Hey everyone! I know it's been a while since my last update. I just got back from the Philippines a few days ago and had been suffering from jetlag. But just for the heads up, my updates will be slower due to the fact that college is coming up next week. But I will update as much as I can. Thank you for reading so far. Hopefully you'll like this chapter.

Last time on Gomenasai…

"It's just me and you, Kameko!" Sakura snarled as she closed her eyes. Her green eyes turned lighter as well as her pink hair. Wings began to sprout from her back like nothing. Kameko narrowed her eyes but smirked. She was going to fight an angel but no angel could stand against a god like her.

"Sounds good to me!" Kameko said. "To make sure no one interferes…" Kameko raised her right hand to the sky as a beam of light shot out. It soon had a fountain affect as her and Sakura were trapped in a barrier. Sakura tested the barrier. It shocked her immediately.

"No more messing around, I will take back my elements right after I take the Angel's tears from you." Kameko soon laughed evilly as Sakura glared at her. Looking back, she could see Shikamaru and Neji looking at her worriedly.

"I'll be fine." Sakura said to them. Tsunade stood by Neji shocked. "Bring her to safety. Please."

"No! Sakura!" Shikamaru said as he tried to enter the barrier. It shocked him as he fell back.

"Tell Naruto and the others I'm sorry. Don't interfere. Just take care of Tsunade and Kabuto for now." Sakura said as she turned her back on the others to face Kameko.

"It's your turn to watch my back!"

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Tsunade watched helplessly on the sidelines as her precious student was fighting against Kameko.

"Get her out of there! She doesn't know the risks she's facing!" Tsunade ordered Neji. Shikamaru continued to bang on the barrier not caring if his fists were burning.

"SAKURA!" Shikamaru called out. Sakura didn't make any reaction to signal them that she heard him at all. "Damn it."

Sakura closed her eyes as she tried to tune out Shikamaru's voice.

"You can make this easier and just give up Sakura-chan." Kameko said as she began to walk around Sakura who just frowned.

"Why are you so determined to get my bloodline? What will that do for you? You already have the power to control all elements. What more do you need?" Sakura asked.

"What do I need? I need the world! I want to be the most powerful being ever to conquer all the countries. With your power, I will be able to have everyone obey me…to fear me!" Kameko said.

Sakura fought the urge to roll her eyes. "How typical…"

"Prepare to die!" Kameko screamed as she lunged at Sakura with water jutsu. Sakura's fists glowed blue as she dodged the attacked and hit the ground with unbelievable strength.

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Naruto opened eyes to see Shizune staring out of the window worriedly.

"S-Shizune…" Naruto said weakly. Shizune turned around surprised.

"You shouldn't be awake right now!" Shizune said as she tried to help Naruto up.

"I'm fine, I can do it myself." Naruto said as he got up from the bed. He removed the IV from his arms as the two felt everything shake.

"An earthquake?" They could hear people in the hallway talking.

"No, Sakura went to face Kameko." Shizune said quietly. "They took Tsunade-sama."

"WHAT!" Naruto said. "I have to help her!"

"Sakura doesn't want anyone to interfere." A voice said. The two looked to se Neji holding Tsunade.

"Tsunade-sama!" Shizune cried.

"Neji! What's going on?" Naruto asked.

"Sakura is going to stop Kameko once and for all." Neji said. "She doesn't want anyone to interfere. Kameko put a barrier up and we can't destroy it. Lee and Shikamaru are with her at the moment fighting Kabuto."

"I'm going in." Naruto said. Before anyone could stop him, he jumped out of the window.

Naruto landed in the busy streets of Konoha as he could feel large amount of chakra coming from the team 7 training grounds.

"Naruto!" Ino called out from the crowd. "What's going on?"

Naruto didn't say anything as he grabbed Ino by the wrist and dragged her with him.

"Wait! Naruto!" Ino shouted.

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Shikamaru watched helplessly as Sakura fell to the ground as Kameko landed a hard kick to the stomach. Sakura coughed out blood as she quickly rolled away to avoid Kameko's deadly punch.

