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This story is going on hiatus for an indefinite amount of time. There are two reasons for this. A) School is starting and I have to get back into the swing of things and B) I have kind of lost my inspiration to write this story. I have to literally force myself to write it and I really hate that. So, since I don't want you guys to read sucky writing, I am putting this on hiatus. I can't tell you when it will, if ever, be started back up again.

Now, since I had started this chapter, I am going to post what I had started. This isn't the full chapter, not even close, but I didn't want this little bit of a chapter to sit here unposted.

Chapter 10

I slowly opened my eyes and wished I hadn't, my chest hurt, I couldn't breath, I had a pounding migraine, and my heart just plain old hurt. The barely risen sun was burning my eyes and making my pains even worse.

Something about today seemed different already, and as I opened my eyes further, I noticed that everyone around me had packed up our campsite and was sitting there, waiting for me to wake up. I gave them a weak smile and slowly lifted myself up, my arms shaking under my weight.

When I stood, everyone else also rose from their sitting positions, and we began to walk.

With each passing step, I struggled to keep my spot near the center of the pack, careful not to fall towards the back. If I fell back, than everyone else would start to worry, which would just make me feel even worse.

Kyuubi scratched her head against my leg, as if sensing my thoughts. Even though she was hyper active and crazy, this little fox said more with her actions than words and it comforted me more than words ever will.

I was about to use some of my quickly fading strength to bend down and pet Kyuubi, but something else happened that seemed pretty impossible.

There was a soft thud, a little bit of smoke, and a gasp from every single person and fox near me. I quickly looked up and was met with the same onyx eyes that I had seen not even three days ago and a pair of foxy eyes that were also recently seen. Sasuke Uchiha along with Fukushu.

"Y-You're here." Sakura sputtered out, her eyes wide with shock and her lip trembling slightly, "You actually came back." Sasuke looked over at her, a small smile placed on his face.

He slowly met the eyes of every person here and when he reached mine, his face looked startled. It was as if he had seen a ghost and I knew why, with my sickness wearing me thin, I was starting to look a little skinnier than normal and my eyes were losing their usual brightness. I could almost feel some of the brightness in my eyes draining away, especially right now. Just standing here was strenuous.

Sasuke quickly snapped out of his almost trance-like state, and a wave of seriousness that has been present way to often these past couple of days came over him. He stood a little straight and Fukushu seemed to notice it too because he too straightened, albeit it was a little more noticeable as he stopped and straightened in the middle of licking his paw.

"What's going on?" Temari asked, her normal determination was slightly hindered.

"Orochimaru," Sasuke said," he is planning to attack you guys while you are weak from traveling and while Naruto is…." Sasuke trailed off, not wanting to bring up my sickness. It didn't matter to me if he brought it up or not, I can't forget about it anyway.