A/N: Thanks for the reviews everyone. But I think I need to clear one thing up. Most people said, "Wow, Sakura's stupid for leaving the bottle right next to her, especially with a label!" hehe, maybe I should've explained it more. The reason the bottle was next to her was because she "fainted" before she got a chance to put it back. She labeled it because she didn't want to get it confused with a different type of medicine. Hope that clears it up

Disclaimer: I don't own Naruto. –wipes away fake tear–

Betrayal – Chapter 10

"I…" Sakura began, her mouth parted slightly. Sasuke kept his Sharingan gaze on her, boring through her emerald green eyes. "I…" Sakura began again, realizing she couldn't pull the rest of the words out her mouth. Sasuke narrowed his crimson eyes, his irritation getting the better of him. "Tell me." He ordered harshly.

"I…will." She said, trying to stall, "Just…Sasuke-kun, promise me you won't hate me." The raven-haired shinobi narrowed his eyes, "Should I?" he retorted smartly. 'He's too smart for his own good…damn Uchihas…' Inner Sakura said. "Do you?" Sakura asked back, inwardly smiling at her smart comeback. "Don't change the subject." He said gruffly, "Tell me now."

"I…can't!" she blurted out, biting her lower lip to prevent the gasp that tried to get out of her throat. 'This is pissing me off…' Sasuke thought, running an annoyed hand through his spiky raven hair. "Hn." The young Uchiha said, getting up from his crouched position. His Sharingan turned back into dark onyx eyes, his raven bangs hanging in front of his eyes. "Pathetic." He muttered darkly, shoving past her when the young kunoichi got up on her feet.

Sakura felt a tinge of hurt when she heard what he called her. 'Is that all I'll ever be to you…?' she thought sadly. 'Shannaro! Prove him wrong!' Inner Sakura screeched. Sakura took a step towards him, opening her mouth to retort to his comment but he was gone in a flash. She sighed, pointing her jade green gaze towards the floor. 'Orochimaru-sama said kill everyone by next week and bring Sasuke-kun to him…' she thought, an evil thought creeping in her mind, 'So if I kill everyone and bring Sasuke-kun…Sasuke-kun will see I'm a lot stronger than he sees.'

She felt uneasy at the plan but knew it was the only way to go. 'Sasuke-kun's hurt me enough,' Sakura mentally thought, 'even when I was only faking those emotions towards him! Well, he'll see that we're not to be messed with!' 'Right!' her alter ego encouraged. Taking advantage of her angered and hurt state, she headed towards Orochimaru's layer, unbeknownst to a certain Uchiha following her.

'If she refuses to tell me,' Sasuke thought, 'she'll just have to show me.' He masked his chakra, following stealthily after the pink-haired medic nin. Sakura leapt from tree to tree, turning her head around to view her surroundings. 'I could've sworn I sensed someone following me…' she thought to herself, deciding to forget about it for the time being since she had more important business to do.

Sakura stopped in front of Orochimaru's layer, her emerald green eyes looking behind her as she kept her face in the same position. She turned around, slipping on her black gloves before gathering chakra in her hand. She thrust her chakra-filled fist against the floor, creating the sound of a loud explosion as the ground split and formed a fissure. 'That'll stop whoever's following me.' She thought to herself before turning away and walking inside the snake sannin's layer.

Sasuke's onyx eyes widened slightly when he saw the massive strength the pink-haired shinobi had within her. He evaded the fissure, following the same direction he had last saw her take. He closed his onyx eyes, opening them again to reveal the bloody crimson eyes that were the Sharingan. His Sharingan eyes searched the surroundings, knowing that his eyes could help him follow the young kunoichi without being found.

He found her, quickly catching up to her quick pace as he saw her turn from hall to hall as if she knew the place by the back of her hand. Sakura stopped roaming the halls, entering a small door where, Sasuke guessed, was Orochimaru was. Sasuke laid his back against a concrete wall, leaning his head backwards to hear the conversation that would take place between the kunoichi and the snake sannin.

"Orochimaru-sama." Sakura greeted him. "Ah, if it isn't Sakura. What brings you here?" he asked in a sly tone. He grinned wickedly when he saw her blank expression. "My, my, you've had an attitude adjustment. Tell me, have all these years of working for me finally unleashed your demonic side?"

'Working for him? What the hell does he mean by that?' Sasuke thought, gritting his teeth as he peered through the small rim of light coming from the room Sakura and Orochimaru were in. Orochimaru continued taunting the pink-haired girl, "Don't tell me that faking all of your emotions, especially to our dear Sasuke-kun, has gotten you soft and you wish to resign from the 'mission' I had given you."

Sasuke felt the tomoes in his bloody crimson eyes swirl madly, his fists clenching tightly as he forced himself to remain calm. Orochimaru continued, "You still want the reward don't you? The jutsu that can bring people back from the dead?" Sakura narrowed her leaf green eyes, 'Sick bastard, taunting me like that!' 'I suggest you torture him to make him teach us that jutsu, then kill him!' her inner self suggested angrily.

