I'm so sorry it took me so long to update, I was very busy (it is summer where I live) and i was being a tad lazy till I read the reviews from dogtag and panda-chan that made me go 'oh crap, i'm dissapointing my reviewers!' Lucky for you, I made it extra long (about 2 half pages longer then normal!!)

I'm surprised no one said anything in the last chapter about Tobi's memories… if you read the Kakashi gaiden (manga) then they are from there…. Just in case you didn't catch that (It took me 2 hours of going back and forth and typing all those quotes!)(Of course I did take a couple of breaks :P)

Also note this is the LAST CHAPTER! Don't worry there will be a sequel!!

Side note…. I'm pretty sure Deidara is screwed! (Cries) because they simply cant kill Sasuke (yet).

Sakura placed the picture back where it originally stood; she turned to Kakashi and smiled again.

"Well, we better get going to the Hokage's; we are almost 20 minutes late now." She walked pass him and out the room. She waited outside of his apartment for him. He walked out and closed –more like slammed- the door behind him and started walking, sakura winced and caught up with him to where she was walking next to him. Kakashi flipped out his orange book but Sakura and him both knew he was just faking so that he didn't have to start or be part of a conversation. Sakura dwindled with her fingers in a very Hinata manner and once she realized what she was doing she stopped and sighed. She wasn't a coward but what she was about to confess to not only to Kakashi but also her Sensei and current hokage, was a bit frightening. She took a deep breathe as they neared the Hokage tower. As they reached the door she stopped in front of it, fear made her stand still. Kakashi stopped, his eyes narrowed on her still form.

"Come on." He replied gruffly, his hand brushing her shoulder to make her go forward but she stayed rooted. She shook her head.

"I can't do this." She said more to herself then to her former Sensei.

"You dug this hole now you have to sit in it." He said, placing a hand on her back and guiding her in the front door. She let Kakashi guide her to the front of Tsunade's door, they stopped and Sakura starred at the door in a daze. She took a deep breathe and squared her shoulders preparing for the worst. She walked inside head high, Kakashi trailing behind her. He shut the door and went to the side wall and relaxed against it, his book was now back in his pocket but moments later it was flipped out again. Tsunade and Sakura both knew he was just pretending not to be interested but actually listening the whole time. Tsunade fingers laced and she stared at her apprentice waiting patiently for her to speak but when nothing was said Tsunade started first.

"So what's so important that you had to tell me?" Sakura was prepared for a lot of things but not this.

"W-What?" She asked, her mouth closing and opening in shock making her resemble a fish almost. "You mean Kakashi didn't tell you?" She asked shocked. She craned her neck to Kakashi for some sort of explanation. He shrugged, not even looking up from his book.

"I thought you could explain this whole thing to us since what I thought I knew pretty much hit the fan a couple hours ago." He said looking up to glare at her. Sakura could tell he was using a double meaning, basically about the whole Tobi/ Obito deal. She ran a hand through her hair and sighed and looked at Tsunade.

"I guess I should start from the beginning. In this past month, I have been in contact and seeing an S-class Akatsuki member known as Tobi." Tsunade's eyebrow rose. "It all started when I went out to get the plants you wanted…

Sakura told her story the best she could, in between Tsunade jumping in to ask a question and Kakashi making jeers here and there. Sakura of course left out the parts where she fell in love with him, kissed him, and snuggled with Tobi. That information could be used against her and declare her as a traitor. She repeated most of the conversations Tobi and her had and made note to clear that she had not given anything away that could put Konoha in any danger. She told about her theory about Tobi actually being a Konoha member and earlier today had been confirmed by Kakashi, who when mentioned just turned his head away but didn't disagree.

"Tsunade-Sama, I think I could convince him to come back. I mean how could he done something against his village if he didn't know he was betraying it in the first place." She tried begging but her Shishou just glared at her.

"Sakura the fact remains he is not only in Akatsuki but has also done -on his free will- unmentionable crimes." Her voice was laced with disappointment at her student and Sakura couldn't help but get a little frustrated.

