Sakura turned, looking at the room for a moment. Again, there was a deck that separated the dirt from the boards. Probably to keep the bugs off of them; carpet hadn't really been invented back then. A screen kept the pink haired girl from seeing what was on the deck however; which Sakura personally didn't even want to know. Gripping Naruto's hand in her own; the pair trudged forward, towards the small steps that led up onto the deck. Rounding the screen, they pair let out a sigh; nothing creepy was to be found and most thankfully, no ghosts. Releasing her grip on the blonde's hand, she wandered over to a kimono box that was at the back of the room; while Naruto started to walk out onto the outside deck that was connected to the room. After checking the kimono box thoroughly, the girl sighed; having found no clues on how to get out of the village. Standing, her eyes shifted to Naruto whom was looking at a black liquid filled pond. "Don't fall in Naruto." Sakura whispered weakly; trying to lighten the ominous mood that seemed to fill the village.

"Like I'd do tha-"

Splash. Naruto fell in, having turned to talk and lost his footing at the same time. "Yuck! What the hell is this shit?" The blonde cried, springing out of the pond as quick as he fell in.

Sakura's breath was stuck in her throat as she placed her hand over her mouth. Thousands of white hands seemed to be springing up from the pond next to Naruto's foot, threatening to pull the blonde in. Naruto, spotting the look of terror written on the female's face, whipped around and let out a startled cry as one of the many hands reached for his face. Scooting back a few inches out of reaction; the boy waited for something to snag at his face, his eyes closed in fear. However, when he opened them, the hands were no where in sight. Letting out a breath of relief, his comrade soon returned to his side, helping him up and away from the deck. Naruto shivered at the sight that still flooded his mind, a small whimper coming from his throat. Sakura; just as frighten as Naruto, allowed the boy to sit on an old coal brazier to catch his breath. This was when she noticed an piece of paper laying in the ashes near the boy's behind, and plucked it from it's position.

"Look, it looks like the page fro-" Sakura started, though stopped as Naruto clamped his hand over her mouth.

The door suddenly squeaked open and the two quietly rushed to the corner of the screens, farthest away from the wooden steps as they awaited for someone to ascend them. Pressing their backs against the wall, both cried out as they saw the familiar raven head trudge up the stairs, "Sasuke!"

Sasuke fell to the ground on the deck, shivering as his teammates ran to his side; Sakura hugging him tightly and Naruto trying to pull the raven into a sitting position. "What happened to you?" Sakura screamed through tear's, making Sasuke become annoyed.

"Nothing! I'm fine damn it, so shut up before those damn things come after us again!" He snapped at her, Sakura's eyes widening as she backed off.

Naruto, clearly pissed off, couldn't bring himself to words as the raven hunched over, holding his knee's as he tried to regain his strength. He couldn't blame Sasuke for being upset though; since the young Uchiha seemed to have been through hell. Finally Sasuke told the two about the woman with the long hair, in the secret room and how he had ran into the one opposite of it. He then told them of how the woman, the one that had led them into this house in the first place and whom kept popping up everywhere; had appeared in the window behind him. "But, this is when it starts to get funny…" He told the two, looking hard at his knee's.

"I was reaching for a key that I had suddenly found when something grabbed my ankle. All I remember after that was that I woke up and there was a woman in a white kimono looking down at me; only this one didn't have blood stains. She was beckoning me to come with her to some mansion or something…Then she asked me if I needed someone to protect….and then when I nodded I found myself in front of this door…"

Before Sasuke could get anymore out however, the three spun around as they heard a male raspy voice yell, "Don't come near me!"

The trio slammed into the screens, knocking them over as the bloody man; back from in the vision that had engulfed theshinobibefore, hissed at them. "Run for it!" Naruto cried as it trudged towards the group.

Scrambling to their feet, the ninja ran back down the hall, only to round the corner and have another apparition waiting for them. The woman was back and was walking up the stairs on their left. Hearing the shrilling yell behind them; Naruto rushed toward the woman. "What the hell are you doing dobe?" Sasuke screamed as he looked back at theghost whom held his hands up to grab the other two lingering ninja.

"She won't hurt us! She saved me and Sakura before!" The blonde said in one breath, running back and pulling his team mates with him up the stairs.

The stairs had led to a door with a lock; thankfully the key that Sasuke had grabbed up before had unlocked it, for the male ghost was still on their trail. Throwing his team mates inside before slamming the door shut, Sasuke fell back against the floor; panting.

The three relaxed after a while, hearing the squeak of the floor board stair's decrease and fade. "This is like some fucking game." Naruto whispered, standing up with the others.

However, the scares weren't over yet. The woman that had attacked Sasuke before suddenly slipped out of a box to the group's right in a small closet. "It's gonna be game over in a second!" Sakura screamed as they ran to their left, into another room traditional room.

