Sakura was pondering her choice. Maybe it was smarter to go with Itachi's Idea instead of her own. Well, there was nothing she could do about it now except follow through with her plans. She was confident in Itachi's men to be faster before the kidnappers. The only thing is that she would have to escape the mansion before anyone could catch her. Especially Sasuke!

She has a better chance this time because everyone was so busy preparing. The meeting is only 2 hours away and she needed to go quickly.

Walking to Itachi's office she put her ear to the door and listened. She heard his voice… Then Gaara's… Then someone else… Then she heard Sasuke's voice. Yes! Now was her time to go. She quickly went to the side of the mansion, hiding behind some of the bushes. She climbed up the tree and walked on the wall until she was almost to the front of the mansion. She jumped off and ran as fast as she could. She hid behind one of the cars and took a few breaths.

That was the first time she successfully escaped from the mansion. Probably because everyone else was too busy to watch after her. She looked around and spotted a cab. Score! She thought.

She hopped into the cab and gave the cabbie a slip of paper with an address and two 1 hundred dollar bills. She didn't spend money because she never went anywhere so she didn't mind. Besides she would give every dollar she had to get her brother back.

"2 blocks away from this address please." She stated and closed her eyes.

"Yes Ma'am"

She pondered over her brother. Was he still alive? Was he dying? Is he being tortured again? Will they keep their side of the bargain? Not that she was going to follow through on her side by staying there with her brothers captors. She sighed and about an hours later the cabbie tells her that they are a few blocks away from the address she gave him.

With a shaky breath she thanked the man and stepped out of the cab into the sidewalk.

"Its almost time" She thought. She looked at her watch. 20 minutes left. She just had to hide and wait til then.

WITH SASUKE

"WHAT THE FUCK ITACHI! YOU JUST LET HER GO!" Sasuke yelled

"Calm down Sasuke, She was going to go regardless. At least this way she is the safest rather than her going on her own, literally by herself. I promise you Sasuke, my guys will take care of her." Itachi tried to tell him, but Sasuke was still ranting

"We have to go faster and get to her in time, Itachi! That guy specifically wanted her! He even refused the offer you made when you tripled the damn debt! We need to hurry up and go faster now!" Sasuke shot Itachi a hard glance, willing him to go faster.

"Sasuke, we are already going 90 on a 40 mile per hour road. That's 50 above the normal. I'm going as fast as I can. It wont do us any good if we end up in a car crash."

Sasuke huffed but sat back praying that he gets her before they do.

With Sakura at the meeting place

She put her hoodie on and continued to where the meeting place was. "This was a lot easier in my head" She sighed. She looked at the building she was suppose to go in. 'This is for Sasori' She thought to herself. She squared her shoulder and walked through the old splintered door.

At first she couldn't see anything because it was so dark, but she let her eyes adjust.

"Hello? Sasori?" She whispered loudly. She looked around, and after a long while she saw an open door with a yellow glow coming from inside. "Sasori?"

She walked up to the door and peeked inside. She gasped, Sasori was sitting there beaten badly and tied to a chair. She ran through the door and fell to her knees in front of him

"Oh Sasori…" She cried softly, afraid to touch him. At the sound of her voice his left eye opened slightly.

"Sa-Sak-ura?" He stuttered.

"Yes, I'm here" She reassured him. His eyebrows furrowed and he frowned. One tear slid from his eye then he looked down. "What have you done?" He looked her in the eye and another tear fell.

"I came here for you" She tried to explain to him "I came because I didn't want them to hurt you. You're my brother…" She started to tear up.

"You have quite a big heart, my dear" A deep voice said. Sakura quickly looked at the person who just spoke. He wasn't as old as she was expecting. He looked like he was in his mid 20's. He was tall, muscular, and she could see that he had bright blue eyes and jet black hair. "My name is Kido, nice to meet you my dear" He smiled at her.

She didn't return his smile. Instead, she glared at him. "What the hell did you do to my brother, you damn psycho!" She yelled at him.

He just smiled. "I just did what he had coming, ive been waiting quite a bit for you" He snapped his fingers and a big burly man walked up to them and untied Sasori. "As I promised. He is free, and you stay here." Sakura was holding Sasori. 'Any minute now and Itachi should be here' she thought to herself glancing around.

"You need to go" Sasori whispered to Sakura.

"I'm not leaving you" She whispered back. Kido snapped his fingers again and the man who untied her brother grabbed her.

"NO!" She yelled kicking at the giant man. Sasori fell to the floor, he was in bad condition, he couldn't move and passed out. The big man picked her up over his shoulder and carried her towards Kido.

"Sakura!" A new voice yelled. She recognized it immediately. Sasuke was here.

