The three teens were enjoying their company too much that they have forgotten about the incoming attack of the Akatsuki.

A week later, a shocking news reached Sakura and Sasuke. "How could this happen? We've completely forgotten about them!" Sakura exclaimed and drawing back the same anger and restlessness she had when her sister died.

"Sakura, calm down! You'll completely ruin your therapy." Tsunade said trying to ease her student's wavering mind and insert some careful instructions there. "Looks like I have to say the instructions to Sasuke." The Hokage said helping Sakura sit on a nearby couch on her office.

"Sasuke." She called. "Stop wandering your thoughts for a while and listen intently." Sasuke shifted his gaze from Sakura to the Hokage. "Naruto is kidnapped by the Akatsuki. It is now up to you, Sakura, and Kakashi to bring him back here alive."

Tsunade scooted nearer Sasuke and whispered, "Take care of Sakura. You know that she is not completely sane yet." Sasuke's eyes widened in shock. Has Tsunade entrusted him with her precious student? Sasuke made a vow to his self never let a single kunai shall left a scratch on Sakura.

"Sakura, Sasuke, it's time."

They made their way out of Konoha and ran swiftly through the valleys and forests.

"Do you know the Akatsuki's location?" Sakura asked. Kakashi nodded.

"It's in the east of the Sound. That's a little farther from here since we are about to pass by Suna."

Three days have passed and finally they reached the east of the Sound Village. Sakura, Sasuke, and Kakashi were immediately confronted by Deidara. He's got more complicated clay bombs now than before. His attack speed increased by about two meters per second.

Due to his unbelievable speed, Sasuke triumphantly dodged every bomb that was coming his way. Sakura used a different jutsu this time. She invented it for reasons unknown. She was still trying to conquer the strife inside her mind and heart when she accidentally invented a jutsu using air pressure. She activated her chakra veins on her ankles to increase her speed and when she came near the gigantic stone where Deidara was standing, she leapt high – well, it often happens since she had a great control over her chakra. She did the hand signs and faked Deidara a punch but when he leapt, Sakura immediately positioned her hand inches away from Deidara's chest and blew out the jutsu.

"Air Pressure Jutsu." She said proudly. "A vortex of spiraling air can create a fatal damage once it hits a major artery in your body." She explained.

Sasuke and Kakashi stared in awe as Deidara falls down lifeless.

Sakura used to be the weakest in our group but now, she greatly improved! I admit, I am becoming scared of this weird jutsus of hers. Sasuke thought. He smiled as he stared at her for some time.

Kakashi let out an approving sigh. Day by day, Sakura's knowledge is getting further. I doubt if Shikamaru can still keep up, and, she's becoming more and more powerful than the 5th Hokage herself – Master Tsunade, her mentor. Kakashi thought.

The cave was enormous, dark, filthy, and unfathomable. A river of flowing blood ran madly onto a lake of fire.

"Is this a real place?" Sakura asked.

Sasuke held her hand and pulled her close to him. "Stay near me." He ordered. Sakura frowned but obeyed. They'll know that she's my weakness. They'll try to abduct her and make her a hostage. He thought. Their defenses are up as they ran deeper into the cave. Kunais are now being thrown from different directions. Sasuke and Sakura were separated from Kakashi when Madara used his Mangekyo Sharingan to create a cliff between them.

"Sasuke, Sakura, go find Naruto. I'll deal with him." The chuunins obeyed. They were now on the deeper level of the cave. They are now able to see Naruto's body.

"Naruto!" Sakura screamed. Naruto gathered all his remaining strength to stretch his arms and call her. His Kyubi was now taken away from him and he would surely die any minute from now.

As they went on to Naruto's body, a powerful chidori separated them. "We meet at last, Uchiha Sasuke." A man with a mask said.

"Uchiha Obito." Sasuke remarked. Sakura signaled to Sasuke that she'll go over and examine Naruto's body.

"Not so fast, Sasuke suck up!" Karin, a former member of Sasuke's Team Snake, said. Sakura gritted her teeth at the sight of this fan girl. Damn, she's worst than Ino!

"Cut it out, bitch. I'm not here for your stupid speeches. Get out of the way!" Sakura yelled as she punched the stalagmite on where Karin was standing.

Sasuke heard a grumble from Sakura's direction.

"Sakura!" He ran towards her direction but was stopped by Obito. "Don't mess with me, Obito!" Sasuke yelled activating his Sharingan. "Katon Fireball Technique."

