Akatuski Cherry Blossom

By

Dillian


Sakura smashed against a tree and collapsed to the ground. Her body lacked the strength and charka to even stand, but she couldn't give up, she wouldn't allow.

But as the clan killer know as Itachi Uchiha stepped closer, that will fainted to despair. She draw was little little strength she had remain, but even with that she still couldn't raise from the ground.

"Give up yet, kunoichi?" He asked in a ice chilling cold voice.

He was given no answer.

He studied the female for a moment. Multiple cuts on her arms and legs for her brief fight with Kisame. Her attire had a fairly significant level of dirt on them. A thin stream of blood had formed down from her mouth. Her headband was just ready to fall off her head. Countless bruises married her body, another gift from his partner.

Itachi knelt and placed his hand under her chin. He lifted her head, so he could look her eyes. They would open but just barely.

"No" she said at last

Itachi opened his eyes. Sakura was still resting, he could felt her warm body, as he wrapped his arm around his beloved. It had been two years, three months since her capture. Two year still, she had joined Akatuski. A year and half still she was had become his partner. A week before she accepted his engagement ring and had become his fiance.

"What is it?" Sakura asked, with a yawn "Is it time to get up yet?"

"No, rest" He stated

"Are you looking further to returning to Konohagakure?" she asked, closing her eyes

"Uhhh" was his reply as both of them fell back asleep, with their two akatuski cloaks forming a makeshift blanket around the engaged couple.

The patrol leapt down to a lower branch, as the squad leader motioned for stop. Two foreign and powerful charka signatures would near by. 'so this wouldn't be a fruitless mission' he thought. He motioned for them to continue, but, unknown to them, they weren't unnoticed.

Sakura sat on tree limp, as Itachi was confronting the patrol. He was worried about her new alliance being reported before their attack, so he would fight the patrol alone, not that a member of the Hyūga clan, namely Neji and Hinata, could easily recognize her chakra, anyway.

She could help but wonder how they-and all her old friends, for that matter were. Naruto, their target, was now a Chūnin, now. Neji was a ANBU captain now, a rank he highly deserved. She too had changed, her old style, had given way to different but similar attire-a black t-shirt that mock turtle neck collar over a violet silk elbow length t-shirt, matched lastly with a pair of black capris with, and of course, a Akatuski cloak over them. Her hair currently black highlight (hair type accident) but that was not to be continued, but her hair still sported the same cut as when she was last seen in her home village. Her headband was same, but had a scar with the leaf icon, like many member of Akatuski.

"Sakura" A voice suddenly said, it was Itachi's, "Let's go"