Apocalypse

Overview: The Leaf village was destroyed, decimated by the Akatsuki forces, and after it fell, the world was left under the Akatsuki's rein. Only a small group of Konoha's shinobi survived, and not all of them escaped. She was just the one they happened to catch.... He was just the one who had been asigned to keep her there...

Author's Note: This is only a one shot, unless people like it. I put it up cause I'm not sure if I want to take it further.

She let out a low whine of frustration as she struggled against the seal which contained her. Pacing like a caged animal, she furiously struck out against it, her fists and feet hurricanes of motion. Finally, however, a young man stepped forward and caught her in an iron grip, forcing her to her knees as he easily avoided her attacks. But despite her pinned state, she still continued to wreck havoc.

"She is just as they described her as in the bingo books…"

"But she is far wilder."

"We can fix that easily…" a third voice put in, guttural and low, nearly a growl in comparison to the others clear dialect. "We just need you to play you're little mind game with her, Uchiha, so we can find out where the rest of her friends are. If they survived."

"It does not work against all shinobi, Sasori," the second voice replied not losing its monotone calm. The black eyes glittered like steel in the darkness. "She's broken the Eternal Sharingan's Tsukuyomi before. It will become easier for her each time to break the effects of its jutsu."

The white ringed eyes of the first speaker glanced at the two, authority in his gaze. Falling silent, they continued to watch the raging kunoichi. The leader's low voice broke the silence after a moment. "Her hatred for your brother will make this easier, Itachi. And it was not your Sharigan that she was under. Put her under its effects before she damages anyone else. We did not take over the world to allow a regenade kunoichi to threaten it."

Resignedly, the young man placed his hand against the seal as the one holding her down swore. She had managed to shatter at least two of his bones, and it seemed as though she were going for more. Knowing that he would have to gain her focus, Itachi merely smirked before speaking one word: "Sakura."

The voice of silk drew the flaming emerald orbs up to his ruby. As the commas began to swirl, she let out a small sigh her mind being forced into a state of relaxation. Limply she slumped against the floor, her eyes unfocussed as the Uchiha worked on her mind.

*******************

She stared at the scene before her, not understanding. She sat upon the top branch of the tallest tree in the park. The entire leaf village was visible to her, the way it had been when she was a child. Clouds swirled in the cerulean sky. But this isn't right, Her mind screamed. The Akatsuki destroyed the Leaf village!

Frowning, she tried to move, only to find hands at the sides of her face. The touch was calloused like that of a shinobi, but the fingertips were soft. Not the hands of a medical or taijutsu shinobi, nor that of a ninjutsu user. She tried to remember what the other kind of jutsu was that the Akatsuki could use, but her mind seemed unable to remember. A calm, low voice spoke behind her, hypnotic in its soothing tone.

"You will answer either 'yes' or 'no' to everything I tell you…"it whispered, the authority in it reminding her of the Hokage. Her eyes darkened at the memory of Tsunade's smiling face. "You are Sakura Haruno… you live as a former Black Ops."

"No." she thought, forcing herself to stay focused. She would not give in to the voice. She had trained for a long time to be able to hold in information in any circumstances against… whatever this was. Staring at the clouding sky, she watched as thunder rumbled. The hands gently massaged the points at the sides of her temples before putting a bit of pressure against them in warning.

"Everyone you knew is dead."

"Yes," she lied, continuing to stare at the sky. But as she said it, her mind drifted to thoughts of Lee, Hinata, Tenten, and Shikamaru. They had survived. And from what Shikamaru had learned, so was Neji. Kuranai's daughter, Kiri, had also survived the take over, but she was in bad shape. Sakura reflected bitterly on the burns which had covered the girls body, the bruises left by the beating that Itachi had inflicted during the fight. Welts now covered the skin. Welts Sakura knew would need her skill.

Angrily, she tried to force to her feet, but the hands kept her in place firmly. A moment later a jolt ran through her system, locking her arms and legs in place as easily as if she'd been bound to an operating table. The hands placed a bit more pressure on her temples as the voice spoke. "I know you lied, Sakura... Where are they now?"

She was not going to give in. She was not going to submit to this voice and she forced herself to think of other things. Happier things. Searching back to her days as a Chunin, she thought of Sai's sketch book. Mentally, she tried to recall each picture, every change that he had made to it and how his hand had formed every stroke. When she finished, she thought of what he used in his paints and then thought of the names of each set of nerves in the body, using their Latin names.

A second jolt made her gasp as she writhed against the grip. The once hypnotic voice now took on a menacing tone. The skies darkened as a storm approached, lightning striking a tree near her. "You will tell me."

"No!" she shouted closing her eyes as she felt chakra enter into her mind. "No, No, No, No, NO!" Fighting against the grip, Sakura searched for her own chakra, but it was hard to reach. Channeling all of it that she could into her right fist, she pulled up out of the invisible restraints using her immense strength and then twisted to send a powerful right hook for the person behind her. Feeling it connect with a hefty *Crunch* sound Sakura struggled to free her other limbs.

***********************

As the sickening crack of Itachi's jaw was heard, the other member's reacted, quickly pinning down the writhing girl as Itachi struggled to retain the connection. "What is going on?" the Leader demanded. "I thought you said she couldn't break this jutsu!"

"She can't. She's forcing her mind to fight my will." Itachi replied, still calm.. "Her body is reacting out of instinct, despite her heavily drained chakra. I need her still if I am going to be able to finish the jutsu which will seal her mind to mine."

"Just do it!" Leader snapped, as Sasori's chakra strings laced around the former ANBU.

Forcing himself to focus, Itachi pooled his chakra into his fingers and pressed them against her forehead. Bursting it through her mind, he formed two one handed seals. Then a crescent symbol appeared beneath his fingertips and Sakura let out a small moan of pain before stilling. Removing his hand from her, Itachi sat down in one of the chairs showing the symbol of an oval which had appeared at his palm.

With a sigh, Sasori released his chakra strings on the girl, turning to face Itachi. "Well… that should keep her d-"

WHAM!

Hehehe... Evil cliff hanger isn't it? R&R