I have been told to threaten you all. I am tempting to leave this fanfic as it is right now and not continue. All right also check out this link or else: http/xuchihaserenax. Courtesy of XUchihaSakuraX, give her love.

Sakura began to stir hearing the sound of tearing. She felt a warm hand on hers, wrapping something around it. Sakura cracked an eye open, to see Itachi changing her bandage. It was strange to see him taking care of anyone, let alone her. Itachi finished and looked into her now fully awake eyes. He leaned over and let his lips brush across her ear. She shivered in enjoyment. His lips met hers in a short, but craving kiss.

"Why are you going to Wave anyways?"

"That is classified, Cherry Blossom."

"Weasel."

Itachi smirked. He saw that her feistiness was still intact first thing in the morning. He began to rise when he felt himself falling back down onto the bed. Sakura climbed on top and straddled his waist. A smirk of her own played on her face. Itachi placed his hands on her waist. He rubbed her against him. Sakura moaned in response. Itachi loved it. He flipped her and stared down.

"I would love to continue, but we're leaving now."

Sakura's arms encircled his neck and pulled him down for a passionate kiss. Itachi's hand brushed across her breast making Sakura moan in pleasure. Then something occurred to her. The next thing caught Itachi completely by surprise. Sakura kneed him in the groin. Itachi ground his teeth in pain.

"Jerk! You're trying to turn me on and leave me this way."

Despite his pain, Itachi rose chuckling. He leaned in to steal one more kiss before leaving.

"Just want you to spare me a thought."

"So…"

"Naruto, if this is going to be another sorry joke, I'm going to kill you." Neji threatened.

"What? My jokes aren't bad."

Everyone groaned. Naruto's cheek puffed out in anger.

"But you guys said they were good."

"We lied. We felt bad for you. Even Sasuke can tell a better joke than you." Ino explained.

"N-N-Naruto-k-k-kun, it might help if all your jokes weren't about… ramen." Hinata continued.

"What, but ramen jokes are the best. They are!"

Sakura woke up in a rush. She turned her head to both sides. Sweat moved down her face. Confusion wrote onto her facial features.

"Naruto?"

"Who is that Sakura-sama?"

Sakura turned to see Tsuki coming into the room with a tray of food. She turned to read the time, noticing breakfast was not what she carried. The clock read late afternoon.

"I came in this morning, but you were sleeping. I tried to wake you but you would not stir. You kept mumbling Itachi-sama's name."

Sakura blushed. She looked down to see herself fully dressed.

"Huh?"

"I dressed you."

Sakura nodded in understanding. Tsuki sat on the edge while placing the tray on Sakura's lap. Sakura thanked her and slowly began to eat.

"So, who is Naruto-san?"

Sakura choked on her miso soup. She began to cough and Tsuki panicked while patting Sakura on the back. Once Sakura could breathe again properly, her face had become unreadable.

"Naruto… he's…"

Tsuki waited patiently.

"…a childhood friend. I haven't seen him since we were twelve."

"Why is that?"

"He went off in search of power, and to keep a foolish promise."

"Did he make it from the heart?"

"I don't understand."

"I believe if he made it from the heart, then it wasn't foolish."

Sakura stopped eating to contemplate her words. Tsuki smiled. Sakura turned to the window. Naruto was impulsive and foolish. However, when Naruto made Sakura the promise to return Sasuke to Konoha, her heart had raced. She had been truly grateful. Looking down in shame, Sakura could not help but realize how cold she had grown.

"No, he never made a foolish promise."

Naruto sneezed. Everyone stopped to look at him. He felt the back of his ears burning. He gave a sheepish smile while rubbing the back of his head. The party looked at him in question.

"Someone's talking about me." He responded while chuckling.

Sasuke threw him a glare. Naruto sneezed three times in session. A hurt looked crossed his face.

"I can't believe you hate me!"

"Hn."

Sasuke continued down the path totally ignoring Naruto now. Naruto chased after him crying. Everyone sweated at their childish behavior. Sighing, they realized those two would never change, and they continued on their way.

Sakura was once again in one of the training spots in the compound. Her movements were slow and fluid. One move mixed with another, like a never-ending wave. Her eyes closed not for concentration but for feeling. She was to be one with everything, which made her aware of the approaching footsteps that she identified to belong to Deidara.

