Hey Guys! First off...you guys are freakin AMAZING! I really appreciate the reviews. :) They make meh happy. VERY happy.(wink wink) ;)School's finally out. Now I get to spend my long awaited summer traveling with my best friend! (And writing of course.) XD I was listening to Blood on the Dance Floor and I was laughing my ass off. The lyrics are dirty, but that's why I like em! ;)Enough about my boring life and on with the story! Here is chapter four!

DISCLAIMER: If I owned Naruto, I would make Sakura kill Karin. O.o

Sakura was definitely not the same since she found out about her village's betrayal. She no longer had that happy gleam in her eyes, let alone showed any emotion at all. Her face was just a blank canvas, clear of any trace of life. It was dark when Team Hebi decided it was time to set up camp for the night. Sakura avoided any form of contact and stayed silent the whole way, trapped in her own thoughts. She eluded anyones' gazes, setting up her tent in reticence.

The other members didn't know what was wrong, but one glance at Sasuke told them not to ask. When it was time to eat, she remained mute and barely ate anything. Afterwards, she stood up and silently headed off in the direction of the forest. When she reached the the edge, she stopped and turned around, gazing back at them with dead, lifeless eyes.

"I'm getting more wood." She said blandly and strode off stiffly into the thick trees. The shocked shinobi looked at each other in confusion and continued eating. Sasuke stood up and set off as well without a word.

After blindly walking in the woods for five minutes, Sakura came to a halt and tilted her head to the stars in the black sky. The moonlight painted her face a ghostly blue as memories from her past flooded her mind. Not too long ago, she and Naruto were doing just that, gazing at the stars in a comfortable silence. They would just sit there for hours, safe back at Konoha.

Tears welled up in her eyes and threatened to spill over. She missed her friends, her family. Those people she would probably not see again because of her current status. All the teammates she fought with to protect and all the memories. All to have them crushed by the betrayal and pain brought on by her own teacher.

A single tear cascaded down her cheek, her eyes never leaving the sky. Her heart ached for it all to be normal. That she was rescued by an ANBU team, but she knew what done was done. She clutched at where her heart was, trying to let go of her attachment to the very village she was now an enemy to.

Sakura dropped to her knees as another tear slipped down her cheek and slowly closed her eyes. Her head snapped up at the familiar chakra presence pulsing darkly behind her. She gazed back at the ground as Sasuke leaned against a tree.

"Crying will not do anything. Eventually, the tears dry up and you'll feel empty, alone and full of hatred." He spoke in a cool voice, his gaze resting on the twinkling stars. Of course he knew this. He grew up despising his brother and couldn't wait until he could kill him.

Sakura wiped away the wetness on her face and slowly stood up, a new scarier glint in her eyes. Sasuke watched slightly taken aback, but not showing it. He expected her to break down or even yell at him for his blunt words.

"I know. That's why I want to help you. I want to destroy Konoha."

Tsunade was signing signing off new missions in the Hokage Tower. She had her usual glass of sake right next to her and took a rather large gulp, rubbing her temple. The Hokage was stressed out beyond no end. Her highly skilled apprentice was still missing and could very possibly be dead or captured by the enemy. Sakura wasn't just her most skilled medic nin, but also like a daughter.

Terrible thoughts swam through her head as her door was suddenly yanked open and an ANBU captain ran in. A vein popped in her forehead and glared murderously at the shinobi, pointing her finger at him.

"Who the hell do you think you are? Bursting in here like you own the damn place! Excuse me, but who died and made you Hokage? Hmm!" She yelled, causing the shinobi to flinch and widen his eyes. He knew he made a huge mistake.

Shizune was standing just outside the door, about to enter, but decided that now was her time to leave and not interrupt. It gets very messy when Lady Tsunade is pissed and drunk at the same time. She beat Jiraiya within an inch of his life one time. Let's just say he always knocks at least four times now and waits for an answer.

