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THE BEAUTIFUL AND THE DAMNED
stfuSPARKS
Disclaimer: I do not own Naruto or 'Bruised' by Jack's Mannequin :)
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Bruised
"Hours pass,
And she still counts the minutes
That I am not there,
I swear I didn't mean for it to feel like this,
Like every inch of me is
Bruised."
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It only took five minutes for all their plans to spiral downwards.
The entire room was thrust into chaos as they finally realized that Sasuke and Naruto were missing. How had they not noticed before? The only excuse they had for their carelessness was that they had spent the whole night being too busy planning their attack on Orochimaru.
Sakura felt the world around her crash. When had it happened? Did this mean that Orochimaru was aware of their plans? Her head felt dizzy as things around her started to rapidly move. People were running around, someone was shouting directions- but her mind wasn't focusing at all.
"Sakura!"
She felt herself snap out of her daze as Deidara grabbed her shoulder. "Sakura-chan, we've been found out! We need to commence our attack, right now. I know it's probably hard on you right now, but we're going to need your full concentration if you want to save them." He rasped out. He had somehow changed into his practical clothing in less than a couple of minutes, and he was pushing her into a room as he spoke.
Her old uniform from the Akatsuki had been saved for her. She gingerly touched the material of the clothing as Deidara shut the door behind him, warning her to hurry up. A pair of black elastic shorts and a loose black t-shirt were laid out for her to wear. They were definitely going to be more comfortable than the tight jeans and tank top that she was currently wearing right now- a pair of shorts and a t-shirt were the most practical clothing for close-range fighting. A familiar black and red cloak was laid out on the bed as well- a surge of nostalgia rushed through her as she held up the cloak that she had left behind when she had abandoned the Akatsuki.
After rapidly changing her clothes, she quickly rushed back into the living room to see that most of them were ready to leave. All of the Akatsuki members were dressed in their respective uniforms, covered in matching black and red cloaks. The Shinobi assassins were dressed in all black, holding weapons that Sakura had never seen before in her life.
Neji stepped up to hand her a pistol. "We don't have time to teach you how our bigger weapons work, but I'm sure you know how to use a pistol. You should keep this, just in case."
Sakura eyed the small weapon in her hands, before tucking it into her cloak. She nodded in thanks, before turning around to to face Shino.
"We have to leave at once." Shino told them. The living room had been turned into some kind of office- there were at least five computers and all sorts of complicated machines set up around the room. Shino and Shikamaru sat in the middle of it all, ready to start working the computers as soon as they left. The dark haired man handed each one of them an earpiece. "We'll be able to keep in touch with these." He explained, as everyone managed to put them on.
"Split up into your teams and just follow the plans. Only because they have taken the first step does not mean that our plans have been messed up. We still hold an advantage over Orochimaru- if we all stick together, we'll bring him down by the end of the day." Shino's face was completely serious.
Sakura was ready to run out of the headquarters with her team right behind her, when the windows to the living room crashed, sending countless pieces of glass flying through the room. She brought an arm to cover her face from the damage, when she caught a glimpse of their attacker.
"I'm afraid I can't let you go just yet."
Her eyes widened as she recognized the silver-haired man standing in the middle of their living room to be Hatake Kakashi, Asuma-sensei's childhood friend she had met in the coffee shop the other day. His mask was still in place, but instead of wearing civilian clothes, he was dressed in an all black ensemble that was easy to move in.
"Kakashi!" She blurted out in shock. "H-how... you're Asuma-sensei's friend!"
"Aa." He said with a lone crinkle of the eye. "It is a big coincidence, is it not? I never thought that my target would be one of my best friend's students. I guess they call this fate, don't you think so?"
Everyone tensed into their offensive stances. "Sakura, do you know this man?" Itachi asked in a low voice, stepping forwards.
"I met him the other day, but I had no idea that he was working for Orochimaru..." Her voice trailed off as her eyes narrowed into a deathly glare. "Tell me where Naruto and Sasuke are, and I might let you leave this place alive."
Kakashi let out a hollow chuckle. "I don't think so, Sakura. I'm afraid Orochimaru isn't too happy with you lot planning to bring him down. I'm here to stop you before you do anything rash. The best choice for you at this point would be to have you friends give up before anyone gets hurt."
"I think you're underestimating us!" Deidara shot furiously, stepping up as well.
