yay! double digits on this story! I'm wayy excited! Heehee, I can't believe I made it this far!

however... I've got an important authors note for you to read before I start this chapter.

IMPORTANT: I, the writer of this story, am very super busy lately. I'm moving (not sure where yet) and don't have as much time as ever before to write. I'm currently working on updating three stories for everyone, but I won't be able to now that I'm so supper busy with packing, and cleaning and all that stuff...

So after this chapter, I'm putting this story on a Hiatus. I'm not sure how long it will last but I will make it as short as possible!

I'm sorry to do so, but I have to. :(

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"M...My Uncle..." I could hardly speak because it was so shocking. When I'm finally happy about something... Something else like this has to go and ruin it.

Were Sasuke and Naruto lying to me about him? Were they using me for the file too? I was still confused as to why everyone needed me to see this file.

I felt the tears begin to well up in my eyes at the thought that after I'd given everything to Sasuke, he'd go and do something like this. Was he really that cruel? Or was I just over reacting, and jumping to conclusions?

I didn't know whether to be totally in tears or beyond pissed. I wasn't sure yet.

"Kai Haruno!" I heard Sasuke yell. That seemed to wake me up from the blurry dream of reality that I didn't know I was in.

Shinji began laughing like a maniac. "That's right my dear! He told me of the file years ago!"

"I don't understand..." Naruto bearly whispered.

"Figures you wouldn't Blondie." Shinji was still laughing. "You see, ten years ago the Untitled file was reveled to me and a few others by none other than the guardian of the file himself- Kai Haruno."

All this explaining of years ago and this happened and then that happened, it was all really starting to confuse me...

"However, he couldn't open the file. The Untitled file that he said was given to him by Shiki Haruno, the clan leader, and his father, held something of great importance to the Haruno fortune."

"Money! That's what it's all about!" Sasuke shouted angrily.

Wait a minute... I had a fortune?

"Ah, ah ahh... let's not jump from the path now Suke' alright?" Sasuke made a face at the little nick name. So did I...

"Please... continue..." Naruto said with sarcasm in both words.

"As you wish." Shinji continued. "This fortune was not just money, believe me, there was money just that wasn't all the file contained." I was a bit confused at how a file could contain all that...

He read the confusion on my face. "Well my dear, the file contained many checks and documents that were able to be cashed in. Millions."

My eyes widened. Millions? I was seriously that rich!

"But as I was saying, that isn't the only thing that the file contains. It also contains the whereabouts to a scroll library that the Haruno clan had built. The library contains many jutsu from not only it's small ninja base, but the ninja base of many other talented clans."

"Wait, you mean to tell me that my family was a ninja family?" And after all this time, I'd thought that people who thought they were ninja were crazy. That is, until I met Sasuke.

"Actually yes my darling." Shinji gave me a sly smile that sent shivers up and down my spine.

"Wait a minute. I've never heard of the Haruno clan until I met Kai a few months ago!" Sasuke interjected.

"Ahh, they were a small ninja base my friend." Shinji cleared.

"Let me guess, all of these powerful jutsu were desired by your leader." Naruto said, his arms crossed. I looked over and saw Shinji frown for the first time since I'd met him.

"Yes." He stated simply. "Orochimaru wanted nothing more than the jutsu, the money was just a bonus. Once Kai told us of the file, Orochimaru immediately asked him to bring it to him. Kai told us that there was a barrier around it that no jutsu could break."

"A barrier?" Naruto asked, as if taking notes to himself.

"Yes Blondie, a barrier." Shinji's smile was back. Naruto gave him a glare, I guess that it really wasn't meant for anyone else to hear.

"Anyways, Orochimaru thought that he was bluffing. When he tried to open the file of course it wouldn't open. He had the entire base work on opening the file, we went through every jutsu and forbidden technique." He shifted his eyes over to me. "It wouldn't open."

We all waited for him to continue. We were all frozen in our spots waiting to hear more from him.

"Orochimaru demanded the solution from Kai." Shinji's voice got lower.

"Well...?" Sasuke asked impatiently.

"Shiki Haruno put his blood into the sealing jutsu upon the packet. Only his decedents could open it. However, the moment Kai ran away from the Haruno clan, his father disowned him and the blood in his veins turned over to the only other descendent that he had. His son Hikaru Haruno. This little lady's father."

