Guardian
A/N: Hey people this is my new story Guardian. Enjoy and review! Oh and thanks to my beta reader TwilightRaven!
Disclaimer: I don't own Naruto
By: CherryFlower05
Summary: The battle to find the nine demons have begun but they may need some help and Sakura is the person they need.
A/N: This is an A/U fic. Just thought I should mention that REVIEW!
Key:
Kushina talking to Sakura
Chapter 9
Sakura walked towards the next gate and froze. This was wrong, something had to be wrong. The beating winds in the fire gate, impossible.
"Sakura-san," Hinata said looking at the place before them.
"T-This is impossible," Sakura exclaimed, "No, this can't be."
"What's going on Sakura-chan?" Naruto asked as he and Sasuke finally caught up with the girls. He looked at the environment before him and said, "Whoa."
"Someone, someone else in here," Sakura remarked, "Someone with a dark want,"
"But who," Hinata asked.
"I don't know but…" Sakura said but she cut herself off when she saw the large bird coming towards them and shouted, "LOOK OUT!"
Despite her warning, Hinata and herself when up into the air screaming.
"Sakura-chan, Hinata-chan," Naruto shouted as he reached out to them. Sakura was further behind, Hinata and the first hand Naruto got and Hinata then tried to grab Sakura's but her fingers slipped and Sakura disappeared into the mists.
Naruto pulled down Hinata fast as the bird came around again. He pulled her, her body slamming into his chest, his arms wrapped around her back and kept her on the ground.
"Sakura…" Hinata said as she looked up.
"Don't worry Hinata-chan we'll find her." Naruto said.
Hinata looked up at Naruto and smiled. A light blush was on her cheeks and she tried to keep her head from spinning from being so close to the man she loved.
Sasuke grunted when the bird came back again, the fury of the winds bearing against their cheeks.
Sakura was still up in the air and was actually feeling scared of what would have happened if the winds stopped. She tried to find something, something to pull on to and bring herself to the ground but nothing was there to help her. She then saw where the winds where taking her. A hot liquid of lava with the steam coming out of it was where the winds slowed down. Sakura felt her body dropping and falling to her deaths in the hot lava.
Fly Sakura. Give yourself the wings you need.
But Sakura couldn't understand what she was talking about. She closed her eyes and silent tears spilled from her eyes. She pictured the people she knew and cared for and had it fixed in her mind that this was the end however somewhere, in the dark corner of her mind, she knew that this wasn't her time to leave.
Pink feathers filled the air and played in the winds. Sakura gasped out in surprised when this all happened and suddenly she was flying.
"I'm flying," she asked herself. The large bird flew pass her again and she screamed. Her new discovery was a usual feeling but it raced through her blood as if it was always there. She looked at her wrist and saw the different weapons at her hands. A sword used in fire, a katana for lightning, a fan for wind and a new weapon that she got when she fully opened her wind element, a bow and arrow.
She summoned her new weapon and watched as the bow appeared in her hand.
"Where's the arrow?" Sakura asked herself.
Sakura made sure she could see where the large bird was coming from and then looked at it for the first time and was filled with amazement. It was the once peaceful fire bird that guarded the fire gate. Sakura never explained it to them as far as this because they had to go and see Tsunade. Since she couldn't figure out how to use her bow without an arrow, she summoned the fan in its place.
"Third element wind, release," Sakura said as she sent the wind blades at the bird.
It screamed it pain and flapped its wings making Sakura lose control of her own flying. She was blinded by the winds but Sakura still knew she was falling, so she did what any girl would do, she screamed.
"Did you guys hear that?" Hinata asked.
"Sakura-chan," Naruto shouted as he saw the pink haired girl falling.
"Dope stay here." Sasuke said as he got up. He could clearly see the large bird chasing after the falling body of Sakura. He jumped and hope that what he was about to do would be the right thing. Fire burst from his mouth and Sasuke aimed it that the bird. It flew away and made a loud screeching noise as it disappeared. Sakura's body landed in Sasuke's arms and she opened her jade eyes to meet with his onyx.
Naruto shouted out Sakura's name again and was about to run towards the couple when Hinata shouted, "It's coming back! Get down!"
