Hiiiiii! Thanks for all of the reviews and comments. They were helpful and motivating. I realize that I kinda made Sakura Mary sue-ish, it was intentional. I wanted to show the strong part of Sakura in the early chapters, and her weaknesses in the later ones. Sorry if I made anyone hate Sakura in this story.

Well I don't really know what I hope to accomplish in this chapter, but I hope to accomplish something. Well here it is!

DISCLAIMER : if I owned Naruto; Sakura and Kisame would be happy together with little fishy babies, and Itachi would have killed Madara are rule the world with flying unicorn ninjas.

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Chapter 6

Naruto, Sasuke, and Kakashi were standing in front of Tsunade, cowering under her angry glare. "YOU DIDN'T BRING HER BACK?" Tsunade yelled at the remaining members of team 7. "There was a complication with retrieving her…she...Uh...Well…kinda knocked Sasuke and I out before the fight began." Kakashi said rubbing the back of his head. "You let a 13yr old girl knock you out?" Tsunade asked disbelievingly. "She caught us off guard, and we were trying to figure out a way to rescue her. It turned out it was a trap." "For the next 2 weeks, you all are to rest and take no missions. Understand?" "Hai!" all three chorused. "Leave." They all left without a word, even Naruto was quiet.

When they were outside of the Hokage's building, Naruto was the first to break the silence. "So what're we gonna do now?" he asked dejectedly. For once Sasuke had no retort for him. "We wait." Kakashi said and walked away. "Where are you going Kakashi sensei?" Naruto yelled after him. "To save a baa-san." With that he disappeared in a cloud of smoke. "So I guess that just leaves you and me, huh Sasuke?" he turned to look at Sasuke, but only saw a random kid walking by. "That stupid Sasuke-teme." Naruto muttered as he started walking to his home. He was a block from his home when a man with white, long hair stopped him. "Are you Naruto Uzamaki?" the man asked. "Yes I am, believe it! What do you want?" "To train you. How about it?" Naruto was excited. "YES! When?" "We can leave now if you hurry." With that Naruto ran to his house put some of his orange jumpsuits in a bag, grabbed his frog wallet and ran to the old man. "Let's go!"

Tsunade was looking out her window towards a certain blonde haired boy. Jiraiya, keep him safe. She thought to herself. Make him a pervert like you and I'll kick your ass!

With the snake sannin

Sakura was lying on her bed on her back looking up at the ceiling. She couldn't stop replaying what happened with her and Naruto. Tears slid down her face. She was tired of being strong, hiding behind a strong face, she buried her face into her pillow. Naruto's face kept coming into her head, she saw his sad face looking into hers. The tears were coming harder now. A sob escaped from her mouth. How she missed her village and her family, but most importantly she missed her old team. She missed her old crush Sasuke, her old perverted sensei Kakashi, but most importantly, she missed her blonde headed idiot friend Naruto. Nearly four and a half months after her leaving Konoha, she now felt the grief of her actions.

Sakura darling, you have to reap what you sow, and now we are finally reaping. I know, I just wish I could pretend I didn't do what I did. The choices I made will make me stronger, but will also hurt those precious to me. Better us than that Sasuke bastard. Everyone knows he wants to be stronger not for himself, but to kill his older, more masochistic, brother of his. He wouldn't think twice about destroying the village and everything/everyone in his path. With us we are more…..humane? I don't know where you are going with this, but I guess to take it as a compliment? Yeah that works. I have to go now, the other Sakura wants to talk to me now. Bye! Wait what other Sakura? Inner was gone before she could ask.

Sakura got out of her bed and went to her closet. She found her backpack from when she decided to leave the village. After rummaging through it for five minutes, she found what she was looking for; her red, stuffed, panda bear, and her old pajamas with her family crest on the back of them.

After a quick shower she changed into her loose, maroon shirt and pant pajama's, and went to her bed where her stuffed animal was lying. She got into her bed and snuggled with her panda. The tears were still flowing down her cheeks, but it was silently now. Sakura fell asleep with a tight hold and her panda, and tear stains on her cheeks.

Orochimaru slipped quietly into Sakura's bedroom two hours after she fell asleep. He walked over to the pink haired beauty's bed and moved a strand of hair out of her eyes. Her eyes were puffy and red, that much he could tell with her eyes closed. 'Oh Sakura, please don't stay sad like this. Kabuto and I can't bear to see you sad.' Orochimaru thought to himself. He and Kabuto had, of course, heard Sakura sobbing and were worried for her. Despite popular belief, he wasn't a bloodthirsty man, nor was he heartless. He thought of Sakura like a daughter he never knew he wanted, Kabuto like his secret lover, and he considered himself to be a mother figure to Sakura. Yes, he was not heartless, he was a closet romantic, and had a secretive desire to be a mother.

Orochimaru glanced over Sakura once more then left the room. Once the door was shut behind him, Sakura opened her eyes. Yes, was awake, but it wasn't the original Sakura nor was it her second personality; it was her third and unknown persona. This Sakura touched her hand to her hair. 'They really do care for you, don't they? I guess for now that I won't interfere with what you have going on right now.' She thought to herself, and then she closed her eyes and fell into blissful slumber.

Orochimaru and Kabuto were talking in the one of the rooms that was used as a living room. "Do you think that ssshe wasssn't ready to face her friendsss yet?" Orochimaru asked his trusted companion Kabuto. Kabuto just shook his head. "If she didn't confront them when she did, the injection would have worn off and she wouldn't have been able to knock out the other two nin, let alone defeat them. Just give her some time and she should be back to her usual cheerful state in no time." He assured his lover taking his hand in his own. "Yes you're probably right. Let's go to sleep now." With that they both got up and went to the room that they share.

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~Barbie