Chapter 10

                                    

                                          
Sasuke: 
                          
Sasuke looked at the now sleeping woman, her face still stained with tears and held an expression filled with heartbreak, he watched as she tossed and turned, seeming to be reliving her past, 'she must feel so alone' he thought, 'just like me...'
                          
Sasuke sat on the bed next to her, he had taken her to his room, he didn't really know why, he told himself it was easier for him to access than hers, but he wasn't sure he had convinced himself, this woman was for some reason important to him, and he was not letting her out of his sights. he looked at the sleeping pink head, her breaths were short, and her face tense, her plump lips were stretched into a tight line, her long dark lashes and neat brows scrunched in a look of despair, she had looked so vulnerable earlier, her stubborn strong willed nature trampled on, it seemed she too was still healing. 
                          
She had been silent for a while, he stared at the small square of paper that she had pointed at, as if she were afraid of it, Sasuke read it over and over, "Surrender Haruno, or more will die" he was pissed, he refused to surrender her, or be at the mercy of another, his clan would never bend to the will of the Akatsuki, or his Uncle he thought darkly, and like hell was Sasuke letting anyone take Sakura away from him, after all the Uchiha was never very good at sharing. 
                          
He rose to leave the room, certain Sakura would be fine, he had to show Naruto the note Sakura had found, and determine what needed to be done. He left the room without a word. 
                          
Sasuke sent for his closest allies and Naruto sent for his, 

                          
soon Suigestsu, Jugo, Karin, Gaara, Kankuro, Sai, choji and Ino arrived, 
                          
Sasuke pulled them into his office and begun to explain the events of the last few days, 
                          
"Sakura is here now?" Ino questioned, Sasuke nodded at the blonde woman, "shes asleep right now, but yes she is here and is the only reason Shikamaru is alive..." Sasuke said, the others looked at the floor,

                          
"Madara is behind all of this," Sasuke growled "The murder of my brother, my parents, your families, everything! We will kill the bastard no matter what" he seethed, 
                          
the others looked down, Naruto simply nodded, his face emotionless, he had faced similar problems, his parents were murdered when he was a baby, murdered by Madara. Leaving him with no one, Sasuke and Naruto grew closer and shared scarred paths, they were brothers now, Sasuke trusted him with his life, likewise Naruto trusted Sasuke, they shared a special bond, not that either of them would ever say that out loud, but they had been there for each other through the best and worst times, so their alliance was natural once they both took over their gangs. 
                          
Sakura: 
                          
Stretching her arms out, Sakura took in a familiar smell, it wrapped around her slim frame in a tight embrace, she opened her eyes and a blinked a few times, sitting up she saw she was in a large modern room, the bed she was in had silver and gray covers, with white sheets, looking around the general aesthetic was made up of cooler tones of grays, blacks, silvers and whites, with large windows looking out over the country side, 
                          
standing up Sakura let her long hair fall loosely around her shoulders, she noticed a photo on the bedside table, it was of a family, the mother beautiful with fair skin and long dark hair, the father, tall with a strong and serious expression on his face, the older son his hair tied back in a low pony tail was laughing at the younger brother, the younger brother who stood there pouting at the camera, his dark raven coloured hair a spiky mess on top of his head, they all shared the same deep onyx eyes, 
                          
"This is Sasuke..." Sakura thought to herself, looking at the little pouting boy, "I wonder where the rest of his family is?" 
                          
Realizing she was in his room, and woke up in his bed she blushed madly, what on earth was she doing there? The last thing she could remember was... "Surrender Haruno, or more will die"