Naruto made a man dash towards Hinata and wrapped his arms around her waist keeping her on the ground. Sakura was trapped in her own cage as well. Sasuke had their bodies pressed together and Sakura got hear her heart beating against her poor chest. She didn't understand this feeling that was running through her but she knew that a huge part of her liked it. Sakura was feeling protected in Sasuke's arms.
Sakura's POV
This is beyond my understanding what is going on. This was supposed to be the fire gate and the fire gate alone but now, it has been mixed with the wind and formed a new gate. Someone is inside here besides us, I can feel it; someone who is gifted and with a dark plan. I see the bird, the once peaceful fire bird fly away to make its rounds again, for now we should be able to move.
I move my body as much as I could to get Sasuke's attention. I needed to be freed right now. He looked down at me and released me. The pink wings I had were gone, like they were never there but then again, the two rips in my shirt was more than enough proof.
Sasuke and the others got up and Hinata was telling me that she was happy that I was safe. I nodded and smiled at her.
"Someone is here besides us." I said. I felt the anger building inside of me and growled. This was a memorial of the guardians, their final resting place and for them to do this well, it was disgusting.
It was obvious that the others had seen my anger; they were looking at me with a worried look; Naruto and Hinata watching me as I shook in anger.
Whoever this person was, they would pay. This, the fire gate was hot very hot like the desert. The ground was supposed to be brittle and you had to watch where you walked. If you didn't the ground would break and you would fall to the hot molted lava bellow. The wind gate was wild like a hurricane, the winds whipped against you and your body, it sometimes lifting you up from the ground and then brought you to your death and if that didn't work; the large bird would take care of you. You would become the few meals it was able to eat.
The earth gate was just as deadly as the other gates before it. The earth moved on several occasions and called you to your death. The lightning gate was one that gave off a quick and painful death. Lightning can strike more than once in the same place so you know and unless you're quick and light on your feet well the rest speaks itself. The last two gates are all about your will to face your fears; to able to face the light and then find your way through the darkness.
But now all the gates have changed and we need to fix everything before it is too late.
Normal POV
"We have to fix this." Sakura said.
"Fix what?" Naruto asked, "This isn't how it's supposed to be?"
"No, someone is destroying the balance and I don't like it." Sakura said.
"Okay so how do we do it?" Hinata asked.
I looked at the large bird coming back towards us and said, "By taking that down. It's the energy source, once it's gone, we should be able to fix everything."
"Well one problem Sakura-chan how are we going to get rid of that it when it's way up there!" Naruto shouted pointing to the sky to prove his point.
"Simple…" Sakura said, She tried to place in the same peace it was when was falling before. She felt the wings bursting from her back and she smiled, "We fly."
"What the hell Sakura-chan you have wings!" Naruto shouted.
"This was the second element you were talking about that always a transformation right?" Sakura asked Hinata.
"Hai, wind users can sometimes get the ability to fly.' Hinata said.
"Hey does that mean I can fly to!" Naruto shouted trying to fly which only made him end up on the ground.
"Dope," Sasuke said watching his friend on the ground.
Give him some of your energy. Help him fly
Sakura walked over to Naruto and said, "Give me your hand." And he did what he was told and suddenly he was flying in the air okay more like levitating.
"Wow, I'm flying!" Naruto shouted excitedly.
"You're levitating dope not flying." Sasuke corrected.
"What, you know what you're jealous." Naruto said making Sasuke look at him as if he was mad, "I can fly and you can't."
"You're not…you know what never mind you're too much of a dope to understand anything." Sasuke said.
"What was that teme?!" Naruto shouted.
"Naruto we have to work together to take on the bird from the sky." Sakura said, "Hinata try to direct us okay."
"I will do my best." Hinata said, "Byakugan,"
"I'll head up, if it's still moving Sasuke you may end up finishing it off." Sakura said as she flew up.
"Sakura-san be careful, it's suddenly faster now!" Hinata shouted but it was too late. The position Sakura last saw the bird in had changed and it was front of her face going down for the kill. Sakura waited for the pain to come to her but it was never there. She opened her eyes to see the bow she had summoned before in her hands and it was forming a shield and a very strong one as well because the bird couldn't break through it. She pushed the bow against the bird and watched as it flew back dazed at what happened.
