Hey! I'm back earlier than planed ^.^

Um, I don't have that much to say..

So, this chapter way longer than the last and way better as well (or so I hope) let me know what you think, key?

ENJOY

The lush trees of the forest were replaced by a thick mist . The path they were walking was narrow and rocky. They were nearing their target and the closer they get the thicker becomes the mist.

SAKURA POV

'Damn that mist!' ever since the scenery changed I've been thinking of a way to use the low visibility to my advantage. I could easily get separated from the group, there are two major problems though; problem number 1; I have no idea which way to go, problem number 2; the low visibility could hinder me but Karin's senses would give them an advantage.

'Sigh…' I have to do it now there is no more time. I don't know where we are going but we will be there around evening, that gives me 5 hours to come up with a plan that won't get me killed. 'Great, just great'

We will stop to take a break in half an hour, I can excuse myself and get away from them. The tricky part is to fool Karin, hmm…

I can place some chakra on a rock or something and then mask my own and get away. still that would mean I couldn't use any chakra, I can't get far like that.

Shit! ' you could place a trap that will notify you that they found out, then it would be no use to hide your chakra' 'right! From then on will give it my all! You can actually be very helpful when you want to.' 'I'm always helpful!' 'Umm, yeah…' 'Tch, you just don't recognize a good advice when you see one' 'This morning you suggested to jump Sasuke's bones, now how is that a good idea?' ' I couldn't help myself a shirtless Sasuke is way too much for me…'

I secretly agreed with her, this morning I woke up only to find a shirtless Uchiha marching across the camping. I almost drooled –ALMOST- 'it didn't help that he was dripping, he must have had a bath in the nearby lake. I was the only one awake aside from him, but I am so proud of myself that I didn't blush, I glared a bit actually. 'Heh, get that Uchiha!'

I did the happy dance inwardly, because let's face it keeping my composure in a situation like that is something not many can do.

Strange, I thought I heard someone agree…

'You are delusional.' 'No seriously, I heard it.' 'Good for you, now don't tell anyone, they will think you are crazy. Tch hearing voices inside your head, ridiculous' 'Umm…..' 'What?' 'Hehe, nevermind….'

NORMAL POV

Suigetsu watched the pink haired girl in awe. She appeared to be staring at nothing, then glaring at nothing and then staring again at nothing –poor nothing, must be so confused- He could see her expression change so often and he couldn't help but wonder what on earth had been going on in the young kunoichi's mind. He was just about to ask when her facial expression turned from happy to form a menancing glare. –GULP- 'Better drop it' .

He was about to do just that until he caught a glimpse of her light blush and the longing in her eyes.

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'FOR GOD'S SAKE!'

Thankfully, Sasuke decided to come to the poor boy's rescue

"We will stop here for a while"

…..!...

They ate mostly in silence. Sakura was having a hard time keeping a straight face, she knew she had to act natural but it was getting increasingly annoying as her heart was beating painfully against her ribcage, at some point she swore they could hear the not so rhythmic drumming, and of course her stomach, rebelling as well, did the oh-so-usual backflips.

Taking a deep breath she stood with as an unemotional expression as king of ice himself, who by the way sat opposite of her. "Where do you think you are going pinky?" As expected it was Karin. "People have needs, Karin" "Whatever, just go somewhere we can see you." "As you can see this place is very open and there is no way in hell I'm doing anything here for these three to see" she pointed to the three men.

"You are right they would probably be scared for life" "Don't think so, with you around the should be immune to horror by now." "WHA-" "Enough" Silence " But Sasuke-k-" Said male turned to glare.

"Now, if you excuse me…" and with that the pinkette began walking, her back towards team Taka, thus missing the nod Sasuke gave Jugo.

SAKURA POV

My inner cheered for me as I walked away. I did it, I kept my face and my voice unemotional, I don't think they suspected anything.

Now it was time for the second and hardest part of my plan, the actual escape. I jogged for about five minutes until I found a few big rocks, they looked like something was destroyed but I could care less.

I took out a kunai and made a cut on my thumb, I smeared the red liquid on one of the rocks. Then placing both hands on the same rock I pumped my chakra in it. 'the blood is to leave my smell, hopefully it is strong enough to fool them'

'Now time for the trap' I made a series of handsigns and formed chakra strings, concentrating, I willed them even thinner, invisible to the naked eye. I tied the around the rock and left one end floating in the air. That way if anything touched it I would know immediately.

I grinned at myself although my plan was far from perfect. First of all if Sasuke walks by with his Sharingan activated I'm done for, not to mention that the strings could be very unreliable as they can be activated even by a bug.

'Damn, which way?' 'Straight ahead.' 'How do you know' 'I don't, but you have no clue as to where to go, so no use dwelling on it.' 'Got a point there….. wish me luck' and with that I suppressed my chakra to the point where it could pass as an animals and began to run. 'He, proud of me?' What I did with my chakra level is way harder than it sounds, there is only a handful of people that can do it, Shisou is an expert at it, Kakashi on the other hand can't. 'He,he, perfect chakra control has many benefits' 'Stop bragging and run!' 'I'm not' 'Are too' 'oh shut up, and who died and made you the boss?'

