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Note: LAST CHAPTER WOOTNESS! AND IT'S VERY VERY LONG INDEED. STARTS OUT DARK BUT ENDS IN…WELL YOU SHOULD KNOW IF YOU READ MY PREVIOUS NOTE.

Warning: LEMON!

The Shinobi Way

There comes a time in a shinobi's life where they're completely exposed. Their secrets, weaknesses... everything is made bare for everyone to see. It's unbearable to feel such nakedness in the eyes of your enemies and even friends, because that comfort level was where the darkest secrets lay hidden and once shown, they can never retreat.

In a war of this caliber such secrets can no longer be confined, needing to be exposed so one could truly fight the enemy with all their worth and not at all being tied down. Shinobi's, mostly accustomed to self-seclusion, would rather die than feel that weak nakedness. As a result of such ideals, they die by their own hubris allowing it to cloud the better judgment that was supposedly well carved into their minds since entering the academy.

Again, they die. All of them foolhardy to wave off their known weaknesses, and instead trudge hard-headedly ahead of everyone else thinking they're unbeatable… Such is the way of many and because of this, they die unnecessarily.

Why must humans be flawed to such a predictable action? Why must they insist on trudging ahead in their own self-made haze in order to block out what is currently happening around the battle scarred fighting ground? Why must we keep fighting?

It's easy to answer such questions but terribly hard to follow through with the answers, as the clichéd saying goes: it's easier said than done. We fight to protect our self-interests, we're flawed to predictability so we can become unpredictable with the known, we block out the bad events so we can attain a somewhat human temperament instead of becoming blood-lusting monsters commonly seen on battle fields…we try to attain and feel normalcy in abnormal situations, to have some sort of comfort-ness like a mother's loving embrace to their child.

But is it all just illusionary…Life? That the blood we draw, the pain we feel, the emptiness in our soul when someone you love dearly leaves this earth? What of it? It's only temporary, a stage to endure before ascending to the next one in the afterlife. Is all of this worth it? Is living really real?

Yes. Yes it is. Everything one can feel physically and emotionally is worth fighting for…to stand up against injustice for ideals strongly impacted upon one's life…even if it means fighting against a kindred like your father.

Like my father.

Though a part of me still loves him, I know the pain he's wrought upon others and I know I must stop him at all costs…even if…no when I kill him. Though it pains me, I must keep fighting and exposing long held emotions for my father. Thereof; bare, stripped, completely and inexcusably exposed for the whole world to see; for HIM to see so he knows I will not hold back…so everyone knows the heir has comeback to reclaim what was once lost and to build on the soon to be devastated foundations of Orochimaru's reign. To betray in order to rekindle a flame long since put out.

Fighting to stay afloat in an oceanic storm with fifty foot waves unrelenting bashing you about.

To feel and know how to control and use power when power is needed.

To never give up on yourself or others and forever protect those in need of protecting.

Such is my life as a Shinobi and such is how I shall die.

Sakura jumped into the fray armed with only one kunai and a small amount of chakra. Her mind was furiously screaming at her telling her she's pulling a Naruto without even thinking up a plan. But seeing her mother figure, Tsunade, surrounded by many shinobi she knew this was the place where she was supposed to be. Deftly she threw her only kunai towards a shinobi on Tsunade's right and landed with her back pressed against the Hokage's back.

"Where were you?"

"With Sasuke" Sakura caught four small shurikens with her fingers and spun them around before releasing them towards their targets.

"Did you kill him?"

"Nearly did" both she and Tsunade ducked as a barrage of senbon flew over their heads.

"Did you heal him?"

"…Yes…he knows of Orochimaru's plans"

"his reaction?"

"he released the seal and collapsed soon after." Sakura and Tsunade both jumped away from one another leaving twenty Shinobi between them. With one nod from the Hokage, they both pounded the ground before them; collapsing the earth beneath the feet of the enemy nin and soon, as they fell, the earth buried them.