The woman rushed at them, causing the three to scatter to different parts of the,thankfully opened, room. Sasuke jumped back, hitting the wall to his right; though something ran through his mind at the instant he touched it. 'A set of doors!' The raven realized as the female ghost lunged at Sakura, gripping her neck and shaking her violently. "Hey ugly!" Sasuke shouted, causing the woman to release her grip on the female ninja whom sunk to the floor, gasping for the breath she had lost.

Waiting for the woman to grab him, Sasuke grabbed at the woman's arms. Success. They were solid now! A few kicks and punches later, theghost fell to the ground screaming and fading away. Tearing open the doors; the younger Uchiha nodded for his friends to follow him into the last room that held a few book shelves and such lining the walls. Falling back from his own shock; the boy waited for his body to finally grasp that it was alright as Naruto started to throw questions his way.

"How did you do that? She's a ghost ain't she? So why? I mean and the door! How'd you know it was there?"

Truly, not even Sasuke could put into words how he had figured it out. It had been like second nature to him to throw his attacks; and he didn't know how he knew about the door's either besides pure luck.

"Listen, from what we can gather; the woman we've been following was the woman that was looking for Masumi; the dam builder. She died looking for him and mostly likely…"

The small candle light, which the trio hadn't noticed until it started flickering, had suddenly went out; and a dreadful moan came from behind Sasuke. "Whyyyyyy…."

Biting his lip, Sasuke turned his head to look straight into the eyes of the woman that they had been following. Screaming; Sasuke jumped forward, into the arms of Naruto coincidently. The woman had the look of malice in her eyes as she lunged at the boy's now; mouth gapping open as she howled.

"No you don't!"

Both boy's were stunned as Sakura threw herself in front of the two, a kunai out and ready. "No, Sakura!"

To late, the woman had seized Sakura by the shoulders and started to shake her terribly.

The two shinobi could only stare in horror as the pink haired ninja fell to the ground in a heap; her eyes rolled back into her head. Again, the ghost rounded on Naruto and Sasuke whom were ready at this time. Allowing himself to be snagged, Naruto let out a piercing cry before Sasuke grabbed the woman by the hair and flung her across the room into the book shelf. The woman hissed in agony as she held her head. "Whyyyyyy!"

Sasuke braced himself for the worst as the woman stood and rushed at the ninja now; ready to suck the life force from his body. "Oi! Miyako!"

Sasuke's, as well as the woman's, head turned to see Naruto motioning to a picture that he held in his hand. The ghost suddenly screeched, running at the blonde full force after a moment of realizing whom was in the photo; herself and a man, more then likely Masumi. Naruto closed his eyes and threw his fist out, hoping for the best result. Luck seemed to be on the boy's side this time, because as the Miyako's hand's reached for his neck, she flew back from the force of running into the boy's arm. Hissing lightly, the woman finally faded, screaming in agony from something.

Sasuke watched the scene with widened eyes before he fell back; onto his ass as he tried to figure out something. Why was it that they were able to hit the ghosts? It didn't make sense! His eyesdoubled in sizeas a vision suddenly took hold of his already shaken mind. He watched as the Miyako was being killed; choked to death by the torn up man, whom Sasuke had just figured out was Masumi. "Even though we were finally able to meet….why…?" The woman sobbed in his mind before he felt his vision point turn behind him; seeing Naruto and a strange girl running after a crimson butterfly. Unable to take this all in at once, the raven fell to the floor after the ghosts had released him from the terrible sight. The same had happened to Naruto; for he saw the blonde hit the floor with a thud just before his exhausted eyes closed.

'I don't want to see…..anymore.' Sasuke's eyes snapped open as he felt someone whisper in his ear. Glancing over his shoulder, he saw Naruto clinging to the back of his shirt; asleep. A small smile crept to his features as he picked up the boy and placed him on his back. He did the same with Sakura after finding that she was alive and well; just exhausted and cold. The small amount of motion caused the blonde to open his eyes as Sasuke headed down the stairs. "Sasuke-kun?…."

"Hush, we're leaving." Sasuke said, adjusting the boy on his back, still wondering how he had any strength at all to do this labor.

His smile widenedwhen he felt the boy lay his head back on his shoulder, nuzzling against his sleeve a bit to get comfortable. "Sasuke, do you know how-"

"I think I do…" Sasuke interrupted, knowing what was on the boy's mind; as well as his own.

He thought back to his dream as he explained it to him; the one he had after he had fainted.

Sasuke's eyes slowly opened as he glared up at another boy that looked exactly like him, except taller. "Ni-san?" Sasuke asked, standing up.

He was back in his room, as a small child of seven, his brother walking away from him and out the door. Running towards his sibling, Sasuke opened the door to see he was standing outside of a small shrine. He gasped in horror as he saw the ghosts from the village; these one's being monks with staffs in their hands. Though what really horrified the boy was the two children; two ghostlytwin girls in white kimono's running from the apparitions. As the twins approached, one of them tripped on the stairs, calling out to the other. "Yae!"

