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Chapter 7

Rematch

I was now wandering the forest unsure of what I should do with myself; the fight with Orochimaru had made me weak and my chakra unstable, if I were to fight now I would have to tap into the unlimited power from the curse mark. I was walking amongst the trees looking for a place to camp for the night when I felt two strong chakra presences emerge from the forest. I instantly jumped into the nearest tree praying that my chakra was weak enough for them not to attack.

Two men came from the trees with black cloaks with red clouds, I knew they were Akatsuki, fear started to grow in me if one of them had a clue if I was here. They had caught me at a bad time. I continued to spy on them as they continued walking they were both taller than me but the blonde was shorter than the black haired one, the blonde also had hair similar to my old friend Ino's with a long blonde ponytail except his had more body to it and he still had part of his hair down, but he had one eye covered. The black haired one was tall and had a loose ponytail, from where I sat I couldn't see their faces all too well just distinct features like the black haired one had strange marks on his face.

I stared at them listening in on their boring conversation, I decided now would be my time to leave and find a new place to sleep I never left my eyes off them and that seemed to alert the black haired one because as I was almost off the branch of the tree he looked at me, his eyes were bright red and made me freeze and forgetting what I was doing, when his friend asked me something only then did I jump from the tree and ran as fast I could not wanting them to catch up to me.

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My encounter with the two men left me shaken; I walked the whole day not paying attention to where I was, I only stopped waking when I realized it was dark out. I stopped and heard running water near by making my way to a natural spring I was about to strip my clothes when I heard something snap and a familiar yet deeper voice call my name.

"Sakura?" Ino had emerged from the darkness her hair was long again and much paler, one of her crystal blue eyes was covered by her pale hair and her clothes were more exposing.

"Sakura is that you?" She asked me.

I activated my hebi eyes and saw her team mates were asleep, I looked to her and she gave a sharp intake, she covered her mouth with her hand.

"Your eyes are like a snake and what are those on your face, Sakura are what have you done to yourself you look like a monster!" She cried, tears filling her eyes.

'How did you know I was here Ino?" I asked her

"I didn't."

Before I could speak she began crying "I'm sorry Sakura." She fell to her knees sobbing grossly.

Seeing my old best friend who I always looked up too on the floor sobbing and wiping her cheeks made a lump in my throat and my eyes burned. With my eyes I could see the sadness in her body flowing and consuming her.

"Ino this…" I motioned to myself "Wasn't yours or anybody's fault, nobody's but my own I chose to leave I chose to do this to my body."

"Sakura please come back we all miss you, especially your team, I'm sure Lady Hokage will be easy on you! She's a very nice w…"

"NO INO!" I hissed.

"B-but you aren't with Orochimaru otherwise you wouldn't be out here in the woods, please Sakura come back Naruto has dedicated himself to bringing you back and Sasuke is quieter than ever, he never leaves the training ground working himself to blisters trying to be stronger than you and his brother!"

"And Kakashi is being consumed with his guilt, nobody can enjoy the spring festivals and the cherry blossoms because it reminds us all of you!" She stood up shouting at me her fist on her heart.

" Come back Sakura nothings different, you still have no goal with your life all that's really changed is your hair! Come back and be a shinobi!"

As much as I didn't want to admit it she was right I was lost right now.

"Please Sakura come back." She begged "Or I will bring you back myself."

"Ino I am warning you right now…if Sasuke can't beat me…what makes you think you can."

She lifted her arms her mind transfer technique ready to go all she had to do was call out the name, she was honestly a one trick pony, her brows furrowed as she shouted Yamanaka jutsu.

Instantly she was in my head, many things had changed since the last time she was in my head I had created a sanctuary in here and become one with my inner self. My mind looked like a garden in a permanent night sky, it was covered in black gnarled cherry blossoms that were a dark shade of pink and were sagged and wilted the grass was lifeless and unmoving, she walked around looking around touching the blossoms and the grass and the other plants that were in here.

She then looked up at me as I sat upon my throne of gnarled black bark that unfurled into two large cherry blossoms at the top while two large white pythons with red eyes and pink in there pattern stood on either side of me as a guard.

"Sakura everything in here is dead or rotting, this is your mind?."

"Oh yes that's right your clan are also botanists but this is all an illusion I have created, none of it is real, this is just a place upon my creation when I chose to mediate and focus,you of all people should know that Yamanaka Ino." I sneered her name.

"But I will strike a deal, when I was first a genin my sensei made of try and get two belles from him, so." A red ribbon much like the one she had given me when I younger materialized in my hand. "If you can get this red ribbon then I will join you on your way back to Konaha." I smirked.

Her face red piece of cake as she pulled out two kunai's aiming at my snakes, it got them in the throat causing them to designate into crackly blossoms, she threw another at the ribbon in my head, which disappeared in my hand and reappeared in my other hand. She growled in anger then in confusion when the ribbon began wriggling and writhing letting to small white worms fall from the ribbon and plop down and begin to grow in size to replace the two large snakes she had killed.

Her face went to one of defeat.

"What I say goes." I smirked then appearing behind her digging one of my long black nails in my pouch with the poison powder scraping it on her skin letting the powder soak in her skin. I then showed up in front of her withdrawing my sword grabbing her by the collar of her shirt using the power of the powder I made her think I plunged it deep into her stomach. I then released her throwing her far away from me. She looked down in shock and horror screaming while holding her stomach.

We were then back to the spring surrounded by the woods, her screams filled the forest, I turned around ready to leave when I heard Shikamaru's voice, I looked down and saw his shadows swimming at me, I used my sword to cut them away and watch them break away and dissolve into the ground. I turned to see Choji talking to Shikamaru about Ino while they both looked back at me glaring

"I warned her."

I then jumped and left them to be while crying about hurting my old best friend…she probably wasn't going to recover from it but I will pay for it one day.

Hey Hey Hey it's me, wowee three chapters in two days, and these chapters I had written like weeks ago and wanted to get them up, and I just got caught up in school and decided I do it now.

Okay some questions for you guys, I really love Sakura with her bangs and I have been debating on her cutting her hair to have them and if she should cut her hair?

So voice what you think I love the reviews and the follows thank you so much

The next chapter will be her in a village, maybe Suna? Maybe she will be there for the sasori Sasuke fight?!

Also this chapter was kinda based off the spongebob episode where spongebob becomes a jellyfish haha.

Anyways until next time my readers