Sakura weakly smiled, the last maneuver zapped nearly all of her chakra and because of that she fell on her knees unable to get up. The cries of her sensei echoed the field commanding her to get up. Sakura winced at the concerned tone and looked up to see a group of shinobi charging towards her. Tsunade couldn't make it on time and grimly she accepted her fate and awaited for the cold metal to unfeelingly slice her body until death came with it's cold embrace.

Gaara became tense as hundreds of shadow shinobi appeared. He hadn't expected such staggering numbers and doubted that any of his nin would survive- he doubted his own survival as well.

What exactly does Tobias have up his sleeve? He wondered as he spotted his raven circling ominously above.

A rustle from the bushes alerted him and slightly he relaxed as Tobias strode out signaling everything was going according to plan.

For awhile Tobias stood there exchanging words with each captain, easily pinpointing the first targets of the soon-to-be ambush. He then separated the secondary group from the weakest.

Good Gaara thought before glancing sideways towards his sister, who nodded in acknowledgement.

They were only moments away from ending this, until now, one sided war. And the sooner they attack, the sooner the war would be over.

Shukaku began pacing in anticipation and Gaara could feel blood-lust pumping through his veins.

Mindless killing spree here we come Shukaku's cackles echoed Gaara's head before slowly disappearing.

Tobias felt familiar chakra and was not at all surprised to see Aleia landing next to him. She gave a small wince.

"Cracked ribs?" he questioned

"Just a bit" she sarcastically smiled and he responded by laying a hand on her and rapidly healed the ribs.

Just as he finished; Orochimaru made his presence known, alerting his men who scrambled out of his way. They wouldn't move unless he commanded it.

"Tobias, hold her in place" Tobias shuffled his feet and looked over towards Aleia, "no you power-obsessed bastard" a calloused smile graced his features, "the tide is changing Orochimaru and you're going down with the undertow"

Aleia noticed his piercing gaze and discretely began a complex jutsu hoping Tobias would continue to draw attention towards his self.

"And just to clarify for you; I've never respected you nor ever believed in your fucked-up plans. Oh, and did I fail to mention-"

"Enough!" Orochimaru's chakra sky rocketed alarmingly.

"reiniku no jutsu!" (made up, means body and soul technique) Aleia's voice cut threw Orochimaru's furious yells and all attention was raptly on her.

Soon following her technique, purple lightning flashed across the sky and a howling wind furiously blew causing tree limbs to snap like tooth picks as the Shinobi stood unfazed waiting for Orochimaru's orders like mindless puppets.

A silver mist heavily appeared and swirled behind Aleia causing a few shadow shinobi to grip their shuriken. The formless mist began to contort into body shapes of the Konoha Shinobi once thought dead.

"I-I thought I killed that man!" A Shadow nin stuttered. He pointed a shaky, gloved finger towards a man on Aleia's right.

Tobias coldly smiled, "you did."

Aleia's eyes blazed silver as she addressed everyone, mostly her father, "I just kept them partially alive in order to bring them back. They're very much alive and ready for round two at this moment." Her voice was colder more malicious than before. Her hair swirled around in its pony tail turning back into her natural black and slowly faded streaks of silver appeared.

Tobias leant back on his Scythe looking bored, slowly he raised his hand and Thaed, his raven, screeched overhead. The signal was given and the Sand shinobi as well as some Shadow warriors jumped out from their place and attacked, soon to be followed by the once thought dead, leaf shinobi.

"You will pay dearly for your insolence!" Orochimaru in turn, sent his shinobi to fight, leaving just Aleia and himself to stand there glaring at one another.

"So Tobias you betrayed us for your childhood crush, how quaint."

"Kabuto" Tobias brushed off his comments as if it were a mere spec of dirt on his shoulder.

"I always knew you were unfit to serve Orochimaru!"

"Ah yes Kabuto, 'cause everyone knows that no one else could give that man a blow job as well as you."

"Why you-"

"Charming, better than thou, smarter Adonis?" Tobias was amused as he saw agitation cross the spectacled one's face and he openly grinned just to show how much he knew he irked the younger.

"I am glad we're on opposite sides Tobias, because now I have reason to kill you!"

