Ok I lied when I said this chapter was going to be more exciting. I thought it was going to but yeah not so much, sorry about that. Next chapter I promise promise that it will interesting, I'm planning a long one. Make up for this rather short one. Well on with the chapter!


We soon saw smoke coming from over the horizon. I guess the Madara and Sasuke had shown themselves. I wondered how he would fare against the samurai but I was more worried for them than for my brother. We all watched from the roof top and I was the only one not surprised by Sakura's, Sai's, Lee's and Kiba's arrival. Kakashi, Yamato, and I stayed on the roof while Sakura talked to Naruto.

Now we have to sit through all this, I complained.

Not necessarily, there is a .1% chance that that he'll leave with them, Tsuki said in an annoying voice.

Get over that will you? I was just saying.

Well I was just saying.

Be quiet you Mary Sue.

Tuski gaped at me. I am not a Mary Sue and you know that!

Whatever…

Take it back!

Why should I?

You are such an annoying human!

We you're such an annoying bijou.

I was so immersed in our bickering that I didn't notice Naruto and Sakura's falling out and her group leaving.

Well I'm going to tell him anyway so don't start complaining while I'm talking.

She didn't answer me. She was still pissed about the Mary Sue thing. I made a note to apologize later, I didn't want her in any more of a bad mood if we went second stage. Kakashi decided to follow Sakura's group just in case they didn't go back to the village, which they weren't anyway. Yamato went inside for some reason, I think he felt the tense atmosphere. I slid down from the roof and landed next to Naruto, who still looked a bit rattled. "You ok?" I asked before I started my tale and made it worse.

"I'll be fine," he said. "You want to tell be about that 50/50 thing you said that night, right?"

"You know me way to well now. You're severely hindering my ability to be dramatic anymore."

He smiled for a moment and said in a serious voice, "It's Sakura, isn't it?"

"You're really taking all of the spin out of my Rasengan Naurto. But yes, it is."

"What did she do that made it turn out so bad?"

"I'm going to tell you, but first you'll have to promise me that you're not going to do something stupid after I tell you and that you'll listen to what I tell you afterward."

In true good guy promise form he did.

"Right now she, and everyone else she just showed up with, are going to confront Sasuke. Sakura is going to sleep drug them so they don't get hurt. She will find him, Karin, and a dead Danzo. She will ask Sasuke if she can join him as a ploy to get close enough to kill him. Karin was severely injured during the fight so Sasuke asked Sakura to kill her as proof of her resolve. It is here that fate turns. For some reason we'll never know she does, she kills Karin with her poisoned kunai, and for some reason, as he was going to kill Sakura, Sasuke allows her to come with him."

"So she goes with him and joins the Akatsuki and her heart becomes cold, as most of them do. She is then sent on a mission to lure the Kyuubi out of the Leaf, who better than her after all, and she knows exactly what to do. On a cold, misty night, under a pure white moon, she sneaks into a familiar compound and kills her target. In the dreary, average, rain-soaked light of the sun rise, the body is discovered…" I look down for a moment at look back at him, "It's Ninata."

His eyes widened and he stared at me, speechless for once.

"As you can no doubt guess, after you heard this you released the final seal on the Kyuubi and went after them. You killed Sakura, Sasuke, and countless others. None of the large villages were spared from the Kyuubi. After a long time your body finally gave out and so did the Kyuubi's chakra. It was in this weakened state that the Madara was able to get the Kyuubi and resurrect the Juubi. Of course this was only in the times that you didn't manage to destroy pretty much everything beforehand."

"That's why I'm here, to stop that from ever happening. And right now fate is planning to kill her, to give us another chance, well a better one…Naruto? Are you ok?"

He was just staring blankly at me, trying to absorb and deny everything I had told him.

"Remember, you promised that you wouldn't do anything stupid," I said in as calm a voice I could muster up. I didn't want to forcibly stop him. After another minute consciousness returned to his eyes and I realized that I was holding my breath.

