CHAPTER FIVE: LIFE

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Sango yawned as she re-read Choji's reports. Kohona was grieving the blond sunflower's passing, Solstice Island was training her followers and Choji had recruited three more people into the Shadow Assassins, the Shintsu twins and Yokon Dashuyo.

"Zuyo certainly is working over time don't ya think Kyoto?" Sango said glancing over at her faithful companion. Kyoto lifted his his head from his bone and barked. Sango chuckled as he scratched Kyoto's ear. Well he ain't the only one, I've been training my ass off!! Sango sauid glancing at her stack of Solstice Styled Fighting Scrolls. If she didn't know better, she would've thought it was all black magic! "Lady Sango!" Someone said knocking on her door. "What!" Sango shouted, she had been in a very irratable mood lately. "Master Orochimaru wishes too see you." The person said from the other side of the door. Sango growled before she bursting into black mist.

"What...do...you...want?" Sango said appearing before Orochimaru. "Back the hell up off me for one." Orochimaru said leaning back. "The hell do you want? You interrupted me brooding in my room." Sango said crossing her arms and pouting. "I got you something." Orochimaru said standing up as his office doors opened.

"Get the hell off me!!" No! Sango swiftly turned around and saw her worst fears were confirmed! "Sakura Haruno." Orochimaru said grinning.

"THE HELL DO YOU MEAN SHE'S GONE?!!" Tsunade shouted, her voice echoing far outside her office. "She said she was leaving to kill Orochimaru...and then Sasuke." Naruto said quietly, he was getting broken down faster than he could re-build himself. Sasuke, Ino, Choji, Shikamaru and now Sakura was M.I.A or most likely dead if she really did go after Orochimaru. One more person and he-

"We have to go after her!" Kakashi said, the worry clear in his voice. "Yeah, ANBU-" "No, I wanna go after her!" Naruto said stepping forward. "I do too." Kakashi said nodding. "We'll come too." Tenten said stepping forward. She knew Neji and Rock Lee were behind her a hundred percent. "Us too." Kiba said nodding. "Fine you all can go but I'm still sending out some ANBU with you." Tsunade said seating back down, her headache was increasing.

"The hell are you waiting for! A goodbye parade! GO!!" Tsunade shouted when no one moved. "Right!" And in several puffs of smoke, her office was empty once again. And then and only then did Tsunade let her guard down and allow years of silent unshed tears to finally escape and roll down her cheeks. Not even sake looked appeasing right now, she just wanted Sakura home safely.

WTF!! Sakura why the hell did you come here!! OMG!! OMG!! Freaking out! Freaking Out! FREAKING OUT!!! "Sakura!" Sasuke said, his cool facade' falling fast around him. "You bastard!!" Sakura said spitting at Sasuke. "What are you doing here?" Sasuke said ignoring her 'greeting'. "Go to hell!" Sakura growled. "You little bitch." Karin said stepping out from the shadows. "Oh and if it isn't his lil eff me baby!!" Sakura said scoffing. "Mad cause you can't get any?" Karin smirked. "Go eff yourself or better yet, why not have Sas-" "Such a mouth." Orochimaru said cutting into the High School Drama Act!

"Do you two know each other Sasuke?" Sango asked crossing her arms. Alright Sakura I'ma try and save your ass! Just shut the hell up and DON'T do anything dumb please!! "Yes." Sasuke said his gaze flickering to Lady Sango. "I see." Sango said slowly crossing the room towards Sakura whose eyes were warily watching Sango. "Who are you?" Sakura asked, curious as to who this new comer was. "Lady Sango of Solstice Island and Head of the Shadow Assassins. It's lovely to met you, Sakura was it?" Sango said holding a hand out.

"The Shadow Assassins?" Sakura said narrowing her eyes and ignoring Sango's hand. "Looking to apply?" Sango smirked. "Not in this life time!" Sakura scoffed. Sango smiled as a kunai slid into her hand. "Maybe in the next then?" Sango said lifting the sharpen object so Sakura could see. "Lady Sango!" Sasuke said quickly. "Yes Sasuke?" Sango said turning to the dark haired man. "We should interrogate her. See if she knows anything." Sasuke said cooly.

Sango raised an eyebrow before turning back to Sakura. "Would you like some ice-cream?" Sango asked after a minute or two of deathly silence. "I-what?" Sakura asked, totally caught off guard by the question. "Would you like some ice-cream?" Sango said more slowly. "I promised to take my apprentice Okiku for ice-cream today." Sango said giving Sakura a Ino like smile.

