Sacrifice

By: lovebubbles101

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Side effects

Note: I realize that on the last two chapters I put that this story was by pinkninja…well it wasn't! it was by me, that was my old account...so…I guess technically that was me…ah…so never mind! Plz enjoy the chapter!! And don't forget to review!!

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My eyes were still closed, my breathing was even, I could hear Neji and Lee mumbling, they sounded angry, but I just couldn't bring myself to wake up just yet."Sakura-Chan you need too get up, we'll be leaving soon!" I heard Lee's soothing voice from beside me. I was glad that he added the 'Chan' once again.

After a few more minutes past, I heard Neji's voice this time."Sakura!"I slowly opened my eyes as Neji shook me awake. "Hurry and get ready we leave as soon as we pack up camp!" he then stood and left me to look into Lee's eyes. I wonder if he was still up set about the- oh hey that pill really worked!

I scrambled to my feet and turned to Neji, "I don't know what was in that pill Neji, but I feet MUCH better now!" I chirped, while stretching my limbs.

I gathered chakra into my feet and made my way onto the water and stated to skip around. I noticed a heavy atmosphere and looked back. I saw Neji's head bend and Lee was uneasily playing with the grass. "Guys?"

The minute I said it, it was like I turned on the "duh" button and they both started packing like nothing had happened. Neji turned away from me and started placing his weapons into his pouches. Lee got to his feet and did the same.

"Is it just me or have they been acting extra weird lately?" Asked inner Sakura

I just shrugged it off and went back to playing in the water, but something wasn't right, something was different. I looked down at my ankle and stopped moving. My feet were slowly sinking in the water, but my chakra was perfect…it was always perfect…

I looked at Neji and Lee but only caught Neji staring wide eyed at my foot, he sharply turned away and threw his bag over his shoulder. "Side effect" was all he said before he jumped up into the trees, disappearing from my sight.



I took a bag and followed Lee to wherever it was we were going.

"Sakura-Chan….?"

I turned to Lee and smiled "yes Lee?"

"I want you to promise me something…" he stopped on a tree branch and turned to me.

"Ok, what is it"? I stopped on the branch ahead of him. Not another promise…

"I want you to promise me that whatever happens, you won't put any blame on Naruto, Hinata, or Ino."

"Um…I guess so but what could happen?"

He just nodded at me and took off. All I saw of him was a green blur and decided to follow before I fell behind.

After about an hour of running, we finally stopped. Lee and I were perched on a long tree branch; where we could see Neji and Naruto below us. I smiled and went to jump down, but Lee stopped me and forced a smile. "Give them a moment…" he stated. I just nodded and looked back down.

I wonder where Ino and Hinata are… I wondered while looking around the clearing.

We both gasped as we watched Naruto tackle Neji to the ground….

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"Damn it Neji you can't just do that to her!"Yelled Naruto as he flung another kunai in his direction. "You should have told me!"

Neji easily dodged it and got into a fighting stance. "I knew I shouldn't have told you!" Neji then did a view hand seals. "Byokugan!" His eyes turned white and veins appeared.

A look of despair crossed Naruto's face until he heard Sakrua's voice. "Naruto! Neji!" Both boys turned to see Sakura and Lee running towards them.

"Let's see how Sakrua feels about this shall we Neji!" Naruto boomed. But as he went to turn around, Neji hit him in a few places, making him gasp, he turned around, his arms hanging loosely at his side. Neji had gotten his pressure points. Before Naruto could try and attack him once again He did a few more hand seals, making Naruto fall instantly to the ground.

Naruto could just faintly see Sakrua leaning over him painting. "Naruto!" he felt her smooth hand run across his cheek. "…Naruto hold on its ok!" why did she seem scared? He'd been hit by Neji before. "Neji what did you do to him?!"She growled while glaring up at the boy.



"It's a simple sleeping jutsu; he'll be awake by tomorrow." He pulled Naruto over his shoulder and began to walk away.

"NO Sakrua you have to listen to me!" Naruto tried to move his lips but nothing came out but a small gasp, his vision started to blur until she was just a pink blob.

"Well he had better wake up soon!" she yelled.

"Why?" Neji stopped and turned to here with a raised eyebrow.

She rolled her eyes.

Duh! We can't have him asleep on a mission moron!