Tobias snorted, "that's wishful thinking my dear incompetent medi-nin." He spun his scythe as though it weighed nothing, "now lets stop this banter! I have better things to do than waste my time rolling with filth like you."

Aleia and Orochimaru stood in the middle of a chaotic battle field seemingly unaware of what was happening around them…seemingly. They could feel every burst of chakra, every hitched breath of a shinobi barely able to dodge a death-intended weapon, every step was attuned to their acute hearing and they stood there unfazed. They knew no one would touch them, their own battle was between themselves and no other, and if a fool were ignorant enough to come in uninvited, no matter who, would be dead instantly. Unfortunately a fool did interrupt their glaring but Aleia seemed somewhat relieved for the temporary reprieve as a blonde hair, blue eyed kyuubi container jumped next to her,

"How's-"

"She's fine."

"…But Sasuke-"

"fought her, won, discovered the hidden agenda-"

"Does she-"

"You'll have to ask her." Aleia concluded their chat while keeping most of her focus sharply trained on her father. A sudden though struck her when Naruto became guiltily silent after his first sentence,

"You weren't speaking of Sakura were you?" A small smile graced her otherwise, emotionless face. "Hinata is helping Shizune I believe."

Naruto nodded before silently wishing her luck and disappeared into the fray. Leaving Aleia opened to Orochimaru's well timed attack.

Sakura opened her eyes when a familiar chakra rapidly intercepted the shinobi and pushed them back with a mere boost in his chakra.

He was back

She joyfully thought as he stood in front of her, protecting her like they did in their Genin days. His back was taut as he stared down the many shinobi that tried to kill her before,

"You will not lay a finger on her" his voice seemed lighter as if he was uncaringly calm, yet the threat-filled undertone was ever bold in his voice. She couldn't see his face but was almost certain she heard the crack of thunder bolting through his stormy eyes.

Sakura weakly sat up, her arms shaking from exhaustion.

"Sakura" he spoke "you have nothing more to prove here and if you stick around you'll be killed and this round; death is certain and inescapable."

"But-"

"Nothing" he interrupted, "don't revert to your hard-headedness in such a time, use your brain Sakura. You're no use as a cadaver; it's better to escape and live to help another day…when you're needed."

Sakura nodded her head as she wobbly stood on her feet, "I love you" she strained out.

He returned the acknowledging nod while sharply training his eyes on the enemy as a reply, and that's when Sakura made her decision of who she truly loved.

She loved Naruto but loves Sasuke.

At those moments when Naruto Saved her, she only felt gratitude friend-wise. Don't get her wrong, she was elated to know he wasn't dead, but she didn't feel those heart-stopping tremors towards him as she did when Sasuke merely brushed his skin against her.

"Sasuke" she whispered.

"Sakura?" Before she could process what was happening, strong arms wrapped around her, "where the hell have you been? I woke up and didn't see you there."

She looked up to see Sasuke's onyx orbs shinning uncharacteristically with worry and…hesitation?

"Do you despise me so much?" he whispered.

Sakura lightly touched his cheek, "I've tried hating you…but couldn't. I've tried moving on…but no matter whom…I never felt what I felt for you."

Sasuke, processing her words differently, bowed his head with his bangs covering his eyes, "you are justified. I did kill Naruto-"

"No you didn't. He just saved me." Sakura felt weird saying that Naruto was alive because she had finally accepted his death…that he wasn't coming back ever, and there he was saving her ass just like the gennin days.

"He's alive?" Sasuke looked down into her eyes trying to see if she was lying, "how?"

Sakura pushed Sasuke down as a rouge kunai whizzed past them. "It's not safe to discuss such topics now Sasuke" she stood up offering a hand and he accepted, "let's be thankful the kunai wasn't intended towards us." She offered him a warming smile as she pulled him up and began running towards the west part of Konoha.

"Where are you going?"

"Towards the emergency stronghold." Noting the hesitancy in Sasuke's footwork she jumped to his side and softly grabbed his hand lacing her fingers with his, "Come on, I'm too weak to defend myself."

