(A.N. Hi another chapter, yay! please read and review.)

Sakura opened her eyes into slits she looked around her. The ground was destroyed; the clearing had been reduced to dirt and singed trees. She moved her left arm, but cried out in pain and fell to the ground.

Oh yeah the stab wound. Baka! That hurt! How long were we out for? A while, Naruto and Sasuke started a full out grudge match after you were 'killed' have you got your chakra back yet? No I can't feel any strength. Damn it! That sword must have stopped my chakra flow temporarily… at least I hope it's temporary. GET UP DAMMIT! Naruto could be in trouble… or in need of the kiss of life. Don't be disgusting he's my best friend! He's also hot! You've got a one-track mind. And you're going to die unless you stand up BAKA!

Sakura slipped her knees underneath her chest and picked herself off the ground, she felt the pain from her wound but kept going until she could stand fully, she stumbled and clasped her shoulder. She walked wearily to the middle of the clearing and noticed that a long line of destroyed forest, singed trees and damaged ground were her only trail to finding Naruto and Sasuke.

She stumbled along the trail falling over every so often and getting back up. There was a trail of blood behind her. "I won't die!" she growled forcing her legs to move forwards.

She felt a slight amount of chakra begin to return to her she, sighed with relief; it was only temporary.

I can't believe I got hurt so easily. It's because you were angry. It's because I'm weak! I have to get stronger. So you can kill Sasuke? No. So I can live with myself. Aw I'd live with you even if you were as weak as a genin! Not you Baka! I will not be labelled the weak member of team seven anymore I'm going to find Naruto and make sure this wounds heal, as soon as my chakra comes back I'm going to get stronger than Naruto and Sasuke put together. But Naruto and Sasuke are at a bit of an advantage… Naruto steals power from a demon and Sasuke has a curse seal, if it were under normal circumstances you'd have surpassed them ages ago! I don't need some demon or curse seal to become strong. All I need is to train harder than I normally do, I am not useless and I am not weak… and I certainly will NEVER get beaten this badly AGAIN! Whoa… deep, but first we need to survive this wound and your chakra isn't coming back fast enough for you to heal it before you die of blood loss. I'll find something to help me. First you have to stand up, you haven't even noticed you've fallen over… this is bad, this is really bad, this is REALLY, REALLY BAD! SHUT UP! It's fine.

Sakura lifted herself off the ground. She stepped forwards again.

You're running out of blood you know. I know.

She made it to a clearing there was no trail of destruction this time, but two bodies lying limp in the middle of the clearing, one in orange clothing and one in blue. "Oh no." Sakura whispered almost falling to her knees. She managed to keep her balance; she stumbled over to the orange figure first. She almost fell on top of him but caught herself before she had the chance; she pushed herself so that she was kneeling next to him, "He's wounded badly." She said, "I have just enough chakra to heal his really bad wounds." She said.

Don't do that Baka! You're low enough on blood as it is, healing him will just… kill us off! Sorry inner me, but I've got to do it, he has a dream remember? So do you! What happened to, I'll get stronger? This wont kill me don't worry.

Sakura healed Naruto's fatal wounds then slowly managed to get to her feet. She noticed Sasuke standing up as well. Sasuke was as injured as Sakura was, but he wasn't losing as much blood.

They stared at each other for a few moments, "How did you survive that?" asked Sasuke. He was slumped over a deeply bleeding wound on his side; he's just come out of the second stage of the cursed seal. "You still don't get it Sasuke do you?" she asked him, hatred burning deep in her voice.

Kill him for what he did to us! And for what he did to Naruto. And our parents!

Sakura pulled out a kunai and threw it at him. It scraped Sasuke's side and he was sent spiralling to the ground. "I'm n-not as weak as you like to think Sasuke." She managed to keep standing. Sasuke threw shuriken at her. Sakura dodged painfully and threw five kunai at him; three hit his arm two got lodged in a nearby tree.

Still bad at throwing kunai I see. Give me a break I'm dying here. Oh yeah, sorry.

