Chapter 2

"Where could she be, Sakura couldn't have gotten far." said Naruto as he, Sasuke, Ino and Kakashi travelled together in a group through the forest, searching for Sakura.

"She's wearing a mask that makes her act like a goofy Looney Tune, she shouldn't be too hard to find." said Ino.

"Keep your eyes peeled, there's no telling when she'll strike." said Kakashi.

"Like I care." said Sasuke.

"She's got to be around here somewhere."

As they continued searching, they kept a close eye out just incase she would try to pull a trick on them of some kind.

Soon out of nowhere, Sakura came popping out of the ground, chomping on a carrot like Bugs Bunny, with buck teeth and rabbit ears to match.

"Eh, what's up doc." greeted Sakura.

"Cut the act already, I'm taking that mask off now."

Rushing forward, Ino grabbed Sakura by the head and tried to pull the mask off. But instead she ended up pulling off a fake head. In it's place was Ino's own head.

"Look at me, I'm you." said Sakura with Ino's voice.

Ino tried again, only this time Sakura had a dog's head.

"Do you have my bone?"

"Grrrr, stop that you maniac."

She tried for a third time, but was unsuccessful once more, as Sakura now had an alien head.

"Take me to your leader."

Ino began to get more and more angry as she kept at it. She continued to pull off all sorts of random heads until she reached the end. When she pulled the last one off, it revealed Sakura's normal face.

"Uh oh."

But she soon pulled her own face off, showing her green face once again.

"GOTCHA, HA HA HA."

"Sakura, you must take off the mask. It's powers are dangerous." said Kakashi.

"Sorry buster. I'm much more better than Sakura. I can do whatever I want."

"Who do you think you're suppose to be?" asked Naruto.

"I'm glad you asked cubby."

Suddenly, music started playing out of nowhere, and Sakura singing and dancing.

I gotcha with my winning smile

I'm a living lesson in flair and sytle

You just can't but stare at my savior-faire

I'm nouveau, deco, roman-greco, rococo, barroco, be-bop, hip hop, flip flop

SOMEBODY STOP ME!

Pretty viridian faces like mine

Don't come a dime a dozen- I stand out in the crowd!

Babe, when they made me, yeah, they broke the mold!

Wholesome and kind, staid and refined, totally out of my mind!

Arch-villains and ne'er-do-wells, had better learn to decorate prison cells

Green goes with anything if they ask, see!

Well there's one last thing I gotta sing about

Open up wide and really shout!

OHHHH...LOOK OUT!

THIS IS "THE MASK".

SSSSMOKIN!

"Look, either way, that mask is coming off." said Naruto.

"Sorry but I've got places to go, and people to torment. I must be going now, but first."

She suddenly dashed over to Sasuke, grabbed him, dipped him back and kissed him hard on the lips. She then let him go.

"Ooh la la. So long my darling, for one day our eternal love for one another shall bloom in the air, mon cherie."

She took off spinning into the distance. Sasuke on the other hand, just stood their completely still, almost as if he were paralyzed. But at the last second, he reacted with digust, wiping his mouth.

"That was just sick." said Sasuke.

"I CAN'T BELIEVE SHE DID THAT. NO ONE KISSES SASUKE LIKE THAT AND GETS AWAY WITH IT. I'M GOING AFTER HER MYSELF." yelled Ino with rage.

"You try anything like that and she might give you a wedgie or something." said Naruto

"Focus everyone. We must find her before she harms anyone." said Kakashi.

Later elsewhere...

"Orochimaru, everything is set for the attack on the village. Shall I send the troops? asked Kabuto.

"Patience Kabuto. Things are just beginning to go according to plan. Right now we must wait until the opportunity arises for us to make our move." replied Orochimaru.

"Pretty soon no one, not even Tsunade will know what hit them."

"Precisely. As long as there are no delays in our plans, things will stay right on track."

"Hmm, well now I wouldn't say that." said a squeaky cartoon voice.

"Who said that, show yourself!" demanded Orochimaru.

"Aw come on, why would I spoil my grand debut?"

"I demand you show yourself immediately."

"What's the matter, am I making you mad?"

"Enough, I have no time for these wretched games."

"Sorry, no can do."

Orochimaru was beginning to lose his patience. There was an unknown being somewhere around his location, and yet he could not tell who it was.

Suddenly, Kabuto was subjected to an atomic wedgie by the mystery person.

"Who is responsible for this insolence?" demanded a now angry Orochimaru.

"Look behind you."

Orochimaru turned around to find a green box with a yellow ribbon on top. It had a little card attached to it that said " To: Orochimaru". Feeling curious, Orochimaru opened the box.

"SURPRISE." yelled Sakura as she popped out of the box, startling him.

"You, how dare you interfere with my plans?"

"Ooh, it looks like I came at the right time. That hairdo is all wrong for someone like you."

"Fool, this is how my hair always looks."

"Don't worry, I'll fix it up really nicely."

