Man, I got a ton of new books and they were way better than my stories… -Cries in corner- I have a MAJOR writer's block and can't think of what to do for the next chapter of either of my stories!!!!! GRR!!!!! I figured out my stupid scanner, by the way!! I STILL DON'T KNOW HOW TO GET STUFF ONLINE THOUGH!! Scanner, don't be a jerk!! Anyway, I'm done ranting (I love ranting), so on to the chapter… hopefully…

(Aria's POV)

"Are you alright?" I asked the brown haired boy whom I'd just caught. A little puppy I assumed was his charged over. He stood and turned to face me. He had red marks on his face and a large gray jacket with black fur around the hood.

"Hey, thanks for that…"

"Kanon Aria."

"Aria." He nodded before turning and rushing back to the fight. His cute little puppy chased after him. I ran into the fighting and looked for an opening. Footsteps sounded behind me and I turned in time to see a guard racing towards me! I ducked from his punch, but he grabbed my jacket and pulled me in before punching me in the stomach. Then he threw me into the trees. Winded, I couldn't get up. He approached again. I felt weak. I couldn't move… Was this the end? Suddenly, I heard the man shout in pain. I slowly turned, still hard to move and saw a little white dog biting his ankle. A brown-haired boy with red marks on his face and a large gray jacket with black fur around the hood tackled the guard from the side. As they fought, I managed to get my breathing under control and sit up. I was still too weak to throw a punch, though. He knocked the guard down and he didn't get up. The boy walked over and gave me his hand. I took and stood up. Smiling, I thanked him. "What is your name, by the way?"

"Inuzuka Kiba, and this here's Akamaru. Guess we're even now, huh?" I giggled. He was pretty funny.

"Yeah, we're even." He smiled before running back off to fight.

(You can figure out who's POV it is!!)

"So nice to see you again, Uchiha." I glared at him.

"Hayato, right?" I growled. "It's not so nice seeing you again."

"Sasuke, what's wrong? You didn't like the trap Michira and I set for you to follow?" I was losing my temper with this guy. Who did he think he is? I made some quick hand signs.

Katon, Housenka no Jutsu!

Fireballs shot out from my mouth. Hayato dodged all of them. Crap, this guy was good!

"Is that it? Is that the full power of the Uchiha clan? A few reckless fireballs… Michira will be disappointed." That's it! I gathered chakra in my hand. It started to make strange noises and became visibly blue in color.

Chidori!

I charged at Hayato. He simply stood there, shocked. I dragged my hand along the ground, leaving a giant hole where my chidori touched it. I approached and lifted my hand to his face. Suddenly, he grabbed my hand and my chidori disappeared. He'd stopped it!? 'How did he…' I didn't have time to think because next thing I knew I was looking up at him from the ground…

Chidori!

"That's Sasuke!" I shouted. I had left Naruto by the tree before he had been able to give me his answer. I knew he would have refused to sit there. As I turned I saw his attack, but it was so bright I had to shield my eyes. Then his opponent did something unbelievable! He stopped Sasuke's Chidori! As simple as that! He had grabbed Sasuke's hand and thrown him to the ground. Everyone in the battle had turned to look at them by now. Even some of the guards looked amazed. But… how…? Everything went silent. All heard the man's next words.

"Uchiha Sasuke, you are of no use to Michira. She has ordered me to kill you and now I will. Say your last words, Uchiha, you're as good as dead." He had pinned Sasuke to the ground. 'Get up!!' I shouted at him in my head. 'Please, Sasuke, get up!! Fight!!! Why doesn't he get up? What's wrong?' The man reached his hand to his side and grasped the handle of a Kunai.

"I'll make it long and painful, Sasuke. Don't worry, I'll enjoy every moment of it." He twirled the knife, and put it near his wrist. He cut slowly, mocking all that were staring, daring us to challenge him and help Sasuke. He was struggling under the man's grip. He winced in pain as blood dripped from the cut. 'How could Sasuke let this man do this to him? Why doesn't he do something?' The man cut Sasuke's other wrist.

"Isn't this fun, Uchiha? I know I'm having fun. Aw, cheer up! Soon you'll be dead and the pain will stop…" The man continued to mock him. 'How could everyone just be standing around? Is no one going to help Sasuke?' I realized with a jolt that I was one of those people. 'This is my chance to show everyone that I can be strong. I can be brave. Sasuke needs me now more than ever.' I remembered his harsh words from earlier.

"Sakura, really! I haven't come to save you, I'm on a mission to save everyone!"

