Chapter Eleven ; A Kunoichi at Heart

Sakura

I groaned, rolling over on the soft comforter below me and propping myself up, my chakra was returning, and besides the aching in my arm I felt fine, I slowly blinked my tired eyes open.

I jumped when I saw the mess of black hair hidden beneath the opposite side of the bed, had I slept with L last night? The thought brought a deep blush to my cheeks as I looked down at my twisted shirt; the red blouse was unbuttoned in some spots, and slightly stained with blood.

That's when it hit me, memories of the previous night were coming back, and I resisted the urge to scream as I looked down at the comforter of the bed, deep blue with a large Uchiha crest in the middle.

I had not woken Sasuke up, I suppose the fact that he hasn't been around enemy ninja in so long he had forgotten to keep his guard up, and thanked Kami for the opportunity, I silently slipped from the bed, being careful not to allow the shift in weight to become noticeable on Sasuke's side of the bed,

He stirred, causing my heart to momentarily stop, but he just leaned onto his back, I could see how his features had changed. Not in age, but the softness he already had little of had turned to stone, he had the aura of a man aged with cruelty, without consequence.

I found myself staring at his chest, uncovered and pale; his skin was just a shade darker than mine, which didn't say much considering my skin was nearly the same contrast as paper.

He had several scars, some large and jagged, some small and thin. The dark blankets pooled at his hips, one of his knees was bent forward, and his brows furrowed, he looks almost vulnerable, I could kill him right now if I….

I bit back the thought and reminded myself of the situation I was in, I needed to get out of here, I wasn't sure what was happening, but I could deal without answers if it meant I could stay alive for the time being.

I was unsure of what my next moves would be, I desperately needed to be silent and careful, Sasuke's senses may have dulled but they certainly haven't died. I masked my chakra as well as I possibly could, and started moving through the room, inching closer and closer to the door, my heart seemed to slow as I tried to make my way to the door, cursing the socks for the friction of the carpet and the audible scraping sound.

While I knew it was not the smartest move I could make; Wandering around unknown territory, although if I had another option at this point… I would take it, if Madera was involved in this somehow, it won't be something pretty.

I had made it to the dark mahogany door, and gripped the silver handle, sucking in a soft breath, eyes wandering nervously to the bottom of the door and the soft light that glowed beneath it, I sensed for chakra, but could feel none.

I chewed softly on my bottom lip, hoping like hell it wouldn't make noise when I opened the door, I leaned forward slightly, placing my foot against the bottom of the door, slowly pulling it to avoid the clicking of it opening, I felt the triumph wash over me as the door swung softly open, I took one last glance at the sleeping Uchiha, before slipping into the hallway.

It looked like a simple house, we were on an upper level, I knew by the windows which showed a stretch of land below, it was a three story house, and the sunshine crept through the windows and illuminated the crimson walls, I almost snorted at the sight, Crimson walls, white carpets and navy blue trim.

Fucking narcissistic Uchiha's,

I made my way through the hallways, my body sore but I had enough chakra to break through if I needed to, I quickly masked it as best as possible, searching for a way to get out, I found myself traveling down the staircase and onto what I assumed was the level of the house where the exit should be, Hopefully.

My nerves were calming as I came into a large, open room; it looked somewhat like the council room from the leaf, a large round table, with about twelve surrounding chairs, Could the Akatsuki possibly live here with Madera and Sasuke? I couldn't help but feel like some heavy weight was hanging over my shoulders as I neared a large door, I stopped in my tracks, frozen.

There was a lock… On the… Door? I looked at it frantically, was this to prevent people from breaking in? Or assure someone didn't get out? Without being noticed that is… I felt the angry tears fill my eyes.

I jumped, Oh Kami I could hear Sasuke moving around upstairs, It started out as a creak, and then a frantic foot working like he was running for me.

I had to do it, Now. I had no other option.

I smashed through the second wall I had smashed through since I had come to this unknown place, in this foreign time.

I screamed as pain washed over me, I hissed at the stupidity of my actions, of coarse there was a seal around the house! Damn it!

I soon felt my mind slipping away, my vision doubled and faded in and out of blackness.

The last thing I saw was Sasuke walking slowly near me, and the feeling of his bare chest as he pulled me into his arms. For the second time, it felt like I was dying at the hands of Sasuke Uchiha.

The pain subsided as I slipped away, into an unconscious state.

L

"Sir! This could be a Kira attack! You shouldn't leave the building!"

I turned to look at my old friend, Watari, and gave him a knowing glace, "I will not leave her."

"You barley even know her!" He sighed, I turned to see Light dabbling with a pencil at the table across the room, and suddenly something washed over me, a sort of realization I wasn't sure of before, but something struck a cord in me.

