I do not own Naruto but I sure wish I did

Chapter 3

As the wait for the immense source of chakra to approach began a pink blur could be seen speeding toward them. Sasuke's mind wandered for sakura's safety as he sprinted to sakura's side in the hope of trying to reach her before the thing with the monstrous chakra did. The thought of the beautiful pink haired female in pain scared the hell out of him but what he saw terrified the hell out of him. She had a murderous smirk plastered on her face and her eyes had been narrowed to slits, what made it worse was that pure white wings had sprouted from her back and her body was immersed in a silver glow. The most shocking part was the way she had ignored his presence ,she just darted past him and to the direction which he had just came from. The clash of metal could be heard in the clearing that Itachi had just been. Sakura flapped her now wings which had slight streaks of crimson on them. Sasuke pumped chakra into his feet as he ran after the pinkette. The fighting came to a stop as everyone in the clearing gazed to the beauty that had just dropped out of the sky ,Her eyes showed nothing but hate and her mouth was twisted into an evil smirk. One glance at her comrades made them drop their weapons in fear of what she was but this wasn't her in control it was something else, something that was supposed to be good but had embraced evil. In one swift motion she punched Itachi across the face and brought both of her hands down to his neck.

As Sasuke got closer he heard all the metal scraping noise(from kunais)from before was no longer audible. He increased his speed pumping his already low chakra into his feet and pushing battered body to its limits. He reached the clearing in a matter of moments but what he saw confused him . There his team mate (sakura) stood with her wings unfurled and hands clasped around itachi's throat but what got him angrier was that all of his friends cowering in fear before her all staring at the scene with fear in their eyes and none even bothering to provide the fallen pink haired angel (Sakura)some back up.

"All those who cause hurt and pain and bring destruction to one's home shall be punished but in your case..."her eyes hardened "DEATH shall be the only punishment for scum like you."came out a shrill voice which came out of sakura's mouth but didn't appear to sound like it actually belonged to her.

Sasuke pov:

My heart was beating fast, I'd never seen sakura like this . She was like a whole different person. She had a look similar to the ones villains had when they were facing the problem of blood lust.

I had to act fast because if I didn't she would do something that she would surely regret because sakura was not the person to do something out of revenge or hate. Time was running out as I saw her take out a kunai slowly bringing it down to itachi's heart.

Think sasuke! think! I thought to myself trying to think of a plan.

It worked as I finally thought of a plan. i stood in position and made hand signs for a shadow clone. Immediately a clone of myself appeared in a puff of smoke beside me. We nodded at each other both had agreed on the plan.(kind of weird).

My clone used some hand signs and created a chidori in his hand and was heading straight for Itachi from the behind his shadows while I myself had other plans. A part of me I realised would get what I had desired and have the chance to kill someone who I had hated from the bottom of my heart while the other part of me would just be happy to have sakura safe, even if it'd have its own consequences.

Getting all those unneeded thoughts out of my mind I rushed towards sakura praying I would reach in time.

Normal pov:

Not a moment to soon the clearing was filled the sound of the chidori which was like a thousand chirping birds and shocked gasps from the shinobi of konoha well those who were still conscious. Naruto's mouth was hanging open and Neji's eyes were widened. Even Shino who was usually silent had been staring at shock within his eyes. Hinata's pearl eyes were on the blood dripping from his body. Tears stung her eyes as her heart clenched it hurt her seeing her friends in pain.

Naruto's pov:

I had failed my promise the one I had made years. I am such an idiot why couldn't I have been the one to fight Itachi from the start instead of engaging in a battle with the plant guy.

Seriously it defies the laws of physics plants aren't supposed to move they should be in one place and stay there and not move as soon as someone's turned their backs on them. And what bugged me was that the plant was arguing with itself. I mean once you've said something that means you're gonna do it, I wonder if that guy has 2 brains...COOL!

Getting back to the point he saw sakura ,with wings like a tainted angel with enormous chakra radiating from her, and her hands clasped around Itachi's neck. Her voice was unbelievably thin and screechy like but it had been somewhat full of authority. My eyes followed sakura's moments as she took one hand off of Itachi's neck and reached into her kunai pouch pulling out a kunai which she poised at her enemy who had been immobilised by the foreign chakra being emitted from her body which was now engulfing Itachi who still was gripped by her monstrous strength.