I rephrased myself. 'Well, he needs someone now more than ever…'

"Now Sasuke, you DIE!" the evil man lifted his Kunai to Sasuke's neck. 'Wait, why am I still standing here... I have to help!' My feet suddenly jolted forward silently. I ran faster than I thought was possible. The man lowered his knife towards Sasuke's neck and I sped up… if that was even possible. Everything was in slow motion now… and I saw the knife get closer and closer. I saw my hands reach out in front of me. I saw myself dive forward slowly… I thought briefly 'How do I get the Kunai away?' but my hand moved forward without an answer. It knew what to do. It quickly darted in front of Sasuke and pain rushed through my body, entering through my hand. I noticed my other hand had gotten a Shuriken from my pack and had aimed it for the man. He instantly noticed this and dodged by jumping backwards, releasing Sasuke. I threw the small weapon, ignoring the tremendous pain within my body and aimed it with perfect accuracy towards his neck. Accuracy doesn't always do it, though. He reached up and grabbed the Shuriken easily. I was still watching this when my face hit ground. I rolled a few times before stopping. I saw my hand, the Kunai had been stabbed deeply and blood gushed out. Feeling incredibly powerful for some reason I stood quickly and ripped the weapon from my wounded hand. I screamed in agony. I didn't know it would hurt so much. Immediately everything was fast again. I whipped out three more Shuriken and threw two more at the man. I grabbed and opened a large one and then threw that one as well. He dodged neatly, but I was ready for that. I threw the third star right where he landed, and it hit him in the side. He cringed, but quickly pulled it out and threw it back. I caught it, but put it away. I did some really fast hand signs without allowing the man to see them before turning to face him. I smirked. I jumped onto a tree nearby that I had planned to get near and jumped up its branches. I realized I was unusually fast. I reached the top and from there briefly noticed Sasuke sitting up, staring up at me wide-eyed. 'I'll show him just what I can do…' I narrowed my eyes at the man. Now for my trick…

"Who are you!?" I shouted, while I got some Kunai and shuriken out.

"My name is Kenji Hayato. Who might you be, girl?" He was falling for it!

"Haruno Sakura, and you better stay away from Sasuke, freak!"

"Oh, really? What makes you think you can stop me… especially from up there? Not a very smart move, fan girl!" He darted to Sasuke taking out a Kunai. Sasuke struggled to his feet, obviously thinking I had made a mistake and that he would have to fight. 'Sorry Sasuke, not this time…' I released my jutsu and appeared right in front of Sasuke with a Kunai and Hayato charged right into it. I sunk my weapon into his shoulder, but I wasn't planning on stopping there. Not now. Grabbing his knife, I twisted in the air and kicked him in the face, sending him flying. I followed him every step, quickly jabbing him with my hands as he landed on the ground. Then I placed my foot on his chest and stepped down, hard. I leaned down near his face with his tool and held it near his neck.

"Who's a fan girl, you say? Certainly a fan girl wouldn't be able to pin you down so easily, huh?" That was a lie. That was anything but easy, but I'd done it. "Let us go or you die, Hayato." I made sure I blocked access to his other weapons, so he couldn't escape. I glared at this man. I watched his every move, trying to read his thoughts. If he was trying to figure a way out of this, I would stop him. When he didn't respond, I brought the Kunai knife closer to his neck. He didn't flinch. Damn. "You're the one in charge, correct? Tell you're guards to back off, freak, or I will kill you." He heard the truth in my voice. I was really about to kill him, but I might not be when I calmed down. He had to surrender now.

"Guards… stand down." The guards stared at him a moment, before putting away their weapons and stepping away from the scene. I still kept my eyes locked to Hayato and didn't get up. I reached for his weapons pack with my hand not holding the Kunai knife, which may have left me slightly vulnerable, but I went quickly. I grabbed his weapons from him and jumped off. My hand writhed in pain. I had forgotten it was cut. I landed close enough to strike again, but far enough for him to stand. I didn't drop his pack, even though I wanted to because of the pain in my hand.

"Well, I guess I underestimated you… how cliché. Let me say my line then. It won't happen again. Trust me on that, girl." He then turned and followed his guards. When he was out of sight I dropped his pack and fell to the ground. I was so tired; I didn't even hear someone approach me. I felt whomever it was kneel down and grab my injured hand. I sighed and looked up. He had gotten some bandages and was wrapping them around my hand. I smiled. When he was finished, he tied a knot and looked at me, frowning. His worried expression should have made me feel joyous, but instead, my smile faded and I stood up and looked away from him. I remembered Naruto. I looked around and spotted him in the crowd. He had probably come when he heard Hayato talking in the silence. Haruka was standing next to him, eyes emotionless. She looked somewhat sad, however. Naruto started walking up to me, eyes wide with worry. I ran up to him, leaving Sasuke alone. Naruto looked at me with worry in his eyes.

"I'm fine," I smiled, "but we need to get everyone to the Leaf village. Quickly."

Damn, that chapter was long! I finally figured out how to continue it… YAY!!!! Oh, and just for the record, I made up that Genjutsu because there are only eight shown in the show. Two of which are Naruto's jutsus… Anyway, I have a second story! One Problem After Another. I FIGURED OUT A WAY TO SHOW YOU MY PICTURES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Go to my profile!! There's a link! But read the note above it first!

-Me