YAY!! Im back!! Sry for the long wait, but I've been away! No computer! Wah! THREE WEEKS!! Then I finally get back and what do ya no? NO INTERNET!! THE CABLE COMPANY IS HAVING ISSUES!! So I finally went out, bought a flash drive and used the library computer to upload this. Anyway, I hope you guys like this chapter!! Its getting intense!!
Inner Sakura
Sakura's thoughts
Neka's thoughts
Shukaku's thoughts
Gaara's thoughts
START!!
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"AGGHHHH!!"
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"Did you guys just hear someone….. scream?" Sakura questioned her two teammates as they were walking along through the forest.
"This place is creepy…. But there's nothing to worry Sakura-chan!! I'll protect you!!" he shouted as he tackled her in a hug.
Both Sasuke and Naruto expected her to yell at him and shove him off, and that's what she would have done the last time she took the exams. But, this time, surprising both boys, she laughed and hugged him back.
"Thanks Naruto, you're a true friend!" she said as she got up and started ahead of the two boys, leaving them confused.
"Dobe… Does Sakura seem… Different… To you?" Sasuke asked as him and Naruto followed Sakura farther into the forest.
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"Uhhh guys….. I gotta take a leak…" Naruto said nervously as he unzipped his pants.
"BAKA!" Sakura yelled as she smacked him on the head, smiling. " Not in front of a girl! Use the bushes! Geeze its gonna take a miracle for you to learn manners! Poor Hina." Sakura muttered sarcastically, then froze, remembering what was going to happen after Naruto came back.
Orochimaru…
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They had decided to come up with a password.
A secret password.
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Yeah right.
After the little mishap with the rain nin impersonating Naruto, Sasuke thought it would be best to have a password so there would be no confusion.
Sakura wasn't even paying attention half of the time. Her body was tense, muscles coiled to spring.
Waiting for Orochimaru.
Sak, you have to be careful. Not just because he's dangerous, but because he's smart. You can't let him find out you're from the future.
I'll be careful. Sakura thought, brushing Neka into the corner of her mind. She needed all of her focus right now.
"We need a better word! How about 'swordfish'?" Naruto protested loudly. Suddenly something skimmed his cheek, leaving a trail of blood.
"What the-"
A blast of air equivalent to that of a hurricane rushed at them.
This is it.
When the wind subsided three grass nin were standing there. Team 7 disappeared.
Sakura ran towards where Sasuke was, and recited the password. She readied herself for when 'Naruto' would show up.
I hope he's doing okay with the snake…
They looked to the bushes, and 'Naruto' stepped out and recited the password. Sakura's hand shot out, flinging a kunai at the figure, just barely beating Sasuke to it. He dodged, and grinned one of the sickest smiles Sakura had ever seen.
"Heh. Well done." 'Naruto' muttered and exploded with a cloud of smoke. A grass ninja stood in his place. Orochimaru.
"What gave me away?" he asked sarcastically. Sasuke answered him, not knowing of the danger present.
"I knew you were underground eavesdropping, which is why I chose the long password. The real Naruto would never be able to remember that." he stated smugly. Sakura sent him a sharp glance. Stupid, cocky Uchihas.
" I suppose you want our earth scroll…" he said as he lifted the scroll to eye level.
DID HE JUST EAT THE SCROLL?! Neka shouted, even thou no answer was needed. Orochimaru reached up towards his eye, and Sakura remembered the justu he used next.
"Now, we fight to the death!" he shouted.
Right before he performed the jutsu, Sakura sprang out of the zone of the jutsu.
Sorry, Sasuke… Sakura thought as he withered in pain. She saw him pick up a kunai and stab himself in the leg, clearing him thoughts. He them dashed away into the forest to hide from Orochimaru. Sakura stayed where she was, but threw a kunai to distract Sasuke's attention behind him when a giant snake showed behind him.
If she was going to time this right, she had to wait.
I hate waiting…
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Sakura stayed out of sight, changing her hiding spots occasionally, watching as her teammates fought. Her hands were bleeding from the indents her fingernails left, from gripping her fists too hard when the urge to jump out and help arose. She tasted the blood in her mouth from biting her lower lip as she watched Naruto be attacked by the giant snake. She saw his eyes turn to slits as some of Kyubi's chakra leaked through the seal.
She felt her own eyes turn purple as she watch Naruto be hit by the five pronged seal, watching him be knocked unconscious.
Screw timing. The time is NOW! Sakura threw a kunai at the falling Naruto, pining him to a tree out of harms way.
She ran back to the clearing, just as Orochimaru extended his neck to bite Sasuke.
No…
Sakura sped up, putting all her chakra into her feet. She stopped short a few feet from them.
She was too late.
Sasuke let out a scream of agony, as if he was on fire. Sakura kept her eyes locked on Orochimaru. Fury building inside of her.
"YOU BASTARD!" she screamed in fury. Her arms were alight with black flames, her purple eyes filled with malice.
She looked more demon then human.
Neka let loose a roar that shook the forest, as Orochimaru stared at Sakura in open shock.
How had none of his operatives discovered that?! That raw power! It couldn't be a demon, he thought, none of those are around here except the kitsune and the tanuki.
His thoughts were interrupted as he felt a white hot, blinding pain. The girl had gotten to him faster than was possible for a gennin her age, he realized as he flew through the air, Sakura trailing below.
As a whirlwind formed around him to make his exit, one thought dominated him mind.
Who was this Haruno girl?
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-AND ANOTHER THING!! How could you show him your fire?! Do you realize what you've done?! You-
Once again, Sakura tuned out one of the voices in her head ( the other was sleeping contently), preferring to focus on taking care of Naruto and Sasuke. While they were out she had managed to get a scroll, but they still needed another one. She wanted to get out of this damned forest before Kabuto had a chance to join their group.
Because Sakura knew she screwed up.
She shouldn't have let it go that far. She shouldn't have let her emotions get the best of her.
But she did.
AND NOW OROCHIMARU IS GOING TO BE SUSPICIOUS!!
Sakura was about to retaliate when she felt a chakra spike to the north, about 100 meters away. She vaguely recognized it as the sound ninjas from her gennin days. Slowly a feral grin spread across her face, her eyes turned purple ( a sign of her new 'bloodline').
"Time to have some fun, ne?" she whispered to herself as she cast a genjutsu to cover her teammates and disappeared in a flurry of cherry blossom petals.
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AT THE TOWER!!( about 15 hrs before)
Gaara hated waiting. (AN now where have I heard that before….?)
He especially hated waiting for his mate.
Stupid exams. Stupid scrolls. Stupid cat demons! Shukaku kept muttering in Gaara's head. Repeatedly. Gaara was about to tell the demon to stuff it when they both heard something. And felt something.
A deathly familial growl ripped through him as he felt a miniscule shudder rumble under him feet. Gaara felt all color drain from his face.
Neka… Shukaku said, dread seeping into his voice. Without a word, Gaara was gone, leaving his puzzled siblings behind.
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Heres the first part of what I wrote!! While the internet was down, I wrote a second part, but Im gonna post that a little later on!
And sry, but the twist is not in this chapter!
It will most likely be in the next one.
HINT!! : it has something to do with Gaara and the Akatsuki!!
Bye bye!! For now… DUN DUN DUN!! Hehe plz review with your comments!!