Hell of the Unexpected

Chapter 1: incomplete

Disclaimer: Naruto isn't mine, if I did own it all the bad-good guys like Haku, Kimimaru, Zabuza, Neji and several others wouldn't die

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Paragraphs are flashbacks

Inner Sakura

(Will come out at some point)

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Trying to ignore one's surroundings while crying over the body of one's crush, was harder than she could have ever thought. Even as she wailed like a baby over the dark haired boy that currently looked like a pin cushion, she could still hear the arguing that Naruto and that false hunter-nin were doing and the fighting that Kakashi-sensei and Zabuza were doing with renewed vigor. She knew her charge was standing just behind her and she had really better stop crying and get her ass in gear because she just knew that someone was about to kill them.

The sudden realization that the approaching footsteps were possibly enemies Sakura's head snapped up to stare wide eyed at the freakishly tall figure that just skid to a stop just a few feet from her. Sakura watched as the dark figure raised one hand and she realized that there was no way in hell that the huge weapon was just a stick.

"Tazuna!" Sakura screamed, she saw the huge black thing start come down and she did the only thing she thought she could do. She crabbed Sasuke by his shoulder and flung him into the old bridge builder, forcing the old man out of the way of the swing of the humongous weapon that was undoubtedly a sword. Sakura managed to jump up in time to dodge the swing, but she had to place her hands on the edge of the blade to give herself an extra jump that gave her enough room to get away from the dark figure.

Oh no! Sakura imminently felt the difference in her chakra the moment she touched the sword and used chakra to give her an extra boost. When Sakura landed with a slight roll, Tazuna was already hurrying towards her with Sasuke in his arms.

"Keep running Tazuna!" Sakura screamed as she threw one of her kunai knifes to delay the figure that charged after Tazuna. She waited until Tazuna passed her before she threw any paper bombs at the figure. The explosion was stronger than she was expecting and the bridge buckled and rolled with the excessive amount of power she had added to the exploding tags at last minute.

Now I know why mom said to never add chakra to the bombs. Sakura thought as she ran and tried her best to use what chakra she had to gain enough speed to protect Tazuna's back as he ran full tilt away from the charging figure.

Sakura ducked as she felt the air shift slight behind her, she felt the massive sword snatch rudely at her long hair and Sakura spun out of range of the hideously large blade. Sakura cursed as she slowed in her spinning, she still couldn't see throw the thick fog; if only she could do something to make it go away. Sakura ducked under another swing and jabbed her Kunai up into the shadow's arms before she spun away, she didn't care if she hit him or nicked him she just wanted him to stop and give her enough time to think. Apparently she hit her mark because the hug shadow stopped moving, seemingly taking in what she had just did. Sakura took that advantage and started to back away towards her teammates, she lost track of Tazuna and she could only pray that he didn't get hurt.

What is it that we can do? Inner Sakura asked with a thinking pose.

No Ninjutsu, no gekegenkai, no Genjutsu. Sakura recited to herself as she spun yet again to avoid another furious swipe at her head. Just exceptional chakra control and brains!

"Quite running little Genin~" the shadow chuckled as Sakura slid into a low crouch, her eyes swinging every which way. "Your quite fun to play with. Why don't you tell me who you are?" Sakura gritted her teeth in aggravation, if only she could find a way to get her chakra into the air and create a gust or something that would spin the mist away. Suddenly the image of the first time she saw the fake hunter-nin appeared in Sakura's mind's eye, if only she could get her chakra to rotate around herself like that. That strange jutsu moved everything around him, even the mist—Sakura gasped as the realization hit her.

If she could find a way to spread out her chakra around her and create a current or something that would pull the air and consequently the mist towards herself she just might be able to give her teammates enough visibility to help her!

Okay time for an experiment! Inner cheered helpful, Sakura spread out her hands to either side of herself and spun on the tips of her toes. Using chakra at her feet to make her spin faster until she was just a blur in the mist and then summoned chakra to her hands and spread it out words, envisioning a fan as she did so.

