The Rampage

Chapter 3: The Truth

Disclaimer: nothing has changed from the last two chapters...i still dont own Naruto...

"INO! YOU'RE ALIVE!" Sakura jumped on the blonde.

"Yea...I'm alive…barely" Tears were in Ino's pale blue eyes. Sakura let go of the girl and gave her a sympathetic look. Even though Ino didn't say anything something was defiantly hurting her. I mean she was crying for pete's sake!

"I-Ino? What's wrong? What happened?" the pink-haired girl put her hand on Ino's shoulder. "Ino look at me. Look me in the eye and tell me what's wrong." Ino looked up and looked Sakura in the eyes. Her eyes said it all, Sakura was serious.

"I-I-I was attacked. I w-was attacked b-by Sa-Sa-Sa…" Ino let the tears fall.

"Who were you attacked by Ino? This is serious." Naruto stepped in between the two girls.

"Ino, we need to know. Shikamaru and Chouji were attacked too." Kakashi stoop from his chair and went by Sakura's side. "So, who did it?"

"S-S-SHIKAMARU AND CHOUJI WERE ATTACKED!" Ino looked dead at cell seven's sensei. "ARE THEY OKAY! WHERE ARE THEY!"

"T-They're dead. We found their bodies. I'm so sorry." Naruto looked at Ino with a miserable look. "More might be dead by now. That's why we need to know who is doing this."

"DEAD! S-S-Shikamaru a-and C-Chouji. T-They're dead? Well that explains why I couldn't find them." Ino looked down at her feet. Tears fell to the floor as she started to sob.

"Ino I'm so, so, so sorry." Sakura leaned over and gave the sobbing girl a hug. "Ino, who did it? Who attacked you?"

"S-S-Sa-Sa-Sasuke…" She mumbled it so softly no one could hear her.

"Sorry, but I couldn't hear you. Who?" Sakura put her hands on Ino's shoulders.

"SASUKE DID IT! HE ATACKED ME!" Ino put her face in her hands. Sakura fell to her knees. Naruto stood in total shock. Kakashi stumbled back into his chair. All of their eyes were filled with horror. Naruto and Sakura were trembling.

"W-W-Why would Sasuke do something like that?" Sakura's voice was shaking. "Why!" Tears fell and she started crying uncontrollably.

"I-I knew he was a-a jerk, but to do this! We have to stop him!" Naruto had a look of pure rage. Tears were falling, but he was more mad than sad. His fists were clinched tightly. "Kakashi-sensei! What should we do! We can't just let him go on killing people! We have to stop him!" Naruto spun to face his sensei. "KAKASHI-SENSEI!"

"And what do you propose we do to stop him? I'm surprised Ino lived an attack by him. Listen Naruto you shouldn't try to handle this. We don't want you dead too."

"W-W-WHAT! Are you saying that Sasuke could beat me!" Naruto was enraged with Sasuke and his sensei now. Naruto heard a whimper from behind him and turned around.

"Don't fight." Sakura was looking her knees. "Please Naruto, don't fight him. I don't want you killing him or him killing you. I don't want anyone else to die." She looked up at Naruto. Her eyes were gleaming from the tears,

"Sakura." The young boy went over to his friend. "Don't worry Sakura. I promise I won't fight Sasuke." He bent down on his knees and hugged the crying girl.

"I-I'm gonna go home. I need some sleep." Ino wiped her eyes and started walking toward the door.

"Wait. Before you go I need to tell you some things." Kakashi stood up and walked over to Ino. "Ino, you need to take precaution tonight, tomorrow, until we get this whole thing over with. You need to lock all doors and windows. That won't do much so you'll need to have an alarm or warning set up. Just be careful. I'll walk you home." The silver-haired man put on a friendly smile.

"O-Okay. Thank you so much." The young girl looked down at her feet. "I miss Shikamaru, and Chouji."

"Come on. We should take you home." Kakashi walked Ino to the door. "Naruto, Sakura, I'm going to walk Ino home. Just to be on the safe side. You two should head home too." With that they walked out the door.

"Come on Sakura. We should be going home." Naruto stood up and offered her his hand.

"Thanks Naruto. I'm sorry for being such a crybaby." Sakura grabbed his hand and got to her feet.

"Hey don't worry 'bout it!" Naruto smiled at his friend hoping that it would make her smile too.

"Night Naruto." The green-eyed girl walked out the door and made her way home.

'Well I guess that didn't work. Aw man! I promised I wouldn't fight Sasuke! Dammit! Oh well…I better head home too.'

Naruto walked out of the shop with his hands in his pockets.

The wind was blowing briskly on his face but he didn't care. All he wanted to do was get home. He was in such a hurry he didn't even notice the object on the sidewalk. That is, until he tripped over it.

"Ow! What the hell was tha…" Naruto's eyes widened. "S-S-Shino! OH MY GOD!" down at the blonde's feet was Shino. Well not exactly. It wasn't all of Shino, only his head. The rest of the body was about eight feet away. Blood was everywhere. 'I-I need to find Kakashi-sensei!' Naruto got to his feet and was about to bolt when he saw something coming out from behind a tree.

"Where do you think you're going?" A dark figure approached him. It was too dark to see who it was. "Why don't we have a little fun?"

"W-Who are you! What do you want! Did you do this!" He pointed to the decapitated head.

"Why don't we play a guessing game? I won't tell you who I am, you need to guess. It really isn't that hard. Well for it probably is for you. You are a complete idiot." Naruto just stood there. Frozen. The dark figure just stood there. "Come on Naruto, even you aren't that stupid!"

'T-That voice! That name calling, It's…' "…Sasuke?"

"Got that right loser. Thought it'd take you forever." Sasuke started walking closer and closer to Naruto. "Come on. Fight me." He drew a kunai.

"Heh." Naruto smirked. "No problem." He drew two kunai and threw them at Sasuke. Sasuke jumped and avoided the attack. While up in the air, he threw his kunai at Naruto. Naruto barely dodged it.

'Damn! It's too dark! I can't see a blasted thing until it's like two inches away from me!'

"You sure don't put up much of a fight!" Sasuke threw two shuriken Naruto's way. Naruto ducked just barely missing the objects.

'You don't put up much of a fight? CRAP! I promised Sakura I wouldn't fight Sasuke!' Naruto snapped out of thought when a sharp object sliced his cheek. Blood trickled down his face. A kunai cut him. Naruto lifted his hand up to the wound and touched the blood.

"Come on Naruto! FIGHT ME!" Sasuke threw another kunai. Aimed at Naruto's forehead. Naruto jumped up and landed on both feet.

"I never go back on my word." Naruto stood there with clenched fists.

"What?" Sasuke was about to attack when Naruto's words paused him.

"If I make a promise I keep it." Naruto's fists started to shake a little

"So?"

"I PROMISED SAKURA I WOULDN'T FIGHT YOU! I WON'T GO BACK ON MY WORD!" Naruto looked up at Sasuke who was just standing there.

"What do you mean? When did you make that promise?"

"I made it when…when…we suspected that it was you who was doing all of this. Sakura couldn't take it. She didn't want you killing me, or me killing you. So I promised her I wouldn't fight you. I don't think she needs to be hurt anymore." Naruto started walking off leaving Sasuke standing there. 'Stupid, stupid me! I almost spilled that Ino told us. He would have found and killed her in an instant. But on top of that, why isn't he coming after me? Better use this chance to get away!'

'Sakura…'