A/N well guys late I know but with so much going on and well the ending to Naruto which I'm sure you all know with what happened and what it did to NaruSaku, now what does this mean well nothing no matter what, we as NaruSaku fans must never give in even if our pairing failed in away that we all know was wrong. We must not give in nor must we stop. We all need to keep the pairing we all know and love alive no matter what the other fans tell us.

"Talking"

'Thinking'

"Jutsu"

"Kyuubi/Dark Inner thinking"

Chapter 10 The invasion begins

Dosu looked at the charging girl before him, and from underneath all the bandages Dosu smiled at her. 'That its, just a little closer.' Dosu thought as he watched his prey get ever closer. 'What a foolish girl.'

Sakura on the other hand jumped into the air with a flaming fist ready to strike Dosu. 'I'm going to end this as quickly as I can.' Sakura thought as she kept her eyes focused on Dosu.

"All I have to do is make sure I avoid her attack and then I can use mine." Dosu said as he watched Sakura, and as soon as he saw Sakura was within range he pulled back the sleeves on his right arm as he smiled. 'Well I think it's about time to use my Jutsu on her.' Dosu thought with an evil smirk. "Foolish girl, you've fallen right into my trap, Kyōmeisen!" Dosu then flicked his gauntlet.

As Sakura wondered what was supposed to happen. She thought she detected waves emanating from it, which suddenly took on a concentrated drill like shape as it approached her. Although having trouble following it, she sensed the attack as it attempted to burrow itself into her right ear. Rolling to his left, he sprung up into a crouched position.

When Sakura heard the sound her ears started to bleed, as she tried to cover them up in order to block the sound as best as she could. 'Oh it hurts so much.' She thought as she tried to do all she could to block out the sound as she looked up to Dosu who was simply laughing at her.

Dosu could only smile as he looked down at Sakura, as the hand that was on fired subsided. "A girl like you shouldn't even be a ninja." He said picking Sakura up by her hair, and used his free hand to punch Sakura in the face left and right as he threw her up into the air. 'I need to make sure I kill her fast.'

"Dammit!" She curse, coughing up some blood as she felt a punch to the stomach from Dosu much to Naruto's dismay before being tossed to the ground, while the opposing Ninja simply grinned as he believes this is going to be an easy win though that would leave Naruto and Sasuke remaining. "Don't count me out just yet..."

"Look at yourself, why don't you admit defeat like the failure you are?" he scoffed, as he looked unimpressed by this and at the same time he feels like he will need more of a challenge in the next round. "A shame that Uzumaki can't do anything to help you, he's just an even bigger failure and I fail to see what he sees in you to begin with Haruno."

Sakura looked up at Dosu, as her anger started to rise at what he was saying to her. Dosu soon got closer so that he could whisper to her without anyone hearing what he was going to say. "After all it's better than what is going to happen to you," He said, while Sakura eyes looked at him.

"What do you mean?" She asked not liking the tone his voice was in. "Answer me dammit." Sakura growled.

As he looked down at Sakura, Dosu used his free hand to once again grab Sakura by the hair, as he just moved his head closer to Sakura's ear. "As you already know girl your have lord Orochimaru's curse mark on you," Dosu began and gave a smile. "However, from what I know it was meant for the Uchiha giving how dark his heart is. But that's all changed now thanks to you getting in the way, the dark part of you is fighting to take over your body. And she will do all that she can to take over, including killing the ones that you care for."

Hearing this Sakura simple gritted her teeth with anger building inside her at what Dosu was saying to her. "I won't let that happen, I'll keep on fighting her no matter what."

Dosu smiled as he stood up but was still hunching over. "Well that is a chance that I can't take, you saw what you did to Kin?"

"Just shut up!" she muttered, while shocked that Dosu was aware of the cursed mark that was now in the back of her neck, she needed to make sure that it doesn't let it get to her as that is what Dosu and the demonic Orochimaru wanted. "Why are you telling me all of this anyway?" she demanded as she wanted answers right now.

"All in due time Haruno..." answered Dosu, giving a sadistic grin as he wanted to unleash the evil that was now growing inside of her. "For now, I have my mission and intend to complete it no matter what the cost."

Remaining silent, Sakura bit her lower lip as she needed to get out of his grip and had an idea... with one hand, she produced a kunai and slashed right at the man's face with it. Yet, he didn't recoil at all, not caring if he was inflicted with a severe wound or the blood that was now spurting out of the slash mark that formed. "What the?!" she asked in shock.

"Surprised? Don't be... I've trained to tolerate extreme pain since I was young" said Dosu, remembering how Orochimaru can take serious blows due to training only he himself had come up with long ago and glanced at Sakura with his grin growing wider. "If you join, you might be able to learn the secrets and enjoy it."

Sakura could only look up in anger and disgust at what the sound ninja was saying that she should do as she pulled herself up and looked at Dosu right in his single eye. "You listen to me you bastard I will never, never betray my home. Do you get that?"

