This is an AU. I thought it wasn't one because it still had the nija's stuff. Thanks Mistress DragonFlame for the point.

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The Mystery of Onyx Eyes

Chapter 4:

New Home

The disapparence of the pink haired kunoichi wasn't unnoticed. Her blue eyed friend began to worry.

Rumours that she died or killed herself spread through the village. Others said that they saw her with a dark-haired stranger from the sound with whom she left to betray the village. Unnesscary to say a deserted Leaf foreheadprotector only added suspicion. Nevertheless Naruto didn't believe them one word.

He slammed his fists on the table of the fith Hokage. "There is no way that Sakura-chan would betray us." His azure eyes flickered in anger.

The Hokage clasped her fingers together and used her elbows as support as she rested her chin on the back of her hands. "Naruto I also don't want to believe that Sakura betrayed us, but the facts are against her."

"How can you say that you old hag! You don't even know her."

"That's right I don't know the friend of yours. But how do you explain the deserted forehead protector with pink strands? I also have heard that the inhabitans here threated her and her parents badly. The possibility that she betrayed us is quite high." The hokage stated.

"But…but.."

"Naruto if she doesn't come back or will not be found in six months she'll be declared as a missing nin. You know what that means?"

He hesistated but then said "Yes."

"If she comes back with the intent to harm Konohara what will you do?"

"I'll kill her." Naruto's voice was firm which surprised himself. Sakura I believe in you. You would never betray us.

Sakura's Pov

It took us two days to arrive Sound. During the night we slept in separate tents on the grass.

Despite the blanket I was still cold. It felt as if the night here was much colder and more cruel than in Konohara.

Then after the second day we finally arrived Sound. We stood in front of an old fashinal temple. The aura of it was cold and dark. I shuddered. As we stepped in we were greeted by masked ninjas. "Welcome back Sasuke-sama." Sasuke nodded at them.

I was quite frightened by them and the intimdating atmosphare. The dark air around me was like ice. Then we went along the hallway until we reached a room. The hallway was weak illuminated and everything looked old but not dusty. Mahogany coloured wooden walls were decorated with cracks. The stone ground was surprising clean. But the area still frightened me and my pale skin was covered with goosebumps. I broke the silence in which walked.

"Where are we going Sasuke?" I could tell that there was fear in my voice. "To my master."

"Master?" He nodded. Then he opened the night purple black door. We stepped in.

The atmosphare was still the same. Two torchs and a damp lamp on the roof illuminated the dark room. There was a snake-faced man with long black hair and golden cruel eyes on a stone throne, an evil smirk crossed his thin lips. Besides him was a silver blue haired man with thick black glasses behind them were his black eyes.

"Welcome back Sasuke-kun." The golden eyed man greeted him. "Thank you Orochimaru-sama." Sasuke said. "Did you enjoy your stay in Konohara?" The silver blue haired man asked with a smile.

"Yes."

"I see you brought a souvenir with you." The black eyes behind the glasses were eyeing me from the top to the bottom which made me nervous.

"If I may introduce you. This is Sakura Haruno - Orochimaru-sama, Kabuto-san. This is Orochimaru-sama and Kabuto-san- Sakura." Sasuke introduced me.

"Nice to meet you Sakura-san." Kabuto smiled at me. "Same to me." I didn't return his smile.

"Come here kid." Orochimaru ordered me. I looked at Sasuke. He nodded. With light footsteppes I went to him. "Knee down Sakura-san."

Kabuto instructed. I did like I was told. Orochimaru's hand cupped my cheek and carrassed my skin gently. His cold fingers and piercing glance made me shuddder. My whole body tensed up. I began to tremble visibly.

"Sakura relax." Sasuke's voice echoed in my ears. His voice came from the left direction. He sat on a chair, his legs were crossed, behind of him was a wall. "Sasuke…" I pleaded.

I'm so afraid.

"Sasuke-kun I don't want to doubt your decision but are you sure that she is able to help us to destroy Konohara?" Orochimaru turned his head to his direction as he asked him.

"I'm sure." The snake turned his attention back to me. "Poor thing. You never mangaged to fufil your deepest wishes. You always failed." His words echoed in my ears.

Always failed

Always failed

Always failed

But this time would be different.

"You still blame yourself for being weak, am I right? People like you are pathetic."

Feelings of hatred and anger rushed through my body. I lifted my eyes and locked them with hid golden ones.

"Yeah that's right. I am pathetic. That's why I'll never forgive Konohara. It's their fault that I'm now like this. I hate them." My voice was firm and cold.

"Very well Sakura-san. That's what I wanted to see. Your hatred. The hatred towards Konohara in your eyes. Sasuke-kun?"