I didn't think I was breathing by this point.

"But, what a shame Hikaru is dead. So that leaves his only child, with his blood in her veins." He pointed a finger at me. "She, Sakura Haruno is the only one that can pass the barrier and open the file. It was my mission to find her and bring her to Orochimaru. It's simply a coincidence that you two be here as well."

"You're not taking her anywhere! Especially not near that snake bastard!" Sasuke stood in a stance now, Naruto followed his lead.

"Watch me." Shinji smirked.

I could tell right way that Sasuke was about pounce on him and rip him to sheads.d But I guess that Shinji had other plans...

Shinji put his hands in front of himself and did those hand signs that Sasuke had mentioned to me, the kind that help build up charka for a jutsu. I was instantly afraid. After seeing what That Reki guy did, I wasn't taking to kindly to the whole ninja, jutsu stuff.

Sasuke and Naruto ran faster and swifter than I've ever seen anybody run before, they ran right up to him. Like they were really going to get him. Good.

Shinji just stood there. And all time seemed to stop.

Sasuke had pulled out what I think was a Kunai and was about to stab him. I quick covered my eyes not wanting to see the blood.

However, I was expecting the sound of the puncture. It didn't come. Instead...

"Damn it!" Sasuke Shouted. I pulled my hands away from my face and saw Sasuke and Naruto standing in the now empty space where Shinji had been just moments ago.

"Shit, Fuck, Damn it!" Sasuke continued to slurr the swear words. Naruto let out an agrivated sigh and kicked the ground letting dust fill the air around them.

I'm guessing he got away.

They began to start walking toward me again and I actually felt pretty calm. I was glad that Shinji was gone.

"We need to go." Sasuke said while rubbing the back of his head thinking.

"Okay." I said, I was a little skeptical to say anything out of term. I didn't want to make things worse than they were. I knew that Sasuke and Naruto were probably feeling really crappy right now. I felt like a child. It was awkward.

We walked back to the car and got into our seats. it was all still silent.

"Sakura." I looked over to see Sasuke looking at me real concerned. "I didn't mean to swear like that."

He must've been referring to his little on going slur when Shinji got away. I didn't mind it at all honestly. It just made it slightly more awkward.

"It's alright Sasuke, I didn't mind. You were angry."

"That's no excuse... I'm sorry." Sasuke smiled at me trying to make it sweeter. I smiled back the best that I could.

"Don't worry about it..."

"Let's not dance around what I know we're all thinking about right now..." Naruto said from the back.

"I know Naruto..." Sasuke said with a look of doom on his face.

"We... we need to go...." Naruto mentioned. Go where?

"Yes, I know Naruto!" Sasuke said raising his voice a little bit. I could tell that he was frustrated. Who wouldn't be? I was still thrown in the loop from the fact that my uncle had been the one to give Shinji that information. I still wondered why... Was he being held against his will by Orochimaru? Was Shinji lying?

Sasuke and Naruto seemed to think that it made enough sense. They knew the whole bunch a lot better than I did. Sometimes I think that I over react. Ino says that I do that alot.

Ino!

I hadn't spoken to her in a while! She's either worried or spending most of her time planning with Shikamaru. I sighed realizing that when we got home I would have to call her.

I was too deep in thought to really notice that we had pulled up next to my bug and in front of my apartment.

"Sakura... " Sasuke looked at me with sympathetic eyes. He looked like he was about to tell me something like my puppy died. I cocked my head in confusion. "What is it?" I looked over at Naruto who was now standing by Sasuke looking at the ground with the same look on his face.

"Naruto and I have to go tomorrow morning."

I froze. They were leaving? I guess that that was what they were getting at in the car... but leaving me? I didn't want to show that I was sad and disappointed. I couldn't help but feel that I had failed at that attempt.

"W-where?" Dammit, I stuttered.

"We're going back to Konoha, to see Kai." Naruto stated with a hand on Sasuke's shoulder. Like Sasuke was the one who needed the comfort right now! I know it seemed selfish... but I couldn't help it.

"We're going to get some answers... we're probably going to see Orochimaru as well. "Sasuke said not making eye contact with me by this point.

"And?" I asked, a little upset that he was no longer looking at me.

