Bring Me To Life Chapter 17: Information, a naruto fanfic

A/N: A big, BIG thank you to Princess of Elements-Arianna.A and Mimori Kiryu, your reviews on Chapter 16 of "Bring Me to Life" put the biggest smile on my face. I really appreciate it, and because of you two, I'm going to continue writing this story and update. (:

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Bring Me To Life

Summary: After Sasuke left, Sakura didn't know what her purpose in life was anymore. Her presence has becoming nothing. When three years pass, Sasuke comes back to Konoha. At his return, Sakura is at a mix of emotions"Save Me From The Nothing I've Become."

Chapter 17 – Information

'She doesn't understand,' Sasuke thought. He scowled when he saw Sakura walking away from him, watching her give a weak, fake smile to the guard of the door before continuing her way out, not bothering once to look back at the raven-haired ninja who was still helplessly chained to the wall.

The conversation that Sasuke had had with Sakura rang in his head. She thought he deserved to be where he was? Chained to a dungeon wall while he waits until his death comes? Sasuke growled, tugging at the chains. Her attitude towards him pissed him off. He tugged again, until he lost it and started banging his chains against the wall.

"There's no point, Uchiha," a cool voice had said. Sasuke didn't bother to look up at the new visitor, merely grunting to acknowledge the presence. "Angry that you can't escape, traitor? Or are you angry because you realized that Sakura doesn't love you anymore?"

"What the hell do you want?" Sasuke fired. He didn't notice Sai's second comment. Everyone's damn attitude was beginning to get the Uchiha seriously pissed off.

Sai smirked, "Those are chakra-enhanced chains. It seems Tsunade-sama went all-out trying to keep you restrained, especially since it's filled with the Hokage's chakra herself." The black-haired painter pointed out. Sasuke scoffed at what Sai had told him. "So, how do you feel about being restrained here, in the very village that you betrayed?"

"I didn't betray this pathetic excuse of a village," Sasuke growled. Sai's face remained cool and collected as he watched the Uchiha give him an infamous death glare. "Get out of my sight before I kill you," Sasuke threatened.

"Why give a threat when you can't even back it up?" Sai taunted. His pale face then grew serious. "Why so much hate for the village?" Sai observed Sasuke's movements. After all, he was supposed to take the information he got out of Sasuke back to Tsunade, just as she had told him to.

"I need to talk to the Uchiha, where is he being taken to?" Sai asked.

"That information is confidential," The Hokage responded. "Unless it's mandatory that you talk to him, you will not be told where he is."

"Does Sakura know about this?"

Tsunade stopped her paperwork, looking up and sighed. "She knows about what his sentence is, but she doesn't know that he's in the dungeon. She'll find out later from me. If that's all you came here for, then please leave, I'm busy."

"I'll tell her," Sai responded. "She's going to want to go see him after you tell her, so you should just tell me so I can tell her."

"What makes you think I trust you?"

"It's either trust me or get her upset, your call," Sai responded coolly.

Tsunade sighed, rubbing her temples. "Today's been such a busy day," Tsunade mumbled under her breath. "I'm going to need a big bottle of sake after this." She looked up, clearing her voice. "He's in a small dungeon not far from the outskirts of Konoha. So now that you know, you can leave."

Sai nodded, and when he turned around to leave, Tsunade called him back. "Sai, hold on a second." The said ninja turned around, looking at the Hokage with a raised eyebrow. "You can go see the Uchiha, but why'll you're there, I have a mission for you."

"A mission?" Sai asked, giving the blonde woman a blank look. "What's the mission about Tsunade-sama?"

"I want you to find out a few things for me," Tsunade told him. "Find out why he as such bitter feelings towards the village, why he left the village, what he had accomplished, things that will be of use to me and to Konohagakure. And… judging from his answers, if he does answer the questions, I'll see what I can do about his death sentence."

"Why don't you go ask him yourself?"

"He won't answer the questions—even with the use of authority—since he knows I can't punish him any further than death," the legendary medical ninja said. Sai nodded, understanding her point.

"Then why don't you send Naruto or Sakura?"

"Their emotions are going to get in the way, and I'm not going to risk that. Now go," Tsunade ordered. "And come back to my office immediately when you're done and tell me everything he says, word for word."

Sai nodded once again, and without another word, vanished, heading towards the dungeon near the outskirts of Konoha where Tsunade said Sasuke was.

"Save your breath and leave," Sasuke said coldly, harshly glaring at the ninja before him. Sai only clicked his tongue, making a "tsk" sound as he took his time. "You're wasting your time if that's all you came to ask me."

"Sorry, can't leave just yet until you answer the question," Sai said sarcastically. "And a few more," he added under his breath. Sasuke grunted, saying nothing. "If you won't say anything, then I'll leave." The artist turned around, heading out to leave, adding, "Just know that you could've taken away your death penalty by answering just a few simple questions."

'Take away the penalty?' Sasuke thought, narrowing his dark onyx orbs suspiciously. He needed to stay alive, he still hadn't killed Itachi. Taking a few seconds to ponder, Sasuke frowned, saying, "What do you want to know?"

Sai smirked. 'I knew it.' "You know one of the questions," Sai told him, repeating his earlier question. "Why do you hate the village so much?"

