Aksura

Pairings: SasuSaku(eventually) NaruHina, NejiTen, ShikaIno(Already)
Rating: T for swearing.
Time Set: When everybody's 17. Neji's 18, though. He's always a year older.


It was completely dark, which always reminded her of something. There were fireflies that seemed to appear out of nowhere. She felt cold, weak, tired, and she couldn't move as she felt her own hand try to strangle herself--

"..ra..."

--while a mirror popped up in front of her, revealing someone who was her--

"...kura..."

--, yet was someone completely different. The mirror image was staring blankly at her, and suddenly she felt excruciating pain in her right eye. She--

"...Sakura..."

--screamed and tried to stop her hand from killing herself. The mirror image was suddenly gone, and she felt blood coming down from her eye--

"SAKURA!"

"Eh, huh wha..." Sakura stared up at Naruto's cute worried face. Naruto was staring at her right eye, which felt...well, wet. Sakura rubbed her eye and looked at the blood on her hand and screamed.

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Chapter 3--

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"Woah, Sakura, what happened? You're eye's all bloody and you were moaninginyoursleepsoIthoughtI'dcomeoverandseewhatwaswrongand -deep breath- Isawyoureyebleedingandthenyouwokeupandscreamedand-"

"NARUTO!" Sakura shouted, cutting him off. "It doesn't hurt...seriously, it's just..." She tried to open her eye, but it stung so she shut it quickly. "Uh, painful when I open it. It'll be fine, I'm a healing ninja, remember?" Sakura said calmly, even though we was shaking inside. She raised her hand and healed her eye, then wiped the blood away. Again, she tried to open her eye, but it still hurt.

"Is it okay?" Naruto asked with concern. Sakura groaned and open her eyes again, and surprisingly it didn't hurt.

She just couldn't see out of her right eye. "ARGH, WHAT THE HELL?!" She screamed and blinked repeatedly. Her sight in her right eye was still blank. "ACK, YOU GOTTA BE KIDDING ME!!" Naruto winced. Right...HE'S the loud mouth. Sasuke and Kakashi came barging inside the room. Sasuke with a kunai ready and Kakashi with his sharingan open. They looked around and saw nothing of a threat, and relaxed.

"What's wrong?" Kakashi asked, as he pulled down his hitai-ate over his sharingan. Sasuke put his kunai back and listened. Sakura twitched.

SILENCE.

"Uh..." Naruto said, staring at Sakura. "Seriously, what's wrong?" Sakura twitched again, and she sighed, muttering something.

"Say that again?" Kakashi asked.

"I'm blhgagaga..." She muttered again.

"HUH?" Naruto sighed. "Okay, if you tell us I won't ask for ramen for a week starting from when we get back to Konoha." He said with a grin. Sakura stared at him, and then sighed.

"Okay fine, you got me," She started, thinking about all of that money she'll be saving. "I'm...well...blind in my right eye-"

"You're WHAT?" Naruto nearly screamed, jumping up from his seat.

"I said I'm blind in my right eye." Sakura said blankly. Kakashi stared at her. Sasuke sighed and walked up to her. She glared at him and he still said nothing. But then suddenly, he disappeared. "Eh? Where'd he go?"

"Over here." He said. Sakura turned around to see Sasuke. He was standing to the right of her.

"And the point of doing that was...?" She asked.

"Just to see if you were telling the truth." He replied quietly.

"How does doing that find out if she's being truthful or not?" Naruto asked, being dumb again. Sasuke just sighed and started to explain.

"Well, DOBE, it's almost a naturally born instinct for ninjas to detect when another ninja moves from behind to front, or vice-versa."

"Hey, I'm not a dobe!!" Naruto shouted and glared at Sasuke. Sakura just sighed and stared out the window. Someone knocked on the door and in came Gaara. He stared at everyone -Naruto and Sasuke quarreling, Kakashi reading obliviously, and Sakura spacing out- and almost grinned.

"I see you two are getting along fine." He said with a chuckle. Naruto and Sasuke stopped and stared at Gaara, and Kakashi put his book away and sighed. Sakura, on the other hand, continued to be completely oblivious. "Hmm, Sakura." He called. Nothing. "Sa-ku-ra." Nada. "SAKURA." Nope. And at this point, Gaara twitched. "Ahem. SAKURA HARUNO!!" He shouted in a rare display of uncalmness (Yes I know that uncalmness is not a word). Sakura whipped around and chuckled sheepishly.

