AUTHOR'S NOTE:Hello there everyone! I hope everyone had a awesome xmas and a happy new yr! Now here is where the climax starts. I might as well tell u all wat I have planned for this story. You see there is this chapter and the next chapter that will be filled with action. Then I think there will be one more chapter as an after affect. But what has got me in a slump is that I don't want everyone to hate me if I choose Sakura to go with someone that the majority of the readers don't want her to. So…..I'll ask who u want Sakura to go wit. If it's the person that I am planning for that's great! But if it's the other one, I'll work something out. I just don't want everyone to say wat a dud of a story because the pairing ruined it all.

But enough of my babbling…..ON WITH THE STORY!!!

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Last Time on Her Secret:

Hinata, Kiba, Naruto, Shino, and Jirayia turned to the wall behind them and saw a map and a red dot blinking.

"Hinata. You will be traveling to……Lightning Country. Prepare to leave ASAP."

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Hinata looked at her team and nodded her head towards her Hokage.

'Don't worry Sakura, I will make sure we will find you!' Hinata nodded her head in determination. Hoping and praying, that the team could find Sakura. Before Sasuke did anything to her.

Hinata turned to her team too see her friend's reactions once they found out where Sakura was. Kiba was glaring at the screen. Probably thinking of ways to torture the Uchiha.

'Kiba treats Sakura like a sister. He wants her back as bad as any of us. Same with Shino.'

Shino wasn't displaying emotion, but Hinata could tell that he was worried for Sakura's safely. He was always worried for everyone on his team.

But the last person Hinata looked at was Naruto. She could only imagine how the poor man was taking it. She watched him closely. He was surly holding his anger in. But it wasn't working for she could see him shaking in pure revulsion for the Uchiha.

'Naruto……don't worry we will all get her out of there. You can't make any hasty actions. Or you will cause Sakura even more danger than before.'

Tsunade watched Hinata while Hinata examined her team. Tsunade couldn't help but smile at how much the ninja's have grown since she became Hokage. She shook her head, clearing her mind of the thoughts, and was about to yell at Hinata to get out of her office when she heard Shizune screaming her head off outside her office.

"What is going on out there?" Tsunade asked herself. But everyone in the office were also wondering what made Shizune scream so loud.

As everyone looked at the door they could hear Shizune's shouts more clearly.

"You can't go in there! The Hokage is having a very important meeting!" Shizune shouted even louder.

Before Tsunade could move towards the door to see what exactly was happening outside her office, the door came down with a huge thump. And right in front of everyone was Sakura's parents. The mother was enraged, her eyes a bright orange, and the father was trying to calm down his furious wife.

Tsunade watched as Tokie glared at her. "Where is my daughter!" She yelled even louder.

Shizune came into the room and bowed lowly towards Tsunade as an act of apologies for letting them in.

Hinata watched as everything unfolded. So did Kiba and Shino. Naruto on the other hand just looked at everyone blankly. The events that happened in the past 24 hours still fresh in his mind.

Tsunade placed her hand on Shizune's shoulder and shook her head. "Don't worry Shizune. I can see why Haruno-San kicked down my door." Tsunade said as she grunted out the last part of her sentence. Glaring at the door.

Tokie didn't waver her emotions one bit and took a bold step towards the Hokage.

"You know where my daughter is. Tell me where she is…….NOW!" Tokie said.

Tai didn't know what to do. So he just stood behind his wife and waited for her to calm down a bit.

Tsunade walked up to Tokie and smiled a soft smile at her. "Haruno-San, listen to me. We know where your daughter is. But I have a team getting ready to get her as I speak. So you need to calm down and not go out on your own. That will only endanger your daughter more." Tsunade said in a professional tone.

Tokie semi calmed down, but she looked between Sakura's team. She then looked back at her Hokage. "Are they the rescue team." She said with disgust.

Kiba and Shino ignored the woman and Naruto wasn't even in the conversation at all, he was in his own little world. Hinata however was a little ticked off.

'No wonder Sakura didn't want me to meet her mother. She is a bitch sometimes. But if my daughter was missing I might be a little pissy myself.'

Hinata walked up to Tokie and just stared at her. "Sakura puts her full trust in us. No matter what you say, or what you think, we are the ones who will be looking for your daughter. So get over it." Hinata said rather boldly. Leaving everyone's mouths to drop open in surprise.

Tokie was about to retort but Tai covered her mouth and whispered in her ear.