"Yes?"

"You'll train her from now."

"Yes."

"I'll leave the punishment up to you if she fails." The snake-man licked his lips and so did Sasuke. I shuddered.

"I'll look forward to that." Sasuke smirked at me cruelly.

"Entertain me well Sakura-san. I'm eager to see what you'll become in two years."

"I won't disappoint you Orochimaru-sama." Then he finally let go of my face.

He waved his hand. "You both are dismissed." After these words Sasuke and I left the intimdating room.

"You did it good Sakura." His words surprised me.

"Do you think so?"

"Yes." After a while we arrived a room. "This your room from now." Sasuke opened the door. We stepped into the dark room and he turned the light on. In the room was a futton on the ground, a table with pillows as seats , oil lamps and a window. The moonlight was shining through it, falling on the brown table.

Sasuke looked at the other door in the room while he told her " There is the bathroom. You can take a bath if you want." I nodded.

"Are you hungry?" I was indeed hungry.

"Yes"

"The servants will bring you your food in a few minutes. Feel free to explore this place if you want. But don't go into any rooms which are marked and also don't go to Orochimaru's room unless it's really nesscary."

"I understand." Then he walked to the door and was about to leave when I called him " And where is your room?"

He turned around. "In the second floor, third door."

I nodded.

He left, shutting the door gently. I decided to sit on the futton. This was my new life and it doesn't seem to be so bad. After a while someone knocked at my door and opened it. It was a sound nin. "Here is your dinner Sakura-sama." He said and placed the trail on the table.

"Thanks."

"You're welcome Sakura-sama."

With these words he left.

I went to the table and sat down. On the trail was a bowl of rics with a bowl of miso soup and a cup of streaming hot green tea. For dessert was a mochi servered , one of my favourite japenese rice cakes. My stomach grumbled which reminded me that I haven't eat properly for the last two days. I grabbed the chopsticks and ate the rice greedly. Then I gulped the miso soup down. After I finished the decent main dishes I took the pink mochi and devoured its sweet taste. As I finished I drank the tea and took a bath.

Because there was just a piece of hard soap and no bathoil I took the bath pure.

I glanced at my reflection in the water. Will I be able to change?

Ten minutes later I stepped out of the bathtub and dried myself with a with towel. Then I went to bed and fell at once into a restful sleep. For the first I didn't have to cry myself to sleep.

Soft knocks at the door echoed in my ears.

"Sakura-sama it's time for your training with Sasuke-sama." Someone said. "He awaits you in an half an hour."

Then the voice died. I think he left. I quickly stood up, brushed my teeth and took a shower to was my tiredness away. After that I changed my clothes as fast as I could. I wore my usual red coat, but now a sound protector instead of my old one decorated my head.

Again someone knocked at my door. "Come in." A sound nin stepped in.

I excepted him to bring my breakfast but he didn't. "I'm sorry Sakura-sama but today you won't have breakfast. It's an order from Sasuke-sama."

"Ok."

"Please follow me." I did like I was told. We went outside the temple to a grass field. The training area I assume. The sunshines carressed my skin. It felt good to smell the fresh air again. The field was filled with different trainings equipment. My eyes caught glimpse of raven hair. Sasuke.

He turned around as if he had sensed me. A smirk decorated his lips as he asked me "Did you sleep well?"

I nodded. "Yes."

"If you wonder why you didn't have breakfast it's because you would throw up during the training." I gulped. What did he mean?

"Let's start with the training." He ordered. I nodded.

He tossed a kunai to me which I caught.

"Kill him." He nodded towards the sound nin next tome. Before I could blink Sasuke already kicked him in the ribs and I heard a crack. The sound nin hit the ground and coughed blood.

Sasuke landed next to me.

The kunai was trembling in my hands.

"What's the matter Sakura?" he asked coldly as I hesistated.

"Why do I have to kill him? My whole body shook in fear.

"It's a part of our training. "

"But that's betrayel."

"That's excactly what you should learn. To betray each other because you can't trust any one. Do you think your old village would hesistate to kill you? Trust me they won't."

I knew that he was right. The truth was undenyable.

"You're too soft Sakura if you stay like this you'll never able to get your revenge. I want you to thoughen up your fragil heart. It reminds me of glass and glass shatters easily."

"But… but." The words just won't leave my mouth.

Anxiety paralized my whole body. My hear was pounding painfully against my chest. It was so loud that I could hear the beats. My hand tightened around the kunai.

"I…I can't."

"Kill him." He ordered firmly.

"No… I can't."

