Chapter 6

A/N: So I checked my emails and I already had a review for the story so I'm posting up the next chapter. Everyone thank RAMEN101 for giving me a review that helped me find my muse. ^^

Disclaimer: I do not own Naruto.

*Sakura's POV at Sakura's house*

"SAKURA, DO YOU KNOW HOW EXPENSIVE YOUR CELL PHONE WAS!" My mother yelled at me. "Your lucky that this is the first time this has ever happened or you'd be grounded."

"I understand mom, I'll try to be more careful in the Uchiha manor." I said.

"For now your going to have to deal with a cheap replacement. I'm not giving you another smart phone until this Uchiha manor business is over and done with."

"That's ok mom, as long as I can still text my friends I'm fine."

She only nodded as she handed me my new phone and left for work. She was absolutely pissed that I "dropped" my phone from a second story balcony. It was the first time I've ever broken my phone, so I got away with mom yelling at me. The phone was nothing special, it could text and call, that was about it. It did have a game that I could play. The phone was about twenty dollars. I was thinking about getting one for Sasuke maybe. It would help keep in touch with him when I'm gone. It might also help him out because it he'd have more contact with a person.

I smiled as I got my purse and went to the electronics store to get one for him.

*An hour later at the Uchiha manor*

It was about two o'clock when I got to the Uchiha manor. This would be the first time I'd ever go inside the manor alone. At least now I knew that Uchiha manor wasn't the home to some psychopath with a gun. I wouldn't have to worry about getting shot in the back.

I knocked on the door and went inside. As I came in I saw Sasuke come down with a book in his hand. It was an old leather bound book that had some sort of Spanish writing on the title. He set it down on one of the old couches and looked at me.

"Hello Sakura." He said quietly. "You actually came back and your alone this time."

"I told you I'd help you out." I responded. "So of course I came back, and you wanted my friends gone so I assumed you didn't want them here."

"You guys kept exploring the place with all sorts of equipment that I've never seen. What was it all for?"

"We were trying to see if we could capture the ghosts of Uchiha manor on film, well at least they were."

He smiled when he heard the mocking tone I used when I mentioned the ghosts. He had such a sweet smile. I hope I can keep that smile on his face. He didn't deserve this fate.

"Did they find anything that might resemble a ghost?" He asked jokingly.

"Yeah, our friend Naruto." I responded. "He kept leaping of corners yelling boo."

"That was him? I thought I was hearing things."

"Well, we should probably get down to business. There has to be some way to free you from this place."

"Follow me."

He grabbed the book he was reading and started walking up the stairs. That book must be his brother's. He said he was trying to look for some sort of clue that would let him escape the Uchiha manor.

At first I thought he was going to lead me to his room but instead we stopped in front of a room that was right across from his. He opened the door and walked in. I followed him in and saw that it was another bedroom.

"This is my brother's room." Sasuke said as he placed the book down on the night stand. "This is where I found a bunch of leather bound books that supposedly deal with the black arts. I've been reading them for some time and until I finish reading the last one I can't stop reading them."

He waited a second so I could process everything before he continued.
"I still have two more after this book," He said as he held up the book he'd been reading on the way up here. "I want you to read Itachi's journals, they might contain answers that these books don't have. I want you to read this one."

He held a little red book. It had a broken spine but it still had all its pages from what I could tell. On the back of the cover there was some small print that I couldn't read because it was too small from this distance.

"It's the journal that he wrote during the year he started reading the leather bound books that I've been reading." He explained. "It's also the last journal that he had before the massacre."

"I have one question." I said. "How was he able to kill your entire family?"

"The book I'm reading right now contains a spell that could kill someone with the touch of a finger. It only lasts a few minutes though and then you have to wait about thirty minutes before the spell can be reused."

"Was that why he shot you?"

"Probably, but that doesn't explain why I lived and he got to die."

I saw a strange look in his eyes. It was like he wasn't sure about what he was saying. I had to confront him about this.

"What's troubling you now Sasuke?" I asked.

"I had a weird dream last night."He said. "I had a dream that Itachi and my grandfather were trapped here. They were also going to do some ritual to set me free but I didn't like the price of my freedom."

"What was the price? Were they asking you for your soul?"

"No, they were going to take your life for my freedom. You even said that you were willing to do it out of love. I don't know where that even came from. There's no way you could love me right? Especially not after how I dragged you into my room like a brute."

"Wow, how come Itachi and your grandfather were here?"

"They said something about only appearing in the night. I'm not sure if that's just my imagination or the truth. I don't like to wander around here in the night it gives me the creeps."

"Do you want me to help you look for them tonight?"

"You'd really help me with that?"

"Yeah, I read somewhere once that dreams have hidden meanings sometimes, especially when they're the kind of dreams that scare you in the middle of the night or have you in a cold sweat on the morning."

"Why would you believe that?"

"I had a dream once that because of work or something my mother would make us move away from here and I'd never get a chance to go inside this manor. It scared also because it would mean saying goodbye to my dearest friends and start over as the new girl in a strange town."

"It never happened and is never going to happen?"
"Never."

"How do you know?"

"I told my mom about the dream and she told me that she had an offer to work in a big time hospital in Los Angeles. She was going to ask me if I wanted to move. I told her no and that I never wanted to leave. All she did was smile and declined the offer to work in L.A."

"So you think my dream might hold some hidden meaning?"

"It might even hold the key to helping you get free."

He smiled when I said this.

"I'll bring my flash light now so when it gets dark we can start searching the place." I said.

"Thank you Sakura." He said.

"No problem. I promised to help you and I will. I'll do my best."

He nodded and I left the manor. I felt like we were getting closer to finding a key to his freedom. The dream he mentioned was still lingering in my mind though. The reason was because last night I had the same dream. There was no way that was a coincidence.