We're taking it back

We're doing it here together

It's better like that

And stronger now

Than ever

We're not gonna lose

Cause we get to choose

That's how it's gonna be

"We have gone this far… And we're not going to lose you, not again!"

He snorted at me and I just looked away at where the rain poured. Now I'm getting used to his snorts.

"Why do you think Naruto hid us away," Sasuke-kun asked suddenly. I know he knew the answer…

I smiled at him and stared at the moon that stared back at us, the rain had reduced itself.

"You know him," I sighed. "He thought of others first, instead of him… And Kakashi-sensei is just the same."

Now I feel like crying… Sakura, you can't cry now… I heard my inner Sakura said, and I know that she's crying already. I looked up at the moon again and sighed. I don't want to cry, but my tear ignored me. It just rolled slowly out of my eyes.

I promise you I will train hard to get Sasuke back! That is my promise and I never go back on my words!

And without knowing it; my tears burst out just like that. It fell on my hands and shirt. I looked down and realized that they were really wet. I wiped away my tears but it just kept coming back.

"Why can't you come back?" I heard my self said.

I looked at Sasuke-kun and he looked back at me, he turned his sharingan back into his dark onyx eyes that showed no glint of light.

"Why can't you come back?" I asked again, even though I knew he heard me and I knew he would call me annoying again… I just can't hold it anymore. Can't he realize how hard we try? Can't he cry every time he remembered us, the way we cry for him?

He looked at me and walked to me. He sat beside me and held my hand.

"I'm sorry," he said. He turned nice, all of the sudden… And that made me cry even more. "I just can't, I don't want to."

I looked at him and sobbed. Sakura, we can't cry, we were supposed to try; the way Naruto tried… We need to stop crying and do something. I know we need to do something. I know it… but I just can't hold back my misery.

"Why?" and I knew that was a lame question. "You need to forget about the past and go one with the future… I know it's hard…"

I looked into his eyes.

"But you have people who back you up, who care about you," I said.

He was about to say something when the rain stopped and he shushed me.

"I know that," he said, smiling kindly. "And the ones who cared for me… Is here."

I stood up and turned into my battle mode. Those people are back. Karin, Jyuugo, Suigetsu.

"Well, well," said a girl voice, which was Karin's. "I can't believe Sasuke actually held your hand."

I looked at her as she appeared behind the bushes.

"Where's my friends?" I asked, coldly. I can feel my inner self shivered. Sakura, chill…

Suigetsu smirked.

"Them?" he said. He walked to me, and I stepped back. "What? Our little Cherry Blossom is scared? Well, you better be, cause Cherry Blossom is about to be out of season."

Karin sighed at her teammate and walked forward to me, too.

"If you kindly hand Sasuke back to us, we would release your friends that… Well," Suigetsu smirked again and looked at the forests' direction. "Maybe Jyuugo would kindly spare the lives."

My eyes widened in both shocked and horror. They… They're going to kill Naruto and Kakashi-sensei… Sakura, what can we do? You know we can't give away Sasuke-kun!

I took a few steps forward and I grabbed Sasuke-kun's hand.

"Get away from him, you…" Karin's face turned red and I smirked. Girl, you're going to kill your mates… We need to fight, not make them angry. "Suigetsu, I think Jyuugo can kill her teammates."

Suigetsu smirked and looked at Sasuke-kun.

"What do you, think? Sasuke?" he looked at him and Sasuke-kun smiled.

"Maybe you can," Sasuke-kun said and Suigetsu and Karin smiled while I looked at him with disbelief and shock carved in my eyes.

"Have you lost your mind?" I asked him, he just stared back at me using his sharingan and I shook my head. "There's no way they can kill Naruto and Kakashi-sensei."

Karin and Suigetsu smiled.

"Well, we'll see about that," Karin smirked. "Jyuugo!"

Jyuugo appeared. I looked at his hand, he was grabbing Naruto's hair in one hand and the other hand was grabbing Kakashi-sensei's shirt. I looked at my teammates and friends with disbelief in my eyes.

