Hey guys sooo I know I kind of sprung the curse mark and seal onto you it just sorta appeared in my mind while I was writing that last bit and didn't feel like rephrasing stuff. Besides, I'm thinking of making it a factor in her relationship with Sasuke (not the "we share a common bond" thing though. That's a cliché and most people would expect it.) I'll also go into detail of what the curses affect was in a later chapter…or this chapter. Depends on what I happen to think up at the time. I seriously just pull these things outta my ass and make it work sometimes… except the fight scenes. Those I actually have to try with, although I'm pretty sure they suck anyway :'(

Also, when I write in Naruto's POV I'm just sorta guessing like I did with Karin. I'm not as comfortable in his mind like I am Sasuke's and Sakura's. I'll start reading more NaruHina so I get comfortable in both of theirs…well actually I'm good with Hinata's it's just Naruto's that drives me crazy, tell me if you think I should've added or left out something! Anyway, first a disclaimer and then I'll stop blathering on like an idiot and get to the story.

Temari: Akemi doesn't own Naruto or anything Naruto related, just the plot to this story. Please read and review, flames are welcome, she want any and all feedback.

Thoughts

Inners Thoughts

Flashbacks

Jutsus

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Naruto POV

I looked at the sleeping girl in my arms and frowned worriedly. She's always doing this; I know she can't help it. Sakura just has this urge to help people when they're in pain; it's the reason why she healed the teme, but when she collapses like this it's really nerve-racking.

And speaking of the teme…. HOW DARE HE KISS MY SAKURA-CHAN?! My Sakura-chan! The girl who's my sister in every way but blood! He kissed her!

"Hey dickless, any reason why you just growled?"

"... Shut up Sai-teme."

Sasuke POV

When I woke up, I made sure to keep my breathing even; giving no indication I was awake. All I could figure was that I was on the replacements back and close to Naruto, who must've either been beside or carrying Sakura. More likely the latter, I noticed the lack of chakra when she was healing me. We were close enough to hear what they were saying.

Ne, Sakura-chan," Naruto asked.

"Hm, What is it Naruto?" She responded. I could hear the fatigue in her voice and her yawn.

"I was wondering…Where did you get that seal? I've wondered since I first saw it but…" His words caught almost my complete attention. A small part of it remained on acting half asleep. It was silent for a minute before she answered.

"At one point when I was still in training I was attacked. A rogue nin with tattoos all along her arms and hands. They were part of her specialized jutsu. They weren't really tattoos, they were curses, it's why they constantly moved and changed. I was able to hold her off until Anbu got there but at one point her palm hit me in the chest. It didn't show up until the next day. At the time I didn't think anything of it, I thought it was a bruise and at the beginning it was, just one big bruise. But after a while, instead of fading it turned darker and started shrinking into the shape of a little teardrop. So I went to Tsunade-shishou about it." She paused and I heard her take a breath.

"She couldn't figure it out at first either, but then things started happening…" She trailed off I could hear the terrified undertone in her voice. "Shishou put a seal around it. From then on I just started storing chakra in it for times like this, when I need it the most." It was silent for a while, and then I heard Naruto make snarl.

"Hey Dickless, any reason why you just growled?" The guy who was carrying me inquired.

"... Shut up Sai-teme." My eye twitched a little. I hated that nickname but it was still mine before Sai even got here, that kind of irritated me.

I felt the wind change as Sai sped up, presumably to get away before Naruto decided to set down Sakura and attack him, which is where I had concluded she was when I heard her breathing go shallow and even with sleep.

"I know you're awake." He said. "Your breathing hitched for a moment when you woke up and you stiffened slightly when Dickless asked Ugly about her curse seal."

"Hn," I replied. I wondered if I should ask him or not but then, he seems to fit well with the other three, despite his insults. "Did you know about her seal?"

"Yes, I was present during the process of getting it in fact." He replied in a creepy fake-happy voice.

"What were the affects of the curse?"

"It started corroding her mind, putting her under great psychological strain. One night, she was working and just… snapped. She was healing me at the time, one minute she was fine and just looked tired and the next," He smiled that creepy smile. "I was punched through a wall and her eyes were red. Like the color of the Sharingan almost." I stared at him out of the corner of my eye.

"At first we all thought I had just said something and wrote it off, the eyes were contributed to the concussion. Then it happened again, to Hyuuga Neji. He had to temporarily paralyze her to keep her from hurting anyone. There's more to it than that but that's all I know It was quite amusing when she broke through the restraints later though. I've never seen a person get shocked by a chakra-infused collar so much since they began using them a few years ago.." Now I could understand why the dobe called this guy a bastard.

