Okay I know took forever to post this chapter and I am extremely sorry...but the truth is that I have been studying back and forth for tests. And i have been really busy. But i thought that if I make the chapter longer (and this is the longest chapter i have written in this story) that you won't be that mad. Plus NO CLIFF HANGER!

Disclaimer: I don't Own Naruto, nor will i ever Sadly.

"talking"

'Thinking'

"rin (rin no sakura) talking"

"rin thinking"

Chapter 25

Recap: When we reached the tower we were welcomed by the entire rookie nine and their teachers.

"So what is the problem with the village, Tsunade-Sama?" I asked tension in my voice.

Normal POV:

Tsunade looked at them with sorrow filled eyes. Her long blonde hair tied messily back in a pony tail, shocking Sakura. Her almond eyes reflected nothing back, and when she spoke her voice sound exhausted.

"Sakura," she said.

"Yes Shishou?" Sakura asked, trying to be nice. She knew that a tired Tsunade meant a cracking Tsunade.

"We have an issue on our hands and we need all the ninjas we could get."

"So that's why you made her drag me along?" Sasuke asked.

"Yes, it is. The village is under attack." Tsunade said. "We need strong ninjas. And even though you're on probation I said I would allow you to fight if it was necessary, well right now it is. We have over hundred ninjas on our borders and Guy and his old squad is already fighting out there, trying to prevent them from getting in here.

"But, if the village is under attack…then wouldn't the enemies be in here?" Hinata questioned, looking at the Hokage.

"Yes, but Neji already killed some, along with Tenten and Lee. So right now, we are trying to get them to remain out side of the borders. So I want you all to go out there and protect our village." Tsunade said.

"Hai," The rookie nine, and their teachers replied as they disappeared.

"I pray they all live." Tsunade mumbled as she rubbed her temples.

-Near the border-

"I wonder what it is." Hinata thought out loud.

"Something evil; I know that much." Ino replied.

"No. Not evil, just wanting something." Sakura replied.

Everyone turned to look at the pink-haired medic. "What?" They asked.

"It wants something, something it did not have before hand; something it thought was dead." Sakura's voice was almost sincere.

Sasuke looked at her in surprise. "How do you know it wants something? Well what ever it is."

"I just do. Call it a woman's intuition."

"Than why don't Hinata and Ino feel this so called 'intuition'?" Shikamaru asked.

"I thought you to be smart Shikamaru. A person's intuition is stronger when they know that object, whether in a distant memory or directly."

Shikamaru looked at Sakura. "Yeah that is what I meant. Gomenasi, Sakura." Shikamaru looked at her sheepishly. "I forgot."

Sasuke's POV:

'So Sakura knows this thing that is attacking our village?' I questioned myself. 'But I still don't understand why she should be able to know more about it. Intuition does not mean anything. Intuition is another word for suspicion.'

I looked ahead—than my gaze turned to Sakura—than back up ahead.

'Would she really know this person?' I questioned. 'She couldn't. Could she?'

I looked at Sakura out of the corner of my eyes. She seemed as if she was at peace. That made me a bit uneasy. After all, this is a troubling time in the village. How could someone be at peace when their village is at war? More questions came into my head; to many of them that I couldn't figure out.

Sakura has really changed; even I have to admit that. Although I do not recall a single time that she has changed so much that she confused me this much. Maybe it's just the shock of Tsunade making her drag me to the battle ground; yeah that is it. Just the shock, not sakura, the shock of Tsunade letting me fight is making me confused.

"Are you positive that this person just wants something, Sakura?" The dobe asked.

Sakura nodded her head. "He doesn't feel like a threat; he just feels like, how you feel when you haven't had ramen in three days, Naruto."

Naruto's eyes seemed to go wide. 'What the hell is up with him and ramen?'

"Wow," I heard him murmur. "I feel his pain." Naruto shook his head.

"The question is what is he yearning for; do you know Sakura?" Kakashi asked; he just now spoke up for the first time.

"How should I know what the person wants? We don't even know if it is a guy!" Sakura said.

"What are you avoiding, Sakura?" I asked. Sakura looked at me with wide eyes.