Sakura narrowed her eyes. Sasuke tried to get to his feet and failed. "I'm taking you back to Konoha." She said. Sasuke smiled and laughed hoarsely. Sakura stared at him questioningly. Sasuke looked up at her, "There's no Konoha left, Sakura!" he said. "Orochimaru just executed a surprise attack and destroyed Konoha. And you were out chasing me the entire time it was being destroyed!"
"BAKA!" she shouted, "Don't lie to me!"

"Why would I lie to you when you look so pathetic?"

The two grew silent; both of them became aware of two major sources of chakra very close to them. Sasuke laughed again, "I hope you die as painfully as your parents did." He hissed. Sakura froze the tears in her eyes with the ice-cold stare she fixed on him, "What happened to you Sasuke?" she asked, "You call me pathetic, I'm not the one lying on the floor too weak from his wounds to stand. You're only saying these things because you're dying and you don't want me to see you're weak side." Sasuke gritted his teeth and clenched his cut and bruised hands into fists. "You're stupid if you think that!"

"You're still a child Sasuke." She said.

In a sudden gust of wind her hair swept around her, it was then that she noticed her hair was untied from its ribbon. "Are you going to die there, Sasuke?" she asked him. Sasuke was having trouble staying awake, "I won't die until I kill him!" he snarled. Sakura swayed slightly, "You wont get the chance Sasuke. Thanks to you I'm the last Haruno alive. And if you carry on pissing me off like this I might keep you alive so that I can kill you again!" Sasuke snorted, "Like you could you're more than half dead!" Sakura pulled out another shuriken, "I can still kill you." She said pulling her hand back to throw it.

"Sakura…" mumbled a soft voice from behind her. Sakura turned slightly to see Naruto talking in his sleep. He'd never forgive her for killing Sasuke. She dropped the shuriken to the ground. Sasuke laughed, Sakura picked up another two kunai and threw each one at his ankles. Sasuke was pinned to the ground he screamed in pain. "If you so much as touch Naruto, I'll be back!" she said. She ran towards the high sources of chakra she felt stumbling, it was her last hope of helping Naruto.

Itatchi frowned as he and Kisame listened in on the conversation between the pink haired girl and Itatchi's brother. "She's still running after such a fatal wound." Observed Kisame, "That sword your brother has is supposed to drain chakra upon contact. Not as powerful as my sword of course but she shouldn't be alive."

"She's strong." Agreed Itatchi. They didn't hide from her when she almost ran straight into Itatchi, "Naruto needs…" she paused when she saw whom she was speaking to.

Great, out of the frying pan and into the fire. Just kick their Asses; we can do it! Are you that much of an idiot, I'm almost dead! So? That didn't stop us from kicking Sasuke's ass! Baka!

Sakura looked up to Itatchi Uchiha, he seemed very amused; "She has two personalities." He observed. Sakura frowned in confusion, "H-how…" She shook her head to try and rid the spots from her eyes, "Naruto!" She suddenly remembered her silent promise to protect him. "You won't get Naruto!" she yelled. Kisame laughed, "We're not after the Kyubi." He said. Sakura glared at him, "What…"

"We were on another mission but the fight caught our attention." Explained Itatchi coldly. Sakura looked to her shoulder, she'd lost too much blood.

"You stink of blood." Confirmed Itatchi, Kisame nodded. "Why haven't you killed me yet?" demanded Sakura. Itatchi frowned, "Good question." He said grasping her wounded shoulder causing her to gasp in pain. He activated Mangekyo Sharringan and Sakura Sakura was immediately in the genjutsu.

Kisame watched as Itatchi dropped the unconscious Sakura to the ground. "You really think she'll be of use to us?" asked Kisame. Itatchi shrugged, he picked up Sakura and placed her over his shoulder; "If leader has been watching her then she must be of use."

"But her strength is her will to survive and protect, how can that be of use to us?"

"We'll have to see what happens when we get back to the base."

(A.N. well the end of another chapter… I hope you liked it, anyway please review and sorry for skipping the Sasuke + Naruto fight, but I couldn't think of what to put for it. Anywho if you're reading this PLEASE give me some reviews so I know I'm not wasting my time with this and I know how to make it better.)

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