Damn it. There had to be something he could do. Shikamaru looked at Lee and Kabuto to see that Kabuto was having a hard time with Lee. Good. Shikamaru quickly took action as he was able to hold Kabuto in the place.

"Shikamaru Nara." Kabuto growled.

"How can we destroy the barrier and stop Kameko. What's her weakness?" Shikamaru asked.

"You cannot stop a God." Kabuto smirked. "Gods have no weakness."

"Enough with the God shit!" A voice said. "I had enough hearing that from Pain."

"Naruto-kun!" Lee said. "Ino-san!"

"Sakura-chan!" Naruto called out.

Sakura's eyes widened when she heard his voice. She frowned. What was he doing here?

"How sweet. Your lover came to rescue you." Kameko taunted. "I wonder how much pain he would feel if I killed you right now, or how much pain you'd feel if I tore him limb to limb…"

"I-I won't let you touch him." Sakura said getting up slowly. Inside she was thinking of any plan. Kameko was stronger than she thought.

"Using the Angel's tears for goodness isn't going to help you dear. You have to use it with the will to kill. You don't even know how to use it. Let me help you." Kameko smiled as Sakura heard Ino's yelp of surprise as she was pulled into the barrier.

"INO!" Shikamaru cried out. "NO! Leave her alone!"

Sakura made a move to stop her but a ring of fire trapped her inside.

"INO!" Sakura shouted. "Stop it! She didn't do anything!"

Kameko dropped Ino to the ground as she pulled out an ice sword and began to stab Ino continuously. With each cry of pain Sakura heard, the more her blood pumped with anger.

"No! Don't let it control you. She's trying to have you taint the Angel's tear. The moment it goes black, you can't stop yourself from killing. Kameko needs the Angel's tear to be tainted in order to use the dark side of it. Your grandmother was able to keep it purified." Inner Sakura warned.

"Sakura! Help her!" Shikamaru cried. Everyone could hear the desperation and fear in his voice.

Sakura's wings stopped the fire. Kameko smiled with glee as she noticed Sakura's white wings were starting to turn black. Sakura flew to Ino.

"Ino…" Sakura whispered.

"Forehead-girl…" Ino gave Sakura a sad smile. "You look like an angel." Ino noticed something odd. Sakura's green eyes were slowly getting dimmer and darker as well as her wings.

"Hang on Ino. I won't let you die." Sakura said as her hands had a heavenly glow as Ino's injuries were healed in no time. Sakura placed Ino in a safe barrier. She soon felt a shock of pain through her body as she fell to her knees.

"Yes! Don't fight it!" Kameko said as she kneeled down Sakura.

"Don't touch her!" Naruto shouted as he continued to bang on the barrier. He seemed unaffected by the shocks. Kameko ignored him. "Don't fight it. It's a part of you. This will give you the chance to get revenge on everyone that hurt you, that didn't believe in you."

"Sakura-chan!" Naruto shouted as he created two clones to help him make Rasegan. The clones disappeared as he made contact with the barrier. It went down as Shikamaru took the chance to take Ino.

"Get away from here." Naruto said. Soon two ninjas came and captured Kabuto. Lee followed them to back. At that moment, Sakura let out a cry as the wings on her back grew larger and bat-like. But her eyes were still the same.

"Yes!" Kameko cheered. "Now at-"Kameko's eyes widened when she felt the blade of a scythe pierced her stomach.

"Bitch…" Kameko said as she coughed out blood. 'She's fast.' Sakura wasn't done yet.

"I won't allow it to control me. I will destroy you." Sakura said. She soon flew to Naruto and whispered to him. "Naruto, I need you to fight Kameko and weaken her. I'll prepare the seal for her."

Naruto smirked. "No problem, Sakura-chan."

Kameko got up and glared at Naruto and Sakura.

"Kameko, I'll be kicking your ass, believe it!" Naruto said as he faced his fist at her. Sakura smiled. Naruto was still the same ol' Naruto.

"That cocky attitude of yours will be your downfall!" Kameko said as she sent fire balls towards Naruto. Naruto stood still as he smacked it away from him as if it was nothing.