"What do you mean what am I avoiding? I am avoiding nothing!" Her anger seemed to flare up.

"You seem like you are." Asuma commented; supporting my theory.

"I am not. If any of you were mothers you would be just as nervous as me. Do you really think I want to go out there and fight?" Sakura asked everyone. She was now ahead of everyone.

"If you were a true ninja you wouldn't care if you died for you village." I said.

"If you were actually the man you claimed to be you would know what it would feels like to be fighting for more than just your village, but also your family." Sakura barked back; her head snapped back to face me as she replied, viciously, to me.

I scoffed. "I am not the man I claim to be? How? I said I was strong; I am strong. I did not claim to be anything I was not." I replied, my voice level. 'Why am I fighting with her? I don't want to fight her!'

Sakura stopped in her tracks. "I can prove you wrong right there." Her voice was darker than it was just moments ago.

"Fine, prove me wrong." A smirk was on my face, while a battle ragged on in my head.

"You said when you were younger you would revive your clan. You did, but when you claimed you were going to revive your clan; you made a commitment to be a father. You were never there for Ayamari; Itachi was. You never taught Ayamari anything; Itachi did. You were never the father to Ayamari that Itachi was. Nor will you ever be!

"You care for only your pride; Itachi never even thought about it. He cared for Ayamari; you never will. You don't even care for Karin. You just use her to your own gain. You are no man at all. You're a liar! Don't pretend you're something your not, Sasuke."

I looked at her in shock. My eyes suddenly narrowed. "I am what I am Sakura. But I don't want you to ever compare me to that murder!" I seethed.

Sakura laughed. "Itachi was never a murder. Do your research on your clan and you will find that they were going to betray the village. It was there fault Kyuubi came, or so the elders believe. The Uchihas' disliked the way the village was run; they were planning on taking it over. Itachi didn't want that to happen. He didn't want another war to break out. He saved the village! Your clan would have destroyed it! Itachi didn't even kill in the Akatsuki unless it was necessary; why do you think he didn't kill Kakashi. He could have; Kakashi knows that, but did he Kakashi?" Sakura turned towards Kakashi.

Kakashi hesitated; he seemed to debate which would be safer not replying or replying. "…No, he did not."

Sakura smirked. "So don't ever think Itachi was a murder. He was not."

"That still does not explain why you are nervous, Sakura." Asuma said.

"Every parent would be nervous if they were going into battle. How do you know if you would see your child again? What would happen to your child if you died? Ayamari has no father, I am her only family! How would she ever forgive me for leaving her alone in this place? She won't understand, Asuma! I don't want to leave my daughter. I don't and I am afraid I might."

"You have never acted like you were so nervous before, Sakura." Ino said, figuring it might not be a good time to call Sakura by her nickname.

"I was nervous every time Ino. I was nervous as hell on every mission and during every battle. I prayed to god that I would not die; I prayed to him every single second of every minute, of every hour of every day. I did not want to leave her and I still don't.

"Ino, she has nothing but me. I am the only thing she has and she is the only thing I will allow myself to have. I have not dated any guy because I do not, ever, want her to feel like I hate her; like she was my mistake. She isn't Ino." Sakura's voice was just above a whisper…she seemed sad. Her back had turned towards us a while ago.

"Wow," Kiba said. "I never thought of it like that."

"She could learn to move on from losing her mother; I did." I said which apparently angered Sakura, because she turned around and glared at me.

"Sasuke, how did you feel when you lost your family?" She asked me.

"Horrible, like I would break into little pieces." I replied, not knowing where she was getting at.

"Yet you say she could get on? Sasuke she isn't even seven! YOU LOST YOUR FAMILY AT SEVEN, YOU WERE ALREADY SEMI ALONE! YOUR FATHER NEVER REALLY PAID ATTENTION TO YOU AND YOUR MOTHER WAS ALWAYS TENDING TO YOUR FATHER WHILE YOUR BROTHER WAS ON MISSIONS ALMOST ALL THE TIME. Ayamari has no one if leave." Her voice cracked during the last sentence she had said.

