Chapter 11

SM123: Oh my God. That previous was soooo hard to type up. I HATE FIGHT SCENES!

Sasuke: I can't believe that you made me do a fight scene your version. The least you could have done was hire a professional to write the script!

SM123: Well too bad! Imma amateur!

Sasuke: …

SM123: Anyway, thank you to everyone who is voting or will vote eventually! Remember, the fate of the story depends on your vote.

Sasuke: Not just the romance, but the ENTIRE story. Like who's going to die, who's not going to die.

SM123: I will not putting any other polls or featured people until this poll is over. So please decide: Do you want Itachi and Rukia to be together?

Sasuke: And please answer in complete sentences or your vote will not be counted. And if you already voted, you don't have to vote again.

SM123+Sasuke: SO VOTE, VOTE, VOTE!

SM123: Oh, and I got mixed up in the last chapter. YOUR DEADLINE FOR THIS POLL IS THIS JUNE 30!!!!!! I REPEAT YOUR DEADLINE IS JUNE 30!!!!!!! The next chapter will be ONE of the results of your vote. Remember, not just the romance is the outcome. Who is going to die, how the story ends, and lots of other things depend on wether Itachi and Rukia stay together. And why is the deadline June 30? Simple, that is the end of June. And I will be going to Vietnam around the middle of July until the middle of August so I will be typing the story there most of my time so I need to know your answer. YOUR DEADLINE TO VOTE IS JUNE 30!!!!!!!!

SM123+Sasuke: NOW ON WITH THE STORY!

Four Days Later

"I… Need… Water…" Sasuke groaned to the cashier.

"Yes, sir. Your total will be three dollars, twenty-five cents."

Sasuke immediately handed the money over.

The man handed Sasuke a bottle of water.

Sasuke cut off the cap with his kunai and drank the entire bottle… in front of the cashier.

"Um, sir?" the cashier said.

"Oh, sorry. I'll take a Peach Pleasure smoothie with that."

"Um, your total is now three, seventy-five."

Sasuke handed the cash over and received his Peach Pleasure. Yes, Sasuke was at Jamba Juice in the Sand Village.

"Thanks," Sasuke said and left the store.

As Sasuke walked down the street, there was a huge crowd running towards one direction.

What is going on?

Sasuke decided to follow them.

The Sand Village was just like the Leaf Village except for the fact that the people dress differently, the ninjas were slightly different, and the buildings were more into nature (sand/mud buildings. How closer to nature can you get?).

Sasuke's favorite parts were that the Jamba Juices here were ten times better than Konoha's Jamba Juices, and he, the Uchiha, was famous there.

"HI, SASUKE-KUN!" an old man yelled as Sasuke was following the crowd. "ARE YOU GOING TO SEE THE NEW TOURIST ATTRACTION?!"

"Yeah…" Sasuke answered and turned away.

Everyone is running around for a tourist attraction?

Sasuke kept on walking towards the crowd. He could now hear the buzz of the crowds chatter.

"OH MY GOD! IT'S SASUKE UCHIHA!" someone yelled.

The crowd fell silent and stared at Sasuke.

There has to be a million people here!

Sasuke began walking towards them and asked, "So, hey everybody! Uh, what's the new tourist attraction?"

Several people charged over to Sasuke and began pushing him to the front of the crowd.

"Hi, Sasuke-kun!" several fan girls whispered to him.

Sasuke didn't reply.

Eventually, Sasuke found himself at the edges of a cliff. He looked down and saw two people down there: Gaara and some other man. And behind them was this huge thing covered with a cloth.

"LADIES AND GENTLEMEN!" the strange man yelled through a speaker. "I NOW PROUDLY PRESENT TO YOU THE NEWEST TOURIST ATTRACTION! THIS STATUE IS A TRIBUTE TO OUT NEW KAZEKAGE, GAARA!"

The man grabbed Gaara's wrist and held it up into the air.

The crowd went crazy.