"Oh look, we're at Suna." He said about ten minutes later. "I can finally leave you for Dickless and Ugly to do as they please." Tch. Asshole.

TIME SKIP

Sakura POV

It had been nearly a month since we got back from Suna. Naruto and I were in charge of the wellbeing of Sasuke and his team so long as they were in confinement but today was the day that we started interrogation. Ibiki, of course, would be in charge of Karin and Suigetsu but Sasuke would require stronger treatment. That's where I came in. I knew a way to tune psychological pain with the real deal. It was quite simple really. You just channel chakra into your weapon of choice, assuming it's small like a senbon or a kuni, and stab different places on his or her body. Each one would trigger a memory or thought that causes immense mental pain. Anko was the first "lab rat" I tested it on. She was curious and liked the idea of knowing what exactly would happen when she used it. She's more sadistic than Ibiki.

I learned a lot about her that day. She swore me to secrecy beforehand though. To this day no one knows what was said in there. But I held back with her though. Today I was going all out, It didn't matter whether Sasuke was a friend or teammate previously I would show no mercy. Opening the door, I stepped into a barely lit room. Sasuke was there bound with chakra draining handcuffs. His team didn't need anything other than their chakra bound by Hinata and Neji with basic handcuffs, but Sasuke kept forcing his chakra gates back open, we can't figure out how. I have a guess but it would be confirmed soon.

"So Uchiha," I said, forcing my voice to be uncaring of his situation and condition. "Will you be compliant or will I have to force the answers out of you?" He smirked.

"Why so cold Sa-ku-ra," He inquired. "You had plenty of warmth for me the night you attacked us." I was tempted to kill him for that one.

"Need I remind you who kissed who Uchiha?" I replied coolly. Looks like it's going to be the hard way then. I stepped forward with a senbon in hand. "Where is Orochimaru?" A fairly apt question considering Sasuke was his apprentice. Surprisingly, he answered that without a problem.

"His body is decaying as we speak," He replied. "I ran it through about a year ago." I was almost pleased with this answer. Almost.

"And his life soul?" I paused before rephrasing. "Ok, I'm pretty sure he doesn't have a 'soul' per say so let's say 'life essence' instead." He smirked a little at that but didn't answer.

"Well Uchiha? Has that departed from this world as well?" He still didn't answer. I grinned; time to use my technique. A little part of me was hoping for this, I was still mad about him leaving me on a bench when we were kids. "Fine. Let's do it the hard way then." I jabbed the senbon into his left shoulder and smirked when he stiffened. After using this ability countless times, I've discovered that the dominant side of your body deals with the psychological suffering while the non-dominant deals with the physical. Sasuke was right handed, and I'm saving that for the big ones.

Shoulders are memories of battles. Right now he should be feeling the pain of every fight, every spar he's ever been in. I could practically see the curses he wanted to say.

"Well? Did he take over someone else's body or is he actually dead?" I inquired impatiently. He still said nothing, so I pushed the senbon further into his shoulder.

"Answer me Uchiha. What's the harm? Does it truly matter to you if your old master lives or dies?"

"Kabuto." He said finally. "He's in Kabuto." I made a small noise of disgust.

"I always knew Kabuto was fucked up… but… wow…" I carefully removed the protruding object from his arm and waited a second to let him relax a little. Just like a training an animal. Bad choices, in Sasuke's case not answering my questions, means punishment, meaning a senbon somewhere in his anatomy. Good choices like answering means to either have one taken out and/or not have another put in.

"Next question, what are your intentions regarding Konoha?" I remembered when Anbu came to help escort them back to Konoha, he complied peacefully, Suigetsu was the one we had to subdue, and Karin hid behind an Anbu as far away from me as possible. I must've scared her when she prolonged my life long enough to think of several different ways to kill me a roamed on her face. But Sasuke… he acted completely at ease with the entire situation.

He didn't answer. I was sick of this bullshit!

"Fine." I growled and stabbed the senbon into his left hip. The way Anko described it, it sounded like the pain of childbirth. Most men couldn't sit through this without begging or blabbering away. As it is, Sasuke grimaced and actually let out a quiet curse.

"Well?" I asked. He glared at me then smirked. So I jabbed in three more. He hissed and glared harder at me.

"You're wasting your time Sa-ku-ra." I narrowed my eyes and roughly yanked them out before grinning in pure amusement.

