A/N: Yooo, Neko here with Chapter 6!! (woot!) I want to say thanks again to all of my reviewers, seriously if you guys didn't say anything, I would not be writing this story for you. Arigatou gozaimasu!! Please keep up with the reviews! Also, yes, I have noticed that Sasuke is a bit OOC in the fic and he is going to stay that way. Each writer has their own character version and this is mine. You might find him to become even more OOC later on too. :)

P.S. Sorry for the lateness!!!!! Please forgive me!!!!!

Disc. If I owned, I would create a color called 'Itachi Crimson'. lol

It was near dawn as Sasuke stared out at the dark sky. He was thinking about everything and nothing. He knew that there were ninja from Konoha headed this way and that Naruto was one of them he was sure. They needed to head north, and they needed to move soon.

He felt a presence behind him.

Sasuke closed him eyes, seeming to be in thought, but he was really preparing for what was to come.

"Sasuke-sama." A feminine voice called from behind him.

"Ah, you are awake." He deadpanned without opening his eyes or turning around.

There was a pause between the two and Sasuke knew that Karin was blushing behind him. Not that he cared. His two main focuses were avoiding Konoha, and the pink haired woman that was now underground in her room.

"Y-yes." The red head stuttered. She came up here to tell Sasuke that everyone was ready to go, but just the two of them alone under the night sky was something that Karin wanted to prolong for as long as possible. She smiled. She could see herself walking up to Sasuke, giving him the most passionate kiss she could muster, and tell him to drop that pink haired bi-

"Are you going to say something?" Sasuke said as he broke her train of thought. His head was now turned slightly while he gave her a sidelong stare. It was pointless trying to speak to Karin without her going into some daydream.

"Uh, yes. Yes, I wanted to tell you that everyone is prepared to leave on your signal." She said as she pushed her glasses up the thin bridge of her nose.

"Hn." The dark haired man answered as he turned back around.

"We leave now." He said before he left, leaving her standing alone.

"There, all done." Sakura said a she packed up the last of the medical supplies she going to bring with her on the trip. She smiled slightly as she turned her head to look at Juugo, who was now fully dressed and looking at her with appreciation. It has been a few days since Sakura has given any medical attention to Juugo because she was conserving chakra for the long trip ahead.

"You did well with the packing, Sakura." He said as he gently smiled back to her.

Sakura was very glad that Juugo was here with her because if he weren't, Sakura would have gone insane with boredom. She felt so restricted here and the only reprieve she had was the time she took having conversations with Juugo.

"Why thank you Juugo." The pink haired woman said as she picked up the pack and walked to the door.

"You're welcome." The man supplied as he walked after her. As he caught up to her, a pleasant silence filled the emptiness between them before Sakura spoke.

"Hey, do you happen to know where Sasuke is relocating?" She asked with a tinge on interest. Juugo looked at her for a moment before her turned his head forward.

"Sasuke-sama has not released that information to us as of yet. We usually find out where we are going while we are getting there." The orange haired man said.

"Ah," Sakura mumbled. That wasn't going to help much, but being the person that she was, she would eventually figure out some way.

Once the two ninja reached Sakura's door, the pink haired woman nodded to Juugo as she opened it and walked in, Juugo nodded back and went to go find Sasuke.

Once Sakura was in the safety of her room, she pulled out the kunai that she had embedded into the wall earlier, from her sleeve. Without making a sound, the medic padded over to the small table that was in the room and pulled out a piece of paper and a pencil.

Juugo finally found Sasuke standing outside of the base, staring out at something. "Sasuke-sama." He voiced.

"Hn." The Uchiha replied stoically. He never turned to the man.

"Sakura questioned me as to where we were heading, I would also like to know." He stated as he stood behind the raven haired man. Sasuke still didn't turn around and there was a long silence before he said anything.

"We are headed north." He said after what seemed like forever.

"Ah." The orange haired man said. North. Hm, that still left many possibilities but he had an idea as to where they might be going.

"I will inform Sakura of that." Juugo turned and left the Uchiha standing alone again.

Sakura had just finished writing when there was a soft knock at her door. Quickly, the medic organized everything and pushed her hair back before calling for the person to enter.

"Come in." She said loud enough for the person on the other side of the door to hear. Silently, the wood door swung open revealing Juugo. A smile made its way to the pink haired woman's countanence as she turned towards him.

"Hello again." She said as she smiled faintly.

"I have figured out from Sasuke-sama where we are headed." Juugo said as he walked into the room.

"Oh?" Sakura said. She was surprised that Sasuke would leak that info to anyone.

"Yes, we are going North." The orange haired man said.

"Did he say where North?"

"No. Sasuke-sama kept that part to himself."

