Hello again and welcome to the fic! Sooner or later, you people will have to review. I don't have much to say this time, since people haven't killed me about the Shinra thing… Anywho, on with the story!

DISCLAIMER: I don't own Naruto. If I did, there would be much more Sasuke and Kakashi. Oh, and some Sakura bashing in this chapter. I really don't like her.

DEDICATION: This specific chapter is dedicated to my buddy, genny62890, since she's the only one who ever reviewed the story.

Recap:

Shinra grinned maniacally, the spokes on her odd sharingan setting off in a high-speed spin. "You would think so, wouldn't you?" she asked, her eyes narrowing to maniacal slits. "What do you think of this then?"

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Shinra tilted her head back, closing her eyes. When she tipped her head forward again, her eyes had reduced to slits and her teeth were sharp points. Naruto stepped back quickly, shocked at the transformation. How the odd sharingan that Shinra possessed had turned to slits was completely strange to him.

"But wait, there's more," Shinra's voice rasped out strangely. She sounded like she was working to do something, but it couldn't be a jutsu because her hands were restrained. She visibly locked her jaw, twitching as two fire red angelic wings slid from her back, the tips of the long feathers becoming sharp as blades when they reached the air. Naruto's clones tried to jump away, but were destroyed in the process.

Shinra staggered forward slightly, looking up at Naruto with unfocused eyes. Naruto stepped back again, watching Shinra curiously.

"You're so bold… as to insult me… But you won't stand up to me? …How ironic," Shinra's voice rasped again, as her wings folded loosely against her back, causing her to stand up a little straighter. Her eyes flashed dangerously as she stepped towards Naruto, like a wolf hunting its prey.

"Well? What do you think? I pulled this trick on Sasuke, and it nearly killed him. But I'm sure you remember that, seeing as you've been in to see him at least a hundred times," Shinra's voice growled.

Naruto stepped away from her, until he found a solid rock on the ground that he slowly leaned his foot against, ready to strike. "Yeah, what's your point? I wanted to see if my friend was still alive, after what you'd done to him!

Shinra chuckled darkly, stopping in her tracks and closing her eyes blissfully. "Yes… that was a good one. I wouldn't have thought that the Uchiha could be so weak…"

Sasuke's eyes flashed as he jumped. Just as he moved, a kunai knife landed in the ground where he had just stood. He turned, growling, and called out, "Who's there? Show yourself!"

Shinra walked out of the trees, grinning at Sasuke and a frightened Sakura a little further off. "I hope I don't have to answer that first question…"

Shinra's hands clasped together as she quickly used an explosion jutsu. Sasuke attempted to dodge it, his feet getting slightly singed in the process.

"Sasuke!" Sakura's voice rang out loudly, worry dripping from every letter of the word. She stepped forward a few strides, but stopped dead in her tracks with one glare from Shinra. Sasuke stepped protectively in front of her, his sharingan eyes glaring at Shinra as he growled at her slightly.

Shinra chuckled. "What, did I scare her? I came here looking for a fight, and I'd appreciate it if your little slut didn't get into it."

Sasuke pulled a kunai from his waist quickly, preparing to attack as he glared angrily at Shinra. "You would take that back, if you knew what was good for you."

Shinra chuckled again, not finding a threat. "Why are you protecting her? Is she the only thing you can get cheap around here? But, if you're so desperate to protect her, we fight. Now."

Shinra's eyes opened again, her odd sharingan spinning even though nothing was happening. She pulled a double-edged kunai out of the holster on her thigh, preparing it to strike, as well as positioning her wings for enough speed and added attack power. She lunged at Naruto, a maniacal gleam in her eyes.

Sasuke landed on the ground softly, panting heavily. Sakura took a step into the open, but Sasuke waved her back. Shinra stood several yards away, an amused grin on her face. "I knew it. The great Uchiha Sasuke can't stand up to a single female ninja. No wonder you picked Sakura."

That was enough for Sasuke. With a roar, he flew at Shinra, two kunai knives in his hand. He slashed them out at her, his eyes following as she dodged. He quickly put a foot down on the ground, pushing himself at her, using the kunai to cut her arms and stomach before jumping away, waiting for the fallen ninja to stand again.