Sasuke stopped and cupped her chin, her smooth skin against his calloused skin faintly reminded him of how pure she was compared to him, "you are strong in many ways Sakura-chan, and never think you are weak." He offered a small smile, "plus, I too am low on chakra so between us we're both worth a fourth of a Gennin."

Sakura smiled, "that's not comforting to muse over."

"No it's not."

It was killing him. His fingers were twitching every time he heard the sharp clang of metal on metal and he struggled to see outside the small, dirt covered window. He let loose a string of curses as he realized his Sharnigan wouldn't be of use either, because of his severely weakened state from fighting.

He had to know where she was and what she was doing. Was she fighting her father now? How bad of a state was she? Did she use too much chakra on that soul return jutsu? And the ever presently blocked out question: was she dead?

Kakashi looked at the box he had been fiddling with for the past few hours, she better be alive because he had been working up the nerve for nearly two years to ask her to be his wife and he certainly couldn't do it to a dead body!

A small amused grin temporarily placed across his features as he imagined himself having a wedding with a zombie-like Aleia.

She better live, he had plans for their future. Hell, he had used a small portion of his family's wealth, from which he swore he'd never use, to build a house on the outskirts of Konoha with many rooms so she'd know that he wanted a family with her and only her. The house itself was furnished fully and kept clean by some hired help every time he, himself, was on a mission and couldn't do it.

The house was meant for them and their future…not just him…and he highly doubts he'd make it through another death of a person he deeply loved.

"Aleianna" he whispered her full name and closed his eyes as though he savored a fine wine. Ever so slowly, Kakashi drifted off into peaceful dreams filled of her and him.

Hinata had long since grown out of her stuttering stage. Her hair was no longer cropped but elegantly long and twisted into a braid reaching her mid back and her eyes were confidently focused on Shizune's words,

"-and we have Iruka who may never walk again. I absolutely detest wars."

Hinata nodded her head in agreement, "hai, but no matter how much you despise something Shizune-san it will never go away so easily."

Just then their chatter was cut short when Sakura entered leaning on an equally tired looking Uchiha prodigy.

Hinata gasped alerting the nearby guards into action. They immediately surrounded the two before concentrating their weapons on the raven haired man.

"Uchiha" Hyuuga Neji confirmed everyone's suspicion. Lee and Tenten both readied themselves, tensing their back muscles waiting for the first strike or go ahead from Neji.

"Wait!" Sakura stood in front of Sasuke, "he's no longer loyal to Orochimaru. He saved me from Orochimaru's clutches and took me here."

Lee saw the pleading in her eyes and then looked over towards Sasuke's stoic demeanor. "Sakura-chan" he began, strolling over towards her and clasping her hand in his. "I love you!" He exclaimed before kissing her hand and soon was aware of a spike in Sasuke's chakra.

Sakura meanwhile was confused at Lee's sudden digression into his old self. "What-?"

"Neji, Tenten, let him be. He has changed for youth is strong once again within him." He looked directly into Sasuke's eyes, "but one slip up and your youth will no longer linger on this earth if you catch my drift."

Sasuke nodded in acceptance of the warning and saw Sakura sway on her feet and deftly caught her before her exhausted body hit the ground completely unconscious.

Neji and Tenten tensed before relaxing, "Hinata will show you to a healing room." With that Neji, Tenten and Lee disappeared back to their posts leaving Hinata and Shizune to decide where they would put Sakura, especially with the traitor Uchiha Sasuke around. They both looked at each other with the same idea,

Kakashi's room.

Sasuke sat on a white linen bed across from Kakashi, well aware of his unabashed staring. Sasuke in turn, looked at the famous Copy-ninja, his former sensei.

Kakashi broke their staring contest by looking at Sakura, "she's quite strong isn't she?"

"Very" Sasuke agreed, "she used Chidori on me" he continued, "and still had some chakra left afterwards."

"Sakura is known for her ability to control vast amounts of chakra and as such, has a large arsenal to play around with when she's not healing."

"When I carried her off towards the sound camp, she mumbled something about Aleia…what's so special about her and why haven't I seen her in Konoha?"

