Ok, so I'm back... sorry it has taken me so long to update... again. I am going through writers block... and plus i forgot about what i wanted the mission to be. But hopefully you'll forgive me and not be too critical on this chapter. Thanks for reading... ENJOY!!!

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Last time:

"What promise was it?" Sasuke asked, wanting to know. He looked at Sakura, who was looking at the ground in front of him. He almost stopped breathing when she look up at him with a sad smile.

"To bring you back to me... but you are the only one who can do that, and you don't want to...." Sakura looked back down at the ground, a tear forming in her eye, but she pushed it back before it could spill out. She will not cry over him anymore.

Crying won't help it... I can't control how it is... so why cry over it.

But Sakura knew that she wasn't crying over him... but more because she couldn't control how it is... how it happened. She couldn't control any of it, and she wish she could. It was still a stupid reason to cry. It wouldn't change any thing, if she did cry over it... so why cry.

Sasuke looked at Sakura and then looked at the ground in front of him, too. His memory jumped back to the night he had left her on that stone bench, the words she said playing in his head.

"I love you more than anything... so please... stay... with... me... and if you can't do that... then.... then take me with you, Sasuke."

The words echoed in his head. He was lost in thought, for a long time, when Sakura voice cut the air.

"Kabuto is around the corner," Sakura said to him. He looked at her when she started to stand up. He then stood up too. They both started walking toward the door, ready to meet Kabuto. Then, Kabuto appeared around the corner with a smile. He smiled even bigger and nastier when he saw Sakura stare at him.

"You better make that smile disappear, before I make you disappear, Kabuto," Sakura told him with a blank look. Kabuto smiled even bigger and Sakura moved to punch him, but was stopped by Sasuke's arm in front of her.

"Calm down, Sakura... What do you want, Kabuto?'' Sasuke glanced behind him at an angry Sakura and then in front of him at a smiling Kabuto.

"Lord Orochimaru wants to see you..." he looked at Sasuke, and then behind him at Sakura with a smile that made Sakura's blood boil and her teeth clench. "Both of you... you all have a mission..." he said. Sasuke nodded at him and then looked back at Sakura. She had a confused expression, the question clear in her dull, emerald eyes.

What kind of mission?

The question ran through both of their minds. Sakura look up at Sasuke with that question in her eyes. Sasuke looked back into her eyes and then shrugged. He looked at Kabuto who was turned and walking away, and then he cut his onyx eyes back to Sakura and nodded for her to follow him. Then, they both started to walk down the hall after Kabuto.

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Chapter 9: The Mission

"Ahh... Sakura, my flower, how is life? Do you like your new home?" Orochimaru laughed his evil one. Sakura glared at him, locking her jaw from throwing out any sarcastic remarks. She stood behind Sasuke who was standing as still as stone in front of her.

Kabuto walked over in front of Orochimaru and bowed his head. Orochimaru sat in his thrown, candles on both sides of it. Kabuto then stood and walked to stand next to the thrown. Orochimaru laughed again, his gaze flicking from Kabuto, to Sasuke, and then from Sasuke, to Sakura. His gaze lingered on Sakura waiting for a reply that Sakura wouldn't give. Orochimaru then chuckled again and then looking on to Sasuke.

"So, Sasuke, have you been treating her well? I know I would be, if I were yo--"

"What's the mission?" Sasuke cut off the snake. Sakura look at him, and she swore she saw something flicker in his eyes. Probably her imagination again, because it was gone in a flash again. Sakura looked back at the snake, a stronger glare on her features. She didn't like being talked about like that, and she was glad that Sasuke stopped him before Sakura did something about it.

Orochimaru laughed again, and held up his hands in defense. "Ok, ok, no need to get snappy.... Ok, I want you, Sasuke, to go to the land of Lightning and find the boy who was working for Kenyu. His name is Senu Kiyoto. Sakura, my dear, you may have seen him helping Kenyu out when you went there." Sakura nodded she had remembered a boy by that name, lining up the ninja for Kenyu's jutsu. Sakura then remembered that she didn't hear of him dying then. He must have gotten away.

