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(bold type) author's add ins(no i can't just let you read the story XD)

"..."speaking

'...' thought

'...' inner thought

I came up with this a while back,I decided to put it into words.

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Chapter 11 Angel's revealed

Sasuke and Arttimo walked down to the arena,he had a slight pain to it.He didn't want to fight her.He had a somewhat saddend look on his face,but nobody could tell.On the inside,he was screaming,his heart yealling at him to give up,let her win,don't lose her!It was a pain that would probably hurt him in fighting.

Arttimo just looked at him,her expression was blank as usual.She noticed his expression changed a bit,was he sad?Probably because he had to fight a girl instead of Naruto or someone else..'I'll kick his ass.' was all she thought,but looked deeper in his eyes,it was a look of...longing.'wtf?'

The observer looked at both of them."Are you ready?"He asked."Yes."They replied at the same time."Begin!"He said sharply,both of them jumped away from eachother,they both reached for the pouch on the side of there leg,and grabbed their weapons.Sasuke'a a silver kunai,Arttimo a black one.

They went after eachother,both of their weapons clang in a loud meet,they kept attacking like that,from training with Arttimo he learned that she like to mirrior her opponents attacks till they began to use chakra,but he didn't use any.He just wanted to tire himself and her out,mabey a draw like their first battle.

It went on like this for 4 minutes,everyone was wondering why no one made a chakra attack."Why aren't they fighting eachother?!"Naruto said loudly."Because their relationship has gone beyond either of them had expected."Axel said,Naruto didn't understand.Axel did though,he knows the looks they gave eachother during training.

It was another meet of the kunai,this time knocking eachothers out of each other's hand.During those seconds in the air,they stared in eachother's eyes.Emerald met onyx.

They were stuck in each others gaze,unable to get away from it.

Just then,their shadows mixed together,opening a portal to N-field.Then streams of darkness shot up surrounding both of them,swallowing them and unable to escape.It was too fast for anyone to have reacted.The portal closed,taking both of them to someone's world.

The portal opened in a glass world,more or so known as Arttimo's.They both were thrown at the ground,they both landed it on their feet."What the hell?"Sasuke asked her,was this her doing."Hey,don't even think I did this,If I was gonna bring you somewhere in N-field,It would of been your horrifing world not my horrifing one."She said sarcastically.He scowled.

"Well if it isn't the two lovebirds."A voice said making them both look up to see him...Arttimo's enemy...Xeanort."What the hell do you want?"She asked with venom in her voice."We never finished our battle."He said humorly,well as humorly as he could get.

Sasuke and Arttimo glared at him,but soon Arttimo smirked."Sorry Sasuke,I'm afraid that our fight will have to wait."She said to him."Not a problem,want help?"He asked."Sure I'm always in for assistance."

Arttimo's wings descended from her back and Sasuke activated his sharingan.Arttimo jumped in the air and rained her feathers against Xeanort.Sasuke did hand signs and blew fire balls on the feathers,causing them to catch on fire,they attacked him like arrows.

Xeanort summoned an army of his dark beings to attack them,There were hundreds of them."Arttimo, go after him,I got these things."Sasuke said doing more hand signs,she nodded and took off after him. He got his last hand sign down and sucked in air,during training his fire ball jutsu's power increased,it was more of a burning chakra like his chidori now,so it was blue.

His fire melted the creatures into pure darkness,the ones affected retuned to the most twisted darkness from where they were created.The one's not came forward and went in for attacking him.

Arttimo found Xeanort and attacked him,he dodged it."So,You still choose to be here with the ones that are threatened by you Arttimo,or should I call you,"He couldn't finish his sentence due to being hit with a storm of feathers hitting him."SHUT UP!!YOU KNOW NOTHING ABOUT ME YOU FUCKING BASTARD!!"She screamed at the top of her lungs.

Sasuke heard this while fighting the beings,what was she screaming about?He couldn't get to her yet since there were still creatures attacking him.Something in his heart started to say something.He couldn't figure it out yet but he would soon.

Arttimo was attacking Xeanort,it was getting intense.Then he did hand signs quickly and a huge gust of came blowing.She crossed her arms in front of her to protect her face.It was powerful enough that the string in her hair came undone and disapeared.Her scarf and her coat disapeared as well,alone with a shining metal,was it a necklace?

She grew her wings to a large size and flapped them over her body as protection.

Sasuke fianlly finished fighting the creatures and ran in the direction that Arttimo went.He found her blocking the gust that xeanort sent at her.He did hand signs and teleported behind her."Did i miss anything?"He asked throwing his hand down and igniting his chidori."No,your just in time,this thing will end in about 60 seconds."She said moving behind him so he was hidden in her wings.the gust stopped just in time."Go!"she whispered as her wings lifted and he dived on Xeanort.

He quickly blocked his attack,but Arttimo flew behind him and attacked him with her feathers.The attack knocked him off guard,causing both attacks to damage him greatly.

