Chapter 25: Sakura and Naruto

Ino awoke to see Kabuto staring at her. She quickly sat up and screamed.

"What. The. Hell!?!?"

"Just wanted to see if you needed help."He said with a small smirk. He turned around and waved before closing the door.

"What a weird man."Ino muttered to herself. She sat up and recalled the events from last night. She got into a fight with Orochimaru and Kabuto. Let's see what ruckus she could stir up today.

Ino then swung herself around to face the edge of the bed and a small piece of paper caught her eye. It was a blue orgami flower. She smiled and thought.

'Oh yeah! Rescue is here!'With a smile, she touched the flower. She eyed its sudden tranformation that occured when she touched it. It turned from blue to white and had words that suddenly appeared. It read:

-Ino!!

I finally tracked down your location by your chakra signature. When Silence told me the area of where they had found your robe, I scattered thousands of pieces of paper in the wind. I finally latched on to your chakra that was actually fluctuating. Keep your cool, I can tell you were angry. Pein sent Deidara, Silence, and Yoshitune after you when I told of your location. Help is on the way.

-Konan

The door opened slowly to reveal Sasuke in the door frame. Ino stashed the letter under the pillow. As soon as she dropped it, it turned blue again and the words disappeared.

"Ino."Was all he said and a beckon.

Ino sighed heavily before standing up with the help of the dresser by the bed. She grabbed the crutch Kabuto left the night before. She hobbled over to the door and peered out. Standing already down the hall waiting for her was Sasuke.

He beckoned her again and watched her come down the hallway slowly. 'I can never be too sure about him,' Ino thought, toddering down the hallway.

"What?"She asked when she got to the end of the hallway. Standing there were the redheaded chick from last night's dinner. The one sitting next to Juugo.

"This is Karin, she'll be helping you get ready for today."Sasuke said, before walkng away leaving time for questions Ino had.

"WHAT!?"Both girls said at the same time. But Sasuke was already down another hallway.

"Why me..."Karin whined, shaking her head back and forth.

"You're not so fun to be around either,"Ino shot back.

"Look, Sasuke-kun wants me to help you so that's what I'm gonna do, no matter how much I don't."Karin resolved.

"Okay. But I'm not gonna need much help."Ino said,"No where is the bathroom, I need a shower."

"This way."Karin said, pointing over her left shoulder.

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Deidara, Silence, and Yoshitune all hopped, in silence, towards the coordinates Konan gave them.

"I can feel her signature."Silence spoke up after 5 minutes passed. Deidara and Yoshitune nodded and kept running through the treetops.

"....Do you feel the others too?"Yoshitune asked Silence, with a pained expression on his face.

"Yes. I feel Sasuke's signature as well as I feel Sakura-san's."Silence said back. Now thinking back, Deidara remembered the pink haired friend of Ino's.

"I feel that Naruto kid's too, un."Deidara added. Sakura wasn't alone he knew.

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"I can feel it, Sakura-chan!"Naruto exclaimed.

"I know...I feel both of their's."Sakura said, looking over at the whiskered boy.

"I thought Ino-san was suppose to be in league with the Akatsuki though, why is she here with Sasuke then?"He questioned outloud.

"I don't get it either. Maybe the ANBU was wrong. That maybe she went to seek Sasuke instead of joining the Akatsuki."Sakura added, putting her two cents in.

"But she seems at a disadvantage.....Her chakra isn't as strong as it usually is."Naruto said, feeling smart that maybe Sakura didnt sense that.

"What do ya mean, Naruto?"The pink haired kunoichi asked, turned to the blonde shinobi.

"Her chakra doesn't seem normal...like something is trying to cloak it. Maybe she's trying to hide it...."Naruto said before trailing off.

"Maybe..who know's."Sakura said too.

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Karin washed Ino's clothes for her and let her borrow some of her own until they dried. Ino did find out that before when she first met her, Karin did seem snobby or shallow or something like that. But once you got to know her, you realized that she was actually kinda deep.

