This is my third story, to those authors I know; you might be wondering why am I writing more than one story. The thing is, while I was writing/typing the other two stories, it came to me saying I should write another story but more exciting. Though if I write another story I might have difficulties of updating the others, I hope you understand. Anyway, I hope you enjoy this story, I updated.

At the hospital, Naruto and Sasuke are both fighting on the roof; trying to see who is stronger. Sakura was there watching them fighting, she was scared that her two comrades could kill each other. Just when they charged each other with Chidori vs. Rasengan, she tried to stop them but, luckily, Kakashi was there and stopped them in time. The fact that her comrades stop fight, she's still upset that she couldn't stop them in time because her emotions keep getting in the way; if only she was strong. So…

Home…

Sakura was at her balcony thinking about her teammates, about what she should have done to make them stop fighting all the time; if her emotions won't get in the way. She watched as the sun is going down and felt like going out for a stroll around the village, trying to clear out her mind for a while. So she left her room went downstairs and head straight to the front door,

"Sakura, where are you going?" her mother asked,

"I'm just going out for a walk," Sakura answered,

"Well don't be out too long, it's getting dark," her mother said as Sakura is exiting through the door,

"I won't," she said and left.

Just as Sakura left her home, she doesn't know a shadow was hidden in the alley, watching her leave. Its blue paled eyes watched her every move and then it disappeared from the alley.

Village, 10 minutes later…

Sakura was walking through the village, passing every stores and building trying to clear her head. Then suddenly… she sensed a strange presence nearby, she quickly turned around and saw no one behind her,

"I've could of sworn I sensed someone is following me" she thought,

"You're just imagining things," Inner Sakura said,

"Yeah… I guess," then she went back walking.

Then the shadow appeared, and hid himself behind the dark building watching Sakura leave; then disappeared again.

Training area, 15 minutes later…

Sakura was looking at the training area remembering the first time that she and her team took their first test and became Genins. Those were the good times… it's too bad it can't last forever. She sighed after that… then she sensed the same presence from before and quickly turned around; but saw no one.

"Okay, I know I sensed someone stalking me," she thought,

"Maybe we should head home now, it's getting late anyway," Inner Sakura said,

"Right," so she left the training area and head back home.

Park, 7 minutes later…

Sakura is on her way home since it's already dark and there's a full moon tonight; she decide to take a short cut through the park. She was almost home until, 'Snap' she heard someone stepped on a twig; she quickly got her kunai knife out, turned around and threw it… and hit a shadow. She got out another kunai as she slowly walk closer to it, just when she was about to see whose her stalker, she saw… a dummy all covered in leaves.

"What the…" she responds, then…

"Don't be alarm…" she heard a voice as she looked around her,

"Who's there?" she said,

"There's no need to be hasty," the voice said,

"Show yourself you coward," she said then suddenly… she gasped when she felt paralyzed as if someone is controlling her body.

"A Paralysis jutsu?" she thought trying to move her body but had no use, then…

"I mean no harm," the voice said as Sakura grip her kunai; then she saw someone coming out of the shadows. It was a boy… around her age but older, wearing black shirt, pants, shoes and gloves… blue short hair, with pale skin and blue eyes. A young handsome boy walked towards Sakura as she stood still; couldn't move a muscle.

"Who are you and why are you following me?" Sakura said with demand then the boy stop and stood a few meters close to her face to face.

"I'm Ibate Kurasaki, a friend whose here to take you out of this village and come join us Sakura," the Ibate said then Sakura took a good look at him as she asked,

"How do you know my name?"

"We know much about you Ms. Haruno, we've been watching you for a while now," he said.

"We?" she thought as Ibate explains,

"We figure that you will be suitable as our newest member and become like us,"

"What is he talking about me becoming a new member and are there others like him?" she thought as she looked at Ibate's paled blue eyes, "And his eyes, there's no emotion in him at all," she thought again.

