A/N Okay, so I just started calling the younger Sakura Younger (I'm great at names, I know. You don't have to tell me).

This chapter is... *sigh* I am not proud of it. I didn't focus on physical fighting so I'm sorry if you are disapponted with the fight between Matatabi and Sakura.

AND THANK YOU FOR 30 REVIEWS OMG!

Disclaimer: I don't own Naruto.

Chapter 10

"You dare challenge me, Matatabi - The Blazing Cat! I'll rid the world of people like you, scum!"

I'm in deep shit. Since when could a jinchuriki transform into a Tailed-Beast? Sakura pondered, unconsciously taking a step back from the mighty monster.

"We can take her." Inner replied with full confidence in her words.

"Yeah, just like we could take Zabuza at my age." Younger said, sarcasm dripping through her words."I mean, we tied with Ino but sure, we can fight a demon. We are soooo ready." The sound of the voice's eyes rolling could actually be heard.

You both are, like, the angel and the devil on my shoulders... The pinkette mumbled, trying to ignore the voices to formulate some sort of plan.

Wood Release wouldn't work, not with the flames. And the Sharingan would be useful but to what extent? And her strength would work if she was sure she wouldn't get burnt when punching the cat. However, if her Wood Style got burnt then it was likely her fist would get burnt too.

"Die!" Matatabi screamed. A blue fireball shot out of her mouth, soaring through the air like a meteor towards Sakura.

"Water Style: Water Shark Jutsu!" The Akatsuki member utilised a jutsu she copied off Kisame with her Sharingan. The liquid shark - made from the sewer water - targeted the fireball and crashed into it, creating a cloud of steam behind. But Sakura was not done. "Earth Style: Earth Shock Jutsu!" The ground beneath the sewer water shook violently, crossing the ground to the Nibi.

"Pathetic human!" The bijuu slammed her paw onto the ground, breaking it in her enemy's direction. In response, the rogue ninja punched the ground, creating a bigger force that would make the cat falter. Instead of stumbling backwards, the beast merely withstood the attack of rubble and laughed.

"Shit..." Sakura muttered, feeling her chakra getting low. She used a lot of it with her genjutsu. Quickly, she used another water attack. A water dragon charged at the beast who responded with a barrage of fireballs and the steam cloud was once again created.

"Ahahaha! You are an Akatsuki member? You, little girl?" The cherry blossom frowned. "Yugito and I thought you would put up more of a fight, especially with your two Kekkai Genkai. Apparently not."

"Be quiet, demon!" Sakura spat. "You should be honoured to be in the prescence of these rare abilities!"

"Get up, Sakura!" Madara shouted at his student. She was sprawled on the ground, tired from his training session.

"If only I could take a break..." She sighed. She wondered that, if his first training session with her was like this then, what would the second one be like?

"Weak." He told her. "You should be honoured that I gave you these gifts but you want to piss them away like the sad, pathetic girl you always were."

"If only you used them well, I would be fascinated with them." The Two-Tails spoke, snapping Sakura out of her flashback. "But you are no match for me. I'll spare you if you go home. Leave the Akatsuki and you shall not feel my wrath!"

"You think I would leave my organisation just because you told me to?" The pinkette was now the one to laugh. "Who died and gave you all the authority, furball?"

"Such disrespect... No matter. Whoever brain-washed you surely did a good job. Or was your will just so easy to break?"

"I am with the Akatsuki of my own free will!" Sakura spoke clearly, her Sharingan flashing along with her anger. "I have dealt with the terrible people of this toxic world. No more! Good people don't deserve it, everyone shall have their dream. Everyone shall be happy once I capture you and every other beast!"

"Happy? It seems as though you will be the only happy one. That's quite selfish of you, isn't it?"

"Yes, but apparently it's alright for us to be selfish. Right, Sakura?"

"Just shut up." Sakura said, not clear on who she was talking to.

"I gave you the chance to leave but you did not take it. Now! Prepare to meet your end!" Matatabi shrieked and pounced for her prey. Sakura merely stood on the spot.

"Well, fire burns wood, right? Isn't that an easy way to defeat Wood Release users?" Sakura asked her sensei.

"Normally, yes. But Hashirama Senju was able to restrain the Nibi with his Wood Release so it is possible that one can stop the wood from burning when coming into contact with fire." Madara replied.

"You mean, like, flame resistant wood?"

"Precisely."

Instead of being torn to pieces by Matatabi's beastly claws, wood bolted out of Sakura's stomach, ripping her black shirt and Akatsuki cloak simultaneously. The wood collided into the Nibi's nose, pushing her backwards without burning. Two other lines of wood shot out of the rogue ninja's stomache and surrounded the cat, almost as if she had three tails and was fighting the Two-Tails.

"Do you still feel underwhelmed?" The pinkette asked. The wood slithered like a snake around Matatabi's body and restrained her from moving.

"You're still weak." The Nibi said to her, struggling around the branches. She was about to send out a fireball but the branches covered her mouth, restricting her from doing so.

"I controlled the Kyuubi and let him rampage around Konoha."Madara revealed to his student.

"Really, Madara-sensei?" Sakura asked. "How did you control it?"

"With my Sharingan."

Sakura looked the beast in the eyes. "You are under my control now." She told her and the Sharingan span in Matatabi's eyes. "Revert back to your human form." She commanded, ignoring the tickle in her eyes. The beast did so and reverted back to Yugito. Still, eye to eye, the Sharingan user utilised her genjutsu once again. "Let's try 24 hours this time." She said and it worked despite her low chakra. She used less now and they were back at the volcano.

