Into the New World
I'm Sorry
Disclaimer: I own neither Naruto nor Detective Conan.
A young woman with unusual pink hair dashed through the ruins of what used to be Konoha. Fat tears spilled from her emerald eyes, once full of joy and laughter, but all it reflected now is the pain and sorrow she felt. After what seemed like forever, she finally saw a mop of blonde hair, flaked with blood. With a bubble of hope rising, she only continued to run faster, her mouth giving a half-smile. A half-smile that dropped as soon as she skidded to a stop near the body of her friend. Dread begun to rise in her stomach. Such a sick feeling.
"N... Naruto?" her voice croaked out hesitantly.
When he continued to lay there unmovingly, she immediately sat on her knees, shaking him, slapping him, calling out his name... All in hopes that he would respond. Even just a twitch of his finger. Anything. She gathered her green medical chakra, focusing them to her hands. Maybe... She wandered her hands around his body, looking out for any injuries. As she suspected, there were none, courtesy of the Kyuubi. 'But why isn't he breathing?' She choked a sob, her shoulders shaking in her desperation to bring her friend back. Her bestfriend. Her teammate. Her companion. Her comrade...
A deep chuckle resounded from behind.
Shocked, the kunoichi whirled her head around to the source of the near-silent laugh. And what she saw made her freeze instantaneously, her eyes widening as her brain registered who was infront of her. The man who captured and broken her heart. The man who left her unconscious on that stone-cold bench the night she tried to convince him to stay in Konoha. The man who betrayed her village. The man who killed her bestfriend... Sasuke.
With a snarl, she stood up from her position, masking her face blank. "What do you want?" she spat.
Her ex-teammate raised his eyebrow in amusement, "Isn't it obvious, Sakura-chan?"
"If it was so obvious, do you think I'd be asking you this?" Sakura glared at him, clenching her fists.
Sasuke noticed the trail of tears that still continued to leak from her eyes, "What's the matter? Sad that you couldn't save Naruto because you're just so weak?"
"Shut up!"
She released a shaky breathe, her hand moving to grab a kunai from her pouch. She brandished it infront of her, but she knew that she already lost the battle before it even started. She lowered her eyes down to his feet, intent on not getting caught in one of those illusions the Sharingan had.
He let out a cold mirthless laugh, "You actually think you can take me down? If Naruto can't, what makes you think you can? After all, you're just a weak little girl who always needs saving."
However shocked she may be from hearing so many sentences come out from the usually silent Uchiha, she stood quiet and gritted her teeth.
"Just a damsel in distre—" Sasuke was interrupted, a furious Sakura running up to him in an attempt to stab him in the heart, shouting in outrage. Keyword: attempt. He smirked, his hand gripping her wrist. His other hand held the hilt of his chokutō.
"I've wasted time dallying with you..." he deactivated his Sharingan, pulling the struggling girl's face closer to his, "I'm going to have to dispatch you... Pity, you had you such a pretty face. Don't worry, I'll make it even prettier..." His smirk widened, enjoying the fearful look she had, the blood disappearing from her face.
The corners of her eyes started tearing up again. 'No! I won't let you kill me that easily!' The voice snapped Sakura out of her reverie. Who was that...? Inner? 'Sakura, stop hyperventilating and move your damn ass before he kills us!' Why would she need to do that? ... Everyone else was already dead. She had nothing to live for. 'Do you think Naruto would want you to die? No. He would want you to live, you dumbass.' Wha—? Naruto?
Now filled with a sudden burst of determination to live, she yanked her wrist vigorously from his grip. Gathering her chakra to her elbow, she elbowed Sasuke hard on the stomach, prompting him to cough out some blood from the impact. She stomped her boot's heel on his feet, managing not to cringe as she heard his bones breaking. Then she punched him sqaure on the nose, her other arm pulled back. Before he could recover, she then kneed him on the groin... hard. All of this was done in 5 seconds. It was a wonder how he could still stand when she kicked his groin with chakra.
She jumped away from the nukenin, in a guarded stance, her eyes roving around him.
He heaved, hunched over with his hands on his knees. His panted breaths soon turned to wicked laughter. Sakura was creeped out by the rare sound, but she continued to keep her chin high.
"Guess I underestimated you..."
"You should know not to underestimate a shinobi!" she retorted.
His laughter decreased until it was just a chuckle. He said to her, "Don't you think you're being a hypocrite?"
She furrowed her eyebrows, "What makes you say that?"
"Because you have underestimated me."
"Wha—?!"
Before she could flee in realization, the ground suddenly exploded. Bits of earth flew around, wisps of smoke covering her vision. She effortlessly picked up a boulder that landed on her during the explosion. She panted, her eyes searching anxiously around for the young man. Up, no. Down, no. Left, no. Right, no. That must mean...! 'Behind!'