Sakura inwardly sighed. It had been three days since Itachi and Kisame left. Apparently, Itachi had ordered someone to keep a close eye on her at all times. If it was not Tsuki, then it was Deidara or Sasori that was with her. Whenever Fujiwaru tried to get near, they would instantly take her in the other direction. She was at least thankful for that.

"You're like water itself, yeah."

"Flattery will get you no where Deidara-san."

Deidara chuckled.

"Hai, Hai, Itachi-san told me you were like that, yeah."

"Did he? He doesn't seem like a talker."

"No more than you are, yeah."

Sakura stopped and opened her eyes to see Deidara sitting on the edge of the wooden floor. They stared at each other for a moment. Deidara could see the impatience in her eyes. He sighed. She was too much like Itachi.

"Medic nin is still out, yeah. We need you to take care of Shiro-kun, yeah."

"And if I don't?"

Deidara shrugged.

"Your punishment is up to Itachi-san, yeah?"

Sakura sighed. She did not even want to go there. Sex was his thought of punishment. She quietly made her way towards the room that the patient resided. Her footsteps were light and barely noticeable, but Deidara's were a bit louder. Sakura hated to be followed but she was in enemy territory.

Reaching the door, Sakura slid it open. Shiro was sitting up in bed when they entered. Sakura pulled a stool to the bed as well as fresh bandages. She carefully undid the soiled ones, ascertained the damage, and rewrapped the wounds with clean bandages. Shiro watched her slow movements, but wise eyes. Sakura clearly knew what she was doing and it showed.

"Any pain?"

Shiro nodded his head.

"Good."

Deidara busted out laughing while Shiro looked at her quizzically.

"Why are you helping me?"

Sakura shrugged.

"I felt like it."

Shiro did not like her answer, but he did not say anything as she left.

"Did one of you guys get the location wrong?" Tenten questioned.

Reason why, here they stood where this rumored village was supposed to be, however, the place that they found… was a wasteland. There was nothing, not even sand. Everything that had possibly tried to live withered away. Cracks in the ground showed how worn and dry the earth was.

"This is where the villagers said it was." Neji replied.

"Well they were obviously wrong." Kurenai retorted.

The men could feel the women's anger. They gulped nervously, trying to figure out a way to survive this. No such miracle thought came to them. They began to pray, hoping somehow, Kami would save them.

"I can't believe we wasted our time on a wild goose chase." Ino growled out while tapping her foot impatiently.

Just when the girls were about to rip the males apart, an old laughter rang through the air. They turned to see an old man behind them. He wore commoner clothing, with a straw hat to protect himself from the sun. He carried a cane in his hand to help with his limp. The group quickly moved into a defense stance, all but… Naruto. He just scratched his head in confusement.

"Why are we scared of an old geezer?"

"Baka, he could be using a genjutsu."

"Oh…"

Naruto still did not budge. Everybody shook their heads in disappointment. The old man began to laugh again.

"Looking for Oblivion?"

"Huh? No we're looking for a village old man."

"Old man! I'll have you know, I'm still as strong as I was when I was your age."

"Yeah right. Don't lie I won't believe you."

"Oh? You don't believe me?"

"Not even if pigs flew."

The old man smiled and made his way slowly towards Naruto. He extended his hand and Naruto foolishly accepted. In a split second, Naruto was airborne flying across the savannah. The group's jaws dropped in amazement. Not because Naruto flew, but because the old mad actually picked Naruto up let alone throw him the distance that he flew. The old man began to laugh again.

"Ha, guess pigs can fly."

"What? I am not pig."

Naruto turned red with anger and raced towards the man. He turned to the party and once Naruto was in arm's length, he raised his cane, which connected into the powerful blow on Naruto between his legs. Naruto instantly crumpled to the ground. The old man laughed once again. He then coughed to recompose himself. The group sweatdropped.

"Oblivion is the village you seek."

"Was it demolished?" Shikamaru inquired.

"Or perhaps moved?" Hinata suggested.

The man pointed towards the sky. They all looked up, except for a still recovering Naruto. They saw nothing but sky. The old man bent over carefully and picked up a pebble. Once he was right back up, he tossed it high in the air. Once a good many miles up, the pebble hit something, causing a ripple in the sky.

"Oblivion is airborne."

Sakura was tired by the time night began to set. She had just finished dinner and helping Tsuki with the dishes. It would have went faster if Tsuki hadn't been complaining every five minutes. She slid open the bedroom door and walked in, not bothering to close it due to Tsuki being right behind her.