Obito obviously dodged the jutsu easily. "Is that all you can do, Sasuke?" he mocked. "Don't belittle me!"

Sasuke yelled then activated the new jutsu he made with Naruto and Sakura. "Honou Genjutsu!" he yelled causing the remnants of the Katon Jutsu encircle Obito and filled the whole cave. Seeing he did well with the genjutsu, Sasuke hurried to Sakura's direction.

"What are you doing here, Sasuke?" Sakura said whispering.

"Are you in one piece?"

"Yes, don't worry about it." She assured him.

He was about to leave when Sakura grabbed his arms. "I'm sorry, Sasuke. I think I can't help but kill Karin." She informed him and ran.

Do as you please, Sakura. Kill her – immediately. He thought. He activated his Sharingan once more and summoned heavy duty lighting which he forms to do the second level of Chidori.

"You're done!" Sasuke yelled as he attacked Obito with the higher degree Chidori.

Kakashi heard a crash from beneath. It must be Sasuke and Sakura. I hope they found Naruto and I hope he's alright.

"Time's up for thinking, Kakashi. You're dead now." Madara mocked as he summoned a great Katon monster. They continued fighting using their Sharingans while Kakashi kept his senses open to feel his students' chakras. Unfortunately, Naruto's chakra is waning.

This is bad. Naruto's Kyubi was now stolen from him. Sakura, do something. Kakashi thought. Things aren't getting good enough for Sasuke either. Obito was tough and was able to evade the second level Chidori. As for Sakura, she was so angry that she crushed every stalactite and stalagmite that would stand in her way.

I'll just make sure I'm calm when I got out of this rotten place. I don't like Master Tsunade fussing over me by giving me therapies and anger management lessons. She thought. Karin attacked her and she dodged and dodged and dodged. It came to a point where Karin hit a sensitive vein in her stomach. A vein that controls the poison she'd been experimenting with. When she saw her enemy down, even for a split second, Karin activated the seal which can obviously paralyze Sakura's limbs. Karin began kicking, punching, and elbowing Sakura knowing that she's currently defenseless and powerless against her.

Seeing her suffering, Sasuke decided to activate the cursed seal. He unleashed the bat demon and activated his own Mangekyo Sharingan. Obito smirked at the sight of Sasuke only using the First Cursed Seal to save the pink haired girl.

The poison in Sakura's body is now flowing in chaotic movements causing her physical offense to weaken.

"What now, Poison Master of Konoha? Are you getting weak?" Karin mocked. Sakura stood up ignoring her statement and the fact that the poison is now going out of her mouth.

The poison, it's coming out of my mouth…surrounding my teeth! I should have listened to Master Katsuyu! I should have trained myself living with the dreadful torrents of the poison. She thought thinking of Tsunade's giant slug.

She already had her balance when Karin attacked once again. When Karin's arm was near her mouth, she quickly bit it.

"What the hell?" Karin yelled.

Sakura let out a smirk. You're dead, fan girl! Sakura bit Karin's arm deeply injecting the deadly poison into her veins. Karin paled – the first effect of the poison – then coughed blood. Sakura used her newly controlled strength to break seal the binds her arms. She quickly grabbed Karin's neck and threw her in the solid wall of the cave. She bombarded her with her superhuman punches and kicks.

Sasuke shifted his bat wings that have snakes in it. The cursed seal works well not that he activated the Mangekyo Sharingan. He quickly attacked Obito.

Sakura, wait for me. He thought.

He used every jutsu to bring down Obito immediately and go over to Sakura. Finally, he was able to hit Obito with a fourth level Katon. He immediately stabbed Obito in the heart.

Obviously, he died minutes after he was stabbed. Sasuke ran immediately to Sakura. He saw her holding a kunai on one hand and Karin's neck on the other. He saw her brutal action of slitting Karin's throat. Just like what happened to Sakuno.

"Sakura…" He said silently. Sakura looked in his way. He noticed black liquid coming out of her mouth.

"This is ivy." Sakura explained. "A poison I experimented. I didn't know why I did that… I was being demented or something." She continued sarcastically.

"Ivy? But that poison was uncontrollable."

"Was. I was able to control it using Master Katsuyu's poison."

"Katsuyu? Godaime's slug?" she nodded and headed where Naruto was lying. "I'm afraid he's already lifeless." Sakura said.

Sasuke's eyes widened at the thought of Naruto being lifeless. "How can that be?"

"Don't worry, Sasuke. I will bring him back to life… after we help Sir Kakashi defeat Madara." She said.

