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Chapter 3: Regret

"No…No…this can't be! It can't be!..." Tsunade sobbed, making everyone in the room tense. "I-I knew it, that bloody necklace was cursed!...I shouldn't have gave it to him, I should of just destroyed it! Why me…why Naruto, it's my entire fault" She broke down, letting her head fall softly on her desk, tears streaming down her face. She didn't care if people called her weak, she couldn't help herself.

Everyone in the room went quiet, lowering their heads as they watch their Hokage cry. This wasn't like her. She wasn't the one to cry easily, but now she was sobbing her eyes out.

Sakura felt a tear roll down her own cheek too.

"My Lady…I-I…" Sakura began, but was cut short.

"SHUT UP-JUST SHUT UP!" Tsunade yelled, making Sakura gasp. Everyone else just flinched at the tone of their out-raged Hokage.

"…none of this would of happened if it wasn't for you…I trusted you to protect him and look what happened! You and that stupid Uchiha of yours, what do you see in that bastard? Naruto cared for you, he loved you and this is how you repay him!" Tsunade tone's was rising with every verse. She's right, thought Sakura. Naruto did love her, he cared for her. But Sasuke. Sasuke never showed any signs of love or care towards her, in fact, he never even gave her a second thought. To him, she was just another annoying fan girl, someone clearly not worth his precious time.

Naruto on the other hand took every opportunity he could find to ask her out. And what did she do? Turn him down. That's what she's been doing for so many years…breaking his heart.

All she wanted to do this time was help him, but it seems that the things she tries to do for him are either not enough, or just never turn out the way it was meant to. She was completely useless. Both to Naruto and Sasuke.

Sakura lowered her head in shame.

"I-I'm so sor-…."

"I don't want to hear your pitiful apology! If anything happens to Naruto…I'm going to look for that Uchiha ass myself and kill him with my own hands…if you don't find Naruto, things will be very ugly around here!" Sakura lowered her head again in shame. What have she done?

Tsunade turned her head abruptly to face the few ANBU guards in her office, making them all flinch.

"I want Naruto found and I want him found NOW! Gather all the ANBU and any available shinobi you can find. Send out a search party and get me Jiraiya! I want Naruto found alive…!" Tsunade ordered. The ANBU compiled and with a nod they all disappear in a puff of smoke. Sakura however, stood there staring at the floor.

"I'm s-sorry…" She mumbled before disappearing too to join the search party…

-At the Akatsuki New Hideout-

Naruto began to slowly open his eyes. What happened? He thought, rubbing his eye as they started to adjust to the darkness of the place. He blinked a few times and then again as he stared solemnly around him.

"Well-well…so you're finally awake, took you long enough…" Naruto turned abruptly to the source of the voice and found himself glaring at Deidara. Instantaneously Naruto got up and was already in a fighting position, his eyes still focused on the smirking Akatsuki.

"You…what have you done with Sakura and the rest?" He demanded, fists neatly balled up on his side.

"Nothing" Deidara said, in what was supposed to sound like an innocent voice. Naruto glared at him, his suspicions now rising.

"Then where are they and where am I? He asked curiously.

"Well they should be back at the Village now…its been like Three days or something." Deidara said getting up slowly from the log he was sitting on. "…And as for where you are, you're at the Akatsuki's hideout" He added simply, playing with some clay in his hand.

"If they are back at the Village, what am I doing here?" Naruto asked him, suddenly making his fist loose.

"That's simply, they left you." Deidara stated, sounding bored as he rolled the clay in his hand. Naruto just shook his head.

"No, no that's a lie…they wouldn't leave me. Sakura wouldn't let them." Naruto began. Sakura would never leave him, not with an Akatsuki member. No, she couldn't. It wasn't like her, Naruto thought.

"You're right…they didn't leave you, that pink Haired-bitch gave you over to me." Deidara said. Naruto felt something inside of him crack. Sakura? No, she couldn't. Deidara must be lying.

"She wanted to treat you with that Uchiha guy, whatever his name is…oh yeah, Sasuke, that's him." Deidara chuckled and smirked as he watched Naruto's fists ball up again.

"No, you're lying!" Naruto blurted out. He didn't want to believe it. He started to get a sick feeling in his stomach. Why her, of all people?

"If I'm lying, then why are you here?" Deidara asked a matter of factly. Naruto lowered his head. "Face it kid, you're a monster, no one cares about you. People are scared of you, they hate you and they always will, what made you think they cared in the first place. They'll be really happy now you're gone…" Deidara walked up to Naruto. "you are meaningless to them…" He continued. Naruto went quiet and lowered his head. He couldn't deny it. All of it was true. No one cared about him, no one ever did. The only person he had hopes for caring about him betrayed him. Left him in the shadows and just disappeared. Why did it have to be him, why couldn't he just have a normal life? He never asked for any of this, so why?

"W-what about S-Sasuke…is he back at the village too?" Deidara blinked in surprise to the question. He smirked and decided to have fun. Telling a small lie couldn't hurt anyone. After all, he is an Akatsuki member.

"You don't have to worry about the Uchiha; he's safe and sound back at the Hidden-leaf Village." Deidara tried to cover up the smirk that was threatening to show on his face any moment now.

"You know Naruto, you're just like us. No one in our village cares about us, but that doesn't mean were meaningless. Why not join us? Here in the Akatsuki, everyone's equal…well with the exception of leader." Deidara offered.

Naruto didn't reply, instead he kept his head down, a small sad smile spreading on his face…

To be continued…

Well people, I hope that chapter was good. A little short, but still, better than nothing. Just came from the Hospital and the doctor said that I'll get better soon. I hope. Please Review and tell me what you think of this chapter, hopfully it wasn't as bad as the last one.

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Summary:Playing with time is a dangerous game. Naruto just found out how dangerous it is when he is plunge back to the past. Back to when his father, the fourth Hokage, was still alive. Back to when the nine-tailed-demon fox still ruled, leaving chaos and disorder in its path…

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