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Hajimemashite and Konnichiwa!!! Welcome to the tenth chapter of The Dance of Fate!!! YAY!!! I won't be able to continue this story without you… Thanks so much readers and reviewers!!! Hope all of you will continue supporting this fic!!! For this chapter, I hope you'll enjoy reading!!! Please read and review!!! Constructive criticism is welcome!!!

Disclaimer: I still do not own Naruto… (insert sigh) I still haven't gotten Sai-kun!!! Don't worry Sai by the end of this chapter I'm going to shove in my closet so that you and Sasuke-kun will be trapped in there forever!!! (insert evil laugh) Just ignore me… On with the story!!!

Chapter 10: The Pink-haired Kunoichi

"Everybody ready?" Kakashi asked the three as they stood in front of the village's exit.

"Hai," Naruto, Sasuke and Sai said as they dashed out of Konoha.

All of them were apprehensive about Sakura. She did after all have a place in their hearts. Although Sasuke wouldn't admit it, Sakura is precious to him. He would not let Kabuto hurt Sakura and live to tell the tale.

He growled in frustration as they continued sprinting tree to tree. Sai seemed to notice this and couldn't help but have a fake smile on his face. Sasuke took note of this and glared at Sai.

"What are you smiling about?" he demanded. He stopped jumping and remained in the tree he was on as he glared at Sai.

Sai also stopped at a nearby tree as he looked at Sasuke the fake smile still visible on his face. Naruto and Kakashi who were ahead noticed this and also stopped from jumping to another tree.

"What's wrong?" Kakashi asked as he looked at Sasuke and Sai.

"Yeah, why the hell did you two stop? Sakura's in danger right now!!!" Naruto cried.

Sasuke and Sai paid no heed to the other two. They stared at each other for about five minutes. Sai was the first one to break out of their little staring contest.

"It's just amazing to see you like that when you were the one who hurt her in the first place," Sai said calmly the smile on his face now gone.

Sasuke was about to assail Sai when Kakashi suddenly put his hand in between the two. He was not going to have them fight like little children when Sakura was in great peril right now.

"Sai please don't say those remarks of yours and stop fake smiling and Sasuke please calm down and save that anger of yours for Kabuto," Kakashi said. "If you two won't stop acting like academy students then I'll leave you here to have your little tantrums while me and Naruto go to where Kabuto is and save Sakura," he threatened.

The two silenced and Naruto even gaped at Kakashi for this was the first time he used that kind of voice to them. Kakashi then started leaping, followed by Naruto and lastly by the two. Sasuke and Sai were silent all the way. They did not gaze at each other again after that but nevertheless busied themselves by processing the thoughts running in their heads.

"Don't you think it's too early to send Sasuke on a mission, Tsunade-sama?" Shizune asked with Tonton in her hands as she watched the Hokage do her mound of paperwork.

Tsunade sighed before speaking. "I know that it's really early to send him on one but I have no other choice. Besides, I know that Naruto, Kakashi and Sai are there to make sure he doesn't do anything bad or stupid for that matter," she said.

"I just hope you're right," Shizune said. "What do you think will Kabuto do with Sakura-chan?" she asked as she eyed the Hokage.

Tsunade's eyes lifted from the paperwork she was doing and into Shizune's eyes. "I really don't know but I hope that he hasn't done anything bad to her or else. I'll make sure he dies the longest and most brutal way even if it is the last thing I do before I die," she said.

She will not let Sakura endure because of Kabuto. Sakura has been like a daughter to her and she will not let anybody hurt her no matter what. Even if she did act strict on Sakura, she always cared for the girl just as much as how she cares for Naruto although she doesn't seem to.

"I hope Sakura-chan's alright," Shizune said breaking her gaze from the Hokage.

"Yeah, me too," Tsunade whispered as she went back to her paperwork. 'Naruto, please bring Sakura back. I think I won't be able to handle it if I lose somebody dear to me ever again,' she thought as she stared at the view out of her window.

"What the hell are you still doing here?!?" Sakura asked her voice clearly evident of irritation and anger. 'GO AWAY YOU BASTARD!!!' Inner Sakura yelled.

"You do know your place here, don't you Sakura-chan?" Kabuto asked his voice now laced with impatience. "I could kill you now if I want to, you know," he added as he stared at the angry kunoichi.

"Just leave me alone, OKAY?!?" Sakura screeched. Inner Sakura was now getting the best of her. She needed some time to think about what the bastard just told her.

Kabuto threw a kunai at her. It scratched her shoulder that made her wince because of the pain. Sakura couldn't help but glare at the bastard known as Kabuto. Kabuto just stared at her. Then Kabuto turned to go away.

"Remember your place, Sakura-chan," he said as he walked away. He felt Sakura's glare on his back.

"Bastard," Sakura hissed as she healed herself. Being a medic-nin did have many benefits. Now that the medic-nin was gone, she now had some time to think over all the things that he said.

Her thoughts lingered on the raven-haired boy that was once her love interest. She just couldn't believe what the medic-nin had unveiled to her. Sasuke already made it clear that he was not interested on her. The night of his departure was the most solid evidence of that. Now that she thought about it, what did Sasuke mean by 'thank you' anyway?

She sighed as she began to think of explanations why he would thank her. Was it because she was a fan girl? Heck no, Sasuke already made that crystal clear. Was it because she cared for him? Maybe. Was it because she had helped him sometimes? Sure. Was it because she offered him support on his goal to kill his brother? Possibly. Was it because she loved him back then? Apparently, she had no answer to that one yet.

Did the boy really love her? Why? Millions of thoughts were running through her head when she suddenly heard a lion's roar outside. Her head snapped away from the thoughts as she began to pay attention on what was happening outside. She sensed four familiar chakras along with Kabuto's. Her eyes widened as she recognized who those chakras belong to.

'Naruto? Kakashi-sensei? Sai? Sasuke?' she thought. Then it hit her. Sasuke… 'Shit!!! Why the hell is Sasuke in here?!? Kabuto's after him!!! What do I do?!?' Sakura panicked as she thought of ways on how she would alert them of Kabuto's plan especially Sasuke.

Then an idea struck Sakura. Using her super strength, she began pulling the wooden pole rooted to the ground. "SHANNARO!!!" she yelled as she pulled the pole out. Then, she looked around and saw a window.

She ran as fast as she can to go there which was proving to be difficult because of the pole still fastened to her hands. She cursed as she stumbled her way to the window. She saw that she was on the second floor and that Kabuto and the others were outside fighting. Without thinking, she jumped out of the window breaking the wall where the window was attached to along with the pole.

She smirked as she jumped downwards. The only problem now was the strings. She did not need to worry bout it that much anymore as she saw her teammates and friends fighting against Kabuto. The fight stopped as all of the shinobis looked at Sakura, her feet making contact with the ground.

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First of all, thanks so much for the reviews… I'll try to make these chapters more in-depth and longer for all of you but please don't expect me to do it right away because it's kind of hard for me to do that… I also told you readers that I will be going to class today but truth be told I did not go to class… WAHAHA!!! Only a few of my classmates did go to school anyway… And our cultural night was moved on Nov. 10!!! I'm sorry if this chapter is not good enough but I'm just not in my writing mode and we also have a family problem right now… So I don't give a damn about it that much but I'm still involved one way or the other… (insert sigh) Well, enough about my life… Please review!!! You're reviews motivate me to continue this fic, y'know… Hope you enjoyed reading!!! Constructive criticism is welcome!!! Ja ne!!!