Shinra stood after a second, rolling on to her side and pushing herself up slowly. She growled as Sasuke just stood there, a calm gleam in his eyes. He thinks he's won this, does he? I don't give up just like that anymore, Shinra thought to herself, grinning. "Well, Sasuke, if you're so good, how well can you handle this?"

She tipped her head back slightly, closing her eyes half way. Two blood red angelic wings slid from her back, cutting off the baggy T-shirt she normally wore, exposing a black halter top. Her head fell back down, her bangs covering her eyes. When she looked back up at Sasuke, he stepped back, slightly afraid of what he was seeing.

Shinra glanced across the battlefield at Sakura, who had already retreated behind the trees again. Sasuke moved his hands quickly, performing his housenka no jutsu, aiming the flames directly at the winged ninja. Shinra jumped nimbly away, dodging the flames and her odd sharingan activated, quickly copying the technique, only much stronger.

Naruto barely dodged Shinra's lunge, leaning back and trying to slash her with a kunai knife. The blade-sharp tips of Shinra's wings caught the Hokage off guard, cutting into his side, picking him up, and throwing him across the battlefield. Shinra forced the wings forward, stopping herself and landing on the ground. She grinned darkly as Naruto tried to force himself to stand.

"What's the matter? I thought you were supposed to be one of the best," she teased, watching Naruto wince as he touched the shallow cuts on his side.

"I am the best! You're… you're just cheating!" he yelled. His eyes flashed as he somehow formed a plan to defeat the rouge ninja, performing his shadow clone jutsu. The clones stood still around Shinra for a moment before jumping to attack her.

"Oh please, this again? You never learn, do you?" she chuckled, poising herself to eliminate most of the clones at once. She jumped up, extending her wings to full length, spinning in the air and cutting most of the clones to shreds. She landed back on the ground, growling as several solid kunai hit the bases of her wings, causing them to twitch uncontrollably, straightening painfully.

Shinra threw Sasuke down through the air, using the hand seals for Ryuuka no Jutsu to follow the raven-haired ninja down through the air. Sasuke's body was engulfed in the flames, and Sakura screamed loudly from her hiding place in the trees.

Shinra's voice rang out loudly as she lunged at the Hokage once more, shuriken and kunai ready to strike Naruto's heart. He backflipped away from her, catching her off guard and using his feet to catapult her past him.

Sasuke's back bounced slightly against the ground before he lay on the ground, completely motionless. Shinra stepped towards him slowly, pulling a double-bladed kunai out of the holster on her thigh. She slowly slipped the blade down, until she was only holding on to one of the points of the sharp knife.

Shinra spun in midair, using her wings to catch the air to get herself to land correctly. The long feathers on the ends of her wings flared out violently as she landed, kicking up dust. She growled and sprung forward again, making sure that this time, she wouldn't miss.

Shinra slowly brought the kunai to the level of her ears. She grinned down maniacally at Sasuke. "Anything left to say?" One of Sasuke's eyes blinked open, the sharingan still activated.

"And you wonder why I picked Sakura…"

Shinra growled, throwing the blade down, just centimeters above the Uchiha's heart. She stepped back once or twice, kicking off the ground and taking flight, making sure her wings were on a downbeat to slash and cut Sasuke's body. He screamed as the razor points made contact, falling silent after the rouge ninja had completely disappeared.

Shinra roared, flying through the air, both her hands full of shuriken and kunai. She slashed them out at the Hokage, expecting him to dodge. He did, falling right into the trap she had for him. She quickly went up at an almost vertical angle, hitting the Hokage with her wings, knocking him backwards. She dropped herself out of the air, landing with one foot solidly on his chest.

"You had the gall to insult me, now you die."

Shinra put her fingers in the ring of a kunai, raising it up to her ear to throw it in his heart. She chuckled darkly, her wings flaring. Her muscles twitched to release the kunai when…

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Jaiyu decided this chapter was long enough already. Don't be depressed if you like Sasuke, you'll love the next chapter. Bye for now though!

-Jaiyu