Never Say Never

by James Flamel

Sakura doesn't want a new team mate. She already has Sasuke. But is Sasuke enough for her? Why have the sand ninja returned? Will the Fifth Hokage's force be enough to stop the wind country? Rated T to be safe. SakuraXOC and SakuraXKankuro. KakashiXOC.

11. Fatal Mastake

I'm sooo sorry for not updated sooner!! I've been REALLY busy. Blame school. I'm serious, blame school. Well, the good news is I'm back and better than ever! I'm doing a special writing class, so my writing skills are better than before. Sergei Capaul read this story, or what I have of it, and thinks it's REALLY good. Yeah, he's a spaz. Remind you of a certain blonde?

Never Say Never

Chapter 11

Fatal Mistake

"Wahoo! We're here!" yelled Naruto, as his team caught sight of the Wind Village gate.

Kakashi and Izumi stopped. Since they were up front, so did everyone else. After Kakashi and Izumi were Neji and Tenten, and then came Naruto, Sasuke, and Sakura.

"Kakashi, why did you stop?!" wined the blonde.

"Because," sighed Kakashi, "I sense a ninja's presence. Any other question?"

"Yeah, when do we get FOOD?!" Izumi asked. You could see she was drooling slightly.

"Not until we get to there," Neji reminded.

"Show off," muttered Izumi.

"WHAT was THAT?"

"I said you're a SHOW OFF!"

"Now now, no fighting you too," Kakashi sighed.

"You do that too much sensei." It was Sakura who said this. She, Tenten, and Sasuke had kept quiet most of the trip. Sasuke had just enjoyed watching the others fight.

Forgetting Kakashi's warning, the group started up again.

"Hey, does anyone else think it's getting harder to move?" grunted Sasuke.

"You're right!" gasped Tenten.

The grouped stopped moving, only then to realize that they had walked right into a pool of quick sand!

"Nice going Neji." Naruto snarled. "You could have used your eye-power-thing to see the quick sand!"

"Yeah, well that's sort of hard to do, when all your walking on IS sand!"

While the two bickered, the others tried to find some way out of their sand trap. This didn't really work that well. As the sand got up to about shoulder height, Sakura got an idea. Slowly, she gave up struggling, and let the sand get a little higher. Then, using a new jutsu she learned, she propelled herself out of the sand.

Landing with a "thump" on her bottom, she looked back at the quick sand, and saw that her other team mates had been sucked into the quick sand.

With a sickening feeling, she turned around, and saw four figures in the distance.

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I hope you enjoyed that chapter. I'll update again soon! Thanks to seguha and ShinRa Associate for reviewing!

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