Orochimaru nodded, "So you will go and find him... that is why Sakura is going, because she has seen him and has been to the cave. You will probably find him there. My flower can help you find him. All I want you to do is find him, get documents of the people that the jutsu were used on... so we can know what powers our flower has. After you get the documents, kill the boy, and then return." Sakura clenched her fist at her sides... she hated being used like this, and she really didn't want them to know what powers she has. Orochimaru smiled when he saw her fist clench.

"Now, now, my flower... no need to get upset," he laughed. "I know, Sasuke, that she may be some sort of trouble to you, you know, like try to run away. I know you don't want to deal with that, so I am also sending Karin along with you two. She can sense chakra, so she may be some help in finding Senu and finding Sakura if she ends up slipping away. I do expect her to come back with you, Sasuke. I don't care if you hurt her to get her to come back, but she must come back. I have a feeling, my flower will be of some use to me coming these next few months...." Orochimaru laughed, while Sakura cringed at the thought of Karin coming along with them, and at the thought of what Orochimaru could mean by needing her for these next few months. Sakura shuttered, inwardly, at the thought of what he could do with her.

"I want you three to leave now... and I want you back, all three of you, in 10 days.... no more. Karin is informed and will meet you two at the entrance of the hideout," Orochimaru stated. Sakura almost smiled at the thought of getting to see where the entrance to the hideout was... maybe when they got back, she could use it, and go home. "And then when you three children get back, we are moving to a new location..."

Shit.... there goes that idea.

Sakura glared daggers at Orochimaru... he laughed at it, making Sakura shiver slightly. "Leave, now... and Sasuke.... be good to our flower. Keep a close eye on her, I have a feeling Karin doesn't like her so much," Orochimaru added. Then, Sasuke turned on his heel and walked out of the dirt door way, Sakura following him.

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"Orochimaru is a fucking creep.... he's so.. ugh!" Sakura said as she pack her ninja pack.

"Hn..." Sakura heard behind her. Sasuke was also packing his ninja tools. Sakura dismissed that he only used her favorite word, and continued ranting on.

"I don't know how you stand him.... and what's up with the 'my flower' shit? It's plain disturbing... and then Karin has to come, too. I swear she will eat me, Sasuke. She stares at me like a raging wolf... she almost as bad as Orochimaru. I think they both want me for dinner.... Ugh!" Sakura shuttered.

"Hn.."

"Well at least I will be able to get some real food, for once. I am dying for some Ramen... Oh god... I'm starting to sound like Naruto. Look what you guys have turned me into..."

"Hn..."

Sakura sighed as she hooked the pack on her side, and then reached under her pillow to grab out her forehead protector. She battled over herself on taking it or not. Sakura sighed again as she put the plate into the pack and then re-clipping it back shut. Sakura was confident that she had all of her ninja tools with her, now. She turned around to see if the stone carving was ready.

Sasuke picked up his Katana, and slid it into place on his belt. Sakura watched him place it on his person and then watch him turn towards her.

"Ready?" She asked him. He nodded.

"Let's go..." he said and then walked out their bedroom door. Sakura followed him. They walked for about ten minutes before Sakura couldn't take the silence anymore. She thought of something to say to the ice cube. After a moment of thinking, Sakura thought of a question.

"Do you go on a lot of missions for the Candy Man?" Sakura watched the broad shoulders of the Uchiha.

"...Hn..." Sakura sighed. There was no hope for him speaking like a normal person. Sakura gave up trying to start a conversation with Sasuke, and bowed her head down and watched her feet.

Sakura noticed all the chakra signatures around her. There were more in the hideout sense yesterday. There were some on the other side of the wall, and some in the very same hall she was walking in with Sasuke. She counted all the new signatures. There were... 12 more signatures. One of them walking towards Sasuke and Sakura. Sakura looked up to see who it was, looking over Sasuke's shoulder.

