A/N- Thank you to Little-bad-Angel, MySoulIsYoursTakeIt and Team THEFT (Andi) for reviews. I love you guys!

Sakura wasn't really aware of how Kakashi had got them in, ashamed as she was to admit that. Keeping in with the values of the area, all Sakura could really do was go shopping, or sit on Kakashi's knee and hope to hear something. There was of course the traditional kunoichi route, but they were avoiding that as far as they possibly could. Kakashi had given them the information when he'd been in the bar, so she had no clue how it had gone, and also wouldn't be able to ask about it just yet. As a woman she would just have to nod along with whatever her 'fiancée' was doing.

It was already driving her insane.

She was on constant edge, jumping around at the slightest noise and scanning everything with her peripherals. She did not trust these slime balls one bit, and she was determined not to act up because she had been taken off guard by their frankly dreadful behaviour. If this is how they acted here, away from the main base (they did not immediately trust Kakashi well enough to take them there), then she shuddered to think of how they would be out of public, in the place that they called their own. She had heard a little already that came as a warning to her, and she hated that for the moment all that she knew would be toned down, things that they deemed acceptable to be heard by the odd passer-by.

She'd rather die than admit it, but it made her afraid.

She wasn't used to intentionally disarming herself against men that she saw as a threat to her, and even less around men that were cruel and selfish to the core. These people did not care for others, and worst of all they weren't money motivated. They seemed to do things that were illegal because they could, just for the thrill of it, and that was honestly what really hit her hard. If push came to shove, she would not be able to negotiate with them. It would just make it all the more fun, all the more entertaining to watch her beg, to watch her cry and offer them anything that she could give them to let her be, or at least kill her, and save her the agony, the tears and the sleepless nights…

She could feel her trepidation tangibly growing with every step that they took forwards. The more they walked, the further they took themselves out of the town centre, away from the mass of people until the houses became less, and building became scarce. They were still walking through farm land, with the occasional worker out to greet them as they passed and she found herself looking for them, stepping closer to Kakashi as she scanned around for any kind form of life. Kakashi tightened his arm around her in response, squeezing her gently as he subtly kept watch on her action without taking his eyes or ears out of the current conversation. He spoke when he was expected to, saying what was appropriate for them, but there wasn't any emotion or real effort in it. If he were honest, he was wary of this situation too, hyperly aware that he had to learn their way over foreign ground. Sure enough, they still weren't far from the town where they had stayed, but once they had passed there it would be very difficult for them, with a very large distance before they reached another civilisation. He hoped they wouldn't have to run.

It was an easy terrain to work over, to be sure. It was something that he and Sakura had both trained extensively over; Naruto and Sasuke had both refused, obviously having 'better' things to do. If it came to running though, hopefully Naruto and Sasuke would not be associated with them, and wouldn't have to. The are was uneven, and the more people you have the more difficult it is to hide. Especially in an area where you have nothing to shelter you. He was preoccupied enough with trying to protect Sakura, he didn't need the boys added to that too.

One of the men turned his head to face Kakashi fully, and said shinobi allowed the man to fill his vision, stopping momentarily his impromptu search of their surroundings. That was something that he could leave to Sakura; the woman would not be expected to speak to them. That was something that he had already stressed to her before leaving; these men would notice if he were searching around while talking to them, If Sakura was inconspicuous, she wouldn't be regarded at all. So surveillance while together would be up to her. If he was without her, he would just have to be extra careful and hope that he kept his head.

The trees were thicker as the building came into view, effectively shielding it from civilian eyesight, and was chakra covered so that shinobi would not be able to sense their presence. Placed far enough off of trails that they would not get any wanderers, and close enough to a town that they wouldn't be considered out of place for being here, they really were like ghosts to be found. They fed just enough of their actions into the town that the people knew that not all of their actions were legal, but they hid the worst of it, and of course, because the town already knew 'everything', they were not questioned. They were just a local group of miscreants that everyone wanted to pretend did not exist. Being honest, Kakashi wished that he could pretend too, but he couldn't, not even for a minute. He knew what they did. And they deserved to pay for it.

