Helloooo! Tis I, BananaphoneBob after so long without anything but a measly little one-shot (That I think people should R&R, because they love me) and no chapters for TWO.

Well, I'm BACK! And I do have a reason as to why I haven't updated for so long.

That reason being: my laptop broke.

It was a sad time all around, someone spilt her drink all over it and it just went kaput :( So I was distraught, with no way of writing anything, then for my birthday I got a new computer but still had none of my stories or anything and it just didn't motivate me, until I wrote True Colours (the measly little one-shot) and had another idea come into my head, so I wrote down that idea (that I think will be good) but I said to myself 'No. Focus on the stories you have right now before starting any others!' so … here I am :)

I'd like to say a big thank you to:

.YUI.22. (cookie for you :D)

Luka1Sakura

Defenestration of the Mind

sasusaku-EienAi

Liquid Insanity

for reviewing the last chapter, and for bringing a couple of new reviewers! It was looking back at all your praise that helped me decide to do this right now :)

Disclaimer: BananaphoneBob wishes she does, but unfortunately does not own anything but the plot...

Anyhoo … ENJOY!

Previously on 'The Wrong One' …

I glared at Kabuto as he smiled and shut the door on me. I didn't care that I was excluded from what was happening, I just knew that whatever it was I needed to be in there.

"Sharingan!"

If they weren't going to tell me, I guess I'll have to figure it out myself.

Chapter 10:When the Going Gets Tough

She ran. She didn't know where, she didn't know how far, but she ran. Her attacker was gaining speed, making the distance between them thin out. A kunai was thrown at her and she dodged it professionally, impressing the man who threw it.

From tree branch to tree branch she jumped, becoming overly cocky as she widened the distance once again. She looked back briefly and saw the man's agitated face, and smirked as she turned around, only to be met with a small branch she hadn't noticed as it caused her to trip, falling off the branch she was on and heading for the ground far below.

Her follower saw this, and his eyes widened as he shot down to rescue her. He wrapped his arms around her waist and the back of her neck, as he saw her smirk evilly. She used his position to twist them around, kicking him off of her and landing on the ground with a small 'thud', compared to his crashing and falling. He landed on his back, groaning as he lifted his head up, watching her walk towards him and sit on his stomach, a kunai pressed against his neck.

"Didn't see that coming, did ya?"

He sighed and placed his head back on the ground as she rolled off of him and sat to his side. He leant up, squinting in pain as he did so, and heard the girl chuckle.

"Seriously, Sasuke. That was a standard rookie trick. I can't believe you fell for it."

Sasuke scowled and used the sleeve of his white shirt to wipe some blood off of his cheek.

"I was told to see what you can do. Clearly, you haven't surpassed Genin level. I'm disappointed, Sakura."

Sakura's nostrils flared, and she punched him fiercely in the head, making him fly against the tree behind him. The impact of his skull caused the tree to break, landing with a 'bang' behind Sasuke.

"I'm sorry, I didn't quite catch that. What did you say?"

Sasuke grunted and hoisted himself up as she walked slowly towards him, pulling her gloves up.

"I said, that I was told to see what you could do."

"Bless. And if Orochimaru asked you to jump off a cliff, would you do that?" She had a playful smirk on her face as she read his, knowing she'd hit a nerve.

Sasuke narrowed his eyes and smirked back. "Gee, I don't know. But the question is, if I jumped off a cliff, would you?"

Sakura's breath hitched in her throat as those words left his mouth. Her eyed widened and she was distracted long enough for Sasuke to appear behind her, his kunai against the flesh of her neck, his breath tickling her ear.

"Clearly, you haven't surpassed Genin level, Sakura."

His whisper received no reply as the Sakura he was holding transformed into a log. He blinked several times before something hard hit his back, pushing him down to the ground and remaining on top of him.

"Clearly, I have."

Sasuke grunted and wiggled in an attempt to get Sakura off of him, but after a punch to his back he fell to the ground once more, staying still so as he would not endure more pain.

"So, do you give up? Do I win?"

Sasuke inwardly rolled his eyes as she resumed her childish ways. Knowing she had him at a dead end, and that she would repeatedly attack him until he gave in, he chose to let her have that win. She got off of his back, after making him swear he wouldn't attack her any more, and helped him sit up in order to heal his wounds.

"Now, this may hurt a little, but just try to concentrate on something else. It's a good thing I had a spare medical bag..." Sakura took the bag of medical supplies she brought with her and got out the things she would need. Sasuke watched her the entire time, noting how concentrated she was as she placed her hands over a wound on his side and glowed a luminous green.

The Uchiha had to admit, he was impressed at her new abilities. Back when they were all genin, she was an average ninja with the tendency to get into a lot of trouble, but in the small amount of time since, she had become a medic ninja, a chunin (as he'd found out a few hours before) and could really pack a punch. She had grown, even appearance wise, for the better.

Sasuke blinked briefly, shaking his head to banish that thought from his mind. He wasn't one to even think about appearance, particularly of his pink-haired ex-comrade. Maybe, he thought, it was due to the fact that he hadn't had any female company since he'd left the village, and the only people he had seen for the past three years were Orochimaru and Kabuto, and they weren't exactly great company.

He studied the ninja in a more detailed way, from her shiny, pink, shoulder-length hair, down to her knee-high ninja boots. She seemed a bit more tanned than he remembered, but there was a lot of sunshine around at this time of year. He knew she was taller, and maybe reached his chin. Instead of a dress, she wore a short sleeved top with the Haruno symbol on the back, a pink thigh-length skirt with black shorts underneath, black gloves, pink elbow protectors and the boots. She had curves in the right places, and her skin looked really smooth.