"I'm going to shower."

"Hai Sakura-sama. Where should I lay these clothes?"

"Wherever you wish."

Sakura slipped into the bathroom leaving Tsuki alone in the bedroom. Tsuki soon heard the water running. She smiled to herself and went to put the clothes away in the closet. She had taken some time to make Sakura some new clothes. Out of the corner of her eye, she saw a piece of cloth handing out one of the drawers in the nightstand. Tsuki was curious and walked over to open it. She retrieved the pieces of cloths. Recognizing them as Sakura's gloves, she turned them over in the palm of her hand. Holes had shown themselves. Tsuki realized Sakura had probably worn them until they gave. She closed the drawer and left with the torn gloves.

It had been two days, since the gang arrived at the village, or at least the outskirts of it. By what they could tell, the village's size was twice as big as Konoha. A powerful barrier protected it. The barrier was where the problem lied. They had spent two whole days trying to disable the barrier, and each failed attempt resulted in the old man laughing at them. Naruto hit the ground in frustration.

"That is it! There is no way we can get in that damn village."

The old man laughed.

"You!"

The old man stopped and looked at Naruto seriously.

"How do you disable this thing?"

"You can't."

"Ah!"

The group could not help but silently agree. They were wasting precious time. If they could not get in then neither could the Akatsuki. It also did not help that the old man kept laughing at them.

"Only she can disable the barrier."

Everyone turned to him. Hope filled their eyes.

"Who?" Naruto asked quickly.

"The person who made it, except no one knows where she is."

Everyone sighed as he laughed.

"Kuso! Who is she?"

"Oblivion's Hime-sama."

Sakura sat in the dead grove twirling a kunai aimlessly on her index finger. Her main attention was in one of her medical journals. The rest were in that small, dark, no-real-use of an apartment. She had made some earlier jots about Shiro's condition. However, she was currently studying a few chapters back. The entries were dated weeks ago.

Sakura sighed and closed her book. She stared up at the sky. Silence was nice. It was hot out like usual. A low breeze moved through the air. Then she saw it. A ripple moved across the sky. She quickly sat up. It was only then that she realized it. She did not hear any wild life not even birds. A strong wind blew for a second. Sakura narrowed her eyes. She sensed it far off.

"Something's coming."

"How in the hell do we enter the village then?" Naruto shouted.

"Haha! You're a fun one. Let me explain how this works." Everyone gave him their full attention. "You see, Hime-sama feared the other countries for great reason. Oblivion is so strong and prosperous that they may stand alone without any alliances. They say whoever could ally themselves with Oblivion would rule the world, if that were their wish.

"As such many people searched the kingdom out. Hime-sama was greatly distressed. She made an ultimate decision. No one is allowed to enter her kingdom without her or one of her people's blessings. So using her great powers, she raised the kingdom and put an indestructible barrier around it."

"So there's no going in?" Shikamaru summarized.

"You must be marked. However, the barrier maybe breakable now."

"Why?" Kakashi asked.

"Well you see Hime-sama was only five when this happened."

"What?"

Sakura was currently working. A few guards had been brought to her. They were deeply wounded and near death. As the only medic nin in the compound, Sakura set to work. Unfornately, it was chakra consuming and she had to fuse with others to perform some high medical jutsus.

The small group collapsed in the dining room. Tsuki was bringing in dinner. Sakura had borrowed Deidara and Sasori. She knew since they were not used to fusing, that it had drained them tired. Dinner was quiet and uneventful, but Shiro was feeling better to at least eat with them.

"So, what happened to those guards?" Tsuki asked while looking at Deidara, who shrugged his shoulders.

"Don't know, yeah. Sasori and I were just outside when we found them, yeah. We brought them back quick and asked Cherry Blossom to fix them, yeah."

Sakura snapped her chopsticks in anger. Sasori and Deidara were smirking. Tsuki handed Sakura a new pair of chopsticks. Naomi, Fujiwaru, and Shiro looked unhappy at the scene. Sakura had become the Akatsuki's toy and they enjoyed it too much.

"So Hyuuga what is your brilliant plan?"

"Quiet Uchiha, I'm thinking."

A bird flew by and dropped a scroll. Shikamaru caught it without much effort. Opening it, he quickly read. He sighed and muttered something that sounded like troublesome.

"The Hokage has ordered us to return."

