Sakura emerged from the bathroom, all dressed up for work when she saw the mess Naruto made on the kitchen sink. She sighed and looked around and found her boys gone. She glanced at her alarm clock and found the time too early. She was planning to sleep over maybe about 30 minutes but Naruto had already been making a fuzz, too early for her liking.

She took her phone from her pockets and connected her AirPods. She skimmed through some messages, some from her coworkers back in Konoha and some were from her friends and family. After picking a song to her liking she slipped back the phone in her back pocket of her jeans. She rubbed her shoulders and went to clean the countertops. while getting caught up with the music and the cleaning, she didn't notice Sasuke walk in and lock the door behind him.

Sasuke moved to his bed and grabbed his towel that was hung beside his bed. He rubbed the towel on his hair. Sweat was dripping from his hair to his chest after his cardiovascular exercise with Naruto. He partly hated cardiovascular exercises with Lee and Naruto, Lee pushes him to his limit, he liked it but in exchange for such training is hearing nonsense declarations in life. He sighed and glanced at the pinkette who was too caught up with her cleaning that she didn't notice his presence.

Sasuke inspected the pinkette, she was wearing a white long-sleeve turtle neck crop top paired with faded blue skinny jeans. Her slightly damp hair was tied up in a messy ponytail and she was humming to a tune Sasuke was unfamiliar with. He smirked and stood behind the pinkette and held her swaying hips.

Sakura had to gasp and drop the spoon on the counter. She was turned around by muscular arms and was facing the onyx-eyed man who was smirking at her. She stared at Sasuke, who she can't deny was so hot at that moment. He looked hot even if he was damp and tired. He smelled good too. She swept his hair from his eyes and stared at him.

" Hi. " Sasuke chuckled and pulled out the AirPods from her ears. he placed it on the counter and leaned closer. He smirked and hummed at her. He pulled the pinkette even closer and leaned down until his lips were only a few inches away from hers. Sakura turned bright red and bit her lip.

" Don't do that. " Sasuke's deep voice vibrated through his chest into Sakura's chest. She had to hold back a moan at how hot he was. She unconsciously bit her lower lip harder. Sasuke squinted his eyes at her then crashed his lips to hers. He effortlessly lifted her form and placed her on top of the counter. He deepened the kiss while Sakura wrapped her arms around his neck. He slowly licked her lower lips asking for entrance and Sakura immediately gave it to him. Sasuke had to hold a groan when Sakura wrapped her legs around his hips.

He had to hold his desires or he'll do the pinkette on his bed, earlier than expected in whatever they have. The kiss lasted longer than they normally thought it would until it was interrupted by a bang on the door.

" TEME! Breakfast is served! Let's go! " Sasuke groaned and pulled away from Sakura. He ran a hand on his face and moved to open the door with an annoyed look. Naruto grinned widely and waved. Sasuke's left eye twitched and wanted to punch the dobe for interrupting him AGAIN. Sakura moved to stand behind him and nodded at Naruto.

" We'll catch up Naruto, I just need to prepare my things for the hospital. " Naruto nodded at them sheepishly and jogged away. Sakura moved to her table and placed her kits inside her messenger bag. She looked up at Sasuke who was removing his clothes and was now standing wearing his boxers.

" I n-need to get going and have breakfast, I'll be working back in the hospital today. Catch up later? " She blushed and looked away. Sasuke chuckled and approached her. He then leaned down and poked her forehead.

" Maybe next time " He turned around and went inside the bathroom.

Sasuke met the 3 surrenderees at the interrogation room after sending off Sakura to the hospital. He found them sitting opposite of Shikamaru, who was reading some documents. Shikamaru looked up after hearing the door close.

