{Chapter five}
Kabuto!
Sakura unconsciously gathered chakra in her fist
Hinata was the first to notice this
She put a hand on her shoulder
"Captain Stop let's go now before he sees us if he does your cover will be blown for the chunin exams!" Hinata said trying to calm her captain down
Sakura stopped sending chakra into her fist and calmed down slightly
"Let's go!" Sakura said vanishing
Hinata followed suit
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Sakura appeared in the training grounds
She punched the ground
The ground breaks in half pieces of rock get thrown in the air
Sakura punched one it was sent flying to a tree destroying it
Sakura felt her anger rise letting her chakra flare also
Hinata appeared to see all this
Her eyes widen
"Sakura stop!" she yells at Sakura
Sakura didn't listen to her as her eyes went to her
The color from Hinatas face paled
'She's really pissed!' Hinata thought
Sakura looked at Hinata her anger growing
Sakura ran at Hinata fast
Hinata just stood there too scared to move Sakura never attacked her before
Hinata couldn't react fast enough before a fist connected with her face
Hinata flew back hitting a piece of rock from the now destroyed training field ground
Hinata screamed
Sakura ran at her again
Hinata stood up coughing up blood
She stared at Sakuras form running at her
She didn't want to believe it when she killed Yamato she still didn't want to believe that her best friend her captain has lost her sanity when Ino died…..it couldn't be true!
Hinata just stood there not moving still even when every muscle in her body screamed for her to run she just stood there
A hard kick landed in Hinatas stomach
She flew back hitting a tree
She screamed again
Sakura glared at her
Hinata stood up coughing up blood again She looked at Sakura If it will help her captain to get back to her senses she will let her beat the crap out of her
Sakura appeared in front of her and sent a kick at her side
Hinata was sure she heard a crack
Sakura just smiled at Hinata walking closer to her
Hinata just looked at Sakura as she stopped in front of her
Hinata gave Sakura a bloody smile before coughing up blood again
"Go ahead captain we are friends I'll let you beat the crap out of me if it will get your sanity back soon." Hinata said smiling
That caused Sakura to stop sending chakra to her fist
Her eyes widen at the sight of a bruised Hinata
"What have I done!" Sakura yelled
Hinata frowned
"It's okay I'm fine." Hinata said moving her hand to her stomach sending healing chakra into her crack ribs
Sakura fell to her knees
"I'm sorry…I was just so angry!" Sakura yelled horrified in herself that she would do this
Hinata breathed out as she stopped healing herself
Her ribs are healed now
"It's okay if it will help I'll let you take it out on me." Hinata said
Sakura stared at her in shock
"Hinata why do this for me!?" Sakura asked shocked
Hinata smiled
"You are my friend I will help you no matter what it is!" Hinata said
Sakura hugged herself
"Hinata…thanks." Sakura said
Hinata stood up
"Let's go captain!" Hinata said holding her hand out to Sakura
Sakura stared at it before taking it
"Yea." Sakura said standing up
Sakura and Hinata left the training area
{+}
A couple of months pass by sense the incident Sakura and Hinata did the missions with their team and then their own from the hokage it was now the time to get the wave mission
Team Kakashi and Kurenai just stood in front the hokage
"I called all of you here because I thought you were ready to get a stronger mission a c-class mission." he said
Kiba and Naruto had stars in their eyes
"What is it!?" they both ask
Hiruzen smiled
"An escort mission" he said
"Are we escorting a princess!?" Naruto asked excitedly
Hiruzen shook his head
"Send in the client!" he said
An old drunken guy entered the room
He looked at the genin
"What! I'm being protected by these little kids the short one is the weakest I bet!" he said
Naruto laughed
"Who's the shortest…?" he asked looking around once he realized it was him
He got angry
"I'll show you weak!" he yelled about to attack the client
Kakashi grabbed him
"Naruto he's the client you can't hurt him or kill him." Kakashi said
Kiba started laughing
"You guys may leave but I'll like to see sakura alone please." he said
They nod
"We will meet out at the gates tomorrow at sunrise." Kakashi said to them all
Kurenia nods
They all leave not before Hinata gave Sakura a worried glance
"Yes hokage-sama?"