"Hm." Sakura mumbled as she thought for a moment. What is up North for Sasuke? Then, just like a ton of bricks, Sakura realized something.

"Lightning."

"Lightning?" Juugo questioned, not really understanding.

Sakura met Juugo's gold eyes as she explained.

"Sasuke is going to the Cloud Village....Lightning to be exact." The pink haired medic shifted her position in order to explain. "Sasuke is an expert with the Chidori, along with other lightning based jutsu. I believe that because of the location with him being in the Lightning Village, all of his lightning based jutsu will increase with power."

As realization struck Juugo, he nodded in agreement. It seemed as if Sakura knew the Uchiha better than he.

"That's not a bad thought, from what I have heard the Lightning Village has a number of ninja with an affinity to lightning. You seem to know Sasuke-sama quite well." He complimented to her.

The pink haired woman said nothing as her expression changed to a somber one. She turned so that her back was facing the man while her hands were in her lap.

"I guess that's true..." She trailed off, not bothering to finish her sentence. After a silence engulfed the two ninja for a moment, Juugo bid his farewell and would meet her outside when they left. As soon as the door closed behind her with a 'click' the medic pulled out the small sheet of paper she was writing on and her kunai.

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"Hinata, what is our status?" Kakashi questioned as the group from Konoha were back on the run for their missing comrade. The young Hyuuga heiress activated her Byakugan and seconds later replied.

"5.8 miles away from Waterfall's border. We should be there before nightfall if we keep going at this pace." She stated as she stared ahead. Her eyebrows furrowed as she opened her mouth again to speak, but was cut off by her cousin.

"We have some company." Neji said. "Five ninja headed our way, from the looks of it they are Waterfall nin coming to check out who is about to invade their territory. They look pretty strong too"

"I didn't know that Waterfall had ninja." The blonde who had been surprisingly quite for a while voiced.

"Oh, they do." The silver haired man said. "They just don't have many strong ones."

"They will come into view in about 2 minutes." Hinata said.

"Lets stop then and have a formal meeting." The leader of the group said in a rather lazy voice. The group slowed down on the forest floor and waited for the other group of four to reach them.

"What if they attack us?" Hinata asked. She was not scared, she just wanted to know a plan before anything got too bad.

"If they attack us-"

"We attack them back." Naruto finished the sentence that his former teacher started. "We are here on a mission and I will not let anyone get in my way, I won't stop until we find Sakura."

"Agreed." Neji said.

Before Kakashi could say anything, the group of Waterfall nin appeared through the foliage, wearing their village headband proudly. The leader of the group as it seemed stepped in front of the other three. His face was partially covered by a mask that was somewhat similar to Kakashi's, he was wearing a black vest that was atop another black long-sleeved top. He also wore black pants the were tucked into his calf-high sandals. He didn't look like a very nice person with his piercing blue eyes zeroing in on the Konoha ninja like they were some lab experiment, he also had a small black ring in his left eyebrow.

"Hello there," Kakashi politely greeted the ninja.

"What is your purpose in Waterfall?" The leader of the group said with a deep voice, apparently he didn't pick up on Kakashi's polite tone.

"We are just passing through." The silver haired jounin said with an almost bored lit in his voice. "We are headed to Stone actually, so would you please allow us to pass through, we are in quite much of a hurry."

The Waterfall ninja didn't seem to buy into Kakashi's lie.

"How do I know you are telling the truth?" He questioned as he folded his muscled arms across his chest.

Naruto, who was standing right next to Kakashi was getting agitated with this conversation.

"Hey, we just want to pass through your village, it will only take a minute so could you just-"

"The Leaf village has been very supportive of Waterfall for many years now. We have aided your village many times and will keep doing so, if you let us pass." Kakashi said as smoothly as he could while keeping his hand on the angry blonde's mouth. He assumed that since he had been quiet during the duration of their traveling, he was bound to yell at some point. The four ninja before them held their ground, each of their faces were as cold as an ice ball in the ocean in the dead of winter. Maybe Naruto's outburst made them rethink letting them in. The leader of the group tilted his head to the side slightly before he spoke.

"We will allow you passage, Konoha ninja. You are our allies and we must respect the alliance."

"Thank you, you are too kind." Kakashi replied in his way too polite voice he used when he was being sarcastic yet serious at the same time. He turned his head to the side and gave Neji a small nod that meant they could move forward. The chocolate haired man nodded back right before him and his cousin ran ahead. Kakashi then let go of Naruto's mouth and discretely wiped it on his pant leg. With a small bow, Kakashi and the blonde ninja took off behind their teammates ahead.

"Now we are going to have to push it if we want to get to Waterfall before night." Naruto mumbled as he glanced at the dimming sky above.

