Going Down with You

Chapter 4 – New Enemies and a New Friend –Sakura's POV–

The vans each had the huge SWAT sign on them, something both of us didn't expect. We quickly shared a nervous look. Naruto growled, "First, the Jap Special Forces. And now, it's SWAT!"

I sighed, "Naruto, we can't outrun–"

"Fuck yeah we can. Plus, you're obviously well-trained for high-speed car chases and weapon-handling. Now, drive and lose them!" Naruto harshly cut in. I didn't blame him. He obviously hated secrets hidden from him.

I focused my attention back on driving but no sooner than the Audi covered three miles, it suddenly jerked to a stop. The engine shuddered and skidded to a full stop. The radio – at a low volume – turned off along with the AC and the special red button.

"What the fuck!" we both yelled out.

We heard choppers circling us. And some female voice booming across to us. "This is the SWAT. Step out of the car with your hands in the air. Don't try anything foolish or we WILL knock you unconscious!"

We both sighed, the sigh of defeat as we stepped out of the Audi cautiously, our hands behind our heads and our eyes half-closed from the chaos in front of us. The three SWAT vans stopped and the men were filing out directly to us, machine guns and snipers trained on our heads, chest and legs for any sudden movement. In less than 5 seconds, we had no way out.

The choppers above us were slowly landing on the empty fields next to the highway. It wasn't really a highway, because the road was in a bad shape. It was the old highway. How the fuck did they find us this quickly!

Once the first chopper landed, a woman came out in a SWAT combat uniform but just one look at her made it clear she was the one ordering all these men around. What's worse, it was someone I knew a bit too well.

{Normal POV}

She had long black hair that was shimmering violet under the bright lights of the choppers with a long fringe, that was pulled back by the gusts of wind to reveal hard cold grey eyes. She was pointing a gun at the both of them.

But once she was within 2 meters from them, she froze, her eyes went wide "Well, well, well! Fox on the run with Blossom, huh?" she said loudly.

Sakura sighed, "Hi Freakshow."

"Freakshow" turned her head sharply to Sakura, and glared daggers at her but "Blossom" wasn't fazed. In fact she was used to it. "One, will you fucking stop calling me that! I outranked you, you bitch!"

Sakura just raised her eyebrows at her. But Naruto finally found his voice and stared at Freakshow. "Did you just say… Blossom!"

Freakshow nodded. Naruto rounded on Sakura, who was looking at the SWAT dudes. But he didn't say anything. It didn't need any more words.

"Alright, that's just the highlight of tonight! I caught the two birds with one stone. Finally! Now, mind explaining why the fuck the States even got in this trouble and –"

"Did Fugaku send you?" Sakura cut in.

Silence, then the woman nodded. "Yeah, he ordered a national capture with big money. You've gone into such–"

"Well, tell him that he'd better go and find his youngest son. He's the troublemaker. I'm on a very important mission. And get your fucking nose out of it, Hyuuga!"

The older woman was irritated and stared at Sakura for a long time. Then, she looked at Naruto who was closing his eyes and trying to be calm.

"Why? I can help you."

"No, you never did. Why are you offering then?" Sakura spat. Naruto and the rest of the men noticed there was hatred between the two women. Real hatred. Not the sappy jealousy/hurt one.

The black-haired woman glared at the pinkette – with red streaks – and yelled, "No, it's my business–"

"Shut up! You're giving me a headache, woman! And Sakura's right. It's a mission, rated S. Don't tell me you joined ANBU as well," Naruto interrupted, holding his head and glaring at the Hyuuga.

The said woman lashed out at them, "What the hell! You can't even tell me! I'm Hinata Hyuuga for Kami's sake! Don't you remember–"

"Yeah I still do. The shy nerdy girl who was nuts over me. Trust me, I wish I can just forget you. But, please leave us alone. Don't bring anymore forces. Please!" Naruto cut in, his temper flaring.

God, I can't believe I'm doing this! I'm fucking begging her to not follow us! He thought.

Hinata Hyuuga sighed and glared at Naruto, who turned around and walked back to the Audi. Sakura, however, noticed a look of longing in the gray eyes. She still didn't give up on him! It's been fucking years since high school.

But the Haruno knew that once she saw the SWAT forces retreating back to their base and the angry Hyuuga climb up in the chopper, she'd have to deal with an angrier Namikaze.

Once they were clearly 3 miles away, Naruto rounded on her, his expression livid.

