Sorry it took me long to update this, I was busy doing work, I just moved to an apartment, and I traveled from Virginia to all the way to South Carolina for my summer vacation. So I wish to apologize to you all for not updating this so soon, I hope you enjoy this chapter as a token for my apology; here you go.
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Ibate's are one tough team to beat; since Shino and Neji are still facing the Zukato brothers, Myazo and Fuzca, and Rock Lee is now facing Kilala. Naruto, Sasuke, Kiba and Arkamaru are the only ones left of chasing after Ibate and Dujobe to rescue Sakura. Ibate tries to convince Sakura to leave everything behind, but she refuses as she never give up her friends, family and everything else that matters to her. So instead of trying to talk through to her, Ibate decided to leave her to…
Shino vs. Fuzca…
Shino is still surrounded by Fuzca's huge spiders as they're coming right at him, Fuzca watched as he still hanging upside down. Just as the huge spiders are about to enjoy their feast, Shino think fast as his beetles came out of his sleeves again and swarm around him, as he used Bug Jar Technique. The spiders couldn't go through them as some of them got hit and some back away, Fuzca saw them, "So he used his beetles as his barrier shield against my spiders… I nearly underestimate him," he thought as he watched his spiders being pushed and stepped away from the beetles. Then suddenly…
The beetles form a counter-attack on them as they swarm a strike at the huge spiders in separate ways, as some flew to the opposite direction and the others were killed. After that, the beetle swarm back to regroup, but somehow… they all went into a hole through the webs. Fuzca saw them went inside the hole, "So he was able to cut through the cobwebs in order to escape… no matter, he won't get away so easy," he thought. Then he let go of the webs as he fell straight into the hole, hunting down Shino.
Neji vs. Myazo…
Neji is in the middle of the cold green misty fog as the temperature is dropping and he's colder every minute. "Where is he…? I can't see him through this mist, even with my Byakugan," he thought as exhaled more cold air and his skin are beginning to feel numb. "You won't be able to find me so easy…" Neji look around as he heard Myazo's voice, but couldn't find him through the fog, "I expand my chakra within each mist so that you won't sense my presence anywhere; especially with those eyes of yours," Myazo said as Neji try to search for him with his Byakugan still activated. Then suddenly… Neji sensed an ice-arrow been shot and coming from behind, he quickly turned and dodged it; except, it cut his left shoulder.
"Urgh!" Neji responded to the pain as his shoulder started to bleed, "You're quick, but not quick enough," Neji heard Myazo's voice again as he exhaled more cold air. "I have to find him and quick," Neji thought then he started running through the misty fog, and disappeared.
Rock Lee vs. Kilala…
They both faced each other as Lee is in his fighting stance and Kilala stood at her place,
"I may not know much about your abilities, but I do know that we both have the same amount of taijutsu with an increase level within our chakras," Lee said.
"I may not see your appearance nor sense your presence so quickly, but it doesn't mean you're capable of defeating me," Kilala said.
"We'll see about that!" Lee said as he charged her with his amount of speed, he pulled out his shurikens and threw them at her. Kilala sensed the shurikens coming right at her, so she quickly moved from her place and dodge them without any scratch on her, then Lee jumped and…
"Leaf Hurricane!" he said as he swung another kick at her. After Kilala dodged the shurikens, she quickly used her arm to use inside block to block Lee's kick then she used her roundhouse kick to target him. Lee flipped backwards and dodged her kick as she hit the tree that was behind him; until she cut it and knocked it to the ground, "She's strong," Lee thought as he landed back on the ground. Kilala stood back to her position, "Like I said, you are not capable of defeating me," she said then… she disappeared, Lee shrugged as she vanished. He looked around him to see if she's behind him, beside him, or…
"Eh!" Lee replied as he spotted a shadow below him… as a figure is coming from above! He quickly looked up and saw Kilala coming right at him with an axe kick, with full force. Lee quickly moved away and dodged her attack when…
BAM!
Kilala kicked the ground very hard, showing cracks and a large crater on it. Lee was surprised of her strength as he back on his feet again, Kilala slowly went back to her position as she turned her body towards Lee.
