Hey guys, it's been a while hasn't it. Sorry it took over a month for me to post this, I felt a bit unsure whether to post it or not when I got those flames in my previous story, but I've decided to try my best to correct my grammar and spelling error and try to make the story more interesting, though I recommend you to skip the boring parts if you don't like it. And as you can see, my story consist of mostly dialogues, If you want the story to be in more detail, just let me know. And I'd be glad to explain anything that you don't understand, anyways please enjoy for now.

The Reunion

"It's almost time, right….. Sakura" said Tsunade, she was looking out the window with an excited smirk.

"Yeah….. Tsunade-sama" replied Sakura.

Somewhere in the village

"It should be about time they return…" said Neji.

"Oh! Then I'd better get ready to challenge them to a match when they return" said Lee.

"That's my student" said Gai, a waterfall coming from his eyes as he gave Lee a thumbs up.

"Sakura-chan….. she's been through a long wait, hasn't she" said Tenten.

"She's been working extra hard ever since they left" said Neji.

Training Grounds…

"Naruto that bastard is coming back soon, isn't he" said Kiba.

"Naruto-kun….." muttered Hinata, shyly.

"Sasuke-kun too" said Shino.

In the Konoha Library….

Team Asuma was helping out in sorting out the documents of the enemy infiltrators last night.

"Ino, this isn't suppose to be here" said Shikamaru to his female teammate.

"Ah, sorry…" said Ino, hurrying over to take the document from Shikamaru.

Shikamaru sighed "Don't worry so much, they'll come back" said Shikamaru.

"Eh? Is it really that obvious?" said Ino.

"Like an open book" said Shikamaru.

They stared at each other for a moment before Choji cut in "Shikamaru~ here's the other part of the document you asked for" he called out.

"Shh…. Choji, this is a library, you can't be so loud" said Asuma.

Shikamaru rubbed the back of his head "Why are we stuck doing this troublesome mission in the first place"

"Because you three were the only ones who saw them" said Asuma.

"Troublesome…." He muttered.

"Mou….. Shikamaru, you're so lazy" said Ino.

"Then sorry about that" said Shikamaru, but he didn't mean it at all.

Sakura had just came back from the Hokage's office, she walked into the empty mansion and up to her room, she flopped down onto the bed and closed her eyes for a second, she could feel their chakra, closing in, but she can't tell when they'll reach Konoha, so she decided to wait for them at the gate till they arrive.

She sat at the bench near the gate, she played with the leave that fell from the tree next to her, she would use her chakra to balance up as many leaves as she could, but soon she got tired of it, and the sun was setting soon, she folded her knees and hugged them.

She revised all the poison and antidotes she learned from Tsunade in her head, but after she did that, it was already pretty late, and she was getting sleepy, her eyelids became very heavy, she would often let it fall for a second before it shot right back up.

'Hurry up and come home….. Sasuke…. Naruto' thought Sakura before she buried her head in her knees, slowly drifting to sleep.

Meanwhile, somewhere outside the village…

"This is Team Ame, We've successfully reached A point" said the captain of team Ame, his men scattered in hiding behind him as he reports to the commander.

The commander was back at the camp that was set up to the far east outside the village.

"Good, we can't afford to be seen like last night, so be careful, Team Mizu, what's the situation inside the village" said the commander.

"I sense two chuunin guards, at the side of the gate" said one of the three sensory Ame-nin who hid their chakra well.

"That's all?" asked the commander.

"There aren't any signs of the patrol squad at the entrance yet" said the second man.

"But wait, there's anyone one, it's a little further into the village, but I sense it, I dun think it's conscious, the chakra is pretty calmed" said the third one.

"That's no ordinary chakra, I know this chakra, Haruno Sakura, she was part of Team Kakashi that defeated a whole squadron of chuunin back at Amegakure, but before that, she was one of Iwagakure's assassins during the great war" said the first man.

"I heard they split ways" said the commander.

"According to the intel, her teammates are suppose to return around this time" replied the sensor.

