Chapter 1
{Friendship severed}
It was a cool night for people to go out with the full moon shining brightly in the night sky.
"I'm going to go Sasuke-kun." said girl's voice.
"Hn." replied an emotionless Sasuke as he walked home
"Oh what about me Ino-chan dattebayo!" yelled a very upset Naruto.
Ino, Naruto, and Sasuke have gotten close since the forest of death they started bonding when Sakura started to leave everyone alone always by herself she never talks to anyone or hangs out with them now since the forest of death.
"Sorry Naruto i have to go bye." Ino replied smiling while walking away.
"Wait Ino-chan!" yelled Naruto.
"What?" she replied annoyed.
"I'll walk you home since teme left." replied a blushing Naruto he has started to like Ino since Sakura stopped all contact with everyone.
"No thank you Naruto I'm fine ja." she replied sad for some reason she didn't understand why she is sad.
"Oh ok bye Ino-chan." Naruto said sulking while he walked in the other direction.
While she was walking she felt a cold shill go up her spine.
'What was that it was probably just the cold air but I am worried Sakura hasn't been the same since the forest of death could it have been that? What changed her?' Ino thought with a worried look.
"Ah Sakura you're awake." said Sasuke while Sakura got up there was purple chakra surrounding her and black markings on her skin everyone looked at her in shock.
"Sakura….that's Sakura?" asked Ino inside Kin's body shocked.
"Sasuke who did this to you….who was it?" asked an emotionless Sakura standing fully up looking at him.
"Sakura….what's happening to you?" asked Sasuke feeling a little scared now.
"Don't worry I'm all right it's only the power flowing through me." replied Sakura.
'The curse mark who would have thought she would survive.' thought a shocked Dozu.
"Sasuke tell me….which one of this people hurt you?"
"That would be me." replied an over confident Zaku.
Sakura looked at him from the corner of her eye then she turned her head to look at him fully.
"Ino!" yelled a worried Shikamaru.
Ino looked at him.
"Hurry up and get back in your body you don't want to get involved in this you to Choji come on get out of there!" yelled Shikamaru.
"I'm coming!" yelled a running Choji.
'Mind transfer release!' thought Ino from Kin's body. Ino moaned in pain when she was back in her body.
"That a girl good to have you back." said a relief Shikamaru.
"Shikamaru what's this all about what's going on." asked a scared Choji.
"How should I know." replied an annoyed Shikamaru.
Sakura just looked at Zaku and Dozu in pure hate while the markings were going over her whole body now.
"Wha-what Is this this." asked a scared Dozu.
'This is changing everything her chakra is too big we can't fight that.'
"Dozu what's wrong you're not getting cold feet are ya!" asked Zaku.
"No Zaku you don't understand!" yelled Dozu.
"Watch this I'll take care of the whole bunch of them with one fist." replied an over confident Zaku while raising his hand.
"Supersonic slicing wave no jutsu!" yelled Zaku as air came out of the holes on his hand.
"Hehe what ya know blew them all a way." said a smirking Zaku.
"I don't think so." said Sakura as she was right next to Zaku her arm raised.
"Wha-" the next thing that happen was Sakura punched Zaku in the head and he fell to the ground in front of Dozu.
"Zaku!" yelled Dozu as he watched zaku coughing while getting up. "Such speed she got both her teammates out of harm's way in a blink of an eye." said an a amazed Dozu.
Sakura looked at them and disappeared.
"H-huh w-w-where is she?" asked a scared Dozu.
Then Sakura appeared and kicked Zaku in the side and watched him fly into a tree.
"Z-zaku!" yelled a worried Dozu.
Zaku ignored Dozu as he put his hands on the ground pushing himself-up but someone stopped him by putting their foot on his back Zaku looked behind him to see who it was it was Sakura smirking at him while she grabbed both his arms and pushed them back by putting more pressure on his back with her foot.
'T-this chakra it's completely different it's fearsome darker can that really be Sakura.' thought a scared Ino.
"You seem to be very proud of these arms of yours." Sakura said as she puts even more pressure on his back.
"You must be very attached to them." Sakura said as she pulled on his arms.
"N-no….what are you doing?!" said a very pain/scared Zaku.
Everyone watched as Sakura started adding more pressure ino looked at Sakura then everyone heard a snap then they heard another one from the other armand flinched Sakura let go of Zaku and watched him fall to the ground with a wicked smirk on her face.
Ino gasped while looking at sakura in fear and disbelief.
Sakura then looked at Dozu.
"Well it looks like you're the only one left I hope you make things more interesting than your friend did." Sakura said as her smirk grew.
Ino looked at Sakura with tears in her eyes as she watched her walk by her. 'No.' Ino thought when a picture of her and sakura entered her head 'it's not….it can't be ….who ever that is it's not Sakura!' Ino thought as tears streamed down her face.