There was a big brawny man, holding something on his back. The man had brown hair and sparkling white eyes with a dark green pupil in the center. As the man past, Sakura noticed what he was carrying. It was a dead man with a slender body and long red hair. Blood was all over his form, one eyes slightly open, and his jaw slack. Sakura looked away, when the man with white eyes and green pupils slid his gaze to Sakura. Sakura had her head bowed, looking at her feet once again. She felt the signature stop and then she felt a grip on her forearm. Sakura stopped and turned her angered gaze to the man.

"Hello, honey. Would you like to come back to my ro--" A hand came down on top of the man's wrist, the one that was gripping Sakura's forearm. Sakura looked up to see Sasuke glaring strongly at the man.

"Raiden... let go of her..." Sasuke's eyes glared into the others white and green ones. He stared back. After a minute of keeping his firm grip on Sakura's forearm, the man slid his gaze to look at Sakura. He smiled sickly at her and then slowly let go of Sakura, Sasuke's grip on his wrist let go, too.

"I'll be seeing you around, honey. You can count on that, sweetheart," he looked into Sakura's eyes and then winked before looking back at Sasuke and then turning again, and walking away with his prized body.

Sasuke and Sakura watched the man walk away for a minute before Sasuke slid his gaze on Sakura. Sakura, feeling his gaze, looked back at him, emerald and onyx clashing.

"Thanks, Sasuke," Sakura told him, he nodded. Then, took his place in front of Sakura again, and then, continued walking. "I could of handled that myself, though. You saved that guy a lot of pain... he should be thankful," Sakura said looking behind her, making sure that the man with white eyes and a green pupil was out of sight. Sasuke grin a little, even though Sakura couldn't see it.

There was silence for a minute as the two walked towards the entrance of the hideout.

"It seems like the Candy Man isn't the only creepy one around here, huh?" Sakura said. Sasuke had his head down and his eyes closed but he grined a little at this.

"Hn..."

Sasuke heard low mumbling behind him.

"That fucking word is getting on my fucking nerves.... hn this; hn that; hn, hn, hn, hn, hn," low whispers reached the Uchiha's ears, making him smirk a little more. It then, was silent except for their footsteps.

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"Ah.... fresh air..." Sakura took in a deep breath of the outside air. Smells of pine trees and lovely flowers filled her lungs, making Sakura smile. She opened her eyes to see Karin staring at her with piercing eyes. Sakura smiled at her, "Hello, Karin. beautiful day isn't it?" Sakura asked her and then walked after Sasuke towards the Lightning land. Sakura could feel the staring at her back, and smiled. She might actually enjoy making Karin angry.

Sakura knew she didn't use to be like this. She use to be kind to all people, besides Ino. She never was mean to people or tried to make them mad or uncomfortable. She didn't know what was happening to her. She use to be so kind.

What are they turning me into?

She shook those thoughts from her head... or course everything has changed her... who wouldn't be changed after all that has happened to her. He family dying and then taken away from her home and every one she has left... Of course it's made her sharper and bitchier, meaner. It wasn't a good change but Sakura couldn't change it, not until she was back at home and with people she actually liked. She hated everyone here. Everyone, except Sasuke, and she wasn't even too fond of him right now. It was natural she was this way, in this situation.

Sakura, moving on to think about the mission and what was to come, started to think about real food. Ramen, meat, tomatoes, rice, oh her favorite Chicken. Oh it sounded so good.

"Sasuke? When do we get to eat? I need real food." Sakura stated. Sasuke turned to look over his shoulder, and then turned back around, still walking.

"Later...." Sakura sighed as her most dreaded answer came to her. Sakura then started to look around her surroundings, determined to get food out of her head. She noticed that they were in a forest, trees all around.

Sakura looked up, the sun was starting to lower, giving the sky a mixture of pretty colors. Hot pink, Orange, and yellow clashed together. Sakura filled her lungs again with air, letting her eyes close for a short time. She opened them again, looking up at the green leaves and the beautiful colored sky. It was so beautiful, Sakura felt so free. Well, as free as she could get a this point.