" Ah, Uchiha. " Sasuke nodded and sat beside him. Shikamaru handed him some documents. Sasuke skimmed through the documents and was reading Juugo's confession. Juugo was mentally and physically tortured through tying him to a chair with tubes, Sasuke glanced at Juugo who was staring at his own hands. He went back to reading and found out that his brain had some damages, the very reason why he has anger issues, another reason why he would suddenly go on tantrums and has no memory of his life before the event. He read the record of how Orochimaru tricked them into believing they'll be working in a factory. Sasuke wondered how Sakura made the orange man confess, this was the data that they needed, supported by Suigetsu and Karin's confessions.

" So Karin, why did you help Orochimaru in his schemes? " Karin sighed and drank her water and faced Shikamaru. She gulped and looked straight at his eyes.

" He wanted to take my mother and use her and her money, so in exchange, I volunteered before he could get to her. I financially helped him in exchange that he would not harm my mother. He kept his promise but I don't know if he kept it till now since I surrendered. " Karin looked away and avoided everyone's eyes. She glared at Suigetsu who was smiling at her and gave her hand a soft squeeze.

" Well, the first written report that you gave us? we already informed the Mayor and is watching over your family. Everyday Naruto's mom would call them just to make sure they're okay. " Karin nodded and sighed. She felt the burden in her chest was finally removed. She had been anxious for too long since she cannot contact any of her family when she was working for Orochimaru. She glanced at Sasuke who stayed quiet for the time being.

" Suigetsu? " the white-haired man grinned and rubbed his head.

" Yeah, I was told that I'd go to jail because apparently, I killed one of their men who attacked me first. I kind of got scared so told them I'd do anything, so they offered me a job. I worked as Orochimaru's call boy while Karin worked as a medic and would assist Orochimaru once in a while. " Shikamaru nodded and glanced at Sasuke who was in deep thought.

" If you're close to Orochimaru and was treated well, then why didn't he came after all of you, in fear you'd spill his dirty works? " The 3 shrugged and the room fell in deep silence for a while. Karin closed her eyes trying to recall anything. While Suigetsu looked down on his hands and would sometimes rub his temple. While Juugo would wince in pain whenever he tried to remember anything, his headache slowly crawling up to him. Sasuke and Shikamaru glanced at the CCTV and looked back at the trio waiting for an answer. Everyone caught up in their own thoughts of hows and whys. The silence was broken when Karin immediately leaned to the table and slammed her hands on the table.

" I-i recalled him talking to this white-haired man with black-rimmed glasses, I was unfamiliar with, he, he was talking about abducting this person, I just overheard the conversation, so I haven't really got any detail on it but they mentioned this person was well known and was in some village that's all I heard. " Sasuke rubbed his temple, everything was even more confusing. Some village and well-known person, there are many well-known people in every village. He sighed and shook his head.

" Can't you recall anything else? " Karin shook her head and sighed. Again the room fell into deep silence, clearly, the 3 were trying to recall their memories during their stay in the underground laboratory. Suigetsu then leaned forward. " I know the person's name, Kabuto, he was working at a hospital. Though I don't know if he's still working in there but he was Orochimaru's right hand. He was a doctor and I heard him talk to Orochimaru about this person arriving here. The person who had a Strength of a Hundred Seal. That's what I heard. " Shikamaru closed his eyes and placed a finger on his temple. Sasuke laced his finger in front of him and leaned into it trying to remember a person with the strength of a hundred seal.

" Tsunade-sama! Her title used to have the title of Strength of a Hundred Seal until it was changed into the slug princess and she didn't come here or wasn't traveling, she's still at the Konoha hospital " Shikamaru spoke in urgency and stared at everyone in the room. Karin's eyes widened, and stood up in a rush, toppling the water on the table and the chair back.

" Sakura! She took the title as the person with Strength of a Hundred Seal after she surpassed Tsunade! " Sasuke's eyes immediately widened and was about to stand up when Shikamaru's radio rang.

" Delta 200! We have an emergency! TRC43 got ambushed. " Sasuke closed his eyes and recalled that TRC43 was the vehicle Sakura was riding towards the hospital. Sasuke felt his soul left his body. Karin's eyes welling up with tears and looked sadly at Juugo and Suigetsu who looked guilty. As if the gods heard them. Naruto then barged inside the room all prepared, carrying Sasuke's weapons.

