Shock, that's all that was coursing through Sakura's mind as she was jerked roughly into someone's arms and pulled away from the flaming rock that would have crushed her if not for her mysterious savior.
Taking a deep breath she turns only to let out a frightened scream upon seeing the red armor belonging to the one and only Madara Uchiha his armor standing out like a beacon among the darkness that had overtaken the battlefield.
Clenching her fists tightly Sakura tenses prepared to fight for her life but when all Madara does is stand there staring at her in amusement her frayed nerves get the better of her and she snaps "What" she grinds out through her clenched teeth beyond annoyed now.
Chuckling Madara raises an eyebrow gazing at the fiery pink-haired green-eyed girl "What a little fire-cracker you are" he lets out a deep rumbling laugh when she just snarls at him furthering his point.
It was at that moment something snaps inside of him unknown at the moment and reconnects itself to the girl in front of him and he's distracted by the odd feeling blooming with in him.
A gasp startles him but he doesn't let it show turning his gaze onto the girl who obviously had felt the same thing as him and jumps away scowling deeply with in his thoughts 'What the actual fuck' Madara seethes to himself.
'Ok what the hell is going on' Inner pipes up severely pissed off that Madara had just run away with out so much as a backwards glance 'I don't know Inner but we don't have time to contemplate on that we have much bigger things to worry about' Sakura snaps.
'Fine' Inner pouts before fading into the recesses of Sakura's mind allowing her to refocus her attention and on the battles going on around her spotting a orange clad body in the distance Sakura rushes towards it.
Coming to a full stop beside her long time teammate "Naruto are you alright" she asks giving him a look over but finding no serious life threatening injuries nods to herself before glancing around.
"I'm fine" Naruto huffs slightly under his breath in anger as enemy surrounds them on all sides 'Hey Sakura let me help' Inner offers her chakra and Sakura feels her body fill with strength and with a smirk Sakura grins.
"Naruto let me handle this" she says gaining the attention of the boy and he nods watching as her fist raises clenched and filled with her chakra and with a soft "Cha" launches at the first sending him flying around the field.
Quickly taking out the rest Sakura nearly drops to the ground in exhaustion as Inner fades to recuperate her chakra shaking her Sakura pulls herself back towards Naruto looking around for anyone.
'What the fuck was I thinking saving my enemy like that' Madara berates himself as he searches for Obito through the chaos but finds himself distracted by looking for pink-hair instead snarling at himself Madara shakes his head to rid it of the ridiculous thoughts that were plaguing him.
Finally spotting the dark-haired male he was searching for he lands on his feet gracefully before addressing Obito "We will retreat for the night call back our forces" he orders and Obito does so with out question unknowing that this would be the last night of their attack.
Seeing the disappearing enemies Sakura knows that they were retreating for the night and falls to the ground in relief at the short reprieve of fighting when she is nearly trampled by Lee who runs past her in a flurry she stands realizing that she still had work to do.
Running from shinobi to shinobi Sakura does all she can to heal everyone that she can hours pass and she's running extremely low on chakra when she's given a break from healing their shinobi forces.
Trudging her way to a spot a short distance from the camp she literally flops down on the ground unable to continue standing and is out almost instantly unaware of the danger brewing just on the other side of the battlefield.
As morning light breaks over the horizon the last of the shinobi force tenses waiting for the next attack but when hours pass and nothing happens the shinobi allow themselves to fill with hope that the war would finally end that day.
On the other side of the battle field Obito was confused as to why Madara wasn't ordering him to attack "What is going on Madara" Obito snaps "We are no longer attacking" Madara answers calmly.
"Why not then what was the point of starting the war in the first place" Obito snarls growing angry "To create peace with the Eye of the Moon plan and rid the world of this hatred and war" Madara recites easily.
"But if all that is going to do is create more war and hatred then the whole plan is pointless" he continues on much to Obito's growing anger who would still very much like to be reunited with Rin.
Lowering his head Obito snaps "Fine if you won't attack then I will" and jumps over the ridge headed towards the shinobi's camp very much aware that it was mid-day and that the enemy would see him clearly and be able to set up a counter attack.
Head snapping up feeling the approaching chakra Sakura curses as she fully awakens realizing that she was quite a ways away from camp and that the chakra was approaching her at a rapid speed.