"We will make it." The silver haired man said looking forward.

They were almost there and Kakashi was having a good feeling. Once the two ninja met up with the two Hyuugas, they for the man and woman standing between the roots of the enormous tree in the middle of the village, a black hole leading to a cave which lead to Kami knows where.

"They aren't here." Hinata said quitely as she turned to look at Naruto with sad white eyes.

"But what about that chakra? Don't you feel that?!" The blonde ninja yelled at everyone.

"It is not her." Neji said icyly. Kakashi was the one to step forward.

"Well then, why don't we go in and see what is the cause of that chakra? It is Sakura's, maybe she left us something."

The entire group nodded and then ran into the cave. They weren't sure where they were going, but they knew that this chakra was going to point them in the right direction.

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It was cold out, Sakura could admit that as she sat crouched up to a large fire that was in the middle of their campsite. Even though the fire did take the chill off the brisk night air, the medic could feel the icy stare coming from the woman sitting across from her a hundred miles away. That however did not bother Sakura in the least because it meant that Karin wasn't talking to her. She would take that cold stare over her shrill voice any day. There were four people at the campsite right now, Sasuke not being one of them. Good, she thought, she didn't want to be around him anyway.

"I'm hungry." Suigetsu lazily said while he sat in between Sakura and Karin.

"I know what you can eat," the red head began. "How about Pink Haired Bitch on a stick."

Suigetsu started laughing while Karin never took her red gaze away from Sakura's dark green ones.

"Karin, that was horrible." Juugo said as he gave her a small glare. At least Sakura had one person on her side.

"The fuck it was!" Karin said raising her voice. Obviously she was still sore about being punched through four walls by another woman. The thought made Sakura chuckle to herself.

"You think that's funny Konoha scum?" The red head was standing now with her hands in fists. Apparently she had a very short temper as well.

"I did laugh didn't I?" Sakura replied from her spot on the ground. She didn't feel like getting into it again with her, it was a waste of energy.

"I thought it was too." Suigetsu also said from the ground.

"No one is talking to you Suigetsu, so shut the fuck up." Karin hissed.

"Woah, woah there missy, I am not the one you should be getting mad at." The blue haired man said rather jokingly from his seat.

"No one should be talking at all about eating another person, it's barbaric." Juugo voiced.

"Well I'm feeling a little barbaric tonight." Karin said.

"Well then, why don't you go out there are find a bear to eat Karin? If you are thinking about being a cannibal and all." Sakura said smugly as she pointed to the thick forest around them.

There was a moment of silence in the camp before two think happened at the same time: Suigetsu bursts out laughing again, only this time louder, and Karin all but jumped through the flames in order to choke Sakura who was on the other side.

"BITCH!!" Karin screamed. She landed on top of Sakura and started to punch the living daylights out of her. Juugo wanted to pull them apart, but since Sakura didn't move out of the way, he figured she had things under control. Suigetsu didn't even bother to help as he continued to watch the show.

"How DARE you say that to me!! I am ten times more better looking than you!" The red head screamed in between throws.

"Who told you that?" Sakura began as she was getting punched on.

"Did Sasuke tell you that? Oh wait no, he didn't because HE DOESN'T LIKE YOU." Sakura said right before she punched Karin, yet again, in the stomach and sent her at least ten feet in the air. While she was still in flight, Sakura stood up, wiped off her bloody nose then got herself in position as Karin came back down. As the red head descended back to earth, Sakura raised up her leg and kicked the red head right across the fire, past where she sat, and into the thick bushes where everyone heard a loud "thump". Another moment of silence resounded as the pink haired medic sat back down by the fire as began healing her face. No noise came from the two men sitting, nor the woman lying in the bushes.

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"I'm still hungry."

It always seemed warm in Sakura's dreams, the sky was either a bright blue with large cumulus clouds that looked like cotton candy, a beautiful sunset with all of the colors of the sky melding into one rainbow, or a dark starry night with no clouds in sight. This dream she was now having took place during one of the most beautiful sunsets she had ever witnessed. The sun was cut through the middle by the horizon causing a palette of blues, purples, reds, and oranges to be visible to all who saw it. She felt at peace right now, more at peace than she had been in several days. She was sitting on the top of a grassy hill overlooking her village underneath a large apple tree that was filled with big white blossoms. This spot seemed familiar to her somehow, like, she had been here....it was the same spot she used to meet Neji at she remembered. The same hill under the same tree. Sakura's face saddened at the thought of the past. They were bittersweet in a way. As she thought about the past and what memories they brought up, the pink haired woman didn't feel the presence of the person coming up behind her. This was her dream and she would be the one thinking up who was in it.

"You come here often."

