Title: Half Without Another One: Chapter Seventeen
Author: branchandroot
Genre: Drama, Angst
Rating: PG
Pairing/Characters: Hinata, Ino, Kakashi, Naruto, Sai, Sakura, Sasuke, Shikamaru, Tsunade
Word Count: 5988

Summary: Most of the Konoha contingent ingathers to deal with Sai's attack on Naruto and its implications. In the wake of this, Naruto proposes his new plan to Tsunade.

The only reason Sakura didn't kill Sai immediately was that Ino got in her way.