Dosu could only laugh at her as he let go of her head and moved slightly away. "That is what you can say for now girl, but what about your other half?" He asked as Sakura thought she could see the Sound ninja smile.

Up in the stands, Naruto was starting to get worried for Sakura as he looked down at what had been going on and he just hoped that she would be able to pull off a win. 'Please Sakura, I know that you can do this don't let him get to you.' He thought as he just smiled.

Shikamaru on the other hand saw how Naruto was acting and just placed his hand on his shoulder. "Naruto you shouldn't worry about Sakura, I'm sure she can take this Dosu guy down. She is smarter than you remember."

"I'm not that stupid y'know!" Naruto yelled as he clenched his fists together, but decided to ignore what Shikamaru said and look back at Sakura's match.

Sakura grunted in pain as she used her strength to push herself of the ground as she stood on her feet, gasping for air. "I can't lose, not after all the training I did this past month." Once on her feet Sakura looked over to the stands in which she knew Naruto was in and watching her. "Naruto wouldn't give up, and neither will I."

With that in mind Sakura charged over at Dosu again, while he stood and smiled at this. "You're a fool girl, and this will be the last mistake you will make in this life." He said as he raised his arms upwards towards Sakura.

"No way am I going to fall for that again." She yelled as she throws a barrage of kunai towards Dosu, who simply dodged them and as the last kunai was thrown Dosu caught it with his hand. "That was just worthless, you weak little girl."

Sakura on the other hand just smiled at Dosu and he saw her smile. "Oh is that what you think?" She asked as she just continued to smile at him and placed her hand together. "Release!" Once she said this Dosu noticed that all the kunai had paper bombs connected to the kunai. "When did you...?" He tried to ask but before he could answer and even get out the way the bombs all went off.

Up in the stands Sakura's parents both gave a proud cheer at their daughter. "That's our daughter!" Mebuki yelled with a proud smile on her face. "You show him who is the boss."

"Got that right dear, you could almost say that he was blown away." Kizashi said while giving a big grin, as everyone around him went silent and just looked at him.

Mebuki just shook her head at her husband as everyone else just gave a sigh at the joke that he had tried to make.

Dosu had been injured, blood dripped from the wounds he had received from the explosive paper bombs but managed to survive long enough to give his opponent a darkened glare though one of his eyes had been lost in the explosions though he didn't care. "So... it seems that I had underestimated you after all..." he said, coughing up blood and despite this, he wasn't going to give up until the task he was given was completed. "Still... that won't be enough to stop me!"

Sakura narrowed her eyes at the male, as it seems that he is barely hanging on with a small sliver of his life and yet he doesn't seem to care either. "What makes you say that?!" she asked, demanding how he is able to survive a point-blank explosion that should have ended his life by now as there is something he is hiding and needed to know what it was.

Sakura looked over to Dosu and grunted with a little anger, she just looked around to see what there was that she could use to her advantaged of the situation that she was now in. 'Alright, I need to think of away to beat him and fast, from what I can tell he uses sound as a weapon. Like the gauntlet.' Sakura thought to herself looking at Dosu and she analyzed him.

'This girl is defiantly a smart one, but she has no powers from any clans, which give me the edge in this fight, all that I really I have to watch out got is that Acid she used on Kin.' Dosu thought as he looked at the hand he had used to grab the girl by the hair. "However..." He said as he looked up from his hand and over to Sakura who was looking at him just as he was looking at her. 'Nothing happened which means it connected to the curse mark that she has.'

"What is he doing?" she asked herself again, wondering what he has up his sleeve now and that he was now cutting his own wrist, making her think he is becoming suicidal but there was something he was planning so he can gain the upper hand but she needed to be careful and at the same time show how a fighter from Team 7 can do against a powerful opponent. "No... I can't let my guard down, that's what he wants me to think..."

Dosu began to laugh and another sadistic grin formed on his face. "So, you truly believe that you can win Haruno?" he asked her, getting read to make his next move on his female opponent, the young girl will become a loyal servant to his master even if he has to beat her to an inch of her life in order to complete his mission, remembering he wants her alive. "A shame, it looks like you'll be the first to actually see what true power is all about and how strong I really am, as I strike you down with my next move..."

Sakura grunted as she looked over at Dosu. "Yeah, well I don't care I will beat you!" She yelled as she took out a kunai from her pouch. "And that's because I'm a ninja of Konoha!" Sakura yelled as throw her kunai towards Dosu before using a fire Jutsu on him. "Why don't you just let me out I can kill him for you?"

Smirking Dosu simple jumped aside avoiding the attack as he laughed to himself. 'She needs to stop using the same old trick.' Dosu thought as he looked down at the ground. "Well I think its time to end this fight for good."