"Sakura." My gaze focused at a serious looking Naruto. "We... " He trailed off and I could see Sasuke begin to walk off to pace near by us. His hands covered his face, troubled. I tried to pay no mind to it...

"Orochimaru is an extremely powerful Ninja. He's probably gotten better since the last time we battled with him. " What was he getting at... If it was what I thought... I didn't want him to continue. But in hoping that it wasn't what I thought... I continued to listen.

"Our squad will most likely be very small... It's our only chance though." Naruto continued with a grim look on his face. I could feel myself begin to waver.

"It's our only chance so... So... we're going to go for it. There isn't really anything else we can do. We need to get that file and secure it. But in order to know for sure what has happened. We need to go there." I could see Sasuke from my perif. looking at the sky. Naruto breathed in kinda funny and kept talking.

"The chances of Sasuke and I returning... -"

"Stop!" I said. That was what I was afraid he was going to say. They honestly thought that they would die? They couldn't die! I wouldn't let them! I felt tears begin to well up in my eyes and I began to sniffle as well.

"Sakura..." Sasuke's voice was week but he was right beside me. I looked into his troubled eyes through my blurry vision and he put his hands on my shoulders.

"Sakura..." He said again. Before continuing (I'm not even sure he knew what he was going to say if he was going to continue.) he pulled me in to a tight hug letting my tears soak his shirt on his chest.

"Why is it so important!?" I asked. Of course the hole thing was explained right in front of me less than half an hour ago, I had no idea why I asked. I just wanted to hear it from them I guess.

"Shhh." Sasuke was rubbing the back of my head and the small of my back carefully. "We have to... We're leaving tomorrow morning back to the village to gather a squad and get some better materials."

The only solution to my sadness that I could think of hit me like a bolt of lightning to the chest. "Take me with you..." I was no longer sniffling and I pulled away from his chest, though still in his arms, and looked up at his concerned eyes over his furrowed brows.

"Sakura that's obse-"

"No, no! Take me with you! I have just as much right! I may be no ninja, but this is my family file! Shinji said so, and he said he got it from my uncle that I'm the only one who can open the file anyway! Take me with you guys!" I sort of felt like a little brat, but at the moment, I didn't really care.

"Sakura, it's way to dangerous! I would never let you go, do you know how much it would kill me to know you got hurt!?" Sasuke was gripping my upper arms hard now. He was angry at my thoughts. I didn't care.

"Sasuke... what she says is true... " Sasuke gave Naruto a 'what the hell are you doing standing up for her.' look. I'd be lying if I said that it didn't amuse me a little. "Think about it, she is the only one that can open the file. She does have a right..."

"The Hell!" Sasuke shouted gripping my shoulders. It didn't really hurt too bad, of course it hurt because he was strong but I was a big girl and could stand it. I decided to try something that might get him to calm down a little.

"Ah, Sasuke you're really hurting me!" I put a fake grimace on my face and watched him turn to me and his facial expression soften. He let go of my arms for a second and then scurried me back into his harms for a soft tight hug.

"I'm sorry Sakura... I just can't imagine you getting hurt." He said softly. The sound was muffled by his face buried in my shoulder. I gripped him tighter to me and stroked his back lovingly.

"Sasuke... I don't want to lose you." It was the truth.

"I really don't want to lose you..." He whispered back to me. I really hoped that that was the truth from him as well.

We stayed there like that for a while. I couldn't imagine how awkward it must've been for Naruto. At the moment that this was all happening though, I didn't give a damn.

"Okay..." He whispered after a few more silent moments. I could've jumped up and down for joy, I could tell that he was having a hard time saying the two syllable word though, so I decided not to push it.

"Thank you." I said to him. We pulled away from each other and for the first time in what seemed like way too long, his lips touched mine. I buried my hands in his soft raven locks and savored the moment for as long as I could hold my breath.

When we pulled apart for air he rested his forehead against mine and we spent the longest time silently taking in the thoughts going through our minds from the windows of our eyes.

'I'm worried.' he says.

'I know.' I say.

It was as simple as that.

When we finally prolonged the moment for as long as either of us thought was possible, we noticed that Naruto was not standing there anymore and was probably already inside. We walked inside and sure enough he was there.

It was such a long day... Sasuke and Naruto thought so too...

