Hello all who read this Fanfiction! That you for sticking with it! I am doing some heavy editing on this story, it's been over a year since I started it and I have a few things I want to edit, especially in chapter 3 & 4. I have a lot of ideas for where this fic is going to go, but not a lot of time, so stick with it I promise you a good story!

Chapter 8: Beginning's end

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"Stop it!" Naruto bellowed with all his might, tears streaming down his face. He pounded his fists ruthlessly against the barrier of Chakra that held him back. Roaring with rage, red chakra slowly emitted from his core. He had her. He fucking had her; all he could do was watch.

Cold red eyes peered at him from inside the barrier darkness cloaking the rest of his face. On the ground before the dark man was a screaming girl, nothing held her where she was; she lay on the ground withering and thrashing in pain, holding onto her head, pulling at her pink locks.

"Let her go, Sasuke please!" canine's erupted through Naruto's lips, bloodying his face, but he didn't care.

Sasuke knelt forward and picked up the girl by the hair, raising her until her wild pain filled eyes were parallel to his emotionless ones

"This is the price of trust Sakura." Sasuke said with a soft silky voice. Forcing her to once more gaze into his eyes, his pupils shifted a dilated forcing her to once more fall into his illusion. Dropping her to the ground once more, he turned to face the enraged Naruto.

"This is her fourth minute under the mangekyou illusion; I've never seen anyone survive past two." He said conversationally causing Naruto to scream and bodily tackle the barrier.

"Let her go, now!" full coils of energy began to emit from his body, his jaw elongated slightly.

"Your demon is showing Naruto." Sasuke said with a hint of disgust. Sakura's screams reverberating through the forest, growing louder and louder, bloody trails began to form from where her nails gripped her face tightly.

"I don't see why you are so upset Naruto, this is what you wanted isn't it?" Sasuke casually bowed his head in Sakura's direction.

"How could this ever be what I want?" his rage filled voice deepened considerably

"You sent her out here, Hokage." The mockery was easily noted. Naruto howled in pain. Sasuke once again turned from Naruto and watched as Saukura came out of the last fit of visions.

"Let's see how she holds up under five minutes Naruto." Sasuke trailed his hand over Sakura's throat, and grabbed on tightly, causing her to gag. Using his other hand to caress her face, he brought his lips to hers, forcing her into a violent kiss, an explosion of red chakra followed but he ignored it, parting their lips with a smirk and Sakura's pain filled moans.

"No…" she whispered, as she felt his eyes rake her again, trying her hardest to avoid his eyes. Pain secreted from every pore, blood and dirt coated her face, gurgling from the grip of her throat she raised her hands. Sanity thoroughly removed from her body, she curved her fingers, and with one final scream thrust her fingers deep inside her eyes.

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Sakura stopped her stride about a mile away from where she left Hinata, surveying her position she cautiously slipped into a nearby tree.

'I better leave a clone near Hinata to make sure her family find before anymore bandits.' Sighing slightly, trying to avoid thinking about what had just taken place, she molded her Chakra into a sturdy Henge, mentally sending orders to her clone. Without a second thought she turned back to her path and continued her journey through the trees.

She had not taken five steps before something to her right alerted, surprised by the sudden movement she had no time to block the punch that struck her right in the face by her wounded eye.

"No one asked me if I wanted a name." a voice suddenly right next to her ear said, turning her head slightly with a wince from the strike, Sakura missed a step in shock and plunged out of the trees as her foot met with air. Striking the ground hard, she gasped in pain but quickly scanned the trees searching for the image that had just appeared beside her. Gasping in pain, as her socket began to bleed again, sensing no chakra besides her own confusion began to set in.

"Who's out there?" She bellowed loudly

"They called you Sakura" Sakura startled once more quickly jumped to her feet and turned to face the direction of the voice. Lounging on a near by branch was her carbon copy staring at her from one light green eye. Confused and lost for words Sakura stared at her image, mouth a gape. Undeterred her look –a- like continued "For your pink hair I suppose, but they didn't call me anything. I wonder why" She rest her hand to her chin in contemplation sliding her eye in Sakura's direction.

Finding her voice Sakura managed to gasp out "How did you…?" Silencing her with a grin, her clone confidently leaped down from the branch and stood in front of her.

"Can you tell me why Sakura chan?" She purred penetrating Sakura's gaze deeply with her opposite eye, backing away from her image Sakura withdrew a kunai.

"You're a monster." Sakura snarled readying to throw the projectile at her clone; looking less confident the double didn't move to dodge but merely whispered.

"I'm you, I always knew that" she stated solemnly gazing at the sky, "but I'm still you know…me" Startled mid throw at the statement Sakura watched as the kunai slipped into her copy and burst into a cloud of smoke. Silence followed the activity and a frown set over her features.