"Oh you think so?" A voice said from behind, Dosu just looked behind to see that Sakura was behind him and she was giving a smirk at him. "Now I'm going to end this, Shannaro!" Sakura yelled as she let out her battle cry before punching him in the chest before she proceeded to punch Dosu once again only this time she didn't stop she knew she had to do this fast before Dosu could use any more of his sound Jutsu.

Sakura then cupped her hands together as she got read to knock him out, however the sound Genin spun around and grabbed both her arms. "Well, girl it looks like you lost." Dosu said calmly. 'Besides it's for the best she may be a danger to everyone. Despite what he wants.'

Sakura on the other hand just looked at Dosu and gave a simple smirk at him as she brought her head down onto his, which forced Dosu to let Sakura go as stumbled back holding onto her own head which was bleeding a little. "I'm not going down." She said catching her breath.

Both already knew that they had to end this match and they knew it had to be done now. "Fine then let this be the last round of our little fight then." Dosu said knowing that the invasion of Konoha would soon begin and Dosu knew that he needed to be at full strength, but he still didn't trust Orochimaru. Something told him that his master had other plans for him and his team and he was smart enough to know this.

The pink-haired ninja frowned at this, realizing that Dosu might actually be toying with her as it has to be the only reason why he hasn't killed her right then and there, which means she needed to come up with a good combination if she needs to win. "Okay, he has to have some kind of weak point... maybe going at him directly isn't the best course of action," she muttered to herself, mentally cursing at the fact that he is too powerful for her to take down. "However, there's no way in hell I'm giving up... as this isn't something Naruto or Sasuke would do against the tough opponents they had gone up against."

Yet she heard the familiar laugh of her corrupted inner, who found it amusing that she wants to win this fight without her help but the girl ignored the demonic laugher if only for a few minutes so she could get her head straightened. "Are you done stalling? You're simply delaying the ultimate outcome right now Haruno." frowned Dosu, believing that the female Team 7 member was simply trying to bide some time in order to come up with a better plan of attack. "Very well, I'll just come to you and bring you back to my master personally!"

She saw Dosu was charging at her and barely jumped out of the path of his punch, only to fall victim to an elbow to her stomach and was then uppercut clean in the jaw, or at least he thought only for the Sakura he had struck down to disappear. "What the?!" he exclaimed, before the real Sakura managed to throw three Kunai, one striking him on the shoulder and two on his right arm. "Guess I should have expected a cheap trick like that." he said, as if he was feeling the pain.

"I'm the kind of girl with a few tricks up my sleeves." answered Sakura, kicking him in the face and prepared her Chakra for a powerful punch through the chest, resulting in him coughing up blood before she pulled away. Much to her dismay, she saw that he was somewhat still capable of fighting though the injuries he had gotten were slowly starting to get to him. "Why can't except that I'm not going to join you or Orochimaru anyway?!"

Dosu managed an evil grin on his face. "You already know the answer and it won't be long until you start to enjoy what my master has for this world." he said, making her cringe somewhat but at the same time she had come up with a possible means to end it quickly, the problem was requiring the right time and the amount of chakra needed to make it work.

"Alright, it's now or never... I just need to plan this right and think smart, plus I'll have to remember everything Kakashi-Sensei taught me, Naruto and Sasuke prior to this whole mess" she said to herself, getting into her fighting stance again and got into the position to lure him into her trap. "Alright, why not just come at me again and force me to come to your way of thinking?"

Hearing this, Dosu charged towards Sakura as she grabbed a bunch on Kunai in her hands as she began to repeatedly throw them all at Dosu, the later of whom just either blocked them or dodged them. "What is she trying to do?" Dosu asked him self trying to think why the pink hair girl was doing this. 'I need to be careful that brat is trying something new.'

Sakura smiled at this as she continued to do this until she took her last Kunai out from her pouch only this one had a piece of paper attached to it, Dosu just dodged the Kunai with ease. But he soon saw the look that Sakura had on her face. "Ninja art: Cherry Blossom Blizzard." Sakura said as she continued to smile.

Dosu's eyes went wide with shock as he looked at the kunai that Sakura had thrown at him and noticed that it had a paper bomb attached to it. "Damn that girl she placed paper bomb on all of them." Dosu said with anger in his voice as he looked at Sakura's smiling face.

Soon the whole area around the Sound Ninja was exploding around him while Sakura just feel to her knees hoping that it was at least over. "I really hope that the end." Sakura said with a whisper in her voice, as the pink hair Genin looked up to see the smoke was clearing away.

"No!" Was all Sakura could say with fear in her voice, as all her friends and family looked down all worried for her as they saw Dosu was still standing with burn marks all over his body and blood coming down his arm.

"Damn it how can he be alive after something like that!" Naruto yelled looking down as he saw Dosu making his way over to Sakura. "Sakura Chan hurry he's coming!"

