-1Those of you who have read the original, you know this chapter very well. There wasn't much I could do to revise this one.

Chapter 4: A punishment long awaited.

Sakura burst into Tsunade's office with tears all over her face. Tsunade looks up without noticing that she is crying.

"Sakura are you okay." Sakura looks up at her mentor and continues crying.

"This is your day off…and why are you crying?"

Tsunade walks over to Sakura and hugs her. This wasn't the first time Sakura had run to Tsunade crying her eyes out. Almost every month, as if scheduled, Sakura would come to Tsunade in the middle of the night, crying about how Sasuke left her, and how she dreamed he came back, just to be awoken to the reality that he was still gone. It was so much of a religion now, that even Shizune sometimes tried to calm the pink haired kunoichi down. They would take turns, staying up with the blossom haired girl, until she fell asleep in one of their arms. They had to put up with it, although they both hated the mention of the damned Uchiha's name.

"Sakura, whatever's wrong, you can tell me."

Sakura looks at her mentor and reluctantly tells everything. Nothing could have prepared her for what was going to happen next. All of the nights Sakura had cried to her Hokage, all the nights Tsunade had soothed the girl, all of the nights the two shared a bond tighter than most life itself, was shattered at that moment.

As soon as she was done speaking, a fist smashed into her face sending her into the wall. The room shook from the impact.

"You stupid bitch!" Tsunade shouted at Sakura.

"How dare you fix your lips to spray that bullshit at Naruto!? How could you do that to him?" She grabbed Sakura by the collar of her shirt and punched her again. This time she flew through the wall. She slid over the floor right in front of Shizune.

'Naruto please don't do anything reckless. When I'm done with her I promise I'll come after you.'

She was over Sakura before she realized it. Shizune quickly jumped between them.

"Lord Hokage, what are you doing? This is Sakura, your prized pupil!"

"Not anymore! Shizune, round up everyone of Naruto's friends!"

"But…"

"NOW! THAT'S AN ORDER!" Shizune fled startled at the out burst.

'What did Sakura do to piss Lady Tsunade off like that? If it wasn't for all that training she did, she would probably be dead by now!'

Twenty minutes later, all of Naruto's friends and the Jonin were in Tsunade's office. Tsunade looked around at the confused faces.

"Where are Neji and Hinata Hyuga?" She called to Shizune.

"They are on a political mission away from the village." Shizune said frightened that Tsunade would strike at her next. Then as the first to notice, Rock Lee ran to the couch.

"SAKURA-CHAN! What happened?" With his outburst, everyone surrounded Sakura and began asking questions about her swollen, tear stained face.

"I did it!" Tsunade said, stopping the questions immediately.

"But, why Lord Hokage?" Asked a stunned Rock Lee. She re-explained everything that Sakura had told her.

Just as the questions had started, yelling and insults began to fly at Sakura.

"NO! With no disrespect at all, I do not believe you Lady Tsunade!" Rock Lee said.

"Don't believe me then, Tell them Sakura." Tsunade said, glaring daggers at the girl. Sakura stayed silent, keeping her face hidden.

"I order you to tell them exactly what you told me. If you leave anything out, so help me Kami, I will kick your ass to the brink of death and exile you from Konoha."

Sakura kept her head down and sobbed. For the third time, the message that had left Sakura's lips when Naruto returned to the village were repeated, as well as her actions to the blonde shinobi. A loud crash echoed through the room as it fell silent again. Sakura lay under the books and wood of the bookcase she had just been rocketed into. Rock Lee had delivered a powerful kick right to the side of her face.

"I do not care how pretty you are," Rock Lee said with tears in his own eyes.

"You will regret ever disrespecting Naruto with such filth and lies! What you did is the most un-youthful thing that I've ever heard in my life!" All the Jonin watched wanting to do the same but fearing a consequence. Shino turned to walk out of the room.

"Sakura, if I see you at all between now and tomorrow, I will allow my "friends" to feast on your flesh." He walked out of the room without looking back. Shikamaru stayed back fearing that if he got any where near her he would accidentally or intentionally kill her. Behind Gai, Kakashi was breathing heavily with the anger that swelled within him. He put his hand down in front of him and started the chidori!

"Kakashi, no! As much as I would love to see you do it, we can't kill her." Tsunade said. Kakashi stopped the attack.