Sakura whirled around at the voice behind her to be met with the one person that she never wanted to see, yet yearned to be with. He stood about five feet behind her with his charcoal eyes watching the sunset. Sakura turned around and put her arms on her knees as she leaned forward to rest her chin on them.

"What are you doing here?" She already knew the answer to that.

"You already know the answer to that." Sasuke repeated as he walked towards her.

"Go away, I don't want to talk to you right now." Sakura didn't bother turning as she heard the footsteps of the man come closer, obviously he didn't listen to her.

"Hn." The man replied as he sat down next to her on the soft grass. The two didn't say anything as they both stared out at the sky.

"I can't take you back to Konoha right now." Sasuke said stoically. He sat next to her with his legs folded and his hands over his mouth, true Uchiha position.

"You will take me back Sasuke. I cannot abandon my village like you did." Sakura shot back with an accusing voice, that statement was meant to hurt the Uchiha sitting next to her, but when she heard nothing from him she remembered that Sasuke was as cold as ice.

"Your words can't hurt me Sakura, I have a goal and I will stick to that goal until I have accomplished it. I want you to be apart of that." Sasuke never took his eyes away from the ever-setting sun not once looking at her. That made Sakura even more irritated.

"Why won't you look at me?" She questioned as she turned her head to the Uchiha. Sasuke instantly looked at her with flat black eyes.

"When you say you need me in your goal, it makes me feel like some kind of possession that will just be used a thrown away after you are done. I am not the type of person to just be used like a pawn, if you plan on treating me that way Sasuke, I will never help you with reviving the Uchiha." Sakura was now glaring at Sasuke as he continued to look at her expressionless.

"I remember you telling me that you would help me no matter what it was, when I left the village, I was holding you to that word Sakura so that when the time came I could depend on you to help me revive my clan." Sasuke stared at her with black eyes that didn't seem so cold, they held a tiny warmth somewhere in those depths. As he spoke, Sakura had to cringe at his words which brought back even more memories that the pink haired medic did not want resurfaced.

"I know what I said and that was before all of this happened. That was when I was a love struck little girl with no purpose other than to be with you and make you happy. Times have changed now Sasuke and I am not going to lie and say that I still don't love you, but I just can't see you and I together...." The pink haired woman trailed off as she tore her gaze away from his. She could feel her heart beating in her chest as her green gaze looked out at the horizon. There was silence for what seemed liked ever as the two ninja sat side by side in her dream.

"How has Naruto been?" Sasuke questioned out of nowhere which caused Sakura to look at him.

"He has been fine, he has not stopped trying to bring you back. He feels that you belong in Konoha with the rest of us." She answered somewhat surprised.

"Hn." Sasuke grunted as he began to stand up.

"Where are you going?" Sakura looked up at him as he brushed off his pants and began to walk away without a word.

"Follow me." The dark haired man replied not breaking his stride. Sakura went against her better judgement and stood up to follow Sasuke to wherever he was going.

"Where are you taking me Sasuke?" Sakura questioned again as she kept a few paces behind him. There was a small silence before the Uchiha replied.

"Home."

"Home?" Sakura echoed not really believing it.

"You said that you weren't going to let me go home."

"I did say that, I changed my mind." The dark haired man replied.

"I don't believe you."

"You don't have to. This is a dream."

There was more silence as the two ninja walked the deserted streets of their village until they came up to Sakura's house. It looked just as she left it as if she had only been gone for an hour or so.

"Why are you doing this?" She asked him as they walked up her steps.

"I want you to trust me." Sasuke replied looking Sakura square in the eye as he did so.

"Just taking me home isn't going to make me trust you completely again Sasuke."

"What will then?" Sasuke gave Sakura a small smirk.

"More than just taking me home." The pink haired medic replied as she opened her unlocked door. As she was about to close the door on Sasuke, he stopped it with his hand. Sakura opened it again so she could hear what the Uchiha was going to say.

"I want to kiss you."

Sakura faltered at the question as her eyes widened.

"What?" She said, hearing perfectly fine.

"I don't like repeating myself Sakura." Sasuke said as he stared at the woman.

"I don't care what you don't like Sasuke, I want you to repeat it anyway." Sakura said.

"I want to kiss you." The Uchiha repeated once again as his brows frowned slightly.

"No." Sakura said simply as she began to close her door again.

"I will not try to kiss you again if you let me." Sasuke said when the door was half way closed. Sakura stood on the other side in turmoil. She should just let him kiss her to get it over with, but then if she kissed him she probably would not be able to stop which could lead to even more things that she didn't feel like dealing with. She opened the door yet again.

"Alright, but when it's over it's over."