"I guess we're going to have to split up here." Kakuzu said slowly, throwing his cloak aside. "We don't have time to waste, Sakura. The rest of you hurry up and go look for the other two brats and Orochimaru. My team and I will stay behind and take care of this guy here."
"But-"
"Hurry the fuck up!" Hidan roared, cutting Sakura off. His cloak joined Kakuzu's on the floor of the room as he jumped forwards, only to have his fist blocked by Kakashi's arm. "Kakuzu, Zetsu and I are enough to stop this asshole here! Plus, we'll have Shino and Shikamaru here as well, we'll be fine!"
Sakura cast a doubtful look back at Zetsu, who nodded at her.
"We'll join you at Sound as soon as we're finished taking care of business here." He said slowly, licking his lips. "Right after we finish ripping him apart."
She didn't dare stop to look back as she ran out of the room, just as Kakuzu, Zetsu and Hidan all attacked Kakashi at the same time.
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The earpiece came to life with a slight cracke.
"Can all of you hear me? Are you on your way to Sound?"
Sakura let out a quiet sigh of relief when she heard Shino's voice over the static. It had been fifteen minutes since they had left the headquarters. "We're on our way right now." She responded quietly, as she looked out the window of the moving car. "We should reach our destination in less than ten minutes. Are you guys okay?"
"The last time I saw them was ten minutes ago. Zetsu managed to kick him through another window and they haven't come back since. I can't hear anything, so I assume they've taken the fight somewhere far from here."
Her blood ran cold at his words; she prayed that the other three would be fine. "How did they found out?" She whispered, feeling the dread in her stomach grow deeper. "How could Orochimaru possibly know of our plans?"
She could almost imagine him shake his head. "I have no idea, but we'll have to think of that later. For now, we have to concentrate on the matter at hand. Finding Sasuke and Naruto is our biggest priority."
"We're almost there." Sasori murmured.
"Alright. Team Sakura, you will take the back entrnace. You guys are too direct with your attacks, so you would attract too much attention if you attacked the front. Team Naruto is more suited to place a stealth attack at the entrance. Don't take the elevators, it's too risky with Orochimaru behind the scenes controlling everything within the building." Shino didn't waste time to issue out his orders. "Shikamaru will take care of any internal alarms from here."
"You got that Deidara?" Sasori asked his blond partner, who was currently behind the wheel. Deidara grimly nodded and swerved the car, steering in a different direction from Itachi's car up front. He was going to take them around the building. Parking the car a safe distance away from the back entrance, the four of them carefully got out.
"Leave this up to Tobi!" The masked boy gleefully exclaimed, as Deidara oberved their enemies from afar.
"Six men are guarding the entrance at the back. I'm positive that they have at least four more men in the inside, but they should be easy enough to take care of. They're only holding onto basic weaponry, nothing too heavy." He murmured, as he exchanged a nod with the redhead.
"We're commencing our attack right now. We'll meet you inside of the lobby." Sasori muttered into his earpiece. Without waiting for a response, he looked at the rest of his teammates and held up two fingers. Sakura immediately understood- they were going for their combat tactic #2.
Sakura gave him a curt nod before jumping high into the air. The first step was up to her- they were depending on her.
The six men guarding the back door to the building immediately looked up at her as her body blocked out the sunlight, casting a shadow over their figures. They barely had the time to reach for their weapons when Deidara, Sasori and Tobi appeared out of nowhere, using their temporary distraction to knock them out. The grown men immediately collapsed to the floor with a loud thud.
"That was too easy." Sakura said suspiciously, dusting off her cloak. "Orochimaru either highly underestimates us or is trying to trick us."
"He's probably just testing us." Itachi's voice came through the receiver. "We cleared the front much too easily as well. I think he's just watching us to study our tru potential. Come to the lobby, we'll talk there."
Sakura and her team quickly slipped through the doors, looking around to make sure there was no one else waiting for them. Contrary to Deidara's predictions, there was no one else inside. In fact, the entire lobby was empty save for their partners waiting for them in the middle of the room.
"Something's weird." Deidara said, as his eyes narrowed. "It shouldn't be this empty at this time. Orochimaru is definitely planning something."
As if to prove his words right, all the intercom above them came to life.
"Welcome, friends."
The silence of the room was suddenly interrupted as bars slammed down to block off every window and exit to the building.
They were trapped.
"I'm sorry for the inconvenience, but it would be a shame to see any of you leave so early. The party has just begun after all!"
