A Ripple In Time Chapter 11, a naruto fanfic

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TITLE: A RIPPLE IN TIME

SUMMARY: Sakura and Naruto are facing Orochimaru to get back Sasuke. Naruto has been knocked out and only Sakura is left to fight. Orochimaru uses a forbidden jutsu on her and she finds herself in Konoha, when team 7 was just little kids. She experiences everything they've been through first hand and intervenes in turn, changing the future. Team 7 are best buddies and Sasuke talks to her and acknowledges her. But she is her weak old self again. After a while, she begins to regret what she did. She realizes that the only reason she became the strong person she was today was because he left. So now Sakura is pushing herself past her limits to make sure that everything turns back to normal.

CHAPTER 11:

Recap:

Just as she had suspected, the village went frantic and people were searching all over for her. Anbu was swarming the area, even in the sound. So Sakura disguised herself by changing the color of her hair and her clothes. She also stashed away her headband. She had to keep a low profile as possible.

For a while, Sakura just roamed the area trying to figure out where the snake could be hiding. Accidentally, she stumbled upon a cave hidden in the woods with genjutsu. Judging by its type, Sakura concluded that a ninja had to be an expert in genjutsu to figure it out and to break it.

Sakura made a couple of hand signs and shouted "KAI!". Sure enough, the genjutsu disappeared and she found a cave in front of her. Sakura cautiously walked in and found herself in a long and narrow passageway. Soon she came upon a halfway which branched off into three paths. Sakura, by instinct, chose the middle path and followed it down. As soon as she reached the halfway point, a kunai brushed by her face hitting the wall. The weapon had grazed her leaving a stream of warm blood on her face.

A young man with silver-colored hair appeared. He was dressed all in purple. Beside him, a pale skinned man with long and sleek black hair appeared a second later.

"My, my, Kabuto. Looks like we have an intruder."

"It does look that way indeed."

"Orochimaru," was the last words that escaped the kunoichi's lips as Kabuto began to charge at her once again.

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As the medic came barging towards the kunoichi, she recognized the attack instantly. He was going to try to sever her muscle tissue in different parts of her body. He was trying to immobilize her. But she wasn't going to let that happen. A split second before the medic went to sever the muscles in her thigh, the girl flipped out of the way and bounced back, hitting the medic square in the face with the heel of her shoes. This sent the boy back a few meters into the walls of the cave. A thin trail of blood ran down his face, just as blood ran down hers.

"My, my kunoichi, aren't you a strong one."

"Shut up Kabuto! I didn't come here for your crap!"

Kabuto flashed a look of surprise in his eyes and then smirked. Did she know who they were? If his memory served him right, she just said his name. Did she know Orochimaru too? If she did she should have known better than to come here. What could she possibly have wanted?

"So you know who I am? I assume you know who my master is as well?"

"Precisely."

Kabuto stood up from his position on the ground and walked over to Orochimaru. The sannin had a sly look on his face. He dangerously licked his lips with long and grotesque tongue. A smirk was present on his face and his slit-like eyes gave her a dangerous look.

"Kunoichi, who are you?" asked the sannin.

"Haruno Sakura."

They knew that name, but his girl didn't have the pink hair that made her stand out. Sakura noticed their surprise and she just smiled. She touched her hair and pulled it off. It was a wig or so it seemed because when she pulled it off, beautiful bubblegum hair fell upon her shoulders. The medic and the sannin both had a look of relief on their faces and then it turned to a serious look. The kunoichi just closed her eyes and sighed. It was now or never. She had to fix what she had done, even if it meant selling her soul to this monster. He was the only one with the time travel jutsu. He was her only option.

"Ahh… Sakura. I've found out a lot about you. Kabuto has been getting information on your friends and teammates, Sasuke, Naruto, and the many others."

"I am well aware of that. As much as you want Sasuke, his heart is not set on revenge. He won't help you."

"You should be careful of the words you send out of that mouth of yours little girl, it just might be the end of you."

Sakura just smirked. Damn, even Orochimaru had changed. This was going to be harder than she thought it would.

"Why are you here?" asked Kabuto.

"To make a deal."

Both Orochimaru and Kabuto looked intrigued. The sannin pressed her to go on and she continued.

"I know that you have a time travel jutsu and I need it. Your the only person I know who has it. I want you to open the time portal for my use."

"For what reasons child would you want me to use this jutsu?"

Sakura sighed and pondered for a minute. She was trying to figure how to say it in the fewest words possible without giving too much away.

"To go back and fix something that never should have started."

Orochimaru was intrigued by the girl's response, but pressed no further. He just smirked and chuckled a bit.

"Messing around with time can be very dangerous you know?"

"I am well aware of that."

"Very well child. I will help you, but your end of the bargain must meet my desires."

"That won't be a problem."

"Well child, what is it?"

"The only thing I know you'll want, the chance to destroy Konoha."

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Sarutobi sighed as he ushered the Anbu out of his office. They didn't find the kunoichi yet. She seemed to have disappeared into thin air. There was no sign of her and nobody knew where she went. The sandaime sighed again. This was going to be one hell of a day.

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Orochimaru let out a stifled laugh. The lengths this girl was willing to go for that one jutsu was amazing.

"You do realize what will happen if I take this deal?"

"I understand. Right now this jutsu is more important to me than anything else. I give you my word."

The sannin pondered for a minute on what he just heard. This could be his chance to destroy Konoha or it could be just a trap. He would take his chances. If the girl deceived him, she would die along with all the others.

"Very well kunoichi. I accept."

Sakura smirked and sighed out in relief. Unknown to anyone else, behind her, she had her fingers crossed. She wasn't stupid enough to make a deal like.

"I won't let you won't, I promised."