"Good, we'll use her to get intel and a hostage" said the commander.

"Give us your orders, sir" the Captain of Team Ame.

"Capture Haruno Sakura and make her give us the information we need" said the Commander.

"Yes sir" replied captains of both teams.

"How long do you think it'll take before they notice us, Sasuke" said a low, superior voice.

Team Mizu was taken by surprise, they looked up and saw two shinobi with the konoha forehead protector.

"Oh, they noticed us" said Itachi.

"That's cause you foolishly gave us away, nii-san" said a voice that hasn't been heard in konoha for a long time.

They armed themselves with kunais and took their stance.

"Who's there?" demanded the captain.

"What's wrong" said the commander.

"We've been found, sir" said the captain.

Sasuke and Itachi jumped down from the branch and blocked their way.

"Who is it" said the commander.

Team Mizu stood rooted to the ground, then the captain, who was in front took a step back.

"U-U-Uchi….." he choked back the words when Sasuke's sharingan appeared and a light spark lit in his hand, he lifted his hand like he was holding something in his hands, the light sparks suddenly exploded into a wild lightning ball (Chidori).

"Uchiha Sasuke!" Team Mizu shouted before, the they were thrown out of the forest with a sparks flying out and into the path that leads to the village, their bodies laid unconscious on the ground, Sasuke's chidori died out.

"You were a bit slow there, Sasuke" said Itachi.

"There's no point in getting serious with these small fry" said Sasuke.

"Is that suppose to be an excuse?" said Itachi.

"Have it your way" said Sasuke, then his eyes rolled to the side, he saw more enemy chakra moving towards the village, he ran off again.

"Team Mizu! Team Mizu, come in, what happened!" said the captain of team Ame.

One of them was still conscious, but not for long, he took that chance to say something "It-It's Uchiha Sasuke… retreat….! Hurry!" he shouted desperately.

On the other line….

"Genzawa! Please reply!"

"Sir! Up front!" said one of his subordinates.

They stopped running and looked at Sasuke.

"So you're back" said the captain.

"You're not taking a step over me" said Sasuke.

"We've got you outnumbered" said the captain.

"Then let's see how you do in skills" Sasuke whispered in the captain's ear as he held his kunai against his neck behind him.

The captain's eyes widened 'How did he…..?'

"Die!" shouted a shinobi from the group as he raced towards Sasuke, throwing multiple kunais at him.

Sasuke disappeared and the kunais stabbed into the captain.

"Captain!" shouted the men.

"You fools….. retreat now…. He's not someone you can fool around with anymore" said the captain, limping.

"But he's seen us, he must be eliminated"

Sasuke pulled out his Kusanagi no Tsurugi that was tied behind his lower back, he held in with one hand at first then it lit up in sparks.

"It doesn't matter if you run or not, cause all of you are going to stop here" said Sasuke, his head lowered and his eyes looking up in a dangerous dark glare.

They all froze in fear, neither one dared to make a sudden move, Sasuke suddenly appeared in front the man who threw the kunai at him, and took him down with a slash across the chest, soon the whole team came after him, the forest sparked up and before they knew it, they were lying on the ground, unconscious.

Sasuke sheathed his sword then looked down on the unconscious man with the communicator on, then he heard someone speak on the other line.

"Oh, Sasuke, you're there aren't you" said a familiar voice through the device.

"Naruto….?" Said Sasuke, he went over to pick the communicator up.

"I took out the commander, looks like you're done on your side too" said Naruto.

"How'd you know I did it" said Sasuke.

"Your chidori….. it's noticeable from even here" said Naruto.

"Looks like you're grown a brain" said Sasuke.

"I've always had one!" shouted Naruto through the other line.

"Noisy as always" said Sasuke.

"I'm not!"

Without another word, Sasuke dropped the communicator on the ground and started walking to the village.

Itachi was following landed beside him and began walking "Well done, Sasuke, I'll report to the fifth, so you head home first when we reach the village" said Itachi.

"I was going to do that without you telling me" said Sasuke.