Please Kami-sama, let this work! Sakura prayed as she spun faster and faster.

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Kakashi gritted his teeth as he summoned his chakra to his right hand, it was still difficult to form the Chidori but as soon as he started the electricity then he had no problem with getting the rest of the chakra to do his bidding. He had Zabuza bound with his nin-dogs and all he had to do now was pierce the man in the chest, then everything would be over. As he ran forward Kakashi could see something forming at Zabuza's feet, but he couldn't move in time to avoid the child that would undoubtedly take Zabuza's hit. Kakashi would be eternally thankful for the explosion that rocketed the bridge at that moment because it forced Kakashi to move accordingly to the sudden shock wave.

Kakashi panted as his Chidori vised out of existence and he swerved to search for his Genin, only his eyes landed on a pair of familiar crimson eyes. The leaf Jonin cursed and jumped away just in time to avoid a rather brutal slash across his chest.

Damn it all! Kakashi cursed as he kept dodging until he had Zabuza, the boy and the new dark figure were all at a fair distance away from himself. The only problem was that all three of his students were on the other side of his three enemies.

What in the seven hells is he doing here?! Kakashi growled as his nin-dogs puffed out of this world to return to their own domain. True to his complete and utter horror, a young man with black hair and eyes with the familiar crimson of the sharingan stood just feet away from Zabuza and the boy.

"Itachi Uchiha!" Kakashi shouted into the fog, hoping that his students had enough sense to run away this time. "What are you doing here?!" the young man straightened and thanks to the Sharingan in his left eye, Kakashi saw the crimson clouds on the black background of the clock the young man wore.

"My mission is to kill the bridge builder," Itachi answered calmly, his eyes flickering over to watch Zabuza and his student retreat to the safer end of the bridge. "and Zabuza-san while I was at it. If you kill him, Gato won't pay us." Kakashi gritted his teeth until he could hear them creaking with the pressure, one glance at the two retreating mist-nin and Kakashi deemed them to be no longer a threat. A shared look between he and Zabuza assured him of that.

"I can't let you kill the bridge builder." Kakashi called out to the slightly younger man. "My mission is to protect him." Itachi seemed to consider this bit of information before he replied to Kakashi, just as calmly as he always did.

"Where are your students, Hatake Kakashi?" Itachi asked, Kakashi felt his right eye twitch at the reminder. "Have you been keeping a good eye on all three of them?" Kakashi lowed himself into a ready stance, his mind already working out what he could do against Itachi.

"Surely you haven't forgotten what Uzumaki-san is." Itachi stated blinking lazily at him. "Surely you haven't forgotten my foolish little brother." Kakashi twitched again at the reminder.

"Kakashi!" a voice shouted in the fog of the bridge, Kakashi relaxed slightly at the voice of his charge. "Kakashi big trouble!" Kakashi stiffened and decided that finding Tazuna was his new priority, it was surprisingly easy; the bridge builder was running towards him with something small and dark in his arms.

Oh no, don't tell me! Kakashi raced forward, blocking a few thrown kunai as he went. "Sasuke!" Kakashi slide to a stop and blocked a few more thrown weapons before he dared to study his wounded and passably dead student.

"There's someone else Kakashi," Tazuna gasped slightly, looking back over his shoulder. "Pinky stayed behind to help be escape. I didn't get a good look at him but he was wielding a large bandaged sword." Kakashi stiffened and locked eyes with Itachi, only to see him nod calmly and stare at Tazuna almost curiously.

"You escaped my partner?" Itachi asked curiously. "That is interesting in and of itself." Tazuna looked up at the younger man's face and paled at the sight of another shinobi.

"The man that attached us back there had the same cloak," Tazuna murmured to Kakashi. "Sakura was able to make me dodge his swing… I'm worried about her though." Tazuna confessed softly. "That shinobi was at least seven feet tall—" a sinister sounding laugh filled the air suddenly and Kakashi cursed as he pulled Tazuna and pushed him towards the relative safety of the other side of the bridge. Kakashi protected Tazuna as the old man ran to the safety of the land where Zabuza and the boy seemed to be waiting.