"You're lucky for now Sakura. You are a disgrace to the leaf village. You told Naruto he isn't fit to be called a ninja, and here you are as the weakest ninja in konaha. You make me sick to even say that I was your team leader." Kakashi stopped. "This is exactly what you deserve. I hope you know, you just basically killed Sasuke with your own mouth."

In the back of Kakashi's mind, he kept thinking that somehow, someway, it was his fault. It was his attack that Sasuke had used to try and kill Naruto. It was his training that made Sasuke as strong as he was. If he wouldn't have trained Sasuke, he would never have left the village. Or at least, that's what he had come to believe. But now wasn't about him. Now was about Sakura, who had done much worse to the jinchuuriki than anyone ever before. As Kakashi walked away, he quickly threw a shuriken into Sakura's arm making her let out a shrill scream.

"KAKASHI!" Tsunade called. She glared at him, trying her hardest not to smirk from his action. As Sakura stood up, Shikamaru slammed his fist into her face as well. She stumbled back right into Kiba. Kiba knocked Sakura on the ground. Then Akamaru commenced to marking his territory on her face.

"You filthy scum!" Kiba growled at Sakura as he left the room gripping his kunai.

Seeing these actions, Tsunade wondered what would happen if Hinata would have been there.

Ino, who had finally absorbed all the information and had gone into shock, advanced on Sakura. Sakura looked up at her long time best friend. Ino looked down at the bloody swollen face of her childhood best friend. She spat on Sakura.

"You worthless piece of shit! How could you? Naruto loved you more than anything in this village. He loved you enough to risk his life and go after that traitorous ass hole Uchiha. He proposed to you! You're nothing but a bitch and you deserve everything that is coming. This isn't just hurting you! Naruto was my…closest friend. Maybe even…" She paused and began to cry. Tsunade looked at Ino knowing exactly what she was going to say.

"You have feelings for him don't you?" She asked. Ino looked into the eyes of her Hokage.

"Yes. I have deep feelings for him! And I'm only recently seeing this. But, it's too late now… It's all your fault! Do you know what I would give for him to propose to me? IT'S ALL YOUR FAULT! " Ino drew her kunai and dug it deep into Sakura's side. Sakura let out a scream heard all over the village. Everyone who had been in the office looked back and smiled. Tsunade went over to Ino and pulled her away from Sakura's shaking, bloody body. Shikamaru and Chouji were the only one's who remained in the office while this happened. They quickly left and went after the Jonin to inform them of what had just happened. Tsunade hugged Ino as she cried over Naruto. Then pain struck her heart ferociously.

"SHIT! We have a big problem!" Tsunade shouted. Tsunade quickly ran to her desk and began searching for something.

"Lady Tsunade, what's wrong?" Ino asked drying her tears.

"Naruto's going after Sasuke."

"Yeah so? Let him."

"No, Ino. Sasuke is with Orochimaru. No matter how strong Naruto's gotten, I don't think he's a match for Orochimaru and Sasuke. If he goes, he will surely…die. I won't let that happen! I'm going after…"

Ino had already darted from the room.

"Shit! Ino no! You can't stop him! Remember what Sakura said! He will kill anyone who tries to stop him!" Tsunade's cries were unheard.

"You fucked up miserably this time Sakura." Tsunade said.

"I hereby strip you of all rank as a medical Ninja. As of today, you are a retired kunoichi and are forbidden to use ninjutsu and genjutsu of any kind." Tsunade stepped over her.

"Shizune, take her to the hospital."

"NO!" Shizune shouted. Tsunade turned around shocked.

"Shizune! What's the meaning of this?"

The tears in Shizune's eyes said it all.

"Lady Tsunade…to be honest…I had feelings for Naruto-kun as well. Though they weren't as strong as Ino's, they still existed. And even if I didn't have feelings for him, what Sakura did is unforgivable! This dumb bimbo can bleed out on this floor for all I care! Forgive me Lord Hokage-sama, but I refuse to help this love blinded bitch, and if I am to be punished for disobeying you, then so be it."

Tsunade had never heard her assistant speak so strongly. It was the first time Shizune had ever told her no.

"Fine. Sakura, I hope you can find your way to the hospital."

As Tsunade walked away, Sakura heard the state of emergency siren go off as she slowly passed out from blood loss.