" LET"S GO TEME! " Sasuke immediately stood up and followed Naruto.

When they arrived at the area where the vehicle was ambushed they saw that the truck was surrounded by smoke and fire. Some of their soldiers were laying on the ground, bloodied and injured but alive. Sasuke's voice roared the entire place.

" Search the area, we are not leaving here until we don't find Sakura!" Everybody nodded and scouted the area. Sasuke looked around, thinking an ambush definitely happened in here. Naruto approached the vehicle and helped the soldiers extinguish the fire. Hinata and Karin helped the injured while Sasuke inspected the area, looking for any clues he could find until he found a person crawling on the ground wearing a different uniform.

He sneered and approached the person who was crawling away from the scene. He stomped his foot on the person's back and twisted his body. He stared at the person's face and gripped his shirt then pulled him up. It was the person they saw that emerged from the underground laboratory. Just by looking at the stranger, he was already seeing red how much more if he saw Sakura's abductor.

" Where is Sakura?! " the person chuckled and ignored him. Sasuke gripped his neck and lifted him in the air. Punching his stomach and dropping him to the ground.

" Again, where is Sakura?! " The person snickered at him and remained quiet. Naruto approached him and placed a hand on his shoulder.

" We need to bring him back to the base. " Sasuke glared at the person on the ground and was about to turn around when something caught his eye just a few feet away from the vehicle and the person he caught. The undeniably bright pink strand of hair on the ground beside 2 pools of blood, the other was small and the other was big.

Sasuke approached it and crouched down, Sakura wasn't just abducted but she was hurt maybe from fighting back. He gripped the strands on the ground, it was a fistful of hair.

" Someone must have grabbed her hair and Sakura fought back and cut her own hair to escape, though it turned out to be a failed escape. " Sasuke spoke in precision and pocketed the hair. Sasuke faced Naruto who was staring intently at the ground. " Tell Hinata to take a sample of the blood, let's hope neither pool is Sakura's. "

Sasuke walked out and went back to the car just in time for another vehicle to park beside it. The window rolled down showing Shikamaru in the driver's seat of the vehicle with Karin behind him. Sasuke approached the vehicle and sat at the front passenger seat.

" Let's go to the hospital, maybe we'll meet that white-haired doctor that Karin mentioned. " Sasuke nodded and looked at the strand of pink hair in hand. He gripped it and looked ahead.

Sasuke walked out of the hospital an hour later, frustrated and angry, he sat in the front passenger seat and slammed the door close. Karin looked at the raven and sighed. Sasuke was definitely mad and stressed out. Even the whole staff in the base were fussing over Sakura's abduction, she couldn't deny that the pinkette was an asset, but that's not what they were fussing about. She was just kind and good to everyone despite her temper, she treated everyone well, without any discrimination even her. Feeling that the ride was already suffocating with Sasuke's dangerous aura filling the air and Shikamaru's silence, Karin looked out at the window and noticed they had already arrived at the base.

When she got out, she was approached by Juugo and Suigetsu, followed by Yamato at the back. They placed a hand on her shoulder and smiled sadly at her. She shook her head and held onto Suigesu's arm.

" Being short on staff, you three will be temporarily added as a team in here, Sasuke will be your team captain and you are to follow his orders. " The three nodded at Yamato and moved to stand behind Sasuke, who was glaring at everything his eyes would lay on.

" Team Taka, you're first mission is to locate Orochimaru's hideout and if you could, retrieve Sakura Haruno. " The group nodded and went off. Sasuke stayed behind and stood in the middle of the field. Yamato placed a hand on his shoulder, sent Sasuke a reassuring smile and walked off. Sasuke ran a hand through his hair and inspected the field, everybody was busy and was on high alert.

