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The dream that she had was certainly not a pleasant one, other than the place she's in was a complete total nightmare. Blood was dripping from every shinobi's corpses as she watched her friends get tortured and beaten up brutally by the Akatsuki. A dark-haired man slowly looked up with a sadistic smirk as his eyes shifted into Mangekyou Sharingan, whereas the full moon turned into red. Everyone else was trapped inside the white cocoons, fully covered.

The pink-haired kunoichi gasped out loud as her eyes fluttered wide open and pulled herself up in a sitting position. She began to cough involuntarily until the others glanced quickly at her direction.

"Sakura!" Ino called out in surprise. She knelt down to check her current temperature by placing her palm on her forehead. "You alright?"

"It seems as if you had a bad dream," Neji guessed correctly in a calm tone of his voice while crossing his arms.

"The best way to get rid of them is to drink water and turn on the music. Sadly, we don't have one," Lee advised, then frowned.

"Well, I can draw a flute and make it," Sai pointed out in the suggestion.

"Yeah, but nobody knows how to play that instrument. Unless we are one of those hidden sound village guys," Ino retorted with a soft giggle.

"No. It's fine. It's just..." Sakura shook her head in decline and stared deeply down at her hands in thought, saying. "The dream I had recently felt almost real to me. I was caught up in some sort of trance and tried to yell or scream out for help. I was able to stand up and watch the whole world fall into a deep sleep. One person had a Mangekyou Sharingan and was in control of everything... It gave me more than strange feelings. I do not know if it's a dream, but most likely, it's a sign."

Ino and the others paused for a moment in silence and looked at each other quizzically before they spoke up.

"How so?" She asked curiously.

"A dream showing you a warning? That sounds interesting," Neji repeated and nodded in thought.

"Maybe there's a possibility that it may or may not happen in the future. Who knows?" Lee said blankly.

"You have to go believe me, guys. This one is telling me something..." Sakura sighed in exasperation.

"We understand. Right now, we got to find more clues and evidence to prove that the dream you had is predictable," Neji stated as the rest of them nodded in agreement.

Sakura gazed at the rocky walls, then came to realization after she regained her consciousness by asking them. "By the way, what happened to Katsumi? Where is she?"

Ino sighed in disappointment and said. "She got knocked out. Apparently, the white Zetsu and that masked man came by and took her away."

"Huh? Why? So you guys let her escape?!" The pink-haired kunoichi questioned in dismay.

"Sakura. We didn't have a choice, alright. We ran out of our chakra after deactivating the stones," Ino said firmly.

"She's right. Plus, they didn't appear just to fight us again. The Akatsuki obviously has another hidden agenda to execute the people," Sai added in while he was currently drawing a huge white bird on the gigantic scroll he laid on the ground.

"True. What plan could that be?" Ino wondered.

"I don't know. Whatever it is, it will be worse than what we thought," Lee replied back with a slight frown and continued on. "Anyway, we got to leave this place."

Ino gave a curt nod, whereas Neji looked around to see the exits of the cave.

"Okay. Looks like we are good to go," Sai confirmed as he stood up and patted the dust off of his legs and gestured his pointed finger. "We'll fly over the top right and head on to meet the rest of the group."

Lee, Neji, and Ino nodded in understanding.

Sai's eyes hovered towards the pink-haired kunoichi's direction and asked for reassurance. "Is that okay for you, Sakura?"

She stared at him and blinked a few times and nodded with a thin smile. "Yeah."

"Right, hop on!" Sai exclaimed as soon as they followed his instruction. They stepped on top of the white bird's back until it started to flap its wings in the air and they soared out of the cave.

During that time, Tsunade, A, and Mei had already teleported in front of the fourth division squad, especially Madara and Kabuto, much to their astonishment. Raikage A stopped Muu's attack on them as well as Tsunade, who used Yin Seal Release: Ninja Art Genesis Rebirth technique against Madara's.

"Granny Tsunade?!" Naruto questioned in shock.

"Hmm. They're all still alive. We're right on time," Mei said impressively.

"I can finally cut loose. I've been waiting for this for days!" Raikage A sneered furiously in hype.

"We're all here," Tsunade announced, narrowing her eyes.

"Being old has its perks," Onoki stated and continued on with a daring look on his face. "To think I'd live to see the days. When the five Kages would stand and fight together!"

On the other hand, the real Naruto and Killerbee had been traveling through the forest to find more enemies, then they stumbled upon the masked man in surprise.

"Hehehe..." the masked man chuckled maliciously, which puzzled the two jinchurikis.

"You can call me by my old name Tobi, if you prefer," he suggested with his hands laid out and continued on in delight. "The war has already begun. My name no longer matters. Madara, Tobi... Call me whatever you want."

"Who-who the hell are you?" Naruto questioned skeptically.

"I'm no one. I don't want to be anyone. All I care about is completing the moon's eye plan. The world is completely worthless. There is nothing left in it but misery," Tobi said sternly and continued on. "You two have grown up as the hosts for tailed beasts, and you have endured the misery that comes with that role, have you not? You should both understand that a little."

"Living with a tailed beast inside you isn't all bad," Naruto pointed out defensively, which stunned Kurama, who was listening to him intently while resting in his cage. "You can call yourself no one and start a war. But even in this world, you think of it as 'worthless.' No one's falling for your stupid ass lies. You can change your mask and take on any names you like. But you're still you and only one guy. I've had enough. I'm going to tear that mask right off your face!"

Then, the blonde-haired ninja made a few hand signs to perform one of his powerful techniques, including Killerbee pumped his fist up in the air, ready to fight him.

"Oh really? If you do, then you both have to work for it," he said, revealing the rest of the resurrected jinchurikis behind and beside him.

At that moment, Sakura's eyes widened in bewilderment and cried out at the throbbing pain she felt in her whole body. She dropped on one of her knees and tried to be steady with herself.

"Ahhh!" She groaned.

Ino looked behind her shoulder and turned around in concern. "Sakura?! You alright?!"

"Arghh..." She couldn't answer since the terrible sensation was triggering her.

"I think you need another shot of antidote," Ino said hurriedly as she pulled off the cap of the tube and inserted the needle through both of her arms.

A couple of seconds later, Sakura was back to her normal breathing until a few bright purple veins started to cover her neck until it reached down to her wrists. Though, they disappear quickly, much to the others' confusion and suspicion.

"What the hell are those?" Lee asked worriedly, looking down on Sakura's arms.

"I'm currently checking... It seems as if they're already attached to her arteries. They are harmless, which is unusual," Neji pointed out with his Byakugan eyes.

Sakura reminded them calmly while Ino was helping her up to stand. "Don't worry, I'm fine. Maybe the poison was still stuck in some parts of my body that I could hardly recover properly."

"Okay, if you say so. But remember, we are looking out for each other here. If anything goes wrong, please let us know," Lee informed kindly.

Sakura nodded in response simply as she watched them turn their attention to the front to see where they're going. "Hmm. Roger that..."

She then examined both of her hands in front of her face and asked herself in mind. "This feeling again...? Why is it coming back?"

From that moment on, she was starting to find it apprehensive on what the purple veins represent on her body. She wondered if they are more than just a regular poison.


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