Still don't own Naruto
Chapter 80 The Kunoichi's Decision.
Kakashi and Sai stood to one side of Sasuke while Sakura stood to the other both were looking at the Uchiha as he continued to chuckle in an almost possessed manner.
"Sasuke look how far you have fallen, you are nothing like the young boy I used to know" Kakashi said.
"You're right sensei, I am so much more now, my eyes are open to the atrocities committed against my family. You are no better, with that sharingan of yours, you have stolen your power from the Uchiha and you do not even care to thank them. You are no better than anyone else in Konoha who are ignorant of Itachi's sacrifice and spits on the name of Uchiha every day" Sasuke said.
"So that's it, is it. You will attempt to destroy Konoha in some foolish attempt at revenge? I told you years ago to to forget revenge because it would consume you, and look at you now. You are nothing without it, once Konoha is gone you will find someone else to blame, you are a disease that needs to be eliminated" Kakashi said sadly.
"I am not the disease, it is Konoha that is diseased, there ignorance sickens me, it is like a cancer that needs to be removed from this world" Sasuke spat.
"To have to do this, to be forced to kill one of my old pupils. Now I know how the Sandaime felt, it's time to end this Sasuke, I need to do what Hiruzen-sama failed to do and kill my prized student before you casue harm to anyone else" Kakashi said lifting his Hetai-ite from over his sharingan.
"Hmph you can try, but you will not succeed, just because you have a sharingan does not make you as talented as an Uchiha. After all only an Uchiha can kill an Uchiha" Sasuke said mocking the Copy Ninja.
"I don't know where you got that sense of superiority from, but I certainly didn't teach it to you. Every lesson I tried to teach you about team work and friendship has been forgotten, until now you are willing to throw away your own friends just to further your own goals" Kakashi said.
"The only thing you taught me of any use, was the chidori, but I improved that without your help" Sasuke spat back.
"That's true, you ran off to Orochimaru to be his little fuck buddy, I am sure he helped you with it, after all you were always a dick less looser with no creativity" Sai said with a fake smile.
"It seems some things never change. You are still a worthless excuse of a ninja Sai" Sasuke replied.
"We don't have time for this. Sai, Sakura, take the girl and heal her keep her alive, she will have some information on Madara. I will deal with Sasuke" Kakashi ordered, receiving a nod from Sai and a weak call of agreement from Sakura.
"You are over confident, you cant beat me Kakashi sensei" Sasuke taunted.
"Well we will just have to see about that" Kakashi said.
Sasuke drew his katana and charged forward. Kakashi drew two kunai and darted forward to meet him half way.
They clashed in the center Sasuke's katana held off with both of the kunai both battling for dominance. "You're going to have to do a lot better than this Sasuke" Kakashi said as he used his superior physical strength to force the longer blade back towards the angry Uchiha.
Sasuke fought back by channeling his Raiton chakra through his blade and attempting to use that to shock Kakashi. But the Copy Ninja saw it coming and kicked Sasuke back causing him to fall off the bridge and land on the water below.
"You have a lot to learn Sasuke. You can't do everything by yourself. If you think back, would you be alive today without your team members?" Kakashi lectured.
"I don't need any lectures from someone I am far stronger than" Sasuke said and his eyes began to morph into there Mangekyo form.
"Those eyes do not make you any stronger than I am, the sharingan is nothing but a useful tool that a ninja can use, nothing more.
"Maybe that is all they are to you. But to me they are so much more. Amaterasu!" Sasuke roared and black flames shot out of his eye sending them flying at Kakashi who narrowly escaped. "Did the sharingan allow you to see where that was going to attack from... Well sensei!" the Uchiha yelled.
'He has completely lost it. There is not going to be any talking to him, I can't fail this time, if I do there is not telling how much damage Sasuke could cause. I have to stop him here and now' Kakashi thought. "Raiton: Lightening Destruction Jutsu" Kakashi said before slamming his hands onto the side to the bridge.
There was a large explosion as the lightening shot down the wall breaking it as it traveled down to the water.
