AN: Okay first of all, I'd like to give shout-outs to three special people. The first is someone who has been a continuous reveiwer; ScarletCamellia. She's given me many reveiws and is a total Kankuro X Popori fan. The next is a friend who has helped me gain confidence in my writing skills and has helped me get off my lazy ass and put work into finishing this story up; SillySammiJoe. She also, favors Kankuro with Po-chan. The last, is a new member to the fans of my story, gaarakabuto. They (not sure if you're a boy or girl) like Shiky-kun and Pori-chan together. Now they gave me two of the longest reveiws ever. And no, I didn't think it was weird, it made me smile and made me get right to writting this chapter! And another thing, it IS sad that I have so few reviews! But I loved those two the bestest(purposely incorrect grammar), it really made my day.

So to those three, ScarletCamellia, SillySammiJoe, and gaarakabuto, I thank you from the bottom of my heart. ^^

And now for some fanfiction!

"Kankuro," I choke out, glancing over my shoulder and meeting eyes with him.

As soon as I turn around, I can see the pain in his eyes. He still loves me, and that brings a small grin to my lips. Gaara and Temari both share his pained looks. Temari looks unsure of herself, not wanting to hurt me, but also having a duty to protect her brother. Gaara. . . Gaara just looks disappointed in my choice. He told me that his village was in my debt, that probably doesn't apply anymore.

I glance over at Sasuke. The bastard. Nezuma is lying in a pathetic heap behind him while Gaara's sand stops the Raikage from delivering an attack. As soon as Sasuke sees who stopped the fight, his eyes widen in surprise.

"Gaara of the desert. . ." He says, unbelieving.

Temari and Kankuro both work to get the black flames off of the samurai. Sasuke has used Amaterasu on them all. Temari using her fan, Kankuro using his chakra strings to help the samurai. I grimace at the raven haired boy then turn my body to face the sand siblings.

Gaara is looking at Sasuke, "Stand back samurai, this is a fight between ninjas. I want to talk with Sasuke Uchiha anyway."

I glance back at Sasuke, with blood running down the left side of his face from using Amaterasu. He looks so lost in his darkness and hatred. I look away, back to Gaara.

"Your eyes are still the same," He says. "I've learned that living for revenge doesn't solve anything. It's not too late for you. Don't escape into your world possessed by hatred. You won't be able to return."

Sasuke looks back at Gaara with a blank look. "If I come back, what is there for me there?"

Kankuro looks me in the eye while he speaks, "Gaara don't bother. If he could be convinced, Naruto wouldn't have failed. He's a criminal now, a member of Akatsuki, he's nothing like you."

I clutch my chest where he pierced it with his puppet and fall to my knees. God, does he not see the pain this is causing me? Does he not understand that I still love him? I clench my eyes shut and bend over so that my face is pressed to the floor. I sob dryly on the floor. I'm still bleeding, but I don't really care anymore. I should die for being so stupid, for thinking that Sasuke was more important than everyone else. Sure, he's been with me longer than anyone else, but I should have known the day Itachi killed his clan that he would never be the same. But. . . I still hoped.

Temari speaks and I can feel her gaze on my bloody back, "Besides, the Raikage and the ones harmed by Akatsuki won't stay silent. By attacking the summit, he's guaranteed to be an internationally-wanted criminal. He has no future."

I can't take this. I can't take the words that they are speaking. They're talking more to me than to Sasuke anyway. I sit up and yell at them through choked breaths.

"Will you shut up?" cough, blood in my hands. "Just kill us already! We don't deserve to live, we're a disgrace to our families. . ." I can't finish what I wanted to say, I break down and start crying. For the first time in three years, I cry. The salt that I had forgotten the taste of, comes running down my face.

Sasuke stares at me, "Popori, stop blubbering and get up if you're going to challenge them."

I shake my head furiously and continue to cry and bleed at the same time. Gaara looks at Sasuke and speaks to him.

"Sasuke you and I are alike. We've both seen the darkness in this world. That's why we are able to see even a sliver of light. Both back then and even now."

Sasuke smirks, closing his eyes his left eye. "I have long since closed my eyes. My only goal is in darkness."

