Disclaimer: How you people mock me, I don't really know who owns this but I'm telling you it definitely isn't me.

Introduction Notes: Hello people!

This is a gift for my step-uncle who recently turned seventeen! Happy birthday Dude! Anyway, I remember that almost everytime I spend the weekend at the house he shares with his brother he almost always seems to be playing this Naruto game. I am vaguely aware that a lot of people like this magna and decided that for once I would actually give my uncle a story he might like. Anyway, he already read this and loved it, begging me to make more so if you guys have any ideas please message me or review me with them!-Thanks!

And without further adeu here we go!

Never Again

Chapter One: Never Again will I be weak

Intro: I was always the normal one, the one without a curse mark that made me unimaginably strong, the one without a nine tails spirit that crackled with power, the one without years of training in the black ops that made me tough with knowledge, but it did make me the one that always held everyone back, the weak link. So what if I cut my hair? The other team still came in and saved my butt, and Sasuke- I would never forgive myself. Somehow I felt the whole ordeal was my fault that it was because of me poor Sasuke was forced to leave in search of more power. Or so I thought. Another thing I always thought was why can't those boys just make peace with their demons, to co-exist instead of constantly fight with them. I don't know why I always thought that; it nagged at my brain distracting me constantly. But today, I have a strange feeling I, Sakura Haruno am about to find out what I have been missing my whole life.

I just stood there, looking at him. I could barely believe that that was Naruto, that the miniature version of the Nine-Tails sitting before me was my best friend.

"I can't believe he would go this far, Just to save Sasuke." Kabuto said, despite his irritating tone of voice and over cocky composure his words hit home. Suddenly I realized that it truly was him, that that was really Naruto.

(Flashback)

"Don't you worry one bit I'm gonna bring Sasuke back! I promise that on my life Sakura."

"I haven't given up, Listen! I swear I am still going to keep my promise!"

"If I say I'm gonna do it that means I will, okay? Don't forget my way of the shinobi is I always stand behind what I say!"

(Flashback Ends)

I felt the weakness well up inside of me again, a feeling all to familiar for me. The weakness spilled over, sliding down my face in the form of tears that showed how truly weak I was.

"Now the boy is gone and only the monster remains." Kabuto said flatly, the words echoed around in my sub-conscious. This situation was all too familiar, too déjà vu for my liking.

"Sasuke-" the sorrowful name kept ringing around in my head, I was too late for him too late to save him from himself. I had to try, I had to try and stop Naruto before it was too late. And the next thing I knew, I was carelessly running toward the stunted nine-tails. A new name began to ring in my head.

"Naruto-" relentlessly it repeated, every step I took felt like a minute of its own. Time itself seemed to slow down as I barreled towards him, pleading with him like I did Sasuke.

"Sakura come back!" captain Yamato called out, I heard him and knew that I probably should have listened to him, but it was too late.

"You have to stay away from him!" He yelled again, but my feet wouldn't stop. In fact, the only thing that was going to stop me now was death itself. I felt my shoulder brush past that bastard Kabuto, and promised myself secretly that someday I would ensure he got a special delivery of ass kicking from me. Assuming I could prove him wrong about Naruto, and I knew that Naruto was still in there, somewhere.

"Naruto!" I screamed, my voice riddled with the sound of a meltdown in progress. I had to save him, and I couldn't fail. I had managed to snap Sasuke out of it once before, and I could do it again. I think.

"Naruto stop! It's ok I can rescue Sasuke! I'm begging you to stop this right now!" I wailed, continuing to close in on his fiery form. Tears effectively blurred my vision, making his menacing form all the more mysterious. But that didn't matter, all I could think was that I had to save Naruto, I had to.

"Naruto please! I'm begging you please stop!" I screamed, tripping over my own foot yet catching myself before I could hit the ground. I looked up, and realized that he was sitting right in front of me, looking in Orochimaru's direction. I realized to my horror that I had made a grave mistake, that this situation was nothing like Sasuke's. This demon had complete control over Naruto and was controlling his mind; it wasn't like Sasuke who was at least in a state of mind. I looked into those white, bottomless eyes and saw nothing but a dangerous demon. He turned and looked at me, the creature- no, Naruto raised one of its tails. I tried to move but my feet were glued to the spot, rendering me a complete victim of what was about to come. Useless as always, someone always had to come and save me, someone always had to come and rescue me from impending doom. I was like a little kid, always having to be watched out for.