"I can sense that you've witness part of my ability, I have you know that I'm not that easy to be counter with, and I have you know that you Leaf ninjas won't be able to save Ms. Haruno in time. She'll become one of us and there's nothing you can do about it," she said then she used her amount of taijutsu, and charge at Lee with her balled up punch. Lee saw her coming with a punch, so he quickly used his amount of taijutsu once more to disappear and dodge her attack again. As Kilala punched another tree, she broke through it and knocked it down to the ground, like she did to the first tree. Lee reappeared behind her with another 'Leaf Hurricane', but Kilala sensed his attack as she quickly turned and, not only stopped his attack but, grabbed his ankle like Ibate did from before. She spun him around three times and threw him over to where the other trees are. After Lee was thrown, he defended himself as he hit through some trees through some part of the forest. "Let's see how he can fight through darkness," Kilala thought as her paled gold eyes turned paler again, made a few hand-signs to gather her chakra to form a genjutsu,
"Shadow Darkness Barrier," she thought as her shadow stretched and spread out, making everything dark again.
Naruto, Sasuke, Kiba and Arkamaru…
Naruto, Sasuke, Kiba and Arkamaru are still jumping through the forest, chasing after Ibate and Dujobe to rescue Sakura.
"The other two thugs are the only ones left," Kiba said,
"Bark!," Arkamaru barked,
"That won't be any good," Sasuke said,
"What are you saying? There's two of them and three of us, we can take them out easy and rescue Sakura," Naruto said.
"In case you have forgotten, they're nowhere near normal and nothing harms them whatever we threw a them, for all I know those last two are much stronger than those other four we faced," Sasuke explained, Naruto and Kiba nearly forgotten how those kids are. Then Sasuke said, "Besides, that blind girl blocked my chakra points so I can't use any of my jutsus nor reactivate my Sharingan for at least… 7 hours, I'm useless at the moment."
"Also the sun is going down," Kiba said as he saw some darkness approaching,
"Well no matter, we're still need to go after those thugs," Naruto said, "And be able to save Sakura," he thought as he, Sasuke, Kiba and Arkamaru continue jumping through the forest going after the other thugs.
Ibate, Dujobe, and Sakura…
Ibate and Dujobe are still resting, as Dujobe stood keeping a look out for their comrades or the Leaf ninjas. Ibate is still in Sakura's mind as she's still inside the cocoon, his paled blue eyes are still paler as he had his hand placed on the cocoon.
Sakura's mind…
After Sakura ran away from Ibate, she found herself in a forest garden as it shows many beautiful flowers, butterflies flying by, and birds chirping through the trees. Sakura led a small smile as she walks through the garden, she smelled the sweetness from the flowers and watched the some birds fly away. As the wind blows gently and she walks towards a bridge ahead of her, she stopped as she recognized this bridge as this is where Team 7 meets every time. Then Sakura started walking on the bridge as leaves and flower petals were falling from the trees, just as she went back walking she stopped again as she spotted three people ahead of her; a man and two boys. Sakura took a close look at them as one boy has blonde hair and blue eyes, the other boy has black raven hair and onyx eyes, and the man has light-gray hair and wearing a mask. She smiled as she recognized them,"Naruto, Sasuke, Kakashi-sensei!" she said as she's happy to see them again, she started running up to them. Just as she was close to them…
Bump!
Sakura suddenly bumped into something in the way and fell down, "What the…" she said as she got back up. She slowly stuck her hand out to find or feel what she ran into, and she did as she felt some wall in her way as it's separating her and her teammates. Sakura couldn't find a way through it and it's too thick to break through, then she discovered her friends turning their back on her and started leaving; as if she doesn't exist. "No wait! Don't leave me!" she yelled for them, but they didn't hear her as they kept walking away, Sakura felt a bit of her tears flowing in her eyes. "Naruto… Sasuke… Kakashi-sensei… COME BACK!" she yelled for them again, but they still didn't hear her; and then… they vanished. "Eh!" Sakura respond after she saw her friends disappeared, and they hardly even know she's there,
"You're still thinking about them, are you Ms. Haruno?" Sakura heard Ibate's voice as she turned around and saw him as stood at the bridge."That won't do at all since they don't need you anymore," he said to her, then Sakura glared at him, "I don't want to hear anymore from you, just leave me alone," she said to him in an anger tone. Just then… Ibate disappeared and reappeared in front of Sakura, Sakura flinched when he came up to her fast, "I can't do that, I was given an order from Lord Akeeba to keep an eye on you once he sees you," he said. Sakura backed away from him, "No! I won't let you take me to him," she said in rage then she form a fist and…
Punch!