NORMAL POV

With Taka 20 minutes after Sakura left

Suigetsu was kicking dirt around, bored out of his mind 'These people need to be taught how to make a conversation'

"Where is that girl, is she only good for stalling us?" "Karin, just because you are jealous doesn't mean you can say things like that. Besides, she may be facing some trouble, if you know what I mean" " oh shut up Suigetsu!" "Chill, you are going to get wrinkles" That actually seemed to scare her.

"Jugo…" the man raise his head at his name being called by their leader, sighing he knew he had no choice "She is trying to escape" He didn't mean harm to the pink haired woman, she saved his life after all, but keeping his mouth shut was one thing, lying to Sasuke was inconceivable. Yes, he did know what she was planning and it could have worked had he not sent a bird to keep an eye on her.

Sasuke sat up without another word and secured Kusanagi in his belt, a move that seemed to make the atmosphere heavier, like it knew the power that single man held. "That is impossible, I never felt her move." "Check again" Sasuke spoke and seconds later a gasped was heard. "She is not there but I cannot feel her!" "No need to worry one of the birds is trailing her"

'Once I get my hands on her, to think that she made me look like a fool in front of my Sasuke-kun'

…..!...

SAKURA POV

I had been running for 20 minutes and I have been missing for about 30. I felt no disturbance in the strings and that was worrying me, sure they had found out by now. I kept running, I was tired, running without using chakra at that speed was a pain, had I not been a shinobi I would be stumbling on my own two feet by now.

' I can't keep going like this, I will exhaust myself' And with that I let my chakra spike until the flow was back to normal. The pain in my muscles disappeared and I ran even faster courtesy of the chakra concentrating to my feet.

I felt free for the first time in what felt like an eternity, but the feeling didn't last for more than three minutes. The feeling of an enormous source of chakra flare got me losing my balance. The mist had cleared quite a bit but not enough for me to make out the face of the man that appeared in front of me.

I was on my guard immediately, whoever he was he didn't seem friendly.

"So you are that medic they went to get, the apprentice of the famous Tsunade-hime." I could feel his eyes roaming all over me but I ignored it, opting for a glare instead.

"Oh come on, I would like to play with you a little before killing you." His voice suddenly dropped a couple of octaves and it sent a shiver down my spine "You are a hindrance, an ignorant fool that will now meet her end"

Next thing I know is a hand pressing painfully in my throat. 'He is fast!' what I saw next shocked me to the core. Instead of the face of the man I saw an all-too-familiar orange mask and from the single whole on it I could see what I knew to be the red glow of the sharingan.

Reacting without thinking I raised my hands to capture his wrist and I crashed the bones with my strength. Almost immediately pain shot in my chest and milliseconds later in my back. I could only guess he kicked me into something. I healed the damage done in my ribs while at the same time using chakra to pinpoint his location. I got him too late I couldn't prevent being hit by the kunai in his hand but I was NOT going down without a fight.

Just as the kunai made contact with its target my fist was already centimeters away from his face. I never got to celebrate though, it went right through him. 'Damn' 'we are screwed' It is obvious I cannot win. 'Think Sakura, think there has to be something I can do' Strategy after strategy was rejected in my mind for I knew I lacked the one thing that could give me a chance to survive; speed.

The face of a blonde loud-mouthed friend flashed in my mind. 'I can't give up, just like he would never give up' I took out my black leather gloves and put them on. I took out the kunai from my shoulder and the wound healed almost immediately.

The bastard was in front of me with another kunai in his hand. 'Here goes nothing' he was coming at me I could see him but my movements were too slow compared to his.

'Naruto, if you can hear my, make sure that bastard rots in hell'

…..!...

Kakashi, Sai, Naruto and Hinata had been traveling full speed since the left with the blond leading the way as his energy could be as easily contained as the power of the tailed beast raging inside him. What was not familiar about this picture was the glare plastered on everyone's face, they had been worrying sick about a certain someone. The silence was disturbed by a loud POOF. Everyone froze, thing became even worse as a grave looking Pakkun made his appearance. "They found out I was trailing them" Kakashi sighed "How?" "A sensor type, I didn't expect that"

He turned around to see Naruto biting his lips and clenching his fists, Hinata had her hand on his shoulder and her innocent eyes were screaming how worried she was. "Lead us to the last place they were located, I won't give up even if I have to follow them to the other end of the world" Naruto's voice was low but it didn't lack its usual optimism and stubbornness. Everyone nodded, they would find them no matter what.

'Hold on Sakura I will find you and teme, you are the only family I've got and I WILL get you back'

That's it, I really hope you liked it

Next chapter will be up next Saturday…

Until then,

Wings Of A Butterfly…