Changing Fates

Chunin Exams...Sound Attack, Sakura Saved Us.

"You need to stop Sasuke. This isn't you. I don't care what Orochimaru did to you, this, this isn't you." I say calmly, never breaking eye contact. "Sasuke, you're scaring everyone." I say calmly. His eyes widen and the mark disappears. He looks away from me as he gets out of Sakura's grasp.

The sound ninja tries to attack me from behind but I grab his fist and punch him instead. As I turn to look at him his eyes widened and he avoids my gaze. He then bowes to me and lays his scroll down.

"I'm sorry for attacking. Lord Orochimaru ordered us to kill Sasuke if he could not regain control." He says still avoiding eye contact. He bowes even deeper as I glare harder at him. "I'm truly sorry, Child of Fate. Here take our scroll." He moves the scroll closer, it's an earth scroll. I bend down and pick it up. I stay at his height a moment.

"You're pathetic." I say lowly. I stand quickly and kick him in the face. "That's for my friends." I pull him up by his collar, a look of terror on his face. "This is for my team." I punch him in the gut. "And this is for everything else." I go to stab him but Sasuke picks me up from behind and pulls me back.

"That's enough Naruko." He mutters in my ear. "Leave." Is all he says to the sound ninja. He scurries away quickly then Sasuke let's me go. I turn and walk past him towards Selena and Udyan who happen to be laying on the ground.

"Naruko." Udyan says looking away. I sigh and help him and Selena up.

"Are you two okay?" I ask seriously.

"Yeah. Sakura saved us." Selena mutters. "She's not so useless after all."

"I told you guys she wasn't useless. She just needs time to get stronger." I say smiling. They nod and sit against a tree. I go over to Sakura who is sitting looking at the ground in defeat. "You did good Sakura."

"N-no I didn't." She says looking away. "I couldn't save Sasuke.. you did. Again. You're always saving him." She glares at me. "Why?"

"It's simple Sakura." I say sighing. "You'll figure it out." I say seriously. She looks away but I here her mutter a small thank you under her breath.

"Here, let me fix your hair Sakura." Ino says as she approaches.

"We should be going." Neji says as he and TenTen pick Lee up.

"Nice seeing you three again." I say approaching them. "Here take this." I hand them a medical kit.

"Thank you." Neji says. TenTen gives me a small hug and Lee grins at me.

"Thank you guys for helping out. Especially when you didn't have to." I say smiling lightly.

"Anything for you guys!" Lee yells enthusiastically. I smile at him as they jumps away.

"We're heading out too." Shikamaru says putting a hand on my head.

"Take care guys." I say waving them off. They nod and take off. Nobody says anything for a little while. That's when Naruto wakes up.

"Sakura your hair!" Naruto yells. "What happened?"

"Oh, this? Nothing it was just in the way." Sakura says with a fake smile as she shows her hair. I smile at her and thank her silently for protecting Naruto.

"When did you guys get here?" Naruto asks Selena, Udyan and I.

"Eh, not that long ago." Selena says smiling.

"Well, lets rest here for the night. Sakura, you took a lot of damage today." I say as I help her up.

"You need rest." Selena says weakly standing on her own.