The man signaled several people behind the rocks. They ran forward and tugged the covering off.

Sasuke sweat dropped.

Underneath was a statue of Gaara. A CHIBI statue of Gaara... A chibi statue of Gaara holding a short sword sticking it into the air with a Naruto grin.

Sasuke looked at Gaara and saw that he was covering his face.

The crowd was wild.

Gaara created a platform of flying sand stepped onto it. He began rising up into the air and came to where Sasuke was standing.

"Gaara," Sasuke said emotionlessly.

"Sasuke," Gaara greeted with the same tone.

"I need to speak with you, Gaara."

Gaara raised an eyebrow and said, "Fine."

"OH MY GOD! SASUKE HAS ENOUGH COURAGE TO ASK THE KAZEKAGE TO A CONVERSATION!" a girl screamed.

"Sometimes, I wish that I did not have this hair," Gaara muttered.

"Hm?" Sasuke asked.

"I get like a hundred letters a day from fan girls screaming my hair makes me look sexy and another hundred from boys saying how to make their hair grow like that."

"Well, at least you don't get chased by them," Sasuke asked.

"Oh, that's what you think… If you're the Kazekage, you have this direct schedule. And a lot of fan girls know my schedule," Gaara sighed.

"Whatever. We need to talk about something."

"If this is about my hair, I am forever banishing you from the Sand Village's Jamba Juice."

"Fine. But may we go somewhere secret?" Sasuke asked.

"Um, my office is my most private place that a visitor can go in."

"What's the most private room that you have?" Sasuke asked.

"Um, it's a room with a device in it that goes flush," Gaara said.

"Oh. Your office it is, then."

In Gaara's office (which just looked like the other Kage's offices)

"So, what do you want to talk about?" Gaara asked.

"You know about your ANBU Black-Ops, Yumi, right?"

"How do you know about her?"

"She attacked me."

"What?"Gaara asked.

"Yeah. She ambushed me. Yumi works for this secret organization that is trying to control time. There are many spies in that group. There is a girl named Rukia, an advanced ANBU Black-Ops and Itachi's, um, ex-girlfriend, which was spying on Konoha. Konoha just learned of this organization a few weeks ago."

"And how do I know that you are telling the truth?" Gaara tested.

Sasuke took out Yumi's bag.

"We had a fight and... I killed her."

Well, Orochimaru really killed her.

"And after I killed her, I took her bag. I looked through her items and found these:"

Sasuke handed Gaara Yumi's bag so he could look through her items.

Gaara's eyes widened. He was looking through the BINGO books.

"Yumi..." Gaara whispered.

Gaara opened the door and screamed, "GUARDS!"

Several ninja ran in.

"I want you to look up Yumi Nakano's status, ranking, favorite color, everything about her! I want you to see how much she knew about this village and its forbidden secrets. And then, I want you to change every single password of the Sand Village and give it to me!"

"Even your MySpace password?" the ninja asked Gaara.

"No I'll do that myself. BUT GO!"

"Yes, sir!" and the ninjas ran off.

But one ninja stayed behind and looked into Gaara's office and saw Sasuke.

"Hey, aren't you Sasuke Uchiha?" the ninja asked.

"Yeah," Sasuke answered.

"You have a hot girlfriend. I saw those pictures of you two on MySpace," he said with a grin.

"She's not my girlfriend!" Sasuke screamed while flushing.

"There's no need to be shy. You got a hottie! Well, see ya, Uchiha, Kazekage!" the ninja said and ran off.

Gaara closed the door and turned to Sasuke.

"Who's your girlfriend?" he asked,.

"Why does everyone think Sakura is my girlfriend?" Sasuke roared.

"Oh, so it's pinkie, hm?" Gaara said jokingly.

"Shut up!"

Gaara laughed one more time and then said, "Look, Uchiha. If you have anything else for me to see, you better show me before some stalkers break into this room."

