We're tied together by our souls

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Chapter 28

Sakura was woken up by Hinata who looked stressed up, which made Sakura put up her guard and tense. She didn't like the face Hinata was doing.

"What's the matter Hinata? Are we being attacked?" Sakura asked stressed. Hinata shook her head and made signs that she would come with her. Sakura followed her friend and headed towards the main tent where Shizune was working in. Walking in, Sakura saw Shizune had her hands full. Instantly Sakura went forward and decided to help her without another word.

Shizune looked up and smiled in gratitude towards Sakura and they worked together to heal the wounded shinobi who had been taken.

Hinata had left them and joined Neji to keep guard. When the injured was healed and finished Sakura and Shizune walked out, only to hear screaming. Looking up, Sakura saw why.

There was white Zetsu attacking the unit.

Sakura fall into an defensive position and two Zetsu headed towards her, but Sakura was faster than them and punched both of them, sending them backwards several meters away from her.

The White Zetsu got up again and ran straight up to Sakura. Sakura dodged their attacks and waited to find an opening to strike them down.

Focousing her chakra in her fist, Sakura sent them down into the ground, the punch much harder this time, making the ground shatter around her.

"Sakura, we need to move!" Shizune said, panic in her voice. Sakura turned to Shizune and followed her. It was time to move to another position. The battle was on.

Sakura felt dreadful, something was wrong, but she couldn't put the finger on what.


Minato didn't like sitting still and be unable to help his fellow shinobi of Konoha and he hated to watch Sakura fight with these white strange creatures, but what could he do?

Sighning, Minato leaned back onto the tree and a sigh escaped him. He had never in his life felt so helpless before and he thought he had been helpless on the night when Naruto was born. Minato groaned and hited his head against the tree.

"This is not happening" Minato muttered closing his eyes in frustration. He was sick of worried for Sakura. He knew she was capable of handle herself, but it didn't stop him to be worried about her. He was glad that Sakura had managed to use the hirashin properly and hoped she wouldn't hesitate to use the skills she have been taught both by him and Tsukiko. The Okamisenjutsu are powerful in combat and also in medical area.

He would do anything to be able to be outside and fight alongside Sakura and not sitting and doing nothing.


Sakura groaned, she would have known better than believe they actually would be able to keep Naruto out of the battle, but no of course not. News reached them that Naruto was along with Killer Bee on their way towards the battlefield. Sakura had the urge to beat the crap out of her teammate when she saw him next time. She would punch him all the way back to Konoha or further. She wasn't surprised, but then again she was actually surprised that they could keep Naruto hiding from the war so long. She had honestly thought it wouldn't last so long before Naruto would find out about the war. Naruto can use sage mode, so he had no problem to feel all their chakra on the battlefield.

She cared deeply for the blond shinobi, he was like a brother, but right now, he was pain in the ass. What part of keeping him hidden from the Akatsuki didn't he understand?

"Next enemy I will see, will be victim of my anger" Sakura muttered darkly. Hinata heard Sakura and giggled. Sakura sent a playfully glare towards the female Hyuuga. "He is your boyfriend Hinata, you should keep him in line, better yet, put a leash on him so you can keep an eye on him" Sakura said.

Neji smirked

"I thought that was your task, being his teammate and all?"

"Well sometime, but not all and besides Naruto listen more to Hinata than me lately, and besides...

Sakura smirked "...you're the one who will get him as brother-in-law in the future" Sakura couldn't help, but smirk when she saw Neji froze where he was and looking like he saw a ghost. Hinata giggled even more with a blush on her face. Sakura saw it and grinned.

"Glad, that you're enjoying this Hinata." , Sakura said chuckling. Hinata shook her head and tried to not tolaugh, howeer seeing Neji looking so ... terrified by the thought having Naruto as brother-in-law.

"Oh ... come on Neji, it can't be THAT bad, I mean he saved Konoha remember and knowing him he will pull something similar this time too."

