Sasuke-kun walked slowly towards me. I didn't know what to do. Should I go? Or should I stay? He was still taller than me, a foot over. I was scared of him. Definitely scared. Dammit! You're a kunochi! I was shaking, I knew that much. This was Uchiha Sasuke. In the flesh. The man who had promised to kill my best friend, my brother. If Naruto were here, he'd beat the shit out of Sasuke. Maybe that's what I should do. Taking slow strides back to the table with my gloves, I looked at him. He seemed to be walking closer to me with every second. Grabbing the gloves, I slipped them on. "What are you doing Sakura?" He asked in a playful tone. This wasn't Sasuke-kun. "From the second I saw you, I knew it was you. These transformation Justus are minor genjustu levels. They are nothing to me. I'm an Uchiha."

"Stay away from me Uchiha." I told him as I flexed my hands. His eyes narrowed at me. Cocking his head to the side, he looked me down and then back up. Shuddering, I stepped back once more, hitting the wall behind me. I didn't see him when he had come towards me. One second I had felt the wall the other second my hands were pinned to the wall with Sasuke-kun's face a centimeter away from mine. "Let me go."

"What are you doing here Sakura?" He asked me once more. Grinding my wrist in his hand, he attempted to pressure me into telling the truth. I wouldn't though. It was a kunochi's responsibility to keep Konoha's secrets inside Konoha. "Answer me!" He yelled. My heart started beating faster than it had been. I was scared. I didn't know what to do.

"Get off of me Uchiha." I spat. It hurt me that I called him Uchiha. He was my friend. I shouldn't have been so rude to him. Suddenly he let me go and I felt myself fall to the ground. Looking up, I watched him as he went through my things. First, he confiscated all my weapons and then he threw them out the window. "Stop!" I screamed and ran at him but he grabbed me by the throat. Immediately, I grabbed his arm and twisted it. He looked at me shocked at my strength. Now it was my turn to smile. Deciding I'd break his arm, I turn to snap it but when I did, the arm was gone. Instead, Sasuke-kun stood behind me with a kunai pointed at my jugular.

"Calm down Sakura." I didn't though. Elbowing him hard, I turned to him and filled my fist with chakra. Running towards him, I punched him in the face. He flew a few feet back hitting the wall. I watched his as he felt the side of his face. Inside, I felt an inner joy. I had punched the teme in the face. I was proud. Straightening up. Sasuke-kun looked at me shocked. "So you've gotten stronger haven't you Sakura."

"Fuck off."

"That's not very nice Sakura." His eyes glowed red. Tomoe filled his eyes and I looked into them. The worst mistake I could make. "Do not tempt me Sakura. You don't know the extent of my powers." It was true that I didn't. But then again, he didn't know the extent of mine. Deciding I'd keep my hidden powers a secret from him, I bent to his will. Maybe he'd let me go alive. If he didn't, then I'd break his arms. No biggie. "Sakura." He walked up to me and grabbed my arm. "Sit down." Forcing me into the chair he was in earlier, he walked away and started to rummage to the rest of my stuff.

"Stop." I told him but it was too late. He had taken out a pair of my panties. Smiling, he threw them on the floor.

"Put them on." Excuse me? What did he just say? "I saw you coming from the bath house. You don't have any one.

"Sick pervert. What!? Now do you read those books Kakashi-sensei reads?" He smirked at me. Rummaging through my bag, he found my hitai-ate.

"Put it on. When I'm done with you, they won't be able to recognize you." What did he mean by that? What was he talking about? "Any last wishes Sakura?" He went into my bag and then pulled out another hitai-ate. His hitai-ate. Looking at it, he ran his fingers over it. "Why do you have this?"

"Sasuke-kun."

"Why!?" He threw the hitai-ate down and ran at me. Tripping over the edge of my bed, we both fell. It was the first time he had been this close to me in years. My breathing became raspy and I looked up at him as he looked into me. His eyes were clear and black. Scared, I just stayed there. Sasuke stood up and then started to break everything in the room. "Why would you show many things that connect me with that stupid village! It's the stupid village's fault I am here today!"

"What are you talking about Sasuke-kun?" I asked him as I sat up.