Itachi raised his eyebrows then disappeared when they reached the gate.

"Oi, Kotetsu, isn't that Sasuke-kun?" said Izumo, half asleep.

Sasuke turned to them.

"It is, he's back…!" said Kotetsu, just waking up.

"We must tell the fifth" said Izumo.

"There's no need, Nii-san had already gone to the fifth" said Sasuke.

"Oi, You'd better take her home before she catches a cold" said Kotetsu, nodding his head over at Sakura who was sleeping on the bench, she was hugging her legs and her head was buried in her knees, she was right under the street light.

"Sakura….!" Said Sasuke.

Kotetsu and Izumo tried to take a closer look from their post, leaning over and looking at them with interest.

Sasuke stepped into the light and looked down at the sleeping beauty, then leaned over to pick her up.

Her light snoring caused a faint hint of pink on his cheeks, he looked down at her with a soft expression as he walks the streets of the Uchiha territory once again.

When he entered the mansion, it was just the way he remembered it, when he pushed open Sakura's door with his feet, he found her bed flooded with books, her shelves too, there were some on the floor.

"How does this girl sleep in here….." he muttered, then he heard Sakura groan a little then tugged at his shirt.

A shiver went down his spine, he sighed "I guess there's no choice" he went over to his room and put her down on his bed. He got the chance to see her adorable sleeping face again, words can't explain how happy he was to see her. He left the room with a smile.

Next Day….

"You moron, she's still sleeping, you're going to wake her up"

"I just want to take a glance at her!"

"You can do that after she wakes up"

"You bastard, you wanna keep Sakura-chan for yourself don't you?"

"Shut up you loser, you're really gonna wake her"

Sakura's eyes shot open, she sat up.

"This is… Sasuke's room…" she looked down at the bed sheets, her eyes widened immediately 'This Chakra…..!'

She jumped off the bed and stumbled to the door, failing to turn the knob at the first try but she managed to get the door open with the next.

She raced down the stairs.

Sasuke and Naruto looked up the stairs in question.

But both perked up with their kunoichi teammate appeared at the top of the stairs, Sakura was so excited she tripped down at the 4th last step.

Her two teammates quickly caught her and held her up.

"Sakura-chan?" "Sakura?"

"Welcome back, Sasuke, Naruto…." She muttered.

"You don't have to rush like that, what would happen if you really fell" said Naruto.

"It's because you were being too loud and woke her up" said Sasuke.

"I wouldn't be so loud if you let me see her!" said Naruto.

"If you weren't so impatient! You wouldn't have woken her up" said Sasuke.

Sakura looked at them, then tears rolled down her cheeks, she lowered her head as she tries to wipe them away.

"S-Sakura…?" said Sasuke, nervously.

"Ah! A-Are you crying?" said Naruto, not knowing what to do.

"W-We get it, Sakura….! We'll stop fighting, so there's no need to cry" said Sasuke, putting his hands on her shoulders.

Sakura shook her head "It's just that –hic- it's so good having both of you back….." she raised her head, her eyebrows arched down and her eyes shimmering from the tears as she smiled.

The two boys felt a gush of heat rushing through them, Sasuke swallowed hard as Naruto stares at Sakura, blinded by how much she's grown.

She was wearing a red vest with a yellow shirt under it and a navy blue skirt that reached above her knees, her body had gotten more curvy, her chest grew, she was taller now, but Naruto and Sasuke was still at least half a head taller, and her face had matured, making her look more beautiful and elegant, her hair had grew, it ended at her hip now, Ino bugs her every time she thinks her hair had gotten too long and helps her maintain it and her jade eyes were still as mesmerizing as always. (She's wearing casual wear, not her shinobi outfit)

Sasuke didn't notice her changes since it was dark.