Neji pulled himself together and shook his head. "True, and being the idiot he is, Naruto will junp straight into the fight without having a plan in mind and now in the war he needs someone who can keep it up with him and watch his back, i guess that will be my job" Neji said smirked.

"Please do, then I might actually get some time free from looking after him. Try to have him as teammate and going on mission then let's see if you are grining." Sakura challenged. Neji nodded

"Deal, after all, I have Lee, Naruto can't be that much worse"

Sakura just laughed, not saying anything. She knew Naruto had some time when he is just as bad as Lee.

Hinata stopped smiling and looked up at the sky.

"Do you think we all will get through this alive?"

Sakura looked at Hinata

"You mean everyone as in your team, my team, ino and her team and Neji's team?" Hinata nodded.

"I can only hope Hinata. I truly do. As medic it would be a nightmare to be unable to save someone I know or my own teammates." , Sakura said.

Hinata nodded and looked sad. She didn't want to lose anyone she knew and cared about. She however, also knew they all were in the danger zone from the very moment the war Begin.


News had reached them that the first division had encounter former kages that have been brought by Edo Tenshi by the Akatsuki and a clone of Naruto had arrived to them. In the end the division had been managed to capture and sealed away the reincarneted kages. Sakura tried to brief moment rest, but so many shinobi had been injured already and many had been killed. Sakura had never seen so many die at the same time, and it was taking out on her emtionally, but Sakura forced herself to remain calm and keep focus, and sometimes when she was able to rest, Minato took her attention away from the dead bodies.

She hadn't been able to finish the seal she had been working on, had she been able to finish it, she might have been able to save so many more of the shinobi had bleed to death. Sakura was walking around and walking into one of the tents. She needed to do something. She heard someone walking after her, Sakura turned around and saw Neji.

"Neji? What's the matter?" Sakura asked concerned. Neji smiled a little.

"I think I have strained my eyes, Hinata told me to go to you and let you check it out." Sakura nodded. She could understand Hinata being worried about Neji.

Those two have finally gotten closer and saw each other as equal, at least Neji is, Hinata was still feeling she was weaker than Neji, but Sakura knew better. Hinata was just as strong as Neji, but not in the same way. Unlike Neji, Hinata has always struggling with her training and jutsu while Neji was a prodigy and had little problems to learn how to use their kekkei genkai.

It hadn't been so long since Hinata had finally found a way for her to use her kekkei genkai in her own way, finding her own fighting style.

"All right, please take a seat and I will check your eyes." Sakura turned her back to the Hyuuga. Unknownly, Neji took the kunai she had put on the table and silently walked up to her, raising his hand with the kunai to stab her.

"Sakura behind you!"

Just as Neji about to stab her, Sakura turned around and punched him down to the ground, making the ground shatter. The explosion of the punch, made shinobi come in the tent.

"Sakura! Are you all right?!"

Sakura looked up and saw Shizune standing there, looking worried.

Neji, changed back to its original form, a white Zetsu.

"I am fine, I have found one of the enemies spies. Who has been in our ranks killing our shinobis"

Together they brought the dead Zetsu out of the tent. Other shinobi had rushed to the tent to see what happened.

Shizune turned to one of the shinobi

"send a word to the HQ what happened here"

"Hai!"

Sakura sighed, it would be a long night.

They were doing an autopsy on the dead Zetsu to find any information about the enemy and, therefore the camp was on lockdown. However, it hadn't stopped the Zetsu from trying to get into the camp.

Sakura and Shizune were working when screaming was heard outside. Both ran outside and saw two Zetsu standing there. They had taken the two shinobi who had guarded the tent where Sakura and Shizune had been in.

Sakura fall into fighting position. She may be medic firsthand, but damn she was more than capable to fight on her own.

Suddenly something yellow flashed in front of her, sending both the white Zetsu away.

"Naruto-kun?! What are you doing here?!" Shizune exclaimed surprised. Sakura looked where Naruto was standing and saw Naruto. He looked however, much different. He was ... engulfed in light of yellow, looked like fire or something.