Creating a styling chair out of nothing, she grabbed Orochimaru and put him in the chair. Like before with Sasuke, she tied him up with a large ribbon.

"What is the meaning of this, untie me right now." said the angry villain.

"Ah ah ah, no one likes a whiner."

"You'll pay for this."

"TIME FOR A SPIN CYCLE."

She began twirling him in a tornado, proceeding to run her hands through it.

"I just need to tie up a few loose ends. A little here, some there, a few twists and twirls."

After a few seconds, she stopped the tornado.

"Oh my gosh, you look absolutely gorgeous."

She then pulled out a mirror and moved it in front of him. He reacted with dismay and digust at his reflection. His long black hair was tied up in two pigtails with sparkly red bows. Enraged, he freed himself from the large ribbon, yanked the bows out of his hair and glared down at Sakura with rage in his eyes.

"HOW DARE YOU. YOU SHALL SUFFER FOR YOUR ACTIONS." yelled Orochimaru.

"Sorry to disappoint you cubby. I'd love to stay, but I must be going. But first."

She reached into her pocket and pulled out a bomb, which she handed to Orochimaru.

"There you go, so long now. WOO HOO WOO HOO." she said before bouncing away.

As soon as she was gone, the bomb exploded, leaving Orochimaru covered in ashes.

"Kabuto, cancel our plans for now, I need time to recuperate." said Orochimaru.

Meanwhile...

"This is getting reckless, we've been searching in this forest for that maniac about several hours now, we'll never catch her long as she's wearing that mask." said Ino.

"I'm still cringing from when she kissed me." said Sasuke.

"Keep yourselves together, we must not give up." said Kakashi.

"I sure hope she won't try anything tricky like last time." said Naruto.

They continued their travel through the forest. But everywhere they looked, Sakura was nowhere to be found at all.

Or so they thought.

"Where could she possibly be?" wondered Naruto.

But suddenly, Naruto felt something grab his leg and lift him off the ground. He was soon hanging upside down from a tree by a rope which was tied around his right leg.

"Don't ask." he said in an annoyed tone.

"I see now that not only is Sakura wacky with that mask on, she's also smart." said Ino.

"COULD SOMEONE GET ME DOWN!"

"Hang on, I'll get you down." said Sasuke.

He took out a shuriken from his pocket and threw it at Naruto, cutting the rope, which caused him to fall on his head.

"I SAID GET ME DOWN, NOT CUT ME DOWN."

"I know, I just always wanted to do that."

Ignoring him, Naruto just stood up and stormed off ahead. But what he didn't expect was for the ground to cave in beneath, causing him to fall in the hole.

"DON'T EITHER OF YOU SAY A WORD." he yelled from inside the hole.

"Whatever you say, Mr Gullible." said Ino while giggling.

After crawling out of the hole, Naruto continued his way forward, with the others following him. But they stopped short when they spotted a small red and pink box sitting in the middle of their path. Curious, Naruto walked over to the box and looked down at it. He picked it up and opened it, only to be punched into the air by a boxing glove attached to a spring. He ended up splashing into a lake nearby.

"This is so humiliating." said Naruto as he climbed out of the lake, only to come face to face with a grinning, green faced Sakura.

"Hiya pal." greeted Sakura with a little girl voice.

"Now Sakura, just stay still. I am going to gently take the mask off. And once I do, I'll get rid of it for you, and everything will go back to normal."

But just as he reached for her face, she grabbed his arms.

"You don't wanna do that." she said with a low female voice. Swinging him around, she tossed him back into the lake.

"No one's getting rid of me. I'm much more active, talented, and pretty looking than that boring, spineless, average and whiny Sakura.

But suddenly, Ino appeared in front of her and grabbed at her face, once again attempting to take off the mask.

"One way or another, I'm ripping this mask clean off." said Ino.

"What mask, you're only grabbing my face."

Pretty soon, Naruto jumped back out of the lake.

"Naruto, grab her legs. This mask is coming off now."

Doing as he was told, Naruto went behind her and grabbed her legs. But as they both pulled at the same time, it got them nowhere as they were doing nothing more than stretching her out like a giant rubber band. All the while, Sasuke and Kakashi watched from the sidelines.

"Gee, I sure hope there's a plastic surgeon, because I may need one after this."

However, Ino couldn't hold on much longer as she accidentally lost her grip, causing Sakura to get flung pass Naruto and slam straight into a large tree. She then peeled herself off the tree, her entire body was as flat as a pancake.

"Look everybody, I'm living roadkill, HA HA HA." she joked. Blowing on her thumb, she restored herself to her normal shape.

"GRAB HER." yelled Naruto as he and the others, except Kakashi, all leaped at her. But with a smirk on her face, she zoomed out the way, avoiding their grasp.

"Ha, you missed me. You're gonna have to pluck up more potential than that to catch me."