"OH, Gaara. Uh, hi." She said with a smile. Gaara cleared his voice.

"We would like to know when you are ready for your leave. Oh, and I still have some information for you before you leave." He informed.

"What's the information?" Sakura asked.

"Aksura was last seen near the oasis, not too far from the outskirts of Suna. She seems to have something weird too. All of the ANBU I sent to spy on her came back with amnesia. Their memory completely erased. Then in the oasis, I heard people talking about Sunagakure's ANBU breaking the laws. They had become juvenile delinquents and they didn't even know it. So, with this information, please be careful." Gaara informed. Sakura and the others gaped.

"Seriously? Are you kidding me!? That's our enemy!?" Naruto shouted.

"Honestly, how could we defeat her with such little knowledge about her...?" Sasuke said quietly. Sakura groaned.

"Urhhh...I don't feel so...well..." She said tiredly.

"Well, maybe we should let you rest before--" Gaara was cut off as he saw a strange bird outside. He stared at it, and everyone turned around to see it fly in circles.

"Hey, what's that?" Naruto asked, pointing to it. Sakura shuddered, and a hand was put on her shoulder. She whipped around to see herself, green orbs staring back at her own. She tried to say something, but her mouth couldn't form the words. 'Aksura!' She wanted to say. But it was if she couldn't. The mere fact that Aksura was here paralyzed her.

"Sakura, watch out!" Kakashi shouted, before Sakura realized she couldn't move.

'Move...damn legs...COME ON, MOVE BEFORE I GET KILLED-'

"Run!" Naruto shouted frantically.

That was when Sakura screamed.

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It was dark, and once again she was alone.

She had murdered someone. The scent of blood was still fresh on her hands. She shivered and cried. That was all she could remember. One, she murdered someone. Two, she would have to kill more.

'Kill or be killed...' She thought helplessly. 'It wasn't my fault. It wasn't my fault!'

'Whose memories are these?'

'These are mine. Idiot. Can't you tell that she looks exactly like you?'

'A-aksura?'

'What?'

'It's you? Seriously? Ow, my eye hurts...What did you do!?'

'Nothing serious. However, I would like to propose a deal...'

'A deal? Fine! Let's hear it! And I swear, when I wake up, I will heal my wounds or whatever the hell you did to me and KILL you!!'

'Haha, such determination. Anyways, my deal include your memories for something that you need dearly...'

'For something I need dearly? My memories? Hah! Yeah right. So, how do I get out of this hell-hole!?'

'You can't. That's part of the things that you need dearly. The other one is the life of your friends.'

'Eh? What about the life of my friends?'

'Sakura, in life, death is necessary. When someone dies, you live on and forget. Or at least, most do. What would happen if all of your friends and dearly beloveds died? What would you do if it was all your fault?'

'Well, I would never do such a thing! They're my friends! So why would I!?'

'...'

'Hey! Answer me!'

'Sakura, let me tell you something...'


Naruto shivered as they watched Sakura toss and turn in the hospital bed. They were happy she was doing fine, but...The monitor beside her beeped steadily. She seemed to be doing fine, but what was with all the tossing and turning? Every now and then she muttered something, but no one would actually be able to hear it properly. Gaara paced the room, sighing every now and then. Naruto had his eyes locked on Sakura's tossing form. Kakashi was staring out the window silently, and Sasuke was outside of the room, doing god-knows-what.

'Aksura was there. That's for sure. She appeared right behind Sakura, knocked her out, and...' Naruto shuddered. 'And ripped her eye out...' Naruto stared at Sakura's bandaged eye. His hand clenched and he grit his teeth.

"Damnit..." He muttered, and everyone stared at him. "I'm going to kill that bitch...How dare she do this to Sakura-chan! She didn't do a thing to Aksura! I'm going to rip her apart!!"


So many things were running through my mind then...

I wonder, out of the two of us...Was I the one who was fake?


Well, the end for now! MUAHAHAHA

So, by the way, Aksura does have flaws, therefore, she is NOT a mary-sue! What are her flaws? Well, she can't fight very well, but she can rip people's eyes out and disappear! and stuffs. Thank you for those who were patiently waiting! Hehehehe. I liked this chapter. It was weird. MUAHAHAHA, YAY WEIRDNESS!!