Orochimaru's voice sent shivers down her spine.
"I guess we won't be leaving anytime soon." Kisame grunted, looking irritated as he hoisted the Samehada onto his shoulder. "I don't mind. I haven't had this fun in awhile." He grinned to show off his sharp teeth.
"Naruto-kun and Sasuke-kun are waiting for you to come rescue them on the sixth floor. You wouldn't want to let them down, right Sakura-chan?"
The pink haired girl immediately tensed up as she heard Orochimaru say her name. There was something incredibly unsettling about hearing her name roll off his slithering tongue. "We have to hurry." She grit out, clenching her fists. "Shino told us to avoid the elevators, so we should take the stairs." She pointed towards the door leading to the stairwell.
"We have to split up." Neji said, looking around at their surroundings. "It's not safe to travel together, in case we get caught. Team Sakura will take the stairwell, and we'll take the elevators."
"Didn't you hear what Shino said?" Kiba asked in disbelief. "Walking into the elevator is just like asking to be killed!"
"Then we'll be prepared for the worst." Itachi answered. "Hyuuga's right- the stairs are going to be narrow and cramped, and there's a high chance that there are enemies awaiting us somewhere along the way. We can't be sure that Orochimaru is actually operating the elevators."
Sasori nodded at the other team. "Then we'll take the stairs- we'll meet you on the sixth floor."
Team Sakura and Team Naruto immediately separated. Sakura shot them one last concerned glance before following the rest of her team towards the door to the stairs. Itachi and his team immediately headed towards the elevators.
The stairwell was entirely too quiet- there was something unsettling about it, given the situation they were in. "They're trying to catch us off guard." Sakura muttered under her breath, as Deidara nodded in agreement. "Something tells me that it'll take us awhile before we reach the sixth floor."
As if to prove her words true, the wall to their right immediately exploded as soon as they reached the second floor. Tobi went flying back as he fell down an entire flight of stairs, groaning as he tried to stand back up. Sasori skillfully dodged every single piece of cement that came his way while Sakura's red barrier immediately activated, disintegrating everything that flew her way.
"Deidara!" She cried, as she saw a piece of the wall hit the blond square in between the shoulders on his back. He grimaced, before dodging another piece that came his way.
"No time to be hurt." He muttered under his breath, as Tobi immediately joined his side. The dust finally cleared, revealing four figures standing where the wall had been a second ago. "One for each of us to tear apart." Deidara said with a frightening bloodthirsty grin Sakura hadn't seen in ages.
"Have you finally come to play with Tobi?" Her enthusiastic masked teammate exclaimed, clapping his hands together. "How nice of you! Tobi was starting to think it was getting boring."
A red haired girl stood at the front, her fingers playing with a flute in her hands. "Are you kidding me?" The girl asked in disbelief. "Orochimaru-sama is going through all of this trouble for some pink haired brat?"
Sakura scoffed, looking absolutely disgusted. The red haired girl reminded her way too much of Karin at school. "Ew." She scoffed, crossing her arms under her cloak. "What's with girls thinking that red hair is the latest trend nowadays? When will they realize that it just makes them look cheap?" She let out an exasperated sigh for emphasis.
A dark skinned boy with black hair had to hold the furious red haired girl back as she let out a feral growl. "Not yet, Tayuya." He muttered, casting an irritated glance at his enemies standing in front of him. "We have to bring the pink haired girl alive. Those were Orochimaru-sama's orders."
"But Kidomaru!" The girl named Tayuya protested, trying to get out of his strong grip. "Does it really even matter? She's going to be die anyways!"
"If you want to go and disobey Orochimaru-sama, then go right ahead." The overweight boy standing to their right dryly said, running a chubby hand through his tuff of red hair at the top of his head. "But if he gets angry, we're not going to back you up."
"Shut up Jirobo!" Tayuya snarled. "Just go stuff your fucking face with chips like the fatso you are."
The last member, a grey haired boy with turquoise lips sighed, stepping in between them. "How many times have I told you not to call Jirobo fat?" He told the red haired girl, looking frustrated. "You can't treat your teammates that way, Tayuya."
"I bet it's easy for you to say that, Sakon." Tayuya furiously spit out. "It's nice when you've been assigned the position of our leader and don't have to lower yourself to our level, right?"
They seemed to have momentarily forgotten about their opponents standing in front of them.