Punched Ibate to the face real hard… but he still didn't respond to the pain, so Sakura throw another punch at him… until Ibate caught her punch with his right finger and thumb. "Now then…" he said then he used his finger to press Sakura's pressure point between her knuckles very hard, which… Sakura gasped as she suddenly lost feelings to her legs, she collapsed until Ibate caught her; just like when they first met last night. He picked her up in a bridal style, "There is something I want to show you," he said, Sakura just looked at him as he held her in his arms. Then Ibate's paled blue eyes turned paler as some dark shadow below him appeared, he started to sink; Sakura noticed she and Ibate are going down into darkness, "What now?" she thought as she and Ibate sunk inside the dark shadow as they left the bridge.
Shino vs. Fuzca…
Fuzca crawled thrown inside the webs as he hunts down Shino, with an instinct of a spider, the predator must find it's prey before it tries to escape."I know he's in here somewhere, I can smell him," Fuzca thought as he continues crawling through the webs.
Shino is somewhere within the webs, hiding from Fuzca or one of his spiders, "I have to find a way to defeat this guy… but how?" Shino thought then pulled his hand towards him as beetles crawls out of his sleeves. Shino took his time to think before Fuzca or his spiders finds him.
Fuzca crawls through every hole through each cobwebs but no sign of Shino, so called out his spiders all around him to help him find his prey. Spiders crawling out of webs, Tarantulas, Brown Recluses, Black Widows, Huntsmans, Hobos, and other types of deadly spiders crawling everywhere; even out of Fuzca's sleeves, collar, and pants. "Find him," he said to them, then they all crawled through each direction in order to find Shino; about over a million of spiders are hunting him down. (If I've been hunt down by every deadly spiders from everywhere around me, I'll be terrified and have nightmares about them forever.) Shino slowly come out of his hiding place as he looks around to see if it's a close and clear. He didn't see Fuzca nor any of his spiders, so he got of the hole and went out to find a way out. Just as he was trying to find a way to escape, he heard something crawling, over a million sounds of crawls coming from everywhere. He turned and saw… over a bunch of spiders crawling right towards him, Shino heard more crawls as he sees more spiders coming out of cobwebs, he was surrounded again. Then suddenly… an acid web string was shot and hit Shino on his left shoulder,
"Argh!" he responded to the pain as the acid burns through his jacket to his shoulder, he placed his hand on it and got down to his knees. The acid kept burn on his skin and make it bleed, he looked up and saw where the acid web string came from, it was those huge spiders again as they crawl from above; and he sees Fuzca as he's now standing upside down.
"I told you there's no point of defeating the upper level of the food chain, my spiders will overcome your beetles no matter how much you try to make it the other way around," he said then he jumped up the his place and land on the ground where Shino is as he still covering his burn, bleeding shoulder. Fuzca walk up to him,
"You're finish, within one minute you are going to become one flesh meal for my friends, and in the meantime Ms. Haruno will soon become one of us," he said. Shino didn't look at him,
"Why is it that you want Sakura to become like you thugs?" he was able to ask, Fuzca stood in front of him,
"Well... since you're going to be eaten, I don't see no problem of telling you. We're taking Ms. Haruno to meet Lord Akeeba so he can take away her emotions," he said,
"Her emotions?" Shino thought as Fuzca continues.
"So without her emotions, she'll slowly develop a whole new ability within herself and changes will come to her; and within one week, she'll become one of us to set along with Lord Akeeba's plan to revolt for a whole new future." Shino led his eyes through his shed glasses at Fuzca's paled gray eyes,
"That explain those eyes," he thought, then he notice some of the spiders are crawling all around him. Fuzca crouched down at him,
"Any last words before you become dinner?" he asked,
"Actually, I have some… remember our little fight not too long ago, the one when you try to bite me?" Shino said.
