CHAPTER 6

A week later, found both the Konoha teams and Zabuza's crew camped outside a small village in the Land of Rivers, a few miles from Tanigakure. At the moment, Naruto was in the village having Saya's burn treated, before the made the long trek back towards Konoha. Kakashi had sent Sakura with him, in hopes that she could learn something from the scarred boy or at least have the fangirl scared out of her by him. He knew it was a long shot, but he hoped that by constantly sticking Sakura with him, it would help out in the end.

"So Zabuza-san, why are you still here?" He heard Kurenai ask, breaking him from thought. "I thought you and your team would've left by now?"

Kakashi glanced at the missing nin, also wondering why the man had trailed them for the last couple of days.

Zabuza shrugged. "The kid said something about a job for us, so I'm hoping to here him out." Zabuza tossed a kunai into the air and watched as it made it's descent.

Kakashi nodded, it wasn't unheard of for nin to hire nuke-nin to do jobs they themselves couldn't.

Haruno Sakura knew from early on that she wanted the fairy tale life of ninja. Going out under orders, rescuing princes and princesses, saving live and all the good nonsense that Konoha filed into their heads to make them join the academy. It was all a lie of course.
She wasn't sure when it hit her that everything she thought, about the kunoichi life, was wrong. All she knew was that as she followed, her more than a little psychotic, teammate to a hospital in potential enemy territory, was that she knew in her heart that it was a lie.

Walking a few steps behind, Sakura couldn't help but notice the care that Naruto gave the girl in his arms, even though he kept a brisk pace the entire journey. She wanted to speak, the silence was driving her nuts, but the last few times she tried, he'd glared at her hard enough that she could see his eye glowing an eerie blue through his mask.'That's probably cause you keep yelling cha!' Her inner voice came and went, it's advice as irritating as it's presences, maybe that was a hint.

'SHUT UP!' Sakura knew that she might not be completely sane either, yelling at a voice in her head was signs of mental instability, but she had been doing it since she was a kid, so she just went with it. Looking to her companion once more, she noted that he was weaving through the village with ease, although she did remember he remarked about being her once. Of course that was while she was ogling Sasuke, so it might not be fully accurate.

Paying no mind to his teammate, Naruto hurried towards the healer he knew lived in this village, if anyone could work a miracle it was him. Pausing half a step, Naruto allowed his teammate to walk into his back, as his water shot up in a dome around the two of them, blocking the projectiles aimed at him. Stuck in the water was several shuriken, though the make was different, as instead of the normal three or four points, there was five slightly curved tips and the center had a red eye that stood out on the grey steel. Tilting his head, Naruto scowled beneath his mask, knowing only one group that used those particular shuriken.

"I could have sworn I wiped you bastards out last time." Naruto's voice carried over the oddly empty street, as three figures emerged from the shadows.

One of the put his hands in a sign and spoke. "The Demon Eyes of Lunar shall never close, now begone in a shimmer." A pulse of chakra made Naruto's eyes widen slightly beneath his mask as he tucked Saya into him more and covered the three of them with a layer of water.
He was to late however, and only manage to get a portion of the shield thick enough to block all the damages, it seemed the group had learned from their mistakes.

Smoke covered the area and the three attacking nin waited to ensure their targets death before retreating to another location. As the waited, they prepared another batch of shuriken. Their mistake was not throwing when they had the chance.

"Mmh!" The moan that was emitted from the smoke was female in tone, leaving the Lunar nin to wonder which of the females had survived. "Oh my...it's been oh so long since...I've been out." The words were spoke in a sultry tone and as the smoke began to clear a figure was seen. "If I didn't have to kill you...I would be thanking you in...mmh such a wonderful...way."

On of the nin actually stepped forward slightly, as the smoke cleared, revealing both the Mizu no Oni still alive with red glaring eyes and a new woman standing with him, though perhaps the girl from before was simply this one under a genjutsu. The new woman still wore Sakura's clothes, but her hair was pitch black, her eyes icy silver, and her aura had changed from that of a fangirl to one of a seductress.

She disappeared briefly before appearing before the one who moved forward, a sexy smile gracing her features. She pressed herself against him, her still growing b-cup pressing into his chest as her lips brushed pas his cheek towards his left ear. Her hand came up to caress his face and her smile turn to an impish smirk. Her nails grew slightly and she drew them down his cheek, drawing a thin red line across his pale skin. "Mmh baby, I want you to do just one thing for me... Would you die for me please...?"

ElseWhere

Sakura groaned as she opened her eyes. Looking around she noted that she was no longer in a town and instead was in a grove of cherry blossoms. Blinking she stood. "H-hello? A-an-anyone there?"

A light chuckle surrounded her and she spun, hoping to locate the source. As she turn she stepped back, startled by the figure standing before her... only to gasp when she recognized her own features starring back at her.

END

Yes I know, short... I figured you guys wanted a chapter sooner rather than waiting for me to struggle through another couple thousand words. I'm trying, but I have other stories I'm righting... stories of my own creation. I still need a beta for a lot of my stories. I won't make promises about when I'll update, because I'm not fully into any of my stories at the moment...that being said I'll be posting small chapters faster instead of long chapters slower. Hopefully two to three stories a week, if not maybe at least one a week will happen. Thanks for sticking with me, your guys are fucking awesome...

To those who enjoyed the original chapter 5 sorry, at the moment I can't repost, but I can try to recreate. On to the water, I may make it the way I originally had it, however that depends on you guys. Make him nigh unstoppable near water, or like he is now, still hard to kill but not unbeatable.

Sakura fans, I'll explain next chapter and rejoice her bashing will end soon. Sasuke fans his turn over is shortly after the chunin exams, not saying how long cause I have another two arcs before they participate. Fans of team seven, I have two stories in my head that I'm gonna do soon that focuses on them, one is FemSasu/Naru/Saku, the other is unknown... well

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