Hello, everyone! How are you guys? Hope you didn't forget about this story and me. Alright, first, I want to thank all of you guys for reviewing. I really appreciate it and love it. I want to at least reach a hundred reviews, so please help me in my goal! :)

Shurai Kuran: I actually was planning on making a chapter like that but I didn't know how to execute it in a way that's realistic enough. Well, as realistic as an anime crossover can get.

Guys you may also suggest some scenes you want just like Shurai Kuran did. I'll think it over and tell you what I think about it. Oh and, before you guys realize it, Bankotsu and his companions are alive. They never died and/or resurrected. Naraku did tell Bakotsu about the Shikon jewels, though, but he found and got the jewels purely by himself.

Alright, guys, I have been waiting for the right time to make this chapter and it's finally here. Get ready for some NARAKU VILLAIN LOVE/OBSESSION/ADDICTION!

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(1) Katon: Gōenka! (Fire release: Great Flame Flower!)

"Sit boy!" –Talking

"Sit boy!"–Thinking/flashback

"Sit boy!"–Inner Saku

"Sit boy!"–Inner demons/demons

"No."

"Yes."

"No."

"Yes!"

"No, now shut up already. I own this body, Inner. So, no matter how much you want to, you can't and I won't."

"Oh, c'mon! Aren't you at least a little bit curious about it?"

"Ever heard of curiosity killed the cat?"

"Ah, but satisfaction brought it back, dear Sakura."

Sakura rolled her eyes at the retort of her Inner as she played with the water under her feet, this time no scary, crazy, strong, –smexy hot, Inner added, which was ignored by Sakura because, really, there is no use in denying it– large sword wielding psychopath bursting out from the forest trying to slaughter her. She also changed into her ninja clothing, realizing how hard it was to fight in those priestess-like clothes but she kept the diamond on her forehead hidden using a simple genjutsu. (See clothing in account.)

The main reason for Sakura's annoyance and Inner's curiosity stayed hidden in Sakura's medical pouch, emitting a glow and aura that just screams Shikon jewel. Yes, not long after Sakura left Bankotsu and his 'crew,' Sakura came across a demon with a Shikon jewel, and seriously, Sakura was beginning to wonder exactly how many of these powerful shards were scattered. One shard was powerful enough, what more when a demon eats the whole thing? My God, who is dumb enough to make such a powerful thing?! And who in the world was dumber enough to shatter it?! Accident or not, the whole thing was just messed up.

"Who cares!? Just look at it!" Inner injected, snapping Sakura out of her musings.

"Inner…if I look at it, will you finally shut the hell up!?"

"Deal. Now go!" Inner cheered. Sakura didn't doubt that Inner probably didn't even hear what she said.

Sakura sighed, hand going to her behind and rummaging through her medical pouch. Wincing when she pricked herself, Sakura took out the shard, her previously pricked finger already healed. She stared at the shard with bored eyes, twisting it occasionally. The shard was glowing like usual, a soft pink glow that almost looks like the green chakra Sakura emits when she is using medical jutsus. Narrowing her eyes, Sakura brought the shard closer for inspection. The chakra trapped inside it didn't feel like chakra, but in the same time is. It felt heavy and rough but gave a soft feeling to it like her chakra does.

…Did that make sense?

"No, no it didn't."

Sakura mentally glared at her Inner before going back to the shard. A shard or the Shikon no Tama itself didn't really mean anything to her nor did she need or want it. It was pretty much useless to her. The only reason why she actually kept the shard was because there might be a possibility she will run into those weird people before. They asked for the shard she had before, so they were probably trying to put the pieces back together. They could do anything they want with it; she didn't care as long as she could get back home. And if it means keeping this damn thing that might bring her more trouble than she needs it to bring, then so be it.

"Home…"

It was really killing her not knowing what's happening back home. She missed the shinobi world/time more than anything. She missed Naruto's annoying but somehow adaorable addiction to Ramen; she missed Ino and her gossips, no matter how much she always feel like ripping her hair off every time Ino takes so long, and Hell, she even misses the fucking Akatsuki!