"If Sasuke came back here, you would let him get away with every crime he has committed just because of Naruto. You would make up something to the council just so Naruto would be happy." She cared for Sasuke too and didn't want anything bad to happen to him too but…. But she loved Tobi and she didn't want anything to happen to him either.

"There's a difference Sakura. Sasuke hasn't been reported doing any crimes, Tobi has. What makes you think he hasn't been using you this whole time?"

"I just know, okay? He really is a great guy… heck he didn't want me to dig in into his past because he said if he found out where he really was from, he would feel bad for what he has done! You see he isn't a bad guy, he just got into the wrong crowd!" She said yelling; desperately trying to convince her teacher Tobi wasn't the bad guy. Tsunade, who had finally lost her temper, stood up slamming her hands on her desk.

"Sakura, don't raise your voice at me!" She ironically yelled back. Her eyes softened and stared at her apprentice with a mix of pity and understanding. "You fell in love with him, didn't you?" Sakura face contorted in shock and she swore she heard a noise behind her from her other, now silent sensei. She schooled her facial features and looked her Sensei in the eye.

"No… No I didn't." She said but to her it almost sounded unsure. Tsunade nodded, though not completely convinced by her student and sat down.

"Good, then you know Sakura that if and when you see him again, you are to kill him. If you do not and I hear word of it… you will be named a traitor." Tsunade watched her apprentice features. Sakura lowered her gaze so that her bangs covered her eyes, her fist tightened and she turned and walked away.

"I understand, Shishou." She walked past Kakashi not bothering to look at him. Kakashi pretended not to notice her leaving and pretended to be interested in a part in his book. After she closed the door behind her, the tears streamed down her face but she kept walking almost unaware of the crystal like tears falling down her face. She walked through the crowd of people to her apartment. She stopped at her door and placed the key inside the lock but didn't turn it, instead she leaned her head against the door as a gut retching sob escaped her, she slowly slid down onto the floor, her hand still on the key but she was unaware of anything around her but her aching heart.

'When you see him again, you are to kill him.'

The words repeated over and over again in her head, each time the thought hurt more and more. She settled down after a few moments and took a deep breath. Her mind and body at this point was numb and she knew it was better if she just didn't feel anything at all. She finally turned the key in the lock and opened the door and walked in. She didn't bother taking off her boots and walked straight to the kitchen to get her self a drink. While drinking her glass of water, her eye caught movement by her window. She turned her head and saw a messanger bird with a note attached to it. Her heart seemed to be caught in her throat and she felt like she couldn't breathe. Why so soon? After this mornings encounter with Kakashi, why would he want to see her now? She opened the note and sighed with relief, it was only Naruto telling her Kakashi canceled training for tomorrow. She went and laid on her bed and fell into a restless sleep.

Tobi woke up in the middle of the night, his headache back and worse of all the memories haunting him.

"Tobi just wants to be Tobi." He muttered to himself trying to clear his mind so that his headache would just go away.

"No matter whom you really are, no matter what your past is, your still Tobi to me." Sakura voice seem to resonate in his head and calmed him down.

"Tobi wishes he had his pretty flower right now." He muttered.

"She is your enemy first of all, yeah. It would be wise if you remember that, yeah." Deidara's words seemed to push anything Sakura said away and he felt just a little bit colder.

He leaned over to the desk and found a piece of paper and something to write with and wrote something on it and placed it on his pillow. Tobi got up and walked out of his room and down the winding halls of the base. It would take a long day trip to get to Konoha but he had to see her one last time. Tobi didn't want to leave it off as it was. He might as well start now so he could get there as soon as possible.

Deidara woke up in a bad mood and when he woke up in a bad mood he took it out on his "favorite" partner. He got dressed and flipped his cloak on and went to his partner's room, to pay his a 'nice' visit.

"TOBI!" He yelled kicking his partner door open only to see an empty bed and a piece of paper on the pillow. He walked up to it and read it.

Deidara-Sempai,

Tobi went for a short walk.

Be back in 2 day.

Love Tobi

p.s. Tobi promises to be a good boy.

p.s.s. Tobi only meant 'love' in a platonic way….

Tobi is straight….Tobi doesn't know about Deidara-Sempai...