Sakura looked over the Uchiha's shoulder and saw the beautiful yellow color of the sun. Light and transparent clouds were here and there, but not one big one covering a large area of space; just a few little ones. The horizon had turned it's background into a mixture of reds, yellows, purples, and blues. Yellow colors were dancing with red ones, and purples were dancing with the blues. It was a beautiful sunset, even prettier than it was in Konoha. The sun rays shed onto Sakura, making her skin glow and her eyes sparkle. It was so nice to Sakura, and the green of the forest gave it all a gentle feeling. For a minute, it was just Sakura. No one else existed, not Sasuke or Karin. It was just her. But reality soon cut through her fascinations, as Karin's voice cut the air.

"Sasuke-kun? Why is pinky coming again? I would rather we leave her here and we can come back and get her," Karin's whiny voice almost made Sakura cover her ears. Sakura ignored the insalts being thrown at her, trying to be as civil as possible. She knew that what Karin wanted was to make her mad and upset, and if Sakura showed that she wasn't, it would make Karin mad.

"Orochimaru's orders," Sasuke said blutly. Sakura rolled her eyes....

Do these people do everything that bastard says? It's ridiculous...

"But he doesn't have to know... I won't tell him if you won't," Karin said with a smile in her voice. Sasuke turned to look at Karin and then at Sakura, never stopping his walking.

"No..." Sasuke turned back around and continued to watch the ground beneath his feet. Sakura look over her shoulder at Karin and smiled at her, a kind looking smile, knowing it would make her mad. Karin growled at Sakura and turned her head away in defeat. Sakura smiled bigger and turned bad around, trying to hold in her giggle. She looked up ahead of her and met Sasuke's eyes. She smirked at him and she could see a twitch of his lips as he turned back around. Sakura looked back up at the sunset and sighed.

The blues were turning into violets, and the purples had turned into a dark navy blue, the color of the night sky. Yellows had long turned into reds and reds had turned into purples. The sun had sunk another inch, and with every inch the colors were turning the day into the night. The clouds were becoming invisible against the darkening sky, and the sun was turning into an orangeish/redish color, signaling its departure. The trees and the greens of the forest started to take a dark color, and Sakura started to hear the creatures of the forest make there noise. She could hear the russeling and chirping of the crickets and the footsteps of the bigger animals that were going back to there home to sleep, and the hooting of an owl and rustling of animals coming out to hunt.

Sakura knew that they would have to stop soon, it never was a good idea not to have a fire at night in a forest to keep away the animals. Sakura kept walking watching as the sun sunk behind the lands and the colors turned into a dark night sky. The stars came out and sparkeled brightly and the moon was making it's way known. It was full and was a bright glowing color, giving the greens of the forest a neon look. It was a beautiful night.

"Hoot, hoot"an owl screech, making Karin jump, making Sakura giggle under her breath.

"S-sasuke- kun? I-I think we should s-stop for the night... I can't see where I'm going," Sakura rolled her eyes and sighed... the moon was plenty bright enough to see where you are going. Karin was scared. Sakura looked ahead at Sasuke, who had stopped and looked back at the females.

Sasuke's gaze shifted from Sakura to Karin, and then back to Sakura. He stood there for a minute, deciding if they should stop.

"Sasuke, I agree. We should stop, I'm starving. Who's got the food?" Sakura asked looking to Sasuke and then back at Karin and then back at Sasuke. Sasuke sighed and then looked around. They were in a little clearing, where it looked like a good spot to stay.

"Alright... Sakura find some sticks and Karin roll out the sleeping bags," Sasuke said in a emotionless tone. Sakura nodded and Karin started to remove the sleeping bags from her backpack. Sakura went through the trees and started to gather stick that weren't too small or too big, and they were dry.

Sakura brought back a arm full of sticks and laid them inside a rock circle that Sasuke had made. Karin had three bed rolls rolled out around the place and was sitting on the bed roll on the far left. Sakura laid all the sticks down and stepped back as Sasuke used his flame jutsu to light it on fire. Sasuke, then, sat down on the middle bed roll and watched it crackle. Sakura sighed and went to sit on the far right bed roll.

