Author: I think this chap is much better than all of the rest… Haha.
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Tenten and Lee stood by the driver for the rest of the trip.
In fact, everyone stood because of the fact that everywhere was covered with knives and there was no way they could sit down…
Sasuke was standing in a corner, his heart thumping fast.
Dammit! I thought I'd swore not to ever like this woman! So why did I… rush to protect her…And held her so tightly… ARRGH!
Sakura was standing with Hinata, looking happy.
Sasuke held me so tightly…
"T-Thanks, N-Neji-kun." Hinata stammered, her face a little red.
"Huh?"
Neji had been staring into space for the last ten minutes.
"Oh."
Then the whole of his face turned red, and he looked away. "Never mind."
Naruto was glaring at Sasuke, and wanted to shout some swear words, but he didn't.
"That stupid Kakashi… No wonder he was grinning so much when we got into the bus! I'm GONNA KILL HIM!"
He then punched a window, only to wince in pain.
"Nar-Naruto? A-Are you a-ll right?" Hinata asked, concerned.
"Huh? I'm fine! Ehh…"
Naruto sweatdropped when he saw a glaring Neji (Is he jealous?) behind Hinata…
"Sakura…"
Naruto turned quickly and looked at Sakura.
She was misty eyed, looking at Sasuke with a big smile and a slightly blushing face…
(Author: Okay, that's scary. To me. Just imagine her doing that…)
Damn it… It's not fair… I wanted to protect her but didn't reach her on time…
The bus suddenly turned and everyone stumbled.
"We're here!" The driver said in a throaty voice.
"WOW! IS IT REALLY A TRAINING GROUND?" Sakura exclaimed as she looked at the beautiful resort in front of her.
Even Sasuke had stopped trying to battle Sakura out of his mind for a while when he looked at the sight before him.
Everyone went in excitedly. The inside of theresort was all wood and glass.
"Very nice," Sasuke said, suddenly getting suspicious.
Neji nodded. "No way they'll give us a resort like THIS to stay in."
"It has got to be…"
"A TRAP!" Everyone yelled as the floorboard opened and they fell into the darkness below…
"Huh?"
Naruto was standing in the middle of nowhere, surrounding by grey, swirling mist.
"Sasuke? Sakura? Hinata? Where are you guys?"
He started to run.
"Sakura! Sasuke! Neji! Lee!"
He ran. And ran.
"What the hell…"
Sasuke was looking down at his dead parents.
He knew what was going to happen next.
"Calm down. Is this an illusion spell?"
But he couldn't think. His body was shaking. Trembling.
He fell to his knees.
"No…"
Sakura and the others had fallen into a sea of feathers. The minute they'd touched those feathers, Sakura knew it was an illusion spell.
But too late. Now she was looking at a dead Naruto and Sasuke.
She gasped in horror…
A dead Sakura.
Sasuke was now kneeling in a green field, and Sakura was right beside him. He'd called out, but then she suddenly started choking blood and fell…
Dead, right into his arms.
"Sakura? SAKURA!"
His eyes started to water.
"Sakura, wake up."
He shook her.
"WAKE UP! WAKE UP!"
"You killer." A familiar voice said.
Sasuke gasped as he turned around. It was Naruto, with tears streaming down his face. He looked furious. More then furious. He looked as if he was ready to kill someone.
"You killed her, didn't you? SASUKE!"
"WHAT?"
"DON'T LIE TO ME! SHE WAS COUGHING BLOOD AND ALL YOU DID WAS TO WATCH, DIDN'T YOU?"
"I-I…"
"YOU DIE!" Naruto yelled and reached for Sasuke's neck.
"You're all alone. No one cares."
"Who…?"
Then Naruto knew. It was… The demon fox's voice!
"Shut up!"
"See, you're now helpless, and the people whom you call friends aren't here to help you."
"Rubbish! They're somewhere else, so they can't contact me! I just have to find them…"
Then someone stood into view.
"Sasuke?"
Naruto's eyes brightened.
"Sasuke! We've gotta find the others! We…"
Before he could finish his words, Sasuke gave him a slap.
"H…"
Naruto held the now-swollen side of his face.
"W…"
"Are we so close to the extent that you can call MY name?"
"Sasuke? What…"
Then Sasuke suddenly changed into Sakura.
"Naruto, I HATE YOU! YOU'RE SICK!"
"Wh…Why?"
Then Sakura changed into Garra.
"To live for myself, to love only myself…"
Then he vanished.
"See what I mean?" The fox hissed. "No one cares, because you're ME."
"I'M NOT YOU! SHUT UP! SHUT UP! SHUT UP!"
"KAI!"
Sasuke and Naruto gasped as the spell was lifted from them.
"Are you alright?" Sakura's voice came from somewhere in front of them.
"Sakura? I… can't see… anything…" Naruto said, his voice quavering.
Then he felt a hand on his shoulders.
"I'm right in front of you, dummy. You fell under an illusion spell."
"Sakura…SAKURA!"
Naruto was hugging the pink-haired girl before she could even react.
Sakura was pretty shocked to see the blonde boy crying like a baby on her shoulders.
"Naruto…Come on… Stop it… It'll be all right… Just some stupid spell…"
She awkwardly patted his head.
"People…. Okay?" Neji called out, carrying an unconscious Hinata in his arms. Even he looked a little shaky.
"It seems that the spell made us see what… we… fear the most." Sasuke said in a flat tone.
There was no response. Everyone knew that he was right.
"Lee? Tenten! Are you guys okay?" Neji shouted.
"Fine, but when I woke Lee from the spell, he muttered something about eyebrows and started foaming at the mouth." Tenten responded.
There was complete silence at that point.
"Well, let's get the heck out of here!" Sakura tried to be cheerful.
To be continued…
Author: Do you think that Sakura should be with Naruto or Sasuke? I'm a Sasuke fan but I do like the idea of Naruto and Sakura being together… (I personally think that the ACTUAL author of Naruto will let Sasuke and Sakura be together...)