A/N: I have spent at least five hours researching fight scenes and watching previous fight scenes in Naruto to write this chapter. To put it simply, I am still very out of my element here but I am going to put my all into it. I promised a full length fight scene, and by kami as my witness, it will happen. I may combust into absolute shame, but it will happen. Anyways, I hope people aren't turned off by my complaining on how I feel about my chapters.

I am very much a perfectionist and if I don't like reading my own writing, I don't want others really reading it. Due to my own insecurities, I sometimes wonder if I should find someone who can read my chapters as I am writing them to make sure that they are interesting and what other readers are interested in.

On another note, I am looking for a co-writer for a new story I have in mind. I would like to branch out to other writers within the fandom and maybe seek guidance or give guidance myself. I have not collaborated with another writer since the beginning of my account in 2007 and that was with a person in real life and honestly, it wasn't all that great anyways. Lol.

Story info(You've probably already heard about it before):

Dignity

Summary: He was there just to disprove the rumors, only to realize she was the one person he least expected to see. "What are you doing here? You were supposed to be doctor, not a whore." She looked up at him, her hands grasping her robe. "Some things are worth more than my dignity." Single Parent/Au/SasuSaku/SasoDei/Prostitution

Pairing: SasuSaku, SasoDei, some NaruHina, other pairings to be decided.

Rating: Mature

The Bloody Cherry Blossom

Chapter Eight: Wolf in Sheep's Clothing

She just had to go in, get it, and get out. There was no time to waste. Kabuto would no doubt be hunting her down after she had blasted him away with her chakra. She grabbed the vial and placed a couple extras within her pouch. She had let the chakra barrier around the twins down since she escaped Kabuto in a means to conserve her chakra, but she knew she would have to get them out of harm's way soon if she came across the medic once more.

Sakura always told her to stick to the one plan she had in mind, never go back and change it. Your first response is usually the correct one, but Hanabi couldn't help but feel that she had to fight him. Not just for her own safety, but just so she knew that he would never be able to hurt anyone like he had hurt Sakura again. She decided that she would have to go to Hinata, she would be able to keep them safe while she went to protect Konoha from Kabuto.

She carefully exited her apartment and cloaked the twins within her chakra once more. She grabbed a soldier pill and chewed it down before swallowing. She was going to need all the chakra she could handle. She focused chakra to her feet to improve her speed. She made her way towards the prison and noticed all the commotion.

There were sound ninja surrounding the building, She activated her byakugan to search for her sister, still seeing she was inside with Sasuke who seemed to be struggling to escape.

"Hanabi!" She armed herself and turned around to see Ino helping civilians take cover.

"Ino-san! Are you taking care of evacuations?" Ino nodded and then looked at the two bundles swung on Hanabi's body.

"What are you doing with them out here in this madness? Your sister will kill you if something happened to them!" she shrieked.

"I know, but I didn't have a choice. I was already attacked by Kabuto, but my chakra protected them long enough until I could get away. I was going to bring them to Nee-chan, but I guess she's still talking to the bastard." Ino growled and opened her arms out.

"Give them to me, I'll take care of them and you can go get your sister and Naruto." Hanabi took several steps back and readied her hands.

"Hanabi, this is no time to fight! Give me the babies so you can warn them!" Ino hollered. Hanabi glared and placed her hands to kai.

"You would love that, wouldn't you… Kabuto?" As the henge faded over Ino, only Kabuto remained with a smirk on his face. He then proceeded to applaud, his grin ever present.

"I should have expected you wouldn't be so dense to not see through a henge, but enlighten me; How did you know it was me?" Hanabi issued her chakra strings to her kunai and prepared to attack.

"Ino never calls Naruto by name, he is always 'the idiot'. Nice try, however." Kabuto chuckled, bringing chakra to his hands into the form of scalpels. He positioned himself into his fighting stance, they both looked each other in the eye waiting for the other to make the first move.

"Don't you want to keep those little ones safe? Are you underestimating me enough to think I wouldn't aim for them first?" Hanabi's stance did not falter, if anything, it strengthened. She will protect her loved ones with her very life.