"I know much about you Sakura… about how much you hate watching people who are dear to you fighting over and over again" he said, Sakura didn't say anything as Ibate continues,

"That no matter how hard you tried, your emotions keep getting in the way; you wished to become strong, so you can no longer feel the pain inside you," he explained. Sakura slowly led her eyes down after what he said was true.

"I know how it is, everyone had that problem before," Ibate said then he released his jutsu and let Sakura have full control again. Sakura was surprise that she can feel her body again, she looked up to him,

"How did you…?" she tried to asked, then,

"That was an example of how powerful we've become if we have no emotions in us," he said.

"No emotions?" Sakura said as the wind blows and the leaves fall,

"That's right, with no emotions you will become powerful; so powerful that you will no longer feel pain inside you," he said, Sakura had her mouth open but couldn't find the words then Ibate took her kunai and held it in front of her.

"With no emotions, you can do whatever you want," he said then he gathered his chakra to make the kunai float on his hand, Sakura was amazed of what he is doing to her kunai. Then the kunai break into tiny little pieces and circulates around his hand; as it circulates, the pieces are being formed together to make the kunai… into a red rose. Sakura became more amazed that Ibate just turned her kunai into a rose; she looked at him again but became speechless,

"Come with us Sakura, leave this village along with your emotions behind; they'll just get in the way. If you keep hold of your emotions any longer…" Ibate showed her the rose but started wilting, fading and petals falling apart, "Then you'll remain weak," he said and dropped the dead rose to the ground.

Sakura shook her head trying to think for a moment then asked,

"I… I don't understand, why me?"

"All your questions will be answered by Lord Akeeba…" Ibate stick his hand out to her, "Until then, we must leave," he said. Sakura looked at him for a moment then his hand,

"If I have no emotions… then I'll become strong," she thought as she slowly led her hand close to his,

"But if I leave, I might never see my friends or my family again," she thought again as she brought back her hand away from his.

"What should I do?" she thought,

"How am I suppose to know, I'm just your Inner thought," Inner Sakura said,

"Well I don't know what to choose; if I choose no emotion I might never see my friends again, but if I choose emotion then I'll never become strong,"

"This is hard,"

"I know," Sakura kept thinking whether to keep her emotion or not, for the cause of becoming strong or leave the village; she also doesn't understand why they chose her as a member and whose Lord Akeeba. Then suddenly…

"Sakura-chan," Ibate said her name, she looked up to him then… she gasped when she looked at his paled eyes as it got paler and made her eyes pale; she felt paralyzed again except her vision was fading then she suddenly felt tired and losing her balance.

Everything has gone black as she closed her eyes; Ibate caught her as she went unconscious, when he picked her up in bridal style, her head-protector fell off of her and dropped on the ground.

"As I said before, we must leave," he said then he started walking away, just as he took one last step, he disappeared in the darkness taking Sakura with him.

Morning at the bridge…

Naruto and Sasuke are at the bridge waiting for Sakura and Kakashi to show up, they're still upset about what happen yesterday back at the hospital, so neither of them said a word for a while.

An hour later…

"Yo" Kakashi appeared,

"You're late!" Naruto said while pointing his index finger at him,

"Sorry about that, I got myself lost in a path of life," he said,

"Liar," Naruto said. Then Kakashi noticed that he only sees Naruto and Sasuke here but not Sakura.

"Have either of you seen Sakura?" he asked them,

"I haven't seen her since yesterday," Naruto said,

"Same here," Sasuke said,

"Odd," Kakashi said. Then a Jounin appeared, "Kakashi Hatake," he said then Kakashi turned to him, "Yes"

"There's a message from the Fifth Hokage, she wish to summon you and your squad members to her office immediately," the Jounin said.

"What is it about?" Kakashi asked,

"That is something that the Fifth Hokage should inform you about," the Jounin said, Naruto and Sasuke are wondering what's going on. Kakashi turned to them,

"I'm afraid we won't be training today, the Fifth Hokage needs to see us immediately," he said to them,

"What for?" Naruto asked,

"Once we see her, she'll tell us," Kakashi said then he, Naruto and Sasuke left the bridge, and on their way to see the Hokage.