…Actually, never mind. They could get brutally eaten raw by Zetsu and she probably wouldn't even flinch. Except, probably Kisame and Itachi. Really odd pair those two, but she likes them. Fun to fight with, especially when Kisame boast about something only to get slumped by Itachi's comment. Just like Sasuke and Naruto.

Good times, good times.

She takes that back, she will miss them if they ever died.

Yeah, she knows all about Itachi's little mission/life plan. He was number one in her most respected shinobi. They were –dare she say – friends. Kisame, on the other hand, won her friendship by his playful personality. That and by having a couple of rounds with her in a bar in the middle of her mission but mostly his personality. Sakura knew, though, that she swam her way to their hearts because she actually took the time to understand them. Well, that's what they said but she was drunk that time so she didn't really know what they meant. All she knew was the next morning; they were acting like they were buddies so she just let it go. She never told Konoha though. Holy cow, what Konoha will do if they found out the apprentice of the Hokage was friends with their arched enemy. It wasn't like she gave them any information nor did they ask for it. They were friends, she understood them, they somewhat understood her and that's all it was there to it.

"Wonder what Sasuke would say if he finds out. Ha! His face will be priceless!"

Sakura growled, raw anger surging through her body. Sasuke…that dumb bastard…he didn't deserve to have a brother like Itachi! Yeah, Sakura knew Sasuke was driven to it by said weasel, but for God's sake, the guy has lost all common sense in the world! Even Itachi agrees with her when she told him but said Sasuke will be alright. She snorted. Alright? The guy asked power from a pedophile snake who, might she add, is weaker than Itachi and in the same time, knowing he wanted his body. C'mon, they dude will never be alright! Sakura just knew if he found out what Itachi has done for him and who made Itachi do it, he would kill him right away. Like Danzou, for instance. Sasuke would probably immediately attack Konoha to kill Danzou and the council, his excuse being they were the reason why Itachi had to do what he did. Sasuke always seems to find someone to blame, it was ridiculous! Now, don't get her wrong, Sakura still loved the guy –maybe in a more brotherly way now but she wasn't sure yet– but seriously, Sakura sometimes wished the guy would get a heart attack and drop dead or something. Sometimes.

"Uhh, Saks…"

Like right now when she is thinking about all the bad things he has done and purposely ignoring how Sasuke feels because she knew it will make her change her mind.

"Sakura…?"

If she thinks about his feelings, she can't think about all the bad things about him. It's not like she can say she completely understands him, she never had a parent murdered in front of her or anything, but she did try having a very, very close friend die in front of her. But she had friends and her parents to help her through that time while Sasuke didn't have anyone, hence the reason why she said she didn't completely understand him. But, c'mon, she can't deny the fact that he brought it all by himself. He didn't let anyone in, saying he was an 'avenger' and all those crap. Seriously, an 'avenger'? How much stupidercan he gets before he get himself killed?!

"Sakura!"

"What?! Can't you see I'm busy thinking about how stupid Sasuke is being and how much I want him dead?!"

"You might want to postpone that for a bit…"

"And why should I do that?" Sakura snapped.

"Why don't you look at the shard before you ask that?"

Sakura looked down at her shard, which was held by her thumb and forefinger, and felt her eyes widen. The shard was no longer the same soft pink color but a lurid black-violet that radiated with death. She touched the surface softly with her other hand as she stared at it with somewhat glazed eyes, feeling a dark energy in it. Ever so slowly, the shard turned back to its usual soft pink, making Sakura pull her finger away.

"What was that?" Sakura wondered and, not once looking away from the shard, spoke,

"I must say, I'm getting curious to who must be following me around all this time. Please…" Sakura trailed off, eyes breaking contact with the shard to stare at the seemingly empty forest, "won't you come out?"