"I pay so much attention to her because she is everything to me. If you were even half the man you claimed to be; you would never say someone could move on from losing a family member. That is a sin. No one ever moves on, the just learn how to survive another day…slowly. The never move on. So don't expect her to." Sakura had tears in her eyes, and for some reason I felt bad; real bad.

Sakura then turned her back to me and began to head towards the border again.

I decided to follow, along with everyone else. 'Why do I always cause her pain?' I asked myself.

-At the border, Normal POV-

The group got to the clearing that they felt Neji's Chakra in. Sakura composed herself just ten minutes before; dread of dying was still deep with in her…but she blocked it out as much as possible. She figured that if she didn't think she was going to die; she won't.

Neji was apparently fighting with some males. Tenten was next to Lee fighting side by side.

"Well, well she finally came." A male voice said. Team Gai looked at their fellow ninjas.

"SAKURA-CHAN," Tenten exclaimed in a sigh of relief.

Sakura raised an eye brow at Tenten's exclamation. "Yes?" she asked.

"Gai-Sensei is hurt. Can you heal him?" Lee asked her, replying before Tenten.

"Sure. Guys," She turned towards the group she just came with. "Attack and don't get hurt to bad; understand that?"

Everyone nodded their heads and began to help Neji or Tenten and Lee.

Just Sakura reached Gai a male voice stopped her. "Welcome Back."

-Ino, Chouji, Shikamaru, Shino helping Tenten-

"Why are you here?" Ino asked the enemies.

"That is none of your concern!" An enemy said as he threw a punch towards her.

Ino barely dodge the punch when Tenten throw a Kunai towards the guy.

"Thanks Ten!" Ino said as she punched the guy in the gut.

Tenten smiled back. "No problem, just keep your guard up; they play dirty!" she warned.

"I understand." Ino said as she looked around; looking for something. When she found it she smiled and ran towards the enemy.

She threw six kunais towards her target. The target dodged and she smiled.

"You missed girlie!" The man cackled. He looked at Ino and went to grab a kunai from his weapon pouch; but he couldn't move.

"What the-" The male began, his mouth tired into a frown.

"He is all yours Ino." Shikamaru replied stepping out of the shadows with a grin plastered on his face.

"Thank you Shika-kun!" Ino said as she made her jutsu hand signs with a smile on bright face.

"Mind Body Disturbance Jutsu!" Ino said in a barely audible voice.

Before the man's allies knew it they were dead and he killed them; painfully slow.

"Good job Ino!" Tenten applauded as she continued to fight.

"It was troublesome, but good." Shikamaru agreed.

Shino and Chouji continued to wait in the darkness with a smile on their face—mentally applauding Ino's and Shikamaru's teamwork—and waiting their turn to strike with a lethal blow.

-With Lee and Kakashi, Kurenai, Hinata and Kiba-

Kakashi and Kurenai were back to back fighting copious amount of ninjas.

"Where are they all coming from Kakashi?" Kurenai asked; her voice frantic.

"I—pant—don't know—pant—but there's—pant—a lot of them."Kakashi said; he was growing exhausted.

"Use your sharigan and find out!" Kurenai snapped.

"What do you think I'm doing?" Kakashi said breathlessly.

"I have an idea." Kiba said.

"What is it Kiba?" Hinata asked, with a hopeful voice.

"Yes tell us your youthful plan Kiba!" Lee said.

"Kakashi, you use your sharigan on 30 of them trapping them in genjutsu. Hinata use your jutsu thing—"

"You mean Shugo Hakke Rokujuuyonshou?" Hinata asked.

"Yes that one, Hinata. So when Kakashi puts them under genjutsu you attack them immediately with Shugo Hakke Rokujuuyonshou. So that Kakashi can put others under the sharigan's genjutsu and you can attack again."

"That is a wonderful idea Kiba, but what are you and Kurenai going to do?" Kakashi asked.

"Kurenai is going to put another 30 of our opponents under genjutsu, like you, while I attack them with Akamaru, like Hinata."

Hinata smiled at Kiba. "That is a brilliant plan, Kiba!"

"I agree!" Lee said smiling.