Sakura stood behind Naruto as she cut her palm. It stung as she could feel the warm blood trail down her wrist. Sakura drew the seal as pinkish white light emerged from the blood. She made a hand sign and began to chant softly to herself.

"Bai, Sou, Do, Ch-"Sakura's eyes widened as she looked down to her chest. A rock pike had gone through her chest.

"You honestly didn't think I wouldn't notice, did you?" Kameko smirked. Naruto turned around and was shocked to see Sakura coughing up a lot of blood as it flowed to the floor.

"Damn it." Sakura cursed as she fell to her side in pain.

"SAKURA-CHAN!" Naruto shouted as he ran to her. Sakura looked up as she quickly pushed Naruto away from her as she slapped her hands to the ground. A wall of rock blocked the fiery attack that as heading towards her.

"You dare to use some of my powers?" Kameko asked.

"They came to me. I guess you're just not worthy to have them." Sakura smirked.

Kameko growled as she ran towards Sakura with an ice sword. Sakura quickly broke it with her kick as she spun around and punched Kameko straight in the face. Kameko soon noticed that she couldn't move. "What?" Kameko looked to see Shikamaru smirking at her.

"You're still here?" Naruto said surprised.

"I had Lee take her to the hospital. I'm not leaving you two here by yourself." Shikamaru said. "Besides, I need to get her back to what she did to Ino."

"I appreciate that." Sakura said as she headed back to the seal. "But this is my fight now. I won't let you risk your life Shikamaru. Go back to Ino."

"But…" Shikamaru began to say.

"Don't worry Shikamaru. I'm here with her." Naruto said as he gave him a good guy sign.

Shikamaru smiled. "She's like a sister to me…"Shikamaru didn't have to finish his sentence as Naruto nodded. Shikamaru stared at the scene one last time before he left. Kameko could finally move her body but it was too late as Naruto shoved Rasegan to her back.

"Damn you!" Kameko said but she soon smirked.

Sakura finished the seal as she looked up. She was gripping the wound on her stomach as her eyes widened. "NARUTO!"

To Sakura, everything seemed to be happening in slow motion. Kameko had dispersed and all that was left was a piece of her hair. The barrier had vanished leaving Sakura confused. Suddenly, Kameko appeared right behind Naruto as her hand had pierced into his chest. Naruto screamed in pain as blood soaked his shirt and the ground. He fell to the ground as Kameko pulled her hand out harshly.

Sakura shivered with remembrance. It was like the dream she had. Sakura went to move but Naruto suddenly got up.

"What!" Kameko said surprised as she backed away from Naruto. A small coat of orange chakra wrapped around him as he punched Kameko in the face.

"The Kyuubi's chakra." Sakura whispered. 'I thought I sealed away all of the kyuubi.'

'I guess not'

"Sakura-chan, don't worry about me." Naruto said. "Just finish the seal!"

Sakura was hesitant at first but nodded. Naruto made clones to grab on to Kameko so she wouldn't move. Sakura closed her eyes as she could feel her wings become pure again. The seal under her glowed once more as it shot up to the sky with a pinkish white light. Kameko could feel the burning sensation as light illuminated from under her. Chains shot up from the ground and wrapped around her, holding her in place. Naruto's clones vanished as he fell to the ground. His wound was affecting him as he lost all his chakra. The attack had hit his lungs. He couldn't breathe. His vision was becoming blurry.

"I will not be sealed!"Kameko screamed.

Sakura said nothing as a large mirror had appeared in front of Kameko. Sakura formed once last hand sign. "KAI!"

Kameko could feel herself being sucked into the mirror. "No! No! NOOOOOOOO!" Her scream echoed as the mirror shook and then suddenly stopped. The mirror floated to Sakura as she took it in her hands. The seal disappeared as the mirror changed into a red feather as it disappeared from site. Sakura looked over to Naruto see him lying face down in the dirt.

"NARUTO!" Sakura cried as she flew to him. "Naruto, wake up!" Sakura had flipped him so he could face her. His eyes were closed as she could feel his chakra fading. "No…" Sakura shook him. "Wake up. Wake up!" No response. "Naruto! Please wake up. Don't leave me. Wake up!" Tears were forming in her eyes. Sakura closed her eyes as her wings grew larger. Feathers were flying all over the area.