When the torture was over, Yugito dropped to the ground, unconscious, and Sakura stood above her, with her eyes closed.

Deidara would not stand for it. Not at all.

Why did Sakura get to capture the beast? She tried with her former teammate but failed with that. And then she met with him again but didn't even try to capture him. She was failing at being an Akatsuki member yet she was tasked with capturing someone of utmost importance. It was so unfair.

Not trusting Sakura to do the job right, Deidara made his way for the Lightning country with his disciple, Tobi. He had to make sure the stupid pinkette wouldn't fuck it up.

"Deidara-senpai, wait for me!" The masked, child-like man cried as they neared the area where the explosions were coming from. "Do you think Haruno-san is in there?"

The blonde didn't respond as he walked into the sewer.

"It's dark..." Tobi whispered.

While he ignored Tobi's random remarks, Deidara saw that he could make out two figures within the sewer, one on the ground and one standing. He soon saw that the one standing above was Sakura. The one on the ground was the jinchuriki.

"...Sakura." The Art Lover said as no one had said anything.

Her eyes snapped open, three tomoe spinning in her Sharingan. Her matured doujutsu was there, for all to see.

I really hate the Sharingan... Deidara thought.

Ino felt happy as she returned to Konoha. Not only did Naruto and Shikamaru defeat an Akatsuki member each, but she had learnt how to use her new skill as well as played a part in the defeat of Kakuzu. Once they figured out they had to defeat the threaded beasts first, she was glad she was able to destroy one prior to Naruto's arrival.

However, the blonde knew she had a long way to go. Kakuzu was powerful and Hidan's immortality was frightening. These were the types of people that were in the evil organisation... And Sakura was one of them.

"Are you feeling better?" She asked Naruto after he had been discharged from the hospital. That jutsu had done a number on his arm. Of course, the knucklehead demanded to go to Ichiraku as soon as he was released and he forced Ino to come along.

"I never felt bad, believe it!" He exclaimed. "Oba-chan said I can't use that jutsu anymore but I feel fine!"

"You'll lose your arm if you keep using it." Ino told him. "You need to learn how to throw the Shuriken and that will help."

"What about the jutsu you used? That was amazing!"

"Shishou taught it to me. I used my chakra to create a shield. I'm glad it was able to withstand the attack."

"With our new jutsus, we'll be able to bring back Sakura-chan AND Sasuke-teme, believe it!" He pumped his fist into the air, making Jiraiya smile at his energy.

"Let's hope, Naruto-san." Ino replied, swirling around her noodles. "I need to get stronger before that happens."

"Let's train together then! Let's go!" He finished off his meal and ran out of the stall, his destination clear. The Yamanaka fumbled around, accidentally falling off her stool, and chased him to tell him that he still wasn't allowed to train.

"Tsunade-shishou, can I talk to you for a moment?" Ino asked her master before they could start training.

"What is it?" The Godaime questioned.

"You taught Sakura the Strength of a Hundred Seal also, correct?" The Fifth nodded. "If she actually learns it, when will that be?"

"Around October, by the time she is 17 years old."

"I need to learn it by then too. Preferably earlier." Ino replied.

"That's not possible-"

"I need to!" She shouted. "I'm already much weaker than she is. Imagine how much stronger she'll be with that jutsu!"

Tsunade sighed. "I think... Maybe I can transfer some of my own chakra to you. Maybe it'll speed the process along." It was an idea she had for Sakura before... you know.

It has to work. The chunin thought as she nodded.

Sakura was angry. Well, a part of her was happy (cough cough Inner) but something strange happened after she won the battle. Strange, but not unheard of. Madara had warned her about it.

Speaking of said master, the Konoha rogue sort him out, telling him to meet her in that specific room. The room Sakura woke up in so long ago, after she "died".

"Ah." The masked man said as his student walked into the room. "Congratulations on capturing a jinchuriki and obtaining a third tomoe."

"We need to talk." She announced. "My eyes... I can only see out of one." The sound of her voice lowered to a whisper; she felt ashamed.

Madara turned to her. "Well... Unfortunately, that does happen if your Sharingan has been used too much and it depends on how you used it too. What did you use your Sharingan for?"

"I was fighting the Nibi... And I controlled her with my Sharingan. And then I used my genjutsu, up to 24 hours... After that, I could only see out of my left eye."

"You controlled the Nibi?" He asked, disbelief swimming in his words.

"Similar to how you controlled the Kyuubi." She revealed. "And then I couldn't see out of my left eye. Please, I know you have another set! I need them!"

"Begging gets you nowhere, Sakura." Tobi said to her. "I may need those eyes for another... purpose."

"If begging doesn't work... Force him." Inner Sakura whispered.

"Are you serious?" Younger asked Inner. "That will not work!"

"I need them. And you're going to give them to me!" She stepped forward. Her dagger shot out of her sleeve and she gripped it hard to fuel her bluff. But she should've known it would have met a harsh response.

His hand grabbed at her throat and pushed her towards the wall. His Sharingan flashed into her right one. Usually, the pinkette would have given up straight away. But she was determined to get her Sharingan back so, she stared back and didn't let up.

It may have been seconds but Sakura began to feel like they were in that position for hours. Suddenly, he dropped her onto the ground. Instinctively, her hand went to her a throat, a green aura surrounding it as she healed herself.

"You know which room to go to. I will be there in a bit." He said, not looking at her.

Although she was confused, at least she got what she wanted.

"I'm sorry." Younger apologised to Inner.

"And..." He wasn't finished. "Pein is planning to invade Konoha to capture the Kyuubi. You'll join them, when the time comes."