Author's Note: The wait is over! Chapter 5 :) PS If you don't handle the mention of blood well then be careful reading this; even though I'm probably making this out to be more worse than it sounds.. oh well just incase :)

"Sayōnara, Naruto."

The words felt satisfying coming out of her mouth, each syllable tasting sweet on her tounge. Her fingernails dug into Naruto's neck, savoring his pleading blue eyes that were frozen on her outstretched hand that glowed sharp with her chakra scalpel. In a few seconds, her arm would slice through the air and enter Naruto's neck, releasing the blood that she craved so desperately to be released from his flesh.

She shivered with excitement at the thought of the hot, life-giving red liquid that pulsed through his veins that was just begging to flow out of his body. She would engulf herself in it, enwrap her senses into the glorious warmth.

Her arm came down. Her eyes gleamed at her fingers were about to graze his skin..

Katon! Goukakyuu no Jutsu!

Her hand stopped abruptly as she felt the blazing heat rushing around her, the flames beginning to radiate the extreme temperature onto her skin. The heat rushed through her, re arranging her senses and distorting her judgement. She gritted her teeth at the rapidly approaching flames, their intensity filling her core with nothing but torridity. She growled frustratedly and reluctantly released her iron grip from Naruto, letting him fall to the ground as she skillfully flipped in midair, flying above the giant fireball that now scorched the ground beneath her. She cursed the flames for preventing her from her task. Her evergreen eyes glared into the forest, the source of the jutsu. But of course she knew well enough who had cast the jutsu, after all it had always been his clan's specialty. But how dare he interfere with her affairs? How dare he get in her way when she was so close?

She landed effortlessly into the grassy field, glaring him standing a few feet away from her position, his eyes red with his coveted bloodline.

Sasuke watched the flames rush towards his teammates, the fire blazing in all its glory, singeing the tips of the grassy field. The temperature rose drastically, tinting the sky to a fierce orange as the flames' light glowed brightly. He watched as Sakura's head swiftly turned in his direction, her hand still grasped around Naruto's throat tightly. She hand't moved at first, her eyes fixed into the fire. Five seconds later, she released Naruto's throat, shoving him to the ground with a thud. Sasuke saw Naruto's hands rapidly form signs, and Sasuke let out a breath when a log had quickly appeared in Naruto's place before the hungry flames had a chance to devour his body. Sakura had evaded the flames by leaping into the air, the moon adding an eerie sheen to her pink hair. Sasuke had felt a dramatic increase in her chakra, so much of an increase that it immediately sent a small shiver down his spine, which was unusual for him. She landed on the ground, the grass swishing against her feet. Her eyes swam around the steam that had been left from the fireball, swirling in multiple patterns and leaving the area with the smell of wood smoke and ember. She slowly turned her head, and her eyes bored into his own. The deep evergreen of her eyes had seemed to darken, the leftover fire reflecting against her irises making her appearance threatening and ominous. Her glare had intensified as Sasuke activated his sharingan, who observed in disbelief as her chakra network rapidly overproduced an unfamiliar energy through Sakura's body. The chakra seemed to seap out of her body, surround her figure with an ominous energy.

Sasuke's mind raced with multiple theories and questions, but he had already knew. Sakura was under a jutsu, an extremely effective jutsu that was completely unfamiliar to Sasuke. But whatever the jutsu was, Sakura was completely enveloped in it, her behavior and eye color clearly proved this fact. But of course something didn't add up. Who had cast the jutsu on her, and when? The three of them had been together the whole day-

Then his blood went cold; Because they hadn't been together the whole day, that streak had broken when Sakura had went off to collect firewood.

"Everything will be fine." her reassuring voice echoed in his head, but the girl that was standing before him didn't come close to matching the sweet, clear voice in his head. Sasuke inwardly cursed himself for letting her go out alone, he should have went with her, then she wouldn't have been attacked and he could have protected her..

Sasuke continued to look at Sakura as if he could somehow will her to overcome the horrific impulses that were planted in her brain. His red eyes narrowed, never leaving her gaze. Evergreen stayed glued to red as Sasuke felt the air around him become disturbed as Naruto had suddenly appeared beside him.

"Thanks for almost burning me alive, Teme." Naruto said sarcastically, although his eyes were not arched in an amused manner. His eyes went from Sasuke to Sakura, and his mouth dropped slightly, a serious frown painted on his face. Sasuke continued to watch Sakura silently, contemplating the situation at hand, one of his trusted teammates had tried to kill Naruto, and she had tried to do so probably against her will.

Sasuke blinked. "It was the only way to get her off of you."

Naruto gritted his teeth, clenching his fists so tightly that his knuckles cracked.

"Something- some jutsu is affecting Sakura-chan. She..tried to kill me…" Naruto barely spoke, staring at Sakura with anger present on his face.

Sasuke looked at Naruto. He clearly knew that Naruto wasn't directing his anger at Sakura, but at the unknown castor of this unfamiliar jutsu, who had planted her malicious desires into her head.

"I'll kill him. I'll absolutely kill the bastard who did this to her." Naruto said with great threat in his voice.

