Author's Note: Hey everyone, I'm back again. I finished this chapter! Yay! Anyway, this is the start of MY Gokage Summit arc, as well as the long and lengthy battle between Megumi and Sakura. I can assure you, this fight will not dissappoint you like the others. I have a GOOD idea as to what's going to happen. However, once this arc is done, it'll be back to the light stuff, except the Uchiha Clan Massacre Anniversary that Sasuke mentioned in a previous chapter. That's the last heavy thing that I have planned for a little while. As for Megumi's plan for Sakura, well, I'm still sketching that out, actually. I have several ideas, and I'll try to incorperate each one into the battle scene I've wanted to write for a LONG time. On a sidenote, there's a little bit of LeeKarin in here, which was the intention, I guess. And yes, Kakashi and Rin are complete and utter sex-addicted fools in this story. I'm not sure they've even heard of protection at this point. I'll clear that up soon. Anyway, enjoy the chapter. It'll get better. Trust me. =)
Disclaimer: I do not own Naruto, or anything else you may find or think isn't mine. Such as the Lucy/Natsuish scene with Sasuke and Sakura near the end. I don't own that. And yeah, pretty much does it. I don't own anything, how about that? Except my fanmade characters. I take credit for them.
"WHAT WAS THAT, SQUIRT?" Rin-sensei swung around, glaring at poor little Rock Lee, who cowered behind my unflinching body, as I glared back at Rin-sensei, no fear glowing in my eyes. I knew the full extent of her temper, and let me tell you, it was nowhere near as big as mine or Tsunade-sama's. Kakashi-sensei walked up the aisle at his usual slow and leisurely stroll, unafraid.
"Rin, I think you're overreacting. Calm down. I was just reading the prologue." I narrowed my eyes.
"You just said that Junko had sex with-" Kakashi-sensei gave me a look.
"Be quiet." I gulped, and nodded. Karin lowered her fingers, and put her hands on her hips.
"Well, class is about to start, Kakashi-sensei. And as of the next two seconds, Sasuke and I'll be late to Asuma-sensei's class." Kakashi-sensei didn't even blink. He just rested his right hand on Rin-sensei's shoulder, and smiled at her.
"It's okay. I'll write you guys a pass, after I calm Rin down. You guys might want to leave the room, like, go on a field trip or something. Sakura, you're in charge. Take the kids to the library." I nodded, disgusted.
"You guys are going to have sex on your desk again, aren't you?" I asked, giving them a sidelong look. Kakashi-sensei and Rin-sensei gave me annoyed looks, their eyes irritated.
"Just go." Rin-sensei ordered. I snarled, narrowing my eyes, balling my hands up at my sides, my face turning red in seconds.
"YOU YELL AT US ABOUT KISSING OUR BOYFRIENDS IN A PUBLIC PLACE, AND HERE YOU ARE HAVING INTERCOURSE ON KAKASHI-SENSEI'S DESK, IN FRONT OF YOUR STUDENTS!" I exploded, waving my fist in the air, my eyes burning with sudden rage. Rin-sensei stared me down, unafraid.
"Save that anger for Megumi. You have Gym later today, don't you?" I nodded.
"Yeah, but we have to help set up for homecoming." I replied, only to earn a bump in the back from Karin.
"Which reminds me, Sakura, that I have a dress for you. It's Lolita, if you don't mind it." I widened my eyes. I loved Lolita stuff. My mother wouldn't ever let me wear that stuff to school. I was lucky I was wearing my pleated skirt with the black lace on the edges. It was what she considered to be Lolita. I smiled enthusiastically.
"Sure, I'll use it, if it fits me. What colors?" I asked, turning my body all the way toward her, my voice high with anticipation. Karin thought for a second, her red eyes flickering back and forth across my anxious face.
"Black and Blood Red." My smile fell. Those colors won't look good, at all.
"But with my pink hair and green eyes-" I started, leaning my butt up against the chalkboard, my head down. A hand slid up the right side of my face, a forehead leaning toward mine, our bangs mixing together, black and pink.
"You'll look fine, Sakura. You always do. Just relax." I lifted my hands and rested them against Sasuke, my fingers curled in.
"I love you." Stunned silence followed my soft, barely audible whisper. Sasuke's heart fluttered under my right hand.
"Did you just…?" His quiet voice blew across my forehead. I bit my bottom lip, and sucked in a tight breath, my cheeks growing hot. What can I say? What can I do? Lie through my teeth?
"No…I…" I answered, my green eyes downcast. A sigh escaped Sasuke's lips.