"Respect Sakura's decision. All her life you haven't paid much attention, now why not try to fix it."

Tokie's eyes fell to the floor and Tai smiled. He turned to Hinata and bowed. Hinata wasn't use to getting respect from people but just stood there.

"Thank you Hinata-Chan. I hear Sakura talking about you a lot and I will have you know that Tokie and I put our full trust in you and your team."

Hinata smiled at the elder man and he smiled back. But the mood would soon change for Naruto was looking at the map and the red dot that stood for Sakura started to move away from where ever she was, at an entirely irregular speed.

'Sakura-Chan! Teme better not have done anything to you!'

'Kit, look at the map. She is running here. But her speed. That speed is too dangerous for someone to be running so fast.'

Naruto looked at the dot and saw that it was indeed moving to fast to be human.

'Then what is making Sakura-Chan moving so fast?'

Naruto couldn't hold it in any longer, so he shouted out to get everyone's attention.

"Look!" He shouted as he watched everyone come running to him.

"What is it Naruto?" Kiba asked.

All Naruto could do was point to the irregular moving dot. Everyone watched as the dot moved over thirty feet of land in a half a minute.

Tsunade watched as Sakura moved too fast for her own good.

'If she keeps going at that speed she will surely strain her muscles to an extent of never being able to walk again.'

"What could be making her go so fast?" Hinata asked.

"Look. Sakura is coming towards Kohana." Tai said as he tried to see if he could predict his daughters movements.

"Well then lets get our asses out there!" Tokie shouted.

Tsunade really couldn't help but agree with Sakura's mom. 'For all we know, Sakura could be leading more than just Sasuke. Or just Sasuke himself.'

With a nod of her head, everyone opened her window and Hinata, Shino, Kiba, Shizune, Naruto, Tsunade, Tokie, and Tai jumped out of the window and ran full speed to where they thought Sakura would be in a few hours.

---------With Sakura---------

Sasuke was getting too close and he really wanted to know what she was talking about. Sakura didn't know what to do.

'Hell, I didn't even tell Naruto about it yet.'

'Oh boy was that a rush! The Kyuubi will have a tough time beating that. Ha! Another excuse to break free!'

'Do you mind shutting you over sized perverted mouth for once in your……'

Sakura froze in her spot. Sasuke sensed that something was wrong so he activated his Shuringan. But the strange part was that he couldn't see anything wrong with her.

'She isn't trapped in any Genjutsu's or anything. She why is she so stiff?'

Sasuke narrowed his red eyes at the pink haired goddess in front of him. Her eyes were distant and she was tightening her fists.

'What's got your panties in a twist now?'

"T-Takashi." Sakura didn't really notice that she said his name out loud. But she didn't care. He was right there, in her reach and she was NOT letting him get away.

'It wouldn't matter. My team thinks I am missing so that will buy me a few days to kill Takashi. And knowing Hinata she will find in a the minimum amount of time.'

"Sakura." Sasuke said in a warning tone.

'Who is Takashi?'

Sakura didn't answer him for she activated her chakra and made it go to her feet. Before Sasuke could even get ready to follow her, she was gone in a flash.

"What the……?" Sasuke didn't know what got into her but he followed her anyway.

Sakura knew the minute she started to chase the murderer, he knew she was chasing him.

'Guess what ass hole. I've gotten better since the last time I fought you. And I will show everyone what you did!'

With new determination, Sakura raised her speed up even higher. But she used her flames to give her a huge boost of speed. She could sense Sasuke trying to keep up, but she knew he couldn't and she knew that he knew that as well.

Takashi, however, increased his speed. For she was coming up on him fast.

'Ok Sakura time to put your brain into use. Chase him to Kohana's West Gates. Time to take this man to where it all happened. And while I do that. I should call in a friend.'

Sakura knew she needed to save energy for the battle but half the battle would be trying to get him in Kohana sneakily. Shaking her head, she made a single hand seal and soon her chakra narrowed the forest path so Takashi would have no where to jump.

Takashi however knew she wanted to fight him. He wanted to fight her as well. So he let her lead him to where she would like.

'It would be even more sweet if I could kill the girl in front of that Itachi bastard. But you can't wish for everything. You want a battle little Sakura? I'll give you one. Be ready.'

Takashi smirked a sinister smile and continued to run to where ever Sakura was leading him.