He approached Naruto, Shikamaru, Neji, Kiba, and Shino who were discussing a new strategy. Naruto slung his arms around Sasuke's brooding form. Sasuke glared at him and was about to slap his hand away when Kiba placed a reassuring hand at his other shoulder while Neji, Shikamaru ug Shino nodded at him.

" We'll save Sakura-chan don't worry. " Sasuke sighed and nodded at them and helped them with the plan.

3 days have passed and Team Taka was still on the search for the hideout, every night they would travel from different parts of the city to investigate and they would always end up finding abandoned underground laboratories and hideouts. Suigetsu, Karin and Juugo even took Sasuke to their old hideout but found it destroyed. Sasuke stood in the middle of the training hall at 3 am, shooting his targets precisely in the bullseye for 3 hours straight. Letting out his frustrations and anger to the steel targets. His fingers and arms were already aching but his frustration was still up. When he ran out of bullets, he took his Kusanagi and turned on the 6 Clones-S32 setting it on into professional level, these sparring bots that would counter any attack, hand to hand combat, or with any weapons.

He unsheathed his sword and attacked the bot for minutes, ignoring the bruises and scratches that he received from the bots. So far he had taken down 3 of them and was engaged in the other 3 bots. He breathed heavily but continued to attack the 3 for 10 minutes straight until the other 3 remaining bots stopped and were turned off. He looked at the switch and saw Kakashi with Itachi standing beside it. He glared at Kakashi whose hand was on the switch, obviously, they just arrived seeing Itachi still carrying his luggage and his weapons.

" What do you want Kakashi? " He turned his back on the two men and sheathed his sword. He picked up his guns and rifles on the ground. He was about to pass by Itachi, but his brother gripped his arm, stopping him in his tracks. Kakashi stared at the two brothers who looked too alike if it wasn't for their hair length and aura. Itachi had the aura of stoic demeanor and manly calmness along with vast intelligence while Sasuke's aura holds power, predacious instincts, and superiority. Both brothers looked the same but you could tell immediately the way they stood, their auras were clashing at each other pursuing their own principles.

" We'll save Sakura-san, that's why I came here. " Sasuke sneered at him and slapped away his hand. Itachi sighed and retreated his hand and slipped it in his pockets. Itachi stared calmly at Sasuke and Sasuke in turn glared at him. Kakashi sighed and stared at Sasuke. He had always applauded Sasuke for his great respect for his older brother, but that doesn't mean he doesn't hold any ache of what happened in the past. Sasuke was very close to his grandfather Madara, from who Sasuke got his perfect looks. Sasuke was like a younger version of Madara and in the old days when Madara was still in his younger days, he looked exactly like Sasuke.

" Like how you failed to save me back then? If Shisui never came, would I have been dead too? " Itachi stood up straight and stared at Sasuke. Still composed and aloof like ever, he retorted back calmly.

" Sakura-san is not dead. " When Sasuke's finally lost his cool, he snickered at Itachi. He leaned closer then pushed Itachi back using his finger to Itachi's chest.

" But grandfather has been asleep for years like he's dead. " Sasuke glared one last time at Itachi and turned his back on him and went back to the room he and Sakura shared. Itachi stared sadly at Sasuke's retreating form. The only fight he had with Sasuke was when he and Madara got kidnapped and after years, yet it happened again, with a different person this time. Itachi sighed and glanced at Kakashi who was staring at them for the whole time.

" Now Kakashi-san, you were going to show me our room? " Itachi spoke coolly as if a fight that he shared with his brother just didn't happen. Kakashi's eye crinkled and nodded.

" Ah yes, Itachi-san and I also got Tsunade's special sake we could share it with your teammates. Of course without her knowledge that I snuck it. " Kakashi approached the older Uchiha and nodded his to the direction of his room.

Sakura groaned, she could still feel the stab on her arm, it was aching but luckily they were able to patch it up immediately or she would have died of hemorrhage or infection. She looked around her, this time she was moved to another room. After her abduction, she passed out for 2 days was just left inside the laboratory room, just on the countertops, though she was treated, her back ached like shit. She looked around this time, she was in a decent room, somewhat the same room they had in Konoha but without windows, and instead of doors, she had jail doors with curtains for privacy.

