AN: Finally the next chapter is ready for you! :-) I couldn't remember every little detail from the chapters I lost but I think I did alright. :-) I was gonna leave you with a cliffhanger but I just couldn't do it. You guys are such great readers and reviewers I couldn't leave you hanging like that. :-) Anywho on with the story! ENJOY!

It was beyond hope that the situation was just a bad nightmare as the cold edge of Senji's kunai grazed against her neck. Despite the need for oxygen her body refused to take a breath in fear that the small action would cause his blade to slice through her flesh. Tears rolled down her cheeks as he lifted his head to turn his icy gaze back on her.

"Do you?" He ground out the words pulling her hair tighter. "Do you think you deserve the life you have?"

A sob forced its way passed her lips at the pain, her body unable to stop it and her eyes shut tight. The edge of the knife pressed harder against her neck and in a panic effort she tried to move her neck away, but the painful grip he had on her hair kept her firmly in place.

"You dare close your eyes to me?!" He hissed. "Look at me damn it! Tell me your answer!"

She forced her eyes open. "Pl..please don't." Her voice a broken whisper.

Something flashed in his eyes and new wave of terror ripped through her as she felt the knife dig into her skin. The sharp pain indicating it pierced her skin. Her breath ceased again and she was sure this was the end. But suddenly he withdrew the knife and gave her menacing smirk.

"Is that really all the fight you have in you?" He clicked his tongue in disappointment. "Is that the best you beg for the life of your children?"

"NO!" She screamed as she watched the blade slip below her vision and suddenly felt it press against her rounded middle. Her hands moved to protect the precious lives inside her but he pulled hard on her hair and her cry ripped through the room. She sobbed feeling helpless, the lives of her sons being at the mercy of this maniac…. "I sw…swear.." she forced her eyes to his mustering her last ounce of courage. "If you harm my chi..children I will make sure you die before I take my last breath." Sick amusement suddenly appeared on his face and it urged Sakura on. "Don't count me out yet." Ignoring the painful grip he still had on her hair she forced her body to move. In one swift movement she brought her right hand up grabbing the blade of the knife not caring that it cut into her flesh. He only had a moment to look shocked before her left hand flew out grabbed his ankle and pulled his feet right out from under him.

His grip on her hair tightened as he fell to floor, she had only a split second to twist her body enough to follow the pull of her. She pushed the kunai far enough to miss it as he body hit the ground hard next to her legs on the floor. It knocked the wind from her lungs, pain lanced up her side and she sucked in a breath. She heard him groan and the grip on her hair loosened but his hold didn't release. What happened next went so fast she barely had time to think, her body just moved. She reached for the kunai, her nails digging into his fingers long enough for him to release the handle. Once it was in her hand she drove it into his chest with the last of her fading strength.

Kakashi landed hard on the ground next to two Anbu crouching behind shrubbery outside an old crumbling house. "Why are you sitting here? Where's Sakura?" He didn't even try to hide his anger at the fact they were doing nothing while Sakura was in danger just feet from them.

The two men turned their masked faces towards him. "What are you doing? Lady Tsunade said…."

"I didn't give her an option; she had to tell me or try to catch me to throw my ass in prison." He narrowed his gaze. "Where's Sakura? What's the situation?" Being this close his patience was growing incredibly thin and everyone should be counting there lucky stars he's stayed as calm as he has. In the back of his mind he still feared the worst. Did he make it time? Had she been killed? He pushed back his negative thoughts has he glanced at the house. There seemed to be only one door and any windows on the two sides he could see were boarded over.

"She's in the back room of the house. There seems to be only one other in the house with her and we haven't seen any sign of accomplices"

Kakashi nodded. "Right." Just one? He could handle that, why couldn't they. He moved towards the house but one of the Anbu grabbed hold of his shirt. "Let go" He snarled shooting a glare at the man over his shoulder. He threatened the Hokage already today so taking out an Anbu was nothing if it meant he could get to Sakura. His fear was growing and his patience was wearing thin.

"You'll kill her if you go rushing in. The house is loaded with paper bombs; you'll detonate one if you just blindly running in."

"Paper bombs?" His gaze flew back to the house and he covered his new fears with anger. "Then how do you plan on getting her out of there?"

"We are locating them as fast as we can. Until we can find them or a safe place to enter we can't do a thing without risking lives."

Kakashi gritted his teeth and his hands clenched at his sides. He was so close and still he couldn't get to her. "How long?" He jerked from the man's grip.

The man hesitated a moment surely sensing his anger. "Soon Kakashi, we just have to…"

"How long?!" He snarled whipping around grabbing the white vest of the Anbu.

The Anbu tried to pull from his grip once before looking away and Kakashi followed his gaze to two sensory Anbu down twenty feet. They had no doubt heard his demand because one of the men held up his hand and flashed it twice signally ten minutes. Kakashi pushed the man away and took a steadying breath. Turning back to the house he went over every possible plan of attack he could think of. They had ten minutes and he was going in paper bombs or no. He was going to save his family.

