Note from Aly-cakes: Ugh. An action scene. I'm never good with these. Fuck me. -_- I'm just going to warn you that the action scenes I write are horrid so don't expect much from it! This here will.. well.. just read and find out!

The fifth floor was even crazier than the last. Bullets were being shot, knives were being thrown, and the constant shouts filled the air. Sasuke was visible throwing a small knife as it made contact with a man's chest with precise aiming. The man who was stabbed fell with a groan obviously dead.

Itachi was hidden in a small hallway as he continuously shot down the men stopping them from proceeding to the last and final floor to where Sakura's siblings just might be.

"Itachi! I'm out of bullets!" yelled Sasuke urgently cursing.

"Kinda busy here," barked his older brother who then shot another man down, "figure something out!"

Sasuke cursed under his breath and in that moment his onyx eyes spotted Naruto along with Sakura and Tenten. His eyes widened, "What the hell are you two doing here?" He asked glaring at the two females.

Emerald eyes scanned him for any injuries and a wave of relief washed over her when she found none visible. The brunette smiled evilly, "To save your ass." she retorted throwing him an extra clip of bullets that she had before pulling out her own handgun, "It's not much but it'll have to do for now. Save your guns, we're all low on ammo." advised Tenten pulling out a handy pocket knife.

Sasuke loaded his gun and nodded as he got hold of a small kunai he found on the floor, "These guys are serious. They even got hold of ninja weapons, we've got to be careful!" he warned throwing the kunai.

"Sorry to intrude but can you guys shut the hell up and help me out here?" screamed Itachi ducking as a bullet whizzed passed his head. Everyone nodded as Sakura hid behind Naruto safe and sound - much to her dissatisfaction.

The adrenaline was pumping through her veins as she watched Tenten, Naruto, Sasuke, and Itachi shoot down the enemies. She wanted to be part of the action but she knew if she tried she would lose miserably and possibly die.

Just then the door where they came from opened again and out came a panting Neji with a bleeding Rock Lee over his shoulder. His green jumpsuit was stained and his legwarmers were cut into shreds. Behind them were Itachi's friends who seemed out of breath but other than that very stable.

Carefully they observed the situation and stood on the sidelines - hidden from the enemy's view. The shooting and the object throwing stopped and for a few moments the long hallway was filled with pants, "What do you guys want?" came a voice from the opposing side.

"You know damn well who we want back." barked back an angry Sasuke glaring at them.

"Those two brats," said the voice, "you can have them!"

Sakura's heart began to beat faster. Were they really going to give up that easily? Just as they were all about to come out of their safe spots the voice spoke again, "For that pink haired girl!"

Everyone tensed. Before anyone could respond Sakura took one shaky step towards them, leaving her out in the open for any surprise attacks. All eyes shifted to her and they were all too stunned to move. With her head held up eye and eyes burning with determination she kept a steady pace toward the abductors. The ones who murdered her family. Okay, she was having second thoughts about this. It was too late now, she was already so close.

"Sakura! What in the world are you-!" yelled Naruto making a move to step forward but was held back by Tenten. When the male turned to look at her and ask her what the hell she was doing stopping him all his words froze in his mouth as he stared in her chocolate brown eyes. The two girls planned something. With a subtle nod Naruto attempted to calm himself down. As his blue eyes narrowed they shifted to his best friend and nearly gasped when he saw the state Sasuke was in. Sasuke was trying his hardest to not run up to Sakura and pull her back and tear those men limb from limb.

His teeth gritted together and his fists were clenched. Onyx eyes were shut tight and he was as stiff as a stick. This isn't going to end well. thought Naruto actually kind of feeling sorry for the people who messed with him.

Sakura stopped in the middle of the hallway, "Let me see them." she demanded bravely.

"Why don't you come closer?" asked one of the men. Sakura hesitated for a second but nevertheless approached the men slowly.

Tenten looked at everyone and spoke to them in hushed voices making sure the guys couldn't hear what she was about to say, "She's going to try to knock them out. The second she does we give her cover, got it?"

No one nodded and for that she was thankful. It was obvious they heard her but they were all smart enough to keep their traps shut. All eyes studied her movements carefully. Her black combat boots stopped moving when she was directly in front of the man that was the cause of most of her recent pain. Sakura's emerald eyes gave him a hard glare as he stroked her cheek, "Boss wanted us to kill you, ya know."

"Then why don't you?" she asked glaring.

His movements froze for a second before smirking, "You're too good-looking. It'll be a shame. I'll have my fun with you then dispose of you. Just like your family." the man whispered in her ear.

Sakura stiffened, "They... Are they.. dead?" she gulped.

The guy chuckled loudly, "Of course they are. And you and those two Uchiha brats will be next."

Tears began to fill up her eyes and began to blur her vision. Why would they even do such a horrible thing? She didn't understand at all the first tear dropped and then the second. Emerald eyes were closed shut as the tears were endless. Sakura chocked on a sob before initiating the first punch toward him.