"I guess it can't be helped…" I looked up, my eyes widening.
"Eh?" Sasuke's hand lifted my face up, his deep black irises peering into mine intensely.
"Because, I-" He started, tilting my chin toward him, leaning closer. My lips trembled. I…Want you…
"Don't even think about it, Uchiha! What did I tell you? No PDA!" Sasuke's hand dropped to his side, and his forehead lifted from mine. Before I could stop myself, I took a step closer, and shoved my lips to his, my eyes closed.
I was ready for the yelling, the screaming, the pain. But none came. Just sweet comfort, as Sasuke lifted his hands up to hold my wrists, his touch warm and soothing. I laid my forehead against his collarbone when I pulled away.
"Sasuke, you idiot. Why didn't you push me away?" I muttered, Sasuke still holding my wrists.
"Why? That's because…" Sasuke replied, holding my wrists tighter as his chin came down on the top of my skull.
"I like you, Sakura." My breath caught against the hollow at the base of his throat.
"Thank you, Sasuke." He smiled, burying his face into my hair, inhaling deeply.
"Don't worry about it, Sakura. Just relax." I nodded, his heart pounding against my right hand as I flattened it out. I lifted the corners of my lips up as I raised my forehead, pressing my lips to his bang covered forehead, then I pulled away, stepping around him, as he stood there, stunned. I stood alongside him, facing Rin-sensei and Kakashi-sensei.
"Sasuke, get everyone to the library while I write out the passes." He sighed, then stepped past me, our shoulders brushing.
"You got it. Everyone, head to the library. Stay quiet, and avoid the principal at all costs. Break off into twos." The area in front of the door rose to a dull roar as everyone started talking about where they were going. I quickly wrote the passes, and got them signed. I turned toward the door, picking up my stuff, and walking out of it.
"Sensei, I'll remember this while I'm making out with Sasuke in front of you." Rin-sensei's teeth snapped together.
"Haruno Sakura, I'd watch it if I were you." I looked back at her out of the corner of my eye.
"I don't like hypocrites." I shot back, walking out the door, turning to see Sasuke leaning up against the wall with the rest of my classmates, Sasuke smirking while the others stared at me, openmouthed.
"What? It's true." I answered, shrugging. Kankuro smiled.
"Nothing. It's just we never thought you'd against a teacher like that." He answered, his eyes still wide open. Sasuke snorted, and smirked, Karin huddling into Rock Lee, who was comforting her. She's still so badly hurt…Did Karin and Megumi know each other before now?
I narrowed my green eyes. Something had to be done about Samidare Megumi. She was the next bully to step up since Karin, and her Kirigakure blood gave her the affinity to water based attacks, which could pose a problem. My right hand tightened. I had to stop her, before she hurt someone else close to me. Her reign of terror had to stop before it started.
Sasuke's face softened at my look of pain and anger, as I bit down on my bottom lip, hard. Blood trickled into my mouth, and I felt blue fire light up around my right hand.
"This has to end." I muttered. Lee looked up from the sobbing Karin.
"Megumi? Are you going to stop her?" I nodded grimly.
"I'm guessing. But with the summit coming up in two days…" I replied, looking away. Sasuke nodded.
"And the impending attack on one of the Gokage. Don't forget that Tsunade is the target." My eyes widened as I looked up.
"Tsunade-sama? Are you sure?" I asked, shocked. Sasuke nodded again.
"I heard Kyoko talking about it. Apparently Kiri isn't after an alliance with Konoha." I covered my mouth with my hand.
"The Mizukage wants this?" I asked, barely finding my voice. Hanabusa Aki, a Stone Chunin, the one that asked the favor of me that day when I protected Rock Lee from Kankuro, stepped up, her short brownish auburn hair hitting the side of her neck as she narrowed her brown eyes.
"The Tsuchikage hasn't heard word of this, not even anything about the Akatsuki. We of the Stone village are very uninformed, apparently." She replied, crossing her arms over her chest, her friends sighing. I narrowed my green eyes.
"The Akatsuki isn't what's important right now. We have to figure out how to stop Megumi and the Mizukage from doing what they're going to do." I muttered, looking away again, my right hand forming a fist. Aki sighed.
"Well, we could always talk to the only Mist Chunin in this class, Tsukishiro Amaya." I turned to said girl, her dark navy blue eyes and soft white-blond hair causing her to live up to her name of "Night Rain, White Moon". I shifted, my skirt blowing gently in the wind my legs created.