Hiruzen smiled at her
"How are you feeling?" he asked
Sakura frowned
"Same as ever but the pain has increased a little to tell you the truth hokage-sama." Sakura said
Hiruzen frowned
"Are you sure you want to still do this mission?" he asked
Sakura nods
"I can still fight hokage-sama!" Sakura said
Hiruzen pulled out a pill bottle from his desk
"Here sakura-chan." he said pointing to the pill bottle
"What is it?" she asked
He looked at her
"It will slow down the process for a while it just got finished so take it for the mission." he said
Sakura nods
She started to walk to his desk but stopped as she grabbed a cloth from her pouch and started to cough into it
Hiruzen got out of his chair and ran to her side
"Sakura-chan!?" he called out
Sakura stopped coughing and pulled the cloth away from her mouth
Sakura and Hiruzen see the blood on it
Hiruzen walked to his desk and grabbed the pill bottle and opened it
"Take two a day." he said handing her two pills
Sakura just swallowed them
Hiruzen held the bottle out to her
Sakura took it and put the bottle and cloth in her pouch
Sakura bowed to the hokage
"Thank you hokage-sama I must leave now." she said walking to the door
Hiruzen stared at her
"Just be careful." he said
Sakura smiled
"I always am." she said opening the door
"You always say that and yet you come back half dead you know." he said
Sakura laughed
"Tsunade and you are so much alike." Sakura said shutting the door behind her
He smiled
"I did teach her." he said
{+}
It was sunrise everyone besides sakura, hinata, and Kurenai's team was surprised kakashi was on time for once!
They were walking on a dirt road
Hinata was beside Sakura wondering what the hokage wanted to talk to her about
They both see a puddle Kurenai's, Kakashis, Sakuras, and Hinatas eyes narrowed
Sakura smirked
"Want to have some fun?" Sakura whispered to Hinata
Hinata smirked and nods
Sakura stepped on the puddle
She felt the chakra waver in pain
Hinata then stepped on it
"Owww!" the ninja screamed as the both appear now
"The demon brothers." Sakura said
They glare at the two who stepped on them
"Give the little girl a prize she knows who we are!" one of them said
Sakura glared at them
Hinata shook her head
"I kind of feel sorry for you two." she said
They look at her
"Why?" they ask
Sakura appeared in front of them and punched both of them in the face
"Nobody calls me a little girl!" Sakura yells at them
They both flew back hitting a tree causing both of them to get knocked out
Sakura glared at them
"That didn't even have chakra in it!" Sakura yelled disappointed they didn't put up more of a fight
All the boys shudder and wrote down a mental note never call Sakura a little girl!
Kakashi tied them up
"Good job Sakura. Now we need to wake them up to see if they will tell us who sent them." he said
Sakura kept glaring at the knocked out ninja
"They won't tell you anything sensei." Sakura said
Kakashi looked at her
"You don't know that Sakura." he said
Sakura glared at him
"Fine do as you wish I don't care." Sakura said
Kakashi kicked both of the ninja to wake up
"What happened?" one of them asked
Sakura looked at them
"This little girl kicked your asses!" she said
They both glare at her
"Tell us who you work for." Kakashi demanded
They didn't answer
Kakashi sighed
"Tell us or I will kill you." he threatened them
Still no answer
Sakura walked up to them and smiled creepily at them
"Tell us please or I will kill you." she demanded
They shook in fear
"Okay! We were paid by Zabuza Momochi to kill the bridge builder!" they confessed
Sakura looked at them
"There we got the info let's continue." Sakura said
Kakashi nods
"We will leave you here for the anbu to come from the village." he said walking away "And you Tazuna have explaining to do!" Kakashi said
{+}
After Tazuna gave his sob story and Kakashi and Kurenai agreed to stay they were walking on land now but it was misty
Sakura knew Zabuza was going to show up soon
They heard a rustle
"There!" Naruto yells as he threw a kunai to the bush
"Idiot!" Kiba said
Sakura walked to the bush and seen a white rabbit
'Here it comes…' Sakura thought
'A white rabbit is only shown in winter or is kept as a house pet.' Kakashi and Kurenai thought
"Everyone duck!" Kakashi screamed
Everyone ducked
A large butcher knife swung a cross them
"No wonder why the demon brothers couldn't kill you they have the infamous copycat ninja." a voice said through the mist said
Sakura twitched
'I took them down!' she thought
Kakashi glared at the figure in the mist "…..Zabuza…." he muttered
The rest of the gang stare at Zabuza as he smiled creepily them
One thought was going through sakuras and hinatas head
'We're fucked.'