Itachi's men swarmed in from where she entered the big room and Kido's men entered the way he came. One of Itachi's men picked up Sasori and carried him out. "Release her you bastard!" Sasuke yelled out pointing a gun towards Kido. Kido smirked and pointed a gun at Sakura's head.

"Stop right where you are" Kido warned.

"You won't kill her, you've been trying to get her for months now." Sasuke challenged knowing he wouldn't kill her.

Kido smirked. 'Smart kid' He thought then pointed the gun at Sasori "But I will kill him" He stated

"NO!" Sakura shouted.

Kido looked at Sakura then at Sasuke. "I will do what it takes to keep her" Kido stated. And shot towards Sasori.

Itachi jumped in front of Sasori and the bullet hit his chest.

"Itachi!" Sasuke screamed. Itachi rolled onto his side clutching his chest.

"AH! FUCKING DAMN IT!" Itachi yelled still holding his chest. Sasuke felt relieved after a moment remembering Itachi had worn a bullet proof vest

Sasuke quickly looked towards where Kido and Sakura were, but they were gone.

"NO!" Sasuke yelled running towards where they had disappeared. As soon as he ran out the back of the building he saw a car about to speed off. Running as fast as he could, he ran and jumped on the back of the car and stuck a small chip in the crease of the window and the trunk, the chip fell all the way through to the inside of the car. The car turned sharply and he flew off of the trunk. He got up quickly and chased after the car, but to no avail. He still ran though hoping that they would have slowed at some point. He slowed himself running out of breath.

He breathed heavily. "Sakura…." He fell to his knees. "I'm so sorry"5W3 Still breathing heavy he saw a car screech to a stop next to him. "Itachi!" He yelled. He got up as fast as he could and slid into the car.

"Did you manage to put the chip on him?" Itachi asked seriously, glaring out the window.

"No, but I did manage to put it on the car he drove off in. We need to hurry and track them" Sasuke urged.

"I have the device right here on the screen that shows where they are" Itachi explained.

"Good, we need to hurry and go get Sakura before something happens to the chip"

"Already on it"

"I thought your men were there to get her if anything happened! It was like they weren't even there!" Sasuke said angrily.

"They were killed. I don't know how Kido found out about them following her, but he did."

Sasuke didn't say anything else. He just glared out the window down the street they were racing on.

With Sakura and Kido

Sakura was scared. She was in the car with the man who kidnapped and tortured her brother. Atleast he was safe now, but now she had to escape.

She looked at the door of the car. Would it kill her if she jumped out? At the speed they were going it probably would.

"Don't think about leaving me my dear. I promise you, after tonight you won't want to." He smiled at her.

She scoffed. "Why would I want to stay here with you? There is nothing you can ever do to make me want you. So just let me go" She demanded. He just smiled at her, but the look in his eyes seemed like he wanted to throttle her.

"Hmm, I'm sure I can change your mind. Just wait and see." He told her

"Why me?" She asked after a moment

He looked at her thoughtfully. "When I was younger, I met this little girl. She looked like she was 6 or 7 years old. She actually saved my life. I was running from one of my dad's "company" rivals' men and she saw that I was trying to hide. She let me hide in her tree house. I was about 10 years old at the time. When the men showed up to where I had met the little girl they asked if she seen anyone run by here. She said "yes" so I assumed she gave away my hiding spot. But next she told them that it was them that she saw. They called her an idiot and left, but the little girl still smiled at them as they ran off. I stayed hidden and I stayed in that tree house for hours after the guys left just in case they were lurking around. But by the time I got down the little girl was gone. I went back to the house a few days later to thank the girl, but I found out that she was just visiting, So I never got her name."

"Nice story, but what does that have to do with me?" She asked

"She looked exactly like you. The pink hair the green eyes. And the same smile." He explained.

Sakura stared at him wide eyed. "When I saw your picture, I knew it was you. I wanted to keep you. I would pardon the debt with your brother to have you. I didn't want to let you go. That little girl was my first love and I know you were that little girl."

"I don't remember that, it wasn't me and I don't love you and I will never love you. Now let me go!" She screamed at him.

He grabbed her by the arm and pulled her close, "You don't have a choice my dear. You are with me now so get use to it." He told her and stuck a syringe in her neck" He sighed.

"We are almost there boss" The driver said in a monotone voice.

"Very well, Take this car to the garage afterwards." He demanded.

"Yes sir" Was the drivers only reply.

Kido looked down at the unconscious Sakura. She looked kind of peaceful. He stroked her cheek still looking at her features. "You are mine. And I will kill anyone who tries to take you from me."

The car pulled into a small estate that was heavily gated. Kido got out of the car and carried Sakura up to the front doors. When he walked in front of the doors the servants opened it for him to enter.