"Those elders, they are going to die. I will kill them for killing my family."

"Wait a minute Sasuke-kun, hold on, what are you talking about?" I walked over to him as he sat down. His hands over his face told me he was distressed. I sat down in front of him. "Sasuke-kun, what did they elders do?"

"You, you should die. All of you should die. You pay allegiance to something that shouldn't have any." He stood up. "Get ready, we leave in 10 minutes."

"Wait, what?"

"We leave in ten minutes. Don't make me repeat myself Haruno."

"Sasuke-kun, I am not coming with you. I need to go and protect Naruto."

"Naruto is going to die. Whether we like it or not. Some sacrifice must happen in order for there to be peace in the world and in my mind." I wanted to kill him. He had just threatened my best friend.

"No!" I ran past him and out into the hallway. I could tell he was in close pursuit so I activated chakra in my feet to make me run faster. Once outside, I tried to hide myself. Running into a small shop, I quickly bought a scarf and a different kimono. Changing into them, I walked out. It was hard to mask my chakra but I could. After training with ANBU, I was capable of that. ANBU must be discreet. I walked past Sasuke who was looking for me.

"Dammit." I heard him say. Slowly, I walked towards the road. As quietly as possible, I walked and once I was out of the village limits, I started to run. I needed to get home and tell the Hokage but I knew that exhaustion should be avoidable at all costs. If I needed to fight, then I should be capable of it.

"Come on Sakura, run." I told myself. Soon, I was tired so I decided I'd rest up. It was dark outside. Around 4 in the morning. I couldn't see anything but I could hear everything. There was uneasiness around. I felt it. It chilled my back. Sitting down, I started to think of all that had happened.

Sasuke-kun wanted to kill Naruto. In order to have vengeance on the elders. For what?

For the Uchiha Clan Massacre.

Could it be?

I didn't know too much about the clan massacre. I was a young girl then. Sasuke-kun was young, and that was when I first met him. He had come to the academy, sad, and I wanted to know who he was. Once I was back in Konoha, I decided I would find out more information about the clan. Why Uchiha Itachi would kill his entire family.

The voice in the back of my head kept on telling me one thing. It was an order.



Still though, I didn't know what to believe. It was just an assumption that the Uchiha-clan was killed by Konoha. It couldn't be true. No one would have allowed it. And nevertheless, Itachi following Konoha orders? I mean tried to kill Naruto. But he didn't. He could have. But he didn't. He didn't kill anyone.

Uchiha Itachi innocent?

I thought about the man. He looked similar to Sasuke. I was mildly attracted to him. Just a bit. But still, at that time he was a villain. Itachi hadn't killed anyone and he had prevented others from killing. I knew in my heart that Itachi was capable of killing Sasuke. There was no way on earth Sasuke would be able to if Itachi was in good condition.

But he wasn't. He was sick remember. His eyes weren't in the greatest shape.

Slowly, I stood up from where I was. I needed to find out more. Sasuke-kun could potentially be putting himself in danger. I needed to go warn Tsuande-sama so she knew what course of action to take. I was confused, there were many questions I had about what I had found out today. Sasuke-kun was a teme. That was all that I had come up with. The reasons why Sasuke was a teme.

First of all, he didn't care if or not he killed his best friend. His brother. Naruto had once said that blood didn't matter. Bonds mattered. He told me that the bonds we make with others are stronger than anything in the world. He told me that the bonds we create with others are unbreakable. He had formed a bond with Sasuke. And Sasuke had sanctioned the murder of Naruto.

Second, he had left Konoha. Even though there were things there that hurt him or might have hurt him, he had friends here. He had family. Why he gave it all was a mystery to me. Sasuke-kun was a mystery to me.

Third, he had attempted to force me to go with him. When I did want to go with him, he told me no. Why now? I probably knew too much information to get free so I knew he was going to come after me. Looking back at the road behind me, I looked around to see no one there. Maybe he hadn't found me.

Slowly, I started to walk towards Konoha. It was a few hours journey there so I started running. What would I tell Tsunade-sama? The elders were in danger? I didn't know how to tell her that. And also, Naruto's life was in danger. If the Akatsuki were coming to get him, then it would be a life or death battle.