"Amaya, do you know anything about the impending attack on Lady Tsunade?" I asked, narrowing my green eyes. Amaya shook her head, her blond hair falling over those beautiful blue eyes of hers.
"I didn't know about this until now. This is the first time I've heard it." Aki and I exchanged glances. We weren't buying it.
"Are you sure?" Aki asked, leaning closer, her brown hair falling over her shoulders. Amaya nodded.
"Yeah, I'm sure." I heard Aki snort, Sasuke high fiving her. I turned to the hallway that led toward the school's Ecology department.
I could end it all. If I just walked down that hallway and smashed through a few doors. I could end all of it before it even happened. I shifted again, flattening my right hand on my hip. What to do? I turned toward the slightly ajar door, hearing the sounds of a crazed animal coming from the room's depths, and promptly walked over, and slammed it shut. I turned back to the hallway, and sighed.
"Right. Now what?" Karin stepped up beside me, lifting her fingers.
"We fight her. Here and now." I blinked.
"Not in school we don't." I replied, shaking my head. Sasuke stopped alongside me, and crossed both arms over his chest.
"But we might not get another chance like this." I bit down on my bottom lip again, blood flowing into my mouth a second time. The irony tinny taste of pennies brought my swirling head down to earth, and I quickly cooled my temper, although my anxiety still boiled under my skin, my chakra begging for release. I kept biting my lip, as my body trembled at the force of my raging temper and anger. If we weren't in school, I probably would've shattered a boulder by now. Then a thought struck me.
"Alright, time for some recon. Everyone, get into your pairs and fan out, search for clues about whether the attack is going to happen or not. If you find the principal, abort. Report to the library when you're finished, got it? Here are the passes. See you in about twenty minutes." I quickly grabbed a pass, and ran down the hallway leading to the Ecology department, my arms lifting up as I tore down the hallway, my short pink hair flying out behind me, my headband doing little to stop it from flying.
If I couldn't hurt her, the least I could do was spy on her. I heard footsteps behind me, Karin tagging along, and I turned, smiling at her.
"You forced Sasuke to go with Lee, huh?" I asked, smiling crookedly. Karin nodded, her red eyes narrowed.
"Yes. His Sharingan is of no use right now. My Mind's Eye of Kagura, however, is the opposite. We have to get somewhere that we can hide. I can't track her while we're moving." I nodded, and gestured for her to run in front of me.
"Lead on, then. I'm just here as backup." Karin nodded, and smiled.
"Thanks." I shook my head.
"No problem." I answered, and we ran up the stairs, grabbing onto the railings and jumping from rail to rail. We ran up ten flights of stairs, the windows getting brighter and brighter, like we were running up a stairway to heaven. Karin stopped at the door in front of us on the top flight, and jigged the lock. It didn't open. She kicked at it a few times, her stomping combo that had beat the snot out of my stomach once before. She back flipped away, and looked down at me mid arc.
"Sakura!" I balled my right hand up, blue fire swirling around it as I ran toward the barred metal door, and narrowed my eyes.
"SHANNAROOO!" I flung my fist forward, my chakra clashing against the chakra in the door, as I shoved my chakra enhanced fist against the door, slamming it off its hinges, sunlight blinding Karin and I as it flooded through the doorway, wind buffeting our bodies, thick with snow. I ran out the door, my pink bangs blowing around my eyes as I stopped at the edge of the terrace, seeing nothing but snow and ninja, doing what seemed to be their assembly. Karin and I jumped up on the railing of the terrace, Karin lifting her fingers.
"She's down there." She announced after a moment. I nodded.
"I'll go do some recon. You head to the library. I'll catch up." I lifted my arms above my head, jumping down before she could protest.
I narrowed my eyes against the wind, keeping my legs together. If I can just figure out why they're planning to assassinate Tsunade-sama, then I can report it to her so she'd know a head of time. The cold wind blew around my legs, ruffling my skirt, and hair as I flew down toward the ground, biting the corner of my lip.
I looked up at the group of gathered ninja, the snow thick and heavy, buffeting the ruffles on my shirt in the wind, the folded collar of my shirt blowing around my neck, wet with snow. I focused on the group of ninja again, seeing a blue dot in the distance, biting my lip even harder.
She was pretty far out there, well out from comfortable recon range. I'd be in some major danger if they spotted me, since I was wearing my Leaf headband today, because it was Village Spirit Day. Damn the Student Council. I bunched my legs under me, focusing chakra into the soles of my feet, and landed on the ground in a crouch, my knees dropping to the frozen concrete as the momentum of my jump caught up to me.