When Sakura got seated she took a look at the fire. The wood was turning a bright red color as orange and yellow flames surrounded it. The flames flickered and danced across the wood. Sakura felt the heart of the fire touch her skin and warming it. It felt so good, now all she need was food.

She looked over at Karin who was taking out some rice rolls. Karin handed two to Sasuke and Sasuke held out his hand to Sakura, with a rice roll in it. Sakura took it happily and started to eat it. It wasn't Ramen or meat but it was good. It still came from the hideout so it was still nasty tasting but it was good to the hungry Sakura. Anything would have been good to her.

Sakura looked up at the full moon above, she could make out the shape of the man in the moon. It was big tonight and the stars around it complimented it. Sakura finished off her rice roll, not filled up but not in the mood to ask for more. She kept staring up at the big moon and watched as a shooting star raced across the sky, and then burned out of existence.

Sakura looked back down at the dancing flames and then down at her feet. She saw images of her home, or her family and of her memories with the ones she loved. She remembered team 7 missions like this, they were great and this was so different, so wrong. No one here wanted to be here with the others, they wanted to be somewhere else, doing better things. Sakura wanted to be home with her family; Sasuke probably wanted to be training; and Karin she probably doesn't mind this mission just because of Sasuke, but she doesn't want to be here with Sakura.

Sakura's mind danced with images of Ehuro, Naruto, Kakashi, Tsunade, Ino, and so many more. She rememebered all the memories of them all so happy together, all of the memories where they all were smiling and laughing. Sakura put her hands on her head trying to push all the memories out, she knew that it would be a long time before she saw them all happy again... maybe never. Sakura squeezed her eyes shut and opened them again.

They were all laughing and smiling and then they were all sad and drowning in darkness... the last time she saw all of them, they were sad and now she couldn't help but feel that she left them like that, she left things wrong, and she couldn't fix it. She might not ever have the chance to fix it either. Sakura felt tears prick her eyes and she closed her eyes tightly to make them go away. It didn' t work and a tear slipped from underneath her lids. Sakura growled at her tear and weakness, and stood and began to walk into the dark woods.

"Pinky, where do you think you are going?" Karin's voice reached her ears, but she ignored it and kept walking. "Oi, pinky, get back here! Hey!"

"Let her go, Karin..." Sakura heard Sasuke say and with that Sakura disappeared into the forest, tears starting to leave her eyes and fall onto her cheeks.

Sakura walked for a while, but not far enough to were she couldn't feel the chakra signatures that tell her where the camp is. She only stopped walking when she walked into a clearing that was wide and the moon was shining over the peak of the cliff straight in front of her. She walked to the cliff and took a seat on the edge, letting her legs hang loosely down over the side. Sakura looked at the big full moon that was right in front of her, as big as she had ever seen it. Like almost if she reached out she could catch it in her hand.

Sakura sighed as she looked at the moon and stared at the man in the moon. She wondered if anyone she knew was watching at the same moon. She imagined Ehuro looking at the moon from his bedroom window and thinking of her. Sakura closed her eyes, and for the first time in what seemed like forever she was home again.

She was walking in the streets of Konoha and with Ehuro by her side. He was laughing and skipping next to Sakura. Sakura looked down at him and smiled and then look back up at the people in the streets. She smiled at the ones who smiled at her. She said good morning to the ones that said it to her. Today was a very peaceful day. Sakura looked over and saw her friends.

"Ino, Hinata, Tenten!" She called them. They all turned and looked at her and smiled. Sakura walked over to them with Ehuro in tow. She hugged Ino as Ehuro was picked up by Tenten. Hinata stood there watching the scene play out infront of her. She smiled and hugged Sakura when Ino finally let go of her.

"Oh, E you are getting so heavy! Have you gained weight sense yesterday, little man?" Tenten asked Ehuro. E opened his mouth in shock and crossed his arms across his chest.

"No! I'm on a diet!" E said in a girlie voice and then looked over at Ino with a evil grin on his face. Tenten and E had long sense found it fun to pick on Ino, and every time they are all together, that is what they do. Ino stuck out her tongue at E and then flipped Tenten the bird when E looked away. She smiled as Tenten flipped her the bird in return.

