Blind Faith 3

Chapter Two: Blind Faith in Spies

It was days like today that I wished with all my might that I had brought something, anything with me from Konaha. Was it really necessary for me to break all ties with my friends and stuff? Albeit, I did not have much other than a couple pictures (one of team seven and the other of my parents and brother) and clothes, at least it was something to look at. All I had here in the Akatsuki hide out was four clay walls, an oil lamp, and a roll-up bed.

I sighed, rolling over onto my side. Then again, if I had brought the pictures, then I would be filled with regret and ridiculed by the immature criminals that I now called colleagues. Regret for leaving my teammates; ridicule for still having a picture of Itachi even after all that he had done to me.

Knock knock! "Lord Sasuke, may I speak with you?" a voice called from the other side of my door.

I furrowed my brows as I dragged myself out of bed. I had been in such deep thought that I had not even noticed someone approaching. Wow, I was starting to get rusty. So much for all that power that Itachi had given me.

"What do you want?" I grumbled, cracking open the slab of wood. One of my spies knelt before me, head bent down in respect that I did not deserve or care about.

"The enemy fell for the trap. They interrogated the bait for a little over an hour before he suffocated himself as instructed."

"And what of the nine-tails?" I asked, quickly growing more and more impatient.

"He and the pink-haired one talked of nothing important so I left them and checked up on the others. Your pawn didn't say much but I think-"

"How do you know?" I growled. "You had Naruto at arm's length! Please humor me in why you would think that he wouldn't say something important."

The servant looked at my blankly before stating rather nonchalantly, "The nine-tails was too busy sticking his tongue down the pink-girl's throat to say anything."

Bile rose in the back of my mouth as a wave of nausea hit me. "That's all. Leave." With that, I turned and slammed the door shut. My body shook from head to foot, and red stained my vision. How dare that perverted fox get anywhere close to Sakura! Did he not know that she was not his to simply take? Although I had no claim on her, I was still angry with Naruto for taking advantage of such an impressionistic girl as Sakura. Maybe I was just angry because he had something I did not, like a five-year-old. Maybe I was jealous of his luck because I was a sick pervert just like him.

"Ugh! Dang it!" I yelled, thrusting my electrically charged fist into the nearest wall. Everything was still for a moment before all four walls that made up my room came crashing down.

Kisame, whose room was next to mine, looked up in surprise. "Dude, Uchiha! Chill!"

I rolled my eyes. "Go drown yourself, shark-boy," I grumbled.

He gasped. "I'm telling Daddy about this!"

"Whatever. Just leave me alone."

Kisame burst out of his room, yelling, "Daddy Pein, Sasuke broke his room and is being mean to me!"

I grabbed my katana and headed into the hallway. If I did not get out of here soon, more than some walls were going to get destroyed. As I rounded the last corner that led to the outside, my eyes focused on the silhouette of Madara against the bright light that emanated from the afternoon sun.

"What do you want?" I grumbled, not stopping as I passed him.

"I have a mission for you."

"Thankfully, I don't work for you, Madara. So you can find someone else to do your dirty work."

"This has to do with the Uchiha clan."

I paused in mid-step. "Pardon?"

"You do realize that you and I are the last Uchihas left, right?"

"And? What's your point?"

"Are you comfortable with the thought that when we die, our legacy will be gone forever? We have no heirs, Sasuke. We're it."

"What are you trying to get at here, Madara?" I asked cautiously. I did not like where this conversation was going.

"Oh, stop playing innocent, boy. The Uchiha clan has too much to offer the Akatsuki. We can't just be the last ones. There has to be someone to follow in our footsteps."

"Humph. I have a solution. Let's just not die."

Madara cocked his head to the side. "Have you been drinking? With all that's going on right now, I don't foresee us having it easy anytime soon."

I sighed. "Then cut to the chase already. What exactly do you want me to do?"

He smirked. "Simple: go out and find a good girl that'll bare us a few heirs."

My jaw dropped. "Are you serious? Forget it! I am not going to go play match-maker for you!"

He clapped one hand on my back. "Don't worry, Sasuke. I already know whom I want. You just have to go fetch her for me. And I would send someone else but I'm not sure they could capture her. She is pretty strong, and she might kill anyone else but you."

I raised an eyebrow. "And if I don't?"

"Then I'll set Karin on you."

My eyes widened. "You wouldn't dare…"

"How much you wanna bet?"

I gulped. No, I would just about do anything as long as it kept Karin ten-miles away from me. "Fine. Who am I looking for and where is she from?"

Madara gave me a level look before saying, "The pink-haired girl from Konaha that was on your squad. Sakura Haruno, was it? I believe your little spy knows exactly where's she's at, so go ahead. Move along. I want her by sun-down tomorrow."

Later…

"That felt so good," Sakura murmured to herself, wrapping a robe around her as she stepped out of the bathroom. Something was off about her. She did not blink or look around randomly like she used to. Instead, now she focused all her chakra into her nose and ears. "Who's there?" she asked, her voice cutting the silence like steel in silk.

I took the five necessary steps towards her before pinching the pressure point in her neck, making her faint. I had used this trick before, back when I left Konaha, but for a totally different reason this time. Instead of running away, I was making her follow. Yep, I had been right earlier. I was just as sick and perverted as Naruto; only, I had no right to be.

A/N: Hope you guys liked this! I know that I am especially thrilled to be writing this story down, but I'm not sure how it must feel for you guys to be reading it. Anyway, hope you enjoyed!