Sasuke blinked. "But isn't this room, like, heavily guarded?"

"Yeah. But is that gonna stop some stalker fan girls?"

Sasuke laughed. "Well then, let's go. I want to show you the fight scene."

"Fine."

Gaara walked over to the door and screamed, "KANKURO! TEMARI! GET OVER HERE!"

Gaara's two siblings appeared in the room.

"Yo, wuzzup, little bro?" Kankura asked.

"Nothing—"

Sasuke raised an eyebrow.

"Okay a new threat has arose," Gaara answered. "BUT DON'T TELL ANYONE! I don't want any panic.

"Right now, Sasuke and I are going to a scene where Sasuke had a battle with Yumi—"

"WHAT? YUMI WAS A TRAITOR?" Kankuro shrieked. "AW, MAN! I WAS ABOUT TO ASK HER OUT! SHE WAS A HOTTIE!"

"Whatever," Temari snapped. "So what do you want, Gaara?"

"I want you two to stay in charge while I am gone."

Temari and Kankuro nodded.

As Sasuke and Gaara were traveling through the desert, Sasuke asked, "So, you can just make Temari and Kankuro become your substitutes just like that?"

"Yeah. They're my siblings. And a lot of boys think Temari is hot so they support her. And the council does not want to become enemies with her fan boys.

"Ah."

In the desert (they're on their way to the fight scene... which is 3/4 days away XD)

"Honestly, Sasuke, do we have to run?" Gaara snapped.

"If you have a better idea, then please do share with me," Sasuke grumbled.

"Yes I do."

Sasuke and Gaara were sprinting through the desert. And as you many know, sprinting in the sand is not easy.

Gaara summoned up a high amount of sand and it into a sand carpet (like a flying carpet!).

Gaara smirked into Sasuke's face.

"Okay, I admit it, this sand thingy is awesome," Sasuke sighed.

"Sand thingy?" Gaara snickered.

"That's a creative name, Uchiha," a voice laughed.

Gaara and Sasuke turned forward. There were a high number of lightning ninja from Kumogakure, the Hidden Cloud Village.

All of the ninja were masked with black, except one ninja.

"The unmasked ninja there must be the captain of this platoon," Sasuke hissed to Gaara.

"What do I look like to you? Naruto? I'm the Kazekage! Of course I know that!" Gaara snapped.

The unmasked ninja laughed. "The Kazekage, hm? Well, boys, we have a lucky catch: Sasuke Uchiha and the Kazekage!"

"Yeah, the clothes hide my identity so well," Gaara snapped sarcastically. (Remember? The Kages wear this robe thingy!)

"Shut up," the captain said.

"What do you want?" Sasuke demanded.

"Oh nothing much, Uchiha. We're just going to reunite you with your brother, Itachi, and your girlfriend, Sakura."

"AHA! SO SHE IS YOUR GIRLFRIEND!" Gaara screamed.

"NO! SHE IS NOT!" Sasuke yelled.

"And as for you, Kazekage, we're gonna take you along with us, probably inject a few things into you, erase your memory, and you'll become a living puppet for us to command."

"Who are you?" Sasuke screamed.

"My name is Satoshi."

"Never heard of you," Sasuke yawned.

"Of course you never have! I work in secret!" Satoshi snarled.

"Hey, Sasuke," Gaara said sarcastically. "Do you hear something? It sounds... boobish!"

"I dunno, Gaara. To me, it sounds like an epic failed version of Michael Jackson."

"HEY!" Satoshi yelled.

"Hey, I'm hearing that wannabe Michael Jackson again!" Sasuke yelled.

Satoshi and the other ninja charged forward.

Gaara yawned and flicked his wrist. A humongous sand wave with sand daggers sticking out of its crest slammed down onto the ninja group.

"That's what happens when you mess with the Kazekage," Gaara shrugged.

But then suddenly, before Sasuke and Gaara could even blink, Satoshi was behind the two of them.