Sasuke remembered Madara. The real culprit in killing the Uchiha clan. He was angered by the thought then immediately grabbed Sakura, who is carrying Naruto, and fled to where Kakashi was.

They found Kakashi lying on the floor when they arrived. Sasuke glared at Madara and he was him smiling triumphantly.

"Sakura, stay here with Naruto. I'll finish Madara alone." He said. Sakura carried Kakashi to their hiding place and began healing him.

"S – Sakura?" Kakashi said. Sakura immediately explained what happened including Sasuke's attempt to defeat Madara. "He can't do it alone. He needs help in defeating Madara." He stood up. Sakura healed him well that he recovered from his chakra loss immediately. "Sakura, we need to help him." Kakashi said.

"Yes, Sir Kakashi." They placed Naruto in a safe place and fled to help Sasuke.

"What are you doing here? I told to stay there." He said when he saw Sakura at his back.

"Shut up, I want to kick some ass, too." Sakura spitted back.

"I said no, Sakura. It's dangerous here."

"Are you kidding me?" she hissed. "Stop trying to act so tough. You can't beat him by yourself."

He smiled at Sakura's determination and said, "Okay, let's get this over with, together." Sakura smiled assuring and began running behind Sasuke's back.

"Sasuke, I'll distract Madara by throwing these gigantic boulders at him. Plan your move now." She said. Sasuke thought he heard it wrong. Throwing boulders? He would have asked her about it but as she said, she started throwing boulders at Madara's direction with her bare hands. Sasuke did the ultimate Katon once Madara was having hard time to maneuver his self in the air. He had hit Madara with the Katon and Sakura had hit him with a boulder. Now they are expecting for the worst. Madara stood up and activated his Mangekyo. He was the best in using that technique. He summoned everything that can be summoned using that technique and ordered it to attack Sakura and Sasuke. They dodged every attack but in the end, they were cornered.

"Ha! Serves you right, you fool! Do you honestly think that you and your girlfriend would defeat me?" Madara mocked and laughed his evil laugh. "Now I'll just kill you both and live in a happy paradise with the Jinchuuriki."

Sasuke and Sakura glared at him. He stole Naruto's Kyubi and now he's there lifeless on the ground. Kakashi climbed the gigantic stalagmite on where Madara was standing and he kicked him so that he would fall unto the ground. "Haven't you seen me with your Sharingan, Madara?" he asked sarcastically.

He didn't have the time to answer. Sakura bombarded her with her punches – the same punches she gave to Karin hours ago. For her finishing blow, Sakura placed a bigger percent of her chakra on her right hand and punched Madara.

"A chakra diminishing blow." She said proudly. Damn this girl. She only played with my chakra. I must be very careful now. Madara thought. He was so occupied with his thoughts that he hadn't noticed Sasuke unleashed the ultimate chidori and aimed it on him.

He was now dead! Sasuke was able to defeat Madara. Everything was fine now. Except for Naruto's condition.

"He shouldn't die. Konoha needs him." Sakura said.

Kakashi bowed his head. "I'm sorry, Sakura but there's no other way." He said.

"No. There is some other way." She said and did some weird hand signs. Kakashi recognized the signs "Don't do it, Sakura. You're risking your own mortality!"

"I don't care, Sir Kakashi! It's only a little sacrifice if compared to what good he'll do for Konoha afterwards."

"Sakura, you don't understand. Being immortal is a curse."

"I know, Sir Kakashi. Trust me, I know." She aimed her hand at Naruto and suddenly, a cold wind arose and began encircling them. She already halfway with the technique when she felt her hands were covered with another pair of hands.

"I'll be with you in this attempt, Sakura." Sasuke said.

"No, Sasuke. You don't know what you're doing."

"And neither do you. Sakura you said it yourself, it's a little sacrifice. If you're going to be cursed as an immortal being, I would like to be cursed, too. I would like to share every fight of yours including this one. We'll always be through anything together."

Sakura smiled on what Sasuke said. They concentrated their chakras on Naruto and somehow they were successful in bringing him back to life.

"W – Where are we?" he asked. Sakura, Sasuke, and Kakashi smiled.

"I remember now. The Kyubi was stolen from me. How did I survive?" Kakashi explained everything and left Naruto speechless and teary – eyed.

"Sakura, Sasuke." He called while crying. "Thank you for your sacrifice. You've done more than enough for me."

"It's nothing to us, Naruto. You're our friend. Besides, you'll still be a Hokage, right?" Sakura said. They all smiled. Now, they're heading back to Konoha.