Execution

I have lost the will to change
And I'm not proud, cold-blooded fate

The plan wasn't going to work, Sakura knew it, especially not with fifteen guards pacing the hall just outside the room they were in. They were supposed to have set this plan into action three days ago, but since there had been an increase in security, they weren't able to set foot outside the door without being spotted, let alone get to the girl and to the computer room without being seen.

"We'll just have to make a break for it, this has to be executed quickly with zero mistakes, are you up for it?"

"Yeah, I think I can do this." She nodded and went to sit down next to him on the bed.

"You sure, I can go this alone-"

"No, I'm in this with you, if you left me behind I would just follow you anyway, so you don't have a choice buster," She declared as she crossed her arms with defiance.

Sasuke sighed. "Alright, but you are forbidden from taking any unnecessary risks, if I tell you to get the hell out, you do it, no questions, no complaints, got it?"

"Yes sir." She gave him a mock salute and leaned back to lay on the bed as she grabbed the back of his collar to force him to follow her.

They lay side by side just staring at the ceiling when Sakura gave a shaky breath. "If and when we make it out of this, what will happen to us?"

He hesitated, not knowing what to say to her in this situation, he wanted to remember, he did, but it was just too fucking hard. "I don't know, hopefully my memories will return before we get out of here."

She felt her heart race with anticipation. "I'm scared," She admitted as she turned her head to look at him only to see he had done the same.

Emerald met onyx as he murmured, "Don't be." He moved his head towards her, his lips barely an inch away from her own. "I won't let anything happen to you." Only centimeters apart. "Because I promise...I will protect you." Then his lips met hers in a scorching kiss that set her heart pounding with need.

I will remember, our friends, my family and more importantly, us...

Sakura pushed him onto his back and crawled on top of him without breaking their lip lock. Sasuke knew he should stop her but he wanted this, there was something about her that made him ache, something that made him remember that he was human and not the killing machine that Orochimaru trained him to be. When he kissed her, he felt at peace, with her he knew he belonged. Her heart beat wildly against his chest as she leaned up to take a breath and looked down into his eyes.

"Sasuke," She called to him breathlessly as he gazed at her.

She reached for the hem of his shirt and lifted it up to expose his skin and the rock hard abs that she knew he had. His muscles tensed at her touch as she ran her hands over his skin, sending shivers down his back and along his arms. But he knew this was wrong, which was why he knew he had to stop her.

"Sakura," He managed to say, "We should stop, I can't bring myself to do this to you."

"Please Sasuke," She whispered as she leaned into his ear, "Don't leave me aching for you."

It was hard to say no to that tone, especially the plea he heard laced with her words. Then he knew why she wanted to do this. It was one last intimate moment before they went out to risk their lives to try and escape this hell hole.

"Just love me one last time."

Those words did it. "You know there's no going back." He placed his hands on her hips.

"I know," She whispered before lifting his shirt and pulling it over his head, leaving his chest bare to her gaze.

Tossing the material to the floor she looked at him. "I won't regret this."

Sakura reveled in the feeling as he drove himself deep inside her, only to pull out and thrust into her again as small moans rolled off her lips. Sasuke moved down to her chest and took one perked nipple into his mouth as he moved his hips against hers. Sakura met his thrusts with her own as his name came out of her mouth with another moan that she tried to suppress, only to fail as blinding ecstasy shook her body when she came.

Her body reacted to his touch as his hot breath fell across her breast before he began rolling her beaded nipple with his tongue, which sent her heart racing as her body was filled with need. She had told him not to hold back and he gave her his word that he wouldn't. He moved from her breast to capture her lips again with another kiss that shook him as he growled when a moan escaped his throat.

"Sasuke," She moaned, "Faster."

She wrapped her legs around his waist, locking his body to hers as he buried himself into her again. His mind was a haze as he tried to prolong his release, waiting for her to take her pleasure before he would allow himself to find his own bliss. But before she reached her climax, she unwrapped her legs from around his waist and flipped their positions, taking him by surprise as she took control. She straddled his hips and moved up and impaled herself on him as he threw his head back on the bed. The feeling of her body surrounding his, shocked his body into another convulsion of pure indulgence.

"Ah Sakura," He groaned and grabbed her hips with his hands and helped her drive himself deeper inside her heat.

