Sarada woke up from her nap. She rolled over to her side and noticed her clock read 3:45. She picked herself up and wandered to the kitchen. Her Mom still wasn't home since this morning. Perhaps she ran into her friends. The Uchiha took no time to waste. She left her home and headed to the forest. Leap after leap, it was all coming back to her. Her breathing became rapid and short. She stopped, leaned against a tall tree, and sighed.

"I'm sorry ChoCho…" she whispered. "Please forgive me." She closed her eyes and sobbed. "I hate myself so much right now…"

Hatred.

Sarada looked up in surprise. Her eyes scanned the area. "Who's there?! Show yourself!" No answer. "Whoever it is come out! This is all your fault!" A bush behind her rustled. The girl reached for a kunai and launched it at the green shrub. IT whizzed through without any hassle.

"Cut it out! You almost killed me!" A voice yelled from the other side. "Now my cheek is bleeding!" A blonde and bright blue haired boys emerged from the bush. Sweat was dripping from their faces and soaked onto their clothing. The blonde boy had blood trickling down his cheek from the kunai.

"We've been looking all over for you Sarada." Mitsuki added. "Ever since you killed your friend, the others have been looking for you."

Boruto punched Mituski in the arm. "She's not dead! Besides, Mrs. Sakura took her to the hospital. She'll be fine."

"But she lost all that blood. There's no wa-" Boruto socked Mituski in the face.

"SHUT UP DUDE! She's not dead! Anyways…" He faced Sarada. "Look, we've been searching for you all over Konoha. Please just come with us."

"I can't… They'll kill me…" Sarada replied helplessly.

"Everything is going to be okay. No is going to kill you, I promise."

Sarada snapped. "No. Nothing is fine!"

Boruto growled. "Chill out will you? I understand what happened, but you can't do this to yourself. You are a part of this team and we have to help each other out." Hearing this made Sarada very angry.

Kill him…

"Agh! Stop it!" Sarada grabbed her head in rage. "Shut up!"

"What's wrong?! Calm down!" Boruto cried in shock.

Kill.

Sarada unsheathed a kunai. She held it up to her small body and positioned herself for an attack.. "Son't tell me to calm down. You don't know a single thing about how I feel right now."

Boruto threw is hands up in retreat. "Okay, I'm sorry Sarada."

Kill him now…

Sarada gripped the hilt of the knife tightly. "I've just killed my best friend and you're telling me everything is fine?!"

"Alright Sarada. I said I was sorry! Please put the kunai away!" The boy begged. Boruto ws now becoming even more worried. He narrowed his eyes. "Sarada… Your eyes, they're different…"

DO IT NOW!

"SHUT UP!" Sarada darted to Boruto. Just before she made contact, she felt herself being lifted off the ground. Sarada looked down and saw Mitsuki's arms stretched and wrapped around her. "Put me down!"

Mitsuki shook his head. "Not until you've calmed down. You nearly just killed Boruto just now."

"SET ME DOWN!"

"Sarada! Just take a deep breath!" Boruto joined. "What's gotten into you?! This isn't the Sarada I know! Wake up already!"

The Sharingan eyed girl struggled to get loose. She realized that there was no use in fighting so she dropped her kunai and relaxed. The Sharingan disappeared and Mitsuki placed her back to the floor. "What's going on with me…" Sarada asked quietly.

"Well, you almost killed me just now, that's one thing." Boruto laughed nervously.

She broke down into tears. "I'm sorry…."

"Don't worry about that. Let's just get you to the Hokage."

Sarada shook her head. "No. Just leave me alone…"

"But-"

Sarada gazed up at her teammates with eyes full of hate. "I said please." Boruto and Mitsuki nodded their heads in terror and fled. She fell to her knees and envisioned a man in black hair and a cloak. "Dad…"

The 7th Hokage looked out of his office window. Several hours had passed since the incident with the Akimichi and the Uchiha. He took a deep breath and sighed. Someone from behind knocked on the door and entered. "Lord Hokage, sir? Someone is here to see you."

"Bring them in Shikamaru." A woman in a pink ponytail with a doctor's coat entered. Her white suit was stained with fresh blood. "How is she? Is she stable?"

Sakura shook her head. "She's barely holding on. If anything, she's lucky her parents they made it in time before she's…" Her voice trailed off. "Naruto, what exactly happened to ChoCho?"

Naruto avoided her friend's eyes and lied. "Well, a Jonin missed his target and the kunai struck her in the chest."

"Don't give me that crap. Knives don't cause that sort of damage, besides, her skin and organs were nearly burnt. What really happened?"

"I cannot tell you." He replied uneasily. "Hokage's orders."

"Hokage my butt! I need to know these things or else she's going to die for sure. By thy way, have you seen my daughter? Poor Sarada, I hope she's okay…"

Naruto turned and stared out the window once more. "Yeah… I hope so too…" The door flew open and a man with long black hair stood in the doorway. His black cloak hung down to about his knees.

"I came as fast as I got your message, Naruto." He replied softly. "What's the emergency?"

"Well there's no point in hiding it now." Naruto pointed to the two wooden chairs that were placed in the front of his desk. "Sakura, Sasuke, please sit. Because what I'm about to tell you, you will really need it."