Another chapter for my lovely viewers. I hope you can appreciate it. I worked hard, so very hard on it.

Enjoy!


Sakura looked up, her headband covering the scene. She heard angry shouts and cries coming from in front of her. She didn't know what was happening. She then heard someone shout her name. "Sakura!" Her eyes went wide from behind her headband as she heard the voice that called to her. It sounded all to familiar. Everytime she would get in trouble, she would hear that voice. Everytime she went hysterical, she heard that voice. It was the sound she loved to hear, loved to listen to every chance she got. Whether she was in trouble or not, that voice soothed her. Slowly, the word came from her lips. "Sasuke-kun?" She asked. Oh how much she wanted to run up to him, and give him the biggest hug. However, the rope and headband prevented her from doing such a feat. She felt misrable, not being able to do anything.

Naruto and Kakashi ran through the trees, searching frantically for their two teammates. "Sakura-chan! Sasuke-teme! Oi, can you guys hear me!?" Naruto shouted. Kakashi shook his head. "Naruto, I think we lost them." He said to the blond. Naruto's eyes went wide for a second, then they turned into a glare. He shook his head furiously, as if trying to deny the fact that both of his friends were lost. Who knows what could happen or what had already happened to the two. Extreme guilt fell upon him. Even though it was the enemy that had kidnapped Sakura, and Sasuke who had sped up even though he told him to wait up, Naruto felt like it was his own fault. He hid the guilt, sadness, and anger that overcame him for a short time, and turned to Kakashi. "Kakashi-sensei, can you sense their chakra at all?" He asked his teacher. Kakashi slowly shook his head. "I'm afraid not, Naruto." He said.

Meanwhile, Sasuke was running up to the enemies, his eyes showing the famous sharingon. He inwardly admitted that Sakura was a very important person in his life, and that he would do anything to protect her. He could admit that, but he didn't know why. He had always held a hate for the annoying pinkette, and didn't show much emotion to her. Eversince the chunin exam in the forest of death however, he felt a need to protect her, more than anything. Something inside him told him that it was the right thing to do. Especially when he awoke to the sight of her on the ground, wounds all over her face and body. He just snapped. The only thing keeping him from killing everyone there was Sakura.

For some reason, he felt it to be bad to kill anyone in her presence. So he managed to keep down his seal, and result in breaking one of the sound nins arms instead. He wanted to stop it there, and go to see if Sakura was okay, but the seal kept him on his attacking intent. Nothing overpowered him more than that, until a pair of shaking arms wrapped around his waist. He felt the warmth of the person, and decided against it to take them down. Instead, he stared at the face of the person, and something about her eyes took away the evil power from his body, and back into its main mark. That was a main reason why she was important to him. He needed her to keep him under control.

As he was in feet of the enemy, Sasuke lunged at him, his kunai set in his hand. In an instant, the cold peice of metal was deep into the mans side. A large circle of blood came out and around the wound he had made. The sight of the blood, soothed him for some reason. He felt, secure around its look and how it came out. A dark, meanicing smirk crossed his face, and the curse mark started to come out. It was almost across his face, when he remembered someone. He turned his head toward where he felt her presence. He saw her tears, her trembling body. It made him insecure. Slowly, the cursemark recided from his body, and back into its thresh hold, where it belonged. He called out her name. "Sakura!" He saw her raise her head up toward the sound of his voice. He saw her lips make a movement, saying his name. "Sasuke-kun?" He heard her ask.

He wanted to help out his teamate, he wanted to. If only the other man in the corner hadn't knocked him out. Darkness soon overcame his vision. He couldn't see anything anymore. He silently prayed that Sakura would be okay. Before he was completely unconcious, he remembered what she had asked him the night before. The fear in her voice. 'Sasuke-kun, am I gonna die?' she had asked him. 'No, Sakura, you won't die.' He thought. Then, he was completley engulfed in darkness.

Tear drops fell from his cheeks as he continued to search for his missing teammates. Naruto couldn't accept the fact that both of his friends were missing, especially Sakura. He cared about her more than anything. He wanted her to be okay. As for Sasuke, he wanted him to be okay as well. Not that he felt much of a friendship bond growing between them, he just couldn't leave another teammate behind. Kakashi, on the other hand, was focusing on finding the twos chakra. He searched and searched, but nothing came up. He was just about to tell Naruto that they should go back to the village to get help to find the two, when he felt a presence. It was close. Hope filled up his heart. He had found one of them. Then his hope sunk. He had only found one of them. Still, he had to go with what he had. "Naruto, I can feel one of their presences. This way!" Kakashi told the upset child. Naruto's head shot up, but his expresion remained pained. 'Only one eh?' He thought. Once they got to ground level, they came up to a clearing. In front of them lay Sasuke, unconcious. "Sasuke!" Naruto shouted as he ran up to him. Kakashi followed behind. He checked his vitals. "He's okay Naruto, just unconcious." Kakashi declared. Naruto put his head down in shame. He felt that it was his fault, again. If only he had stopped his teammate from going on ahead, if only. Naruto started to cry in guilt. Kakashi placed a hand on the blond's head, trying to comfort him. "It's going to be okay Naruto. It wasn't your fault." He told him.
"K-kakashi-sensei, where's Sakura-chan?" Naruto asked his teacher. Kakashi removed his hand from the childs head. He shook his head in defeat. "I'm sorry Naruto, but I'm afraid Sakura is, gone. Again." He said. Instead of seeing more tears from the blond, he saw red. Lots of red, swarming around his body. Kakashi grabbed Sasuke and backed away from him. "Naruto! Get a hold of yourself!" Kakashi told him. Naruto, his mind lost to the Kyuubi, ignored his teachers request. He took a deep breath, and let out an animal like howl. "SAKURA-CHAN!!!!!!!"

Here you all go. My last story for the night. Whew, I gotta tell ya, doing this much in one day was a pain!

I did it all for you!

!Ja Ne!