"Oh god Sasuke," She threw her head back as she climaxed and she swore she saw stars.

Sasuke flipped her over and thrust against her, harder and faster, heightening her orgasm causing her to cry out before his own body released itself inside her. Spasms of pleasure shot through him as he gave one last thrust and collapsed on top of her, careful not to lay all of his weight on her, he leaned up and kissed her lips before rolling to his side and wrapping her up in his arms.

"Thank you Sasuke," She murmured as she turned to face him and cuddled up against his chest.

"My pleasure," He smirked which made her giggle.

He froze suddenly as pain erupted through his head, he flinched slightly and stared at Sakura with wide eyes. "Sasuke what's wrong?" He shook his head and sighed. "Nothing...its nothing."

Unless you count the fact that I...remember?

Hours passed as night fell, they stayed wrapped in each others arms, wanting to stay in the embrace that they found was the one comfort they had. But they had a job to do and laying here wasn't going to help them escape from this prison. Reluctantly, they got out of the bed and dressed before Sasuke walked over to the door and peered out. He counted four guards pacing, the question is, where are the other guards at?

He closed the door and turned to Sakura who had finished putting her clothes on. She looked up to meet his gaze before he went to the bed and pulled out a few weapons from underneath it. He handed her a small handgun and a butterfly knife, while he grabbed his sword and another butterfly knife for himself.

"I don't know how far these weapons will get us, hopefully we can make it to the weapons room before we run into any serious trouble," Sasuke told her as he slid the butterfly knife into his boot.

She nodded and put her knife into her pocket.

"Ready?"

After she gave another nod she followed him to the door, he gave her a signal to wait as he slipped outside and incapacitated the four guards before returning for her with a set of keys. "We don't have a lot of time, as soon as one of them doesn't check in over the radio an alarm will be sounded."

They ran down the hallway, taking care to stop and wait for the cameras to turn away before Sasuke cut the wire with his sword. He grabbed Sakura's hand and pulled her to him as they neared a hallway. Sasuke looked around the corner, when he was sure there were no guards, they took off running again until they reached a door. Sasuke unlocked it and pushed her inside before following her and shutting the door with a quiet click.

He maneuvered in the dark to disable another camera before flipping the switch to flood the room with light. Sakura gasped as she glanced around at the weapons that were set around the room. Sasuke walked over to a wall where he grabbed an M-16 and loaded it. He lifted the strap over his head and let the gun hang down his side. He looked to the wall and found two bullet proof vests, he made Sakura put one on while he decided he would take the other for the little girl they planned on taking with them.

Sakura watched as he grabbed a belt and wrapped it around his waist, it had grenades and another knife. He attached a gun holster to his left thigh and a pouch to his right. He slid a Colt Combat Commander .38 Super caliber pistol into the holster, while he grabbed the clips filled with ammunition and shoved them into the pouch. He handed Sakura a pistol like the one he had and had her attach a gun holster to her thigh as well.

He grabbed a Hungarian FEG 9mm Automatic and reached behind to his back to place the gun into the waist band of his jeans. After he handed her an AK-47 and was confident she understood how to operate and shoot it, they turned towards the door preparing to head out. He had Sakura carry the other bullet proof vest as he leaned out the door and scanned the area with his gun. When all was clear, they ran down the hallway and headed towards the basement.

When they arrived, it was more than they bargained for. It wasn't just the girl that they had, there were two men, two women and three children- two girls and one boy.

"Shit," Sasuke cursed under his breath, "I had no idea all of these people were down here."

Before Sakura could respond, an alarm blared throughout the building.

"Fuck."

Sasuke ran to the door and braced a bar against it to prevent someone from entering. He ran to the cell and grabbed the keys to start unlocking the doors. The women huddled against each other as Sakura coaxed them out and assured them they were going to get them out of here. Sasuke ushered the men from the cells as he ran to the children's cell and opened it. The girl who he was told to kill looked up with fear and ran away from him.

"Hey, its alright, we're getting you out of here."

The girl was hesitant, but when Sakura appeared, she ran over to them as the other two kids joined her. Sasuke walked over to the people. "Alright, we need to move quickly, everyone stay together and don't panic."

He pulled the gun he had tucked into his pants and the one from his thigh before handing them to each of the men. When they told him they knew how to handle the guns he told them to follow him as they headed towards the door. Sasuke lifted the M-16 and fired down the hallway, striking four men that came running at them.

