Disclaimer: Well... my plan failed. I wont be owning Naruto any time soon.

The smoke cleared and there stood Kabuto, kunai in hand. He had deflected each one of the kunai Sakura and Sasuke had thrown at eachother. He pushed up his glasses and looked at Sasuke.

"Sorry Sasuke-kun, but Orochimaru-sama asked me to intervene." he said calmly.

"What does he want now?" Sasuke asked dully.

Kabuto turned to Sakura. Her chakra was the one Orochimaru wanted.

"Sakura-chan, please come with me." he said.

Sakura lifted an eyebrow.

"Does he think we'll just calmly walk with him? Four eyes, you are going DOWN!"

"What makes you think I'll follow?" she hissed.

"I thought you'd say something like that." he spoke gently.

Kabuto disappeared and reappeared behind Sakura. He filled his hand with chakra and hit down hard on her shoulder's pressure point. Sakura fought to keep her eyes open, but finally collapsed to the ground, unconscious.

"Why does Orochimaru want Sakura?" asked Sasuke.

"He has plans for her as well as for you." he said casually.

Sasuke nodded and Kabuto picked up Sakura. They both headed back down to the hideout.

"What about the other Konoha ninjas?" pointed out Sasuke.

"Right, please hold on to Sakura."

Kabuto handed Sakura's motionless body to Sasuke, who held her bridal style. Kabuto took out a letter and placed it at Kakashi's feet. They walked down the steps and back underground to the place they were both accustomed to.

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Kakashi woke up several hours later with a throbbing headache. He looked around him and spotted unconscious Naruto leaned on the tree beside him. As he pushed himself up off the ground, he heard a silent rustling. His foot had crushed something made of paper. Something looking like a letter. Something with... his name on it. He opened up the envelope and scowled as he read it's content.

Hatake Kakashi,

If you are reading this, then you'll soon find out that we have left the hideout.

We took Sakura-chan with us. Orochimaru has some plans for her. You can

come and try to find us, I won't stop you. But, what you may see might be

more than you can take.

-Kabuto

Kakashi crumpled the paper and tossed it over his shoulder. It hit Naruto in the forehead and he slowly opened his eyes. He blinked, remembering what happened before he blacked-out. He looked around and the first thing that he noticed was that Sakura was out of his sight. He jumped up and he nearly fell over.

"Kakashi-sensei! Where's Sakura-chan?!"

Kakashi clenched his fist and turned to Naruto. He immediately understood when he saw the look in his sensei's visible eye. Sorrow.

"Is she... alright?" he asked more calmly.

"I don't know Naruto."

Naruto carefully opened and flattened the crumpled paper at his feet. His eyes scanned the paper quickly.

"What does he mean by 'what you may see might be more than you can take' ?" he asked after reading the last phrase.

"I can't tell you that. I have no clue. Whatever he means, I think we should prepare ourselves for it."

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Sakura woke up in a dark room. She was on a small bed under thin covers, which she was thankful for because she was feeling rather warm. She sat up painfully but succeeding in lifting her legs over the side of the bed. As she tried to stand up, a shock of pain jolted down her neck and threw her spine. She fell forwards and braced herself for the inevitable impact with the cold, hard ground. But, before she could hit the stone floor, strong arms caught her. She looked up to see none other than her first love, staring down at her with his dark eyes. She blushed furiously and pulled away, falling on her butt. Sasuke laughed slightly and offered her his hand. She took it and he pulled her up.

"You okay?" he asked.

"Umm... yeah." she answered, moving her arms behind her back like she normally did.

Sasuke nodded and helped her sit back on her bed.

"W-what w-was that? I-It just... hurt." she stuttered, wondering why she suddenly collapsed.

"The seal."

"What seal?"

"The cursed seal. You got one while you were unconscious." he answered casually.

Sakura's eyes widened as her brain registered what information she just heard. A flashback of the day Sasuke got his zoomed in her thoughts. She was actually thankful it was while she slept so that she didn't feel too much pain.

"That explains the fever." he continued, gently putting his hand on her forehead to check her temperature.

She blushed again.

'Was he there the whole time?'

"Heck yeah! He loves us!"

'Maybe Orochimaru told him to look after me...'

"No, no, no and NO! Why can't you convince yourself that he may actually like us?"

'Because he never actually talked to me much back in Konoha.'

"Whatever."

"Sasuke...kun." she whispered. She turned away and looked at the ground.

'Damn! Why must he finally worry about me when HE'S the bad guy?'

"Bad guys are hot. That's why."

'And where did you find that out?'

"Did you see his brother? Holy cow man, I thought I'd drown in my own drool!"

'You... are... one sick person.'

Oh wow! Saku's got the cursed seal! Inner Saku's so right, Itachi is H0T!

TomoenaRayelle