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Naruto

Chapter 10

Sasuke's eyebrow was visibly twitching, he was sure of it. He had hurried back to the base to catch Sakura and make her explain herself, but when he had gotten there she was gone. He had tried asking her trainees for information, but when he entered the room they either hid in a corner, avoided eye contact, or pretended he wasn't there! He had finally gotten one man to speak, but his answers weren't satisfying and he was surprised the man had ever graduated an academy.

He walked towards one of the ones hiding in a corner. They would give him the answers he needed. The man he had chosen twitched and then stiffened when he sensed that Sasuke was behind him. "Where is she?" Sasuke asked slowly.

The man visibly shook before answering. "She said that we could train on our own now and that she was going back to the main base to report to Madara-Sama."

Sasuke punched the wall next to him. She was definitely running from him. Whatever she was hiding, she didn't want him to find out about it.

Sakura took a deep breath upon entering the hideout. She had made it back easily and was glad to be back. She wouldn't say "home sweet home," because she didn't know a single person that would call this home or sweet.

Home... When was the last time she had one of those?

"Answer me!" Naruto's voice and expression kept replaying endlessly in her head like some sort of sick punishment.

She sank to her knees and fought back the urge to cry. She had not been expecting Naruto to show up and was unprepared when he did. She thought it was just Kakashi and a few others she never expected him to-

"Not helping yourself, Sakura," she thought to herself. She stood back up and took a few deep breaths. She had always planned on running at some point, Naruto just helped her plan to be more convincing. She took another few breaths before marching towards Madara's room to give him a report.

"Sakura, back so soon?" Madara addressed as she entered the room. She couldn't tell if he was actually surprised underneath his mask or if he was smirking at some private joke.

"Yessir," Sakura responded. "The mission went well. The trainees learned quickly and are now training themselves."

"And where is Sasuke?" Madara asked.

Sakura shrugged. "I don't know."

Madara tilted his head to the side.

"What? Surprised that your pet is capable of thinking on his own?" Sakura bit out.

Madara shook his head and Sakura saw his shoulders shake in silent laughter.

"Tell me, Sakura, did you have any unexpected bumps during your mission?" Madara asked unable to hide the amusement in his voice.

Sakura's eyes narrowed. "You. You sneaky, little-"

The door burst open and Sakura straightened her back pretending to have been standing at attention. She turned her head slightly and saw a seething Sasuke.

"Ah, Sasuke, you did decide to come back," Madara said. Sasuke ignored him, walked up to Sakura, grabbed her arm, and practically dragged her out of the room.

Sakura had to fight the smirk that threatened to show on her face. Her plan was working.

Once he had arrived at the base, Sasuke had wasted no time in grabbing Sakura and taking her to his room. He didn't care if his grip on her arm was too tight, he didn't care if Madara would get the wrong idea, and he didn't care what was going through Sakura's head at that moment. All he cared about was getting his answers.

He kicked his door open and kicked it closed behind him. He then tossed Sakura onto his bed and wrapped his hand around her neck, pressing her further into the bed.

"I command you to tell me the truth about your past and who you are. No sarcastic answers, no lies, and no complaints. Just the truth of who you really are," Sasuke growled. He expected her to be a little intimidated. What he wasn't expecting, however, was that Sakura's face would break out into a smug smile like that was what she had been hoping he would command since she got there.

In fact, he now knew that she had been planning this from the beginning, and he had played right into her hand.

"Very well," Sakura agreed. "If you want to know who I am then I'll need to start from the beginning. When my clan was still alive in Amegakure."

I know I know! This chapter was very very very short, but this was really all I could do to it because of when I wanted the cut off to be!

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WARNING: The next chapter is going to be in first person, because it makes writing Sakura's past waaaaaaaaay easier. Except, it may be more third/first person because of how it will start. Let's just say the writing style is going to be weird for a while and leave it at that.

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