"Hinata and Lee are right, Kiba that is a great idea. I am very proud of you." Kiba's old sensi smiled at him.

"Now lets' get to work." Kakashi said as he turned towards the enemies.

"Yes, let us be youthful!" Lee cheered.

-With Sasuke, Naruto, and Asuma helping Neji-

Sasuke was panting; he was almost at his limit. 'They just keep coming!'

Naruto, who was next to Sasuke, glared at the man who was approaching him. "Why are you here?" He roared.

"We are not here for you, we just want one person." The enemy replied. "Is that so wrong?"

"Depends who you want." Naruto growled as his rasengan roared in his hand.

"That does not concern you." The man sneered.

"Are you sure?" Naruto said, launching his deadly technique into the man's chest.

"You could have at least interrogated him before killing him, Naruto." Asuma said with a smirk, while punching one of the men coming at him with his metal knuckle knives.

"…Says you." Naruto grinned, attacking yet another person.

Neji rolled his eyes. "Of course I had to get stuck with the idiots."

Sasuke looked at Neji, while punching an idiot who dared come at him directly. "Yeah, now you know how I usually feel."

-With Sakura-

"Who are you?" Sakura asked the man who stood in front of her.

"Aw, I am hurt that you don't remember me, Sa-ku-ra." He purred.

Sakura froze. "How do you know my name?" she eyed the guy.

"I know you quite well, my dear." The man grinned.

"How could you possibly know me? I've never seen you in my whole life!" Sakura questioned the man, while giving him a strange look.

"How about we just say that I knew you even before you were born; in another life." His smile widen with Sakura's eyes.

"W—what?" she asked, shock evident on her face.

"I knew you in your past life, my dear." He smirked.

"Who, who are you?" she questioned.

"Let us not get into details about who I am; just lets' focus more on you and me."

"Why should we focus on you and me, when I don't even know who you are?"

"Oh, but that is where you are wrong. I believe you do know me, just not directly."

"What are you saying?"

"You might not know me my dear, but your little friend inside of you head, the one that drives you to your motherly instinct, she knows me. She knows me well; very well." The man's expression was of sheer bliss; as if he remembered something from the time he was talking. He scanned Sakura up and down; slowly analyzing her.

"How would I know you? If she knows you then that would be her knowing you. Not me knowing you!"

"On the contrary, my dear, what ever you know she knows. It's like a female wolf. When she first gives birth, she does not know how to take care of her young; how to take care of the young is simply instinct. Is it not the motherly instinct that takes over every woman who finds that their child is in danger? No first time mother would know what danger is by mere glance, they just know what danger is by instinct. Everything that a mother does is on instinct, especially a starting wolf mother. All the knowledge of every female mother before that wolf mother was passed on to her by instinct.

That is nature's way. So what ever she knows is passed down to you, her vessel. Her wisdom in the world she came from went to you, in hopes that shall not make the same mistake as she did. Instincts are what drives you forward my dear. And I am the cause of those Instincts."

Sakura's eyes widened. "No," she murmured. "No!"

Sakura sucked in a deep breath to calm herself down, while she gazed at the male with deep brown hair and honey melon eyes.

That said man, took a step forward and smirked at her; his eyes bore deep into her confused jade eyes; penetrating deep into her soul.

"So you pieced it together, eh?"

-With Ino, Shikamaru, Tenten and Chouji-

Chouji finally got his turn to attack; driving his 'Human Boulder' technique into the ground for extra force as he lunched towards his awaiting opponents.

"WOO HOO! THAT'S WHAT I AM TALKING ABOUT!" Chouji barked to the sky as he rammed into his victim at full throttle.

"THAT'S THE WAY TO DO IT CHOUJI!" Ino shouted her encouragement.

"They are so troublesome." Shikamaru said, shaking his head.

Tenten laughed while beating two more of the ten ninjas who were left. Shikamaru looked at her confused.

"You know you love your Team. You guys are so close." Tenten smiled.

"All of the teams are close to their teammates; they have become family, Tenten." Shikamaru said.

"Well, all but one team acts like family." Ino murmured in a said tone, while punching yet another of her enemies.

Chouji laughed. "Are they getting weaker?"