"Very well." He dashed at her full speed, his chakra scalpels threatening to pierce her skin. She dodged his attacks as though she were dancing. In return, she brought chakra to her own hands. She looked at him fiercely as he tried to land a hit on the twins.

"Sixty-four palms!" she cried out landing each and every hit. His body seemed to slump throughout the hits and as she landed her sixty-fourth hit, the chakra she had gathered sent him flying. Her eyes did not leave his body for a second, for she knew that he would not be taken down that easily.

As expected, he brought himself back to his feet.

"It seems I'll have play dirty this time. What a shame, you really were a nice work out." With his uninjured hand, he starts to initiate a jutsu, she kept her eyes pealed 360 degrees around. She noticed he was trying to get behind her. She crouched and low swept his fight to which he jumped in his defense.

She didn't expect the piercing sound to come into the air, disturbing the twin's slumber. Their cries now filling the air along with the high pitched noise. Hanabi cursed Kabuto's name as she tried to keep focus throughout the babies' cries.

"It must be difficult to concentrate with all that crying, I can only imagine if your chakra will be able to stay stable enough." Hanabi glared at Kabuto fiercely, her fists clenched tightly.

"I won't let you hurt anyone I love ever again, Kabuto. If that means fighting you to the death, I will do just that. My duty is to my clan and to the village of Konoha, and I shall defend my brethren from any who trespass. You will not escape this time. Konoha will be the last place you shall ever stand." Hanabi snarled and once again went into her fighting stance.

This will end tonight. She will not let him escape again. Hima and Shoru were counting on her, Hinata and Naruto were counting on her. Sakura. Sakura was counting on her and she will not let Sakura down. She will surpass her mentor one day, and tonight will be the first milestone. She will do what her teacher had not yet done. She will rid the world of this sick scientist once and for all.

"You must be very foolish to try and fight me with your sister's offspring over you, and crying, nonetheless. Very well, it's a fight you want, it will be a fight you will not live to remember." The sound got even higher pitched than before, the wind around them stirring up ferociously. Hanabi focused chakra around her ears, and to the ears of the twins to protect their ear drums.

Her byakugan saw all around her, one eye always focusing on the weak spot she brought out her poisoned shuriken, she then began to spin in a full circle at full speed, releasing the shuriken into the air. She knew that he would be trying to break into her defenses but her kaiten will not give him that chance and she will make a hit. It doesn't matter where it hit, the poison should slow him down some.

"That trick won't work on me, princess…" How could he have gotten behind her? She jumped away quickly but not before feeling her ankle writhe in pain. She brought a healing touch to her ankle accessing the damage quickly. That bastard had severed her achilles, and by god, it hurt like hell.

She was already at a disadvantage with Hima and Shoru, but with her ankle out of commission, she was in serious trouble. She had no choice but to suffer through it, bringing healing chakra to her ankle to at least numb the pain.

The twin's crying still continued well into the fight, she wished she could soothe them, she wished someone, anyone she could trust would take them to safety. To say it was getting dangerous would be a joke. It was dangerous the moment she stepped outside of the compound with two babies slung around her body like open targets. This, this was almost suicide.

Hanabi saw Kabuto trying to form some hand seals, slowly enough to know that he was planning an attack. His lost fingers slowed him down some, she could read the signs but she was not familiar by what they would produce.

"Behind you." One voice cackled. Hanabi tensed up and swept her feet behind her to find nothing. Then the voices started sounding off in all directions. She interlocked her fingers to release the genjutsu, only to realize that there was none to release.

"What is this, Kabuto?" She growled. The voices laughed in unison.

"Sound clones, you will hear me everyone but where will I really be? Such a pity our game must come to an end." The voices began to come closer and closer. Whenever she felt the presence creep onto her from behind she jumped high up into the air to see blurry black mist below her.

She noticed the chakra forming on the mist's, what she would assume, arm resembling a chakra blade. She saw her long black locks fall onto the earth. She turned her head to check on Hima to find she was still safe, the mist got only close enough to chop off her hair which was covering Hima's body.