"So why did you tell me?"

"Because, if fate doesn't do it now and if things start looking grim…I will. I'm telling you because if it comes to that, I don't want to have to deal with a rampaging Kyuubi."

He thought for a moment, "It would also be better if I did it," he whispered softly.

"You don't have to. I…"

He cut me off, "I will."

"What?"

"If we have to I will. It wouldn't be right to ask you to."

I had told Tsuki that he might agree but I never thought he actually would. "Are you sure?" I stressed.

"Yes, but, you can make it painless, right?"

"Of course, there are few that deserve to die with pain. Sakura is not one of them."

"Thank you."

I wanted to say something. Something meaningful and profound. Something, but it never came to me so I said, "You're welcome." I then realized that Sakura would be near the battlefield soon and I hadn't even started out yet.

"I must go, but there is one thing that you should know."

"There always is."

I said my three words, turned and left before I could see his reaction.

You're almost getting his hopes up by telling him she might not die. You that it will happen as it is suppose to.

You're right.

And you should have at least stayed around for a second after to see his reaction.

You're right.

Are you ok?

Does this mean you're not mad at me anymore?

She rolled her eyes, I suppose not, after all we should be in sync if something happens.

You know the big stuff always happens after we don't know anything. This is the last thing we know, it scary. At least before we knew no one was going to die, but now, it's free game.

You have become attached to them all.

Just as you are attached to me.

She gave me an annoyed glare and didn't respond.

Love you to, my yang. I finished as I came upon the edge of the clearing. I saw what I expected, Sakura alone, Sasuke, and a bleeding Karin. From the look on her face it seemed as her had just asked her to kill Karin.

She walked over slowly, poising herself. Just as she was near enough I saw a glint of white and steel. I blinked again and Sasuke looked surprised, the Son of White Fang had showed up just in time.

"Well," I murmured, "I told you I was right."

She huffed in annoyance and I smiled. "Guess I better make sure they don't kill each other," and I jumped down from my hiding place and landed like a cat. They didn't notice me until I purposely brushed against some tall grasses in the sparse sunlight of the trees.

"Wondering when you were going to show up," my dearest brother commented.

"Had to make sure you were all playing nice. Besides, you only had one chance so I'm satisfied with fate's answer."

"What was that?"

"You'll find out soon enough. Night, night, Sasu." I reached into our bond, just like before, and slowed down his heart. He thudded to the ground in a cloud of dust. He would be out for the next three days. "We should go," I said turning to the shocked faces of Kakashi and Sakura, you think they would have gotten used to this kind of thing by now. "Come on, we have to wake the others," I said looking at Sakura.

We started back but my conscious wouldn't let me leave Karin there, even thought the Madara would soon come to find his temporary associate. The others waited while I walked back over. I kneeled beside her, and my hand glowed with chakra. She looked at me blankly, she didn't even have enough left in her to glare at me. First, I healed the hole through her chest and then the bite marks all over her upper body. I created two permanent marks on the outside of her forearms so it wouldn't hurt as much when she was bit. I gave her a just a little of my chakra in case any samurai or other ninja happen by and when I was satisfied, I hurried back over to my companions and faded into the forest.

We soon came across the sleeping bodies of Sai, Lee, Kiba, and Akamaru. Sakura gave them the antidote, they soon woke up again, and we all started back toward the house.

What now?

I thought you would know. You're the all knowing biju around here.

We're not getting into this again.

…You can feel it can't you?

Yes, but…something is off about him. I can't put my claw on it.

Well you know better than I do.

Not much. It is all a flurry of rage now… Her voice drifted.

Don't worry. It won't happen this time. I promise.

And in a voice that I couldn't even hear she said, That's what I'm scared of.


See? Told you it was kinda short. Well not kinda like really short. The next chapter will totally make up for it me promise. Buttttttttttt it might take me longer to write if no one reviews…. Just saying…..See you guys next week (maybe). (Evil laugh!)