DISCLAIMER: I do not own Naruto or any other characters belonging to the Anime series. However, I do own the characters that were created by me – they will make their appearances in the later chapters.

Summary:Sakura and Tenten – both FBI Agents – are on a vital mission to eradicate one of America's largest and most feared Mafia Gangs. Sakura has no memory of her past. What happens as she finds the missing pieces when she encounters the mesmerizing, drop-dead attractive, Sasuke Uchiha, leader of the gang?

WARNING: This Fan-fiction contains VERY explicit content in later chapters. If sexual content and mild violence bothers you, then it is advised that you discontinue reading this fiction immediately.

NOTE: 'Inner Sakura

'Thoughts' (Except for the short preface at the beginning of each chapter)

Narrator's POV

CHAPTER SEVEN

Long Lost Words…

"Restraint never ruins one's health. What ruins it, is not restraint but outward suppression. A really self-restrained person grows every day from strength to strength and from peace to more peace. The very first step in self-restraint is the restraint of thoughts." -- Mohandas Gandhi

"Why would you want another agent to work with us? Is this Temari woman trustworthy?" Sai asked Sakura.

"You guys know her as…Sayuri Yume. Does that name sound familiar, Shikamaru Nara?" Sakura asked, her eyes fixed upon her phone as she searched for Temari's phone number.

"She…was the spy," Shikamaru answered and Sakura nodded.

"I had her suspended from the Headquarters because she has feelings for you, Nara," Sakura said, "And that is why I'm afraid that she'll refuse the offer that I'm giving." Sakura pressed the 'call' button on the phone.

The phone conversation with Temari was long. Sakura was the one who spoke to her. Thankfully there were no grudges to clear up concerning the cause of Temari's short suspension from the FBI. Temari expressed her condolences before the actual conversation began. Sakura explained the entire situation to Temari who understood clearly. Then, Sakura explained the offer of Temari joining the team. Temari gave an indefinite answer. All she said was "I would love to help you, but something's in the way. I need to talk to you about it in…private." When Tenten heard what Temari said (as the conversation was put on Speaker Phone), she became worried. She had known Temari personally, but not very well enough to trust her. The answer Temari gave, led Tenten to think that somehow it could just be a trap. She thought that whatever Temari wanted to say could just be said over the phone – that was private enough. Tenten knew that Sakura was smart enough to decline such offers. At least that was what she thought, until she heard her sister say, "Alright, meet me at Blue Rose Inn on Oakwood Canyon tomorrow evening at 7."

"Man, that's hours away from Headquarters!" Temari exclaimed.

"Yeah, it's 5 fours to be precise," Sakura said.

"Okay, but I need you to see me alone – don't bring anyone with you. Okay?" Temari asked.

"Sure," Sakura said before disconnecting the call.

"Are you crazy, Sakura?!" Tenten asked angrily, "How can we even trust her?"

"I trust her for a good reason," Sakura answered.

"Oh, and what's that?" Tenten asked with the same anger in her tone.

"Tenten, you have no idea what love can do to people," was Sakura's confusing reply. Tenten decided that it would do her no good to continue pressing on the matter, so she dropped the topic off completely. Earlier, Tenten and Sakura had a debate on who killed Tsunade and the others. As much as they wanted to belief that Orochimaru and Danzo was responsible for Tsunade, Kurenai and Hiroshi's death, they had no evidence to prove it.

After the talk with Temari, Sakura decided that since they were now officially staying with Onikage gang, it would have been best for Tenten and Sakura to get some clothing. Sasuke agreed, but insisted to carry with them, Neji and Naruto, just to be on the safe side. It was expected to encounter some agents working under that Orochimaru. 'Orochimaru,' Sasuke thought, 'that name sounds familiar.' He had heard the name somewhere, but he just could not remember where and when he did.

Naruto argued that he would not accompany them on the trip if Hinata was not allowed to go as well. Neji seemed somewhat enraged by the mere thought of Naruto's complaint. He did not like the idea of Hinata's life being put at risk.

"Why can't Shikamaru or Sai go instead?" Neji growled.

"Shikamaru is taking his nap and you know how grouchy he gets when he wakes up. Sai left to pick up Kagerou from school. We have no other choice, Neji," Sasuke said, glaring at the pale, lavender-eyed man.

"I-it's ok-kay, brother. I-I'll handle this," Hinata said softly and timidly and then walked towards Naruto.

