Twisted Fate

Everything happens in seconds that processing the information was near impossible. Sakura was off the floor and was now grabbing hold of Gaara's neck like a boa constrictor. Gaara gave off a yell as she pulled him up in the air before she slammed him into Naruto sending them both flying. Kisame moved in front of Itachi's bed to stop Sakura as she came at him with such force it knocked him back for a few moments. He gripped his sword tighter as he tried to guess how she would attack next. He pulled his shoulders together as he brought his sword in front of him as she came at him. It felt like he got a hit by mountain as he held his ground. If it wasn't for her bright pink hair he would have lost her.

"Give up!" she yelled but it was in raspy voice. Kisame moved his sword to block her way to Itachi who started to yell. She wasn't using any type of weapon just shire force. and even then Kisame's sword felt like it didn't stand a chance. Each time he would block her he felt his very bones take the blow. She was fast and deadly and most of all she was untouchable. Kisame looked over to Naruto and Gaara for a split second only to get hit in the face and send him flying backwards. He struggled to get up but the pain in his jaw and back was killing him. He could taste blood as he spit it out and looked at Sakura. There was no kindness in her body instead it was like only malice radiated out of her.

The blood red eyes of the prince look at him and it made him nervous. She was human and by all right she should be weaker then him but something in her seem to change. It was a fear he never experienced before as he looked at this human female. It was like he could see a shadow over her that promised to kill him painfully. The smile on her face was something not even the toughest men could suppress a shudder. It was something that he didn't want to see directed at him yet it was coming at him with all the force of a sledge hammer. She wasn't even using a sword for crying out loud!

She collided with him again as he stumbled back for a second then she was on him. Before he could think she punched him with such inhuman strength that he felt his ribs crack. The force of the blow knocked him on his ass as she stalked over to him. Kisame looked at her as horror started to sit in him stomach. It made him fell like death was breathing over his neck. She moved with grace and unbelievable malice. She came up to him and grabbed him by then neck. Her small hand groped his neck like a vice as he struggled to breathe. She started to pick him off the floor like he weighed nothing at all as he couldn't seem to move at all. He felt like a lifeless doll as he struggled to move anything in his body.

She looked at him with those eerie red eyes of hers as Kisame know that was ever hope he had of wining that fight had just gone out the window. She squeezed his neck so tightly that Kisame felt his bones starting to give into the pressure. /DROP HIM!/ barked and order in Kisame's head but she must've heard it as well because she tilted her head to the side to look at Gaara. He and Naruto were starting to come around. She then turned fully on them and smiled that wicked smile she had sent Kisame.

"Mind control?" she asked in amusement as she dropped Kisame. Gaara looked like he was struggling to keep control of something as beads of sweat ran down his forehead. "How long do you think you can hold out?" she asked as she didn't move from where she was standing. Gaara brought his hand to his head as she just looked at him with all the malice in the world. "Death isn't too bad child of mischief." She told him as Gaara whimpered. Naruto looked over to Sakura as he stood dumbfounded. She couldn't be the same Sakura he knew. Yet just by standing there he knew otherwise. This was not the same Sakura. This was not Sakura at all. Gaara clamped his teeth tightly as you could see his eyes start to become completely black. You could see his fang getting sharper as his muscles bunched as if he was really to tackle.