Sasuke was wearing a long sleeved black shirt with black arm protectors that showed his fingers, then he was wearing a white long sleeved jacket with the collars up, there was a black rope tied around his hip and tied behind it was his Kusanagi no Tsurugi that his brother gave him, telling him it was the very weapon their mother used, he wore long pants like Kakashi's and his pouch was tried around his thigh, and the other was included with the rope around his hip, he too had grown a lot, his hair was longer, his bangs didn't just frame his face, but there were strands of hair messy falling over his forehead and partially covering his konoha forehead protector symbol, the leftover ribbon after you tie the forehead protector on was longer now and it was black (Just like Naruto's)

Naruto was wearing an orange and black jumpsuit, his hair was longer and as spiky as ever, he had grown sideburns and he was about the same height as Sasuke. He looked more mature too, his cerulean eyes looked more wiser, though he still kept his cheeky grin.

"Oi oi, having the reunion without me, eh?" said a familiar voice.

Their heads turned to the door, Kakashi was leaning on the frame.

"Kakashi-sensei!" shouted Naruto.

"Yo, Naruto, Sasuke" said Kakashi.

"It's been awhile, Kakashi" said Sasuke.

"Ah… you two have grown….." said Kakashi.

Sasuke raised his eyebrows.

"Hehe" Naruto rubbed the back of his head.

"But" Kakashi said, his eyes became serious.

"Have you improved in your skills…..that's the real question" said Kakashi.

Sasuke smirked "Now we're talking"

Sakura smiled brightly, Naruto grinned knowingly.

They followed their sensei to the widely spaced outdoor training grounds, the place where Sasuke and Naruto were tested by Kakashi.

"This place sure brings back memories…" said Naruto.

"Yeah, on how much you messed up during the past" said Sasuke.

"What did you said, you bastard!" said Naruto, clenching his fist and holding it in front of him as he speaks.

"You two will never stop fighting, will you" said Kakashi.

"Ask him" they both said in unison, pointing at each other.

Sakura chuckled.

Kakashi sighed "Alright, I wanna see how much you've improved so we'll do a test" Kakashi lifted the two bells.

"Sasuke, Naruto, you should know this test very well" said Kakashi.

"Heh heh, I won't be the one to get tied to the pole again" said Naruto.

Sakura looked at him in question.

"I mean….. You'd better not get in my way again, Sasuke" said Naruto.

"That should be my line" said Sasuke.

A vein popped up on his head "Bastard…." He muttered.

"What kind of test is this" said Sakura, they all turned to her.

"Oh yeah, Sakura-chan didn't take the test, did she" said Naruto.

"Aa" replied Sasuke.

"Then I shall explain" Kakashi cut in "You three will go against me and try to take these two bells, you win if you get the bells" said Kakashi.

"But Sensei, there's only two bells and…. Three of us" said Sakura.

"Why did you think I called you out before breakfast, the one who didn't get the bell, must be tied to one of those poles while the winners ate their bento" said Kakashi, pointing at the pole and bento on the far sight of the field.

"I see…. But isn't three against one a little unfair" said Sakura.

"I guess you're right, I tested Sasuke and Naruto when they just graduated from the academy… but I guess things will be different now, won't it" said Kakashi.

"The last time he tested us, he was reading a book, he didn't even look like he was trying" said Naruto.

"We'll just have to show him how much we've improved" said Sasuke.

"What are you talking about, you three still have a long way to go before you can beat me" said Kakashi, his eyes closed in a smile.

The three eyed Kakashi carefully, for a whole minute, they stared at each other, then Kakashi narrowed his eyes.

Naruto charged straight ahead with a kunai, then lunging at Kakashi.

The next thing he knew, Naruto had his own kunai pointed at the back of his head.

"Some things just never change" said Kakashi, recalling how the same encountering happened 3 years ago when they were still young.

Kakashi's eyes rolled to the side "But, I guess you've matured a little" said Kakashi, Naruto's clone was pointing a kunai against his back.

"Hee….. You're fast, Naruto" said Sakura.

"Hehe" grinned Naruto.

"But, you're still impatient….. I haven't said start yet" said Kakashi, then he exploded in smoke.

"This is where the battle really starts" said Sasuke, All three of them went into hiding.

Kakashi could see them hiding around him.