"Let's move! Now!"

Sasuke stood aside as Sakura led the others down the hallway as he brought up the rear, firing behind him whenever someone began to give chase. He turned back ahead and saw several men blocked their way.

"Get down!" Sasuke yelled and when they did he raised his gun and took them out. "Go!"

They began running again and Sasuke moved to the front and lead them further down the hallway before making a turn to the right where he stopped at a door. He thrust it open and made sure it was clear, then ushered Sakura and the others to head in. Before he could get inside he felt blinding pain shoot through his leg and his shoulder. "Damn it!" He legs buckled and he fell to his knees clutching his shoulder as his blood coated his fingers.

"Sasuke!" Sakura appeared in the doorway and grabbed his good arm to help him stand while the two men they rescued fired their weapons down the hallway.

Once he was in the room they closed and locked the door while Sakura checked over his wounds. "Forget them, contact ANBU now, there's no..." He paused as a wave of pain forced him to clamp his mouth shut, "Telling how much time we have."

"But Sasuke-"

"Do it Sakura!" He yelled as he leaned against the door while Sakura went over to the computer that served as a video chat and communicator.

Sasuke walked her through what to do, he wouldn't have the strength to hack the files at this point, he wasn't sure how he was still managing to stay awake. Once Sakura established a link she waited for a response, hoping that Kakashi or Shikamaru or someone was in the computer room back at head quarters.

"Kakashi, we have an incoming transmission." Shikamaru said as he looked to the sliver-haired male.

"On screen."

Shikamaru pressed a few buttons and an image came onto the monitor. "I don't believe it, it's Sakura!" Kakashi sighed with relief.

"Kakashi," Sakura smiled as she addressed him, "We have a serious problem here."

"What's up? Where are you? And where's Sasuke?"

"We're at one of Orochimaru's bases, but I don't know where at, I was hoping you guys could trace this communication, cause we're at the end of our ropes here."

"That can be done, as for Sasuke?"

"He's the one that got me to this computer room, Orochimaru did something to him that erased his memory, but he's slowly remembering."

"Where is he now?"

Sakura moved from their line of vision for them to see Sasuke leaning against the door as blood stained his clothes and hands. "He's been shot twice, I don't have any supplies to treat or wrap his wounds, I'm afraid he isn't going to last much longer."

"Shit," Kakashi cursed. "Tell him to hang on as long as he can, we're going to get you guys out of there."

"Please hurry."

"We're going to go mobile, we need to stay in contact-"

A bullet forced Sakura to dodge to the ground. Orochimaru's men had shot the lock off the door and were now trying to push the door open. Sasuke jumped to his feet as a burst of adrenaline shot through his veins, he pushed on the door preventing the men from entering as the other men and women he had rescued helped him push it shut.

"Guys we need another way out." Sakura yelled at Sasuke and the others in the room with her as Kakashi and Shikamaru watched helplessly.

"Hey Kakashi-" Naruto walked through the door and his eyes widened at what he saw on the screen. "What the hell?" He ran over to them and watched alongside them as his two best friends fought for their lives.

"Sakura, the window, hurry and get everyone out." Sasuke gritted through his teeth.

Sakura didn't hesitate to do as he said and once the children had made it out the women went next followed by the men. Sakura refused to go through until Sasuke was behind her. "Sakura just go!"

"No I'm not leaving without you!"

"Damn it Sakura! Forget about me!" He yelled at her. "I'm not worth saving!"

That took her by surprise as tears threatened her vision. "Yes you are, come on Sasuke, don't do this!"

"Sakura listen to me, I'm not the man you fell in love with, I'm not the guy you or ANBU think I am, if I ever was a decent person, well that person is gone." He took in a shaky breath at the lie. "I've become a monster and took the lives of too many people, I'm a killer, nothing more. So please, just let me go."

"I can't Sasuke, despite what you think you are the man I fell in love with, you're not a killer, if that were the case, you wouldn't have helped all of us escape, you would have shot us the first chance you got."

"Sakura, we don't have time for-" Sasuke was cut off when he felt pain slice into his chest.

She dove to the ground when bullets flew into the room, when the shooting stopped she looked up to see Sasuke as his knees buckled, his breathing became shallow as blood dripped to the ground.

