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The group arrived at the village of the Hidden Flower, noticing that the huge doors to the village had a giant Sakura blossom on them.

'No surprise there,' they all thought in unison. Sakura pushed open the doors, and they all stepped inside. The village was extremely crowded with people.

"Ok, now we're supposed to go to a flower shop," Kakashi said, looking at a scroll that appeared in his hand. He looked up to see Naruto and Sakura looking very confused. "What?" he asked.

"Ummm, Sensei… which one?" Sakura replied as she pointed down the main avenue. Sure enough, since this was the village of the Hidden Flower there were flower shops everywhere.

He looked back down at the scroll, his visible eye searching for the answer. "It doesn't specify, but it does leave a name - 'Keyda'. We're going to have to split up for this one, there's no way we can find the right person today if we stay together. Okay team, go look for Keyda. Meet back here in an hour whether you've found this person or not."

They nodded brusquely, and then ran off down each of the roads.

Naruto

There were flower shops everywhere - it seemed that every other building was one - and the streets were really crowded. Naruto scratched the back of his head. 'This is gonna take a while,' Naruto concluded, sighing. Every time he tried to ask people who Keyda was, whomever he asked would ignore him. Even when someone did listen, when he told his listener who he was looking for, they would jerk and walk quickly away. 'Sheesh, what did this lady do to cause this sort of response?'

Sasuke

Sasuke looked disgustedly down the street. He had experienced the same thing as Naruto, except when he asked this one lady she actually had the nerve to slap him. He rubbed his left cheek. 'I guess this is useless, might as well meet back at the gate.' He started to walk towards the gate until he heard voices. Angry voices. And lots of them. 'A riot?' he asked himself. 'Better check it out.'

Sakura

Everyone in the street was either ignoring Sakura or giving her looks of mingled fear and disgust. Some people actually moved as far away from her as possible, giving her a wide berth as she walked. Nobody would talk to her. 'Jeez, what's with them?' Sakura thought, suddenly self-conscious and even a little scared. She was heading back towards the gate when she heard someone crying. It sounded like a child. Concerned, she followed the crying until she found a little boy, crying and holding his wrist. Sakura's morals included to always help someone in need, to never attack an innocent person even if they're wrong, and when ever in a mission a teammate always comes first. She walked over to the boy and knelt down. The boy did not even look up. She gently took his wrist and with a bright smile said, "Don't cry. I can fix this in a jiffy!" The boy looked up at her and yelled.

"MOMMY. MOMMY!" he screamed.

Sakura had no idea what she did but the boy's mother came out of a nearby house at her son's call. She saw him backed against the wall while Sakura tried to convince him that she would not hurt him. She saw Sakura's pink hair and soon her voice joined her son's.

"JIN!" the women screeched.

The next second a big gruff man came out of the woman's house. Sakura guessed it was the woman's husband. The man saw Sakura and without hesitation he ran at her, shoving her down on the ground roughly.

"You stay the hell away from my son!" he yelled. (A/N- there's a lot of yelling in this chapter)

The commotion caught the attention of the many people around the village.

(Oh shit, what did you do?) Inner Sakura yelled at her.

"I-I was just trying to help him" Sakura stuttered 'Damn what did I do! Who the hell are these people!'

She suddenly became aware of the whispers of the villagers. 'Look at her hair.' 'Oh my god, are they related?' 'Is that the demon!'. Sakura snapped her head up at that comment.

'Demon! I'm not a demon!' She was waiting for the usual hotheaded response from her inner self but nothing was said. ' Great, she picked the perfect time to be quiet.'

The villagers continued their hushed gossip. 'Shh don't say that or she'll attack you!'

'What the hell is going on! What did I ever do-' her thought where interrupted when a hard wooden stick came across her face. 'WHAT THE FUCK' she was about go and hit the guy but then she remembered her morals. 'Stupid morals' she thought bitterly.

(Forget the stupid morals already and kick some ASS.)

'No,' she said bluntly.

(Whatever. You're the one getting hit with a stick.)

Then another swipe came across her. Her face was bleeding slightly, and stung a lot. She stood up and glared at the man. The man got scared for a second, looking at the anger in her eyes, until he realized all the people who surrounded them. He smirked at her.

"Grab her," the man commanded the villagers. "There's no way she can win if we all go against her at once." The people looked hesitant. "Come on, people! She just went after my child! What make you think she wont go after yours!" With that the circle of people seemed to get smaller as they all moved slowly inwards.