"Will anyone object if I just instantly kill them so we can get going?" Sasori flatly asked, and received no objections. The four people in front of them immediately snapped their heads towards his direction when they heard him speak.
"You're cute." Tayuya slyly said, and disappeared before their very eyes, only to reappear behind Sasori within a split second. Sasori did not even blink as the girl raised her blade and slashed through empty air, where Sasori had been a moment ago. She didn't seem fazed in the least as she licked her lips, her brown eyes playfully looking over her opponent. "Wanna be my boyfriend?"
Sakura couldn't help herself- she snorted in a very unladylike manner. Tayuya's brown eyes immediately snapped towards her in irritation. "What are you laughing at?" The redhead hissed angrily.
Sakura giggled a bit more before gathering her composure. "The thought of Sasori even considering a cheap whore like you makes me laugh." She replied, nonchalantly, waving a hand in the air. "It just sounded like a really bad joke, that's all."
"That's it, I'm going to kill you!" Tayuya screamed, running towards Sakura with her blade raised.
There was one thing that Tayuya clearly did not know about Sakura: the pink haired girl had spent the entire week training with Shino to learn to control her powers. It was amazing what a little bit of practice and willpower could do when such immense power was bottled up in such a small body. Sakura simply let out an amused smirk as the red barrier appeared around her, knocking the sword out of Tayuya's hands.
"I told you not to do anything rash." Kidomaru hissed, looking annoyed. "We're not dealing with any common enemy. This is the girl who defeated Kin twice in a row."
"Like I give a fuck." Tayuya said, glaring at her.
Sakura was getting ready to land a finishing blow on all four of them when the power in the entire building went out.
Well shit.
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Kiba's brain did not even have the time to register the fact that the elevator was crashing to the bottom when Neji's firm hand wrapped around his wrist to jerk him out of the suffocating space. The canine boy felt his shoulder ache as his entire weight was suddenly jolted upwards.
When he finally regained his senses, he realized that he was hanging in mid-air in the complete dark, solely supported by Neji's strength. "What the hell?" He choked out, rapidly blinking as he tried to make sense of the situation.
"Don't flail around." Neji's voice sounded strained. "The more you squirm, the harder it is for me to keep my hold on you, so I suggest you stay still unless you want us to both drop to the ground."
Kiba immediately stilled.
"Are you guys alright?" Kisame's gruff voice came from somewhere near him. The blue-skinned man sounded tense for the first time. "Itachi's trying to get us out of here, hang in there for a little more."
Light poured into their dark surroundings as the older Uchiha finally forced the doors to the fifth floor open. He hoisted Kisame up, and proceeded to reach a hand out towards the younger men to help them out as well. Kiba let out a huge sigh of relief when he felt his knees finally hit something solid- he wasn't too fond of high places.
"The power went out." Neji quietly observed. The only source of light was the slight stream of sunlight that was peeking through the barred windows and the small green emergency lights at the end of the corridor. "What is he planning now?"
They didn't have time to contemplate over this as a loud crash came from a couple of floors underneath them. Kiba was about to rush back towards the stairs when Itachi stopped him. "They'll be fine, don't forget they have Sakura." He calmly said, as his unsettling red eyes ghosted over the canine boy. "Sasuke and Kiba need our help more than anything right now."
Kiba hated to admit it, but he was right.
He could only hope that all of them would make it out of it alive.
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"What the fuck?" Deidara swore, before he was slammed against a wall. He gasped as the air was knocked out of his lungs within impact, as the grey haired boy held him up by the neck. Sakura could only helplessly watch as Kidomaru's hands collided with Tobi's next as well. Rendered weak in the dark, Sasori was also caught off guard as Jirobo immediately slammed his body against the slimmer red haired boy, effectively pinning him under his heavy weight.
Sakura swore under her breath as she jumped away, avoiding Tayuya's fist as it swung through the air. It was obvious that these four opponents were trained to fight in the dark. It was a huge advantage to them- the members of Akatsuki were skilled but not so much without their vision to aid them.
Without thinking, Sakura immediately gathered her strength into her small fist before slamming it to the floor, hearing a satisfying crunch as the ground immediately broke apart under her strength. Their opponents immediately lost their balance and let go of their respective victims. Deidara's blue eyes immediately flashed with anger as he took off his cloak, revealing a black shirt and black trousers underneath. He immediately reached for a pouch hanging off his hip.