Just as Kakashi was just starting form another Chidori, he felt something change in the air. Kakashi cursed as the electricity in his hand exploded out word and damn near fried him as it fallowed the current that sprung out of nowhere; Kakashi wasted no time in canceling the jutsu. It was like a gust of wind was pushing at his back and pulling at his front, Kakashi lowered himself to the ground and quickly saw that Itachi had mimicked him. That only meant that whatever was happening wasn't a part of his plan of killing Zabuza and the bridge builder. Kakashi held back a snicker as suddenly a few kunai and shuriken landed in the bridge, forcing Itachi to roll away to save his own limbs from impalement. Kakashi knew that for the moment Itachi was nullified and he had to search out his other two students.

It wasn't hard to find Naruto, the blond was holding onto the edge of bridge for dear life and giving the screeching wind a run for its money. As the mist began to clear, increasingly rapidly, Kakashi saw that the mist was forming some kind of sphere a hundred feet or so down the bridge from his position. Kakashi was caught between horror and amazement when he saw that Itachi's partner was crouching lowly on the bridge and glaring at the rotating orb of mist and air as if it was fault for everything wrong in his life.

Where is Sakura? Kakashi wondered as he watched the fog suddenly become like an icy consistency. Kakashi felt both of his eyes widen to the size of dinner plates when he just barely caught sight of something that was passably crimson in the very center of the rotating orb. Just thinking about the possibility that Sakura was the cause of the rotating orb made Kakashi settled on the emotion of complete and utter horror.

The good news was that he now knew were each of his students were and the mist was gone enough for him to see clearly. The bad news was that Sakura had managed to trap herself in a rotating orb that was quickly beginning to form an icy orb that would most likely become her tomb. What was he going to do now? He had tried to form Chidori twice now and the second time had scared the crap out of him when it suddenly exploded into being.

I can't forget that electricity and water don't mix. Kakashi thought as the fog was completely absorbed into the orb while the wind continued to cause trouble for everyone else with in reaching distance. Suddenly he recalled that his Chidori was essentially electricity and that the water in air, or what little of it was left in the air, could transmit and strengthen his jutsu.

I sure hope I don't fry her. Kakashi thought as he raised his right hand into the air and summoned a slight spark, the spark turned into something like a freaking four foot blade before it fizzled out of life. Cursing Kakashi tried to summon up another charge, only this time it damn near took off his hand.

I have to find the right opportunity to use a small charge that wouldn't technically be Chidori. Kakashi thought as he waved his hand back and forth to get the feeling back into it. To much and I could kill her, too little and it won't reach her…

"Hatake-san!" Kakashi turned just in time to watch something like a water bullet fling past him and connect with the orb shortly after; one glance told him that the boy was the one to keep the water flowing towards him.

Smart kid, Kakashi thought as he put another charge into his hand and smashed his palm into the still floating tunnel like thing of water.

The reaction was instantaneous... Kakashi felt his heart freeze as the piercing sound echoed in the air hauntingly.

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Wider, stronger… Sakura thought as she concentrated on both her spinning and trying to capture the water in the air. I need my chakra to capture every last bit of mist. It has to be stronger, it has to make a current.

Thinner, sharper, Inner chanted softly. It has to be strong to catch the water, wide enough to move the air, thin enough to keep the mist localized and thick enough to keep it one place, it has to be sharper!

Sakura only briefly wondered why it would have to be sharper, it wasn't like she was making a blade or anything. She just wanted the air current to move the water in the air around her to give her teammates sight.

Now let's use it! Inner shouted suddenly, making Sakura's brow tick at the volume of voice that echoed in her head. Concentrate with your hands, like the ribbon we used to play with! Sakura smiled at the memory that invaded her mind. Sakura had always thought her mother's ribbon dance was beautiful and had wanted to do it to. The blonde laughed and had given her a smaller ribbon with frayed edges.