Oddly enough, from the outside the building just looked like a clean, respectable place owned by a rich family, probably people who enjoyed hunting. The building was a clean white, and ivy worked its way up the walls, edging in towards the door and decorating the place nicely. The door and windowsills were a ebony colour that contrasted with it.

Odd that a beautiful place would belong to such ugly people.

Their put on politeness was gone entirely now, their looks turning leering and their vocabulary a lot more colourful. In a way it was quite comforting to have them acting like this. It was easier to deal with someone when they weren't putting on a pretence.

Once they entered the building, the white walls and shoe rack that greeted them still wasn't what they had expected. There were coat hooks as well as a stand, to accommodate for the many people staying in the absurdly large place, and the floor was cleanly polished. When Sakura lifted her gaze to glance around, she saw that a large wooden staircase was just as neatly looked after and a large grand piano topped with multiple sheets of music. The multiple doors that lead off from here gave no indication of anything out of the norm. It all appeared very proper and civilised.

She was brought back to the men as she felt a large sweaty hand shake her shoulder, and pat. He was a big man, with a fat pink face that was greasy enough to make her want to take a step backwards, politeness be damned. If she were pretending to be anyone else, she would have. He smirked over at 'Hisoka', who stared back emotionlessly, and Sakura berated herself for not paying enough attention to conversation, engrossed as she was in the surroundings.

His eyes flicked back to her again, eying her up and down while his far too moist hand lingered, drawing patterns on her shoulder as she fought the urge to cringe. She most definitely did not like it here. And this was before throwing in all of the abnormalities and criminal acts that she would bear witness to. It certainly didn't help that they were to bring the men down before rescuing any hostage women. It felt like turning a blind eye, just sitting and watching their torment, and a small selfish part of her hoped that she wouldn't be shown them until a much later time, say the end of the mission, so that she would not have to deal with it. A traitorous part of herself that she silenced with guilt.

"Well, m'dear, would you like to see the rest of the house?" Sakura's eyes flicked over to him, and she nodded, determined not to keep eye contact for too long. Anything that she could do to keep him not interested in her, she would try. Even if she had to act like a complete and utter psycho. For now though, she would force herself to treat everything apathetically, so that she wouldn't start anything with any of them

'Best to remain unnoticed' Inner Sakura agreed. These men were a completely different breed from the likes of Kakashi. Kakashi… the man stood merely a foot or so away, and had been much closer than that for the journey here. He hadn't strayed away from her at all, and she was placated by that. He kept looking at her to make sure she was alright, and as her 'fiancée' he had every right to. She internally cowered at being away from him here. If only she wasn't trying to avoid attention by being clingy. Shame that that might provoke a reaction in these lunatics. She would just have to cling subtly and quietly.

By 'the rest of the house' it turned out that he really meant somewhere specific. He ignore all of the doors downstairs, and instead led them up the large winding staircase and up higher still until they reached the top of the building, still without seeing any of the other rooms. Hell, she hadn't even been shown where to find a damn toilet. So there must be something important up here. Something more important than kitchens and living arrangements.

At the top here, there were only five doors; one on the left and four on the right. That in itself was odd - everywhere else there had been a fairly even split, and this would indicate that one room was the length of the building. This very large building. The doors that she had passed on her way up here had all been white on the ground floor and redwood for elsewhere. Here the doors were a glossy black.

Something that seemed somewhat right once they opened the door on the left.

A/N - Bit short sorry, but it seemed like a good place to leave it as I wanted to update, and am also working on Taboo, and a Sasori Deidara one shot at the request of Evangeline-angel (who seems rather nice). It will be up as soon as possible, as will the next chapter of this, and of Taboo.

Sorry for any mistakes - I do not have a Beta.

Fozzie - We can divide them between us :L And I've been thinking that maybe a spork might be the way to go!

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Andi - Cheers for the review, and it took me a while to work out that there was four of you! What does Team THEFT stand for? I don't recognise it. Confused.

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