I opened my eyes and met a chest. I looked up and saw Sasuke sleeping peacefully. I looked down at myself and felt my face start to heat up. Sasuke had his arms around me, tightly and I knew I wasn't going anywhere for a while. Closing my eyes, I remembered the night before. I can't believe I slept with Sasuke in a cave. I felt him shift and I opened my eyes and saw him looking at me.

"Hey." He said, putting his face in my neck.

"Hi." I said, blushing even more. I felt him unwrap his arms from me and stand up. I put my face in his hands as I heard shuffling around.

"You don't have to look away." I heard him say. "Besides, I'm all changed."

I looked and saw him with his clothes on. I grabbed my bra and put my clothes back on as well. My legs felt stiff and I stood next to Sasuke, wondering what was going to happen next.

"What now?" I asked, just above a whisper.

"Come with my group." He said, grabbing my hand and pulling me to him.

"But that makes me a rogue ninja." I mumbled.

"It'll mean that we'll be together." He said, kissing my temple.

"Okay." I said. "I'll go with you."

"Sasuke." I jumped at hearing Tobi's voice.

"What do you want?" His voice turned cold again.

"It's time we go." Tobi said.

"Alright. She's coming with us."

"Good. Another healer with be good for this team." Before I knew it, Tobi sucked us into his eye and we were in front of a cliff with Sasuke's team there.

"Sasuke!" Karin yelled, running over to us. "Who is she?"

"She will be joining the group. Her name is Anako." Sasuke said.

'Who the hell does this girl think she is?! Hugging all over Sasuke like he's hers.' I heard Karin think.

"Welcome to the group!" Suigetsu said, smiling at me.

"What are our plans Sasuke?" Jugo asked. Everyone looked at him waiting for his answer. He walked to the cliff and just started thinking of all the memories he and Itachi shared together. I saw him clench his fists and I knew he was crying.

"From now on we'll be called; Team Taka and we'll have one goal. Destroy Konoha."

Well shit.


"Sasuke." I said, sitting next to him. He didn't say anything to me. I placed my hand on his arm and looked at him. "We need to talk…."

"About?"

"I can't… I can't help you destroy Konoha." I said. Silence. He turned to look at me and just nodded.

"I know you can't. Go. Go back to Konoha." He said, looking down. "I won't hurt you when we come."

"Sasuke, I-" He cut my off by pressing his lips hard to mine. I moaned into the kiss and just as quickly as it happened, it stopped. He stood up and pulled me up with him.

"I'll lead you away from the others, so there is no question as to why you are leaving." I nodded and we went back to the others. "I am taking her on a walk. We'll be back in a bit."

They all just nodded and soon we were off. I kept quiet as we jumped through tree after tree. Sasuke stopped suddenly and I knew this is where we'd bid farewell. I looked at him and just jumped on him, hugging him tightly. He held my waist and put his head in my neck.

"I'm sorry for doing this." I said.

Silence. We stayed like that until Sasuke pulled his head back and he kissed me. I set my feet to the ground and kissed him back. He pulled away from me and looked at me.

"I love you." I said.

"I love you too." And he was gone. I wiped my eyes and made my way to Konoha. I searched the area for any enemies and found none. I saw the village nearing and I stopped at the gates. Izumo and Kotetsu looked at me and got huge smiles on their faces.

"You're back!" Izumo said.

"What happened to you?" Kotetsu asked.

"I need to talk to Tsunade immediately." I said. They nodded and took me to Tsunade. They knocked on the door and I went in.

"Anako!" She said, jumping to her feet. "Where have you been? What happened to you? Naruto and the others couldn't find you after what happened between Sasuke and Itachi."

"I was taken. By the mask man."

"I heard about him. What did they do to you?" She asked.

"They just kept me. They tried to get information from me but I wouldn't budge." I said, lying through my teeth. I looked at her closely and I knew something happened. "Lady Tsunade, something seems off. What happened?"

"You don't know…" I didn't have to ask anymore.

"I will be back in a little bit." I said, leaving her office and going to a place that I knew I was needed. Once I arrived there, I knocked on the door. I got no answer, so I kept knocking on the door until I got an answer.

"What?" Naruto snapped at me. His facial expression changed from upset to slightly better. "Anako! What happened to you? We tried to find you and couldn't." I didn't say anything, just hugged him tightly. At this point I didn't care about myself.

"I'm so sorry I wasn't here when you found out. I'm so sorry what happened." I whispered to him. Naruto relaxed and wrapped his arms around me, hugging me tightly to him. I felt him shaking and he started to cry.

"He meant everything to me and now he's gone." He sobbed.

"I know Naruto. I know what he meant to you." I said. "And I am so sorry."

It got quiet after that. Naruto just kept crying, unable to understand why Jiraiya had to die. I felt myself starting to get teary eyed, but I knew I couldn't be weak right now. My best friend needed me and I knew through all the sadness and pain, he was happy that I was back and here with him in the time he needed me the most.


I am terribly sorry. I worked all summer and that job drained me every day and I just never got around to doing this. Then my computer got a virus and had to be redone. It was just a mess. I hope you all enjoy this sucky chapter but I promise the future chapter will be better. Please be patient with me. School is starting soon and I really need to crack down on that. I will try to update as soon as I have free time!

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