"I guess." Tenten stifled a giggle.

"So, what team doesn't act like a family Ino?" Chouji asked, while looking her.

"…Team Seven." She said just above a whisper.

-With Kiba, Kurenai, Kakashi, Hinata and Lee-

"…Sweet!" Kiba cheered with Akamaru barking along with him.

"Your plan was successful Kiba!" Hinata gave him a heart warming smile.

"I know! Isn't it great?" Kiba gave Hinata a big toothy grin.

"Kiba, aren't you being a little egotistical?" Kurenai laughed.

"My youthful Hinata, are you cheating on Naruto with Kiba?" Lee asked.

Hinata's eyes widened in shock at what Lee just asked. "WHAT NO! I LOVE NARUTO-KUN! WHY WOULD I CHEAT ON HIM?" Hinata yelled, for once in her life.

"YEAH, DUDE! HINATA-CHAN IS JUST LIKE MY SISTER! WE ARE PRACTICALLY FAMILY, DUDE!" Kiba said, making a face to show his disgust at Lee's theory of him and Hinata dating.

"Uh, wow that was…interesting?" Kakashi said looking at the kids.

Kurenai just laughed her melodious laugh and smiled as the last of the Ninjas were killed.

-With Sakura-

"You, you caused Rin's d—death?" Sakura choked out.

"Death is such a strong word. I prefer her disappearance better." The man smirked.

Sakura took a step back away from him. "You, you murdered!"

"My, my, that is such is a bad thing to call your savior my dear."

"…Savior my ass! I would die before you become my savior!"

"Now, why would you say that, my precious?"

"You're a murder and once a murder, always a murder."

The male took a step forward and grabbed her chin forcefully.

"I wouldn't say that in your position."

"Oh really," Sakura smirked "why not?"

"Because—"

Sakura kneed the man and yanked her face way from his hand before he could even finish his sentence.

"You witch! What did I tell you about Instincts?"

"That they are for the younger to not make the same mistakes as their elders." Sakura shot back in a choleric tone.

"Exactly, do you want to "disappear" like your past life? If you do, I will gladly help you to achieve that goal."

"I'm sorry, but I'm not going to die anytime soon. I have too much to live for!"

"Like what? That one black haired male who doesn't even notice you? Yeah you can survive just long enough to realize he will never love you!"

"I was talking about my daughter! Not him." Sakura growled.

"Liar, you know you still love him, and he won't love you. The man you love will never love you. You are just some fan girl to him. A girl who has feelings for him, but he has nothing for you. He hates you so much, that he can't even hate you. Dear, if you come with me I won't hurt you."

'The man you love will never love you. You are just some fan girl to him. A girl who has feelings for him, but he has nothing for you. He hates you so much, that he can't hate you. Dear if you come with me, I won't hurt you. Why does that sound familiar?'Sakura asked herself as she scanned her mind for where she heard that before.

-With Neji, Sasuke, Naruto, and Asuma-

The boys sat on the ground, surrounded by dead bodies.

"Well, we did it." Naruto grinned.

"We sure as hell did." Asuma said in a tired out tone.

"'Hn.'" Sasuke replied.

Neji sat silently, gazing at the bodies of the defeated ninjas.

"What are you doing, Neji?" Asuma asked.

"Counting," Neji replied.

"Counting what?" Naruto asked.

"Bodies," He replied again.

"Why?" Asuma asked.

"To see how many we killed." Neji said, getting annoyed.

"How—"

"Dobe, you ask a lot of questions." Sasuke said.

"I DO NOT TEME!" Naruto yelled in his defense.

Asuma chuckled at the kids.

-With Sakura-

"Dear, just come with me."

"Shut up!" Sakura said; her voice cracked a little as she tried to think of where she heard everything he was saying right now.

"Now why should I? The fact that you want me to shut up just proves that I'm right and how you will never be loved by the man you love, and it only adds to it. You not only want me to shut up, but because you want me to shut up, it must mean that you know I'm right."

"I SAID SHUT UP!" Sakura's cracked voice echoed through out the small meadow they were in; tears began to stream down her face, dropping to the ground in front of her.

