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Sakura's POV

Sakura moaned and rolled over onto her back. "Unnn..."

What was going on? This wasn't her bed...

Suddenly, she sat up, realization hitting her. Desperately, she tried to stand, only to realize that her hands and ankles were bound with some sort of twisted metal. When she tried to break them with her unnatural strength, it failed. Chakra restraining.

She'd been captured by the Mizuno. The fight came flooding back to her. She'd been preoccupied with anxiously watching the battles taking place around her, waiting for a moment she could jump in. All of a sudden, a hand had clapped around her mouth, and a kunai was placed at her throat. It was the man she'd hit earlier.

"You're coming with me," he whispered harshly in her ear. "It's obvious we won't capture the Uchiha in this battle, but it seems the younger one has taken a liking to you. I wonder what he'd do if you were...taken away."

Sakura had struggled, but the man had skillfully knocked her out with a blow to the back of the neck. She remembered nothing after that.

Now she was lying on the floor in a dark, dirty cell. A winged guard stood by the door. He was a young man, not much older than her, with white hair up to his shoulders and strange violet eyes. A huge sword, almost as big as him, was strapped to his back. He grinned at her uncomfortably when he saw her wake up. "Um...hello. How are you feeling?"

Sakura glared at him. "What kind of dumb question is that! I've been stolen away from my home by a bunch of white-winged freaks who want to steal one of my friend's eyes, locked me in a cell, and restrained my chakra! How the heck do you think I feel?"

The guard scratched the back of his neck, looking a bit guilty. "Please don't blow up on me, miss. I don't like what they did to you, and I don't think that our leader is right in wanting to take the Sharingan, but what can I do? I'm just a lowly guard! I have to do my job, or else I'll just be killed for being useless."

Sakura scooted herself into a sitting position against the wall. "Well, don't let me get in your way then."

"I'm sorry, miss!" The guard said hurriedly. "I'd like to help you escape, but I don't know how. Even if I took off your bindings, the rest of them would just recapture you, and then I'd die too."

Sakura sighed. "You can stop calling me miss. My name is Sakura."

"Suigetsu," the guard said cheerfully, giving her a toothy grin. Sakura shuddered. His teeth had all been sharpened to points, and one peeked out of his mouth slightly even when it was closed, giving him a rather shark-like appearance. "It's a pleasure to meet you."

"Huh," Sakura muttered. She couldn't really say she was pleased to meet him. But she had to try to stay on good terms with him. All the other members of this clan seemed ruthless and evil. The only one who might actually help her was Suigetsu. "It's nice to meet you as well."

Suigetsu smiled and seemed to be about to say more, when he cocked his head and put his ear on the door. "Oh look, that sounds like Karin coming with your dinner."

The door opened a few moments later, revealing a red haired woman about the same age as Suigetsu. She wore glasses over her brilliant vermillion eyes, and carried a tray of food in her hands.

The girl, apparently named Karin, glared down at Suigetsu. "Sui! Were you flirting with the prisoners again! You know how I feel about that!"

"Huh? No!" Suigetsu put his hands up in defense. "I swear, I was just talking to her a bit! Just getting to know her--"

"Getting to know her!" Karin screeched. "Why? Do you no longer care about me? Does our relationship mean nothing to you? I don't know what to do with you! I don't know how on earth we've lasted three years together already, but I think it may be over now! You just can't control yourself, can you!"

"I-it's not that!" Suigetsu said weakly. "I was just discussing my opinions on Lord Masaaki's rule--"

"Your opinions are treacherous!" Karin exclaimed. "If you don't keep quiet, our heads will roll!" She glared down at Sakura. "Know your place, girl! We don't have the time to deal with idiots." Turning on her heel, she stormed out of the room, slamming the door behind her.

Suigetsu gestured weakly to the door, an apologetic smile on his face. "That's Karin. My--"

"Yeah, I know," Sakura grumbled. "Hey, how am I supposed to eat without my hands?"

"Um...I suppose I could..." Suigetsu began, picking up the chopsticks.

"No!" Sakura snapped, her eyes blazing. "Don't you dare!"

They eventually came to a compromise. Suigetsu snapped chakra restraining cuffs onto her wrists, and untied her hands from the back, apologizing the entire time. Sakura began to feel a little sorry for him. She understood that if he didn't do exactly what was told of him, he would likely be disposed of.

Her hands now in front of her, she picked up her chopsticks. "Thank you, Suigetsu. I'll be sure to tell Sasuke not to kill you when he comes to rescue me."

"Oh...ok." Suigetsu frowned. "Thanks?"