Kakashi smiled, "Aleia is like a sister to Sakura. She taught her many things and how to handle becoming a shinobi while helping her to let go of you." Kakashi kept his gaze on the window, his posture slack and seemingly inattentive.

"A few months after you left, she appeared in this village confident and ever ready for a challenge. Tsunade put her through many tests and in the end; she became a certified Konoha kuniochi and steadily climbed the ranks within the first week. From then on, she grabbed everyone's respect and trust." He looked over towards his ex-student, "she's extremely powerful Sasuke a foe no one would like to cross on even a good day."

"She didn't seem that intimidating when she gave me a scroll containing a Jutsu to rid me of the seal."

"That's why she's powerful; her ability to control and show emotions that may not be there is deceptively deadly all itself. Your encounter with her was lax to say the least, but no doubt she had other pending issues to deal with." Kakashi was curious, but didn't show it. He wanted to know when he saw her and with whom.

His musings went unanswered as Sakura twisted in her bed sheets pouting her lips. Sasuke warmly gazed upon her.

Noticing this Kakashi grinned, "After all these years Sasuke, you're finally warming up to her? Do you love her?"

Sasuke kept his gaze steady upon her and whispered hesitantly, "I…I do."

Tsunade and Jiraiya stood next to one another relieved that their part had been done. Countless bodies lay around the ground, this time though, Aleia wasn't casting her famous jutsu… death this time was permanent.

"Ero-sennin" Naruto walked over towards the two, "should we assist the second division?"

"No Naruto that would be folly."

"But-"

"We did our part unless Gaara, Tobias or Aleia signals for it, we shall not interfere."

Naruto was not accustomed to the serious side of Jiraiya and shook his head numbly.

"You two finished with talking? I need some help with carrying our nins to the strong hold!" Tsunade lifted two men over her shoulders and held one man in each or her arms. "C'mon you lazy ass bums!"

Naruto and Jiraiya both rapidly nodded their heads and commenced picking up nins.

Her movements were graceful as though she were dancing. Her eyes focused and alert; concentrating at the task at hand yet was ready for outside interference. Shall she need to rapidly rid of any interference she would do so, even if it was her own comrades.

Aliea, at this point, couldn't afford blunders of any kind in this deadly match, for she knew one false move, one folly plan not fully concocted would mean the end of her life. She wasn't ready to die yet and seeing the look in her father's eyes; he wasn't either.

And so they methodically danced to the deadly tune of metallic weaponry. Testing one another to pin point flaws; they were unrelenting in their ways. Their pattern was simple; with every attack the other would defend but soon that same pattern wasn't enough for either of them and the taijitsu replaced by deadlier more consuming means and Aleia inwardly cringed with a foreboding thought. This thought was none too welcoming-her chakra. Though she still maintained 60 of her chakra, it will not be enough to kill the renowned Sannin especially when he has the snake demon ever dominant in his being.

But she planned for this possibility; incase her chakra isn't enough she would have to summon her demon, Cheveyo-Zev to help and she cringed at the thought of releasing a dormant demon patiently waiting to be left out of his confines to do, only he knows what, havoc upon the earthen ground.

Despite that idea, she trusted the six-tailed wolf demon. The concept to any other may seem crazy, but he and her have a bond, a competitive bond trying to push one another to their limits-and it always worked. But relenting control to him still made her uneasy, nonetheless; it was her only choice if she was to kill her father and the people she once held dear, who now soiled everything the village Hidden in the Shadows once stood for.

She faltered in her foot work and barely recovered in time to dodge a poisonous senbon attack. A few stray strands of her hair smelt of burnt soot but she ignored the minor detail. Her plan was an easy concept as she yet again dodged another well-placed jutsu. She wanted him to keep using up his chakra as she dodged, conserving her own. But to keep him none the wiser she would counter with minor jutsus effective when put against his stronger, more potent ones.

She mentally smiled,

Kakashi may have been the master of a thousand jutsus but I know more if not for attack purposes, then for minimalizing the chakra output while able to counter jutsus three times stronger.

In short she was the master of conservation and annihilation. A foreboding foe to encounter in battle if said title was known and thankfully her father was not familiar with her title, but still she would tred lightly for assuming would surely give her a quick ticket six feet under and closer to hell.