"Fine." Sasuke agreed. With the door open all the way, Sasuke walked up to Sakura so that their bodies were only centimeters apart. If this was going to be their last kiss, he was going to make it worth while. With experienced slowness, Sasuke brought one of his hands up to Sakura's face to caress his fingers against her soft skin and then run his knuckles down her chin and neck to her collarbone. He watched as her eyes became hooded slightly and placed his other hand at her hip and began to rub that one up and down her waist teasing her with his foreplay.

"Just do it." Sakura said with a thick voice. She didn't know how much more of this rubbing she could take.

"Be patient, I want this to last." Sasuke said as he grabbed her waist at both sides and closed whatever distance that was between them. Sakura let out a small gasp in doing so.

"Hn." The Uchiha said as he began to lightly kiss her neck sending chills up Sakura's spine. She really was a beautiful woman he thought to himself. She was the only person he would let have his children. As the medic's breath hitched, Sasuke ran is mouth up to her jawbone and to her ear, leaving a trail of light kisses in its wake, he began to kiss and lightly suck on her earlobe which caused Sakura to let out a small moan and lean more into him. This caused Sasuke to smirk again as he gently pushed Sakura into her house and closed the door behind them. He then gently pushed her against the door and continued to kiss and nibble on her sensitive spot while giving her hips and waist a massage.

"Sasuke....." The pink haired woman gasped as the man put himself between her legs, rubbing himself against her sex and inner thighs. Sasuke began to rock himself in a slow rhythm as his mouth finally captured hers in a searing kiss. It started out gentle as did all of their kisses then it escalated as Sasuke ran his tongue against the seal of her lips asking for entrance which Sakura unhesitatingly gave him. Tongue fought and teeth clashed as the two ninja fought for dominance over the other. Things were getting escalated as Sasuke put his hands underneath Sakura's shirt, his hands roaming all of the creamy skin beneath. Sakura tangled her fingers into Sasuke's spikes, pulling at them every now and then when they kissed. "Sasuke," Sakura's voice was louder this time as she moaned his name. Without even a grunt, Sasuke lifted up Sakura's legs so that they were now wrapped around his waist, he held them there squeezing on them making her gasp. His cock was already hard as their clothed sex rubbed against each other making sweet friction.

"Sakura..." The dark haired man trailed as he ground himself against her core, it was becoming painful to have this erection and not put it to use. Sakura seemed to have heard him as she weakly said for them to go on the couch. Sasuke more than willingly carried Sakura who was still wrapped around him to the soft leather couch that was in her living room.

"Kami, Sasuke..." Sakura moaned once she was on her back on the couch. Sasuke began to knead and massage her tender breasts and suck on her neck. She knew that this was wrong and that she should not be necking it with him on her couch, but she could not deny her needs and her needs needed Sasuke right now whether she did or not.

"I want you so bad right now Sakura," The dark haired man breathed onto her neck as he rolled his fingers around Sakura's hard nipples. He was so hard it was pressing against his pants making it uncomfortable.

"You...you can't..." She said as Sasuke moved his hands under her shirt again and continued to massage her breasts over her bra. She was trying to hold up her resolve, but it was disintegrating as fast as her will was. Sasuke paid no attention to Sakura's weak plea as he took his menstruations a bit farther and pushed her bra up over her breasts so that his hand could come in direct contact with the soft mounds. Sakura shuddered at the feeling of Sasuke's rough hands rubbing against her tender flesh and it caused her to buck her hips and press even harder against his cock.

"Damn..." Sasuke gritted out as he felt her warmth. She was so ready for him right now.

"Please..." He heard the pink haired woman moan and it caused him to pause.

"Please what?" He asked in a deep, husky voice. Hearing Sakura's voice like that was almost enough to make him come, almost.

"Sasuke....." Sakura whined his name, she felt so weak for giving into him so quickly but, she hadn't gotten any in a while and she was aroused as hell right now.

"Do you want me to stop?" The dark haired man teased as he slowed down his workings.

"No...!" Sakura exclaimed her chest was heaving up and down from everything that was going on.

"Please what?" Sasuke asked again. He noticed that when it came to this woman, he didn't have much of a problem repeating himself, or maybe that was because she was underneath him practically begging for him to take her.

"I...I want you..." Sakura whispered as her cheeks darkened another shade from what they already were. She was embarrassed, but her inhibitions were taking a backseat in the matter.

"That's too bad...." The dark haired man said seconds later.

"What? What are you talking about?" The young medic asked in shock. This could not be happening, he could not just leave her like this...

"You only wanted a kiss and that's what I gave you. I'm not going to go back on my word to you." Sasuke said as he began to slowly pull away from the pink haired woman.

"You did much more than kiss me!" Sakura yelled, she was getting angry now.

