Author's Notes

I forced myself to write again. I was at a fair all day today, and seeing friend who was at college. And I'M TIRED

Thanks for the reviews! I will be continuing to write more, UNTIL THE END OF THIS BOOK! Don't worry I already have another one finished.
I'm just to busy at the moment to write two at the same time.

THANKS AGAIN FOR THE REVIEWS!

DISCLAIMER: I DO NOT OWN NARUTO!

Hope you like the new chapter!

Edit1(Monday April 29)

Chapter 10: Plans Change

Sasuke's P.O.V

I woke up in a bed back at the village. My back hurt a little from being thrown into trees. To my left was Naruto snoring away like nothing ever happened. He was fine. When I looked the other way, Shikamaru looked pale and the bandages were covered in blood in the need for a change. My memory was slowly returning, the images of Sakura trying to kill us.

Sakura wasn't Sakura, to me it was like she was someone else. It wasn't my teammate.

"Sasuke." came a voice that broke me away from my thoughts. It was Gaara. I thought it to be Naruto but he was still asleep.

"My unit has lost her chakra, she was too fast." he said. I didn't answer I didn't know how to respond to that. His eyes were a lot different than I remembered they seemed more, relaxed and friendly than the cold murderous glare from before.

"I sent out one of my best tracking units. I'll let you know if we find something." he said and left the room. I starred at the ceiling. Going through everything in my head.

"Naruto..." I whispered. He had to be awake.

"Hm?" he replied back.

"So when do we leave?"

Neji's P.O.V

I stood in Tsunade's office along with Sai and Ino.

"We have received information that Sakura was taken by the enemy. She was kidnappedn and then later on when the team of Naruto, Sasuke, and Shikamaru that she had taken them down and nearly killed Shikamaru. We don't know why however she did this." she started to explain. I was taken back by the words. Why weren't we informed of this sooner?

"Wait...what?" I said stopping her from continuing

"Sakura was kidnapped, and now it seems she is cooperating with the enemy and has attacked Shikamaru, Naruto and Sasuke. Your team will be heading to the Sand to back them up."

"But what about Kiba?" I asked.

"I assigned a new team to meet up with them. After they meet up with them they will be on their way to back up you as well." she stopped. It seemed she was in over her head.

"Leave as soon as you can." she said. She was losing shinobi every other day. We were missing Shikamaru's team, Sakura's team, Kiba's team, my team, now Shizune's team and the team that Kiba is now bringing back to the village. I was still amazed by the fact that Shikamaru was taken down by Sakura. He was holding back. Sure Sakura was probably the strongest kunoichi in the village now, but he could've taken her down or at least captured her.

Shikamaru, who was supposed to be smart, couldn't see that he obviously loved her. Kiba was probably too dense to figure out that. And Sakura was blinded by her own love for him to even realize that he loved her. "Neji." Ino said behind me.

"Hm?"

"Do you really think Sakura could take down those three?" she asked.

"She could take down me if she really wanted to. Shikamaru's smart but...he could never hurt a friend..." or the woman he loved.

"But Sakura? Why would she do this?"

"Who ever it doing this, is either black mailing her, which is the most likely, or controlling her. And in the rare situation could be both." I said. "Whoever he is he isn't wasting his effort in taking her. Sakura is strong, don't worry about her. If her friends and comrades lives were on the line, she'd do anything."

The rest of the day we ran as fast as we could to the Sand. We were almost there.

Kiba's P.O.V.

When a bird came I got excited. Finally some news on Sakura. But ended up being terrible news from the Hokage.

We were at the meeting spot already that was assigned for Neji's team, but now the plan apparently changed on short noticed. It'd be useless going back, we were already a couple miles further than the place we were supposed to be. I'll just have to be extra careful and look for Shizune. I looked down from my tree branch, "We're leaving as soon as the other team gets here. We'll be heading to the Sand at full speed. Somethings happened." I explained.

"Wait I thought, we were going to be able to rest a day." Hannabi asked.

"What happened?" Kakashi asked.

"Well I guess I can't hide it now. Sakura has been kidnapped, we have to help out to try and find her." I left out some of the other stuff like how she took down Shikamaru and all, but I figured I'd tell them later.

"This person, who took her, it seems we thought they weren't as weak as we thought." Kakashi said.

"Nope. Usually Sakura could handle these types of things herself. We never really had to help when it came to her. But now it seems this time is different." I said.

The thing that stuck out in my mind was she hurt and almost killed Sakura. It didn't sound like her.

Not at all.

Sakura's P.O.V

I was still crying. I felt the tears running down my face. Every time I closed my eyes I just saw Shikamaru being taken down by me again and again.

It hurt just to even think, because every thought was about him. I couldn't move my body the way I wanted to. I didn't sign up for hurting my friends. Just to tell them to back off. Some kidnappings were like this. You just had to do what they told you and they would let you go 50% of the time.

The other 50% you died.

2 hours later I came from the forest and landed onto a path surrounded by all kinds of flowers. The woods were now Birch trees. I would have admired it more if I wasn't held against my will.

