Come on people, this story has nearly had like 2000 hits and only 16 reviews... It's really disheartening, I need my motivation. Especially right, now as I'm having sleeping problems. But I didn't sleep last night so I managed to do a chapter and a pic to go with it!! It goes with the end of this chapter.

Chapter 5:Not As Planned

That night, Sakura couldn't sleep again. Every time she managed to drift off, she would jerk herself awake a few moments later in panic.

Looking beside her, she saw the book and sighed.

Sakura stood up from her bed and pulled on a flimsy jumper. Pushing her window open slightly, she slipped out onto the roof. It was a chilly night, so she shivered as a cool breeze passed her, raising goose-bumps on her skin.

She stared up into the clouded sky, her green eyes losing its focus as the moon came into view.

"It's beautiful isn't it?"

Sakura jumped slightly and drew a kunai from within her jumper.

"It's only me" said the person as his figure came into view from the street light.

As she placed her kunai back in her jumper, she patted the seat beside her, telling him he could sit.

"Couldn't sleep huh?" asked Sai looking at her

Sakura dipped her head, making her hair fall in front of her face. Slowly, she nodded.

"Nightmare?"

Again she nodded her head, making her pink bangs dance around her face.

Sai scooted closer to her, wrapping a muscular arm around her frigid shoulders.

"Wanna talk about it?"

There was a long silent pause and Sai rook it as a 'no'. Lying back against Sakura's roof, Sai closed his eyes as he placed his hand behind his head.

"...My mom..."

Sai opened his eyes and sat back up.

"What?"

"In my nightmare...I saw my mom..."

"She can't have been that bad" smiled Sai in hope of cheering her up

When no emotion crossed over Sakura's face, his smile turned to a frown.

"It's not that, it was a memory..."

"Of what?"

Sakura looked at him, her jade eyes shimmering with tears, which in a strange way; only seemed to make her more beautiful as the moonlight shone down on her.

She then spoke, in a hurt, dead tone "The night she died"

"Sakura, what happened?"

When she tried to turn her head away, she felt Sai's rough hand on her cheek, pulling her back to look at him.

His eyes widened as the tears were running freely down her cheeks, her breathing coming out in short gasps.

"I promised myself I wouldn't cry anymore" she sobbed "But I promised mom I would protect her...I guess I'm just useless at keeping promises"

"Sakura you are not useless! You can't keep every promise you make, no matter how much you want to"

Sakura remained still, staring into Sai's eyes.

"She was murdered..."

"What?"

She took a deep breath, trying to calm herself "When I was 10; I came home from the academy one day and no one was home, so I..."

She paused to wipe her tears.

"I went upstairs to see if anyone was up there, I heard a scream so I hid in my closet. Then through the gaps I saw my mum being pushed into my room and she fell on my bed..."

Sai's eyes went wide, he knew what was coming next and he didn't want to hear it, but he forced himself to.

"During the next 10 minutes, she was raped then killed right in front of me...and I didn't do anything...I couldn't do anything..."

"Sakura, you were 10, no one would've expected you to do anything-"

"I LET HER DIE!" she yelled as she shook violently

Sai was taken back, she truly felt responsible for her mother's death.

"After that night, the old me vanished"

Sai heard her voice change tone.

"I became a machine... I trained to be as strong as everyone else, no matter how hard it was. I wouldn't let anyone I loved die so easily in front of me ever again"

"So easily?"

"Four senbon were planted into her neck, two kunai through both her wrists and one through her heart"

"That's harsh"

Sakura nodded "And I could've been next"

"What?"

"I choked in the closet, the murderer must've heard me because he looked straight at the closet door and began walking towards me. I'll never forget his eyes; they had pure murder intent in them. But as he opened the doors, he was gone. Thrown aside by ANBU and I was taken away to the Uchiha manor"

"Uchiha?"

"They run a police unit here in Konoha; it was Sasuke's father who rescued me. He made Sasuke keep an eye on me; much to his disgust" she laughed "Oh he hated me"

"That's not the way I see it"

"That was a long time ago; we bonded over the years and became very close"

"That's more like it"

Sakura looked at Sai, who smiled and returned the gesture.

"You're the only one who knows how my mom died, so please don't go blabbing, okay?" she asked "I trust you"

'She hasn't even told Sasuke?'

Sai nodded "I promise I won't"

Sakura smiled sweetly "Thanks Sai, that means a lot"

"Its okay, think you'll be able to sleep yet?"

"I think so, thank you for keeping me company"

"You're welcome"

Pulling him into a light embrace, Sakura gave Sai a quick squeeze before letting him go.

"Night"

"Goodnight, Sakura"

Again she smiled just before slipping back into her room, feeling a lot better.

Sai sat there a bit longer, staring at Sakura's window. He watched her pull the covers over herself and close her eyes. When he was sure she was asleep, he jumped back to his house and lay down in his bed with a 'poof'.

"If only you knew how you make me feel..." he mumbled before he too drifted off

--The Next Day--

As Sakura awoke the following morning, she instantly felt around for the book. Under her pillow. Right where she had left it.