"Well, I don't think they're dead," Suigetsu said, looking at Jyuugo. Jyuugo nodded. "Yeah, they're not dead, yet. And since Sasuke has said that we could kill them, we might do it anytime if you didn't let Sasuke go."

"Well, Sasuke is strong enough to get away from you," she glared at me and I sighed. I think it's really time to show them our real power, otherwise… We will lose people who really are important to us, again…

I nodded, agreed with my inner Sakura. I looked at Sasuke-kun and at Naruto and Kakashi-sensei. Naruto peeked at me for just a moment and I smiled.

"Deal, let go of them," I said, pushing Sasuke-kun who was caught by Karin who blushed.

Suigetsu smiled and looked at Jyuugo.

"Kill them," he said. And I jumped to grab Naruto.

"Jyuugo!" Karin screamed and Sasuke-kun seemed to realize the situation.

Jyuugo exploded and Kakashi-sensei replaced him. Kakashi-sensei smiled at me and gave me a thumb up.

"Good job, Sakura," he said.

Naruto smirked and jumped. He hugged me and smiled, too.

"Yeah, cool!" he said. "You were able to realize that it's a trap!"

Suigetsu and Karin turned panic while Sasuke-kun just stared at us, silently.

"Where's Jyuugo?" asked Suigetsu. "He was supposed to kill you after we left him to look for Sasu-" he paused and sighed. "We're so stupid."

Kakashi-sensei smiled.

"Ero-sennin helped us," Naruto said. And I smiled with relief. Jiraiya-sama can be useful sometimes…

"Okay, now…" Kakashi-sensei looked at Karin and Suigetsu. "I think you have someone that belonged to us."

Sasuke-kun snorted and stood up.

"Karin, Suigetsu," he called. "Let's go!"

They were about to jumped when Kakashi-sensei looked at me.

"Sakura," he said and I nodded.

I jumped and landed in front of them. I looked at Sasuke-kun's sharingan and he stared back at me.

"Get away," he said and I shook my head.

"I'm going to stop you," I said and Naruto and Kakashi-sensei jumped away.

Karin and Suigetsu realized that and called out to Sasuke-kun.

"Um… Sasuke, why does it seem they are running away," Suigetsu called. Sasuke-kun ignored him and he just kept staring at me.

I took a deep breathe and I could hear my inner Sakura cheered. Yeah, baby! Don't overdo it, kay? I smirked at them and I hit the ground. The ground roared and earthquake came.

"What the-" and before Karin could finished, the ground was destroyed.

Sasuke-kun stared at me and I could saw his sweat. Suigetsu and Karin were pale already and Naruto and Kakashi-sensei came back.

"Gee, Sakura," Naruto sighed. "I thought you're going to overdo it."

Karin and Suigetsu sighed, trying to calm themselves while Sasuke-kun smirked.

"That's not you full power, huh?" he said. He sighed and jumped away, looking back at Karin and Suigetsu. "Let's go!"

Karin and Suigetsu nodded, but before they could follow Sasuke-kun, Kakashi-sensei and Naruto blocked their way.

"Sakura, stop Sasuke!" Kakashi-sensei said and I nodded. "We'll meet up in Konoha."

I jumped and followed Sasuke-kun. When we were far from Naruto and Kakashi-sensei, I jumped faster and I shouted his name, making him stopped. He turned and looked at me.

"You want to kill me?" he said. And I shook my head.

"No, no I won't. I'm going to stop you; we trained so hard, we trained so hard so we can see you again," I said, jumping toward him slowly. I sighed and looked at him. "We have gone this far… And we're not going to lose you, not again!"

We're taking it back

We're doing it here together

It's better like that

And stronger now

Than ever

We're not gonna lose

Cause we get to choose

That's how it's gonna be

What about that, huh? Pretty good? Not so much? I kinda like it… Hehe… Please do enjoy my work…