EDITED: Jan 30th, 2008

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Not so Weak Anymore

Chapter Eighteen

Something to prove

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"Thank you for letting us stay here Shin-sama and Kala-sama."

"oh, no problem! Come back anytime!"

"bye!"

The group began waving good-bye as they began walking down the street. A short stay in Rain country, but it did not matter.

The plan was set: they were literally training everywhere. Yugi thought it was for the best that they kept moving around from place to place.

Before they left, the girls got to talk to Neji and Shikamaru and say their goodbyes. They would keep in touch through mail and carrier bird.

Sasuke was still asleep, recovering from the loss of his memory. Sakura was still 'snake bitten' by the whole ordeal last night

However, she figured out one thing,

Sasuke did care for her.

Why would he be so set on finding out if it was her, if he didn't care?

A smile was plastered on her face.

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CLING.

Thrusting up, an Uchiha sat up, breathing heavily.

What the hell was that?

"about time you woke up."

Turning to his left, Sasuke saw Shikamaru laying down on his bed, twirling a kunai.

Staring down at the sheets, Sasuke made an attempt to remember what happened before he went to sleep.

Nothing came up.

Shikamaru sat up from his bed and headed to the door, "Its 12, we leave in 15 minutes."

Once Shikamaru was gone, Sasuke made another attempt to collect his thoughts. He has just had a dream…he could vaguely remember it.

Getting up and out of the bed, Sasuke made his way to the bathroom. Splashing water on his face, he was now fully awake.

Staring into the mirror at himself, he snarled at his own reflection. Why couldn't he remember anything?!

Something wasn't right here.

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Boiling water was never more boring.

Seriously, who had fun watching water boil?

Sigh.

Feeding the fire more wood, it instantly gobbled it. Sakura was out of it, and she knew it. seeing Sasuke again and their meeting took a toll on her.

Off in the distance she could hear Ino and Sora arguing over how to set up a tent. Hinata was sleeping up against a tree, while Ryo and Daisuke were gathering wood. Everyone else was just slumming around.

Bored, she got up, "I'm going for a walk."

Walking away from the camp ground, she could feel everyone's eyes on her. She ignored it and continued walking into the depths of the forest.

After some walking, she came across a stream. The sound of the running water was soothing. Taking her shoes off, she dipped her feet into the cool water.

Everything was quiet, calm, perfect.

Feeling the need to stare at her reflection in the water, she proceeded so, seeing brown hair and apple green eyes.

They had done so much – so much to fulfill this whole Tenshi thing. They lost friends, loved ones, dreams…everything. Her hope and self-esteem were lowering.

And she didn't like it.

Whoosh.

The wind picked up, with the sound of leaves blowing and tree's rustling filled the air. Sakura closed her eyes and focused on the wind. The blowing air sent a chill down her spine.

The wind picked up drastically.

Pitting her arms above her head to block the wind, she then stood up. The wind was racing to the water. Leaves started to form an image on the waters surface.

Opening her eyes as the wind died down, Sakura stared at the waters surface bewildered. A translucent figure was standing on the waters edge. This figure…almost looked like Sakura. her hair was more of a purplish-pink, with darker green eyes. Sakura stared out in amazement.

"Who a-are you?" The figure smiled at her.

"Do not be afraid. I mean no harm. You see, I am Sakura Tenshi, and you are my reincarnation Haruno Sakura, yes?"

Sakura nodded slowly, not really sure if she should answer her question. Could this be a Genjutsu?

"Do not be afraid. I am here to give you some advice. I know you're struggling, and things aren't going too well, but stay strong. When the girls and I fought off against Kenji, we gave up a lot. We all had people we loved and to save them, we sacrificed ourselves. One thing is for sure–history will not repeat itself. Either you live and Kenji dies, or Kenji lives and you all die. I know it seems hard, but we all have to make sacrifices for the ones we love, even if it means hurting them in the process. You are a strong girl. I have faith in you, Haruno Sakura."