"What are you talking about? I was trying to help him not hurt him." She was getting really annoyed, and more than a little freaked out. Then random hands started to grab her. People grabbed her ankles so she couldn't move, then more grasped her shoulders, her arms, and her hands.

"What are you people doi-"

"Shut up, filth." The man retracted his fist. She closed her eyes, waiting for the hit that never came.

" I wouldn't do that if I were you," said a very cold voice. Sakura looked up to see none other then Sasuke. ' He-He saved me?' Sakura couldn't help but be thankful. Even if he was a cold, over-emotional jerk she guessed he really did care about his teammates. So she was wrong, he did care about other people. 'Whatever.' It's not like she would ever admit that she was wrong, her newfound pride wouldn't allow it. She will never ask him out again even if it's to make him go away. No longer will she have to pretend to be a happy bubbly girl with a crush, she could be herself again.

The next thing she knew, Sasuke was at her side and all the people were scared shitless. She looked up at Sasuke only to see his usual scowl. "Let's go," he said, not even looking at her as they started walking back to the gate.

Sasuke was aware of Sakura's morals. She said she learned them from her mother. Even though he didn't agree with the first two, he agreed very much with the third one. It was his favorite. It was like what Kakashi had told them about how people who fail their mission are trash but people who fail their teammates are lower then trash.

"I thought you were strong," he said suddenly. "I thought I wouldn't have to baby-sit you anymore"

This struck a nerve. (That asshole, kick his ass NOW!) roared Inner Sakura

"You and your stupid morals," he added.

"They're not stupid!" she yelled. She crossed her arms and pouted at him.

He smirked. He liked that he didn't like her, it made teasing her more enjoyable. Not that much but just a little. "And look were they got you," he stated coolly.

"Oh shut up." she commanded heatedly. With that she picked up her pace and walked in front of him. "And stop smirking already." She added, sensing his smirk. Ever since she decided to leave him alone he'd been talking to her more. It was like her previous bashing never happened. And she had to admit he had become 'annoying'. Not annoying like Naruto. Naruto was annoying like a brother would be. No, Sasuke was a different kind of annoying, and she couldn't quite put her finger on it.

As they approached Naruto and Kakashi, Naruto noticed a red mark on Sasuke's face. "Ne, Ne, Sasuke-teme, what happened to your face?" he asked eagerly.

"None of your business."

"Looks like a hand print to me," Sakura said mockingly/

"HA! Sasuke got slapped!" Naruto cheered.

"Shut up, dobe." Naruto growled at this statement

Kakashi, who knew where this was going, told them to shut up. Once he had their attention he continued. "Now did anyone find out where this Keyda person is?"

"No," they all answered together.

"They all ignored us when we asked," Sakura stated.

"Well, most of them, anyway," Sasuke said sarcastically to Sakura. A vein twitched in her forehead (A/N- anime style).

"Umm. Are you the ninja from Konoha?" a woman asked.

The group looked up to see a tall woman with long black hair. They simply nodded. "Then follow me, and I'm Hitomi by the way." she said as she walked away. They shrugged their shoulders. Like they really had a choice.

As they were walking Naruto and Kakashi started asking Hitomi a barrage of questions. Sakura, walking a little behind, was listening to the villagers talk about her, saying things like 'the pink hair demon'. She once again folded her arms and scowled, muttering "Stupid village".

"We're not in the village anymore," Sasuke told her, pointing his thumb over his shoulder. Sakura looked back and sure enough they had left the village. They were now deep in the forest, heading for yet another small flower shop, alike to all the others except in its location.

Keyda's house

"Keyda, they're here," announced Hitomi as they walked through the door. It was a standard cottage. It had just one big room with three doors at the farthest wall. The room was filled with sakura blossoms. Sakura couldn't help but smile and felt a familiar warm sensation. She unconsciously wrapped her arms around herself, closed her eyes, and took in a nice long breath. She was enjoying this sensation until she was interrupted by her sensei.

"Ummm, Sakura what are you doing?" asked a very confused Kakashi.

Sakura opened her eyes to see everyone staring at her. She scratched the back of her head and gave a nervous laugh. "Heh heh, sorry sensei."

"Now that every one is paying attention, you two boys go outside and pick the weeds from the flowers." Hitomi pointed to Kakashi. "You, come with me, and Sakura go to the back room and help out Keyda." With that they all started on their 'mission.'

