The Lost Souls

Monsters, Chapter Nine,


She continued to read through the next four hours, and took notes on anything useful, she read about some of the rumors of the child, how she would act or look, some were dead on while others were so far away it was crazy. She didn't have long black nails, and sharp teeth!

She had small Canines but she wouldn't consider those "Flesh tearing, pearly white knives." She did find out more about her past and some interesting things, mostly about powers and institutes. She stocked the fire up and flipped through other books and thought about the prophecy.

She tried to find Many answers but couldn't find much she had a few possibilities. She already knew the first line. "A spring Child." obviously her. She didn't understand the second part of the first sentence. "To live in Solitude or Fate." obviously to live alone or her fate. It was all so confusing for her.

"She bares a great challenge, and weight." 'What is the Challenge? And what Weight?' AHHHH I give up! She hung her head in frustration and depression. She finally decided to wake the Snoring Suigutsu. She quietly walked into his tent and shook his shoulders with a small morning sunshine.

"Ghhhhh..." He groaned and through a punch towards her, she quickly caught the well aimed throw and squeezed his hand, not letting it go back and hit her again. He sat up and adjusted to the dark and recognized Sakura.

"Oh! Princess, it's you. I mean I was expecting you eventually but not so... Soon!" Suigutsu said and started making a kissing face and approaching on Sakura. She quickly jumped back and slapped the side of his head.

"You Idiot I'm not here to make out-" She snapped, her emerald eyes in a fierce glare.

"Neither am I baby! Well cut right to it!" He lunged for her and she kicked him backwards in his stomach. He coughed a few times before sitting up.

"Your shift, Idiot..." She said and left his tent before he could make another advance. She walked on the soft ground and started toward her and Sasuke's shared tent. She quietly unzipped the tent and slipped inside, she sat on her cold silk sleeping bag and started to preserve her body heat by slipping into the bedding.

Sakura rolled over and her jade eyes clashed with a bright blue. She offered him a small smile before she closed her eyes and tried to sleep, in honesty she didn't want to sleep. Dreams would follow her wherever she went. It had only been a short period of time before her breath evened out and sleep over took her.

Images flashed before her eyes, she couldnt make out anything. It was too blurry. She heard voices, they were raspy and uneven, rough and cold. Deadly. The Voices spoke of Her. Terror filled her body as she made out their ugly faces, if you could even call them faces.

They had full black eyes, long brown hair, their skin was wrinkled and dysfunctional, some hung off their faces. She cringed at the sight. They spoke with authority but in another language she could understand.

"Hhhhhnnss... She is present." On hissed and she tensed, it appeared that the demons couldn't see her.

"Girl!! We know of your presence! You can not hide, reveal yourself." She wanted to ball up and cry, she felt pretty revealed. 'But they can't see me... Can they!'

She didn't move but slowly breathed. She carefully looked around taking in her dull surroundings. She jumped as the voices whispered between them.

"Maybe I was wrong..." one said in a disappointed tone.

"Or maybe you were correct but the damn Angels have protected her." What looked like the leader said. She stood still and listened carefully.

"When shall we capture her and complete the ritual?" One asked, his eyes were black and his skin was fairly green. He was hideous.

"We will begin... Collecting... Mhahahahaha... Start with the human blood, then the demon blood, and then the Angels blood. Last but not least The hybrid." The leader spoke loudly and clearly, she froze from fear. 'The Hybrid.... That's me.' she thought in fear.

She felt her body being sucked away, her vision blurred and her ears rung. She heard someone continuously calling her name, it was quiet but just loud enough for her to realize she was being called.

"HHHHUHH!" She asked in a low moan, as her eyes flashed open, she saw Sasuke caressing her hair, looking into her eyes, and quietly shushing her and speaking her name calmly. She blushed as she realized her position with him, he was cradling her and she had her hands fisted in his shirt.

She didn't move though, for the cold air around her challenged her to lose her beloved heat. Instead she closed her eyes and rested her head on his chest again, letting the sleep nip at her body.

"Sasuke..." She shook him awake as fast as she could, she had felt the strange Chakra presence again, she quickly became alert as it was closer, and heading in the same direction as their destination. She still was unknowing of the person... Or thing but she decided she didn't want to jinx anything.