"I just came here to ask you," she began, trying her best to mask her deep hatred even though Orochimaru could clearly see it, "if the mission to kill everyone and bring Sasuke-kun here could be done by tonight." Sasuke pressed his body harder against the concrete wall, trying to get a better listen. 'Kill everyone and bring me to this crappy place? What the hell?'

"Eager, aren't we?" Orochimaru said, licking his lips in an evil manner. Sakura inwardly cringed but remained her blank expression. "Hai, you can call it that." She answered back, smiling evilly to fit her part. "Besides, if I bring you Sasuke-kun, you can used Fushi Tensei sooner instead of later, don't you agree Orochimaru-sa—"

She got cut off when she heard the door burst open revealing the one and only Uchiha Sasuke himself, the deadly Chidori making a crackling sound in his right hand. Sakura's emerald eyes widened as Orochimaru turned around, smiling evilly when he saw the great strength coming from Sasuke's hand. Sasuke's Sharingan were a deadly blood red color, so dark and full of hatred.

"You…" his voice said in a deadly quiet tone as his eyes bored through Sakura's jade green ones. Sakura felt her body beginning to shake uncontrollably through his hard, angry stare. The Uchiha Prodigy then shifted his gaze towards the snake sannin, his deadly quiet voice turning into a deadly yell, "You're dead!"

The young Uchiha used his incredible speed, sprinting towards the snake sannin with his Chidori aimed straight at his heart. "S-Sasuke-kun!" Sakura called out, running after the raven-haired boy until she was running side-by-side to him. "Interesting…" Orochimaru said in a sly tone, his eyes having an evil glint in them.

Sasuke threw his arm at the snake sannin, the Chidori barely touching Orochimaru as he grabbed Sasuke's wrist and pointed the lightning blade towards Sakura's direction. Sakura's emerald green eyes widened when she saw Sasuke's Chidori coming towards her. "Sakura!" Sasuke yelled out, trying to move his arm out of Orochimaru's grasp. The medic nin let out a blood-curdling scream when she felt the Chidori hit her.

The sickening attack of blood spilling on the ground filled the air. Sasuke's Chidori died down in his right hand, his Sharingan tomoes swirling madly as he realized what he had done. His crimson eyes widened when he saw Sakura's right shoulder, deeply wounded as blood spilled out. Orochimaru grinned evilly, "That's a beautiful attack Sasuke-kun."

Sakura, used to being under pressure, tried her best to heal her wound. She formed the necessary hand seals in the blink of an eye, placing her healing hands against her right shoulder as the green chakra filled itself inside the wound. "I don't have enough chakra to heal this…" Sasuke heard Sakura say quietly.

"Sen'eitajashu!" Orochimaru called out, taking advantage of Sasuke's guard down. Sasuke quickly turned his head before he saw hidden snakes coming from Orochimaru straights towards his direction. "S-Sasuke-kun!" Sakura called out hoarsely, "G-Get away from the s-snakes, they h-have p-poison in th-their f-fangs!"

But it was too late. The snakes bit his shoulders, the venom from their fangs seeping into Sasuke's bloodstream. Sasuke groaned in the pain, closing his eyes tightly. "Kuso…" he cursed under his breath. "S-Sasuke-kun!" Sakura said, wincing from the deep wound in her shoulder as more of her blood continued to spill out from it.

'We need to get out of here…' the young Uchiha thought, his Sharingan eyes searching for a way out. He formed a few hand seals, raising his hand to his mouth as he used an infamous Uchiha jutsu, "Katon: Gokakyuu no Jutsu!" The hot flame burst through his mouth, burning Orochimaru slightly. The snake sannin jumped back, narrowing his eyes. Sasuke took the moment as an advantage, using his poisoned body to pick up Sakura's bleeding form and using as much speed as he could to get out.

He reached the outside by following the same way he had saw Sakura take earlier. His breathing became ragged as he tried his best to go back to the Hidden Leaf Village Konohagakure. "Sasuke-kun…" Sakura said quietly. Sasuke felt his Sharingan gaze become blurry. He blinked his eyes a couple times to clear his vision as he felt it becoming hard to breath. "The poison…Sasuke-kun…" Sakura's voice came again, her tone very weak as she too breathed raggedly.

"I-It's spreading…" Sakura managed to get out, "i-if you keep on going…you might d-die…" Then the Uchiha Prodigy felt the pink-haired kunoichi go limp in his arms. 'Don't die on me Sakura.' He thought, feeling himself growing daze. He barely reached the gates of Konoha, limping as he felt the poison take it's full effect on his body.

Two ANBU guards that stood in guard of the Hidden Leaf Village immediately recognized the two. Sasuke blinked his crimson eyes, tightening his hold on his pink-haired teammate before he felt his breathing become hitched as his body collapsed on the ground. "Get Tsunade-sama!" one of the ANBU said, "Now!"

A/N: Hehe, I don't know why, but I feel proud of myself for this chapter. It came out exactly how I wanted it to, well, with a few edits of course. I'm happy, hope you enjoyed it as much as I loved typing it! Sorry for taking a while to update. Anyways, I'm going to go update my other stories. Read&Review!