'See what happens when you sleep in strange places' Inner mocks her outer self causing Sakura to snap 'Be quiet' and Inner does so just as Obito comes to a full hault several meters ahead of her.
Grinning as he comes across the first enemy he realizes that it's the pink-haired girl on the Kyubi's team and Obito decides that Sakura would be the first one he killed and he leaps forward.
'Gah' Sakura makes a small noise as she ducks under the swing before leaning backwards as Obito tries to kick her waiting for the right moment before cartwheeling backwards to get on even ground.
Frowning as he just charges at her head on throwing a few kunai Sakura fills her fist with chakra and waits for Obito to be with in punching range.
Letting her fist fly it hits Obito in the chest sending him skidding back several meters and he coughs rubbing where the punch had landed smirking as he compliments her.
"My that was quite a powerful punch for such a little girl but unfortunately for you that kind of power isn't enough to beat me in a fight" he smiles at her cockily.
Getting fed up with the male's arrogantness Inner decides to lend some chakra to her Outer counter part once again and lets the chakra flow freely.
Feeling the shift in Inner Sakura smiles this time "You see I think I can beat you Obito" she announces softly causing said man to scowl at her.
Leaping forward with her fist raised Sakura dodges all of Obito's attacks one by one much to his frustration and anger and he curses 'FUCK where did she get that much power from?'
Chuckling as Madara watches the small pink-haired girl give his subordinate a hard time he decides that's it's time he intervene before one of them got hurt and he was certain that it would be Obito.
Landing in between the two right as Sakura was about to land a kick Obito in the groin he grabs hold of her arm much to her aggravation.
Ignoring the girl struggling to get away from him he turns to Obito "Enough I told you that there would be no more fighting and yet you disobeyed my orders Obito" Madara glares at the younger man.
Turning to the still struggling girl he smiles before she snaps at him to let her go "Let me go" she continues struggling realizing that Madara wasn't really holding her arm tightly and that it was a very gentle hold.
Complying with the girls wishes he does so and she jumps back gazing at the two Uchiha's warily while Obito grumbles under his breath about how everything was unfair.
Rolling his eyes at Obito Madara grabs him by the scruff of his shirt collar and not really turning back to Sakura tells her that the war was over and disappears in the morning light much to Sakura's confusion.
'What the actual fuck was that' Inner appears eyes wide and just as confused as her Outer self 'Just shut up Inner' Sakura snaps feeling a migraine coming on due to Inner's incessant whining.
Heading towards the camp Sakura ignores Inners complaints about Madara and why the hell he would take the time to save them not once but twice.
Reaching camp the first person Sakura comes across is Shikamaru she grabs him by the front of his flak jacket "Madara has called off the war" she mumbles under his breath.
Staring at Sakura dumbly in confusion Shikamaru furrows his eyebrows "Huh" he answers smartly causing Sakura to yell at him "I said MADARA HAS CALLED OFF THE WAR" before releasing him to find someone else to scream at.
Processing her words Shikamaru groans under his breath before performing hand signs for his signature jutsu to capture Sakura in his shadow before she could go stomping through the camp in her rage.
Growling as she is physically stopped in her tracks courtesy of Shikamaru's shadow possession jutsu she hears him ask her if what she said was true.
Turning towards him in her captured state Sakura gives him an unimpressed glare "Of course I'm sure it's true I was right there we were very close to being attacked and he appeared and stopped Obito" she answers smartly.
Releasing her from his jutsu Shikamaru gives a sigh of relief and Sakura takes that chance to disappear to let Tsunade know that the war was over.
Finally spotting her among the other Kages who all looked ragged and run down as everyone else she practically leaps forward latching onto Tsunade.
"Madara has called off the war and has retreated" she repeats to the 5th Hokage "Your sure Sakura" Tsunade asks and Sakura nods in certainty as she summons Katsuyu.
Relaying the message to her summons who then disperses to alert the remaining ninja on the battlefield that the war was now over and that everyone could return home safely.
As the message is being passed around and cheers filled the air Madara was still close by and could hear those cheers and he smirks before doing one last thing for them.
"Rinne-rebirth" he calls out softly allowing his chakra to fill the odd summon behind and little green lights filled the air feeling the sacrifice take hold of him.
After a few moments Madara reforms before disappearing from the ninja world not to be heard from for months to come only brought out a pink-haired girl that he was now and forever unknowingly linked to.