Title: Cha! Enter, Sakura!

Summery: Sasuke's interrogation…yeah, can't say much more than that…Sakura makes her appearance! I love time-skip Sakura…

Disclaimer: Naruto is property of Kishimoto-sensei

Author comments: Hee, hee, here's chapter five! I kinda rushed this chapter cause I went on a super writing jolt and...yeah...I wanted to get it all down while I was working so it's short...Sorry!

Story Starts

Sasuke squinted as Shizune shined a light in his eyes. His hands were tied behind his back and his legs were tied to the legs of the chair he was in. He looked to the side briefly to see Shino, who was there to make sure Sasuke's chakra stayed low with his bugs. Tsunade was taking no chances.

"Where's Orochimaru?" Shizune asked, pulling the light back.

Sasuke kept his face emotionless.

Shizune stared at him. "You can speak freely or not, I don't really care." She picked up a needle from a nearby table. "Tsunade-sama gave me orders to make you speak, no matter what."(1) She held the needle to Sasuke's throat and paused. "Sasuke…please, don't make me hurt you."

Before Sasuke could reply the door burst open. There stood Sakura, staring at Sasuke. Her fists clenched. "S-Sasuke-kun…" she glared at Shizune. "Shizune! Get out of here! You too, Shino."

Shizune didn't move. "Sakura, I have orders from Tsunade."

"As do I. She sent me down here to try to talk to him. Now, go." Sakura ordered and they left. She ran a hand through her hair as she pulled a chair over to Sasuke. She sat. "Sasuke-kun…"

Sasuke turned his head away. "Does the Hokage really think that you'll get me to talk about Orochimaru?"

"Not really, but she figured we'd give it a try. Torture is to be our last resort." She sighed. "So…you came back to see Naruto?" a chuckle escaped her. "I always knew you two were close, but I didn't know you were that close."

Sasuke looked at her. "We weren't, until recently." He looked her over. "You've grown, Sakura. I see that you never re-grew your hair. Why?"

Sakura touched the back of her hair. She blushed. "I originally grew it out for you, Sasuke. I heard you liked girls with long hair. After you left, there really wasn't a point in having it long. Besides, short hair's more convenient."

Sasuke nodded. A few minutes of silence passed. "Who's that Sai kid?"

"Sai? He's mine and Naruto's new teammate." She looked down at the floor. "He's supposed to be your replacement."

He looked down as well. "He and Naruto seem to get along…"

For some reason, that struck Sakura as funny. She got up, still laughing. "Naruto hated it when Sai joined. He said no one could ever replace you." She rubbed the back of her neck. "They weren't really friends until recently. Though Naruto hasn't spoken to him since they captured you." Her face saddened slightly. "Naruto's…been giving us all the cold shoulder since then."

"Can't really blame him, can you? You did arrest his boyfriend."

"Boyfriend? So you guys are official?" she went to the door. She paused, her hand on the doorknob. "Sasuke?"

"Yeah?"

"It was nice to see you again." She smiled. "Maybe next time you won't have to be tied to a chair." With that she left. A 'click' was heard as she locked the door.

Sasuke shook his head. "You think I'm back for good…" he looked up. "Orochimaru won't wait forever for me to return. He'll come find me. And when he does, Konoha will be in for a repeat for what happened three years ago…"

The Monster Goes RAWR

Orochimaru growled and kicked a table over, spilling chemicals and equipment. Just where the hell was Sasuke?! He'd been gone for five days. Yesterday Orochimaru had sent Kabuto to find him and still hadn't heard anything.

"Orochimaru-sama." Kabuto spoke as he walked in the room. He spotted the overturned table and sighed. "Great, I just get home and I have to clean."

Orochimaru glared. "Where's Sasuke?! Did you find him?!"

Kabuto adjusted his glasses. "Of course I found him. And you won't believe where." He smirked. "Konoha. Seems he got himself captured and now they're keeping him locked away."

"What?! What was he doing in Konoha in the first place?!"

Kabuto swiftly pulled out a card and showed it to Orochimaru. On it was a rotating picture of Naruto. "Looks like you made a mistake when you left Naruto alive. I told you to kill him."(2)

Orochimaru glared. "Don't lecture me, or I'll kill you." He turned around and smirked. "I won't make the same mistake twice."

The End

(1) Yeah, go Shizune! Torture the bastard! (2) You can't kill Naruto, you idiot! He's the hero of the whole thing! It's called 'Naruto', for god's sake!

Kainichi: The chapter was shorter than I intended…ugh…

Naruto: Don't worry about it, Kai-chan! You just need to make the next one extra long!

Sasuke: Yeah, so you'd better stop slacking with your writing. -pokes her forehead- Idiot.

Kainichi: -rubs forehead- I hate you…so much…

Naruto: Can't wait to see what happens next!