Disclaimer: I don't own Naruto or Sailormoon.

A/n: This happened after episode 106 Will You Make It, Idate! The Never-Give-Up Last Spurt! And before Sasuke and Naruto fought cause Sasuke became jealous. (boohoo…I hated that part.)

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"What happened?" She mumbled, as her eyes slowly began to open. Three shadows hovered above her blocking out the sunlight.

Naruto made a sound of relief. They all stepped back to give her room, as she struggled to get up. Sakura came closer to help her. "Sasuke rescued you." Sakura answered her question earlier.

At the mention of Sasuke's name, Usagi's head turned towards him. His eyes were narrowed critically.

"Um, sorry Usagi" Naruto said eyes downcast. "I was supposed to protect you but I fell asleep."

"Me too." Sakura added.

"Um…Uh… Really it's okay." Usagi swallowed, her cheeks flushed.

"Why did you drug us?" Sasuke asked in a cold voice.

"Wha-!" Usagi looked aghast.

"Sasuke! What in the world are you saying?" Naruto demanded.

"Use your head, idiot."

"Don't call me an idiot! You idiot!"

"Both of you stop it!" Sakura intervened.

Usagi watched the exchange with a tug at her heart. Friends… It must be the nice to have them and talk so freely, if not downright insulting. Minako had been her best and only friend, and even then, Minako was always careful with her words and actions. They were sisters at heart yet because of the restrictions placed by their society, there was always something missing.

Usagi considered her options. She could deny it and try her luck again. But she doubted if it would work again. Damn that man. She scowled. If it wasn't for him she would've escaped by now. If not escaped, put a darn good distance away. Turning to the matter at hand…

"Please stop fighting. So what if I did?" She smiled beatifically.

Sasuke and Naruto's shouting stopped. Sakura paused in mid-sentence. They turned to look at her. Usagi shrugged.

"Usagi why?" Naruto asked, crestfallen that Sasuke was right and he was wrong.

"Does it really matter? I don't want you incompetent three to deliver me to my husband-to-be. I'll take my chances alone." Usagi spoke, her eyes blank, trying to sound as harsh and cold as she can. "Shouldn't you three still be asleep by the poison?" She demanded.

"Of all the ungrateful-" Sakura choked angrily. "You should be thankful that Sasuke was there to save you!"

"Why should I be thankful? I am only a mission to you." She said disgustedly. "Well, I absolve you three of your mission. Go home."

"Our missions can only be absolved by the Hokage herself." Sakura answered a bit confused, but slowly catching on while Naruto was still hopelessly dense.

Usagi smiled. "Let's make a bet. If I defeat you three. Then you have to leave me be."

Sasuke stepped forward. "Deal." He gave a slight smirk.

Usagi moved into position. "Don't underestimate me." She warned.

"You're the one who's underestimating." Sasuke threw a kunai aiming for her head.

"SASUKE! WHAT ARE YOU DOING?" Naruto yelled frantically, trying to catch up to them. "You're going to make us FAIL our mission!" He managed to catch one of the kunai Sasuke threw but wasn't able to fully prepare for the shuriken that followed it.

He clumsily blocked it with his own kunai.

Usagi wanted Sasuke to be distracted, but she wanted to distract him using her own technique. Before the fight could go on further, four ninjas surrounded her, two were male and two were female. Their head protectors were that of the Village of Sound.

"Well, well…this just made our own missions easier. Wouldn't you say so Sakon?"

His companion Sakon smiled evilly. "Who'd have thought we'd kill two birds with one stone. Kidnap this princess and kill that smug kid at the same time."

Tayuya gave a nod. The three men left leaving her with Usagi.

"It seems you have some skills. But it is definitely inferior to mine. Come with us peacefully and you won't be hurt. You are after all our master's bride." Tayuya ordered smirking. She placed her flute on her lips and wasted no time attacking.

Usagi felt herself being pulled into an illusion. Reality and alter-reality collided. "Shit…I'm not even halfway through freedom and this happens." She thought wincing as she felt intruded.

