A/N: Thank you to Cethron and SapphireRivulet, my betas.

First I will apologize for my late update.

Ok first I really have to say while I was writing this section of the story I was obviously on something, or else it would have made much more sense to some people. Here I will explain.

First in my pathetic attempt to explain the love between someone who is deeply psychologically affected and a memory loss confused girl I was side tracked by the status of both characters. I found it impossible for Sasuke to even have a relationship with someone, considering the enemies, the hatred, and not to mention the complete dichotomy between the two. However, the fact of the story is, they fell in love. It's very complex and simple at the same time-there is no way that Sasuke is able to keep her by his side. She will undoubtedly encounter some sort of danger. In his attempt to send her away, it was a bit too late, considering the fact that she is currently in danger in these few chapters.

Now to the characters, I want to create a "mirror" couple. I desperately want to find a couple in which the male is a psychological maniac and is on the list of top dangerous shinobis, yet he is desperately in love with a simple girl while being hunted by various nations in the world. In truth in the Naruto manga there was no such character, and it would be very weird if I force two characters together, so instead I created OCs. I know many loyal readers hate OCs, and I must say I do too, but I quenched my hatred and try to give as little role to the two OCs as possible while they still perform the effect that they are supposed to, so the creation of Toshi and Ruka were born.

As I know that I wrote this nearly 7 month ago and the plot must seem really weird now, therefore I will give my little blurb on the characters. Toshi is very famous...criminal. Throughout his life he has lied and cheated his way to the position he held now, which is a village official on the surface while a black market dealer. He fell in love with Ruka, but she was his younger brother's fiancée at the time. After years of excruciating torture, he killed his younger brother and married Ruka. Ruka is simple to the point of naiive. She was grateful that Toshi took her in while her fiancée has died, so she married him naturally, but she is in deep psychological trauma and has been unhealthy since.

The similarities between the two were that both men loved their partner so much that it almost destroyed the girls. The difference was that Toshi kept Ruka on a tight leash every single day while Sasuke sent Sakura away. Also that Toshi wanted to protect Ruka so much that he is willing to be used by Kabuto. The relationship between Toshi and Ruka foreshadows the relationship between Sasuke and Sakura, because in truth, they have no future together. I also want to create a "Test" scenario. If Ruka was captured and Toshi was demanded to cut off his arms or something, he would do it. Would Sasuke do the same? Anyways keep on reading to find out.

If there are strong oppositions to OCs, please pm me or spam reviews vigorously and I will seriously spend some time to delete these chapters and rewrite them.

Lastly, an announcement on my latest addiction: Korean dramas. Especially "The moon that embraces the sun", also "Dream high" and "Skip Beat", been watching them literally all day.

I love you guys-the faithful readers. Thank you so much.

ps: The above has not been beta-ed by anyone, I wrote this at 8 in the morning and about to go to sleep after a night of watching dramas. Many will see the writing differences between the above and below, and will be glad that I have betas.

Chapter 25-rain

Sakura was still restricted to the confines of her room.

The food and drink was brought by another girl this time, to replace the previous girl. This girl refused to speak to Sakura, and the roseate wondered if she was unfortunate in life as well or if she just happened to be in a really unfortunate relationship.

She didn't understand why Sasuke felt the need to kill, to murder, after he'd seen his family die before his eyes, over and over again. Was it true that they would all continue the circle of violence? She wondered if what Sasuke had said before was true. Did she use to enjoy torturing others?

The sound of rushed footsteps drew closer and closer to her door.

"Toshi San, you mustn't go in -"

"I can go in if I damn well want to!" someone retorted. "Leave me alo -"

Sakura's door burst open, and an extremely beautiful middle aged woman strode in. She was well dressed, with small gems threaded through her bodice and colorful sweeping skirts. But something seemed off about her. She looked sick. She was very pale, and the excessive amounts of makeup did little to hide that fact.

"Who are you?" the women asked after Sakura had stared at her for a few moments.

"I'm... Sakura," Sakura said. She couldn't feel any malicious intent coming from the women.

"Are you my husband's concubine?" the woman asked her bluntly, her voice dead serious.

The serving girl was about to speak, but the women silenced her with a glance.

Now Sakura understood. This woman was Lady Toshi, the white haired man's wife.

"No," Sakura stated. She felt exhausted, and it was all she could do to keep her eyes open. "I'm already married."

Lady Toshi sighed in relief. "What are your intentions? Why are you here?"

Sakura raised a brow. "I -"

"Sakura San is Lord Toshi's guest!" the serving girl quickly cut in, stopping Sakura's speech.

Sakura didn't argue, and at that point, Kabuto walked in. Sakura wasn't disappointed to see he that didn't have a snake tail dragging behind his large cape.

"Lady Toshi," Kabuto greeted in a soft, malicious voice. "Why are you here?"

The women shrank away from Kabuto. "I -"

Sakura's stomach turned at that moment, and she vomited all over the floor. She couldn't help it. A wave of nausea came crashing down upon her and she was left retching up anything she had consumed recently. It took a few minutes for her stomach to settle itself, and she was left dry-heaving over the side of her bed.

Kabuto smiled, ecstatic. "Sakura Chan," he said. "You're pregnant. Why didn't you tell me?"

Sakura spat at him, and Lady Toshi decided to step in. "That's enough, Kabuto San. Please leave. I wish to speak to this Sakura alone."

Kabuto walked out with a huge smile plastered on his face.

Sakura sat on bed and wiped away the vomit remains from the side of her mouth with her sleeve. Serving girls came in and took care of the mess while Lady Toshi sat beside her, careful to avoid the vomit pool. "My husband forced you here against your will, didn't he?" she asked, her voice grave.

Sakura nodded, and the older woman frowned. "He promised me that he was a changed man. I don't know why he would do such thing."

Sakura want to laugh at the poor women's innocence. "Do you have any idea what your husband does for a living?"

Lady Toshi thought for a moment. "Not exactly, but he use to do bad things. He told me he had stopped that sort of business."

"Really?" Sakura questioned sarcastically.

The women looked at Sakura with sincerity in her eyes. "It's true! He told me he wouldn't do anything that harmed anyone again!"

"Then let me go," Sakura pleaded. "Let me go back to my team."

"I -"

Before she could finish, Lord Toshi himself walked in. He was furious when he came in, but upon seeing his wife next to Sakura, his eyes immediately softened, and he lowered his tone. "Ruka, why are you here?"

"Let Sakura Chan go. She is pregnant and needs to get back to her husband," Lady Toshi ordered her husband sternly, well, as sternly as she could.

Lord Toshi's eyes shot venom at Sakura, and Sakura shot an equally venomous look back.

"Toshi-kun, please," Lady Toshi begged. "Remember when I was pregnant? I don't want to the same thing to happen to this young lady..."

Lord Toshi stared at Sakura for a while, before his shoulders slumped slightly in defeat. "You are free to leave. But if you can't make it out alive, it isn't my problem."

Sakura jumped off her bed and ran out the doors as fast as her legs could carry her.