✔ Book 1:Sakura's New Beginning

Chapter 22: Sakura's New Beginning

Sasuke sighed as he looked over to see Naruto still past out and Sakura sweating and breathing in ragged breaths. "Please wake up Sakura." Sasuke remembered clearly of the words Orochimaru had told Sakura before vanishing. You are the key to my plan. What the hell did he mean by that? As Sasuke sighed he looked to see a squirrel running around, but what immediately caught his eye was the explosion tag on his back. Oh no

Sakura felt like she was on fire as she looked around the endless darkness she was in. "Hello?" Sakura noticed up ahead two figures that were crying. "Excuse me!" As she walked closer she saw the familiar Haruno symbol on their backs. "Kaa-chan? Tou-chan!" Sakura yelled as she got closer to them, suddenly she gasped as their turned towards her with their eyes having been ripped out. "No! What happened to you guys!" They walked towards the young kunoichi.

You are the key

You are the key

Sakura began shaking as she heard those words being repeated. "Stop it!" Purple chakra began to surround Sakura's small form as she closed her eyes shut. Wake up Sakura-chan! And with that Sakura was awake with a sickening grin on her face. Sasuke panted in exhaustion as Lee was unconscious and Team 10 was at a stand still with Dosu. "Just leave us alone!" Sasuke yelled before feeling a dark chakra from behind him.

"Sasuke-kun.." he  gasped as he saw his girlfriend with dark chakra swirling around her. "Sakura?" Sakura walked towards him and gently caressed his cheek. "Who hurt my dear Sasuke-kun?" Sasuke felt his heart drop as he saw the crazed look in her eye. "That would be me pinkie!" Dosu shouted proudly as everyone looked at Sakura shockingly. "Really now?" Suddenly Dosu felt a large pain from his arms as Sakura placed her foot onto his back. "What the hell are you doing?!" Zaku yelled as he began panicking.

"You seem very proud of these arms." Sakura pointed out as she began pulling on them. "What a shame they had to be on a man like you!" With that Sakura pulled them back till they made a sickening crack. Sasuke only watched in horror as Sakura walked infront of Zaku and looked at his eyes. "I wonder what would happen if one your eyes were gone." Slowly Sakura began to put her fingers into Zaku's socket. "No please stop!" Sasuke had enough, this was not the Sakura that he loved.

"Sakura stop!" Sakura's head snapped towards Sasuke as she dropped Zaku onto the ground. "Why should I Sasuke, he hurt you and everyone! He deserves to suffer!" Sasuke shook his head as he walked over to her dakr figure. "Sakura this isn't you! You're not a killer, your hands are not made for murdering! They are made to being life!" Sakura's eyes widened as she looked down her hands. "Please Sakura come back! Bring back the Sakura I love!" With that the dark chakra regretted back into Sakura's mark as she fell forward.

Sasuke quickly rushed towards her and caught her small figure as he layed his head onto her chest. "You're back." He muttered as Sakura caressed his head. "I'm sorry." Dosu quickly grabbed his two teammates before holding throwing them their scroll. "Please let us go! Take our scroll!" With that Dosu threw it at Sasuke before jumping away.

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As everyone layed down to regain some energy from the fight,
Naruto was asleep saying random things. "Don't worry Hinata I'll protect" he muttered a blush covering his cheeks as he rolled over in his sleep. "What a drag it will be to wake him up." sighed Shikamaru as both he and Choji were examining him.

"I can kick him if you want?" Choji offered happily. Sakura shook her head and gave him a small fake smile. Sakura still couldn't forget the horror and fright in her friends eyes when she was controlled by my curse mark. The screams of pain she heard from Zaku as she broke his arms.

"Sakura are you alright?" asked Sasuke worriedly. Sakura nodded and kept staring at her friends. He sighed and placed me on her lap while rubbing imaginary circles on my back. "Just because of what happened doesn't mean I think anything differently of you." he stated. She sighed and rested her head into the crook of his neck.