SHK: Okay I here so that must mean the cliffy is ending!

Hanami and Sakura: WOO!

Naruto: But what was the cliffhanger?

SHK: You'll have to read the chapter because I decided to add a lovely recap for the first time!

Hanami and Sakura: WOO! And remember! SHK does not own Naruto (and we mean the show people!)

Recap:

~With Naruto and Sasuke~

"Okay, I'm out of ideas," Naruto said as he looked around. Naruto and Sasuke were currently trapped in Haku's Ice Mirror jutsu.

"Why am I stuck with you?!" Sasuke said.

"Because Sakura and Hanami have the day off, silly!"

"Right…"

Sasuke sighed. 'This hopeless. We're trapped, out of chakra, Naruto is annoying, and Kakashi is busy fighting Zabuza while protecting Tazuna. What are we going to do? What CAN we do?"

Haku stopped moving around in his mirrors and watched the two tired shinobi struggle to stay up.

"I'm sorry, but now I must end this battle," he said as he drew a few senbon needles and took aim. He was about to throw when-…

~Chapter 11~

Haku was about to throw when… A FLYING HIPPO WITH A BATTLE AXE RAN INTO HIM AND THEN STARTED CARAMELL DANSEN!!! (S/N: a hippo? Um, I think that's a little off… okay way off… Let's try that again…)

~Redo~

Haku was a bout to throw when a kunai flew through the air and almost hit Haku. (S/N: Okay much better! Sorry about earlier people!) He jumped out of the way but couldn't dodge the second one that followed. Haku fell to the ground with a kunai in his stomach. Naruto and Sasuke just stared at Haku for a moment then looked in the direction of the kunais. They saw nothing but thick fog.

Haku got up and took the kunai out. He too looked into the fog to find the mysterious enemy. Soon, a figure appeared in the short distance. When the figure drew close enough, they saw a woman about the age of 20 with long fire red hair and bright green eyes. She wore a midnight blue Chinese top with no sleeves and a white circle on the back and khaki capris. (S/N: how do you spell that?) She had a fishnet shirt under her top and her weapon pouch on her left leg. She had a headband tied above her weapon pouch with a deep slash through the leaf village symbol.

She looked at Haku, then at Naruto and Sasuke, then grinned.

"This is way too easy!" she said as she drew a few kunais from her pouch and turned to Haku.

"You can go first. Then I'll take care of the others," she said.

"You're HER aren't you? Sakura and Hanami told me all about you. I should have known you'd eventually come after me," Haku said, glaring at the woman. Naruto and Sasuke just stared in confusion.

"So they do talk about me? But judging by the look on those two's faces, I'd say they don't talk enough. Oh well, it doesn't really matter. You're all going to be dead soon anyway," she said, throwing the kunais at Haku. He managed to dodge most but a few hit his arms and legs. Haku threw a few senbon at the woman but none hit her with her not even moving. The woman laughed.

"You can't beat me, or did the twins forget to mention that? They might stand a chance but I highly doubt it with their mediocre skills. So just go ahead and accept your death!" she said, throwing more kunais. Haku ducked down and managed to doge all of them but didn't have time to dodge the woman's foot that flew toward him in a kick as the teleported in front of him. He flew a few feet in the air before hitting the ground. He rolled over, coughed up some blood, and got back up.

"still, willing to fight? Okay, have it your way,"

And the fight continued.

~With Naruto and Sasuke~

They just stared. Like the idiots they truly are.

"Should we help?" Naruto finally asked after an awkward silence.

"Who? Both of them want to kill us," Sasuke said.

"That is true, but I think if we help that boy over there he might not kill us, and he is losing…"

"So we're helping the loser?"

"Yeah, I've always had a soft spot for the under dog."

"Baka"

"What was that? I couldn't hear. Oh never mind. Let's go!"

Naruto rushed off, kunai in hand into the intense battle that Haku was losing. Sasuke sighed, muttered some not so nice words, and followed. The fight continued with Haku losing, this time Sasuke and Naruto losing with him.

~With Sakura and Hanami~

"Almost there!" Hanami said, still running.

"Why is that whenever we need to get somewhere, it feels like it takes forever!? We should be there by now! Who knows how long Naruto and Sasuke can last!" Sakura yelled.

"Sounds like someone's getting attached. I haven't seen that in a while. Anyways, I'm sure they are well, not fine, but still at least fighting, and besides, it's not like we can run any faster," Hanami told her.

They kept running and a few minutes later, they reached the bridge to see it covered in fog.

"Haku is here as well it seems," Sakura said.

"Great, just great! Almost everyone we know here for her to take away from us!" Hanami yelled.

"Sh! Stay quiet! We need all the help we can get and that includes the element of surprise!" Sakura hissed.

"Oh right sorry," Hanami whispered.

They hid their chakra and headed into the fog, using chakra signatures to help them keep their distance from the fights.

"Found her. She's by Haku, Naruto and Sasuke. All three of them are low on chakra too. That isn't good. Oh, and Kakashi is fighting Zabuza while protecting Tazuna. Both of them are trying to keep their chakra stores but they're depleting little by little," Hanami explained.

"We need to get to Haku and the two idiots before she decides to end it," Sakura whispered, "and keep your chakra hidden."

~With Haku, Naruto, and Sasuke~

The three boys were losing pathetically. No matter what they tried, they couldn't land a single hit on the woman, but she hit them every time. Currently, they were surrounding the woman trying to work together to take her down.

"I don't see why you'd even try. You can't win. You're just going to end up like Sakura's adopted parents!" The red head yelled.

"Adopted? You mean they weren't Sakura's real parents? And you killed them? Why did you do that?!" Naruto yelled.

"She never TOLD you?! HA! Sakura's and Hanami's WHOLE family was killed by me! Ringo!" the woman shouted. Suddenly, five kunais flew toward Ringo. She dodged three and ended up with one hitting her arm and one in her left leg. Everyone looked around to see who threw them.

"It seems you managed to get past my genjutsu. You've gotten stronger. Oh well, at least I get the pleasure of killing your friends while you just stand there and watch," Ringo said, still searching.

A blur came out and hit Ringo, sending her to the ground. Ringo instantly punched the blur and sent it flying the other way until it crashed into the railing of the bridge. Everyone turned and saw Sakura on the ground, coughing up blood.

"Hello Sakura, I'm so glad you could join us," Ringo said.

"Damn you, Ringo," Sakura coughed.

"Now, now, that's no way to talk to your oneesan," Ringo scolded.

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SHK: ok! Im going to end the chapter there! Sorry people but you're going to have to wait until the next chapter to find out what is going on. I hope you can wait!

Sakura: I hope you people have patience cause I doubt the next chapter will be out soon.

Sasuke: yeah, she had to have a friend/fan of the story threaten her to get this chapter done. Thank kawaiikairi-hime that this chapter was actually completed in this life time.

SHK: hehe yeah I'm sorry I've been busy with high school and friends and-

Sakura: and lazyness?

SHK: SHHH! I SWEAR IT'S NOT TRUE! …ok maybe a little…. Or a lot….. Um….. I PLEAD THE FIFTH!

Hanami and Naruto: plz review! (maybe the more reviews the faster the update -wink wink-

Everyone: -waving- BYE!!!!