Here's the next edited and updated chapter, not much of a change though.

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Chapter 6: Feelings

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By the time the party was over, Sasuke had Orochimaru's current base in view. As he drew nearer, that's when he felt it. He fell to the ground in shock of what he was feeling. His heart was racing, he was feeling a very powerful feeling of sadness and distress… however, these weren't his feelings. He calmed himself and closed his eyes, and that's when he saw it.

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Sakura entered her apartment, "Hello, I'm home!" She said, but the sound just echoed through the empty apartment. "Oh yeah, that's right…"

She walked over and set her things down by the bed, she continued her way to the sliding glass door and looked at her reflection in it. Her hand went up to touch the reflection's necklace. Sakura closed her eyes, after a few moments she reopened them and turned away. She let her back lean against the glass and she looked into her dark and empty apartment. She looked at the picture frame upon her night stand. Inside the frame was an old picture. It was a picture of team 7, the old team 7. Sakura tried to smile, but her heart just wouldn't let her, it felt like it was being torn, once again.

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Sasuke opened his eyes and stood up. 'These feelings aren't of my own…' The pain he felt before from Sakura's feelings disappeared, and he continued into the base.

"Where have you been?" Said a harsh cold Kabuto, "Out training I bet, right?"

"None of your business…" Sasuke glared and the white haired four-eyes.

"Ooh, touchy, touchy…" Kabuto annoyingly said before running back to Orochimaru.

Sasuke went up to his room and closed his door, only to find a dark room. He walked over to the window and sat down in the chair, he peered out into the bitter darkness of the outside. He wondered about how Orochimaru would react if he told him what really happened, however his mind wandered elsewhere quickly when a cherry blossom floated and landed on the window sill.

'Sakura…' He thought.

He got up and went and lay in his bed, soon drifting off to sleep.

When the sun rose, he was awake, just laying there in his bed, looking up at the ceiling. It was the words in his mind. He had the words of Sakura stuck in his mind.

'I gave every thing to you.' it said. 'I gave every thing and yet you hurt me. You make my tears. You break my soul. What did I do? Did I not show it? Did I not tell you? My heart was breaking. You knew this and yet continued. Is that what you want? My broken heart. I gave every thing to you. Is this what you wanted Sasuke? Is this what you want?'

This annoyed the hell out of him. He would have nightmares because of this. He hated it so much. "What the hell do you want from me?" he would yell. "Leave me the fuck alone!" Did this work? Hardily. The voices continued to come back to haunt him.

Sasuke sighed on his bed. The words went through his mind again. He stood up and went to the window. It was a dark day. He was in the fire country now. He was sure it was going to rain. He looked out his window and watched a couple of butterflies go by, dancing, spinning, in the air.

'I love you with all my heart!'

Sasuke fully opened his eyes. When was it the last time he heard those words any where? 'Damnit.' he thought. His mind flashed to the girl on his mind, Sakura. "She didn't mean what she said," he said to himself. "It was just a stupid crush. Nothing more." He saw the rain begin to fall.

'A stupid crush…? What a lie…' The voice laughed at Sasuke.

'It's not like she actually loved me or anything…' He argued.

'Oh, how do you know? You are so dense. You think that falling in love will make you weak don't you?'

Highly aggravated now, Sasuke let his anger go to the boiling point, and he threw the glass on the table against the wall.

Sakura was walking down the street to meet up with Tsunade for her training, and she shivered. 'He's very mad…' She thought, afraid of what might happen.

Sasuke's rage decreased when he felt a strong sense of fear, a fear that was not his. 'Damnit! Where are these feelings coming from!'

His density is so great, that he didn't even connect the mysterious feelings and the vision he had last night before he entered the hideout. Sasuke gripped the jade stone on his collar, and he wondered what effect this thing was having on him. But, his thoughts were distracted by a knocking on the door. He opened it and saw Kabuto standing in front of him.

Kabuto raised his eyebrow at the sight of his room, "Having another temper tantrum?" Sasuke growled, but Kabuto continued, "Orochimaru has summoned for you, he has yet to fill you in on your next mission…"

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Sakura walked into Tsunade's office, and the Hokage looked up at her. The Hokage's long blonde hair was messy and there were bags under the eyes of her beautiful face.

"Ah…Sakura…" She mumbled.

"Up all night working again?" Sakura asked. "So what are we doing today Tsunade-sama?"

"Oh, yeah... Actually, I will have to cancel our session today."

"What?"

"You see, instead, you have the rest of the day off. However, in three days I will need you to go on a mission."

"What kind of mission?" Sakura questioned.

"Well, there is going to be the annual party between the Fire and Wind countries."

"Didn't that start this year? So then how can it be annual yet?" Sakura raised her eyebrow.

"Well, here, this scroll will explain what you will need to do. We will be expecting party crashers; however, we cannot let this happen. But, your mission is not to take part in that, it is to…"

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Sasuke walked into the dark room and looked up to see Orochimaru sitting on his thrown. His face was bandaged yet again, and he was glowing.

"Sasuke-kun… I suppose you are eager to hear about your mission..."

Sasuke just nodded.

"Well, in three days, Fire and Wind are having a grand party… and our mission is to crash it."

"A party?" Sasuke asked, definitely not amused in any way.

"Yes, it is a masked costume party, which makes it much easier to get in…" Orochimaru hissed. "Kabuto will fill you in more… now go and prepare."

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Next Chapter: A Party is Only So Much Fun!