Sakura heightened her senses, for she knew Takashi wasn't that stupid and she wasn't that confident for him letting her lead him where ever she wants. But he did.

'Better be careful. Sasuke is still wicked far behind. I better slow down a bit, cancel out the flames and chakra. I need to save everything I have.'

With that Sakura's speed dropped substantially. The sudden change in paste made Sakura stumble a bit, but she recovered and continued to chase the man.

'Ok know that he is going where I want him to. I better send a signal to a friend.'

And with that Sakura made three hand seals and made her chakra pulse a strange way so the person she was trying to get in touch with would know that she needed them. And now.

----From somewhere in the world----

The person Sakura was trying to get in touch with, was wandering around the world, trying to find something for what ever it was that he needed. As he walked around the village, he suddenly stopped. Looking around he saw that no one noticed anything unusual.

With his senses on high alert he waited for another strange pulse of chakra. When it came, he didn't waist a minute, he ditched what ever it was that he was doing and started to run to where the direction of the chakra was coming from.

'I'm coming Sakura.'

-----------With Hinata and Company------

Everyone waited there to see Sakura come out of that forest any second. Tsunade placed her map on the ground and with a walkie-talkie, she communicated with one of the ANBU officers as they watched the map of Sakura's location.

Hinata took a marker and would mark where Sakura had already been, while Tai and Tokie took two other different colored markers and made roots as to where Sakura could be heading.

"Hokage-Sama." The walkie-talkie clicked in and Tsunade nearly jumped.

'Remind me to tell Shizune to never use walkie-talkie's ever again.'

"Yes, what is it?"

"The red dot's speed suddenly dropped significantly. Now it is running at a normal speed."

Tsunade eyes went wide and turned to everyone. "Sakura's speed just suddenly dropped. She is either injured or she is saving her energy."

After everyone nodded their heads in understanding Tsunade clicked in with the ANBU again.

"What about its location?"

There was a minute pause before the ANBU clicked in. "The dot is taking the back route to Kohana."

"Hai, thanks. Report if anything else happens."

"Hai, Hokage-Sama."

Tsunade told Hinata where Sakura was and Hinata marked it with her marker. That was when Shino came over and realized something.

"Sakura is heading this way. She is trying to get to the West Gate."

Everyone looked at each other in confusion.

'Why would Sakura-Chan want to come to the West Gates.'

'Something doesn't feel right Kit. I sense great danger and I just don't have a good feeling.'

Naruto spread his chakra around the forest as wide as he could, but he still couldn't sense anything. That is until he felt someone sped right past his chakra searching.

His eyes snapped opened. 'What are they doing here?'

'Don't do anything until we know what they are after.'

'What if they are after Sakura-Chan?!'

'That would be foolish. There is a whole ANBU team, two strong ninja's and a Hokage. They would be signing their name to death if they attacked.'

'The strange part is that there is only one of them. And there is normally two or more.'

'True. True indeed.'

As Naruto turned around to go back to everyone he could tell they must of sensed it as well.

"What should we do Hokage?" Tai said.

Tsunade narrowed her eyes and sighed. "If they attack, attack them. If they don't, don't."

------With Sakura------

'I'm getting closer! And it seems that my friend is almost there too. Come on Sakura, just a few more miles and then you can put that plan into action.'

'What do you think your planning girlfriend? You do know you can't hurt yourself to much, for I still need to see who is better!'

'For once think about something other than guys!'

For once Inner Sakura didn't fight her on that one. To Sakura's surprise actually she seemed to agree with her.

-----With the person-----

The friend Sakura called in followed Sakura's chakra through the forest and in no time he got to where her Chakra stopped.

'Where are you Sakura. This better be good. I can't just leave for something non important.'

------------With Everyone---------

Kiba's back straightened and he moved to everyone.

"Hey, I can sense Sakura and three other Chakra's coming this way!" Kiba yelled.

Everyone looked at each other with confusion and they waited in front of the gate in anticipation.

'Who would the other chakra. Sasuke would be one, Sakura is another, but who is the third?' Hinata asked herself as she waited for Sakura to make her appearance.

--------With Sakura-----

'Almost there!' Sakura shouted in her head as beads of sweat rolled down her face.

Not being able to wait anymore Sakura stepped it up a notch and so did Takashi. When he continued running though, he saw Tsunade, some ANBU, and Tokie, and Tai.