Sakura and Hinata were talking about a new mission that was coming up for Hinata's team. Sakura was making sure that all the details were right that Hinata had received sense it was Naruto who talk Hinata about the mission. When Sakura was sure that she had all the right information about the mission she looked back over at E, Tenten, and Ino. They were all smiling and picking on each other, and it made Sakura smile. Sakura was happy, the happiest she had been sense the death of her family. It wasn't that long ago but it seemed like almost everything was back to normal.

The next day Sakura was ripped away from her happy days and now she was here with a stone carving, that was the closest thing she had to feel comfortable around, and a red hair gorilla that is scared of bugs and can't back up her threats. Sakura had officially went from heaven to the deepest part of hell in the matter of a few days, and she didn't know how to get back to her heaven, either.

Sakura sighed as she felt Sasuke's presents near the end of the clearing. She must have been to deep in the day dream to have felt him move from the camp. She felt him now though, but she just opened her eyes and stared at the moon again, waiting for him to come up to her. Sakura took out a kunai and started to twirl it around her finger to keep herself busy until he came up to her. She was bored now.

It took about three minutes until Sasuke got to the cliff Sakura was sitting on. He walked up next to her and then sat down beside her, with his fee hanging over the edge also. They both watched the moon for a while, neither one speaking, Sakura still twirling the kunai around her finger.

"Where were you at?" Sasuke asked her after a few minutes of silence. Sakura looked over at him and then back at the moon.

"Right here," she told him in a matter-of-fact tone. Sasuke shook his head slightly and then looked over at her.

"No, where were you at?" He asked again. At first Sakura didn't understand and looked at him with a confused look. Then as she caught his concept she looked back at the moon and sky, and sighed.

"Back in Konoha. Ehuro and I were walking down the street and we met up with my friends, Tenten, Hinata, and Ino. Ehuro and Tenten were making fun of Ino and me and Hinata watched them. Ehuro was so happy, even though it hadn't been even a week sense the murder of our family. I was happy just watching him be happy. It was the day before you guys came and took me away from him," Sakura told him. Sasuke looked on at the moon just listening. He knew that leaving him was hard for her and he wanted to say something but he didn't know what to say. They sat in silence again until Sakura broke it.

"So how you going to kill Orochimaru?" She asked him, still looking at the big, bright, moon. Sasuke looked over at her in question.

"What?" he raised an eyebrow. Sakura looked over at him with a smirk on her face. She stopped spinning the kunai and put it back in her pouch. She laughed a small laugh and then raised her own eyebrows at him.

"You don't expect me to believe that you would let Orochimaru do you revenge do you? You are an avenger and avenger don't let someone else do their avenging. It just doesn't work. He just won't let you go, he needs your body. So, the only way for you to get the chance to kill your brother is to kill Orochimaru. I'm not stupid, Sasuke. You should know that," Sakura told him. Sasuke closed his eyes and smirked. Sakura looked back at the moon.

"I guess your not," Sasuke said, his eyes still closed and his head bowed.

"So you going to answer my question?" Her voice reached Sasuke's ears as she whispered. Sasuke opened his eyes and looked back up at the moon. It took him a minute to answer but he did.

"I going to take over his body and soul," short and simple. Just like Sasuke.

"And after you kill him what are you going to do?" Sakura asked him.

"I am going to form a little team of my own with some skilled ninja and go hunt my brother down," Sasuke told her. He cut his gaze over to her and she was looking at the canyon below them. Sasuke looked back up at the moon.

"Who is in your team?" Sakura asked.

"Karin, a man named Suiegutsu, and a man named Juugo," he told her. Sakura brought her gaze up to look at his pale face.

"Karin?" she asked him with a confused face. He looked down at her moonlight features and thought that she looked like an angel. He shook that thought from his mind and looked back up at the moon.

"Yes Karin," he said with a low husky voice. Sakura looked at him shocked.

"What can she do that is so special?" Sakura asked. Sasuke looked at her and then down into the canyon.

"She can sense chakra and heal you if you bite her. She can give you chakra, too," Sasuke told her. Sakura looked at him with her eyebrows raised.

