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In the morning everything was like always. It was too normal so Sakura thought she had dreamt the whole thing. She then looked over to Sasuke and noticed he was looking at her. It was like he was studying her which made Sakura blush and look away. Just then Juugo came to her smiling.

"Morning Sakura-chan. How's your foot?" he asked and Sakura smiled at him.

"Its fine thanks." she said and packed up her tent. After everyone had packed their things they headed off towards the village. The team had been running for a while already and Sakura was beginning to wonder. "I wonder how much longer." Sakura thought out loud.

"Not much, you should be able to see the village soon." Misa answered, with her blood red eyes, smiling and she was right. After a few minutes you could already see the village houses and some villagers doing their daily routines.

Sakura smiled down at the village and stopped right next to Sasuke who had stopped to wait for his team. He looked down at Sakura who was smiling a sad smile. 'She misses home…' he thought understanding. Misa glanced at her leader and smiled. The Uchiha did understand her after all. Misa then turned to Juugo and smiled at him. Suigetsu and Karin were standing at the sides looking down at the village. Suigetsu bored and annoyed while Karin was smiling.

"What're you smiling about Karin?" Misa asked weary and raised and eye brow at her. Karin just glanced at her and then looked back at the village.

"I'm just happy we got here is all." she said and made Misa suspicious while everyone else ignored her. 'I guess I just don't trust her.' Misa thought and shook it off, if no one else paid any attention to her then neither would she.

"I guess we're splitting up, I'll go with Juugo, no offence Sakura, but I have something to talk to him about." Misa said smiling apologetically. 'I get to tell him what Sakura and Sasuke were talking about along the way; Sakura really admitted it to Sasuke. She loves him.' Misa thought admiring Sakura's bravery to tell her feelings so freely.

"Its fine Misa don't worry about it." Sakura answered and smiled at her silver haired friend reassuring she was fine with it. 'I guess I'll be on my own…' she thought not really caring.

"Then Sakura can be with me." Suigetsu stated smiling and making everyone look at him stunned. Sasuke slightly glared at him but then looked at the village.

"Then that means-" Karin began but couldn't finish when Sasuke interrupted.

"I'll go alone, Sakura you do what you want." Sasuke said and began to run towards the village leaving everyone else behind a bit dumfounded.

"Do what you want?" Juugo said again confused. "Did he mean you can go with whomever you want to or even alone?" he asked as Misa looked at him a bit stunned.

"Um…I guess you can go on your own Sakura." Misa said clearing everything out. 'Cheh he doesn't want Sakura to go with Suigetsu.' she thought and smiled at the Uchiha's jealousy.

Sakura thought about it for a minute then turned to Suigetsu smiling. "I'll come with you for a while if that's ok." Sakura said smiling at her teammate who was smiling and waiting for a confirmation.

"Yahoo! I get the pretty one! Suigetsu said and got a confused look from Sakura and and annoyed one from Misa. 'Sasuke's not gonna like this.' Misa thought while Karin just smiled and left, she was clearly searching alone.

Juugo and Misa went off to the center of the village while Sakura and Suigetsu began from the front gate and headed into the village. "So, where do we go first?" Sakura asked smiling and made Suigetsu smirk.

"Where ever you want princess." he replied with a bow and made Sakura giggle at his stupidity.

"I guess we just start asking around…" she said and walked passed the bowing Suigetsu who was smirking. They did not know Sasuke was watching them glaring at Suigetsu every time he smiled or spoke with Sakura. 'She went with him then.' he thought while clenching his fists together begging to feel angry.

Sasuke watched Sakura and Suigetsu talk and smile while walking up to some people asking for information. He then jumped off onto another roof to search for information himself. 'She really is a distraction for me.' he thought slightly annoyed by the affect Sakura had on him.

Sakura and Suigetsu ended up on the main street and decided to split up. They had been walking around for a while now and the sun would begin to set soon. "Let's just meet at the opening where everyone will meet at, ok?" Sakura said deciding that was the fastest way to get out of the village.

"Sure thing Blossom, I'll meet you there in what, an hour?" Suigetsu said looking up into the sky at the sun to see the time.

"Yeah about an hour." Sakura said smiling and they split up into the human crowd. Sakura went to the left while Suigetsu went to the right of the street in search for information.

Sakura was walking and asking people randomly if they knew anything about the Akatsuki, and turns out some did. Sakura listened and thanked the people she got the information from and turned to head back to the meeting place. The hour was almost up and she had to leave now or she would be late.

"Yo, pink haired girl…" a male voice called and made Sakura turn and look at the new comer. It was a man who was about Naruto's height with light brown hair and dark green eyes and a well built body. "Hello, I thought you were rather pretty so I decided to have a talk with you." the man said smiling.

"Um, I'm sorry but I'm in a hurry…" Sakura said turning away feeling awkward by his comment. She felt a hand grab her wrist and she turned back.

"Come on, I'm Takuto. Who are you?" he said kindly smiling as he loosened his hold on Sakura's wrist.

"Um…I'm Sakura." she said looking at the sun that was setting. 'Shit I need to get back…wait a moment, Takuto…' she thought remembering something.

Flashback

The guards ran past where the Snake team had been a while ago. One of the guards stopped however and looked around. He stepped towards where the team was hiding and stopped to look around again. "Takuto, what are you looking for there's nothing there…" on of the guards said and ran up to him.

"I just felt something…a while ago…" the guy Takuto said while looking around. Sasuke was watching every single one of his movements and was shifting along with them. He turned towards the way they were heading and began to run with Sakura still in his arms.

End of Flashback

'Shit…did I get caught?' she thought panicked now. Takuto was checking her out which made a shiver run down Sakura's spine. "I'm sorry but I really must go, I have to be somewhere…" Sakura said and turned to leave again. This time Takuto stepped in front of her blocking her way.

"Sakura, come on a few minutes won't hurt anyone right?" he said smiling at her. "I'm sure your friends will understand and wait for you." he said while Sakura looked at the sun worried again.

"No I really must be going now…" she said and began to walk. Takuto looked at her walk away for a while then remembered something.

Takuto's Flashback

"She's really strong so use these…" a woman said and gave Takuto two small objects. He looked at them confused. "They're chakra containers…you put those onto someone's wrists and they start to suck out the persons chakra making them weaker. Although you need to have both of them on the one person for them to work…" The woman explained and got a nod from Takuto.

End of Takuto's Flashback

Takuto pulled out the two objects that looked like handcuffs and ran after Sakura. He ran to her and took one of her hands in his and clicked the 'handcuff' shut. Sakura then pulled her hand away looking shocked. "What the hell is this?" she asked as she looked at the object on her wrist. She tired to get it off but couldn't, and while she was distracted Takuto put the other 'handcuff' onto her free wrist.

Sakura got pissed and began to build chakra into her arm ready for a punch, but then felt like nothing had happened. 'What the hell is going on?' she thought panicked. She tried once more with no success. Instead she began to feel weak.

"Those things suck all the chakra out of you, my dear, so there's no use in trying." Takuto said with an evil grin. He walked closer to her and put his hand around her waist. Sakura glared at him and took a step back. "You know you shouldn't even try to use chakra now, you'll just get tired and well I'd prefer you awake for what's coming." He said with an evil grin making Sakura shiver. 'Shit this is bad…' she thought scared as she looked towards the sun that was almost beyond the horizon.


I know this chapter was a bit shorter…

The whole handcuff thing is kinds weird but I couldn't think of anything else at that point…

Thanks for all of you who have stayed with the story so far! RR

GurenSR