'That bitch. She knew I wouldn't be able to attack her if I want to keep my secret. But that would mean she wouldn't be able to attack me either. Come to think of it. Does she even remember anything?'

When Tokie saw him her face light up and she ran to him. Tai followed, but was cautious. He never did trust San's friend. He seemed to sketchy.

"Takashi! What brings you here?" Tokie asked as she looked to see if he was being followed.

"You see Haruno-San….."

Takashi was cut off by being thrown ten feet away from Tokie. Tokie and Tai couldn't believe their eyes. In front of them was their daughter. Alive and well.

"Sakura. What was that for?!" Tokie yelled at her daughter.

Sakura didn't even bother to answer her mother.

Naruto noticed how Sakura's mother didn't even seem to be happy that Sakura was ok.

'Strange.'

Sakura glared at Takashi with full blood lust. "Stay away from my mother." She said in a evil tone.

Before Takashi could really do anything Sasuke came flying in in-between them.

"Sakura. What the hell was that about." He grunted out. But when he looked around he noticed that he was near Kohana.

Naruto moved in front of Sakura and glared at Sasuke with red demon eyes.

"You bastard! How dare you steal Sakura-Chan away from her team!" He yelled as he charged at Sasuke, but Sakura put her hand on his shoulder and shook her head.

"No Naruto. Don't fight him right know. It isn't the right time."

Naruto's face went from anger to confusion as he stared at his angel with his eyes still red. But they slowly returned to his beautiful blue eyes.

"Why not Sakura-Chan?" He asked softly.

"Yeah Sakura. Enlighten all of us as to why." Sasuke said cockily.

Sakura gently pushed Naruto and Sasuke to the side leaving her free to see Takashi. He was standing there with a full evil smile on his malevolence face.

Tokie couldn't understand as to why her daughter was attacking a family friend.

'She met him when she was 13. Did she forget?'

"Sakura. Takashi is a family friend. I demand that you do not attack him. If you know what is good for you." Tokie said to her daughter.

Sakura turned around to her mother and just stared at her. This was the first time anyone has seen Sakura so emotionless.

Sakura then turned her attention to the tree about ten feet away she then smiled towards it. Obviously she was seeing something everyone else wasn't for she started to talk to it.

"Come out. You need to hear this too."

"Who are you talking to Sakura?" Tsunade asked. A little skeptic.

Sakura turned to her. And smiled. "Tsunade-Sama. You may call me crazy, but you have to trust me."

Tsunade was confused but of course she didn't show it. Instead she nodded her head, she really did trust her student.

Takashi stared at Sakura. "And who are you talking to little one?"

'Even after all those years he still calls me little one.'

'He is really annoying.'

"She is talking to me you scum-filled bastard." Said a deep voice.

Takashi narrowed his brown eyes as the darted back and forth around the forest. Before anyone knew it a cloud poofed in front of Sakura. Naruto was about to charge at it, just like everyone else, but Sakura held up her hand. And since she is the captain, and their mission was still technically still going, they stopped.

As the cloud dispersed, everyone's eyes went wide. Right in front of them was someone they would of never expected to appear before them. Uchiha Itachi.

Sakura looked to see Takashi's face fall down off his face. She couldn't help but smile at it.

'He should be surprised.'

Sakura then turned around to see Tsunade a little bit more on guard, her mother glaring at the poor man, her father narrowing his eyes at Itachi, Kiba was down right confused, along with Hinata and Shino. Naruto took out a few kunai, just waiting or him to attack Sakura. While Sasuke was standing there eyes wide. He couldn't believe that his brother would be here. And in front of Sakura too. He was so shocked he couldn't speak.

Takashi's face soon slid back into place and he sent a defiant stare at Itachi.

"Why the hell are you here you pathetic Uchiha." Takashi said as he examined the S criminal.

'So the psychopath did kill Fugaku. And he also joined Pein's team I see. Interesting, but I am not here for him.'

Itachi couldn't help but feel old hatred emotions resurface after he saw the person he despised more than his own father.

"All you could ever did was talk trash. You never did prove your accusations." Itachi stated calmly, a little bit of his anger trying to slip through his defenses.

Sakura watched as the two men showed great hatred for each other.

'They did compete for San's heart. But thank got Itachi doesn't know that he is talking to San's murderer.'

'When he finds out, you do know he will kill him in a second.'

'That is why we will have the first strike.'

Sakura still watched as she saw her past start to piece together in front of her very own eyes. Her eyes widening with every second as it passed.