"You have to be careful now Saku," Mebuki murmured as she slowly rose and took a few steps away from her daughter. "If you don't hold on to it to lightly it'll come undone and then we'll end up spending the rest of the hour getting the tiny strings off of you. If you hold on to it too tightly the dance one come out right, you'll be too stiff and end up hurting yourself."

Just like the ribbon we used to play with. Inner whispered to her. Too tightly and we'll miss, not tight enough and it won't work.

Sakura sighed as she tried to envision the water surround in her chakra and protecting her, for the most part it did have a single body that did surround her. Similar to how the ribbon used to wrap around her when she spun with it. She concentrated her chakra onto this chunk of freezing water that was centered in her right palm, with as much effort as she could she envisioned how she would hold the ribbon when she was a child and how when she snapped her out in front of her she had accidently snapped her father and had given him a welt. Sakura wasn't permitted to play with ribbons when there were others near her after that.

Just like with father, Inner snickered. Let's whip him!

Sakura felt the smile slide across her lips as her spinning slowed just enough to catch sight of the strange man that attacked her earlier. Sakura pulled her right hand forward and in a down ward slashing motion, she was pleased to see the ribbon (the freezing cold water) mimic her movements and rush at the man like a whip.

The down side to this experiment? The man shouted: "water style: great typhoon" just as she jerked her hand back to make the ribbon snap at him. Amusedly enough the man couldn't block her because his hands were busy making dents in the pavement of the bridge, Sakura was happy that she had hit him across his chest. She wasn't too happy to see that the whip suddenly light up with electricity and nearly cut him in half. Not that she actually saw that bit happen, she was busy screaming because the electricity had wound its way up her water whip and shocked her until she canceled her concentration of chakra to her right hand.

Sakura collapsed to her knees as she held her right hand to her chest, she held no thoughts as she cried and wailed, whatever that jutsu was had turned the very edges of the tips of her fingers another color. Was her skin supposed to be that shade of almost crimson almost gray?

"Sakura!" Sakura first looked up to her opponent and promptly jumped and rolled out of the way of the man's hug sword before it could crush her to death. She then spun towards her bond teammate, and froze at the sight of the boy running towards her with the world's biggest wave seemingly chasing after him. Ignoring Inner, who was busy cursing up a storm, Sakura ran towards Naruto and quickly grabbed his arm and ran full tilt towards her sensei.

Sakura eventually let go of Naruto in favor of saving her own head, she ducked, spun, jumped, rolled and did amazing acrobatics that she didn't know she could perform just to get away from the very furious looking man swinging a sword that really should have slowed his movements. Sakura briefly caught sight of Naruto blocking some thrown weapons but she didn't have enough time to wonder before she was back to dodging and running for her life.

Sakura didn't look behind her as she felt something dark rush between her and Naruto; she didn't look back when she realized that the giant of a man had stopped chasing her. No she glanced up and snatched up her teammate's arm as she ran, forcing chakra into her legs to make her move faster as she tried to out run the tsunami that was quickly crashing around her. The bridge bulked and swayed dangerously, making long furious cracks and forcing up chunks in the pavement that made Sakura have to think on the fly just to keep running.

When Naruto tripped and started to fall, Sakura cursed rather loudly, snatched up both of his shoulders and tried to spin into the direction of her sensei. Knowing that she most likely wouldn't make it in time to avoid the entire tsunami, Sakura used Naruto's momentum and weight and spun even she was heading towards her teacher.

"Sakura! Naruto!" At the shout of a familiar voice, Sakura widened her stance, held Naruto at the ready and released him with an extra boost of chakra for insurance. Sakura smiled as she turned the extra momentum for her personal use of getting just a little closer to the edge of bridge, intending to use it as a buffer.