But Tobi's straight!

p.s.s.s. Tobi doesn't mean to offend Deidara-Sempai's preferences

and Tobi will support Deidara-Sempai no matter which way his door swings.

Deidara crumpled the note and swore he was going to shove so much clay down his throat that when he exploded it would be like a huge firework. Deidara stomped off to go explode a couple of innocent forest creatures to make him self feel better.

Sakura woke up bright and early; she looked at the bright morning sky and grunted. It was a complete contrast from her current mood of doom and gloom.

"It's going to rain later." She muttered to herself as she could smell the rain coming. It made her feel a little better knowing the sky would soon be dark and she would be able to listen to the rain hit the top of her roof. Rain soothed her when she felt like this. She heard a sound on her window and looked up to see a bird.

"Must be Naruto again, probably wants to go eat some ramen." She said to herself.

She took the note and opened it up; her eyes widened in shock, on the note all it said was: 'the spot'. She took a deep breathe and crumpled the note up, determination in her eyes. She took a quick shower and dressed in her normal ninja outfit and packed any weapons she needed. She uncrumpled the note and quickly wrote her clanm symbol and sent it back and then headed out for their designated spot.

Sakura walked down the almost vacant streets of Konoha, passing only early risers, shop keepers and vendors who were opening and preparing for a long day. She still felt the same numbness she felt yesterday and each step seemed to echo in her head. Her mood was sour and she couldn't wait for the rain to come. As she got closer and closer to the gates, she knew that deep down, what she was going to do, she would never walk through these gates the same person ever again. The little voice in her head nagged at her not to go but she didn't listen, she just kept walking. That is till a gloved hand reached out and stopped her before her foot passed over the border.

"Where are you going?" A masculine voice asked. She craned her neck to look at her Sensei.

"For a walk." She replied in a deadpan voice. Her emotions not present on her face or her eyes. To Kakashi they almost seemed dead. His eyebrow rose at her words.

"Why can't you walk in the village?" His eyes narrowed at her already suspecting where she was going.

"Its quieter and more peaceful out there, less crowded. Don't worry, I will be back in 30 minutes, heck you can count it down starting now and if I'm not back by then, come after me, I don't care." She said and shrugged off his hand and turned to leave. His voice made her stop.

"You're going to see him again." It wasn't a question it was a statement and they both knew it. Her anger finally got the better of her and she turned around and glared at him.

"You know what Kakashi; I can't believe how you acted yesterday." She yelled, his eyebrow rose but she could feel the anger coming off him.

"And how exactly was I acting yesterday, Sakura?" He countered back. She stopped to find the right word.

"Like trash... Obito was your friend and you thought you lost him forever but now you know he is alive and… and you're just sitting by and not caring that if someone goes and kills him. This is your second chance to having your best friend back again and in a sense, you're leaving your comrade behind and right now you're standing in front of me all high and mighty but you know what Kakashi… your nothing but shinobi trash in my eyes." She turned around and left a stunned Kakashi behind her. It took him a few moments to come to terms to what she said. He rubbed the back of his head and sighed.

"This is the second time I have been scolded about friendship... ironic that it's coming from my own student." He rubbed his chin and sighed; he flipped out his book seconds later and stood against the wall. "You got 30 minutes Sakura, better use them well."

Sakura jumped fast as she could through the trees trying to reach their spot as fast she could. The sound of thunder could be heard in the sky. The clearing was in her line of sight and her heart beat increased with each branch she stepped on. She jumped down into the small clearing and saw Tobi sitting on a small rock. He looked over at her and normally she would have imagined him smiling and happy but the feeling of intensity was in the air and neither made the move to speak or say anything. Both stared at each other, memorizing what the other looked like in the back of their heads. Tobi, who never was the patient one, spoke first.

"Tobi thinks Sakura looks sad or something." He said. Tobi watched as her hand slipped into her weapon pouch and produced a kunai. Tobi tilted his head in confusion but both of them knew what she was implying.

"So Sakura-chan and Tobi are over, aren't we?" It really wasn't a question that needed to be asked. Coming here together today after what happened the day before was meant to be their good bye.

