Hey guys! Thanks for all the awesome reviews I got! I really love long reviews and I'm surprised at how well this story is going so far, I decided to add in Sakura and Kyoko's character descriptions so you know what they look like, and how Sakura has changed

Sakura- Nineteen, 5' 9", she's tall and curvy, her hair goes to her mid-back and she has long bangs that she keeps pulled off the side, her hair has black highlights on the tips, this inculdes her bangs, she wears the elektra outfit but if you look at Elektra's outfit on her left arm she wears a metal band and on Sakura it's her hitai-aye, she wears the sash belt that Elektra has but on the ends of the sash are small white circles, she also wears a diamond circle necklace and on the top and bottom inside are the uchiha fan and connecting the pieces of the fan is the Uzamaki swirl.

Kyoko- Seventeen, 5' 7", she has platinum hair to her mid-shoulder and bangs, her eyes are a lilac silver color, she wears a forest green style kimono almost like Temari's time skip clothes, only her kimono only goes to her upper leg with slits up the sides and has short sleeves, the obi sash is black and she wears black leggings under it and black Sasuke time skip like gloves, and sandles like Tsunade's.

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Well as always I don't own Naruto or any of its characters, or Elektra!

It was into the early afternoon when Sakura finally came to a halt in their walking. The forests of the morning had hours ago dissapeared, leaving meadows of bright green and amber grass almost knee high. It had been quite since their earlier departure, Sakura hadn't said anything since, and the morning rolled by without much interest.

Kyoko raised an eyebrow, as Sakura stopped, raising her head slightly and turning to look in the direction they had came from. Her green eyes had lowered into a fierce glare, as she gazed off into the distance, her eyes slowly scanning, searching for something Kyoko failed to see,"What are you looking at?"

Sakura remained silent, and for a moment, Kyoko was sure she wasn't getting an answer, so she began to ask again. Sakura turned her indifferen't gaze to her," Nothing, it's just nothing." A breeze swept through the open field, the blades of grass whipped against their legs, and picked up Sakura's long hair," We're going to take a break, you need to regain your chakra."

Sakura removed her cloak, throwing it over a tan shoulder, the sun blazing down on them,"Why would I need to do that?"

Kyoko watched as Sakura turned her back and began walking again," I'm going to be using chakra to travel. I'm sure if you can use ice techniques then you must know how to transfer chakra to your feet to run faster. I plan on getting were I'm going in the next day or so, maybe even tonight," she turned to look at the girl over her shoulder," Here's the rule kid, if you can keep up with me then you won't have a problem, but if you fall behind I'm not turning back."

A determined grin was her response," I have no doubt I can keep up, if I couldn't then I wouldn't have found you to begin with."

"There's a river up ahead, we're going there."

Kyoko followed her in silence there, A few trees were scattered across the distance. Sakura sat against the bark of one, bending one leg and throwing an arm over it to look out over the river, the rough surface scratching at her exposed skin. Kyoko looked around for a moment before sitting against the tree across from her.

"How did you know?"
The girl looked at her confused," Know what?"

Sakura, who previously had her head bent, moved it upwards slightly, tindrils of green showing through her bangs that had fallen unevenly into her line of vision," About Team Seven, or even about events that happend in Konohagakure? I can tell your not from there, so tell me Miyazaki who are you working for."

A disbelieving look crossed the girls face before it was followed by amused laughter," Well lets say we have a mutual friend."

"This friend being?"

She smiled slyly," Would you happen to remember a kid by the name of Konohamaru?"

Her head lifted the rest of the way up as she smiled amusement clearly on her features," You mean the grandson of the third Hokage? How old would he be now, sixteen? Where did you happen to cross paths with?"

"Well you see after the whole Konoha incident, everyone just kind of scattered, or so I heard. Your right I'm not from Konoha, I was born an orphan, on one of Mist's surrounding islands, to one of the many war like battles held between occupants of other surrounding islands. I was taken in by a former kunoichi who had opened up a weapons shop there. She taught me what little I know, she was killed in a battle she went to fight in a few years ago, about the time of your death. So I went to the land of Waves, where I met Konohamaru, Moegi, and Udon. He prided in telling stories about the ninja of Konoha, and you just happened to be in some of them, Moegi quite idolized your abilities. After I left them, and rumours of you surfaced, I just figured I would come check it out for myself."

Sakura seemed to take this in for a moment," Yea, that sounds like Konohamaru, boasting and bragging, just like someone else I once knew..." with that she leaned back with thoughts of what once was in her head.