Slightly shaken by Naruto's behavior, Sasuke turned to see Naruto's blue eyes full of flecks of red, his anger activating the awareness of the Kyuubi, who thrived on Naruto's anger.

Sasuke quickly nudged Naruto's side with his elbow. "Naruto, calm down."

"You should listen to Sasuke-kun, Naruto." Sasuke heard Sakura say in a seductive manner.

Naruto and Sasuke turned to the girl who stood before them, the stranger that had taken over their Sakura. She was smiling at them in a hungrily way, as if they were hot meals and she hadn't had eaten for months. Her eyes were haunting, Sasuke could not refrain from getting lost in the depths that were her eyes. But behind the dark evergreen were the bright spring green eyes of the Sakura that Sasuke had always known, and now more than ever deeply cared for.

Sakura smirked. "Naruto, I don't want you to hurt yourself, or Sasuke-kun, because I will be the one who spills your delicious blood." she said placing her fingers near her pink lips. "And I will get what I want."

Something boiled inside Sasuke's body, and the pressure was rising steadily as her words sunk in. The heat spread to every limb of his body, attacking every inch of his will not to launch himself at the blood thirsty girl who stood before him. The only thing that had stopped him was the fact that this wasn't Sakura, this was an anomaly of his pink haired friend. This Sakura was an evil, malicious girl who sought for blood, and would do anything to satisfy her blood famine.

Naruto had grunted in frustration, and finally kept silent no longer. "Sakura-chan! This isn't you! This juts has turned you into a complete stranger! Break through Sakura! I know you're still there!" he exclaimed, his desperate eyes searching Sakura for any sign of remorse or familiarity for her teammates. Sakura lowered her eyes to the ground, and for an instant she looked as if she were contemplating her actions. She put her gloved hand out below her, and slowly closed it into a tight fist. She looked up at Naruto, her fist still clenched, and her mouth slowly spread into a wicked smile.

"You're right Naruto. This isn't me." she began, meeting his eyes. "And I couldn't think of a better version of myself than what I am now."

Naruto's eyes widened, while Sasuke was still intently staring at Sakura.

Sakura laughed. "I've never felt so..fulfilling..amazing..and I don't want to go back. This awakening that I've had has made me realize how strong I can be-"

"No! This jutsu has your mind completely screwing with you Sakura-chan! Who did this to you?!" Naruto interjected suddenly, his hands reached out to Sakura in a desperate attempt to somehow reach into her thoughts. "Tell me!"

At this, Sakura burst into terse laughter, catching Naruto off guard. She ran her hand through her pink tresses, some stray pieces flowing against her flushed cheeks and slightly curling against her back. She raised her clenched fist, and held it parallel to her head with her elbow resting on her other arm that was crossed around her mid-section.

"I'll release that jutsu! I'll save you from-"

"I don't WANT to be saved Naruto!" Sakura screeched suddenly, stomping her foot aggressively that sent a giant fissure spidering out from the impact of her foot. Naruto's eyes widened in surprise, taken aback by her response completely.

Sasuke watched intently as he detected Sakura's chakra rise once more, this time the majority of the energy flowing towards her fist.

"I've never felt more… redefined." Sskura began, smiling in bliss at her gloved fist. "He was right, the uneasiness passed my body, I feel amazing, powerful.." Sakura said dreamily.

Sasuke finally spoke before Naruto. "What man?" he asked intently, his sharingan blazing through the darkness like two beaming sources of ember. "Sakura who did this to you?"

Sakura's dreamy look slowly vanished, melting back into her angered stare. Her chakra level in her fist grew sharply, and her eyes grew even darker, pushing Sakura farther back into the darkness of the jutsu. Her foot stretched back slightly, and she glared into Sasuke's sharingan.

"That doesn't matter. All I care about right now is that you tow end up dead at my feet." She smiled sinisterly, the lust dominant her eyes as of it had been there her whole existence. Just like her normal green eyes, her morals once again vanished completely, eradicating every essence of her normal self.

Sasuke gritted his teeth, and began to reach for his kusanagi, but a hand had suddenly clamped down onto his wrist. Sasuke turned to Naruto, who was intently staring at Sakura.

"Her forehead. We need to release the jutsu by pouring chakra into her forehead. That's the source." Naruto said, letting go of his hold on Sasuke's wrist.

Sasuke's hand slowly dropped from the handle of his sword. Her forehead? He focused his sharingan to Sakura's chakra flow, and sure enough he saw a massive buildup accumulating right between her eyebrows, a prominent circle that swam in multiple rotations that reminded Sasuke of Naruto's rasengan. He watched as her chakra suddenly flowed from her forehead, traveling down her neck, into her right arm, and finally into her fist, and Sasuke recoiled when her fist be can to glow a violent blue. The jagged edges of her chakra spiked out furiously around her fist, light reflected once more onto her eyes, evergreen flashing against blue. She looked vicious, bloodthirsty. She looked as if she were ready to tear Sasuke apart right where he stood.