"I'm ordered as a kunochi of Konoha to take down any and all s-class criminals." Sakura said getting into a defensive position ready for attack. She sucked in a deep breath as the tears welled up in her emerald eyes. "No matter what the circumstances are." She whispered. She charged at Tobi and Tobi moved out of the way of the kunai and the kick she sent to his head. He jumped back and rubbed his head.

"Sakura-chan- "Don't call me that anymore, yo-you're not a friend to me… you don't mean anything to me anymore!!" She yelled the tears she had been trying to hold back before streaming down her face. He grabbed the half-hearted punch she threw at him. The clouds in the sky getting darker by the minute and the thunder geting louder.

"Tobi doesn't believe that." He said softly. Sakura yanked her fist away from his touch like he had burned her.

"Well then believe it, because I hate you." She yelled angrily. Tobi froze at her words, his heart felt like it shattered and he didn't notice the chakra laced fist flying at his masked face till it was too late. He went tumbling and flying back till he hit a tree with a nasty thud. Sakura stood frozen, wide eyed at the motionless man before her. She ran up to him but stopped when she was three feet away, not knowing what to do. He twitched and got up slowly.

"Tobi told Sakura-chan that he couldn't die easily." He looked up at her tear stained face and closed the distances between them. Sakura noticed she had cracked his mask and it looked like that it would fall off with just the slightest touch. "Tobi said he didn't believe Sakura didn't care and Tobi is right." He said as he lifted his hand and whipped her tears from her eyes. She was frozen by his touch. "Because if you really didn't care for Tobi you wouldn't be crying." Sakura pulled back and jumped a few feet away from him. She shook her head vigorously and whipped her tears away with her arm. By now the rain was pelting down on them.

"I-I can't do this anymore To-Tobi!! I'm hurting the precious people in my life because I see you. Kakashi is mad at me for lying to him, Tsunade's disappointed in me, and if Naruto knew…. He would never be able to look at me the same way again." She cried out. "I'm not doing this for my village; I'm doing this for the people who count on me!" Sakura poured her heart out, the tears falling from her, eyes and the heart wrenching sobs erupting from her body every now and again.

"But I'm not easy to kill…" Tobi pointed out. Sakura nodded and whipped her eyes.

"Actually the part of your body that isn't made of armor is your left shoulder and the left side of your neck… you have an artery there and all I have to do I cut it or stab your shoulder in the right place and you will die." She pulled out another kunai and charged at him again. Tobi ducked and moved out of the way.

"But Tobi doesn't want to hurt Sakura-chan." Tobi desperately yelled as he moved again away from her attack but couldn't move fast enough from the kick she sent to his right shoulder. She ran up to him and pulled her fist back to give the final blow to his stumbling form but she hesitated mere inches away from his face, The tears fell again and Tobi tilted his head in confusion.

"Tobi thought Sakura was going to kill Tobi." He said confused, knowing that he was surely dead meat when he had been stumbling to get up. He saw the fresh tears fall from her face; her fist was still raised as if to hit him. The rain had yet to let up and almost seemed to get harder and mor eintense by the second.

"I can't do it." She whispered in realization. "I just can't" Her fist slowly went down and she stared at him. "Because you're a precious person to me." She choked out "And killing you would be just like betraying myself and my friends." Tobi nodded and with that, the right side of the mask broke and fell to the ground, showing his good eye his metal cheek and half his lips. He was smiling at her but she watched in shock as the tears fell down his metal cheek and fell to the ground.

"Tobi knows how Sakura feels." He said in his normal happy voice but his eyes showed a different story of pain and sadness. "And Tobi knows how to make everything right." She looked at him in utter confusion and parted her lips to speak.

"Hu- mumph" He didn't give her time to speak as in one quick moment he threw his mask off and kissed her with his whole being. He ran one of his hands through her wet hair and his other wiped away her tears. The rain was slowly letting up on them till it was mearly a drizzle. The shock wore off and she kissed him just as passionately but when she felt his tears drip on her face she pulled back confused. His eyes were closed but his forehead rested on hers. She watched the tears slip down his face slowly.

"Sakura-chan, Tobi love you so much it hurts." He whispered, his eye still closed and not looking at her.