That tail of his hit me like nothing ever had before, harder than anything I'd ever known, faster than anything id ever seen, and I just stood there and took it. I felt my helpless body go flying as Naruto's tail made contact with my arm, and not a moment later I felt the hard rocky ground reach out to harshly catch my stunned body. I landed hard, adding to the shock my body was in. I just lay there; trembling with a pain so great it made my whole body shutter. A pain that easily topped that of a sword being rammed through my gut, or anything else I might have ever felt. It felt like fire itself was growing from my arm, its burning tongue licking me and scarring me forever. But I felt something else; something that numbed my whole body and it wasn't poison.

"Oh great" I thought, "I'm going to be possessed or even killed by that damn nine-tails now! Thanks a lot Naruto" but the wound on my arm now yielded a strange feeling, a numb tingling sensation that began where the wound was and had begun to make its way up my arm. "What the-" I managed to hoarsely whisper, completely unaware of anything else but myself. This feeling was strange; it was almost like the numb sensation was a living creature, a being. And as if to back up my proof, I suddenly sensed something that sent shivers up my spine and caused me to gasp. But someone rudely interrupted my sudden and disturbing discoveries, and they were going to regret it.

"Hmm, What a shame." Kabuto said, I couldn't believe it! He was actually mocking me, and I was letting him do it. No wonder everyone thought I was so weak! Suddenly my attention shifted away as I noticed that strange, foreign feeling grew stronger, stronger with my anger. I allowed it to continue on that path until it was large enough for me to identify- Chakra? Yes, it was Chakra I sensed rapidly growing on my arm. But it wasn't that of the nine-tails, it was my own yet foreign at the same time.

"Ahh!" I cried out in pain, squeezing my eyes tightly shut again. This strange Chakra was so eerily familiar, like it was always inside me lying dormant until the right moment. My arm sent a new wave of pain through my body, causing it to shudder madly in response but my mind grew more enraged, more frenzied with every moment I spent on the ground.

"Sakura!" I heard someone faintly cry out, it was captain Yamato. A moment later I managed to see him jump in front of me, shielding me from Naruto. That action-though admirably heroic- only served to make me angrier. I had sworn long ago that I was done sitting back, I was done watching everyone else fight for me, that I was done being weak! Yet here I was, lying on the ground and watching a fellow teammate take the battle for me.

"No…" I managed to hoarsely grunt, "Ne-Never Again!" I felt the anger raising within me, and with it that strange Chakra. I didn't know what was going to happen, I only had a strange inkling that this strange Chakra was going to help me. I tried to get up, leaning on my un- injured arm for support, but suddenly my vision went spotty. Everything started spinning madly making me feel like I was going to throw up, and the darkness closed in before slowly eating my vision completely.

(Dream-State)

Everything was dark and hazy, confusing and maddening to the mind. Of course, it was the dream state. A place I often visited-Alone.

"Ah- Sakura Haruno. It has been too long." I whipped around, startled at this new, strange voice, and quickly pulled out my trusty kunai and held it up neck level. I hadn't bothered to notice who was intruding upon my dream until now, and it rendered me in shock.

"Now now child. Why so aggressive hmm? If you kill me then you die as well you should know that by now." Spoke the dragon, yes a dragon. There was a large, serpent-like eastern style dragon standing right in front of me. Her voice sounded like my own, just older and more matured. And her coat was faintly shadowed with a pale, pastel pink just like my hair. And those eyes, those eyes! They were undobtubly mine! Normally in a situation like this I would be glued to the spot in terror, but strangely enough I felt nothing but the familiar Chakra radiating from the creature. I felt the kunai slide out of my hands, falling to the ground creating a clattering noise that rang through the strange dream and broke the silence. I saw the lips of the dragon curl up into a tentative smile, approving my previous actions. Somehow I felt like I knew this creature, and I felt that she was just like me. I realized that the dragons "mean girl" attitude was just an act, and that her true nature was mine. I don't know how but I could see into the creature's very soul, and it was my own.

