Hello again, well I just want to thank all my reviewers, supporters and………….well yeah everyone, who has actually read my story(s). So on with the story.

Disclaimer: Do you really need me to tell you….

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I didn't want to admit it, it was easier to lie,

And hide the hurt and emptiness, to smile instead of cry

-Unknown

We sat in the tree tops, gazing down at the young kunoichi, who sat peacefully in her hospital bed.

Her long pink locks covered most of her face, showing only the tip of her nose and lips.

I wanted, no, I needed to remove the hair from her fair face. I needed to see her eyes, those glistening emerald orbs which had made me fall in love with her so long ago.

But I couldn't give into those worthless emotions. It would cloud the objective of the mission. The Akatsuki needed her. She was one of the top medics in the village, next to the Hokage and her assistant Shizune.

"Well are we going to grab her or not?"

I could understand he was getting impatient, but still, What a stupid question! After Tobi, Kisame had to be one of the most idiotic members in the whole of our organization. Of course we were going to grab her, but it was still light out, everybody would see us.

"Or do we wait?"

I indicated my agreement with a quiet 'Hn'.

Plain and simple, after all, I am a man of few words.

Kisame simply nodded, then turned to watch the girl, making sure she didn't go anywhere. I could see he was in the mood to slice something.

But, he waited.

I sat up in my bed, as I read over some reports that Tsunade had given me to pass the time. She said I wouldn't be leaving the hospital for another 3 days. Sometimes I wish Tsunade didn't care about me as much as she did.

I had been up for around half an hour, but I was still tired. The short nap I took didn't last long, I thought about going back to sleep, but I dismissed the idea as quickly as it came into my head.

While shuffling through the pile of paper that lay on my lap, sorting them into piles, ranging from unimportant things through to extremely important documents. I heard a quiet tap on my door.

I looked up to see Kakashi standing there, with Naruto and Sasuke standing just behind him.

"Uh, what are you guys doing here?"

I asked as I put the reports onto my side table.

"We came to see how you were"

"Yeah Sakura-Chan, We were all worried about you, even Mr. Attitude was"

Naruto said pointing over at Sasuke, who stood with his hands in his pockets like usual and his eyes closed.

"Hn"

My eyes grew wide as I heard that Sasuke was worried about me, even if it was only a little bit. It was kind of nice knowing that he did care.

Snapping out of my trance, and realising that I was probably looking like a total ass, just sitting there wide-eyed. I closed, then opened my eyes and smiled weakly.

"Well I'm fine, Tsunade-Sama said that I would be out in a couple of days"

Then, out of the corner of my eye, I could see that Sasuke gave a small, but still obvious smirk.

I gave a frustrated grunt and crossed my arms in front of my chest.

"What?!"

He then made me feel even more frustrated as he let out a small chuckle, all eyes were on him, waiting for what was sure to be a smart-ass remark.

"Only three days? I thought I would have more quiet time then that"

With that, he smirked once more and walked out into the hallway, and out of view.

My mouth gaped open in surprise. Did I hear a hint of sarcasm in that joke. I did, I'm sure of it. I closed my eyes once more, and gave a small smirk of my own.

"Well, I should have seen that coming"

"Sorry about that Sakura. But you must know that he was worried about you"

Kakashi stated, smiling at the end.

"We hope you get better soon Sakura-Chan"

Giving a small wave, Naruto and Kakashi turned and left my hospital room. Both of them soon appeared invisible as they walked into the crowd of busy hospital staff.

I laughed inwardly as I thought about what Sasuke had said.

"Some things will never change"

The sun had almost set in Kohona, as a pair of Chunin ranked Leaf Village ninja walked along the outskirts of the city, guarding from any enemy ninja that might decide to attack.

Turning their heads to the right, rustling of leaves in the trees, made them suspicious, as it was not a windy night. They made their way into the dimly lit forest.

They walked for about 10 minutes before they came into a clearing. After scanning the area for enemy ninja, the pair then scouted for traps and what-not. Not once realising that their enemy was right above them.

Kisame grabbed a kunai from his pocket and was about to strike, before a hand was placed in front of him.

"Can't I kill them"

He quietly pleaded, but his partner shook his head.

"It will draw to much unwanted attention"

He sneered softly, and put the sharp kunai back into his Akatsuki cloak. He hated it when Itachi said things like that.

Itachi lowered his hand

"Just wait"

I placed a spoon full of soup into my mouth and drank it slowly. Tsunade had brought me a late dinner and was now sitting next to me, watching me eat.

She watched me carefully, probably making sure I didn't spill it or something.

"Tsunade-Sama, what's wrong?"

I asked as I placed the spoon back into the bowl. She sighed.

"Is there something your not telling me Sakura?"

I averted my gaze from her and looked down at my food tray.

It held a now half-empty bowl of vegetable soup, a glass of water, and a half bitten peach. I smiled, she always knew what I like to eat. I've spent so much time with her, she is like a mother to me now.

"Well Sakura?"

My head shot up as I looked back into my sensei's eyes,

They were filled with worry, I had to tell her.

I sighed and glanced out the window, they sun was nearly hidden, and the moon started to appear. It was a never-ending cycle.

"Well, I, I…"

I stared out the window, before I finally worked up the courage to look at Tsunade without turning away. I put the food tray on my side table, which was getting really crowded., and turned towards the woman that sat beside me.

"When I was in the forest, I felt as if someone was there, watching me."

I clenched my heart, as I said these words I felt as if it was being ripped apart inside of me.

"And I think he or she is still out there"

Tsunade just stared at me, she was unable to speak, or that's what it looked like to me, I wasn't very good at reading people's facial expressions.

"I see"

I looked at her in confusion, that's all? 'I see' is that all she's going to say?

"You see Sakura…"

She reached over to my side table and picked up one of the reports I had read through earlier.

"I have reason to believe that the Akatsuki is behind this"

My eyes opened wide, the Akatsuki? We haven't heard anything of them in quite a while, why now?

"The Akatsuki?"

"Yes, but it's just a hunch. Our ANBU have reported seeing them on numerous occasions, in and out of Fire Country, so we don't know what there up to"

My eyes focused more on the papers that Tsunade was holding, I must have missed them or never got to them, because I don't recall reading anything about the Akatsuki.

There was silence for quite sometime, before a nurse came in and asked for Tsunade's help.

"I'll be there in a minute"

She replied as she turned back to me, and patted me on the head.

"I'll check on you later Sakura"

She then exited the room and met up with a bunch of nurses, with lots of paperwork and medicine in the arms.

I chuckled to myself.

'She'll be drinking a lot tonight'

We sat there for what was a few hours, then, The sun finally went behind the mountains, we were now completely enveloped in darkness.

We turned to face each other, and nodded. Kismae gave a evil grin as he gripped the handle of his sword, that still rested on his back. He really wanted to do some harm. I sighed.

"Don't kill her"

His grin faded, and his grip on the sword loosened. He turned away to look back at the hospital and sighed.

"Fine"

In less then a second, we were gone.

'Sakura, you will be mine'

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Well there you go, I hope you liked it. Here are the songs I listened to when I wrote this.

-Lithium: Evanescence

-Bring Me To Life: Evanescence

-Beautiful Disaster: Kelly Clarkson

-Angel: Within Temptation (BEST SONG EVER!!!)

-Snow White Queen: Evanescence

-Itachi-Theme: From the website Sinful. (awesome site if you a Itachi x Sakura Lover)

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