'Good…. All of them are well hidden' he thought, suddenly a raid of kunais were thrown at him, Kakashi quickly moved away, the kunais stabbed into the tree behind him.

But after Kakashi dodged the kunais, he was ambushed by Sasuke, they broke out into a taijutsu battle.

Sasuke might be the only who in the team that could last in a taijutsu battle with Kakashi, but Sasuke's hand was caught in a lock, his eyes widened before he was thrown out of the trees, he was going to fall head first but he used his right hand to push against the ground and got back on his feet.

Kakashi shot out of the trees with Naruto's clones throwing themselves at him, then Kakashi turned around and faced the clones altogether.

With each one that comes for him, he knocks them out, Sasuke was about to charge in before a voice came up in his head.

'Wait, Sasuke'

He paused 'Sakura….? When did you-'

'Look what you're stepping on' said Sakura.

Sasuke looked under his foot and there lied Sakura's red ribbon kunai, he picked it up.

'And? How did you manage to predict where I would land' he thought.

'I didn't , I threw that right before you fell on both legs' thought Sakura.

'As expected, where are you' thought Sasuke.

'In the tree, 80 degrees to your left, the first one' thought Sakura.

Sasuke looked where she directed, there she stood on a branch, waving at him.

'What are you intending to do' thought Sasuke.

'I've already told Naruto the plan, he's going to distract Kakashi-sensei while we prepare for another attack' thought Sakura.

'Continue' thought Sasuke.

Sakura gave Naruto the signal, suddenly all his clones jumped into air and threw shurikens and kunais at him in all direction.

Suddenly a puff of smoke filled the area where he was suppose to be, Sakura stepped into the field.

"Right…." She said, as she pulled down her gloves.

'Oi oi, why do I have to hide behind a tree…..' thought Sasuke.

'I wonder if she really meant it about breaking down the ground…..' thought Naruto.

'If he can't escape through the air and he can't dodge the attack, he'd probably go underground so…' thought Sakura, she landed a punch on the ground, nothing happened at first, but then the ground began cracking and suddenly exploded and crumbled.

Naruto and Sasuke became stone.

'What's with that massive strength…..' thought Sasuke.

'S-Scary…..' thought Naruto.

Sakura looked straight ahead, where Kakashi was hiding underground.

"Yo, Sensei" said Sakura with a smile.

"Interesting…. You charge your chakra into your fist and let them out at one point in your fist at the exact time it hits the ground, powering up the impact, without perfect control over your chakra, you wouldn't be able to do it… Looks like the fifth had been teaching Sakura more than just medical techniques….." muttered Kakashi, he heard wild chirping sounds, his eyes widened and he turned.

But before he could react, Sasuke jabbed his hand into him.

"Chidori!" his sharingan activated.

Kakashi exploded with a puff of smoke.

"Kh….. Kage Bunshin, huh" said Sasuke, he suddenly noticed more chakra than normal, he looked up and an army of Kakashi stood around them.

Tsunade, Jiraiya and Itachi were watching from the shadows.

Tsunade chuckled "What are you going to do now…. Sakura"

"He's trying to confuse us! Cover me, I'll look for him" shouted Sakura, she immediately closed her eyes.

"Hey wait a minute, Sakura-chan!" said Naruto, one of Kakashi's clones was just about to kick Sakura when Sasuke grabbed his leg and threw him off.

"What are you doing, Naruto, don't just stand there, Sakura said to cover her, didn't she" said Sasuke, he took hold of his Kusanagi no Tsurugi, then unsheathed it rapidly.

"Chidori Senbon" thousands of electric senbons shot at the army of clones.

"Heh, I won't lose to that" said Naruto, he formed a handseal "Tajuu Kage Bunshin no Jutsu"

"Everyone, Make sure to protect Sakura-chan" said Naruto.

Then he got a few hundred replies.

"Hm, that's an impressive number of clones" said Itachi.

"Hmph, Naruto has improved his ability to control the amount of clones he can make, this is nothing compared to his full ability" said Jiraiya.