"I don't understand." She said to no one gazing at where the kunai she had thrown now settled into a nearby tree. "What's happening?" she whispered anxiously to herself, feeling the area of her face where her eye once was.

A burst of commotion from the trees startled her out of her reverie attracting her attention, as crows flew haphazardly in every direction from a nearby location. Someone was close by. Crouching low Sakura suppressed her minimal chakra into nothing and stealthily approached the area where the crows flew out of. She estimated her destination was three miles away from her current location, but dangerously close to Hinata's.

'I better check up on her.' She thought worriedly to herself 'That couldn't have been Hinata'

Taking off into the direction she left Hinata her mind trailed back to her situation. 'It could be the Hyuuga's arrival.' She thought, slowly her stride, for cautions sake. 'In which case I should leave as quickly as possible.' Not feeling any less tension she cast her eyes toward the sky where a second flock of birds absconded into the air.

Abruptly mid run she caught sight of something shimmering in front of her, halting her stride she quickly dropped to the ground and crawled under some brush for cover and peered through for a better look. Gasping in shock she shook with uneasiness. Before her she could see the silhouette of a man's back in the shadows, it wasn't that that sparked her attention a few feet away from him planted firmly in the ground was a sword she could never forget. It was as large as a grown man, only a true master could wield this sword. If 'he' was here she had to get herself and Hinata out of here and fast. Crawling backwards slowly keeping her eye on the shadows until she was far enough away to make her escape towards Hinata's direction at breakneck speed. Sun began to set as she ran through the trees.

Zoning in on the area she estimated she had left Hinata, she ran through the trees as quietly as she could, every twig that snapped and leaf that crunched made her internally wince, but fear for Hinata's wellbeing had taken over. Suddenly below she caught sight of black hair, silencing herself she jumped down stealthily as not to alert Hinata of her presence.

'The last thing I need is for Hinata to scream right now' frowning at the memory of Hinata's tear filled eyes and the look of fear she had when she last looked at her, she decided the best way she was going to get her out of danger safely was going to be to make sure she could not make any noise. Nodding to herself she quietly approached Hinata's small form from behind, darkness had set so she could not determine her condition; she appeared to be gathering small flowers that shone brightly in the moonlight.

Once Sakura was close enough to where Hinata crouched, Sakura quickly jabbed her finger into the nap of her neck, causing her to quickly tense in shock, but slowly crumple. Quickly pulling Hinata into her arms, she maneuvered her onto her back which was slightly difficult considering her own tiny body. Satisfied that no noise had been made she began to make way for the opposite direction of the threat. Worry flitted across Sakura's face.

'This is going to be a major set back, the Hyuuga's could arrive at any moment, and I need to get to the barrier before that happens.' All but two of the detectors she had placed since leaving Konaha had gone off. Meaning the Hyuugas were not far away and they were right on her trail.

Picking up her pace with new found drive she determined her location, was close to the mist border, making that her best bet for safety. A faint fog began to cover her path as she approached the mist, the deeper she went the thicker the fog became, not daring to slow her stride she continued onward through the dark haze.

She heard it long before she saw the flash of blade, digging her heels into the ground and averting the strike as a massive sword blocked her path narrowly missing cutting her in half. Adjusting the girl on her back, Sakura jumped backward a few feet, and crouched ready to dodge again.

Out of the fog calmly walked out a man, he hefted the large sword over his shoulder lazily examining her with slight boredom. His mouth and chin was covered with wrappings, she could never forget this man.

"Zabuza" she whispered anxiously to herself, watching one of his eyebrows lift.

"You have something that is mine." He voice was calm, he dug his sword at the ground and gestured his hand forward. Confusion set in, not sure what to do, she shifted her foot back a step and sent a pulse of chakra into the ground through the heel of her foot. Webs of her Chakra trailed through the area, gather sensory information for her. As she suspected the Zabuza in front of her was a water clone. She could sense the Chakra of at least three others in the area. The fog was making it difficult to determine their exact location.

"Don't want to play fair?" he questioned with cynical humor evident in his voice. "Fine I'll play it your way." For the first time she noticed the hand that Zabuza had behind his back, he slowly raised it forward until he held in front of him the last thing Sakura expected to see. Dropping the weight off her back she gasped in shock.

Grasped in his large hand was the unconscious form of one Hyuuga, Hinata. For the first time Sakura looked back for a clear look of who she had been carrying, only to be surprised to find a young boy with long black hair unconscious on the ground. Words lost in surprise she jumped back from the boy on the ground.

"Good, now prepare to die." And with that he threw Hinata to the side and charged.

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A naruto time travel fic is not a time travel fic without Zambuza and Haku! Thank you readers, R&R please!

- Dramamine