Yup! A new SasoxSaku story...but no worries, I'm still carrying on with my other story!

Anyways, hope you enjoy the first chapter! ^

Chapter 1: The new technique

It was evening, and although it seemed quiet in the forest, Sakura knew that someone was following her. She jumped from branch to branch, trying stay as quiet as possible, but winced when she felt a kunai graze her cheek.

"Damn it..!" she cursed under her breath, sensing the shinobis' chakra nearing her as she ran.

She then suddenly paused for a moment, jumping behind a large boulder as she held her breath, hoping that she wouldn't be spotted.

"Why are there so many shinobi crawling around here..? I don't have time to hide from them all night…I need to get to the damn hideout already!" she thought, hoping that her pounding heartbeat quieten.

After several minutes, nothing had happened.

"They must have left…" she muttered silently, looking to the sides while keeping her guard up.

Nobody was around, so she took the opportunity and ran to the edge of the forest. When she reached it, she breathed heavily and groaned in frustration when she thought about what had happened the previous day in Tsunade's office...

"Where the hell's my sake!" Tsunade roared, clenching her fists.

"Sorry my lady…we're all out." Shizune said, giving her a fake smile.

Tsunade then pounded her fist on the desk, making it crack as she glared at Shizune.

Sakura just stood infront of her, not really sure why Tsunade wanted her to come anyways.

"Erm…Tsunade-sama, did you need something from me?" she asked, slightly hesitant at first.

"Oh, right…that…" Tsunade muttered.

"Well, I have an important mission for you." She then said in a serious tone.

Sakura leaned forward, anxious to find out if it had anything to do with finding Sasuke.

"I need you to sneak into the Akatsuki hideout and eliminate the one known as Tobi, the masked Akatsuki member."

Sakura gave her a questioning look as she continued.

"Sai is still on his mission with Yamato, tracking down the shinobi that attacked us yesterday. And as for Naruto-"

"SAKURAAA-CHAN…!"

The three then turned to see the blond sitting on the window sill while waving at them.

Tsunade growled and punched him off the window as she shouted, "THIS IS CONFIDENTIAL! And use the damn front door already!"

Naruto screamed as he fell down the building.

"Anyways, back to business-"

And that was when they heard a knock at the door.

"Come in!" Tsunade called out as she closed the window.

And there he was, grinning as he waved while saying, "Geez Granny…I only wanted to say hi, there's no need to punch me off the building!"
Tsunade scoffed and pushed him out of the room as she slammed the door on his face.

Sakura sweat-dropped, not really sure about why Tsunade was acting so worked up.

"Anyways…yes, you'll leave today and head for the Rain Village. I'll give you a map showing where the hide out is located. When you get there, you'll have to somehow figure out a way to get in. After that, you need to find your target and eliminate himas soon as possible. He's a big threat, and we have reason to believe that he might actually be Uchiha Madara."

Sakura gasped at this not believing anything that Tsunade was saying but then composed herself while asking, "But Tsunade…doesn't a mission like this require back up? You don't really think that I'd be able to take out an Akatsuki member on my own."

"You did once." Tsunade then said.

Sakura frowned as she thought back to the fight with Sasori, saying, "Yes, but that was different. I had Lady Chiyo by my side back then."

Tsunade then sighed, saying, "Sakura, it's been two years since then. You are a much more capable Kunoichi now than before. Your strength has also grown considerably, almost topping my own…which is why I want you to take this mission."

Sakura then sighed, giving in as she said, "Fine. I'll do what I can."

Sakura then shook her head of the memory, feeling bad for leaving Naruto.

She then began walking slowly, noticing that the fresh foliage around her was beginning to disappear, giving way to mud and rocks.

She took out the map then, looking forward when she finally saw the rock formation that she had been looking for the entire time.

She smirked and slowly made her way there, careful not to make a noise.

She soon reached the formation, surprised with how large it was.

"Okay…now how to get in..?" she muttered, wishing that Tsunade could have given her more information.

She then gasped when a part of the rock formation seemed to start moving, showing the shape of what seemed to be like a large stone door.

She looked around hurriedly and jumped behind a bush, noticing two figures coming out of the opening.

"Fuck you Kakuzu..! Give me back my damn leg now before I rip you fucking balls off!"

She heard a familiar voice shout out from the entrance.