There was only two or three members left from what I remembered. Sasori had been killed by my hands. Deidara by Kakashi-sensei. Itachi by Sasuke. Hidan by Ino, Shikamaru, Kakashi-sensei, and Choji. Kakuzu by sensei and Naruto. Pein and the woman were killed by Jiraiya-sama. From what I heard last time, there were 9 members. That left two. Possibly three or four.

I knew there was that leader. Tobi. Whatever his name was. Then there was Kisame of the Mist. And finally, there was another man, from the Bingo book, his name was Zetsu. A plant from what I had seen.

That was three people. Three strong people. That man Tobi, it had taken Naruto, Hinata, me, Sensei, Kiba, Shino, and some others to stop him but we weren't able to. He ran away.

Kisame was strong too. From what I had heard from Neji-kun, Tenten-chan, Lee-san, and Gai-sensei, Kisame was strong. Too strong. I didn't know if Naruto, Hinata, Kakashi-sensei, Yamato-sensei, or Sai stood a chance. Maybe if they had more help. I needed to get home to protect them as much as I could. They were all my family.

"Come on Sakura, you need to get home." I kept telling myself. I wanted to get home. I needed to prepare Konoha for battle. We needed to protect the innocent as much as we could.

But can you bring Sasuke-kun home?

That was the age old question. Did I have the power of bringing Sasuke-kun home? I didn't. I couldn't make him realize that Naruto was his friend, his brother. I could convince him that Konoha wasn't the same anymore. That it was stronger than before and better. Tsunade-sama was a great Hokage. Possibly one of the greatest. After Naruto's father of course.

Naruto had found out about his father a long time ago. Right after Jiraiya-sama had passed away from the world. When Naruto found out, he was shocked. His father was a great Hokage. That fueled Naruto even more to become Hokage. I wouldn't let him die without being Hokage. That was my promise. That was my goal. To get Naruto to become Hokage.

At that moment, I decided I'd give my life to protect Naruto. I would become his safe keeper. I would protect him no matter what. "Naruto. I'm going to protect you." I whispered. A hand clasped around my mouth and pulled me back.

"If you want to protect Naruto, you come with me." It was Sasuke-kun. I felt his fingers at my pressure point. The same one he had used almost 7 years ago. "When I say you are coming with me, you are coming." I felt chakra strings around my hands. I was too startled to move. How could I have been caught so easily? A blindfold went over my eyes and my hands were bound. I was his prisoner.

"Uchiha, let me go!"

"No, now come on." I felt myself being thrown over his shoulder. Using my bound fists, I started pounding on his back. He immediately let me go and I fell to the floor.

"What the hell Uchiha!"

"Shut up." He spat back. "And don't hit me, or I'll drag you all the way to the headquarters, you understand me Haruno?"

"Please just let me go. I have to warn Naruto!"

"No. Come on." He started to pull me after him. I instead dug my heels into the ground.

"No way am I coming with a low life like you!" Using my legs, I started to kick him. He jumped back to avoid me, I could hear it from the sound of his footsteps.

"Haruno, it is your choice, do you want to die, or do you want to live? I am giving you the chance to live. Don't take it in mild consideration. I should have killed you the second I saw you." I looked at him. Did he really say he wanted to kill me.

"I was on a mission. Just a small one. A D Ranked mission! You didn't even have to show up! I would have left! You asshole. Naruto is right! You are a teme!" She felt someone slap her. For some reason or another, it hurt. Not physically. But emotionally.

"You don't know anything about me Sakura, so stop pretending like you do. If you knew me, you wouldn't have run away from me. You would have come with me. If you knew anything. I can't believe Tsuande sent a spy for me. That old woman." That was it. He could make fun of me, but you never ever make fun of my Hokage. Kicking him once again, I saw him fall to the floor. Using my palm technique, I cut through the chakra rope and then pulled off the blindfold around my eyes.

"Don't you ever say that about her again." He was up by now and looking me dead in the eyes with his Sharingan. Moving my head to his feet, I activated my palm technique.