"I did not." Sasuke exclaimed as he pulled his hands away from her swollen tender breasts. He wasn't even going to go that far in the first place, even though he sure as hell wanted to. No, he still had his plan for Sakura, and that involved her coming to him, not the other way around.

"What do you call what you just did then?" Sakura motioned his hand slipping away from her.

"Touching."

"Touching?"

"Hn."

The pink haired woman gave the man before her a very irritated look before diverted her green gaze away from his charcoal ones.

"I think you should leave." Sakura said still looking off in another direction. Now that she had her sense back, she was even more furious with Sasuke. He really has been making her angry a lot. There was a pause between the two people before Sasuke spoke.

"Sakura." He said in his deep voice. When she did not turn towards him, Sasuke mentally rolled his eyes as he walked over to her line of sight. Once he was standing in front of her she couldn't help but stare at him.

"I want you to leave." Sakura repeated.

Sasuke stood before her for a moment before he knelt before her not breaking their gaze. He was now at her eye level and it was becoming a bit harder to keep eye contact with someone like him. But she did anyway.

"I'm holding you to your word, you will help me." The raven haired man stated with a cold countanence.

"I have already made up my mind about that." Sakura replied.

"Yes, you have." Sasuke confirmed for her. She might have voiced what she thought was to happen, but Sasuke knew that later on she would be feeling differently. Seconds after he spoke, the Uchiha leaned and kissed Sakura so tenderly that she could have melted even if she was angry at him. Then he was gone, just like that. Light beams forced their way through the kunoichi's eyes as she stirred from her sleep.

Some dream that was...

Somewhere in a large forest to the north, Sasuke Uchiha was walking leisurely (for him) down a marked path. His face was as stoic as ever but, the lone Uchiha was smirking. That was some dream Sakura had last night even if the two of them didn't do anything but kiss. With his arms folded across his exposed chest due to the wide opening of his hakama, the katana behind him bounced soundlessly against his legs at every step. With the way things went between him and Sakura, he expected her to not even look at him let alone talk. Yes, it seemed like the medic was very angry with him right now, but that would change soon enough. Sasuke was headed back to the camp to meet up with the rest of his team before they set off to their new base - that of which he was walking from - to continue what they were doing in Waterfall. Juugo still needed medical attention and as long as he needed it, Sakura would stick around even if she had the opportunity to leave. Which she did not, but that wasn't the point.

Sasuke kept a closed face as he walked, he could still remember the curves of the woman beneath him and the softness of her skin as he played with her breasts. He almost let out a moan himself when he heard her let out one when he kissed her on her sensitive spots. That was something he couldn't wait to do, moan loudly when he came inside of the woman that would help him restore his clan. The Uchiha let his smirk show to no one as he walked.

"Damn...." Karin moaned as she held her stomach. It hurt like a bitch thanks to that other bitch who thought that she was better than her. Yeah right. The red headed woman slowly sat up from where she was sleeping, holding her abdomen in the process. It felt like her insides just exploded and were just sitting in her waiting to leak out. Karin cringed at that mental picture cause the thought of it made her feel sick.

"Morning." Karin heard someone call and turned her head to see Suigetsu giving her a small smile in greeting.

"Morning." Karin said back to him, only it sounded like a hiss as she clenched her abs again, it seemed like moving was not going to be very easy for her. She hoped that that bitch-medic didn't rupture anything.

"How are you feeling? Stomach bothering you? I'm not surprised, Sakura punched you in the same spot as last time and it didn't have enough time to heal itself. I am surprised however that she didn't break anything. You should be happy." Suigetsu said with his sword in his lap polishing it with a small cloth.

"Fuck you Suigetsu." Karin snapped at him. She was not in the mood for him.

The blue haired man laughed.

"Sure, when and where?"

Karin rolled her eyes before she scanned the area. Both Juugo and Sakura were nowhere to be found and Sasuke-sama was not back yet. She could however feel all three of their chakra signatures, Sakura and Juugo were together while Sasuke was still a ways off but he was headed this way.

"Sakura and Juugo went off somewhere so she could do a check-up for him if you were wondering." Suigetsu voiced as he noticed Karin's searching eyes.

"No, I wasn't wondering." The red head said. She was able to stand up by herself shakily since her stomach was in pain, but she managed to get up on both legs.

"Impressive." Suigetsu said with a sarcastic voice. Karin was about to say fuck you again, but thought better of it.

"Whatever Suigetsu, go jump in a pond or something."

"Did that while you were sleeping, too bad you couldn't join me."

Karin rolled her red eyes as she walked towards the brush.

"I'm going to go wash up." She said and slowly disappeared behind the bushes to the nearby stream. Hopefully getting some cool water in her would help ease the pain.