With that, a large gust of wind came by, discarding the image of Sakura Tenshi. The Haruno was in a daze, not knowing what just happened.

Was that really her?

She seemed real. The wind just doesn't blow that hard when things like this happen. There in the middle of no where, why would someone want to mess with her like this?

So she was real.

Sakura felt something…she felt motivation. Hearing Yugi tell stories of the Tenshi's lives, they went through much more then Sakura had. And just by having Sakura Tenshi appear in front of you and tell you she believes in you… how can you NOT get motivated?

Pulling up her sleeves while standing up, she placed her hands on her hips, staring out and down the stream. From this moment on, she was going to work hard, become strong.

She had one purpose,

Prove to everyone, she's not so weak anymore.

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Looking for Uchiha Sasuke was not an easy thing.

Rei, annoyed continued his search for the Uchiha. He had known of Sasuke's mission, and also knew he was suppose to be back now.

Where the hell are you?

Teaching Kenji about the world of today was not an easy thing. If you said one thing wrong, you could get your head chopped off. Kabuto had to do a history check on the Tenshi clan so they could understand Kenji better. There was some kind of beef between him and some girls from the clan.

What didn't make sense was that Kenji kept saying the Tenshi clan girls are coming and they must kill them.

There was nothing about Tenshi's around. Meh who cares anyways?

Rei kept jumping from building to building in search for the Uchiha. Being late at night, most people in Konoha were asleep, and the night patrol group was out. Rei put on an ANBU cloak and mask to play it safe.

Finally finding the Uchiha walking in the streets, Rei jumped down in front of him, stopping the Uchiha in his path.

"Uchiha."

Sasuke stared at him for a moment, recognizing who this said person was, "what do you want?"

Nodding his head to the left, the two jumped into the forest, away from civilization.

Once out of sight of any Konoha shinobi, Rei spoke, "Orochimaru is dead."

"…"

"Kenji killed him."

Sasuke raised an eyebrow, "Kenji?"

"He's the guy who was going to join us in batting against Konoha. He wishes to meet you."

What was sound to Sasuke anymore.

Nothing.

"When?"

"In a few days. I will come for you then."

and with that, Rei disappeared. Sasuke stayed where he was, in deep thought.

Pulling out a kunai, Sasuke launched it at the tree behind him. It landed just above Neji's head.

"What do you two want?" he asked annoyed. Neji was leaning against the tree, with the kunai just above his head, while Shikamaru was lounging on a tree branch.

"Not as loyal as we thought you were, ne?" Shikamaru said.

"…"

"So where is your allegiance now?"

"I don't know."

Neji pulled the kunai out of the tree, not taking his eyes off Sasuke, "Are you sticking with Sound? You have no use of them anymore."

Neji was right.

"Sound is using you. They have no real use for you. They don't care for your ambitions anymore."

"…"

"What's it going to be Uchiha?"

He was right.

"Konoha."

Shikamaru had a mocking grin on his face. "We're not telling the Hokage anything as of yet. We need you to be under cover and gather as much info about sound as you can. Uchiha, can we trust you?"

"Hn."

Neji smirked, "Welcome back to Konoha, Uchiha."

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Five Months Later…

Yugi was pleased. Pleased beyond belief.

Staring at the ninja in front of him, he remembered that had all met not to long ago. What five months of intense training can do to you.

The Uchiha's were on the verge of gaining the 3rd colon in the Sharingan. Even the boys themselves have gotten stronger physically and emotionally.

But Yugi was VERY pleased with the Tenshi's. They were horrible at controlling their powers in the beginning, and now, they were unbeatable. Kenji would have a hard time against these girls.

"Yugi-sama, if I may say so, I think our training and preparation has just finished, no?" a girl with brown hair which now reached her waist stated.

Yugi chuckled, "Yes, I think it is, but everything now has just begun."

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Do you know HOW MANY TIMES, people blasted me for spelling one word in this chapter wrong?!

Well guess what? IT'S GONE.

Mawhwa.

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