"Listen to me Sakura. The mask is influencing your behavior to uncontrollable levels, if you can hear me in there, you must remove it now before it completely takes over your mind." said Kakashi.

"Hehehehehe. You silly boy, I'm not trying to take over her mind, I'm just merely doing things that Sakura herself could never accomplish. Now if you'll excuse me, I do believe that I'm needed elsewhere, ciao for now."

Getting into running position, Sakura ran off again.

"She's heading back for the village."

"Hurry, we have to catch her." said Ino.

They all headed off after her. But along the way, Naruto ended up falling into the same hole from earlier.

"Like I said, Mr Gullible."

"Don't push it." he replied as he climbed back out.

Later back at the village...

Sakura just trotted along through the village, humming happily to herself. As she went on, various villagers glanced at her with suspicious and frightened looks on her face. After what she had done earlier, many of them chose to keep their distance while others just avoided her.

She put a hand to her chin as she began thinking.

"Hmm, things seem rather quiet around here. Luckily I know how to spice things up, with a little razzle dazzle." she said with a smile on her face.

"HEY EVERYBODY, IT'S TIME TO PARTY."

Producing a massive red bomb from out of nowhere, Sakura threw it into the air, where it exploded in a large cloud of white smoke. The whole village was now refurbished with party decorations and accessories while all the villagers were now wearing party clothes. Sakura herself was now wearing a sparkly red dress, along with a pair of matching high heels.

"IT'S PARTY TIME."

She then pulled out a boom box which was a playing a random party song, like "La Cucaracha". As the music played, everyone started dancing along with the beat, particularly Sakura, who was dancing like a true expert while shaking some tambourines, which she produced out of nothing.

"Now if only Sakura could do this, things would be much better for Konoha." she said breaking the fourth wall.

As long as the party went on, Sakura felt that nothing could disrupt this wonderful moment. That is until she heard the loud shouting of an angry Ino.

"STOP THIS PARTY RIGHT NOW." yelled Ino.

Everything went quiet as Sakura was confronted by Ino, Naruto, Sasuke and Kakashi.

"Ay caramba."

Without warning, Sakura dashed away through the crowd, losing the others as a result. They followed after her, not knowing that she actually ran back to her apartment and hid inside.

"All this chasing is too much for a fun loving girl like me. Sakura never got this kind of attention. Well, it was fun while it lasted, but still it's just plain uninteresting."

Grasping her face once more, she pulled the mask off again, returning to her normal self. However, she was still in the same red dress.

"What happened, how did I end up in this dress?" she wondered.

But when she saw the mask in her hands, she quickly came to realization.

"Oh no, not again."

She blushed with extreme embarrassment. She began having thoughts of all the things she had done while wearing the mask, which made her feel even more embarrassed.

"I've got to do something about all this, starting now."

Meanwhile, Naruto and the others were standing around outside, wondering where she was.

"She couldn't have left the village again, she's got to be here somewhere." said Naruto.

"Right now, all I want is to take that mask off of her." said Ino.

"She should still be here in the village. I just know it." said Sasuke.

"I'm right here." said Sakura who suddenly appeared behind them, holding the mask in her right hand.

"Sakura, you took off the mask." said Kakashi.

"Yeah, I did. Listen I just wanted to apologize to you all. I never meant to cause any harm, it's just that the moment I put on the mask, I just felt like a whole different person. It made me feel free, granted me powers that I couldn't possibly imagine."

"Either way, I hope you've learned your lesson. That mask is too dangerous to be kepy by anyone, including you."

"I know that. And I was hoping you could get rid of it for me."

"As you wish."

She then gave the mask to Kakashi, who walked off with it.

"So now everything is back to normal." said Naruto.

"Yeah, pretty much."

"Let's just forget this ever happened and move on already." said Sasuke walking away.

Later during sunset,after they went their separate ways, Sakura returned to her apartment, laying down on her bed, feeling relieved. After all she had been through for the past several hours with the mask on, she was satisfied that it was all over.

Or was it?

Within her closet, the mask itself sat there motionlessly on the shelf, with an eerie green glow emitting from it. Pretty soon, Sakura opened the closet and grabbed the mask off the shelf.

"You readers actually thought I got rid of it didn't you? Looks like I fooled you all, the one I gave to Kakashi was only a fake prop I created. Don't ask how, because it's a secret." said Sakura breaking the fourth wall.

With a devious smirk, she placed the mask on her face again. No sooner did it envelope her head, she became engulfed in another tornado. She went straight out the door of her apartment, reappearing as the Mask once again.

"That's right readers, the Mask is here to stay. OOH, SOMEBODY STOP ME, HA HA HA." said Sakura as she zoomed off through Konoha to cause more mischief.

Here's the conclusion of my story.

It took me some time, but at least I finished it. The very first entry in the Naruto segments of my Mask crossover series. But Sakura isn't the only female who gets a chance to wear the Mask of Loki. There are two others, but I won't say who they are. You'll have to find out for yourselves.