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A/N: Hello everyone! This is my very first fan fiction about Naruto! I hope you like it.
Thank you for loving me.
Summary: Sakura Haruno didn't need another heart break. Once or twice had been more than enough, thank you very much! But then… he had to come along. Uchiha Itachi, of all people to fall in love with.
"Sasuke won! Uchiha Itachi is dead," said a harsh deep voice shocking the leaf ninjas.
Naruto Uzumaki and Sakura Haruno traded nervous looks. Naruto's hands curved into fists and his blue eyes widened in surprise. A drop of sweat fell down his tired features. Sakura stared worriedly at her blond friend. She knew that even if it was the truth, that if Sasuke had really managed to kill his older brother, he must be hurt. Sasuke needed her assistance.
"Whooa! Didn't see that coming!" the orange masked Akatsuki member replied in a sarcastic tone, "NOT. It was just as I predicted…"
"Sasuke collapsed like, a second later, though. What do you say?" the other Akatsuki member, an odd looking man said as he faced the masked one, "He's probably fading fast,"
Sakura tensed and could feel her heart beat rhythm increase in a very irregular pace. Her suspicious were correct, as always. She bit her lip and stepped forward. They had no time to lose.
Kakashi was focusing on the orange masked man. He seemed strange, even for an Akatsuki member. Something about him wasn't right; he radiated great power and great chakra levels.
"YO! Aloe Vera!" Naruto shouted loosing all his tolerance, "Where the fuck is Sasuke?!"
Then something, the way the masked man stared back at Naruto caught Kakashi's attention. The silver-haired man eyes widened as he found himself staring back at another sharigan.
"I'll play with you children some other time," the orange man replied in a bored tone, "Bye bye!"
Then suddenly, they used some trick that neither of the leaf village had witnessed before, and vanished.
"WE HAVE TO GET SASUKE BEFORE THEM!" Kakashi shouted as he looked behind his shoulder to the others.
They all looked back at him quite alarmed and rather startled. Sakura was the first to move. She walked towards Naruto and placed a comforting hand on the blonds' shoulder.
"Naruto-kun," she whispered and Naruto nodded with determination flashing in his ocean eyes.
Kiba tried his best to follow Sasuke scent and at the end it finally paid off. They arrived to a complete sinister scene. Everything seemed deserted and destroyed. The air smelled like something had been burnt. It was growing darker by every minute but that didn't seem to slow them down.
Hinata glanced nervous looks at a frenetically Naruto. The blonde kept jumping and running around calling for Sasuke's name. Kakashi and the others kept searching despite of the chaos. There were rocks everywhere and the dust that was floating in the air wasn't helping either.
Sakura kept kicking stones aside, breaking them to tiny peaces making sure Sasuke wasn't stuck beneath. Then suddenly she gasped as her green eyes saw him. She quietly made her way to him and covered her mouth in horror.
His body was covered in blood and he had deep opened wounds. Some of his flesh was slightly burnt. Though she knew and her mind kept screaming that he had deserved it she couldn't stop the heavy weight in her heart.
Sasuke had finally got his revenge. Did it make him any better than his brother?
"He's not here," she shivered as she heard Kakashi defeated voice from behind her.
"NO!" Naruto shout was filled with so much pain that it cut her deeply, "SASUKEE!!"
"Naruto-kun…" Hinata whispered sadly.
Sakura didn't bother to turn around. She didn't want them to see her tears. They didn't even seem to notice her or so she thought.
"Sakura?" Kiba asked, his voice was closer than the others, "What are you doi- Is that Itachi!?"
Sakura nodded slowly.
"OVER HERE!" Kiba shouted and turned to look at Sakura. He saw her clean her tears quickly before the others approached them.
"Itachi Uchiha," Kakashi voice echoed through the cold night.
"All… it was all because of him…" Naruto whispered bitterly between quiet sobs.
Kakashi walked over Itachi's body and bent over. His hand grabbed the Uchiha's wrist. Then the silver-haired man quickly glanced behind horrified.
"Sakura! Quick! He still has a pulse!" Kakashi said rather alarmed.
Sakura's body stiffened. She looked back at her old sensei as if he was mad.
"H-heal him?" she asked dumbfounded. Her heart was beating so fast that she was sure that everyone around her could hear it, "heal him?!" she repeated this time louder and her tone had changed. She was shocked at such request.
Kakashi looked slightly taken back at her reaction. He eyed the others for a brief second and could see the same shocked look in their faces. He sighed exasperated. Was he the only smart one around?
"Sakura-"
"Are you mad?" Naruto voice erupted interrupting Kakashi, "If she heals him… she's reversing all that Sasuke fought for!"
Kakashi head shot up towards Naruto, "Naruto, you're not-"
"It was because of him…" Naruto voice trailed on interrupting the silver-haired man again, "It was because of him that Sasuke left us in the first place! He deserves to die! He's just a killer after all…"
Sakura nodded quietly and Hinata placed herself at Naruto's side. Kiba's jaw hardened and Kakashi knew he was restraining himself to say something. Captain Yamato, however, remained quiet. His expressions unreadable.
