Hey wonderful people who has favorited/followed/reviewed my story. It makes me sad that there are hardly any reviews though. I understand you like the story if you favorite or follow it (which I'm extremely grateful for) but it would also be nice for y'all to give more input. What do y'all want to see happen, or what can I do to improve. That's all I'm asking for :) Anyways.. I will be looking forward to more reviews (hopefully). And I'm not the best at fight scenes but I hope this will do :)

Chapter 12

What Sakura saw surprised her immensely. Sasuke AND Mara standing at the end of the alley way. Sakura felt touched by this. Nobody has went through this trouble to save her. Tears welled up into her viridian eyes as se took in the scene around her. She was laying, tied up, on the cold, dirty ground with Gaara hovering over her, while the two people who mean the most to her were standing at the entrance looking like heroes, which in this case they were.

"Hm, coming to save the poor damsel in distress, eh?" Gaara let out a mischievous laugh.

He enjoyed watching the girl beneath him tremble in fear. He relished in the fact that he has so much power over her. At one point he did have true feelings for her, but his inner demon took over and that was it. He always thought she was pretty, but it excited him to see her in this state.

"Let her go, or else, Gaara," Sasuke demanded from the insane boy.

"Or else what? You're going to fight me? Hmm, let's make it a bet. Just to make it fun. If I win, Sakura is all mine and no one will be allowed to go near her. But, if I lose I will never bother her again," Gaara proposed to the two.

Mara and Sasuke looked at each other. There was no other way to get him away from the bubblegum haired girl other than to accept his terms and fight. They both nodded their head, while Sakura was frantically shaking hers and trying to yell, but only to be muffled by the tape.

Were they crazy? Did they not know what this boy is capable of? Sakura wiggled around to find something sharp to cut through the tape around her bounded hands.

Sasuke looked at Sakura in concern. He really did not like how this situation was heading, but it could not be avoided.

Gaara took the first move and began to run towards Mara and Sasuke with a fist raised in the air.

"Gaaahhhhhh!" He swung at Sasuke who ducked and avoided the oncoming punch.

Mara took this chance to knee Gaara in the face and grab his fist and use the momentum from him running and flipped him over. Even without an arm she knows how to flip someone. She then grabbd his head and slammed it onto the ground.

"This is for hurting a girl who is powerless to you," she made him stand and kicked him in the back, "and this was for dragging her out here to begin with!"

Gaara shakily stood up and before Mara could kick him again, he grabbed her foot and pushed her down. But before he could hit her, Sasuke nailed him in the face with a fist. Gaara still was able to stand up.

'What is he?' they both thought.

While that was going on, Sakura was still struggling to find a piece of glass or anything with an edge that could cut through duct tape. Just as she was about to give up, she found a piece of metal with a jagged edge. With that, she began to slowly cut, keeping an eye on the fight in front of her.

Gaara, unexpectedly, pulled a knife from within his pocket.

"I really didn't think it would have to resort to this," he began to walk slowly towards Sasuke and Mara.

They both stood there in shock. He was actually going to use that? Gaara began to laugh maniacally. He as going to have fun. And, with more of an adrenaline rush, he ran and slashed.

Blood splattered on the ground. Sasuke kneeled to the floor holding his shoulder. This bastard was really going there. With this new, adrenaline-filled Gaara, he didn't anticpate that there was any way that they were going to win. But he wasn't going down without fighting. Sasuke stood back up and charged at Gaara. He managed to dodge the knife and land a hit on him. Gaara staggered back, but it wasn't over yet. Mara appeared and elbowed him in the face and kneed him in the stomach. But that didn't stop Gaara he also slashed at Mara and caught her cheek.

This angred Sakura even more. She was laying there helpless and couldn't do a thing about her friends getting cut. This fueld Sakura even more to get the tape cut. Finally, the tape came free from her hands. She then proceeded to rip the tape off of her mouth. No matter how much it pained her to rip it off she did it.