"As expected of Jiraiya-sama" said Itachi.

"I can say the same for you, Sasuke's improved in both speed and combat skills" said Jiraiya.

"You haven't seen anything yet" said Itachi.

Sakura's eyes shot open in the middle of war between the clones and Sasuke.

"Naruto, Sasuke, stand back for awhile" said Sakura, as she formed some hand seals.

They two boys immediately obeyed her.

"Doton, Kitei Gekihatsu (Earth Style, Ground Outburst)" Sakura slammed her palm onto the ground.

The ground around them shot up in spikes, impaling all of the clones, except for one, that was jumping back in escape, Kakashi had his sharingan uncovered.

"Now!" said Sakura.

The two had already known this would happen and got ready in place, they charged straight for Kakashi.

Kakashi had no choice but to counter their attack, he clawed his hand downwards, it lit up in sparks, a strong stream of electric chakra emitted from it.

The three charged at each other, when their attacks collided, a blinding flash occurred, Kakashi's eyes widened in panic.

After the flash, there was an explosion, the three of them shot out of the smoke, unharmed.

"My my, that was dangerous" said Kakashi, panting 'If I had held back even a little, I might not be able to use my arm for awhile' thought Kakashi.

Naruto and Sasuke looked at each other, shoulders heaving up and down

"Hehe, Kakashi-sensei… are you missing something?" said Naruto.

"Huh?" Kakashi was blur for a moment, then it hit him "Ah!" he looked down at his side, the bells were gone.

"So it was during that time…." Said Kakashi.

Flashback….

During the flash, Kakashi was too occupied in releasing as much amount of chakra as he could to counter their attacks, but he didn't notice that before the explosion, Sakura waited for the right timing to cut the bells loose with her Fuuton, though it's not a real full technique, she managed to send a wave strong enough to cut the string.

After the explosion, the bells flew into the air, giving his students a chance to grab it.

End of Flashback….

Kakashi softened his eyes and pulled the forehead protector down to cover his eye.

"Alright….. you guys won, looks like Sakura will have to be the one tied to the pole" said Kakashi.

Sakura walked up behind them, clapping her hands "As I thought, You both are still as amazing as always" said Sakura, smiling.

They turned their body halfway to look at her, then they both turned around at the same time and walked to her.

Sakura looked at them in question.

They took her hand and placed the bells in both her hands separately.

"What are you guys doing?" said Sakura.

"You deserve this more than us" said Sasuke.

"Yeah! If Sakura-chan hadn't gave us directions, who knows what we'll be doing right now" said Naruto.

"Gave you directions?" said Kakashi.

They turned to him "Yeah, Sakura-chan slipped a leaf that contained her chakra into my pocket while I was hiding" said Naruto.

"I stepped on her kunai" said Sasuke.

"So the one that really improved was Sakura" said Kakashi, teasingly.

"If they didn't improve, I doubt they would be able to follow my directions" said Sakura.

"I know, I'll miss making fun of you three genin" said Kakashi.

A vein popped up on Naruto and Sasuke's head. 'So he was making fun of us after all this time….' They thought.

"Matte, genin?" said Naruto.

"Yeah, Sakura didn't take the chuunin exams" said Kakashi.

"Why" said Sasuke.

"Cause if I did, I wouldn't be able to do missions with you guys when you came back" said Sakura.

"Sakura-chan…."

"Oh yeah….. Gaara-kun is the Kazekage of Sunagakure" said Sakura.

"What?" said Naruto.

"Isn't obvious from the start" said Sasuke.

"He beat Naruto to it" said Kakashi.

"Then I can't lose to him!" said Naruto, enthusiastically.

Meanwhile, as Kakashi ties Naruto and Sasuke against the poles….

Suna was under attack from the Akatsuki, and was in havoc…. Till Gaara, appeared and stood against Deidara.

Deidara lost an arm, Gaara was floating in the air in this Absolute Defense, while the fierce battle was happening above the village, the suna-nin was trying their best to support their Kazekage.