Hokage's office…

"Exactly, when did she disappear?" Tsunade asked Mrs. Haruno while she has tears in her eyes,

"Last night, she told me she's going out for a walk and I told her not to stay out too long; until the next thing I knew… she hasn't return home and I have no idea where she could have gone," she said while she wipe her tears falling on her cheeks.

"We'll have some Anbu Blackops to form a search for your daughter," Tsunade said then one of the Jounin came through the door,

"My Lady, I have retrieved the people you wish to speak," he said. Tsunade said to him, "Bring them in"

"Yes my Lady," the Jounin said as he bowed to her then he left the room to get them.

Few minutes later…

The people were gather in office, Team 7, 8, 10 and Gai are all there,

"Say, what's going on, why is everyone here?" Naruto asked Sasuke,

"Beats me," Sasuke said. Then they spotted Lee coming towards them,

"Hey Bushy-Brow, any idea why we're all here?" Naruto asked, Lee shook his head, "No one knows why we're here, my team were in a middle of training until we were called to come here…" Lee looked around, "And why isn't Sakura here? I can't find her anywhere," he asked.

"She hasn't shown up at the bridge this morning, we don't know why," Sasuke said.

Then they all heard someone coming at the door, it was the Fifth Hokage herself with her assistant, Shizune, and… Mrs. Haruno. Team 7 saw Mrs. Haruno with them and can tell that she was crying a moment ago,

"Hey, why is Sakura's mom doing here?"Naruto thought.

"You all must be wondering why I called you here, well I'll tell you but once you hear this it might concern all of you," Tsunade said getting everyone's attention, "I just received an information about…" Tsunade continues until,

"Mrs. Haruno!" they all turned to Naruto as he interrupted,

"Mrs. Haruno, what are you doing here and where is Sakura?" he asked Mrs. Haruno. Mrs. Haruno didn't say anything as she looked away; since Naruto mention about her daughter,

"As I was saying, I just received information about…" Tsunade continues until,

"Naruto, you baka! Why you did that for?" Ino yelled at Naruto after she whacked him on the head,

"I was just asking about Sakura," Naruto said while rubbing his head.

"But you should know better than to interrupt the Fifth Hokage when she speaks" Ino said,

"The thing is that I just received in…" Tsunade said until,

"You're interrupting too," Naruto said to Ino.

"You're the one who's interrupting," Ino said as they both argued.

"Will you two stop arguing, you're giving me a headache," Shikamaru said to them,

"I'm hungry," Choji said,

"Bark! Bark!" Arkamaru barked,

"I don't know how long we're going to be here," Kiba said to him.

"This is wasting my time," Shino said,

"Will you both shut-up already," Sasuke said then everyone else started talking and arguing. Tsunade started twitching her eyebrow, her vein popped out on her forehead while watching everyone not cooperating; she took a deep breath,

"Seems like I have no choice but to cut to the chase," she thought then finally…

"I JUST RECEIVED INFORMATION ABOUT SAKURA HARUNO GONE MISSING LAST NIGHT!"

Then everyone stopped arguing after what she just said. Most of them became silent though others…

"Say what!" Naruto said,

"My youthful flower is missing?" Lee said,

"No way!" Tenten said,

"W-what happened to her?" Hinata said.

"There was a file report about Sakura's disappearance that there was no trace of where she could be. So I figure if all of you have seen her or at least know where she is," Tsunade explained, as Mrs. Haruno stood silent.

"I haven't seen her because I was busy helping my mom in the flower store," Ino said,

"I was at a mission with my dad," Shikamaru said,

"I was… at home, watching over m-my sister," Hinata said.

"I was at the buffet," Choji said,

"Me and Arkamaru were busy training with Shino in the forest," Kiba said,

"My team and I were at a mission," Gai said.