"So you're a medic now?" I could tell he was smirking. "Interesting." I watched as he activated chidori. He was going to kill me. Uchiha Sasuke was going to kill me. I watched as he came at me with the chidori. I jumped out of the way but then found him right in front of me. He placed the chidori to the ground and let the current come at me.

There was only one thing I could do.

Throwing my gloves off, I punched the floor and a large crevice formed. The electricity shot dropped in and I stared at the shocked Sasuke on the other side. I had time to run. But I didn't. Sasuke jumped over and behind me with his kusanagi sword at the base of my throat. I had no weapons to fight him with. Just my hands. Elbowing him again, I jumped out of the way and then put my hands together in a jutsu.

"Jutsus won't work. I can copy them."

"Not this one." I put my hands together and whispered. "Senbonsakura." It was my very own jutsu. Something I had formed when Naruto was training with Kakashi-sensei. Sakura pedals flew around us all, and then, twisting so they had sharp needles, they flew towards Sasuke. Sasuke formed a Katon around him, shielding himself from the attacking flowers. When it was over, we both were staring at each other. I could tell he was shocked. "What Uchiha? Didn't expect me to be a bit strong?"

"Shut up Haruno." I saw him using another technique. A summoning. Large snakes started to appear out of nowhere. I looked around. There was probably a town not far from here. I couldn't use Katsuyu so I would have to do something else. Sasuke-kun was slowly getting stronger. I noticed his sharingan had started to change.

There was only one thing I could do.

Unleash the chakra.

"Sasuke-kun, that is not a good idea." A voice spoke from behind me. I looked over my shoulder to see three Akatsuki uniforms. "Who is this girl?" It was that man we fought. Tobi. I saw him towards me.

"She was in my team back in Konoha." Sasuke told him. "Why should it matter to you?"

"Because once the kyubi realizes his last friend is missing, he'll come running for her." Great, I had just gotten Naruto in trouble. Haruno Sakura, congratulations. "Now come on, let's get to the headquarters. And darling," He turned towards me. "You were one of the girls who fought me were you not? The pink hair. No doubt Hatake Kakashi was your sensei. I also hear that you trained under the Hokage. Tsunade. You must me strong. Sasuke." He turned over to Sasuke-kun. "Watch her closely. She may have other powerful tactics you do not know about."

I was cornered. There was nothing I could do. Except. Amarante. She could help me get out of here. Using Amarante with my blizzard technique was good enough to get out of here.

The only problem was I couldn't put my hands together to do the technique.

Snakes had bound them.

"If you move Sakura, they will bite." Sasuke warned as he walked over to me. Taking my arm, he forced me to walk around the large crater I had made, and then set me to walk. "Wait." We stopped. The blindfold I had pulled off came over my eyes again.

"You are such a teme."

"Shut up." He seethed.

"Why would you betray all the people who love you? You are no better than Itachi!" Another slap. This time I fell to the ground. The blindfold was ripped off me and I was forced to stare in the eyes of the man I once loved.

"You don't know anything about my brother or me so shut the fuck up Haruno. I will kill you!"

"Then do it."

"No, I won't. You are bait for us. Nothing more than bait."

"I hate you." I spit in his face. Kisame on the side started laughing.

"You guys go ahead. I'm going to handle her and bring her over." Sasuke said looking at me. His eyes held a furiousness I couldn't stand to look in. It scared me.

"Don't hurt her. She is our bait. If in the process we can eliminate Hatake Kakashi and Tsunade then that is good. We'll see you soon."

"Weren't you going to pick up Naruto for your sick deeds?" I asked.

"No, he wasn't there, and plus, we were running short of weapons. We needed to restock. On our way, we found a precious little flower. She became the key to getting Naruto back." Kisame smiled and walked away. Soon the other ones were gone and Sasuke and I were left. I could feel Sasuke's anger and that only fueled my own.

"You are a bastard." I stated.

Fangs sunk into my skin.

"You'll going to be knocked unconscious for the next few hours."

"Fuck you."

"I will deal with you at the headquarters Haruno."

"Fuck you."

"You should have stayed away from me Sakura. I only bring hate and apathy to this world."

I couldn't say anything. My mind was numb. I felt groggy. And soon I was asleep.

Only to be awaken in a darkly lit bedroom.

Chained.