Note: So here goes Part II of Glass Roses and I hope veryone likes it because I finally came out of my writer's block- so here it goes! Its not very long but it basically just an introduction into Part II- so this chapter's purpose is to mainly explain what happen after Temari dies up to where Part II picks up so ENJOY and leave me some REVIEWS!

Disclaimer: I don't own Naruto nor do I own the Naruto storyline.

Part II

Chapter Eleven:

That Can't Be Seen

He kept his word- Naruto I mean- once I was safe he took off after our friend, our friend that had betrayed us and had killed Temari and later killed Kankuro. Yes- he killed both of them, not that it was easy- by the time Naruto had returned- which was about a week later he was on the brink of death. He was lucky though- our third Hokage had passed on his title to Lady Tsunade- who was a well known healer- one of the best.

When he finally came around he told me what had happened once I was safe.

Temari was dead- but I knew that from what was said over the radio and of course he himself told me the night she died.

Kankuro was also dead- Naruto said that when Temari's alert had gone over the radio Kankuro attacked him thinking we all had betrayed them and then took off to save his sister- thats when he came to get me. Later when he went back to chase Sasuke he found that Kankuro had also been murdered- but he never told me the details.

He had tracked Sasuke for about a three days when decided to come back home then he found blood on the forest floor when he went to check it out he found Gaara and Sasuke; he told me that Gaara was back to the old him- craving for the blood of his siblings' killer. He said that thats why he was so beat up- beacuse he was fighting both Sasuke and Gaara- but they were to much for him to handle together.

He said when he woke up everyone was gone- they had vanished, but he didn't wake up where he had passed out at he had woken up at the edge of the village; he didn't know who had brought him there, but vowed he'd find out.

I think that he was hoping that Sasuke had but in the back of his mind he knew that that hope wasn't true- its depressing really.

We had trusted him, and they trusted the fact that we trusted him- he let us all down.

It hurt so bad then- like nothing I ever felt before, but even that pain was nothing compared to what I would feel later.

Anyways, Naruto went away to train with his new sensei and didn't come back for two and a half years- it felt like a lifetime. I became the student of the Fifth Hokage, and since I was often in her office studing about all the different wounds that a ninja could recieve in battle and how to heal them I learned several things.

The first thing I learned was that Gaara had become a rogue ninja somewhere in the East and he was hunting Sasuke so that he could kill him- it made me want to cry when I learned that. I mean Gaara had changed when we met for the second time- he wasn't insane anymore, but more or less curious and now through the death of his siblings- the first people he had opened up to- he was changed again. Only this change was for the worst- he wasn't the killer he once was, but his heart yearned for Sasuke's death.

I knew that we would meet up again, it was just a matter of time.

The second thing I learned was the location of Sasuke at that time- I didn't really learn much else other than the fact that he and Orochimaru were in league with each other; for weeks I was in denial that was true, but I knew it was. Often I had found myself crying in my sleep from nightmares of the night Temari and Kankuro died or sometimes I would cry because I didn't do anything to help.

I was the leader that night.

I should have done something- anything and you can shake your head no all you want but the fact of the matter is I should have tried, but I didn't I fell back and allowed someone else to take the lead.

I decided on the nineth night I had woken up with tears of regrett on my face I would never do that again.

The third and final thing I learned while in my training days was information on Sasuke's elder brother and the cause of all our pain and suffering- Itatchi; I learned where he was at that particular time- which was ironically enough in the East where Sasuke and Gaara were both last spotted which made sense- but the most important thing I learned was that he was after something very dangerous and if he got it we would all be in major trouble.

When Naruto finally returned home- he, myself, and our former sensei, Kakashi, were all sent out on a new and A class mission- of course Kakashi was our leader, much to Naruto's disappointment.

I didn't mind though- I didn't want to lead another group quite so soon.

Four days into our mission was when everything- like it was happening all over again- started going wrong.