That was the last straw. She will not let him be so close to her to hurt her nephew or niece, he will not hurt anyone. Sakura was not aware of this jutsu she had been creating, and she wanted to keep it secret as such. She knew it would be a huge risk, hell, she might even die if things go wrong, but this was her last chance. This will be the last stance.

X

Ibiki tightened the restraints over Sasuke as he started to drag him out of the T&I building. Hinata followed suit, never allowing him out of her sight. Naruto stood beside his wife, anger in his eyes as he witnessed the destruction outside. He turned his gaze back to Sasuke who was smirking at the sight.

"What have you done, Sasuke?" Sasuke cocked his head to the side, still displaying the same smirk.

"I told you, Konoha will pay for their betrayal. A life for a life, and eye for an eye. If you wish for Konoha to stand one more day, you will release me. And besides, I'm sure Hinata would like to get to Hanabi and the twins before Kabuto does." The chains tightened around Sasuke's neck and Hinata's eyes widened.

"Hanabi? Hima, and Shoru? What is Kabuto going to do, Sasuke?" she asked frantically, to which he only chuckled.

"You best get there to find out, before he gives them the same fate as Sakura." Hinata's byakugan reactivated, scanning around the area. Once she caught sight of Hanabi, she saw that a figure was behind Hanabi and had a chakra scalpel aimed for Hima and he cut swiftly, but only cutting Hanabi's long hair instead, Hima remained unscathed.

"Hima! Hanabi! Naruto, we have to go! Hanabi has Hima and Shoru, she's fighting Kabuto!" Hinata and Naruto left Kakashi, Tsunade, and Ibiki to Sasuke. Kakashi held a kunai to the back of Sasuke's neck, Tsunade's hand radiated with chakra, preparing to strike at any moment.

"Don't make any sudden movements, Uchiha. I will not be afraid to strike you down." Tsunade snarled. She had, had it with this nuisance. If Sakura would have allowed her to execute him like she had planned, none of this would have happened. Well, for the most part. She was sure that Orochimaru would have been pissed off and came to exact revenge, but not to this magnitude.

The moment he came back, she knew not to trust him. She held high on that belief that he was up to something. He would not willingly come back just to marry Sakura and give Sakura the 'happily ever after' Sakura had dreamed about since childhood.

She knew the Uchiha better than that. She was positive that the Uchiha would not do anything if it did not somehow benefit him equally, or more in the end. That's why she knew she had to keep an eye on him. She herself would not have the time, so she had to find someone just close enough to sneak his way into Sasuke's life and find out his true intentions. There was only one person she had in mind.

"Hokage-sama, you have called for me?" the pale, black haired nin stood before his Hokage. She looked to Shizune who in turn nodded, leaving the room. She activated a cloak of genjutsu over her office before meeting his eyes.

"Sai, you are aware that Sasuke Uchiha is back within Konoha, correct?" to which he nodded in response.

"I suppose my spot within Team Seven is now the Uchiha's, correct, Hokage-sama?" Tsunade laughed lightly, but nodded.

"For your willing resignation over Team Seven, I will give you a mission to complete. It will take a long time, depending on the subject of the matter. Will you accept?" He looked at her blankly and shook his head.

"Hokage-sama, I refuse to resign my spot with Dickless and Hag in favor of the traitor. I apologize for the insubordination, but the traitor doesn't deserve his spot back." Tsunade laughed to his surprise. She grabbed a cup of what he assumed to be an alcoholic beverage of course.

"I agree with you, Sai. That's why the mission I am sending you on will be to watch over our lovely traitor and you will report any findings to me, or to Kakashi."

"Why Hatake-san?" Tsunade smirked.

"Because he is going to by my successor of course. He will be aware of this mission when he assumes office or whenever you wish to tell him. It makes no difference to me, really. I didn't want to summon him here and wait for three hours just making friendly chit chat with you, no offense, so he will be briefed at a later time." Sai stood silently, pondering his thoughts.