"So I can ask him why he was so upset with you!" she looked like she wanted to punch him but Sakura was way to smart for that, the last time that happened she was attacked by a rouge ninja…and she didn't even hit Neji, for all she knew Neji could have a body guard hiding somewhere…

Come on girl give him what he deserves! Keeping secrets like that! The nerve of that man!! Inner Sakrua was busy punching the air to notice that they had started to walk again and were by now overwhat had just happened moments before.

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The sun was right above them now and they were taking a break by yet another stream. I tried to heal Naruto but couldn't get the chakra to stay in my hand for more than a few seconds before it disappeared.

"So where are Hinata and Ino?" I asked while placing my foot into the water unable to get it to stay above, this kind of made me angry…

"There are up ahead a ways we'll catch up to them-

"Do…they….k-know?"

We all were startled by Naruto's words but keep straight faces; I mean Neji should have expected him to be able to get out of a simple sleeping jutsu…with or without my help…

"New plan" Neji stated. "Sakrua go find Hinata and Ino and stay with them until further notice!" he then walked to my side and looked at my foot in the water. "Do u feel drained of your chakra?"

Now that I think about It, ever since I woke up I did fell very weak but I just thought I was tired.

"Let me guess, side effect?" I asked in an angry tone.

"No need to make a big deal about it!" he smirked. "Its noth-



"DON"T SAY IT'S NOTHING NEJI HYUGA!! IF I CAN"T CONTROLL MY CHAKARA THEN I WON'T BE ABLE TO HEAL YOUR SORRY ASS WHEN YOU GET HURT!!" I screamed. By now I was standing and poking him in the chest. "Now, when I get back!" I started. "This had better be gone! Cause the next time I see you I-" I stopped and looked at everyone. Lee was starring at the ground, his head leaned down, Naruto was starring up at me with worried eyes, as if he was pleading for me not to go. And Neji was just looking at me with a hard expression, no emotion playing on his face…

"You know sometimes I get the feeling that I'm never going to get home…." I stepped back and glared at everyone. "Can anyone explain that to me!?" I could feel tears rising, how could they keep something from me…all of them! even Naruto…my own team mate!?

No one moved….no one said a word…so… I left, without a word, without a singal goodbye…I was unaware that I would regret that…later on…

I ran in the direction where I could feel Hinata and Ino, maybe they knew and would tell me what was going on. I couldn't use my chakra to get there, so I had to use pure strength…so it basically took me like another hour to get there…with various breaks along the way…

But when I DID!!

I could see Hinata now; she was sleeping…..WAIT sleeping In the middle of the day? No, something wasn't right. I came to a halt about a yard away. I was painting and gasping for air.

"What's wrong….with….me?" I felt so weak and drained of all my chakra.

I was forced to walk closer then I heard it….it was Ino, she was screaming! She was in pain!!

Ignoring my direr need for air I raced to her tears filling my eyes afraid I was too late. Her screams were getting louder, more intense, I had never heard anyone scream like that…it was so….scary…

"well your all here for a mission…the same mission…I need you guys to kill…the Akatsuki members…all of them

I felt as if I was running in slow motion, as if my body couldn't keep up with my mind

Kisame

I could see her!

Tobi

I was getting so close….

Zetsu



I heard another mind numbing scream as I saw her but it sounded different……it was me…I was screaming…

Sasori

She was torn into pieces…..my breath caught in my throat, and I fell to my knees….I was so close…and now…

And…..

I crawled over to her and froze, her eyes were looking straight into mine…but they were dead, they held no color. I now felt hot tears roll down my face.

Itachi…Uchiha.

"INO!!"

I shook her, trying to get her to wake up, even though deep down I knew she never would…..

"I think you should worry more about this one more than that one…"

I froze, everything seemed to stop…that voice…it echoed in my mind…over…and over…taunting me…

"You weak pathetic girl"

NO…not him…

"I expected you to try and fight or is this really all you have?"

My head slowly turned to see him…he had Hinata pinned to a tree, his hands around her throat, taking away her air…her voice…her life…

I stood up and glared at him. "You did this?" I grabbed a kunai and held it in my hand defensively. "Let her GO!" I demanded. I wasn't sure where that burst of anger came from, but I didn't care, I didn't have much time…I had to help her…

He smirked and looked at Hinata, "you mean her?" his grip tightened and I could faintly hear her gasp for air, she wasn't moving at all. "Do you feel weak?" he asked as his smirk got bigger. "Because you're shaking."