Sasuke clenched his fist and punched the ground, knowing it was either that or his head. He shouldn't think thoughts like that. He closed his eyes, trying to rid the images of Sakura away.

"Sasuke? I've finished, you know. The painful bit is long over."

Said ninja opened one eye and glanced up. Sakura was standing over him, eyebrow raised, her medical bag all packed and she was ready to leave.

Sasuke stood up, partly surprised that she'd managed to heal him so quickly. He brushed his clothes down, and looked back up Sakura. She'd already started walking towards Orochimaru's base. She turned her head and nodded in the direction she was walking in, before flying up into the treetops. Sasuke followed, swiftly catching up to her as they ran beside each other.

"Judging by the scents … we're still about two days away, and that's if we took very short stops. Otherwise … it'll be much longer."

Naruto groaned as Kiba and Akamaru sniffed the air after using Sakura's medical bag that Kakashi kept with him in case they were split up during a mission. Kiba sat on the ground beside Akamaru, who whined and placed his head on Kiba's shoulder.

"What are you doing? Get up! We have to keep going!"

Kakashi sighed at his blonde student "Naruto, look at us. We've been running non-stop for hours, even if we carried on and was able to find her, do you really think we could get her back? Not all of us have a Kuubi's chakra, you know. We need to rest."

Naruto glared at his teacher, before closing his eyes and flopping to the ground, thankful the majority of his wounds from his previous battle had already healed. He looked up at the sky, watching the clouds roll by. He sighed and closed his eyes once more, letting himself take a moment of rest. His thoughts drifted to Takara, and he felt a pang of pain in his heart. Just a couple of days ago, he was ready to ditch his best friend for a girl he randomly met in a ramen bar. And now, there was a chance he would never talk to either of them again. Not liking that thought, he clutched the grass around him tightly, ripping a few blades off. He felt a hand grip his shoulder, and looked up to find Kakashi sitting down beside him.

"We'll get her back, Naruto. We'll get him back, too. Everything will work out."

And with that, he stood back up and went to collect wood for a fire as the sun started to set.

As night came around, the three males (and dog) sat by the blazing fire in silence, none of them having the strength to speak. Akamaru fell asleep as Kiba ate slowly, his chocolate eyes gazing into the fire. Kakashi had his book in front of him, yet the boys could tell that he wasn't really reading it, and Naruto looked down into his empty cup that used to contain ramen, thinking about his pink-haired friend.

Not even Naruto dared to break the silence as Kakashi stood up and went over to his tent, nodding his goodnights to the two teammates, knowing fully well that neither had noticed.

As Kiba finished the rest of his food, he gently nudged Akamaru awake, making him get up and head towards the tent they shared. Kiba ran a hand through his hair as he finally pulled his eyes away from the fire to look at Naruto, who was slowly getting up to go to his tent. Naruto looked back and they stared at each other for a while, before Naruto slung his bag over his shoulder and headed in for the night.

Kiba hung his head, furrowing his eyebrows as he closed his eyes and placed two fingers at his temple, rubbing it slowly. He looked up to the dark sky, taking a deep breath in, trying to get any kind of scent which may have blown their direction. Failing that, he flung his rubbish into his bag carelessly, before looking back up at the sky.

"Sakura … where are you?"

Dark eyes scanned the area that contained the smoke from a fire, and a smirk appeared on the person's lips. The stranger glanced at the brown haired boy, who stood up and sighed before walking into his tent. One hand clutched an object while the other held onto the branch that was currently being laid on. Legs swung and the stranger, female, hopped off the branch and onto the ground, being careful to mask her chakra and be very stealthy in her moves. She crept towards the three tents, knowing which one she was aiming for, and slowly pulled back the opening. She looked at the sleeping, snoring figure lying on the ground before her, before pulling a look of disgust and placing the object neatly in the corner, before closing the tent back up and walking away.

'Phase two: Complete.'

WOO! Another chapter is UP! You have no idea how long it took me to write this chapter! Well, obviously you do because you've been waiting for it for so long but … meh anyway. I'm in a very happy mood today as today marks the anniversary of me and my boyfriend, so I felt like sharing my happiness by actually finishing this chapter :D

I know a couple of bits are screwed up, and, despite trying to be secretive, I think it's pretty obvious who is being spoken about in the last part … but I hope you enjoyed it nevertheless.

Also, hope you enjoyed the mini SasuSaku part there, I felt I should start with something by now, and I quite liked how I wrote it :3 And considering we haven't heard from the boys for about 2 chapters, I also thought I'd throw a bit of that in too :)

SO! Who is this stranger? What is the object? What's going to happen with everyone?

Truth is, for two of those three questions, I have absolutely no clue. I don't know what I was thinking when I spoke about an 'object' and have no idea what it's gonna be, so I'm guessing it might be a bit of a wait (again) for the next chapter D:

Finally, completely out of the blue, what do YOU want to see in this fic? Tell me, because I genuinely want to know. Do you want more SasuSaku parts? More of the boys? More actual story rather than just random crap? Do you wanna tell me what the object could be? I want to know where you want this story to go, or where you think it should go. Depending on how many I get, I'll try to add everyone's things into it, and it might make my writing a bit quicker! YAY for reader participation!

Right-o, I'm off now, I tried starting a new fic earlier (I know … I need to concentrate on these but MEH) so I might continue that, or start the new chapter of Burnt Toast (which, if you haven't read, you should :p) or just sit back and refresh my e-mails until I get at least one review xD Anyhoo, I hope you enjoyed this chapter, and once again, sorry for the lateness :)

I LOVE YOU GUYS!

-x-Emma-x-