Sasuke realized what Kakashi had planned and jumped out away just as a pair of hands rose up from the water beneath him where a clone of Kakashi was waiting to pull him under to be shocked by Kakashi's Raiton jutsu.
"Pathetic little trick, I am not going to fall for something like that. I am not the same little kid anymore sensei, you said so yourself" Sasuke sneered.
"Yes I think that much is obvious" Kakashi replied and readied himself as Sasuke charged again.
(With Sakura)
Sakura was slowly healing Karin's wounds while Sai kept guard and while he had the chance watching Kakashi's fight with Sasuke.
"Why are you helping me, I am your enemy? Karin asked.
Sakura didn't answer she just looked away while continuing her work.
"Sasuke, is not the same. He is not the same Sasuke you used to know" Karin said.
"And what would you know" Sakura hissed back in a whisper.
"I have been traveling with him, I saw him change. The more people he kills the colder he becomes, he enjoys it now, and will remove anything that slows him down, or gets in the way of his goal" Karin said.
"To destroy Konoha right?" Sakura said her voice shaking slightly at the thought.
"Yes, your family, friends all of them. He wants to kill everyone in the village, then burn it to the ground" Karin said.
"And you go along with this. Why?" Sakura asked.
"We had nowhere else to go. And anyway, people do crazy things for people they love" Karin said.
"Love... You love Sasuke-kun?" Sakura asked frantically.
"What does it matter, either way I have lost him now, the way I see it I will die either here or when Konoha is finished interrogating me" Karin said.
"Konoha does not like to kill it's prisoners. Danzo was highly against the practice, but Konoha gives captive ninja a chance to reform and live a non combative life in Konoha, the others are kept in chakra suppressing prison cells. Only the high profile and highly dangerous ninja are killed after they are captured" Sai informed the glasses wearing kunoichi.
"Sai, she is stable and will survive, maybe we should go help Kakashi sensei?" Sakura suggested.
"Perhaps but at the moment he is doing alright by himself. Sasuke is on the run" Sai said.
"He is? Well I guess that is good, but maybe we should help anyway" Sakura said.
"I say we wait, if Kakashi sensei needs help he will call us" Sai replied.
"Oh, alright then" Sakura said with a hint of sadness and regret in her voice that Sai ignored not understanding the emotion.
(With Kakashi)
Sasuke took a swipe at Kakashi with his katana only for Kakashi to parry the strike with one kunai and at the same time fling another kunai at the Uchiha who was becoming increasingly frustrated the longer the fight was lasting. Mostly because while he could tell Kakashi was beginning to tire he had yet to land a solid blow on the Copy Ninja, while he had taken quite a few hits.
"If you can't defeat me how do you intend to beat Naruto, Jiraiya, and Tsunade?" Kakashi taunted Sasuke knowing the angrier the Uchiha became, the more mistakes he would make.
"You think you are special, you are nothing compared to me, nobody in that pathetic village can stand up to me. And certainly not the dobe" Sasuke seethed and threw a punch in frustration that Kakashi took advantage of and kicked Sasuke in the side of the head sending him flying away.
"If you are so superior then why can't you land a single attack on me. I could fight Naruto like this and not even come close to landing a hit. How are you superior?" Kakashi said.
"No more, you will pay!" Sasuke roared and he began to be covered in a thick dark purple cloak that turned into a large spectral figure with a large bow.
'what is that? Is it a power of the Mangekyo Sharingan? What ever it is it can't be good news' Kakashi thought.
"Now Kakashi sensei... … Die!" Sasuke yelled and the large spectral figure of Sasuke's Susanoo fired an arrow from the bow straight at the Copy Ninja.
'Shit I cant get out of the way of that, I have no other choice' Kakashi thought as his own eye morphed into it's Mangekyo form. "Kamui" Kakashi said in desperation.
The air around Sasuke's attack rippled and it disappeared into thin air.
"A Mangekyo Sharingan! How dare you possess that eye. Although I am impressed that a non Uchiha could awaken it" Sasuke said angrily.