"You are Zabuza Momochi the exiled ninja from mist" Kakashi said smoothly
Naruto growled as he grabbed a kunai but was stopped when Hinata grabbed his hand
"Let go Hinata! I can take him!" Naruto said struggling
Hinata smiled creepily at him like she did with Kiba
"No you can't he's out of your league Naruto-kun." she said
Naruto nods to afraid to talk back to her
"Everyone stay back let me handle this!" Kakashi said revealing the sharingan
"Kakashi Hatake of the sharingan." Zabuza said
Sasuke tensed and looked at Kakashi
'How does he have it he's not an uchiha!' Sasuke thought
"What sharingan? What's that!?" Naruto asked
All of them sighed
Sasuke started to explain what the sharingan is
Zabuza was silent for a moment
"Sorry but I need you to hand over the geezer." he said
Kakashi glared at him
"That's not going to happen!" Kakashi said
Zabuza just laughed
"I'm honored to see the sharingan I heard so much about" He said "When I was on the assassination squad in mist your name was in my bingo book Kakashi Hatake the person who copied 1000 jutsu the copycat ninja!"
Sasuke was shocked
'The sharingan is a rare trait it only belongs to the uchiha clan can he be….!' Sasuke thought
"Let's cut the chit-chat Kakashi I need to kill the geezer." Zabuza said
Tazunas eyes widen that's when everyone gathered in a circle a kunai out each
"First it seems I have to defeat you!" Zabuza said
Kakashi glanced at the rest
"Kurenia watch out for them I'm doing this alone!" Kakashi said
Kurenia nods
Zabuza looked at Sakura and Hinata real quick
'Those girls should not be taken lightly I better tell Haku that for future references.' Zabuza thought
Zabuza looked at Kakashi again before disappearing on lt to reappear on top of the lake
He did hand signs
"Mist…concealment." After he said that the mist concealed him
Sakura cursed
She should have done something!
"W-who is he?" Naruto asked scared
Hinata gave her future husband a pity glance
"He is Zabuza Momochi he was from the hidden mist anbu. He was famous for his silent kill techniques" Kakashi explained
"S-silent?" Naruto and Kiba said gulping
"Yes he can kill somebody in a flash without sound" Kakashi said
Naruto and Kiba were pretty freaked out
Shino was trying to hide it
Sasuke was shaking
Sakura and Hinata look at each other giving a silent message
"So don't leave your guard down! If you do then all you'll lose is your life!" he said
The three girls twitch
'You made them worst Kakashi!' they all thought
Kurenia and the boy's eyes widen
"The mist it's getting thicker!" Naruto said
"What points?" Zabuza voice rang out the area "the larynx, spine, jugular vein, lungs, liver, collarbone, kidney, and the heart…" Zabuza's voice rang out again "So Kakashi what point do you want to get struck at?"
Kakashi's eyes narrowed before he used his chakra to blow away the mist
That's when it struck Sasuke
'What an intense atmosphere…the thirst for blood…..i can't take it! I'll lose my mind!' Sasuke yelled in his mind shaking even more now
Sakura just looked at him
"Idiot can't even handle this you should know he and Kurenai won't let any of us die!" Sakura said to him
"Sakura's right Sasuke we will protect you. We will not let our comrades die." Kakashi said
"I don't know about that!" Zabuza said appearing between Hinata and Sakura
Sakura looked at Hinata
She nods
They both tightened their grip on the kunai as they brought it at him
Every one's eyes widen
Sakura and hinata had a kunai in him
Hinata had her byakugan
Sakura had her neko eyes
Zabuza's eyes widen
'A hyuga! And what's that demonic chakra coming from that pink haired girl!?' Zabuza thought as the clone turned into water
Zabuza then appeared behind sakura
Everyone's eyes widen except hinatas
"Sakura!" they all scream
Kakashi ran to her but before he was able to get a hold of her but that's when the thought came to him
'Shit I won't make it!'
The blade went through Sakura but she turned into water
Zabuza's eyes widen
'What!?' but before he can do anything Kakashi was behind him a kunai was pressed against his neck
Kakashi glared at him
'How dare he try to hurt one of my students!' Kakashi thought
"It's over." Kakashi growled out
A chuckle from Zabuza told otherwise
"Really? You don't understand kakashi just by making your clone say that you won't let any of your comrade's die. Will help you or anyone because…." Zabuza disappeared to reappear behind Kakashi "I'm not that easy to defeat!" Zabuza yelled as he brought his sword down
Kakashi ducked while Zabuza put his other hand on the sword then he kicked Kakashi all the way on the lake Kakashi kneeled on the lake panting
'Why is this water so heavy?' Kakashi asked himself
Zabuza appeared beside him "Water style water prison jutsu!" Zabuza yelled
Kakashis eyes widen as a sphere of water formed around him he looked at his team
"Kurenia! Get everyone out of here! You're no match for him just leave save yourselves!" Kakashi yelled
Zabuza made three clones of himself one of them appeared in front of Naruto and kicked making his hitate fall off Zabuza then stepped on it
"You aren't ninja!" Zabuza spat while looking at all of them they all stare at him "Get out of here all of you!" they all hear Kakashi yell
Hinata started grabbing her tanto but a hand snatched her wrist away from it she looked to see its Sakuras "Stop were going to let everything happen like before just do what I do Hinata everything is going to be okay." Hinata nods
Sasuke ran at Zabuza but got kicked to the side then Naruto ran at him and got kicked but he got what he wanted
'His headband?' Kakashi thought
Naruto stood on shaky legs as he looked at zabuza
Sakura didn't listen to him or watch what was going on she felt a pulse in her chest
'W-what is this!? it hurts!'