Sasori immediately reached inside his cloak as well, as Tobi undid the clasp on his cloak as it fell to the floor with a heavy bang.
Sakura realized that they were getting serious. Deidara was reaching for his explosives, Sasori was pulling out his killing mechanisms and Tobi was free of his cloak- one that was made especially for him that weighed a whopping number of over 50 kgs, that usually served to slow down his impossible speed.
"We don't have time to mess with little fish like you." Deidara snarled, swiftly aiming a couple of mini explosives towards Sakon, who let out a cry of pain as one of them exploded on his arm. "You better enjoy this moment because it's going to be your last."
Sasori silently jerked his hands forwards, as a couple of transparent strings glinted in the dark. Tayuya didn't even have the chance to dodge as several knives that were connected to the strings slashed her side.
Tobi wasn't anywhere to be seen- only Sakura could see him, due to her keen sight. Once he got rid of his weights, he was impossible to see- his movements were simply much too fast for the naked eye. Kidomaru's face was slammed down into the cement floor by some invisible force as a flash of orange briefly lingered in the air.
"Sorry kids, but we don't have time for you." Sakura murmured with a small smirk before she landed a well placed kick to Jirobo's big stomach. He grunted as he flew back, crashing into the wall behind him. "I'll give you one last chance to leave."
Their four opponents staggered to recover as they each shot uncertain looks among themselves. "Don't be a coward!" Tayuya snarled at the whimpering overweight boy. "Orochimaru-sama is going to kill us anyways if we don't complete our mission! Are you really that disloyal to him?"
Kidomaru gathered up his courage and immediately charged towards Sasori, who only had to flick his fingers before an invisible thread immediately wrapped around the dark-skinned boy. "You should have listened to our warning." He said with a sigh, before nodding towards Deidara. The blond immediately pulled out a couple of more peculiar explosives and threw them at their victim, who was struggling against his bindings. Sakura concentrated as a blue barrier slowly formed around him, effectively trapping him in with Deidara's bombs. His three other teammates could only helplessly watch as the bombs finally went off, blood and pieces of flesh splattering against the blue sphere.
Sakura had also learned to control her barrier during her training with Shino. While the red barrier surrounding her kept everything dangerous away, she had learned to create a blue barrier, which did the opposite- it contained everything inside. Deidara amicably gave her a high-five as their remaining three opponents looked on in horror.
It was sick, but in a way she found satisfaction in participating in such brutality after such a long time. She had been bottling up her true potential ever since she had left the Akatsuki- it felt nice to release so much of her power for the first time in years. She was reminded of the times in which she was allowed to unleash her powers without any limits when she had been working beside Deidara and Sasori. It had been thrilling, to say the least. While Idate and Sai spent their time trying to shelter her powers from the world, the Akatsuki let her display it for everyone to see.
She had actually forgotten about this feeling. A sadistic grin overcame her pretty features as she felt the power course through her veins. Her red eyes sparkled maliciously as she turned her gaze towards the three remaining enemies, who shuddered under her intense gaze.
"Who's next?" She sweetly called out in a singsong voice. Before any of her team members could stop her, she jumped towards Jirobo, who was cowering in the very back. "Hi there," She quietly whispered. Her left hand glowed green as she wrapped it around his thick neck, a satisfied look overcoming her face as she felt his bones crush under the pressure with a sickening crack.
Sakon barely had the time to stumble back before she appeared before him, giving him another one of her sweet smiles in the dark before she grabbed his hands and ripped his arms out of their sockets. He let out a deafening scream of pain, before he collapsed to the floor, rapidly bleeding out.
"What the hell are you?" Tayuya whispered in horror, as her brown eyes widened in fright.
"Someone you shouldn't have messed with." Sakura replied cheekily, before slicing the red haired girl's throat in cold blood.
Sakura stood over her victims with a bloodthirsty grin on her face as Tayuya choked out her last breath at her feet.
"Sakura..." Deidara's hand tightened on her shoulder. She blinked, and her eyes immediately changed back to green. "You kinda lost control back there for a moment. You might want to slow down." He told her with a concerned look on his face. "I'm all for killing our opponents and everything, but this isn't like you."
"Sakura-chan, you got a little too excited there." Tobi said with a nervous chuckle, picking up his cloak.