Luckily, Sakura was able to dodge a slash from his kunai yet it cut the left side of her cheek and it was then that Dosu saw Naruto with a darkened glare on his face. "You stay out of this after all this is a match between me and her!" he yelled before looking back at Sakura, throwing three Kunai's faster than Sakura could, resulting in two being impaled onto her shoulder and one onto her knee much to Naruto's horror.

Sakura soon screamed out in pain, only to be punched in the stomach by Dosu and then grabbed by the hair as she was feeling pain. While he had no intentions of killing the girl, he will complete his mission one way or another as she did her best to get free. "Let me go!"

"I'm afraid I have a task to complete, so you will come with me by force if necessary otherwise I'll have no choice but to take innocent lives to get what I want even if it means your parents." began Dosu, yet failed to notice Naruto getting angry with red chakra beginning to surround his body. "After all they will die as will the others you care for, that and I could end your life right here." Dosu whispered to her.

He turned around to see Naruto was surrounded by red chakra, as if there was something about him that he wasn't aware of yet thought it was nothing. Naruto gave a darkened glare, yet it was then that Sakura saw that his eyes looked different; they were more narrow than usual and were filled with nothing but pure hatred. "Naruto..." she breathed, the red chakra slowly causing his finger-nails to extend like claws. 'What's happening to him?' She mentally asked herself yet she knew she had to get out of Dosu's grip right now.

Sakura turned her attention back to Dosu as she knew what she had to do. "Take this!" Sakura yelled as she brought her knee up right into his crotch, which caused Dosu to let go off Sakura and make him hold his manhood from the pain that Sakura had done. 'This is my chance.' Sakura thought she tightened her fist, before punching the sound Ninja directly on the head sending him crashing to the ground and knocking him out.

For Sakura, all she did was gave a simple sigh of relief that it was over, the last thing she did was give a smile as she heard her name. "The winner is Sakura Haruno." Was all she heard as she fell on her back, all the while smiling as her eyes closed?

When Naruto saw this, he found himself returning to normal before he jumped down and ran over to her, right now he was worried for her seeing just how bad she had been hurt in her fight with the sound ninja. "Sakura!" Naruto yelled with worry present in his voice. "Sakura chan..." Was all Naruto said, as he reached to where she had fallen down to the ground.

Looking down at her Naruto saw that the medics had arrived as she could see that she still had the kunai in her, slowly they placed Sakura onto the stretcher, yet Naruto didn't want to let go of Sakura's hand.

Slowly Sakura began to open her eyes as she felt that someone was holding her hand all she did was turn her head to the one who was holding it. Sakura then just smiled as she saw it was Naruto, who just smiled at her. "Naruto..." she replied weakly feeling tired from her fight with Dosu. "I did it Naruto, I won, and all on my own."

"Yeah, I know... I'm just happy your alright Sakura chan..." he said, yet he needed to remain by Sakura's side more than ever and at the same time, he realized she had seen him changing which meant she might figure out he has the Nine-Tailed Fox inside him but before he could say anything, he saw her eyes closing as she needed some rest and medical treatment, she was wondering why Naruto had this evil chakra and if there was something he was hiding this whole time since it nearly turned him evil the way her corrupted Inner nearly took control of her twice. 'Dammit, I almost lost it... which would have really killed everything I worked so hard to build up with her.'

Jiraiya remained silent on the other hand, he had a feeling that Naruto's demonic chakra would be powerful but he never would have thought the angrier he got... the more it could overtake him and corrupt his very being. "Poor kid..." he said silently, there something familiar about that chakra though it was too soon to confirm if it was that of the Nine-Tailed Fox or not as he wouldn't want to hurt Naruto even more than what Dosu tried to do.

However, he realized that Dosu had something planned for Sakura and the fact he knew about the cursed seal that was on the back of her neck made him further suspect that he was working for someone... someone he knew might still be around and if that were the case, things were only going to get worse before they get better. 'Orochimaru, could you be trying to get this girl... he.' thought, he knew that the third Hokage needed to be alerted of this as soon as possible, not just him but Kakashi as well.

Watching from the scenes... Orochimaru smirked at what he had seen despite the failure of Dosu, he never would have thought that Naruto would care so much about Sakura and the fact that she used to have feelings for Sasuke made him wonder on things. Maybe this new revaluation could work out in his own favor, when the time comes. For now, he needed to be certain that what he has discovered was corrected before he decides his next course of action.

'Naruto Uzumaki... If only I had known this sooner, I might not have put that seal on you but how is it that you managed to remove it... you couldn't have done so by yourself...' he mentally suspected that someone else may have removed the seal with a powerful Jutsu of their own. 'Damn that Jiraiya, he must have been the one to undo the seal I placed on the nine tailed brat.'

But all that mattered little to Orochimaru right now as his plans where all going just the way he wanted it too. 'Soon the invasion will begin, all I have to do is wait for Sasuke to show up. And once he does, well that's when the real fun will begin.'

