Chapter Four;

Sakura's Pov

"Breathless." Smiled Kyoko,

I sighed, "I can't believe I've only been here two days and they already have you going out and buying me clothes as if I'm going to be here forever."

She grinned, "I wouldn't mind that,"

I giggled and turned my attention back to the wall mirror in my decent sized room, I was currently wearing a long sleeved grey shirt, it had a decent sized V neck that didn't show much, but enough to make me slightly uncomfortable, and light pink shorts that matched my hair perfectly, which showed a large amount of thigh, my long hair pooled around my hips, shiny and soft after being scrubbed viciously the day before.

Watari had given Kyoko money early this morning to get me enough clothes that appeared like they would last a lifetime, Kyoko had a good sense of style though, so I didn't mind so much that she was the one to go shopping for me,

Besides that her company always made the homesickness more bearable,

"Hey I was curious… What does that thingy on your neck mean?" She asked, pointing to the scarlet headband that was tied around my neck, hanging a little bit loosely,

I smiled, "It means I graduated from the academy, it represents my home."

"Woah, that's so cool. All they gave us were some really ugly, bulky graduation rings that I lost like a weak later!" She laughed,

I couldn't help but smile at her antics, she was so bright and happy, she was a perfect mixture of Hinata and Ino almost,

Suddenly my attention was turned back to the door as Watari walked in, his stern face scanning the room, "Ms. Haruno, We're going to be leaving soom, you and Ryuzaki are going to take somewhat of a field trip."

I scowled. "Watari I'm not going to tell you again, I'm twenty one years old!"

A small smile came to his lips, "Well, that's young to me."

"Yeah, yeah." I mumbled, smiling apologetically to Kyoko who grinned, "I'll put your clothes away for you Saku!"

I smiled and followed behind Watari,

"Where am I going today Watari-San?" I asked, unsure of the question myself, I just couldn't stand his silent treatment.

He remained silent for a moment; I could tell he was thinking of something, "Well, the only thing I know is it's a friend of yours."

A smile crossed my face and I felt like fireworks were going off inside of my stomach, I wanted to scream in excitement, was it my friends? I practically skipped the entire way there.

He took me down two levels by an elevator, when we reached what was called a 'parking garage' I noticed large metal contraptions that I assumed were these people's means of transportation.

As we came up to a shiny black car, the end was stretched and it looked longer than most cars Watari opened the door for me, I smiled and slipped in, taking a seat in one of the backward chairs, I felt so out of place, but that would all end soon and everything would be back to normal!

I noticed Ryuzaki was in the car to, sitting in his favored position; crouching. He was eating what appeared to be cookies, he was stacking them in an odd order before he turned to peer at me, My smile beamed, I couldn't resist,

"Happy I see." He said flatly, turning his attention back to the stack of cookies,

"Who is it? Is it Naruto or Tsunade or-"

"Sakura, how did you know about Konohagakure? Are you a descendent perhaps, of someone who once lived in that village?"

My eyes narrowed in confusion, "No, I live there?"

"Well, You see it died off two hundred years ago during some fourth war,"

My chest tightened, I panicked and jumped grabbing him by his white shirt and growling angrily,

"You're lying." I snarled, He had to be, I was there just days ago, I mean- I had woken up in this strange place but that didn't- No. It was impossible,

"Hum, It appears it was destroyed, and Naruto, of whom you've already spoken of, took lead as 'hokage' and married Hinata Hyuga, we're going to see his great grandson."

My mouth hung open, "Are you insane? I was there three days ago!"

His eyes never left mine, "Maybe, but it seems sixty percent more likely that you are,"

I gasped, my fingers clutching the fabric of the seat as I stepped away from Ryuzaki. My breasts rising and falling as I desperately tried to calm myself, he had to be lying, this was all so impossible, so unlikely… It couldn't be happening… There wasn't a way it could be… NO.

"You're lying…" I whispered,

"This is odd, you say you were there three days ago, yes?"

I nodded slowly, not truly knowing his intentions, or caring for that matter, how had all of this happened? How had I gotten myself into this horrible, horrible situation?

I looked around frantically, unsure of what to say or do, I was starting to doubt my own sanity at this point, you don't just fall asleep and wake up two hundred years later!

"You seem tense." Stated Ryuzaki, I frowned, I wasn't sure what to do, no matter what I said at this point didn't matter, I couldn't do anything, I was nothing here, no family, no friends, I was on my own.

I shook my head sadly, "I wish I could prove to you that I'm not lying…" I whispered, knowing for a fact her couldn't hear me,

Silence filled the air, which neither of us seemed to mind, he was clearly horribly inexperienced with social situations and I was too deep into thought to even pay attention to what was going on, I couldn't imagine how this would have happened,

Get a grip on yourself Sakura, You aren't alone here.

I jumped at the sudden presence of the voice, obviously Ryuzaki hadn't heard it,

Who- What's going on, I have been without you for years…

Mm. Nope, I've just sat back and watched the show, You know Sakura, I've been watching how things are going on in Konoha, and well- Damn, hold on, I've been neglecting my duties lately, Uh… Naruto, yeah. He's seriously hung up on our death, it's kinda' cute actually, you should be flattered.

You- You can see them? What's happening?

Eh, it's kinda boring, same old same old, the war is persisting, we're losing pretty bad, although get this; When they found you, Naruto and Sasuke got into like, this HUGE fight, and Naruto killed Madara, Guess what Sasuke Said?

My heart thudded viciously against my chest; I tried desperately to hide my anxious look from Ryuzaki; not wanting him to question my mental state more than he already was.