"We were out-Oof!" Kurenai just elbowed Asuma to the side of his stomach, "Out… helping Anko with her errands," Asuma lied while rubbing his stomach where Kurenai elbowed him. "Idiot," Kurenai said while folding her arms.

Then they all turned to Team 7, since they all know Sakura is their teammate,

"Have either of you guys seen her?" Tsunade asked them,

"We haven't seen her since yesterday when…" Kakashi said then looked at his other two comrades as they stood silent, remembering their fight back in the hospital. He looked back at Tsunade, "When they got back from their mission," he said.

Mrs. Haruno looked away again as if she was about to cry because her daughter is missing and no one knows where she is. "I already called out the Anbu's to form a search party, so I want all of you to use your time to find any information about Sakura's disappearance, is that clear," Tsunade said then everyone nodded, "Good, you're all dismissed" she said then she and Shizune left the room; as Mrs. Haruno stood behind.

"How could she disappear?" Ino asked,

"S-something… must of h-happen to her," Hinata said,

"What if she's been abducted," Lee said then Gai said to them,

"Now-now everyone let's not get ahead of ourselves, we get the fact that Sakura's missing but standing around here talking about it won't do any good."

"He's right, we need to help search the village for her," Asuma said,

"So we need to separate and gather any information we can find," Kurenai said as everyone nodded. Then a moment later, Team 8, 10 and Gai left the room to start the search, Team 7 were about to head off until Naruto turned to Mrs. Haruno.

Mrs. Haruno hasn't said a word after informing the Fifth Hokage about her missing daughter, she stood silent as a tear fell from her eye.

"Not to worry Mrs. Haruno…" she turned to Naruto, "We'll find Sakura just you wait," he said trying to cheer her up then he, Sasuke and Kakashi left the room. Mrs. Haruno was left alone after everyone was gone; she held her hands and prayed,

"Please find my daughter… where could she possibly be?"she thought deeply.

Deep forest away from the village…

"Mm…hn….ehh…urgh…" Sakura moaning as she's trying to open her eyes then she heard voices,

"She's waking up," a voice from a little girl,

"Should we give it to her now," a voice from teenage boy,

"No, not yet," Ibate said. Sakura opened her eyes and found herself in a forest, lying under a big tree surrounded by six people.

When she sat up from a bunch of leaves between big roots, she looked around her, and saw two girls and three boys all wearing black. Except one of the girls is a teenager and the other is a little eight-year-old; as one of the boys is a teenager, and the other two are twins around her age. They all looked at her with their paled eyes and have paled skin like Ibate,

"Whe…where am I?" she asked,

"You're in the forest, close enough to leave the Land of Fire," Ibate said as stood next to her,

"Leave…?" Sakura said to herself trying to remember what happen. Then she snapped… "Wait a minute!" she turned to Ibate, "You used a jutsu on me and took me away did you?" she asked as she became upset.

"You weren't making your decision, so I chose it for you," Ibate said,

"By kidnapping me and took me away from my home, that's no way of making a decision," Sakura said.

"As long as you're with us, we'll take you to your new home where Lord Akeeba is," Ibate explained,

"No way, I'm not going anywhere with you people…" she was about to get up, "You can't just… Gah!" her legs suddenly collapsed back to the ground.

"Wha…what just happen, why can't I feel my legs?" she thought as she trembles a bit,

"You misunderstood…" Sakura turned to the little girl who has purple short hair in two pigtails and paled purple eyes wearing a black dress and gloves.

"We're only here to help you," she said, Sakura didn't say anything while she looked at her and then she spotted a doll the little girl was hold; except the doll look exactly like… her. Sakura became shocked that the little girl has a voodoo doll of her and she holding the doll's legs, that's why she can't control her legs.