Naruto on the other hand just looked on as Sakura was taken away to she could get treat meant for the kunai that were in her shoulder and knee, and it pained him deep down that he couldn't go with her. After all Sasuke still hadn't shown up for his match yet, which would mean he would be fighting Shino.

However, that wasn't the only thing on Naruto's mind as he feared that Sakura may have seen him going into the demonic state that he first turned into when he originally thought Sasuke had been killed in the conflict with Haku yet this time he wasn't sure he would have snapped out of it had she not gotten out of Dosu's grip to win her match. "Dammit!" he silently whispered as he wondered where Kakashi and Jiraiya were at this time while another part of him wished to see how the match would turn out.

Then again, he knew it might not be the time to speak with Kakashi about what happened... at least not yet, what was needed was for him to see his fellow team-mate in the battle then worry about what to do afterwards. 'Okay, you need to think this through... there is no way she could have seen me like this, if she did then maybe she might not remember if when she recovers... hopefully...' he thought to himself, sometimes wishing he could curse out the Nine-Tailed Fox though at the same time the demon inside of him is the reason why he is even alive.

'Bad enough Sakura got that cursed seal on her neck because of Orochimaru...' he mentally said to himself, thinking that Orochimaru may be the only one who could remove the seal however he himself isn't strong enough to take that snake down so he needed to at least train harder and learn better Justu and techniques to be on the safe-side.

However Naruto was soon brought out of his thoughts as right before his eyes Kakashi and Sasuke landed right in front of him. "Naruto go with Sakura." Kakashi said as he looked down at Naruto with an eye smile. "After all I know your worried for her and don't worry I'm come and get you when your next match is up." Kakashi said as Naruto just looked at his teacher and smiled.

"Thank you so much Kakashi sensei." Naruto said as he just ran after the doctors that had taken Sakura. "You better not lose to the Gaara Sasuke as I still want to fight you!" Naruto yelled to his team-mate/rival.

However up in the stand Gaara was looking down at Naruto with a murderess glint in his eyes. "Yes mother I understand." Gaara said as his clam face soon changed into a sadistic crazed one. "Their blood will feed you, first Sasuke Uchiha and then Naruto Uzumaki." He said while making his way towards Sasuke as his smiled just grew all the more crazed and his blood lust only grew. "their blood will feed you mother."

Meanwhile Naruto was already standing or in this case sitting next to Sakura who had the three Kunai's in her taken out. While right now Naruto was holding her hand. "Sakura..." was all he said as he looked at her sleeping.

"Dammit!" he cursed silently again, more so as had he known that Sakura had been injured by Dosu but the fact they also saw him coming close to turning into a demon was another thing that truly hurt him in every way possible, worse than taking every physical blow he had received in the past as at the time, only Iruka and Jiraiya knew about him having the Nine-Tailed Fox inside his body, it would not go well if anyone else from the village knew this. I just hope she'll be fine, while I'm glad that cursed seal didn't take over... that fox almost did so to me...

Yet he didn't know it, he heard footsteps and wondered who it was, turning to see it was Sakura's childhood friend Ino. "What are you doing here?" he asked, while Ino and Sakura didn't like each other at first due to their initial crush on Sasuke, neither the blonde-haired young man nor Sasuke himself knew that the two girls were actually once friends with one another prior to have become rivals at least until that whole mess with Orochimaru took place.

"Just came to check up on my friend..." she replied, hoping that Sakura's injuries weren't fatal and mentally cursed Dosu with every fiber of her being for what he did to her friend then turned her attention towards Naruto. "How's she doing right now Naruto?"

"She should be recovering soon, at least with given time from what the doc told me?" answered Naruto, slowly giving Ino a nod though she saw that something was troubling him other than the fact that Sakura was badly hurt from the fight and for the first time, showed genuine concern for him ever since that fatal event.

"Naruto what's the matter?" Ino asked as she placed a hand on his shoulder as Naruto continued to look at Sakura sleeping form. "Look you go watch Sasuke match I'll watch over her." she added with a smile on her face as she looked at Naruto once again.

For a while all Naruto do was remain silent, something that Ino was rare to hear, since this was Naruto Uzumaki. 'He really does care for her." Ino thought with a smile on her face as she pulled up a chair to sit next to him.

Still remaining silent Naruto just looked at Ino. "I'm going to do all that I can to keep her safe." He said with a determined look on his face. "I'm not going to let that snake basted even touch her." Naruto said with slight anger in his voice.

Ino nodded at this despite all that had happened to her and Sakura, Ino still saw Sakura as a friend and she didn't want anyone hurting her, but what Naruto had said made her feel more concern for Sakura. "Naruto can you tell me what happened to Sakura in the forest of death I mean I saw what she did to one of the said Genin. And then there was the girl too."

