I like to start with thanks to my constant reviewers and readers. Without you guy it would be a lot harder to make myself write. Anyhow, I just wanted to say that as I said I am making art for this fic and others of mine. So just PM me or put it in a review if you have a request for a certain scene. Now, on with it I guess.

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Somehow seeing her go down enraged him, seeing them try to take her afterwards pushed him over the edge though. The remaining enemies were down in seconds and he stopped just long enough to gather the pink-haired angel into his arms and take off as fast as his legs could conceivably take him.

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"…She left."

Sasuke's crestfallen expression voiced the general feeling in the room.

"…But where did she go?" "She has no one and nothing to return to."

That statement grabbed the other two Uchihas attention.

"Itachi?"

He pinned them with an unnerving look, his expression unfavorable to them if they wished to keep their heads attached to their neck. Then he spoke.

"She had nowhere to go back to, I saw where and how she was living."

Hope surfaced in them before Itachi squashed it when he spoke once more.

"As soon as she went missing I checked that hovel for her, she wasn't there otherwise I would have drug her back."

His words were serious and made their hearts crash to the ground, shattering at their feet.

"Something must have happened when she left, we need to leave now."

Something in his gaze scared them both.

"We will find her."

They quickly bolted to the door, the thought of Sakura being hurt and Itachi's unnatural fury spurring them on. They were startled to find two smiling people at their door upon its opening. Two of the people they least wanted to see; Neji and Sasori stood relaxed and happy on their doorstep.

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"Deidara?"

The blond froze at the orange-haired male's voice.

"You left without asking."

The young man continued striking fear into the shorter male.

"You launched an attack that put this entire organization in jeopardy and brought home a young woman as a pet."

His voice was seething in anger. Deidara had never seen him this angry, but he had also never done something this (He admitted it.) stupid.

"Now…"

The pink angel was gone from his grasp in an instant and safely wrapped in the leaders arms in the next.

"…The worst is that you involved other people in your idiotic actions, you've doomed her to a life stuck here until we finish the rebellion."

He seemed to be almost gentle, looking over the injuries he could see from her position in his arms.

"Your guilt in having a part in that captivity will be punishment enough."

"Wait, Pein!"

He turned, halfway around the corner.

"Will I be allowed to see her?"

Pein's answer was straight to point.

"If you do, you will refrain from your normal stupidity."

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Sakura was scared; she felt the shadows pulling her under. She heard the screams of her mother but there was something else. Their screams were there to; she had pulled them in as well. She was bad; she hurt everyone that was close to her. The government had killed her mother because of her. It was all her fault.

She tried to scream for help but only silence came out. She couldn't move; the horrible piercing noise grew louder. She looked down only to see snakes circling her body; they bit down and she screamed her body jolting….

Her body bolted up and launched itself at the first thing within reach; a startled woman tensed at the sudden movement and touch. Then she felt the wetness on her clothing; she relaxed and embraced the shaking girl.

Sakura felt safe, her body shook as she fought for control. Her mother had this same smell; she wished for her mother and let her body drift away.

The blue-haired woman looked down at the young lady in her arms, she looked peaceful and calm in her sleep. She had come inside to check the girl's wounds when she heard the pinkette's screams and cries of pain and horror. She felt protective over this girl, she wasn't much older then her though, just a year or two. Yet, she felt as though this was her child to protect, just an innocent soul who needed to be sheltered.

Like she had needed when she was younger; like she didn't receive when she was younger. Konan hadn't had a great life, she knew this. This young girl hadn't either; she might have seen a million things that would never be erased from her. She wouldn't be damaged again though, Konan couldn't protect herself from the horrible things that people caused, but she could protect this girl.

She could heal her.

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"What the hell do you mean she's gone?"

Sasori's chestnut-brown eyes shot daggers at the somber-looking Uchihas in the doorway.

"Where is she?"

Sasuke answered this time.

"She left, but she will return."

Both Sasori and Neji paused at that, their thoughts collecting.

"Well, we can't very well leave that fact up to Uchihas, can we?"

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Well, that's settled. Konan will NOT be a suitor or a mother-figure. It's like a sister-thing. Kinda like 'I've had a tough life, so has she." thing. Anyhow, remember to send reviews and requests. See ya!