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Where are you now? The comfortable warmth around me has disappeared and my heart is freezing…

"Goodbye- to you that I adored

Desires tied together by scarlet strings

Ah, it's coming loose now

Ah the magic is falling apart

And I, how can I walk alone?"

Plastic Tree- Makka na ito

The dark veil of the night had already enveloped Konoha as a big bird made of ink slashed through the sparkling stars and landed on top of the Hokage tower. Its black haired creator jumped off of it and rushed towards the door that led inside while holding a seemingly lifeless woman in his arms.

He followed the stairs and found himself before the office of the Hokage. He didn't bother knocking, he burst through the doors startling the almost asleep woman sitting on the wooden desk behind a pile of paper.

"WHA-"she never got to finish that sentence as her eyes locked on the body of the young woman held protectively in the arms of her teammate. 'Sakura…' That was the only thing her mind could think before the gears begun turning again.

"What happened?" She screamed as she took the pink haired girl from the artist and rushed towards a room that she could use for an operation.

"We were on our way to the place she was last seen when that Tobi from the Akatsuki appeared carrying Sakura, he said she was dead and she was returning her to us. Kakashi-san ordered us all to return to Konoha and halfway through the road I realized she was still alive" Sai decided to tell her only the basics since there was no time for details.

"Shizune get everything ready for an operation" Tsunade entered a room with bed and some tables in it. Her voice echoed in the small room and three nurses that were here for cases like this one gathered behind the blond woman.

"You, get me some packs of O positive. You take care of the anesthesia and you connect the heart monitor" The nurses immediately did as asked while the Hokage kept on barking orders.

"Sai get out" she pointed to the door.

"Bu-"

"No buts. Out. Now." The young shinobi did as he was told but he couldn't help the silent words that escaped his lips.

"Please save her" whether the Hokage heard him or not he had no idea and he didn't care, he was sure that the old woman would never allow her pupil to die.

He sat on the floor with his hands covering his face, the others should be back soon so he waited drifting in and out of his thoughts with the only reminder of the reality being the occasional clank of metallic objects.

Soon enough –or maybe too late, he was not sure- an orange blur filled the hallway and a certain future Hokage stood over him with his mouth open ready to shoot words but the dark haired boy interrupted him.

"She is alive, barely but alive, Tsunade is with her right now" The other boy's eyes widen and a smile of relief broke in his whiskered face.

"I knew it Sakura-chan wasn't going to give up that easily" He plopped down next to his companion and clenched his fists, surely everything was going to be okay, right?

"Where is Hinata? I thought you two were traveling together"

"She said he saw Kakashi-sensei coming and she wanted to make sure he was not injured. They will be here soon" Silence once again coated the atmosphere and the seconds turned into minutes.

It had been an hour before Kakashi and Hinata arrived and joined the boys. Sai informed them of the situation and both seemed quite surprised by the turn of the events, nevertheless they choose not to comment on it.

Not all of their minds were wandering on nothing in particular, a certain silver haired shinobi had his eyes closed going through everything that happened since the masked man made his appearance. There were so many things left without an explanation; why would Madara bother to return Sakura and most importantly how could she be alive? Both the Sharingan and the Byakugan confirmed that there was no chakra running through her body.

'Could he have used some sort of technique?' There was only one technique that could fool the famous eyes of the Uchiha and the Hyuga clan but he would have to wait to prove his assumptions.

His thoughts were interrupted as Tsunade exited the room with a grave look adoring her face. Everyone looked up and she shook her head, she knew she couldn't say it her voice would betray her no matter how hard she tried to maintain her tough exterior.

Naruto clenched his eyes shut in order to trap the burning tears inside his lids. Kakashi stood up, he was not going to mourn for his lost comrade if she was still out there. So he told them all what he thought.

"So what do you suggest we do?"

"I would like to examine the body."

"Okay, you have my permission."

"Hinata, can you please come with me?" The young heiress followed the jonin inside the room. One the bed she could make out the form of a woman covered with white sheet.

The older man revealed the woman's face and she couldn't help but cringe at the image.

"I need you to activate your Byakugan and search for any traces of chakra or a genjutsu" He said while revealing his own deadly eye. The girl nodded and did as asked. Both of them concentrated at the issue at hand, nevertheless the results were discouraging. There was nothing to prove that what they were seeing now was a lie.

"K-kakashi-san, is there really such a strong technique?"

"Yeah, it's a technique only those who have awaken the Mangekyo sharingan can do, let's go there is nothing more we can do"

After everyone had gone home, the copy-ninja decided to pay a visit to the Hokage.