Sakura awoke to a darkened room. Lightning was brazenly flashing across the sky in quick successive strikes, the cackling crack of thunder not far behind in its own unrelenting torment. A torrent of rain came crashing against the window and sheets of it fell rapidly joining its brethren in massive puddles and in cleansing the blood covered earth and filth covered bodies. Kakashi's outline became distinct when every flash of lightning forked across the sky, his eyes pensive and restless as he watched with a distant stare; his Icha Icha Paradise hanging slack in his hands. Sakura then turned her attention to the bed near hers. Sasuke was looking at her as if contemplating something.

The silence was heavy on all the occupants with the only interruption being thunder, and Sakura not liking prolonged silences began to talk, "Sasuke-" Her voice faded when her mind became blank. She didn't know what to say to him, after all these years and just finally realizing that she's always loved him was a bit too much to comprehend at this hour and even harder to explain. Sasuke's mind, though, was clear as he picked up where she left off,

"Sakura…I-" his pride was telling him to stop with such unnecessary emotions but his heart was urging him on…and it had been a long time since he's listened to that part of his body. So he tried again, "Sakura I-I lo-love you."

Kakashi was brought out of his pensive state and he watched his two former students struggle with many emotions.

"Sasuke" she whispered with surprise lining her soft voice, "I-I love you too, but Naruto-"

"Will easily recover" Kakashi interrupted their moment with a knowing glint in his eye "he fell in love with Hinata a couple months ago…but didn't have the heart to break it to you."

Sakura normally would be furious at such idiocy but her relieved mind took over as the dominant emotion.

Sasuke lent in and cupped her face with a small smile and gently kissed her lips and when he pulled away slightly he murmered on her lips, "I love you Haruno Sakura." And Sakura responded by wrapping her arms around Sasuke.

Kakashi having a feeling where this was going quietly made his exit only momentarily pausing at the doorway and for a brief moment, pictured it as him having Aleia wrapping her arms around his neck. Turning around he walked down the corridor with his nose in his beloved novel.

Sasuke deepened their kisses by tugging gently on her bottom lip sucking on it as though she were a rare wine. And she obliged his silent question by opening her mouth and allowing his seductive tongue to caress her moist cavern.

A deep throated moan emitted from Sakura's mouth as she explored Sasuke's mouth with meek innocence first touching then rapidly backing away before fully assaulting.

Sasuke's common sense was rapidly depleting as Sakura's nimble fingers made their course down his back and under his shirt. Instead, something more primal and urgent awoke within him and he let out a satisfied growl when she began to knead his pectorals in slow circular motions.

Sakura let out a gasp when her blouse was ripped away from her exposing her plain sports bra and she blushed when he whispered in her ear,

"this" he slid his fingers beneath the bra and began to pull it over her head and threw it carelessly onto the sanitized floor, "will not due." Affectionately he nibbled on her ear earning a small gasp from her. And ever so slowly he laid chaste kisses down her throat and bit her shoulder soon followed by his tongue to soothe the pain.

Sakura began to whimper with want and with steady hands, rid Sasuke of the bothersome fabric that was his shirt.

Sasuke smirked into the valley of her breasts when she let out a gasp, "if you think that's impressive, wait until I fill you." He expertly caressed her breasts and started to suck and nibble her left peak, well aware of her escalating moans and her arched back silently pleading for release. But Sasuke wanted to play more before he fulfilled her desire of release and made his way to her other peak making sure it received as much attention as the other.

Sakura became impatient in her lust filled haze and began grinding her groin to his expressing the desire to be taken. Sasuke grunted and returned the thrust as his member painfully strained against his pants.

Sakura noticed this and with her abnormal strength quickly rid him of both boxers and pants leaving her to feast upon his fully aroused sight.

Dear kami he's big Sakura ran a curious finger down his shaft earning a few twitches and a breathless moan. Becoming bolder, Sakura flipped them over and bent down. Before licking his tip she looked up to see Sasuke's lustful stare and began to lick his pre-cum. He buckled his hips making her take most of him in her mouth and moaned, the vibrations from that nearly made Sasuke come and he rapidly switched positions.