"Naruto, I-I bet there's a r-ramen shop in the plaza," Hinata said to her boyfriend, and smiled when she saw his face light up at the sound of the word 'ramen'. Naruto always had an appetite for ramen.

"That's why I want you to come – so can treat you to some ramen!" Naruto said boisterously.

"N-no! I have some f-feminine things to t-take care of," Hinata lied, and Naruto believed it.

Tenten sighed in relief when the Naruto man had done arguing. She honestly thought he was annoying, but said nothing because she did not want anyone to get any sort of wrong impressions of her.

Onikage's Residential Neighborhood was situated in the canyons – a canyon called Oakwood Canyon. It took an hour and a half to get into the city where there was vast civilization and shopping centers. Sasuke and Neji accompanied Tenten and Sakura to every store. Naruto had gone to the Ramen Food Stall in the food court, situated at the centre of the plaza. Of course Neji and Sasuke did not follow the two women foot-to-foot wherever they went. They kept a good enough distance so that they would still be able to keep an eye on them. Neji and Sasuke never had much in common except for the fact that nothing that occurred around them outside of a gangster's world really interested them. They both barely talked and if they did, it would most likely be about Onikage's interests. Neji's eyes were focused on Tenten, and like before, his gazes contained neither love interest nor lust. Ten minutes later Naruto had rejoined them. Feeling a bit awkward with the silence between his two friends, Naruto decided to make a conversation.

"So, Sasuke-teme, how are things going with Sakura?" Naruto asked his long time friend.

"Hn," Sasuke said with disgust.

Neji turned to Sasuke's direction when he heard Sasuke's answer. Then, Sasuke spoke. "Trying to work out the relationship we once had…is a waste of my time." As he said those words, he remembered when he was stroking her cheek and she pulled away. Somehow, he felt as if she was not serious about their relationship. After all he had done for her; Sakura could not seem to care less about him. Sasuke was no fool and love never bothered him, so why care about it now? When he and Sakura were together in the past, his attitude towards things remained unchanged, but his feelings for Sakura had grown. Trying to mend things with her would just be pathetic. It felt as if they were divorced. And, concentrating on her – someone who lived a lie – was just pulling him down. How…pathetic. No. He was not going to let her pull him down. She had her own agenda and he had his own.

Tenten and Sakura exited the store and were heading towards them, chatting about something and carrying two shopping bags in each hand. When they finally met up with their 'bodyguards', they took their things to the car.

"Sasuke, can we go down to that bar across the road?" Sakura asked. It had been a while since she and Tenten had a few drinks and danced on the dance floor. Sasuke checked his watch. It was 7:30p.m already, but he still, he consented.

Sakura and Tenten sat at the counter and ordered a martini each. Neji and Sasuke were sitting at a table at the corner of the bar. Neji never part took in the consumption of alcoholic beverages. His restraint was too strong. Sasuke on the other hand, drank occasionally – very rarely. Neji decided that it would be best to have someone in the vehicle just in case they had to make an immediate exit. Naruto surprisingly volunteered himself for this job. Sakura sipped her martini and sighed. She could tell that Tenten did not agree with the Uchiha and the Hyuuga being their bodyguards. It made her feel like an infant would need to be monitored very closely because they were helpless in dangerous situations.

"Crap!" Sakura exclaimed suddenly.

"What?" Tenten asked with a confused expression.

"I forgot about coffee. I didn't have any for the entire day!" Sakura said, slightly panicked. Tenten giggled at her sister's pathetic worry. Sakura pouted again before finishing up the last bit of her martini.

Sakura felt the presence of someone coming closer to where she was sitting and just a few moments later, she felt something cold and liquid-like falling onto her lap, seeping through the denim material of her jeans. Sakura's head shot up to see a middle-aged woman with an empty cup in her hand. She looked completely sober.

"Whoopsies," she woman said dully.

"Excuse me? Are you kidding me? I will kill you, you know that?!" Sakura said pointing her index finger at the woman.

"I wanna see you even try, pinky! Bring it on!" the woman said, scoffing. Sakura got up from her seat.

"Oh look at her spry! What, you wanna cheer it out soccer mom?" Sakura said, glancing over at Tenten who simply said, "Hn" as she smirked. Tenten was indeed enjoying this.

"What did you call me, bitch?!" the woman said, grabbing Sakura by her shirt's collar.

