Author's note: This chapter has been edited from the original chapter, but it still has most of the original text.
Disclaimer – Takara does not own Naruto or any of the characters, but only the original characters. All rights of Naruto belong to Masashi Kishimoto.
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Black Mamba
Chapter six: A Torn Memory
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- Pourquoi est-il de mal à se rappeler quelque chose? Pourquoi?
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In Tsunade's office
"Why did you not kill him?" Tsunade tried to keep her temper in.
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"You do realize that he now knows our clan exists?" Tsunade yelled at the woman staring at the ground with shame.
"Yes," she answered simply.
"Haruno, Haruno, Haruno," Tsunade massaged her temples. "What am I going to do with you?"
"I do not know."
"I'm afraid I have no other choice. You are on probation," Tsunade ordered sternly.
"Why?" her voice cracked. Killing was her only job. It's my only purpose in life... right? There's nothing else she's waiting for…
"Because you disobeyed the orders I strictly gave you and firing you isn't a good option. Probation is best for you my flower," Tsunade closed her eyes to avoid her apprentice's gaze.
"I-I understand Lady Tsunade," she softly whispered with her head down. Sakura walked out of the office and down the dark halls.
Tsunade sighed. I'm sorry Sakura. If I lose you, you're going to remember. Your life and 'him'... It was a rough day. It was best putting her there. Away from the light and away from him...
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With Sasuke
He groaned in pain as he got up. Sasuke tried to recollect his thoughts until it hit him like the bullet that shot his brother's leg! Itachi was shot! He chased the person who shot his brother and he saw green eyes. Green eyes like Sakura's. Damnit. This can't be her after all these years, can it?
He dusted off the dirt off his white polo shirt. Sakura, what happened to you? His racing thoughts were cut off as his cell was ringing.
"Oi," Naruto's voiced greeted from the other side of the cell.
"What do you want?"
"I found your brother an hour ago and brought him to a doctor. He's fine, you?"
"I'm fine." Truth is, he wasn't. His heart was still beating from the memory of Sakura in front of him.
"Who shot your brother? Did you get him?" Naruto asked.
"Some ass hole and I got him good," Sasuke lied.
"Alright and did you get the target at all?"
"Took care of that, dobe," he lied once more. Letting one scumbag live another day isn't so bad, right?
"Teme, just get back soon!" Naruto answered and he hung up. That was a close one. Sasuke wiped off the sweat from his forehead as a sign of relief. As he was about to leave, he noticed he stepped on something. Bending down on one knee, his eyes widened.
"Sakura's ribbon," he whispered. It was the same ribbon he gave her when they were first a couple. It had her name written on it and it had a phone number.
It couldn't be… Sasuke eyes scanned the words and knew what he was looking for. He was determined and ready for another face to face. He limped his way back to his car and drove home. He had to say this to someone, but whom? Sakura and I will be reunited!
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With Sakura
She chucked a pillow at a random painting her bedroom. "It's so unfair!" she screeched as she threw even more items. She picked up a silver hair brush from her dresser and as she was about to throw it, she froze her tracks. Green eyes faded to grey green as her mind was driving her nuts. Her brain full of static began to show her an image.
Flashback
"You belong to us from now," a woman in a red cloak commanded.
"No," she whimpered. Sakura was in a skimpy white dress and her hair was in a mess. Eyes bewildered and she was confined in a silver room with this complete stranger. "NO!"
"Yes. All of what you remember is from now on gone... dead for you to behold," the red cloaked figure chuckled and disappeared all of the sudden.
"No...No!" she repeated. She was so confused and felt lost like a caged animal wanting to be free. Her mind throbbed and the pain surged throughout her body. "Someone help me! Sasuke! SASUKE!" she screamed as she was getting dizzier and felt her mind being erased. Sakura kicked the air and her long nails clawed the floor viciously. She was in a frenzy of rage and suddenly she found the strength to get up."SASUKE! SASUKE!" She threw a silver hair brush at the mirrored walls. The silver brush came intact to the silver mirror and began breaking the demented reflection of her. "Let me go!"Her body slumped against the wall as she was weakening with the gnawing pain. Her life was draining and her vision depleting...
From her pale pink lips, she whispered out the last breath of her soul with a tear rolling down her cheek, "Sasu-kun…" The darkness swallowed her in and there she drifted alone into the abyssal of the lost…
End of flashback
Sakura gasped. When was that? How old was she? Where was she before? The unanswered questions pounded into her head. Who is she? Is she, Haruno Sakura, or, Agent S, the serial killer? Sakura let go of the hair brush and let it fall onto the ground. Just… stop… the pain…
She fainted from a fever and an unexpected memory she was never supposed to have.
What she didn't notice was her cell phone was vibrating from an unknown number multiple of times…
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- Why does it hurt to remember something? Why?
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Author's note – Read and review please.