Author's Note: My disclaimer is at the beginning, enough said. Special Thanks to:

Takara Makoto- Lol… you'll see what the ice cube will do shortly. xD

Daianta- I'm sorry for the cliffy, but their necessary to staff of writers block.

Freedomwings26-To the first question:good. To the second: I can't tell you. As to the third: Of course. Who would want to kill off the number 1 Hyperactive ninja. Though I did consider leaving him dead in the beginning.

countess licia- We'll see. I get irriated with all his 'yeah'ing. But perhaps.

Now… to ease your curiousity and save myself from being lynched here is the next part. If you can guess what is going to happen next I will give you a small preview in my reply to your review. ; )

Recap:

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"You see, I know a bit more about Konoha than even the Akatsuki could guess. And I know that there is something you've been hiding from everyone, even the other Leaf ninja."

She knew exactly what he was talking about, oh god, she knew. Lips tightening defiantly, Sakura replied quietly, "I don't know what you're talking about."

Torin's gaze was like twin black nights as he pinned her down with his gaze. "Lying will get you no where. Tell me about it."

"There is nothing to tell, I don't know what you are talking about," she said calmly. She could not give up that which had the potential to destroy them, to put the world in a darker place than it was now.

"Then suffer." Torin spat. She bit her lip until blood ran out leaving a copper taste in her mouth as she held in the silent scream for mercy. Her body jerck slightly as her back arched in agony. Her eyes remained closed, holding in the water which threatened to spill down her cheeks like liquid crystals as her back was coated in chrisom ribbons.

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"It's nothing."

"If it is nothing, than I will personally extract it," Neji threatened as his white eyes activated.

"You wouldn't dare," she snapped, her byakuugan activating as she challenged him.

"Are you willing to test the theory?" he returned coldly.

The usual warmth of her gaze was forsaken for ice as she stared him down. "Absolutely."

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Hinata's eyes never left her cousin as he got to his feet, facing her. The cold gaze in his eyes reminded her of the chunin exams many years prior, but that only served to make her anger colder. She was not going to allow him to take her memories when they weren't to be shared. Sakura and herself had many, many things that they had experienced together, all of which she had kept silent about.

"Neji, why are you so persistent," she snapped coldly.

"Why are you so afraid to let me see?" Neji returned icily his fingers narrowing into claw like points. Extracting memories was not something he enjoyed, much less from an unwilling ninja. Because he often received more than he had bargained for, a back wash to the Memory Extraction Jutsu that the Hyuuga had mastered after spending some time with the Yamanaka's.

Her lilac eyes darkened. "You don't need to know, Neji. Please trust me on this." Her words were soft, a plea concealed in them.

"Icecube, just let her be," Naruto said with a sigh as he rubbed his temples.

Hinata's gaze flickered to him, thanks shining in her eyes. And in that opportune moment, Neji struck strait to her temple as he closed his eyes.

**Flash Back**

"Sakura… are you sure about this?" Hinata asked hesitantly, staring at the tiles before them. "A jutsu like this could have serious repercussions."

"Hinata.. if I were frightened of the repercussions, I wouldn't be using it," she replied, chuckling softly.

Worry made Hinata study her friends anxious gaze pensively, her eyes reading something more in the girl's movements. The Akatsuki had been on their trail for days, forcing them to split up from the main group. They simply could not slow down the others with Kiri slowly getting sicker. Sakura felt it was her responsibility now that neither Shikamaru or Temari was alive. And she had been there to witness the pink haired medic's fight for life against Sasuke.

The green eyes had not sparkled the same for some time now, and silently, Hinata had worried about it. Her fingers stretched out to brush the medic's shoulders. "Sakura… I know you are worried about the Akatsuki that have been following us. But really, you shouldn't rush this Sakura."

As Neji watched from the sidelines, the medic nodded and began the string of hand signs. They were blurred with their speed, perfect and yet unreadable to his eyes. Chakra began to build around her and then something wrenched him past as he turned to see furious lilac eyes staring at him.

Time seemed to fast forward and then he turned as he saw black cloaked figures appear. A lilac flash disappeared… but the red was overtaken.

**End Flash back**

Wrenching his arm free, Neji was startled to find his cousins hand around his wrist. Her eyes were cold, but held a small glimmer of dark satisfaction. She had been the disruption that fast forwarded through the memory. "What was the technique?" he asked.

"I don't know what you're talking about."

Now both Uchiha's gaze's narrowed. Their sharigan could see by the shifting of her body that she was not telling them the truth. But Itachi and Kakashi alike knew that it would be unwise to continue delaying the search. "Let's get moving." Itachi said before the Hyuuga prodigy could argue. "We can discuss memories later, when everyone is feeling honest."

With that he stepped into the branches and then leaped to the next tree. One at a time, the others followed. Naruto's cerulean gaze saw the regret reflecting in Hinata's eyes. Disappointment shone in his own as he jumped up and then set off after the others. Clutching her heart pendant in her fist, Hinata stared at the ground a moment longer before following them behind tears silently tracing down her cheeks. But to the others eyes, she seemed perfectly fine.

Kiri stirred slowly as her pale red eyes opened to stare up into her oldest sensei's face. "Even the lilacs weep today," she whispered softly. "And the cherry blossoms remain closed, as if they have fallen asleep and not woken up to the sun's shining gaze."

Kakashi merely nodded, slowly shifting the girl to his back. His bright chrisom eyes stared over at the flowers as the lilacs petals slowly drifted to the ground, leaving the stems bare for the world to see. Just as the secrets would soon be revealed. "But they will… they are resilient… just as the dandelions of summer." He finally replied.

"Until the cold bites them all to freezing dust…" Kiri whispered ominously before passing out once more.

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Yichi walked through the base silently, her bare feet making no noise against the tiles. She was certain that Sakura was around; her mark throbbed dully whenever she passed this part of the base. So for the past hour she had been wandering these twining passages. Her eyes glanced into many of the cells through the one way genjutsu barrier, feeling her heart sink in disappointment as the cells were empty.

As her breath hitched from a fresh stab of pain, Yichi stopped to grip her mark. There was only three rooms left, at the end of this block, after it, she would rest for a while before trying again. The chakra bonds took a toll on her strength.

Stepping forward, she paused as she felt something collide with her and then throw her back forcibly. Inquisitively, Yichi reached forward with her hand to touch the almost solid feeling barrier before a snap of electricity made her back off. Sakura must be in that area if Torin sealed it off. But what makes this barrier tick? She thought pensively as she popped her knuckles.

Checking over her shoulder, she carefully drew out a seal and set it at the corner. Threading out a small amount of her chakra forming a small hole just big enough for the older girl to slip through. With a small smile, she pulled the seal through with her before turning around and setting off at a run. If she could get to Sakura before Torin got to either herself or the pink kunoichi, then they would have a shot at breaking out. The only other possibility was one that she rather not consider as she thought of Torin's words. "Everything you do will effect the other. You try anything, and your sister will be the one who pays for it."

Little did the kunoichi realize that she had just sprung his trap…

R&R…