CHAPTER TWO

"Please don't hurt her!" Sakura pleaded with the masked man. His silver hair glinted in the shaded sunlight but his dark eyes were unreadable.

"Why shouldn't I? She tried to steal one of my most precious flowers." The man held the kunai closer to Ino's throat, drawing a little bit of blood. "Don't even think about getting closer." He warned the pink-haired girl.

Sakura froze. Her attempt to startle the man had failed. "What do you want!?" She shouted, scared for her sister. Ino's eyes widened as she felt the weapon press even closer into her neck. She started hypervenilating.

The man thought for a few moments. Sakura saw his eyes scanning her mud-encrusted body. "For you to be my guest* in my home, forever." He said finally.

"NO SAKURA DON'T DO IT!" Ino shouted before Sakura held up a hand to silence her.

"I accept, you criminal." She said, her green eyes blazing in fury. She would not let her sister be murdered by a common criminal. She could always escape. "Let her go! Now!"

The man released the blonde girl, who collapsed onto the ground, panting. "Naruto. Neji." He snapped his fingers. Immediatly Sakura felt fingers pressing into her body and then there was no feeling at all. She fell into the arms of another man. She looked up and was startled to see that his eyes were pure white with gray marks **.

A blonde-haired ninja who seemed to come out of nowhere did the same thing to Ino, and he gathered her up and leapt off into the forest.

"She will be spared." The silver-haired man said, kneeling down next to Sakura. "But you will never see her again. You will forever stay in my house, where I assure you, you will be comfortable."

The last thing Sakura saw before the man who was holding her pressed more spots in her neck was the man's sad eyes.

Sakura woke to the sound of birds chirping. She found herself on a patterned bed in a small, but neatly furnished room. She sat up, rubbing the sore spots where the ninja had poked her.*** "How long has it been since I was knocked out?" She thought to herself, wrapping her arms around her legs. She stiffened when she realized that she was probably never going to see Ino again, or their flower shop. Sakura began to cry in despair.

"Hey, now, don't do that."

Sakura lifted her head to see the two ninjas that had assaulted her and Ino. The blonde-haired one was smiling goofily while the strange-eyed one was just staring at her with no expression on his clear face.

"Don't cry." The blonde-haired man said. "Please don't be sad."

Sakura sniffed. "I have every reason to be. I'm a prisoner here for the rest of my life."

"You don't have to look at it like that. I'm Naruto and this is Neji." Neji nodded in response at Sakura. "Come have something to eat, it will make you feel better."

The pink-haired girl shook her head. "I'm not hungry." She whimpered, laying down on her side. "I just want to be alone."

Naruto and Neji looked at each other. "Very well." Naruto said, bowing and walking out the door. Neji followed him, shutting the door.

Sakura cried until she fell asleep again.

"Kakashi...are you sure this is a good idea? She said she feels like a prisoner-"

"Listen, she's my last chance at saving my life. If she isn't the one to do that, then I'll let her go." The silver-haired ninja rubbed his eyes. "She's different. She's aware. She's focused."

"But-"

"Enough, Naruto." Kakashi stood up from the desk in which he was sitting at. "Go get supplies from the village."

Naruto shut his mouth, nodded, and walked away. Kakashi sighed, wincing as he pulled his shirt up. The mark that the girl had cursed him with had spread all around his stomach, nether-regions, and legs. The black swirls mocked him as well as causing him constant pain.

"Damn." Kakashi muttered, letting his shirt settle on his body again.

*lol, beauty and the best

**Don't know how to describe his eyes exactly

***pretty sure he didn't poke her...

So you guys are probably thinking 'OH, flame, this is just like Blood Basket'. Well it's NOT! The story is a lot different, even though the opening is kind of the same. I hope you enjoyed it and rest assured the next chapter will be written soon! :)

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