"Why are you asking that I out of all people watch over the traitor? Why not get your ANBU to look over him?" She smirked.

"Because he would be expecting my ANBU. He will be on his very best behavior and whenever I send him out on missions, I cannot afford to have my ANBU follow him. You, however, he will not expect. As soon as you leave Team Seven, you will be but a fragment of a memory to him. Forgotten, perhaps. With your training in ROOT, you will be a better chance at stumbling across mistakes he makes, you know what to look for in traitors, given your experience and all."

"Dickless and Hag will be pissed off if I left, you know." Tsunade shrugged her shoulders then took another sip from her cup.

"It's a sacrifice we will all have to make. The safety of this village is very important to me, and especially if Sasuke is planning to marry Sakura, her safety is just as in danger. You are the only one I can count on to make sure that Sasuke does not turn his back on this village without our immediate knowing."

"They are going to harass you if they know you accepted my resignation and then put me on a mission to which they believe I have no return from. They will be very annoyed and angry."

"I don't want to do this to any of you, Sai. You came to me as a spy from Danzo, with no emotions to your name or being. Your bonds with Naruto and Sakura have given me the faith that you are the only one I can trust to keep Konoha and Sakura safe. I will take care of their wrath, don't you worry, but pack your belongings and I will find a new place for you to take residence. Can't have them going to your place and destroying things, ne?" Sai sighed but nodded his head before being dismissed as the genjutsu wore off.

"Oh, Sasuke-kun. You sure have gotten yourself into a predicament, haven't you?" Tsunade's attention turned to her former teammate turned enemy and growled.

"Orochimaru." She seethed whilst preparing to fight. Kakashi held one arm out to hold her back.

"Kakashi, move your hand. This snake needs to be dealt with once and for all."

"Now is not the time, Tsunade. He is here to retrieve Sasuke. We don't know what tricks he may have up his sleeve, plus Sasuke said that Madara will be here. We cannot afford to act without a plan." Orochimaru laughed, his tongue withdrawing from his mouth.

"Ahh… Kakashi… It would have been nice to taste you, but unfortunately, I've set my sights on Sasuke-kun and his offspring."

"Stop fucking around, Orochimaru. Just get me out of here." Sasuke snapped. Orochimaru giggled before his neck began to stretch and aim for Tsunade. Her hands still glowing, she aimed for his head and punched him, cracking his jaw.

"You know better than to attack so irrationally Orochimaru." She stated, only for Orochimaru laughed.

"Perhaps it was just a distraction?" Suddenly the ground started to shake and figures emerged from the ground. Kakashi stared, his eye widened as much as possible. A gasp leaving his lips, then to form a name.

"Rin…" Her hair was still the same woody brown that she had adorned before death. Kakashi subconsciously started to walk towards her, only for Ibiki to place a hand on his shoulder to prevent him.

"Kakashi, it's not the friend you once knew. Look at her eyes." As true to his word's, Rin's eyes were blackened indefinitely, cracks showing around the sockets. She was genuinely gone but Kakashi could not ignore her. He had made a promise to Obito all those years ago and the one request he had was to protect her and he ended up being the one to take away her life.

"I used to blame myself for your death Rin… I used to blame myself for not being able to return your feelings, and finally for not keeping my promise to Obito. But today, I will keep my promise. I will protect you from their control. You deserve your peace, Rin." Kakashi and Rin got into fighting stance, the lifeless look in Rin's eyes motivated him to end this train of self blame and enter a time of peace. It is what Obito would have wanted.

"Ibiki, keep an eye on Sasuke. I have to take care of this once and for all." Ibiki did not loosen his grip on Sasuke's chains, he only grinned and nodded his head in acceptance.

"Tsunade, take care of Orochimaru. I believe Madara would like his little pawn back."

"Oh, Morino-san, but I already have him within my grasps." Ibiki turned his head to see Madara and Sasuke unchained by his side, then back at the substitute that had just faded into nothing. Ibiki growled and began forming hand signs.