"Screw work today, I need a break" she sighed and pulled the covers back over her head

After a few minutes, she was sound asleep again and feeling completely content.

A few more hours passed by and Sakura awoke again, feeling more refreshed and awake. Picking herself up from her bed, she grabbed the book and headed downstairs.

"Dad?!" she called

There was no reply to her call. Panicking, she raced into the kitchen and a sigh of relief left her lips. A note lay on the table for her:

Sakura,
Let you sleep in this morning, you seemed really tired.
Phoned work for you, they were fine with you having a day off.
Be a good girl and stay out of trouble.
See you at dinner.
Love Dad xx

Placing the book down on the table, she turned to the toaster, ready to wrestle some toast out of it.

When said toast was on a plate, Sakura sat down with a glass of orange juice and nibbled the cooked bread. Hearing a knock at the door, she swallowed her toast and called out.

"The windows open!"

A few seconds later, the window slid open and Uchiha Sasuke hopped through.

"Morning" smiled Sakura

Sasuke walked over to her and placed a kiss on her forehead.

"How are you feeling today?"

"Better than usual"

"That's good. Did you...sleep okay?"

"Surprisingly yes"

Taking a seat at the table opposite Sakura, he stared at her.

"I was worried about you yesterday, when you didn't come back"

"Oh...Sorry about that. Me and Sai ran into a bit of trouble at his house"

Sasuke's eyes narrowed "What kind of trouble?"

"While he was in the shower, I was somehow placed under a Gen Jutsu and the ninja from the library stole the book. It took us all afternoon to get it back" she explained

"And you didn't sense the Jutsu at all?"

"Not until Sai pulled me out of it"

"He must've been a strong Gen Jutsu user for you not to notice him"

Sakura scoffed "Well it doesn't matter anymore"

"Why's that?"

"He's dead now...I killed him"

She could feel Sasuke's eyes on her.

"Sasuke, he was trying to kill us, what else could I of done?"

He shrugged his shoulders.

"And you know what disgusts me the most?"

Sasuke raised an eyebrow.

"He was from our own village"

"What?!"

"He wore the leaf insignia on his headband"

Sasuke sighed "And you just had to kill him didn't you? You couldn't let him be interrogated"

"Well, actually I just threw my katana; and it kind of just managed to hit him"

"You and your bloody perfect aim"

Sakura laughed "Well at least we can take this stupid book to the Hokage now"

Her eyes widened as Sasuke feel to the floor in front of her.

"Sasuke! Sasuke what's wrong?" she knelt beside him and shook him

She then felt a prick in her neck. Reaching behind her hair she felt something sharp and pulled it out. As she looked at it she finally said:

"Sleep sen...bon"

She then closed her eyes and her body went limp over Sasuke's.

"Shit..." she mumbled as she finally lost consciousness

A figure then appeared beside them and spoke into his headset.

"Haruno and Uchiha acquired. Returning to base now"

Then he picked the two teens up and disappeared.

--

Cold water dripped down onto the pinkette's forehead as she slept. One big droplet formed at the top of the ceiling, before falling and splattering on her face, causing her to stir.

As her eyes opened, she felt extremely numb and groggy. Hissing in pain as she lifted her head, she felt pain at the back of her neck.

"What's going on?" she asked to no one in particular

Sakura looked around through half lidded eyes, eventually finding Sasuke on the other side of the room to her.

"Sasuke!" her voice was barely above a whisper as she called to him

As she stood, her whole body screamed at her to rest, but she ignored the aching and carried on. After a few steps, something pulled at her leg, causing them to give way beneath her, causing her to fall to the ground with a loud 'thud'.

Looking at her leg, Sakura groaned as she saw the chain starting at her ankle and ending at the wall behind her. She tugged at it, but it didn't budge.

"They must've drugged me, so I couldn't use my chakra..."

Crawling as far as she could, which wasn't far, she called for Sasuke again. This time, he groaned and his body moved slightly.

"Sasuke please open your eyes!" she pleaded

"Uhh...Sakura?"

He rolled over so he was facing her now.

"I feel terrible...what happened?"

"I don't know, all I can remember was being hit by sleep senbon"

"Sleep senbon?"

Sakura nodded.

"Come closer" he begged

"I can't... I'm chained to the wall; this is as far as I can go. And I can't use my chakra to break it"

"I'll see how far I can go"

Slowly, he crawled towards her, but only got a few feet before he too could go no further.

"Reach for me Sasuke"

And he did. Their hands connected and they grasped each others.

"Sasuke, I'm scared"

"It's okay; we'll get out of here"

"I wouldn't count on it Uchiha" came a new voice

Both heads turned towards the owner.

"ANBU?" snarled Sasuke

"What are you doing?"

"Following orders" the ANBU simply stated

"And whose orders are those?"

"That's none of your business you little brat"

"You'll be in trouble when the Hokage hears of this"

The ANBU ninja laughed.

"What's so funny?"

