Hey guys! Next chappie! I don't like leaving cliffhangers too long. BTW I noticed a few typos when I reread my last chapter, sorry, I actually sent it earlier than I wanted to. Ok we're going to learn why her family was attacked. Enjoy reading and thank you for your reviews. They give me confidence ^_^.

Chapter 8: Reasons and fighting

" He's here."

Sakura and Sasuke froze. Suddenly laughter could be heard at a distance. A shadowy figure was approaching the clearing. It had gotten somewhat misty around the clearing. The sky was dark, but it wasn't raining. The figure was walking calmly over to them, it was very tall.

" Hello there," The figure said bowing down. " It's a pleasure to finally meet you." He had a deep voice, but he was being polite. He finally came into view. He was a tall man with long black hair. He wasn't Orochimaru, although he did look a bit like him. But, he had a normal face. Orochimaru had a creepy face that resembled a snake.

" So you are the man who organized this attack?" Sasuke asked firmly. The man smirked.

" Yes," He said. " Indeed I am." Sasuke and Sakura glared at him. Sakura was feeling something strange. Here she was face to face with the man who killed her family. This was the man responsible, this was all his fault. Sasuke looked at her and put a hand on her shoulder. He was slightly in front of her still. The man's eyes fell on Sakura, and he smiled.

" So you are the daughter of Hisato Haruno?" He said. " Sakura Haruno." Sakura smirked, surprising Sasuke.

" Yeah." Sakura said, " But tell... what is it you are called?" She wanted to know how he knew her father. She was glaring at him, the figure bowed again and said,

" Ahhh forgive me, " he stood back up. " Hoshiko." Sasuke stared, this was the man Sakura had to kill. He had to kill Itachi. He remembered how he didn't like Naruto fighting his battle, but he wasn't going to let her fight alone.

" Hoshiko-sama...." Hojo said. " Why have you come here?"

" You idiots were taking too much time," He snapped.

" I also wanted to see my rival's daughter." He added. Sakura gasped. ' Rivals? '

" Why did you attack us?" Sakura asked quickly. Hoshiko laughed.

" He never told you did he?

" What?"

" Your father and I were once best friends. We were also rivals. Your father was once a powerful ninja." Sakura and Sasuke gasped. He hadn't known Sakura's father very well, but he knew he wasn't as ninja. It appeared that Sakura didn't know that either.

" Your father was on the same ninja team with me. He became a very powerful chuunin, but he fell in love with a female ninja. Your mother had taken the chuunin exam with him, and they fell in love. He was about to take the jounin exam, but he found out his wife was pregnant with you. Upon hearing this news... he quit being a ninja. Your father and I argued for a good while, breaking our friendship. He betrayed me. Later on, he told the Hokage that I was practicing forbidden techniques and having contacts with other villagers. ANBU wanted to investigate so I fled the village. Now my alligance is to the Sound. " He pointed to his forehead protecter. " My men and I are were recently on a misson nearby, so I decided to pay your family a little visit. Your father also had some secret scrolls stashed away that we were eager to get hold of."

They were shocked by all this. Not once had Sakura's father mentioned any of that. Her anger started rise... then it skyrocketed when he said,

" I must say that it was indeed a joy to settle the score. You should of heard your mother and father... pathetic fools. It was a great joy to kill them. They begged for me to stop... they begged for me to spare you. Ha! Fools! They were a disgrace to the village." Sasuke looked over at Sakura, her face was showing a look of anger and disbelief.

" Alright I'm bored," Hojo blurted out. " Can we kill these kids already?" Hoshiko sighed and nodded. Sakura and Sasuke got ready to fight. Hojo darted forward. Sasuke and Sakura split up. Sasuke started to read his movements with the sharingan. He was just almost as fast as Kakashi. Sakura launched at him with a kunai, he quickly put up his arms to block. The kunai stabbed into his arms. He threw a punch and Sakura jumped off him. Sasuke had jumped into the air, he was making seals very quickly. He started to blow fireballs everywhere. Hojo quickly dodged as fast as he could. He managed to dodge most of them, but a few grazed his shoulder and left a burn.

Sasuke quickly blew another fireball, but Hojo jumped to the left. Sakura smirked as she cut a rope. A trap was set off and about 10 kunai shot out of no where. He dodged but two landed in his leg.

" Damn you!" He said, launching at them. Sasuke charged at him as well. In a flash they both clashed their kunai in the air. Sasuke landed a punch right in his face. Sasuke landed next to Sakura as the ninja was scrambling to his feet. They were about to charge when the ninja suddenly sped forward performing a number of seals. Sasuke and Sakura froze.

"Paralyzation Technique!"

Sasuke was startled, ' I ... I ... I can't move my body!'

OK well we'll have some fighting and a lot of emotion in the next chappie! woo hoo! Then we'll have some really really cool fighting after that then some more emotion. I may try to add some humor in after the fighting is done. Well then, if you want to, please review and tell me what you think ^_^. I'll try to update soon!