Chapter 9:Change Of Plans
2 green eyes were now staring at Minoru, full of hate and anger. Sakura was now under the control of Orochimaru. Her memory was all a blur. The only thing that she could recall was to serve Master Orochimaru...
Sakura stood and glared at Minoru giving him a heartless grin. He walked a side door and then returned holding a sword and a sheath. He gave Sakura the blade and she quickly examined it.
Sakura sheathed the sword and found more weapons lying in a corner of the room. She chose a couple of kunai and a small dagger. Sakura equiped herself and waited for Orochimaru's orders.
Neji was jumping from tree to tree leading everyone to where Sakura might be. He used his Byakugan to try and see a dark chakra. It was going towards the south, Neji picked up speed and was now far ahead of the rest...
"Neji slow down!" Hollared Naruto.
"No! We have to find Sakura as soon as possible!" Neji yelled.
Naruto shrugged and ran faster, now behind Neji. They could all feel the presence of something dark...heading their way! Neji saw a flash of pink and then it disappeared. "Sakura..." Thought Neji.
A kunai was thrown from high in a tree aimed at Ino. She barley dodged in time and looked into the tree, squinting her eyes to see who was there. Night had already fallen and it was becoming harder and harder to evade the kunai's in the darkness.
At last someone had gotten injured. It was Ino she was holding her stomach, where there was a wound. Clone Sakura jumped out from the tree and punched Ino in the face. Sending her flying backwards into a tree. Everyone squinted their eyes to see who was attacking them.
Neji looked shocked and then he studdered.
"Sak...Sakura?"
They all gasped and looked at the figure holding a kunai. The clone aimed it Ino and flung it her way,
she covered her face and expected to feel pain... Nothing happened. Shikamaru had gotten her out
of the way before the kunai strucked.
"Thank you Shikamaru..." Whispered Ino.
"No problem..." He responded.
Clone Sakura laughed a cold laugh which made everyone look at her in disbelief. Neji couldn't understand why Sakura was betraying her friends...? Especially him.
The clone lunged towards Naruto and managed to injure his chest with the sharp kunai. Naruto winced in pain as the blade cut through his flesh...
"Sakura... why?" Asked Naruto.
"It is my master's orders that I get rid of you all!" Clone Sakura laughed will lunging towards Naruto.
"Who is your master?" Asked Neji.
Clone Sakura glared at him before replying.
"Orochimaru..." Spoke the clone.
"Nani?" Screamed Ino.
Clone Sakura was now attacking Naruto and he was doing his best to either block or dodge them.
Naruto didn't want to hurt Sakura but he felt that he had to, now that she was the enemy.
He punched Sakura in the shoulder and jumped back. Preparing to attack again.
Clone Sakura merley laughed and began to run towards Naruto.
He dodged the attack and threw a kunai. Naruto shut his eyes as the kunai hit Sakura in the back.
Blood was now dripping from the wound and the kunai was still embeded in her back.
Naruto was shocked at what he had done to Sakura. She took hold of the kunai and slowly pulled it from her back. Neji saw what Naruto had done and yelled at him.
"You idiot! why did you do that?"
"She isn't on our side anymore! she is the enemy!" Yelled back Naruto.
Neji looked at Sakura and then a Naruto. He didn't know what to do? Clone Sakura turned all her attention to Neji, she ran to him and tried to inflict damage. Neji didn't want to fight back and only blocked. He managed to pin Sakura down and tried to talk to her.
"Don't do this Sakura!" He said.
"I don't reason with the enemy!" Screamed Sakura kicking Neji off.
Neji had lost her and thought it would be best to just fight back. Even though he still loved her.
He took out a kunai and readied himself to attack. Sakura was in front of Neji getting prepared to
launch a punch. Neji never let go of the kunai and stabbed Sakura in the shoulder.
She winced at the pain and pushed Neji away from her. Neji looked at his hand that were now covered with blood... The clone fell to the ground and let out a sigh before closing her eyes. Naruto was sad that they had to hurt Sakura.