"Your techniques will have no use on me, Morino-san. I'm certain that Sasuke has more than prepared me for your… style. However, it would be nice to see how you would do again your own jutsu. Too bad we do not have time, since Sasuke so foolishly had himself… contained. Be prepared, we shall return in two days. Konoha's demise will be imminent." Without a second glance, Madara and Orochimaru disappeared with Sasuke by their side. The reanimated corpse of Rin broke apart, the fragments floating within the wind.

Tsunade growled then hollered at the top of her lungs, her fist punching a nearby tree, shattering it completely.

"God damn it! These fucking Uchiha are always causing trouble! Where the fuck is Sai?"

X

"Temari-san! They-they're back for another attack!" Matsuri came crying, Temari stood up immediately, then seethed in pain. Her chakra reserves were about half way full and she had a few sprains and minor injuries that were still healing. She had no other choice but to go back out there and protect her village. Her duty to her village was the most important, she will save her village, even if in return it cost her life.

"Gaara and Kankurou won't be back for at least 12 hours, I have no other choice. You are needed at the hospital and I am needed with our shinobi. We will protect Suna with our lives. Is everyone on the fore front already?" Matsuri nodded.

"Good. Get back to the hospital, I will see you whenever this attack is over." Temari sighed and dismissed Matsuri. She grabbed her fan and rushed to the battlefield. There was blood and bodies everywhere. Both Suna and Iwa ninjas were lifeless on the ground. Her desire to protect her village grew more, if possible. No more will die under her watch.

It felt like the second wave was even more vicious than the first. More ninja were around, higher ranking ninja, and even more tricks they were pulling. There were several enemy shinobi who were using non native elemental jutsu that would catch her off guard.

She waved her fan around furiously, wrapping the wind into a tornado and aimed it towards a large group of ninja, she felt the pain of fatigue starting to set in but she ignored it, pouring all the chakra she had into eradicating the enemy from her home.

She was cut off guard as the enemy ninja were swept into her tornado and then saw fire seeping out and towards her. She managed to jump out of the way before being scorched, her fan however, was not quite as lucky and was singed from the fire.

A tall man with bushy blonde hair charged towards her, catching her off guard and pinned her down to the ground. She growled, struggling to escape from his grasp, only for him to sneer and stab her with a jagged knife of some sorts into her shoulder, then the other. She screamed, kicking her feet up and flipping the enemy onto his back.

She summoned the least bit of chakra she could manage before collapsing, to her foot and stomped onto his body, the cracks of his bones and the blood squirting from his ears, mouth and nose were all she could manage. She had no more chakra, she had no fan, all she had was this man's death for the sake of Suna.

She wished she could have done more, she cursed herself for not being prepared for another attack so soon. She cursed herself for not being stronger, more resilient like her brother. She felt her own exhaustion wearing over her, she failed to notice the army of men coming in from behind her to finish the job.

By the time she looked around, she knew she had no chance of defeating them. She will die today in the name of her village, and as bittersweet of a way to go, she would have wished for no other death than for the death in protection of her loved ones.

"Shannaro!" The war cry stroke a spark of hope, she realized she was now being carried by someone. She took several deep breaths before looking up to see the face of a man with blue skin and gills. He looked down and grinned at her.

"She's awake, Itachi. Pinky will be happy to hear." Temari twitched slightly as she noticed their robes with the red clouds. Akatsuki. Well, fuck. She thought to herself. Not only was her village being attacked by another nation, but she was now being kidnapped by the same organization that kidnapped and murdered her little brother. Perfect.

"Don't worry about anything. Pinky and Itachi are taking care of these idiots. They're already retreating, you just rest your pretty little head." Temari stirred in his arms, trying to get out of his grasp, only for him to hold her tighter.

"You are in no position to escape or fight, girly. Pinky would kick my ass if I let you go."

"Who the fuck is pinky?" she managed to breathe out. He chuckled and turned Temari around to see Sakura and Itachi fighting side by side against the intruders. Temari's eyes widened, a gasp left her lips.

"Sakura!" she used all the strength in her throat to call out to her, but it only ended up as a stressed whisper.