Sakura went to the back and knocked on the door. "Come in," said a voice. Sakura walked in to see an old lady, who also had pink hair. Her eyes widened. "Who-Who are you?" She asked a little scared. No one had pink hair like her. Even her mom's hair was only a very light shade of pink. As far as she knew Harunos were the only ones with pink hair, and even then the pink was always mixed with a different color. According to what she had heard from her mother she's the only one with a full head of pink hair.

"Close the door."

Sakura complied. She wanted know who this woman was. The woman got up and motioned her to follow. Keyda lead her to the back of the room, where she moved a desk aside to reveal stairs. Sakura silently followed Keyda down the stairs into the darkness. They seemed to go on forever. With each step she took she felt colder. It was the total opposite of what she felt when she first walked into the house.

"So child, how have you been lately?" Keyda asked out of nowhere.

"Uh…Good. You?" Sakura replied, caught off guard by her sudden question.

"Anything strange happen?"

"No… Not really…" 'What's this old hag getting at?'

Keyda sighed. "You don't have to lie to me child".

"What are you talking about?" 'Is this lady delusional! She couldn't possibly…'

Sakura bumped into the lady all of a sudden, mumbling apologies. Realizing that they were at the bottom of the stairs, Sakura looked around but still could not see a thing.

"Child," She began waiting for Sakura's attention "When I turn on the lights you will see 'The Truth'."

"What do you mean?"

"I will answer your questions when we are finished"

"Finished with wh-" The lights flashed on and suddenly Sakura felt like someone grabbed the back of her shirt and started flying backwards. Sakura wanted to scream but couldn't seem to find her voice. Her surroundings were whipping right past her; she couldn't catch a glimpse of anything, it was all so blurry.

The invisible hand let go of her, and she fell on the ground to once again find herself in darkness. She heard a slight moan from behind her. She whipped her head around, and asked who was there. But nothing came out. Her voice was lost, she admitted to herself as she got up to her feet and grabbed her throat. Her breathing was heavy. She started desperately searching for anything in the room. The only sign of life was the moan from earlier but she couldn't see anything. She kept turning in different directions every time she heard a noise. She felt as she was going to have an anxiety attack.

A door opened and slammed against the wall, waking Sakura from her thoughts. She stopped her fussing and heard the moan once again. She turned towards the voice to see a woman chained to a wall just high enough so that her toes just barely skimmed the ground, her hands held outstretched by more chains. She looked as if she were on a cross. Sakura then saw the woman's eyes - they were a beautiful shade of green. That was about the only thing that was. Her short brown hair was all matted and tangled. She wore a cloth that loosely hung on her shoulders and went just a little bit past her thighs. It had been torn in many places, and wherever it wasn't torn, it was dirty. It was hardly sanitary. There was no life in the woman's eyes. She had been broken. Sakura felt pity for the woman, but then who wouldn't, what kind of creature could have done such a thing to another human being! Sakura was then aware of approaching footsteps. A very pale man came through the door.

She wanted to scream 'Where the hell am I?' and 'Who the hell are you?' but the words didn't seem to make it past her throat. She looked at the man's face and noticed he had unusual golden-brown eyes that seemed oddly familiar to her and sent chills down her back. She then saw the cold look in his eyes and knew deep down that he was the man that had done this to the woman. Of course, she was scared, but she was not powerless. As the man advanced toward her she saw a needle in his hand and lust in his eyes. She was disgusted. She put her hands together and started doing hand seals…. Nothing happened. 'What the hell?' She tried again but the same thing happened - nothing. 'Shit.' was her last thought as the man was suddenly right in front of her. Her head only came up to his chest. She tilted her head to look up at him. When Sakura was about to step back she stopped when she noticed that his hand was through her shoulder, then his whole body was in her, and then he was behind her. Sakura's body stiffened, her eyes wide, hands trembling at her side. Not only couldn't she speak or use jujitsu, but someone just walked through her. THROUGH HER! And she could do nothing, absolutely nothing, but stand there wide eyed, her hands trembling.

Sorry people I got grounded for 1 month and I kept sneaking on the computer just to write this, but I was just informed that my dad has a week off from work, so know it's impossible for me to sneak on. This chapter was supposed to be much longer but I cut it short because I doubt many of you want to wait a month for a chapter. This Friday will be my last day to write and check my reviews, so please review!