Deidara didn't have much explosive clay left so he decided to execute his specialty, C-3.

Gaara narrowed his eyes at the weird looking bomb, then it fell, the villagers looked confused, Baki was deeply in thought then he gasped.

"Everyone! Retreat!" he shouted

Gaara's eyes widened, he found it out.

Just when the bomb was about to fall and destroy the village, a huge sand shield formed below the bomb, shielding the blast from the village.

"Wow….. look at the size of that shield" said one of the villagers.

"Nothing less from the Kazekage" said another one.

Deidara looked at Gaara's panting figure.

"Katsu…." Said Deidara, with an evil grin

Gaara's turned to the side and his eyes widened, a bomb was flying straight for him, then it exploded, the villagers looked horrified.

But Gaara's absolute defense didn't even faze, Gaara however is already panting heavily, his shoulders heaved up and down, then he noticed something weird that didn't belong in his sand, white spider creatures began climbing out of his sand from the inside.

"Shima-"

"Katsu!"

A loud explosion filled the air.

"Gaara-sama!" some of the villagers cried desperately.

"Gaara!" Kankuro shouted.

Gaara's absolute defense began to fall apart, the sand slowly fell down to the village, Gaara's body was soon appearing out of the sand.

"Well, I guess I better go and retrieve him" said Deidara, his clay creature flew closer and closer to Gaara, just then Gaara's eyes slowly opened, his sand armor was cracking.

Deidara's eyes widened he quickly made his distance.

"How can this be…..!" said Deidara.

Gaara lifted his trembling hand, the villagers looked up at the huge sand shield above them, it began moving away from the village.

"He's moving the sand away from the village so it doesn't get destroyed" a shinobi.

"The Kazekage is great!"

"Hmph, what a pathetic sight, using his last strength to protect others… It would be easier if he'd just let it fall" said Deidara.

Kankuro watched closely at Gaara, who was panting heavily then looked at the moving sand shield.

"Come on, just a little more….. Gaara" said Kankuro.

Flashback…

"Just give it up, Gaara, I don't want to say this, but….. the village only sees you as a weapon of destruction, the higher ups don't think well of you, if you go on and join the regular squads, they'll just be more afraid of you" said Kankuro.

"I know… But I don't want to give up, that girl….. she's suffered as much as me, but she's never given up, she made friends that help her, she befriended me, knowing that I'm a monster, in hopes of trying to save me from the same solitude she's suffered" said Gaara.

"Gaara….." said Kankuro.

"Don't give up just yet, Gaara-kun! If you give up, then it'll really be over!" Sakura's voice rang in his head.

Gaara repeated those words in his sullen tone "That was what she told me, so I've decided…. I will work hard to become someone the village will look up to, not as a weapon, but as the Kazekage, perhaps one day I can be like her….. Haruno Sakura" finished Gaara.

"Fine, I get it Gaara" said Kankuro, understandingly.

End of Flashback

The sand moved further and further out of the village and finally the sand poured down outside the village.

"What are you doing! Go rescue the Kazekage-sama! Fire!" ordered Baki.

The giant crossbows arrows shot at Deidara.

"Tch….. futile effort…." He muttered as he dodges the arrows, then suddenly they exploded.

"This is going to be harder than I thought….. I'd better not keep Sasori no Danna waiting" said Deidara.

A man with a really big hunched back was waiting at the entrance of the village with knocked out guards everywhere.

"How long does Deidara intend to make me wait….." he said grumpily.

Soon, the village ran out of arrows to shoot.

Deidara's flying clay creature swooped down and carried Gaara away in its tail

"Gaara!" shouted Kankuro.

Kankuro desperately chased after them, but he was stopped by the guards.

"Matte, Kankuro-san, if we charge in like that without a plan, we are sure to fail" said one of the guards.

"But we can't just leave him!" said Kankuro.

"We'll need to confront the elders about this first" said another one of the guards.

Kankuro pushed past the guards and chased after Deidara.

"Kanku-" the man was cut off.

