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Kasek: Ah, a couple of people complained about my writing style in the last chapter (one person outright flamed me- my first flame! *makes smores*), so I'm going to go back and make some changes before the next chapter gets posted. Also, please note here that I am fully capable of writing differently, it's just... I dunno. I have an overwhelming compulsion to put people's names before they speak, instead of afterwards like other people do. I'm mildly autistic, so that's probably the reason why.
Anyways, I was actually already writing this chapter when ... (that's what they put as their name) wrote this review.
OK, Here's the deal, I am kinda interested with this story as i love bleach
and naruto, but what is going on? sakura? You havent explained how she died.
Please, can you clarify that. That is all i have to state now. Please take
into consideration i'm reading on to find out how she died.
So, here you go for everyone who's been waiting since chapter 2 to find out.
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Chapter 8/Omake chapter
Sakura shivered in her sleep. It was happening again- a dream of that fateful last mission.
It had been a mission with Team Eight- more specifically, Team Eight minus Shino, who was staying home for additional training from his family. It was the first time she had seen Hinata since Naruto's death- she could immediately tell the difference between this Hinata and the old one. When Sakura had greeted her, the response was a cold and distant "Hello, Haruno-san."
After a short but uncomfortable silence, Team Eight's sensei, Yuuhi Kurenai had finally shown up and began to explain the mission. It was a C-rank- deliver a scroll to Kumogakure, or more specifically, an outpost of Kumogakure. They left as soon as she was done explaining.
It seemed like an easy enough mission. Get in, deliver the scroll, get out and back home. Unfortunately, it seemed that Sakura would always have her C-ranks go awry. After they had crossed the border, they were attacked by a team of five Kumo shinobi in the forest. Apparently, they were after Hinata. The first one to attack died just as swiftly when Hinata thrust a palm onto his chest, sending chakra into his body and ripping his heart to shreds.
The others instantly began their own attack patterns. One used a Doton jutsu that separated Hinata and Sakura from Kiba and Kurenai, and it went downhill from there. Three of the shinobi went after Kurenai and Kiba, while the last one- who looked to be the leader- went after Sakura and Hinata. They knew they were outmatched, so they ran for it. The dream itself started here.
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Sakura panted as she ran from the man. He was tall and muscular, with short, spiky brown hair and a beard. He was apparently rather slow in the speed department. He cursed as another of his shuriken was dodged by Hinata, who had her Byakugan activated. "Stay still, Hyuuga wench!"
Said Hyuuga girl frowned, but said nothing. They kept running from the man, but they knew that they could not outrun him forever- he probably had jonin level stamina, while they were mere genin. It wasn't long before they reached a cliff, and the man trapped them between the cliff and the forest. They peered over the ledge- the cliff wall was rather smooth, with only a couple pieces of rock sticking out here and there. Down at the bottom were many rocks, apparently gathered there by the river that flowed through the center of the valley. He grinned at them. "Nowhere to run, Hyuuga wench..."
Hinata spoke for the first time in this encounter. "Is that the only insult you know? I've heard worse from my father."
The man growled, and pulled a sword off of his back that had gone unnoticed by Sakura until now. "I wasn't told you had to come back alive you know... or even in one piece. I was just told that alive was preferable for breeding, and that as long as the eyes were intact, it didn't matter too much."
Sakura was disgusted at the thought. "Breeding? She's human too, you know!"
He snorted as he seemed to notice Sakura for the first time. "You think I care? We're shinobi, human life has no value to us. Wait, I forgot, you're Konoha genin, the lowest of the low even among genin. Feh, if human life is so precious, why don't you attack me to defend her?"
Her lip hurt as her teeth dug into it. "Why you..."
Hinata shook her head. "Don't let him provoke you. He can easily kill us both. There's no sane way for us to defeat him."
Sakura looked at her white-eyed teammate quizzically. "No sane way?"
Said girl shifted her head to the side slightly before putting her gaze full-on the jonin again. Sakura got the message. Yeah, like he'd ever fall for that...
The jonin laughed as he advanced towards them one step at a time, and licked the back of his blade. "...Maybe I'll have some fun with you girls first before disposing of you."