At the bank of the stream, Sakura and Juugo were seated on the grass. Sakura had her hand glowing green with chakra and hovering it over his seal, and down his arms and legs. Everything seemed to be in order for her. With a smile, the medic pulled back.

"Everything seems to be working fine, for you at least. I will continue a more extensive check-up on you when we get to the new base since I will be able to use more of my chakra."

Juugo looked out at the stream before looking back at Sakura with a small smile.

"Yes, that is good to hear, I still have not felt the need to unleash my power, so you must be doing something right. I will wait until we have reached our new base." Silently, the orange haired man grabbed for the shirt he was wearing and slipped it on. As he did so, Sakura spoke.

"Sasuke wants me to help him restore his clan with him."

Juugo froze for a second as he pulled his shirt over his head, but continued.

"Are you going to do it?" He asked after the garment was on him. Sakura stared at the ground as she answered.

"I don't know, I have always wanted to help Sasuke since we were genin, no, even before that, I have always wanted to be by his side. But, after all this time, I don't know what to think anymore. He has changed so much since those days, it's like he's a different, colder person." Sakura looked down at her hands.

Juugo stared at Sakura for a moment before he brought his hand up and hooked his finger under her chin, bringing her head up to stare into his clear, gold eyes.

"I think you should do it." He said to her with a soft voice. He meant it too.

"Why?" Sakura questioned as she continued to look into those gold eyes.

"Because," Juugo began.

"If you think about it, if you did revive his clan, you will be the first step for the next generations to grow from. The Uchiha would have a place once again in this world, and knowing that you were the cause of it would be enough for someone like you who is already well-known, to go in history as the one to help the last surviving Uchiha bring his clan back to life."

The orange haired man brought his hand down from her chin and looked at her with a small smile. Sakura on the other hand was staring at Juugo with wide green eyes and an expression that looked like she was staring at his third eye.

"You really think that?" She asked with a breathy voice.

"Yes, I do. I believe you would be good at the princess of the Uchiha clan." Juugo eyes filled with laughter.

Sakura looked off somewhere in thought. She was really angry at Sasuke, but she knew he was going to hold her to her word about helping him with whatever her needed. She was going to get a headache if she didn't stop it though. With a small shake of her head, the thoughts were pushed back and her smile appeared once again. She looked at Juugo.

"Why don't we head back now? I'm sure that Karin is awake and I would hate for Suigetsu to be left alone."

Juugo laughed at the thought.

"Yes, I guess you are right." Both ninja pushed themselves up off the ground and headed back to camp.

Meanwhile, Karin stepped out of the brush with a bewildered expression. Sasuke-sama wanted that bitch to have his children!? She couldn't believe it, that spoiled whore from Konoha could not revive the Uchiha, that was her job! With a scream of anger, Karin stomped over to the stream, got on her knees and stared at her rippling reflection in the flowing water. Why would Sasuke-sama not choose her? Did he not like her? All she ever did was show him loyalty and affection, could he not see that? Or was he blinded by all that pink hair? It was bright enough. Karin punched the water causing clear droplets to spring up and get on her clothes and glasses. That bitch always got in her way and made it difficult to see or talk to Sasuke-sama. She WAS going to exact her revenge on Sakura if it killed her.

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Finally! Naruto thought as the group from Konoha reached Hidden Waterfall. The place was just as he remembered from those years ago. A touch of nostalgia made its way to him as he thought about the mission Team Seven did while here. How was Shibuki? He wondered as the group followed behind Pakkun, who was following Sakura's chakra. Once they made it to the large tree that was in the center of the village, Pakkun spoke.

"I can smell it somewhere down in these roots." He began sniffing like a mad dog searching for a bone. Kakashi turned to look at the group.

"I want all three of you to search the perimeter of the tree for any openings or anything that might have to do with Sakura." With a collective nod, the three ninja split up. Kakashi turned back to his nin dog.

"Are they still here?" He questioned with a quite voice. He didn't want to ask in front of the others in case they weren't.

Pakkun looked up from his sniffing as gave his master a sad look.

"I'm afraid not. They haven't been here for a while. I think what I'm smelling his something that Sakura kept on her a lot and is something personal. Maybe she is leaving us a clue as to where their group is headed next."

"That sounds like something she would do." Kakashi stated. He then turned his head and jumped off to look for that thing that Sakura left behind.

Neji was scanning the roots of the tree when he spotted a large dark hole in betwen two big roots. He jumped down and walked up to them seeing that the whole was actually an opening to a cave that led deep into the tree and possibly underground. Pressing his two fingers on the small button that was on his neck, he spoke.

"I found it." He dropped his hands and ran into the hole, activating his Byakugan. It wasn't long before Neji felt the air become cooler, and the moisture cling to his skin, he must be underground.

