Chapter 11 is HERE!

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Sasuke motioned to Naruto and Sai with his hand, giving them the universal 'halt' signal. He flattened himself against the wall and peered around the corner, slowly and carefully. After Sai had set off that explosion, the warehouse had been crawling with men which made their job that much more difficult. Sasuke made an annoyed sound when a couple of goons got a little too close to them.

Damn, there were more here than Shikamaru had estimated and that guy was never wrong.

'Is anyone else disappointed in how short that fight was?' Kiba said in to the mic.

'Yeah I don't know why there were less than lazy ass thought there were.'

Sasuke and Naruto exchanged semi confused glances after Ino and Kiba's comments while Sai just looked blankly at the two.

"What do you mean there isn't that many there?" Sasuke asked into his mic.

"Shikamaru, what the hell is going on?"

This wasn't good. If Shikamaru was wrong then there was no telling what was going to happen.

There was no telling if Sakura was even here at all.

All was silent as they waited for the genius to sort out his thoughts.

'Oh, so that's what they did. How troublesome.' Was his cryptic remark.

Sasuke resisted the urge to bang his head against the wall and instead decided that Shikamaru needed to elaborate. They couldn't stay hidden behind a wall forever and Sakura needed them.

"What? What did they do?"

'They have most of the men at the warehouse that they are keeping Sakura in. You know doubling the guard and all that. They probably figured we'd come to get her and set up a counter plan.'

Damn. That just made everything even harder, plus add in the fact that Sai set off a bomb...well their chances of making this simple is completely gone.

"So wait. That means Sakura's in this warehouse?" Naruto asked confused.

Everyone ignored the stupidity of that comment as Shikamaru said one last thing.

'I take it that your warehouse is crawling with men?'

"Yeah. Once you all get done, get over here. It's going to take all of us to clear this damn place and get to Sakura."

The echo of everyone's confirmation rang in his ears as the three men got semi comfortable. Sasuke hoped that their friends didn't take too long getting here cause even though he was confident in his and his teammate's abilities, if they were severely out numbered it would mean absolutely nothing. Until then though Sasuke, Naruto, and Sai would have to do what they could.

He gave a sadistic grin at the prospect of destroying the men responsible for taking his woman from him when he had just found her again. Adding the mental anguish those bastards put her through and there would be hell to pay. Sasuke looked to his two companions and saw that their expressions mirrored the bloodlust on his own. Other than Ino, the three of them were the ones who were closest to Sakura. Naruto and Sai were like brothers to the woman and from the very beginning it was always the four of them.

They'd go to hell before they ever abandoned her.

With a nod, Sasuke, Naruto, and Sai ran out from the safety of their wall, guns out and at the ready.

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Damn it, where the hell was Madara hiding? Sakura thought to herself as she ran down a dark empty hallway. She couldn't help but wonder why there were no windows at all in this place. You'd think that there'd be a window somewhere, seeing as how there were quite a few rooms she had passed, but no, there were no windows anywhere.

Sakura hadn't come across an exit either and that was essential to her escape plan assuming she didn't die along with that damn old man. She also found it weird that she hadn't come across anybody in a while. She had run into about four men and they were all easy to take down with her bare hands. It was kinda pathetic if she thought about it. This was supposed to be a super secret hideout, so where the fuck were all the evil henchmen? Sakura shook her head. Okay so maybe Hollywood wasn't completely accurate on that front. The pink haired woman paused in order to catch her breath when something caught her eye from the other end of the hall.

A light shining from under the door.

Sakura cautiously made her way towards the door and gently pushed it open to reveal what looked like a study you'd see in an old time movie complete with a fireplace that had two sitting chairs in front of it. No light was there except for the fire that was burning in the fireplace, casting shadows over the lone person sitting in one of the chairs with a wine glass cradled in his pale hand. His long black hair and athletic build, along with his cold black eyes, identified him as one of the Uchiha. Sakura ground her teeth.

Madara Uchiha was right there drinking wine like he had not a care in the world and people weren't out to kill his ass.

While Sakura was stewing in her anger and resentment, Madara had become aware of her presence. It was surprising that she was wandering around on her own and also a great danger to his plan were she to escape. Weren't the snake bastard and his sidekick supposed to look after her and make sure she didn't escape? He should have never trusted those incompetent idiots with the hostages. What next? Itachi waking up and causing trouble? Madara shook his head with a smirk. That brat was so drugged up he wouldn't be moving for awhile. He had heard the explosion earlier and he wasn't going to lie, it surprised him. It never crossed his mind that Sasuke and his ragtag group of misfits would track him down this fast. He would have to deal with this quickly before they got too far in.

Madara sighed in irritation.

Now he had to kill the girl and Itachi, which was unfortunate and put a little rip in his overall plan. Now the real question is, was Sakura going to make her move or was she just going to stand there waiting for him to kill her? Really either one worked for him because in both scenarios the pink haired woman dies.

For her part, Sakura was trying to think up a plan. Should she go straight for the kill? No, he may be older, but he was a force to be reckoned with. Play with him to lure him into a false sense of security?

She stifled a sigh.

He'd turn the tables on her in a heartbeat. Was there no way for her to win this on her own? That was not a place for her thoughts to go because the moment she did, it was finished.

She was as good as dead.

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Itachi had managed to get to his feet, his legs shaking unused to supporting his full weight again. He grasped at the side of the hospital bed, slowly shuffling forward towards the door cursing his weakness all the while. How could he have let this happen? All he ever wanted was for Sasuke to live a normal free life without the burdens that came with being an Uchiha. He knew the pressures that came with the family business and he never wanted his little brother bothered by any of it. No one knew the underhanded dealings of the Uchiha better than Itachi, seeing as how his father made him take care of that side of the business in order to prepare him for when he took it over.

Maybe that was selfish of him, but he wanted Sasuke to stay innocent and carefree for as long as he could.

Even though it seemed he just sped up the inevitable.

Itachi glared as he reached the door, his pale hands sliding against the metal walls.

As the saying goes:

The road to hell is paved with good intentions.

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And with this, everything that I had has been revised. That means that from here on out it will be totally new chapters! Please leave me a review!