Sakura drew in shaky breaths, her wide eyes fixated on the kunai in her now trembling hand that was imbedded in the floor where her captor's body once laid. A shadow clone. She closed her eyes and hung her head. This whole time it was clone? It angered her but fresh tears rolled down her cheeks. The sound of slow clapping then mocked her from the doorway and her head shot up to see the man in the flesh. "I'm impressed." He mused leaning against the doorway.

"Go to hell." Sakura cursed.

His hands froze and the amusement disappeared from his face. "I have been in hell that I can assure you." Sakura's grip on the kunai tightened as she ripped it from the floorboard. She attempted pushing herself up but found herself trembling and unable to move. "Looks like you don't have another attack in you." He tilted his head. "What a pity."

"I can still take you out." She held up the blade. "Just come close enough." Holding his gaze her tears were replaced by anger. Her strength was gone. She had used the last of what she had to take out his clone. But even that was mostly run on the fear and determination to protect the innocent lives inside her. In her current position she was helpless. Unless he came within arm's length of her, but even then she estimated she could only wound him at this point.

A smirk crossed his face. "No need to get violent." His words made her blood boil. He made it sound has he was the victim in this game he was playing. Crossing his arms over his chest he let out an almost dramatic sigh. "Besides your rescue party is outside. It won't be long now and Kakashi will be rushing to your side."

Kakashi! Hope filled her as her gaze shot to the window. He found her. Knowing he was just outside made her tension ease and her fear began to dwindle. Soon this would all be over. It was the best news she'd heard in months. But still something felt…off. Her gaze flicked back to Senji. Why would he inform her that she would be rescued soon? Why wasn't he in a panic? Surely he knew his fate once they breeched the house. And spending a life in prison didn't like something Senji would do willingly. Not after he went through so much trouble to take her and even to prepare this room for her. "Why are you telling me this?" She really shouldn't care and just be happy with the good outcome that the future holds but this was just too…..easy and it didn't sit right with her. He was up to something.

He gave another sigh and glanced out the door towards what she guessed to be the front of the house. "Why not?' Was his vague answer.

A frown marred her features. Why not? For a man who was intent on killing her, or at least his clone was just moments ago, he seems pretty nonchalant about the whole get caught and go to prison idea. "Why are you…..why did you do this?" She asked still trying to figure out his true motive.

"My purpose?" He questioned almost innocently turning his gaze to the ceiling as if he really had to search for the answer. "Ah yes." He narrowed his eyes at her. "I want to make you suffer the way I have."

She would have smacked him if she could of. Him wanting to see her suffer was something she had figured from the beginning. It was right on the list below seeing her die. But now that number reason didn't seem so viable. Senji seemed to have something else in store for her. Btu for what? Because she fainted during surgery and hurt him? They assured her he was fine so then why? Had she done something else to him? She studied him as she searched her memory for anything else that could have possibly happened. There was nothing that came to her. She saw him for the first time that day at the hospital and hasn't seen him since. Could he really just hold a grudge against her for that one act? Was it something to minuscule as hurting his pride? "I already said I was sorry." She tried again not knowing what else to say besides just biting his head off.

"Yes I heard you."

Well apologizing was worthless. "Then why?" She gritted her teeth trying not to just verbally attack him.

He stood there motionless seeming to refuse to answer as he looked back out the door, but he actually answered her. "When I was brought to the hospital four months ago with my injury and found out you were going to be tending to me I thought I would come out being better than perfect. You after all were the apprentice of the Hokage herself. So can you image my shock when I woke up a week later with a hole in my chest?" He narrowed his eyes meeting her gaze. "You are supposed to be the best of the best. So when they lead me to believe that the injury had been worse than they anticipated I let my anger slide and took the situation for what was. It was unavoidable and unfixable. So you can imagine how thrilled I was later when I heard two nurses whispering about how my injury was made worse by you, because you passed out during surgery."

"It should have never happened." She let her anger slip, it was an accident and he said it was unfixable. Plus it wasn't her decision to lie to him, in fact they wouldn't even let her see him in the hospital after it happened. This was probably a good thing if he would have reacted like this towards her. But still…. "So what you're saying is you're pissed because of what? You have a big scar? Did I damage your pride too? You're not explaining why you felt the need to kidnap and threaten my life."

His bitter laughter filled the room. "You really are a useless doctor aren't you?" His laughter died instantly and his gaze narrowed. "Your mistake cut right through my chakra network." He took a step forward his clenching as his voice rose. She flinched thinking he might hit her but he stopped and glared down at her. "You stripped away my life as a Shinobi."

His words slowly sank in and her eyes widened. "No." She whispered. That wasn't possible. Tsunade had assured her he had pulled through one hundred percent. She shook her head. "How can that be? They told me….." New guilt began to eat away at her. Was it true? Did she really injure him that badly?