"Satura kill him." The sound nin was grabbing his ribs, coughing even more blood. His pain was cearly visible in his face. Once again Sasuke demanded " Kill him now."

I dropped the kunai and kneeled on the grass, grabbing both sides of my hair.

My eyes were tightly shut as I screamed "Please don't make me do that, I can't ."

I felt a raw hand grabbing my arm roughly, yanking me into a standing positon.

"Sakura look into my eyes." Slowly I opened my slightly tear filled eyes.

Crimson.

His eyes had the colour of blood. Suddenly images and memories rushed through my mind.

"What did you say bitch?" My old bully was standing in front of me. How?

I received a punch in my face. The pain was real. My cheek hurt like hell. Then they beat me up.

I laid on the ground. People of my old village looked down at me disgusted. "Look at that pathetic girl." A woman whispered to another. "I heard her unworthy parents died in a mission."

How dare they to insult my parents?

"Deserve them right. She is just like them." She threw me a dirty look. Then they walked away.

White eyes stared down at me, also disgusted. My whole body was covered with cuts and bruises. My shaking hand reached out at him but he just walked away. His long brown hair waved in the air as he turned around.

Neji

The tears of anger and hate stinged in my eyes.

"Is the humialation enough or do you need more to understand that they all hate and despise you Sakura? Did you really already forget about your revenge? Kill them, kill them all, my black flower."

Then I saw them again. They looked despised at me and thre humialating words at me.

A smirk slowly formed on my lips. A dark smirk. The feeling of the cold metal in my hands was giving me the feeling of power. Soon I'll have power on my own.

Then I ran towards them and stabbed them several times. "I'll kill you. I'll kill you all."

Their screams were music in my ears. I loved them.

But suddenly the darkness and all the blood vanished. The chirpings of birds haunted my ears and the fresh air hit my skin. The green grass was tainted with blood. A short grasp escaped my lips.

"Was it that hard black flower?" A deep voice asked me.

I looked at my hands which were soaked with blood. Then I looked at the sound nin. He was dead, killed by me. His eyes and mouth were opened. A kunai stuck in his heart.

"What happened? I thought-." Sasuke cut me before I could finish my sentence.

"You were trapped in my genjutsu. I'll teach you some later. But I excepted you to be better. The training is finished. You are dismissed." After these words I left.

But the strange feeling still lingered in me. It was the first time I killed a human. That feeling made me feel … powerful. Suddenly I heard someone behind me as I walked through the dark hallway of the building.

"How was your training Sakura-san?" I turned around. It was Kabuto.

"Terrible." I answered.

"Don't worry Sasuke-kun is a good teacher." After this exchange of words, I left him alone in the hallway, walking back to my room.

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I didn't except the next morning would arrive that fast. Again I was with Sasuke and another sound nin on the training field. "Today I want to see how strong your will of surviving is." He handed me a katana. "You'll be fighting him, but don't worry I told him not to use his chakra. Nevertheless you're alone in this fight. If you're about to be killed I won't interrupt. Understand?"

I simply nodded.

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Blood was dripping from my skin. My arms, back, face and the upper part of my body had cuts, some deeper than other but not life threatening.

The katana stuck in the lifeless body of the sound nin. I won. "You did it well. Don't worry about your wounds. Kabuto will heal them."

"Um yeah." But I didn't really care about my wounds.

Sensing what I was thinking Sasuke let out a sigh and advised me.

"Sakura let Kabuto heal your wounds or else you won't be able to endure the training."

"S-sure."

"But we are going out for a mission, so you'll have to wait until tomorrow in the evening."

"Ok."

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Like Sasuke said there was no training in the next morning since they were gone for a mission. So I had to train by myself. Soon the evening arrived and I went back.

I saw Kabuto who was on the way to Sasuke's room. "Kabuto-san."

My voice caught his attention. He turned around.

"Good evening Sakura-san." He greeted with a smile. I noticed that in his hand was a box.

"How was the mission?"

"It was good."

"What's this?" I pointed at the can.

"Oh this. It's medicine for Sasuke's wounds. But don't worry he just has a few cuts and bruises. Nothing really serious."

The mission must have been serious or else Sasuke wouldn't have been injuried. I was worried about him.

"Can I give Sasuke the medicine?"

"Sure." He gave me the medicine box and smirked at me. He placed a hand on my shoulder.

His lips were near my ear as he whispered "But I've to warn you though Sakura-san. Be careful Sasuke-kun can be a very dangerous wolf sometimes." I gasped. Kabuto's amused chuckle filled my ears.

He continued "A wolf who loves to play with his little innocent meat before he devours them."

I felt a little scared by his words and said nervously "Thank you for your advise Kabuto-san."