He was under Madera's influence, the seal he had placed on Sasuke to uh- 'brainwash' him disappeared, when Naruto confronted Sasuke about what had happed he cried, CRIED! Like, serious tears. Anyway, aside from the sappy bullshit Sasuke gave himself up to the leaf anbu, the war is ended, but Konoha, Yeah, DESTROYED, nothing left; period.

What? What happened to everyone?

Everybody's doing fine, except the death of you, Sasuke being in jail, un. OH! And Naruto's arranged our funeral for next week, hum… The village is currently being re-built, shit like that.

I let out a sigh of relief, no one had been injured, I smiled to myself, and Naruto would do greatly as the Hokage, we always knew he would.

"Sakura?"

I raised my eyes to see Ryuzaki staring at me oddly, I blushed instantly realizing I must have spaced out,

"I'm sorry Ryuzaki, were uh, were you talking?"

He raised an eyebrow and nodded briefly, "I was saying we should arrive in about thirty-five minutes, are you alright? You look kind of pale, well, paler."

I rolled my eyes at his snide comment, I wonder why he had such poor social skills, maybe bad experiences as a kid or-

Woah! He's H-O-T. I would have came sooner if I knew he was here!

Now I remember why I got rid of you.

You can't get rid of me; I always come back, snickered inner,

I rolled my eyes and watched as Ryuzaki stared longingly at a chocolate cookie, It amazed me how this odd man managed to do anything ever really, he seemed so odd, almost childish… Oddly enough.

"Ryuzaki" I whispered, unsure of how to avoid the odd conversation I was sure was going to pop up,

He looked up slightly, "Hn?" He said, returning his gauze to the cookie,

I had to smile at his behavior; it was just so… odd maybe.

I smiled, "Can I have a cookie?" I asked sweetly,

He raised an eyebrow and extended a pink colored cookie, I tried not to take it as a personal joke, although I was sure that's why he plucked that specific one from the stack,

I took the cookie and smiled weakly, not really hungry just trying to break the silence, he just returned his attention back to the stack of cookies immediately, which I didn't acknowledge too much,

I wondered what happened to make him the way he is, has he always been this way?

"Ryuzaki-San, How long do I have to stay at the investigation building?" I asked, I figured this was the time to get serious, I've been acting childish and focusing on my feelings, I needed to get a grip on this odd futuristic world, so that should the incident ever come up that I was left on my own, I would be prepared.

I sucked in a sharp breath, In this area I deiced using any chakra would cause unwanted attention. So unless it were a last resort I would remain on my stealth and wit.

"Hm. I'm not sure, why? Do you have somewhere else to be?" He asked, I know he didn't so it on purpose, but I frowned at his words, of coarse it hurt to know I had no where to go…

I sighed and shook my head, not really wanting to talk anymore.

I knew it wasn't his fault directly, but I hated when he said such careless things, I had only known him for two days and he was already effecting me so?

Well, since you're here, what do you propose we do? I asked, somewhat lad I had inner, at least it was something.

Huh? Sorry, I was staring at that sexy ass guy, Uh, I suggest we make the best of this situation, however the fuck we got into it.

I rolled my eyes, Yes, That's obvious, I mean- what do we do? Like a game plan if things go wrong? I'm not exactly an expert on how things work in this place.

Oh. That's a toughie, uh, I suggest we just go haywire, and if shit happens, well… You know you've always got me!

"You're a lot of help." I thought out loud, earning a strange look from Ryuzaki before I felt us jerk to a stop, my attention was turned back to the door as I sprawled out of the vehicle, as Watari had called it.

Soon Ryuzaki was behind me, his hands shoved into the pockets of his jeans, I sighed, the breeze picked up and felt nice on my bare skin,

"Hurry up, I don't like being in the open like this." Exclaimed Ryuzaki,

I turned to tell him to calm down, but I was stopped, my mouth just hung open, I had to clap my hand over my mouth to silence my laughter, he was wearing the most ridiculous mask I had ever seen!

"What?" He said flatly, tilting his head to what seemed to be uncomfortably.

"N-Nothing…" I whispered, choking on the laughter that died to escape my throat at the way he looked right now,

I pushed back the urge and followed him into the apartment building, It smelled somewhat musky and the inside was dusty with a staircase going up, the other going down,

"Well, Which way?" I asked, irritated as the masked man looked at a small yellow piece of paper,

"Up? Maybe, I'm not sure, look for apartment C16." He mumbled, following me up the stairs, I figured I would take the lead, curious on who this could be, had someone else been sucked into this world as well?

A slight pang of excitement built in me, but I smashed it, knowing I would only be disappointed as always.

"Ah!" I gasped, the apartment was at the end of the stuffy hallway, Soon Ryuzaki was standing uncomfortably close behind me, although I was sure he didn't mean it in a way I was thinking it, There was no way,

Suddenly his arm snaked over my shoulder to knock on the door, I blushed and stepped to the side so out awkward touching would cease,

Soon the door opened and the smell of ramen filled the air, it was an older man, his black hair slowly gathering grey, He was rubbing his eyes in sleepiness and squinted when he saw us,

I raised my eyebrows, I had surely never seen this old man before, how could he know me?

"Mr. Uzumaki?" Asked Ryuzaki in a business tone,

Obviously the man found his mask odd too because he earned an odd look as well,

Never the less the elderly man nodded, his gauze shifting to me, his eyes widened madly and I feared he would have a heart attack or something with the look he was giving me,

"Sir are you-"

"Amazing! You- Lady Haruno?"

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Ohhhhhh Shit. Bitch has been caught!

(Please don't get mad I said that I am in love with Sakura T-T)

Until next Chapter, Which I assure you will be one of the best so far,

I bid you all farewell,

~WinterPants