Gaara was relentless, but neither Sasuke nor Mara was giving up. Gaara continued swishing his knife around causing the duo to not be able to get near the crazed boy. They had to think of something and fast, before they lose Sakura for good.

"Mara, we should split up. One of us be the distraction while the other one attacks him. I should be the distraction, I don't think Sakura would like it if you were to get hurt even more," Sasuke formulated a plan to attack.

"What? Are you crazy!? Sakura would be devastated if you were hurt, Don't be an idiot."

Sasuke sighed, "No, I'm still going to distract him. This is what I have to do in order to save Sakura."

Mara looked down in defeat, "Fine, but you better not get hurt too bad, for Sakura."

She glanced at the Uchiha who had a smirk adorned on his face, "For Sakura." And they bumped fists.

"Hey, crazy, why don't you fight someone your own gender?" Sasuke began to lure Gaara's attention away from the blue-haired girl. Her yellow eyes scanned the area for a perfect way to attack.

Sasuke kept Gaara's attention, "You really think that you can beat me? I will have Sakura no matter what!"

What happens next shocks every one. Gaara lunged at Sasuke, knife pointed straight at him. They both fell on the ground. Sasuke was struggling to keep the knife away from him and rolled over to where he was on top.

Mara was at a loss on what to do. Never was she in a situation like this. Usually it was her fighting one-on-one but now she had to factor in Sasuke. She didn't have a clear angle at Gaara so she had to wait.

Gaara was also struggling to be dominate again. He had to get rid of the competition in order to have what he wanted and he was going to get it. With one last burst of energy Gaara rolled them again so fast and plunged the knife into Sasuke's left shoulder.

Sasuke cried out in agony. Pain seared through his body as he tried to hold onto consciousness. Right before he blacked out he saw a blob of pink behind the red-head. This made Sasuke smirk before he was succumbed into darkness.

Gaara, thinking he finally won, did not expect being hit in the back of gthe head with a metal pipe. As he fell down, he saw Sakura holding the pipe, that was now smeared with his blood.

"Take that, you bastard," Sakura spat out as Gaara, too, was out cold.

Mara was now beyond shocked. How did she get free!? And she stood up to her attcker! Pride swelled up within Mara.

"Sakura! Are you okay?" Mara ran up to the frightened girl.

"S-Sasuke, h-he was stabbed. An I couldn't do anything about it!" Sakura cried as Mara engulfed her into a hug.

Sakura broke away and ran to Sasuke she kneeled next him while sobbing.

"Don't you dare die on me, Uchiha. You still owe me!" Sakura sobbed onto Sasuke's chest.

"S-Sakura, you're too h-heavy," a raspy voice broke Sakura out of her reverie.

"Sasuke! I thought I was going to lose you! Idiot, don't you ever scare me like that again!" Sakura yelled at the Uchiha.

Sasuke chuckled. Same old Sakura. The sound of sirens caught their attention.

"Let's get you all fixed up, Sasuke-kun," Sakura smiled lovingly at the boy.

Before she could stand up to let the paramedics strap him onto a gurney, Sasuke grabbed Sakura's arm and pulled her into a kiss.

It was full of passion and unspoken words. Mara grinned at the sight. What better way to end the day. She stood along side with Sakura as they told the police what happened.

Sakura looked at Sasuke being taken into an ambulance. He smirked at her and she blushed. She never knew that this was how they were going to make up for sure. But, she did not mind it one bit.

"You want tp grab a bite before going to the hospital?" Mara asked after the police left.

Sakura nodded her head,"Yeah, let's go get ramen!" She grinned at Mara who was all bandaged up.

Mara shook her head playfully, "I think Naruto's rubbing off on you," she grinnd at the pinkette.

Sakura laughed, "Hey! Ramen is not that bad once in a while, come on so we can hurry up to the hospital," Sakura grabbed Mara's arm and began to walk faster.

The two girls continued their way to the ramen stand. Things were looking up already.

WOO! I managed to finish this chapter faster than before. This was to make up for the lack of updating. I hope you guys enjoyed this and please review and comment and what you like or what I could improve on. I love you guys!