Author's Note: This is not a chapter. And I know this is very unfair but I have finally come to the understanding/realization that I will probably never complete this story. I'm very, very sorry. However, I also don't want you to sit around for the next twenty years cursing me for just leaving it unfinished so here is the summary of what was supposed to happen. It gets remarkably less detailed the more it goes on so I apologize for that in advance. Hopefully this will be enough for you to only curse my name for the next ten years instead of twenty. Again, I'm really sorry, but there's just so much going on in my life right now that Fanfiction is really the very last thing on my mind. I'll probably still post one-shots now and then but for the most part I'm retiring from FFdotNet. Feel free to hate me, I wouldn't blame you. There may come a time that I'll come back and finish what I'm leaving un-done, but please don't count on it. Also, as a heads up, most of my other stories will be receiving a very similar update at some point in the (relatively) near future. Again, I'm sorry but I hope you'll enjoy 'what could have been'.

All the best,

Kaliea


Summary

Natsui attacked Hikari and works for Kenta because he wants revenge on Itachi for the death of his twin brother Shisui. Sakura learns about his betrayal first and he attacks her when she tries to warn Sasuke. Yamanaka Umi, Shisui's ex-teammate and Natsui's girlfriend, works with Natsui and Kenta. She uses her techniques to erase Sakura's memory of the plan but messes up the jutsu; affecting the last six years of Sakura's life. Kenta and Natsui plan a coup de tat to overthrow the leadership of Konoha.

While visiting her cousin Umi, Ino learns about Kenta's plan. The tries to escape but is attacked by Natsui. She appears to have fallen into a coma and is taken to the hospital under the guise of being attacked by muggers. In actuality Ino used her shintenshin no jutsu to take over Moegi's mind. In Moegi's body Ino tries to find Naruto to tell him what happened. She ends up telling Ichigo instead and she ends up finding Sakura because she can't find Naruto, Sasuke or Yotaro.

Ichigo and Sakura run into the Sand Siblings just before the Kenta and Madara incite a civil war. The village is torn in half, some siding with Kenta and others siding with the village. During the fray Sakura is cornered by Umi and, with out her ninja training, it looks as though she is going to die. Sasuke sees her fighting Umi and tries to help but he is busy fighting Natsui. Just when Sakura is about to bite the dust, Inner Sakura breaks through the block on her memories and Sakura is able to make a comeback.

Meanwhile Shishini, who was thought to have been dead, breaks into the prison and frees Makoto and other prisoners. The prisoners all riot, bringing even more aid to Kenta's side. In the chaos Itachi manages to escape and he faces off against Kenta himself. The rest of the story unfolds with the truth of the Uchiha Tragedy being that Sasuke was being controlled by Madara's mangekyo sharingan, forcing him to attack and kill many of his fellow clansmen. Arai noticed that Sasuke wasn't himself and she manages to knock him unconscious and later tried to defend him from the remaining family, insisting that Sasuke was being controlled, but no one listens as they believe she was also a part of it.

In the end Natsui, Kenta, Makoto, and Shishini are all killed. Konoha prevails and the Uchiha clan is given back to Itachi for punishment. Hikari wakes up and marries Itachi while team seven is able to return to being a normal team. The story ends with team 7 receiving a c-rank mission to escort Tazuna the bridge builder to the wave country and Ichigo being assigned as ambassador to Sunagakure.