She placed her hands together, eyes closed as though in prayer, while mentally she blocked the pain, blocked the voices that invaded her. She moved her hands slightly apart and in the center, a small ball of light appeared. The small ball floated hovered slightly above her head, and began to spin, flying towards the enemy.

It sliced the sound ninja's flute into two.

"What source of trickery is this?" Tayuya cried out.

"This is no trick. This is my ability." Usagi told her calmly. "It's humiliating that I have to reveal this to you, his lowly servant. I guess I'm not yet strong enough. I was saving this for him." She said sadly.

"How dare you!" Tayuya growled. "If you think that you have beaten me because of that silly move…" Her marks began to act up covering her body. She laughed.

Meanwhile, Sasuke, Naruto and Sakura had their hands full fighting off the three other sound ninja. Sasuke was fighting two at a time, Naruto fighting for himself while protecting Sakura who was already wounded.

"Rasengan!"

"His plan worked…" Naruto thought joyously as his hand connected to the enemy's chest as he revealed his new technique. There was an explosion.

Sasuke gave a momentary glance wondering if the explosion already resulted to Naruto's demise. His eyes widened in surprise when he saw his comrade standing, not yet victorious, but definitely with the upper hand. He had no more time to think as his enemy attacked him once again.

A female voice shouted…suddenly in a blink of an eye both of his enemy retreated. Naruto's enemy was a little slower to move. They followed him and found Usagi lying on the ground. She turned towards them. She seemed to be unhurt. The four ninjas were already gone.

Naruto and Sasuke mentally breathed a sigh of relief.

There was a momentary truce as they silently made their way back to camp. A silent suspicion entered Sasuke's head and as soon as they had settled he made no qualms to voice it out loud.

"What do the sound ninjas want with you?" Sasuke demanded, walking over to the place where Usagi sat wrapped up in a thick brown cloth. It was already midnight and the wind was getting colder. They had not noticed the sun setting as they were fighting, but now only the light of their campfire provided them light and the stars.

Usagi sighed. Perhaps of she told them the truth they would help her. Perhaps not. She looked at them one by one. Though the two didn't say anything, they were curious as well. They were young. Inwardly, she laughed at the thought. She was probably only older by a year. But she was preparing for this ever since she was six…ever since she learned the truth.

No this was her problem, hers alone. If she would tell them, it will only be so that they would let her go.

"My father is an ambitious man. He is also very selfish." She began softly her eyes looking at the fire. Sasuke stepped back giving her room to speak.

"As you know you were supposed to deliver me to the village of Mist, where I will be wedded to some man…" She said dismissively. "It was to form an alliance, not to mention they also sent a lot of gold. But the truth is, I was already promised to another. He offered my father something that was irresistible to a hard driven man… he offered immortality."

Their eyes widened as the creeping truth hovered in the brains.

"You're not telling me that you're really engaged to-" Naruto exclaimed stopping in mid-sentence as Usagi nodded slowly.

"Orochimaru." She said the name quietly, shivering at the mere mention of it. "Now you see why I must escape!" Usagi said passionately. "My father couldn't openly declare that he had already betrothed me to that snake and he couldn't say no to the lull of riches offered to him, so he devised this plan. It would make the Konoha ninjas that were escorting me seem incompetent and the village of the Mist wouldn't demand the gold back from him rather from the Leaf village instead. I have no wish to include you in my problems. Just let me go." She pleaded.

"How awful!" Sakura murmured horrified. "To be wed to that despicable…"

"So I guess we should…" Naruto started looking depressed and lost.

"We aren't giving you up." Sasuke said his voice and tone hard and immovable.

Usagi gasped, her eyes outrage. "Fine." She seethed. "I hope you don't die too soon." She stood up angrily and walked away.

Sasuke watched her go. She wasn't telling the whole truth, but she wasn't lying either. He wondered if he should go after her. She seemed to be capable enough but she was still to be protected nonetheless. There was no telling what could happen.

He was inwardly glad that Sakura stood up and went after Usagi. He still needed to understand. He needed time to think.

A/n: I really find it hard to write fighting scenes and I admit this chapter isn't my best write. I hope you still like it though. This chapter is needed to get the plot moving. Review!