Sasori turned away from the, completely ignoring what had just happened. "We should get going, the others are probably already on the sixth floor right now." He said, and swiftly started to walk up the stairs, dodging a couple of craters on the way. Deidara shot her a strange look before picking up his own garment, following Sasori.
Tobi jumped across a particularly big hole on the stairwell, courtesy of Sakura's strength. He held out a hand for her to hold. "Let's go Sakura-chan, your friends are waiting for you." He gently said. Sakura hesitantly held his hand as he helped her jump across. "Sakura-chan." He suddenly lowered his voice, making it impossible for Sasori and Deidara to overhear their conversation. "Your power is truly amazing, and you are an extremely good fighter. Tobi just wanted to make sure that you trust yourself enough not to be overwhelmed by it all."
In moments like these, Sakura wished that she could see Tobi's face so she could see what he was thinking. His unusually solemn tone had startled her a bit- she was used to his carefree and giddy personality. However, he gave her a tug and immediately changed back into the Tobi that everyone knew and loved. "We should hurry up, before Deidara-senpai kills me!" He worriedly exclaimed, and started to run up the stairs.
Sakura quickly followed him, quietly pondering his words.
He was right- she had just lost control back there. The gruesome scene behind her was the evidence of it all. It was back again- something that Deidara used to call her 'crazy mode' in the past. Her 'crazy modes' were usually set off when she let out an unusual outburst of power, enabling it to take over her entire body. She would turn bloodthirsty and merciless, unlike her usual personality. No one could usually bring her down from these modes- she would only stop when she was satisfied. Deidara and Sasori had tried countless times to stop her before things got out of hand, but it was always useless.
She hadn't experienced one of her 'crazy modes' in years. After she had quit the Akatsuki, Idate and Sai had both pressured her into restraining her powers as much as she could. She would never use them unless it was absolutely necessary- but after an entire year, unleashing her power and the sight of Kidomaru's blood had set her off. She grimaced, quickly wiping off her blood-stained hands on the edge of her cloak.
"Took you long enough!" Kisame's rough voice greeted them as soon as they reached the sixth floor. "Thought you died down there or something."
"Yeah right." Sakura snorted. "Me, dying? I don't think so."
"That's unfortunate." The blue-skinned man said, rolling his eyes.
Neji glanced over at their bloodstained clothes. "What happened downstairs? We heard a lot of commotion."
Deidara let out an exasperated sigh. "You don't want to know." He said, wrinkling his nose. "Sakura-chan went into crazy mode."
Neji and Kiba looked confused, but Itachi and Kisame shot each other knowing glances. "Sakura..." Itachi warningly started to say, but Sakura shook her head, interrupting him mid-sentence.
"I know, I know. I just lost control back there for a second, but I promise it won't happen again." She said tiredly. She wasn't in the mood for one of their lectures right now. Lecturing could come later- right now, they had people to rescue. "Let's go. If Orochimaru was speaking the truth, Sasuke and Naruto should be here somewhere."
Sasori nodded in agreement. "We better hurry up. After we find them, we have to go get rid of Orochimaru."
They quietly made their way through the hallways. "This is strange." Itachi murmured.
Neji nodded. "There's no one guarding this floor." He expectantly looked at Kiba. "Can you sense anyone else on this floor?"
"No." Kiba shook his head. "No one hostile at least."
"We should be getting near." Sakura said anxiously, running through the abandoned floor. There was only one door at the end of the hallway- they had to be there. She burst through the door, hoping to find the two missing boys.
Her face immediately broke into relief when she saw that Naruto and Sasuke were both fine. They were both locked inside a huge cage- but they were fine. She couldn't see any superficial wounds, and they didn't seem to be in any pain.
"Thank god." She whispered.
"Sakura-chan! NO IT'S A TRAP!"
Sakura barely had the time to register Naruto's scream before she felt her legs give in beneath her. It was a foreign feeling- it was as if something was sucking out all of her energy. She tried to get back up, but her limbs felt like jelly. She could barely even speak, even as Deidara rushed to her side.
"Sakura-chan? What's gotten into you?" He nervously asked her, trying to support her from sprawling out on the floor.
"It's a trap!" Naruto cried, looking desperate. "You have to get here away from this place, Orochimaru found-"
"I found Sakura-chan's biggest weakness."
The room chilled as they all whirled around to face their ultimate opponent.
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There's so much sun
Where I'm from,
I had to give it away,
Had to give you away.
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