A/N I've just realised that I do take long to update this story. It's mainly because I focus more on my other story, Sakura. Plus, I have exams coming up and that takes up my time.

Disclaimer: I don't own Naruto.

Chapter 9

"Sakura-chan!" It was Naruto's voice she could hear. He was running up to her on the streets of Konoha. "You wanna spar with me?" He asked, eager to fight as always.

Sakura only nodded in response.

"She promised me today!" Ino then came into the scene. "Forehead, remember, you said you would teach me that new jutsu of yours?"

Sakura nodded.

"Sakura, looking good today." Some guys whistled on the side. Naruto sent them glares and they quickly looked away, most of them blushing.

"Sakura-hime," The pinkette heard behind her. Turning around, she found Neji. "Godaime-sama requests your prescence."

Sakura nodded.

"Shit!" The cherry blossom woke up with a start. A bird had squeaked, disturbed by something and woke her up. It woke her up from that... bizzare dream.

The sun had yet to rise and she wasn't very far from her destination. Just a little longer and she would be able to battle a jincuriki! And this time, she would be sure to capture it.

To make my eternal world...

"Why do you have to do this?" A voice in her head sighed. It was that voice, her younger self.

"Because we were screwed over." Inner Sakura replied. "It was time to start being selfish, Sakura of the Sharingan. You made the right decision."

"Stop thinking that if you say it often, that makes it true."

"I thought I told you to shut up!" Sakura screamed, cluthing her head.

No one replied.

Smoke clouded the battlefield and Kakashi had sighed in relief. But, just a second later, he was on alert once again. Noticing his discomfort, Ino looked towards the dust cloud.

Laughing began to resound from within. The battle was not yet over.

"I have to admit. Your attacks surprised me. However, you are not strong enough to defeat me." Kakuzu threw away his Akatsuki cloak, revealing his abnormal body. Black threads shot out from his back and created four large beasts, all wearing masks.

"How...?" Ino heard Chouji remark. She was about to suggest that the three of them split the beasts up but their opponent reached out with his threads and pulled the jonin towards him. The two began a dangerous duel.

"We take two each!" Ino yelled at Chouji. In quick movements, the two split up and were chased by a couple of beasts each.

Swiftly, Ino was gliding across the field, running away from the things that wanted to attack her. It was terrifying (being chased) and plans were appearing in her mind at a constant pace but none of which seemed to work.

Lightning and fire was shot from the couple of beasts' mouth and was aimed straight at the blue-eyed chunin. Flipping over to the other side of the battlefield, Ino beautifully landed and prepared chakra scalpals.

From above, one beast began to drop down on her. Swiping her blade, the blonde cut through the black threads but they immediately reattached to one another. The beasts attacked her with a lightning surge, electrifying her body.

"Argh!" She cried, attempting to retreat but the second beast was right onto her. It grew out its black threads and formed a hammer of some sort. Slamming it into the kunoichi's back, she was thrown far away, face flat on the ground and already in a vulnerable position.

It's no use... I've lost... The blonde began, tears beginning to form in her eyes. It was a rare sight. I can't avenge Asuma-sensei... I can barely fight an Akatsuki member... It was stupid of me to think I could bring Forehead back...

"Now, what are you talking about?" A familiar voice asked her. Looking up, Ino saw Asuma walking towards her. "What were my last words to you, Ino?"

Her mind reeled back, back to that horrid moment. Her sensei was on the ground, life fading from his eyes but he was telling his students what he wanted them all to know. He had called Chouji the kindest person he had ever met, Shikamaru was the smartest and was like a son to him. And his last words to Ino were: "Whenever you put your mind to something, you get it done. You are the most persistent person I know." The way he said it, he made it seem like being persistent was a good thing in this case. "If you want to bring Sakura back, I know you'll do it."

"You're persistent, Ino. I was right when I said that." The image of her sensei faded after that and she was met with the sight of the two beasts charging up their attacks. Both were surrounded by chakra but one had flames burnining in its mouth and the other had lightning cracking around its body.

She rose slowly. I'm a persistent bitch. And I'm not gonna die here!

In sync with one another, the masked beasts let their attacks zip through the air, aimed right at Ino. Focusing her chakra around her body, the area around Ino began to glow bright green - the colour of medical ninjutsu.

The devestating attacks collided into her, creating an explosion that produced a huge, dull cloud of black smoke. The smoke floated upwards, eventually clearing up and revealing an unscathed Ino. She smirked as a green shield protected her body.

The shield disappeared and she was zooming across the battlefield, chakra pumping into her feet and, running right towards the masked beast duo. They shot out small blasts of lightning and fire but the blue-eyed ninja dodged them all, leaving black ash on the ground where the attacks landed.

One began to chase her as she ran up a tree, the other tried to cut her off and meet her at the top. Forming chakra blades, she sliced through it and quickly sped forwards, avoiding its counter-attack.

This is my chance! Ino thought as she back-flipped off of the tree and transferred chakra into her foot. With as much force as she could muster, she slammed her foot into the mask of one the beasts and it cracked. The threaded monster was blown to the ground, creating a crater where it laid, unmoving and a pile of threads.