"Sir, would you require anything?" One servant asked

"No" Kido responded

"Very well sir" She replied and closed the doors with the other servant. He walked straight to him room and laid her down on his bed. He stroked her cheek again, then gently took a few strands of her hair in his hand "so soft" He murmured and kissed her on her forehead. He left her on his bed and headed to take a shower. He wanted to be presentable with the night he had planned with her.

Sometime later Sakura woke up with a groan. She put a hand to her head and sat up. She looked around the room she was in. She saw a wall that was covered in pictures. She got up to look at them. She got scared. They were all pictures of her. "He's fucking obsessed!" She hissed quietly. She needed to escape quickly. She ran towards the door and listened for sounds. Breathing, footsteps, anything to let her know if someone was there.

Nothing, so she quietly ran out the door and down the hall. She saw a slightly open door. She walked up to the door and peeked through. Guards, and there were quite a bit of them. She quickly ran off towards a different hallway. She listened for sounds again, and this time she her some footsteps. She peeked around the corner to see how many were there, but regretted that action.

"Hey you!" The first guard shouted. Sakura ran as fast as she could, but was stopped by two guards who blocked her path. Now she was surrounded by 3 heavy looking guards.

"Give it up girl, you cant beat us" The first guard said.

She smiled. "Well you know what they say. The bigger they are, the harder they fall" She stated with a deadly glare and charged at them

The guards at first tried to just catch her and hold her down, but she was rather quick. The first guard charged at her intending to knock her out. She used her hand to push his arm to the side and quickly pushed a pressure point on his arm. Then turned him around and pushed the pressure point on the other side. His arms fell to his side and he screamed

"What the fuck did you do to me?" He yelled

She didn't answer. Another guard had ran up on her. She changed her stance quickly to defend herself.

The second guard tried to use his legs and fists to knock her down. Sakura caught on. They were big in size, but that just made them slower. The third guard didn't waste anytime. He charged at her as well. Sakura's body was turned so that the 2 guards were at her side. She would continuously block their attacks and try to hit them on their pressure points.

They caught on and tried to stay just out of her reach but close enough to hit her. She knew she had to take a hit somehow, to distract them enough to get them closer, but it couldn't be a blow that would end up knocking her down. Her slight distraction was a mistake on her part. The third guard hit her in her stomach. She fell to the floor on her knees. The second guard knelt down in front of her and pulled her by her hair to make her face him.

"Why don't you just come obediently and be a good girl" The second guard growled at her. She punched him in the eye as hard as she could, but immediately after she did that, the third guard kicked her back down.

"You bitch!" The second guard yelled and once again grabbed Sakura by her hair, but instead of talking to her he slapped her hard enough to make her dizzy. He picked her up and threw her over his shoulder. The guards walked back to Kido's room to return Sakura. When they entered the room Kido was sitting in a chair on the other side of the room.

"Set her on my bed" Was all that Kido said. When the guard did as told he stood next to the other two Sakura had fought and waited for Kido to dismiss them. Kido got up from his chair and walked to Sakura. She was still dizzy and was sporting a big bruise on the left side of her face.

"Who did she fight?" He asked emotionlessly Still looking at Sakura.

It was the first guard who spoke "Us sir, She tried to escape"

"Who hit her" Kido asked still with an emotionless tone

They hesitated, but the second guard spoke "I did sir, she was rather har-" The second guard didn't get to finish what he was saying. Kido had shot him in the head.

"Who else hit her?" He asked with the same voice as before.

Neither responded. "Who else hit her?" He repeated, but still they didn't answer. He shot both of them in the head. He called someone and they came and took the bodies.

Sakura groaned and put a hand to her head which caught Kido's attention. "Sorry about that, they wont hurt you again." He stated and stood in front of her. She heard what happened with the guards though she didn't see it properly. Kido was a stone cold killer. She needed to be careful.

Kido put his hand on her chin and lifted her face up so she could see him. "Please let me go" She asked

"I cant" Was all he said before he tried to kiss her. She moved her face quickly before he could.

"Why won't you kiss me?" He asked

"I don't love you. I Love someone else and I will only kiss him!" She stated thinking of Sasuke. He was right, she should have listened to him.

He grabbed her chin and forcefully kissed her. "I always get what I want, I wanted to make this easy for you, but I see I have to do this the hard way." He said in a low voice before he gripped her shirt and ripped it. "No! Stop!" Sakura yelled. As she went to push a pressure point on him he grabbed her wrists. "Not so fast, I know your tricks my dear, I watched you on the camera's in the other room." He said and tied her wrists to the bedpost. "Don't please" She started to tear up. He took her pants off so she was only wearing her bra and panties.

"Don't worry my dear, I will be gentle at first" He said softly, taking off his shirt and unbuckling his pants. Sakura looked away. She felt the bed move a bit and knew that Kido had sat on it. He moved over to her and started kissing her arms, then neck and her cheek. Just as he was about to rip her bra off the door was kicked open. He jumped up quickly turning towards the door

Sakura opened he eyes and she had never been more happy to see Sasuke.

