Hey guys! This has to be a record for me ne? I'm updating more quickly because I've discovered the copy and paste tool I can use via iPad.

I hope the last chapter spooked you, even if it was only a little! That was what I was aiming for! I apologise; it appears that the dividers I made for the sections did not work so I have used different ones this week! xx

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Without further adieu, on with the story!

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Chapter 2: Apprehensive feelings

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Sakura didn't know where she was.

She had been holding Itachi's hand one minute, much to her embarrassment, and then the next his hand had... slipped away. A tree had fallen from next to them and they had been forced to let go or face having their arms chopped off.

She'd had to practically fly backwards to try and avoid it and, while she had been airborne, had been hit in the back of the head by a branch, consequently knocking her unconscious.

Gingerly, she rubbed the growing lump on her head and slowly got to her feet. She was a little concerned that her teammates and best friend were not around her, waiting for her to get up. Her heart fell into her stomache and she was immediately on guard.

Something was wrong.

Glancing around at the wreckage surrounding her, she noticed that a great deal of other tree's had also fallen; it almost looked like the aftermath of a furious battle and you could now see the dark sky above without being hindered by the tree line.

Senses being completely on edge, she was acutely aware of every little brush of wind and every crackle of the leaves around her. She slowly put one foot forward. Then another. Then another.

Swallowing deeply, Sakura metally shook herself and continued walking, steps jerky and hesitant, towards the edge of the tree in front of her; she was going to have to face what was out of there head on.

Forcing some chakra into her legs, she jumped as high as she possibly could and stood on top of the fallen trunk.

She gaped at what she saw.

It was like a sea of endless fallen foliage, the tree's started again a good two miles away from where she stood.

It was likely, in Sakura's opinion, that her friends had just assumed that she had made her own way out after the had been separated and were now looking for her elsewhere. The sequence of falling trees had probably forced them to continue on, or else be beheaded if they let their guard down. In other words, Sakura was completely other own until help arrived.

With whatever had been messing with them earlier.

Sakura repressed a shudder when she remembered how eerie the child cries had been, how utterly terrified she had been...

Sakura gritted her teeth; she had to calm down and properly analyse the situation or she'd be panicking and like the weak little girl she used to be.

1) Her head was pounding; caused by the blow to her head. Reactions likely to be slower and less powerful.

2) She was on her own; defenses and sensing must be increased or else she could be killed before she could even register an attack.

3) She had to find her friends before whatever caused this mess did.

Though not entirely reassuring, these facts eased her mind slightly. First things first she had to decide whether to heal her injury or if she should just get going; the quicker she left the quicker she'd be out of this mess.

"Sakura..."

Said girl was moving towards the line of tree's in front of her faster than she could even follow.

Oh god oh god oh god!

Sakura could hear the small feet running after her, close enough to be within earshot, for her heart to pound like a drum and for her nerve endings to on fire.

"Why are you running Sakura Haruno? Don't you want to see me again? Don't you wanna... Play a game?"

Sakura could feel hysteria building up in her throat and her eyes sting, tears threatening to fall.

And what the hell did she mean by see me 'again'?

She was a Kunoichi goddamn it! This shouldn't affect her so much... But she could help but be afraid of the voice, fear what the little girl meant by a 'GAME'...

...And how the hell did that... GIRL... know her name?

Why was she only following HER? How did she know her name? What did she WANT...?

Gritting her teeth with new resolve, she pumped even more chakra into her legs to put more space between her and her pursuer. She had to find her teammates now or she was going to die here, found in a mess of wood and leaves, mutilated and completely destroyed like those villagers were.

She'd be damned before that happened. She had a life to live and a little girl was not going to stop her!

Though that little girl may have already lived hers...

She could hear distressed, frustrated noises coming from the being being her and she smirked; she was falling behind and the forest was only metres away.

"NARUTO! SASUKE! KAKASHI! ITACH! HELP ME, PLEASE!" She screamed as loudly as she could; she hated to sound so pathetic but she really needed them. The girl was picking up fast now they were in natural forest again; Sakura had the advantage before because she was trained to be good in that type of terrain, whereas the little girl clearly wasn't.

Now, the little girl was back in her own environment.

She was running out of time.

Her heart leapt when she heard muffled shouts. "Sakura?! Where are you?!" Naruto, Sakura almost laughed with relief. "IM HERE! PLEASE, BE AS QUICK AS YOU CA-"

She stopped abruptly when a pale, pasty face, blood dripping from her smiling lips, appeared directly in her path; there was no avoiding her.

Collision was unavoidable.

"ARRGGGGHHHHHHH!"

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And that is the end of chapter two! Sorry for the evil cliffhanger but I had to do it! xx

Again, look at the previous chapters authors notes for details about the Facebook account I set up; let me know if any of you are interested or currently using it.

Thanks for reading everyone!

Ja ne!

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