"Oh God, Sasuke!" She ran over to him as he turned to lean against the door, gasping for breath.

"Sakura, I'm not going t-to-"

"Yes you are, please Sasuke, please hang on!" She yelled, cutting him off.

"Just g-go," He whispered breathlessly.

"But Sasuke-"

"The others need you, help them Sakura." Then his eyes drifted shut.

"No! Sasuke!

This can't be happening!

Banging on the door snapped her from her shocked state as she kissed Sasuke's lips before leaving him. She had tears in her eyes as she went through the window and met up with the civilians that she and Sasuke had rescued. She wouldn't let their efforts be for nothing, not when Sasuke gave everything he had including his life?

He can't... Sakura shook her head in denial.

Orochimaru's men finally got through the door and when they looked around they noticed there was nobody in sight. The only thing he saw was a pool of blood on the ground that was smeared on the white tiled floor.

"Where the hell are they?"

"Somewhere you won't find them."

Sasuke attacked all of them with the few weapons he had, and when he wrestled the AK-47 from one of the men, he shot several bullets into each of Orochimaru's men as they fell to the ground. He stood above them as his blood dripped to the floor, before turning to look at the window where Sakura and the others escaped.

I remember everything Sakura, but I can't let you risk your life trying to save me, this is going to end now.

He shook his head and walked out of the room, a handgun clutched tightly in his fist with extra ammunition as he went in for the kill. He headed down the hallway, shooting anyone that got in his way as he went after Orochimaru, the man that took everything from him.

He stopped at a door and reached for the handle. Opening the door, he stepped inside and closed it behind him. In the center of the room sat a desk, Sasuke raised his gun just as the man sitting at the chair behind the desk turned to face him.

"I knew you would come Sasuke."

"I bet you did, where are all of your guards?"

"Looking for you."

"So you have no one here protecting your sorry ass, where's Madara?"

A metal object pressed into the back of Sasuke's head. "Right here." Madara voice came from behind him. "Drop the gun Sasuke and stand down, I'd hate to have to lose a great soldier like you."

"Yeah, right." He smirked. "After you sold out ANBU to this bastard, you think I'm going to do a damn thing you say?"

"What are you talking about?"

Sasuke spun around knocking the gun out of Madara's hand and punching him in the gut before using his foot to trip him. Sasuke pointed his gun down at him and shook his head. "You always were a terrible fighter, Kakashi could dance circles around you."

"I see Sakura has been filling your head with lies." Madara shook his head with disappointment.

"She didn't have to lie, I remember everything."

Madara became silent and snarled at Sasuke as Orochimaru stood up and walked over. "Let's talk rationally about this."

"There's nothing to talk about."

His blood was still pumping with adrenaline as he stepped towards Orochimaru, his gun still pointed at Madara. "We're going to end this, one way or another."

Sakura rushed down through the foliage that surrounded the building they had been trapped in. She glanced back at the civilians and bit her lip as tears stung at her eyes. She shook her head and turned back ahead, she had to keep herself focused, she couldn't let these people down no matter how badly she wanted to run back and save Sasuke.

"Where are we going?" One of the men asked.

"I'm not sure yet, we may have to hide out for awhile until Kakashi can get a helicopter out here."

"But who knows how long that will be."

"I know, but its the only chance we've got."

"Hey Kakashi," Shikamaru called him.

"You got a location?"

"Yeah, its not that far from here either."

"What's our estimated time?"

"It's only a forty-five minute ride by helicopter."

Kakashi nodded. "Let's get the guys and head out, we may not have much time."

Shikamaru got on the communicator and began calling in his teammates. Naruto was the first to respond, then Neji, the other's answered calls followed and it wasn't long until Shikamaru had assembled a team and was preparing to leave. Kakashi looked at him and nodded as the two of them left to meet up with their unit.

They headed down the hallway to go to the landing bay where their helicopters waited. The pilots would have them all checked and fueled by the time they were ready to go.

"Let's get this over with."

Sakura breathed heavily as she leaned against a tree, the men and one of the woman set down the child they were carrying before collapsing to the ground on their knees. All of them sat and took a break, they would need it, Sakura wasn't sure how far they had gotten but they were away from that hell hole.

