Because Sakura Had To Go (Ch. 2)

(Sakura's POV)

I rubbed my eyes a little, trying to wipe out the blurriness. I had fallen asleep at some point, but I couldn't remeber when. The pain in the back of my head was killing me.

When I could open my eyes correctly, I almost gasped. There were 10 people in Akatsuki cloaks around the bed I was lying in. A man with pale orange hair stepped forward.

His hands were behind his back in a polite manner, a small smirk on his face.

"It has come to my attention that you are somehow related to one of my members."

I looked up at him, my eyebrows furrowing.

"Related? The only possible person I could be related to is Itachi! I don't have the Sharingan!" I screamed, pointing to my eyes.

He nodded before turning to his members.

"I have a special scroll which allows me to search vast family trees. I need you to put some chakra into the scroll to activate the DNA test."

I nodded numbly. It wasn't everyday you got to help out an evil missing-nin organization.

"Follow me, Sakura Haruno. No one shall be even to the door we are conversing in. That means you, Deidara."

A blonde-haired man pouted but sighed, promising not to eavesdrop. The man I still had no name for lead me through various hallways. My head hurt even worse from when I woke up, almost bringing me to tears.

Once we reached a dark wood door that had a small silver plate saying 'Leader' , he turned around.

"I am Pein, Leader of the Akatsuki. From the point on, you will either call me Leader-sama, Pein-sama, or Pein-san. Nothing else."

The look on his face was almost frightening. I coughed a little and walked into the room. It was about the size of an average living room. Motioning to a small chair in front of a desk, he sat in a leather office chair, like one you might see at a hospital.

"Now," He said, rolling out the scroll on his desk. "Time to find out which one of my members you are related to. You need to say their first name out loud before you put a spike of chakra in it."

"What are the names?" I asked, not fully knowing every single name.

"There is me, Konan, Sasori, Deidara, Tobi, Itachi, Kisame, Kakuzu, Hidan, and Zetsu."

With my amazing chakra control, i was able to bring a large amount of chakra to my fingertips. I aligned my hand with the scroll.

"Pein."

BZEEP

"Konan"

BZEEP

"Sasori."

BZEEP

"Deidara."

BZEEP

"Tobi."

BZEEP

"... Itachi?"

...BZEEP

"Kisame."

BZEEP

"Kakuzu."

BZEEP

"Hidan."

The whole entire room was so quiet, I swear I could hear Pein's heart stop from where i was sitting.

A picture of Hidan faded onto the scroll, my picture next to it. I could see a little chart beside us. My name was next to his.

"W-What the hell?" I whispered. I couldn't really believe my eyes. I had an older brother in Akatsuki? I feel like Sasuke now...

"I never thought that you would be related with Hidan..." He mused, scratching his stubble-less chin. I sighed and stood up, a glint in my eye.

"I guess since i know a bit of information about your organization, I will be kept 'captive', correct?" I asked, my lips pulled into a tight line.

"You are right, but... being the generous guy I am; I will allow Hidan to escort you to Konoha to retreave your belongings."

In a way, I didn't miss Konoha, but I knew my friends would be worried sick about me. They were my friends, right? To be truthful to myself, I'd really rather stay where I had a brother, even though my parents were still in Konoha.

Pein grabbed my wrist and ran out of the room, pulling my with his. My feet struggled to keep up with his fast pace, ending up with me in a crumpled heap while i was towed across the floor. I could feel a rug burn forming.

Once we made it to the room I was first in, he let go of my hand. When he looked back, he almost blushed in embarrasment.

"Sorry, Haruno." He said, rubbing the back of his head. Like Naruto.

I blinked away the few tears that strayed to my eyes, closing them while smiling.

"It is not a problem, Pein-sama."

I could see the Akatsuki members circling around me. I opened my eyes. Pein crouched down, smirking.

"Hidan will be escorting you to Konoha, Sakura. Pack your things quickly and hurry back, we have much to discuss."

And with that, I was forced out of the Akatsuki base with my supposed 'brother', Hidan. He was 17, only 4 years older than me. I got confused.

'If he is 4 years older than me, then he should be able to remember me.'

"H-Hidan-san?" I whispered, my lips barely moving.

"Hm?"

"Did you ever have any family? Like parents, cousins, ...siblings?"

"No."

I turned to him. A few strands of his silver hair fell into his inky purple eyes.

"I was put in an orphanage when I was four. The nurses there were kind of nice, but never the kind of family i wanted. I bolted out of there 5 years later."

'Our parents... abandoned him? In an orphanage? He said he was admited into the orphanage when he was 4 so... when i was born... he was given up.'

"D-Do you remember your parents?" I asked, my voice cracking.

"Yeah, a little. My mother had red hair and my father had white hair with silver streaks. Behind my back, they would always talk about how they wanted a little girl. I was an accident... they didn't want me."

I could feel the anger starting to bubble up in my chest. My parents had thrown away my older brother like trash because he was an accident! He was abandoned because the wanted a girl!

A single tear fell down my cheek.

"I bet it was rough," I murmered. "Living like that."

"It was, but i made it. You know, you are suprisingly easy to talk to. I've only known you for like... 5 minutes and I've told you things that I never even told Leader-baka. I don't like cussing around you either."

I giggled. He smiled a started running. Putting some chakra into my legs, I caught up to him in no time. Side-by-side, my brother and I barreled towards Konoha, the Hidden Village that was once my home.