I looked at my hand and indeed I was shaking, my whole body was shaking and I was having trouble staying focused. "L-let…her…go!" my words were shaky and they came out in unsteady gasps. I had never really been in his presence…not long enough to realize how strong…and controlling he was. His chakra was over welling me…and that smirk…it gave me a new burst of anger…

With a flick of his wrist Hinata went hurling though the air, her back connecting with a tree, making it snap. "Hinata!!" I screamed. That snap filtered though my mind, making my knees shake. But despite 

This…I ran to her…I ran as fast as my legs could take me. But I was stopped but Itachi…I ran into him, he was like a wall, he wouldn't budge no matter how many times I hit him. "Get away! Get away from me!!" I yelled. "I have to help her!!"

"No."

No? He was going to stop me? He wasn't going to let me help her!? Then again….what could I do? I had no chakra…I had nothing… "What's….what's wrong with you?" I whispered. I could feel tears pouring from my eyes as I started at his chest, afraid to look into his eyes…for fear that, those eyes would be the last thing that I saw…

He sneered and shrugged his massive shoulders. "What's wrong with you?" he countered.

Me…? What's wrong with me? I have been asking myself that question for so long…and the answer is always the same….everything… "Everything…"I whispered my voice was losing volume, slowly lowering itself until I was hardly audible. "What is wrong with me?"I asked myself. I looked down at my shaking hands…droplets feel down onto my hands…it took me a minute to find out that it was raining…I looked up and starred at the darkened sky. "What's wrong with me?" I asked again, hoping…praying that someone would answer…

I heard him shift and looked back down…into his eyes….they were red…just like…. "The pill…" I whispered...

He chuckled. "Yes, I guess since your going to die I could tell you what happened." He smirked as he took a step forward.

I slowly feel to my knees, my hands holding me up. I could see them…Ino…Hinata…both pairs of eyes starring into mine…empty…dead…eyes…"T-they betrayed me?" I could see him getting closer and closer until he stood in front of me.

"Yes…" he stated while bending down to eye level. "The plan was to bring you here…and desert you…so we could depose of you…however we wished…" he muttered. I looked at his black cloak, with red clouds painting the sides, the rain soaked into the cloth, disappearing…

We? I thought. "W-why." I could feel the tears pouring out of my eyes. "T-they…wouldn't……do….that" I choked…

"They had to" he replied as If it was as simple as day.

"Why" I asked again.

"Because, you were meant as a sacrifice to your village so you're dear Hokage could live!" I heard him growl in the back of his throat. "So disgusting…isn't kunoichi?"



I couldn't believe what I was hearing! Tsunade wanted me dead so she wouldn't have to die! I realized that I still had the kunai in my hand and I squeezed it. "NO she wouldn't do that!" I yelled. I was surprised that I said it without faultier, but now it was even harder to breath.

"That's what you think." He picked up a shuriken and put it on my arm; he pushed down and made a gash down my arm leaving a trail of blood behind. I screamed I pain, but my body wouldn't' move…I couldn't block his attack.

I starred down at the blood, it mixed with the rain…and fell hopelessly to the ground…red…red pill…traders…this burning then settled in my stomach, it started getting more painful until I started screaming once again. "NO!!" after that…everything was once again in slow-motion… I lifted the kunai and went to stab him…stab him in the heart…to make him bleed….to bleed red….

But the kunai hit nothing…just air… my arms gave out, causing me to fall forward, on my face. My sobs echoed in my head….as I realized I lost my only chance…to get revenge…

I looked up at him…his eyes were narrowed, but he had amusement written all over his face. How could he…how could he do that to them? What did they ever do? I asked myself while my eyes started to close… I now understood why Sasuke hated this man…he was evil…he had no heart…

Sasuke…I'm sorry…

"Your time is through." He muttered.

I'm sorry I never understood….

I watched helplessly as he came closer….and closer… he raised an unknown weapon…I couldn't see it, because everything was being engulfed by darkness.

"I'm sorry that I wasn't there for you…that I thought you were foolish…I was foolish…

I was about to close my eyes…and give into the darkness, but another blur appeared in front of me….stopping Itachi's persistence. I heard the clash of metal hitting metal….someone was saving me…I wasn't going to die! But is that what I wanted? Not to die? What did I have to go back to? No one….nothing…nada…

"I'm sorry…"

Then…everything went black…and all I heard was that soft voice I use to love…

"Don't be…"

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