"Watari, keep light and Misa here under strict surveillance, they are not to leave the building under any circumstance." I said, gauging the brown haired man's reaction, his eyes widened and he jumped to his feet,

I remained silent, Watari must have seen the reaction too, because instantly Light was in handcuffs, was arguing and following me through the doorway, but to be honest I didn't want to hear it anymore.

"Check every surveillance tape, every hour from when Sakura was taken." I said, eyes scanning around the room, my voice strict, my throat felt tight, I felt cornered, I was losing and I hated it.

I started walking from the room,

"Where the hell are you going!" Mr. Yagami said the one thing I hadn't blocked out.

"To find Sakura," I smiled tightly.

The percentage that Sakura was kidnapped by someone she knows is high, considering the fact that she practically doesn't exist, but she claimed she didn't know anyone here, So could it be a Kira attack? To draw me out?

I chewed on the tip of my thumb, thinking over the possibility of Light having a second Kira, and giving information, perhaps it was a plan of his, but what would his motives of drawing me out be? Why Sakura?

Nothing was making sense.

Sasuke

I sighed as I walked around the hall, The small girl in my arms, I could tell the Seal Madera had placed on the building was working now, He must have activated it before he left.

I looked down at the pink haired girl, who would every now and again convulse from the pain, I should have known better than to let her walk around free.

I would have to chain her up once again, I didn't exactly like the thought, but there wasn't really anything I could do about this, If I allowed her to continue trying to make her escape Madera would be keen to kill her, and I wouldn't have a say about it.

"I'm sorry." I whispered, placing her gently on the stone floor of the cell in the basement, carefully placing the chakra cuffs around her wrists, I looked over her bloody and torn clothing, knowing she would never stop fighting me until one of us died, which would most likely be her.

I placed the paper scrolls around her wrists, infused from my own chakra.

I walked down the halls, Away from the basement where the cells were located, I couldn't look at her anymore, not in the condition she was in, how could I do this to her? I shouldn't have killed her, at least if Madera did it she wouldn't have been trapped here like the rest of us.

Ryuk

I floated around Light's room, this was getting really boring, I wander what will happen if they find out about Light having the death note, I bet that would be interesting. I sighed, I needed an apple.

This was boring me.

I took a look at Light, who was strapped to some table, a blindfold covering his eyes, he just sat silently.

I disappeared through the wall, coming out through to where the blonde girl was, I could see Rin just floating there, looking down at Misa with sad eyes, I couldn't help but creep closer,

Her head lifted slightly, and she peered at me, Why was she so sad? I thought with a sigh, the girl was nothing but a mortal. Nothing interesting. She said nothing, I said nothing, What was there to say?

I bet the pink haired half-Shinigami was doing something interesting.

L

I sat in my usual crouch, It improved my thinking skills by thirty-percent, but still, I could think of nothing, My mind, My mind was clouded, my thoughts about tracking down Kira had come to a standstill, The girl- Sakura, was engulfing my thoughts, who could have taken her?

What did I know about her…

Her strength, her strength was inhuman.

She didn't know anyone in this area. Or so she says, it would be a miniscule chance that she would have been able to keep up such a well-spun lie. She seemed confused, disoriented, and sad when she awoke in the hospital.

I looked at the pile of her belongings, spinning one of her odd knife-like weapons between my fingertips, watching a trickle of blood drip down my finger, they were sharp. I set it back into the box of weapons we confiscated from her, most were blade-like weapons, but there was a selection of scrolls, with traditional Japanese handwriting.

I couldn't decipher the meaning of them; the most common words used were 'chakra' and 'jutsu'. I had Near research through them, skimming through buried files to find that the village she spoke of, 'Konohagakure' practiced the arts of Ninja training.

It was a ridiculous thought, but perhaps the girl was telling the truth, anything was a possibility, if a man could kill without even touching his victim, without firing a single bullet, or a drop of poison, would time traveling be possible?

I picked up the porcelain mask she had come with, an animal face was painted over the glass, turning it around and around in my hands.

Nothing was making sense, it was infuriating me, It was like a puzzle, with a large portion of missing pieces.

Sakura Haruno, a virtually nonexistent citizen was found in an alley, wounded beyond repair, healed when she awoke in the medical ward in my building. Found with primitive weapons and scrolls, claiming to be from another time, when we found one person who may or bay not have been a relative of one of her friends, it turned out to be an enemy in disguise, the day I discovered her impossible strength, She was kidnapped in one of the most secure buildings in the world, although she claimed not to know anyone in this time.

It wasn't Kira, because Kira would have killed her, not kidnapped her.

What was the missing piece?

The missing piece of the puzzle…

I grabbed the selection of scrolls, and made my way to my room, Perhaps something in these scrolls would have answers for me.