For the next five minutes, Orochimaru reviewed the mechanics of the jutsu with her and told her how to figure out the portal she could use for where she wanted to go. Then he used the jutsu on her. Sakura found the portals and went through each and everyone fixing her mistakes. She let Ino befriend her, she witnessed the Uchiha massacre. She even made sure that the deal with Orochimaru never happened. Soon enough, she found herself back on the mountain ledge, where she had been fighting Sasuke. But no one seemed to be there. Sakura looked around the area until she found a scroll on the floor. She picked it up and read it. It said:

Sakura–san,

I hope you had fun in your time travel. As you see we have left this battle site. It has been weeks since you left. We currently have the kuubyi boy with us. If you ever want to see him again and try to bring him back, meet us back in this exact spot at the exact same time next week. You have to come by yourself and may only bring Kakashi. No one else. If you do, we will kill the demon boy.

Kabuto

Sakura's body shook as she finished reading the letter. They had taken Naruto as prisoner. Damn it! She was too late. Tears ran down the girl's face as she began to sob. After a minute or so, she calmed down and stopped. She had to get back to Konoha and let them know everything. They were probably worried sick. There was only one thing she could say for sure, she was definitely back in her time.

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As Sakura approached the gate, her body became stiff and she stopped. Why was she so afraid to go back? Was she afraid that she messed up the time again or that she had failed miserably and let everyone down again?

Sakura shook her head of these negative thoughts. She had no time to sulk. The kunoichi composed herself and ran through the gates of her hometown. It was mid-afternoon and people were bustling everywhere carrying on their daily routines. Some of the villagers gave her a few weird looks as though she was crazy. Even so, Sakura ran past them and straight to the Hokage tower.

Once she in the building, she ran upstairs and barged through the door into her office. Everyone who was in the room turned around to see the maniac who had entered the room. When they saw the kunoichi in the doorway, their faces were filled with smiles. The remaining of the Konoha 12 and their senseis were in the room.

"Sakura!" yelled Ino as she barged over and gave her a huge hug.

Once Ino let go, Sakura sighed. She really got herself into a big mess this time.

"Oi, what happened to your face? How troublesome."

Sakura jumped a bit and touched her face to feel dried blood on it. She had totally forgotten about it.

Flashback

A young man with silver-colored hair appeared. He was dressed all in purple. Beside him, a pale skinned man with long and sleek black hair appeared a second later.

"My, my, Kabuto. Looks like we have an intruder."

"It does look that way indeed."

"Orochimaru," was the last words that escaped the kunoichi's lips as Kabuto began to charge at her once again.

End Flashback

"And where is Naruto?" asked Neji.

Sakura stiffened a bit form all the questions. She had a lot of things to say and it would only dampen the mood.

"Tsunade –sama, how long have I been gone?"

"Two months. We were worried sick about you both. We went to search for you, but you guys just disappeared. Where is Naruto?"

Sakura reached into her pocket and pulled out the scroll that they left her. Tsunade gave her a questionable look and began to read it. When she finished she looked appalled.

"How could this have happened Sakura?"

Sakura cleared her voice and began to tell everyone the whole story as they listened intently. When she had finished very seemed to be full of a mix of emotions. Kakashi looked up at the godaime and opened his mouth to speak.

"What should we do?"

Tsunade closed her eyes and began to divulge all the information she had gotten. She knew as well as anyone else, that there was only one thing they could do. Besides, if she did it any other way, Sakura would kill her.

"There is only one thing we can do, we have to follow what has been written in this letter. Its our only choice. Sakura, Kakashi, you two will be on your own. There will be no backup whatsoever."

Sakura looked up surprised at the godaime's response. Tsunade just smiled and shook her head at her.

"Arigatou Tsunade –sama."

"I know that this is the way you would have wanted it."

Some of the chunin seemed a little displeased, but they shook it up. They knew Sakura and Tsunade. They also knew what they were doing.

Sakura stood up and walked towards Kakashi who had a serious look on his face. She needed to clear something with him. Hopefully, he would understand.

"Kakashi-sensei, I want you to promise me one thing when we get there. I want you to let me -------------"

"Fight Sasuke and I will take Kabuto since Orochimaru can't fight."

"Precisely. I got us into this mess and I'm going to get us out. It all my fault. The one time those two needed me the most, I let them down, again. I keep messing up everything we try to get Sasuke back. This time I messed up really badly. I even let them take Naruto away. I promised I would bring them back and I'm going to keep that promise. As far as I'm concerned, this is my last shot. I need to make things right."

By now tears were spilling out of the girl's eyes as she clenched her fist.

"Please Kakashi-sensei, this means everything to me!"

Kakashi just stared at his student for a minute. She had gotten quite strong over the years, but so had Sasuke. But what worried him the most was his curse seal. What if he activated it? He would kill her.

"You realize that even though you have gotten stronger, so has Sasuke?"

"Yes, I do."

"And even if you manage to beat him somehow, you will be badly hurt?"

"Yes."

"And if his curse seal activates?"

"Let's just hope it doesn't get to that point."

Both ninja stayed silent for a moment. Sakura was anxious to know his verdict. She knew that he knew that's eh was taking a huge risk here. Kakashi thought it over a few minutes and then sighed.

"Very well Sakura."

"Arigatou."

Kakashi just nodded. Everyone else looked a bit skeptical but shrugged it off.

"Sakura, after the medic checks you out and release you, get ready. We have some serious training to do this week. If we want to beat those two ourselves, we need to be in good shape. This may be the hardest battle we've ever had."

Sakura nodded. She knew very well what her sensei was talking about.

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After Sakura was released form medical care, she and her sensei trained rigorously for days. The other chunin and their senseis helped out as well. Soon enough, judgment day had come. It was now or never. This was their absolute last chance. They afford to mess up this time.

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