She stood up and flexed her arm. She inspected her wound and found it slowly healing but the pain was still numb. She approached the jail door and slid the curtain and found Kabuto standing, staring and smiling at her. She glared at the young doctor and was about to close the curtain when he spoke.

" Sakura-san, you're finally awake? Orochimaru-sama wanted to finally meet you. " Sakura sneered at him.

" I don't want to meet any snake nor psycho. " Kabuto chuckled and unlocked the door, he held Sakura's wrist and dragged her out.

" Now behave or he'll go after your precious people. " Sakura's eyes widened and pulled her arm away. She looked at her wrist and saw Kabuto's marks on it.

" I can walk no need to drag me. " She straightened her back and walked behind Kabuto. Kabuto smirked and walked ahead of her.

The walk was silent and heavy. Whenever a question was thrown towards her she would stay silent and look away, finding the walls more comforting than the person before her. She inspected the hallway, it wasn't like the underground laboratory they visited it looked more old, the wall was made out of rocks, though it looked dark, it was well lit. She noticed guards stationed at every door and so far they had already passed 15 doors. She looked around saw some medics stopping to greet Kabuto and continue walking.

They soon entered through the big double doors and a pale man, with long black hair and snake-like eyes, was seated in a giant chair in the middle of the room. His stares told her he was expecting so much from her. She avoided his gaze, while Kabuto kneeled in front of the man.

" Orochimaru-sama. " Orochimaru nodded at him, Kabuto then moved to stand beside him. Orochimaru smirked and approached the pinkette. He looked at her from top to bottom and circled her.

" What an interesting being, pink hair? Green eyes? A beautiful combination, but the intelligence and strength, a perfect creation of the gods. " Sakura rolled her eyes and would lean back whenever Orochimaru would move closer.

" How are you Sakura-san? I see Kabuto did a magnificent job fixing your wound. " Sakura gulped as she listened to his voice. She saw purple markings on his face and his eyes were staring at her without blinking.

What a creep, She thought and glared at Orochimaru.

Sakura stared at Orochimaru when he moved to stand in front of her. She glared at him and spat on his shoes. She was expecting a slap or just kill her to end her misery but instead, the man chuckled at her. As brave as she could, she tried not to show her fear of what this man could do to her.

" Also feisty. Hmm, Isn't she perfect Kabuto? " she heard Kabuto's chuckle follow by a yes.

Another creep, She thought

" What do you want Orochimaru? Are you still not satisfied with the pandemic you created? Or the war between Sound and the other villages? " Orochimaru shook his head and sat back on his chair. He lifted a finger to his lips and licked it.

" Your blood tastes sweet Sakura-san but your attitude is not sweet. " Sakura looked in disgust and looked at her now open would on her arm. She didn't notice Orochimaru touch her stitches. She cupped the wound, stopping it from bleeding even further.

" Now, I want you to work for me, assist Kabuto and your parents will be safe. " Sakura had to hold back a retort and bite her lower lip. Orochimaru smiled at her action, the girl isn't so feisty now is she? He thought. He then nodded to Kabuto, who then approached the pinkette and handed her a thick folder.

" Study it and you'll be working tomorrow with Kabuto and you are not to go to the laboratory without Kabuto. " She sighed heavily and nodded at him.

" That's good, Kabuto? Send her back to her room, oh, and give her the medical kit she needs. " Kabuto nodded at him and dragged Sakura by her arm. Sakura looked back and glared at Orochimaru.

When I get out of here you'll pay, she thought and followed Kabuto.

Welp! a major twist after the lovey dovey scene! I apologize for the very late update! the cases in the city is getting worst and with that we've got so much work at the office, whenever I arrive home, I just eat my meals and immediately sleep since my body can't take the stress.

I hope everybody's doing well. Please stay safe and love lots!

-Luna