I opened my eyes and looked up, my pink hair sliding back across my temples, my green irises glowing. I stood up and started running toward the group of ninja, my arms lifted up, my legs moving faster than they ever have, the snow and wind blowing around me.
I watched the group of ninja do what seemed like attack each other, although their movements were slower, and more graceful than hard core battling. I looked up, seeing a low lying pole sticking out from behind a jagged piece of wall, and jumped, swinging upward to stand on top of it for a second, then sliding to the left to be concealed by the wall, and stood close enough to the edge to be able to hear what was being said.
"Two days from now we begin our attack on the Village Hidden in the Leaves. And it's now that you choose to fight sloppily? What is this? Are you trying to embarrass me?" I narrowed my eyes and tightened my right hand. So it was true. The Leaf Village was the target.
"I'm sorry, Milady. I'll try better this time." I slid toward the edge just enough to poke my left eye out, and to be able to see what was happening. My left eye focused on the two Chunin that were fighting with what looked like Water style or Ice style jutsu, one of them seeming to bear a Kekkei Genkai. Are these Haku's relatives? I focused on a man shrouded in white. Danzo. Damn it! Not him again! No wonder-
"Lady Mizukage, I'd like to say a few words, if you'd please." A familiar voice sounded, and I shrank back behind the wall, hiding myself once again. The wind blew against the other side of the wall, thick with chakra from the sparring shinobi.
"Yes, Megumi. Feel free." I bit my lip again.
"Everyone, I want to say this. Don't tell any Konoha students about this impending attack. Especially not Haruno Sakura. She's got pink hair, green eyes, a nasty temper, a friend with the Mind's Eye of Kagura, another with Sharingan, a third the Jinchuriki of the Nine Tailed Fox, whom we will turn over to the Akatsuki once this is finished, and the Copy Ninja. As if that wasn't enough, she also possesses the Fifth Hokage's super strength in what she calls "Cherry Blossom Impact". If this jutsu even grazes off of you, you're done for. So, stay away from her. Unless you want to die. However, if possible, capture her dead or alive, but preferably alive. I have my own plans for her. That is all." Sweat poured down the sides of my face as my irises throbbed. Capture me…Alive? Plans?
"Lady Megumi, what does this Haruno Sakura smell like?" Megumi laughed as I turned my head to look out from behind the wall.
"You know that dead cherry blossom tree back at the village? The one that's soggy and wet as if its layered in blood? That's what she smells like." My heart throbbed.
"Think about it, Ren. Her name means "Springfield of Cherry Blossoms". It's so obvious." Megumi laughed again.
"More like crumpled cherry blossoms if you ask me." I snarled low. This wasn't looking good. I was also a target.
"Haruno Sakura? You mean "Konoha's Destroying Angel"? She's no threat to us. What with our Water Prison jutsu and Blood Lock, she won't even be able to slam us with that pathetic Cherry Blossom Impact." I put a hand over my mouth. Blood Lock? That's what they're going to use on Tsunade-sama, and me? This wasn't going to be good. I heard footsteps.
"She won't be a problem after we trap her in a sphere of oxygen less water, freeze then shatter her loved ones, then finally freeze her blood before killing her off now will she? But until that happens, she'll be a pain in our asses. So, to counter that, see if you can hit her with this. It's a special poison that acts like a binding jutsu. It knocks the opponent out, as well as erases their memory of what you don't want them to know. However, being a medic ninja, she's going to always have something with her. You need to catch her off guard. Like a sneak attack or something. Oh, and if you can get her friends in the same net, that'd be great. But focus on that little bitch. She's the most threatening. Once you've knocked her out, bring her to me. I'll be waiting in the storage room above the library." I knew that I had to run. But I couldn't move. My feet were bolted to the small rod of metal under me. I couldn't move.
"Megumi, before we go, does Haruno Sakura have a tendency to be nosy?" My face turned stark white. They found me! Gotta move fast!
I looked up, and jumped up into the air, jumping from terrace to terrace, hearing footsteps behind me, adrenaline flowing through my veins. If they got the chance to use that thing on me, I was done for.
"Haruno Sakura! Stop where you are! I've got you surrounded!" I looked around, seeing Mist ninja everywhere I looked. Where did they come from? I jumped again, and reached for the black holster that would normally be strapped to my leg, but my fingers brushed bare skin. I was defenseless. I front flipped through the smoke balls that flew toward me, jumping over the rods that jabbed at my legs when I landed, and continued jumping from terrace to terrace, keeping out of their way.