'Itachi- the S criminal that killed his father and clan because of what they did to San. He is looked at as a evil sinister master mind. While we have Takashi- the ANBU from gods know where, all innocent and everything. But he is the one that should be blamed. Not Itachi.'

Takashi had enough with the Uchiha hurting his pride. Itachi on the other hand was having a hard time keeping his emotions and actions in check. If he wasn't an Uchiha and had all that training with controlling his emotions, then he would be at the guys throat. And maybe punching the crap out of him.

Naruto watched as Sasuke broke his tough exterior and stared at his brother with wide eyes.

'Funny. He dreamed of it for so long and know he can barely speak or move.'

Naruto then looked at the angel next to him to see her eyes wide. He placed his hand on her shoulder and she broke out of her trance.

Sakura looked up at Naruto and smiled at him. "Naruto. What ever happens don't get into an angry fit. Please."

Naruto noticed that her voice was getting weaker and weaker with each passing word. All he could do was tighten his hold on her shoulder and send her a smile back. Which she gave him a brighter smile in return.

"Enough of this Uchiha!" Takashi turned his attention to Tokie. "I am here because your daughter chased me here."

Tokie was about to glare at her daughter until a question popped in her head. She turned to her daughter and narrowed her eyes at her. Her eyes then went back and forth between Sakura and Itachi.

"Sakura. Why is he here."

Sakura gently removed Naruto's hand from her shoulder and walked past Itachi, not before she sent him a smile.

She then turned her back on Takashi and stood in front of everyone. Taking a deep breath in and out, Sakura made herself so everyone could see her and Takashi.

'Ready Sakura. Time to confess everything. And be ready for Takashi to attack.'

"Well Sakura?" Tai said.

Itachi was secretly wondering too why Sakura called him as well. If it was just to meet Takashi he would have to talk to her about that, but his gut was saying it was something else.

Sakura smiled to everyone. "Each and everyone one of you will have mixed emotions when I tell you this. For those who will get angry, Itachi, Naruto, and Sasuke, I would advise you to keep it in check. For those who will be down right confused, Shizune, Kiba, Shino, Hinata, and Tsunade, please bare with me on it. Everything will be explained. And for those who I know will not be able to believe it, Mom and Dad, please just hear me out."

Everyone looked amongst themselves. What could she possibly want to tell them?

"Sakura. Hurry up." Itachi demanded.

Sakura turned to him and shook her head with a smile on her face. "Well you're the one that wants to know more than anyone here. So I could see why your so impatient."

Itachi narrowed his eyes at her. But she didn't look up at him, for he never did take his Shuringan off.

Takashi watched the girl with caution. 'Could she possibly be telling them?! If she does I will have to kill her! Before the Uchiha kills me. That pathetic dyke.'

It was Itachi read his mind for Itachi swirled his Shuringan at him as a warning.

"Tell us already Sakura!" Kiba shouted really wanting to know what she was talking about now.

Tokie and Tai stared at their only daughter with suspicion.

Sakura looked right at her mother and father and smiled a sad smile towards them.

"You see……I remember…….I remember……..everything." Sakura saw her mom's jaw drop to the ground and her father smiled.

'Just like he did when Auntie Rain came and told them it was cracking.'

She looked behind her to see Takashi not daring to show any emotion at her. Even though she really shouldn't have looked at Itachi, she did.

And for the five seconds she looked up at him, she could see that he was now curious. And wants her to finish.

Tokie got a hold of herself and couldn't stop laughing. "Oh you had me there Sakura. Your funny. Now stop pulling everyone's leg and just come back to the village."

Sakura couldn't belive her ears. She would broke down right then and there if it wasn't for her friends and othe family members.

'S-She doesn't b-believe me?'

'We will have to prove it to her.'

Sakura glared at her mother, a plan forming in her head. She knew what she had to do. And with every breath she took from here on out, she will use all her tricks as a ninja to show them. To show them all!

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Author's Note: Ok so this chapter has a lot going on. Let me just say that the reason why Itachi is wayyyyy and I mean waaayyyy out of character is because Takashi is someone that really, really got him mad. That is why there is some strong language used between the two. I would like to apologize for the amount of language in the chapter as well, if it bothered anyone I am sorry just tell me. For the next chapter might have a little more I am not sure. Also there is a lot of conflict going on here, if you get lost just tell me and I will try to clear it up for you!

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