"Hey, Shizune-nee-Chan and Sakura-Chan. What's up?"

Sakura snapped out of the daze she had been and narrowed her eyes. He wasn't supposed to be there.

"I am more curious what the hell are you doing here?! You're not supposed to be here at all" Sakura exclaimed. Naruto grinned and rubbed his head.

"Well, I couldn't let my friends do all the fighting, that's not my style and you should know that Sakura. I won't let my friend's fight on their own, I will fight with them. I refuse to stand on the sideline"

Sakura sighed, but said nothing. Suddenly Naruto started to move and attacking shinobi who turned out be white Zetsu's.

"You're amazing Naruto, you are able to tell who is who?" Shizune asked, she was shocked to see Naruto using the Kyuubi's chakra without any problem. She had never thought he would be able to do it.

"Yep, I look awesome don't I?" Naruto grinned. Sakura shook her head. Naruto was still Naruto no matter what.

Shizune chuckled and smiled. Naruto stopped smiling for a moment.

"However, I am only a clone the real me is with Killer Bee, heading for the battlefield"

Shizune nodded in understanding and got herself in deep thought. Meanwhile Minato decided to take Sakura's attention.

"Is he using the chakra of the kyuubi?"

He is, which is amazing, how he was able to do that, but then again its Naruto. He always seems to manage to do the most impossible things"

Sakura heard Minato chuckle in her mind and couldn't help, but smile.

"I am glad to know, Naruto was able to do I believed he could. You know, I thought he would be able to use the chakra that is why I sealed the kyuubi into him. I had fate in him and believed that he would be able to do that"

Sakura eyes soften at those words. She understood Minato was proud of his son, for being so headstrong and never give up.

How can fate be so cruel, taking his parents from him the very day he was born. He never got the chance to get known them.

Suddenly the peace was broken by flares that lighten up the sky. Sakura frowned. It meant division needed to keep moving, the flare had come from surprise attack division. They must have run into some trouble.

The clone of Naruto left and the division three quickly perparing to leave to give aid to their follow shinobi.


Sakura and lee was running side by side, not too far from Kakashi and Gai. Kakashi was the captain of their division which had come no surprise to Sakura. After all, Kakashi had been chosen to become the roukaime hokage for Konoha, if Tsunade hadn't woken up, he was one of the best shinobi Konoha had so it only make sense since the kages had decided to let Kakashi be a captain for one of the division.

"what do you think we're going to face?" Lee asked sounding excited. Sakura shrugged. "Probably a reincarnated shinobi. Hopefully none we know" Sakura said. Lee nodded.

"I know, it so sad that we have to fight people that died for their village and now being used as puppets by our enemy. That's so unyouthful"

Then Gai looked over his shoulder and gave them a thumb up.

"Don't worry, my dear fellow shinobi, we can face anything or anyone so long we fight together as one and the youth will burn brightly and bring victory for us!"

"GAI-SENSEI!" Lee screamed, joyful tears streaming down on his face. Gai smiled and was crying as well.

"LEE

Sakura forced herself to not to puke of the site, but it was rather difficult thing to not do. Just watching those two was making her feel ill.

"Now you know, how I feel every day since I become genin. Neji said. Sakura looked at him with a serious expression.

"How the hell do you and Tenten manage with those two? I would go nuts"

Neji chuckled and just shook his head.

Soon enough they arrived at the location of where division three was and to Sakura's horror she immediately recognized two of the reincarnated shinobi.

It was Haku and Zabuza, the demon of the hidden mist.

Sakura had hoped those wouldn't be used by the enemy, but it seems the Akatsuki was not planning to show any mercy at them. Sakura noticed Kakashi also tensed when he saw them and knew this would very troublesome


Tsunade sat at the table back at the HQ with the raikage. She had never thought another war would break out under her lifetime, but she was wrong. Madara Uchiha did make his point clear at the kagesumit and declared war against them all.