I saw a large gate up ahead. This must be Burumaru's village. My body just stood there. I was still unable to move. Burumaru came from the trees and stood in front of me.

"So? How was the reunion?" he asked.

"Fuck you." Did this guy want me to help him or not? He struck me.

"Now, follow me." he laughed. "As if you had a choice. And I'll begin the story."

It was around three in the morning. Everyone was quietly asleep. The village lights were going out slowly. Birch village was unusually quiet. Most drunks were out about now, yelling and screaming down the street. Some older ninja came back from missions. But only a few. The small village never really had many shinobi. The leader, Taki stood on the large shrine, waiting for something. The shrine stood in the middle of the small village. Far off in one of the corners of the village, it didn't mean much, most poor, who couldn't afford much, lived there in huts, a bomb went off. The explosion caused all the lights to flicker off and the shinobi of the village, all forty of them flashed on the shrine next to the leader. Smoke filled the air and screams joined it.

"Take them down, third rank, take the villagers underground. Protect them all." the ninja took off and all was left was the leader's brother, Burumaru.

"Brother..." he mumbled.

"I'm sure I will do this for you. Now go hurry, save everyone." the leader told him. "Believe me, nothing you do can change my mind." Seconds later the brother left.

After the battle they found the leader dead. They believed the murderer to be Sasuke Uchiha. The people and shinobi of the village took witness to seeing him on the top of the shrine. The brother seemed devastated at the loss of his twin brother.

A couple days later news came to the village that Sasuke Uchiha had returned to the Leaf Village.

Konoha was to blame for this, their presumed allies did this.

Tsunade's P.O.V

I was getting over thrown with work.

The scrolls took over my floor.

Papers covered the desk.

Important documents never filed.

Letters not answered.

Missions unassigned. I was one woman! At random I picked up a scroll. Figures. It was some nonsense. Important in the least bit. I almost laughed. It was a letter from a man who I never heard of or his village.

Birch Village? It claimed Sasuke attacked their village. HA! Along with some of our other shinobi. Sure Sasuke was a criminal. But I doubted Sasuke would mess up his chance on getting back into the village with me. Or even other shinobi would listen to him and help him attack a village. This got me thinking. For being such a generous Hokage. I sent Gaara a letter telling him to send Sasuke and Naruto to this Birch Village and clear up this whole misunderstanding. The bird flew away with my note.

I was very pleased with myself. So I sat down in my desk seeing that I was done for the day.

Sasuke's P.O.V

Gaara caught us trying to leave the village. He took us back to his office once he found us. Kankuro was in there as well. At least, I think that was his name. "Lady Tsunade has given you a new mission."

"WHAT?!" Nauto yelled. Normally I wouldn't agree with the dobe. But this time he was right for once.

"You'll be going to Birch Village to settle some misunderstanding. They believe Sasuke and some other Leaf shinobi killed their leader and attacked their village." Gaara continued ignoring Naruto. What was Birch Village? I never heard of it in my life let alone kill their leader and attack their village for no reason at all!

"But, BUT, what about Sakura!?" Naruto asked loudly.

"Kiba's and Neji's team will handle it from now on. And Shikamaru as soon as he's well enough."

"But!" Naruto yelled. Trying to get Gaara to agree with him.

"This is not my orders! It's your Hokage's!" he yelled.

"I can completely understand why she wants to send you two! But this isn't my mission to direct. The only thing I did was tell you the mission! You two need to realize Sakura could handle things herself! Neji and Kiba will get her! She's more stronger now than you see. Have some faith in her because you sure as hell don't have it in her now! Or ever for that matter!" Gaara yelled.

With that message he disappeared into his sand, to somewhere else.

"GREAT! Now, you pissed him off!" Kankuro yelled at us.

Before the Attack

Taki read the reports given to him from the village tresuary, it stated that the village was running low on funds and would be beginning to be in risk of the whole village to go into poverty. "Burumaru!" Taki yelled. Taki sat still in his seat at his desk looking at this scroll. he hated this. How was her going to get more money in time to pay of the debts of other villages, and help out the villagers at the same time. "Burumaru!" he called his twin brother again. He looked around on his desk. A newspaper from a nearby village was placed on his desk this morning. He took out the paper and read an article about the village, Gokeo, the village was facing very large financial debts and they just lost their leader. Since the village was being doomed the village elites called upon their allies in the Cloud to help them out. The leader was killed in the war going on between their village and the Sand. Now the Cloud was helping them out greatly and donated a large loan to the village to help out, even helped out with the election of a new leader since there was no next of kin. "Burumaru!"

Well it seems the more I think a chapter is not going to long I turn out lying to myself and the chapter turns out to be longer than I thought, and then I'm slupped over my computer writing a chapter, revising stuff that made no sense, making sure what I worte in the first place goes along with the previous chapters, FOR THE NEXT TWO FUCKING HOURS. It's okay though. I actually with some mentally twisted way, enjoy it. :)

REVIEW REVIEW REVIEW REVIEW PLEEEEEAAAASSSSEEEE.