"Gaara!" yelled Naruto as he grabbed hold of Gaara. He was hissing and growling as his eyes focused on Sakura. "You can't hurt her!" he tied to reason with him but it seems almost useless to even try. Sakura wasn't moving as she just kept looking at Gaara who was glaring daggers at her. It was like they were waiting for something to snap before they went at each other's throats. Neji who to this point was ignored by both parties took this chance to let out a warning.

~~~~~~~~ Elsewhere ~~~~~~~~

Sasori looked around the area as he looked at the damage the dragon had caused. The smell of death hung in the air as he looked around. It was something he hadn't seen in a long time and the look of it made his insides squirm. He looked at other demons trying to find people they were with only to find nothing but mass destruction.

"Hey you okay?" came Deidra's voice as he looked over to him.

"Yea," he answered but he still looked dazed like he was lost somewhere in a memory

"One dragon did all this; imagine if we had to face more than one?" He whistled out as he looked at some of damage. "You got to wonder what happen." He muttered as he looked at the spot where Sasuke had taken down the dragon. The air was thick with fear and desperation. Sasori didn't know if it was the fact that he had seen this all before that affected him the way it did. He looked over to Deidra who was looking over to the wall that he wanted to destroy but was now a pile of rubble. He kicked one of the rocks that came off the wall and sighed loudly.

"It's only a wall Deidra they can rebuild new one then you can destroy it to your heart's content." Sasori sighed out as he started to walk over to where most of the damage happened. He stopped as he noticed that Deidra wasn't following. He looked over his shoulder and saw him standing there still looking at the wall. "Now what?" he asked a bit irritated that he was being made to wait.

"It's wouldn't be the same." He muttered as he looked down. Sasori lifted one of his eyebrows at him.

"It's a wall Deidra not a pet." He stressed out.

"But me and that wall have been through a lot you know?" he answered as Sasori looked like he was getting ready to walk away.

"It's a wall." He hissed

"It was the wall I could lean on when I had rough time." He mused

"What?"

"He was there in the good and bad times of my childhood." Deidra said with teary eyes.

"You just came here 4 years ago!"

"My old friend…" he cried out

"It's a freaking wall!" Yelled out Sasori as he balled up his hands

"You don't have to be jealous Sasori." Teased Deidra as Sasori's eye began to twitch. Deidra walked over to him as Sasori looked like he was getting ready to kill the blonde. He was about to clock him when he saw it. It was in the sky like a hawk as it flew striate to them then vanished like it was never there.

"That was Neji's distressed signal!" Deidra pointed out as he set off in a run.

"Kakashi!" Yelled Sasori as he found the man close by tending to the wounded. Kakashi looked up and over to Sasori. "Neji sent out a hawk!" is all that he said as he sent off after Deidra.

"Take over." Instructed Kakashi to a demon nearby and took off after them.

~~~~ Elsewhere~~~~

Something felt wrong. The very air carried some sort of malice that wrapped around them like a wet blanket.

"Are you sure he's here?" asked Ino as she looked at the dark cave. It was too dark for their human eyes as they squinted trying to see inside the cave.

"Yeah his scent is here." Muttered Shikamaru was he walked carefully inside. Behind him walked Ino who look around from side to side to make sure nothing would attack her. Tenten had taken the lead as she looked at the small walls that incased her. It gave her the feeling of fear as she walked farther into the cave. She tied to squint her eyes to see anything but the passage way was too dark and narrow. As she was sliding along she saw something bright in the darkness. It was a symbol that she couldn't make out but it shown in the dark cave like a beacon. She was about to get closer when Shikamaru's hand came on her shoulder.

"Stop, he's right there." He whispered as Tenten stopped and looked ahead but the only thing she could see was the symbol in the distance. That is until she heard the growling emit from that general location.

"Iruka-san?" asked Ino with a shaky voice as the growl got louder. Shikamaru pushed her back as he looked straight ahead of him.

"More human scum coming to hunt me down." He growled at them as Ino shivered in fear. Tenten just kept looking at the symbol in the dark where she was sure that Iruka was standing at. The cave was really dark but as she looked at the symbol he started to appear more in the darkness. She could see his face bruised and battered. His right eye was swollen and across his face was a blearing red cut that was just healing. His hair looked like pieces of straw that were painted black and placed on his head. He was riddled with scars from all the way from his face to every inch of his body.

He had no clothing on only a small rag that covered a large portion of his leg. The man was hurt like no other person ever was. It was a miracle he was even alive by accounts this man should be dead.

"We're not here to hurt you." Tied Tenten as he gave a fierce growl at her. The symbol shined brightly she had to squint her eyes so that the light won't blind her. What on earth was that light?

"Hurt me?" he hissed "What more can you do to me human?" he demanded as your could hear him shifting to the side.

"Lady Maya sent us." Spoke up Shikamaru as you could hear Iruka gave an intake of breath. "We know what the humans did to you. Lady Maya sent a message to these humans so that they can come and get you." He told them as Tenten held her breath to hear his reaction.

"Maya…." He whispered to himself as the light of the symbol dimed down. Tenten looked at the symbol glow as it reduced its glow and form the charters for faith on his neck.

"What is that?" she questioned silently as Shikamaru caught her small whisper.

"What is what?" he question.

"That mark on the side of his neck." She told him as light flooded the room. They squinted for a second as they got use to the light around them. They were in a narrow hall that came to the end of a room in a circle shape. Iruka was sitting in the middle of the room just as Tenten had seen him. Ino was the only one that gasped in surprise. Now with light the room Tenten could no longer see the mark on Iruka's neck.

"What mark?" asked Shikamaru as Tenten looked lost. She knew she had seen the mark on Iruka's neck but there was nothing there.

"It was on his neck, it said faith." She told him as Iruka looked over to her.