Not even a second later Sakura was being held hostage; her back pressed against the well built band and a small gun held against her temple. Her body faced her friends - which were all filled with surprise, anger, and despair - as Sakura looked at their panicked faces the tears began to flow even more. She was useless.

Emerald eyes sorrowfully shifted to Sasuke. The guy that she might just be falling for, his onyx eyes were wide and angry. Sakura smirked inwardly, at least he was showing some sort of emotion that showed he cared. The cold metal was tightly pressed against her temple and she knew this was the end for her. Some part of her was glad, she was going to be able to see her family's happy faces again.

Sakura wanted to thank her friends for all that they risked. She mouthed the words to them and gave them a smile.

Bang.

Everything froze for a moment, it was as if god was giving her the last chance to glace at life.

The hold on her loosened slightly as she slowly tumbled to the floor. The last thing she heard was her name being screamed by a beautiful male voice.

"Sakura." It's that same voice again, thought Sakura. Slowly she opened her emerald eyes and found her 'boyfriend' standing above her with concern stitched on his face. It was visible that a wave of relief set in when Sasuke finally saw her emerald orbs open once again. Behind him were some of her friends and even the Uchiha family. They were all gathered in her room.

She made an attempt to sit up but was gently forced back down with one of his pale hands. The recent events flooded in her mind, "What happened? I thought I died." she said clueless.

Naruto came to her other side and smiled down at her, "One of the bad guys felt bad and shot the other bad guy who was holding you. The guy holding you took you down with him. You probably passed out from the shock or just some weird Sakura-type-thing," he chuckled, "I'm not gonna lie, it was pretty funny just seeing you fall. You made it dramatic though -"

Tenten then pulled him back by his collar and covered his mouth and his nose and then laughed nervously at the girl in her bed and then said, "Don't mind this idiot. What he means is that we're glad you're okay." The male she was holding to slowly started turning purple and by the kind words of Hinata, Tenten carelessly dropped him to the floor as Naruto was gasping for air.

"Is everyone.. all right?" asked Sakura scanning the room.

Mikoto smiled kindly at her, "You should be worrying about yourself. Now then, I should get started on dinner." called the mother walking out the door dragging her husband and her eldest son along with her.

Sakura then noticed one person missing in the small crowd surrounding her bed, "Where's Lee?"

Shikamaru yawned lazily, "Hospital. He got hurt the most."

"He's fine though." comforted Hinata smiling at her best friend softly, "You should just rest for now. You got lucky, I don't know what I would do without you." Sakura received a gentle short hug from her best friend. There was a ding that came from her pocket, "I'm really sorry but I have to go. Duty calls." apologized Hinata then hurriedly walked out of the room.

"Geez. She sure makes a quick escape." muttered Sakura under her breath before sighing. She raised an eyebrow at the people still standing around her bedroom, "Uhm. Can I like go to sleep?" There was a few seconds of silence before Neji shrugged and walked out without a word followed by Tenten who was dragging Naruto by the ear and then everyone slowly followed except for one. Sasuke, "I don't think I'll feel comfortable with you standing there." she commented.

Sasuke patted her pink head and then walked toward the door.

Sakura then had to ask, "Were you worried?"

"A bit," he said honestly, "you two were idiots. You really could have gotten killed back there."

Tears filled her eyes, "They're dead. Sasuke, every single one of them. What am I supposed to do now?" Sakura Haruno was so lost.

Sasuke turned his head to look at her laying form, "Simple. You're my girlfriend and you're going to continue being my girlfriend until I say otherwise."

Emerald eyes glared at him, "You self-absorbed idiot!"

"Hn. We all know I'm not an idiot." he smirked.

"So you admit you're self-absorbed?" she questioned.

"Hn."

"You're hopeless."

"And you're annoying." he said back quickly.

"Cool fucking story bro." she replied sarcastically, "Get out of my room now." For the second time Sasuke managed to help Sakura forget about the recent depressing events that had happened to her even if it was just for a second. Maybe he didn't know it but Sasuke was actually pretty good at comforting even though it was kind of awkward.

Sakura then called his voice before he stepped out of the room entirely, "Thank you. For trying." With a stiff nod he left her room. With a few tears escaping her emerald eyes she cried herself to sleep as the feeling of losing every single one of your family came back. Despair and sorrow.

The next morning Sakura had asked Sasuke if they could visit Lee in the hospital. After a lot of begging he reluctantly agreed as long as the visit lasted less than 20 minutes. The sad part was that he only gave Sakura about ten minutes to get ready. With five minutes to spare she ran to his car in a pair of skinny jeans and a yellow V-neck.

In her arms she carried a beautiful bouquet of Lee's favorite flowers - lotus flowers and the white lilac. Sakura had to thank Tenten for the information on his favorite flowers. It was kind of funny to Sakura because if she remembered correctly the lotus flower meant purity and the white lilac meant youthful innocence.

And those two words described Lee almost perfectly.

Onyx eyes glared at the thing in her arms, "What the hell is that?"

"Isn't it obvious?" Sometimes Sakura just at to question his intelligence. And he claimed he wasn't an idiot, sighed Sakura mentally.