"Tobi, I love you too." She said sincerely. He opened his lone eye and she gasped.

Minutes latter she passed out in his arms. He laid her gently down against the tree they first met at; he stayed crouched down and wiped the last tear away from her face.

"Tobi said he would fix it so you were happy and Tobi did. Tobi love you Sakura-chan and Tobi will never meet anyone who will ever be able to replace you." He kissed her one last time and looked at her sleeping face and smiled. "Even when you sleep you look like a pretty flower." He stood up and dusted off his akatsuki cloak, he turned, craning his neck and took one last look and then walked away.

Kakashi arrived at the scene five minutes later and looked around for his student, fearing that she might have actually left with him but when he spotted pink hair, his uneasiness settled down. He ran up to her and checked her vital signs and made sure she wasn't hurt but was surprised not to find a nick on her. Sakura was just wet, cold, and a little muddy. He patted her cheek to see if she would wake up.

"Sakura." He said. He watched as she stirred and looked up at him in confusion.

"Kakashi-Sensei?" She blinked again and sat up, only to have a look of confusion come over her face. "Where am I and why am I here?" She asked completely confused. It was Kakashi's turn to look slightly confused. He bent down towards her face and with his hand turned her face so she looked him in the eye.

"Sakura, what's the last thing you can remember." Her eyebrows scrunched in thought as she tried to recall the last thing she remembered.

"I was in Tsunade's office and you were there too, and she was talking to me about s-class criminals." She said slightly confused.

"Sakura… do you remember why we were in there talking about s-class criminals?" He asked concerned.

"Not really…" Something definitely wasn't right. She should remember their conversation and Tobi, and being here.

"What about this past month… do you remember anything?" He was getting more worried; she should have said something about Tobi by now. What had happen here? Why did he let her go off alone? She shook her head in confusion.

"No, just the normal stuff, I normally do. Get up, go to work at the hospital, training, showering, helping Tsunade with paper work, a mission or two we had. Nothing from the normal, why?" She looked suspicious. Kakashi rubbed his head feeling just as confused.

"Sakura, do you remember anyone by the name of Tobi?" She looked up at him in total confusion.

"No, am I supposed to?" Kakashi got up immediately, lifting up his student, who got up a little more wobbly.

"Do you need me to carry you?" He asked worriedly, making sure she was ok. Sakura shook her head no and they started their journey back home.

Tsunade came out of the hospital examination room looking slightly worried. Kakashi, who had been brooding against the wall, straightened up and walked up to her.

"So what's wrong with Sakura?" He asked. Tsunade shook her head.

"It seems like amnesia or that someone has just erased every memory that consisted of Tobi from her mind. Even the days when she was with him, it's been replaced by something else. She could have done it herself or Tobi, but the question is how." Kakashi nodded, not completely sure what to make out of everything that had happened.

"Naruto will have to be clued in… It wouldn't be good if he started to talk about something and she have a different memory of it." Tsunade nodded in agreement to his statement.

"For now… lets not over load her. I did tell her that Tobi was in akatsuki and that was it. She seemed to respond differently then I hoped… she got mad and asked if he was after Naruto." Kakashi smiled at Sakura's protectiveness over the Kyuubi vessel.

"Can I go see her?" He asked. Tsunade nodded and moved out of his way to let him pass. He walked into the hospital room and saw Sakura sitting on the bed, staring out of her window in deep thought. She turned and stared at him and he gave her his normal yo and walking closer. She sat quietly and waited till he was closer.

"This Tobi guy… he is the reason I can't remember certain things, isn't he?" Kakashi didn't get to speak before she interrupted him. "If he is akatsuki then if I ever see him again… I'm going to kill him." She looked up with determination in her eyes and Kakashi held back anything he wanted to say and just nodded in return. Sakura resumed staring out the window in thought.

'Beware Tobi, for the next time I see you, it's payback for what ever you did to me!' she thought silently.

To be continued in the sequel: Black and Orange Mask!

Wow, a lovely emo cliffy for everyone… I bet you thought it was going to be happy ending for them too! Nope… not yet! Sequel will be out soon… and I might not update on it as fast as this but … REVIEW!!!