"Is that..?" she thought, squinting her eyes to get a closer look at them.

"What would be the fun in that, Hidan?" she heard the second figure say.

She then gasped, sweat dripping from her forehead as she repeated the name that he had addressed.

"No way..! Th-they're alive?" she thought, gulping as she watched the two continue bickering on their way towards the forest.

She then looked back to the rock formation, widening her eyes when the entrance began closing.

"This is my only chance!" she muttered, running forward and swiftly leaping forwards through the entrance.

Hidan and Kakuzu then looked behind them, seeing only the entrance completely closed now.

"What the fuck was that?" Hidan asked.

"Nothing, probably some animal. Now let's get going." Kakuzu answered, turning to carry on walking. Hidan then carried on hopping with his one leg, threatening Kakuzu again.

Sakura sighed, glad that she hadn't been spotted.

She looked up while gasping as she stared in awe at the enormous hide out. There were hundreds of stone doors on the side of the main room she was in, which had a large and long table in the middle of it.

"So this is it, eh?" she muttered.

She then walked forward towards the large table, listening.

Shen then jumped when she heard an explosion come from behind one of the stone doors on her left.

She arched her eyebrows and walked slowly and cautiously towards it.

"Hey, Deidara Senpai! Let me show you my new technique!" she heard a rather childish voice say.

"That's my target." She then thought, listening with her ear to the door.

"Not now, Tobi! I've gotta get Danna's medicine, yeah." She heard what she thought was Deidara's voice say.

"Something's not right…I thought Sasuke killed Deidara! And who's this Danna he's talking about..?" she thought curiously.

"PLEEEASE SENPAI?" Tobi cried out.

"NO!" Deidara shouted back.

She pressed her ear closer to the door, not realizing that it was beginning to open.

"Shut up, both of you. I've only been alive for two weeks, now give me that damn medicine, brat."

Sakura's froze in place, not believing what she had just heard.

"Okay, now that you're done with Sasori no Danna, let me show you my new technique, Senpai!" Tobi said, squealing like a girl.

"What the hell? How can Sasori be-" she uttered, screeching when the door flung open, making her grip onto the knob as she fell forward into the room.

She groaned in anger after hitting the ground, making her eyes widen fully as she jumped up, getting into a defensive position.

Deidara, Sasori and Tobi looked up, staring at the kunoichi.

Sasori was sitting in a bed with bandages on his arms and around his chest, whereas Deidara was about to bite into a chocolate bar, and Tobi just had his hands held up in a sign or a jutsu.

"What the hell?" Deidara shouted, coughing as he choked on the chocolate bar.

Sakura then focused her eyes on Sasori who glared back at her with pure hatred and digust in his eyes.

She and him then both shouted, "YOU..!"

She grabbed a kunai, running forward.

Sasori jumped out of the bed, making his chakra strings appear as he also ran towards her.

Deidara and Tobi stared for a moment, but Tobi then shouted, "Wait Sasori no Danna! I can't stop my jutsu!"

Deidara looked back at Tobi to see a type of vortex in the shape of his mask coming out of his hands, shooting forward as Sasori and Sakura leapt towards eachother, weapons in eachother's hands as time suddenly froze.

They were in mid-air, being encircled by the vortex that Tobi had released.

"W-what going on..?" Sakura screamed in her mind, not being able to move her lips as she stared at Sasori who had his fingers reached outwards, ready to attack her.

"Oh shit…" Deidara said, staring at the two who were frozen in mid-air.

He then gasped when both Sasori and Sakura suddenly disappeared at that moment.

"TOBI! WHAT THE HELL DID YOU DO?" Deidara shouted, shaking Tobi roughly by his shoulders.

"Hehe…erm…my new technique?" Tobi replied, scratching his head.

Meanwhile…

Sakura screamed as she saw thousands of images flying past her.

Sasori was above her, shouting, "What the hell did you do, girl?"

"I didn't do anything! That Tobi was the one who did this!" she shouted back, glaring at him when he suddenly flew forwards, grabbing her shoulders as they continued falling.

"I'll kill you for this!" he shouted, clenching his teeth as he watched thousands of pictures of his family and past flying past him.

"Hell no! I didn't come all this way to get killed by a piece of wood!" she shouted angrily, trying to make him let go of her as they plummeted downwards.

"Is this it…?" she thought, tears flying upwards from her face as they fell.