Whoa! Here's chapter 8, people. I'm honestly not sure how long it's been since the last one, but I think it's been two days? I'm kind of hazy on everything right now because I've got this nasty virus that's making me so tired I'm sleeping for thirteen to eighteen hours a day! And it also is making my throat hurt terribly, feel like it's filled with ash, and every time I talk or breathe, I end up coughing like crazy. Fun, right? xD

Disclaimer: I do not own Naruto. However, I do own TEMARI! *holds up poster of Temari, Gaara, and Kankurou.

I'm running out of posters! I have like eight of them... Someone asked how many I have, so I'm going to list them.

I have one of Temari, Gaara, and Kankurou.

I have one of Gaara alone.

I have one of Naruto and Sasuke.

I have one of Sasuke and Itachi.

I have one of Sasuke, Naruto, and a tiny Kakashi in the background.

I have ANOTHER one of Sasuke and Itachi... and I think that's all. I'd get one of Sakura, but they didn't have any good ones =( And I never really liked her costumes. Kishimoto really should make her better looking. Less flat chested, and prettier clothes xD

"Idiot! I leave for two weeks and this is what I come back to?" I snapped at Hatsuri, who laid in a hospital bed with his leg broken – Again.

"Sorry. I fell." He explained with a sheepish grin.

"I told you to be careful!" I grumbled, putting my left hand on his leg, right over the break. My right hand was wrapped in strong bandages, binding the fingers so they would heal properly. I narrowed my eyes as I tried to heal his break, but it was incredibly slow compared to before. Damn… I was using that jutsu for too long. My chakra is unbalanced. I thought with a heavy sigh. I felt odd, like I was missing part of me. I knew it. I was using the jutsu long enough that I gave part of my life to save him. I concluded regretfully.

"Saki, why are you covered in wounds?" Hatsuri asked, his voice completely serious, which was rare for the laidback man. I had only just returned minutes ago, and because of my unbalanced chakra, I wasn't able to heal must of my wounds.

"It doesn't matter. It's over and done with, I'm alive and will recover, and so will you." I told him with a smile, and he sighed at me.

"Saki, I've practically been your father for over a year. You can trust me." He said, but I didn't reply. "You're healing isn't as good as before… Something pretty bad must have happened?" Hatsuri asked, and I gave a short nod. "I see… It must have caused at least some good, though."

"What makes you say that?" I asked curiously.

"You looked lighter… Happier." Hatsuri said, eyeing me up and down suspiciously. "Have you remembered anything?"

"Actually… Yes." I said after a moment of hesitation.

"Really?" Hatsuri asked in surprise, sitting up a bit. I hooked my ankle around a chair leg and pulled it up to his bedside, sitting down on it with my hand still on his leg, healing as I spoke.

"I met some people from my past… I'm sorry, but I won't name names, because it would put your life at risk." I said with a sigh, and he watched me curiously. "I used to be a medic-nin. I trained under a wonderful person who died during the time I was away. She was my great-grandmother, I discovered." I said with a small smile, and he smiled sadly at me. "She died to save someone who used to be in love with me. I don't know how, but I knew he was in danger. That's why I ran off without saying anything two weeks ago."

"I just… needed to help him. So I went to him, and met up with some people from my past on the way. His brother and sister helped me save him, but… he was dead when we got to him." I teared up at this part, but continued on with a smile. "My great-grandmother and mentor was poisoned by the enemy we were fighting. I had made an antidote, but she had used it on me instead of saving herself."

"She knew she was about to die, so she decided to do one last good deed… and she brought him back to life, dying in his place." I said, smiling sadly as tears slipped from my eyes.

"Oh, Saki…" He said softly, grasping my knee comfortingly. Then, suddenly, he looked at me in confusion. "Wait, what is your actual name?"

"It doesn't matter. I only remembered that I once loved a man, and was trained by someone who I very recently learned was my great-grandmother. Nothing else. And besides, that isn't my life anymore. My life is here, and my name is Saki." I said with a smile. "And this impossibly clumsy and accident prone imbecile in front of me is my father." I said, and he smiled widely at me.

"That I am, Saki."

"No, no…" I chided Miyuki half a year later as she was healing shut a cut on my arm.

"What am I doing wrong?" Miyuki asked worriedly and I smiled at her.