"Hn." he responded driving on the direction of the hospital.

When they arrived and was given Lee's room number Sakura thanked the nurse gratefully and walked toward room 473 with Sasuke right beside her looking bored as ever. As she scanned the numbers on the door Sasuke warned her about her time limit, "Stop being such a prick." grunted Sakura as she walked in.

"Sakura? What a lovely surprise!" Lee's voice was light and full of energy. Sakura scanned him and frowned when he wasn't in his green jumpsuit. Seeing him in something different was just bizarre. He was slightly pale but other than that he seemed normal. Bowl-cut, bushy-brows, bug-eyes and all. That was Rock Lee for you.

Sakura smiled at him kindly, "I brought you some flowers."

Graciously he took them from her arms and sniffed them, "Oh what beautiful sight! My favorite youthful flowers being held by my favorite youthful person." Lee dropped the flowers on the floor and got on one knee in front of Sakura, "Sakura. Will you do me the honor of being my girlfriend?" Just then he stood up and gave her a thumbs up.

Sakura was totally speechless so she just stood there her mouth wide open. Apparently the hospitalized male took it the wrong way and clashed his lips on hers.

Sakura Haruno came through the front door of the Uchiha mansion with her messenger bag strapped across her chest. She had started veterinary school already and she's been in it for a couple of weeks, things were getting tough but she knew that she could handle it.

If she could handle the death of her foster brothers and sister and her foster mom then she could handle something like school and tests and homework.

Ever since the incident at the hospital, Sasuke and her began to slowly drift apart again, much to her dissatisfaction. Okay so maybe she didn't pull away but the guy risked his life for her for goodness sake. She owed him a small token of appreciation right?

Sasuke and Sakura would hardly see each other and if they did never did the spoke a word. It was as if her family dying never happened. Sasuke sure was bipolar or something. Walking up to her room the door across from hers opened.

And out came a blond. But not just any blond it was Ino Yamanaka. Sakura froze and then looked around the narrow hallway hoping for a place to hide but found none at all. So instead emerald eyes watched as Ino leaned toward Sasuke for a kiss under his door frame. Her hair was slightly messy and her clothes were slightly wrinkled.

There was also a strange stench in the air. It was obvious what they were doing considering the fact that Sasuke was shirtless. What shocked Sakura was that he didn't push her away when she kissed him. He didn't threaten her. Instead he kissed her back. "When can we tell everyone about us, Sasu?" she asked drawing circles on his bare chest.

"Hn." he answered back.

Ino sighed, "Fine fine. Whatever. Anyway I got to - Sakura?" her voice hardened as her baby blue eyes glared at her.

Sakura gulped, "I - Uh - Well you see -" Sakura twiddled with her fingers and looked down not being able to think of a reasonable excuse.

"She works here as a maid to help pay for her school shit thing." said Sasuke carelessly. He saved her from being teared limb by limb. She had to thank him later if she ever gets the chance.

Ino's fierce glare never disappeared, "Oh. I see. I heard about your family. Shame." she smiled evilly. Her tone was laced with fake concern.

The pink haired girl's fists clenched as she shifted her gaze to the floor. Slowly Ino walked toward her Sakura expected her to continue walking but then she stopped right next to her and whispered in Sakura's ear, "Don't forget what I told you about who ever even looks at my Sasuke."

"He's all yours." whispered Sakura back sweetly. Sakura took a step forward and then grumbled, "Stupid Ino-Pig."

"What was that Forehead?" shouted Ino back raising her fist at her. Although the girl she was screaming at payed no attention to her as she reached her door. Sasuke was still watching everything that was happening amusement sparkling in his onyx orbs.

Sakura smiled at Ino brightly, "Oh nothing... Pig." Just as quickly as she finished that sentence she slammed the door to her room shut. A loud evil laugh escaped her mouth as she heard Ino yell then stomp down the stairs, "That pig needs to learn to not walk so hard."

Being the good student she was she quickly got four of her textbooks out and began to study.

Five minutes later there was a knock on the door, "Come in!" she called from her bed reading the books that her teacher assigned to them. Sakura broke her concentration when she heard her bedroom door softly shut, "Sasuke? What do you want? Came to apologize for your girlfriend?" she smirked.

"She is not my girlfriend."

Sakura scoffed, "Oh right. Excuse me, I meant your fuck buddy." She had to constantly remind herself that he was nothing to her. That there was no 'we' it was only Sasuke and Sakura. Nothing more, nothing less.

Onyx eyes slightly widened, "How did you -?"

"I have my ways." she grinned, "Although next time you might want to keep your voice down you have her over."

Sasuke ran a hand through his beautiful spiked hair, "That's not why I came here."

She crossed her arms as he sat on the foot of her bed, "Then what is?"

"You're off the job in about two weeks." he said seriously.

For an unknown reason Sakura's heart dropped.

Goodbye Note From Aly: This chapter went by way TOO FAST even I admit that but I figured you guys waited super long enough so here it is!