Before she even knew it - before the second beast could attack her - her body had been scooped up away from the masked beast. Naruto had finally arrived on the battlefield with a new jutsu in his arsenal.

She was running through the sewer, aware of the prescence around her. The chakra was messy, as if it were divided into bits around her.

Water splashed about as a result of her footsteps, letting ripples glide throughout the rest as Yugito continued to run through the sewer. Quickly! Her mind screamed at her. Usually, she wouldn't be so anxious but this person was so... different. Chakra was everywhere and it confused Yugito as to where the enemy actually was.

A dead-end blocked her path and she smirked. Made it.

"You've kinda screwed yourself, haven't you?" Pink flower petals appeared from different tunnels in the sewer, swirling around and pushing away the water with its wind. Each petal connected with another and began to form a person.

Sakura stood in front of the Nibi, a neutral facial expression imprinted on her face.

"You're too cocky, Akatsuki." Yugito replied, revealling her smirk. In an instant, the sewer exploded and the rough sound of walls breaking and water sloshing around rapidly was heard. The Cloud ninja had protected herself with a blue-flamed shield.

"So are you." The pinkette replied, a wooden shield (that was slightly burnt and broken) had protected her from the blast.

"Wood Style?" The jinchuriki questioned. "This will be interesting."

"I agree with you, I am interesting." Sakura winked, forming her right arm into a wooden hammer and her left arm into a wooden shield.

Pumping chakra into her feet, she sped up to the Nibi and intended on smashing her hammer down. But Yugito used her flame shield once again, burning Sakura's wooden weapon.

"Shit!" The pinkette let the curse spill before she angrily punched the ground near her oppenent, breaking the sewer's ground and pushing the blonde back. For safety, the Akatsuki member retracted the wood on her hands back into her skin. Her nature Kekkei Genkai was now something she couldn't rely on in this battle.

Then how about this... Sakura activated her Sharingan and looked at the Cloud ninja in the eye. Knowing that a simple genjutsu wouldn't work, she pushed more chakra into her illusion and used one from her special collection.

"I like this place." The cherry blossom smirked into the illusioned volcano. They were at the top of the volcano, a pool of lava within it. Yugito was chained and hanging above it. "It's so calming." Muffled words could be heard from her target. "Oh, I don't like it when other people talk as well. Hence, the threads that have sewn your mouth shut."

Sakura floated into the volcano but above the lava, and was now face to face with the Nibi. "Can I tell you a story?" She asked and received angry sounds in response. "I'll take that as a yes because, let's face it, you can't break out of this and we have nothing else to do." She laughed, letting out a snort. "So, I joined the Akatsuki because I saw how unfair this world is. I mean, I was screwed over by... everyone. And I hate to be the person who feels sorry for themself because... ew." She pointed to her tongue in disgust. "But I deserve some good things in life. Then, I found out about the Nibi and the rest of the bijuu. And what they all can do once they are collected. So, won't you allow me to extract the beast within you? I'll be saving you from this world and making better ones for everyone else."

Yugito shook the chains, letting out sounds that made Sakura angry. I asked for once AND I was nice about it! Why can't people just listen to reason?!

"I thought we could do this the easy way but..." She sighed and then she activated her doujitsu once again, staring her opponent down and attempting to strike fear with her. Yugito was a proud and brave kunoichi but even she felt some unease at Sakura's look.

"You should hope that you're immune to burning." The pillars the chains were connected to lowered, along with the jinchuriki. Ever so slowly, the Two-Tails' host's feet dipped into the pool of lava and her muffled shriek could be heard.

"Louder, please!" Sakura yelled, a smile of pleasure apparent upon her face.

"Ew, are you getting off on this?!" Inner screamed.

No, but isn't that just music to your ears? She laughed outwardly as the blonde contined to scream.

It took hours, twelve to be exact, for Sakura's genjutsu to finish. She was completely satisfied once they were up, she even decided that she would fuck Hidan after this as a celebration.

Back in reality, Sakura had wrapped her wood (haha) around Yugito. The Cloud ninja was unconscious, her head looking down at the ground and her limbs restricted from moving.

With glee, the rogue ninja produced a full vile from her sleeve. It contained a colourless substance. She was going to use it to make sure Yugito wouldn't wake up as she travelled back to the hideout.

"You were fun." Sakura said to her opponents unresponsive body. "But I have a duty to fufill."

"So do I." Yugito replied, red aura surrounding her body. It quickly turned blue and Sakura had trouble hiding her shock. As a result of her aura, the jinchuriki burnt the wooden restraints around her with her blue fire. The wood burnt down to the ground. "I will not lose! I have a duty towards the Shinobi World!" The Nibi screamed and a bright blue light blinded Sakura for a split-second. The sewer was shaking, water was sloshing about crazily and Sakura rubbed her eyes to check if what she was seeing was real.

In front of her, the Nibi stood with two tails swirling around her beastly body that resembled a cat. Her fur looked like blue flames burning around her. She was an odd-eyed cat (one yellow and the other green). Ferociously, she roared. "You dare challenge me, Matatabi - The Blazing Cat! I'll rid the world of people like you, scum!"

A/N Whoops, the chapter ends here. If only anyone could change that...

I do feel iffy about this chapter though. I don't know why.