"What about it?" Fuzca asked,
"I have you know that you can't always count on the food chain to see which overcomes what," Shino said, and then…
BAM!(BUZZ!)
Bugs from the outside flow throughout the webs, and throughout every spider around them, Fuzca got back up as he saw his spiders being encountered by beetles and from the outside. All being killed at once from everywhere,
"I was able to plant a female beetle on you while you were busy trying to eliminate me, since the female drawn out a smell for the male beetles, they attract to that smell right where she is," Shino said as he was able to use his Destruction Bug Host Technique on Fuzca. Fuzca looked at his pants as he spotted the female beetle on him, the swarm of beetles circulate around him as they're attracted to the smell from the female. So at that moment… they all charge at Fuzca, he looked up to them all as they all closing in on him with full force…
BAM!(BUZZ!)
They got him as they pushed him all the way down, breaking through each cobwebs on the way. Through every cobweb, they were no longer inside webs as they're outside now break through each tree branch all the way down. Then finally…
BAM!!
The beetles and Fuzca hit the ground very hard, almost made a crater but shows some cracks on the ground. Shino slowly got up and walked towards the hole where the beetles attacked Fuzca, as he walked passed every dead spiders, he looked down and saw the beetles still swarming on the ground, and then… they all spread apart and flew away. After they left, Shino saw Fuzca lying on the ground unconscious, after he was encountered by his beetles, "What does he mean by a whole new future ?" he thought as he remembered what Fuzca said to him, then, "Ah!" he murmured as his shoulder kept bleeding and the acid is still burning through each tissue in his skin, "I should get out of here," he said to himself, then he jumped in the hole and finally out of the cobwebs.
Neji vs. Myazo…
Neji is still in the green mist as he kept searching for Myazo, the fog is getting thicker and colder each minute. Neji is almost running out of time as he exhaled more cold air and his body temperature is starting to decrease, "I'm running out of time, he has to be somewhere in this mist but where?" he thought as he's been using his Byakugan to see through every mist; but still no sign of him. Then suddenly… Neji sensed another ice-arrow been shot and coming right behind him, he quickly turned and…
Break!
He broke it, except…
Stab! Stab! Stab!
"GAH!" Neji screamed in pain as he felt three more ice-arrows shot him behind his back, he nearly lost balance but was able to stay on his feet, "I didn't sense those coming from the other way," he thought as his back start to bleed and panting for exhaustion and let out more cold air. "Now I see what he's doing, with all these mist he makes he's manipulating my focus of my Byakugan," he thought as he finally figureout what Myazo is doing to him. So he deactivated his Byakugan, "Now I know a way to find him," he said to himself as he thought of a plan.
Myazo is somewhere hiding in the mist, and he kept his eyes on Neji. He blew out another ice-arrow and position it with his ice-bow, aim at Neji, "Just one more shot, and he's finish," he thought as he gathered his chakra with is ice-arrow, exhaled more cold air, and targeting Neji from behind. "Now," he said as he finally shoot his last ice-arrow at him, with full force and going for the kill; but little did he know, as the ice-arrow is closing in on Neji, Neji turned his head and saw the arrow closing in on him."Found you," he said then… he disappeared, and the arrow missed him. "What's this?!" Myazo said then he somehow sense his presence as he reappeared right beside him, he quickly turned and saw Neji in his Hyuga stance again. "This time I got you," he said as he reactivated his Byakugan and gather his chakra to…
"8 Trigram, 128 Palms," he said as he used Gentle Fist on Myazo once again,
"2 Palms!" he hit in the Myazo's front as he backs away like before,
"4 Palms!" he hit him more as he keeps backing away,
"8 Palms!" he hit him with more speed,
"16 Palms!" he hit him with more strength,
"32 Palms!" he hit him with more speed and strength,
"64 Palms!" he hit him without holding back,
"128 Palms!" he hit with full force and with every bit of his chakra. Then he jumped, spanned, and…
Kick!