"Don't just stand there with your mouth open like that, you'll catch flies! Now what do you want?" He closed his gaping mouth and struggled for words.

"Wwe found the rremains of two of our own shinobi. They appeared to be stripped of their faces and they were missing their headbands. Wwe believe there are imposters out there that could have used an unknown jutsu to transform themselves to look like our ninjas. If they reach Sakura before we do and attacked, Sakura would believe we sent them." He stammered, afraid of how the frightening Hokage would react.

Tsunade quickly downed her glass and threw it against the opposite wall where it shattered and left a visible crack. She grabbed the bottle on her desk and tipped it back, drinking a good portion of the sake. Setting it back down, she wiped her mouth with the back of her hand and glared at the offending crack.

"This is not good. What you said is true. If she thinks we betrayed her, I have no doubt things will get ugly. Especially since we don't know where she is or who she's with. Let's hope she is not with Team Hebi. Sasuke knows what the elders did. If she is with him, they might join and attack the village together. Therefore, we would be forced to..."Tsunade shook her head and gazed down at her desk,"We know Sasuke is planning on attacking but we just don't know when." The shinobi nodded.

Tsunade clenched her fists at her side, restraining herself from hitting, well demolishing, her desk. That would be the sixth desk in two months. She knew this was a difficult, yet delicate, situation at hand. It is going to take a lot of time planning and preparing. Time which she might or might not have. Sighing, the Hokage sat back down and finished off the rest of the sake.

Sasuke stared at the broken kunoichi standing in front of him. She just asked him to help destroy Konoha. Did he hear that right? Yes he did. Her intent gaze locked with his.

"Why should I? You could turn on us and help your village." He asked. Sakura's emerald eyes narrowed and she clenched her jaw.

"What makes you think I will help them? Didn't you hear? I'm just like you now, a missing nin and S rank criminal to them." She murmured. Sasuke's eyes flickered to his Sharingan and his whole body tensed.

"We are not alike." He said coldly. Sakura didn't even flinch, and kept her gaze firm. Sasuke raised an eyebrow and waited for her to start crying. Instead, her eyes turned to slits and her fists began shaking.

"You think you are the only one who has been through something so horrible. Well guess what? You are not fucking special. You don't even know what we-" Her harsh words were cut short by a strong hand gripping her throat and shoving her against a nearby tree. She opened her eyes, cringing at the pain racking across her body, to be very close the Uchiha's Sharingan spinning in a slow circle. It began to spin faster and faster until the world around her disappeared.

She found herself in a dark room, only the moonlight streaming through the window. In the center of it was two bloodied bodies laying on top of each other. By the door, a little boy with wide onyx eyes stared at the bodies with a tear stained face. A shadow in the corner shifted to reveal a familiar face of the older Uchiha, Itachi. Sakura watched his parents murders through Sasuke's eyes at least ten times before she was released from the genjutsu.

She fell to the ground panting and sweating. She looked up at the man with now onyx eyes with understanding at what she had seen. Sasuke was surprised she was still concious. No one has ever lasted in his genjutsu without at least being knocked out.

"I know what you went through was terrible, but you are not the only one. My parents were also brutally murdered. Instead of seeking pity, I held it in and was determined to become a better ninja than them." She gasped and stood up shakily. She headed back towards camp and looked back over her shoulder.

"You don't have to be alone." With that, she continued back to camp. Sasuke watched her go with confusion. She certainly had changed, but then again she still had that caring side. He might just let her help after they finish their current task. She could have easily avoided his genjutsu, but instead endured it. That kunoichi, who was once his teammate and fangirl, might just help him escape from his darkness.

Well that was chapter four...I'm not really happy with it and will probably end up editing it along with other chapters but that's how it is right now..If there are any questions or you don't understand parts of it, message me. It probably is a little confusing, but I'll fix it, I promise. :)Peace lovelies!

-causticcally

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