Of course Ino was superficial as Karin was, but they kinda clicked.

"Why did Sasuke saved you?"Karin asked, turning to the blonde who was dressed in some knee length tan shorts and a black an white t-shirt.

"I don't know....but you can never know. He never lets anyone know what he's thinking or feeling."Ino answered with a shrug.

"I guess."Karin said back before looking around at the surrounding area. She had decided to take Ino outiside to get some fresh air.

"Ino. Karin. Go back inside. We have intruders."Sasuke said, appearing out of nowhere.

Before they could go anywhere, a rasangan Naruto flew out of the bushes at Sasuke, who dodged the oncoming boy.

Karin pushed Ino out of the way when a chakra-filled punch came for Ino. Karin instead got it, but it wasnt too severe.

"Ino!! Why are you here!!??"Sakura exclaimed, from her position, about 10 feet away from the redhead and Ino.

"Who knows."Ino smirked. She was sure gonna have fun. Ino put a chakra filled hand to her foot and ran her hand over it. Ino numbed her nerves in her foot so she wouldn't feel the pain of it when she fought Sakura if it came to that....which we all knew it would.

Both kunoichi's looked over when they saw Naruto get kicked into a boulder. Sakura used Ino's distraction as the time to attack. She ran, arm back ready for it to be connected.

In which it did, sending Ino flying back into a tree, breaking it. Ino flinched, and wiped the blood that trickled down her chin.

She ran at Sakura and kicked out, with Sakura dodging. Sakura tried an uppercut but sadly this did not connect this time.

Karin watched the two battles going on before running into the base. Which gave away where it was....sad.

Ino connected a kick that sent Sakura flying into Naruto's back.

"Gah! Dang Sakura-chan!"Naruto called up from the bottom of the heap.

"Gomen Naruto."Sakura called, already running towards Ino again. Her chakra filled punch missed but it succeeded in breaking the ground. Which threw Sasuke off beat and caused him to fall to his knees. Naruto succeeded in hitting him this time.

Ino hopped into the trees to buy her some time and think about her options. Either way, she was getting the heck out of here. She hopped into another tree as that one collasped with Sakura's punch from its base. Ino avoided Sakura's fist. Sakura was tougher than she remembered but this match wouldn't turn out like the Chunin Exam preliminaries. Not this time. Ino grabbed Sakura by her ankle.

"This isn't the chunin exam." Ino hissed, throwing her back. She landed in the dirt.

" I agree." Sakura spat, running forward. Ino grabbed her fist before it could connect with her face and Sakura grabbed hers. Both kunoichi's hands were locked together and neither of them was letting go. That us until Sakura squeezed her hand with it being chakra enhanced.

(Now that had to hurt)

"Aaa!!"Ino screeched, kicking Sakura in the stomach to make her let go. Sakura skidded back a few feet before doubling over in pain. That was harder than Ino had intended it to be but that hand squeeze had hurted.

Ino, taking this chance to escape, jumped into the trees. She threw a smirk at the ever so often, glancing Sasuke before disappearing into the shadows of the trees.

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Silence and Yoshitune yelped as Deidara collided into something..or someone.

"Ouch!"It said, sitting up from the ground.

"Ino!"Deidara smirked, picking her up,"I thought your foot was broken."

"I numbed the pain....was fighting earlier. Let's go! Let's get outta here!"Ino said, hopping back into the trees.

Deidara fought a smirked before losing and going after her. Silence and Yoshitune shot each other a smile before running after the two lovers.

Kaige:Well that chapter was alright...I gues. I did a go fighting scene though...I usually never do good in those. Well guess what ppl!!!

I'M WORKING ON THE SEQUEL TO THIS!!! ITS GONNA BE AWESOME. The next two chapters are the last ones. This story will end in chapter 27. Just like I predicted. But there will be a sequel and I'll have a preview for it in chpt 27. I'll post the new story up shortly after teh ending. XD