He opened his blue eyes and pushed his shabby blond hair out of his eyes. He groaned as he sat up. He removed his arm that was still around her waist, a small blush creeping up his face. She quickly grabbed her bag and started rolling her sleeping sack up. He noticed she was on edge and started following pursuit.

After she took care of her bag she told Sasuke to do the tent while she informed Suigutsu to clean up camp, and then she would cover their trails. After he was done with the tent and Suigutsu was just getting started on taking his down, he saw Sakura running around covering their used fire, and small footsteps, or indention's.

In ten minutes flat the we're prepared to leave. She tossed them small granola bars and took to the trees, "It's time to go." she said to herself as she hit the first of many trees. She loved the feeling of the cold morning air whip her hair behind her, the sight of dew drops on the trees... She still didn't know how she could see that much detail but she didn't question anything anymore.


She observed everything even as she went through the trees at an unnatural speed. She saw the small details, like the brown barks separation. She saw small Chakra patterns from where people died at, she frowned at that thought but she also knew she was in enemy territory and she could be the next Chakra spot.

She continued to see everything in new ways, closer and farther than ever before. She could detect Suigutsu's pants even though he was in the back of the group. She had to focus to do these new abilities but her headaches that followed weren't worth it. She knew there was a block in her mind, she had to work around it.

"We have forty more miles." Sakura announced as she mentally imagined where they were and where their destination is. She searched for the strange Chakra she had felt earlier, she felt a small flicker of it before it was gone, she couldn't tell wether it was a boy or girl, or how she knew the familiar presence. She shrugged it off knowing it was a few miles away and it didn't seem to be bothering them.

'I wonder what will change when I'm with Team Hebi...' Sakura thought to herself.

'Sasuke will probably act all cold and Superior, even though he needs us to do all his Shit!' her inner ranted angrily.

'Shush now, I'm thinking.' Sakura scolded herself.

'Didn't know you actually think.' Her inner muttered sarcastically.

'That would mean you don't think either...' Sakura let that settle and enjoyed the silence that followed.

'Where was I... Oh yeah, Team Hebi. It'll definitely be interesting." Sakura thought to herself before she Grabbed the low tree branch and flipped herself over it to avoid pain, and injury.

She increased her speed and jumped over two low branches before bounding off of another tree. Sasuke and Suigutsu followed close behind her. She saw a lake and on the other side of the beautiful mirror like lake was a large castle like building. To anyone else it would look like a castle but to her she saw it was like a jail.

'A jail to contain the Curse mark.' she though in disgust, and anger.

"Let's go." Sakura said as her feet hit the cool water and made circles ripple around her, she saw her reflection, her long hair tangly but perfectly framing her body and face, her cloths were slightly out of place, her weapons hidden in nice spots. She fixed her corset like shirt and started on her way.

They walked across the lake in silence, finally as they only had a few feet left Sasuke spoke up. "We should find Karin first she will locate Juugo." He said in a cold voice, that wasn't his own.

She moved onto the rocky land and started towards the large gray building, she saw two guards asleep, and one man who was alert guarding the front door. Her step didn't halter she walked straight towards him, even when he pointed a small cross bow at her heart.

"S-State your purpose here!" He demanded and looked at Sakura's breast and back at her beautiful face.

"I'm here to pick up a few things... For lord Oruchimaru of course." She said her voice laced in a seductive sexy manner, but her eyes looked deadly. She truly portrayed one of Oruchimaru's bitches.

"O-Oh yeah, okay let me umm get the door for you, I'm... your pretty, I like you-" he stuttered and complimented her beauty.

"I don't have time for this, hurry up." She snapped her voice was harsh and cold as Sasuke's used to be. She felt the Chakra approaching and she wanted to hurry.

"Okay!" The man said quickly and opened the door, she walked through. Sasuke saw the disgust on her face, the anger in her eyes, and most importantly the demand in her step. She turned down one hall way and then another.

Sasuke and Suigutsu shared a look of 'What is she doing!' "Do you know where your going?" Suigutsu asked what the two boys were thinking.

"Yes." She Said with certainty. Her steps did not falter and her body swayed with confidence. "I have prepared for three years to infiltrate all and any sound bases that the Fire nation knows about." She said a beautiful smirk placed on her lips.

"Hn." Sasuke acknowledged and she rolled her eyes, they were both at her side as they walked down the hallways. She turned left and then they appeared at a door. She didn't bother knocking, she walked straight in.