He kicked him to the front very hard, which made Myazo dropped his ice-bow and fly to the opposite direction; hit a bunch of trees from behind, and somehow was out of the green mist. Myazo hit a bunch of trees in the forest as he's been piled up by broken and torn down trees on the ground, unconscious. After that, the green misty fog suddenly lift as it started to disappear, Neji deactivate his Byakugan again as he was no longer in the cold mist as the temperature went back to normal and everything is clear. Neji panted as he nearly used up all his chakra though he still feels cold after being in the cold fog for so long, "It took me awhile, but…" he started losing his vision and his balance when a step, "I was able… to… get him," he said as he became very tired and somehow coming down with something. Then… he fell to the ground unconscious, his back continues to bleed and he's completely worn out.
Shino landed on the ground as he still sees Fuzca still lying down unconscious, then he turned and he saw some trees been torn down, broken, and piled up. He also saw that paled green haired boy in the pile unconscious, Fuzca's twin, Myazo, then Shino turned to an open area as he spotted Neji on the ground unconscious too, but mostly hurt. "Neji," he said, but he still mumbles through the pain on his shoulder, Shino walked up to Neji to help him as the Zukato brothers lay unconscious and defeated.
Lee vs. Kilala…
Lee found himself in darkness again, he can't see anything around him, "Not this again," Lee thought then…
Punch!
He felt something punched him in the face, "What the…" he said as he try find what hit until…
Double-Punch! Kick!
Lee was punched to the face twice and got kicked to the stomach, "Urgh," Lee responding to the pain, and then…
Kick!!
He was kicked to the face but his time from the under jaw, he flew to the opposite direction and land on the ground hurt. Lee coughed off blood in his mouth as he tries to get back up, "You don't have what it takes," he heard Kilala's voice but couldn't see her, "I figure once I used my Shadow Darkness Barrier, you can't see me since I can't see you." Lee got back on his feet but…
Punch! Kick! Double-Punch! Kick!!
Lee was punched in the face, kicked to the stomach, double-punched to the face again, and kicked to the chest which made him fly to another opposite direction and hit the ground hurt again. "I also figure that we both show the same amount of speed of taijutsu when everything is light, but in here I comprehend more speed then you," she said then Lee felt something/someone grab his ankle again, as he was pulled and thrown to a different direction. He somehow hit something that felt like a tree, but still couldn't see it, "You maybe fast when you see, but in here you're just slow," Kilala said as Lee slowly got back up again. "She's right, I can't see through this darkness nor see where she throws her attack at me, I have to find a way to find her, but how?" Lee said as he pants and spit out more blood in his mouth. He's figuring out a way to find Kilala before he's done for.
Sakura's mind…
Ibate and Sakura appeared at lake, where there's a waterfall, it's nighttime and it shows a crescent moon in the sky. Ibate carried Sakura in his arms towards the lake, then he gently placed her on the ground near the water, Sakura looked at the lake as it shows it's beauty, the waterfall reflecting a rainbow, and fireflies flying through the dark.