As she spun around, her head barely dodged the chokutō that blazed with lightning by a mere inch. She gasped, jumping back.
She immediately placed her vision on a random pebble near his foot, realizing her mistake. Sasuke's Sharingan was deactivated that whole time she thought she was winning. This was Sasuke she was fighting. It wasn't supposed to be this easy.
"Finally realized your oversight?" Sasuke sneered.
Sakura bunched up most of her chakra on her right foot, arching it behind her in preparation. With a battle cry, she kicked a hard rock with all her might. Whatever she thought she could accomplish by doing that, was foiled when the Sharingan user tilted his head to the side, effectively avoiding the rock that smashed the tree down behind him.
'Grr!' Sakura gritted her teeth, clenching her fists.
She formed her chakra on her hands, intending to perform the Chakra Scalpel on the dark-haired man. She took off her focus from him for a moment, her mind jumbling up the fatal parts of the body. Big mistake.
She gasped when he suddenly disappeared and once again appeared behind her, this time with crackling lightning on his hands. The Chidori.
Her eyes widened at the memory of him nearly killing her before Naruto managed to save her in time. But this time, there was no one to save her...
"I'm sorry..." she heard him whisper behind her. She was shocked, because not only did he apologize, it actually sounded sincere. And then she smiled a bittersweet smile to herself.
"Me too."
She could feel the burn of the electricity sparks coming closer to her skin... This is it. Atleast she tried—
"No!" Both of them stopped and looked to their right, where a Kyuubified Naruto was growling and smoldered with rage, "Sasuke!" He once again pushed Sakura away, the medic grunting when she landed on her side. She snapped her eyes open as her brain registered who saved her. Naruto. 'He's alive!' she thought with glee. During her fight with Sasuke, he must've woken up.
Naruto, currently engaged in battle with the sole Uchiha survivor, poofed up a clone. The clone instantly appeared by Sakura's side, taking her hand and murming soothing words.
"Naruto..." she whispered, tears of joy dripping down her face as her bottom lip quivered in relief, "You-You're alive."
He smiled down at his first crush, "I am." Unfortunately for him, Sakura noticed that his usual exuberant smile seemed forced. Seemed fake. She gazed at him worriedly, "What's wrong...?"
His smile started to falter at her question. He sighed deeply, "... I can't win against Sasuke. He's too strong. The only way to win against him is if I let the Kyuubi have full control over my body," he said, his voice solemn.
"Then let Kyuubi take control! At least until you manage to ki-kill—overpower Sasuke," she pleaded to her best friend.
"You know I can't let that happen."
She bowed her head, tears once again threatening to pour out. She tried to stop herself from doing so, because she knew that these tears meant weakness in her former love's eyes, 'Sasuke's right... I'm so weak...'She winced when she heard the original Naruto let out a pained groan. What would they do? They must've been the only people left in Sasuke's invasion. There was no one else. Jiraiya, Tsunade, Shizune, her parents, gone. All of Team 8, gone. All of Team 10, gone. All of Team Gai, gone.
"That's why I'm planning to send you to another dimension."
Sakura's head snapped up on hearing his words, "What?!"
Naruto tugged at her hand, taking her away from the battle, "Hurry! We don't have much time!"
"Don't have much time to do what?" her eyes furrowed, "Unless you can somehow do a Kamui, which I doubt you can, I don't think you can send us to another dimension."
"I can't. But Kyuubi can. During the whole time you guys were fighting, I talked to Kyuubi and he told me that he could send me away from all these shinobi war-fighting as long as he is sealed within me."
"But then what about me?!" she asked him.
"Simple," he grinned at her, a contrast to his serious expression earlier, "I'll seal a part of Kyuubi into you."
Sakura widened her eyes with each word he said, "What?! But then what about you? I'm not leaving you here!" she shook her head frantically, "Kakashi-sensei said that those who break the rules are scum, but those who abandon their comrades are worse than scum."
"That's true," Naruto admitted, "But I'd rather you than me. I can hold off Sasuke while Kyuubi takes you there."
"No!"
"I'm sorry, Sakura-chan," he apologized. And before she could utter a protest, his hands went into a series of hand signs and yelled out the name of the jutsu. By the time Naruto pronounced the last syllable, Sasuke was gaining on them. Sakura screamed at the agonizing pain, her hands reaching out for Naruto when Kyuubi started the process of sending her to whatever dimension he had in mind.
Her vision turned hazy, blurs of what she assumed was Naruto disappearing. She lost control of her numb body, feeling as if she was falling. Darkness consumed her vision.
'Naruto... You idiot.'
Yo, yo, yo, yooo! 8D Unless it ain't obvious, the dimension Saku's going to is the DC world! YAAAAY. Sorry if the chapter seemed boring xP I'm not good at fight scenes. Hopefully, you'll enjoy the next chapters. Thank you for reading! Stay tuned~!
