EDITED: Jan 27th, 2008

Disclaimer: Do, not, own, Naruto.

Happy readings! (:

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Not so Weak Anymore

Chapter Eight

Death?

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Sakura was making her bed. Today they were leaving Wave, and heading back to Konoha.

Or so everyone believed.

Sakura placed the pillow on top of the comforter. She picked up her bag and headed to the lobby. Everyone else was there waiting for her. Konohamaru and Moegi we're playing a game of rock, paper sissors. Once seen, Ino, Tenten and Hinata looked at Sakura and nodded.

It was game time!

"Alright, let's go!" Sakura said cheery. They began walking out of the hotel, and down the streets of wave.

Along the walk, the group passed the destiny shop. Outside sweeping the ground with a broom, Akira smiled as they passed by. Daisuke was carrying garbage outside while Yugi was sitting in a chair, basking in the sunlight. They all watched as the group walked down the street and towards the gate. Yugi cracked a smile,

"and so, a new adventures begins!"

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After some time, they had reached the village gates. Turning around, the girls looked at the village.

'This is for you Konoha.'

'I Promise, I will become stronger for the Hyuuga clan and be strong for Naruto-kun!'

'I will be stronger for you, Neji and Lee. I will become stronger then all of you!'

'It's time that I prove myself. No more letting Shikamaru and Chouji do all the work.'

'I will bring Sasuke-kun back. Team 7, will be together, again.'

'All four of us will save you all. We won't be so weak next time you see us.'

'Together, we will save you all.'

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Sasuke was currently training with Naruto and Kakashi, waiting for time to pass by and for Sakura to return. Kakashi was lounging up in a tree, reading his book, while Naruto and Sasuke were sparing.

"Sakura-chan is really strong now teme! She can destroy the ground in one punch!"

Sasuke smirked, knowing this already. However, he kept conversation going, "Really?"

Naruto threw another punch at Sasuke, as Sasuke aviaded it, "Yeah, she's like a younger Tsunade baa-chan!"

"she'll probably put up a better fight then you can."

Sasuke deflected another one of Naruto's punches. Naruto growled at Sasuke's last remark.

"WHAT!? I can EASILY beat you Sasuke!"

Sasuke appeared behind Naruto, pointing a kunai to his back, "That's what you think."

Naruto grinned, then poofed, revealing he was a shadow clone. A furry of kunai hurdled at Sasuke from behind him.

"this fights not over till the fat lady sings teme!"

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The Konoha shinobi were currently taking a break on their journey home. They were 1/3 of the way to Konoha, and it was only mid day. They were moving at a slow pace.

It sky began getting cloudy. It was probably gunna rain anytime soon. They had decided to start going again, before it began raining hard. As they had gotten up from where they were sitting, Sakura took one step forward, when a kunai whistled past her.

Frozen in her position at first, Sakura turned around, looking at her attacker.

"What the hell!?"

Seeing her attackers, a group of for shinobi stood there, all wearing cloaks. Their hoods were up, consealing their faces.

"We've finally found you all." the guy in the middle said pulling out kunai with explosive tags. With one throw, he aimed them all at the group. Before they could hit ground, Sakura ran and grabbed Konohamaru and Moegi and jumped out of the explosion. Ino, Tenten and Hinata got out of the way as well.

Kaboom.

Sakura, holding the two geinin rolled out of the way of the explosion. After the aftershock, Sakura looked at the two young teens.

"Are you two okay?"

Both genin nodded. They got back up and pulled out kunai and shurkien from there holister. Throwing them at the clock ninja, they easily doged the oncoming projectiles.

'This isn't part of the plan! These are real enemies!'

Flashback

The old man cleared his throat, ready to explain the plan.

"To make it look like you died, I have a plan. You will walk to Konoha with the two genin. half way there, I will use a special jutsu I created. It makes shadow clones into real people, but only for a certain amount of time. If you stab them, they will bleed. After an hour they disapear. They will perform a signal in which will tell you that they belong to me. The signal is..."

