Chapter two! –Cheering- Calm down, I know your all so very excited. No, I'm kidding. Don't forget to review, please! Let's begin!

"What?" My legs, I couldn't feel them! I fell to the ground. Something struck my shoulder, and I cried out in agony. What was going on? I tried to lean up on my one available arm to see what was going on, but then I felt a sharp pain in my back and then nothing…

I woke to shouting. At first, I wasn't sure what they were saying, or even register they were voices. I couldn't move my body, but someone was standing in front of me.

"I won't let you! Get out of here!" Was that Shikamaru? Feet pounding the ground, sharp clinking noises of metal on metal, someone was definitely fighting Shikamaru, but who?

"I don't have time for this. Give up now, you know you want to. Why fight? Just give me the girl and we'll be gone. 'Oh no, there's more than one of them?' More fighting was heard. I began to regain feeling in my neck, but I'm not so sure that was a good thing. Pain rushed up and down my spine as I carefully lifted my head to see what was happening. Someone in all dark clothing was standing there, and she skillfully knocked Shikamaru down. Who was she and why did she want me?

"She's awake. Well, that's not good, I'll have to fix that!" She came at me quickly. I struggled to move my limbs, but I could only barely get off the ground, never mind escape! I was done for! Shikamaru picked himself up, but he wasn't in time. She had already reached me. Picking me up and leaning me over her shoulder, she turned to face him, knocking him back cleanly. I could do nothing but hang loosely from her grasp. It was impossible to get away!

"See you later, and tell everyone about me, won't you?" Suddenly, a huge puff of smoke from nowhere came! I felt her moving her hands, must be some jutsu. Next thing I know, I'm in some dungeon. She carries me over to a cell with a few others in there. Roughly, she tosses me in, but luckily someone catches me. I wince as I feel my arm twist uncomfortably. Well, I have some feeling, then.

"Have fun, Sakura!" the evil woman laughed. She left me after closing and locking the door.

"Are you alright?" the girl holding me asked.

"I… I think so… but it's hard to… move…" I attempted to sit up, and failing at that, the girl leaned me against the wall. "What's… going on? Where am I?"

"So that means you're new, too. That witch, her name is Michira. She's capturing other girls, too. I'm not sure what's she plans on doing to, or with us, but it's not good. What is your name?"

"Sa… Sakura. You?"

"Aria. That in the corner is Haruka, and the other girl's name is Kasumi. I don't know what happened to Tsukami. What village are you from?"

"The leaf village… wait, can't you tell? My headband," I reached up slowly, my headband. It was gone!

"Michira takes all of them. I think it's to convince you that there is no hope of ever escaping. I'm from the Cloud village. I was taken a few weeks back. Haruka is from Sand and Kasumi is from Mist. Tsukami is, or was, from the Hidden Rock village."

I began to feel the aching pain in my legs. They were hit hardest it seems. 'I wonder what will happen to all of us here? How many of us are there? What will Shikamaru do? How will they find me?' All of these questions just made my pain greater. Now my head hurt as well.

"Sakura, you should rest. You'll need it," Aria suggested. I closed my eyes and attempted to ignore the pain everywhere in my body. Slowly, I became tired and fell asleep.

"Wake up, girls!" I awoke with a start. For a moment I didn't recall where I was, but then it hit me, literally. I was smacked awake as someone hit the back of my neck. The force of the blow made me lean forward.

"No more sleeping, you lazy, good-for-nothing wimps! Eat your food and we'll begin!" Whoever this was, it wasn't Michira's voice. She must have many people working for her. The fat lady pushed some trays through the door, which Aria handed out, before finally leaving, and I turned to the other girls with a questioning stare. Once again, Aria was the one who explained.

"Get used to it. Every morning this happens. It's best to train yourself to wake up before she comes." I noticed now, what she looked like. It was even darker at night; almost pitch black, so I could barely see her face ten inches from mine. Now I could tell that she has light brown eyes, and her hair is long, midway down her back, and blond.

"Hello, Sakura, it's nice to meet you," I turned. This girl has short hair, black, with deep blue eyes. They reminded me of those flowers Shikamaru told me about. The girl in the corner, I couldn't tell. She was in the shadows. Politely I turned and responded to the girl. "Hello, um, who are you?"

"My name is Kasumi. You're from the Leaf village, right?"

"Yes. Your from the Mist?" She nodded. That means Haruka is from the Sand village. No wonder she was sitting in the shadows, if she's anything like Gaara.

"Sakura?" It was Aria.

"Yes?"

"Well, I wanted to give you my share of food, because, you'll probably need it," She stopped and looked down.

"She wants to try and help you, because we can tell you're not up to the challenge. Tsukami, she wasn't, and well, we don't know what happened to her, now do we?" Haruka. She stepped out from the shadows. Her hair was scraggly, and tied up in a bun. It was red, like Gaara's. In fact, she looked a lot like Gaara. Her eyes were pale blue, almost gray.

"Haruka! Stop it! Don't say that!" Aria snapped.

"Come on, Aria! You know it's true, and that's the only reason you would offer someone your food. Little miss cherry blossom, heh, you'll need it! You look even weaker than Tsukami." Haruka sneered. I couldn't bring myself to disagree with her.

"Ignore her, Sakura! Here, have my food," She reached her tray over to me. My shoulders dropped, and I guiltily took her tray.

"Ha! I knew it! Just as weak as your name suggests! You won't last a day! When they interrogate you, you're gonna blab all your secrets so fast, they'll whip you to get you to shut up!" Each of her hurtful words sliced through my heart, harsher each time. She was right! I'm not strong. Sasuke and Naruto would never tell the village's secrets! They would die before they would betray the Leaf village. They would just hold on, and take whatever evil torture these people did to them!

"I bet you couldn't even…" Haruka kept going. Why couldn't I be like Naruto or Sasuke? Never give up and keep going no matter the risk? That's what makes them so strong. Then it dawned on me! I quickly shoved the tray back into Aria's arms.

"Eat it! I don't want it! I will not take any shortcuts here. I refuse to spend my life with my head in the clouds! I'm going to get strong, and if I can't, I'll die!" I glared at Haruka. Smirking, she didn't seem stunned at all.

"I will work hard to not give up! I will show Naruto and Sasuke that I can be just as strong as them!"

"Sasuke?" That was Kasumi.

"Yeah, he's uh, he's in my squad." I replied, a little confused.

"THE Sasuke? Uchiha Sasuke? He's… he's in your squad? No wonder Michira wanted you!" I realized what she meant. She wanted to learn about Sasuke! Whatever her plan was, she was taking female ninjas from all the lands to learn her opponents! That's just despicable!

DUH, DUH, DUH!!!!!! I made characters! Aria was changed a little from the name Airi, which means love, affection, and jasmine. Haruka means far off or distant, and Kasumi means mist. That one is kind of a no-brainer there. Tsukami is based off of Tsubaki, which means camellia flower, and FINALLY Michira is from Michi which means path, which is a little random there, but you'll have to deal. In case anyone doesn't know, Sakura means cherry blossom. I'll hopefully have pictures, too. I just need to figure out how to get them on here. If anyone knows, then please tell me : )

-Kelsmur