"3 fucking …years! You simply forgot to tell me a very important part of your life!" he yelled out, his breath short from anger. "We started off as enemies! We nearly fucking killed each other on multiple missions …why didn't' you…your disguise was fool-proof, enough to fool me! …what the fuck is wrong with you! You don't trust me!"

Sakura knew it was a foolish thing to do that. She waited till Naruto cooled off a bit and she said, staring at him dead in the eyes, "I was sworn not to reveal my identity the moment I joined ANBU!"

Naruto's eyes widened, but he was still livid, "Why?"

"Ever since I went to China to train under Tsunade, I was doing that to save myself. Save myself and escape from the fucking claws of the Uchiha. If I just tell them I'm an ANBU, I'd be dead a long time ago. You just don't get it. I joined ANBU to follow in the shoes of my real family, the Haruno. I even used my mom's name back when she was in the forces!" Sakura yelled, angrily kicking dirt. She was glad Naruto was mute, because she had to continue.

"My parents died when I was barely an hour old, at that hospital in Beijing, Naruto! March 28, 1989 was a bad day for the Haruno clan, because all of them were murdered. A WHOLE FUCKING CLAN OF 23 FAMILIES!" she roared, her voice breaking but she continued. "Only one survived and that was me. For 21 years. I know it sounds fucking sappy, but I'm alive for a reason and I want to know who murdered them. That's why I joined ANBU and become an assassin, to track down those assholes. I would never fucking change my family name to Uchiha. Never! Not even if they point a gun at me."

"You meant that literally?"

The two turned around, and both groaned.

A tall, slim, handsome man with spiky black hair and dead black eyes, dressed in military clothes of the US Marines, was pointing an AK-47 at Sakura Haruno. He was smirking.

"You know, keeping you alive is something we all regret."

Sakura's temper flared once more. "So that's what you, the fucking sad Uchiha, are doing in secret. Eliminating big important clans to rise to power? Like the important Haruno clan? And then cover it so well?"

Sasuke just stared at her, his black eyes boring into her. "I never said we finished off the Haru–"

Crack!

He never got to finish because Sakura had struck her fist against his face with so much strength, fueled by her hatred for that man, and he fell backwards.

Her chest was heaving as she said in clenched teeth, "Stop lying, you fucking son of a bitch! I know when you lie and when you speak the truth. Maybe you didn't but your fucking parents did! Would you like having your entire clan wiped out? No aunts, no uncles, no parents and no fucking siblings!"

Sasuke was casually rubbing his slightly dislocated jaw and stared up at her. Before he even got to say anything, they heard something. Naruto was the first to notice and walked back to the Audi. His laptop, an MacBook Air was flashing. He quickly sat down and his face contorted onto confusion and alarm. There was an urgent message. From ANBU. It was pulsing red.

The ANBU was Japan's most modern organization, a million light-years ahead than any military base, rivaling that of the Americans. Even though there are 5 big leagues, all the messages sent and received between the assassins and the heads were color-coded.

Blue for casual, usually between assassins in the same league or between heads.

Yellow for national mission assignments.

Green for international mission assignments.

Red for very important international missions to quietly assign to the best assassins.

Naruto's handsome face paled. Just reading the message was enough to struck him senseless. No… it's already fucked up. Not that! Please tell me I'm having a big nightmare! He was barely able to say anything but he had to.

"B – Blossom…" he yelled hoarsely.

Sakura frowned and backed to the Audi, still keeping an eye on the Uchiha. "What?"

When he didn't answer, she frowned again and turned around to see a message. It was blinking red. Her confusion intensified until she noticed Naruto pointing, shakingly to the message.

She quickly scanned it, and her green eyes widened. She read it again, more slowly. "No…" she managed. "Th – this isn't real! Must be fake."

"I checked."

Sakura and Naruto locked eyes. Sasuke came over, and sighed. "I came here to tell you this, Sakura. The ANBU is getting wiped out."

Naruto frowned, "Since when are you on our side you bastard?"

Sasuke stared at him, "Think about it, dope. Without the ANBU, there's no safe Japan. Thanks to the ANBU, we can slowly get rid of the Yakuza, who are still growing stronger by the day. I don't know much about it, but it employs police officers, ex-FBI and CIA agents, ex-business men like you two. But it's still a secret organization in order for it not to get wiped out. The CIA made a mistake of revealing themselves and had a few close calls. I mean, all terrorist groups are trying to destroy the CIA and FBI but did you hear any attacks on the ANBU?"

Sakura shook her head slowly, "Not until today. What the hell is the Akatsuki?"