"They LIED!" He slammed his hand against the door, the action causing her to flinch again. "I lost my job; my wife left me taking my son away from me, my world crumbled around me." His hand fell to clench at his side. "Because of you my life fell into ruins, I have nothing left but an ugly scar that reminds me of you whenever I look at it. So I want you to suffer like I have." Deep hatred flashed in his eyes. "I want to strip you of what is most precious to you."

Precious to me? "No" The kunai in her hand moved lower on her body in an attempt to shield the lives of her children. "I told you I won't let you harm my children."

A slow smile formed on his face and he clicked his tongue. "Are the lives of your unborn children really the only thing that is precious to you?"

"What?" Sakura narrowed her eyes. She tried to wrap her mind around his words. "I don't know what you're talking about." If he had no intention of harming the babies or her then what was he talking about. Her friends? Her Parents? Suddenly realization hit like a ton of bricks and a chill ran through her body as her eyes grew in fear just as much as disbelief. "Kakashi." His name fell from her now trembling lips.

"Bingo" He mused.

His sudden excitement wasn't lost on Sakura but it was the least of her fears now. This whole time Senji's goal was to lure Kakashi to him by using her as the bait. Everything made sense now. He knew that no matter what Kakashi would come for her and he used that to his advantage. Why not just take Kakashi out? She didn't even have to wonder, she knew because it would make Kakashi suffer to think she and their children were in danger. Plus he might just let his guard down if he let his emotions take over. Kakashi must be in hell right now. She closed her eyes and clenched the Kunai tighter. Here she thought he was just crazy, but he's devious too.

A loud bang and the sound of wood cracking echoed through house and it made her eyes snap open. Her heart beat frantically against her chest. She had to do something, anything to warn them.

"It won't be long now." Senji grinned has he moved to close the door.

Her time to make a decision was cut short, she had to do something now. Taking a deep breath she did the only thing she could. "IT'S A TRAP!" She yelled as loud as her voice could handle. "GET AWAY!"

"SAKURA!" The sound of Kakashi's voice was music to her ears and emotion gripped her as tears welled in her eyes. "I'M COMING SAKURA!"

"NO" She frantically called back as the banging grew louder and more frequent. "IT'S A TRAP!"

The heavy metal door to the room clicked shut and the room grew silent. Senji glanced over his shoulder to smirk at her. "It's too late now. He can't hear you. This room his sound proof." He turned his gaze to wall and gave it a small knock. "The room is covered in metal plates guaranteed to keep in any sound." He laughed as he met her terrified gaze. "And it will keep out any explosion."

"No" Her breathing grew erratic as she tried to get to her feet but her body wouldn't allow it. She froze and her heart sank when an explosion shook the room, it sounded so distant but she knew it was in the next room. "Ka…Kakashi!" Tears rushed down her cheeks and the kunai she grasped in her hand fell to the floor.

Laughter filled the room. "It was too easy." Senji soaked in his own filthy glory. "I left the perfect trail and he followed it like a lost little puppy."

"I'll…I'll kill you." Sakura threatened through her tears.

His laughter died and he tilted his head as he looked down at her. "How does it feel? Does it hurt knowing that you can never see him again or feel his touch? Does it hurt?"

A sob tore through Sakura at his words but anger filled her and she slowly pulled herself closer to him. She would kill him if it was the last thing she did.

He laughed again and even crouched down to taunt her. "So pathetic." He clicked his tongue. "Do you feel totally helpless? Did part of your heart die with him?" She met his amused gaze with tear filled narrowed eyes and he again laughed at her expense. "Good, I hope it hurts like hell." He stood turning towards the door, she watched as he placed his hand on the wall and the door popped open. He glanced at her once more; a satisfied grin took home on his face. "Have a nice life Sakura." He chuckled leaving her alone in the room.

"GO TO HELL!" She slumped to the floor the and let out a heart-breaking sob. He was gone. After everything they went through to be together…..Her chest tightened. She lost him. A small kick drew her attention to her swollen middle, then another on the opposite side of the last one. With the shaky hand she rubbed gently at the spot. She hadn't felt them move this whole ordeal. But now when she'd been reduced to a blubbering baby on the floor with no strength to even move, they decide to remind her that they were there. Did they feel her pain? "I'm sorry little ones." Her voice was a trembling whisper.

"Bu….but how!?" Senji's voice pierced her ears and she lifted her head in time to see him stumble into the room.

"You're sloppy" An angry voice snarled. A very familiar angry voice.

Her heart stopped and she gasped as she stared at the tattered profile of the man she loved as he held a kunai pointed at the throat of a now trembling Senji. New tears built in her eyes until they spilled over like a dam holding too many emotions.

Kakashi turned his attention on her and his hard gaze softened. "I found you."

A trembling smile spread across her dirty and battered features. "Yes" She nodded her head. "You did."

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