"Well Ino you see it all started when this Grass ninja attacked us..." soon Naruto started to tell Ino what had happened, and how the grass ninja was really Orochimaru who wanted Sasuke, why Naruto didn't really care to find out as he knew that he wouldn't like the answer. But he just went on to tell Ino what happened and how Sakura tried to help Sasuke but got what Sasuke told him was Orochimaru's Curse Mark. "And that's it Ino, the Snake bastard said it should have killed her but I'm glad it didn't."

"Yeah, but still... if what you said is true, then I'm worried that sooner or latter, it might end up taking control of her permanently..." she said, remembering the two times the cursed seal took control of Sakura, first when they were attacked and then again when Sakura was facing that bitch Kin during the Chunnin Exams which she fears for her childhood friend's well being even though she didn't want to show it at all. "There has to be something we can do to help her."

"I know, yet right now there's nothing we can do" added Naruto, knowing that there is a chance that Orochimaru may personally come back to take Sakura and he won't allow such a thing to happen to the girl he liked. "Even Kakashi Sensei and Iruka Sensei aren't sure what they can do to help, then there's Pervy Sage... the guy who helped me remove the seal that Orochimaru placed on me earlier..."

"Who?" asked Ino, having actually never heard of Jiraiya or the nickname that Naruto often uses for the infamous Toad Sage, who is actually more perverted than even Kakashi but then again if this guy helped Naruto then she hoped he could do the same for Sakura as well depending on how bad the seal on her neck gets.

Naruto scratched the back of his head then said. "It's a long story, as Sakura and I only met Pervy Sage after we won the first rounds of the Chunin Exams" he explained, deciding to tell Ino a bit about Jiraiya and how he trained Naruto before the match with Neji prior while at the same time, mentioning how strong the Toad Sage in question was... possibly even stronger than Iruka and Kakashi, especially Kakashi himself much to Ino's surprise. "Then again, I'm actually wondering if he'll at least help Sakura suppress the seal until a proper means of removing it could be done. But who knows Kakashi could have already done so."

After staying silent Naruto stood up from the chair that he was sitting on and looked at Sakura with a smile, before he looked at Ino. "Well I guess I'll do what you said Ino, after all I need to see how well Sasuke will do in his match, and I need to also talk to Kakashi sensei as well."

Ino looked at Naruto and gave a smiled as she nodded and would watch over Sakura until she woke up. "Okay then, and like I said I'll watch over Sakura until she wakes up."

With one last smile Naruto left so that he could talk to Kakashi, while Ino just smiled and looked at Sakura. "Well Sakura I have to admit he really does love you." She said with a smile, before she laughed a little. "After all you already sort of had your first kiss." She laughed lightly as she still found it funny that Sakura kissed Naruto while he was using sexy Jutsu, but she wouldn't tell anyone that.

After some time Ino noticed Sakura beginning to stir. "Hmmmm what happened, where am I?" Sakura asked as she saw Ino was sitting right next top her. "Ino...?" She asked once again feeling just a littler confused. But she soon pulled her self up from the bed she was lying on.

"Sakura stop!" Ino yelled with concern seeing that Sakura was still in some pain. "You're still a little hurt from you match with that sound guy."

However all Sakura did was smile at Ino. "I'm alright Ino I need to go back before I miss my next match; I can't show I'm this weak little girl." Sakura said with a hint of sadness in her voice. "Beside I want to see how Naruto and Sasuke are going to do as well."

For her part Ino just let out a sigh as she looked at her best friend as she placed her hand on her hips. "You know you're starting to act more like Naruto with that stubborn attitude we all know him for." However Sakura just responded by sticking out her tongue at her, which just made Ino laugh, followed up by Sakura.

But soon Ino stopped as she looked at Sakura and could clearly see the mark that was on her neck, which just made her feel, worried for her best friend. "Sakura are you sure that your alright I mean Naruto told me about that thing on your neck." She said knowing all to well now what it could do and that the thing might try to take over her body.

Sakura on the other hand just looked at Ino, before looking away. "I'm scared Ino I really am scared." She whispered as she looked at her hands. "I mean you seen what I've done." Sakura said as a few tears began to fall from her eyes. "And I fucking hate it, I feel like I'm becoming something I'm not, and at time I hear her voice mocking me, laughing at me. Saying she will take over for good, and that frightens me so much." Sakura said with slight anger in her voice knowing that both her and this dark persona she had was willing to do all it took to get control.

Seeing the stress that Sakura was in Ino just pulled Sakura into a hug as she too let some tears fall from her eyes. "Don't worry Sakura we'll all be here fort you no matter what." Was all the blonde said as she pulled away from Sakura and gave a smile to her friend. "Now why don't we go watch the rest of the matches?"