And without warning she disappeared, as Sasuke's reflexes were too slow to dodge the blow that had landed on his stomach, knocking the wind out of his lungs. His body flew backwards and slammed into a tree, the wood splintering immediately on impact.

"Sasukehh!" Naruto's voice yelled, lingering on his name.

Sasuke coughed violently, the whites of his eyes shining. He saw blood erupt from his mouth, splattering on the soft dirt. He felt his body disobey him, his limbs not moving on his command; although finally he managed to raise his arm and grasp the tree for support, and slowly rose to his feet. He looked up, grimacing as he wiped a stray drop of blood from the corner of his mouth. To his horror Sakura's fist still glowed, and her eyes bugged out looking at the blood splattered on the ground, which seemed to trigger the maliciousness that now existed in her body.

"That's perfect." she whispered, but loud enough for Sasuke to hear, and her words trigged more coughing and nausea. He cursed himself for not anticipating her attack, and he slowly rose to his feet, forcing his legs to cooperate with his will. He looked at Sakura's feet, the only level that his eyes were allowing him to see.

If this were any other enemy, Sasuke would have finished them off by this time, but this was Sakura, and he couldn't risk seriously injuring her. He would just have to get close enough to tap her forehead as Naruto had said-

Naruto..

Sasuke had a sinking feeling in his stomach. Everything was eerily quiet, no sounds of fighting or struggle, and if he knew his best friend well Sasuke knew Naruto would've taken action by now. Sasuke finally raised his eyes, and every cell in his body froze. He saw a figure laying on the ground, soaked in blood and un-moving. His limbs were twisted at unnatural angles , bending in directions that seemed completely impossible. His arms were sprawled out in front of him, an abandoned kunai in his slack hand. Dark blood was spilling down his contorted face, dampening his cheeks and swimming around his faint blue eyes that were frozen open. Sasuke didn't have to ask to find out that the figure was Naruto, and that Sakura had completely mangled him during Sasuke's momentary weakness. She stood over Naruto, looking down at his mangled form.

No, this isn't happening. This can't be happening..

Sakura looked up from Naruto, and to Sasuke's horror her fist was dripping red, the blood flowing down her arm and pooling around her elbow. She massaged her palm with her fingers, rubbing Naruto's blood around her whole hand, circling her thumb slowly. Cold sweat dripped down Sasuke's temple, the whites of his eyes dominating his onyx irises. His brain was overworking to process the image his eyes were projecting to him.

"Naruto, get up!" he finally breathed out, but Sasuke knew his speech was hopeless, his best friend had been horribly destroyed, almost unrecognizable to anyone who would lay their eyes upon Naruto this moment. Sasuke's body shook with an unrecognizable emotion that was over taking his body.

Sakura stepped forward so that her feet were inches from Naruto's emotionless face, and Sasuke saw her chakra funnel into her foot, and she moved her foot with blinding speed right into Naruto's face. Sasuke's heart raced when he heard a sickening crunch vibrate through his ears, and he looked away from his unconscious friend , knowing that if he peeked a look that his stomach would empty out against his control, and probably further satisfying Sakura's newfound desire for human bodily fluids. He heard a sick, tumultuous laugh.

"Now it's your turn Sasuke-kun. Help me feel alive." Sakura said smiling.

And that's when it happened. The unfamiliar energy and emotions that Sasuke had felt before suddenly had a name. It wasn't fear, agony, or anger. It had been a combination of the three, pure heated fury. And this emotion had given him the strength to fully rise to his feet and fill his lungs with sweet oxygen. It gave him the ability to stare once more into her evil, putrid eyes. And it helped him realize that this was not Sakura. This girl was a monster who had taken over the mind of the real Sakura; The Sakura who cared for others' well-being, the Sakura who had grown into a confident strong kunoichi who had managed to catch Sasuke off guard. The Sakura he deeply cared for..

And Sasuke knew that to get her back, he would have to fight the darkness out of her head.

The warm breeze blew into his face as he once again activated his sharingan. Sasuke's mind raced with attacks, counter attacks, and defense methods that would effectively allow him to get close enough to her.

He watched Sakura remain where she was, the warm breeze now strongly blowing into Sasuke's face once more. It was just the two of them, there were no sounds of the usual nocturnal animals, the breeze blew on, the leaves on the trees were still, unmoving, just like their positions.

He knew that he would have to evade her fists completely, that was a given. And he knew that Sakura was a skilled genjutsu user, he would have to be on guard. This stranger Sakura would have no morals and wouldn't hesitate to attack like before when she punched Sasuke into a tree without-

Sasuke's mind froze in mid thought.

The breeze now swirled in all directions, ruffling his black hair on his head, as if to blow a realization into his head, skimming back to his analysis.

The trees…

The un-moving leaves…

Genjutsu user..

The breeze..

Genjutsu…!

It had hit him like a propelling train, and Sasuke's hands flew rapidly forming the correct hand signs. As he formed the final sign, Sakura's eyes narrowed, and she knew that Sasuke had caught on.

Because all of this wasn't real.

"KAI!"

Yay another chapter completed! Don't know when the next one will be up because midterms are coming up and I gotta study. Yay high school…. Anyway, Review! :)