AN: Whew! I never think I would actually finish this chapter... well anyway here's chapter 4 which has the fight scenes you've been waiting for (what's the genre for if there wasn't any action on my story?).

"Shall we tell her?" Naruto asked appearing behind Sasuke.

"No." the ANBU squad leader firmly refused, giving the blonde a quick punch on the stomach. Naruto blocked it.

The two were sparring in the training area while arguing if they should tell Sakura what they have found out.

Flashback

"What the─!" the fox-boy gaped at the picture he saw.

The jounins found themselves staring at the picture of a man whose face was very familiar to them. Only, this one was the male version of their pink-haired kunoichi. The man has exactly the same jade eyes like Sakura. If it weren't for the hair color, they would have thought that he is her father.

"That is Fujima Kintaro." The Godaime said.

"And who is he?" Sasuke impatiently asked while scanning through the thick folder. He caught glimpse of a familiar name.

"Seventeen years ago, he became a missing-nin after committing a brutal crime. He murdered quite a lot of women and children including a certain family. That family was almost obliterated except for a woman called Fumiko. She was saved with the child she was bearing by an ANBU." Tsunade explained.

"And what family is it?" the blonde asked.

Surprisingly, Sasuke knew the answer before it was even given. It couldn't have been the…

"They were the Haruno…" the Hokage answered.

Naruto stared at her dumbfounded. "It doesn't make sense. What does it have to do with what's happening right now?"

"It does make sense, dobe." Sasuke spoke up, "It has lots to do with this case."

"What do you mean, teme?"

"It's all happening again. Remember the victims? Weren't they all women and children? And…" Sasuke looked at the Hokage. They nodded to each other.

"It's Sakura. She's a Haruno." Tsunade pointed out. "You see, her mother really is Haruno Fumiko. They were the last Haruno that's left."

"It's all too coincidental. They were many similarities with the past case and the one we have now." Naruto finally agreed.

"The killer must be the same person." The Uchiha said without hesitation. "And Sakura shouldn't find out anything about this."

End of Flashback

Sasuke made his way home jumping through trees surrounding the training area. He stop on his tracks when he felt a surge of chakra coming from a different direction. There were two chakra signatures, one was very strong but unknown to him and the other one was very familiar to him.

Sakura! He quickly head towards its direction.

As he came near, he could hear the clashing of kunais and shurikens. It quieted down for a moment but was followed by Sakura's scream. It took him a while to detect her location because of the darkness. When he came to, he found her kneeling on the ground. She was hugging herself; head bowed down and was shaking furiously. In front of her was a cloaked shinobi with a kunai in hand, ready to strike.

"Sakura!" the raven-haired ANBU shouted, hurling a kunai knife at the enemy. The cloaked figure dodged it.

Sasuke attacked, full speed. His sharingan already activated. He caught the man on mid-air and gave him a series of solid kicks but it was all evaded.

"An Uchiha!" said the amused shinobi. "I never thought I could meet one again."

"Who are you?" Sasuke glared at the hooded man. "And what the hell have you done to Sakura!"

"No one special. I just came to pick her up." He said motioning to the poor girl behind him.

"No you don't!" he yelled, throwing some shurikens at the man before doing some hand seals. He performed Katon Housenka no Jutsu and caught the man on fire.

"Too slow!" the shinobi suddenly appeared behind him.

The man was too fast for him. Before he could react, he felt a searing pain on his side. A kunai had slashed deep within his ribs. His blood splattered on the ground and he fell on his knees.

"You'll have to do better than that to defeat me." The cloaked shinobi stood in front of him. His face completely covered by the hood.

Sasuke tried to stand up but his body met a strong kick that sent him flying on a tree. The shinobi was about to finish him off but he charged at his opponent, chidori on his hand. The cloaked man was taken aback for a split second and it hit him on his shoulder.

"You're pushing your luck, boy!" shouted the man, raising his kunai to prepare for another attack. But before he could move further, shurikens rained on him. They both looked up and saw a masked hunter-nin perched on top of a tree.

"You!" the shinobi hissed. He turned to Sasuke. "You're fortunate, boy! I have to escape for now but I'll be back for the girl, you can be sure of that."

The cloaked shinobi ran and disappeared into the darkness. The hunter-nin followed him.

Sasuke turned to look for Sakura. He found her still kneeling on the ground. He came towards her and checked if she's alright. Except for few cuts and bruises, she seems to be alright. But she is still shuddering violently as if she's afraid of something.

"Sakura…" Sasuke called out her name but there was no response. He saw tears falling out of her eyes.

There was nothing he could do except to hold her close to him and calm her down. After awhile, her sobbing stopped.

She just passed out, he told himself.

He picked her up and forced himself to move. Blood was draining out of his body and his vision was in a blur. He ignored the pain on his side and continued to move.

I have to take her somewhere safe before I actually faint, he said to himself.

I'm so sorry I had to add the part where Sasuke got hurt. I need it for the next chapter... (ooopps! I'm actually spoiling it). Reviews please! Jaa ne!