Sasuke was held up in the cellar, stripped from his uniform and weapon with his arms strapped to a log that hung from the ceiling. It was dark and damped. His back stuck from the lashing he got from on person, who loved to see him. Mushi was his name. He knew about him and Hanako. He took out all his anger out on him. Sasuke heard the door creaked.

"What took you so long?" he asked sarcastically. He soon felt a strike to his leg from the whip Mushi held in his hand.

"Keep it up and you might be dead," Mushi replied from the darkness. He raised the whip up to strike again, but was stopped.

"Enough! We don't need him dead!" yelled Arihiro. He came out of the darkness with a smirk on his face. Sasuke glared at him.

"How are you, Sasuke? I hope your stay has been 'comfortable'," he said.

"I'd rather eat shit," Sasuke replied coldly.

Sasuke soon felt a quick punch to his face. He spat out some blood and regained his composure. He glared at the smirking Arihiro. He hated this man. He was turning into the thing he hated the most, Orochimaru.

"You hate me, don't you?" he asked with that smirk still plastered on his face, "Then you'll also hate Hanako. She played with your emotion from the start. That was the plan. No boy can stand her charm and beauty and you are just the same. She knew everything about you and she knew how to play with your mind."

"YOU LIE!" Sasuke cried as he tried to break free from the log he was bound to, "SHE LOVES ME! SHE TOLD ME!"

"That was part of the plan," Arihiro whispered, "What makes you think a weakling like you could be loved? You should've killed her when you had the chance."

Sasuke started shaking from anger, sadness, and hate. He felt a tear leave his face. This man was right. Who would love a weakling like him? He bend his head down so no one would see his tears as he grit his teeth so they wouldn't fall.

"You've been played," Arihiro continued. He soon felt a punch into his stomach as Sasuke pushed into him.

"SHUT UP! SHE DOES LOVE ME! SHE TOLD ME!" he yelled, "SHE TOLD ME!"

Sasuke felt the tear stream down his face and a strike to his back making him yelp. Arihiro left tell Mushi to do whatever he wanted with him, but kill him. Mushi smirked and Sasuke felt a quick lash to his back.

Hanako ran as Kabuto was chasing her. She jumped into the trees and hid with the hopes he would find her.

"Behind you," he whispered. He held a kunai to her neck.

"Have any final words?" he asked.

"Yes, look up," she says and turns into a log as the real Hanako attacked him. She kicked him in the face and he feel to the ground. She throw shaken as he dodged all, but one. It cut his arm as blood leaked down his arm. He soon felt a kick in his stomach, back, and ribs, where he felt two break. He held his side as he watched her disappear. He did a quick healing jutsu before chasing after her. She wasn't going anywhere. Kabuto appear in front of Hanako and throw a punch to her face. She fell to the ground, but she gained her balance. She was really getting annoyed with this guy.

"What do you want from me?" she asked.

"Your head," he said and charged toward her.

Hanako jumped up and landed behind him. She glared at him and pulled out her blades, preparing herself for this fight. He turned around and smirked. He never thought someone her age would be that quick. 'Well, then, let the games began,' he thought as he pulled out two kunais. He watched as she breathed heavily.

"I know why Sasuke had his head in the wrong place," he whispered from behind her, "You are very attractive for you age."

He licked her neck as she cringed. She elbowed his stomach and did a high kick to his chin.

"Pervert," she growled.

"I know," he smirked as he wiped his chin from the blood.

They charged and fought, but Kabuto couldn't win with Hanako speed. She kicked, punched, and cut her way as he tried to block as many as he could. He was soon out of breath as he felt a blade being held close to his neck. He felt her glare against the back of his head.

"You going to kill me?" he asked cockly.

"I want you to beg for life," she hissed.

"Why? No one would miss me," he said, "Unlike yourself or will you?"

"What do you mean?" she asked.

"I mean, why would your master send his best fighter if not to get captured or killed?" he asked as he turned around to stab her in the stomach only to be blocked by Hanako, "Does your master care what happens to you? You must hate him for holding your Sasuke as bait to Orochimaru. I can see it in your eyes, but who do you chose? Sasuke or your master. What a problem this causes? If I were you, I'd chose the master. More good would come."

After that, he disappeared. Hanako cursed herself for not killing him when she had the chance, but he had her. She had a choice and she knew whom she was going to chose. She race toward Konohagakure with the hopes she wasn't too late. By the time she reached the inn, Orochimaru was there with Kabuto and Team Snake, all standing in front of Arihiro, Mushi, Koji, and a bruised, chained, and cut up Sasuke, who was shaking from being unable to stand. She watched him slowly lift his head to face her. A weak smile crawl on his face at the sight of her.

"Hanako, my princess. I knew you loved me," he said weakly. Then Mushi punched him in the stomach, making him fall to his knees and coughed up blood.

"STOP MUSHI!" she cried as she ran toward him, but was caught by Kabuto, who then held a kunai to her throat.

"You have a choice, too Arihiro. She dies if you do surrender the Uchiha," Orochimaru said coldly.

Arihiro was taken back. He didn't except Hanako to return so quickly and now he was trapped in his own trap. He nodded toward Mushi, who then drew a kunai, grabbed a handful of Sasuke's hair, and held the kunai against his neck.

"NO!" Hanako cried, "LEAVE HIM OUT OF THIS, MASTER ARIHIRO! HE DOESN'T DESERVE THIS!"

"You're turning your back against us, Hanako. He's one of them," Arihiro said strictly.

"NO HE'S NOT!" she yelled as tears started to come, "HE'S NOTHING LIKE THEM!"

Before anyone could say anything, Koji grabbed Hanako from Kabuto and held her close as Team Snake drew their weapons. Koji held her close so she wouldn't run to Sasuke. Hanako tried to fight herself out of his grasp, but she was too weak. He tried to convince her Sasuke would be all right.

"Your chose Orochimaru!" Mushi cried as he held the kunai closer to Sasuke's neck that blood trickled down his neck, "You surrender or it's his life."

"NO!" Hanako cried.