"My, my, I didn't expect you to be such a well mannered young lady…"

Sakura merely stared as a –what is up with guys and having longer and better hair than girls?! – tall, red-eyed man walked out from behind a tree with elegance that Sakura didn't expect a demon to have. How'd Sakura know he was a demon?

Hellooo, red eyes, long black hair, and an arrogant expression that makes you want pummel him to the ground? Do the math, people!

"I get that a lot around here…" Sakura responded, calmly standing up and putting her shoes on. She felt her lips quirk upward when she saw the faint raising of the male's eyebrow. Even her shoes are abnormal here, huh?

"Considering your statement, I'm assuming you aren't the regular trailer?" Sakura swept her eyes through his choice of clothing and stared at the red eye in the middle of his chest warily, "I might even go as far as to say you're the one sending those trailers, the leader."

"Hmm, beautiful, wise, elegant, and strong…you are indeed one of a kind." Sakura snorted lightly, shaking her head.

"Though I appreciate the compliments, flattery will get you nowhere," Sakura said, hand resting on top of her sword's hilt while the other played with her loose hair, making a mental note to find a new tie.

"So it would seem…"

"Why don't you start by telling me why you are following me?"

"Inner, who the hell is this guy?"

"Well, he looks like Kagewaki Hitomi but the young lord had brown eyes so I doubt it's the same guy."

"You see, Miss Sakura," Sakura tensed, eyes snapping to his smirking face, "you have captured my interest, and I wanted to see just how strong the cherry blossom is. I have gotten quite a lot of complains about you."

"I found Orochimaru's brother," Sakura told Inner, sighing exaggeratedly internally.

"…I have no time for this foolishness," Sakura muttered, hand half way in putting her straw hat on when she suddenly jerked back, watching with slightly alarmed eyes as her straw hat was cut in half by a tentacle-like thing.

"It seems I have hit a chord…" Sakura said, feeling a weird satisfaction surge through her at Naraku's annoyed face, "My apologies, Mr. Demon."

"Mr. Demon? Do you not know who I am, cherry blossom?"

"You look like the young lord, Kagewaki Hitomi, but other than that, nothing of you is familiar to me," Sakura answered honestly.

"While it is true I possessed the young lords body, I am not him. My name is Naraku, cherry blossom."

"Possessed his body? Oh God, he really is Orochimaru's brother!" Inner screamed inside Sakura's head.

"It's a pleasure meeting you, Naraku-san but I really should be leaving." Sakura bowed before swiftly turning around.

"Ahh, to get back home, am I right?" Sakura twitched when she felt a tentacle around her ankle, stopping her mid step.

"…And how do you know about that, Naraku-san?"

"I know a lot of things, cherry blossom." Naraku smirked as the tentacle holding Sakura slithered away.

"Oh? So, you know who I am and where I come from then?" Sakura asked. When nothing but silence met Sakura's ears, she threw a smirk at Naraku over her shoulder.

"I guess not. Please excuse me then, I wish not to waste my time any further." Sakura resumed her walking only get stop, once again, moments later. She glanced down at the tentacle wrapped around her waist and gritted her teeth as it brought her closer to Naraku.

"You are testing my patience, demon. Release me this instance," Sakura ordered, voice now emotionless and icy as she glared coldly at Naraku, silently daring him to do defy her. Naraku merely smirked arrogantly at her.

"Demon, I do not like repeating myself. Release me."

Sakura grunted when she was simply swung to a tree, her back bumping with the tree hard enough for said tree to crack and fall to the ground. She coughed a couple times as she was once again brought closer to Naraku. Just as Sakura was about to insult Naraku with every insult known and unknown to man, a familiar voice joined the scene.

"Naraku put Sakura down now!" Naraku looked to the side while Sakura simply watched from the corner of her eye as the enraged face of Inuyasha came into view. Naraku appeared annoyed, and amused, although Sakura looked a bit embarrassed when she realized she didn't even know the guy's name and he was helping her.

"Ah, we meet again, fair maiden," Miroku greeted, smiling at the trapped girl.

