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Sasuke was up on his roof at three in the morning. He couldn't get to sleep too well; his neck prevented the genius to rest.

Why does this mark bother me so much…?

Sasuke thought back to the day when he was marked. He and Sakura were scared stiff from the strange ninja from the village hidden in the grass, or the imposter of the ninja to be exact. All Sasuke could remember was a white face with white and sharp fangs, pierce through his pale skin.

Sasuke cringed.

It's not a good memory. That incident was followed by unbearable pain and unpleasant memories of his brother…

hmp…

Hikari woke slowly. She sat up in bed and rubbed her forehead.

'I wonder what time it is…'

Hikari got out of bed and walked to the kitchen tiredly. She sat down in silence and thought to herself. She glanced over at the clock, which flashed twelve.

"Well that sure helps…" she said sarcastically to herself.

Knock knock

"Wonder who it is?" Hikari yawned. She walked over to the door and opened it and there stood Sakura.

"Morning Hikari, how are you?" she smiled.

"Fine, and you?" Hikari smiled back.

"Great"

"Come in, I'll make you some breakfast."

"Thanks" Sakura stepped into the apartment and looked around. The living room was tidy and spotless. Hikari walked over to the kitchen and pulled out a frying pan.

"Do you like scrambled eggs?" she asked as she went to the fridge to retrieve the eggs.

"Yeah, thank you." Sakura sat down at the table. "So where's Anko?"

"I'm not quite sure…" which was a lie. She knew that Anko was talking to Tsunade about the removal of her curse. Hikari tried to avoid thinking about it.

"I see…" She pretended to focus on a spot on the floor. Hikari cooked the eggs silently.

"Want to get a couple of plates from the cabinet?" Hikari finally said.

"Sure" Sakura got up and took out two plates and brought them to her. Hikari scooped the scrambled eggs into the plates and put the pan in the sink. Sakura placed the eggs on the table and waited until Hikari sat down to eat. Hikari got them both forks and glasses of orange juice for them and then sat down.

"Dig in" she smiled as she ate her eggs.

Sakura smiled and looked down at her eggs and kind of played with her eggs. Hikari looked up at her.

"Sakura, is something wrong?" Hikari asked a little worried.

"No not at all." Sakura looked up quickly.

"Why aren't you eating?"

Sakura looked down again but this time the smile was gone. "I was thinking about what the curse removal…"

There was a moment of silence between them.

"I see. Is that what's troubling you?" Hikari took a bite of her eggs as if the question wasn't of any importance.

"A little bit. I just want to know how you're going to do this. I mean not even the Great Tsunade can remove the mark." Sakura said.

Hikari sighed. She knew Sakura was going to ask that question. In her mind, she thought of a way to try to answer the question, whether to tell the whole truth or just to be very vague.

"Basically, I perform a jutsu on Sasuke and the curse will be gone." Hikari smiled softly.

"That's it?" asked a little surprise.

"Mhmm. That's it."
"And he'll be ok?" Sakura looked at Hikari anxiously.

"Of course." She smiled. "He'll be back to his jerky ways in no time." She chuckled.

Sakura let out a deep breath and seemed more relaxed.

"Good"

"You really like him huh?" Hikari smiled as she started to eat her eggs again.

Sakura smiled and nodded. "He's like an angel sent from the gods." She squeaked happily.

Hikari rolled her eyes and smiled. 'I knew she would say something like that.'

"Naruto is also pretty cool."

Sakura looked at Hikari bewildered. "Yeah, I guess so."

"You guess?" she chuckled. "He's your teammate. You've also known him longer than I have."

"Yeah, but he's Naruto." Sakura made a funny face as she said his name as if she had a bitter taste on her tongue.

Hikari chuckled. "That's what I like about him. He's so funny and outgoing. There's really no reason to dislike a guy like him, don't you think?"

"I guess not." Sakura smiled.

Hikari smiled at her and got up from her chair. "So what's on the agenda today?" Hikari asked as she took the empty plates off the table, to the sink.

"Nothing really, I was actually going to ask you if you wanted to see a movie or something."

"Sounds cool." She smiled. "I'll go change." Hikari went to the bedroom quickly and changed into her causal clothing and went back to Sakura.

"Ready?"

"Mhmm, let's go." Hikari smiled.

They walked out of the apartment together and walked to the movie theater.

Meanwhile……

"Kabuto, is everything ready?"

Kabuto adjusted his glasses on his face and smiled a little. "Yes Lord Orochimaru, everything is set and waiting on your command."

"Good" He smiled his toothy grin. "I will finally obtain my new body and Konoha will be destroyed." He snickered.

"Let's not get too hasty now. We are still vulnerable you know."

Orochimaru glared down at Kabuto from his chair. "Don't remind me!" He snapped back at him. Orochimaru recollected himself and smiled in a devilish way. "No matter, I know how to deal with her."

Kabuto had an apprehensive look on his face as he waited for the answer.

"I think it's time to send the four…" He smirked.

Hikari froze as she felt a chill travel up her spine.

Sakura turned around as soon as she realized that Hikari was no longer following. "Hikari? You ok?" Sakura looked at her with a worried expression.

Hikari snapped out of her dazed and smiled. "Yeah, wasn't that movie funny?"

"Uh, yeah it was." Sakura smiled. 'She's hiding something…'

Hikari laughed. "So you want to go get some ramen? I'm starving." She rubbed her stomach.

"ok" 'I'll figure it out later.'

Hikari smiled and walked next to Sakura. When she was sure Sakura wasn't looking, Hikari frowned a little and looked down. 'I'm getting a feeling that something bad is going to happen soon.'

Please review!!!!

I want your opinion, do you want me to do little side scences with NarutoxSakura? Or any other pairings, let me know. . I'll probability do certain pairings on my own anyway, but I'd like to hear your opinions.