To late, the monks had grabbed up the child and began to pull her back down the stairs as her twin ran on, into the shrine. Sasuke followed after Yae; having no clue why at this point. The girl ran to the back of the shrine where an old door was. Opening it, he could barely make out her words as she passed through it; the expression of sorrow on her face as she did so, "I'm sorry, I have to break our promise…Sae."

Naruto wrinkled his nose in disgust at the thought of someone leaving their sibling behind, though he didn't say anything; knowing that Sasuke was probably reminded about how Itachi abandoned him. "So, what's this got to do with us?" he finally questioned as the reached the bottom of the deck stairs and headed down the hall, towards the door.

"I ain't finished yet."

Sasuke turned, only to find himself in an huge cavern. A stone alter stood about fifteen paces away from him as candles lined the path way to it. The chime's of bells made the boy turn and nearly scream as a monk passed through him. Catching his breath, which was very much caught in his throat by this point; he watched as Sae was hung by a rafter and thrown into the pit that laid beyond the alter. The image suddenly frozen as the woman flew in. Sasuke spun around as he heard a soft voice from behind him. "The crimson sacrifice."

Yae stood in front of him now, her eyes filled with sorrow and misery. "It is were the oldest twin kills the younger…and then, the younger one is thrown into the pit you see before you; and turned into a crimson butterfly. This was mine, and Sae's fate, even though we didn't want it. Those many years ago, I left my sister; sure that they wouldn't kill her without me here…and when I tried to get back; I couldn't. Sae died, and the least I could have done was made it by my hands…"

The girl sobbed, throwing herself into the younger Uchiha's arms. " I knew…I promised her that we'd be together forever…and even though we could have this way…even though she wanted that…I still pushed her to go with me, to leave the village…and then."

The image unfroze, and an irruption of black smoke came from the pit. Sae rose from the pit, her eye's filled with malice and hate that sent shiver's up the boy's spine. "Why did you have to kill her anyways?" Sasuke asked, holding the sobbing girl closer.

"It was to appease the hell; that pit you see…if we didn't…the malice would leak out; causing what you've seen already. The villager's were killed by it and my sister was possessed by it. Now, the dead cannot rest, Sae captures people from the outside world and forces them through this torture to know our story…you've seen the results."

Sasuke bit his lip, understanding Sae's pain of being left alone; though he felt the sincerity of Yae's story. "I tried to come back! I swear I did but the malice wouldn't let me through, Sae would no longer let me come back…and now…"

Sasuke watched as Sae slaughtered the villager's, summoning a even bigger ghost with huge nails and ropes tied to it's limbs. It tore open the villagers one by one, causing Sasuke to shiver as it flickered it's eyes towards him every once and a while. "Sasuke, I've given you and the blonde boy a gift…because you remind me of the bond me and Sae had…You should already know what the gift is since it has saved you once…please; escape together along with your sensei and the girl…please, put Sae to rest. Break the curse that was set on the village because of me…"

"Oh come now dear Sasuke-kun." Sakura whispered, now awake from the boy's voice, "You believe that?"

Naruto lowered his eyes at the 'dear'. Of course Sakura loved Sasuke still and all, but it made him feel unneeded. Sasuke also detested how Sakura had addressed him. He felt Naruto's depression somehow; and it pissed him off even more. "Listen, stop calling me that. Be serious. We have to get Kakashi and get the hell outta here." The raven said firmly, letting the two off his back once they were back outside.

Starting to trudge down path that branched off to the left and right, the team decide to go left with a quick vote; Naruto being the only one whom wanted to go right. Walking deeper and deeper into the village, Sasuke began to think back on the rest of his disturbing dream.

Sasuke had nodded to the girl's plead, promising to get his comrades to safety and to return her sister to peace. As Yae faded away though, he heard a shrill of laughter behind him. Sae looked at him, her head tilted slightly to the side and a evil grin plastered on her face. "You, your going to make me rest in piece? Why? We have so much in common Sasuke-kun…you were left by your older sibling to were you not? The only switch is that I killed the village and you didn't…" She spoke, walking forward and backed Sasuke into a wall.

Gently, her cold hands wrapped around him, his body returning to it's former, older self. "Your friends don't mean that much do they? Not as much as getting your revenge; just like I want mine. We're the same." Sae hissed in his ear, her arm's wrapping around his head now in a tender like embrace as she covered his eyes with her pale hand. "Think about it, that girl always gets in the way of your love anyways…and that sensei of yours. Doesn't he always come late? Like he hates even helping you. Naruto, don't you want to be with him forever…I can make that possible Sasuke…kill them…and bring him to me…and kill them!"

"Sasuke? You alright?" Naruto's gentle voice rung through the raven's ears as he snapped out of his daze.

"H-hai." He nodded as the approached another branching wing in the road. 'Together…forever huh?'