With a node both girls just got up and headed to where Naruto was since Ino had said he was going to talk to Kakashi. So that was where they decided to go. And before long the two reached the stand to see Kakashi Naruto and Shikamaru there along with Gai and Lee as well. "What's going on?" the two asked as the both soon looked down to see a big ball on sand with Sasuke having his arm in it.

However the two got no response as everyone soon heard screaming from within the ball of sand which just made the two girls look down as well, both wonder what was going on. "Blood is my blood, I'm bleeding!" The voice screamed in terror and anger at the same time. "I'll kill you, I'll kill you all!" It yelled.

Both Naruto and Sakura continued to watch on with Sakura wondering just what was going on and from the way Naruto was looking down she knew it couldn't be good. Just then Sasuke pulled his arm out of the sand ball, after having a hard time as it felt like someone was holding onto it and it was true as Ino let out a scream at the arm that shot out from the ball. "What the hell is that thing?!" She yelled as she and the others looked at the arm, which soon went back into the ball of sand.

Both Kakashi and Gai on the other hand just continued to watch the whole thing that was playing out before them, as they along with many others watched the ball of sand fall to nothing. "Hey that's the redhead, Gaara right?" Sakura asked as she looked at Naruto, who just nodded.

Around the crowd everyone was focusing intently on the match, not wanting to miss a second. The Uchiha kid had peeled back Gaara's ultimate defense, with his ultimate attacks! Suddenly something seemed wrong, feathers began falling everywhere, people felt drowsy, the elite ninja, and Genjutsu specialists realized the trick immediately and released themselves from the Jutsu. Soon the entire arena was asleep, except for the few elite ninja, a few Genjutsu specialists, the eight ANBU, the Kage, the three sand ninja's and Shino released it, and the two in the battlefield.

Kabuto, disguised as one of the ANBU, sat hidden at the top row of the arena, his hands lowered from the sign he had just made to use the Genjutsu, he looked out over the arena, noting those still standing.

Even Naruto and Ino and many others saw feathers all around them, and as they eyes started to feel heavy as one by one people all around the stadium began to fall asleep, yet a few noticed this right away. 'Its Genjutsu.' Sakura thought as she saw Kakashi and Gai already realized it from affecting them and Sakura followed suite as well.

Naruto on the other hand just fell to the ground along with Ino and Shikamaru who had fallen to the ground. "Damn not good look like it's started." Kakashi said with a frown on his face. "Sakura you need to be ready."

Kakashi mentally cursed as he looked around as both he and Gai saw that all around them both Sound and Sand Ninja, many that had been hiding within the crowed, were now showing themselves. "Well Kakashi, looks like we in a tight spot huh my eternal rival." Gai said as he gave a great big smile.

Yet there was laughter coming from out of nowhere as if whoever placed the Genjutsu was somewhere within the area. "Well it seems that a few of you got away leave it to the Konoha elites they would notice, no matter." The male voice said from behind the mask, as he then looked over the ones that were still awake.

Sakura on the other hand was making sure Naruto, Ino and Shikamaru were safe but she also listened to what was going on around her as well. 'I need to be ready for anything.' Sakura thought as she took out a Kunai ready to defend her self.

Up with the two Kages both slowly looked at each other, while all Orochimaru did was smile from be hide his disguise. "Well then, shall we begin?" the Kazekage or Orochimaru said, not taking his eyes away from his former teacher. As the two Sand Ninja that were beside him rushed forward, while one on them used a smoke bomb.

"Hurry up and grab them Zaku!" Kin yelled as she looked at the sleeping Haruno's "If we fail this then we are as good as dead!" She yelled as she looked around seeing that the invasion had started.

Zaku let out a grunt at this as he looked at his team-mate. "Yeah, yeah I get it Kin. I just don't get why we need to get them both, we should just kill one of them." He said looking at them both as a smirk formed on his face.

However all Kin did was just ignore him as shed signaled four sound ninja down to their location. "We need to hurry so grab them and move!" Kin yelled at them, "Remember, lord Orochimaru wants them alive,"

The four just nodded as they grabbed Sakura's parents, while the two just smiled. "Good, now head to the location, while we get the Haruno girl." Kin said as she looked up to see where Sakura and then looked back at the arena and saw that Gaara had been taking away by his team while Sasuke went after them all four leaving the arena. 'Good it seems to be going well.' She thought with a sneer.

"Well Zaku we better tell that Haruno girl and soon." She said as she saw Kabuto along with some other sound ninja were up there.

"Kakashi look closely inside the barrier!" Gai yelled as he looked at his rival.

"It's Orochimaru." Once Kakashi said this Sakura face changed to fear as he just looked at the girl. "Don't worry Sakura everything will be okay." He said as he gave an eye smile at her. "It seems that you have gotten a lot better with Genjutsu I see, but for u to wake up the other I have a mission for you. After all Naruto will be happy for it."

"A mission what kind?" Sakura asked as she moved bent down to Naruto ready to wake him up. "Okay Kakashi sensei.