"Hey, don't you dare touch me, you old piece of filth!" Sakura growled as she pushed the woman back, causing her to fall back on an unoccupied table. Sakura paced towards the provocative lady who had started the fight in the first place. She was not ready to be humiliated by a granny. She was determined to do whatever it took to make the woman pay for spoiling her outfit.

"All you can do is talk, old hag. I bet you're too old to even swing a good blow," Sakura said loud enough for the entire bar to hear.

"Ladies, please just calm down and we'll settle this," the male bartender said, slightly raising both of his hands.

"YOU STAY OUT OF THIS!" Sakura and the woman snapped, but the bartender was more terrified of Sakura's death stare. The woman was already on her feet and as soon as Sakura turned to face the woman, she had already lunged for her and Sakura received a stinging slap across her face. At this, Tenten had gotten to her feet and held the woman's hands together behind her back to prevent her from attacking Sakura any further. Sasuke had already left the table and was heading towards the enraged women. Sasuke's eyes were fixed upon Sakura. His gaze broke when he walked straight past her, not even bothering to assist her in the situation. His stare was filled with anger and annoyance. Angered by the fact that her own husband had not assisted her, she fisted her hand and lunged for the woman's face, but her actions were stopped by Neji, who grabbed her fisted hand just in time to stop the blow from proceeding any further.

"If you are wise enough, you would leave this bar immediately and mention none of this to anyone," Neji said stoically to the woman, who Tenten released. She walked over to her table and grabbed her things before leaving the bar immediately. Sakura wriggled out of Neji's hold and stormed out of the bar as well, heading in the opposite direction from the car. Neji made a move to follow her and take her back to the car but was stopped when Tenten held his arm back and said, "Let her be. She needs some time to think." Tenten too, had realized the look the Uchiha had given Sakura, so it was understandable as to why she was so upset.

Sakura wanted to confront Sasuke and inquire what his problem was. But there was something keeping her from doing it. Tenten had called her about two hours ago and told her that they were leaving but Sakura told her to go home without her and assured her sister that she was fine. Now, Sakura was sitting in a tea shop, having some black coffee. No. She did not want to sleep tonight. Why did Sasuke look at her like that? Hell, why did she even care? Sakura was feeling at fault somehow for the way Sasuke had acted earlier, but she did not know why. She wanted to, but for once she was afraid to confront someone – him. She finished her coffee and left the bill near the cup. It was late, so she decided that it would be best to check into a motel for the night and return to Onikage's Residence in the morning.

She walked through the quiet streets, lost in thoughts, but still kept a weather eye out for motel signs. Her paces were slow and wandering. Across the road, there were a few people. There, she saw the woman who had picked a fight with her earlier at the bar and exiting an antique store was…Orochimaru?

Was she seeing clearly? She had too much coffee to be drowsy, so yes, she did see clearly. She did not move. She needed to clarify that it actually was him.

'You idiot, it is him!' Inner Sakura snapped.

'Oh, so you only come out when there's danger…how convenient,' Sakura replied inwardly.

But by the time Sakura had looked back to where Orochimaru was standing, his gaze had met hers. Those evil glints; that pale, disgusting complexion; the pitch-back hair – Orochimaru's appearance was now clarified. Without wasting another moment, Sakura began to run in the opposite direction – in the direction of the bar. Now, she wished she had not left her gun in Sasuke's car. All she could do now was run; putting all of her strength in her feet, she ran; she ran for her life…

Tenten sat on Neji's bed, looking at the floor. Since Sakura decided to stay with the gang, Tenten was forced to share a room with Neji, but she did not mind because he did not snore or anything. He rarely slept on the same bed with her anyway. But that was not what she had on her mind at the moment. She was obviously worried about Sakura. A moment ago, the feeling in the atmosphere had changed completely. At least that was what she thought she felt. The air was thicker and tenser for some reason.

'Where are you Sakura?!' she asked mentally and wished that she and Sakura shared an ability of telepathy.

The sounds of gun blasts echoed throughout the room. That was the last bullet. Sasuke put the gun down on the table and looked at the target. They were covered with dents of his anger. He picked up another gun. He was so annoyed with her. But why did he feel the need to protect her? He shot. Why was he feeling this sudden guilt, even when he was angry with her? He shot. Why was it that whenever he tried to stop thinking about her, her name and face appeared in his mind? And so clearly she was in his mind that it seemed as if she was standing right before him. He shot again, causing her imaginary image to disappear. Sasuke hated everything about her; but why did he love her? He flung the gun across the room and ran his fingers through his raven hair.