"Your chakra is just a little too strong. You're healing too fast, and so it isn't healing right. If you do that, it'll leave scars." I informed her and she nodded, lowering her chakra amount a bit. "Perfect!" I cheered with a smile, and she grinned happily. A few moments later, the cut was gone, leaving no trace. I stood up and pat Miyuki on the head, and she bounced up and down happily. "Why don't you go tell your father that you just perfected the most difficult and powerful healing ability medic-nin's can do?"

"Yay!" Miyuki cheered happily, running to the doorway. I had been very surprised when I came back and was immediately attacked by Miyuki, begging me to train her. I was even more surprised when not only did her enthusiasm last for six months afterwards, but that in just that short time, she had managed to master the Mystical Palm Technique. From the very beginning I knew she had amazing chakra control, surpassing even my own. Not only that, but she must have the intellect of a genius at Shikamaru's level, as she learned extremely fast.

"Saki-sama…" Miyuki whimpered suddenly, and I looked to see her backing back into the house.

"What is it?" I asked in alarm, wrapping my arm around the scared girl.

"There are two men outside. They look really scary…" She whimpered in fear and I rubbed her arms gently. "They're wearing black and red, and one of them has a really scary weapon."

"I see…" I narrowed my eyes dangerously. Black and red… Akatsuki. I concluded, but it only caused more confusion. Why are they here? "Miyuki, go out the back door. You need to go to every house you can. Tell everyone that they need to go to Sunagakure immediately and give this to them." I told her quietly, grabbing a scroll and quickly writing down on it.

'Two bloodied crows in the sunset flew north.' Was all I wrote, writing in code just in case anyone but the Kazekage tried to read it. After all, you can't be too careful, and who knows how many other spies the Akatsuki has? "Tell the Sunagakure shinobi that it needs to go directly to the Kazekage and that it's a matter of great importance. Get everyone out of the town. I'll keep the men occupied so they can't stop you."

"But Saki-sama…" Miyuki began worriedly, but I gave her a little push towards the back exit.

"Go, Miyuki! The town needs their new healer to be with them." I said and pulled my yukata off. I was wearing my red camisole, red short shorts, and fishnets on my biceps. I ran out the door, grabbing my katana from the wall as I went.

"Look, Kakuzu. There she is." One of the men said, and I glared at them. The one who spoke was wearing his Akatsuki cloak, blonde hair combed back, and had a three-bladed scythe. He had spoke to a man also wearing an Akatsuki cloak, his face and hair hidden by a masked hood, and his eyes were the only visible part. They were pupiless, with his eyes green and the whites of his eyes were red instead, and he had no visible weapons.

"Yes, Hidan… I can tell." Kakuzu growled, looking at a book in his hand and then at me. "Definitely her." He said, closing the book and pocketing it. What was that…? A black book? I wondered with a frown. I suppose I could be in a black book. After all I'm one of the most powerful medic-nins and poison makers in the world, was ordered to assassinate a Kage even though I didn't even try to follow through, and I killed an S-Class Missing-nin who happened to also be in the Akatsuki. I thought, narrowing my eyes at them.

"Why are you here?" I demanded coldly, and the blonde, Hidan, scoffed at me.

"Dead people aren't meant to talk." He said as though scolding a child.

"We'll have to remedy that." Kakuzu murmured and I immediately entered my fighting stance, drawing my katana. I held it in one hand, holding the sheath in the other.

"Let me handle this." Hidan growled, drawing his scythe. I gripped my katana tighter, watching the blonde carefully. I noticed that Kakuzu looked like he was silently fuming, but made no move when Hidan leapt at me.

I don't think I can do with for much longer…

I thought as I breathed heavily. I realized almost immediately that I was way out of my league, and switched from offensive to pure evasion. Come on, Miyuki… I thought as I leapt way from Hidan's blow once more. I had to have been doing it for at least twenty minutes, but I knew they would need at least another fifteen to get away. There were too many villagers for them to have all left already.

I jumped away from yet another strike, and was almost immediately swung at again. I leapt to a rooftop, stumbling slightly when I landed. Shit. My chakra's fading fast with all this evasion. I thought as I dodged yet another blow. "You bitch! Hold still and let me kill you!"

"Hitting her would be a good start." Kakuzu said dryly in response to his partner's screaming.

"Shut up, Kakuzu!" Hidan yelled, stopping in his swings and turning to glare at his partner. "I don't see you doing anything!" I jumped as far away from them as I could while still being in attacking range. I can't leave yet. They'll kill anyone nearby. I thought, narrowing my eyes as I panted heavily, sweat lining my skin. "And you!" Hidan whipped around to glare at me, pointing his scythe at me. "How did a weak bitch like you kill Sasori? All you do is run around! And an even better question! How did a cowardly little fucker like you get a twenty million bounty on your head?" He demanded, and I glared at him.