'I hate to say it but I am spent, I cant keep this up, if I have to use Kamui again I will be out cold. I could really use some help right about now' Kakashi thought and he gave Sai and Sakura a silent signal that he was going to need some help causing them to jump to his side.
"Get ready, you have to act quickly if he attacks with that bow. It is incredibly fast and accurate" Kakashi said.
"Do you have any idea's? By the looks of that thing it is a protective shell" Sai said.
"Not really, I agree with your assumption, we need a high powered jutsu to get through that thing. And I am almost spent, I have one Kamui left, I could use it on Sasuke but if I miss I would be completely helpless" Kakashi said.
"Sounds like we need help? Or we could call a truce and let Sasuke-kun get away?" Sakura suggested.
"That is not an option, he needs to die. We are just going to have to think of something" Kakashi replied.
Sasuke readied another arrow in his bow and the Susanoo aimed the attack. "Get Ready, our best chance would be just after he attacks" Kakashi suggested.
The three Konoha ninja readied themselves to jump out of the way, simply waiting for Sasuke to make the first move. Half a second before he fired however Sasuke's aim was thrown off. Naruto and Tsunade both delivering a devastating punch at full strength to the side of the Susanoo sending it flying away and the arrow he had aimed at Kakashi sailing into the bridge destroying another huge chunk and sending huge platforms of cement falling down into the river.
"Hello Teme, it seems you are up to no good, as always" Naruto said as the Sasuke his Susanoo still active stood up. He had clearly been thrown around but other than that there were no signs that he had just been hit at full strength by a senjutsu powered punch from Naruto and the monstrous strength of the Hokage.
"Dobe, come to die with the others have you?" Sasuke yelled.
"I told you before, you are no match for me. Just because you have some special eye's doesn't change that" Naruto said.
"What ever Dobe, you will fall before me just like everyone else has. In the end you are nothing compared to an Uchiha" Sasuke roared.
"You sound like a broken record, if the Uchiha were so superior, why are they all dead apart from an old fossil that refuses to die, and you, a Teme with a superiority complex" Naruto said.
"There is no escape Sasuke, you die here today" Tsunade said.
"No, you do!" Sasuke roared and he went to fire another arrow from his Susanoo, but before he could draw the bow his jutsu failed and he grabbed his eyes. 'No my eye's this cant be happening not now! I need to kill them!' Sasuke thought angrily.
"Seems he is almost blind already, truly pathetic, he cant even fight without his eyes. Well its time to finish this. Goodbye Sasuke, it was horrible to know you" Naruto said taking out several kunai.
"Haha kunai! You really think you can kill me with them?" Sasuke asked as he reactivated his normal sharingan.
"Well I guess we are just going to have to find out aren't we" Naruto said with a smirk.
Sakura was shaking, tears had started to flow down her face. She knew this was the end of the young man she loved, and there was nothing she could do about it. She watched as if in slow motion as Naruto prepared the rasengan she knew would end Sasuke's life in one hand while he readied his kunai in the other.
Naruto threw the first of his kunai and his small smirk grew when he saw that Sasuke had made no move to get out of the way or even block it as Sasuke with his sharingan could see that the kunai was going to miss him.
Something snapped in Sakura and she ran forward towards Sasuke. "Sasuke-kun it is a trap, the kunai isn't the attack, it is how Naruto moves! Get out of the way! Now!" she yelled tears still falling from her eyes as she ran.
Sasuke's eyes widened and he jumped as far away from the kunai as he could before turning back to see Naruto appear right were he once was a rasengan in his hand placed over the area where Sasuke's heart would have been.
"Sakura! What do you think you are doing!" Tsunade yelled, rage clearly plastered on her face.
"I can't let you kill Sasuke-kun, I have decided to go with him, even if that means my death I don't care, I am doing this for love" Sakura said.
"Hn maybe you are not useless after all. And I guess I owe you one for warning me about the Dobe's attack. Why not, you are a medic so you can fill Karin's spot" Sasuke said.
