Squad seven sacrifices

"This training is far from anything you have ever experienced Sakura. One mistake can rip your soul from your body. Tsunade was stern and absolute. "I will teach the secret of creation rebirth and how you can transfer it to someone else. You have to build up enough Chakra in the reverse seal and then you must place it on Naruto. Then you have to release the chakra and hope and pray that it doesn't kill you." Sakura looked at her master with a questioning glance. "How do I place the seal on Naruto?" Tsunade just sat with her hands under her chin. "The jutsu itself is dangerous but the way you initiate it is totally common and easy to perform. You simply have to share bodily fluids and…" Sakura had some idea of what her master was speaking of but she had to make sure. "What bodily fluids?" Her master closed her eyes and sighed. "Blood, is the best… and then you have tears, sweat, and ejaculatory fluids, I thought I taught you this already." Sakura was stunned. "To save him we have to…" Tsunade was nonchalant. Yeah it's the best way to bond. A kiss won't do, and not even oral suffices. You must actually give your body and soul to Naruto if you want him to achieve happiness." Sakura shook her head. "I don't know if I can do that, I just don't know." Tsunade began to smirk. "No matter. If I don't teach you creation rebirth I can always pass on my technique to someone more willing. A girl comes to mind, the heir to the Hyuga clan. She has been in love with him for so long; she even sacrificed herself to save him during the pain invasion. You and she are the perfect candidates to make this jutsu a success." Sakura again thought about Naruto and Hinata. Were they meant for each other? Did she love Naruto more than she ever had? This was too much. Sakura wanted to think but she knew she had to act: this was Naruto's life that was slipping away and now she had a way to save it. "I'll do it. I owe him so much. He's always been there…" Sakura stopped when Tsunade just laughed. "You'll do fine, He's been dreaming of this since the day you met."

~~~~~~~four years ago~~~~~~~ The Land of Iron

"That Bastard Madara! All anyone ever wants to do is make Sasuke their tool. Why doesn't Sasuke see it!? I'm gonna rip a hole into is masked ass!!!!" Naruto shouted in a fit of rage. Kakashi and Yamato could only sigh with indifference. Then Kakashi spoke up. "Well now, seeing that you're in a better mood, do you want to continue search for the Raikage? He is most likely at the summit with the rest of the Leaders." While contemplating the offer, Naruto looked out on the horizon to see a familiar group of people, and one pink haired Kunoichi.

~~~~~~present day~~~~~~

"Lord Sasuke, are you ready for your medication? We're going to save your eyesight." Karin looked into the eyes of her source of love and admiration. "I don't need any of your stupid medicine, you brainless bitch!" Sasuke showed the anger that he contained in his heart for four years. "I need the nine tails, with it I can heal my eyesight and I can kill Naruto in the process. I can get my revenge on the leaf and I can end this rivalry with Naruto at the same time." Karin had heard this monologue many times before. Four years ago she was involved in battle with Sakura while Sasuke took on Naruto. She felt that he targeted her because she let Sakura seal his arm due to her weakness. She could hardly keep up with Sakura and her monster strength and when Sasuke had Naruto cornered Sakura knocked her out so effortlessly that she didn't know what hit her. Suigestsu was in an intense battle with Sai and Lee and Neji had their hands full with Jugo so she was the last line of defense to Sasuke, and she failed. Sasuke never forgave her, despite it being four years ago. They became romantically involved but it could hardly be called "love".

He would take what he wanted from her and then he would discard her with cold indifference. But she loved him still, and she planned to follow him to depths of hell and back if it meant his happiness. "Madara, I hope that you are right about the nine tails, for Sasuke's sake as well as my own.

Four Years ago

Sakura stood firm at the entrance to the land of Iron. She had cried enough. It was time to approach Naruto on his feelings, and more importantly on her own. Lee looked, with an awe that only he could contain, at the Samurai

The Hospital was in mass panic. "Where did he disappear to" one voice said with fear that Sakura only heard when a certain someone was involved. "Lady Sakura, this is terrible!" A familiar voice called out to Sakura in that moment. It was Moegi who was now sixteen and a capable medic. "They say that Naruto sempai has gone missing, but he can't…" The girl knew that it was a touchy subject, but she had to tell Sakura. She left to gather the evidence and Sakura's mind went blank, and then filled with one million possible scenarios. 'Was their any sign of struggle, any sign to indicate someone's guilt?' Sakura's heart began to jump a bit. 'I have feelings for Naruto, I admit that now, but do I love…' Sakura snapped back into investigation mode when Moegi returned with the evidence obtained by the ANBU. It says the last one to see him… was you, Lady Sakura. This was true; she spent a night in his room before leaving to seek out Tsunade. An AMBU appeared suddenly. "Sakura Haruno, I am going to have to ask you to come with me as lord Danzo wishes to speak with you." Sakura was a suspect into Naruto's disappearance, and Danzo the war hawk wished to see her. This situation was an omen: no good could come from it.

"This is unfortunate, little girl. The little fox is missing and the ANBU black ops think that you're responsible. Your sensei can't save you now. You'll be lucky to see the next sunset. Sakura was held in a dark cell. It appeared to be deep under the village, and she suspected that this was the meeting place of Root. "Eat you little whore!" the Black ops member pushed a plate of what appeared to be poison to her. She didn't care the least bit. She was distraught over Naruto. She didn't even attempt to argue her innocence or to resist her confinement. At the moment her life didn't matter; she could remain chained to the wall of this cell for the rest of her life as long as she knew Naruto was safe.

"Hinata you can't be serious?!! Naruto got hit in the back with a chidori current, He couldn't even move his head and now you're telling me that he can do Ninjutsu?" Kiba was as shocked as he was happy at the news of his friend walking again. "Yahoo Akamaru, we can go on missions with that idiot again! This is going to be sweet." Shino just ignored Kiba and he began to speak. "I thought that not even Lady Tsunade could repair spinal cord damage. I remember her saying that there was nothing she could do. How did this happen all of a sudden?" Hinata just sat with her arms around her knees. She didn't know how it happened but she was happy that it did. "I heard Sakura returned to the village, maybe it was her doing." Kiba said in a child-like voice. Hinata proceeded to shoot him a scathing look, her pale eyes filled with rage. Kiba just continued. "Maybe that's it. Maybe all Naruto needed was a good time to whip him back into shape. I'm sure Sakura was much obliged to ease his pain, especially because she said that confession to him four years ago!" before Kiba could finish his laughter he was hit with an angry gentle fist strike. Hinata was fully reddened with anger and scorn at the sheer notion of SAKURA taking her Naruto. She walked off, silently fuming, almost seeming to be directed by something that was not her. Shino just looked on as Akamaru began licking his unconscious master.

There in a large ornate chamber used to house the Bijuu extractor, sat Sasuke. Madara had promised him so much, and yet he delivered so little. Sasuke was, as he had with Orochimaru, growing inpatient. He plotted to destroy Madara countless times but he never had enough power. This time was different. His Mangekyo Sharingan amassed such a strength that even Kisame and Madara himself likened to Itachi's eyes. His plan was about to be tested by the never ending gears in the clock of fate…

Author notes

Sorry for the delay, I'm going to start to update my stories weekly, hopefully getting better and more confident in my writings as time passes. Than you for your patience and I hope you review the chapter or the series as a whole.

Thank you,

Asuka Kallen Haruno Soryu