I had to think of something, and fast. I had to be at the library in five or ten minutes. And at this rate, I was going to be late. I had to either fake them out, or surrender. I shook my head. When did I ever give up? I looked up, hearing something. Is it…Is it really him? I turned around, seeing Megumi and the other Mist ninja on my heels, and I narrowed my eyes. I closed my eyes, and bit my bottom lip. I heard his voice! He's here, I can feel it!
"SASUKE!" I cried, screaming his name at the top of my lungs, the black dot surging past me, chirping birds sounding in my ears as he flew by me, to take on the Mist ninja. I knew you wouldn't leave me alone, Sasuke…
"Uchiha Sasuke? What the hell is that jutsu? It looks just like Hatake Kakashi's-" Megumi exclaimed, as the ground up heaved, the trench from Sasuke dragging the Chidori along the ground created a trench, and the rumbling noise.
"CHIDORI! ONE THOUSAND BIRDS!" I closed my eyes, and braced myself for the impact of the wind that would pound on me when Sasuke slammed his jutsu into the ground in front of the Mist ninja, the reverberation slamming into my back, sending me flying through the air, toward the far wall. The pain in my back was unbearable, I couldn't move. I was comatose.
"Sakura!" Arms caught me, as Sasuke came up under me, the wind blowing fiercely, Sasuke and me flying up toward the door Karin and I had blown through. I looked over at Sasuke, his black eyes focused on me.
"You came, just like I thought you would." Sasuke nodded, his signature smirk glowing on his face.
"Of course. You left without me." He replied, laughing slightly. I smiled as we landed on the railing, the wind calming down behind us. I nodded, as we looked back at each other, our eyes, green and black, soft. Sasuke's arms tensed around my shoulders, and at the back of my knees, as he scowled.
"Baka! What were you thinking, going straight at them like that? Do you have a death wish?" I flinched, and looked away, closing my green eyes as I shook my head.
"No, I just wanted to find out what they were planning, and why." Sasuke blinked.
"Well did you?" I nodded, looking up at him.
"They are going to attack Tsunade-sama, but, Naruto is also their target. They want to hand him over to the Akatsuki after they're finished destroying Konoha. I'm on their Need-To-Kill first list, the top one, as well as you, Karin, and Kakashi-sensei. I put you all in danger, and I'm sorry." I muttered. Sasuke blinked, and turned around, looking back at the group of Mist ninja that were recovering from the Chidori.
"They want to destroy Konoha…? Ha! Let those pathetic losers try!" I laid my head on his shoulder.
"Sasuke, we have to tell everyone in the Leaf village about this, especially Tsunade-sama. Can you carry me to the library? My legs hurt." Sasuke nodded, and shifted me so that I was on his back, and he started running. One thing was for sure: Kiri wasn't messing around. This plan of theirs was seriously bad news.
"They're planning WHAT?" Tsunade-sama's amber eyes widened as she slammed her palms down on the desk in front of her. I nodded grimly, tightening my hands in front of me.
"Yes. I heard them myself. I did some recon at school today, and heard the Mizukage talking about it to her ninja. I was attacked while trying to obtain this data, Uchiha Sasuke had to rescue me from them by slamming his Chidori into the ground in an effort to scare them off, since we were on school grounds." I explained, my green eyes downcast.
"Damn you, Terumi Mei …" Tsunade-sama snarled, sitting back into her desk chair, the back of it hitting the wall behind her. I sighed.
"And Milady, there's something else you should know." I started hesitantly. She looked up, her brown eyes expectant.
"Yes, Sakura? What is it?" I closed my eyes. If I could come on this mission, then I would have my chance to end it all. There wouldn't be anyone to stop us. Just the thought of exchanging blows with Megumi was enough to make my lip curl up.
"I wish to accompany you. I want to end it all." Tsunade-sama gave me a curious look.
"End it all?" I nodded, opening my green eyes as I looked at her, pounding my left fist into my right hand.
"Yes. Apparently, she's got something planned for me, and I want to find out what it is. The only way I'll be able to do that is if I come along. You don't mind, do you?" She smiled, and shook her head.
"I don't mind. In fact, I was going to bring you along anyway. So…In that case…" She cleared her throat, as the wind blew through the window behind her, blowing my hair to one side.
"Haruno Sakura, as your mission, I herby assign you to accompany me to the Gokage Summit! You are to be packed and ready to go tomorrow morning at the Main Gate. I'll handle the school issue." My emerald eyes sparkled.
"Understood!"