I look at Sasuke in all his hatred. I can't take it anymore, I let out a blood-curdling scream and direct it right at him. I scream as loud and as long as I can. When I'm done, I fall to the floor and cry some more.

I can tell that everyone else in the room has been startled by my choice in action. Everyone stares at me for a while, then the sand siblings attack Sasuke. I look up startled and stand up, shaking and bleed all over. I look between the two and growl in frustration. I glare at Sasuke then jump in front of Kankuro's attack.

The puppeteer is startle by my actions, but he silences his emotions and continues the fight. I look up into his eyes and activate my kekke genkai.

"Lightning Fist," I say rather pathetically. I use the electricity as a sheild agaisnt his puppet.

Sasuke glares at my back, "Popori get out of the way. I don't need you. You obviously can't kill them like I told you to. Move!"

I turn my back on Kankuro and glare at Sasuke with so much intensity his glare softens in shock. "Are you telling me I'm worthless?" I spit at him.

He narrows his eyes as he deflects Gaara's sand. "Yes."

I scoff and pick up a kunai and throw it at his face. Of course, Susanoo blocks it, but I scream at him anyway.

"SASUKE! YOU BASTARD! I HATE YOU! DIE!" I scream at the top of my lungs while leaping at him.

He smirks at my feeble attempt at an attack and uses Amaterasu on me. Well, it almost gets to me. Kai, the stupid idiot. He jumped in front of the attack, holding my body to his as he back takes the blow.

"Kai..." I say in shock, looking up into his eyes in horror.

As I speak, I can tell that he's dying. And the fact that the black flames are eating their way through him to get to me is very evident. I panic, trying to smolder some of the flames with my hand but it's worthless. Amaterasu jumps off of Kai and starts on me. I scream out in pain and I can see the agony in Kai's eyes. He lays me down weakly and collapses beside me.

"Popori..." He says in a small voice.

I look at him, we're both going to die here. I know it. "Kai?"

"I love you, you know that right?" He is weak, but manages to smirk nonetheless.

I grin at him, "Yeah, somehow I noticed that."

He laughs weakly, "Sorry about that." His eyes cloud over, "And...sorry I couldn't save you..."

I shake my head in protest, "No Kai, it's fine. I was meant to die here..."

He sighs weakly then raises a shaky hand to my cheek. As his last act, he kisses my forehead, his body going limp as he holds me in a tight embrace. I'm kind of happy with this outcome. I get to die peacefully after all the shit that has gone down here.

Sand envelopes my body and pulls me back. I open my eyes to see Kankuro cradling my body. "Popori, you'll be okay. I promise-you'll live." He says in a broken voice.

I shake my head and start sobbing again, "Just...let me die. Kill me please. I made too many mistakes, I can't go back..." I can't believe he disrupted my peaceful death!

He shakes his head, "Shut up! You stubborn idiot. You're going to live whether you like it or not!"

I smirk weakly and look up at him. I reach a hand out to touch his cheek and whisper, "I love you." My hand falls down to the ground as my body weakens.

Tears form at the corners of his eyes, "Don't die, Popori. I love you, too. You can't die on me!"

Sasuke interrupts our moment, "I can't believe I had to guard myself with and enton. I see your absolute defense is still alive and well."

Kankuro looks up and glares at the insane man. He stands and says darkly, "Let's finish this."

The sand siblings and one of the Raikage's bodyguards attack Sasuke in sync. But the bastard hits the pillars and he escapes. I close my eyes and attempt to clench my teeth in frustration. I seriously hate him.

Kankuro scoops me up into his arms and looks around frantically. He looks at his brother, "Gaara, we have to heal her! She needs help!"

Gaara stares at me blankly for a while then closes his eyes and nods. He looks at the bodyguard who attacked me, the one with the puffy hair. "You healed your Kage, can you heal this girl?"

He looks me over, "Isn't she with Sasuke, though?"

Gaara looks to me, waiting for my answer. I let out a whimper, "If I was with him, do you think I would try to attack him like that?"

The guy looks at me, "Well you were pretty much attacking everyone."

Kankuro glares at him, "She's with me alright? Just heal her! Please!"

The man looks at both of us then smirks and nods, "Alright, set her down right her."

I open my eyes and glare weakly up at Kankuro, "You never do what I tell you to..."