"So we have. I am curious how you manage to find me, though."

"We felt a Shikon shard and Inuyasha smelt Naraku's scent." Sakura nodded at the bow girl, inwardly cheering at her successful plan. She knew keeping the shard was a good idea. Boo to the yeah!

"I wasn't aware you already met my new pet, Inuyasha."

And just like that, Sakura felt her patience snapped.

"I dare you; I fucking dare you to call me that again…" Sakura growled out, sending chills up everyone's spine. Naraku smirked yet again and grabbed Sakura's chin, ignoring the yelling of Inuyasha. Tugging her face forward, Naraku whispered in her ear.

"My…pet."

Sakura snarled, lightening-like chakra blazing out of her being, similar to Sasuke's Chidori Current. Naraku immediately pulled away from the angered woman, noting that the tentacle holding Sakura was burnt to ashes. Wasps flew out from Naraku's behind but before it could hit Sakura, who was prepared to do a simple Fire release jutsu, Inuyasha took charge,

"Kaze no Kizu!" Inuyasha yelled, swinging his Tessaiga, effectively killing the wasps. Unfortunately, Naraku had a barrier to protect him from the attack.

"You alright?" Inuyasha questioned, falling beside Sakura, who gave him a glance and a nod making Inuyasha feel less tense. Naraku, on the other hand, didn't appear to find anything relieving. In fact, he was growling. A sound that Sakura didn't mind not hearing ever again.

"You, Inuyasha, are proving to be quite the annoying pest."

"Thank you for the compliment, Naraku, I really appreciate it," Inuyasha retorted sarcastically to which Sakura snorted at.

"You have a knack in complimenting people, don't you?" Sakura asked, referring to his earlier flattery.

"But anyway, I really, really want to get back home and I finally found a way so please, for the love of all things good in this world, leave me alone! 'Cuz seriously, I am getting tired suppressing my chakra," Sakura said, putting a hand on her hip.

"…Why do I have to be stuck with an idiot? WHY!?" Inner screamed just as Sakura widen her eyes in realization.

"Suppressing?" Naraku asked, narrowing his eyes.

"Your what?" Sango spoke for the first.

"…Forget it. Just leave already, Naraku-san."

"Oh? What happened with 'demon' and 'filth'?"

"And if you don't leave now, you're going to find out what I did to the rest of your demonic and filthy friends…companions…puppets!" Sakura countered, snobbishly shaking her head.

"By the way, here's a shard." Sakura quickly added, trying to keep their mind off the little slip up.

"Uhh, thanks…" Kagome thanked, voice uncertain.

"No prob," Sakura replied sweetly before turning to Naraku.

"You're still here?" Sakura deadpanned.

"I have tried to stay calm with you, cherry blossom, but you are not making it easier," Naraku growled out, poison wasps coming out, increasing in number by each passing second. Sakura chuckled, going to her fighting stance.

"You guys, why don't you leave?" Sakura glanced at Inuyasha, who looked ready to argue but was quickly silenced by Miroku tugging him away from the battle.

"Mi-"

"Shut up, Inuyasha. I know this is a rare chance but this isn't our fight," Miroku hissed, mentioning Sango and Kagome to follow, "If it calms your nerves, we'll check if she's alright after the battle, okay?"

"I wasn't wo-"

"No use in even denying, Inuyasha," Miroku cut off, shaking his head. Inuyasha glared at him but kept his mouth shut, glancing at the pinkette.

"I just about reached my end of my patience with you, cherry blossom."

"Funny, I was about to say the same thing," Sakura retorted, flaring her chakra. Wasps started circling around her, the loud buzzing interfering with her senses but nonetheless she smirked at the demon. His presence. He was powerful, she could feel the killing intent radiating out of him, making Sakura feel the exciting adrenaline she missed so much as she went through different hand seals. The wasp flew towards her just as Sakura finished the last hand seal.

"Katon: Gōenka!"