Chapter 1- New Beginings

Authors note: The beginning of this story takes place the night Sasuke leaves Konoha, after he thanks and knocks Sakura out.

Sasuke picked up her sleeping figure, placing her on a nearby bench. He set her down and began to walk away but began to doubt himself. The words, 'Take me with you…' kept running through his mind.

'She really wants me to take her, but is it the right thing to do?' he questioned himself as he looked down at her. With a heavy sigh he picked her up placing his backpack on her back and putting her on his back. He carried out of Konoha with him.

'Please let me be doing the right thing.' He thought as he looked back at her. Her breathing pattern was in rhythm as she slept on his back. He walked to the top of a hill where he met the sound four.

"Sasuke, who is that?"

Sakura gave him a cold glare. "THAT is none of your concern."

Sakura awoke to the sound of beeping. She opened her eyes slowly, the room was dark, there were computer screens and the beeping was in a rhythm. She turned her head more to see it was coming from a heart monitor. Then she felt a slight pain in her right wrist. When she looked down she was an I.V. was in her.

"So your awake?" Said a voice somewhere from by the computer monitors. Sakura's head turned to see Kabuto, his back to her and typing. Before she could even open her mouth he spoke before her, "You've been unconscious for 5 days." She nodded, turning her head to look up at the ceiling. A million questions still spinning through her head.

Kabuto walked over to her, he stood high above her, "Are you feeling well?" he asked pushing up his glasses. She nodded again. Kabuto then walked to the other side of her bed and took out the I.V. He went over to a closet and took out some clothes.

He came back over and placed them on the bed beside her. "Remove the rest of the thing from you and put these on, call for me when you're done." He then exited the room.

It took Sakura a moment, but she sat up. She realized she was wearing a hospital gown. She removed the equipment from herself and stood on the floor, it felt cold underneath her warm feet.

She removed the gown and put on the clothing Kabuto had given her, which consisted of a top with the right sleeve long and the left sleeve short. The pants were like the top, opposites, the right pant leg was short and the left one long. Her shoes were normal nin-shoes. And there was a ribbon, which was what Sakura guessed was to put her hair up.

When she was done she had her hair in a small pony on the side which hung/rest over her shoulder. She tapped on the door and opened it, "K-Kabuto….-sama?…" she said in almost a whisper.

Kabuto was leaning on the opposite side of the high way, he pushed up off the wall. "Alright then, c'mon." he said as he began to walk down the dimly lit hallway. He led her until they came to a large door, he opened it with ease.

He walked until they came to the center of the room, "She's awake." He said motioning back to Sakura. Sakura saw two faint figures, one sitting the other looked like her age and was standing.

"Hm." The one sitting stood up and came into the light. Orochimaru. He approached her and looked down at her. She felt a shiver run through her body, he dark stare frightened her. He showed the emotion of a person who only cared for themselves.

"I don't understand what exactly you see in her, Sasuke." He said looking back at the other faint figure in the shadows. Kabuto stood beside Orochimaru as they both looked down at her. Finally, Sasuke stepped out of the shadows. Taking his placed on Orochimaru's right hand side.

Sakura took a step back and went to her knees, her hands resting on her thighs and bowed before them. Orochimaru smirked down at her, "Submissive, eh?" he said as his stare wondered over to Sasuke who stood just looking down at Sakura.

"Orochimaru-sama, Sasuke-sama, Kabuto-sama." Sakura said, staying in her position.

Orochimaru turned around as he walked back to his chair, "Fine she may stay, but she is to obey Me, Kabuto, and you. Kabuto you will train this girl in your medical ways." Kabuto nodded, Sasuke released the signature Uchiha, 'Hn.'

Sakura sat up and looked up at the Uchiha boy in front of her. He had made up his mind and taken her with him. She wanted to stay by his side and help him in anyway she could, and here she was, doing, no trying, to do just that.

After Kabuto and Orochimaru left to take care of 'Some matters.' As Orochimaru put it. Sakura stood up and looked at the ground as she spoke, "I want you to be happy, I want you to smile a lot.. I don't know what I can do for you, but I'll always be by your side…"

Sakura placed a hand on her shoulder causing her to look up, but only to see his cold stare baring down on her. He took his hand off her and left.

That was all there was to it, she was now part of something more life threatening and she would do her best to full fill his wishes.