"Yes. The other's did. But not me. And you two shouldn't underestimate one who can control time," Satoshi smirked.

And the fight began.

Sasuke and Gaara jumped off the sand carpet. But before the two could hit the ground, Satoshi already kicked Gaara in the stomach several times.

"Gah!" Gaara yelled.

Gaara summoned up a high amount of sand to direct at Satoshi. The wave was heading towards Satoshi at a fast rate but then he jumped out of harm's way.

"You have to be faster than that!" Satoshi yelled.

(Now let's all imagine dramatic music playing in the background for the heck of it.)

"Sasuke, look out!" Gaara yelled.

Sasuke already saw Satoshi coming at him... but he was being kicked and punched in the stomach anyway.

Satoshi was far too fast for Sasuke to follow with his naked eyes.

Sharingan!

Sasuke and Gaara finally hit the ground with a thud. But then Satoshi appeared out of nowhere and Gaara was having a bad runny nose.

"Shit. He's strong," Sasuke snarled.

Sasuke charged forward with his Sharingan as Gaara tailed him. Sasuke was able to detect Satoshi's chakra for a slight amount of time... but then it disappeared again... and appeared behind Gaara.

"Gaara, look out!" Sasuke yelled.

Gaara managed to raise a sand shield just in the nick of time. But then the chakra disappeared again and appeared right in front of Sasuke.

If Gaara had not have his sand powers and Sasuke was not an Uchiha (for they were known for their battle skills, Sharingan, and speed), the two would have been badly injured.

"How is he moving so fast?" Gaara asked Sasuke.

Sasuke jumped away from Satoshi but then was kicked in the back into the ground.

"He's using a jutsu that can control time!" Sasuke yelled with a mouthful of sand.

Gaara jumped into a defense state.

Satoshi appeared in front of Gaara and smiled. "You can't beat me."

Gaara tried to kick Satoshi in the stomach but then missed. Satoshi appeared behind Gaara.

Sasuke jumped up from the ground and ran towards Gaara and Satoshi. Satoshi turned to Sasuke and appeared behind Sasuke.

Sasuke jumped away again and ran towards Gaara.

"Damn!" Sasuke yelled. "Why isn't he tiring?"

"What do you mean?" Gaara asked.

"When one uses this jutsu, their life force would slowly be sapped. He's using this jutsu a lot, but he doesn't seem like he is weakening."

"Well then. We're just going to have to tire him a bit!"

Gaara ran forward and shot waves of sand from the ground. Satoshi was forced to dodge all of them. Sasuke ran forward and began throwing kunais toward Satoshi. Satoshi dodged all of them. Gaara managed to appear next to Sasuke again.

"I don't get it," Gaara hissed. "Why isn't he using that time jutsu?"

"I don't know," Sasuke replied. "His life span isn't decreasing."

Satoshi charged forward with multiple kunais in his hand. Sasuke ran forward. He molded his chakra into a katana.

Over the past days, Sasuke was practicing this technique. Now, his chakra-katana was nearly as well as Yumi's katana.

Gaara charged with Sasuke. He created a sand katana in his hand. The two shinobi ran at Satoshi.

Satoshi jumped over Gaara and threw most of his kunais at Gaara's back.

Gaara created a sand barrier to block the attack. Sasuke jumped onto the top of the sand barrier and performed several hand signs.

"Chidori Current!" Sasuke muttered.

Sasuke's katana was now charged with lightning.

Sasuke ran towards Satoshi. Satoshi quickly molded his chakra and a katana appeared in his hand. The two of them raised their weapons and began sparring.

Sasuke and Satoshi were swirling around, swinging their katanas with high skill. But what Satoshi forgot that the two of them were on Gaara's sand barrier.

Gaara molded his sand to grab Satoshi's legs. But when the sand was about to grab his legs, Satoshi vanished again.

Sasuke jumped off of the sand barrier to prepare for Satoshi's next attack. Satoshi appeared behind Gaara.