"Who the Hell are you!" Karin screeched at her. Karin's eyes narrowed as her Glasses fell off of her face, she pathetically searched for them. Suigutsu and Sasuke moved in the room after Sakura.

"Listen I'm saying this once." Sakura said her eyes held a bored but arrogant look, while her relaxed posture showed that she didn't take Karin seriously, it pissed Karin off.

"I don't want to hear anything you have to say bitch!" Karin yelled angrily and Sakura smirked at her.

"I would have thought you would have done anything to help your precious Sasuke-Kun... But I must have been wrong..." Sakura said and started to turn around, Suigutsu was covering his smirk.

"Sasuke-kun is gone..." Karin said very angrily, did she take this as some torture joke!

"Your wrong, he's alive just not in his own body." Sakura said as she looked at Sasuke so did Suigutsu, Karin followed their eyes and looked at Sasuke as well.

"That's not possible! I would know I'm a Medical NInja!" Karin said in a arrogant way that made Sakua angry.

"And so am I, the difference is I brought him back while you stayed Oruchimaru's little bitch and let him die..." Sakura was pissed and her eyes switched to a black and the pupil switched to a glowing green for a few seconds.

Karin and Sasuke thought that over while Suigutsu whistled. 'She did save me, my team... My New team left me to die...' Sasuke thought for a minute before pushing away the rising feelings, he felt one bubble pop and he wouldn't let the others, he felt guilt for being rude to her.

'She saved him? She is right... I let him die... I didn't try to help him or abandon That bastard Oruchimaru afterwards...' Karin felt herself getting angry at the fact knowing that another girl saved her Sasuke.

"I can't believe you!" Karin said and Sakura heard the lie in her own voice.

"Can you really not believe that Sasuke is alive and living in another's body. I'm assisting in rebuilding ...team Hebi, restoring Sasuke to his rightful body and then I will leave thee to what they wish to do." Sakura said in a relaxed voice.

"...I'll help get MY Sasuke-kun back!" She said and emphasized the My.

"Let's get Juugo." Sasuke said and started walking out of the door. He started down a hall way and Sakura was close behind him.

"Do you know where your going?" She asked in a half mocking voice half serious tone, but with a priceless smirk on her face.

"Hn..." Sasuke said and took a left, she smiled and stayed in the middle he took three steps and looked back to see why she was not following him, he saw her superior look and wanted to growl, he went the wrong way.

He turned on his heel and started walking right. She giggled and walked beside him. When they came to hallways she would whisper which one to take, Karin and Suigutsu followed behind them.

"Sasuke I'm surprised you know this place so well!" Karin gushed even though he wasn't himself.

"He doesn't..." Sakuea muttered and only Sasuke heard. He glared at her and she smirked.

"I can't wait until I have my handsome, sexy Sasuke back!" Karin said in excitement.

"Sexy?" Sakura asked and Suigutsu laughed, Sasuke glared and Karin Glared at her before she took a big breath making Sakura wish she had stayed quiet.

"Yes sexy, his chiseled abs, his handsome emotionless face! Oh and you can't forget his pale skin, it's so HOT! Eeeeeehhhh!" She screeched on ad Sakura pretended to throw up. Suigutsu was already in love with her, his bonus and hope factor wad that because se didn't like the Uchiha then he might have a chance.

"How do you know the halls?" He whispered to her, he had been secretly watching her, she Definitely didn't fangirl him anymore, in fact she seemed to be against him, she had her own opinion. She glanced at him, her emerald eyes were gleaming in the poorly lite hallways.

" I've always taken missions and reports, basically I collected a lot of research over three years and have studied all of it, the research was Oruchimaru's lairs, buildings, trade centers, enemies, opponents, comrades, allies, and experimental wings. I would consider myself an expert when it comes to the snake." She said with a small frown, not noticeable to anyone, but to Sasuke it was like a sign was taped on her head saying "I'm Upset, and it's Your fault."

He remained silent and watched her, she soon turned to the door. She then spun and turned towards Suigutsu and Karin.

"We will release Juugo, and while We are doing so you two should start releasing the... People." Sakura said and looked clearly at Karin and Suigutsu.

"No offense pinky, but Juugo could only be controlled by Sasuke. When I say Sasuke I mean Sasuke's Sharingan. How do you plan to control him. Or even over power him." Suigutsu didn't so much question he more pointed out, she though that was stupid of him but decided to let it slip.

