Chapter five
"This is Orochimaru's jutsu," She said, narrowing her eyes angrily as she remembered.
Flashback Sakura screamed as she was thrown backward by some invisible force. She knew that fighting Orochimaru was useless, but Naruto had insisted it was the only way to get Sasuke back. Currently, Naruto was somewhere nearby, locked in a fight with Sasuke again. He had told Sakura, Kakashi, Tsunade, and Neji to stay behind. Neji had been slashed on the arm; Kakashi was out from using his Sharingan too much, and Tsunade and Sakura were still trying to fight. Sakura struggled to her feet. She had to get to Naruto. Suddenly he came flying out of nowhere.
"NARUTO!" Sakura yelled. He turned to her. A flash of light hit him in the head, knocking him out. Sakura turned and saw that Orochimaru had hit him with some kind of jutsu. She turned to Tsunade and told her to get Kakashi and Neji and run. Tsunade nodded and sprinted off. Sakura lifted Naruto up by the arm and started dragging him away from the fight. Tsunade soon followed with the others.
Back at their small camp, Sakura couldn't get Naruto to stop coughing up blood. "Tsunade, he's going to die from loss of blood if we can't get him to stop!" She panicked. Tsunade walked over and did a few hand signs.
"Sakura, do as I do, this is a strong jutsu and I don't have enough Chakra to do it alone," She instructed. Sakura did as she was told and soon Naruto stopped coughing up blood. They were both exhausted though and they still had to tend to Neji and Kakashi.
"Boys," Sakura muttered. "They're too stubborn for there own good."
End Flashback "Tsunade, it's that jutsu," Sakura said. Tsunade looked confused for a moment and then she realized what Sakura was talking about. She nodded and walked over to Sasuke's bed, which was now covered in blood.
"Orochimaru must have used the curse mark seal as a trigger for the jutsu," Sakura muttered.
"Which means…?" Naruto said, clueless.
"Baka as always," Said Sakura. "It means that Orochimaru knew we'd try and seal the curse mark again, so he did this jutsu to trigger another jutsu. Meaning that as soon as the curse mark was sealed, this jutsu would be activated." She gestured to Sasuke who had once again coughed up a great amount of blood.
"What Orochimaru forgot is that when we were kids, he showed it to the rest of the team in a battle. Furthermore, I found a way to stop it," Tsunade finished.
"You two sound so smart when you talk about things I don't understand," Said Naruto. Sakura realized that not a word of their explanation had penetrated his thick skull. She was about to beat the crap out of him, but then she remembered Sasuke. She limped back over to the bed.
"Ready?" she asked Tsunade. "Ready," Was her reply. Together they did the hand signs. Chakra flew from their hands and went into Sasuke's mouth. He seemed to struggle and choke for a moment, but after one last spurt of blood pushed it's way through his lips, he returned to his unconscious state. Sakura sank to the floor. She was exhausted. The jutsu they had used used up so much Chakra and it was hard on a person even one with good Chakra control. Tsunade reached down and pulled Sakura to her feet.
"I'm sorry, but I'll have to heal that burn of yours tomorrow," She said.
Sakura smiled and said, "It's ok, I'm just glad that we could help Sasuke-kun," She pulled up a chair and sat down next to Sasuke's bed. "I'll watch him," She said, pushing some of Sasuke's hair off his sweaty forehead. He stirred, but didn't wake. Now they would have to wait.