He was cut deeply and had he had a hole in his sholder.He glared at both of them,but a smirk appeared on his face."Well then,mabey I need to take this to the next level."He said performing hand signs again.

The shadows swallowed the ground,a black storm showered upwards.A fierce powerful storm began to swallow them.Sasuke couldn't move,the darkness was like whips of chains and barbs.He couldn't even use his chakra.

"Sa...ke!!"He heard a yelling...was it Arttimo?"Wa...ch o...t!!"What was she saying?"Wat...out...!!"She was yelling what? Then he pieced it together.Watch out!!He couldn't open his eyes,but he could sence her.What was she going to do?

Arttimo channeled her chakra to her voice box.This was very risky because it could permanently damage her voice box,but if she didn't it could kill both of them.She swallowed deeply and did hand signs.She said one phrase before it happened."Howling Gale."

Sasuke herd a scream,this wasn't a normal scream either. This scream was loud,loud enough to deafen someone,to shatter glass,mabey even metal.The scream was deep,and at the same time high,but it sounded more like a howl.

Then there was an energy,like a powerful explosion going in every other direction.then he opened his eyes in surprise.There was wind chasing away the darkness,they were in the form of wolves,like a pack fighting away the darkness.

It was clear enough to see in a matter of seconds,Sasuke looked around him and saw where it was coming from. There was a tranlucent ball of wind that the wolf shaped wind was coming from.Arttimo was in the middle,her back was arched backwards and she looked like she was screaming.

The darkness cleared and the wind disapeared around Arttimo and she fell,landing on her knees.Sasuke ran to her,she looked exuasted.Her throut burned like no other,it hurt so much that...When Sasuke reached her she was coughing up blood.

He knelt down and steadied her by wrapping his arm underneith her.He used the other hand to hold back her hair so it wouldn't be stained with blood.He noticed something else about her,her hair was really soft,like the fur of a cat or something. His inner called him a perv and made fun of him.

She stopped coughing up blood and collapsed in his arm,she was light.Her breathing came out in visious pants,she was shaking and was exuasted.It reminded him of Sakura.

--flashback--

Sasuke was walking down the hallway of the hospital,he was going to see Sakura.It's been two months since she first came in the hospital, and so far he's learned more about her,and the more he learned,the more he couldn't leave her alone.Her mother abused her when she was younger,she lived outside so she didn't have to live at her home.She worked three jobs for money so she could buy clothes and food...And he thought she had it easy,but she was just the actor putting on a play.

He entered her room quietly,it was evening and training was over,so Naruto would stop by soon with him.They try and visited her after training.Sasuke every so often would stop by early in the morning,she was usually up because the nurses were giving here shots,pills,and about every other medical device invented to help her.

He found out during this time that she faked her medical record,she hadn't been to a doctor since her father died.She didn't have exams to see if there was anything wrong with her,if she did.They wouldn't have let her be a ninja.

Heart issues,problems with her whole body,and phyciatric problems.She was so messed up inside,she shouldn't have been able to been a ninja,she should of been in the hospital.And now...she may have to spend the rest of her life in the hospital...but was it better she was in the treatment she needed and not putting herself in danger more than everyone else.

He entered her room,she was curled up into a ball facing the window,her back to him.Her pink hair was in a mess and she was paler that before.She really wanted to go outside.He caught her in her attempts to escape,and she fought back in full force,sometime he wasn't her favorite person.

He closed the door and continued to walk in,he tapped his foot against something and stoped,there was a broken glass on the floor.She must of had one of her fits again.

She sometimes had break outs of anger,and if they weren't there to restrain her,she'd attack the nurses,none of them really hated her for it,she couldn't controll herself and they knew that.She must of refused to eat again,she did that a lot now.

He sighed and began to pick up the glass,he looked closer and it wasn't a food tray.He looked up and saw a bit a blood on the bed,She must of ripped out her I.V again.Sakura hated the fact that she had to be in the hospital now,she told him once that she felt worthless and shouldn't even exist if she couldn't benifit anyone.

"The more you do this,the longer you'll have to spend here."He said putting the shards in the garbage.She didn't respond,but she started to shake.Sasuke noticed this and he got closer to her...oh shit.

The curse mark was spreading again!She was gripping her arms,digging her nails into her arms hard enough to make them bleed.She was biting her lip trying to keep from screaming.She fell out of the bed,hitting her head on the window pane.

He rushed to her,her forehead was cut,blood slowely dripping out her.She was shaking violently in pain,he knew how pain full it was,but since she had so many things wrong with her and her chakra wasn't as strong,it was worse.

He heard the door open,it was Naruto."Naruto,get a doctor!!"He yelled at him,Naruto was about to ask why but saw why.He rushed out of the room to find one.Sakura,looked so fragile,so broken,and so scared...he couldn't stand looking at her like this.

but what else could he do?