Sakura

It was dark, dark and cold. I opened my eyes, and saw nothing but blackness.

Where was I?

Was I blind?

Blindfolded?

A large crack echoed through the sky, a dark crimson lightning bolt lit up the blackness.

Where the hell was I?

The sky was- A light began to show as a scene faded before my eyes, It- It was Sasuke, He was walking through a narrow dirt path in a thick forest, I remained hidden behind a tree, where I had been when I found myself in this dark place.

His head was lowered, bloodstains splattered across his white kimono, Was he hurt? Should I help-

His body began to tremble, and he feel to his knees, as I watched him cough, blood splattering across the ground as he continued to die before my eyes, when I tried to move, I found my body unable to do so,

I opened my mouth to scream, to call out to him, but no words could come out, what was going on!

"Sssasuke."

I would have jumped at the dark, booming voice if I had been able to move. I watched Sasuke raise himself up on an elbow weakly, Looking around just as I was, waiting for the voice to reveal itself.

"W-Who's there?" Sasuke rasped, clenching his fists, preparing himself for a fight, even in the condition he was in, typical Sasuke.

I watched as Madera Uchiha walked out of the density of trees, he had a sort of glow to him, something- Something dark, and dangerous, making a chill run through my spine,

"Ungh, You- You died back there! You died in battle!" Sasuke coughed, looking at the elder Uchiha with unmasked astonishment.

A velvety chuckle escaped the elder's lips as he peered down upon Sasuke, "I am immortal, I cannot die."

Was that true? Was Madera truly immortal? That was impossible… Immortality doesn't come without a price…

"I-impossible." Sasuke said, his raven bangs falling before his eyes as he looked to the ground, coughing spurts of blood as he did so. Sasuke was close to death. It hung in the air as I looked over his pale form.

"Very possible, you would have died in the leaf as well, Had I not taken you and the Akatsuki within… Another realm." Madera said, trailing off at the end, as if showing some sort of uncertainty, perhaps even regret.

"Another realm?" Sasuke questioned.

"I swallowed you, and the Akatsuki inside of the Mangekyou, It was experimental, and risky, but brought us to this place, where we- we are the only shinobi, we are the strongest in this place." Madera grinned, teeth gleaming, He was a monster, willing to perform an experimental jutsu on his teammates. "Although some others were accidentally pulled into this world with us, We must find them and-"

I shot up, mistakenly finding the back of my head slamming into a cement wall; I coughed and tried to stretch my arms, finding them hooked into the wall with steel shackles. I gave them an experimental tug, finding myself gasping as electricity shot through them, they were bound with a chakra seal, a strong one.

Sasuke's senses may have dulled, but he has had an unknown amount of time to create, and master unknown Jutsu's.

And the dream… What did it mean? It was so vivid, almost like… like I could see into one of Sasuke's memories. Is that what happened? Did Madera truly do that? I wouldn't put testing an experimental jutsu on his comrades below him, but- but could it be possible?

I mean, When Kakashi Sensei used the Mangekyou on Deidara it sucked away his arm, is this the realm Deidara's arm was sent to? Were there many different realms? OR was it just a dream?

I mean, it had some possibilities to it, Perhaps it was just a dream, or not…

What mattered now was getting myself out of wherever the hell it was that I was trapped in,

I looked at the paper seals that were pressed firmly to the cuffs that were connected to my wrists…

I recognized the symbols, good; Every seal had a pinpoint breaking point,

Seals, Seals, Seals… I tried to remember my days as Lady Tsunade's apprentice, and the specific lessons we had on breaking seals…

Damn I wish I would have listened better. I remember the week I was learning about breaking seals I was taking the night shift at the hospital, I was so tired through the entire week I couldn't concentrate on what she was saying to me. Damn, Damn, Damn it!

Okay, Remember Sakura, Remember…

Finding the break in the chakra flow!

I almost jumped with Joy, perhaps I could find a break in the chakra flow and manipulate it so I could slip through undetected, but I would make my escape differently this time, I would plan it.

I heard a knock at the door, oddly enough, why would knocking be necessary? I'm chained to a fucking wall! What am I going to be doing? Getting dressed?

As the door swung open I felt the anger burn through my mouth, I had to bite my tongue to prevent the strings of profanity that threatened to spill out. He looked calm, I preferred him in the weak state he was in just moments ago inside my dreams.

He was leaning against the doorway, arms crossed nonchalantly as he looked down at me; he was wearing a simple black long-sleeved shirt, and dark jeans. His onyx eyes seemed to flash as he stared at the bindings on my wrists, He put me here, this was his fault, he wouldn't even give me the peace of death.

This was his entire fucking fault.

"What?" I snapped, unable to hold back anymore, the hatred seemed to grow the more I thought about it.

