Me: Hey guys! Hope you liked the last chapter! The action is coming very soon, by that I mean the next chapter that is a promise. Anyway I hope you love this chapter! I don't own Naruto.

XxloverxnotxaxfighterXx: It was weird writing that line cause it was so creepy but I thought 'why not make Kabuto a little flirtatious'. I mean there is a point for her doing that but yeah it was really creepy .

"Sakura!" A voice called out. I froze in my tracks since I haven't heard that voice in years. I hold in my tears as I turn around into a cloud of smoke.

"Asuma-sensei." I stated resisting the urge to hug him like no tomorrow. "How are you?"

"I'm good, I'm good. Just wondering if you are ready for the chunin exams?"

"Yeah! I've been training real hard so I'm ready for whatever they decide to throw at me." He chuckled taking the cigarette out of his mouth and blowing the smoke out. I remembered hearing about his death, it killed me knowing his child would have to grow up without a father. Then one day when I was going to drop flowers off at his grave I spotted Shikamaru sitting there crying probably drunk. He just kept saying 'I'm sorry. I'm sorry. I'm sorry.' I never told anyone, not even Shikamaru. I felt like it was good for him to be alone at that point.

"I hope you know Ino has been training hard too. Don't count her out." I laughed knowing that was true. Every time I hung out with her now she looked hungry for a fight with me. So we made a pact that we would not see each other till the exams just in case.

"Trust me I wouldn't dare count her out." He put the cigarette back in his mouth giving me a wave.

"I got to go help get ready. Good luck on the exams." I nodded as he walked away. Then something else I heard from Shikamaru say at the grave popped into my head that bothered me the moment I heard it.

"Sensei, I would like to say something to you before you leave." I said as he walked next to me. He stopped and looked at me confused. "Only you will understand what I mean when I say this and I know there is a lot of time for me to tell you but I can't wait."

"Spit it out Sakura." Asuma stated.

"You are not a sacrificial pawn. Don't do dare think that about yourself."

"What brought this on?"

"Something happened to a friend of mine a long time ago and I want to make sure it never happens again. That's all." I didn't give him a chance to respond knowing that I probably said too much and left him dumbfounded on the streets.

"Stop it!" I screamed darting up to a sitting position waking up from my not-so-peaceful slumber. I tried catching my breath while using my hands to try to wipe away all of the sweat that covered my face. It was the same dream over and over again. Sasuke dying right in front of me over and over again like I was trapped in Itachi's sharingan.

"Sakura?" A voice asked dripping with concern. I couldn't stop my reflexes as I pulled out the kunai from under my pillow and threw it. As per usual Sasuke caught it with ease. He sat on the edge of the window with a kunai in his other hand. I flopped back onto my pillow still continuing to rub my face.

"What do you want Sasuke?"

"I heard someone scream. I thought someone broke in." Look at that, Sasuke isn't a complete douche bag. I moved my hands up to my hair to look at him.

"Thank you for worrying, but it's really nothing. I just had a bad dream." He nodded. There was an awkward silence between us that lasted for longer than a minute. Looking in Sasuke's eyes: I can tell he wants to say something. Then an idea struck me. I had to change something in order to make him not leave the village, maybe I can talk to him. "You have nightmares too, don't you?" He looked up surprised. "I heard some people talk about what happened….to your family. I couldn't imagine what it must've been like, especially for someone at such a young age."

"People should mind their own business." He growled now glaring at me.

"It's human nature. I mean, you aren't exactly innocent of it yourself. Just a few weeks ago we tried to figure out what was under Kakashi-sensei's mask." He blushed at the mention of his guilt. Even he can't admit he wasn't just a little curious on what was under there. I, of course, already know since I've worked in the hospital for a couple years. But it was still fun trying.

"There's a difference between murder and a child's game." I nodded understanding where he was coming from.

"You know talking always helps me whenever I feel bad. Maybe if we talk then your nightmares wouldn't be so bad. Maybe you can let go of all the anger." That did it. Sasuke hopped off of the window ledge and before I knew it he was pinning me on my bed.

"The only thing that will help me let go of all of my anger is seeing the man dead at my feet." He growled in between his teeth. Knowing that I needed a little more of a push I took two of my fingers tapping them on his forehead. His eyes opened wide knowing no one was supposed to know what Itachi used to do when he was a kid.

"Sorry Sasuke. You need to broaden your perspective before it clouds your judgement. There are two sides to every story. Question is: what is Itachi's?" And that's when all talking stopped. We didn't move, we didn't speak, we did absolutely nothing for a matter of two minutes as he stared in my eyes. Once that two minutes of nothingness passed I noticed him leaning in, most likely unintentionally. Oh crap. If he kisses me, would that be considered bad? I mean I'm twenty for crying out loud! But he doesn't know that. He only sees a twelve year old. "Sasuke." That word brought him out of whatever trance he was in. Not a second after he realized what he was going on he disappeared without a trace.

What the fuck just happened?

I sat up deciding that sleep wasn't going to be an option. I reached over to my desk grabbing a piece of paper and a pen. I closed my eyes as I connected the pen to the paper allowing my body to move by itself as I went through my memories. There had to be something, something major that happened that changed everything.

First major thing was fighting with Zabuza and Haku, but that was a long time to wait. Plus it was obvious he thought being a shinobi of the Leaf would make him stronger at that point. Then we met Gaara, who Sasuke automatically took an interest in. But just because he had an interest in Gaara doesn't mean that he would want to abandon his village. Plus during the first part of the Chunin Exams went off without a hitch.

My eyes shot up wide open.

"Are you kidding me? How could I be so damn blind?" I looked down at the piece of paper that had the exact thing I was thinking.

Curse Mark.

It was so obvious. It was after Sasuke got the curse mark that he started to change. So that meant that it was the thing I had to redo. What the fuck did I get forced into? Life's a bitch.

Me: Hey guys! Took me forever to figure out what I was going to do with this. I knew where I wanted to go but that was about it. So what do you think Sakura is going to do now that she knows the major key point? The next chapter is going to be so freaking long. I'm both excited and nervous to write it so please bare with me. Anyways I hope you enjoyed it and please review! NO FLAMES OR I FLAME YOU! I LOVE YOU GUYS!