"It was my pleasure." Then I walked to Sasuke's room, ignoring the uneasy feeling lingering in me. I stiffened at the sounds of cracking woods beneath my feet. Then I knocked at Sasuke's door.

"Come in." I stepped into his room. He was sitting on the futton- shirtless. His arms were quite muscular. His body looked gorgeous. My cheeks heated when I blushed.

His back was coated with some cuts and bruises but it was nothing serious, like Kabuto said.

"Good evening. How was your mission?" He turned around, nodding.

"Good."

I fumbled with the medical box in my hands.

"Here is some medicine for your wounds."

A sly smirk curved on his lips.

"Sakura, would you mind to help me with the wounds on my back?"

The view of his naked upper body disturbed me slightly, but I've to admit he was really nice built. So strong.

Then Kabuto's words haunted me. "Be careful Sasuke-kun can be a very dangerous wolf sometimes."

A shirtless Sasuke just added even more spice in my imagination. Unconsiously I blushed.

"Sure." I walked behind him, opening the can and tipped two fingertips into the cool green cream.

I kneeled down on the futton behind him. I hesistated at first but then I brushed my cream coated fingers over his cuts. He flinched slightly because of the cold of the medicine but then he let out relaxing sighs. After a while I finished treating his wounds. I closed the can.

"All done."

I stood up and was about to walk away when a rough hand wrapped around my wrist. Our eyes met as I faced him.

"Let me treat your wounds in return." I was a bit taken back.

"No thank you. That's not necessary." He didn't let go of my wrist.

"It is Sakura." Finally I gave in.

"Fine."

"Sit down." I did what he told me. He treated the wounds on my arms and legs.

Suddenly I remembered that I also had cuts on my chest and stomach. I hope he forgot about them. He didn't.

"Take your clothes off."

That means he has to see me halfnaked. My heart began to rush. Sasuke-kun can be a very dangerous wolf sometimes. Dangerous. How dangerous?

"Sakura?"

"Yes?"

"You don't except me to do something to you, don't you?"

"E-ehh." That was all I could reply. Then he leaned close to me, I almost felt the warmth of his body. He whispered hazyly into my ears:

"Your instincts are right. You better run now before I tear your clothes off."

My heart started to pounds, heat rushed through my head. Sweat engulfed my body.

Was he serious? I didn't want to find out.

Using my hands to push myself from the futton I tried to stand up. But before I could even blink I found myself pinned on the mattress, my wrists in a dead lock next to my head.

Soon my heart started to throb against my chest. I squirmed under his body, trying to break free with no avail. "Scared little blossom?" He asked mockingly. My heart pounded harder.

His free hand fumbled with my clothes. Oh god Sasuke you aren't going to…

He bent down and whispered into my ear "Sakura I want you to scream my name when I'm having my way with you." As his grip loosened I took the oppunarity to slam my head against his. Cursing under his breath he fell back. His forehead was slightly red from my attack.

Quickly I ran as fast as I could. I startled in shock as I felt a hand grabbing my wrist. Turning frightened to him, my eyes met dark onyx ones. How did he manage to recover so quickly?

"Sakura I was just fooling around." He let go of my wirst and put something in my hand. It was the medicine can. Sasuke grinned at me.

"Go back to your room and treat your wounds." I calmed down a little, but inside I was still nervous.

"Yeah."

Then I walked out of his room.

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The next day we trained again and this time even harder. The time passed rather quickly and the training was over. In the castle I noticed a room in which I never have been before.

I decided to enter. Surprise hit me as I realized that it was a room with a hot spring. Shoji doors, buckets and towels were there. The water was steaming like mist.

Everything was clean and looked pretty. I couldn't surpress to take a bath after the damn hard training. My body was still sweat covered which was pretty disgusting.

Stripping out of my clothes and putting them in a closet which was nearly, I wrapped a soft white towel around me and stepped into the water. The bath was absolutely relaxing and delicious. The steam was carassing my face. Humming I rubbed my sore arms and shoulders.

"Enjoying yourself little blossom?" I startled as I heard a dark amused chuckle behind me, definitely male. I turned around and caught the glimpse of raven hair.

My cheeks grew hot, I blushed, hoping he wouldn't take notice.

"Sa-Sasuke. I didn't know this spring was for males."

"Actually it isn't. It's for both. But we don't have many female nins." The hot steaming water covered him to his muscular chest. His black hair was damp and hid forehead sweaty from the temperature. "Excuse me." I said and was about to leave when he spoke.

"Sakura don't go. I wish for your company."

"B-but."

"It's not a request but an order."

I just nodded.

Sasuke isn't that dangerous? Is he?