Disclaimer: I don't own Naruto.

And to answer Chocolate Chan question, no. Her techniques will be almost the same as Kabuto's techniques. Tsunade isn't training her this time.

Also, I'm trying to keep this as in tune with the manga as possible. So yes, I will be pulling out dialogue for some of Sasuke's scenes. As the disclaimer states, I don't own it either.

Sakura shifted uncomfortably in her clothing. Her formal clothing that is. They were to be getting a new member of their base shortly, and she had been ordered to don clothing similar to Sasuke's clothing. It was basically the same only she had a black skirt and her rope was red. Now, this wasn't what was really annoying her. It was the fact that the ninja was from Konoha. Plus, she heard the ninja was connected with Naruto's team.

She shifted again on her bed, causing it to creek loudly. After two and a half years, they still never fixed her bed as she had requested numerous times.

Sakura looked over to her right. She heard footsteps walking down the hall, and she knew it was Sasuke. He was probably going to get Orochimaru to train him some more.

She checked the small clock beside her and stood up. It was time to go to the main hall. She walked down the long corridors and arrived in a large room with a massive snake in the center.

Sasuke was sitting in the middle of the banister.

Sakura strolled over and sat beside him. They sat in silence until the main doors opened. Orochimaru, Kabuto, and an unknown ninja greeted them. Sakura frowned, 'This must be the Konoha Ninja.' Sakura took in his appearance. He had bowl cut hair, a little like Lee's hair, only not a large and better looking. Other then that, he looked pretty average.

Sasuke closed his eyes and his voice rose out. "Your late. Orochimaru, did you forget how you said that you were going to teach me a new jutsu this afternoon?"

Sakura gave a small chuckle while Kabuto frowned. "You fail to mind your mouth as always."

Orochimaru sighed, "Oh, please do calm down. Instead of training, I happen to have come by a little present for you and Sakura over there. He's a shinobi from Konoha, just like you. I figured you could bath yourself in nostalgia talking about your old village."

Sasuke opened his eyes as Sakura shifted uncomfortably. Sasuke gave a small, "Humph"

The boy gave an eerie smile. "Greetings. My name is Sai." He drew his attention to Sakura, "You must be Haruno Sakura." He turned to Sasuke, "And you must be Uchiha Sasu-"

"Get lost."

Sai turned his face downwards and closed his eyes. "Even when I force myself to smile, it seems I'm the type of person who ends up being hated." He looked up, "Naruto-kun didn't seem to care much for me the whole time too . . ."

Sakura eyes narrowed while Sasuke opened his eyes, revealing the Sharingan. Orochimaru and Kabuto looked at each other, but Sai continued to talk, "But you know, in comparison to Naruto-kun, I think I'm going to be able to get along better with you. He looked at Sakura and nodded, "You to Sakura. I think I will enjoy talking to the one who broke poor Naruto-kun's heart."

Sakura went to get up, but Sasuke eyes flashed. Sai had crashed to the floor as sweat poured down his face. After a few seconds, Sai rose up and wiped the sweat off his face.

"It would be a good idea not to tease Sasuke-kun so much. You see, he's harder to deal with then I am," advised Orochimaru.

"And I don't care to deal with trash like him." Sasuke stood up, "Orochimaru, it's time for training now."

"Naruto-kun told me quite a bit about both of you. It seems he's been looking for both of you for all this time. For the last three years . . ." Sasuke face remained impassive and Sakura's face-hardened.

"Oh yeah, I guess I do remember something like that," replied Sasuke. He turned to the door. "We're going Orochimaru."

"Naruto considers you to almost be his true brother. That's what I heard from Kakashi-san."

"As far as brothers are concerned, I have only one. A certain guy I want to kill," and then Sasuke left.

Now, after this point, Sakura tuned everything out. She walked over to Kabuto, while Orochimaru left. "Shishou, I too will be waiting."

Kabuto frowned, "Hold on Sakura, I have to compile these data books."

Sakura tapped her foot impatiently, "Well, when will you be done. I would like to train today; at the very least tonight."

Kabuto nodded while keeping his focus on the bundle of papers. "Yes, then let me get started. Oh, and since you want to to get started right away, please show Sai to his room."

Sakura grumbled and motioned for Sai to follow her. However, during their short walk, Sai decided to talk to her.

"Hello Sakura-san. How are you today?" asked Sai politely.

Sakura looked at him distrustfully before responding, "Fine."

Sai gave a nod and smiled. "That's good. You see, I've wanted to talk to the one who betrayed the village for love. It is quite an hon-"

"We're here," snarled Sakura. She opened the door and lit the single candle with a box of matches from the table. "This is your room when we don't have anything for you to do. You're expected to quietly behave yourself in here." Sakura turned to him. "If something comes up, they will call on you."

She walked over to the door with the key in her hand. Sakura turned to face Sai while outside of the room. "I'm going to have to keep this door locked from the outside. After all you're . . . well, you understand."

An Hour and a Half Later – (1)

"I'm through with you," announced Sasuke. He brought his hands together to make the Tora hand sign. (2) "Now things end." Sasuke raised his hands up in the air, only to have his hand grabbed by Sakura, with Orochimaru and Kabuto right behind her.

"Now, now, theirs no need to use that jutsu Sasuke-kun," cooed Orochimaru.

Sasuke lowered his eyes and snatched his hand away from Sakura's grasp. "I don't need you telling me what to do."

"There you go again. Forgetting exactly who it is your talking to," sighed Kabuto

Sasuke turned his head over to Kabuto, "I have no reason to stop."

Sakura place a hand on her hip and scolded Sasuke, "You know quite well what Akatsuki is up to. We want our guests here from Konoha to take care of as many of them as they possible."

Kabuto continued her speech, "If other Akatsuki members get in your way, your plans for revenge could hit a snag, right?"

Sasuke looked at the both of them with a cold stare. "That's quite the pathetic excuse," replied Sasuke.

"But surely you would allow it even if it meant increasing your chances of revenge succeeding even by 1. Right?" asked Sakura slyly.

"And now its time we leave, my darlings," said Orochimaru, finishing the conversation.

"Wait!" shouted Naruto desperately. "Sakura!" He stared right at her face in agony. "Come back! Everyone wants you to come back to where you belong!"

Sakura looked at him with surprise. "But Naruto, I'm where I belong. Right beside Sasuke."

Naruto eyes widened and tears pricked his eyes as he watched the group disappear. He smashed his fist to the ground as he turned his face to the ground. "Again, I was to weak to stop them from leaving." He let a tear fall as he slumped to the ground.

'Sakura!'

Wow, this thing took me a while, plus I had to look up twenty different chapters. Bah, and I hope I don't get sued from stealing dialog from the chapters. Well, that's what a disclaimer is for right?

This is an assumption. Hehe.

(1) This is just a guess at how much time had passed. Hehe xD
(2) Tora means tiger