"Are we almost there?" One of the little girls asked as she scrubbed her hand at her cheek.

"I hope so sweetie."

The sound of a helicopter caught their attention and Sakura panicked and ushered them under the cover of a large tree. She peered out from underneath and spotted three of the machine's flying over them and heading towards the building. A logo on the side caught her eye and her breath hitched. "Its Kakashi!"

"He's the one you contacted right?" The man asked.

"Yes."

Finally, something worked in their favor. She inwardly jumped with joy, maybe now that they were here, they could still save Sasuke. Maybe all of them would make it home before it was too late. Her stomach twisted when she heard the sound of gunfire, the sounds echoed through the trees, scattering the birds that were perched on their branches. Sweat trickled down the side of her head as she turned towards the building they escaped.

Something wasn't right.

"Hey Kakashi, we have eight heat signatures down on the ground."

Shikamaru looked over to Kakashi before glancing back at the monitor.

"Do you think its them?"

"I don't know, three of them are small, could be the children."

"Alright, team three head for a clearing and land to check it out, team one and two we're going inside."

Sasuke stood clutching his shoulder where a new bullet wound filled his arm with a burning pain. He clenched his teeth and glared at Madara and Orochimaru as they stood with wounds of their own. A bullet to each of their sides, their blood spilling the same as his own. Madara's eyes widened when the sound of helicopters neared their position.

"Orochimaru, we need to escape and regroup." Madara glanced at him, careful to keep an eye on Sasuke. "We don't have much time."

"Damn it," Orochimaru cursed and held his hand tightly over the wound in his side. "Fine, let's go."

Orochimaru shook with pain before grabbing a remote from his pocket. "Too bad Sasuke, you could have been one of us."

He turned and pressed the button before he and Madara took off at a sprint, heading to a stairwell that led to the roof. "Hey wait-" An explosion knocked Sasuke off his feet.

Covering his head, he dived to the side when a piece of the building came crashing down. He coughed out blood as another explosion erupted through the building. Shakily, he stood and ran from the room, he had to escape, he couldn't let Orochimaru or Madara live. But how was he supposed to get to them, they were probably on their way out on a helicopter by now. He stopped and leaned against a wall down a long hallway.

He felt the entire structure shake, and when he looked up his eyes widened at the huge wall of fire heading his way. He shielded his face with his arms, the heat scorching his skin as he let out a yell.

Sakura followed the three men that had come to their rescue back to the helicopter just as the entire ground shook. She looked up and saw why, the entire architecture exploded in a bright light before flames shot into the sky. Her eyes widened as her heart shattered to pieces right there, without thinking she shouted out his name,

"Sasuke!"

She took off towards the site but was grabbed from behind by a strong male. "Sakura stop." She looked up to see Naruto holding her tightly.

"Naruto, he's in there!" She grabbed his arms and squeezed as tightly as she could, trying to make him understand. "We have to help him! We have to-"

"We can't."

"What?"

"Kakashi called in on the radio a few minutes ago, they didn't make it to the building in time." He took a shaky inhale of breath. "There's nothing left."

Her knees buckled but Naruto managed to catch her and hold her up right as tears fell down her cheeks. "No." Her voice was a cracked whisper.

"I'm sorry Sakura."

"No." She let her tears fall shamelessly. "He's not..." She hiccuped.

Naruto just hugged her harder, trying to fight off his own tears but failing. "I'm sorry." He muttered to no one in particular.

He crawled out from beneath the rubble, struggling with the muscles that cried in protest. His body screamed for him to stop and let go, to give in to the darkness that wanted to consume him. Instead he pressed onward, crawling towards any source of light that would take him outside, away from this heat. His arms stung unbearably, but still he fought off the pain and moved forward leaving a trail of blood behind him.

His breathing was labored and sweat coated his face and arms. The wounds in his chest throbbed steadily, he wouldn't give up, not until Orochimaru and Madara were caught, not until he knew his friends were safe, until he knew Sakura was safe. A light caught his eye and he headed towards it, hoping...praying...that it was his escape.

Hoping he would at least see Sakura's face again.

Just one last time.

The darkness claimed him in seconds, taking him under.

Please, just one last time.

I will shut the world away
I will not bow

A/N Yes! I finally know what I want to do with this story, I have plenty of ideas to add to this hehe :D