"Pretend you never saw that mark." He told her with sadness in his eyes.

"What does it mean?" asked Tenten as she looked over to Iruka.

"It's his bonding mark." Answered Shikamaru as he walked forward as Iruka looked at him. Tenten felt like someone had dumped a bucket of cold water down her back.

"His bonding mark?" she question more herself than anyone else.

"Only a person meant to bond with a demon can see the mark." Explained Shikamaru as Tenten didn't move an inch. Was she meant to bond with this demon? She looked at him and he could see the resentment he had for humans that he had for her for seeing a mark that no was meant to find. She couldn't bond with this man. He was far too hurt by his past love to try to get up again to fight with her. She won't bond with him even if she could see that burning mark on his neck.

"Can you travel Iruka-san?" she questions him as he looked over to her.

"No," he answered. "Not until I get revenge." He told her.

"Then you must come with us." Tenten told him as she walked forward to his line of sight.

"Why would I do that?" he hissed.

"Because the human who you want to kill is on his way to the demon prince for punishment." She told him. "We buried Lady Maya before we got here. The council was disbanded and warned if they dared to hurt anyone that we would come back and kill them without question." She told him

"I believe the prince will support this judgment. You have nothing left to be here for." Shikamaru told him as Iruka had a dumbfounded look.

"Maya?" he questioned

"We buried her at a plain full of flowers near some apple trees." Ino spoke up as she looked Iruka with pain filled eyes. He looked down as his eyes began to water.

"Paradise." He muttered as he sobbed. Ino tried to step forward but Shikamaru stopped her.

"Iruka-san we need to get moving." Tenten told him as he looked over to her.

"Yes…" he muttered as he tried to get up. As he did clothing appeared on his body. Just before he could cover himself Tenten got a glimpse of his leg which was burned in several places, but on brand jumped out of all the rest a brand that look like it was made from a hot fire place poker. Her face went white as she saw it.

"That burn!" she yelled as she pointed at his calf. He looked frighten for moment as he looked at Tenten.

"A man burned it on my calf when I was imprisoned." He hissed as the memory assailed. It was something no one wants to remember.

"Where is he?" hissed Tenten between her teeth as Iruka looked at her with slight fear in his eyes.

"I don't know." He muttered as he looked at Tenten.

"But you escaped from them so you should know where they went to or where you where at right?" asked Ino gently as Iruka looked over to her.

"I don't know where I was being held." He muttered.

"He won't know." Answered Shikamaru as they looked over to him. "Iruka uses the power of teleportation." He told them as Iruka glared at Shikamaru for revealing his secrets.

"I would rather you don't tell everyone my secrets." Hissed Iruka as Shikamaru shrugged it off.

"It's not like I told the world. I only told my mate and your possible mate." He explained as Iruka's cheeks went red. They didn't know if it was because of anger or embarrassment. "Plus I'm sure that your power can come in handy as one of the prince's guards there is two old men that would like your company I'm sure." he said with a smirk as he thought of Itachi and Kakashi. They would get along fine he was sure of that. He looked over to Iruka who was looking down trying to figure out what to do. Shikamaru was about to say more when a crippling pain shot through his arm.

"AHH!" he yelled as he grabbed onto his arm. He fell to his knees as he grabbed his arm. Both Ino and Tenten were at his side instantly. Tenten checked his arm quickly and noticed nothing wrong with it physically.

"What's wrong with him?" demanded Ino as she looked over to Tenten who looked bewildered.

"He's a Ebony guard. The prince is in trouble and the other guards are in battle. It's summons for him to return." Answered Iruka. " the more he fights it the more painful it will become." He told them as Tenten looked over to Ino who in turn are facing Shikamaru.

"Can you teleport us close enough to castle?" demanded Tenten as Iruka nodded a bit frighten by her bark when she spoke. "Get him up Ino!" she demanded as Ino put her arm around him and lifted him off the floor. "Do it!" ordered Tenten.

"Hold on to each other." He told them as he grabbed onto Ino's free arm. Tenten grabbed onto Shikamaru's limp hand as Iruka began to fade along with Ino's arm. It happens so fast that it was amazing. Just as before all of them teleported Tenten released Shikamaru's hand. They were gone like they never had been there. Only Tenten stood there. She sighed out as she looked at the spot where they use to be. Ino was going to kill her when she found her.

