Yipeeeeee! My story has finally reached 100 REVIEWS. Thank you all so much for reviewing so much. I'm so happy I could just jump off a roof…no wait on second thought I'll pass on that. Never mind, once again I thank everyone who reviewed from the bottom of my heart. Your support and interest are what helps an author to keep being one! I also thank those who read the story even if they didn't review and I hope in the future you'll like my story enough to review! Now on the 29th Chapter of "The Reason for Existing"!


"She disappeared? Well I can't say I didn't expect that, the girl hasn't been properly broken yet" said Sasori thoughtfully as he and Akane walked through the village they had just destroyed.

"I've made arrangements to get her back but there's a 40% chance it may not succeed so it's better if I get her myself" said Akane.

"No, you're exhausted, I'll go get her" said Sasori.

"Look whose talking, your left arm is burnt, your chakra levels are lower than mine, you can't use your iron sand right now because the puppet you used as its vessel has been destroyed, you can't…"

"Enough! I get your point, but the end result is that we're both weakened drastically" said Sasori frowning.

"So why don't we do it together?" asked Akane as Sasori gave her a look of surprise.

"Jobs always tend to get done better and faster when you're doing it with a friend" said Akane giving him a smile and a thumbs-up.

Sasori turned away from her and gazed at the sinking sun for a moment before his lips curled upwards, "Do they? Then we most certainly must work as a team" he said quietly as Akane nodded.

They walked in silence till they heard the sound of birds fluttering away in the air, frightened by something in the denser part of the forest.

"Let's go" said Sasori as he increased his speed.

Akane who was dragging Sasuke by her chains found it a little tough to keep up so she hung back a little.

Suddenly a large boulder flew towards the duo.

"Look out!" cried Akane getting out of the path of the boulder.

Sasori who was much closer to the boulder could not completely dodge on time and his left hand was hit.

He dropped to the ground wincing a little as he held his left hand in the right and looked forward.

"Are you okay? Oh no, you're arm's been hit" said Akane gently taking Sasori's arm.

"It's no trouble, first you must find the source of that boulder, go, I'll catch up with you in a minute, leave Uchiha here" said Sasori.

"But you're hurt, I can't just…"

"I'm fine, trust me" said Sasori who gave a small smile before Akane sighed and stood up, "You'd better catch up in five minutes, I'm counting" she said as she leaped through the trees.

Coming a large clearing she saw Sakura in full combat against her four blobs of fluid which she has sent after her. The eagle lay dead at her feet.

The having abandoned their disguise were now mere puddles of fluid on the ground.

"Looks like she saw through the disguise, I hope she hasn't managed to send a message to Konoha in the time she escaped" thought Akane as Sakura swung around and hit the ground hard with her leg causing it to further crack.

The blobs slithered away and joined with Akane who was hidden in the trees.

Sakura stared at the retreating fluid in surprise before glancing uneasily around her.

"Hm, clever girl, she suspects they might have joined up with me, I wonder what she'll do now" thought Akane.

Sakura began healing her wounds with medical ninjutsu as she still glared around at her surroundings with a kunai held in her hand.

"I know you're there so stop hiding and come out" said Sakura in a steady voice which proved that she was healing fast.

Akane appeared behind the girl and spoke directly in her ear causing the pinkette to jump, "How clever you are"

Sakura turned and then retreated back to a safe distance before getting up and glaring at Akane.

"It was very clever of you to run off while I was battling that white-haired guy, making hay while the sun shines I suppose? Very ingenious" said Akane.

"Pretty low down and sneaky of you to send those fluid-things after me in disguise of Naruto, Sai, Yamato-taichou and Kakashi-sensei" said Sakura as she got her kunai in battle stance.

"Thanks, I just love being low down, now would you prefer I knock you out and drag you back? Or perhaps you'd prefer to come along without any hassle?" asked Akane as Sakura's eyes narrowed.

"Your chakra levels are very low now, I've been healed to my maximum limit, what makes you think I won't be the winner here?" asked Sakura.

Akane gave a short laugh of derision, "Are you really that stupid? It doesn't take chakra to win or loose a fight, chakra is just a supporting factor, what it really takes is strength, even if your chakra is more than mine now, your strength is still that of a pathetic weak, little kunoichi who was abandoned by her love and kidnapped very easily by us" said Akane harshly as Sakura felt anger creeping through her veins.

"No…I mustn't get angry, that's what she wants, she's trying to taunt me into making a mistake" thought Sakura as Akane smirked seeing the girl battling within herself.

Suddenly Akane disappeared and appeared behind Sakura who immediately jumped away from Akane

"Too slow" cried Akane as her chakra molded chains flew from her back and grabbed Sakura by her leg and her left arm.

Swinging the pink haired girl around the chains slammed her into a tree.

Sakura grabbed the chains and pulled hard and to Akane's surprise she found Sakura now attempting to control the chains.

"Big mistake!" cried Akane doing a few hand sings.

"Lightning Release: Electromagnetic Murder Jutsu" she cried as her hands sparkled with electricity and she grabbed the chains which conducted the current right to Sakura who got a massive shock and fell limply to the ground.