"What? No we can't!" Naruto argued.

"What about Sakura?" Ino asked.

"Sakura will have to unfornately wait. Tsunade-sama has informed me that Orochimaru made a move against the village while we were gone."

"How bad?" Asuma inquired.

"She just said enough."

"Are they still in the village?" Gai asked.

"No. She says with who they had, they were at least able to drive them back. However, a lot were injured and she's not sure if they could survive a second wave."

Everyone looked defeated. Dark clouds began to cover the sky.

Sakura woke up the next day in a panic. She quickly tore out of the futon. She pushed open the window and looked at the clouded sky. A low rumble was going off in the distant. It sounded like thunder, but Sakura knew better. The sound was still far off.

"It's coming."

Sakura quickly changed clothes and left the room in a hurry. She slid to a halt when a strong wind blew. It knocked out the paper doors to her side. Sakura turned towards where it came from. Her eyes narrowed in a dangerous way. She quickly picked up speed as she raced passed Tsuki and towards the compounds gates.

"Stop Sakura-sama!"

Deidara and Sasori appeared in no time. Sakura wasted no time. She leapt over the massive gate's height and over to the other side. She ran down the large rock steps that led to the village. Tsuki, Deidara, and Sasori were close behind.

"Uchiha-san is going to kill us, yeah."

"Shut up and run."

"Harsh much Sasori-chan, yeah?"

"Don't call me –chan you ass!"

Sakura stop abruptly. She turned with horror in her eyes.

"Stay there!"

Then without warning, a tornado came down from the sky breaking the barrier and straight on top of Sakura. Tsuki screamed in horror. Deidara moved fast. He pulled Tsuki out of the tornado's path. Sasori in no time summoned puppets to get villagers out of the way. Strange thing was the tornado never moved. Then they saw it, a small blue light inside the rushing of wind. It quickly shot up. A low roar that was close to thunder rattled everything. Lightning flashed and everyone got a view of a large tail in the dark clouds. It receded, as did the wind. Sakura collapsed gasping in air.

Naruto stopped abruptly. Everyone turned to look at Naruto.

"Dobe, what is it now?"

Naruto's eyes were wide as he slowly turned towards Oblivion. He slowly turned towards the party. A shiver ran up his spine and he shook with fear. Sweat rolled of his cheek. It's been a long time since Naruto felt fear.

"I feel… demon."

"What are you talking about dobe?"

"Don't call me that teme!"

"Don't worry about it Naruto, it's probably just something you ate. It happens to me all the time." Chouji reassured.

Everyone looked at him, not really surprised. Chouji could put the whole town out if it wasn't for the people who stopped him. Everyone felt sorry for Chouji's teammates. Asuma looked over at Kakashi

"What are you thinking about?"

"Ah Kakashi-san, have you finally admitted I'm better?"

"No."

Gai looked down dejectedly. The other senseis snickered. The once students sweatdropped at their childish behavior.

"I was simply just remembering something the Third told me."

"What about?" Kurenai inquired.

"Oblivion, it wasn't always called that."

"Well what was it?" Tenten asked.

"Oblivion used to be called…"

"… the Sakura grove."

"Huh?"

Sakura, who was currently balancing on a destroyed rooftop, looked down at how much damage was done. Tsuki had started to mumble something. Sakura had only caught the last part of her mumblings. She motioned for Tsuki to join her. She did as she was told.

"What did you say?
"I was commenting how Oblivion was not always Oblivion. Oblivion used to be called, 'The Sakura Grove'."

"Who told you that?"

"Oba-sama."

"Hm, did she comment why a village with a name like, 'Sakura Grove', all the sudden became something as bleak as Oblivion?"

"Hai."

"And?"

"She said the villagers felt it was appropriate. Hime-sama suddenly disappeared after the barrier was activated. Oblivion is for this village's state."

"Until the light returns, we shall endure Oblivion."

Tsuki looked over at Sakura with concern. Once again, Sakura had left to go to a far-off place. Darkness was simmering under the surface. Tsuki was always able to tell that. In her own way, Tsuki is able to read Sakura, not well, but well enough. Clouds were still covering the sky. A steady rain came down.

"It's crying for you."

A single nod came from her. Tsuki could not decipher if it was a nod in agreement or acknowledgement.

"Although the hope in our hearts dims, it still lives knowing the light is alive."

Anime: Review time!
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