"Let him be, he is his brother after all" said Baki.

"Baki-san…." said the guards, then they nodded.

After a meeting with the elders… they had no choice but request help from Konoha, Gaara had always placed the most trust in that village.

That evening, while Team Kakashi was doing some catching up, Tsunade was looking for a mission for the new Team Kakashi.

"Have you decided a mission for team Kakashi yet, Tsunade-sama" said Shizune.

"Mm….. Since Naruto and Sasuke hasn't been on a mission for 3 years, we should give them something simpler like… ah, how about escorting a VIP to the Land of Rice, a C- rank Mission" said Tsunade.

"E-Eh? Perhaps something easier….. like this" said Shizune, nervously handing Tsunade a file.

Tsunade took a look at it. Then frowned "Walking dogs…? That's an E-rank Mission! Shizune" said Tsunade.

"Y-Yeah, I just figured since the Akatsuki are after Naruto, it'll be safer for him to do missions that doesn't require him to leave the village" said Shizune.

"Which is why Kakashi is going to be with them, not to mention, Sakura too, I believe Team Kakashi is more than capable of handling Naruto" said Tsunade.

"B-But still, Tsunade-sama" said Shizune.

"Enough talk, I've decided" said Tsunade, but before she could hand Shizune the mission file she chose for team Kakashi, a bird flew through the window and landed on the table.

Tsunade noticed it was the fastest messenger kite from Sunagakure, Takamaru. She took out the scroll that it was carrying, and read it, her eyes widened.

"Shizune! Summon Team Kakashi" said Tsunade.

"R-Right!" Shizune answer before dashing out the door.

Team Kakashi was hanging out in the park near the academy.

Sakura was sitting on the swing, Sasuke on the tree branch just above her, Kakashi was leaning against the tree, reading the latest make up tactics book as Naruto was in front of them, explain/performing out his journey.

"Oh, which reminds me, Neji-kun is getting promoted to jounin soon" said Sakura.

"Hee…. Then I'd better work harder now that everyone's gotten stronger" said Naruto.

"I've heard, Sasuke and Neji-kun both graduated at the top of their batch" said Sakura.

"Except Sasuke is a genin and he's already a jounin" mocked Naruto.

"At least I did graduate, unlike you" said Sasuke.

"What's that suppose to mean!" said Naruto.

"Exactly what it sounds like" said Sasuke.

Just then Shizune came running to them in a hurry.

"Shizune-san?" said Sakura.

Shizune was panting then she sucked in "Team Kakashi, The Hokage wishes to see you immediately in her office" said Shizune.

The team looked at each other then nodded before disappearing off, with Shizune. When they reached the office. Tsunade turned her chair to face them

"Team Kakashi….. I'm giving you an S-rank mission" she said it straight forwardly.

"A mission?" said Sakura, in a curious tone, her jade eyes looking at Tsunade, who had a very grave expression.

"An S-rank?" shouted Naruto

Sakura knew something's gone wrong.

"The Kazekage, has been…. Captured" said Tsunade.

Everyone in the room felt a wave of coldness rush over them, Sakura could feel her stomach clench into a fist.

"What? Isn't he the Kazekage, how can he possibly be captured?" sounded Naruto.

"Being able to take down the Kazekage….. his opponent must be something else" said Sasuke

"Gaara-kun… has been….. captured….?" Was all Sakura could manage.

Next Chapter: Kazekage Rescue

"Y-Yeah…. It is a completely new type of poison, we have no knowledge on how to neutralize it"

"I have no choice but to consult with them"

"Sakura-chan…. Is really amazing"

"Are all my puppets recovered….?"

"I leave my brother to you…"

So what did you think of it, did you like it or did you think my writing skills are becoming worst, please review to show me that you're back to read the sequel of my first Naruto fanfic, I wanna see the old readers to assure myself that I can still go on. And for new readers, you might wanna read the previous fanfic so you can understand this more and don't forget to review that one too, hehe. Sorry for the desperate call for reviews, but it just cheers me up.