"Assuming Tsukuyomi was casted on the body, is there something we can do to dispel it?"

"No, but there are ways to discover it" At this the Hokage's ears perked and she leaned forward urging the jonin to say what was on his mind.

"Tsukuyomi is a deadly technique that affects all the senses of the victim, since the technique was not used directly on us it only affects our senses up to a certain degree-"

"Get to the point Hatake, what do we do?"

"Tsunade-sama Sakura has been your student for a long time and you have healed her many times, therefore you know her body better than any of us. What you have to do is check for any scars or birthmarks, Tsukuyomi can only be as accurate as it's user and I'm sure there is something he missed."

"Fine, I'll do that as soon as possible, as of now you are dismissed, I'll summon you if I find anything" The male nodded and left. As soon as he was out of the door the blond Hokage sighed and moved her hands to cover her face, today totally drained her energy. She let her mind drift back to when she was training Sakura and a smile graced her face, the girl sure was persistent, when she first saw her she didn't expect her to work that hard (not that she would have settled for anything less)

She stood up, the sooner she got this over with the better. She found herself before the corpse she hoped not to belong to her student and uncovered the girl's body. So far everything seemed normal. There were a couple of scars in her arms and a nasty looking one in her abdomen, the one she got when fighting against Akasuna no Sasori. There was the dark fleck behind her ear that she remembered seeing a couple of times. She sighed feeling fear creeping in her heart.

Her head snapped back up and hope light up inside her once again.

'Of course!' Sakura had one single birthmark, she never saw it but Sakura had told her about it –more like complained about it- it was high on her left tight and from what she had heard from her student it had the shape of a bird with his wings spread. She pushed the girl's legs apart and as soon as what she saw registered on her mind her voice echoed in the whole building.

"SHIZUNE GET ME TEAM KAKASHI AND HYUGA HINATA NOW!"

…..

SAKURA POV

I yawned and stretched, a satisfied moan almost escaped my lips as the bones in my back cracked in response to my actions. It has been three days since we visited the sakura tree and in that time all we did was search for the freaking temple and draw escape roots on a map.

'I am so bored!' Sasuke entered the room and closed the door behind him with a loud thump. I was expecting him to ignore me as usual but what he did caught me off guard. He leaned at the wall in front of me and gave me one of his most frightening death glares. Frantically I searched my mind for something I did and caused him to get that angry but all I could come up with was when I practically dragged him out of the inn.

'That was three days ago' my inner said unceremoniously rubbing her eyes, getting ready to face Sasuke's wrath. Interrupting my mental comeback he uttered the words that could have killed me, had I been drinking or eating at that time.

"We must kiss"

I chocked on the same air I had suddenly inhaled in an attempt to get my brain started again. This was unexpected.

'Sasuke would never say something like that' I silently agreed with her and kept on coughing violently while one of my hands slid behind my back to retrieve a senbon. Once my fingers clenched around it I jumped and aimed for his neck.

Next thing I know I am pushed against the wall with my hands locked behind me.

"Mayu is getting suspicious of us, she asked me why I'm not showing any affection towards you in public and why she has never seen us kiss" Well that certainly explains a lot but still-

'Did the damn bastard just smirk?' and that was indeed a smirk, a devilish one at that.

"Today we are leaving you alone with her, come up with a believable excuse and get some information. Remember if you try anything I'll know." And with that he disappeared into thin air, like he always does.

'Ummm that sure was…. Umm, give me a good word'

'Weird? Unusual? Alien?'

'More like all of them combined'

'I think I will actually agree'

Suddenly a light bulb went on in my mind. 'Alone'

'So?'

'It's perfect! I can send a message to Konoha and let them know where I am!'

'Remember, if you try anything I'll know. I think I heard that from someone standing right here a few moments ago.'

'I know! Still, this is my only chance. I'll wait until he is gone, I'll tell to Mayu that I need to use the bathroom, summon a slug and sent it to Konoha along with the message. Even if Sasuke finds out, which I highly doubt, he would have no way to stop it!'

…..

A timid knock sounded on the door, and I snapped back to reality.

"Come in" Mayu slid the door open with one hand, the other held securely a plate with what could only be hot soup.

"How are you feeling Sakura-chan, your husband told me you were sick."

"Oh, it's nothing Mayu-san, Sasuke-kun exaggerated as always, my stomach hurts a little and I decided to rest a bit, that's all no need to get worried"

"Well it's best that you decided to take it easy, here I made you some soup. Would you like me to keep you company?"