Sakura's eyes widened at the implications. That sick-! She drew a shuriken and let it fly straight towards him. He merely tilted his head and the shuriken missed entirely. The man laughed at her incompetence. "You should've aimed for my body, that way I'd have to expend some energy dodging." Sakura would've sworn if she was that kind of person. As it was, she already felt like a rat cornered by a cat. The big, tiger-like variety.
She watched as Hinata grunted, and charged the man. The man smirked. "If you want to die so badly, why didn't you say so?" He slashed at her, but she stayed slightly out of reach. He frowned, and slashed again. And again, she stayed an inch out of his reach. He grit his teeth, and began moving forward as he slashed again and again. Each time, Hinata managed to avoid it while stepping back. Sakura blinked. Was Hinata... she was!
Sakura decided that there was no time to waste, and immediately ran into the forest. The man sneered as he watched her go. "Heh, looks like it's just you and me now, wench..." They continued what they had been doing, all the way until Hinata was at the cliff edge. He pointed his sword at her throat. "How about you give up?"
She merely narrowed her white eyes. "How about... I jump off this cliff instead."
His own eyes narrowed at the remark. "You wouldn't."
Hinata spat in his face. "I do not fear death. It would only mean I would join the one I once held precious."
The jonin growled as he wiped the spit off of his face with his free hand. "Why you little...! If that's how you're going to play it, I'll make sure I kill you before you fall!" He raised his sword arm high, ready to strike for the kill. However, Hinata jumped backwards, and the man's eyes widened in horror as she fell. "NO!"
He looked over the edge, and was relieved to see her hanging on to the cliff wall with her hands. "Heh... you had me worried for a second there."
Those proved to be his last words as Sakura rammed him from behind with a full body tackle, which, since it had caught him flat-footed, had enough force behind it to push him off of the cliff and to his death. Unfortunately, this had the unintended side-effect of sending her barreling off of the ledge as well. Hinata reached out with her left hand and grabbed Sakura's own outstretched hand as she passed the white-eyed girl. Sakura grunted as she slammed into the sheer rock wall. She looked around for a piece of rock to grab, but she gulped when she realized there wasn't any. "H-Hinata... do you think you're strong enough to pull me up?"
The blue-haired girl shook her head. "It's taking almost all of my strength to keep from letting go."
Sakura bit her lip again. She remembered Hinata's words from before. "...let go."
Hinata's eyes widened. "What?!"
Sakura inhaled. "Let go. If we stay like this, we're both going to fall. Besides... I like what you said earlier. Hope you don't mind if I steal your line for myself..." She closed her eyes for a moment. "I do not fear death- it would only mean I would join the ones I once held precious." She opened them again, and smiled at Hinata.
Her white eyes looked... sad. "I wish I could believe what I said... it was only talk."
Sakura chuckled. "Still, it's a good line... see if you can get it on my gravestone."
Hinata's eyes widened when Sakura yanked back on her arm, causing the white-eyed girl to let go of her.
This was the part of the dream that seemed the most surreal. The fall... the long, silent, nearly blissful fall. And then it all ended with a sickening crunch.
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Her eyes opened with a bit more force than necessary as soon as it was over. She groaned as she sat up in her sleeping bag. What time was it...?
Minato appeared next to her. "Ah, Sakura-kun, you're awake. It's time to go- we need to get back before someone decides to check up on us in Konoha. Wake up Naruto, will you?"
She nodded as Minato walked away, and turned towards Naruto, who was sleeping a small distance away from her. She sighed- she still hadn't told him about how it had happened. But maybe... one day...
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Kasek: And there you have it. This is actually what I've had in mind since I first killed her off, so don't think I made it up as I was writing it. Yes, I realize this is abominably short compared to pretty much every other BLEACHed chapter, but meh.
Morcalivan7 pointed out that they apparently forgot they can stick to surfaces with chakra. YES, YES THEY DID. THANK YOU FOR NOTICING AND POINTING OUT A HUGE FLAW IN MY STORY. Look, everybody just ignore that, alright? If someone else complains, I'll edit in that the wall curved inwards, and thus there was no wall to stick to within reach.