Sasuke looked away, closing his eyes for a moment and opening them again, "My brother had joined it a decade ago. It started off as a small group to make a coup d'etat against Japan's government and to topple off the Emperor. I'm sure both of you knew that the ANBU was formed 12 years ago, right?"

Sakura and Naruto nodded, and they all sat inside the car, listening to Sasuke's story but they were both still suspicious that he came to tell them that.

"The ANBU was formed by Hiruzen Sarutobi and Danzo in 1998, but then you know the story, Danzo had a big fight with Hiruzen and then went on to form Root in 2000, a secret part of the ANBU, hand-picked by Danzo himself. The ANBU grew from being a national academy to become international. Now it's Tsunade who's the Head, working in China. But, Akatsuki isn't trying to take down the Emperor anymore but…"

"It wants to destroy ANBU and kill all of the agents," Sakura continued in a hollow voice. This means that all her close friends and Naruto are in danger.

Sasuke nodded. "The ANBU doesn't just employ people who are physically fit and has experience in self-defence, espionage and police. It also employs the world's strongest men, even the Jewish employers owning the biggest banks!" he said.

An uncomfortable silence settled between the three of them at this latest news. It was now getting serious. The ANBU itself knew that the moment it became international, it had made a huge risk of getting self-destroyed.

But it was sadly interrupted. They turned and their eyes widened. A huge army of black vans, Kawasakis with their riders in full black but with different emblems on the front, Toyotas and Hondas was coming to them. Any normal civilian would stare at the army in confusion but to the two assassins, they stared at the army in awe.

A chopper settled down and a tall woman, in complete black combat clothes with a long green cloak came out, her blonde hair flying. She strode calmly to them and was grim-faced. Sakura and Naruto knew her only too well.

Tsunade cleared her throat. "I believe you received the message, seeing that look on you two. Welcome back, Sasuke. Are you going to help us or betray us like last time?" she asked in a hard voice.

Sasuke sighed, "You left me no choice, Tsunade. The US Marines agreed to work with you."

"Woah! Back up! Sasuke, what the hell? I thought you were a normal owner of Uchiha& Haruno," Sakura said, cutting in.

Sasuke turned to her. "It wasn't a bank in the first place. You thought the Uchiha is a cold-blooded family? Trust me, we are the ones who financed the ANBU in order to rise and become the strongest organization of the world. Fugaku is the Elite Commander."

Naruto gave out a low whistle. The Elite Commander is the title that rivaled that of a Head, but it was a title for the person who helps ANBU and not command it, like Tsunade.

Tsunade held out a hand, "Alright. Enough chit-chat. Now that we know all about the Akatsuki and who could possibly be behind it, we're going to go and beat their asses. But, since Blossom is still on that death game with Sai, we'll have to start deploying our troops. Fox and Blossom, you get to Miyasaki. Try to find as much as possible about Sai while you're at it. Akatsuki and Sai might be linked to it. Alright?"

They nodded.

Tsunade continued, "Sasuke will be accompanying you because he'll play as the double agent, along with his own team. And I know that Sasuke had been trained to do that. You'll be Team 7. Dismissed!"

Sakura and Naruto were still in the Audi GT, with Sasuke behind them in his black Toyota FJ Cruiser. The reason why Sasuke was in such a big car was because of three main reasons.

1, there were 3 big metal suitcases of explosives and guns. It was equally shared between the three of them.

2, there was Karin, Japan's top female hacker who finds hacking in the Pentagon a piece of cake and she had proved it. She was Sasuke's co-op and his long-time girlfriend despite the both of them cheating on each other. The JT's back seat was gone to be replaced by many computers and PDAs on Velcro straps on the inside walls.

3, Suigetsu was occupying the shotgun seat with a gun to protect the Audi.

The ride to Miyasaki will be …interesting? Tune in for more!

PLEASE READ THIS TO HELP YOU

Disclaimer: I do not own Naruto, it belongs to the great Masashi Kishimoto. And no, he didn't pay me to write this.

The whole ANBU story is strictly fan-made. Akatsuki isn't new to you all, since it is the series original group with a few changes (So that it doesn't bore you all XD)

SAI IS NOT PART OF TEAM 7! HE'S THE BAD GUY…or is he?

Fugaku Uchiha is Sasuke and Itachi's dad.

Hope you're enjoying the story and I'll try my best to make it even better and less lame with a lot more twists. More characters to come – and those who are formerly dead will be revived! :P

PS: Reviews, criticisms and favings are appreciated! :D (this is my first fanfic and I don't know why I suddenly made a disclaimer in the 4th chapter… sue me!)