End Of Flashback

'There's been no signal. So these must be real ninja out to get us. Might as well use it to our advantage'

"Okay, Konohamaru and Moegi, we're stuck in a battle. When I say, run towards Konoha and get help. As tired as you guys get, DON'T STOP! It will possibly take you 2 hours of running. Take this," Sakura said handing them a flare.

"When you get close enough, use the flare. Then someone in Konoha should see it. They'll run to you. From there, tell them of the situation. We'll try to hold them off. If someone fpllows, use this." She said handing them an explosive tag.

"This tag is extremely powerful. Be careful with it. When I say, run, you got it?" she said. The two genin nodded.

Sakura turned around to see the cloaked figures. There were about four of them. She punched the ground with her hulk like strength causing the ground to crack. The hooded figures jumped up, and out of harms way. Sakura used this as an opportunity.

"RUN NOW!" She yelled at them. the two genin disappeared.

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Rei had finally found Sakura. She was with three other chunnin and two genin. There battle had already started, with the Konoha bunch looking for safety. Rei noticed Sakura tell the two genin to make a run for it. She punched the ground and it shattered. From there, the two genin ran. Rei thought about killing the two genin, but decided against it, as it worked in his plan perfectly.

Once the two genin were gone, they removed their cloaks, revealing their identiies.

Sound ninja.

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The girls watched as the two genin fled. They then looked at each other and nodded. They understood that they have to perform the jutsu now. This would be a perfect opportunity to fake their deaths.

Proforming the jutsu, the girls prayed for this jutsu to work. It was an unknown jutsu to them, one they had just learned from Yugi. The possibilties of it working were low, but the girls did it anyway.

The ninja in front of them removed their cloaks, revealing their true selves. The girls gawked.

"Sound ninja!"

Sakura instantly remembered the dark haired nin, "Hey! You're the guy from the club from the mission in grass!"

Rei smirked, "Allow me to introduce myself. I am Rei. You're a nuisance to our plans. We've decided it's about time your life ends!"

Rei charged at Sakura, at full speed. She got into a defensive stance, ready for the oncoming attack. He went to kick her, but Sakura blocked it with her arm

"What are you talking about?!" she yelled at him. He managed to punch her in the gut and sent her tumbling to the ground.

"SAKURA!" Tenten, Ino and Hinata all said in unison. They were about to run to her aid when the other three sound ninja stepped in front of them. Sakura managed to get up.

"Guys, don't worry about me. Just stick with the plan. Got it?" she said. The girls nodded. They started to attack the other sound ninja.

Rei turned to Sakura. She smirked. She ran into the forest. Rei smirked.

"Running away won't get you anywhere." He ran after Sakura.

After some running, they came into a clearing. There were many trees and bushes. What was odd was it was on a cliff. Down below the cliffs was a stream with rabidly fast moving water. Rei looked around. He couldn't see Sakura, yet he knew where she was.

Sakura tried to kick him from behind. He caught her foot before she could hit him. He threw her down to the ground. Pouncing on her,(LMAO) he pinned her to the ground. Their faces were extremely close. He pinned her arms down with his hands and used his body to hold down her legs.

"Any last words?" He said, now holding both her arms with one hand, while the other had a kunai to her neck.

Sakura smirked, "Yeah, don't expect any children in the near future,"

Rei cocked an eyebrow at Sakura, but then felt sharp pain in his lower body.

Sakura had kneed him hard where the sun don't shine. He fell off of her in extreme pain. Sakura quickly scrambled to her feet, getting into a defensive posture.

'I gotta to think of something fast! This guy is strong… hmm, I could actually use that to my advantage. This has to work!'

Thunder could be heard throughout the forest. The storm had arrived, roaring loudly. The clouds began crying, coming down in buckets. Sakura looked at Rei, noticing him trying to get up.

"Y-You bitch!" He said getting back up in total agony.

'This has to work.'

"What do you want from me!? Why are you here!?"

He smirked, and in one swift movement he was behind her.