"Don't worry, Pinky and Itachi got this. I've been given babysitting duty especially since I have Samehada, I've been giving you a tad bit of chakra so you can move on your own." He laughed. She looked at him suspiciously until realizing, that yes, he was supplying her with a bit of chakra from his sword.

"Why are you here? What business do you have here?" she questioned.

"Pinky actually would not stop raving about coming here, she said she was worried that you might get attacked again, and by god, she really knows when to be right." Temari turned her head to watch Sakura once again, Sakura was fighting for their village, for their lives.

Temari wasn't stupid, by any means. She could tell how much Sakura meant to her little brother, and well, their entire village. Sakura was reigned as a hero along with Team Seven after Kankurou's life saving treatment and Gaara's rescue.

Sakura's reputation only grew whenever she helped Suna get their hospital on the right track, training and supervising their medic nins to make sure they would run just as efficiently without her there. She had trained several genins-jounins medical techniques that could be life saving out on the field. They were simple techniques, but they were greatly valued and appreciated.

Sakura trained Matsuri herself to lead Suna's hospital with an iron fist, figuratively speaking. Matsuri adopted the same determination and leadership Sakura had earned through years of dedicated training under the fifth Hokage.

Sakura did not stop there, however. Sakura even helped Gaara with the inner running of his village and the community. She suggested bringing the village of shinobi and civilians together in an annual festival to celebrate their love for their village. Because regardless of title, all are important to Sunagakure, and all should feel pride whenever they let others know that they are proud citizens of Sunagakure and their Kazekage, Gaara.

Even Suna's elders were smitten with Sakura. They would claim that she was the only non-Suna citizen that they would respect to the same caliber as their own Shinobi and Kazekage. They would constantly suggest a union between Konoha and Suna with an arrangement between Sakura and Gaara himself, but it was always dismissed under the impression that Sakura was only friends with Gaara and would be promised to the survivor of the Uchiha clan, much to their dismay.

It felt like time had passed by so quickly whilst Temari watched over Sakura and Itachi to force out the enemy nin of her village. With the last small group of enemies left, Itachi took a stance that would send chills up anyone's spine.

"If any of you return, you will not live to step foot in this village again. Leave, and never come back." As he said those words, Sakura forced chakra out of her hands into a burst of air, sending them flying miles away from the village gates.

Sakura then turned around to see Temari looking at her, she smiled and ran over to her and Kisame. Kisame set Temari down so Sakura could heal her comfortably.

"Temari, are you okay? Besides your shoulders, where are you injured?" Temari grinned then coughed a little.

"I think my ribs are cracked, but other than that, I should be okay…" Sakura nodded and held a cooling touch to Temari's ribcage, mending the bones carefully, then proceeding to care for her shoulders.

Once she was finished, Sakura breathed out a sigh of relief, and helped Temari back onto her feet, offering her a shoulder for leverage.

"How did you know we were going to be attacked?" Temari asked, Sakura hesitated for a moment.

"Itachi told me that you were attacked last night, I didn't want to take the chance you'd be attacked again so suddenly, so after I woke up early this morning, I brought Itachi and Kisame to help. I didn't know you would have been attacked so recently, but I wanted to make sure you all would be okay… Where is Gaara and Kankurou? Shouldn't they have been here?"

"They were in Konoha when we first got attacked, they're on their way back now, I assume within the next 10 or so hours, unless they pushed themselves to arrive any earlier." Sakura didn't respond but continued to help Temari to the hospital and to see if Matsuri would need any help assessing the damage. Itachi and Kisame followed, however leaving a clone behind, in case someone would wish to enter the village in it's broken shape.

"Sakura-chan! What are you doing here? Oh my god, Temari-san! Are you okay?" Matsuri asked frantically, almost bringing a wheelchair for Temari to roll into recovery. Temari put her hand up and grinned.

"Matsuri, I'll be fine. Sakura healed me already, and she brought a little help with her… we should be okay for now." Matsuri's eyes traveled from Sakura and Temari to the two men trailing behind. Her eyes widened as she saw the red and black cloaks, her hand covering her mouth.