"Get out of my head Sakura!" he yelled angrily, pounding a fist into the wall.

Just then, Tenten barged into the Target Practice room ignoring Sasuke's glare and said, "Something's wrong with my sister!"

"Hn," Sasuke answered and picked up another gun to 'practice' with. "Did she call you?"

"No," Tenten replied. With that answer, Sasuke continued to practice.

"Hey, I'm telling you that your wife is in danger and you just ignore it?!" Tenten growled at him.

"If she did not call you, then nothing is wrong. And she's not my wife. I don't know who she is," he said stoically, sounding almost like Neji, only that his tone was that of annoyance.

"I can't believe you," Tenten said softly. "Have you forgotten that Orochimaru is after us? Do you have any idea what he'll do to her if he finds her?! She's going to torture her painfully…until she begs for her life and after that…he'll kill her!" Tenten said, raising her voice at every sentence, tears welling up in her eyes. Sasuke grunted and left the room, slamming the door shut. She could tell that he was going to do nothing, judging by his expression of annoyance. Tears streamed down both of her cheeks. Slowly, she lifted her hand and brought it to her face, wiping her tears away. 'Neglect all emotion,' She thought, 'Keep your restraint to a high standard.' She had lost three important people in her life already. There was no way she was about to let that happen to the only one she had left.

Tenten grabbed three guns and stormed out of the room, bumping right into Sasuke and Neji.

"Neji, make sure she doesn't do anything stupid. I don't need her assistance," Sasuke said to Neji while looking at Tenten.

"Hn," the Hyuuga responded.

"Where are you going?" Tenten asked when Sasuke turned to leave. He did not respond.

"Sasuke…wait," Tenten said. The man slowly stopped.

"Thank you," Tenten said before he continued to walk out of the hallway.

Sakura ran into the junkyard in search for an unoccupied but properly operating vehicle which she could use to get away from Orochimaru. Her legs had grown tired and as a result, she had gotten a bullet to her left arm. Luckily for her it was not bleeding violently, so she would not have to worry too much about blood loss.

'Hey you know what – it would be really funny if we meet up with Kimimaro as well!' Inner Sakura joked.

"It's not funny you know that!" Sakura snapped as she looked around frantically for a good working car. Sakura growled. She could not find a single operating car anywhere. Orochimaru could be very close by now. She hurried out of the junkyard through the main gates and hid among the trees, hoping that he would not look there. Her legs had completely given up on her. She sat under a tree surrounded by other trees. It was dark so it made it impossible for one to see if anything or anyone was lurking in the forest if you were not close enough. She heard something rustle the leaves behind her. The wind had not blown. Someone had rustled the leaves. Her heart began to pound faster in her chest. She turned around to meet nothing but trees and other greenery. Sakura sighed and turned around to face ahead of her and unexpectedly came face to face with a human figure…

Sakura gasped. A pair of masculine arms draped around her waist. She breathed, taking in the man's scent.

"Take me home please, Sasuke," she whispered.

"I'm never letting you out of my sight again," he whispered back and planted a kiss on her forehead before picking her up bridal style and carried her to his black Ford Mustang GT500KR.

When they arrived at the residence, Tenten, Neji and Hinata were waiting in the front porch. Tenten gasped when she saw Sakura's wound from the bullet. Sasuke had taken some time to tend to her wound before they returned home. Sakura's shirt was partially bloodstained.

"Hinata, keep Kagerou with you for the night," Sasuke ordered. The shy girl looked at Sakura as if she was expecting her to say something, but then when Sasuke's glare caught her eyes, she hurried off to get Kagerou. Sasuke was holding Sakura in bridal style.

"She needs rest," he told Tenten who looked as if she wanted to talk with her sister. She nodded in understanding and Sasuke took Sakura to their room. He gently put her to rest on his bed and he sat next to her. Sakura was incapable of sleeping after all of that coffee she drank. She was changed into a bath-robe.

"I'm not tired," Sakura explained, "I had too much coffee."

"You still need to rest," Sasuke said, getting up from the bed and began to head towards the door.

"Please don't leave me," she said almost in a whisper, but he heard. Sasuke stopped walking and turned around slowly, making his way to Sakura once again. He removed his shirt and climbed into bed with her, pulling the covers over them both when he got in.

"Why were you angry before?" Sakura asked when she turned to face him. She waited for an answer, but it never came. And then suddenly she felt his lips crash onto hers. Then, she had what seemed to be a flashback…

"What shall we call her?" Sakura asked. Sasuke looked down at his wife who was on the hospital bed.