Sasuke's POV

"I'll KILL whoever took her!" Sasuke raged. "They'll be sorry they were ever born!"

Sasuke and Itachi sat in hospital beds, seething. Itachi was strangely quiet, staring dejectedly down at his hands. He didn't say anything as his brother vented his anger.

Naruto and Kakashi had half carried half dragged them to the hospital, since their own injuries had been much less severe. Lady Tsunade had gasped in horror when she heard what had happened to her pupil, and had nearly given Sasuke another beating for letting that happen. But there was no way they could go after Sakura, they reasoned, since the only ones who could fly were Sasuke and Itachi. And right now, they couldn't even walk.

Naruto banged his fist on a table. "How did I let that happen!" He cried. "I should've kept a closer eye on her."

"No," Sasuke said miserably. "I should've just made her leave. I knew that fight was way too dangerous for her to be a part of. It's my fault."

"Whoever's at fault, we can decide later," Kakashi broke in. "What we should do is come up with a plan to retrieve her."

"As soon as possible!" Sasuke added. "We have no idea what they might be subjecting her to right now."

Lady Tsunade reentered the room at that moment. "It seems," she began, her tone regretful, "that even with my healing ability, you two will be hospitalized for at least a week."

"What! We don't have that long!"
Sasuke shouted. "I need to go after her."

"We all feel the same way you do," Kakashi said quietly. "But you won't be of much help to Sakura by going there weak and not fully healed."

Sasuke gripped his hands into fists, knowing Kakashi was right. "Even so, I can't stand it."

Quietness followed. Suddenly, Itachi banged his fist on the bedside so hard, everyone jumped. "No! They won't do this to us! I'm sick of them taking everything we care about. When we fought them, I should have tried harder...done more...they're screwing up our lives and I CAN'T TAKE IT!!!"

Sasuke put his head in his hands, repeatedly running his fingers through his hair. "They won't screw with us anymore. I'm going to save Sakura."

"You have a plan?" Kakashi asked levelly.

"I do."

"And what would that be?"

Sasuke looked them all in the eye. "I'm going to give myself up."

Sakura's POV

Sakura sat in her cell, her hands once again behind her back, chatting idly with Suigetsu. She learned that he'd been born into one of the lower ranking families, and had worked his way up to becoming a guard, in hopes of earning more food for his family.

He seemed impressed by Sakura's medical prowess, saying that their clan hadn't advanced that far into the technological world. Kind of like Sasuke, Sakura thought, giggling slightly when she recalled his confusion with the elevator.

The more she spoke, the more she learned about the Mizuno clan. It seemed that only the higher ups were the ones causing corruption. The rest were mostly poor, and had no say so whatsoever. They lived under the threat of the sword, and blindly followed the orders that were given to them by their superiors.

However, underneath the iron rule, a rebellion was bubbling. The members had kept their identities secret, and had been plotting for years. Suigetsu proudly told her he'd been their messenger ever since he was fourteen.

Sakura realized she liked Suigetsu. Her first impression of the Mizuno was that they were all evil, conniving monsters, but she soon found that most were just innocent civilians who had no part in the destruction of Sasuke's people.

"So, you have a relationship with Sasuke Uchiha?" Suigetsu asked eventually.

Sakura went red. "No, he's not--we're not--it's nothing like that!"

"I can tell from the way you talk about him," he grinned. "It's the same way I talk about Karin. I know she was kinda harsh with you, but deep down she's a good person. Her and I met when I saved her from drowning. I turned into a fish."

Sakura laughed, and Suigetsu looked pleased. "Yeah, she wasn't too good at shapeshifting yet--it's more for the elites, but I knew enough to get her out of that mess. We were friends after that, but later on we became something more." He looked away, his eyes glazing slightly. "What I really want to do is marry her and run away where no one will ever find us."

"You must really love her," Sakura said a bit wistfully.

"Yeah, I do," Suigetsu sighed. "We--" he stopped short then, and quit talking. Straightening his back, he stood at attention, his easygoing expression gone, replaced by a scowl.

Sakura was about to open her mouth to ask what was wrong when she heard the footsteps outside the door.

Sasuke's POV

The room was silent, staring.

Everyone present stared at him in shock.

Then Itachi spoke. "No."

"Itachi, just let me expla--"

"No!" His voice was harsh and cold. "You will do nothing of the sort!"

"I know the risks! Just let me go!"

"NO! I will not allow another member of my family to needlessly die!"

"I WON'T DIE!"

Itachi looked at him coldly. "You heard my answer."

Sasuke's face became closed off. He lay back on his pillows, staring at the ceiling.

"Do you understand me, Sasuke?"

There was no answer.

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