'Kit I need to talk to you.'
'T-this pain make it stop!'
'Calm down!'
'I-I can't!'
'Yes you can! deep breaths!'
Sakura started to breath in and out trying to calm herself
'I have to talk to you'
'What?'
'I feel like we're being watched you must have sensed it to right?'
'Yes but I just thought it was my imagination nothing more but if you feel like it then we must be but by who?'
Sakura heard neko hiss
'I don't know and that pisses me off!'
'I'll investigate it later when we ge-'
The pain came back to her worst
'What is this pain!? It's not the lung virus!'
'Kit!?'
'Make it go away!'
'Ki-'
The neko was cut off Sakura couldn't hear her
Hinata turned to sakura to say they won and that kakashi is down but stopped when she sees Sakura breathing heavily and her cheeks red with half closed eyes
"Sakura-chan!?" she called out trying to catch her attention
Sakura turned her head to look at Hinata
"H-help." Sakura choked out as she fell forward catching everyone's attention
"Sakura!?" they all yell
Hinata caught Sakura in time before she hit the ground
Sakura stared into Hinata's eyes
"P-pain is going through m-my whole b-b-body." Sakura managed to say
Hinata put a hand to Sakura's forehead
"You're sick you have a high fever." Hinata said
Sakura only nods as she starts to close her eyes
"Rest now I'll carry you Sakura-chan." Hinata said comforting
Sakura smiled as she let the darkness take over
{+}
Hinata put a wet washcloth on Sakura's forehead
"Is she okay!?" Naruto asked worried
Hinata stood up and looked at Naruto
"In time I can't fix this right away." Hinata said glancing at Sakura
She was able to check her system with her chakra but it felt like Sakura was blocking her chakra off of finding something out in her body but what?
'What are you hiding from me Sakura?'
Sakura just laid there breathing heavily in front of naruto and hinata not knowing of what's going on
Hinata put a hand on Naruto's shoulder
"Come Naruto-kun let's leave Sakura to rest." Hinata said pushing Naruto to the door
{+}
Sakura wanted to scream out in pain
"Outer." inner called
Sakura looked up to see to see another of herself
"W-what?"
Inner stared at her
"You really want to give it all up?" inner asked
Sakura raised an eyebrow
"W-what are you talking about? This pain is what I should worry about right now!" Sakura said
Inner sighed as she made the pain stop
Sakura stood trying to catch her breath
"How?"
Inner looked at her
"I'm taking the pain not you." she said
Sakura's eyes widen in anger and shock
"Why!?"
Inner sighed
"I need to talk to you and I don't think you being in pain will help me." inner said
"Couldn't we have talked when I sleep because I don't like it when you take my pain for me!" Sakura yelled
Inner shook her head
"No because you always take on missions at night and leave a clone behind or go training." Inner said
Sakura growled
"Fine now what do you want?" she asked
Inner frowned
"It's the disease are you sure you want to give up on finding the cure for it?" inner asked
Sakura nods
"There is no cure I'm going to die why are you bringing this up?"
Inners frown depend
"If you do die soon are you sure you want everything to happen again?" inner asked
Sakura's eyes narrowed
"It won't Hinata will stop it." Sakura said strongly glaring at Inner
Inner shook her head
"Hinata looks up to you do you really think she will stop it after you die she will be depressed it will happen all over again."
Then in a bright light memories surfaced
Sakura stared at the memorial stone looking at the names of her comrades
Neji hyuga
Kiba inuzuka
Yamato
Sai
Ino yamanaka
Sakura's heart clenched at the memory
She never told anyone she didn't even think shikamaru knew of this while she tried to save ino she discovered something Ino…she was carrying Shikamaru's child she couldn't tell him it would break him even more!
"Stop it!" Sakura begged
Sakura healed ninja after ninja trying to save their life's
"Sakura!" she heard her name
She looked to see gai
"What is it!?" she asked
Guy had a worried face
"It's Kakashi!"
Sakuras eyes widen as she ran past him to get to her sensei fast she searched for his chakra until she found it he was battling her eyes darkened it was sasuke!