"Dear, I won't hurt you if you just come with me." The male cooed at Sakura.

"NO! I WILL NOT COME WITH YOU!" She screamed; it was cracking. "I WILL NOT EVER GO WITH YOU. JUST GIVE UP!" she closed her eyes tightly as she began to clutch her head.

He caught her. He caught her in his trap. He officially won.

"Sounds like you are telling yourself that more than you are telling him." Rin no Sakura said to Sakura.

As Sakura had totally forgot who she was, the man moved forward, holding a kunai. Before the pink-haired female knew it, two kunais were thrusted into both of her arms, pinning her against a tree that was right behind them; he smirked at her.

He inched towards her again, with a shuriken in hand. Sakura watched the male slowly cut her chest. Blood poured out of her chest slowly in small little beads of red.

Drip. Drip. The blood fell to the ground drop by drop; each droplet of her blood echoed in her ears as they splattered to the ground.

"I think you should reconsider my offer, Sakura. If you come with me, you shall not be an anymore pain." The man's voice was soft.

"No," the girl barked, tears still streaming down her face. "I will not come with you. There is nothing you can give me that I can not get here, in my village."

Slash. The man cut her again, only this time along her left arm.

"Tell me why. Tell me one reason why you don't want to come with me and end your suffering."

"When you have seen all that I have seen, you would know. Besides I can handle physical pain. Everyone endures it at least a hundred times in their life." The girl coughed, blood spouted out of her mouth in little amounts.

"Oh really, and what about mental pain; can you handle someone tearing you to shreds by torturing you emotionally?"He male smirked maliciously.

"I can deal with it. In the ninja life I am already considered old. I have seen more than half the people here probably have seen. I have experienced true heaven, and emotional bliss. But I have also discovered the nightmares that go along with those. I have learned the true meaning of pain." Sakura said; her voice was calm.

"I don't believe that my dear. You are too beautiful to have seen so much horror."

"With beauty is pain itself."

"Either way you are going to have to die."

"I won't go down with out a fight."

"Wow, such a brave girl. It will be such a shame for you to die."

"Who says I will let her die?" A female voice, with more animosity, growled at the male.

"Well, well, did you finally come out to play, Sakura? Or should I call you Rin now?" he sneered.

"I have a better idea; how about you just drop dead already?" Rin growled furiously.

"You truly are a naïve girl."

"I am not naïve; you are just a heartless jackass, Koi." Rin said with a smug look.

"…YOU BRAT!" Koi growled as he slashed yet another part of her arm. Drip. Drip. The blood fell to the floor again; echoing in Sakura's ears.

"She is right though, you are a jackass." Sakura spoke, teaming up with Rin in the process.

"You don't even know what I can give you! I can give you power! Just come with me girl!"

"Why would I want power, when I already have so much of it? I have friends, who care for me. I have people, who respect me. I have a daughter who loves me. That is all the power I need." Sakura reasoned to the male.

"You're wrong!" The honey melon-eyed male said.

"On the contrary, she is right. Power is nothing more than how well you can deal with your pain and work with people you know to help of come it." Rin shot back, nastily to the fiend she once claimed her love for.

"If that is true, then tell me something Sakura." Koi demanded with a burning desire.

"What?" Rin shot back nastily. 'That bastard has no right to call me that anymore!'

'You really do hate him.' Sakura remarked to Rin, mentally.

'Yes I do, I hate him.' Rin said, turning her attention back to Koi, the man who hurt her long ago.

"If you believe that you are only as strong as how well you can cope with the pain while getting people to help you overcome your pain, than why did you kill yourself?" Koi asked, a sneer forming on his face.

"I learned that lesson from this girl. She taught me that." Rin replied.

"Well now that you answered that—" Koi said, running forward with a kunai at hand.

Rin growled savagely as Koi came in reach of her.

"Gokan Sakusou..."Rin murmured, right before Koi could hit her. She, then, disappeared.

-With Sasuke, Naruto, Neji, and Asuma-

"Sweet we did it! Believe it, we beat them all!" Naruto cheered happily.

