Chapter 6: Eternal Darkness

Eternal darkness…is all he will ever see for the rest of his life. Never seeing the sun, the clouds, the stars, the moon, the sky…

No more colors.

Just darkness.

This is his life. Cold, empty, emotionless…Dark.

Even when he wakes up, there is always the smallest moment when he thinks he'll see something again…the light…

But then the pain comes as he realizes he will never see the light ever again, and then he starts his day in the cold empty darkness that has consumed his soul.

All his other senses were amplified. He could hear the smallest drop of a pin in the busiest and crowded streets downtown. He could feel all the jagged edges and scratches on a shiruken. He could smell the scent of a small flower in the largest training field through all the sweat and blood. When he ate anything at all, it had to be cooked to perfection for he could taste every little ingredient.

What he wouldn't give to be normal. To have his sight returned to him, then all the small things would go unnoticed.

No. He would stay blind. It made him stronger… It taught him that he could only depend on himself.

And as he stands there in backyard with the rain soaking his black tank top and black pants he once again cursed the frequent spring showers. Shiruken poised ready, he releases them in the direction of the targets, and faintly he can smell that annoying scent of cherry blossoms, sense the faint pink aura and hear her faint breathing through the downpour, as she stands on the balcony and watches him.

He pulls the shiruken out once again and prepares for another full assault. His hair and clothes drenched, he takes aim and hits every single target, dead on.

It amazed her. Not even once had he missed, not even by a millimeter. He had a deadly passion with every throw and such precision. She gave a depressed sigh as she watches him attack the targets continuously with every ounce of strength he could muster.

Even though it was raining, it was always soothing to her. Sometimes she wished spring would never end so all the flowers would stay in bloom and the wonderful spring showers could continue to cleanse the earth. That was her fantasy world.

But for now she would have to make do with the calming water as she looks at him, training.

She didn't understand how this cold hearted, ignorant bastard could be so, determined… She shakes her head and jumps down to the ground below and sits under the cover of the balcony above as she places her chin in her palm, elbow on her knee, and follows his every move.

All the while the training Uchiha followed her aura with his mind, knowing exactly where she was.

As he pulls the shiruken out of the target once more and gets ready for another attack he puts them away and pulls out kunai instead.

Holding one in each hand he advances to the targets and slowly breaks into a run. With incredible speed he pulls back the deadly weapons, spinning them wildly, and thrusts them forward just as the Haruno girl sneezes…

The kunai miss and for the first time all day the targets are bare of any weaponry.

Sakura's eyes widen. She guessed maybe there was a first time for everything.

"Damn." Sasuke mutters under his breath. Damn that girl. Wait, why was he blaming her? It wasn't her fault he missed. It was just, something about her affects him when she's around…It was so annoying, and he hated it. Just like he hated her and everything about her.

Sakura stands up and walks over to him, as he stands near the targets trying to catch his breath.

"You ok?" She asks. She couldn't believe she just asked him that after the way he treats her. But she had always been a nice, warm hearted person. After all that was the reason she accepted to help him in the first place. Even if it was someone else, or anyone else for that matter she would have helped them too especially if everything they were working for was about to be taken away…And she wasn't going to leave until she got the job done.

"…"

"Uchiha?" She asks. Why wasn't he saying anything? Not even an insult?

"What the hell are you doing out here? Go inside." He growls.

"I'm not leaving until you do." She says. She couldn't help but smile. She knew that no matter what he would be a jerk. She should have known better than to think that he wasn't going to say something rude like that.

He pauses.

"Fine. Whatever, do what you want. I don't care."

"I will, don't worry." She says and returns to her previous position.

Sasuke feels around for the weapons in the tall unkempt grass. Normally he would be able to tell by the sounds of the rain reflecting off the objects where they were but the grass was muffling the sounds.

Without warning, he cuts his hand open on the blade.

"Shit." He curses himself.

Sakura looks up. What happened? She couldn't tell from where she was sitting so she jumps up and appears before him.

Here, in front of him, she could see a steady stream of red surrounding his hands as he tries to quell the blood flow.

"What did you do?" She asks incredulously.

"None of your damn business." He snaps as he jumps up to the balcony, nearly stumbles, and dashes through her room to his own.