"Neji where are you? I can't see a thing down here." Naruto said into his speaker as the Hyuuga turned around. He could see the blonde man walking blind into the cave. He pressed his fingers on his neck again.

"Just keep going straight and you will not get lost." Neji replied in a deep voice as he turned back around to keep going into the cave. Using his Byakugan, he could see through the walls of the corridor even in the dark. His eyes landed upon a kunai that was stuck in a wall in a bedroom that was a ways down this hall and to the left, it looked as if it were thrown into the wall with great force since a small crack snaked its way towards the ceiling. The brown haired man wasted no time getting there as he ran down the long stretch of hall and to the left where he found a closed wood door.

"It's a kunai." Neji said into his intercom.

"A kunai?" Kakashi's voice sounded.

"Maybe it was Sakura-san's?" Hinata added.

"Maybe she left a note or something!" Naruto exclaimed

Neji ignored the other three as he pulled out the kunai that was in the wall and held it in his hand for a moment, studying it. Yes, I was Sakura's. It had her clan symbol engraved into the base of the blade so small that only someone who were looking for it could find it. During his inspection, Neji noticed that there was something wrapped underneath the cloth that was wrapped around the hilt that prevented slipping. He continued with unraveling the cloth to find a small piece of paper indeed wrapped around under the cloth. Neji had to smirk, this girl was clever. She was probably the only one who would think of something like this. Pocketing the kunai, Neji unfolded the paper to read what was on it.

To the Konoha ninja who are reading this, we have been relocated from Waterfall, to the Cloud village (or to be more precise, Lightning) up north. Sasuke has taken me away from Konoha so that I may use my medical expertise on one of his members, Juugo, who of which Sasuke's cursed mark has originated from. I am not sure as to how long the journey will be to the Lightning village, but I assume about two to three days if we travel at a fast pace. For the time being, I do not feel that my life is threatened with these people, so as long as I can continue to heal their ailing member. There are three people in his group, Suigetsu: A Mist ninja that is able to turn himself into water at will, Karin: I don't know which village she is from, but she is able to detect the slightest amount of chakra from miles away, so be sure to mask it when you are in pursuit, and finally, Juugo: I also do not know which village he is from, but is the the originator of the cursed mark so he is extremely dangerous. All of them are following Sasuke with much loyalty so please be careful.

Sakura, Medic nin, Hidden Leaf

P.S.: Naruto if you are there, please do not worry, I am fine so far and I am capable of taking of myself. Sasuke hasn't changed personality wise, but he has become much stronger.

Once Nejji finished reading the note, he ran out of the room towards the rest of the group. He was relived that Sakura was okay, but he still worried that the Uchiha would do something to hurt her, that was something he couldn't allow.

"What did you find?" Kakashi said after the group got together He was holding up a torch so that everyone could see. Neji brought forth the kunai and the note that Sakura left for them.

"She left us a note about where they were going and short profiles on the people she is traveling with." Neji supplied to the other members of his group. Naruto snatched the note from the Hyuuga, granted him a glare. Naruto's eyes widened as he read the note.

"Lightning? Are you serious?? They are going all the way up there?!"

"At least we know exactly where she is going to be now." Kakashi took the note away from Naruto and read it himself.

"We are going to have to keep our chakra masked so the Karin person won't be able to detect us." He said while reading.

"What about Sasuke? Did Sakura-san say anything about him?" Hinata asked.

"She told me that he has become much stronger since the last time I have seen him." Naruto said solemnly as he looked at his new girlfriend.

"Well," Kakashi said breaking the dour mood that was making it's way to the group.

"We had better make our way out and towards Cloud if we want to get there in time, I know for a fact that it is a two day travel to Cloud if we hurry, so lets not waste any time." The silver haired man ran back towards the entrance of the corridor while the rest of the group from Konoha followed after. Hinata and Naruto ran side my side while the blonde looked over at her and grabbed her hand. Hinata looked over at Naruto a bit surprised, but she smiled back and gave his hand a squeeze.

"We will bring Sakura back." The Hyuuga said confidently. Naruto gave Hinata a warm smile and nodded in response. Yes, we will bring her back. He thought.

A/N: Sorry!!!!! I am so sorry for uploading this so late. It is the end of the school year as you all know and it's finals time. Plus, Saturday, June 11th I will be gone for two weeks because I'm.....wait for it......GOING TO JAPAN!!!!! YAAAYYYY!!!! I'm so excited!! But anyway. I hope you guys enjoyed this chapter and I am so very sorry for the lateness. After I come back from Japan, I will be home for a week and then I will be gone for another month for a college summer program. But hopefully in that week gap, I will be able to upload a new chappie. Maybe. Arg!! Only 12% battery left on my laptop!!!

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