"After what you've gone through you haven't met the other members," Ibate explained, "The little one over there is Uki Moroku, she's more into playing with her dolls but mostly her voodoo dolls," he said,

"Hello," Uki said. Then Sakura turned to the teenage girl whose also wearing a black dress and gloves but has gold long curly hair and paled gold eyes. "Then there's Kilala Luka, you might be aware that she's blind but can predict the future," Ibate explained,

"I may not know what you look like but I believe you'll be suitable as our new member; or as for me and Uki, our new sister," Kilala said.

"Hold on a minute, I did not agree of joining you people," Sakura said,

"You have no other choice…" she turned to the teenage boy with brown long hair and paled brown eyes; and he is the tallest in the group. He stood next to her,

"We've already spoke with Lord Akeeba and he agrees that you will be included as our newest member," he said.

"This is Dujobe Abagushi, he's the oldest in the group and a halfa," Ibate explained,

"A halfa?" Sakura asked,

"Let's say… he's not just human," Ibate said. Sakura looked at Dujobe again and notice some scars on his neck, shoulders and arms, "What have they been through?" she thought.

"Besides, there's no point of going back where all of your emotions get in the way," one of the twins said, who has dark-green short hair and paled green eyes,

"But once you meet Lord Akeeba, he'll help you become strong and be one of us," the other twin said, who has gray short hair and paled gray eyes.

Sakura turned to them as Ibate explain, "They're the Zukato brothers, Myazo and Fuzca; Myazo can comprehend against heat and the control of ice, as Fuzca is fund with his arachnids and sometime shows some inhabitants with them." Sakura began to tremble a bit and asked, "Did you say…arachnids?" and then see felt something crawling on her legs; she quickly looked at her legs and found… some Tarantulas crawling on her skin. Then…

"Aaaaahhhh!" she screamed as she hates spiders, then started brushing them off of her, but more of them kept coming, "Get them off! Get them off! Get them off! Get them off!" she said as she kept brushing the spiders off of her.

Then Ibate backed away from her as they all stood, watching her being crawled by one of Fuzca's spiders, "Now's the time for all of us to leave," Ibate said. While Sakura was fighting off the spiders, she turned to him, "No wait, I still don't understand why you chose me, and whose Lord Akeeba?" she asked.

"As I once told you from before, all your questions will be answered by Lord Akeeba; but for now we must keep going," Ibate said,

"N-no… I won't," Sakura said as more spiders keeps on coming. Then Ibate turned Fuzca and said, "Now you give it to her,"

"Right," Fuzca said as he turned to his spiders, his eyes turned paler and started communicating his spider friends, "Commence… Fifteen Bites," he said to them; and then… some of the spiders started biting her. She screamed in pain as three of each spiders bit both of her shoulders, along with her knees and at her front abdomen. The spiders were biting very hard not only cause her to scream but also make her body numb.

Until then, Sakura collapsed back down to the leaves after she was bitten; and more spiders are crawling all over her. "I-I can't move," she thought then Fuzca explained to her, "I told my spiders to commence '15 Bites' on you, so in case you're thinking of escaping/ running away, their bites will go straight to your nerve system of each muscles in your body; causing you to lose feelings or, at some cases, make you become paralyze." After that, Sakura just found out that the spiders are starting putting webs on her; that they're going to form a cocoon on her. She wanted to struggle free but she can't feel her body and the spiders are wrapping her up very quickly.

"There's no reason to keep your emotions," Ibate said,

"They always get in the way," Uki said,

"Lord Akeeba will help you like he helped us," Kilala said,

"He'll take away your emotions so you too can become strong," Dujobe said,

"And become one of us," the Zukato brothers said at the same time. As they all watched as the spiders are completing their cocoon on her, Sakura couldn't speak because the tarantulas covered her mouth with their webs. Sakura looked at them as they surrounded her,

"You have no other choice Sakura-chan," Ibate said as the spiders are covering up her face, "No choice at all," he said then at that time, Sakura complete covered in webs as she's trapped inside the cocoon filled with darkness.

To be continued…

I hope you liked it, to those I know and to those I don't know; I'll be working on updating the other chapter. So by the time, please review to me about this, I really liked that a lot. Until then… Bye!