It was dark, no light shone into the ebony abyss, she lay on the cold floor. Footsteps echoed as she called out to whoever was there. Deep crimson orbs penetrated the darkness, looming over her with only a fridged expression in them. She stared in bewilderment, reaching a hand out to the figure, as he turned his back, leaving her. She called out to him," Who are you?" A voice echoed through," Sakura, Sakura, Wake up Sakura."

She shot up, hand reaching out to the figure looming over her, slamming them into the tree behind her, as she held the kunai she had pulled to their neck. Wide lilac orbs stared back at her, as the days events replayed in her mind. Hesitantly she released Kyoko," Don't you know better then to wake up a kunoichi? Ninja are always on gaurd."

She shrugged," You've been asleep for about an hour now, I just thought you might want to get moving."

Sakura walked to the river, splashing cold water onto her heated skin, Kyoko walked to her side," Where are we going?"

Sakura looked around them before replying,"Well, if we travel at the speed I'm going to be going, we should make it to Rain Country within the next couple of hours. It's small though, and hopefully we can pass through wihtout being seen, then we're going to Suna, we might make it by dark."

"ARE YOU OUT OF YOUR MIND?! WE CAN"T GO TO RAIN COUNTRY!"

Sakura raised an eyebrow," Why not?"

"Don't you know, the Akatsuki base is on the border of Rain and Konoha!? They basically have shinobi swarming the place!"

Sakura shook her head," Why do you think we traveled northwest, we're travelling the western border of Rain, not the eastern were Konoha is. It's your choice, I'm going either way."

Kyoko shook her head slightly," Don't count me out yet, I'll go."

Sakura merely turned, draped the cloak back over her, and with Kyoko on her heels headed towards Suna.

It was late that night, possibly into the early hours of the morning when they crossed into Suna, Kyoko had never been so happy to see a place in her entire life. The towan was a ghost if its former success. The streets lay dust ridden and barren. Kyoko looked to Sakura," Is this what it's supposed to look like here?"

Sakura shook her head in disdain," No, it's not."

A shadow loomed in the light of a flickering street lamp, just a blur to the untrained eye. Sakura smiled, her lips, the only visible part under her hood," Kyoko," she began, her boots taking on a green glow," Hold on to something."

Kyoko looked at her befuddled," Hold on to wh-AHH!" A gust of hurricane winds barrelled into them. Kyoko felt her feet slip, as she clawed out for anything to grab. She began to lose contact with the ground, sliding backwards, she brought her hands up infront of her, sheilding her eyes from the sand being picked up. Kyoko knew it was coming, as she was lifted off the street, and flung backwards. She was surprised to feel herself levitated, but not moving.

Her eyes trailed up to find a hand firmly gripping the back of her kimono. Continuing upwards, she found Sakura grinning like a lynx, her lips curled up revealing her canines, green orbs dancing with delight. Kyoko watched as her cloak came undone and blew into a nearby bulding. The winds began to come to a stop, and Sakura her hold on the girl, who landed in a crouch.

Sakura didn't move to draw her sai as Kyoko expected, but rested a hand on her hip," It's been a long time Temari."

"Gaara said it was you, I didn't believe him at first," a tall blonde woman replied stepping from the roof of the bulding infront of them," He saw you with that third eye of his, he wants to see you."

Sakura nodded in return to this and motioned for Kyoko to follow them, as Temari continued," I'm sure you've already noticed this isn't the same Suna you remember."

"How did this come about? The city is in ruins," Sakura questioned.

Temari led them through a series of dark streets," I knew the day the Shukaku was removed from Gaara, we would have to keep it a secret from the village. I know you know that the sand village has never been the most obediant, nor have they ever truly like Konoha. This village really only stayed in line because they feared the Shukaku, which made them listen to Gaara. The only people who knew about it where Kankuro, Gaara, your teamates, Tsunade and maybe a few Anbu, and myself. Somehow,about two years ago, it leaked out from unknown sources. The villagers remained quite for a few months, and I began to believe maybe Suna had changed for the better. I was wrong Sakura, I was really wrong."

Kyoko listened intently as Sakura asked," What exactly happened?"

By this time though Temari had stopped infront of an old building, it was shabby and run down," Gaara's in there, when you go in take a right, go up the stairs, take another right, and it's the last door at the end of the hall."

Sakura nodded," Can you keep an eye on Kyoko?"

Temari looked to the seventeen year old who was protesting about being old enough to watch herself," I've never been much with kids, but I don't think she'll be any trouble."

Temari turned straightening her black kimono out," Come on kid, I'll show you some techniques."