"Before you freak out, they are here to help. We are in no danger." Sakura tried to reassure her, but Matsuri's face remained pale. She started to stutter her words, not wanting to believe her own eyes.

"B-but they're Akatsuki! They, they killed Gaara-sama! How can we trust them?" she panicked, but Sakura put her free hand on Matsuri's shoulder to calm her down.

"Matsuri, they saved my life, and they helped me save Temari's life, and the rest of Suna. What happened in the past was out of their control. Trust me, if they were here to cause you all harm, they would have had to kill me first." Matsuri took several deep breaths and relaxed.

"Okay, so why would they help us?"

"Matsuri-san, we are mostly here due to Sakura-san's request, however, it is of importance to me because the attacks are connected to my little brother. He is fairly upset, I can imagine."

"What would piss off Sasuke enough to attack us?" Everyone turned to Sakura, who was fighting a blush from her cheeks, however failing. She crossed her arms and turned her cheek.

"I decided not to marry Sasuke, as expected, he's pretty ticked." She murmured, Temari wiggled her eyebrows suggestively.

"But that doesn't explain why he came to attack us specifically, unless a certain brother of mine was possibly mentioned." She couldn't help but smile, covering her face with her hand and shaking her head.

"Temari, I-"

"Our clones have been attacked. Someone is coming our way." Itachi said stoically, readying himself for attack. The doors of the hospital flung open, only to show two men, a murderous intent in their eyes, ready for battle. Their eyes only softened once they met with Sakura's.

She walked towards them, her hand reaching out, her bottom lip quivered.

"Gaara." Her hand met his, then she felt being pulled into his arms. She felt tears swell into her eyes, she held him tightly, crying into his chest. His embrace loosened for just a moment, his hand picked up her cheek, his eyes looked deeply into hers.

"I love you, Sakura." His lips met hers in a gentle, yet passionate kiss. Her eyes were wide but then closed peacefully as she returned the kiss. Whenever they parted, his hand was placed along her cheek, his thumb wiping away her tears.

She grabbed said hand, and looked at him once more, kissing his hand.

"Gaara, I love you too."

X

"Hanabi! Stop!" Just as Hanabi was about to form her hand signs, she turned her head to see her sister and Naruto rushing to her aid. Oh thank god, she said to herself. She wouldn't have to take the chance of the jutsu backfiring on the twins. She interlocked her fingers and called out kai, just in case it were a genjutsu, to her relief, it was really them.

"Aww, what a touching reunion. I was hoping that I could taste some Hyuuga blood tonight." Kabuto taunted, only to have a kunai thrown his way, grazing his cheek. Deep blue eyes met his, he smirked.

"Oh, Naruto-kun. Do you wish to fight me? I'm afraid that Hanabi-chan and I have some unfinished business to attend to." Naruto growled, Hinata and him ran to Hanabi's side and grabbed the twins.

"Hanabi, why did you take them out of the compound?! Are you stupid?" her sister chastised her harshly, but Hanabi did not lose focus on her opponent. Any opening he could find, he would exploit. He was the dirty type of ninja to use those types of openings to his advantage.

"It doesn't matter now, nee-san, get them out of here. I am going to end this bastard once and for all." Just as Hinata was about to object, Naruto placed a hand on her shoulder and gave her a look of confidence.

"Be careful, Hanabi. Please, please, be careful." Hanabi smirked but nodded her head.

"If anyone can do it, I know you can, Hanabi. We believe in you." Naruto patted her on the back before taking Hinata and his children away within a flash.

"Medic vs Medic. Let's see who has the skill to kill when your mission is to save."

"Stop talking! You are going to die tonight, Kabuto! I won't rest until your blood is on my hands." She snapped, starting her hand signs once more. She will succeed. She will not let him get away this time. There was nothing holding her back now.

As she formed the last seal of her jutsu, strings of chakra started escaping from her tenketsu and attached itself to Kabuto's, startling him at the foreign chakra. He glared and hissed at her. Her tried to form a chakra scalpel to his hands to sever the chakra strings, only to find that he was tapped for chakra, no chakra could be formed or summoned.