Taking advantage of this moment Akane's chains wrapped themselves around Sakura completely in such a way that her arms and legs were completely useless.

Bringing Sakura close to her Akane smiled, "See? What did I tell you? The level of chakra does not matter, what matters is strength and experience"

Sakura glared at Akane and struggled but immediately lightning shot through the chains and Sakura received another shock and this time fell unconscious.

Just then Sasori landed nimbly beside her and stared at Sakura and then at Akane.

"That was faster than I expected" he said with an amused smirk on his face.

Akane beamed at him and then looked around, "Where's Uchiha?" she asked as Sasori held up a scroll.

"I put him into Salamander; he won't be able to escape from there without being sliced into ribbons" said Sasori.

"Isn't Salamander that huge lizard puppet you use for defense? I thought you lost that earlier?" said Akane.

"I did but I managed to create a better, more advanced form of it, that's one thing that's improved since my resurrection, I concentrate a lot more on defense" said Sasori.

"Hmm, I don't think I've improved a lot in the past year or so, well I felt I was strong enough after I defeated that Blonde Bimbo, but now after almost loosing to this pink haired brat I don't feel so sure" said Akane.

"Don't let it worry you too much, you're strong enough to hold out against Hatake Kakashi, and he's not an adversary to sneeze at" said Sasori.

Akane smiled, "Yeah I guess you're right"


In a small room with a single bed and a lamp standing on a small dressing table, slept Atsuko despite the sun's harshest attempt to wake her up.

Koutaro poked his head into the room and smiled as he heard her muttering names of various brands of beer in her sleep.

As he turned sat down on the ground beside her he saw a stand of her hair had fallen into her mouth.

Gently removing it he tucked it behind her ear. Unfortunately for him he failed to remember where Atsuko was most ticklish.

"GET AWAY FROM ME RIGHT THIS INSTANT BIG DADDY OR I'LL POUR POCHIRAKU'S BEER DOWN YOUR FAT NOSTRILS!" yelled Atsuko getting up and throwing her pillow at Koutaro, in turn causing the lamp to topple over onto him as well.

"Eh? Wait, your not Big Daddy, where's Big Daddy?" said Atsuko looking around.

Koutaro sat up groaning and rubbing his head.

"Oh my goodness, I'm so sorry Kou," cried Atsuko rushing to help him.

"It's okay Atsuko, but wait, Big Daddy? Who on earth is that?" asked Koutaro sending an amused glance at the embarrassed woman.

"Oh…umm…I was just dreaming you know, and well…strange things happen in dreamland heh heh" said Atsuko rubbing the back of her head.

Koutaro sent her an incredulous look and she sighed.

"Okay, okay, you got me, I'm writing a comic strip where the heroine and her brother are caught by a notorious four headed, flying chimpanzee known as Big Mamma, she tied up the heroine's brother and left the heroine at the mercy of her husband Big Daddy, who's a ten foot tall orangutan with pink fur and a red bow" said Atsuko.

*Creepy eerie silence accompanied by the sound of crickets chirping and a bathroom flush being pulled*

"Mppf, mpphf" cried Koutaro stuffing his face into the pillow and quivering dangerously as Atsuko became more hyperactive.

"Oh dear, Kou, are you okay? Are you having palpitations? Brain tumor? Ringworm? Anorexia Nervosa? Dyslexia? Progeria? Or maybe…no…you're actually a woman and you're going through labor? Or ovary tumor? Noooooooooooooo! No don't leave me in this cruel world which exists to hate me, stay by my side and…eh?"

To her surprise Koutaro burst out laughing. Rolling on the floor, he clutched his stomach and tears poured down his eyes.

Atsuko stared indignantly at the man who was thrashing about now. The laughter was so infectious that she found her self laughing as well.

After five minutes their cheeks and stomachs started aching from laughter and they grabbed the bed for support.

"Really Atsuko, you'll be the death of me someday" said Koutaro wiping his eyes.

"Well, excuse me, I didn't plan on the story being funny you know, it's a a tale of a girl and a boy whose love was never meant to be, right from their very birth they were separated by the walls of society, caste and creed, and it has the most tear-jerking end" finished Atsuko.

"Oh I'd say it jerked a lot of tears from me" said Koutaro who relapsed back into small laughs.

"What're you doing here now anyways? It's almost ten-thirty. Don't you have work today?" asked Atsuko.

"No I took the day off to spend a little time with you, maybe we could go to your house and do a bit of spring cleaning" said Koutaro cheerfully.

Atsuko blushed a little, "You didn't have to take the day off to spring clean my dump" she said softly.

"Hey, I can't have you living in a dump right? Precisely why I'm spring cleaning it. Kyoko-San has promised to provide us lunch if we can get back by half past two" said Koutaro.

"Really? Come one then what're you sitting there dawdling for, we've got a dump to clean" cried Atsuko as she produced a broom from nowhere and ran out pretending to ride it.

Koutaro stared fondly at her before grabbing a brush and a bucket before shutting the door of his apartment and leaving.