"Kagerou Uchiha," was his reply.

Sasuke's lips met wife's in a searing kiss overflowing with contentment and relief.

"I love you," he whispered.

"What's wrong, Sakura?" Sasuke asked after he realized that she had stopped returning his kiss.

"Nothing…" she replied, pulling him in for another hot lip-locking session.

The heat which slowly emerged between them caused the kiss to become hungrier and more wanting. Some time during their heated lip-locking session, Sasuke ended up on top of Sakura, but she did not care and neither did he. They just continued with their ministrations. Sasuke's hands traveled down to her waist as their tongues wildly glided against each other, causing Sakura to make a soft noise at the back of her throat.

Very soon his lips neglected hers and trailed along her jaw, and gave her chills of pleasure as he sucked and grazed her neck with his teeth. Sakura ground her thighs against his, opening her legs. The cut in the middle of the bath-robe was now parted. While Sasuke feasted on the irresistible, fair skin of her neck, Sakura's hands strayed to his pants, fiddling with the zipper until she was able to undo it.

Sasuke removed the bathrobe from Sakura's shoulders to reveal more of her bare skin and then one of his hands trailed down to her lower abdomen and untied the robe. Sakura moaned in pleasure as she felt the heat of his beautiful skin on hers. He removed the robe completely off her so that all that was left was her bra and panties. Sakura was too preoccupied with taking in everything that Sasuke was doing to her to even realize just how wet she was. Then, without warning, Sasuke claimed her lips once more, not giving her a chance to think. One of his hands caressed her cheek as he kissed her feverishly and the other hand roamed to her back in search of the bra clasp. But then, Sakura pulled away, breaking the kiss. He gave her a questioning look.

"You're being unfair," she explained, glancing down at his pants which were still on. Hesitantly, he got up and removed them so that he was only down to his boxers. Then, he resumed to kissing her ferociously. Again, he attempted to unclasp her bra, and this time he succeeded. Smirking, Sasuke tossed the material away before taking in one of the round mounds into his mouth, kneading the other with his unoccupied hand. His lips brushed over the nipple of her other breast before fully taking it into his mouth. Subconsciously, a small moan escaped her lips and at this, Sasuke stopped what he was doing and looked at her alluring face, her eyes closed. When she found that he had paused for far too long, she moaned in protest, giving Sasuke the feeling that it was time to move on.

She had not known when, but Sasuke had apparently gotten rid of the rest of his clothing at some point in time. He was not completely erect just yet. He gave her an It's-not-fair look before removing her last bit of clothing. He was amazed at the reaction he had gotten out of her when he glanced at her maidenhood. She was completely spilling over with anticipation. Now he was fully erect and by the looks of the impact Sakura had on him, she knew what to expect. An ecstatic heat filled her body as Sasuke positioned himself between her thighs. The tip of his member only touched her moist folds and that was just enough to make her drip with even more of her pleasure juices. Then, slowly he entered her. Sakura knew she was not a virgin and that this had happened with her and Sasuke before, but having lost her memory of all of those occurrences, it felt as if it was her first time making love to her husband. Sasuke had forgotten how pleasurably good it felt to thrust into her; he had forgotten how she would completely arouse him when she moaned pleasurably. He thought he had been deprived of her forever, but all along she was alive and now, he was showing just why he angry…

With one more thrust, he filled her completely and the two reached their climax simultaneously, accompanied by final moans. Sasuke shifted his body to his side of the bed before collapsing. Both were breathing heavily from exhaustion. "You asked why I was angry before – I was deprived from you for far too long, Sakura; I was deprived from this aspect of commitment for too long." Then long lost words were whispered slowly…

"I love you…"

Okay, that's the end of Chapter 7. Um…I have some bad news for you guys. I'm sorry, but this story will not be updated to a specific due date because of upcoming examinations which I must prepare for. However, I will be updating at random days. Don't worry, there is no way I'm going to discontinue this story – I'm not one of those authors who just gives up easily.

I thank all of my reviewers and readers who has supported me until this far. If you have any questions, please feel free to send me a personal message via my account. Please keep in touch and please be safe.

--IzWinchesterDevil.

P.S – The purpose of my Poll was because many people seemed to have skipped the Tenten Scene of Chapter 6 where I revealed a bit of her past. It is advised that next time you DON'T ignore it because it MAY have something to do with the future.

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