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Chapter 3 : alteration.

"young man , you know that girl …. They say you do" The old lady said . she grabbed her wooden cane and shakily stood up from her seat .

Sasuke scrutinized the old lady . No doubt she is telling the truth . otherwise why would she say the same thing that kakashi and Naruto said. sasuke took out a small bag filled with coins to give it to the old lady.

The old lady smiled and took the bag from his hands , Laughing mischievously .

"Intellectual, aren't you …I presume you believe me " .

"Just tell me what you know old lady" sasuke hissed impatiently . He seriously didn't have enough time .

"alright " the lady walked back to her seat and sat down . Putting her cane aside. she looked at sasuke , ready to tell him what she knows.

"They want to deliver a message to an Uchiha … saying that they need to tell him something … presumably, you're an Uchiha aren't you?"

Sasuke nodded slowly . A smile formed on the old lady`s wrinkly face.

"They have taken a liking to your friend Haruno sakura for some unknown reason …I believe they are using her to get to you …. They say that they want to tell you something really important ".

"If they are telling you all of this …. Cant they just tell you what is the important message ?" sasuke asked calmly .

"Oh no , I cannot possibly tell you the message … they have already chosen your friend for this job… they don't even tell me what it is …. Even if they did .. If I were to tell you … The dead would be very angry , Thinking that we didn't trust the chosen one to deliver the message properly is to think they have no good choice of messengers" the old lady laughed ..

"GRANDMA! There you are … who have you been Deceiving this time?!" A yell distracted sasuke`s attention away from the old lady.

"Kinoko?...what .. but I told you I never Lie about these things" The old lady yelled back .

Kinoko looked at the bag in the hands of her grandmother . she immediately grabbed the bag and offered it back to sasuke.

"I`m sorry young boy , you must be a traveler … you see my Grandmother here is senile … she says things which are not real" Kinoko turned to her mother and Yelled "AND EMBARRASSING!" . Sasuke looked at the woman who just came . her hands was still offering his money bag back.

"You can keep it" sasuke turned and left in a blink.

"so everyone done here ?" Suigetsu sighed .

"yeah , stop being a push over suigetsu" Karin hissed annoyingly .

"we`re all done , but sasuke isn't here… he said that we should gather here didn't he?" Juugo calmly said.

"That's strange , usually sasuke is the one who is done with everything first …. Something must`ve happened .. Karin!...Look for his Chakra" Suigetsu anxiously said .

The last part didn't come out well for Karin …. She was pissed at him .

"Hey! , Stop ordering me around …Did sasuke Put you in charge you jerk?" Karin yelled at him . she tried to kick him with her leg but he dodged quickly.

"Just look for him Karin , something might happen to sasuke if we don't hurry …." Juugo asked Karin kindly .

Karin sighed and formed the seal "Okay … I`ll do it".

Left

Not here

Right

Maybe the other way

Straight

Not here,hmmm .. that leaves the last location,.. he should be there .I've got you sasuke.

Back

NO WAY!

Karin Gasped and released her seal. Panic washed over her face. She looked at both suigetsu and Juugo.

"SASUKE IS GONE!"

Great ! .. Just great … Its last thing he would ever think to do … To see her again or talk to her .But now he has to . and as soon as possible. Sasuke`s velocity was even faster. He needed to see sakura now and talk to her . what is this all about he has to find out.

For the time being , suigetsu , Karin and Juugo Should handle themselves … if he takes them with him .. it would be a burden .. he didn't want to see his hometown or see even know about this.

Estimating the distance … it would take two days to reach konoha .But for his speed .. it would take less .

" I have to speed up more " Sasuke thought and did so.

Midnight

Sakura`s eyes opened up … oh no , it's that time again. She gripped her blanket tightly and squeezed her eyes shut … doing what she does every time she blocked her hearing sense using her hands.

"I don't want to see them "

"I don't want to hear them"

Sakura screamed these words in her mind . The bed started to shake slightly .. as if someone was jumping on it…

"It must be that little girl again…I just have to ignore this"

The jumping suddenly stopped . sakura sighed from relief for a bit . she slightly opened her eyes to see the little girl sitting on her bed .. looking directly at her and smiling .

Sakura didn't out . she wanted to close her eyes but she couldn't . she kept looking at the little girl.

The girl smiled saying .

"I can feel an Uchiha coming"

Sakura`s eyes widened .

"it's time for you to stop him… an Uchiha is coming"

Other voices kept talking .

Tears were already on sakura`s cheeks .

"What?!!"

Next Day

"That's what happened .. godaime .. we`re terribly sorry" Kakashi reported to tsunade .

"sigh…."tsunade covered her face with her hands "We need to act fast .. This can't keep going" .

Naruto looked at the floor in anguish .. he hadn't said a word . Tsunade noticed this and looked at him sadly.

"Naruto….Don't worry about this…soon we will catch him" Tsunade said trying t calm him down a bit .

"How can I not worry .. my friend… Sakura-chan is suffering .. and I Can't do anything about it"

Naruto walked away .

"where are you going?" Tsunade asked .

"Hinata`s .. I can't face sakura-chan now" He shut the door behind him.

Sasuke reached the gates of konoha … he could manage to mask his chakra . he hadn't trained with orochimaru these past three years and a half for nothing. Passing the gate would be nothing.

After passing the gate without being noticed. It was time for him to look for

Haruno Sakura

Sakura was looking at the kids who were paying outside from the window . she sat there resting her head on the window glass . She could see her face being slightly reflected . the sun was to bright today.

The sun was her friend but the moon became her enemy.

Smiling as she was looking at kids playing … she grabbed a tuft of her long pink hair and twirled it gently with her fragile fingers .

She looked back at her reflection on the window … how tired is she looking ?... Pale , dull and skinny .She can see that her face has gotten skinnier . Of course , she`s barley eating.

Her fingers reached her reflection on the window slowly .

She sighed looking at her sate …

" I want this to be over" She whispered .

She then held herself tightly as she started to cry … still looking at her reflection.

"I`m scared" more tears forced her eyes to close.

As she kept them closed .

A Familiar Chakra was unmasked in her room .

Nostalgic

She quivered and slowly opened her eyes and looked at the window reflection again.

"Sa….Sasuke-Kun" She whispered shakily .

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