-Sakura POV-
'Wake up Saku-chan something is wrong' Inner yells suddenly waking me from my deep peaceful sleep 'What is it Inner' I ask yawning 'Listen Sakura' she whispers and I'm suddenly alert hearing the sirens blaring I jump out of bed and rush over to the window and see a fire raging on the east side of the village.
"Sakura" Kiba asks from behind me and I turn around swiftly pulling his hand and bringing him closer to look out the window with me "KIBA, SAKURA" Tsume's voice yells from down the stairs "Come on Kiba" I urge Kiba to follow me down the stairs and into the living room.
"What's going on Ma" Kiba asks sounding nervous as Akamaru shakes on his head "A fire is blazing out of control on the other side of the village and we need every available person to help us put it out" Tsume explains pointing at our shoes without really saying anything and we quickly put them on before rushing out the door.
The closer we get to the fire the larger it seems until the heat is practically choking us "Alright all water users to the front of the fire anyone who isn't grab a bucket and fill it with as much water and throw it onto the fire" an anbu instructs us and we do as he says grabbing a bucket I fill it before throwing it onto the fire.
Soon enough with all the water that was being thrown onto the fire was slowly dying down swiping the sweat off my forehead I turn away for just a moment to fill the bucket with more water when an explosion is set off and I'm blasted away from the others "Oww" I whine rubbing my sore limbs as I look around to figure out where I am.
"You're the brat that made Orochimaru betray us" a voice hisses closes to my head and I blink looking around but not seeing anyone I stand up quickly only to but into someone "Where do you think your going pinky" a deep voice asks insulting me at the same time "Who the hell are you calling pinky" I ask.
"You, you little brat" he says and I back up going through a quick set of handsigns before disappearing on the spot suppressing my chakra to nonexistent levels before slowly and cautiously making my way back towards the others so that I could alert them of the enemy shinobi in the village.
"Where do you think your going Girl" a voice asks and I almost shriek in shock at seeing a man with a swirly mask standing in front of me after a few minutes he looks around and walks towards the group of men "Where did she go" he asks and I take that moment to make a break towards the adults.
Dropping the jutsu the minute I reach Tsume latch onto Kiba in fear "Tsume there are men back there but I don't think they are allies" I huff out slowly calming down once I realize that I'm safe and that nobody could hurt me "Are you ok" Kiba asks once Tsume runs off in the direction I had pointed in.
"I think so" I breathe out calming my beating heart finally "Good lets go" Kiba says pulling me by the hand gently in the direction of the Inuzuka Compounds and up to his room when we reach the door where my room is I hesitate in letting him go "Kiba would your mom be angry if you stayed with me" I ask sheepishly.
"Not if you asked me first" Tsume speaks up from behind them suddenly and I scream in shock "Hey take it easy it's just me brat" she holds out her hands to prove that she was really Tsume "Can Kiba stay in here" I asks shyly and she nods her head in approval of the question.
"Goodnight Kiba" I whisper once we were laying in the bed side by side "Night" he mumbles before falling asleep instantly and beginning to snore I giggle before rolling over thinking about the strange men for a little before I finally fall asleep for the 2nd time that night.
"Hey Sakura are you coming to Team practice today" Kiba asks shaking me awake and I jerk upright in bed flailing my arms "Hey it's just me Sakura" he soothes patting my head like my father usually does when I'm freaked out about something "I'm sorry Kiba I didn't mean to freak out" I apologize to him.
"Hey it's nothing to worry about Sakura" he grins before asking me again if I was coming to team practice "I'm still a little tired I think I might go find Naruto or Sasuke today" I explain yawning "Alright well practice might run pretty late tonight so I will see you later then" he says rushing out the door.
-Minato POV-
"Sakura knows Sarutobi" I tell him simply and I watch the shock appear on his face "How did she find out Minato" he asks "I don't know but she's always been smarter than everyone in her class and she's always figured things out quicker than anyone else as well" I point out.
"Hmm perhaps a memory jutsu is in store" he starts calling out for an anbu but I stand up "No I mean it's alright she won't tell anyone" I cut him off "Are you sure Minato" he asks and I nod "Yes I trust Sakura" I assure him before dismissing myself to think over everything myself.
-Sasuke POV-
"Come on Itachi I just want to go out today without you following me around" I whine knowing that if any one caught me whining I'd be a laughing stock "Sasuke you have to get stronger if you want to live" "Up to the Uchiha name" I cut him off mid-sentence before leveling a glare on him.
"I know Nii-san" I groan out "Fine but just for today tomorrow you have to train more" he responds before turning around and disappearing with the transportation jutsu "SASUKE" Sakura's familiar voice calls out to me and I look forward only to be rammed into by said person.