Sakura barely noticed somewhere in between, she lost her pants and panties. She, though, didn't dwell on it when she felt Sasuke's fingers delve into her core, stretching her and caressing her in all the right places.

A loud moan escaped her lips and she began to move with his fingers, covering them in her slick juices.

Sasuke felt her muscled tightly contract against his intruding fingers and felt his member throb with anticipation. He pulled his fingers out of her earning a small whimper and placed the head of his manhood at her entrance. Sasuke looked up into her lidded eyes darkened with lust and she only bucked her hips as a coherent response. And so Sasuke entered her and in one thrust destroyed her maidenhood and he kept it there waiting for Sakura to adjust and afraid that if he were to move he would cum from the tightness engulfing him.

"Uhn…You're so…" Sasuke was enable to form intelligible words and he lost all sense when Sakura, fully adjusted, began to rock her hips in a lazy yet needy manner.

Throwing all thought into the wind, Sasuke began to pound into her the euphoric sound of wet flesh slapping flesh ever dominant with the moans of pleasure echoing off the walls.

Sakura felt tension building in her abdomen and her moans became pants as harder and oh kami escaped her mouth.

Sasuke himself was uttering one worded sentences as he fought for control. He didn't want to cum until she did so he pounded even harder into her and when a loud, Sasuke escaped her lips he knew he hit her G-spot and within minutes she came with a muffled scream as she bit into his shoulder and soon following her example he came with a loud moan himself.

Both spent they slumped down into the hospital bed not at all aware nor caring that some one heard.

Cheveyo-Zev completely took over her body as the Snake demon nearly claimed his comrade's life. This time around the Snake wouldn't be able to land a scratch on her because this time his blood lust will over power her senses…And his power will finally unfurl.
Tobias coughed up coppery, crimson liquid and smelled the metallic tang of blood dripping from his scythe. His ever faithful raven, Thaed, was perched on his shoulder nuzzling his master's blood-stained cheek.

Had it not been for his over-sized raven, he knew he'd be dead. And he glared in the direction of where Kabuto's dead body lay.

The man cheaply laid a blow on him a few minutes in their match, leading him to forever exist as blind.

Naruto firmly embraced Hinata and kissed her forehead. How he whished he could break off the engagement with Sakura…and how bad he felt for betraying Sakura behind her back with her best friend. How he whished none of this ever happened…
Jeraiya took in Tsunade's ragged form and slowly approached her with a cup of hot sake in each hand.

"Here" he handed her a cup and greedily she gulped it down while he merely took sips to enjoy the hot liquid running down his throat.

"They're finally defeated" she whispered unable to make her voice loud for her body was spent.

Jeraiya nodded his head, "yes, but the question remains, who is the victor."

"What do you mean?"

"Aleia and Orochimaru are still fighting near the border, a black encasing surrounds them enabling anything to enter or leave. Whoever wins that battle shall truly decide the victor of this war."

"If she does win do you think she will reclaim her place in the Shadow Village? Or will she let someone else take over?"

"It's hard to say" he gazed over the rim of his sake cup to look into Tsunade's eyes, "she is fiercely loyal to her beliefs and nothing more…not a village or person. Her beliefs though may indirectly pertain to certain objects, but never will they have a ruling place in her mind."

Silence engulfed the legendary Sannin and nonchalantly Tsunade commented, "Sasuke is back."

With a knowing smirk, he raised a little note pad, "so I've heard."

Alright, Epilogue will come out sometime and shall be labeled, The Claimed. So look out for that, it's only going to be one chapter but will mainly focus on Sakura's life with Sasuke after the war and yes…will have lemons with our favorite couple heading most of it.

Also if you were disappointed and wanted a NarutoxSakura fanfic, I have one out currently so check that out if you're a fan of that couple.

Thanks for all of your support; I really appreciate it so very much.

In memoriam to my best friend, Kayla. Oct. 31 1988- August 1 2006.

Class of 2007

My number one reader.