"What have you done, you bitch?" he growled. Hanabi smirked, sweat forming above her brows. She had to keep focus, she wouldn't be able to move much whilst performing this jutsu. Maybe one she will be able to make it more useful in open combat, but that time will have to wait. She has to do what she can to make Kabuto surrender.

"I have invaded your chakra points, draining all of your chakra through the strings of my own. I will be able to control use of your and mine chakra all at once. Only our chakra can break the bond, or if one of us dies. I don't plan on dying today, so your only option is to give up and die now, or I will make your death all the more painful."

"I am astounded by your resourcefulness. However, how can you control something that could kill you?" Hanabi then felt a burning sensation as she felt Kabuto's chakra flow through her body, she screamed in pain, but refused to release hold of the jutsu.

"If I were to use my chakra in a manner to kill, perhaps you will feel that killing intent run through your veins. It's a shame, your jutsu could be very useful, if you only had time to refine it." He cackled as his skin began to burn as well.

"You're going to kill yourself just to kill me?" She cried out through her pain. He smirked and shook his head.

"Of course not, I'll only harm myself just enough so you can no longer take the pain and release the jutsu just long enough before I can finish the job. I would love to commend you on your effort, but I'm afraid execution will be a failure this time around."

Kabuto willingly started pouring all his tainted chakra into the strings from his chakra points, he didn't wince any in pain, he watched as Hanabi writhed in pain, her body was being covered burns all around her tenketsu.

'I can't give up… everyone is counting on me, I can't give up…' She tried to encourage herself, struggling to keep control of her jutsu. The pain then became excruciating, she screamed loudly as she felt her insides begin to burn, Kabuto's laughter being drowned out by her cries.

Hanabi braced the pain for just a minute to reach into her pouch and grabbed the vial. This was her last shot, after all the testing and experiments she had done, this vial could mean the difference between life and death. She injected the vial into her thigh and screamed one last time as the pain began to overwhelm her.

Her jutsu failed and the chakra strings were released. She laid on the ground, unable to move. She heard his footsteps coming closer and then the twang of metal being released. She felt his grab the back of her hair being pulled, he lifted her head and brought a kunai to her throat.

"It's such a shame that I do not have time to explore your body like Sakura's, but I suppose I will settle for tasting your blood. Any last words?" He kept his attention on Hanabi's eyes, the kunai pressed to her throat, ready to slice.

Her byakugan reactivated and she brought her chakra filled fist and punched his chest, not realizing that her hand had actually pierced through his chest, his ribs and spine shattered around her fist, cutting her hand. She felt his heart began to lose its rhythm, blood leaked from his mouth. He started choking on his own blood.

Hanabi withdrew her hand from his chest, letting his body fall to the floor. He coughed several times, trying to bring chakra to his hands as a last chance to heal, only finding it was useless.

"You… " he breathed out before closing his eyes and allowing his arms fall to the side. Hanabi took a deep breath, bringing chakra to her hand and then severing his head in one clean shot. It was over. She grabbed his severed head and started to walk away. She will not look back this time, it was over.

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A/N: Another short chapter, so I can try to give ya'll close to the 15 chapters I said. Anyways, next chapter will be some GaaSaku fluff, OroSasuMada finding out that Kabuto is dead and being pretty annoyed with it, Hanabi will be bringing Kabuto's head back to Ibiki and perhaps, she may be stopped by a certain someone on the way. Ohohoho~

Thank you all for your patience regarding this chapter and with all of my other stories. I hope this chapter was a great one for you to all to read, and I can only promise more! Hopefully the fight seem wasn't too bad, nor anti-climatic. I had another idea in mind regarding the end of Hanabi's fight, but I decided to give Hanabi more credit. ;) I find her character deserving of more attention and praise. If you all have any suggestions regarding the fight scene, please let me know! I might try another fight scene at the end of the story and I could use all the help I can get. Thank you again everyone, until next time!

Miyaka Hana