"Trust me there are many other ways; without over powerment may I add, to control someone. Cursed or not." Sakura said, a bitchy confidence laced in her voice. She turned towards the door, she heard two foot steps leaving the area return down the hall, and a stuck up high voice bitching.

She turned the handle. She felt a hand on top of her own, her head snapped up in surprise, her pink hair floating around her body, jade eyes clashed with blue, concerned ones. "Sakura, let me go in first." Sasuke said.

"Sasuke... Your not Sasuke. I have to... Relax a little, ha if you think I'm the same as I was when you.. Left, well you got something coming." She said and gave him a bold smile, a real smile, it challenged him but it was real.

She started to turn the door again when she heard his voice. "I know you've changed..." He said, her eyes remained on the door handle. She slowly looked at him, her eyes unsure and her body carefully controlled.

"..." She didn't respond, she just turned the door when he was about to continue, she jumped back as the door slammed open, and a beast like Juugo streaked out. He had black markings covering his body, fire orange eyes and hair, a large frame and a chiseled chin. He wore tattered clothes, and dried blood stained his hands.

She jumped back as he lunged at her, his hand the size of her head flew out with no accuracy, only force and speed. She easily dodged, she brought her leg up and delivered a evenly distributed kick to his lower right rib cage, she hear a satisfying pop, and he lay on the ground.

When his body hit the ground she tapped a pressure point now locatable under his dislocated rib cage. She frowned. 'Poor guy, having to live with this. If my information is correct he doesn't want to. He hates killing, hurting, but he's loyal to Sasuke because Sasuke used to help control it when needed, but Sasuke used him and he didn't see it, now the last few weeks he's been kept in a Grundy cell, improperly fed, clothed, and bathed.'

His curse mark was residing, his breath became laborious. She didn't move from his side, even though there was a slight chance that it would unleash again. He looked at her apologetically and started connecting the dots.

"I'm sorry! I'm so sorry, I didn't mea-" she shook her head and gently placed her hand on his shoulder, she gave him a warm smile and pulled her back pack around her body. He watched her unsurely and curiously, Sasuke watched in amazement. 'She's not even scarred that he could kill her.'

"Here!" She said with a small smile and held her hand out offering him three open candy bars, He shook his head and she looked at him like he was crazy. " Juugo, I'm a medical ninja, I originate from the Hidden Leaf village, I don't agree with some of the things they have done but it's a good honest village. There is nothing in the candy bar besides well... Fat! Also as a Medical Ninja I know that you haven't eaten in days possibly weeks, you have to be hungry." She said and shoved the candy in his hands.

"It's not that... I just have no way to repay you. Why are you not afraid of me? I've already hurt you once. " Juugo said as he stared guiltily at her cheek that had a thin line of blood trailing down a inch under her eye.

She looked in the reflection and smiled. She slide her finger over it. "What this?" She asked and he looked, there was nothing there. He looked shocked and she laughed. 'He will be the only one I will be able to get along with, and talk to.'

"Oh you might want these. " She handed him so large clothes, he took them gratefully. She started to stand up and she offered him a hand, he was staring at the food and clothes. 'Who is She? Why isn't she running from me?'

He looked at her hand and then at her smiling face, he took her in. 'She's... Beautiful. Her strawberry hair fell to her knees, her green spring eyes shinned, she seemed like a nice woman. Her body was defined well, nice curves, perfect legs, she was definitely a Ninja. '

"Why aren't you afraid of me, you saw what I am, and what I can do..." he trailed off and looked at the floor.

"What is there to be afraid of." She countered him with a small smirk.

"I'm a monster." He said, she looked at him.

"No. Your a human being, You tell yourself that your a monster. Every Monster can be slayed, and every demon can be fought. You convince yourself that your a Monster, but that's not true, you have a disease, and every disease can be cured." Sakura said her voice stern but kind, he looked at her with surprise.

"I'm here for two different reasons, the first would require a question, the second would require that Cure I'm telling you about." She said and offered him her hand again, Sasuke stared at her in shock.

He nodded silently, thinking over what she had said. 'Can I be cured?'

"I'm Sakura. It's nice to meet you." She said and shook his hand as she pulled him up, he was pulled from the ground he didn't help at all, he was shocked.

