Yeah, so this is my first story. I hope it turns out okay and you guys like it!

Disclaimer: I do not own Naruto, much to my disliking. So enjoy! :D

Flashback..

"Sakura, I need you to carry out this mission with Ino. You two are my top medic nin and jounin. It is a highly dangerous S ranked mission but I have faith that you two will complete it within two days."

"Yes, Lady Tsunade. When will we need to leave?" Sakura asked the Hokage, a mixture of pride and fear running through her. The Hogake reached in her drawer and pulled out a shot glass along with a bottle of sake.

"Today. Go inform Ino and gather your supplies." Sakura nodded and turned to leave when she felt a hand on her shoulder.

"Be careful, Sakura. You are more skilled than Ino but never let your guard down." Lady Tsunade patted her shoulder and returned to her desk. Sakura felt the urge to cry but held it back. This mission must be a serious one for the Hokage to get a little emotional. Little did she know she would find out within hours.


Sakura had grown tremendously since she was a genin. She is now eighteen and an experienced jounin of the Village Hidden in the Leaf. Being the apprentice of the Hokage herself, she was just as good, if not better, than the sannin herself in medical treatment. She even found the impossible antidote to Sasori of the Red Sand's homemade poison. On top of that, she defeated him along with Granny Chiyo, even though he was once thought indestructable. Sakura always had had great chakra control, but now it was completely honed and lethal. A simple release of chakra to the tip of one of her fingers could send someone flying. Her relationship with the nine tailed fox, Naruto, was as strong as ever. They could quickly execute a mission without even talking to each other. Even without her first love, Sasuke, who betrayed the village, she has become stronger. Sakura Haruno was not the little girl she used to be, standing behind during battles. Now she was a highly skilled shinobi that would giver her life to protect her village and comrades.


The first thing Sakura saw was blood. She looked down at her ANBU uniform and did not find or feel any wounds. She turned her head confused and immediatley saw the source. Ino. Ino was lying on the ground close to her with a gaping wound in her abdomen. Her deep blue eyes fluttering as she gasped for breath.

"Shit! Hold on Ino." Sakura quickly scrambled to her side to examine the damage. There was a gash running from her ribs to her hips. Her hands began to glow green as she placed them over the wound. Soon, it began to heal and close up unitl it became a thin line of a pink scar. Sakura glanced up at Ino's face.

"Tthanks Ssakura." Ino stuttered. She had lost a lot of blood and would lose conciousness within minutes. Sakura was about to pick her up when a cloaked figure showed up from behind a tree.

"Well well, so this is Sakura Haruno of the Leaf, yeah. I have to say I'm a little dissapointed. I expected you to be more........observant. I didn't think you would just rush to her in the open without checking your surroundings." Sakura recognized the cloud design on the cloak to be Akatsuki. The man with a blue eye and blonde hair had to be none other than Deidara, a dangerous S rank criminal.

"Hmph. What do you want Deidara?" Sakura growled as she stood up cautiously. Deidara smirked and stuck his hand in his pocket.

"I came here on a mission to retrieve somebody that would be valuable to Akatsuki." He explained calmly with a smirk still present on his face.

"Oh really? And who might that be, because I don't see anyone that would want to even think about joining you." Sakura spat as fear shot through her.

"You!" In a flash Deidara was gone and three miniature clay birds were flying towards her. Sakura jumped up the tree behind her and landed on the middle branch just as the bombs exploded. Adrenaline coursed through her veins as she thought of a plan. Ino was still on the ground, now unconcious.

"It looks like I'll have to take care of her first." Sakura leaped down just as Deidara walked out on the opposite side of the clearing. Sakura gathered chakra into her fist and punched the ground. The earth shook and gouges spread all the way to were Deidara was standing. Now he was stuck in chunks of the ground with a shocked expression, or at least for a second. Sakura grabbed Ino and poured chakra into her feet as she started running towards Konoha. She felt Deidara's chakra behind her, as expected and was within range of the village. She hid Ino behind a large boulder and once again made contact with the ground and her chakra infused fist. The loud cracking of earth could be heard for miles.

"That ought to send a signal. Hopefully."Sakura felt Deidara's chakra presence getting stronger. She took one last look at Ino and darted in the other direction. Sakura hoped that Deidara was following her and knew he was because now his chakra was closer than ever. Right behind her. She gulped down the lump in her throat as she heard him chuckle.

"Why are you running away dear cherry blossom? I thought we could end this early, yeah?" Sakura slowly turned to face the Akatsuki member.

"Over my dead body." She could feel the hate and anger blooming through her as she stared at his smirking features.

"Well, I can't have you dead, so I guess I'll just have to convince you so-" Deidara stopped as he watched Sakura disappear in a flurry of cherry blossoms.

"I don't think you will. I'm stubborn and hardheaded and am not easy to convince." Sakura appeared behind him and slammed her fist into his chest. Deidara went flying into a tree and landed on the ground with a thud as the tree snapped in half. He stood up and wiped the blood off his mouth, anger gleaming in his eyes.

"Well I was supposed to keep you alive, but you just pissed me off!" With that he launched a dozen of tiny spiders at her. Sakura leaped out of the way as they detonated.

"Those will have no effect on me. I can see and tell when they are going to explode." Sakura smirked.