"Dobe, we only beat the ones that were facing us." Sasuke muttered, while wondering how everyone, mainly Sakura, was holding up or if they were done already.

"He is right, Naruto. Kurenai, Kakashi, Hinata, and Kiba also fought some of those ninjas." Asuma said, siding with Sasuke. "Even Chouji, Shino, Ino, Tenten and Shikamaru did."

"I wonder if Sakura fought anyone." Neji mused.

"I'm sure she did. She can kick ass! She probably is done already." Naruto exclaimed.

'He's always so cheerful; I think he should have been put on Gai's team, instead of Kakashi's.' Asuma thought as he gazed over at Naruto.

"Well, there is one way to find out." Neji said.

"What is it?" Naruto beamed.

"Go find them." Sasuke answered. "God, you're such an idiot dobe."

"Teme," Naruto muttered.

"We should go look for her, but we should go look for the others first, to make sure they are okay." Asuma said.

"Hai," All three boys replied.

Then they started walking into the direction they sensed their allies charka.

-With Ino, Shikamaru, Tenten, Shino, and Chouji-

"Here comes Naruto." Ino said.

Chouji blinked. "How do you know that?"

"HEY YOU GUYS BEAT THEM TO!" Naruto said running up to them.

"That's how," Ino replied, as she started to scan the area with an aventurine eye.

"Anyone critically injured?" Asuma asked looking at the group.

"No," Ino, Shikamaru, Tenten, Shino, and Chouji replied in unison.

"Good, now how about we go look for Kurenai's group."

"Alright," all the kids replied.

They then headed out to search for Kurenai's group.

-With Kurenai's group-

"Do you see anyone Hinata?" Kiba asked.

"Yes, I see 10 people." Hinata replied quietly.

"Are they enemies?" Kakashi asked.

"Not if you call a happy Naruto a threat." Hinata said, deactivating her Byuakugan.

Kurenai laughed. "How do you know he's happy?" she mused.

"His Chakra keeps jumping up and down, meaning he is jumping up and down. Naruto always jumps up and down when he's happy." Hinata explained.

"And how do you know that?" Kakashi questioned, one eyebrow raised.

Hinata blushed. "I've watched him jump up and down once or twice and then Sakura hits him on the head…or she use to anyway." Hinata's gaze traveled downwards to the floor. Talking about Sakura was hard for her, hard for anyone really. No one blamed her for her personality change. Everyone changes, they just didn't expect Sakura to change that much.

"HEY GUYS!" Naruto roared with excitement.

"Hello Naruto-kun." Hinata said to exhausted to even stutter.

"Hey," Kiba greeted and Akamaru just replied with a bark.

"Yo," Kakashi said waving his hand as he took out his "bible" that he keeps with him at all times.

"How was your fight?" Kurenai asked.

"It was awesome!" Naruto and Tenten said, loudly, at the same time.

While everyone was talking…Sasuke scanned the area.

'No sign of Sakura here.' He thought.

"Where's Sakura?" Sasuke asked in a nonchalant tone.

"Oi, oh yeah where is Sakura-chan?" Naruto piped.

"She wasn't with you guys?" Ino asked, becoming worried.

"No, she wasn't with us." Neji replied.

"Or us." Kurenai said after Neji.

"She went to go heal Gai-sensi; that was the last time I saw her." Tenten explained.

"Well lets' head over there then!" Naruto said running towards the direction he saw Gai at before the fight began.

When they got there…they were shocked to say the least.

-With Sakura, after the rest of the gang arrived-

Sakura was panting. Rin had pushed past her limit and now Sakura was fighting alone. She dodged each of Koi's attacks but she was slowing down fast.

"Why are you slowing down girl? Cant keep up?" Koi sneered.

"I'm keeping up right now am I not?" Sakura barked back as she tapped the ground with her left foot and jumped up into the air.

"What was that? A poor attempt to distract me? Well it didn't work!" the honey-melon eyed male chortled.

"Really, I thought it did." Right when Sakura said that, a huge black flame engulfed the male who mocked her before.

"You bitch!" He roared as the flames began to die out, slowly but surely.

Sakura then counted down to one.

"Are you running out of tricks? It must be hard not having that demon to help you!"