--over--

Arttimo finaly stoped,and turned her head,then got a confused look on her face.Sasuke looked like he was in lala land."Sasuke?"She asked waving a hand in front of him.He didn't respond,then got an evil smile on her face.She reached in her ninja pouch and brought out a pink and a black marker.She got out of his grasp and thought one thing.'sasu-neko'

Sasuke came out of his thought s a few minutes later,to feel something on his cheek,going in a line.He looked to where it was coming from,Arttimo was holding something to his cheek,a marker?

"Hehehe...sorry,couldn't resist." She said nervously stumbling a few feet away from him.He raised an eyebrow.What did she do?He pulled out a kunai and frowned,his nose was pink and he had whiskers.

Sasuke was washing his face from the ink.Arttimo was at least 5 feet away from him.He should of know this would happen,she did this to Naruto and Haru once.He dried his face with his shirt and walked over to her."You know I'm gonna get you for that."He said with his arms crossed.She stuck her toungue out and runned the back of her head nervously.

"How do we get out of here?"He asked."Go that way till you reach the portal,I need to get my stuff."She said kindly.He wondered about her voice."What do I tell them then?"She paused at his question then finaly spoke."Tell them I forfeit."

"Huh?"did he hear right?"Tell them I forfeit,I have no more chakra left and I'm exausted.I'm not fighting you now."She said giving him a grin.He was about to speak again when she began to speak."You've already done this test twice,this is my first time.I can survive it again...after I kill Xeanort."

His eyes softened,next time she'd fight,she would make sure he didn't interfear."Alright."Was all he said."Besides,you need to be higher up if you go through the records to find your friend."He paused at her words,but he smiled sadly at her."Thank you."He said quietly as he began to walk away.

He was close to the portal,he was thinking of a way to thank her for what she's doing.It wasn't till he felt something underneith his foot that pulled him back to reality.He lifted his foot to see two silver hearst on the ground,he bent down to see it was a locket opened.He picked it up,it was probably Arttimo's.

He looked inside and what was in there...about gave him a heartattack.One one side was Arttimo's picture of her team and her friends.they were happy and looked like nothing could tear them apart.

The other side was a picture...it looked damaged and old,but it was still there.The pic contained 4 people,a man in his 20s was the tallest,he had silver hair and one eye was covered and so was his face.He had his hands on the head of 2 boys.One was a blond boy who was glaring at the other.The other boy had black hair and was glaring at the other as well.In the middle was a girl with an innocent smile on her face.She had on a red dress and her hair was long.

He couldn't believe it,it was the picture tooken on the day of the bell test.it scared him so much.Was Arttimo...No why didn't he figure this out sooner!He cleched the locket in his hand,he was such an idiot.He began to run back to where Arttimo was,she lied to him,she told him the biggest lie he had ever heard.

Arttimo was walking to her scarf,she bent down to pic it up and stared at the crimson red fabric,she sighed and put it back around her neck.The reson she always woar so many clothes was because she'd burn if she didn't...sometimes it sucked being albino.It wasn't a minute later that she saw Sasuke just a few feet away from her,he looked so angery.

"Sasuke I thought I said you could go back,you won after all."She said somewhat concerned,why did he come back? He held out his had,his glare hardened.and let go of the locket in his hand,it was dangling by it's chain.

Her eyes widened.Her hand went to her collar bone,it wasn't there!"Where did you find that?"She asked nervously,he didn't...no."Why are you lying?"He asked stepping towards her.She stepped back."I don't know what your talking about."She said quickly.he took another step and she was about to too,but he tried to grab her arm but she dodged his arm."Don't touch me!!"Her voice was becoming louder,more scared."Why are you lying?!"He asked in a more angery voice.She began to shake in fear...no,he can't do this to her,not now!!She tried to bolt but he grabbed her thin arm and spinned her to face him."Why are you lying to me!?"He yelled,why would she do this?!"I WON'T BE BROKEN AGAIN!!"She screamed,terror in her voice,tears building in her eyes.She would never be that again.

She kicked Sasuke in the gut,forcing him to let go.She ran,she ran as fast as she could.Sasuke quickly got up and chased after her.

Arttimo was stumbling,her heart was racing,she couldn't start all over!!She hoped over a wire fence,her scarf catching on it and coming off of her neck,but she continued running.

She came to a set of stairs.She was about to go around when she clentched her chest.'No,not now!!'her mind screamed as she lost her balance,falling down the stairs in a painfull manner.She reached to bottom and her body was covered in bruises and cuts,she couldn't move,it all hurt too much.

She was losing consiousness,this couldn't be happening.how could her act fail!?Mabey there are somethings,even the best actress couldn't play the part.As tears fell from her closed eyes.

Sasuke finally reached her at the bottom of the stairs.She must have fallen.He knelt down and felt her forehead,she had one of her attacks.He picked her up and craddled her fallen form.Why did she lie?

"Why did you lie to me,Sakura?"

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i know it's been a long time since i updated i know...anyway i want you guys to check out my new story,it's called stand my ground.tell me what you think ok?anyway review,i wanna know how this chappie affected you guys.