"And I can't?" She pointed out. Sasuke looked at her with blankness.

"I figured you would want to get back to Konoha as soon as you can. You wouldn't want to travel with me, you would want to be with E and your friends back in Konoha. Am I wrong?" Sasuke told her. Sakura looked back up at the moon.

"Sasuke do you hate me?" Sakura asked him. Sasuke raised one eyebrow and looked at her.

"You never did anything that would make me hate you," Sasuke said. Sakura looked at him and their eyes met.

"Then why wouldn't you ask me to come with you? You know that I would help you get to your brother," Sasuke looked at Sakura with a confused expression.

"I thought you wouldn't want to," Sasuke told her.

Sakura shook her head. "I would if you asked. After Orochimaru dies I'm free. I can wait a few more weeks to help you. Konoha's not going anywhere. It's not like it won't be there after I help you," Sakura looked up at the moon. Sasuke watched her for a few minutes.

"It will be dangerous," He told her. Sakura shrugged.

"I need to kill Kisame anyway. So, I could help you and then kill Kisame. It helps us both out. And I going to kill Kisame anyway and he's Itachi's patner so if I find Itachi, I find Kisame. It just makes sense that I would travel with you, because your going to where Itachi is. So?" Sakura looked over at him. Sasuke raised his eyebrow.

"So?" He repeated.

"Are you going to ask me to come with you?" Sasuke smirked and closed his eyes and bowed his head.

"No," he said.

"No?! Why not?" Sakura asked him. Sasuke opened his eyes and cut his gaze to her.

"Because you'll come no matter if I ask you or not," Sasuke told her. Sakura narrowed her eyes at him. Sasuke smirked and closed his eyes.

"Fine," Sakura pouted and crossed her arms across her cheast and looked down into the canyon. It was silent for a while.

"Do we still have to bring Karin?" Sakura asked Sasuke.

"Hn," Yes...

"Why?!" Sakura asked him. She had finally gotten to a point where she remembered how he sounded with that one worded answer. She knew it long ago and now it was coming back to her.

"Because she will keep you busy and if you get hurt or something, she can lead us to where Itachi is," Sasuke told her.

"What makes you think I will get hurt?" Sakura asked him.

"I don't think you will, but you can't be to sure with you," he told her.

"And what is that suppose to mean? I'm reckless?"

"More or less," Sasuke answered her question. He had his eyes closed but he knew she flipped him the finger, and he smirked.

It was silent and Sakura was staring at the stars. Sasuke opened his eyes as a breeze blew by and saw Sakura staring into the sky. Sasuke knew that she was beautiful, more so in the moonlight. Sasuke looked up to the sky, so he wouldn't be caught staring. After a few minutes, a shooting star flashed across the sky.

"Shooting star," Sakura told him.

"Hn," I saw it...

"You are suppose to wish when you see them,"

"Hn," I know...

"Didn't you make one?"

"No,"

"Oh," Sakura said. She didn't mean to make her voice sound sad but it did. Sasuke looked at her.

"Did you?" Sakura looked at him and then back up at the sky.

"Yes, I did," she told him. It was silent for a second.

"What did you wish?" Sasuke asked Sakura. Sakura looked at him and then started to get up from her spot.

"I can't tell you that. It would break the rules and then it wouldn't come true. It would be a wasted wish. Don't you know the rules, Sasuke?" Sakura stood looking down on Sasuke. Sasuke looked down and then also got up. They stood facing each other, Sakura looking up at him and he looking down at her. Both of their eyes lost in the deepness of the others.

"No," Sasuke told her. Sakura looked at him for a minute and then smirked.

"Ha, you never were good at following rules anyway, Mr. Runaway," Sakura smiled at him. Sasuke looked at her. Sakura giggled at his expression and then turned to head back to camp. Sasuke watched as she began to walk away and then followed her.

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Ok... here is the next one. Hope you all enjoyed it. Thank-you for reading and please review. I'm dying to know what people think of this story and to hear any suggestions you all have. I will even except flames.

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