It had been one hell of a week for Sakura Haruno. 13-hour shifts back to back with an hour of sleep between them for the last week. She felt like the walking dead, could barely keep her eyes open. She was on her way home for the first time in a week. The hospital was keeping her very busy after she had been ratified as a doctor in her own right. There had been a raging party that Tsunade and Kakashi had thrown her when she had heard the news. Everyone had been there, well everyone but Sasuke had been there but his location was still unknown at the moment. They had been looking everywhere for him since he had left the village three years ago. Three years had changed a lot of things for her, and now she just wanted her family back together. Sakura had lost her blood family in the attack that killed the third Hokage. The house they had been living had been crushed with her family inside of it. So now Sakura was just like Naruto and Sasuke. Her only family was the one she had chosen. Which is not a bad thing, genially the family that is chosen is a family for life.

Walking home slowly, Sakura didn't notice much of anything. So, focused on getting home and sleeping. She grabbed Raman on her way home and placed it on the counter. The broth smelled divine. Knowing it would be delicious she sat down and turned on her tv to eat. Half an hour later she was passed out on her couch as the tv played an indiscernible movie. She was dead to the world, at least most of it.

Not long after she fell asleep, some shadows began slipping through the village. At first just a few, then slowly more. Ninja creeping from all sides, taking down civilians and militia alike. Any and all who got in their way. Slowly Sakura began to notice as she slept that there were chakra signatures nearby that she didn't know. She began to slowly wake, only to hear the door to her home open quietly. Someone was stupid enough to try and break into her home. Whoever it was would soon learn that they had just made the worst decision of their life.

The unknown ninja slowly inched their way up on Sakura as she pretended to remain asleep. Holding out a syringe full of liquid they made their final descent onto her only to watch as her eyes flew open and she launched into attack mode. Sakura grabbed the offending ninja's arm and sent them flying into the nearest wall of her home. Several picture frames hit the ground upon the impact of the body. The unknown ninja did not move after the hit and Sakura calmly walked toward her victim only to notice that it was no human. It was a puppet. She knew how puppets worked by watching Kankuro during the chunin exams. The string master had to be somewhere nearby. They probably sent in the puppet to see what the situation was.

"I need to get to Tsunade and tell her what's happened here." She said as she grabbed her shoes, tossed them on and ran out of her home.

She would deal with the puppet master later. His puppet was in several pieces and would have been unusable at the moment without major repair. She ran through the streets, noticing that it was oddly quiet. Even though it was late at night, Konoha usually had plenty of nightlife until the small hours of the morning. It was then that she saw the first bodies, it was a mother and child. The mother lay on top of the child in an attempt to protect the child from whatever was killing them. The child still clutching close a small grey bunny. The bunny was now stained with the most awful shade of red. It's grey fur slowly changing with every minute. Sakura checked for pulses and found that the shield was still alive. The mother had long since gone cold.

She checked the extent of the child's injury's and found that while there were a few scrapes and bruises, there was nothing that would keep her from moving the child and she checked how far she was from the hospital. Three miles stood between her and the hospital. The child was out cold and would likely remain that way for a long time, it would be an easy matter to leave the child there and many would think them dead. However, Sakura also knew that Naruto's apartment was only a block away and that he would be able to take the kid to safety as well. She gathered the child in her arms and ran toward Naruto's apartment and kicked his door in.

As usual, the place was an absolute mess. Naruto was either always away training or was simply too lazy to clean it up himself. She laid the kid on Naruto's couch and went to wake the ninja who she could hear snoring before she even opened the door.

"Naruto! Wake up! There are intruders in the village!" She yelled as she kicked him awake.

"What? Sakura? What are you doing here?" Naruto asked sleepily.

"Intruders in the village. Get the freak up!"

"I'm up. I'm up. Let me get dressed real quick."

"I'll be right outside. I have something I need you to do." Sakura said as she left his bedroom.

It took Naruto a few minutes to get dressed. Sakura simply explained that he needed to take the boy to the hospital on his way into the Hokage tower. Lady Tsunade should have already been there. If she had ever left. She watched Naruto run out of his apartment with the kid and off toward the hospital. She grabbed all of Naruto's bandages and ran out herself. A lone half red bunny lay forgotten on Naruto's couch.

Running through the streets, there were more bodies littered though them. Sakura stopped to check each one she found to see if they were dead or alive. Most were the first of the two. Whatever was in Konoha, it was out for blood. She was also attacked several times by many other puppets on her way to Hokage tower. By the time she reached there, Naruto was already there as were many other ninjas of high ranking. Tsunade was already well into her speech and was dismissing everyone to find out what was in the village.

"Lady Tsunade. I'm headed to the hospital. I just needed your store of bandages so I can get moving." Sakura said as she went to the cabinet.

Tsunade kept a huge cabinet full of medical supplies that anyone could use if need be. Sakura began grabbing everything she could get her hands on and looked at her teacher. She was standing in front of the large window behind her desk. Looking agitated as anything. Sakura walked over to her and placed her hand on Tsunade shoulder.

"Don't worry. We will figure this out. Come with me to the hospital. We have work to do." Sakura said as she tossed her a few balls of bandages.

"Your right. I just am worrying for my people. Let's go."

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The hospital was complete chaos. Blood everywhere. Nurses and doctors literally running from room to room to help take care of the patients that did survive their attacks. Sakura jumped into action immediately and threw on a lab coat that was laying in a nearby room. Taking care of patients that were bloody and crying and screaming in agony for hours was taking a toll on Sakura. She had been at it for six hours and needed a small break. She let the others know and walked into a room that was covered in blood from many different people and grabbed a bite from the vending machine that was in it. They had started taking patients in even the doctor's lounge because there were so many. Grabbing her food, she sat at the table, not caring that she sat in a puddle of blood because she was already covered in it. She ate quickly to get back even faster. Failing to realize that she was in danger, she was just too tired.

As she sat there eating, she failed to notice the encroaching shadow. A man stood there, black cape with red flames covered in blood. As he drew closer, he pulled out a wet cloth and grabbed her. Tossing the cloth over her nose and holding her covered until she passed out. It didn't take long in her tired state. He then picked her up and tossed her over his shoulder and stalked off.