"Sasuke would you like to come, catch up with an old friend?" Sango said cutting Sakura's rope tied hands free. "What are you doing?" Orochimaru's hissed, anger flashing in his eyes as killer intent flowed off him. "I'm going out for ice-cream." Sango said not at all bothered by his killer intent. "This isn't how we interrogate our captives Lady Sango." Kabuto said glaring at her. "It's just ice-cream, don't worry. We'll be back soon enough." Sango said before she, Sakura and Sasuke all disappeared in her infamous black mist. "Damn that bitch!!" Orochimaru said slamming his fist into his desk, breaking it into two.

"Two scoops!!" Okiku said holding up two pugdy fingers. "Hehe, alrighty then, two scoops it is." The ice-cream man said chuckling at her cute childness. "What flavor would you like?" Sango said turning to the wary Sakura. "I'm not really in the mood for ice-cream." Sakura said cautiously. "Vanilla caramel swirl for me please." Sango said as Okiku started to lick her ice-cream, a big smile on her face. "What would you like Sasuke?" Sango said twisting her head to look at Sasuke."No thank you." Sasuke said cooly.

"So, what brings you here Sakura?" Sango asked as the three made their through the park, Okiku running ahead of them. "Revenge." Sakura said crossing her arms. "Hmm." Sango said nodding. "And how's that working out?" Sango asked licking her ice-cream. "It was good until I got caught." Sakura grinded out. "That's because you should've never came here."

"Revenge is a foolish thing to die for Sakura." "He killed my best friend!" Sakura breathed. "So what was the plan, get him to kill you so you and your friend could be together again?" Sango asked, a harsh undertone in her voice. "No, I was gonna kill him-" "Your to weak." Both ladies turned to look at the the speaker of the voice.

"I'm stronger than you think...bastard." Sakura said glaring at Sasuke. "No, your weaker than you think Sakura. Revenge has never strengthened the soul, it'll only weaken it." Sango said stopping. "You don't belong here. And if this friend really cared, he or she wouldn't want you here on a suicide mission. They want you to live and carry on their name in peace not bloodshed and carnage." Sango said, her eye burning into Sakura's. "And for that reason, I'm sorry we had to meet under these conditions." And with that Sango dispersed once again into nothing but black mist.

"Hi Suzu!!" Before Suzaka could get up too run, two pairs of arms were latched on to him. "Hi Jin, Rin." Suzaka sighed. "Guess what?" Rin said giving him one last squeeze before moving back. "Your leaving?" Suzaka asked hopefully. Then maybe he could get some peace and quiet and finally mster these moves. When he had seen the moves and techniques Solstice Island had been hiding for years he nearly went into shock.

"No silly! I baked you cookies!" Rin said whipping a brown paper bag out of nowhere. "And I baked you cupcakes!" Jin said pulling a batch of cupcakes out of nowhere. "No thanks guys, maybe later." Suzaka said getting up. While the girls were past unbearable, they did have some mad skills in the kitchen. "Ok, bye Suzu!!!" The girls said waving.

"Hey Yokon, what's up?" Suzaka said nodding to the man as he opened his shared apartment. "Yo Suzaka, where were you dude? We were suppose to practice three hours ago man!" Yokon said pausing his game and jumping up. "Yeah, sorry man. Zuyo had me running around delivering reports to everybody." Suzaka said kicking off his shoes and collapsing onto the couch.

"Then I got stopped by the Twins." Suzaka said shuddering. "Hehe, man them twins is gunna run you down." Yokon said jumping over the couch and walking into the kitchen. "Yo, Suzu man you want some pizza?" Yokon said grabbing the phone. "Yeah man, pepperoni and cheese!!" Suzaka yelled getting up. "I'ma take a shower man." "Yeah cool dude!" Yokon said dialing the Pizzera Shack.

'Just another day in the life.' Choji smirked before back flipping off Suzaka's and Yokon's opened window.

"Enjoy your ice-cream?" Sango sighed as she turned to see none other than the infamous Kabuto lurking in the shadows. "Actually I did." Sango said turning back around and petting Kyoto's fur. "Your walking on thin and crack eggshells Lady Sango. I suggest-" "I don't take suggestions Kabuto, I give them. And hear, maybe this will shut your ass up." Sango said tossing a file at him. "What's this?" Kabuto said opening the file and scanning over it.

"It's everything she knows genius." Sango said glaring at the white haired man in her room. "How'd you get this?" Kabuto said looking up at her. "I have my ways, now get out. And Kabuto, make sure Sakura is seen to properly. If I hear of any misdeeds done against her...well you get the idea." Sango said smirking. "Lady Sango." Kabuto said bowing before disappearing in a pufff of smoke.

'At least Sakura should be okay. Now just gotta figure out a way to get her out of here!' Ino thought sighing. 'Just another day in the life.'