What the Heart Wants
Chapter 9
Disclaimer: I do not own Naruto.
Scene 1
Everything was dark. The smell of blood was heavy in the air. Sakura was laying on the ground, slowly waking from an unconscious state. "Wha? What happened?" She thought to herself as she looked around. She looked to see her comrades dead. She looked to her left to find Kakashi Sensei leaned against a giant rock lifeless. "No..no no no!" She said before looking to left to find Sai face down in the mud. She turned to look behind her to find all of her friends scattered in different places. She struggled to stand but managed. She slowly examined everything around her. She noticed burning falling trees. There wasn't a single star in the sky. There weren't any clouds either… just pure darkness. Before she knew it she heard laughter. Not the joyous kind either. This laugh was familiar and evil. Upon hearing it a cold fear rushed over Sakura as she turned to look straight ahead to find her worst nightmare.
Way in the distance Naruto was on the ground barely alive and alone with that monster. The one everyone knew to be Madara at the time was hovered over him laughing. Naruto was coughing up blood. He turned and looked Sakura right in the eyes. "S..Sakura" he called out to her. As soon as she heard him she took off running towards him with no hesitation. "HOLD ON NARTUO! She kept running. But it seemed the farther she ran the farther away Naruto was. But that didn't stop her. He continued to call out to her. The pathway to him was getting further and further away..
"And now Ms. Haruno…for the grand finale." Madara(Obito) said standing over Naruto doing hand signs. "Come on out….nine tails."
"NOOOOO!" Sakura screamed as she tried to run as hard as her legs would carry her. No matter how much she ran she still could not get to him. Then before she knew what happened next she could see the nine tailed fox escape its seal. Suddenly she saw naruto getting closer in her view. She continued to run until she dropped down next to him. But by the time she got to him it was too late. She shook him. "Naruto No! You can't do this! You're strong! " Tears were streaming down her face when all of a sudden she wasn't near naruto anymore. She was back where she started. It was as if what she just saw was happening all over again. She looked around to see the same people in the same places. They were still dead. Then the laughter happened all over again.
"S..Sakura."
Sakura slowly turned again to look Naruto straight in the eyes. She then knew. She had to be in hell.
Scene 2
"HOW MUCH FURTHER?!" Naruto shouted looking straight ahead at Kiba and Hinata while hopping from tree to tree.
"WE'RE GETTING CLOSER! I'm picking up on their trail!" Kiba responded.
"Naruto?" Shikamaru asked following closely behind Naruto.
"Yeah?"
"I've come up with a strategy. Can I trust that you will follow it?"
"No promises!" Naruto said with a small version of a smile showing on his face.
Shikamaru sighed. "Naruto this is important! We can't just show up without a clear strategy!"
"Alright alright! I'll listen!"
Shikamaru briefly explained the strategy over the next several minutes. By the time he was finished Naruto had a seriously confused look on his face.
"Got it!" Ino said understanding completely.
"Can we get bbq after? IM STARVING!" Choji asked as his stomach rumbled.
"Choji! Think about your stomach later this is serious here! Ino said passing through the trees behind Shikamaru.
"I missed breakfast!" Choji whined.
Scene 3 **Back at The Hidden Leaf**
Kakashi was still in the hospital trying to get out by any means necessary. "Kakashi!" Tsunade yelled. "You will not get out of that bed until you get the green light from me! Got it?!" She was glaring at him almost as if she was daring him to make a move.
Kakashi had a frightened look on his face. "Yes ma'am!" He sunk further into the hospital bed.
"Now, I've come to share some important information with you regarding your son. Tsunade took a seat in the chair across from Kakashi's bed.
"My Naruto!" Kakashi tilted his head in mild curiosity. "What about him?"
"Ive sent him and some of the others out on a mission."
"A different one?! What's wrong? Who is with him? Kakashi was starting to look nervous but Tsunade quickly took control of the situation.
"Calm down Kakashi. First let me explain what happened…. Sakura never came to the hospital this morning for her shift and people worried. Her parents came rushing into my office stating that she had been kidnapped." Whoever kidnapped her was after Naruto and is using Sakura as bait. I assigned Naruto, Ino, Shikamaru, Choji, Kiba, and Hinata to go after her.
"Do you think they will be able to handle this kind of mission themselves?"
"I have absolute faith in them! There's just one thing." Tsunade said
"What is it?"
"Sasuke was spotted not too far out. Naruto knows it to."
Kakashi sat up a bit in the hospital bed. "So Naruto is facing the decision to either go after Sakua or go after Sasuke..is that what your trying to say Tsunade?"
Tsunade looked out of the hospital window. "Yes."
Scene 4
"Ughhhhhhh! We've been walking for hours! Are we there yet?! Sugeitsu waved his arms in the air signaling how impatient he was.
"Tch Baka!" a red head in a purple shirt and shorts behind him retorted. "This mission is important for the team. So shut your trap and keep walking!"
"Important for the team..or important for Sasuke…Is that why you're so touchy Karin? Because you looooove Sasuke?!" Suigestu responded sarcastically.
"I'LL SKIN YOU ALIVE FOR SAYING THAT?!" Karin got a scary look in her eyes and glared at Suigetsu.
Suigetsu screamed and took off running down the path followed by an angry redhead chasing behind him.
A few feet behind them Sasuke and Jugo were walking staring at the scene before them.
"Children" Jugo muttered.
"I don't know why Suigetstu always feels the need to get her started but its no matter. In a few hours we should be reaching Danzo's location and then I will be able to eliminate him." Sasuke added with a sinister smirk on his face.
"And from there what do you plan to do next?"
" I plan to move forward with the next step in the plan. Destroy the hidden leaf village. And then rebuild a new Leaf village and be its hokage."
Jugo was about to respond when Karin ran back over to them. "We're being followed!" She said with a serious look on her face.
"What do you mean?" Sasuke asked her looking concerned.
"I sense the chakra of five shinobi and one konoichi headed right this way."
Sasuke got a serious look on his face and was about to say something before Karin interrupted him.
"That's not all. There's one shinobi in particular. His chakra is different from the others.
"Like how?" Jugo asked.
"On the outside …his chakra is warm and inviting. But deep within him…there's something very very scary." She said in a low tone.
Sasuke immediately knew who it was. "Naruto."