Gaara whirled around and thrust his katana out. Satoshi backed away but Gaara managed to shoot a sand dagger out at Satoshi.

Satoshi froze time again and appeared behind Sasuke.

Sasuke jumped away from Satoshi but Satoshi vanished again and caught Sasuke around the neck.

"GAH! Le-et me go-o!" Sasuke choked.

"Oh, stop struggling. You'll be reunited with your little girlfriend if you come with us!"

Sasuke swung his leg behind him to try to kick Satoshi but missed.

Gaara performed several hand signs and screamed, "Sand Burial Coffin!"

A sand coffin was encased around Sasuke and Satoshi.

"What are you doing?" Sasuke screamed before his face was completely enveloped.

But the thing is, Sasuke felt Satoshi being pried loose from him. Moments later, Sasuke was thrown out of the sand coffin.

"*Cough, cough* What was that for, Gaara?" Sasuke asked.

"It was the only way to get you out of there. Now, I'm gonna finish his bones!" Gaara yelled.

Gaara lifted his hand and the sand coffin rose off of the ground. He squeezed his hands into a fist and the coffin crushed together. The entire Sand Coffin exploded.

"Um, where's the blood?" Sasuke asked.

"That jutsu would be effective if I was inside the coffin," Satoshi laughed from behind.

Sasuke and Gaara turned around. Satoshi was there, unharmed.

"His life span was just depleted slightly right there," Sasuke muttered to Gaara.

"By how much?" Gaara asked back.

"Oh, I'd say less then how much Naruto actually studies."

Gaara groaned. "We have to fight that long just to get him to become slightly tired."

Should I summon Lord Orochimaru again? Sasuke thought to himself.

He shook his head. That last time was an accident. And this time, the Kazekage was accompanying him.

Sasuke ran forward with his katana.

Satoshi did the same.

The two began throwing blows at each other.

"You're getting tired," Satoshi laughed.

Gaara began screaming in pain. Sasuke jumped away from Satoshi to see what was happening.

"N-NO! ST-STOP IT! IT HURTS SO BADLY! NOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

"Gaara, what's wrong?!" Sasuke screamed.

Gaara stopped screaming and smiled. "Nothing." And he kept on screaming.

"AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAGH! PLEASE STOP!" Gaara kept screaming.

Suddenly, there was an earthquake.

"WTF? NOT AT A TIME LIKE THIS!" Sasuke roared.

""YES! THIS WAY!" Gaara screamed.

"What are you doing?" Sasuke asked.

"This is an advantage of having fan girls," Gaara smirked.

Suddenly, an army of angry looking girls with weapons of any sort (that includes paint ball guns!) appeared before them.

"Who hurt you, Gaara?" a girl asked.

Gaara pointed to Satoshi.

"CHARGE!" the girls screamed.

"This ought to get him tired," Gaara muttered. "Those girls are like my personal army. They kill whoever I want them to kill and all I have to do is take off my shirt in front of them."

Sasuke stared at Gaara, then back to the girls.

Whoa. He can start a ninja war with these girls if he wants to.

Two hours later

Sasuke and Gaara were lying on the sand, sunbathing as their shirts lay next to them.

"Come on, everybody! Let's stare at Gaara's hotness!" a girl yelled.

Her scream was followed by multiple squeals.

Sasuke and Gaara sat up (while several girls screamed "Oh my God! Look at Gaara's hot abs!") and stared at Satoshi.

Satoshi was no longer a young man. He was old. Very old. His skin was now a gray color and he was covered with wrinkles. His hair was white (okay red because it was stained with blood) and Satoshi was balding in several areas. His clothes were now far too large for him.

"This must be a side effect of over using the jutsu," Sasuke muttered.

"Yes. And you don't have to tell me everything. I am smart. For Pete's sake, I'm the Kazekage!" Gaara snapped.

"Hn."

"What does that mean?"

"Nothing."