But before Kakashi could say what it was, both Kin and Zaku jumped in front of Kakashi and Sakura and smiled at them. "Now, now we didn't come here to fight you, at least not yet just that we have a message for you." Kin said as she smirked at Sakura.

"What is it?" Kakashi asked as he ready his Kunai while looking at the other sound ninja. 'I need to be ready just in case.'

Zaku on the other hand didn't care as he pulled out a necklace and threw it over to Sakura as the girl gasped as she knew what it was. "No, no" she said and looked up at them. "They have nothing to do with this leave them alone!"

"Oh yes we have them. And no we won't leave them alone, after all we have plans we our master does at least." Kin said as she smiled at the panicked look on Sakura's face. "Now what your going to do is follow us unless you want them to die. After all we can find so many ways that we can kill them. And trust me after what you did to the two of us we want some pay back on you, but our Lord wants you alive."

"Yeah so don't try anything funny you pink freak." Zaku said with a laugh. "Well we'll be going now, and we shall see how much you care for them." With that said both Kin and Zaku left, with Sakura looking at where they had gone it was the same direction that Sasuke had gone.

Kakashi mentally cursed at this and looked at Sakura knowing that this just became more of a problem and he already knew what they were up to. 'They're going to try and make her use the cure mark by using her parents.' He thought as he looked at Sakura and then Naruto and was stilled worried from what Sasuke was fighting as well knowing that it would be a problem for everyone.

"Kakashi we need to do something please. What do I do?" She asked as Sakura did her best to remain clam, but fear soon came to her mind at what they would do to her parents if she didn't come, but she shook her head knowing that she had a mission to do.

"Sakura hurry and wake Naruto and Shikamaru up then go after Sasuke, from the looks of it the two are heading that way as well and that is where you parents may also be." He said as he cut his finger, "But you won't be going along either." With a puff of smoke Sakura was looking at a small dog with the leaf head band on. "Sakura I'd like you to meet Pakkun." Kakashi said with a smile, while all Sakura did was look at the small dog.

"And how can a little dog help us!" She yelled at her teacher as she soon gave a sigh and went to wake Naruto and Shikamaru up.

"Hey I may be a little dog, but I have a good nose and a tough bite so watch it Miss Forehead." Pakkun said to which Sakura just looked at the dog want to teach it a lesson or two.

However she first needed to wake up the others. "Should I wake up Ino and the others as well I mean the more the better right what if one of us has to fight of the Sound ninja that may come after us."

Kakashi looked at Sakura and knew that with all that was going on it could happen and they needed to be ready just in case. "No, too many may attract too much attention." He said with a frown wishing that this didn't have to happen. "Just wake up Naruto Ino and Shikamaru."

With a nod Sakura realised the Genjutsu that had been placed on Naruto and Ino, as the two started to wake up and saw what was going on. "What the hell is going on?" Ino yelled looking around and saw Sakura over her. "Sakura what's going on?"

"I have no idea, but I'm starting to suspect who's responsible..." began Sakura, knowing that they needed to be ready to fight the Sound Village Ninjas again and if they work for who she thinks it is, then they want her as she has the cursed seal that Sasuke was going to have. "Guess Sasuke's match will have to wait until this is resolved."

"I had a feeling you'd say that." added Ino while nodding her head, though Naruto was barely awake but at least managed to hear the voice of the two girls so they could all come up with a means to counter attack against the assailants. "About time you woke up Naruto..."

"Barely... what exactly is going on here?" he asked, yet Sakura had to explain that Orochimaru is after her and his servants were the ones who put them to sleep earlier which made both her friends angry at hearing this, especially Naruto. "Just when we thought we wouldn't have to deal with that creep for a while..."

Sakura nodded her head. "Yeah, plus Kakashi Sensei wanted me to wake you guys up for something important." she began to explain what Kakashi had told her since it would most likely require two if not the three of them in order to fight off those rogue ninjas as swiftly as possible then again, she had a feeling Kin would want revenge for what happened to her. "Hopefully, this should work." She said as she looked at Shikamaru was faking the whole being put under the Genjutsu. "Shikamaru...All this time..." Sakura said as she looked down at the Nara with a frown on her face while Pakkun decided to bite him.

This made Shikamaru shoot up as he grabbed hold of Pakkun and gave a frowned face at the dog. "That hurt you know." He said with a grumble. 'Great now I need to help out when all I wanted to do was sleep through this.'

A/N well here is the chapter guys again sorry for the wait hardly any free time anymore but I will still try to work on my stories when I can.

Anyway fellow NaruSaku fans lets all try to chin up all this means was that both SasuSaku and NaruHina had to be ass pulled so it could work, no offence to ones who like it but many either SasuKarin or others thinks then ending sucked so everyone was made to be OOC.

Anyway please enjoy the chapter guys and leave a review, and again have no fear I will not stop doing NS stories,