"Sakura! Sakura! Oh jeez, not again…" Naruto facepalmed with a groan, then narrowed his eyes firmly at his best friend in question. "Sasuke… Why? How on earth could you do this to her?"

Gaara took four steps forward and paused to flower. His demanding tone of voice, saying. "You need to leave… You've done a lot of damage with that tactless behavior of yours."

"I'm so disappointed in you… To think that you've actually changed, but into something worse…" Naruto shook his head with a sulking expression on his face.

Hinata furrowed her eyebrows in stress: "Sasuke…"

Choji and Lee gazed at the dark-haired ninja with scowl expressions, but they did not retaliate.

"You heard that?! Never come back, you ass-"

"Kiba!" Tenten scolded in which he bit his bottom lip in silence.

"What? I'm sick of this bastard being too cocky and just end up ruining things for us on our vacation. He's still a wanted criminal-" Kiba vented.

Then, the red-haired Kazekage signaled his arm out for him to stop talking in which he did. He then lowered it on his side and walked over towards him, staring heatedly at him in calmness. "I think it's time for you to leave. You are not welcome in our lives anymore because of your selfishness and arrogance. I was expecting something better from you, Uchiha, but you still failed… Now, get out and stay away from us, including Sakura…" His deep voice warned sternly with his gaze piercing at him in vexation.

The dark-haired ninja then did not respond back as he understood the message. He looked at every single one of his friends in the corners of his eyes and shuffled past them.

"What are we going to do?" Hinata wondered.

"We can just forget about him for a while…" Naruto murmured dolefully.

"Right," she agreed softly and placed her hand on his shoulder in consolation.

The others were watching him walk away solemnly. There was no doubt that he would not beguile anyone and he had one goal in his mind to attain it for himself. Tenten, Ino, and Hinata were upset and melancholic by the outcome of his wrongdoing.

However, the gentlemen were not surprised that Sasuke still has the trait of being too ambitious. This time, it wasn't the power that he was after. It was love that he wished that he could've needed much longer when he was younger, but it was taken away so soon by his older brother, who was also a victim of that tragic era during the Uchiha Massacre. Of course, it was never easy for him to endure the sufferings he went through as a child.

Even after being mentally tortured in a genjutsu by Itachi's Mangekyo Sharingan. Although Sasuke had more chances than him since he had Team 7 back in his youthful days and still chose that wrong path because of the traumas that he's been dealing with. He could've reconciled with his friends before by not giving into his own desires.

The pink-haired kunoichi, on the other hand, was running again with tears flowing down her face. She wiped them quickly and breathed out for a gasp when she got startled at the four figures landing on the ground in a complete shock.

She stared at them oddly and began to question stoutly. "What are you guys doing here?!"

"We are here to request a favor from you, Miss Haruno. That is if you don't mind taking you with us," Zenchi informed.

"No… I don't want to be involved in your corrupt business, so I'm leaving," Sakura countered.

"Oh, I'm afraid that's not going to happen this time," Zenchi said.

"What do you mean?"

"Kaito," he ordered with a snap of finger to signal him forward.

The ninja went behind her back to knock her out, but she twisted his arm that caused him to cry out in pain and swing her heel that kicked the side of his face.

Raki, Mingyu, and Hara began to charge as they threw punches and kicks on her.

Sakura managed to avoid their attacks as she performed a substitution jutsu to summon three clones.

"Earth Shock Wave!"

They split up separately and plummeted the ground into cracks until they blew out in a puff of smoke, much to her confusion.

"What?!" She exclaimed in her mind.

"Surrender now or else, we will use force," Zenchi stated nonchalantly.

"I refused!" She snarled.

"Very well, then…" Zenchi said and raised his two fingers up between his lips and uttered a word. "Hypnopiate."

The pink-haired kunoichi widened her eyes in bewilderment as she felt a huge stab in her body. Her vision started to get blurry and eventually succumbed slowly on the ground.

…

As of now, Sasuke continued to stroll in the forest without looking back. He was definitely conscience-stricken after hurting Sakura and everyone else.

About fifteen minutes later, he heard a couple of voices nearby, so he stopped for a second and refrained from his footsteps by hiding against the tree. He peeked a little and leaned back to hide as he started to listen to them.

"I don't think this will work, you guys," Mingyu said doubtfully.

"What makes you say that? Don't tell me you're chickening out already," Hara snorted.

"Yeah, that pink bitch almost broke my arm! I should've put up a defense. Fucking hell," Kaito said annoyingly.

"It's not that. I'm just speculating that he may kill us off after this," Mingyu noted.

"Bah. That's bullshit. He can't be that merciless," Raki retorted.

"Well, there's a possibility. We just got to be prepared," Hara commented.

"You guys are such a bunch of pussies. He's trustworthy enough to be our leader and if you guys are scared of death, then you may as well just deport yourselves," Raki argued.

"Say that one more time, dickhead," Hara snapped.

"Shut up! All of you! Our boss is going to be furious and will lose shit if you guys don't fucking cooperate. Besides, he will be pleased to see Miss Haruno over here," Zenchi reminded them in distress.

"Let's get going, then. But before that, we should terminate the rest of those squeaky leaf and sand ninjas for good," Hara sighed and carried the unconscious body of Sakura as the four of them teleported swiftly out of sight.

On the other hand, Sasuke's eyes went astonished after overhearing their conversation.

He hid secretly without being obvious in the open and thought to himself. "I've got to warn them... This is not good, but will they believe me?"

With a groan, he slid down from the tree and crouched, slapping himself mentally in the face. "Who am I kidding? I'm the reason why they're put into this whole mess because of what I did. I shouldn't have created such a monster and their lives are in danger."

Clenching his fists, he stood up straight and said in mind determinedly. "No…I must tell them, regardless if they'll believe me or not. What's important is to save Sakura..."

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The five leaf jonin are standing by in their spots and were livid to hear that one of the leaf squad members has been kidnapped through Yamato's telekinesis jutsu.

"Hell no," Iruka muttered in disbelief.

"Those pricks are getting away," Kurenai said.

"Not for long. They're coming in my way," Kakashi uttered as he removed his patch to activate his one eye Sharingan.

"It's happening again, eh?" Guy guessed.

"It always does," Kakashi responded as they all headed on and began to face the five rogues in battle in each of their own perspectives.

…

"Hehe, looks like we've got new visitors, folks," Zenchi chuckled.

"They just keep coming in for more," Hara whistled a tune.

"I wouldn't be too sure of underestimating them," Mingyu said.

"This is going to be exciting!" Kaito howled.

"Time to kill those mofos!" Raki smirked, which soon turned into sadistic laughter.

Inside the cave, their boss, on the other hand, is now awakening his innermost temperament and what appears to be the white creature that is slowly emerging with his whole body. His eyes sparked out his visual prowess of the Sharingan.

TO BE CONTINUED...