"Sasuke!" She cried out. He glanced at her then glared at Kido who pointed a gun at Sasuke. "How did you find this place?" Kido angrily asked.

"The car you drove off in, I planted a chip on it when I jumped onto the car. I followed you almost immediately after. Drop your weapon or I will kill you" Sasuke demanded

"You cant have her, She is mine!" Kido shouted.

"She belongs with me, by my side. She doesn't love you. She loves me." Sasuke said dangerously

Kido growled, "If I cant have her, nobody can" He quickly pointed the gun at her and shot her.

"NO!" Sasuke yelled and fired shots at Kido non-stop. He continued until there were no more bullets left. When he heard the gun click about three time he dropped it and ran over to Sakura.

She was bleeding from her stomach. "Oh no… Sakura" Sasuke whispered. "Hang on, I'll take you to the hospital, just stay with me okay?" He told her. He untied her and covered her with a sheet before carrying her out of the room. He ran out of the small estate straight to a car.

"Hospital!" Was all Sasuke shouted before the car took off

"I knew you would find me" She said weakly, holding on to him as much as she could.

"I'm glad I got to you on time, you didn't think that you could get rid of me that easily did you?" He told her jokingly to cheer her up. When she didn't respond he looked down at her. Her face was pale, her eyes were closed and her breathing was shallow.

"No, no, no, no, no, no, Sakura, stay awake please" Sasuke started to tear up "You need to wake up Sakura" He shook her a bit "we have another date coming. And you still need to keep your side of the bet remember?" He asked, but she still didn't respond. Tears fell down his eyes as he started to rock her. "Please wake up" He whispered hugging and rocking her small limp form.

As soon as they stopped at the hospital Sasuke ran carrying Sakura to the entrance "HELP! HELP! SHE'S BEEN SHOT!" He yelled out. A few doctors and nurses ran over to them and they carried her off on a stretcher. When he tried to follow them one f the nurses stopped him "You can't go back with her sir"

"She needs me!" Sasuke shouted

"I understand you are upset sir, but she is about to go in for surgery and you cant be in there" She stated and ran after the doctors hauling Sakura off. Sasuke couldn't help but let the tears fall. He grew very attached to Sakura over the months they had spent together. He fell in love with her and he didn't want to lose her.

"Come on Sasuke, you need to wash up, she's in good hands" Itachi said putting a hand on his shoulder.

"No, I can't leave her again. Never again" Sasuke whispered looking down the hallway Sakura disappeared in.

Three months later

Sasuke stared at the open field. Then back to the cemetery behind him. He walked up to one of the gravestones. He knelt down in front of it and touched the name. "I miss you." Someone stepped beside him and he smiled at them.

"Hey, are you okay?" Sakura asked. He nodded, "Its been a while, and I wanted you to meet my parents. I think its about time anyways"

She smiled and hugged him, then knelt down next to him closed her eyes and did a silent prayer to his parents

'Hello, Mr. and Mrs. Uchiha, I am Sakura, I promise to take care of Sasuke, and to love him as much as he loves me. I hope you rest well in heaven and watch out for us' She opened her eyes and smile. She felt warm. "You ready?" He asked.

"Yes, I think Sasori and Gaara are impatiently waiting for you to come back" He joked

"Probably, I think Sasori is doing much better now though." She laughed

"I agree… Sakura?" Sasuke asked as he gently grabbed her hand to stop her from walking. She looked at him a bit confused

"Yes Sasuke?"

"I, know we've known each other for only a year, but I want you to know that within that time I did fall in love with you." She said to her seriously

"I know Sasuke, I fell in love too. Even though you were kind of a pain in the ass when I first came" She joked, laughing when she seen him frown.

She put her arms around his shoulders and repeated "I love you too Sasuke"

He kissed her then took a deep breath. "Okay" He said and knelt down on one knee pulling out a ring from his jacket pocket and showing it to her. "Sakura, would you marry me?"

Sakura gasped. Her eyes teared up but she nodded smiling. He smiled and stood, putting the ring on his finger. They kissed a deep kiss. They separated after a moment to catch their breath, but she started laughing.

"Whats so funny?" He asked confused.

"Sasuke?"

"Yeah?"

"You just proposed to me in a graveyard" She laughed again.

He looked surprised. "I guess I did, but don't think of it that way though"

She smiled at him, her arms still around his neck and his around her waist "How should I think of it then?" She asked sweetly

"I proposed to you in front of my parents" He said gently.

She smiled "Okay" she responded still smiling. "I guess visiting here was more than it seemed" She laughed.

"I guess so" He chuckled and they kissed again.