Chapter 7… I have wanted to write this chapter but have had NO time yet! Or I was reading Warriors books… anyway…

I smelled the sweet smell of grass and trees as I lazily opened my eyes. Realization hit and my eyes shot open as I sat up straight. 'Where was I?' I looked around. Clouds were floating listlessly in the sky and the leaves followed them as they blew in the wind. I looked to my side and saw beautiful blue flowers with white centers. 'I was in the forest before I had been captured by Michira?'

"Was it all just a dream?" I said, the sound of my voice surprising me. I stood, looking over the small field where I had stumbled into after I had tripped over a root. 'Why was I running?' It took me a moment, but then I realized that Sasuke and Naruto had both pretty much told me I was a horrible ninja, and I had realized that they were right.

"So this whole 'Michira' thing never happened…" I couldn't figure out if that was good or bad. 'Would I be able to do what I was going to do? Or would I have just failed again?' Suddenly, I felt as if I was being watched, but I couldn't move my feet!

"Sakura… Sakura… come on, Sakura!" I turned my head, and I saw someone standing there with a black cloak.

"Michira! What do you want!?" She just began to laugh at me. Fear rushed through my body. 'What was this? What will she do to me?' She leaned over and shoved me to the ground. My eyes shut upon impact, but then I shot up into a sitting position. I opened my eyes and Aria was directly in front of my face. I was back in the dungeon.

"Are you alright? You were talking in your sleep?" she asked, worried.

"Finally, you're awake! We thought you might miss the plan!" Haruka complained.

I stood. "No. I'm fine. It was just a stupid dream." I paused to remember the wind blowing my short hair. "I miss the outdoors. It fells like an eternity since I've seen the light of day." All the girls looked solemn. They had it worse than I did. They've been here months longer than I have.

"Well, the important thing is," Kasumi spoke up, "that we concentrate on getting this done. The sooner we're all out of here, the better."

"Remember the plan. Haruka, you're up first," Aria reminded. Haruka nodded. The door to the cell opened. We all looked at each other, knowingly. It's time for Part A of the plan!

(???'s POV)

I stepped into the cold, bitter room. The prisoners lined the walls of the horrible dungeon, all locked behind bars. I looked to the right, trying to recognize the person I was looking for. 'What am I doing? Why am I so worried?' Suddenly, I felt something grasp my neck! I reached up. 'Sand?' I tried to breathe, but I just couldn't.

"STOP!" A very familiar voice rang out.

"What?"

"That's not a guard! Take back your sand!" It was Sakura! Suddenly, the grip around my neck was gone, and I coughed harshly, taking in sharp, sudden, breaths of air. I had already let go of my Clone Jutsu.

"What are you doing here?" I regained myself, and approached the cell where Sakura's voice was coming from.

"Thanks for the welcome, Sakura!" I said, bitterly as I reached for the keys I had taken from the actual guard. I unlocked her cage and she and three other girls filed out. Not surprisingly, the first thing Sakura did was hug me.

"I can't believe you've come to save me!" I shouted, hugging Sasuke. He abruptly pushed me away.

"Sakura, really! I haven't come to save you, I'm on a mission to save everyone!"

'Oh, right. Of course he is. Stupid, Sakura! You aren't going to do this anymore!' To Sasuke, I added, "Oh, right. Sorry." He turned to unlock the others, but… did I see what I think I saw? A flash of relief and surprise in his eyes? 'No, Sakura, you didn't! It was just you making things up!'

After all the girls were released, Sasuke went to the front of the group and quieted everyone.

"Alright, here's the deal. We're going to try and sneak all of you out without being noticed. There's a loose panel that we can sneak out of that has no guards near it. We'll have to go in groups. We can't have all of us bunched up together in case someone comes by." He looked to me. "Sakura, you'll lead one of them. Who else is up for the job?" Instantly, Aria and Haruka raised their hands.

"Sure, you two can lead groups, too. We'll need someone to tell the next group when it's safe for them to go, anyone?"

Kasumi stepped forward. "I will."

Sasuke nodded. "I will accompany each group." After we got into our groups, Sasuke nodded towards mine; a signal that we were to leave first. Kasumi joined us as well. We slowly exited the room and followed Sasuke down several hallways. He stopped.

"This isn't good… the panel isn't removed. Something's gone wrong." He motioned for Kasumi to come closer. "Tell the other groups to gather here, you remember the way?" She nodded and headed off. We all just waited for what seemed like hours. I could tell we all felt like sitting targets, even Sasuke. At long last, Kasumi arrived with the other girls and Sasuke turned and explained his plan.

"We'll have to exit out the back door. There is a weapons room close by, and I have the keys. We'll be seen, but if we can escape fast enough, we should be fine. He headed off and we all followed. More hallways. He stopped at a corner.

Clone jutsu!

He transformed into the guard he was earlier. "Don't move until I say so," he whispered before heading off into the plain sight of two guards.

(Sasuke's POV)

"Hey, what are you doing?" A female guard shouted.

Calmly, I came up with a reason. "Michira has asked me to bring her some weapons. I won't be long." I turned and unlocked the door. 'Yes! Plenty of weapons! I grabbed a handful of them, and quickly tossed them to the girls, yelling, "NOW!"

The guards rushed over, but we were ready. Everyone who had a weapon turned the corner, forcing the guards to back off. I continued grabbing more Shuriken and Kunai knives and tossing them to those unarmed. The guards soon recovered from their shock and I leapt out with weapons of my own.

"You can't win this," I said, "We have you way outmatched!" I ran at the guards, who fled for the door. 'At least they can recognize I hopeless fight when they see one.'

"Come on!" I shouted back at the others before dashing out the door… and almost crashing into someone!

"I'm impressed that you've gotten this far, Sasuke. Very good, indeed…"

I stepped back. I couldn't think of any words to say.

"Haha! You are speechless, Sasuke? Really, I expected more than that. Maybe you'll say something if I show you this…" she snapped her fingers and several guards came out from the shadows.

'No! She's captured everyone!' Naruto, Shikamaru, Temari, even Gaara! They'd all been tied up and rendered helpless! 'What can I do now?'

"Sasuke. Did you really think that didn't know about this? Everything was staged from the start! That meeting you witnessed with Hayato and me up until even now, with my guards fleeing from you." Michira! This evil witch had tricked him! How could he have fallen for this? It was so obvious! No guards being around, and not noticing him at all… these ninja were professionals at deceit! 'How can I finish this mission, now? I need a plan and fast… or else…'

DUH, DUH, DUH!!!!! NOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! The horror! I hope-eth all of you have-eth enjoyed my chapter-eth! –Random fact of the moment- I got more braces on! Whoop-dee-freakin-doo! Now my mouth is all sore and junk… Man, I'm so tired! But I must… watch… Naruto… I wish it was on earlier!!! Stupid 10:30 at night… So long, my fans! I am CrAzY!-!-!-! WHOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!! LACK OF OXYGEN TO THE BRAIN FROM NO SLEEP!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! -Dies- (Hehe, now how will you get the next chapter, huh? MUAHA!!)

-Kelsmooooooo