Soooooooo here's the third chapter. Things will start to get interesting now! :]

Chapter 3: Stolen

"Aha I got you!" Sakura giggled as she lunged towards Sasuke, but before she could tag him he disappeared real fast. She had to stop herself quickly before she fell over. "Oh man, you're fast." She huffed and pouted angrily.

Sasuke smirked as he high fived Naruto who was sticking his tongue out at Sakura. The pink haired girl shook her head and her smile spread across her face in delight. This was fun. Those two are really something.

Their game of tag continued, even though some of the kids playing decided to do other things at the park. Shikamaru sat on top of a slide, contemplating whether or not to slide down it. It was pretty difficult, and troublesome for him to decide. Hinata was behind him, waiting patiently for her turn.

On the swings Chouji pushed Ino, eating some of his snack every now and then. Shino sat under a tree, his face hidden from everyone as usual. He was quiet, but everyone knew better. His silence was needed so he can hear his bugs, and every now and then he would talk back to them. Weird.

Kiba was still playing tag, currently he was in front of Sakura, teasing her. "C'mon, you can tag me!" he laughed, "Hehe I'm right in front of you!" Sakura lunged for him and he jumped to the right quickly, his puppy Akamaru barked at the sudden movement.

Sakura huffed again, she really didn't have the best of luck when it came to tag. But she had a plan. She turned around and chased after Naruto who was still next to Sasuke. Sasuke stepped out of the way just a little since Naruto was Sakura's new target. But just as she passed him going towards Naruto, she pivoted on her foot very quickly and leaped at Sasuke. "Tag successful! You're it!" she grinned triumphantly.

Sasuke looked at her surprise. And then he smirked, "Not for long!" and they continued running around.

Somewhere on the other side of Konoha, patrol guards were playing their own games….

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"Chug! Chug! Chug!" the male Konoha shinobi cheered on his female partner. They were supposed to be watching the perimeter of the village. But it had been a real long time since anyone had tried something against the village so they were taking a break, a break that involved sake.

The female finished off the bottle with a sound of satisfaction. It was the sound you make after having a cold drink on a hot summer day, and she grinned at her partner. "Hehe you thought couldn't do it, huh but worry you don't, hehe." Her slurry of words made little sense but her partner just laughed at her, a big belly laugh that echoed throughout the forest.

They were very busy laughing, and being loud, that they didn't notice the chakra signatures coming up behind them. "Drinking on the job," a dark voice spoke, breaking their laughter. They spun around rapidly, trying to figure out where it came from.

"Bad decision," another voice called out.

"Shit," the male Konoha shinobi quickly bit his thumb and performed some hand signs that would set off an alarm in Konoha, a system that was good for patrol shinobi in case they were attacked and killed. Who knows how many intruders there would be? Why were they in Konoha?

The female was shakily trying to handle her kunai in her drunken hands. A man appeared behind her and slit her throat before anyone could even blink. The female's eyes closed and her body slumped on the ground, blood pooling around her.

"No!" the male shouted and ran over to her, but the other man kicked him in his back, forcing him to the ground. He fell to the ground, hands in the sticky blood from his fallen partner, and friend. Quickly he rolled over and managed to avoid being stabbed in the back.

"Mistake after mistake…hmm, how does it feel to watch your partner die in front of you?" the first man who killed her grabbed the male shinobi by the neck. "Stupid Konoha ninja, you have no idea what's coming."

"Fuck off!" tears rimmed his eyes, if only had they been more cautious. Why did they drink that sake? Why today? Why?

"Just die," the murderer snapped his neck, and threw him onto the female. Their bodies lay limp in the blood.

The other murderer chuckled. "I'll tell the others." And then disappeared.

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The siren wailed through Konoha. Shinobi ran towards the perimeter of Konoha prepared for an invasion. Civilians rushed inside to avoid getting injured. And the kids stood scared.

"What-what's going on?" Ino jumped off the swing and ran over to Sakura. People were running in all directions.

"We should get out of here." Shikamaru muttered, "C'mon Ino and Chouji we will go to my house…"

Sakura looked at Ino, fear in her eyes. "Sakura, you should go home too."

All the kids ran off towards home, except for Sasuke, Naruto and Sakura. "Guys my brother will protect us," Sasuke told them, "We can go to my house." And then he ran off, Naruto looked at Sakura, grabbed her hand, and took off after Sasuke. They were a little scared, everything seemed so frantic.

Out in the distance shouts were heard and explosions shook the ground, causing Sakura to stumble, but Naruto kept running and pulled Sakura up with him. "Naruto, I'm scared." Sakura whispered and Sasuke looked at them as he continued running.

Naruto squeezed her hand. "Me too," his eyebrows scrunched together in thought, "But we have to keep going."

Sakura nodded her head in understanding. What is going on? Is everyone going to be okay?

Suddenly Sakura's arm not being held by Naruto was yanked, causing the two children to fall backwards, Naruto only squeezed her hand tighter as they looked at their attacker.

"Silly children." A man sneered as he yanked Sakura's arm again, it was painful because Naruto held onto her too she felt the strain of being pulled both ways. The man wore all black, and a black mask that had slits for his eyes, which were an unusual pink.

"Let her go you dark freak!" Naruto shouted grabbing Sakura's arm with both hands and trying to get her out of the man's grasp. Sasuke ran over and blew a small fireball at the man.

Surprisingly, the fire was moved with just a wave of his hand. Sasuke glared and tried helping Naruto pull Sakura.

"Naruto! Sasuke!" Sakura cried as she tried to shake her attacker off of her.

The man in all black laughed and just held up his hand, then Naruto and Sasuke flew back as if something crashed into them. Sakura was out of their grasp. "Fools." He injected a syringe into Sakura's arm, her wide emerald eyes closed as tears rolled out of them. "So long," then the man jumped away just as a man appeared behind Sasuke and Naruto.

"Little brother," Sasuke jerked up, looking at the man who was dressed in his Anbu uniform, except his mask was in his hand.

"Itachi!" he exclaimed, tears in his eyes. "They took Sakura…" he shook his head in disbelief as Naruto sobbed next to him, hitting the ground in frustration.

"Why?! I need to get her back!" Naruto wailed, "They could hurt her." He sniffled sadly.

Sasuke walked over to Itachi. "Can you rescue her?"

The wind blew Itachi's hair around, shouts were still heard around the village. He spoke no words, just placed his mask on. Itachi disappeared in a flurry of leaves.

Yep, I stereotypically had Sakura get kidnapped.

But, this is going to set up some of my ideas. Like why does that guy have pink eyes? Where did these people come from? Please review for a speedy update, and let me know your thoughts and concerns :]