With A Broken Soul
"Rivers know this: there is no hurry. We shall get there some day." - A.A. Milne
A/N: Can I just tell you all that you are awesome. Oh my goodness, I had actually forgotten about this story, and I was going through my emails and saw that I got reviews on this story. I really can't tell you how happy I am! I'm trying to write a short maybe 3 shot story (more like a short 3 chapter story). Though I won't upload that until after I do some more on this story! New computer, new ideas!
Last Time:
"You girl, you interest me and intrigue me, and I cannot fathom what you could possibly want with me, but I will allow you to 'show' me whatever you want." He looked up at my surprised and baffled face, and if he wasn't so heartless I could imagine him coughing out a chuckle right now. "Now trust me here, this won't hurt, but after I'm done you are going to stumble, so ummm… Temari? Can you keep a hand on his back for me?" This caused Temari to look at me, not yet knowing if to trust me or not yet, but did as I told as she walked up to her brother and held a hand over his back. Gaara not paying much attention to her, he eyes me, questioning me on when I will be beginning.
"Brace yourself Gaara, what you're about to see is… well… interesting to say the least."
I lifted my hands up, chakra generating from my palms like it does when I heal somebody. Technically what I'm doing could be considered as healing. I'm healing his mind, his memory, as I know it, as it is in my world.
I place my glowing palms over his eyes. I begin the process as he goes through our memories, the memories from my world. In real time, this will take mere seconds, but it's almost as if he is living it all himself in his mind.
After I finished, he stumbles back onto Temari, like I had said, as he gasped for air. He had just seen some tragic events, along with some happy ones, but it's a lot to take in. Though, since it's almost like he lived it all, he will (hopefully) be in the same mindset as the Gaara that I know, the Kazekage.
"Gaara, are you okay?" Temari questioned, unsure about what had just went on.
He grumbled before rubbing his head. He slowly stood up straight, looking more powerful and leader like then before. He looked less like a lost puppy and more like a man of power.
"Yes. I'm extremely fine. I'm perfect." Gaara said, dropping his hands from his face, showing us his smile, his actual smile. It surprised Temari and Kankuro, to say the least. They don't even know what I did.
"What do you say we do about this situation, Sakura?" Gaara addressed me.
"Oh! I've already spoken to Itachi; he's seen it all as well. He's in the pews right now, and will release the genjutsu as soon as it's set. I believe he will also come help fight Orochimaru off. All I need you to do is fight like usual. You speak to Shikaku yet? You will need to transform into him so the attack on the village starts. As soon as that happens you can return to normal form and help me fight Orochimaru off, if you'd like of course, Kazekage-sama." Of course, my final notation didn't go unnoticed by his siblings as they had flinched and began to stare at Gaara, waiting for an explanation. Of Course, Gaara being a man of few words waved them off and walked me to the steps, before nodding me off whispering a small thank you.
As I exited his sight, I let a soft and content sigh cross my lips. It's almost time. Now I can take a quick breather before the battle begins.
Temari and Shikamaru were just about wrapping up. Itachi, Gaara, and I had become more observant and had begun to prepare ourselves for the nice slap in the face. I noticed Tsunade and Shizune off in the distance, standing near the Hokage. From Shizunes worried face I could only assume that Tsunade had told her what was going on. They'll have to fight Orochimaru off for a short amount of time until we could get into the barrier.
Once Temari and Shikamaru's fight finally ended and Gaara had entered the field the crowd had decided they'd like to get nice and loud. They're probably not that happy that Sasuke's not there, since they had been looking forward to this fight. It wasn't long before Kakashi and Sasuke had decided to pop into the field.
Quickly averting my attention, I looked through the crowd, trying to trace the Sound ninjas. I made sure none had begun to make any moves yet, which thankfully they had not.
Gaara and Sasuke's fight had gone smoothly, Gaara had memorized everything he had done during the fight, causing it to go off just as it had in our world. Once it came time for Gaara to transform, everything started to move. Ninjas began to attack, the genjutsu went up, and the Hokages fight began.
Once Gaara went back to normal he met up with Itachi and I. Kakashi, Naruto, Sasuke, and the rest of the Konoha 12 had been standing around in the pews. Some of Konoha 12 had helped civilians out of the pews.
"What is going on?" Kakashi voiced his question as Naruto and Sasuke shuffled uncomfortably. Thank goodness Itachi was in a henge right now.
I quickly turn around, taking initiative. "Do you want the Hokage to die up there? Do you know whom he's fighting? Orochimaru. I believe by now you should have already known that he was in the village." Itachi shuffled at my words, eyes averted. He was becoming uncomfortable in Sasukes presence.
I let out a sigh before shaking my head, my pastel pink hair swaying with it. I stared up at the barrier. I momentarily lost hope in myself. What if I couldn't do this? What if I let everyone down? Everything had been going so fast. Am I even ready?
Itachi had noticed my waver and placed his hand on my shoulder. I flinched, not used to the used to be criminal being so selfless and caring. I relax my shoulders and begin to step forward, towards the ledge. Itachi and Gaara follow behind me.
"Sakura-chan! What is going on?!"
A wave of determination and strength come over me as I push myself off the ledge and towards the barrier. Itachi activated his sharingan, unbeknownst to the others, and was able to manipulate my chakra as I focused a chakra infused punch towards the barrier. As my fist hit, it was almost as if the barrier rippled. Then after a quick moment, the barrier shattered, the chakra dispersing.
I hopped onto the rooftop, Itachi and Gaara following suit.
I coughed, dark red liquid spluttering out of my mouth as I do so. I had become very dizzy and faint. The voices in the background sounded distorted, like I was underwater. My eyes had become unfocused, though I could make out my pale hand placed above a reddened and wet metal blade. Another pale hand had begun to approach mine, before I could feel my hand being slapped off of the blade.
I could feel a warm breath on my face as who I assumed as Orochimaru drew closer. His head rested to the side of mine, his mouth right near my ear. I could hear him clearly, his breathing. It didn't sound distorted like all the others voices.
"Did you really think you could win against me?"
My eyes widened, the pain shot through me, everything started to register in my body. I could hear piercing screams, my stomach had a burning pain which had shot through my whole body and through my bones.
I am supposed to be the hero. I cannot crumble.
I whisper quietly, only Orochimaru and myself can hear what I am saying. "Akuma…"
Orochimaru hadn't had time to question what I had said before he had been thrown against the rooftop, hard. That's the last thing I saw before Akuma completely took over. Hopefully, I'll wake up with no more than Orochimarus blood on my hands.
Yup, this chapter was super short like the last one, I wrote this in about an hour. I'll write the next chapter asap. Sorry for the super duper long wait.
ALSO, thank you so much for the reviews! Especially the Guest who reviewed for every chapter! I actually enjoyed your reviews! Also, you know I hate going off track from the story, but that one chapter was necessary. I had to show that Sakura was able to begin to feel like she belonged in this world. I had to also show that he had begun to train herself. I couldn't have her all of a sudden super powerful.
ANYWAYS, thank you all so much!