"You- you are me?" I said, my voice cracking slightly. I suddenly became aware of the fact that I might not be the ordinary one anymore, that I might be special just like every one else on team Kakashi.

"Likewise." She replied politely.

"Are you a demon? Or a curse?" I asked suspiciously, yet even though my words came out slightly laced with venom I found myself lowering my guard.

"Neither Sakura. I am your real power, your real Chakra. Not that of some curse, or a demon sealed inside. You are more strong and special than anyone could've ever imagined Sakura, even yourself." She said calmly, or I said? I was very confused, nothing made sense yet at the same time everything did. My first reaction was to assume that every word was a lie, that I needed to fight this spirit. But I remembered the nagging thought that always drove me nuts; I had always wondered why my teammates couldn't just make peace with their demons. Why couldn't Naruto just be-friend the nine tails and maybe then he could use its power without losing control?

"So you are me? Why couldn't I see you before? Why can I only feel you now?" I asked a tad impatiently, my mind continuously drifting back to Naruto and captain Yamato.

"You always had this power within you Sakura. But I was merely meant to guard it, keeping it locked up until you could fully understand that this power was to be accepted, worked with, and not fought against and abused. I am merely here to ensure you don't make the same mistake you are about to save Naruto from, and the time has come." I didn't quite know what to make of the situation at first, all I could do was stand there and stare at my own power.

"If you are ready I am willing to release your true Chakra now Sakura, if you are ready you may bond with it and merge. Are you ready to save your friends?" The dragon calmly asked, her eyes burning with the anxiousness of my answer.

"If I accept this as who I am, will I have more courage? Will I finally be able to stand up for myself? "I tentaviley asked.

"Sakura, you decide when you have the courage to do what is right. You decide when to take action, and you decide when to finally accept yourself for who you are. I feel your emotion; I know that you are done watching everyone else do the work for you. I know that you are ready, ready to finally accept who you really are! But, the question is, do you think that you are?" She said, her words rang loud and clear in my head. Sending me into a small seething rage, because it was true. The promise I had made to myself a couple of years ago had been neglected, a promise to never again stand back helplessly and watch others take my burdens.

" Sakura Haruno, are you ready to become the ninja you were meant to be, are you ready to save your friends?" She asked, practically yelling now as our rage soared. With tension easily tangible in the air I clenched my fists, determination pulsed throughout me stronger than it ever had before. Courage burned strongly within my heart once again, and I knew now that I was not afraid. I would save Naruto and Sasuke from themselves, I would be the one to say ' Ya, I guess I did save you.' Never again would I sit behind and watch other get hurt and die for me, from now one I would be the one to save the day. I looked up, imagining the slightly disturbing look of determination on my face, coupled with the smug grin.

"Always Ready!" I yelled, the dragon grinned back at me.

"Good." Suddenly the dragon was enveloped in light, she sprung toward me, entering my heart easily. Everything turned black again, my world spinning uncontrollably until I finally hit the bottom, until I hit reality.

(End Dream State)

(Third person POV)

Sakura Haruno opened her eyes, her sight immediately returned to her. She saw that almost no time had passed since she blacked out and that Captain Yamato was desperately trying to seal the Chakra within Naruto. But for some reason it wasn't working.

"Never Again!" Sakura Shouted, startling Captain Yamato. She felt the enormous amount of Chakra flowing through her, and it felt good. She grinned, and felt herself begin to change.

"Never again will I let my friends take the fall for me!" She bellowed, but it came out in a roar that shook everything like a massive earthquake. A roar that caused trees to fall within a two mile radius, a roar that caused Kabuto to scamper off like a scared puppy with his tail in between his legs. Sakura felt almost feral, this new source of chakra sent waves of energy throughout her body screaming to be put to the test. But Sakura was smart, she would not allow herself to be consumed by new found power, she would put it to good use and keep control of her mind. Captain Yamato turned and looked at his student wide-eyed.

"Sakura! You're a- a-"