"No." whispered Ino but Shikamaru and Choji heard it and looked at her they were surprised she was crying before they could ask her anything she pushed herself off the ground before Shikamaru could grab her she started running and screaming.
"No Stop!"cried Ino as she flung herself at Sakura and hugged her from behind Sakura just looked at Ino in anger she was stopping her fun but it shocked her Ino was crying "Stop please this isn't you Sakura please!" cried Ino as she buried her face in Sakura's back crying.
"Ino." Sakura said as the marks receded back to the place Orochimaru bit her.
Ino looked at Sakura's face again and seen pain sadness regret then Sakura fell to her knees looking at her hands when Ino let go.
'Sakura what happened to you?' thought a worried Ino as she was behind Sakura on her knees to.
'Sakura you have been acting weird what happened to you I heard the story Sasuke-kun told me not to tell you I know that Orochimaru guy says you want power for your clan ….what do I do you've been acting really weird Sakura…oh god!' Ino thought scared as realization came so she ran the
other way instead.
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Sakura just held the picture of team 7 looking at their faces. she smiled a very sad smile while looking at the picture of my two teammates.
'Naruto.' Sakura thought while looking at his face he had his arms crossed glaring at sasuke. 'Kakashi-sensei please take care of the knucklehead naruto and sasuke because I can't now.' She thought as she looked at kakashi-sensei he had both his hands on naruto's and sasuke-kun's head. 'Sasuke.' she smiled as she looked at Sasuke his emotionless face staring blankly at the camera she kept staring at the picture until she saw something wet get on the case she put a hand to her face and realizes she started crying she quickly wiped at her eyes of tears and looked at the picture sakura smiled again as she put the picture faced down on her dresser and walked out the door.
Sakura started walking with her bag on her shoulder and staring at the ground.
"Team 7 Uzumaki Naruto, Haruno Sakura-"
"Yea!" yelled a happy Naruto.
"And Uchiha Sasuke."
"Yes!" yelled a fake happy Sakura.
"I'm doomed!" yelled a sulking Naruto.
Sakura smiled.
Sakura's eyes narrowed when she remembered the forest of death with that snake.
"Now let's fight for the sssscroll with are livessss on the line." said the grass ninja as she put her hand near her eye.
Sasuke and Sakura stared in horror as we seen are deaths in front of our eyes Sakura started shaking uncontrollable and crying she couldn't see Sasuke but she heard him say her name.
"Sakura." he said as he looked at her.
She didn't look at him but the next thing she felt was being picked up by someone then sat down she finally come back and look around and seen her hero.
"Sasuke-kun-" she couldn't finish because Sasuke put his hand up to cover her mouth her eyes widen and she pulled Sasuke's hand off "Snake!" Sakura shouted as she suddenly grabbed Sasuke and jump of the branch to the ground.
She looked up to see the snake crash into the tree with the grass ninja grinning like a mad man.
"S-sasuke-kun what do we do?" she looked at Sasuke for answers but all she got was no reply.
'What do we do?' She thought hopeless.
Sakura was brought out of her thoughts when she heard fighting and looked up to see Sasuke and that grass ninja fighting.
'Sasuke-kun that ninja she's strong you won't be able to defeat her why…..why am I so weak?' Sakura thought as she fell to her knees crying silently.
"Ahhhhhhh!" Sakura looked up and sees Sasuke being thrown through the air.
Sakura started crying even more.
'WHY!'
"You'll leave us alone if I give you our scroll?" Sasuke said.
The grass ninja only smiled and nodded its head Sasuke threw the scroll to the ninja but an orange blur caught it.
"What the hell teme!" yelled the number one knucklehead ninja Naruto.
Sasuke looked at Naruto with annoyance and anger.
"Naruto you don't understand this girl she's way out of our league!" Sasuke said.
Naruto looked at Sasuke then put the scroll in his kunai pouch and attacked the person.
"Who the hell are you!?" yelled Naruto as he repeatedly through punches.
The grass ninja looked Naruto in the eye while dodging his punches and gasped his eyes were red and looked like the kyuubi the grass ninja then smirked.
'So this is the kyuubi container and he's on Sasuke-kun's team.'
The grass ninja then kicked Naruto and he went flying and hit a tree the grass ninja that was still on the snakes.' head made the snake fly towards Sasuke he closed his eyes and then dust was around them.
'N-n-no S-sasuke-kun I can't even talk that's how scared I am to talk damn it I'm weak!'
Sasuke looked shocked there in front of the snake was Naruto his eyes no longer blue but red now.
"You're not hurt are you….scaredy cat." Naruto said grinning then the grin was wiped right of his face as he punched Sasuke in the face.
"Who the hell are you you're not Sasuke!" yelled a pissed off Naruto.