"Where are we?" she asked,
"We're in your conscience, where it shows the reflection of what's right and what's wrong," Ibate answered. Sakura looked at the water as she saw her reflection, except her reflection shows her original self with her head-protector, wearing red, and still a ninja. "That's me," she said, then Ibate crouch down to the water and placed his index finger on it, causing ripples through the lake, "Was you," he said. As the ripple of the water rippled through Sakura's reflection, that Sakura no longer sees her reflection of herself, she turned to Ibate, "Hey! What are doing?" she said in a bit of an anger tone. "Showing the real truth about your life," Ibate said as the water kept rippling as it ripple to the center of the lake, "Watch," he said as Sakura turned to the center of the lake. As they saw… some parts of water floating in the air, circulating and transforming in a different form. It formed a human-figure, a young female with long blonde hair in a pony-tail, blue eyes and wearing purple clothes. Sakura became stun as she who it is, "Ino," she whispered as she never forgets her best friend and rival's face,
"Ms. Yamanaka, from the Yamanaka clan where she form unique abilities of controlling minds on others and enemies," Ibate explained then another part of the water floats in the air, circulating and transforming another form. Another human-figure, also a young female but with short dark indigo hair, very light lavender eyes, and look very shy. "Hinata," Sakura said, "Ms. Hyuga, from the famous Hyuga clan where her family carries the Kekkei Genkai and possesses the powerful advanced bloodline, the Byakugan," Ibate explained then two more parts of water floats in the air; circulating and transforming two more human-figures. Both young females, but one is older than the other three as she has blonde hair in four pony-tails, teal eyes and has a big fan on her back; and the other has brown hair in two buns, brown eyes, and wearing a pink top. "Tenten and Temari," Sakura thought, "These two may not be from a famous clan nor carried the Kekkei Genkai, but they show much unique abilities within their talents, even when it comes battle," Ibate explained. Then Sakura turned to him and asked, "Why are you showing me this?" Ibate didn't look at her, "I'm showing you that these kunoichi's are well-developed Genins, born with special techniques, and they have teams that needed them," Ibate said as more parts of water floats in the air, forming more human-figures. This time young males as each two stood beside the four kunoichi's, Sakura nearly shrugged as she recognized all of them; the squad members of Team 8, Shino, Hinata, Kiba and Arkamaru; Team 10, Shikamaru, Ino, and Choji; Team Gai, Neji, Tenten, and Rock Lee; even the Sand village, Gaara, Temari, and Kankuro. Then more parts of water floats and form three more figures of two men and a woman; Gai, Asuma, and Kurenai. Sakura became speechless when she saw all the rookies and their sensei's again,
"These teams are very gifted and obtained special abilities," Ibate said then the last three parts of water floats in the air and formed the last three figures. A man and two young boys as the man is wearing a mask, a boy with blonde hair and blue eyes, and the other boy with raven hair and onyx eyes. Sakura became more speechless as she saw Team 7 once again, she wanted to reach out for them to let them know how much they mean to her. Then Ibate said, "This team obtained much greater gift that you'll never have, and they never needed you," Sakura turned back to him,"That's not true, they always needed me, I'm their teammate," she said in a different tone. Ibate slowly turned to her,"They just pity you, only because they need a third member in the squad to do some training and go to missions; they never really wanted you in the first place," he explained. "I don't believe you! You don't know anything about them!" Sakura said as she looked away from him,"As the matter a fact, I do," Ibate said as he slowly turned back at Team 7 as the other teams suddenly… formed back into water and back in the lake.
Team 7 are the only ones left standing, Ibate started explaining again, "Kakashi Hatake, a former Jounin of squad 7, and was also known as the Legendary Copycat Ninja since he possesses the Sharingan eye…" Sakura didn't say anything as he continues, "Since the Sharingan is also the bloodline of the Kekkei Genkai, from the famous Uchiha clan where Sasuke Uchiha also possesses it's ability. I also know your deep feelings for him," Sakura shrugged when he mention about her feelings for Sasuke, "As you have forgotten, he was never be interested in you; he always find you the weakest in the team, you don't show much combat in battle, you always get in the way, you never train much… and he also finds you annoying," Ibate said. That's when Sakura made a small gasped he said the word 'annoying', that was the exact same word Sasuke always said to her because he never likes her… and he never will. Ibate continues, "He's only interested in his goals of killing his older brother, Itachi Uchiha, and restore his clan. However, he finds Naruto Uzamaki a worthy opponent for his strategy, even though he's a vessel to that Nine-Tailed Fox demon sealed inside him," now Sakura became shocked as he knows about the Nine-Tailed Fox. "Even with that demon inside him, he can overcome much incredible strategy and much powerful skills; the squad members of Team 7 are very powerful and each born with a unique gift," Ibate slowly turned back to Sakura as she still sat with her hands squeezing both her arms, having her mind filled with questions and thoughts all over. "Only three of them except you Ms. Haruno, you were never born in a famous clan, carried any bloodline of the Kekkei Genkai, or any unique ability like everyone else… because your emotions stirs in the way, and it's the only reason why you can't become strong. I know that… you know that… everyone knows that… no matter what you do, no matter how much you tried, no matter how far you'll ever get, your emotions will always. Make. You. Weak." Ibate said then…