"Sakura do you know what he has planned? He wants to destroy Konoha!" Naruto yelled in shock at what he was hearing.
"I know, and I don't care, I would rather be with Sasuke-kun and have to help destroy Konoha than have him die and live without him" Sakura said.
"Fine! If that is the way it is going to be, I am sorry Sakura, I cant let him live, and if this is your decision then I guess I have to stop you too" Naruto said taking out several more three pronged kunai.
"Well, as interesting as this is, I need to put a stop to it. I can't let this fight continue" came a voice from back up on the bridge.
"Madara, why am I not surprised" Naruto growled.
"Not happy to see me Naruto-kun? Oh I am upset" Madara said mockingly.
"Why are you here, I can deal with them" Sasuke snapped as Madara landed on the water next to Sasuke and Sakura.
"I really doubt it, even if you still had perfect eyesight you would loose this fight. You are still far behind Naruto" Madara said.
"I am a Uchiha, he is nothing compared to me, just a Dobe, I will crush them all" Sasuke yelled.
"Simple minded fool, he is not just anyone. He is the jinchuuriki of the Kyuubi, he is also an Uzumaki. They may have just been a clan full of scholars and historians, but they were also tough, I would know the only battles I ever lost were against the Senju or the Uzumaki. Coupled to that his Hirashin jutsu and he is one of the strongest people alive. If you were to fight him now, you would die" Madara said.
'I can't let them get away, I need to stop them, but how, in an instant he can become impossible to damage, I will have to target Sasuke, but the second I do that Madara will stop me somehow... I got it!' Naruto thought and took off in a blur towards Madara rasengan in hand.
Just like Naruto figured he fazed right through the old Uchiha. But that is what Naruto planned for, and he created several clones, and sent them all at Madara.
Madara was able to dispel most of them but soon was forced to faze out of the way to avoid a clone with a rasengan, but the clone didn't let himself pass through Madara, instead he left the rasengan spiraling around inside Madara.
Seeing his trap had sprung the real Naruto shot off towards Sasuke who readied a chidori while Naruto prepared a rasengan. They came together but Naruto let Sasuke hit him and soon came to the realization that he was a clone as well. The moment he puffed out of existence a three pronged kunai fell from the smoke.
Sasuke went wide eyed realizing there was no escape this time and he saw a yellow flash right before his eyes.
But the pain never came, he could hear the sound of a rasengan, but there was no pain. Then he noticed they had another visitor, Zetsu, several white Zetsu were protecting Sasuke.
Tsunade ran forward in an attempt to finish Sasuke off herself but was stopped by Sakura who began launching kunai toward her former master. She then sent one of the kunai to dispel the Naruto clone that had Madara trapped.
"Clever boy, that plan almost worked, you knew it would take me time to get away from the clone of yours. We need to go, come on. Bring the girl she has information on Konoha that might be useful" Madara said and quickly warped Sasuke and Sakura into his pocket dimension before Naruto could deal with the Zetsu's who had foiled his attack.
"Come Zetsu, we need to get out of here. It is not possible to take the Kyuubi today, but in time we will have him" Madara said before warping away.
"Damn it!" Naruto yelled. "Why was Sakura here anyway?" he asked loudly trying to calm himself.
"I don't know, she was here when I arrived, it looked like she was trying to sneak up on Sasuke with a kunai. She must have left Konoha to come looking for him" Kakashi said.
"There is no way she could have found him without help. Let's see... … Yeah I can sense Bushy Brow's, Kiba and Shikamaru just over a mile south of here" Naruto said.
"While this was going on Sai remained quiet not knowing what would be the correct thing to say. And Tsunade was fuming, her own apprentice had betrayed her. She was already making a vow that if she ever saw Sakura again she would end her.
"We better get back, and those three are going to pay for bringing Sakura out here, they better have a damn good explanation for this" Tsunade said finally.
(Unknown Location)
Madara arrived in an old animal graveyard, were large skeletons rose high above the treetops and created a path for Madara to follow. 'Guess I better let them out' he thought before releasing Sasuke and Sakura from his pocket dimension.