"Well let's just say, the village is no longer in the Hokage's hands"

"What do you mean?"

"The Hokage is dead"

Those words hit Sakura like a ton of bricks.

"Nooooo!" she cried slamming her fist on the ground

"Shut up, you whiny brat!" ordered the ANBU

Sakura gritted her teeth, her eyes turning dark as she glared at the man.

"You shut up"

The ANBU looked at Sakura.

"What did you just say to me?"

Sakura looked up, lips turned downward into a scowl and her eyes ablaze with anger.

"I said shut up. Or do you have problems hearing as well as loyalty?" she snarled

"Why you- I think it's time you learnt some respect for your superiors"

"Go to hell" she spat

The ANBU walked forward and kicked Sakura in the face, sending her flying against the wall.

"Sakura!" roared Sasuke trying to stand, but the drug hadn't completely worn off on him yet, causing him to stumble and fall.

The ANBU pulled Sakura up by her hair, forcing her to look at him. Wiping some of the blood from her face, he smiled coyly at her.

"You've got such a pretty face" he cooed turning her head by her chin "wouldn't it be a shame if this kunai" he said as he drew one and held it just above her face "was to accidentally slip..."

He growled as Sakura refrained from showing any sign of fear on her face.

"Hurt me all you want, but I'll still kill you when this drug wears off"

"Not if I kill you first"

"Go on and try"

The ANBU dropped Sakura to the ground in a heap and began walking away.

"You've got guts id, I'll give you that. Not that many kids have that kind of spirit anymore"

"Wait!"

The ANBU turned around to face her.

"Where are we?"

"You're beneath the Academy"

"What? Why?"

"Because only a select few know of this underground prison. None of your little friends would ever think of looking for you here"

"What have you done to Sai and Naruto?"

"Who?"

"Don't play dumb with me. All four of us were interfering so no doubt you went after them as well"

"Brains as well. Your one of a kind kunoichi you know"

"Answer the damn question!"

"Persistent too. Alright then, we were sent after your friends, but their putting up a troublesome fight. You two were a lot easier"

"So a girl can't even eat breakfast without being attacked these days" she muttered

The ANBU laughed as he began walking away again.

"I hope Naruto and Sai are alright"

"They'll be fine"

"I hope so"

What seemed like hours, Sasuke and Sakura continued to sit there and look at each other. Neither one of them made a sound, so all was quiet.

Eventually, noised came from somewhere and they both looked up.

"Naruto!" called Sakura as an ANBU walked in with the blonde draped over his shoulder

"What did you do to him?"

"The same thing we did to you" replied the ANBU as he placed Naruto on the floor and chained his leg to the wall

As he left, Sakura crawled over to Naruto. Grateful she could reach him and hold him. After placing his head in her lap, she began stroking his hair and wiping away any excess blood on his face.

"I bet you kicked some ANBU ass today"

Sasuke watched as she tried to smile, but she just couldn't bring herself to do it.

Moving forward, Sasuke sat beside Naruto and watched as Sakura took care of him. He looked at all of them; Sakura was still in her pyjamas, a little dirty from lying on the ground for so long; he was in his usual black ninja outfit and Naruto was in his traditional black and orange jump suit, which was ripped and bloodied from battle.

"How do you think the other 7 are holding up?" he asked

"I don't know, I'm still worried about Sai"

"I'm sure they're all hiding somewhere thinking up a plan"

"I can't believe Tsunade's dead, how could she of been killed so easily?"

"Sakura-"

"She was like my mother!" she was snarling now "That's twice now my mother has been taken from me and I couldn't do anything about it. When I get out of here, I'll make them pay"

"Sakura..."

"Just wait till my chakra returns, and then they'll be sorry"

"Well let's hope it's soon, our village needs us right now"

"I wonder..." she trailed off as she placed her hands on Naruto's chest and concentrated.

Soon, a green glow surrounded her petite hands as Naruto absorbed the healing chakra.

"Good, they didn't block my healing abilities" she sighed

"Or...the drugs wearing off"

"Let's hope it's the latter"

Soon, after what they guessed was about an hour, Naruto finally opened his eyes.

"Naruto!"

He coughed as Sakura pulled him into a tight hug.

"Good to see your alive, dobe"

"Teme? Sakura? What happened?" he groaned

"We'll explain on the way, right now we need to get topside"

"But how do we get out? You don't have your chakra back yet" questioned Sasuke helping Naruto sit up

Standing up, Sakura smirked at them.

"Says who?"

She then swung her leg forward. Naruto and Sasuke watched as the chain was ripped completely off the wall; and Sakura pulled the remainder of it off her ankle. Then she pulled the boys free.

"Now it's time to kick some butt" announced Sakura making her way to the prison doors.

"This fight has only just begun..."

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Well, that's chapter 5 up for you, hope it was okay. I've decided to be mean and say I will refrain from updating this story until I get at least another 10 reviews. Groan all you want, but that's the way it has to be I'm afraid.

See you in 10 reviews time xxx