"What? You can't talk, you little pansy bitch? You better start talking soon, cause you're about to die!" Hidan growled before jumping at me. I swung my katana and it's scabbard up in an X, catching the middle blade and trapping it between the two. He pressed down with all his weight, and I felt the bottom blade digging into my abdomen. Shit! I thought in alarm, jumping away and freeing his blade. Because of the weight he was putting on it, when I pulled away and freed it, the bottom blade slashed my abdomen downwards, cutting about a two inch long slice down it, and cut my shoulder a bit.

I watched as Hidan grinned, putting his foot on some of the blood drops and moving it to make a half circle in my blood before the blood ran out. "Damn… This sand is soaking it all up…" He grumbled unhappily before grinning at me. "Guess that just means I need to make you bleed twice as much!" He cackled, leaping at me again. With a wince, I jumped away, but he grabbed me by my ankle.

He threw me to the ground a few feet away, and I collided with it on my back, causing me to fight back a cry of pain and release my grip on the scabbard. Moving quickly, I rolled back to my feet and jumped away, leaving my weapon scabbard behind. I stumbled backwards when I landed, pressing my free hand to my heavily bleeding stomach wound. He wants the blood for something… Whatever it is, I can't let him get it. I decided, chakra surrounding my hand and wound, and quickly healed it closed.

I don't have the chakra to risk doing this, but I can't let him have my blood for whatever it is he needs it for. I thought with a wince as I jumped away from the loudly cursing Hidan. How long has it been? Thirty minutes? Damn… My chakra still isn't completely balanced, even after all these months… I guess that's what happens when you give up a fraction of your life. "Enough." Kakuzu suddenly growled, and I looked at him just in time to see the sharp black pole go through the part of my abdomen that my hand covered, pinning my hand to my re-injured gut.

I let out a cry of pain, falling to my knees. "What are you doing!" Hidan snarled, and I watched as they both jumped to the rooftop I was on, standing a few feet in front of me.

"You're taking too long." Kakuzu stated icily.

"So what? She's my kill!" Hidan shouted in Kakuzu's face.

"… I am going to kill you." He stated after a moment. I watched with wide eyes as he decapitated Hidan in one swift movement, his head rolling towards Kakuzu's feet.

"You bastard!" The head screamed, making my eyes widen further. Shit, shit, shit… I'm screwed. I'm going to die if I stay here! I thought in a panic. I won't leave until I know they escaped… Come on, Miyuki… I thought, looking to the sky. My breaths were heavy and labored, my body caked in sweat and drying blood. I tuned out their arguing, staring intently at the sky. Finally, I saw a white dove fly across the sky, which was the signal that they were safe. Yes! I cheered in my mind as I suppressed groans of pain, quietly pulling my hand off the pole that impaled it. Once free, I made quick hand signs.

"What are you-" Hidan was cut off by thousands of cherry blossoms suddenly filling the sky.

"A sight blocker…" Kakuzu growled as I leapt to my feet and ran as fast and far as I could. As I ran, I took a small paper from my pocket and used the blood dripping down my fingers from the hole in my hand to write.

"Gaara

Their names were Kakuzu and Hidan. I don't know much about their attacks, but Hidan uses a scythe and tried to do something with my blood. Also, I saw Kakuzu get annoyed and he decapitated Hidan, who continued to live even after. Not sure what that means, but it's nothing good. I've been badly wounded and won't make it without help. Give Temari my love… and be careful.

Sakura"

I reached the last house in the village and stopped, leaning against the wall. I used a chakra covered finger to dig a small gap in the wall, sliding the note into it, and tore the black pole out of my gut. Tossing it to the ground at my feet, which had a puddle of blood on it already, I raced forward and into the desert and hoped I would find the help I needed to survive.

Okay, so while I wrote this, a thought occured to me. A, I'm just going to say that they were passing the border on their way to kill Asuma's old buddy and heard about the pink haired medic and decided to check it out for the extra cash. B, Since Sakura dissapeared and they didn't know where she went. Hidan didn't bother with doing the ritual with her blood and killing her even though she was long gone. After all, what would be the point if they couldn't find her body and bring it to a bounty collector? That's my thought process on the matter xD

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