'Sakura! If you use the jutsu with your condition. You'll die.' Inner Sakura reminded her.

'I don't care!' Sakura told her mind. 'I need to save him'

'I'll try to hold back the side effects as long as I can then.'

'Thank you'

Sakura closed her eyes as she bent down to kiss Naruto on the lips as her tears fell on to him.

'Please. Let him live.'

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Naruto woke up to blind white light. He could hear voices around him and the sound of the heart monitor.

"He's waking up!" An excited voice said. Naruto figured that was Lee.

"Thank goodness." A quiet voice said. Hinata.

"This guy is so troublesome. Someone call in Hokage-sama!" Shikamaru.

"Hopefully he can tell us what happened." Ino.

Naruto got his vision back as he saw all his friends surrounding him. "Everyone…"

"You guys did it!" Kiba said. "You guys defeated Kameko!"

"How long was I out?" Naruto asked quietly. He still couldn't believe it. He thought he died.

"It's been a two days." Kakashi explained. "Shikamaru told me that you two defeated Kameko alone. We saw a beam of light at the team seven training grounds. Yamato, Gai, and I were sent to check up on the situation. You were unconscious and lay in your own blood. Sakura was cradling you so protectively in her arms. She was bleeding a lot too. Feathers surrounded you two. Sakura recognized us as she told us to take her to the hospital immediately. Tsunade is dealing with her right now."

"Sakura-chan!" Naruto got up from his bed. "How is she right now?"

"Not good." Sai stated. "She must have healed you back to life. But with the condition she was in, there must have been side effects."

"Let me see her!" Naruto said as he removed all the wires from his body and hopped of the bed.

"I'll take you to her." Ino said as she led Naruto to a room a few rooms down.

The blondes were surprised to see a smiling Sakura and a confused Hokage.

"F-Forehead-girl!" Ino said surprised.

"Ino-pig!" Sakura grinned. Ino's eyes became watery as she launched herself on to her best friend.

"I thought we'd lose you!" Ino cried. Sakura rested her cheek on Ino's head.

"It okay, Ino-chan!" Sakura smiled. "Everything will be alright now."

"Really Baa-chan?" Naruto asked. Tsunade nodded.

"I couldn't find anything wrong with her. There were no effects for using the jutsu in your condition earlier." Tsunade said. "But still take it easy and you'll be good."

"Thank you shishou." Sakura bowed her head. "Ah, that's right, the mirror!" Sakura did a hand sign as a red feather appeared in front of her. Sakura kissed it as it turned into the mirror.

"Damn you all!" Kameko screamed in the mirror. Tsunade smirked.

"Just admit defeat." Tsunade taunted. "I'll have my ANBU dispose of you."

With a snap of a finger, the door opened as an ANBU entered.

"You'll know what to do with her." Tsunade said as she handed the ANBU the mirror. The ANBU made a hand seal as Kameko and the mirror was sealed into a scroll. The ANBU nodded before leaving. "Ino, Naruto, I'll need you two to leave the room so I can finish doing the check up on Sakura."

Making sure the two blondes left, Tsunade looked at Sakura with a heartbreaking expression. "You only have a week before I let the others know."

"It's better if they don't. Let me handle this myself." Sakura said with a smile. "This is my final wish, don't tell anyone what's going on…please."

Tsunade gave Sakura one more glance before pulling her into a hug. "Alright, but if it becomes worse, I'll have to tell them."

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The ANBU sneaked out of Konoha as he opened the scroll to reveal the mirror.

"Have you been followed?" Kameko asked.

The ANBU took off his mask as Kameko smiled.

"Of course not Kameko-sama." The ANBU said.

"That's my Kabuto." Kameko said as she began to laugh.

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"I hope everything is alright in Konoha!" Juugo said to his group. They were running through the forest. They were about five days away from Konoha. The group consisted of Sasuke, Karin, Suigetsu, and Sakura's grandma. Juugo was carrying her since Sasuke didn't want anyone slowing down the team.