Sakura looked up as she gained a chance to change her direction and started running towards Kakashi, his hand out stretched for her. Sakura let out a startled cry as her momentum suddenly ended, the bridge shot up between them scraping and skinning her knuckles as she realized that she now had to dodge huge chunks of bridge to get to her teacher. Watching where she ran, Sakura used her chakra to make her faster and more agile, she knew that she would regret the action latter, but for now, she had to put up with the pain to get to safety.

"Sakura!" Kakashi shouted taking a few steps towards her, only to jump back as a crack raced through the bridge under his feet, sending up shrapnel that would have done some serious damage to his hand had he not retracted it. Sakura remembered the tree climbing exercise; she recalled how Sasuke kept getting forced off because he'd use too much chakra. If she did something similar, she'd be able to jump farther and higher and get to her teacher faster. Going through with her plan, Sakura landed on a vertical chunk of concrete and jumped, using as much chakra as she could to get closer to her teacher.

"Sensei!" Sakura shouted as she flew through the air, as amusing as her teacher's face was, Sakura out stretched both of her arms towards him. "Sensei!" Sakura shouted, her fingers brushed against his clothed ones and Sakura felt his fingers brush the inside of her palm.

Suddenly a siring pain burst through her right ankle, making Sakura give out an echoing scream of pain. As surprising as the pain was, Sakura had managed to clasp her hand around her teacher's wrist and his fingers were bruising her own wrist. Sakura flinched as she felt the water crash into her side, loosening her grip and pulling harshly at her body. She gasped and she tried to claw at what little of the bridge was above her, she knew that if she let go then there was nothing but a hundred foot drop straight down. Sakura coughed as another wave reached up and pulled at her, sending a new wave of pain through her leg.

I don't want to die! Inner screamed panicking. Do something!

I can't move my legs, Sakura thought as she looked up at her teacher desperately. I don't have any chakra left.

Don't pass out! Inner cried, her voice echoing in Sakura's mind; it was just the jolt that Sakura needed, her eyes snapped open to stare fearfully up at Kakashi. Get safe first! Don't pass out! Not yet!

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When Sakura had launched herself at Kakashi, expecting him to catch her, she hadn't taken in account of one furious Nuke-nin. He had done something to the water that he had summoned; sharp chunks of water were aimed specifically at Sakura and the moment her hand clasped Kakashi's a large chunk of what looked like spiraling water burst forward and pierced her ankle.

Kakashi tried to jerk her over the edge of the broken bridge, but the chunk of water seemed to solidify and it grew along her ankle until it held everything from her mid-shin down in an icy grip. It made Sakura heavier and pulled them both towards the edge. Now Kakashi was laying on the ground, one hand buried into the earth of the island to brace himself and the other hand wrapped tightly around his student's too thin wrist.

"Sakura," Kakashi whispered both of his eyes wide in horror and of fear. Hearing an echoing roaring mixed with some laughter, the tiered pinkette at the end of his hand turned wide horrified eyes to look over her shoulder. She could see as clearly as Kakashi could, the strangely dressed nuke-nin were standing on the racing and endlessly flowing water, one heading towards her with his sword raised high. Sakura whimpered as she tried to pull herself up closer to Kakashi, he tried too but there was only so much that either one could do. Panting harshly, Sakura looked back at the grinning nuke-nin and saw that if she didn't do something then the crazy man wouldn't stop at killing just her—but her teacher as well.

"Those who abandon their teammates… are worst then trash." Sakura mumbled softly as she looked up at her teacher, trying her best to ignore the quickly gathering tears, and smiled at him. Kakashi's eyes widened once more, as realization seemed to dawn on him and he began to panic.

"Don't you dare!" Kakashi shouted desperately. "Don't you dare!" Sakura whispered her good byes and let go of his hand.

"SAKURAA—!" Kakashi's scream echoed in the air…

Sakura smiled as she fell and her world turned black. She didn't want to know how she died; she just wanted to be asleep when it happened.

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