"Sorry Ino, but this is my fight now." She told the air was she felt her way out of the cave.

~~~~~~~ Elsewhere~~~~~~

The air felt heavier than he ever felt it before. His body was close to useless thanks to his carelessness. He could hear the mutter voices that were his mother and Naruto's father. They were talking fast and urgently. Something had happened he could feel it in his bones. He hadn't let himself take a beating like this in forever and now he was paying the price for not defended. Every bone burned like it was made of lava. His chest stung because of the diamond sword his mother had so nicely trusted into his chest. It had missed his heart by inches. It was enough to tell him that he was in big trouble.

"What…..this….trouble…" came the words from Minato. They were more words in sentence but he couldn't seem to hear them. His ears must have been damaged when he was fighting.

"It…who…Madara!" yelled his mother but the words wouldn't come together. He heard her yelled out the ending name but didn't know what the rest was. He squeezed his eyes tightly trying to open them but his body had shut down on him. It was like he was like his body was made out of led. The burning on his chest started slow and at first he thought that is was the wounds giving that pain until he felt the first tug of his gut. It was like a hook that was grabbed onto his insides and yanked them out in one shot.

His body felt like it was being squished in all sides and he could hear a dull yelling in the back ground. It wasn't until He felt two cold hands on his face that he figured out he was yelling.

"Sasuke!" Yelled his mother as the hook in his stomach gave another jarring twist. He could hear someone laughing like they were laughing in his ear. It was full of malice and gleeful arrogance.

"You've lost boy….." it sneered in his mind as he yelled again grabbing his head. The words rang loudly in his head as he yelled. 'You've lost boy.' It sneered as panic set into his body.

"Sasuke!" yelled his mother again but it was nothing but a distant voice.

"Hold him!" yelled Minato as two steel bars seem to go around his arms. Their yelling got louder and harder to understand. He was being pulled back by something that yanked at him like a chain each time he moved. Then there was the shattering of mind like no longer had the ability to reason. He was retracting from his own body as the cage he held so carefully in place shattered like pieces of millions of glass. In an instant things around him happen so fast that he barely notice what happen. A roar of noises assaulted his ears as his eyes took in the surrounding with bright colors. The steel bars that where holding him were nothing more than two arms attached to a body he knew only by glance. It didn't take him any time to break free from the grip of the man that once took everything from his father in a card game.

The women next to him he knew as well but at the moment she didn't feel as important to him to stick around. He wanted something else something that he couldn't seem to name or put an image to. It was a enrage feeling that seem too welled up inside him and somehow wanted escape.

"Gaara!" Came the aloud scream. Like a bullet firing from a gun his body took off.

"Sasuke come back!" he heard someone yell but it was too far ways to listen to. He could see himself running away from the place he was at. He had the feeling that he just lost any control he had left, and now he was only a ride along in his own body. He didn't understand what his animal side want so badly until he came to it. He blasted the doors open at his wake to see Gaara grabbing onto Sakura's neck in a death grip. His gut took another plunge as anger coursed thought him.

"Sasuke, help me…." She pleaded as he was about to pounce Gaara when Naruto tackled him to the ground. His body slammed in to the ground with force as he struggled with Naruto who was trying to pin him down. He could see past him where Gaara slammed Sakura into the wall and she whimpered out in pain. The more Gaara manhandled her more angry he became. Using his feet he threw Naruto off him making him land next to the bed where his brother was laying. He flipped up to his feet and was going to charge Gaara again when this time the last person he thought would get in his way did. With a quick thrust of her hand she sent him flying. She held a stance in front of him as her blood trait was activated.

"Sasuke! Sasuke! Help me!" yelled Sakura but Hinata didn't flinch. She held her ground as the rest of the ebony guards seem to join in. Kakashi was standing in front of him with one eye completely ebony and other was bright red.

"Do it now Gaara." Ordered Kakashi as Sasuke tried to stand but Hiden and Kisame held him down with their weapon of choice.

"Sasuke Help Me!" she yelled again as tears went down her chin. Gaara slammed her again as he began to mutter. At first he couldn't understand what he was say but then the word started getting stronger in his ears.

"Prison of glass

Cell of stone

May your strength no one surpass

May your where about be unbeknown

Seal incase and shatter!" he yelled as a blinding white light incased Sakura as she yelled out.

Gaara released her as round ball formed around her making her arms and legs get shackled to its walls. Her arms were spread out along with her legs as the ball glowed as red words appeared on the surface. She yelled franticly but no words seem be coming out of her mouth. Sasuke struggled to get up but they held him down. He glared at them as Kakashi was the first person he saw.

"Sorry Sasuke." He muttered as he pulled his arm back and punched him full in the face making his head bounce back knocking him out.