Kyoko brightened at this," I'm going with her Sakura, don't leave without me," she turned to find the cloth draped as a door swishing, Sakura no where insight. She shrugged and followed after Temari.

Sakura gradually made her way down the hall, retrieving a hairbow, she casually pulled her long wind tassled hair into a ponytail, pulling the bangs off to the right side. She grinned as she made it to the flap door, pushing her way under it," Hello Sakura."

"Gaara."

He was standing with his back turned from her, facing a window overlooking the remains of Suna," I knew you where here the moment you entered the cliff face into the city."

"I figured you would."

He pushed open the french windows leading out to the balcony, turning back to look at her," Come, it's a nice night."

She followed him out onto the veranda, and turned leaning on the railing," Your the first person that has seen me in two years."

His dark sea foam eyes studied her," How Sakura."

"How what?"

"You know, what I mean, just like I know you didn't come here to exchange pleasent conversation," he replied, giving no lead way for her to argue.

"Gaara,,"Sakura growled out in frustration," To be truthfully honest with you. I don't remember a thing leading up to what people say happened to me. I dream about things, I do, but I have no idea how or why I was captured, who did it, how I died. All I remember is waking up, and the last I could remember was what happened a few days before any of it occured."

He glanced at her slightly," I'm taking it you don't know what happened to Konoha."

"I've heard things, stories, I knew I needed to find out, and you and Temari have always been good at keeping quite about things. So I figured if you knew for sure that I was back, you wouldn't tell anyone."

He smiled, or what someone would consider a smile coming from Gaara," No one knows what happened to you exactly, but it was just a few months after you were killed that it happened. Akatsuki had been secretly recruiting enemy Shinobi to fight against the leaf in secret for several years. You know as well as I do that it had been expected, but no one thought any village was fool enough to mess with the leaf. It was early one morning when I recieved news that Konoha was being attacked. I didn't know by who at first, I gathered Temari and Kankuro and we departed for Knoha at once. It was afternoon when we got there, and we had been expecting one or two other Shinobi nations."

Sakura looked at him expectantly so he continued," Konoha had allies only in the countries of Grass, Rain and Waterfall, samll in comparison to Lightning, Water, Earth, even Suna," Sakura had turned sharply to glare at him accusingly," I knew not to trust this country, as soon as the found out the Shukaku was not at my disposal, they rebelled against me, against Konoha. It took the span of a day to wipe out the fire country, it was by chance that so many of the Konoha shinobi escaped, most didn't. Temari, Kankura, and myself where injured badly, and it took us nearly a week to travel back to Suna without being caught by enemy shinobi. By the time we arrived, the people of this village had headed to their new home in Konohagakure, the Akatsuki's newest base."

"Did they get Kyuubi?" Sakura questioned, turning her body against the rail and looking out into the deserted city," Is Naruto still alive?"

Gaara glanced over and motioned for her to follow him back inside," I thought you knew."

"Knew what, what are you hiding from me?"

Gaara began to search through an old desk, the wood splintered from age," Naruto wasn't there, he had been searching for a lead on your death, I think he picked up on something in the Land of Lightning. Perhaps he was even searching for Sasuke. Either way, by the time he got word, it was to late." Sakura clenched her fists tightly, her frame shaking with pent up rage.

Gaara eyed her over, before pushing a folder her way," Here."

She reached for it,"What's this?"

He starred at her nonchalantely," That has the location of the Shinobi that survived the take over of Akatsuki."

She stopped her hand just above it, then slowly withdrew," Do you not want it?"

Her green orbs stayed on the file for a moment before replying," Perhaps we can both look it over in the morning. There is somewhere I would like to go while I'm here."

He nodded his understanding," Temari will bring the girl that was with you back here, the rooms are on the floor below us,."

She nodded her thanks, as the once Kage of years before, dissapeared into the hall.

The flower in her hand was one she had found back in the meadow in Grass country. It was rare, a small Tea Rose, and if she recalled right, Ino had once told her it meant remember, always. The petals were wilted, there fading pink hue, a dark shade in the shadowed moonlight. She reached out tracing the name engraved onto the tombstone, Chiyo.

It had been nearly five years since the women had saved her life, and she couldn't help but feel guilty for not paying her respects sooner then now. Smiling sadly she set the dieing Tea Rose on the top of the stone memorial, and turned walking into the night.

The vague swish behind her caused her to stop midstep at the graveyard entrance. Her hands reaching for her sai's, she twirled them out, and whipped around defensively. A black cloak with red clouds, and swirling crimson eyes.

A sneer played her features,"Itachi."

Well that's it for this chapter!

-Michiharu