Unwanted?

Chapter Two -- New Faces, Old Places

Disclaimer: I don't own Naruto.

Rated T for cursing and safety.

He smirked at her, grabbing her wrist and dragged her behind him as he ran. After many minutes of non-stop running, they finally stopped in front of a group of teens around their age. Most of them were male, but she saw a girl or two.

"Ne, ne! Teme, you stole a girl this time?" a blond boy at the front of the group shouted. He had curious scars on his face and bright blue eyes. They were wide and welcoming, his smile was just as welcoming. Over all, he was cute.

"You dobe! You gave me the wrong address!" Sasuke growled, throwing a punch at him. The 'dobe' did the same. They both caught each other's fists and smirked at each other.

Sasuke withdrew from his attack and motioned to Sakura to step closer.

Sakura did, stepping up next to him. He placed a hand on her shoulder, "Everyone, this is..."

"Sakura," a girl in the middle of the group said as she pushed herself through her friends.

"Ino!"

"Billboard brow,"

Sakura couldn't help but smile, "It's nice to see you again!"

"You know each other?" a boy with long brown hair questioned Ino.

"We were best friends when I was in the orphanage," she told the boy.

"Anyway," Sasuke continued, looking slightly annoyed, "Sakura, this is Naruto," Naruto was the one who had blond hair and blue eyes, "That's Neji," he gestured to the boy with long, brown hair and lavender eyes that were missing their pupils, "Tenten is the girl next to him," the girl with two brown buns on the top of her head smiled, "You know Ino, and the boy next to her is Kiba," Kiba smirked. He had brown spiky hair and red marks on his cheeks, "Shikamaru is the one in the back," Shikamaru looked up with a bored look on his face, his hair was pulled back in a high ponytail and it was spiked.

"Hello everyone," Sakura smiled at them, waving her hand.

"It's almost dawn," Shikamaru told them, "We need to get going,"

The group nodded and began to run down the street, Sakura noticed that they weren't pumping their arms.

Sasuke took her by the wrist again and ran after them, not moving his arms, either. Sakura tried doing so, also, but pumping her arms was a hard habit to break.

By the time they got to their destination, an old abandoned house with an abandoned mine in the backyard, her breath was burning her throat. She stared at the huge house surrounded by a forest, well hidden from the rest of the world. It almost looked like a mansion, a mansion that blended with the rest of the world.

"Where are we?" she asked Sasuke, staring around.

"Home," he let go of her wrist and followed the others inside.

Sakura continued to stare around the garden, there were many over-grown pants and a garden bench in the middle of a clearing of flowers. It was perfect for two people. The over-grown plants made it less romantic, though.

"Sakura!" she heard Ino yell. She looked up at her best friend who was standing on the porch of the house.

"Coming!" she called, waving at Ino. Sakura took one more glance around the garden before sprinting toward Ino. Out of the corner of her eye, she saw a cherry blossom tree.

"I've been wanting a room mate," Ino said as she and Sakura entered her room. There was a huge bed and a wardrobe. There was also a torn up love seat under the window that had dark red curtains that were dirty and ripped.

Ino opened the wardrobe and pulled out a purple shirt and jeans, throwing them on the bed. She surveyed Sakura's clothing and nodded to herself, "You're smaller than me, you can have my old shirt and jeans until we get clothes for you," She pulled out a red tee-shirt and dark jeans.

Sakura looked down at herself and saw that she had been wearing her pajamas. She blushed. All of them had seen her in her nightwear. Ino smiled and tossed the shirt and jeans at her.

They changed in silence. When they were finished, Ino showed her around the house/mansion. Sakura was happy to see the library was full of dusty old books. She didn't mind them being covered in dust. Most of them were in top condition.

They had ran into another girl named Hinata, who happened to be Neji's cousin. She and Hinata had bonded quickly. Apparently, Hinata and Neji had ran away from home when they were younger and had been found by Naruto and Sasuke, who had apparently been very close friends when their families had died.

Ino led her into the living room, and compared to the rest of the house, it was well kept. The group was sitting around a tiny table. The sofas were crammed around the table and the lit fire place.

"Hey Ino, Sakura!" Naruto said, waving at them.

Sakura waved shyly and Ino smiled.

Ino sat down next to a boy I hadn't been introduced to and I squeezed in next to Sasuke.

"We were just talking about where the house on Cottage Street is," Neji took Ino.

"I know every house on Cottage Street," Sakura told him.

Shikamaru glared at her, "You can't come with us,"

"Who said I wanted to go?" Sakura glared at him. He shrugged.

Sakura looked around at them all. They had all gotten quiet, "You aren't thieves, are you?" she asked, looking at Sasuke.

"Who said that we were thieves?" the boy next to Ino asked.

I gapped my thumb in Sasuke's direction.

Tenten glared at Sasuke and said, "No, we're more like a police group, but not known like that. We help abused, neglected, and unwanted people and animals have a better life, since the police don't seem to care about the neglected anymore. And if the house happens to have something nice in it we take it,"

"And there was an abused woman in the house hold that Sasuke was supposed to break into and gather more information. If the woman had children that were being hurt or a pet of some sort," Naruto explained.

"You gave me the wrong address, idiot," Sasuke scowled, punching his friend's shoulder.

"Mrs. Yakamoto?" Sakura asked aloud. She looked around at them, "She has a son. And she also always has sun-glasses and heavy make up on,"

Sasuke stared at her, amazed, "How do you know all that?"

Sakura shrugged, "She always came by and gave the younger children cookies and other treats," she told him.

Sasuke blinked at her and then noticed she was wearing Ino's old clothes.

Kiba quickly asked, "What was the house's address?"

Sakura thought for a moment, "All I know is that it's ten houses up from the orphanage," she told him.

Neji nodded, "Hinata and I will go tonight and investigate, maybe call the police if we have to,"

"I thought you guys said that the police didn't care," Sakura pointed out.

"Tenten was mistaken," Naruto told her.

"Yeah, the police care, it's the neighbors that have trouble caring about that kind of things," Shikamaru told her, yawning.

"Oh," Sakura said, fiddling with the hem of her shirt.

"I think who ever is going with Hinata and Neji tomorrow night should get some sleep," Shikamaru continued. Naruto, Neji, and Tenten stood and left. Hinata sat for a moment longer before jumping to her feet and following them. Sakura was surprised when Ino stood up. The blond girl smiled and left the room.

Now the pink haired girl felt lost. Her best friend had left her to get sleep. She remembered the library and decided to spend her day there. The girl waited until most everyone had left before rushing to the library.