"My beads stopped glowing." Karin said, examining it.

"Then there is still time." Kaede said. "With what you told me with her condition, as long as she didn't use her bloodline, she'll be fine for a while."

"And if she did?" Sasuke asked. It was silent between the five as they all looked at the elderly Haruno.

"She won't last a week." Kaede said with a sad tone. "She'd die before we get there."

"Is there anything we can do?" Suigetsu asked. He didn't want to give up hope. Sakura had become a good friend to him. She didn't judge any of them due to the fact that they were former enemies. She took them in with open arms and warm smiles. He knew Karin had become attached to Sakura in a sisterly way. Juugo, he knew, had thought of Sakura as a little sister as well. As for Sasuke, he thought of Sakura as someone special in his world. She was up there with Naruto as his best friends. Knowing how Sasuke is, that was a very special position to have. Sakura and Naruto cherished their roles as best friends very much. If Sakura was to die…well let's just say that Konoha would be flooded with tears.

Kaede looked at Karin who looked at her stomach. She didn't want to burden Karin with responsibility but she demanded to go through with it.

"There's nothing we can do but just pray that everything will be alright. But don't get your hopes up; you'll get hurt that way. You just have to accept how things will go." Kaede said.

"How can you say that?" Suigetsu asked. "We're talking about your own grandchild, and you're talking as if we're talking about the weather." Suigetsu was going to say more but stopped when Sasuke signaled him to stop.

"Sakura isn't going to die! She's too stubborn to." Sasuke said. "She'll make it."

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Sakura couldn't breathe as she tossed and held on her scream of pain. She was in her hospital room alone. Her heart was hurting as all these memories were coming to her. They, she could tell, were from her childhood till now.

"Damn it!" Sakura said as she closed her eyes, trying to make the pain go away. It really wasn't fair, she though bitterly. She's done nothing but good and yet she's the one going through this pain. Sakura's eyes opened wide as she had a flashback of Sasuke leaving her that night to Sound. She had another flashback of Naruto leaving her to train with Jiraiya. Another one was of her parents dying and Kakashi abandoning her. More and more kept coming as Sakura let out a cry.

She knew she had to bear with the pain. Just a little bit more, she told herself. If she were to die, how would her friends feel, how would Naruto feel?

Tsunade and Shizune, those two were like a mother and older sister to her. They would be very hurt.

Her friends, they would cry. They wouldn't believe it.

Kakashi, he would feel like he failed another teammate. With his history, this would be very hard on him.

Sasuke, how would he feel? Would he feel hurt? Would he shut himself away from people once more?

Naruto, he would be hurt the most. He would feel like his world ended. She couldn't die yet.

"Not yet…" Sakura whispered. She would just have to pretend she wasn't feeling all this pain.

For Konoha…

For her friends…

"For Naruto…"

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Three days past as Naruto noticed that Sakura was smiling a lot more. The whole gang decided to go out to eat at Ichiraku's to celebrate Sakura leaving the hospital. He grinned to himself. Everything was how it should be. It was the first day of March as Tenten and the others were talking about her birthday coming up.

"Sakura! We should celebrate our birthdays together." Tenten said happily as she wrapped an arm around Sakura's shoulders.

"Sounds like a good idea!" Sakura said as she grinned. "But I think it would be better if we do it separately. More parties for this month."

"Heck yeah!" Kiba said. The gang laughed.

Sakura looked around to see everyone smiling. Naruto and Chouji began to have an eating contest while Shino watched. Ino and Shikamaru were cuddling as he was saying something to her as she laughed. Lee was talking about something youthful as Tenten and Neji listened to him. Hinata and Kiba were feeding Akamaru outside the restaurant. Sai was next to her, drawing something. She wanted to burn this moment forever in her mind.

"Hey, it looks like it's going to rain." Kiba announced to the group. "We should head out before we all get caught in it."

"Hey Forehead girl, you should sleepover tonight. We barely get to hang out anymore." Ino said. "You can borrow my clothes, so we don't have to stop at your place."