Neji dropped to his knees and stared at the ground trying to fight the urge to cry... Tears had already fallen from Ino's eyes and she was now crying on Shikamaru. Hinata was shocked at what just occurred.
Naruto walked over to the body of Sakura. He went to pick her up but she was engulfed by blue smoke and only a piece of paper was left... Naruto picked it up and examined it.
It only said clone jutsu scroll and a symbol of a serpant was visible. Naruto ran over to Neji and explained himself...
"That wasn't really Sakura it was a clone!" He handed the paper to Neji and told the rest of the group.
There were alot of emotions running through Neji at the moment. Happiness, anger, sadness, and relief.
He walked towards the south again with the rest following behind. Neji wasn't gonna lose Sakura!
Orochimaru entered the room where Sakura was waiting in for him. He gave her instructions on what to do.
"You are going to invade Konoha with Uchiha." He calmly spoke.
Sakura nodded and went to where the Uchiha was. She found him in a room picking out a few weapons.
Sakura knocked on the door and his head turned in her direction.
"So you have finally gave in?" He asked giving her his famous smirk.
"Hn..." She hn'ed.
He grabbed some weapons and headed out the door, Sakura followed him back into Orochimaru's room.
He told them to get rid of the intruders and then invade Konoha. They agreed and they both ran towards
the outside doors.
They spotted all 8 intruders and prepared for battle.
Neji stopped when he saw a girl with pink hair standing not too far away. He didn't know if it was a clone or the real Sakura? When Neji was close enough he noticed that she was with Sasuke.
"Uchiha... its been a while..." Said Neji with a smirk.
Sasuke and Sakura took out a sword, one for each. They stood their ground and waited for the first attack. Naruto threw kunai at Sasuke, he blocked them with his sword and began attacking.
Neji didn't want to hurt Sakura but she thought different. Sakura ran at Neji and tried to strike him with her sword but missed. The pain in her arm was returning and it was distracting her from the battle. Neji took the opportunity and pinned her down his hands gripping her wrists. She had dropped her sword and the pain was now unbareble. Sakura shut her eyes and memories started to flood back to her...
Images of her and Neji and other people... She opened her eyes and saw the man from her memories.
"Nej...Neji?" Studdered Sakura.
"You have to remember Sakura!" He told her.
"Focus your memories..."
Sakura shut her eyes again but the memories had changed some what... There were images of her killing Neji and the others. Sasuke saw what was happening and tried to make his way to Sakura.
Naruto wouldn't give up and kept on attacking him. Neji felt her dark chakra increasing, and knew that Orochimaru was contolling her. Neji leaned closer towards Sakura and planted a kiss on her lips.
Sasuke was now running towards he and had kicked Neji away from Sakura. He threw her the sword and Sakura caught it. She was waited for Sasuke to move first and then attacked him. She swung her sword at Sasuke and it cut him badly on the back.
"What are you doing!" Yelled Sasuke.
"Defeating the enemy!" She replied.
Sasuke was now on top of Sakura and placed his hands around her neck. Causing her to cough, all she could do was placed her hands on his arms. She tried to pull him of but he was too strong...
Neji punched Sasuke and he released Sakura from Sasuke's grip. She coughed slightly and panted from the lack of oxygen. Neji took Sasuke on! They fought for a while and both where getting worn out...
Sakura had regained her strength and formed a ball of dark chakra energy. She jumped at Sasuke and punched him in the chest causing him winc in pain. It was a powerful attacked it had drained Sakura's chakra and she fell to the ground.
Neji used his Byakugan to find the weak point...back! He ran and gave a final kick to Sasuke's back, the kick was combined with some chakra. Causing Sasuke to be thrown to the floor.
Sasuke wearily got up and smirked at Neji. He walked the opposite direction and disappeared into the darkness. Neji walked over to Sakura and picked her up bridal style. Everyone was in a state of shock at what just happened.
They all walked back to Ino's house and put Sakura back into her bed to rest. He kissed her on the head and headed to his bedroom.