"We don't have much time here…" Kakashi mumbled his hand still feeling Itachi's pulse, "Naruto… Sakura… I know that this will hurt you as much it will hurt me. Believe me, I want to see him dead as you do. But that's not the point right now!" Kakashi paused and stared back at Sakura, "we have no idea where Sasuke is… but we might have more chances to find out if we save Itachi's life! Think about it! What was the most precious thing to Sasuke?"
Naruto shook his head. Sakura lowered her head and bit her lip. Itachi… Sasuke's revenge. They both thought it at the same time and it hurt them. It hurt them that he's revenge was more important than them.
"Right now he has no aim in his life," Kakashi spoke cruelly as he eyed the two of them, "but as soon as it's spread that Itachi's has survived and that he's in Konoha… where will Sasuke go to?"
Sakura gasped at the sudden realization and Naruto merely nodded slowly and then smiled.
"You're right!" said the blond as his blue eyes beamed again, "you're brilliant Kakashi-sensei!"
Kakashi paid no mind to Naruto and instead returned his gaze towards the pink haired girl who was slowly approaching him and Itachi's body. She had tears forming in her emerald eyes as she kneeled down next to him. She was shaking slightly with mixed emotions crossing her spirit at that very moment. She was going to save a murder's life. The man who took Sasuke to seek revenge. The one who had pushed the love of her life away from them. She felt as if she was betraying Sasuke.
Her hands immediately released the famous green chakra and she started to work hard for the older Uchiha life, shrugging the feeling of betrayal away.
Everyone stood in silent as the cold night carried on without them. It seemed that they were frozen in time as their eyes paused on the kunoichi. Their hopes were lying on her hands alone.
What seemed like a whole eternity finally came to an end. Sakura was finding it hard for her to breathe as she knew her chakra was almost at its limits. She smiled and everyone found themselves smiling along. Itachi had coughed.
"Enough," Captain Yamato interrupted her. His gaze locked with Kakashi's, "She's exhausted,"
Kakashi nodded reluctantly, "I think it's enough, Sakura,"
She glanced at him and nodded slowly, "His life is not in danger anymore…" her throat was dry and her own voice sounded weird to her ears.
Naruto jumped and grinned. Kakashi forced back a smile.
"Right, let's head back to Konoha," said Kiba with a mischievously smirk.
Kakashi stood up and started to look for something in his pockets. Sakura quietly wiped the sweat off her forehead, her eyes scanning the Uchiha's face.
She frowned as she realized that he didn't look much different than Sasuke. Then suddenly she watched as his lips moved and his little brother name left his mouth in a whisper.
"S-sasuke…"
Both, she and Kakashi traded worried looks. Sakura leaned over Itachi and placed her palm on his forehead, "He's got a fever,"
"Let's hurry then,"
"This is ridiculous!" Tsunade groaned angrily at a silver-haired man. Naruto looked at her pleadingly as she paced back and forth in her office.
"He is a wanted criminal after all, a missing-nin," Kakashi replied softly as he allowed himself to sit on a red-cushioned chair, "besides; he might know more than we think… he might be useful,"
Naruto hand ran over his hair, "Huh, useful for what?"
Tsunade sent an I-kill-you glare at Kakashi and then forced a smile, "Naruto, why don't you go check on Sakura?" she asked sweetly causing the blonde to narrow his eyes in suspicious.
When he didn't move all the sweetness disappeared, "NOW!"
Startled the blonde ran to the door and gave Kakashi an I-feel-sorry-for-you look before he closed the door.
"This is not looking too promising, Kakashi," she sighed as she finally sat down.
"Still no news from Jiraiya?" Kakashi asked raising an eyebrow.
"Nothing yet," she frowned then she shook her head and smiled sadly, "Very well. This Uchiha problem is in your hands then,"
Kakashi nodded and thanked her. He then left the office noticing that she wished to be alone.
Sakura made sure no one was coming. She stared for brief moments to the door's number before she decided to step inside. Against her better judgment that kept telling her not to do it, she just had to make sure.
She tiptoed the whole way to his bed. Her eyes rested on his peaceful face and she wondered how a cold heartless murder could look so innocent while sleeping. Sighing she leaned forward and felt the chakra flow inside her.
It had been two days since they brought Itachi Uchiha to the hospital and the medic-nins were making no progress. She had to accelerate things if they wanted to reach Sasuke any time soon.
Immediately, the green chakra started to work on his wounds. She kept staring at every line of his face. She noticed his nose was somewhat too long and then tried to imagine his face with different kind of noses, snorting and giggling occasionally.
Then out of the blue she noticed his eyes. He had purplish ring around them and then she gasped as she realized that he had an internal bleeding in that area. Though they were closed she could sense the profundity of his injury.
Suddenly she found her hands going all the way to his face and then, just as she was about to start to heal, something had stopped her.
She gasped in horror as his hand grabbed her arm, stopping the green chakra immediately.
"Don't. Touch. Me."
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