"I wonder how Sakura bears with you…"

"Shut up!"

A fan girl suddenly turned towards Sasuke.

"Oh my God! You're Sasuke Uchiha!" she yelled.

Sasuke nodded.

"I cannot believe that you've slept with your girlfriend already! Did you two use a condom?" the girl persisted.

"NO!" Sasuke yelled.

"You didn't use one?" the girl gasped.

"NO! I NEVER HAD SEX WITH HER! AND SHE'S NOT MY GIRLFRIEND!" Sasuke kept on yelling.

Gaara cracked up. "Come on. We should see what this Satoshi guy is hiding."

The two walked over to Satoshi as the fan girls headed back to the Sand Village.

"His items are nearly the same as Yumi's," Gaara muttered.

"I'm not stupid," Sasuke hissed.

Sasuke and Gaara kept on going through Satoshi's items.

"Look," Gaara said and drew something out.

Gaara was holding a badge. There was the cloud symbol on it.

"He works for the Raikage," Gaara muttered.

"Obviously."

"No. I mean directly under. Satoshi is like his right-hand man. This badge proves it."

"So, do you think we should give the Raikage a talk?" Sasuke asked.

"Oh yeah."

Gaara pulled out a walkie-talkie and said, "This is Gaara speaking. We have a new threat. This is an organization that can control time. We have managed to kill boy about my age named Satoshi, a member of the organization. I want you to take his body back and examine it. I am leaving Kankuro and Temari in charge while I am gone. Good luck."

"Next stop, the Village Hidden in the Clouds," Gaara said.

"Which is like a week away," Sasuke grumbled.

Gaara created the sand carpet again and the two Shinobi hopped on.

"Not on this baby. I'd say about two hours away!" Gaara yelled proudly.

"Hn."

"How does Sakura stand with you?"

"Oh, shut up!"

Author's notes and SPOILERS!!!!!!!!

SM123: Sorry folks, but I feel like bragging right now… I WENT TO THE FANIME!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!!!!! BUT NO ONE WHO DRESSED UP AS SASUKE MET HIS HOTNESS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I know that thing was a month ago but I just wanted to brag XD.

Anyway, I'm gonna tell about a few things from this chapter and then "spoil" (in a way) what's gonna happen next if you vote!

Wow. OOC Gaara was fun to write. I really like doing the statue part.

SPOILER TIME!!!!

Sasuke: Alright. These are SEVERAL things that will depend on the outcome of Itachi's and Rukia's relationship:

When the kiss scene between me and Sakura will occur. Like, will it occur sooner or later?

How many people will die?

Will Naruto get involved?

Heck, will the entire Sand and Leaf get involved in this fight?

To Hell with this! Will the entire Shinobi land be thrown into a war?

Will Villages fight over the Jinchuurikus?

Will Itachi stay with Rukia?

And……..

WILL _____ DIE OR NOT?

SM123: Yeah, I'm sorry you guys. If your answers go a certain way, I will make _____ die. AND IF NO ONE VOTES, I WILL KILL ITACHI OFF (just because I'm mad)!!!!!!

____: Don't worry. I'll only be dead in the story. I'm still here with my hotness.

SM123+Sasuke: *sweat drop*

SM123: SO VOTE, VOTE, VOTE! Your deadline in June 30!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! The next chapter will reveal your choice. And yes this ____ person is currently playing an important role.

DO YOU WANT ITACHI AND RUKIA TO STAY TOGETHER OR NOT? Oh, and I'll be in Vietnam from July 15-August 15-ish. So you won't be hearing from for a while I think. But when I come back, expect a lot (or few) chapters posted.

BUT DON'T FORGET TO VOTE!!! REMEMBER: ______'S LIFE DEPENDS ON THE OUTCOME!!!!! That is, if you choose the right one…… And if no one votes, I'll kill Itachi for no reason. I'll tell you who ______ is in the next chapter and whether ____ dies or not.

See ya next time!