"Don't be so cocky, look down." It was Deidara's turn to smirk. Sakura's face twisted in fear as she stared at the minute clay spider at her feet. There was a boom as a cloud of smoke engulfed her.


A thunderous crack echoed through the Village Hidden in the Leaf. Up at the Hokage Tower, Tsunade looked at her assistant Shizune in confusion. '

"Did you hear that Shizune?"

"Indeed, Lady Tsunade. It sounded like earth breaking near the village gates."Shizune said as she walked to the window and gazed out. Tsunade stood beside her and looked out the window. Realization hit Lady Tsunade as she noticed all the trees uprooted.

"There is only one other person besides me that can do that. It's Sakura! Gather an ANBU team and meet me at the gate." Tsunade ran out the door towards the gates. When she arrived she noticed two things. One, Ino was lying on the ground behind a boulder and damaged ground, and that Sakura was not with her. She turned as she felt the ANBU team's chakra.

"Ok I want one of you to escort Ino to the hospital, and the rest of you three to head towards that cloud of smoke. I believe that is where Sakura is. Now Go!" The Hogake stared out into the distance. She felt Shizune come and stand next to her.

"I have a bad feeling about this,"she said still staring off,"I saw the wound on Ino that must have taken an immense amount of chakra to heal. Sakura is the only reason she is alive, and it took a little chakra to send this signal too. If those ANBU don't get there soon, I don't know how long she can last."

"Lady Tsunade, Sakura is a very skilled kunoichi. She will do anything to protect her village and comrades. Even though I think she will okay, I have a bad feeling as well."


Sakura opened her eyes and was overwhelmed in pain. She gasped trying to breathe and noticed of her broken leg and the bleeding gash in her side. She healed most of the gash and looked up at the smirking Deidara. She staggered to her feet, hissing at the pain.

"You'll pay for that, asswhole!" She made a few quick hand signs and dissappeared once again in cherry blossom petals. Everything went pink and he was wrapped in a tree, stuck. Deidara looked confused and then his face contorted in horror. He was caught in a genjustsu.

"Bitch! What did you do?"He yelled, failing to disguise the fear in his voice. Sakura appeared from in the tree above his head.

"I put you in your worst nightmare. Now tell me where the Akatsuki hideout is and I'll just kill you quickly." Deidara stared at her contemplating his desicions.

"Fuck. No." Sakura pulled out a senbon coated in poison and threw at his thigh. Deidara gasped in pain.

"Okay Deidara, that senbon is coated in my own personal poison, just like your man Sasori used to do. Mine is much worse though, in one minute you will feel like you are in a pressurized room that is getting smaller and smaller. Then your eardrums will explode, right afterwards your brain will slowly began to turn into Naruto's ramen. So, if you want me to relieve you just tell the information I need." Deidara's face twisted in pain and he began to shift in discomfort.

"You prove to be that kunoichi after all, I'm impressed. The Akatsuki hideout is located in cave outside the Village Hidden in the Mist. You will know when you reach it." He hung his head as Sakura's kunai hit his heart. Sakura released the genjutsu and Deidara fell to the ground. Mission accomplished. Sakura fell onto her knees and gasped for breath. She knew she didn't have enough chakra to heal anymore and she was in bad shape. Suddenly, she felt four different chakra presences. She scrambled to her feet ignoring the searing pain in her leg with a kunai in one hand. A woman with red hair and glassed stepped into the clearing along with a man slightly blue with shark teeth, and a man with orange hair. Where did the fourth chakra go? Was she imagining it? The red head looked her over with disgust as the other two stared at Deidara in surprise.

"Who the hell are you? Did you kill this Akatsuki member? Ha nevermind, you don't look like your capable of doing such a thing. By the way you look like shit." Anger coursed through Sakura. She hated to be underestimated.

"Oh really? Considering I'm the only one in this damn clearing, yeah I did kill him. And why do you wear that shirt when your fat is poking out?" Sakura smiled as the two guys snickered in response. Karin was mad and headed towards her with the intent to kill.

"You fucking bitch! I could totally kill you with just one of my kunai!" Once the woman was within touching range, Sakura sent the smallest amount of chakra to her finger and tapped her right between her red head went flailing across the clearing leaving a trail of heavily disturbed earth. Sakura smirked and heard the guys laughing again, but did not make a move to attack her. Four eyes was beyond furious now. She threw two shuriken, which Sakura caught with ease in two fingers. She was getting ged up with this woman's feeble attempts to hurt her. So, she threw one kunai aimed at her shoulder and was satisfied when she heard a hiss of pain.

"Are you done yet? I'm bored." The murderous glare she was giving didn't affect Sakura at all. The crazy woman was about to attack again when the two others grabbed her shoulders to restrain her.

"Come on Karin, put some big girl panties on. You know he won't be pleased to hear a teammate died at the hand of an already injured shinobi."The one that resembled a shark said with a hint of mockery in his voice.

"Shut the fuck up Suigetsu! Now let me go so I can kill that bitch!" Sakura felt the fourth chakra near the edge of the clearing. It felt powerful and dangerous. Slowly a figure with raven black hair that looked like a chicken's ass walked into the clearing, his face blank, onyx eyes cold.

"Well if it isn't Konoha's cherry blossom, Sakura Haruno."



Well that was fun. Hope you guys like it. Please give me some feedback and review! _