Still standing outside, she looks at the ground and sees the blood soaked kunai. She picks them up and wipes the blood off on her clothes. She was wearing her normal outfit, so it didn't matter if she got it dirty she had tons of other outfits just like it. Then, as she pockets them, she jumps up to her bedroom as well. She sees a small trail of blood and a bloody hand print on her door. Worried, she rushes to his bedroom door, which also had blood on the handle. Without knocking, she opens the door and sees a shirtless Sasuke bandaging his wounds. His head turns towards the door.

"Oh, s-sorry, I just thought you might have needed my help or something." She mumbles as she looks away.

"I told you to never come in here again. Now get out!" He yells at her.

She flinches and stumbles back and he slams the door on her. Again.

Anger rising, she storms off to her room to get out of the blood stained clothes. Cursing him and thinking of every possible way she could cause him pain.

An hour later, with nerves calmed, she enters the kitchen wondering what she could make for lunch.

Walking to the fridge in her pink skirt and white t-shirt with the word 'love' in pink letters across the front, she grinds her teeth together as she remembers all the times he had been rude to her in the past 2 days.

'Remember why you're here…Just help him and then you'll never have to see him again if you don't want to.'

She opens the fridge and lets out a frustrated cry. She didn't feel like making anything right now. And besides, she didn't like the thought of making food and having to go get the Uchiha to eat it. She knew it was cruel, but she went to the front door, put on her jacket and shoes and left the house. She was going out to eat. Besides, didn't the jerk always say he'd eat when he felt like it? Why did she have to cater to him?

Kakashi had been extra lenient with the training schedule. This month they would train every 3 days, meaning she's have plenty of time to spend with that bastard. She was starting to hate almost everyone now because of the Uchiha.

The rain had stopped now and the sun peeked out of the clouds every so often and the wind blew a gentle breeze. The air was fresh and she could hear the birds and the people on the streets going about their business. For a moment she forgot all her anger and felt finally relaxed now that she was out of that devils company.

Sasuke sat in his room. He wrapped the bandage around the deep gash in the palm of his hand over and over then ripped the end off with his teeth. The white cloth was instantly stained crimson. But he would never know this. He could only feel it seeping through the material. It didn't really hurt. No physical pain came anywhere close to the pain and suffering he had been through his whole life. He had never cried. Not since that day. He had never screamed out loud from pain. He never showed anyone that it hurt.

That girl had come barging in and seen him at a weak moment. That pushed him to his limits. He never wanted anyone to see him as the weak blind boy they all saw him as. He gritted his teeth and took a shower, washing away the sweat the blood and the dirt.

He never noticed the blood that kept seeping through the material, washing the crimson liquid down the drain. He never noticed the front door opening and closing.

He never heard her leave.

A young kunoichi sat down at a table in a small café not to far from the place she had just escaped.

"What would you like, miss?" A waiter asked, and pulled out a notepad.

"A French vanilla cappuccino and a croissant please." She answered.

"Certainly. Anything else?" The waiter questioned again as he scribbled on the notepad.

"No that will be-actually, I'd like another cappuccino and a bagel to go please." Sakura added when the image of a certain jerk came into her mind. She blushed slightly as the image was of him in his room the last time she saw him. Quickly removing the thought from her mind and remembering all the bastards' actions toward her, she scowled and added,

"That will be all thanks."

The waiter walked away and returned several minutes later with food and drinks in hand.

"Here you go, miss."

Sakura ate and paid, then left the little café. It was her favorite place to go on rainy days. She always sat by the window and watched the rain fall.

Holding Sasuke's meal in one hand and his coffee in the other she headed towards the house.

Unknowing that certain people were following her.

About a block away from the house, Sakura stopped as she noticed shadows moving around her.

"What the?" she started.

But she never got to finish her sentence as someone grabbed her from behind, covering her mouth. She tried screaming as she dropped the food, but only muffled noises came out. Sakura tried reaching for her kunai or her shiruken or for anything to help get out of the unknown person's strong grasp. But she didn't bring anything with her and she cursed herself. She looked up at her attacker and noticed the anbu mask.

Her mind went crazy with questions. 'Why were the anbu coming after her? Why were they capturing her in her own town? What did she do wrong? Did she leave Konoha sometime? Did she betray any of her village's secrets?' The answer to that question was no. She had no idea why they were attacking her.

Why? Why? Why?

Millions of questions ran through her mind.

Then the anbu member, who was greatly stronger than herself, wrestled her to the ground and got another member to tie a cloth around her mouth to keep from screaming, and tie up her hands. Next thing she knew was blackness.

