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(Word Count: 1,109 words.) This chapter took me forever to write, because I would write bits and pieces, then come back and write more. I don't update a chapter until I feel that it is complete, and now this one feels complete. :)

I hope you guys catch the HUGE HINT I threw in, that is important to the plot!! And, some aspects of this chapter, I feel, could have been better, like, more descriptions, but I'll revise this later. :)

Disclaimer: I do not own Naruto. Why must I repeat myself? God. Oh, but I do own Hoshi. She belongs to ME!!

If anyone of you thinks this is sasukeXhoshi, you are sadly mistaken. ok?

I hope you like this chapter. :)

Dark hair, reflecting thousands of colors. White clothing, visible in the dark room. Lying beside her, a dark angel slept, briuses and cuts harsh on his pale ivory skin. Their right arms connected. A blood red cloth. Transfering chakra. Healing him, for he shall rise again.

"What." Sasuke said, as Hoshi stared at him, as if she wouldn't mind ripping out his heart and eating it, blood dripping from her chin.

"Hoshi," Madara said, as Hoshi looked away from Sasuke. "Calm down." They exchanged a look, undecipherable by those assembled. Hoshi stopped glaring, and looked at a nearby tree.

Sasuke was confused. Worse, he didn't know what was going on. He settled for glaring at everything in sight to ease his longing to know, to be part of the inner circle. He was an Uchiha, dammit, and Madara wasn't treating him as such, preferring his so-called daughter. He knew she had no Sharingan, so he began to question her parentage.

She was obviously not an Uchiha. She had no Uchiha traits.

Madara gave everyone assembled a searching look, from beneath his mask, before ordering, "Hoshi shall take Sakura. Sasuke, you will keep watch. Karin, henge into Sakura. Suigetsu, flood the entire area near Haruno's residence. Juugo. You will be Hoshi's back-up."

"I, keep watch?" Sasuke asked, incredulous. He threw an intense glare in Hoshi's direction before preparing to argue/fight with Madara.

"Look, Sas-gay. I'm sure you feel that keeping watch is too easy for you." Hoshi began, "but you were once on that medic's team, and sources tell me you... had feelings for her. Therefore, you cannot be trusted at this time to kidnap her."

"If this is about proving that I've broken my bonds--" He growled.

"No one is questioning your bonds." Madara announced.

"Let's do this before Karin awakens the entire village with her lamentations!!" Karin was arguing with herself, weather or not she should kidnap Sasuke, if she should beat him up, and rape him, plotting ways to kill Sakura, or, as she referred to her, "The bitch"... Hoshi yelled, angry. Karin's fangirl-ness was bothering her.

"We will meet here in 15 minutes."

"15 minutes? She's gonna break in undetected, kidnap the Godaime's apprentice, help Karin into the apprentice's room, and get outta there in 15 minutes? Pft. I can do it in 10." Bragged Suigetsu, as Juugo stayed silent.

XxXxX

"Change of plan... Madara told me to tell you that I kidnap Sakura." Sasuke said, blandly, to a prepared-for-action Hoshi. She turned to him, incredulous.

"Bullshit." She said, absolutely sure of herself. "Madara-san trusts me many times more than he trusts you, and for all I know, you could be plotting to save her or kill her so we don't torture her like you think we will." At Sasuke's silence, Hoshi smiled. "Bingo. Don't worry, Chibi. We won't torture her." At least in the ways you're imagining....

He remained silent. Not an expression on his face, but Hoshi was smart enough to guess what turbulent thoughts plauged him underneath his mask. She smiled a creepy, evil, knowing smile, and disappeared into Konoha as Sasuke "kept watch".

If I'm going to kill the elders, I might as well kill them all.

I disgust myself.

I need to kill Sakura and Naruto.

Spare them...

Death is better to them than witnessing the Death of Konoha.

Why do I insist on hold on to these useless bonds...?

Itachi, you did more damage than I thought. Now that I'm freed from revenge, the truth revealed, I thirst to spare them... the way you wanted to spare me. Damn you.

Sasuke snapped out of his reverie. He heard a slight rustling. He turned toward the noise, and activated his Sharingan. Hoshi was carrying what appeared as a drugged Sakura.

"Karin didn't show" She motioned.

"What?!!" He gestured.

"Karin isn't here, I radioed Madara-san, and she's not with him either." She finally whispered.

"What." Said Sasuke, shocked. Even though it appeared he didn't care one way or another.

AN AMBUSH!! A TRAP!! WHAT IS THIS?? Sasuke's mind had been trained well, he was paranoid, and that made him react quickly. He formed several plans to fight off the suspected attackers.

Where could Karin be? Is it possible she betrayed Madara-san? No. Her precious Sasuke. She would do anything for that bastard. We need to find her. Hell, he needs to find her, She's his responsibility.

"Sasuke. You have to find Karin. I have to take Pinky here to Madara-san. If she has betrayed us, kill her. Destroy the evidence." Sasuke simply left, to find Karin.

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She was leaping over the stream as Sakura opened an eye. She punched at her, landing a blow on her left cheek bone, for Hoshi wasn't expecting Sakura to be awake, she she plummeted to the stream, falling beneath the water's surface.

Sakura used the momentum of her punch to land on a large stream-rock gracefully, while smirking.

Seconds ticked by. Sakura prepared for an attack behind her. Hoshi flew out of the water in front of her, and landed on the left side of Sakura, standing on the surface of the water.

Colored pigment dripped from her face. It appears Hoshi wears quite an amount of concealer. There was still quite an amount stuck to her face, and she didn't look happy. She unleashed some fast hand signs, and nearly hit Sakura with a gigantic water fist. Sakura somehow pushed the fist back at Hoshi, and she was once once again, submerged in water.

This time Hoshi jumped to the surface much faster, and she didn't look like she was having fun. The last of the concealer was washed off, and a scar, running from Hoshi's eye-brow ring to her chin, was revealed. It went right through her left eye.

Something similar to murder shined in her eyes, and she lunged for Sakura. As Sakura dodged, a dart came out from nowhere and hit her between the eyes. Hoshi smiled as Sakura fell into unconsciousness.

Hoshi quickly slung Sakura over her shoulder, and took her quickly to her father, for the serum from the dart was easy to get rid of if you were a medic.

As Hoshi passed Sasuke, who had observed silently the entire time, instead of going after Karin, she glared at him. "You're worthless," she whispered, before disappearing into the trees.

Sasuke wiped the blank look from his face, and set off to find that annoying Karin. He was almost sure Madara was going to have her killed for ditching them, because he was sure Hoshi was going to tell him she had never showed up. He scowled. He was beginning to hate her more, and more.

END OF CHAPTER 2