Kankuro carries me piggyback when we go back to the meeting room. Yeah, the Sand's love for me has granted me access to this. But it's not like I'm going back to Sasuke. Yeah right. When we get in the room, it's totally wrecked. One of the walls isn't even there anymore. I blink and Kankuro sets me on the ground. With his brother's command, he frees some of the samurai form Zetsu's clutches.

The Raikage grunts and asks, "Where's Sasuke?"

The Tsuchikage smirks, "I smashed him to bits!" He's a tiny old man, that's the only thing that comes to mind when I look at him.

The Raikage yells, "What? That was my job! How dare you?"

I stiffen and look to the space where Madara's chakra has appeared. Sure enough, the masked villian appears out of thin air in front of us. "Stop your whining Raikage, you'll get your chance." He looks over each of us, stopping on me.

"Popori, what are you doing? Why aren't you helping your friend Sasuke?" He asks.

I glare at him and point, "One, he's draped over your shoulder. Two, the man I once called a friend died along with his brother."

Madara stares at me for a time then nods, "Alright, fair enough."

He sets Sasuke down, then sucks him into his mask. I gasp in surprise. Karin is brought to my attention as she yelps as Madara sucks her into his mask as well.

He looks to us, "Let me tell you about my goal, the moon's eye plan."

And he explains to us how he plans to get all of the bijuus to recreate a ten-tailed beast. He'll use it in the war that he has declared against the ninja world. He plans to use the moon to cast a justu over the world and have a perfect union of everyone. But that won't be happiness, it will all be a joke. Unreal. He wants the Hachibi and the Kyuubi, or war.

When he leaves I shake my head in disgust, not wanting to think about it anymore. And so the fourth ninja world war begins. Great, Madara is a prick. Kankuro looks down at me and smirks, pulling me in for a strong embrace. I grin and hug him back. I'm glad to finally be back in his arms.

"We must form a shinobi alliance," Gaara says. "There is no other way to win agaisnt the power of seven bijuu."

The woman that is the Mizukage looks at Raikage, "You were against this idea earlier, Raikage. What is your take on it now?"

The huge man sighs, "No harm has come to my brother, but I refuse to let Akatsuki have their way with us any longer! We form a shinobi alliance and settle this as quickly as possible."

Tsuchikage asks, "What of Konoha? The Hokage fled."

"After the events today, Danzo has lost all of our trust." Raikage says. "And if the shinobi of Konoha learn of what happened today, his position in the village will become strained and he will not last long."

Gaara speaks up, "I will pass the news of the shinobi alliance to a Konoha shinobi that I trust."

"And that would be?" Raikage asks.

"Kakashi Hatake of the Sharingan." Gaara answers.

I smile, Kakashi would be the person everyone in Konoha would pick to be Hokage if anything happened to Tsunade. He is a good choice.

"The son of the white fang?" Tsuchikage asks.

Raikage nods, "Very well, he seems more trustworthy than Danzo at least."

I smirk and Kankuro grabs my hand, "Uh-huh." We say in unison.

The rest of the time the kage's make plans about what to do. Raikage will search for his brother, the Hachibi. Mizukage and Gaara want to put Naruto and Killerbee into hiding, while Tsuchikage wants to include them in the fight against Madara. The Raikage submits to Gaara's thinking and they agree that they will put Naruto and Killerbee somewhere safe while the fighting goes on. As they continue to talk, the samurai join forces with us as well.

Now they need a leader, and the leader of the samurai nominates the Raikage. He accepts, and the other Kage's agree that he should be their leader. And so, the ninja alliance is formed.

AN: God I hate this chapter. It really sucks. The worst I've written in my opinion. I really wanted a better fight between Kankuro and Popori...but my brain was dead and I really wanted to get this out there so this crappy piece of so called work is what was produced.*sigh* to clear things up, Popori is now a good guy again, and since everybody loves her she is probably going to be excepted into the Leaf again...well by most ppl.

Yeah I really hate this chapter...I rewrote it five times and I ended up with the original bc I was tired of it...yes. So sorry if it's shorter than usual, but I hated writing this so...yeah.

thanks again to my three very special reveiwers! ScarletCamellia, SillySammiJoe and gaarakabuto! I love you guys!