Chapter 2-The encounter with a Dark man

Sakura turned to run away. But before she could three strangers in red outfits stopped her. Each one was holding a gate scroll. Two of them were girls and one was a boy. The girl on the right had long black hair tied up with a green ribbon and emerald green eyes. The girl on the left had short pink hair with a blue bow in her hair and light blue eyes. Finally the boy in the middle had spiky brown hair with a red ribbon tied on to his wrist and glowing red eyes. Sakura backed up; they seemed to be in ninja outfits.

"Oh it's just some girl." One of them snorted.

"Hey! That's one of the gate scrolls for the NaNuku Temple!" Sakura shouted as she pulled out a kunai.

The boy smirked and lunged at Sakura, "Oh yeah and what of it?"

Before the boy could attack Sakura, Sasuke jump in the way and blocked the attack. He then, quickly, grabbed the boy's arm and threw him into a near by tree. One of the girls ran over to the boy as she shouted his name, "Koneku!" The other girl glared at Sasuke as she started throwing energy blasts at him. Sasuke flipped into the air dogging the attacks. I've never seen these kinds of attacks before… Sasuke flipped backwards and landed behind the longhaired girl. He then, grabbed her by the neck and aimed a kunai to her back.

"Hand over the scrolls."

Koneku stood up and bowed. The girl grunted as she pulled out the scroll. Sasuke took it and signaled Sakura to take the others.

"Now…Who are you three and what did you want with the gate scrolls?"

The girl with long hair sat down as did her other teammates, "My name is Nahara. That boy over there is Koneku, and the girl next to him is Shihuya. And we all belong to the Ribbon Clan of Hijunero."

"Hijunero…?" Sakura questioned, "I never heard of that Clan."

Koneku rubbed his head; "Well we needed the gate scrolls to trade with a dark man."

"Dark man?"

"Well that is his code name, we do not know his real name. But this man has our Clan's Ribbon of Darkness." Shihuya stated.

"And in order to get it back we must trade the gate scrolls." Nahara sighed, "Now we must fight him for the Ribbon."

Sakura looked at Sasuke with a sad face. Sasuke snorted, "Well do you at least know what he wants the ribbon for?"

All three ninjas shock their heads. Sasuke sighed and stood up, "I will fight this man for the ribbon. The gate scrolls stay with us."

Nahara's eyes widen, "Why would you do that for mere strangers."

"Tell me where to find this dark man." Sasuke asked as he put the gate scroll away. Sakura smiled and put hers away too.

Suddenly an evil laughter filled the air. Sakura's eyes filled with fear and pain as if she knew who it was. Sasuke looked at Sakura in concerned and stood in front of her for protection. The group of ninjas stood up, "That's him." They said as they pulled out their weapons. Sasuke took his fighting stance and awaited the approach of the dark man.

A tear fell down Sakura's face…FLASH BACK

"Huh…?…What are you doing?….Uncle please stop!"

"Oh come on now Sakura-ochibi…quit fussing…"

"Get away…stop it!"

"Stop it!" "Stop it!" "Stop it!" echoed through Sakura's mind as the man appeared in front of them. He had a long black robe on with a hood. He had light green eyes and light pink hair. His skin was tan and there was a scar on his right check. The scar had two lines that ran down his neck.

Sasuke studied the man and then realized as he turned to Sakura that…they were readied.