AN: sry this took me so long to post this chapter. I had a ton of homework and projects and friend crises that I had to take care of. Thanks to ZoeBabii328, I think that this chapter is so much better than my first draft of it. Read and review, be pretty harsh with ur comments but don't try and make me cry

Chapter 4

Recap: "Hai," Sasuke said, he was determined to finish this quickly so that he could return to the one person that really mattered; Sakura.

Sasuke was exhausted after three straight days of training with Orochimaru. He began to think more and more about the village and Sakura. He was deep in thought when Orochimaru attacked. Startled, Sasuke jumped back just in time.

"Daydreaming again, Sasuke?" Orochimaru hissed, like the snakes he controlled.

"Of course not," Sasuke yelled as he launched into the air. "Katon: Ryūka no Jutsu."

Orochimaru dodged the attack easily. He smirked, "And I thought you wanted to kill your brother"

"Revenge. So pointless. There are more important things out there," he murmured under his breathe.

Orochimaru winced at those words. It reminded him of his old sensei. "You old bastard," he muttered under his breathe. "Sasuke…you don't care for anyone in that village anymore, do you?" his question slid so slowly out of his mouth that it was enough to make Sasuke shutter on the inside.

"Why would I care for anyone in that village? It means nothing to me," Sasuke kept the straightest face he could, but Orochimaru was a legendary sannin and knew he was lying.

"We're finished for today. Go back to your room and clear your mind, you're too distracted," Orochimaru needed to rest, after his encounter with the Sandaime, his body was growing weaker with each passing day. If he didn't steal Sasuke's body soon, he might die.

Back in Konoha, Sakura was beginning to accept the fact that Sasuke had left. Thanks to Naruto, who hadn't left to find Sasuke yet, she was starting to return to normal, or at least as close to normal as she could get. If only she could make time reverse, if only she could go bring him back.

BAM!

Sakura slammed her fist on the table. Next to her hand was a picture of Team 7, back when everything was going fine. She punched the glass and through the picture frame across the room. The shattered glass was dripping with her blood and tears.

"Sakura, what was that?" her mom called up the stairs.

"It was nothing mom," she yelled back, her voice quivering from all of her crying.

"Have you heard from Sakura lately?" Lee asked.

"No, she's locked herself in her room for the past couple of days. I think she's still upset about Sasuke. You know she was there when he left. I feel bad for her," Ino said.

"Can I get a daisy please?" Lee asked.

"Sure, here you go," Ino said handing Lee a beautiful yellow daisy. "Tell her that she can always come talk to me."

"I will. Thank you," Lee said as he ran out the door of the flower shop.

Lee jumped from roof to roof. How could he do that to Sakura? I will make him pay.

TAP

Lee landed on the roof outside Sakura's window. He looked inside to see Sakura sitting on her bed, her face was blank. Lee knocked on the window and Sakura got up. He hopped down onto the floor of her room.

"Sakura, I came here to give you something," Lee said as he handed Sakura the yellow daisy.

"Thank you Lee," Sakura said, some emotion returning to her face.

"Ino wanted me to tell you that you can always talk to her," Lee said looking straight at her.

"Lee, I've made up my mind about Sasuke," sakura said

As Sasuke sits beneath a giant oak tree, he hears a familiar voice. He looks up and sees Sakura running towards him from the clearing just ahead. She looks so happy. Surprised to see her, he gets up and runs toward her with a smile on his face.

Orochimaru steps out from the side and hisses at Sakura. Sakura stops in her tracks, looking at Orochimaru, anger takes over her features. She steps towards him, hands bawled into fists.

"Sakura! No, don't go near him!" Sasuke barked

Right before his eyes, Sakura walked toward Orochimaru, her eyes full of tears and yelled at him. Sasuke couldn't tell what she was saying but Orochimaru looked angry. STAB. Sakura coughed up blood as Orochimaru pulled his sword out of her stomach. Her knees began to buckle. Sasuke couldn't move. He couldn't run to catch her. Sakura fell to the ground with a loud thud. Orochimaru's maniacal laughter filled the dark room they were all in.

"NOOO!!!" Sasuke wailed.