Fighting Together

Summary
With the arrival of Sasuke, the reformed Rookie Nine prepare themselves for the upcoming battle against the beast despite not everyone fully acknowledging him. Noticing the surrounding barrier, the Ten-Tails begins to charge yet another Tailed Beast Ball only to be contained, surprising much shinobi regarding the prowess of the reincarnated Hokage. Hashirama, taking his opportunity, creates five wood clones — four to help the alliance counterattack and one to do battle against Madara, who decides to simply wait until the original is available. With the momentary release of the barrier, Naruto, Sakura, Sasuke and various shinobi charge in to face several replications of the restrained tailed beast. Upon entering, Sakura contemplates the times wherein she was always protected by her team mates and her resolve to walk side by side with them. As she reminisces the time she was called as Tsunade's disciple, Sakura stores up 3 years' worth of chakra gaining an inconsiderable amount of strength which surprises both Naruto and Sasuke. Hashirama is suprised to see such feat while Shizune notes the difficulty of such chakra control. Sakura, having let her guard down momentarily, is saved by Naruto and Sasuke's techniques. With both her team-mates by her side, Sakura happily notes that she was finally on par with them.