Sakura nodded her head. "Is that okay Naruto?"

Naruto smiled. "Yeah, I'll just be at my apartment. Have a good time." Naruto kissed Sakura gently on the lips as she turned red. The group whistled and laughed as Ino pulled away a blushing Sakura.

"You two are so cute together!" Ino said as Sakura walked slowly next to her.

"Ino, I need to tell-"She noticed that Sakura was having a hard time catching up to her pace. "Oh! Am I walking to fast? You did just get out of the hospital. My bad! Let's stop somewhere. Ino noticed that they were near a familiar shrine.

"Hey, remember we used to play here when we were little?" Ino asked as two made it to the shrine. "It's been so long." Ino ran to the wooden building as she remembered a person can make a wish here. Sakura was taking her time walking to her.

"Hey, Sakura!" Ino turned around. "Let's make a wish to-"She felt a raindrop hit her as she watched Sakura fall to the ground.

"SAKURA!" Ino cried out as she ran to her friend. Sakura was violently coughing out blood. Some got on Ino but she didn't care. "What is this? I thought you got-"That's when it hit her. "You were pretending…you were pretending to be okay so people would stop worrying! Itachi's jutsu shouldn't have been that harsh on you."

"It wasn't me. It was her using her jutsu in the condition she was in." A voice said. Ino realized it was Itachi.

"What do you mean?" Ino asked.

"Sakura's body was weak to begin with. Kameko attacked her in her very own room. That was the start of her getting worse. But when I heard that she used her bloodline to save you and Naruto-kun, well it attacked as a catalyst of her death. Not only does the Angel's tear use chakra, it uses one's own life source." Itachi explained.

"I-I'm sorry, Ino-chan…" Sakura weakly said. Ino slowly got up as it started to truly rain. She looked up at the sky and started to shout.

"No…" Ino growled. Itachi had taken Sakura in his arms. "No. No. NO. You can't do this! You can't!"

"Yamanaka, yelling at the sky won't-"

"I don't care what I have to do, but I won't let her die!" Ino didn't care if she looked like she was crazy, yelling up to the sky. She was angry. God couldn't just take Sakura away from her like this. Tears were streaming down her face. The thought of losing her best friend made her want to die. "I HATE THIS!" Her shouting got louder. "SHE'S GETTING BETTER GODDAMIT. SHE'S FINALLY BLOOMED INTO A BEAUTIFUL PERSON. SHE'S DONE MORE GOOD THAN ANYONE I KNOW. SO YOU CAN'T TAKE HER AWAY FROM THE PEOPLE THAT LOVE HER. YOU CAN'T TAKE HER AWAY FROM ME! DO YOU HEAR ME! I WON'T LET YOU!" Ino fell to her knees as she began to cry, not caring if Itachi was there watching her.

"Are you done?" Itachi asked. "There's nothing else we can do. Sakura is getting worse by the day. All we can do is just be there for her until she-"

"Don't…," Ino growled. "…don't you fucking dare say it. Maybe to you Sakura is just someone in your life. But to me she's my best friend, a huge part of my life. "

"Then why are you one of the people that caused her the most pain?" Itachi asked. Ino's eyes widened as she was speechless. "It's best to take Sakura home. She's going to get worse in this rain." Itachi handed Sakura to Ino before he left.

Once Ino had reached home, she let Sakura take a warm bath before they went to bed. Ino was still crying as Sakura frowned.

"Ino-pig…" Sakura called out.

"Sakura…I'm- I'm so sorry…" Ino cried. Sakura sadly smiled as she pulled Ino closer to her.

"It's alright Ino. Really it is. I forgave you a long time ago because that's what best friends do." Sakura said as she stroke Ino's hair. It was silent between then for a few minutes before Ino spoke again.

"Are you scared?" Ino asked. It was silent again as Ino looked up at Sakura as their eyes met. Sakura's were filled with tears as she was trying not to cry.

"More than you know Ino. More than you know…"

And end. This story is slowly ending. Maybe at least two-three more chapters and that will be it. Thank you for reading. Please be patient for my next update.

Love Kumiko