"You were a part of Team Hebi or Taka, correct?" She asked and he nodded. "Okay great, as you know Oruchimaru took Sasuke's body over, did you ever hear how he did so?" She asked.

"No I did not." Juugo said and started to get suspicious of her.

"He Snuke into Sasuke Uchiha's room and had drugged him for a week, they activated the medicine and took him, you know why..."

"Because Sasuke had planned to kill Oruchimaru and leave the sound, he had achieved power, but was not getting closer to his goal."

"Well he died, Sasuke. I transferred his soul to another body, like Oruchimaru does to his new containers." She looked at Sasuke in the blond boys body. Juugo followed her gaze and starred, it took a few moments before he nodded connecting things together.

"Sauske." He said in amazement.

"I... Thought you said you were a... Leaf ninja... Why would you help sound..." Juugo asked and her gaze imminently flew away from Sasuke, and found the floor interesting.

"That's a different story for a different day." She said in a bitter-sweet tone and Juugo imminently dropped it.

"So what is your, or your two plans for Sasuke." Juugo asked quietly, looking at Sakura apologetically and she gave a small smile.

"To transfer his soul into his body. And then after we accomplish this Sasuke can kill his brother, I will return home. " She said and nodded to Juugo, he nodded slowly back.

"Now for the cure... My Hokage is a very skilled medical ninja, as am I. I would like to take you to my village; hidden in the leaf, and run a few tests and see if we can cure the Heaven curse mark." She positioned, he quickly nodded his head with hope. She gave him a small smile.

"So are coming or not, we're wasting time?" Sasuke spoke up for the first time, tired of the chatter. He looked at Sakura for a moment, she was looking lost in her own thoughts, her stare made it look like there was something interesting on the wall.

"Yes Sasuke, I would like to accompany you once again." Juugo said very politely and Sakura couldn't help but notice how loyal Juugo was when he shouldn't be, not to Sasuke. She learned how that ended up.

Karin and Suigutsu came running down the hallway. "Sasuke, our front exits are blocked, we released all the experiments." Karin said and Sakura ground her teeth at the way she said experiments.

"I know a back exit." Karin said and started to jog towards a hallway, Sakura didn't move. She knew the exit, it would take a while to reach it. "I know of a faster exit." Sakura said and looked at the four of them, she heard loud noises slamming down the hallway.

"What is that!" Karin asked in a bitchy way with a red angry face, for being shown up.

"Watch." Sakura said and placed two fingers to the steel wall, she focused and as her chakra slapped the wall it crumbled. All chunks were falling around her feet, she stepped out into the sun, she squinted, and made out small shapes, trees, a few dark clouds, the sun was setting but was perfectly aimed in her eyes.

They followed her out of the human sized hole she had created, Sasuke was impressed and curious how she did it, with two fingers, Karin was fuming with anger and depression, Juugo was amazed at Sakura's knowledge and skill, Suigutsu was staring at her ass the whole time and didn't really notice what she did.

They then moved forwards, they walked on the rough rocks and made their way towards the front of The building. She saw many curse mark activated people running around and moaning on the ground and standing in front of the large building. She pulled out a kunai with a note on it, she wrote the coordinates down, and the issue and then focused on a certain location. It evaporated out of her small hand.

They were in the middle of the court yard, people with their curse marks were approaching them, she saw Suigutsu ready his sword. "Do not kill any of them. " She demanded and Sasuke heard the urgency in her voice, he nodded, Suigutsu saw him nod and knew it applied for all of them. 'This one girls demand, and the Uchiha... Listens.'

'He's actually agreeing with her!' Karin screamed in her mind.

'I'm happy someone else sees it in a different perspective.' Juugo thought with a small smile.

Sakura felt a pulse, it was the Chakra again, that strange yet vaguely farmilar Chakra. She knew it, it was so common, but it was completley different. A evilness lurked in it, and a new found power. She felt it jump, and increase, she felt this over whelming prescense creep into her mind, this power was unnatural.

She felt the Chakra grow stronger, it was finally coming out of hiding. She had a good estimation of where it would appear, a few faces popped in her mind but she had appointed Chakra's for them, this one was unknown but familiar. She swiveled on her foot and had a kunai out, ready stance activated. In a flash grey hair was ten feet in front of her, a glimmer shinned off of his glasses and the smirk was obvious to read.

"Kabuto." Sakura said lack of surprise and emotion in her voice, her face neutral.