Tsunade wasn't stupid, she had a feeling this Madara had something in his sleeve when he declared war.

But there was another thing that was worrying her right now.

Sakura

Tsunade had put Sakura in division three because she had the strength that division required. Tsunade was worried about the issue with Minato. They needed to find a way to get Minato out of her head, but so far they had failed.

Sakura had also showed her about the seal she had been working on lately. Tsunade had been shocked that Sakura had used the jutsu Chiyo had used to save Gaara as the main part of the seal. IF Sakura would be able to complete it, the seal would be one hell of seal.

Tsunade had briefly wondered if it was possible to create such complex seal. However, she couldn't help, but admire Sakura for her determination.

Sakura had also reported how far Sakura's training with Minato had gone and Tsunade was pleased to know Sakura now more than ever capable to handle herself and told Sakura to keep her abilities hidden until the war begun since when the war begun, there was no holding back and everyone would be fighting for their life.

Looking out through the window, Tsunade was silently hoping Sakura would be all right.


Fighting with Haku and Zabuza was like the first time all over again. It brought her back to the time she was genin and team seven had they're on their first A ranked mission. The mission she thought she had lost her teammate Sasuke.

Sakura frowned. She didn't want to think about Sasuke. She hadn't for a long time so this just reopened old wounds, wounds she had thought had healed.

Sakura clenched her fist. She didn't like the way the Akatsuki treated the dead shinobi's soul. They were used as puppets in a war, they don't know about. Asuma is probably the only one of the dead shinobis who has a clue what the war is about, but Sakura wasn't sure.

She saw Kakashi headed for Zabuza and the fight began, just like that time back then.

Haku was taken down shinobi from right to left with his kekkei genkai. She glanced at Lee who nodded and they jumped into the fight against Haku.


Obito watched the battlefield with a bored expression behind that mask. Zetsu had informed him that the nine tails and the eight tails had appeared on the battlefield. Soon he would get them both

so he could contiune his plan to destroying this world to create a new one, a world where his love would exist, not being killed.

Obito had sensed Kakashi's chakra, but he wasn't worried. Kakashi was nothing to him anymore since he failed to protect Rin.

But there was a small part of him, telling him this was not Rin would have him to do. This was wrong, but he ignored that part. He was nobody, just someone behind that mask who wanted to change the world for the better.

He had watched Uzumaki Naruto fighting with his comrade. It brought him memories of how he was when he was around the same age. The loyalty, the trust in his comrades the will to fight for his village.

It was pathetic

How someone could be so dedicated to its village as Naruto Obito would never understand. He had thought Naruto would understand. Obito knew how Naruto was threated by the village and thought the blond host of the kyuubi would go down the path of darkness, but it seems Minato and Kushina's will have passed on to their son to fight for the Konoha.

He felt sick.

He remembered how he had fought Minato that fight. He had remorse even felt pity for Kushina who had been close to him. She and he had bounded and got close. It was such a shame that she had been forced to die that night in order for him to reach for his goal, only to have Minato sealing away the kyuubi into his son.

Obito narrowed his eyes, he could feel the chakra of the kyuubi getting closer. It was soon time for him to confront the jinchuriki that remained. Soon he would be able to finish his plan for this world.

TBC

Ha! did you expect the ending with Obito? I thought it could be nice to read the bad person's thoughts and feeling for once, but I am not sure if I did any justice on it to be honest. You would think as Minato's student, Obito would feel some pity that Kushina had to suffer since they were probablyclose because both being around Minato. I can't think that Obito didn't feel anything towards watching Kushina almost die, but she didn't because being an Uzumaki. I think deep inside in him, Obito must have felt some kinds of regrets of doing what he did to Kushina and Minato. Well I don't know so anyway, I hope you liked this chapter and would you please leave a review? I would be so happy and will keep working on this story and update whenever I can. So until the next time people! And sorry for any spelling and grammar mistakes.