"You're the reason she is a demon. So I guess it takes a demon to know a demon." Sakura replied as the ground opened up beneath both of them. Only, Sakura jumped right when the ground began to crackle.

"Sakura," Naruto murmured as he watched her fight.

All of them were in shock. She was fighting alone, with this guy who none of them even knew was there!

"We have to help her!" Ino said as she begun to run at the guy.

"Agreed," Naruto said running towards Ino, with Hinata, Neji and Sasuke at his heel.

"Kakashi, Kurenai you two stay here and create a genjutsu; try and distract him." Shikamaru said. "Asuma stay close to Gai and help out when any of use need it." With that said, Shikamaru ran off to join the others.

Sakura threw a kunai at the whole gang. "Stay back. This does not concern you nor will it ever!"

"You are our friend, it does concern us!" Hinata exclaimed.

"This is my fight. Stay out!" Sakura barked.

"Sakura, you can't do this alone."

"I can't do everything alone, but I sure as hell can do this!"

The group stopped in its tracks.

"But, Sakura," Naruto said, sadness echoing in his voice.

"Sorry Naruto, but I can't drag you into this. Just watch over Ayamari."

"Foolish girl," Koi said, "you need help. You know it." He had a sadistic look in his eyes.

"I might be foolish, but I am not heartless. I won't drag them down to where we are going." Sakura said as she took a punch in her abdomen from Koi.

"Where we are going? I am not going anywhere!" Koi argued.

"Oh but if I am to die, so are you." Sakura said, forming her own sadistic gaze.

Naruto's eyes widened. "NO!" He screamed.

"No what?" Shikamaru asked.

"You're the smart one Shikamaru!" Naruto shouted angrily. "How can you not know what she just said? She is right in front of us!" Naruto roared.

"What did she say?" Neji asked, he is just as confused as Shikamaru.

"She said that if she dies she is taking him with her." Tenten replied.

"That is if she dies, it doesn't mean she will!" Ino reasoned.

"Not with the rate they are going. If Sakura has been fighting as long as we have with this guy, who is probably the boss of all those ninjas we fought, then her body might give in at any moment. Besides, Akamaru said it is about to rain. Rain is horrible when you have to fight in it. It clouds your vision." Kiba said, his gaze never leaving the two remaining bodies that are still fighting.

"Come on girl, don't you have enough energy to keep up with me? Or were you just talk?" Koi said, pleased that he seemed to be winning.

"I am still breathing. I am still standing. And I am still fighting." Sakura breathed out.

'Damn, I can't keep this up much longer. My chakra is fading fast. I have to end this' Sakura thought, as she dodged Koi's tai-jutsu attack.

"You're wrong. You won't stand much longer. You won't be able to fight, let alone breathe!" Koi chortled.

'He is right. Just like Kiba said, my body won't hold out much longer. It is already pretty weak. I can use one more technique before my body gives out. But it might kill me. Oh well, if I am going to die, I might as well take this son-of-a-bitch with me.' Sakura thought, her breaths began to come in gasps.

"It does not matter who is wrong or who is right. In the end both shall lose the fight." Sakura recited the phrase that the girl in her dream did.

"What does that mean?" The brown-haired male's face was upturned with confusion.

"It means I'm taking your sorry ass to hell with me." Sakura replied, not even bothering to beat around the bush.

"…What?" Koi asked; his voice became hoarse. "How are you going to do that?" He growled.

"You'll see." Sakura replied as she neared closer to Koi.

When she close enough to where she could feel Koi's breath on her face, the ground came up and began to tighten around the male's legs; trapping him there.

Sakura then turned to look at her friends, and the man she once admitted to loving; she still loved him, she just never said it out loud nor did she dare, not even now in her time of despair.

"Take care of Ayamari." She said, and then she turned her attention back to the male was in front of her and did a hand sign.

The next thing the gang knew Sakura's body burst into reddish-pink flames, along with the honey-melon eyed boy, who had deep brown hair, with it.

Then the sky began to weep; and a life of a mother, struggling with a hard life, came to an end.

-The End-

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-Yami Uchiha.