"Thank you Mayu-san, it seems delicious, sorry for being such a bother" The other woman took seat and got comfortable near the younger girl.

"Nonsense, you are not a bother at all, now eat up!" That's what I did and it was indeed yummy. From the expression on her face I knew she wanted to ask me something, but I refrained from saying anything. Soon enough she spoke again.

"So how are you and Sasuke doing so far?"

"We are doing really well actually, he's sweet when he wants to be"

"Hm, I guess so, now tell me is he a good kisser?"

"Yeah, pretty good!" I smiled

'I so wanna know if that's true…'

'No. Now stop distracting me!'

"Glad you are enjoying yourself Sakura-chan, to tell you the truth I was kind of worried, the two of you don't act like a newlywed couple"

"Yes, I know, Sasuke isn't the type of guy who sows affection in public and I don't really enjoy it either. We prefer to do those things when we are alone."

"Yes I get it, but you should get him to open up a bit, even Suigetsu-san and Karin-san steal a little kiss from each other when they think no one is watching!"

'What! Seriously?'

'Never saw that coming.' I kept the surprise from reaching my face.

"I would love to see that! Umm, excuse me Mayu-san I have to use the bathroom."

"Go ahead dear." I sat up and moved to the bathroom.

'If this is going to work I need to do it fast' I took a paper and a pen from my pocket, after I was finished I bit my thump enough to draw blood. Completing the necessary handsigns a mini slug appeared in front of my outstretched arm.

"Take that to the Hokage!" I ordered silently. It nodded and disappeared with a POOF. It's done now let's hope no one noticed.

I got back to the room pretending to fix my hair.

"So, Sakura-chan after you are well enough, what are you going to do?"

"I'm not sure but Karin and Suigetsu wanted to visit an ancient temple they heard about in the market, they were practically begging us to go there" The poor woman visibly paled.

"A temple you say, the one engraved in the mountain?" So that's where the stupid thing has been all this time, figures, it's the only place they hadn't looked yet.

"Yeah, you know where this is? Could you be our guide? Suigetsu is going to be bouncing of the walls!"

"You see Sakura-chan it's a little hard to get inside…"

"Really? All the more reason why you should be our guide! It's okay if you don't want to, though, I'm sure my brother will find a way. That kid was born for adventure"

I tried to make it seem believable, but I think I failed miserably.

'Really smooth, yeah right…'

"I'll see what I can do." That could go worse…

"In the mean time why don't we go downstairs, the others must be waiting for us to have dinner."

"Yes let's go!"

And just like she had said the others were seated in their usual places around the dinner table. I took my seat next to Sasuke after greeting everyone and gave him a 'thumbs- under the table to let him know everything went well.

"Itadakimasu" Everyone echoed before the familiar clack of the wooden chopsticks being separated followed.

"So what did you two do when we were out?" Sasuke spoke, I guess he wants to know what we talked about. I never got to answer though, as another woman's voice sounded first.

"We talked about what girls usually talk about, you know romantic stuff" She said with the usual cheerfulness in her voice. Sasuke smirked at me.

"You are boring." That was directed at me, no doubt about that.

'Oh that smirk gets more annoying every time' suddenly an idea popped in my mind. I couldn't contain my smirk as I turned to him and used my sweetest voice.

"Of course you would find those kind of things meaningless, considering who your first kiss was."

I had to hold my breath as he froze, the others watched in silence as he turned to me giving me a glare that could kill. I still held my breath.

"What?" his voice came out emotionless but his glare intensified, if that was even humanly possible.

I couldn't hold my breath any longer and with an unintentional deep breath, the laughter I had trapped in my throat broke free and resounded in the whole building.

Needless to say he didn't look all that happy and I was sure I was going to regret that when we were left alone but for now I was content with embarrassing the oh-so-great Uchiha Sasuke.

The feeling intensified when I caught a glimpse of the redness that begun to form in his ears.

So here it is, long enough, ne?

For some reason that chapter took me an awful lot of time and I'm still not satisfied with it :(

Yeah anyway, it feels great to be back and I promise next chapter will be up soon^.^

Ummmm, I also have a little question;

I noticed that when I visited my profile from my phone without signing in that the country I come from had changed to Iceland, I'm not sure when this happened but I'm sure I got that right when signing up. So I wanted to ask if anyone here knows how I fix this, I would greatly appreciate your help!

That's all I have to say for now, sorry for blabbering…..

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Until next time,

Wings Of A Butterfly…