It was time for some well deserved sleep.

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The screams finally stopped and she had guessed that she had only been out for a minute or two. There was no one around and she decided that it would be the best time to get out of there. She began to crawl her way around the room, still barely able to see. She cried out when she felt her palms move against broken glass. The draft in the room that she had just noticed suggested that it was from the window.

The man that entered the window forcefully before was now behind her. She turned to meet his yellow eyes and she screamed loudly. He hushed her up with a creepy smirk that was barely visible through that lighting.

She then noticed that the man who had murdered her mother, was lying on the ground dead. Blood was pooled around his head and his eyes were snapped wide open. The site made her shriek more.

Tears had not stopped flowing from her since the intrusion had begun. What was this man doing here, why had he killed the other man, and why were they after her and her mother?!

The mind with the yellow eyes got closer to her and she backed up only cutting herself on more window glass. She yelled out in pain every now and then and cried even harder but she kept backing up.

"Come now, my darling." The man spoke in a voice that sounded like the hushed whispers of the most evil of daemons. He outstretched his hand for her to take. "Don't be afraid."

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"Sakura!"

I woke to Sasuke shaking me gently from my nightmare. Why did I have a nightmare again? Sasuke had fallen asleep with me... normally when he did, I didn't have any nightmares...

"Sasuke." I said holding him tightly to me. Then I realized that he wasn't lying on the bed next to me. He was kneeling in front of my side of the bed. Why?

"It's okay now Sakura... I'm sorry that I left you it's just... " He looked out the now open window of my bedroom and I followed his gaze. "The sunrise..." Oh yeah... the sunrise.

Why hadn't he been up to watch the sunrise the other night that I was with him? Sasuke must have been able to tell that I was silently asking that question and he answered it for me.

"I was... visited... again." I had almost forgotten about the 'Fate' that visited Sasuke sometimes on the mornings.

"Oh... it's okay then..." I said feeling slightly better. Now that he was there, I didn't feel as terribal from my night mares. I wasn't crying like the other time... so that was good!

"Hey are you guys okay?" A half asleep Naruto walked into the room with a concerned tired look on his face. I almost laughed at how distraught he looked in the morning. Thought I probably looked just as terrible, it somehow worked for Naruto.

"Yeah dobe... we're fine." Sasuke reassured Naruto with a small smile.

"Oh... did it happen again?" Naruto asked Sasuke, talking about Sasukes 'fate'. He probably was saying it because he didn't think that I knew.

"Yes Naruto..."

Naruto asked the question that I knew was burning in the both of us. "What... what did it say?" It was hesitant but Sasuke didn't look like he was bothered by it in the least bit. He did frown though. He looked down on the ground and gripped my hand from the side of my bed.

"It doesn't matter." I doubted that. I could tell by Naruto's facial expression that he doubted it too.

We both decided to let it go though.

"Well, we should get fully packed so that we can get a head start on going to Konoha." Sasuke stated getting up and releasing my hand. Naruto and I nodded.

Then I remembered. "Wait! before we do all that I need to call a friend first." The nodded and left the room. I grabbed the phone from the nightstand by my bed and dialed Ino's home number. I knew it was kinda early to be calling but I needed to at least tell her that I was leaving.

Way early. I got the answering machine.

Better leave a message then.

"Hey Ino... It's Sakura... I know that this is short notice but I needed to tell you that... That I'm leaving... Don't worry I will most defiantly be back in time for yours and Shikamaru's wedding, there's just... something important that I need to do... You understand right? Well... Goodbye. I love you Ino, take care."

I didn't know what more to say than that, so I hung up the phone. I thought it was probably best that I not tell her exactly where I was going. Ino would be okay with it.

I sighed and looked out at the rising sun.

It had to be something important. To Sasuke, everything his 'fate' told him was important.

I sighed and began to pack for my soon to be journey to Konoha. The village of ninja...

Blahh!

I feel really bad about this chapter! The end was kinda rushed and I just wanted to get this out. I'm going to be extremely busy for a long while, so I won't be able to get another chapter up for a while.

I feel really crappy for leaving this chapter so short.

Then again my chapters aren't always the longest ones...

I tried though my readers. I'm extremely tired and am runing out of computer time.

I hope you enjoyed what I was able to provid though :)

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