just to hang around this area until Zabuza returned, but I wasn't one who could sit still all day.

"So what are we supposed to do while he's away?" I asked to no one in particular. I looked over in Haku's direction, and he shrugged to himself.

"Well since I decided what we did last time Zabuza-san was away, that means it's your turn to pick." he said. I looked at him confused and he chuckled. "Don't you remember when we were heading towards the Hidden Cloud Village, and Zabuza went off to get supplies?" I shook my head still confused, and he shook his head amused. "We played tag in the river."

"Oh yeah." I said smiling "I almost forgot about that." Haku rolled his eyes, and I giggled. "You cheated though, you used your kekkei genkai."

"How was that cheating?" Haku asked. "You were using yours too, if I remember correctly." I giggled and smiled sweetly.

"Only cause you used yours first." I recalled.

"Was not." he said.

"Was too." I retorted.

"Nu uh!" he argued.

"Yeah huh!" I disagreed. He rolled his eyes amused and chuckled.

"Fine you win." I jumped up and punched the air in victory.

"Yay!" I cheered. He laughed and said

"Now pick what we do please." I nodded and thought for a moment.

"How about we go herb hunting? We're almost out."

"That's a good idea actually." Haku agreed with a smile. "Let's go then." I nodded and grabbed our herb bag. We walked through the forest for an hour or so collecting herbs for medicine, and when we finally made it back to the campsite Zabuza had returned.

"Where have you two been?" Zabuza asked, knowing we normally went off on our own when he wasn't around.

"We went around the forest collecting herbs." Haku replied. Zabuza nodded and sighed boredly.

"I got a very good deal from someone. We'll be going and meeting him to make the final arrangements." Zabuza told us. We both nodded, and I pulled my hair out of my ponytail. It flew back in front of my face, and I looked at Zabuza curiously.

"When will we be leaving?" I asked, tilting my head to the side.

"Soon, we need to pack up camp now." Zabuza instructed. Haku and I nodded and quickly began packing camp up.

"So where are we heading?" Haku asked as we followed Zabuza.

"You remember that waterfall we walked past a few days ago?" Zabuza inquired. We nodded, and he sighed absentmindedly. "That's where we're heading."

I looked at Haku, and he shrugged. Apparently I wasn't the only one who didn't know who we were meeting. If Zabuza didn't want us to know who we were meeting then we probably shouldn't ask. I looked up and groaned seeing a tree in my way. 'Whatever.' I went through it and out the other side without interest. Haku rolled his eyes, and I giggled.

"You're so lazy sometimes." he observed.

"I didn't want to go around it though." I said, smiling sweetly. He rolled his eyes and chuckled to himself.

"We'll be there in a matter of hours." Zabuza said after a moment. We nodded again, and I sighed quietly.

'I wonder who we're making a deal with.' 

HOURS LATER, ALMOST TO THE WATERFALL

I looked around the forest area boredly, trying to occupy my thoughts, and sighed. Haku looked over at me and smiled that warm smile of his.

"What are you sighing about now?" he asked amused.

"Nothing." I said quietly. Haku laughed and hugged me while we walked.

"Liar." he stated, still sounding amused. I shook my head disagreeing, and he chuckled. "Lying isn't very nice Sada-chan."

"I know Haku-kun." I giggled. "Demo…I'm not lying so ha!" Haku laughed again, and Zabuza looked back at us hugging.

"We're here." he said. We both nodded, and Haku let go of me. I looked at the waterfall area, wondering when the people we were making a deal with were going to arrive.

"I hate having to act all serious." I said sadly.

"You don't act serious half the time though, you act sad and distant." Haku said as we followed Zabuza towards the waterfall. I looked down sadly, and he sighed. "See?"

"I know, I'm sorry Haku-kun." I whispered.

He put his arm around my shoulders and kissed the top of my head. He knew that everything about my past in The Village Hidden in the Dark still affected me, and he always tried his hardest to keep my spirits up. It was so difficult for him at times though, I wondered why he still put up with me after all these years. I looked at him confused, feeling something go around my neck, and looked down. I smiled seeing Haku's necklace. He always wore it everyday, this crystal had been his mother's necklace, it always reminded him over her. I couldn't believe he was giving it to me. I smiled again feeling his lips press against my head again and poked his side, happy to have him as my best friend.

"Lucky for you no one saw that." I said, giggling a little. He chuckled and ruffled my hair. I pouted, not liking that he'd messed my hair up, and he smiled.

"You're precious to me Sada-chan, I don't know what I would do without you." he said.

I smiled and stood on Zabuza's left while Haku stood on his right. We waited for a few minutes before some people came out from the trees. All of them were wearing the same headband, it was a note. 'I've never seen that village symbol before.' The leader of the group smirked at us and stopped walking. 'Who is that?' I looked at the man and stared at him blankly. 'Is he albino, he really does look albino with the white skin and black hair.'

"Zabuza, so happy you could meet us." the albino dude said in a creepy voice.

'Ok it's official, I already don't like this guy.'

"Orochimaru." Zabuza said emotionlessly.

'So the albino guy's name is Orochimaru...creepy. He reminds me of a snake.'

"What will you give me?" Zabuza said, seeming like he wanted to get out of here. I looked at the ninja behind Orochimaru and finally at Zabuza.

'Why did he have to make a deal with some creepy albino guy that looks like a snake?'

"I'll supply you with money as well as assassins for you." Orochimaru slurred.