"Why do you wnana know? Your going to die anyway!"

"Your avoiding the question!"

Sakura felt something spear threw her stomach. It was a sword of some kind. She coughed up blood.

Rei smirked. "It be best you didn't know. Now die!" he jabbed the sword right threw her. He turned her over, and looked at her in the face. Her eyes had widened. Her soul was being taking out of her body.

Pulling his sword out, Sakura's body feel to the ground, oozing blood. Rei stared at her motionless body.

And like that, Haruno Sakura was gone.

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Moegi and Konohamaru were running. They left an hour ago. They were getting very tired too.

Konohamaru stopped, As did Moegi. "Let's set the flare!" Konohamaru said. Moegi nodded. Konohamaru lit a match and set the flare on fire.

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After Sasuke beat Naruto yet again in another fight, team seven headed to the Konoha gates, deciding to wait for Sakura and treat her to a bowl of ramen soon afterwards.

Along the way, team seven ran into Neji and Lee, Shikamaru and Chouji, and Kiba and Shino. Naruto, feeling the need to invite them along did so.

Just as they got to the gates, a red flash went off in the distance. From the looks of things, a flare exploded in the air.

"Wow, a firework!"

"Dobe, that's a flare."

Kakashi cocked an eyebrow, "Sakura's the only one who keeps flares with her. Something must be happening."

With all of the Konoha nin's eyes widening, they rushed off to the source of the flare.

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Still in the heat of battle, Tenten, Ino and Hinata were fighting off against the sound ninja. These sound ninja were also chunnin, and were putting up a good fight too.

All 3 girls were getting tired. They backed up to each other.

"We need to end this now and get outta here!" Ino said. Hinata though of something.

"I g-got an idea!" Hinata said. Ino and Tenten looked at Hinata, as Hinata spoke of a plan. Nodding at the plan, the girls got ready for battle.

The sound nin charged at the girls, who got out of the way and appeared behind them, kicking them.

POOF!

shadow clones.

Hinata activated her Byakagun.

"BEHIND YOU TENTEN!" Hinata shouted. Tenten turned around with a kunai in hand. Her kunai clashed with another kunai. The other kunai had an explosive tag on it. There was another POOF noise, and the ninja holding the explosive tag disappeared.

BOOM!

The three other sound ninja hid for safety, then watched as the blast created a huge creator, with trees and leaves sprawled everywhere. In the middle of the creator, were three Kunouchi, motionless. The three sound ninja went to check if they were really dead. One Sound ninja checked Hinata's pulse.

Nothing.

"Job well done boys." Rei said coming into view.

"Let's go."

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The boys were currently running towards the sight of the flare. Worry was written all over Naruto's face.

after about fifthteen minutes of jumping from tree to tree, two people came into there view. It was Konohamaru and Moegi. They were covered in dirt and were panting. Naruto ran up to them.

"Are you two okay!?" Naruto asked with worry in his voice.

The two nodded.

"Where's the girls?" Shikamaru asked, coming up behind Naruto.

"W-We were attacked by ninja from another village. we don't know where there from though. They told us to come get help!" Moegi said panting heavily.

All the boys froze, looking at each other with worried expressions.

"Which direction?" Neji asked, activing his Byakugun.

"West."

Kakashi nodded, and turned to the teens in front of him, "Lee, go report this to the Hokage. Kiba and Shino, help brings these two home. Naruto, Neji, Shikamaru and myself will go find the girls."

"What about me?" Sasuke said glaring at Kakashi.

"Your not suppose to leave the village. Orders from Tsunade-sama herself."

Sasuke activated his Sharingan, "I'm going." And with that, he sped off west.

"HEY teme! Wait for us!" Naruto said following after Sasuke, followed by Neji and Shikamaru. Kakashi sighed,

"This could be a problem."

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Poop.

Yeah, I changed things up a bit. It was to OOC before, and I guess I put the characters more in place then they were before.

Hmm, Review, yeah?

Shellzonfire