She ran faster
"Chidori!" she heard a voice yell
Her eyes widen
"No!"
When she came into view her heart dropped Sasuke….Sasuke's hand pierced Kakashi's chest! he used chidori on him! Sakura screamed when she watched Kakashi's limb body fall to the ground eyes lifeless
Sasuke turned to look at her a spark of fear entered his eyes
"You…..killed…him…you killed kakashi-sensei." she whispered Sakuras eyes darkened as she looked at Sasuke and an image of Ino appeared in her mind "I'll kill you." sakura said dangerously
Sasuke stepped forward fighting the fear away
"You wouldn't your weak." he said
Sakura walked forward
"I'm going to kill you!" she yelled running at him
Sasuke dodged a punch coming at his head
Sasuke started breathing heavily he was exhausted from fighting Kakashi but fighting Sakura next he won't live!
His eyes widen as a sting of pain came from his chest he looked at his chest to see a hand imbedded itself straight through his chest
He looked at her
"S-sakura…i-I'm g-going to die." he said
Sakura stared at him with dead eyes as she pulls her hand out roughly
"I can't believe you did that to Kakashi! Sasuke!" Sakura said disbelieving he could get any colder to everyone who loved him
Sasuke coughed up blood as he watched as sakura starts to walk away from him
"S-sakura!" he called out
Sakura stopped
"Back…i-in the….g-genin….d-d-days….d….did…you….actually…l-love…...me?" he asked having a harder time breathing now
Sakura looked at him
"Yes."
Sasuke smiled actually smiled!
"I…h-had..s…someone….w..who l-loved…m..me…I'm ..a…fool….a m-miserable…fool." he said
Sakura looked away
"Y-you h-hate me?" he asked
Sakura's dead eyes grew distant
"Yes." was her answer before she walked away
"Stop it please!"
Sakura hated returning to the memorial stone visiting another fallen comrade but someone else decided to show up
"If only you made it in time." the person said in anger
Sakura winced
"I tried Guy." she said
Guy glared at her
"You could of saved him!" Guy said in anger
Sakura felt the tears swell up in her eyes threatening to fall
"I tried to! But when I got there it was too late!" Sakura said trying to reason with Guy
Guy grit his teeth in anger
"But not hard enough he's dead because of you!" Guy hissed
That's when the wall broke the tears fell
'He's dead because of you!' those words kept repeating in her head
"I know!" Sakura yelled as she turned to him
Guy stepped back seeing her cry
"I let me ex sensei die! I was weak! I wasn't fast enough! I could of saved him! I know!" Sakura yelled
Guy stepped forward
"Sakur-"
"Don't!" Sakura yelled turning around and running
"Sakura!" she heard Guy yell
"Stop please!"
Inner stopped
"Do you want all of this to happen again?" she asked Sakura
Sakura looked at her
"No!" Sakura said
"Then keep looking! Don't give up till your dying breath outer!" Inner yelled at her
Sakura nods
"It's time you awaken!" Inner said
Sakura disappeared indicating she was awakening
"Don't you think you went to far with the memories?" Neko asked
Inner had her back to the beast
"No she needed this to continue on living if she died a lot of people will lose hope." Inner said
{+}
Sakura groaned as she opened her eyes
"Sakura-chan!" she heard a female yell
"H-hinata?"
She then felt someone hug her while she laid there
"Sakura-chan you're awake!" Hinata said in joy
Sakura looked at hinata
"H-hinata stop." Sakura said as she tried to sit up
Hinata helped her sit up
"Are you okay?" Hinata asked worried
Sakura nods
"How long have a been out?" Sakura asked
Hinata frowned
"For almost four days." Hinata said
Sakura nods as she tried to stand but Hinata grabbed her
"No lay down you need to rest." Hinata ordered
Sakura smiled as she lay down
"Fine." she said in defeat
Hinata smiled as she stood up
"I'll be right back." Hinata said before leaving the room
The smile on Sakura's face fell
'Hinata I'm sorry.'
'Idiot!'
Sakura ignored her as she stared out the window
"Where to search first?" Sakura asked herself
'How about rain?'
'Why?'
'The akatsuki are in rain so you can take them out early while looking for a cure.'
Sakura smiled thoughtfully thinking about the choices she has
'Yea!'
The door then opens revealing hinata with a two tea cups"Here! I brought you tea!" Hinata said with her cheerful smile on her face
Sakura laughed
"Thanks." Sakura said as she took her cup
Hinata laughed as she starts talking about how Naruto was freaking out
Sakura only smiled
'I will find a cure…..i want this to last.'