"None of your fucking business," Sasuke spat icily. Sai sat down, crossing his legs. He knew the Uchiha was stubborn, and Sai was a pretty patient guy, he could wait until Sasuke controlled himself to give the right answers. 'Patience,' Sai thought. 'That's all anyone needs to break the Uchiha down.'

After a good ten minutes after Sasuke's cold comment, Sasuke muttered, "This village holds bad memories."

"Is that all?"

"It was weak," Sasuke merely scowled, Sai looking back at him with a expressionless face.

'He left the village for power,' Sai thought, stating the obvious. "What did you accomplish during your 'time' with Orochimaru?" Sasuke gritted his teeth. 'These questions are damn stupid,' Sasuke said in his head. 'This is all a big fucking waste of his and my time.'

"What do you think?" Sasuke said through gritted teeth. "I killed Orochimaru. He was weaker than me."

"You made no alliances with other villages? No twisted plot to destroy Konohagakure?" Sai said. His eyes held no emotion, his face showed nothing.

"No," Sasuke said flatly.

"And you're okay with Sakura not loving you anymore?"

Sasuke furrowed his eyebrows in an angry manner. "What are you talking about?" He began to tug at his chains, oh how badly he wanted to rip the dark-haired painter to bits, shredding him limb by limb…

"If you're dead, she can't keep loving you forever," Sai said in a matter-of-fact tone.

"I'm not going to die."

"And what makes you say that? Here you are, tied to a wall helplessly, and there's no way you can escape." Sai chuckled, "And you still think you won't die. The odds are against you."

Sasuke growled, loud enough for Sai to hear. Sai's amused face turned hollow, watching the Uchiha Prodigy tug the chains even harder than before, bringing chakra to his wrists as he tugged. A crack appeared in the wall as Sasuke continued tugging, stopping himself before he used too much chakra.

Sai watched his action, deciding to say no more. He silently got up, frowning when he saw Sasuke tugging again, the crack getting deeper, as he made his way out the door, not bothering to say another word.

There was a knock on Tsunade's door. "Shishou?" Sakura's voice said from outside the door. Tsunade still scribbled on her work, her golden almond eyes glued to one of her many paperwork.

"Hai, come in Sakura," Tsunade said, not bothering to look up when the door to her office opened, the pink-haired kunoichi walking inside as she closed the door behind her. "If this is about the Uchiha…" Tsunade began; she stopped her writing to look up at her apprentice.

Sakura bit her lip, about to open her mouth until a knock came from her door. "Come in!" Tsunade shouted to the visitor. Sai opened the door, casually strolling in with his hands fisted in his pockets. Sai looked at Tsunade, then at Sakura, then back at Tsunade.

"What's the old hag doing here?" Sai asked, stepping a few steps from Sakura when he saw some veins forming on her forehead.

"Never mind her," Tsunade said. "Tell me what you found out." The blonde-haired woman turned to Sakura, "Sakura, I need you to leave."

Sakura gave an uneasy look, slowly nodding as she walked towards the door. She opened it, closing her behind her. "So what did Uchiha say?" Sakura heard Tsunade say. 'They're talking about Sasuke-kun?' Sakura thought, concealing her chakra as she pressed her ear against the door to hear what they were saying.

"He didn't tell me much," Sai said. "In fact he hardly told me anything at all."

"But he did tell you something," Tsunade said, knowing from the tone of Sai's voice. "Tell me what he told you."

"He does hate the village, but he merely said because it was weak and because of the memories," Sai told her. 'He thought the village was weak?' Sakura thought, still leaning against the door.

She heard Sai continue. "He didn't make any allies with the village, and there is no plan to destroy Konoha. As for what he accomplished… he didn't say much on that either. All he said was that he killed Orochimaru."

"Did he say anything about Itachi?"

"No."

Tsunade leaned on her desk, propping her elbows onto the mahogany wood as she laced her fingers together, placing her fingers in front of her mouth as she thought. "I see," Tsunade said. "You may go."

"What about his death penalty?"

Tsunade sighed. "I don't know."

Sai, knowing that Sakura was listening, nodded, deciding not to push the conversation further. He walked to the door silently so Sakura wouldn't hear him. When he opened it, Sakura gasped quietly, jumping back a good distance between Sai and herself. Sai closed the door, making sure Tsunade couldn't hear them as they both walked out the Hokage's mansion silently.

"You know there's nothing you can do for him," Sai said to the kunoichi beside him.

"I know," Sakura said, almost inaudibly. "I just don't want to believe that."

"Why go so far for him?" Sai asked. Even though he asked that question before, and the answer always remained the same, he still didn't understand how someone could be so devoted to a person that didn't feel the same way. Sakura answered his question with a small smile on her face, an answer Sai was expecting.

"Because I love him," she said. She stopped walking, turning another direction to go to Konoha's hospital to go work.

"Sakura," Sai called out to her, and Sakura turned around. "Sometimes love isn't enough," he told her with hard, obsidian eyes. Sakura, opening her mouth to say something back, decided not to, just flashing him a quick, small smile as she continued her way.

"Sometimes love isn't enough," Sai's words rang in her head. 'I already knew that,' Sakura thought. 'It hurts even more to hear it again.'

A/N: At a slight writers' block here, because I want to end this story in the next few chapters. So if anyone has any ideas as to how to finish up this story, let me know! Read & Review please!

And another big thank you to Princess of Elements-Arianna.A and Mimori Kiryu, this update is for you two!