"Geez Sakura you don't have to knock me over" I mumble out standing up before pulling her to her feet as well watching her dust herself off "Why are you here" I ask curiously "No reason just felt like seeing one of my teammates today" she shrugs smiling sheepishly at me.
Rolling my eyes I start walking in the direction of our special spot "Say Sasuke did you notice anything weird last night" she suddenly asks from beside me and I look at her with my eyebrow raised "No why" I ask "Because I ran into some pretty weird guys last night" she whispers looking around cautiously.
"Ok Sakura what's going on" I ask pulling her along quicker by taking her hand to reach the spot so that we could talk without being overheard by anyone "Last night while we were putting out the fire there was an explosion" she explains and I nod remembering it as well.
"Well I got blasted far from the others and when I looked around there were about three men standing around me when I used my jutsu to escape I ran into a 4th person but he was weird he had this orange swirly mask on with only one eye looking out of it" she shudders finishing her explanation.
"Did you tell anyone about these strange men" I ask feeling anger bubble up in me at the thought of someone hurting Sakura "I told Tsume but when she went to look for them they were already gone" she responds and I reach out to hug her swiftly to let her know that I would protect her as well.
"Thank you Sasuke" she says finally smiling "It's nothing you're my teammate and one of my friends and I refuse to let anyone ever hurt you again" I tell her cockily causing her to let out peals of laughter and I laugh along with her "Sasuke your awesome you know that right" she says wiping away the tears from laughing so hard.
Hearing her words I turn shy blushing lightly "I'm not that great now my brother on the other hand he's the awesome one" I turn the conversation to someone else "Sasuke don't ever doubt your worth do you understand" she turns angry all of a sudden and I back away from her fearing that she would hit me.
Nodding along to what she was saying she smiles and calms down and I breathe a sigh of relief before sitting back down next to her just to spend the rest of the time with her no matter how long we may have "Hey Sasuke want to go get something to eat" she asks after a few hours of just sitting there in silence.
Turning my head towards her I go to respond but at that exact moment my stomach grumbles giving her the answer instead "Hahaha guess your gut agrees with mine" she laughs standing and brushing herself off of the dirt that had gathered on her clothes and I stand up as well doing the same.
-Kiba POV-
"Where's Sakura today Kiba" Kurenai asks "She said she wanted to spend the day with someone" I shrug "I see" Kurenai says before turning towards the other two on the team handing out the instructions for the day she disappears into the tree line and we all spring into action.
-Kisame POV-
"That's the brat alright" I point out watching her walk through the town hand in hand with a black haired kid "Good you are to capture her no matter what the cost" Tobi announces before disappearing like he usually does "Alright Deidara here's the plan" I explain hoping that he wouldn't fuck it up like he usually does.
"Yeah, yeah I get it alright you don't have to explain it 11 million times Kisame" he nearly screeches and I cringe before slapping my hand over his mouth "BE QUIET" I hiss in a low voice before looking around cautiously when nothing happens for a few minutes I release him leveling a flat stare on him.
"Geeze Kisame no need to get physical yeah" he says snottily but thankfully remains rather quiet this time around "I wouldn't need to get physical if you knew how to actually be quiet" I groan out wondering why I had to get stuck with this idiot in the first place suddenly wishing that it was Sasori instead of Deidara.
"Yeah whatever" he huffs turning away from me allowing me to get my thoughts back into order "Alright so we lure her away from everyone else and then we grab her easy" Deidara suddenly says and I groan again "It's not that easy she's smarter than we gave her credit for" I murmur quietly.
"Fine we cast a genjutsu on her" he whines out and I shake my head "No that won't work either" I point out before leaning backwards when both the girl and the boy walk right past our hiding spot I stop breathing for a moment before releasing it and peaking around the bush to make sure that she was far enough away.
Looking around I don't spot her and I curse "Damn it she's gone" and I stand up throwing a transformation jutsu onto myself before taking off in the direction I feel her chakra after a few minutes Deidara catches up to me in his own transformation and I roll my eyes at it.
"Really Deidara how original" I hiss out before sighing after nearly walking through the entire town I spot the brats and I slow down to a brisk walk "There she is" Deidara huffs out breathing heavily "Come on lets just knock the boy out and take her now" he supplies and I agree.
Walking close enough I stop right behind the girl and wait for Deidara to knock out the boy once that's done I hit a pressure point on the girls neck and transport on the spot reaching the cave I go through a set of handsigns and walk in once the door was open and nearly run down the halls of the base towards Tobi's office.