Sasuke opened the door to his room and went downstairs. He felt around for any faint pink aura that might be near. To his surprise he felt nothing. She must have been in her room.

He opened the fridge and felt around for anything edible. He was hungry. He grabbed a yogurt and a spoon and climbed the stairs once again. Just before he entered his room he decided to check on the girl, just to make sure she wasn't doing anything she wasn't supposed to.

He headed towards her door and was surprised to find it was open. He knocked lightly then entered when there was no response. Even though it smelled fully of her cherry blossom scent, there was no pink aura, or the sound of her breathing. Nothing in this room indicated that it was currently occupied.

That was strange. If she wasn't downstairs or in her room where did she go? She wouldn't have left without telling him she was going would she? Thoughts of him slamming the door on her and yelling at her entered his mind. Maybe she did leave. But what did he care? It was good that she was gone.

He stepped onto the balcony and breathed in the damp air. He heard the crickets and the sounds of the wind blowing gently through the leaves. There were hardly any sounds of human civilization. It had to be night. Exactly how late was it? He wondered.

He entered the living room and turned on the television.

'Welcome back to Konoha news at eleven.' A newscaster reported.

It was eleven? Wasn't that late for that girl to be out? He turned off the TV.

He headed to the front door and threw on his jacket. Where ever that girl was he would be the one to have to go find her. He might hate her, and she might be annoying but she was his teammate and if anything happened to her he would be the one to blame.

A pink haired girl opened her eyes and lifted her head up groggily. She felt a horrible stinging pain on the side of her head where she had been knocked out. For a moment she couldn't remember anything.

She was sitting on a chair, hands and feet bound and a cloth in her mouth. She looked around the dimly lit room. She was in the middle and there was only one door, no windows. She spat the cloth out and tried pulling her bonds free, but to no avail.

Why did the anbu not kill her right then and there? Wasn't that what they did to traitors?

She knew she didn't do anything, she didn't betray any secrets…But if they thought she had they would have killed her. Burned the body completely.

So what was she doing alive? Not that she was complaining or anything.

Just as the ropes were coming loose, the door opened and 2 anbu walked in. She quickly pretended to be unconscious still.

"Why didn't you kill her?" One tall anbu wearing a wolf mask asked.

"That was not our orders. This one was "special". The hokage demanded that we keep her alive for questioning." The other answered.

"Too bad the hokage is away for the week. Looks like you're going to have to keep her here until she returns."

"…The cloth from her mouth has been removed." The second anbu noticed.

"Maybe she woke up." The first guessed.

"Then we've got a deceitful little liar on our hands." The anbu walked forward and slapped Sakura across the face.

Sakura let out a little gasp of surprise then glared at him as tears started rolling down her face.

"Aw, isn't that sad? Our poor little traitor can't handle a rude awakening." He sneered.

The hokage demanded her to be captured? She was a traitor? What was going on? Why was this happening to her of all people?

"W-what do you want with me?" Sakura asked, scolding herself for sounding weak to the enemy. Even if these anbu were from her own village, right now they were definitely not allies.

The anbu laughed bitterly.

"Don't try the innocence with us. Anbu are not the kind of people you want to mess around with, but I guess you've gotten messed up with us already you little run away." The first anbu said stepping up to stand beside the other one,

"But I never left Konoha and I'm not a trai-" Sakura started, but the anbu had shoved the cloth back into her mouth forcefully before she could say anything more.

"Let's go before I'm forced to do something I know I'm going to regret." The wolf masked anbu told the other.

"Now now, remember the hokage wants this one alive." The other answered as they left the room and closed the door leaving Sakura on her own to cry quietly. Even if she did break free, she was no match against Konoha's anbu.

She spat out the cloth again, and the rope around her hands came free. Sakura was always skilled at getting out of traps. Once she had untied her legs, she stood and sat in a corner just as the anbu turned off the lights.

Leaving her in a complete and eternal darkness.

.:.To be continued.:.

A/N: Sorry for updating so late. I've been super busy with school and Thanksgiving but here's the next chapter. Completely predictable I know, but hey it's interesting and it will help Sasuke and Sakura's relationship as far as I'm concerned. But why does the Hokage want Sakura? And how is Sasuke supposed to get to her with a bunch of Anbu surrounding her? Just read and review and find out!

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