Sakura sat hunched up in the corner of her cell with her head buried between her knees.

After she had been dragged back by that hateful woman she had undergone 2 hours of questioning by the Leader and when she had refused to relent that man had called Itachi and asked him to use Tsukuyomi on her.

After what seemed like 3 days of immense torture her will had crumbled and she had admitted having sent a message to Tsunade about her location and everything she knew so far about the Akatsuki.

The Leader seemed to have cooled off after that but unfortunately for Sakura she soon discovered she was wrong.

The Leader had decided that she would suffer a week's torture from either that scythe-wielding, white haired guy who kept abusing everyone or from that dratted woman who kept dragging her back every time she tried to escape.

"After I make my decision you will realize the consequences of having attempted to betray Akatsuki and hopefully never try to do it again" said Leader as Itachi had dragged her by her dress and thrown her back into her cell and left without uttering a single word to her.

"And here I was thinking he might have been a little different than the others…what a big, bloody fool I am" cursed Sakura as tears poured down from her eyes and fell on her scarred arms.

There were sounds of footsteps in the passage and Sakura looked up to see who would be torturing her.

Her heart sank when she saw Hidan grinning at her with a sadistic grin on his face as he licked his lips once and took out the keys.

"The Leader has given you the honor of being in my room for the next week. I do hope you don't mind a little blood?" he asked as he opened the door and came in.

Sakura who was already backed against the wall looked up at him in fear as he towered above her menacingly.

Screaming loudly she kicked at him and tried to run through the open door but Hidan grabbed her leg and swung her around so her back hit the wall of the cell.

He then grabbed her by her hair and lifted her up, "Listen up, you're fucking going to do just as I tell you or else the result is gonna be bloodier than I can see it right now" he drawled biting her ear so hard that it bled.

Sakura screamed louder and thrashed about wildly and one of her legs caught Hidan in the stomach and he dropped her clutching it.

"Mmm, that pain felt delicious, can't wait to see how much more you can hurt me, oh, don't worry, I'll be hurting you too…a lot" cried Hidan as he grabbed her by her hair and dragged her out of the cell.

He pulled her up the stairs ignoring her cries of pain and agony as he threw her through the wooden door forming a large hole on it.

Kisame, who was passing by on the other side stared as Hidan emerged from the hole and kicked Sakura's stomach so that she flew up and then again grabbed her hair and began pulling.

"Let me go, you damned masochist, I…I won't betray you again, please let me go!" cried Sakura, tears running down her eyes as Hidan laughed manically.

"First you call me a masochist and then you say please? Make up your fucking mind, bitch!" he cried as he continued dragging her through the hallways.

Sakura suddenly took hold of the hand he used to drag her and bit it as hard as she could. Blood split from it and she hurriedly spat it out as she had never tasted anything worse.

"Oh yes, I like biting, but tit for tat you know, you bit my hand so now it's my turn" said Hidan pinning her to the wall with one hand and pressing the other one around her neck.

Sakura kicked him hard in his genitals area and he gave a howl of pain and pleasure and released her from the wall.

"You fucking bitch, you sure know how to fight, it's my turn again now" he said giving Sakura a slap on her cheek. He continued slapping her on both cheeks while laughing crazily as the sound of his terrifying laugh and Sakura's agonized screams echoed throughout the base.

Sakura fell to the floor panting as Hidan got up, "Okay, it's your turn now, thank me cause I'm being quite generous"

Sakura saw Itachi passing by in another passage. His emotionless, onyx eyes that reminded her so much of Sasuke met with hers for a moment and even in her frenzied state Sakura thought she saw anger flash through them for a brief moment.

"Help me please" she cried trying to crawl towards him as Itachi merely sent her an indifferent glance and walked on.

"Awww, isn't that too bad, you're helpline left you stranded, your turns over, so I guess it's my turn again" said Hidan grabbing Sakura and trying to tear off her shirt.

Just then a senbon flew and hit Hidan on the back of his neck.

"Hidan, when the Leader asked you to torture the girl he didn't mean that you do it in the hall in front of everybody else" said a cool voice as Sakura painfully looked up to see Sasori staring at the Jashinist coolly.

"And who're you to tell me that you weak namby-pamby, mind your own fucking business" cried Hidan struggling to move.

"It's no use, I've struck your paralyzing point, you'll be stuck there till Kakuzu can return and fix you up, and on that note, you're not supposed to be raping the girl either" said Sasori.

"I'll do whatever I like you damned red head and I'll kill anyone who gets in my way" yelled Hidan so angry that his eyes had become red and spit flew out of his mouth.

Sasori ignored him as he stepped over Sakura and picked her up and swung her over his shoulder before walking away.

"You bring that bitch back here right now, I'm not near being done with her yet, Leader's given me the responsibility" yelled Hidan.

"The Leader has revised his decision, he feels Akane will be more suited to the job, thanks for your time but your services aren't required anymore, now go die somewhere" said Sasori as he walked away.


Well that was a longer than usual chapter. Thanks to everybody who reviewed for the previous chapter and I hope you'll do the same for this one too. Bye and see you guys next time!