Sasuke looked right back at Naruto with anger "what the hell loser I am Sasuke!" yelled Sasuke.
"No… you're not the Sasuke I know….the Sasuke I know will never give up that easy and give the scroll away but if you're going to keep acting this way then I'm going to do something!" yelled Naruto as he ran at the grass ninja and started fighting her.
'Naruto's right that's not Sasuke-kun….i wish I had the power.' Sakura thought as her hands start to dig into the dirt she looked back up to see Sasuke have his sharingan on and naruto being held up by his collar while the snake ninja started to do hand signs "Five elements seal no jutsu!" the ninja yelled as she slammed her hand in to Naruto's stomach when it was done the ninja let go of Naruto.
"No Naruto!" Sakura yelled as she threw a kunai and it hit his jacket successfully pinning him to a tree.
That got her anger boiling she looked back up to that snake and she felt chakra go to her eyes and her eyesight heighten she could see more clearly now she took a kunai out of her pouch and looked at her eyes reflection on the blade she gasped as she saw sharingan eyes staring back at her
'My kekkei genkai is activated now!?'
She looked back up to the fight with Sasuke and hardened her resolve her team needed her she quickly vanished and appeared next to sasuke making him look at her in annoyance
"What are you doing here?" he asked sounding annoyed.
"I'm here to fight Sasuke-kun. I can help now!" Sakura stated to him
"No you will just be in my way."
"I won't be." she said to him glancing at him
Sasuke and the snake guy looked shocked.
"What?"
"Your eyes what…how?" the grass ninja asked.
She looked at him with emotionless sharingan eyes.
"I am Sakura Haruno of the Haruno clan and this is my kekkei genkai Akuma." Sakura looked at Sasuke "You ready Sasuke? I'm not going to hold back." she smirked at him
Sasuke looked at shocked still but got over it and replaced it with a smirk
"I'm not going to let a girl show me up so be ready Sakura."
"Always am." she said while getting in a fighting position.
The grass ninja just smirked 'Perfect a Haruno and one of the last survivors to I think I have a different prey Now since the haruno clan has a more powerful kekkei genkai it can copy anything the sharingan, byakugan, rinnegan and any other kekkei genkai it can copy and Justus and she wants to kill her sister Konan yes I will have it forget the uchiha.' she was still looking at them.
"Who are you?" Sakura demanded
The snake smirked "I'll tell you if you can defeat me."
Sakura glared and dashed at the snake like person kunai in hand she threw a punch but the snake blocked it she then tried to kick the ninja but the enemy ninja grabs her foot Sakura then brought the hand that held the kunai up to slit the snake persons throat but she thrown Sakura like she was nothing.
'Damn it come on think…think god damn it!i got it!'
"Sasuke!" Sakura yelled
He looks at me.
"Stay back for now." sakura told him he looked at her with anger "Just do it please." Sakura pleaded
He was still angry but obeyed.
Sakura appeared in front of the snake girl and punch her and kick her until she is flying through the air sakura then through two kunai at her all she did was stop in mid-air and spinned around to not touch the kunai she smirked when Sakura was in front of her and kicked her in to a tree when she hit Sakura was still smirking when she looked at Sasuke he looked pissed off that Sakura was showing him up she then looked back to see the grass ninja look up and was about to get up but found out she couldn't.
"What?" she said as she looked around and found chakra strings holding her to the tree she looked back up at Sakura in shock.
"Hehe nice try." Sakura said with the strings in my mouth she looked even more shocked when she seen the hand signs sakura was making.
'This is it!'
"Fire style fireball no jutsu!" Sakura yelled as fire came out of her mouth. They both watch as the grass ninja screamed in pain as its flesh melted away Sakura jumped to where Sasuke is.
"Sakura you did it." Sasuke said with annoyance and jealous
"Ye-" before she could finish her sentence someone interrupted her.
"Hahahaha yes your eyes there even more better than Konan's eyes I decided I want you so my name is Orochimaru we will meet again if you can live and defeat my sound ninja." Orochimaru said as he made hand signs and his neck stretched out and the next thing Sakura knew his teeth were in her neck when he left her neck her hands went up to the place he bit and she fell on the ground.
"What did you do to Sakura!" yelled an angry Sasuke.
Orochimaru looked at sasuke and smiled creepily at him "Oh I just gave her a gift she will come to me if she wants more power we will meet again." Orochimaru said as he disappeared.
Sasuke was pulled out of his thoughts when he heard a scream of pain he looked at Sakura and ran to her and kneed down next to her holding her hand in his while she was leaning against him.
"What is this pain ahhh!?" she yelled in pain while her free hand was holding her neck when she couldn't take it anymore she let the darkness take over.
Sakura sighed this will be her last time here for a while until she dies.
"Sakura" she heard her name be spoken so she lifted her gaze at the person.