"Fine then. I guess it's time to hit you where it hurts." I sent one senbon into his right shoulder and jabbed the other two into his left and right temples. His eyes glazed over as he lost all physical feeling in his body and felt the psychological hell I was creating for him. The senbon in his right temple numbed his sense of touch, the one in his right made rendered him blind to anything but his own mind, and the one in his right shoulder made him begin to experience every battle he'd ever gone through. I pulled out another senbon when his face remained unchanged and slowly slid it into his chest, right over his heart. That time I got a reaction. His body jerked and he growled.

"Look at her Sasuke, isn't she beautiful?" I began. When you stabbed the heart, your captive would think of their lover or the person they longed for was in your grasp, everything that happened to her when you were in this state was controlled by the interrogator. Everything that happens to them is based on their decisions, if they answered your question; you could make them kiss your captive. If they did not you could make them slit their own throats and make them laugh gurgle chocked sounds while\ writing the question over and over in their own blood.

"Sitting there with her bare feet dipped in the lake, she's waiting for you Sasuke," I was circling his body, my fingers trailing along his neck. I stopped behind him and leaned down to whisper in his ear. "all you need to do is answer," I pulled out the senbon on his right temple slightly, giving him the ability to focus on certain touches and kissed his neck. "The." I nibbled on his ear and internally smirked at his reactions, "Question and you can join her." I trailed my nose along his jaw line, leaving little bites and licks. He still remained silent.

"Look Sasuke! There's Itachi, he's walking towards her. Oh, Kisame's with him too! She's calling out for you. She's scared. They're going to rape her Sasuke, you can see the lust in their eyes, they won't stop just because she says to, they want her and they want to fuck her. Itachi wants to fuck her until she's ruined. Until she's begging for him to take her again. Kisame wants to force her into being his own personal breeding mare. Forcing her to give birth to his fish-like children."

I was making myself sick with all this, but we needed him to talk. I couldn't afford to be soft because of personal feelings. Not when the village and people I care about are at risk.

"You can save her, Sasuke, all you have to do is answer me." There was a pregnant silence and the longer it was, the more he twitched. The longer it was, the closer Kisame and Itachi were getting to the girl in Sasuke's mind.

"Restoration." He said finally. "Itachi is dead, I want to find someone and restore my clan." I pulled back and smirked while pulling out the senbons, ignoring the pain radiating in my chest. "Thank you Sasuke. Tsunade wants to ask the rest herself, tell her that you want to stay to find a girl and get restore your clan and she'll most likely figure out a form of parole for you." I adjusted his bindings while I spoke so I could lead him to her office. "Anbu will be present outside her office and, knowing shishou, she'll probably have taken you down faster than they could even register a disturbance."

I led him through the halls and upstairs to the Hokage's office as fast as possible, trying not to think of the girl who's in Sasuke's heart. I was tired of pining over a lost hope. The less I thought about it, the easier that became. She smiled at me and glared at Sasuke.

"Uchiha, as much as I'd love to see your bright and cheery face, I need to speak with Sakura alone for a minute. Trash the place and die. I already had to deal with most of that paperwork; I don't want to do it again." She led me into the next room and sat me down. I sighed and removed my shirt and bra.

"Shisho-" I started.

"Hush, Sakura." She glared at me. "I'm checking on it whether you like it or not." I sighed again and allowed her to go about her fussing.

"The seal has weakened slightly… or the curse is stronger." She informed me, her hand started to take on a swirling transparent, blue-green outer layer. I nodded.

"Just get it over with shishou." I almost shrieked when her hand met my chest but I didn't dare. Not when Sasuke was right next door, where he could hear. I wouldn't let him see this weakness. Besides, I was used to it by now; every so often shishou would strengthen the seal just in case. After the initial shock, I reigned in my self control and put on in indifferent face. By the time it was over, though, I was about ready to collapse.

I slipped my bra and shirt back on and stumbled out of the room, the walls around me were spinning but I refused to pass out.

"Sakura!" I heard Tsunade call after me, she was about to make me stay but I was already just steps away from the door. Before I could get close enough to open it, however, I was met by a wall.

Hm? What's this wall doing in front of us?

I dunno but it smells nice and it's warm…

Wait… but…. Walls aren't warm unless someone's been there for a while, leaning against it...

I looked up at saw black as my emerald eyes met with onyx.

"No." he said as he snaked his arms around my waist.

"W-when… how?"

How did he get free?!

Not important. Inner ranted at me, before I could do anything rash, I was caught in the Mengekyou Sharingan,

"Hush."

When the hell did he get THAT?! I thought shocked, before collapsing into his arms, unconscious.

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WOW! Chapter 11… done o.O I'm proud I stuck with it for so long. Originally it was only gonna be maybe 5 chapters but I kept expanding on what I wanted to happen and by the time I had the 5th I couldn't bring myself to come to a quick conclusion.

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