"Where are we?" Sakura asked in wonder as she looked around at her surroundings.
"This is our base of operations, at least for now. That is all you need to know" Madara said.
"I want Itachi's eyes" Sasuke said talking for the first time since they left the Land of Iron.
Madara smirked under his mask. "Oh and why have you finally decided to take them?" he asked.
"Because I want to crush the Dobe and everything he stands for" Sasuke said.
"Aw is little Sasuke-kun upset he got his ass kicked by the Kyuubi jinchuuriki again" Black Zetsu said appearing from the ground which thoroughly startled Sakura.
"I will kill him. He is nothing compared to me. Madara just give me his eyes already" Sasuke said.
"Aw, I don't want him to die. The kid is fun, I mean who would have thought he could take out Pein, if we didn't have to capture him for the sealing I would recommend trying to get him to join us" Black Zetsu said.
"Enough Zetsu, I am sure Sasuke will not do anything so foolish, as to attempt to fight Naruto again until he is ready. But I do have to agree that he has made my life both more difficult and more interesting. You want Itachi's eyes, then fine. You girl, you are a medic yes?" Madara said.
"Um yes sir" Sakura said unsure how to answer the masked Akatsuki leader.
"Good I will need your help to heal Sasuke once the eye transfusion is completed. But I cannot do it yet, I need to prepare for war before I can perform the surgery" Madara said.
"I could perform it. I am a highly skilled medic, I was trained by Tsunade after all" Sakura suggested.
"While that is a generous offer I will be requiring you to tell me everything you know about Konoha, so you wont have time either" Madara informed the pink haired kunoichi.
(Land of Iron)
The Hokage's group arrived in a clearing to find Shikamaru's team all knocked unconscious.
"Look at you three, come on get up" Naruto said giving Kiba a light kick to the side.
"I think you will find they have been knocked out" said Karin who was being carried piggy back style by Kakashi.
"That just raises further questions, how does anyone get the drop on Shikamaru, he is always thinking about fifty steps ahead" Naruto whined.
Karin couldn't help herself and released a little giggle at Naruto's actions. 'He is so different to Sasuke, where Sasuke's chakra was dark and stormy. Naruto's is happy and playful almost like a child' Karin thought as she used her unique sensory ability to look deeper into Naruto's chakra. 'What is that, in the center buried deep, a chakra so foul I can't even bare to look at it. The only thing I have ever felt remotely like that, was the Bijudama that the Hachibi fired at us, but even then it paled in comparison' Karin thought as she ended her jutsu and shuddered from the memory.
Eventually, thanks to Tsunade the three Konoha ninja began to stir. "Damn it, what hit us?" Kiba asked.
"It was Sakura, she put us to sleep, it was a trap" Shikamaru said grumpily, clearly he was not happy with himself for falling for such a trick.
"But why would she do that?" Lee said groggily joining in.
The three ninja had not noticed Naruto and the others there yet so they received a big shock when Tsunade answered Lee's question.
"Sakura joined Sasuke to run off to the Akatsuki" she said still trying to contain her rage at what her apprentice had done.
"Wha? Tsunade-sama! I didn't see you there. Wait... Sakura joined up with Sasuke and the Akatsuki?" Lee said completely shocked.
"She must have been planning this. That is why she had been training non stop since she found out about Sasuke's crimes. And why she was so eager to join our group when we were going out looking for Sasuke to get rid of him once and for all. She wanted us to lead her to him so she could betray us and be with Sasuke" Shikamaru said, and by the tone of his voice you could tell he was far from happy with himself about what happened.
"Well it's to late to be stopped now, let's just head back to the village. We have a lot of work to do" Tsunade said before helping the three ninja to there feet and without further word began walking in the direction of Konoha.
End Chapter!
Hope you liked it. And if not constructive criticism is always welcome.
Would like to know peoples thoughts on me having Sakura betray Konoha, personally I really think she is to spineless to do something like that, but I thought it made for a good twist and will give me something to work with later.
Anyway until next time.