"I'm going to help Sakura-chan!" Naruto shouted as he went higher.
"Be careful Naruto-kun!" Hinata shouted.
Sakura watched the bow in wonder and then she knew how to use it. She always did but she just wasn't looking at it clearly enough to see how to use it. She pulled the bow and as she did that, an arrow appeared. She aimed it at the dazed bird and set it free. It missed just inches. However because the bird was busy avoiding Sakura's attack it didn't notice Naruto coming behind him and with a ball of energy that was spinning in his hand.
"Rasengan!" Naruto shouted as he pushed the attack into the bird's left wing. It screeched in pain and flew up clumsily however Sakura was ready for it and shot her arrow at the wing Naruto aimed at and it fell to the ground. Sakura flew over to where Naruto was and asked, "What was that?"
"An attack my father use to used when he was younger." Naruto said smiling, "Ero-sennin thought it would be good for me to know it but I never thought I would get it this time."
"Naruto you learned that in one day?" Sakura asked impressed by his power.
"Yea I guess, I wanted to," Naruto said.
They looked down to where Sasuke was walking over to the bird that was getting up. From his distance, he shot fire out of his mouth and listened to it as it screeched it pain once again. Fire burst form it mouth as well, spinning towards Sasuke.
"Sasuke-san, look out!" Hinata shouted.
Sakura acted quickly and threw a large water ball at the fire and watched as the mist formed. Sasuke jumped out of the mist and Naruto mumbled that he was being a show off. Sasuke had his katana in his hand and was ready to aim. The bird knocked the weapon out of Sasuke's hands using its beak and was ready to end Sasuke like it was about to do to Sakura.
"No!" Sakura shouted. She summoned her own Katana and threw it for Sasuke. Sasuke was on the ground now, his Sharingan on now. He saw the katana coming his way and caught it. He pulled it out of its sheath and as he did that, lightning sparks flew form it. He swung the blade and lightning burst from the blade. It sliced through the bird that fell down with a thud. Before anyone could find out if everyone was okay, they were swallowed up with a light and when they opened their eyes, they were outside Guardian Shire.
"We're here," Sakura breathed out.
"How?" Sasuke asked.
"We restore the balance so all the gates opened and took us to the shire." Sakura said smiling softly.
Sakura watched the shire and saw that the door was still opened, "He's here, the bastard who destroyed the balance!"
She raced into the shire while Naruto called after her. Hinata held by her hand and shook her head. Only Sakura could go.
Sakura walked inside the shire and saw a man picking up one of the guardian's symbol. She summoned her fire sword and let the fire whip out at the man, "Put down that symbol!" Sakura shouted.
"Young girl, I'm only taking what's mine." The man said. He looked at her; he had blood red eyes, the Sharingan. On the side of his face, it looked like it had been burnt. He looked at her sword and put on a smile, "Sayumi had the same sword when she was alive." He told her.
Sakura was lost of cause. Who was Sayumi? He was in front of her in seconds and his lips were next to her ears, "We're enemies guardian," he said, "My name is Madara Uchiha."
Sakura listened as her breathe was caught in her throat.
"We'll meet again cherry blossom, I'm sure of that." Madara told her.
Sakura let the angry of having that man so close to her. Her fire element released itself and she turned to attack him, but he was gone just like the wind.
Sakura fell on her knees and was feeling horrible. A voice snapped her out of her daze.
"You came here for a reason, no guardian?" the woman voice asked. Sakura looked up and saw that the remaining two charms were glowing and floating in the air. The brightest was the four point star.
"Yes," Sakura said.
"It's about Kushina correct?" it asked again.
"Yes," sakura replied.
"We'll help you," the crescent moon symbol said.
"Thank you," Sakura said.
The symbols moved to the point when they were either in front or behind each other and glowed brightly. As it faded, a chain fell into Sakura's hands. It had a charm of the sun on it. Sakura smiled as she closed her hand over the chain.
"I'm going free you Kushina-sama," Sakura told herself.
A/N: And Madara makes its appearance. Sorry for the long wait behind the story anywhere I made a nice long chapter for you all. Review please!
CherryFlower05