He seemed taken aback by my tone, and a small, humorless curl of his lip in what I assumed to be was his poor attempt at a smirk appeared upon his features, "Nothing, Sakura."

I hated the way my name curled off his tongue. Like he had the fucking right to speak it. He didn't have the right to speak to me, not after what he had done. Not after what he had done to me.

"Why are you keeping me here? What do you want from me?" I hissed, glaring at him from jade eyes.

"You don't belong here." He said flatly; well look who's Mr. Fucking Genius.

"I know that. I'm being held against my will, remember?" I spat, holding up my wrist and jangling the chain in emphasis.

"No. You don't belong in this world." He said, looking at me with… an almost sympathetic look upon his face, how dare he. How dare he have sympathy for me now. I saw no hesitation when he drove his fist through my chest.

I clenched my fists, trying to keep myself from jumping at him and shocking myself once again.

"I know that. I should be dead right now, but thanks to you I don't get that small luxury." I hissed through my teeth, feeling my anger slowly burn out as I remembered I was in no position to piss off my captor, Something in this place was keeping my chakra low, and I didn't have the strength to keep pushing my luck, not just yet.

The Uchiha seemed offended, He stepped forward, and kneeled before me, his face as stoic and cold as ever, although some of the hardened cruelty faded, giving him the illusion of almost being a human being, capable of compassion, of sympathy.

"I didn't know we would all be trapped here Sakura." He growled through clenched teeth,

Wait, who was 'we'? Who else got pulled in?

"Sasuke, who else is here?" I said, ignoring the stinging in my wrists as I leaned forward, trying to capture his eyes, but he refused to look at me, He was hiding something, I growled and yanked forward, earning a painful electric shock to shoot down my spine, I found myself gasping and shaking at the force of the shock.

"You should be more concerned about yourself right now, Sakura." He said lowly, He wasn't going to give me an answer, He never did anyway. I clenched my fists and looked away, feeling weak, feeling… trapped.

"Don't pretend like you're concerned." I growled.

"I'm not pretending Sakura! Do you think I like doing this to you! Fuck! If you would have just stayed put I wouldn't have to have you like this!" He screamed, I felt myself press my back against the wall at the volume of his words.

"You killed me Sasuke! Don't think I-"

"Don't think I don't know that! I've never been able to forgive myself Sakura!" He screamed, suddenly kneeled in front of me, gentle tears dripping down his face. I could only stare wide-eyed… Was Sasuke trying to apologize…?

I felt my eyes fill with tears as all rationality went right out the door, I could no longer control my feelings, Tsunade would be ashamed of my behavior right now, but I could no longer control the way I was feeling, not right now.

"T-Then why Sasuke? Why would you betray us!" I found myself sobbing, my bangs falling over my eyes, giving me a small amount of dignity, a small amount of peace as the tears fell relentlessly through my eyes.

I flinched away from his hand as he attempted to wipe away my tears.

"Sakura. You just… You can't understand…"

"Of coarse I can't! Because you wouldn't let us try! You ran away from the people trying to help you!" I found myself crying harder and harder the more I talked.

"Sakura I-" He stuttered, reaching out for me, I bit my lip, squeezing my eyes shut, I couldn't stay here, I couldn't be here a second longer!

"I'm sorry Sasuke!" I cried, and with a sharp kick, to the side of his neck, he fell unconscious to the floor, my eyes flew open, and I realized the chakra in the cuffs had disappeared, and with a burst of luck I broke through the cuffs, making a run for it, through the door, and back into the main level through the house,

No time for error or delay this time, I had just enough chakra to break the seal, and get far enough away to find L, I would be safe there, I would- I would be safe there with him.

As my hands blurred with hand seals, I the flow of chakra became visible to me, I saw the small, almost nonexistent glitch, and used a chakra scalpel to slice precisely through it, so the intrusion wouldn't be noticed by the person who had cast the seal,

The sun hit me hard, probably because I had been in a windowless room all day, with little light, it took a moment for my eyes to adjust to the beaming light, but as I began to see where we were, my hopes soared.

I remembered this street, It was close to the apartments where I had been attacked by Hidan of the Akatsuki, and even better, I knew my way back to the investigation tower from here!

I built the chakra into my feet, clenching my fists in determination,

"I will find the others, but first, I must find safety." I promised myself, soaring through the streets in the direction of the Investigation tower.

In the direction of L.

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GUESS WHO'S BACK BITCHES?

Me, Fucktards. Who else?

I love all of you who have stuck by me, and even though I've received some rather, *Cough* Rude PM's about my absence and the fact I have not Updated any of my stories.

I'm going to be honest with all of you,

I have been lazy.

T-T

But, I promise to be here for all of my loyal fans from now on!

Love, Sakura-Centric.