Sakura burst out with tears as it overflows in her eyes, pouring out her sadness of everything she's been through. "It's true… everything he said is true…" she thought as she covered her face with her hands, concealing her face of shame, "I've always been the weakest in the team, I never was strong enough to everyone. I always get in the way, cry and beg, and always let everyone down… I'm useless and pathetic, and I always will be," she thought deeply as she shed more tears of sadness and shame. Ibate watched her cry as he finally pulled his index finger out of the water, which cause Team 7 to form back into water again and went back into the lake. He got up and walked towards Sakura as she still weeps with her hands still covering her face, as he stood beside her he crouched back down and pulled her against him; he held her in his arms. Sakura didn't bother trying to push him away this time because she still feels the pain flowing through her heart, and it's too painful to her. Ibate slowly hugs her to comfort her as she shed her tears on him, even in her mind he knows a giving her a hug is a way to comfort her. Sakura slowly stop weeping, as she's being comfort, though her tears kept falling down her cheeks,
"There's still hope yet to come to you Ms. Haruno, there is a way for you to become strong," Ibate said as he still has her in his mind, Sakura slowly look up to him with tears flowing in her eyes. "The only way that you'll never be weak again is by Lord Akeeba, he will take away all your emotions so you will never suffer the pain and heartache ever again…" Sakura became silent as he slowly let her off the ground and on her feet; she didn't take her eyes off of his paled blue eyes as he continues. "All you need to say is 'I don't want to be weak anymore', and then Lord Akeeba will take away your emotions," Ibate said then he place his hand on her cheek, and wiped her tear with his thumb. "With all your emotions gone, you will never feel any pain, heartache, happiness, sadness, anger, confusion, loneliness, hatred… or love," he said then… he showed her a blue rose as it came between them. Sakura saw the blue rose as she made the same expression when she first saw the red rose, she looked as Ibate again slowly led his face near hers, as they lips are almost close. "I promise you Ms. Haruno, once you say those words, everything is going to be okay," he said softly towards her lips. Sakura glanced at his handsome face as he slowly led his lips towards hers, "I… I don… I don't…" Sakura couldn't speak as his lips is about to touch hers… until…
"Ibate," another voice said from the outside world interrupted.
Outside world…
Ibate was out of Sakura's mind again as he turned to Dujobe, "What is it?" he asked, "I sensed the Leaf ninjas coming this way, only three of them this time," Dujobe answered. Then Ibate grabbed the cocoon and hand it over to Dujobe to carry it again, "We must leave and reach to the mountains at once," he said then he led the way again, Dujobe followed him while carrying the cocoon again.
Naruto, Sasuke, Kiba and Arkamaru…
It was getting dark as Naruto, Sasuke, Kiba and Arkamaru are still jumping through the forest, chasing after the other thugs.
"They're moving up ahead, and somehow heading towards the mountains," Kiba said,
"Bark!" Arkamaru barked,
"Alright then, we just keep moving and try to catch up to them," Sasuke said, "And hopefully have enough time to reactivate my Sharigan," he thought. Naruto didn't say anything as he and the other continue chasing after the other thugs,
"I won't let them take away Sakura," he thought as he and his friends are continuing their mission.
Further away through the forest, between the mountains…
Standing on top of one of the mountains, Akeeba waits for the return of his squad with their new member. He made an evil smirk on his face and chuckles evilly, "I know exactly what to do to her… and it's going to be perfect," he said, and chuckles evilly again; but a little louder. He waits for his squad to retrieve their new member to him, and once he meets her, he's going to steal her…
To be continued…
It took me forever but I'm finally finished, I hope you like it. Review to me about it as I try to update the other chapter; or the other chapters on 'Heart of the Cherry Blossom', 'Get You Back', and the new story, 'Desire'. See you later!
Questions?
Will Lee ever defeat Kilala?
Do you think that Naruto and his friends will save Sakura before she meets Akeeba?
Who's the strongest in Ibate's team?
Name the members of Ibate's team, and his/her ability?
What is it that Akeeba's plan of making a whole new future means?
Is Sakura going to accept her emotions or will she have them taken away by Lord Akeeba?