Ino couldn't believe it the person standing here is Sakura she watched as her eyes lock on to Ino's "It's the middle of the night why are you hanging around here for?" Ino flinched at the coldness of her voice.
"This is the only road out of the village." Ino spoke trying to hold back the tears.
"You should go to bed." Sakura said as she walked around Ino with her hands in her pockets that's when Ino couldn't take it anymore she let the tears fall down her face she couldn't stop them with knowing that if Sakura takes a step out of this village she'll be gone.
"Why Sakura….." Ino turned and looked at her but she had her back to her she didn't want to believe it Sakura was on the road to leave the village Ino know she's struggling with that power and about her clan and her sister Konan she didn't know about her clan until the forest of death.
"Why won't you ever tell me anything? You always keep to yourself you've never shared a single thing even when were kids." Ino stated to her hoping she will not leave and turn around and smile so they can have some fun like old times.
"Why should I tell you anything…just keep your nose out of my business it's none of your concern." Ino flinched again at the cruel and coldness of her voice.
"Sakura you c-can't leave y-y-you have a team N-naruto Kakashi-sensei and S-s-sasuke-kun you can't just leave them l-l-like this!" Ino cried having images of Sasuke and Naruto "I know you don't care about me Sakura I know about your clan…..I have family and friends Sakura you were my best friend back then but if you were to leave I'll feel so lonely don't you remember back than when me and you were always playing together don't you remember when we played with the flowers?"
Sakura eyes soften after she heard that sentence but that will not detour her from leaving still. "No I don't remember that." she said of course she remembered that ino was her first friend they did everything together.
Sakura started to walk away.
"No Sakura don't l-l-leave p-p-please!" Ino yelled begging for her to stay.
Sakura stopped to hear what else she had to say.
"I know about your clan Sakura you feel alone I have family and friends but….if you were to leave…to me….it will be the same as being alone…so I'm begging you please!"
Sakura's eyes soften she knew all too well what being alone is and she hated it.
'Forgive me Ino.'
Sakura turned her head back and looked at her.
"You never change Ino you're still annoying." Sakura said with a smirk on her when she saw the look on her face.
She was shocked.
Sakura started walking away again.
"No don't leave please! Revenge won't solve anything it won't make you or any one happy so Sakura stay here with everyone please!"
Sakura stopped again
she can hear the desperation in her voice trying to make her stay here it put a faint smile on Sakura's face luckily Ino couldn't see it but it came off after she remembered why she's doing this.
"I'm not the same as you ino I'm traveling along a path the rest of you can't follow I know that the four of us me, you, Sasuke, and Naruto have had great time's together for a while I thought I could take that road instead but In the end I am bound by my goal that's always been my reason for living that's why I'm going to Orochimaru for power he is the only one who can give me that power." Sakura said to ino as she heard her sobbing and tempts to stop.
"Don't do this Sakura please stop." Ino begged.
She kept staring at the ground for a moment but then started walking away again.
She hears Ino running to stop her
"No p-please don't leave!"
she kept walking.
"If you leave I'll scream!" Sakura heard Ino say.
Sakura vanished and reappeared behind her.
"Ino….thank you." Sakura said as she pressed her pressure point and caught her and put her on the bench and continued on her way to orochimaru and the sound four.
'Ino forgive me I'm sorry.' Sakura thought with a frown present on her face
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"Ino….thank you." she heard Sakura say before she fell into the darkness.
"Tell me why you are crying?" asked ino.
"Because p-people a-are m-making fun of me b-because of my b-big f-forehead." replied a crying Sakura.
"So your crying because of this." said Ino as she poked Sakura's forehead "I guess it is big but you shouldn't hide it with your bangs you should be happy of who you are ok."
"Okay." said Sakura.
"Hey I know let's be friends!" said a happy Ino.
"Friends?" asked Sakura.
"Yea friends." Ino said giggling.
"Okay!" said Sakura a happy smile on her face.
"Sorry, I forgot to ask what your name is mine is Ino Yamanaka."
"Sakura, Haruno Sakura."
"Sakura." whispered Ino in her sleep as she cried.
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"I'm ready let's go." Sakura said while staring at the sound four.
"Ok but first you have to take this." Kidomaru said as he pulled out a bottle of pills.
Sakura looked at him confused.
"You have to take one and die at least once if you want to go in to the second form of the curse mark." he said.
"What do you mean die once?" she asked.
"When you take one of those pills you will die but us four will do a genjutsu that will keep you alive." he said.
Sakura sighed and looked at the pills.
'This better be worth it.'
Sakura ate the pill and at first nothing happened but that's when it hit her and she felt incredible pain and started holding her chest.
"Let's do it guys." said Kidomaru.
The sound four started making hand signs and that's when she let the darkness take over.