What had happened next had bought me to tears. It once again reminded me of how horrible a friend had been. I couldn't even protect someone for whom he had cared for no matter who it was I protected them from. It was the same as four years ago I was still weak.

Flashback:

They had failed the mission to bring sasuke back but Tsunade had found a lead to where Orochimaru had been lately seen.

The same team that had been sent on the sasuke retrieval were getting ready to leave near the gates of konoha. They had been eager to get sasuke back to redeem themselves for the mission they had once lost.

After an hour of travelling they had finally reached their destination. Pale eyes of the Hyuga had Byakugan activated in search for any life force. In the main hall the chakra of two was immediately detected .

"Two people are on the other side of the main halls" spoke his calm voice.

"One of them could be Sasuke! Lets go guys we don't wanna let them escape now do we?" asked the hyperactive blonde .

"Troublesome"

"Shut up"

"Lets-munch-go"

"Hn"

They masked their chakra's carefully as they started sprinting towards the two residents of the hideout.

Naruto was having trouble keeping the kyuubi's chakra in check but his determination was overpowering the fox's chakra. He had promised himself to get the sasuke back using his own chakra.

Shikamaru and choji had been both worried about sakura who apparently was one of the most affected with Sasuke's betrayal. They saw how depressed ino would be when Sakura wouldn't even bother to talk to her. They had wanted Konoha's genin to go back to the way it had been and the way it would've been if orochimaru hadn't appeared in the chunin exams.

Neji and Kiba who had both been defeated by Naruto at some stage in the chunin exams were worried of Naruto's well being since both had no idea of the feeling what it was like to lose someone who you thought of as a brother.

As they neared the area where the chakra had been situated it was Naruto who had burst through the door. The people standing before them weren't who the shinobi wanted them to be. Without wasting any time Naruto struck like a cobra. Battling the one with red hair while being aided by neji. The one with purple hair had been standing his guard against Kiba, choji and shikamaru.

The red headed smirked while the one with purple hair just chuckled darkly.

"Being near to death isn't so funny." exclaimed Naruto angrily

"Someone is going to die but it isn't us"said the red head as he and his partner activated their cursed seals directly to stage 2.

The purple one had his body mutated into somewhat of a creature with red wings and had horns on his head , he had looked like a mutated eagle. In a matter of moments he knocked out Choji leaving large gashes and cuts on numerous places. Leaving him to face Kiba and shikamaru. Shikamaru used his shadow bind to keep the enemy while Kiba used tunnelling fang on him but the enemy stood unfazed. All of a sudden a swirling wind surrounded them. It was like a typhoon. Out of which appeared another enemy who by surprise pierced 2 katanas through the stomach's of Shikamaru and Kiba both who soon after passed out.

Looking over at the red head who was somewhat like a Sagittarius(half horse half human)now had knocked out neji and currently was finishing of Naruto.

Naruto held a rasengan in his hand and the Sagittarius held a sword both charged at each other and attacked at the same time but due to lack of chakra it was Naruto who collapsed after the attack.

Naruto had lost conscious but before that he heard the enemies mumble the words"weaklings" just before abandoning the hideout .

That was the day Naruto made a promise to himself swearing that he wouldn't ever see his comrades fall before his very eyes and the next time he would become strong enough to protect his loved ones.

End of flashback

That memory was bad enough, I let a tear fall from my eye as I saw the sight before me. In the middle of the clearing Itachi had been pierced by chidori through his heart by a fake Sasuke who now disappeared in a puff of smoke but that wasn't the worst part …... the real sasuke... he...he stood before sakura and took the attack that had been meant for Itachi with his arms wrapped around sakura's waist. His clothes were bloodstained and he had a smile on his face.

My worry for sasuke reached its limit as sasuke let out a cough except this was no ordinary cough it had been filled with blood. My scream echoed throughout the entire forest.

"SASUKEEEE!"

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