"How many shinobi, and how much money?" Zabuza asked, his arms crossed over his chest.

"Twenty shinobi will be at your command. You may do whatever you want with them." Orochimaru said. "They are yours."

"And the money?" Zabuza asked, raising an eyebrow.

"50,000,000 yen." Orochimaru said.

'Woah, this guy must be rich or something.' Zabuza nodded and kept the emotionless look on his face that I was so used to seeing.

"And in return," Orochimaru asked licking his lips. "Do I get what was promised to me?"

"Hai." Zabuza said.

'What could Zabuza possibly give this Orochimaru guy? We don't have anything of value.' Orochimaru smirked and nodded.

"So we have a deal?" Zabuza nodded, and Orochimaru smirked. "Perfect." he hissed.

'Ok this guy really is like half snake or something.' Twenty of the shinobi behind Orochimaru walked over to us and stood behind us respectfully. 'Wow, this is...amazing. There's so many of them. What is Zabuza-san going to give Orochimaru though, does he want us to steal some ancient relic or something? If so then I can do that in a flash with my kekkei genkai.'

"Sada?" Zabuza said. I looked up at him, and he did something I didn't expect...he hit me.

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Haku watched Sada fall to the ground unconscious and looked at Zabuza confused. It wasn't like she'd done anything wrong. 'Why'd he do that?'

"Zabuza-san, what's going on?" he asked with a slightly frightened voice.

Zabuza looked at Haku for a second and finally turned his attention to Orochimaru who was staring at them. Not getting an answer, Haku ran over to Sada, and bent down looking at her face. 'What's going on?' He pulled Sada into his arms and held her close to him, wondering why Zabuza had hit her. She hadn't done anything to disobey him or disrespect him. She was the sweetest, most quiet, shyest girl he knew. She never did anything wrong, why did he do that?

"Zabuza-san?" Zabuza looked down at Haku again and sighed. "Why'd you do that?"

"Sada won't be staying with us any longer." Zabuza said in a monotone voice.

"What do you mean?" Haku asked quietly.

"He means that she's going with me." Orochimaru said, walking closer to them with his shinobi following.

"Nande?" Haku asked quietly.

"Haku..." Zabuza stopped. Haku looked at him with the saddest eyes he had seen in years, and Zabuza shook his head. He couldn't go back, they needed this money and those shinobi. "Orochimaru is interested in Sada's kekkei genkai, we made a trade. Sada, for all this." Zabuza stated.

"Demo Zabuza-san," Haku whispered. "She's been my best friend for years." Zabuza kept his emotionless face, trying to block emotions, and looked at Orochimaru. "She's precious to me." Orochimaru chuckled in amusement and looked back at one of his shinobi.

"Grab the girl, we have alot of work to do." he hissed. The shinobi nodded and walked closer to Haku.

"Haku, hand her over." Zabuza ordered. Haku looked at Zabuza again, his eyes were pleading with him.

'Don't let them take Sada away.'

"Haku." Haku sighed and stood upm still holding Sada in his arms. "Hand her over." Haku looked at his master and looked at Orochimaru.

"Is the deal off then?" Orochimaru asked, his eyes narrowing into a glare. "If so, I want my shinobi back."

"It's not, Haku hand the girl over." Zabuza snapped. Haku looked down at Sada one more time, before handing his best friend over to the enemy.

"Arigato." Orochimaru slurred. "You're money." He tossed a bag to Zabuza and turned on his heal. "Let's go."

"Come on Haku." Zabuza ordered. Haku nodded and stared at Sada until Orochimaru disappeared into the shadows, followed by his shinobi. He sighed and followed Zabuza.

'Why Zabuza?' As if Zabuza could read Haku's mind, he said

"Sada was a very gifted shinobi, but her gift was able to help us build up our group."

"Why is he so interested in her?" Haku asked. "She's only a child." Zabuza chuckled and said

"Sada will get out, he won't be able to hold her with her kekkei genkai...unless they find a way to suppress it."

"You told him about Sada-chan's kekkei genkai?" Haku asked in shock. Zabuza chuckled and looked at his young companion.

"I didn't say that." he replied.

"How is he interested if he didn't know what it was?" Haku asked confused.

"I merely told him that Sada has a very powerful kekkei genkai, that she can get into most places that normal shinobi can't." Zabuza answered. Haku looked at him still slightly confused, and Zabuza smirked. "He thinks she's a teleporter I believe. If she doesn't escape, I'll be shocked. She'll find her way back to us." Haku sighed and looked up at the sky.

'Please Sada...forgive me.'

 Author's Note: How sad, and everything was going so well in Sada's life. How tragic this is. Stupid Orochimaru, why did you want Sada of all things? Couldnd't you have been content with some ancient relic or whatever? Why, grrr! We don't like you! How dare you take Sada away. Hope you guys liked it and here's the preview.

PREVIEW: CHAPTER FOUR

'Putting people against others, the chance that you might not survive if you don't fight, it's genius. He's trying to scare everyone into going against each other. Especially if he's letting us use jutsu again.' I ducked seeing a fist come at my head and kicked the person into a wall. 'And it's working.' Everyone was fighting, trying to kill each other off. The chances of me surviving this were slim to none; well that's what they thought. I gasped seeing the same person trying to tackle me and dodged. 'I have to hide my kekkei genkai from Orochimaru, he can't see it.' I quickly broke the man's neck and looked around seeing chaos. Everyone, was fighting. I shook my head sadly and gasped seeing I was surrounded. 'This is not good.'