Dun dun dun! The Return of Koro! Must've gotten lazy when I originally wrote this...hm..

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Chapter 8- Party Crashers

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Sakura moved around the crowd to get to Naruto and Hinata, who were talking together on the balcony. As she approached they both turned around.

"Sorry, did I interrupt something?" Sakura said worriedly.

"O... oh... uhm… no…." Hinata stuttered.

"How'd you get your hair so long in three days, Sakura-chan?" Naruto said gesturing towards her hair.

"Well, when Ino and I were training she used some sort of ninjitsu and my hair grew out, unfortunately all the stores were closed because of the upcoming party.

"I think it looks good." Naruto smiled.

"The others are looking for you Naruto; perhaps you should catch up with them." Sakura looked at Naruto and smiled under her black wolf mask.

"Oh, yeah, well see you later." He said walking off with Hinata by his side.

Sakura leaned her elbows on top on the ledge, resting her fists underneath her chin. She looked off into the starry, yet cloudy, sky. She took a deep breathe and wondered when the show would begin.

'Where are those party crashers anyway?' Sakura wondered.

As she was about to continue her thoughts, her ears picked up a noise.

'What was that? It sounded like it was coming from the Hokage building."

Sakura jumped off the balcony and threw off her dress to reveal a black strapless shirt and black shorts with her kunoichi weapons. As she ran toward the sound she unbraided her hair, and when she got to the building she found that someone had broken in. She removed the wolf mask and replaced it with the mask Tsunade gave her, an ANBU mask. Sakura put two fingers on her lips and whistled a silent whistle and she entered the building.

She ascended the stairs to the room where scrolls are kept, and that was the room where the noise was coming from. As she crept closer she heard two voices.

"Hurry up before someone notices." Said the one with the harsh empty voice.

"Well, then help me…" Hissed the second one with the screechy voice.

"I'm watching your back." Complained the first.

"Ah, cut the bull, I wouldn't trust you to watch my back…"

"Don't trust me Tobi?"

"Well, what do you think Koro?"

Sakura's heartbeat began to get faster and the name "Koro".

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Back at the party Sasuke has walked out onto the balcony when he felt the feeling of confusion come out of nowhere.

'Who ever it is, they're in danger…' He thought.

He ran off in the direction of the Hokage's building, he had no idea why he was going in that direction, but he did.

And three pairs of eyes followed him in the dark, Ten-ten, Ino, and Hinata. They knew something came up, they all heard Sakura's silent whistle.

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Sakura let out her breath after she'd been keeping it in for a few moments now. And she heard something fall to the floor with a thunk.

"What was that?" Tobi asked, alarmed now.

"Let's get out of here." Koro said.

"Not yet, we have to find the scroll for Itachi…" Tobi hissed at his companion.

Sakura's mind raced, 'Itachi…but that means… Koro is an Akatsukimember!'

"What is it that we're looking for anyway?" Asked Koro as he moved over to Tobi to help look for it.

"It's some scroll on the Tsuki Clan." Snorted Tobi.

"Tsuki Clan? Never heard of it."

"It's more of a fairy tale clan. But it seems to be more than that, more like a legend. You see the Tsuki Clan are very hard to find, they live somewhere and no one knows where. Legend states that they are very powerful." Tobi said gesturing as he said it.

"If their powerful then how come they're hiding?" Koro asked.

"Don't know, it's all part of the mystery."

Sakura couldn't taken it any more, her heart was racing like there was no tomorrow. And then she did it, she made a squeaking noise. The two men stood still, and jumped through the door to see an ANBU kunoichi with pink hair had been listening in.

"Look what we have here…" Said Tobi, "Looks like we found a rat…"

They laughed and slowly closed in on her. Sakura was starting to panic. The two men in front of her were both Akatsuki members, meaning they were both S-class. She had no chance against them, sure she had killed one before, but two? She barely survived the first time.

Sakura stepped back. "Looks like the rat wants to run away." Tobi said and in an instant he was behind her. "Too bad we can't let you live, I bet you're really pretty…"

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Sasuke ran through the shadows and stopped to perch in a tree just outside of the Hokage building. He saw an ANBU cornered by two other ninjas. And that when he noticed it, they were both Akatsuki ninjas. Sasuke clenched his fist at the sight of them. He didn't know what to do, but he also did at the same time. The feelings of confusion were replaced by a feeling that was unknown to him. He looked at the ANBU, their mask was either a wolf or a cat, but unlike the other ANBU masks it was very carefully created and designed. But what really caught his eye was the ANBU's hair; it was the hair of the wolf masked beauty at the party.

'Looks like their going to kill her.' Thought Sasuke, 'Why should I care if they do or not.'

He snorted and saw three figures creeping up the wall to ambush the ANBU and the Akatsuki. And then one of them used a ninjitsu and the one behind the ANBU started acting oddly. He went up to his companion and punched him in the face.

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Next Chapter: Mystery Man!

I slap Koro across the face and he goes flying into a wall. My eyes gaze darkly down at him and he runs away in fear. "H-HEY! Get your ass back here!" I yelled and go off after Koro, who is running aimlessly like a maniac.

Hey, Please review! (Punches Koro)