The reset happened for what seemed like the millionth time.
"I chose not to look for you… Naruto however still hasn't given up"
"Why?"
"Ask him yourself…"
"Do you want me to return?"
"Only for you to leave again? No thank you… You've proven yourself an unreliable, selfish, coward if there ever was one. You run at the first sign of happiness, expectation and commitment… so no.. I don't want you or the likes of you to ever come to Konoha…"
"I am sorry… i didn't mean to leave like that"
His apology was sincere but somehow, it seemed to tick her off
"You never do… only difference is it doesn't matter anymore.." her calm facade had begun to crack
"I didn't want you to deal with the shame i was being put through and rightfully so" he was sincere on again and once again Sakura was getting angry…
She didn't want a sincere apology… not after what he'd done… how much he'd hurt not just her but other too in the process….
"That was not your choice to make…. " She was losing patience
"Sakura… how did you manage to get inside the Susano? " He asked as calm as ever
"My chakra signature has changed as you might have noticed…" She bit back
"What did you do for it alter enough to break through an Uchiha technique… You don't seem the type to dabble in dark and forbidden techniques…" He said now with a smirk on his face… This topic seemed to bug her, and he felt victorious getting a reaction out of it….
"No! no more…. You and I need to let go of the cryptex together and make the tiger, boar, money, ram seal and release for this to break the loop. But you cant steal this… if you know what was in it, you wouldn't want to… " she said…
"What is in it…" he asked for what seemed like the millionth time
"A map…" was all she said and continued "the reinforcements have arrived, you may be powerful but you cant take on 6 of us together… besides we'll destroy the cryptex before we let you have it… I'm sure you've realised how delicate it is… "
"The rogue nins are here as well. I can sense them… " he said and then added "I need to know what the map is about Sakura…"
"No you don't need to know anything other than the fact that I would rather die than have you steal this… drop the box in 3, 2, 1 "
He didn't let go, she did and as she made the seals and released the technique, Susano fell apart. Both of them were standing under a battle field where the 2 rogue nins were being battered by the 5 man team on tree tops