A/N: After a couple of eons, I finally found the time to update. Senior high truly is crazy. To all my readers, thank you for the appreciation and support for this story of mine. :)

- Just a heads-up, I added a teeny-tiny detail here so I had to re-update this particular chapter. But worry not, the next one will be coming soon. I don't think I;m going to sleep tonight so I could finish with the next chapter. :)

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Previous Chapter Recap:

"Please, Sakura-chan. Hand me the vase and we'll talk, okay?" The lavender eyed angel pleaded, her hand outstretched to Sakura. After a second or so, Sakura handed the terracotta vase to Hinata. I heard Sakura emit a tiny sound, almost a sob and launched herself to Hinata's waiting arms.

The pink-haired girl kept apologizing, repeating the words, "I'm sorry" to Hinata in small whispers; almost as often as Hinata would reply, "It's okay" to the sobbing girl as tears silently traced down her cheek.

Sasuke weirdly felt like a third-wheel. He really wanted to leave the two girls alone but he had to get his job done. So, after a few minutes, when Sakura's sobbing died down to quiet hiccups and Hinata's tears stopped trickling down her face, Sasuke cleared his throat and took a cautious step forward. Once both the girls' attentions were on him, he spoke in a clear ringing voice, "What you heard from Hinata is true. And we need to talk… Sakura-hime."

Sakura felt like laughing and crying at the same time. Laughing, because everything was all so hilariously unbelievable. Saving the world? Pfft, as if. She couldn't even keep a goldfish alive for a few days. Crying, because she kept on deluding herself that everything up till now was just a weird dream, but that state of mind shattered when Hinata, her very best friend, came to the picture. Being surrounded by people (creatures, actually,) you don't know could be a sign that you really are just having a nightmare, but having your bestfriend in it? Not so nightmare-ish, especially if that bestfriend had white and lilac fluffy wings.

After having a good long chat with Sasuke, she was now in the Hyuuga manor's kitchen, calmly sipping a cup of hot cocoa. She could not believe what she had just heard from Sasuke and Hinata earlier. It seemed they had both taken Ino and Tenten as captive, too. She had screeched colorful words at Sasuke once she heard that, but was peaceably interrupted by Hinata. She told her that their two best friends were actually personifications of heavenly virtues. Sakura reckoned that if she were in a different situation, she would have laughed her head off at the thought of blabbermouth Ino and violent Tenten being personifications of any particular virtue. To think that she was surrounded by such heavenly and sacred people was almost comical. But a small part of her brain told her that of she really was who they think she is, the Devil's Angel(whatever that was), then it was only logical for her to be around people who could protect her if she encounter any kind of trouble. She asked Hinata if they had known it all along, if they had known their real identities even before meeting Sakura during high school, wondering for a second if their friendship was built on a huge stinking pile of lies and deceit. And thankfully, Hinata said that they didn't. Their memories were locked away so they would be able to focus on living a normal human life without raising suspicion from others. She had hugged Hinata after that, tearing up a little bit. Even if her world had just been turned upside down and it seemed like there was nothing to hold onto for sanity, she could still count on her best friends' help. Always.

After that little drama, she was deposited there in the kitchen by Sasuke and Hinata, having to drag her since she was a little bit still frozen with shock. Hinata quickly fixed her with what she knew would calm her immediately down, hot chocolate. So, she was left there with her thoughts while Sasuke left, mumbling a few things about having to deal with something else and that he'd be coming back in a few minutes. She barely noticed him, stomping out of the kitchen while grumbling to himself. He seemed to be distracted, not that she cared very much.

On the other hand, Hinata told her that she'd be busy preparing dinner for her and the other guests of the house, and that she should just sit there and relax. Good thing it was Hinata that told her to 'sit and relax' if it were anybody else, she'd be screaming her ass off at them that she couldn't possibly 'sit and relax' when she'd just learned that the whole freaking world depended on her and she had no idea why. She knew her friend meant well.

Thinking back to Hinata's previous words, 'other guests'? Who, or what, could they be, besides Ten and Ino? At that, Sakura knew she'd have to find out. She'd rather tour the whole Hyuuga mansion and look for unknown creatures than be alone with her thoughts. She'd be going insane in no time if she stayed there mulling over her dim future for any longer period of time.

She chugged the remaining contents of her mug, and ambled leisurely out of the kitchen. She was sure Sasuke would be pissed if he came back there and found her gone. And the pink-haired teen couldn't help but smile at that thought.

Sakura had been to the Hyuuga mansion for only a couple of times and she'd only been to the living room, parlor room, kitchen, garden, and Hinata's own bedroom. Considering the size of the Hyuuga manor from outside, she had to assume there was a gazillion other rooms she hadn't been to yet.

After her decided march from the kitchen, and a few twist and turns in the maze-like hallways, Sakura found herself (inevitably) lost. She was barely keeping attention on where she was going, occupied with her thoughts and distracted with the opulence of the Hyuuga estate around her, that she was unconsciously wandering about without an actual destination that she knew of.

She had stopped in the middle of the hallway and noticed it was deathly silent. Just a few minutes ago, she had passed by busy maids and butlers, bowing down at her as she passed, though she had no clue why they had to do that. She shrugged and assumed it was to show respect for visitors. She vaguely remembered climbing up a winding staircase and taking a left turn at the previous corridor she'd passed through, but beyond that was a total jumble of left and right turns. She knew it was impossible to retrace back her steps and she had accepted the fact that she had no sense of direction a long time ago, after getting lost on a school trip in the mountains.

Sakura figured getting lost in a mansion was a hell of a lot better than getting lost in the rocky mountains. Shrugging to herself, she continued to walk forward. A few paces on, she was met by the corridor's dead end. With nowhere else to go, she turned back and almost continued forward before she noticed a thin gap on the wall by her left. Walking to it, she felt through the wall and found a leverage by which she could grasp at one side of the wall. Sticking her fingers through the half-inch gap, she pulled. And just as she suspected, it was a hidden sliding door. Looking around her for a moment and seeing nobody around, she slid the door fully open.

Not entirely prepared for what she'd see inside.

A/N: Please don't kill me for ending this annoyingly short chapter with such a cliffhanger. I just wanted to hear your theories on what was lying in wait for Sakura in the secret room. Tell me your ideas in your reviews. I'll be waiting for them! :)

- And that's it. Hope it wasn't too confusing. See ya guys later. I'm out!

~WatashiNoTenshi07